Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 61 Truth

Yes, Fan Bingbing is also trying to win over Su Mengdie.

Qin Niang is a supporting role, but Su Mengdie is the real heroine, and she is the only woman in the detective team!
As far as the role is concerned, it is definitely guaranteed.

But Fan Bingbing has already left Huayi. "Arrogant" can be said to be a breakup gift from Huayi to her. What about "Become Famous"?
What to say? If you can't say it, then don't say it!
Would Fan Bingbing care about this?

Every opportunity in the market is very valuable and worth the actors' best efforts.

Who says you can’t act in the company’s plays if you’re not in the company?

However, Fan Bingbing's contact with Li Qiutang and attempt to win over Su Mengdie did cause dissatisfaction among some senior executives of Huayi, especially Li Xing.

They can understand other actresses competing for the role, after all, the casting is open and everyone is free to compete, but Fan Bingbing can't do that.

If you are connecting two companies' plays, what's the point of you leaving the company?
But Fan Bingbing didn't care. She knew clearly who had the final say in Huayi. As long as the Wang brothers didn't say anything and other executives tried to stop her from participating in the competition, she didn't care.

She's been quite busy lately.

She made two movies within a week: "Flash Point" and "Contract Lover", in the former she was a vase and in the latter she was the female lead.

He was also filming "Rouge Snow", the first TV series he invested in as a boss.

Even so, she still found time to treat Li Qiutang to dinner in Yanjing.

"Let me introduce you. This is my studio partner and my agent, Mu Xiaoguang." Fan Bingbing came up and introduced others first.

"Hello, Director Li, I've heard a lot about you." Mu Xiaoguang was very polite to the young director in front of him, after all, he needed a favor.

When Li Qiutang heard that it was Mu Xiaoguang, her eyes lit up. This was a real big shot, the main force behind Fan Bingbing.

"Hello." Li Qiutang shook hands with the other party.

Mu Xiaoguang took out a large box and handed it to Li Qiutang: "It's just a small gift, Director Li, you're welcome."

"That's not good." Li Qiutang wanted to refuse instinctively.

"It's okay, isn't it okay for friends to give each other gifts?" Fan Bingbing said, "Director Qiutang's birthday is coming soon." After spending a month on the set of "No One Loves You", if she didn't even understand Li Qiutang's basic information, she would have no business staying on.

"Consider this my early birthday present to you."

Now that things have come to this, it would be too embarrassing if Li Qiutang didn't calm down.

This is a Dell laptop. Even after ten or twenty years, it would be very generous to give a laptop as a gift.

There is no money in the entertainment industry now, so giving computers as gifts is considered high-end.

Some people even gave away MP3s!
Mu Xiaoguang wisely did not talk about "To Become Famous", but instead chatted with Li Qiutang about love, romance, and personal experiences.

Speaking of filming, Mu Xiaoguang asked Li Qiutang if she had any idea of starting her own business.

Li Qiutang said no: "I am a director. As long as there are investors to invest in me and let me make movies, it doesn't matter whether I open a company or not."

Fan Bingbing filled Li Qiutang's glass with wine and said to him, "You are simple-minded. You only care about the crew's business."

"Then what else can I do? I don't have 3 heads and 6 arms. I just need to take care of the filming." After hearing what Li Qiutang said, Mu Xiaoguang said, "Director Li, if you need investment, you can tell me. I know a lot of bosses, and they all want to invest in the mainland." He should be talking about his friends in Taiwan Island.

Fan Bingbing played the supporting role: "Qiu Tang is now filming at Huayi. How can Huayi treat him badly?"

"Yes, the director is now backed by the largest film company in mainland China, so there is no need for investment."

The meal was not all filled with false politeness; a few people still spoke some truth.

For example, Li Qiutang commented on Fan Bingbing's acting skills: "You want me to say it, don't get angry if I'm wrong."

"Just say it, I'm not angry." If Fan Bingbing is going to get angry about such a thing, he should just stop hanging around in this circle.

"you are so Beautiful."

After saying this, Fan Bingbing and Mu Xiaoguang both laughed: "Are you praising me?"

Li Qiutang shook her head: "Film directors generally don't like people who are too pretty, especially people as pretty and recognizable as you, because your face will hinder the director's expression, or in other words, your face doesn't have the story the director wants."

Directors in the past would never say these things to Fan Bingbing. Although Li Qiutang was young, Fan Bingbing still listened to him very seriously.

"Directors like actresses like Zhang Manyu, Gong Li, Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi. They are also beautiful, but their beauty is not so distinctive, so it gives directors room to play. You can't do that. When you stand there, people will think, wow, this woman is so beautiful, I want to meet her, I want to fall in love with her, and few people will listen to your story.

"Teacher Mu, now imagine a scene. Zhou Xun lights a cigarette in front of you, pours a glass of wine, and says, "I want to talk to you about my story." Would you be interested? What about Bingbing? She lights a cigarette and pours a glass of wine and says, "Let me tell you my story." Would you think she is seducing you? Would you want to go to bed with her?" The words were rough but the logic was sound, and neither of them got angry.

"The current popular Liu Yifei is the same. She is too beautiful. The audience loses interest in the movie story after seeing her face. This is something that all directors cannot accept. So I bet it will be difficult for her to enter the big screen."

"So according to you, there is no hope?" Fan Bingbing certainly did not agree with what Li Qiutang said.

"There is hope." Li Qiutang said, "Beauty has her own way of acting. Since you are a beauty, then go and act as a beauty!"

"Then I'll just be a vase!" Fan Bingbing knew that she was pretty, of course, but she had to prove her acting skills. If she was pretty, she could just play the role of a beautiful woman. What was the point of having acting skills then!

"She's just a vase." Li Qiutang said with a smile, "What acting skills does Li Jiaxin have? Zhang Min, Guan Zhilin, Qiu Shuzhen and others have very good acting skills? Do you think Monica Bellucci has good acting skills? But it doesn't stop her from becoming a big star.

"As long as the acting is good enough, there's nothing wrong with being a top-notch actor in a commercial film."

“Of course, there are also beautiful women as protagonists in art films. For example, you can play a beautiful woman from a lower class background, who is otherworldly, cold, and independent.” Li Qiutang was talking about the later "Guan Yin Shan" here.

"When you play Daji, who can be more beautiful than you?" It's a nice thing to say, but it sounds awkward.

Fan Bingbing also said some heartfelt words: "There are not so many films to choose from now, and I have no choice. I can only shoot whatever is available. It's not my turn to be picky." This is the truth.

Fan Bingbing understood this very early on. He knew that as an actor, he would always be picked by others. Only by becoming a boss could he have the initiative and make movies for himself.

Li Qiutang also admitted that the market is too small now and there are too few scripts to choose from. He also said: "Act well. We are still young and can afford to wait. In five or ten years, the market will be bigger and there will be more films. The choice will naturally be in your hands."

None of the three said a word about "becoming famous" during the entire process.

People say polite words at big gatherings, but only at small gatherings like this do they speak the truth.

But the unspoken rule is, once you walk out the door, forget everything!

(End of this chapter)