Chapter 421: The Eighth Farewell
Perhaps because of the halo of Shanhe and the lack of interest between the two, Zhou Xingchi, who usually speaks very little, rarely chatted with Shanhe.
Shanhe did not care about Zhou Xingchi's ability to attract money, nor did he think about whether to cooperate with him or not. In Shanhe's eyes, this gray-haired actor only represented a feeling in the past.
Being able to have a good chat with him was also a fulfillment of his past wishes.
Unconsciously, the two drank a bottle of Moutai upside down.
"Waiter, another bottle!"
"Shanhe, that's enough!"
Zhou Xingchi stopped Shanhe who continued to ask for wine,
"I'm old, I dare not compete with you young people in drinking. Getting drunk will hurt my image!"
Shanhe looked at Zhou Xingchi, who was already ruddy, and nodded to accept his opinion,
"Okay, then we won't drink today. I'll make you a pot of tea to sober you up!"
"Thank you!"
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It is said that Zhou Xingchi's life is nothing else except movies!
This is quite accurate. After leaving the table, Zhou Xingchi turned the topic to his own movies.
"Shanhe, you are famous for your good vision. How much do you think my new film can get at the domestic box office this time?"
"Master Xing, you are asking too much!"
Shanhe poured tea for Zhou Xingchi and replied with a smile,
"Except for knowing that the name of your new film is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", I don't know anything else, how can I make a judgment, but with your appeal, as long as the movie doesn't collapse, it shouldn't be difficult to exceed 1 billion RMB!"
"Thank you!"
Zhou Xingchi thanked Shanhe for the tea and responded with emotion,
"1 billion RMB, that's more than 100 million US dollars. The Chinese film market is developing too fast. A few years ago, "Kung Fu" broke 200 million RMB, and I was laughing happily all day. In a blink of an eye, the market has grown five times. It's too exaggerated!"
"This is just the beginning!"
Shanhe looked at Zhou Xingchi and smiled,
"Two billion and three billion will soon follow. The potential of the Chinese film market has not yet exploded!"
Zhou Xingchi took a sip of tea and sighed again,
"I am really lucky. The first half of my life coincided with the heyday of Hong Kong movies, and the second half of my life encountered the explosive growth of Chinese movies. God has been very kind to me!"
"Indeed, we are all lucky!"
Shanhe nodded in agreement, and then asked casually,
"Master Xing, have you decided to only work behind the scenes and not appear on camera anymore?"
"It's not that I don't want to act, it's that I really can't act anymore!"
Zhou Xingchi answered Shanhe's question with helplessness,
"I can play small characters well because I grew up among them, so every role is very in line with the preferences of Hong Kong people. In the mainland, I don't have this experience and can't play a role that suits the tastes of mainland audiences. "CJ7" is an example. I'm old and I really don't have the energy to adapt to the market and create roles!"
Shanhe looked at the white hair on Zhou Xingchi's head and the wrinkles on his face, and he could understand Zhou Xingchi's mood and thoughts.
His choice was indeed wise. The times are so cruel that they may abandon you in the next moment without blinking an eye. As a reborn person, Shanhe can't avoid this either!
While you are still on the crest of the wave, you should struggle as much as you can!
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After seeing off Zhou Xingchi who had a great time, Shanhe rested and relaxed for an afternoon, and took Xu Ahui to visit the city of Singapore.
He also bought some special gifts for his family!
A week later, "Youth Yi" was completed in Singapore.
This was Shanhe's eighth filming completion. Seeing the familiar cheers and excitement on the scene, Shanhe was filled with emotion.
Time passed too quickly. It has been fifteen years since he was reborn!
In the past fifteen years, he has been moving forward without slowing down. He has written twelve novels, made eight movies, and become the world's most famous writer and director.
Most importantly, he has a happier family than in his previous life!
He fulfilled his original promise, protected his family, joined the torrent of the times, and lived up to the favor of fate!
The scenes of the past could not help but reappear in his mind. He was very satisfied and proud!
"Brother Shanhe! Thank you!"
Tang Xiaoyu's voice of thanks brought Shanhe, who was wandering in the past, back to the filming site. Looking at the boy with tears in his eyes, Shanhe smiled.
I also changed many people and many things, making their lives more exciting and valuable, and the future will be more interesting.
"Xiaoyu, the film is finished, and you need to return to real life next. I hope you can get rid of the influence of Juvenile Yi, but remember Juvenile Yi's tenacity. Come on, your future will be wonderful!"
"I will! Brother Shanhe, you are my idol and role model, I will try my best to get closer to you!"
"Haha... I am looking forward to your performance!"
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On the same day, the crew of "Youth Yi" still held a wrap-up party in the sky garden of the ship-shaped rooftop of Jinsha Hotel.
