The next day, it was half past nine in the morning.
He Tianran had breakfast and drove to the company on time.
Zhuguang Lane is located in the Jiangnan District of Hong Kong City. To the west is adjacent to Queen Street, which is rich in nightlife, and Nathan New Road, where many high-end luxury fashion brands gather. Three kilometers to the north, after crossing the Tumo River Bridge, you can reach the busiest shopping mall in Hong Kong City. Jiangbei CBD Central Business District, where He Panshan's Shanhai Group is located.
By comparison, it seems that the surrounding bustling neighborhoods can easily cover up the brilliance of Zhuguang Lane. In fact, this is not the case. As early as twenty years ago, thanks to the older generation of filmmakers from the south moving north, the Hong Kong city has become more prosperous after the brain drain. The intention to support the local film industry is another major factor in the rapid rise of the "Hong Kong circle" in recent years.
Today, Zhuguang Lane has become synonymous with the southern film and television industry and a business card of Hong Kong City. It is not only densely populated with cinemas, community theaters, live studios, and film and television production institutions, but also the famous Hong Kong City Grand Theater. it's here.
Hong Kong City is not a city with an ancient history, so after the economy takes off, support for some emerging cultural industries will be very strong.
When a city forms a cultural atmosphere, it will have a foundation over time, which is also one of the important means to promote sustainable economic development.
Taking the tourism industry as an example, more than half of the tourists who come to Hong Kong City will choose to come to Zhuguang Lane Movie Street. Even if they want to meet celebrities on the road, they still come here to watch movies and plays. It is a good choice to see the crew filming and feel the atmosphere. After shopping, you can go shopping or go to the Bund to watch the night view and experience the bustling nightlife of Queen Street. The transportation is very convenient.
This is a modern life that cannot be experienced in film and television cities like Hengdian or Xiangshan.
Driving the car into a park located on the main street of Jewelry Lane, He Tianran could see through the car window that a line of fifty or sixty people had lined up downstairs of the company next door, all handsome men and beautiful women. There were seven or eight staff members carrying lights and photography equipment into the building, shouting at everyone to stop messing around and wait another fifteen minutes before they could enter.
It looks like an interview is taking place.
This kind of scene can be seen almost every day in Zhuguang Lane.
He Tianran found a parking space under the shade of a tree and parked his car. He had just taken two steps when he bumped into two male actors, one from the middle school and one from the junior school, who were probably coming for an interview. They slipped in before they entered the venue. Smoking under the tree to pass the time.
The middle-aged one looked to be close to forty, and the younger one should be in his twenties. He Tianran took a quick glance and stopped looking. When the two people saw He Tianran getting out of the car, they were stunned. At first glance, he probably looked familiar, but for a while he couldn't tell who it was.
After a while, the older man was stunned. He did not throw away the cigarette in his mouth. Instead, he took out a small black box containing cigarette butts from his pocket, hurriedly put out the cigarette and threw it in, and then He handed it to the young man next to him, signaling the other person to put out the cigarette quickly. He was the first to walk towards He Tianran.
"Well... please stay. Are you He Tianran, Director He?"
The other party spoke with some uncertainty. He was much older than He Tianran, but his tone was full of respect and humility.
"It's me, who are you?"
He Tianran stopped. He was asking this question, but he had already guessed the other party's intention. This was why he just glanced at the two of them briefly and did not look at them.
"Ah, hello, hello, we were interviewing next door, and we happened to meet you. We all liked the movie "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" that you filmed last year."
After receiving the confirmed reply, the middle-aged man hurriedly wiped his hands on his brown coat, and then stretched out his hand enthusiastically. He Tianran did not refuse and also extended his hand.
The other party's hands were thick and rough. They wrapped He Tianran's palms and held them tightly for a while.
"My name is Sun Zhangwen, uh...come here~!"
He turned around and called out to the young man who was still standing there, grinding and extinguishing his cigarette. When he heard the shout, the young man came closer, nodded slightly, and said politely:
"Hello, Director He."
Sun Zhangwen took a roll of A4 paper that had been stuck in his pants pocket and handed it over.
He Tianran didn't answer for the moment and said calmly:
"You're here for an interview with the crew, right? But I don't have any projects started yet."
Sun Zhangwen's face showed no embarrassment and a smile on his face:
"I understand, Director He, please keep our actor information first. It won't waste time. It contains our contact information and filming experience."