After a night of fun, the crew members continued to travel in Singapore for free for three days, and Shanhe, Yangliu, Xu Ahui and Tang Xiaoyu returned to Beijing on the "Little Flying Bear" the next day.
There is a "little fat bear" at home waiting to call him "Dad", Shanhe can be said to be eager to go home.
As soon as he got off the car and walked into the gate, accompanied by a burst of dog barking, Doudou rushed out of the middle door.
He started to wag his tail at Shanhe from a distance, but did not rush up directly, but stopped in place and barked a few times behind him.
"Doudou, Doudou, wait!"
After a while, a chubby little man appeared in Shanhe's sight, trotting, followed by several elders, and Shanhe also saw Qu Ling's face among them.
Shanhe went up to him, picked up his son from the ground and hugged him in his arms, kissing his little face,
"Little boy, hurry up and call daddy!"
"Dad?"
The little bear shouted reflexively in Shanhe's arms, then pointed at Shanhe's face and turned behind him,
"Grandma, daddy?"
"My dear grandson, you are right, it's your restless daddy!"
Several elders walked towards the father and son with a smile.
"Dad, Gao Gao!"
As soon as he was sure that the man in front of him was his father, the little bear shouted to Shanhe the game that father and son often played.
"Haha..."
Shanhe naturally did not let his son down. After lifting him back and forth several times, he put him on his neck,
"Son, hold tight!"
"Hehe ... After greeting his wife and elders, he held his son's legs on his shoulders, which were kicking happily, and asked the rare guest Qu Ling with a smile:
"Aunt Qu, how come you have time to come to Beijing today? It's such a pleasant surprise to see you!"
"Your mother is hiding in Beijing and being a grandmother! I have to come to Beijing to see the chairman!"
Qu Ling looked at the father and son and replied with a smile,
"Besides, I have to relax and come to see my baby bear. He has grown so fast since I last saw him in two months. I can't catch up with him when he runs!"
"Yes, this child is the same as his father when he was a child. "My dear grandson is growing faster and better than Xiaohe. Xiaohe can't walk steadily at the age of one and a half, and can't call many people!"
"What the old woman said is right. When Xiaohe was young, he was not as happy as his grandson. He was a bit like his eldest granddaughter!"
"Hehe...Yesterday, I saw him trying to catch chickens in the chicken coop. If Doudou hadn't been there, the little bear baby would have suffered!"
"Haha..."
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Shanhe carried his son on his back and shared the joy that the naughty boy brought to the family with several elders.
The little bear was also laughing foolishly on his father's shoulder, and kept showing off to Doudou who was circling around Shanhe on the ground.
"Doudou, high! Haha!"
After ten minutes, Hathaway stopped her son from having fun.
"Bernier, come to mommy, daddy is tired, let daddy rest for a while!"
The little bear was not very willing, but among the whole family, he was most afraid of Hathaway, his mother.
Hathaway was an actress, and her expression was very scary when she was dealing with him. In his little head, his mother was the big boss of the whole family, and he couldn't afford to offend her!
After being unwillingly taken down from Shanhe's shoulders by his mother, he was not honest, and trotted to the children's play area under the grape trellis with Doudou.
Shanhe looked at his son having fun and couldn't help but smile happily.
"Little Bear is still afraid of Nini!"
"That's right, except for Annie, no one in the family can be stern to him!"
Shanhe responded to Qu Ling with a smile, and asked casually,
"Aunt Qu, how is Chuhe Group doing recently?"
"Not bad! The domestic real estate market is very hot, but your mother and I have been struggling more and more in the past two years. Compared with Chuhe Film and Television Group, Chuhe Group has developed too slowly!"
Xie Meiyu brought out a plate of Hami melon from the house, put it on the stone table, and said casually:
"We are old, how can we compare with Xiaozhong, Xiaokang and other young people? A few years ago, we were still thinking about these two years. Let Zhong Lifang take over the Chuhe Group. Now she doesn't like the Chuhe Group owned by me and your aunt Qu!"
Then, she complained to Qu Ling,
"What are we busy talking about? Our son and daughter don't like our property. Even Dingdang doesn't want to work in the Chuhe Group and take over!"
"That's right!"
Xie Meiyu's words touched Qu Ling's heart,
"You said how good the conditions we created for them are, but they don't like it. I can't see her for several days now, and I don't know what she is busy with. It's really annoying!"
The two mothers began to dislike their daughters.
"Xixi is still the same, busy with that bullshit website. She said something even more infuriating, saying that people working in real estate are all immoral and she doesn't want to get involved. What kind of bullshit is that? Isn't it infuriating? I really want to slap her twice!"
"Hehe..."
Shanhe and Qiu Jiang couldn't help laughing.
Xie Meiyu glanced at the two fathers and sons who were secretly happy. The son had just come back and was still cherishing him. The husband was just the punching bag.
"This is all Qiu Jiang's fault. He has been talking nonsense in front of his daughter since she was a child. How can people working in real estate be immoral? The housing prices have soared. It's not our fault. Our Chuhe Group has never done anything immoral. Every penny is clean. We have done quite a lot of charity activities. Your Qiu Jiang Foundation has used a lot of our money!"
Qu Ling also agreed:
"That's right. I don't know what other companies do, but our Chuhe Group has gradually moved away from residential real estate and is mainly engaged in commercial real estate. It has a good reputation in the industry!"
Faced with the accusations of the two strong women, Qiu Jiang still answered confidently,
"Am I wrong? Now The current housing prices are so high that it is frightening, and they will be even higher in the future. A considerable number of people cannot afford a house in their lifetime. How can young people afford it in the future? This phenomenon is unreasonable! "
"This is the choice of the market, it is an objective law!"
"Objective law is bullshit, it is pushed up by humans!"
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Shanhe watched his parents bickering, but he didn't want to get involved. No one could explain this matter in a few words. He was about to retreat quietly, and
Qu Ling on the side asked:
"Xiaohe, "Youth is Easy" has been filmed, when are you going to start writing "Room"? "
"The outline has been written almost, I plan to go to Austria to experience and observe for a while, you know, I need to experience something in person!"
"After reading the information, I was shocked and angry. This kind of thing is not suitable for showing to the public. Xiaohe, don't reveal the ugliest side of human nature!"
Shanhe looked at Qu Ling and nodded, and agreed with her opinion. Many times, reality is unacceptable, and it is often more exaggerated and cruel than the plot of a novel, which makes people extremely uncomfortable!
The original drama also avoided reality, and Shanhe was no exception.
"I understand, Aunt Qu, I will focus more on the relationship between mother and son! I wrote this novel mainly for Anne, she needs a role to enrich her acting career!"
"Dear, you are my hero forever!"
Hathaway, who had lived in China for two years, still did not change her enthusiastic and direct Western style at home. Upon hearing this, she threw herself into her husband's arms and gave Shanhe a kiss.
Several elders looked at each other and habitually left space for the young couple.
"Nini is good in every way, except that she is so careless with Xiaohe!"
"Haha... the young couple has a good relationship, but you are still not happy!"
"Young people are like this now. Besides, Nizi is from M country. You have been there before. Their hug is almost the same as our handshake!"
"That's what I said. I hope they can be more affectionate. I want to hug my great-granddaughter as soon as possible!"
"Haha..."
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After enjoying a few days of family happiness at home, Shanhe started the post-production of "Youth Yi".
The post-production of "Youth Yi" will be completed entirely in China.
In the past two years, Chuhe Film and Television has greatly supplemented its hardware and talents, and has the foundation for producing large-investment commercial films, but the main post-production team of the film will still be the Disney team.
Chuhe Film and Television has no experience in such a large-scale production of nearly 200 million US dollars. Shanhe and Bruckheimer cannot hand over the task to the domestic team.
Besides, the target market of "Youth Yi" is the global box office, which needs to take into account the tastes of Western audiences. Shanhe also hopes that the Western production team will bring some Western rhythm to the film.
Of course, he plans to arrange Chinese people in the production team as much as possible, which is an excellent opportunity to learn from others.
In recent years, although the domestic film industry has made great progress, it is still very immature. The opportunity to participate in the production of such a large-investment commercial blockbuster is very rare, so it is even more precious.
Shanhe hopes that through this film, a group of domestic producers will make great progress.
The boss's movie is definitely the top priority of Chuhe Film and Television Production Center. The entire production center is very enthusiastic to participate in a large-scale production with an investment of nearly 200 million US dollars.
In fact, from the beginning of the preparation period of "Youth Yi", the entire production center has been collectively learning from the Hollywood team, and even Yang Liu has been busy talking with Bruckheimer everywhere.
Everyone knows that the ultimate goal of Chuhe Film and Television Group is to confront Hollywood head-on. Although the gap is still large, it is not impossible to catch up.
Sooner or later, Chuhe Films will have to independently produce movies with a value of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even invest in bigger movies. How could they let go of this opportunity to learn from others?
For the music, Shanhe discussed with Bruckheimer and found Tan Dun, who had worked with them once before.
Shanhe was very satisfied with his work in "The Sound of Wind", and the soundtrack "Eternal Life" is still one of the most popular movie soundtracks on the Internet.
"Young Yi's Fantasy Drift" is a film with a strong oriental flavor, and the details in it contain a lot of oriental philosophy.
Shanhe believes that only musicians who understand oriental philosophy can give the most suitable soundtrack.
Tan Dun naturally accepted Shanhe's invitation and formed the most luxurious soundtrack team in China for "Young Yi", including consultant Zhao Jiping.