He Tianran nodded and took it. For the sake of convenience, actors' resumes have long been made into PPT. There are all kinds of photos and videos. If you still have a paper version of your resume like this, you are really running. The lowest actor in the group.
"Are you a group leader or an actor's agent?"
"I... I am the teacher who taught him acting. Now... I am also working as an actor's agent. This kid is very smart, Director He. If you have a chance, you can give it a try."
"Well, there's a chance. I really haven't had much fun lately. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
He Tianran took his resume and didn't flip through it, so he didn't stay any longer.
"Okay, okay, you go ahead."
"I wish you a successful interview."
After leaving such a sentence, He Tianran left in a hurry.
Looking at his retreating back, the young actor showed a bit of disdain on his face and complained to the middle-aged man:
"Teacher Sun, this guy is younger than me. Look at the way he is carrying it. You don't have to be so polite to him. He just has a good father and he is also a director. It's funny."
Sun Zhangwen made a serious face: "Xiao Li, you also know that others are younger than you? You are already 27, and this is what happens before you are popular? If you don't change your arrogant character, do you want to Are you the same as me?"
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Compared with other large companies in the park, He Tianran's own film and television company is considered "small but beautiful". It is a two-story small bungalow with a red brick structure. The roof is specially textured with steel bars to form the "Future Production" four walls. It’s a big name. There are only twenty-three people in the company including the front desk and finance. It’s definitely a bit too much to call it a film and television company, but it’s just right to call it a studio.
However, being small also has its advantages. There are not so many worries. In "Future Production", there is no such thing as the early days of starting a business, when everyone has to endure hardships together. Everyone has something to do, and they are all young people, so they can talk. Well, the most important thing is that He Tianran, the boss, has a loose control and pays the salary in place. There are no bonuses or overtime pay in arrears.
And the most important thing is that as a director, post-production editing and other positions that often require overtime work, He Tianran does not have a fixed working time. They all have a flexible working system. For example, normally I go to work at ten o'clock and get off work at six o'clock. Today I work overtime. In two hours, I can come to work at 12 o'clock tomorrow. I stay up all night, and I don't have to come the next day. It's so free.
However, He Tianran is not a philanthropic person. If he keeps doing this, his overtime pay will definitely be deducted to some extent, but this is much better than ordinary sweatshops.
Entering the company, you can see the poster of "A Thousand Knots of Hearts" and some portraits on signboards as soon as you look up at the door. Currently, "Future Films" has only filmed such a drama, so it is a bit monotonous, but at least the work is worthy of recognition. If you take action, there will only be more and more in the future.
The small building that could normally accommodate fifty or sixty workstations only had about twenty people, so it seemed a bit empty, so everyone arranged some snack racks, flowers, lazy sofas, game consoles, billiard tables and so on indoors. For decoration and use.
He Tianran thought that if the company had more people in the future and one of his had returned from overseas studies, the first thing he would do would be to ask her to help him renovate his company. The important thing was that the good news would not go to outsiders.
At this time in the past, when He Tianran came to the company, everyone was at their workstations, and it was normal for someone to chat occasionally. But today, as soon as he walked in, he saw a bunch of people gathered around the post-processing computer, as if they were discussing something. Yao Qingtao, who was following along to join in the fun, coughed immediately when he saw him coming. The group of people all turned around and immediately dispersed when they found the person behind them.
"What's wrong? What were you looking at just now?"
He Tianran approached and asked.
"Looking at your gossip."
Yao Qingtao gave an answer casually.
"My gossip? What gossip do I have?"
"Go upstairs and talk to your office."
"Ah good."
He Tianran didn't know why, so Yao Qingtao took the notebook and pushed him up to the second floor behind him, came to the office, and closed the door.
"What? It's mysterious."
"You and Teacher Wen Liang were acting outside yesterday. Nothing happened, right?"
"Huh? No."
Yao Qingtao thought for a while, opened his notebook, and pulled out a piece of entertainment news, which read -
"He also has this day?! The rich second-generation director is cold when picking flowers, and the pretty Huang Rong meets Ouyang Ke, and his enthusiasm is gone!"
He Tianran almost burst into tears when he saw this title. The person who could come up with this title is really a fucking talent.
He looked down at the accompanying picture. It was the scene where he and Wen Liang were sitting across from each other in the flower shop yesterday. The moment recorded in the picture happened to be Wen Liang's impatience when he saw him denying his memory over and over again.
This framing is very clever. None of the surrounding staff or cameras were captured. It was just him and Wen Liang. It looked like the kind of private date...
As for the text accompanying the picture, the meaning is roughly the same. It is nothing more than that I am interested in Wenliang, but the other party shows a kind of disgust. The description of the words is mostly vulgar guidance in this regard, leaving it to Chigua The public has a lot of room for imagination.
He Tianran looked at the release time of this tidbit of news and found that it broke out in the early hours of this morning.
"I was thinking, if Teacher Wenliang had been more enthusiastic towards me at that time, would he have written that the two of us were having a passionate affair? These entertainment tabloids are really good at editing!"
Yao Qingtao's eyes widened: "Do you still have time to think about this?"
He Tianran said calmly: "Then what else can I think about? If we don't talk about these nonsense, how will this matter develop now?"
"At eight o'clock in the morning, the hot search of a certain blog reached fifteen. Now two hours later, it has dropped to the mid-twenties. The main reason is that netizens who eat melons have seen too many people now. If there is no real evidence, just a picture can't explain it. What, it’s probably gone today.”
He Tianran walked to his seat and sat down, "Ah...that's good. This can also be a hot search. A certain blog is really finished."
"It's the same on any platform. Some entertainment accounts on short videos today also received your news. The main reason is that your identity is very topical. I think you took advantage of this when you were promoting "A Thousand Knots of Hearts". ?You can’t just look for the good without looking at the bad side, right? Your identity is a double-edged sword.”
He Tianran nodded. Although he understood the truth, Senior Yao could always remind himself repeatedly at certain moments. He leaned on his sofa, looked at the ceiling, and murmured:
"But having said that, Teacher Wenliang...went too far this time."
Yao Qingtao asked cautiously: "You mean... these are all written and directed by Wen Liang?"
He Tianran said frankly: "There is no substantial evidence, but everything seems reasonable."
The temporary change of photographer regardless of industry ethics, the fabricated memories, the black material all along, Bai Lingye’s speech last night, and the photos that were released this morning, everything seems to be connected together...
"Actually... I have the same guess as you in my heart. After all, Wen Liang has made too many revelations since her debut and became famous. Although the information this time actually lifted her hand, the goals she pursues are all the same. …It’s just…continuous exposure.”
Yao Qingtao also said what was in his heart.
Although He Tianran didn't want to speculate on others based on his dark side, this was the way this circle was.
In order to have a topic, in order to continue to be exposed...
For, red...
To a large extent, having means is better than having no means.
"By the way, does Wen Liang have any dramas to air recently? Or make announcements or something."
He Tianran suddenly asked, Yao Qingtao recalled for a moment and said:
"Her most recent drama was aired in February at the beginning of the year, and it didn't create any splash. As for the announcement... We set the shooting time with the artist two months ago, and they said... Wen Liang is free recently. , just follow our plan...hiss...I rarely hear this kind of thing, she hasn't started work in recent months, right?"
He Tianran was thoughtful:
"It's possible. I heard a friend say that Wen Liang's contract with Li Lan is about to expire. Now she has so much dirty information and she likes to do it. Except for the dramas cast by their company, which regular crew would dare Use her, you can just make some scandals, but if tax evasion and tax evasion is discovered, and there is a problem with your lifestyle, the entire crew will be buried with her."
"Then let's just let this matter go? Or should I communicate with Sister Lan?"
"If you can't communicate, you can throw the blame no matter what..."
He Tianran pinched his eyebrows and changed the topic:
"By the way, where's Sunset?"
"Didn't you ask him to take a day off yesterday?"
"...Then did he contact Teacher A Liu? There will be a script meeting today."
"I have confirmed with Teacher A Liu. Others will come over in the afternoon. I also told our screenwriter colleagues here in the morning."
"Great! Sister Taozi, this company can't survive without you."
"Don't come here, I haven't seen you share shares with me at the end of the year."
After a few words with Yao Qingtao, He Tianran's mood improved a lot.
At this time, the cell phone in He Tianran's pocket suddenly vibrated. He took it out and saw that it was an unknown number, but the order of the numbers seemed familiar.
He hesitated for a moment, then put it to his ear.
The opposite is straight to the point.
"Hey, He Tianran, can I go to your company now and take a look at the material shot yesterday?"
"……Who are you?"
"I'm Wenliang! No, I just called you yesterday, and you didn't save my phone number..."
Before the other party could finish speaking, He Tianran snapped and hung up the phone.
(End of chapter)
