Exploring the Entertainment Circle [Ancient and Modern]

After Tao Qingfeng finished filming the literary film "The Color of the Mountain", his summer vacation was overdrawn, and he returned to the classroom of Huaying University and started his sophomore study career.He had a much easier life this autumn semester. After all, at this time last year, besides attending classes, he had to edit "Returning East to West" in the small rented house in the dark.This semester, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and devoted himself to learning about acting and directing systems.

At the same time, he was considering resource issues.

"Resource" is a word with a mysterious halo in the entertainment industry. The three words "resources" are almost the golden rule that crushes all turmoil.Many people think that "resources" represent a height that is beyond the reach of ordinary people and worthy of awe.It's actually not that mysteriously difficult.

Before Tao Qingfeng planned to start a stove to attract resources, he investigated in detail how Xinghui Entertainment obtained resources, and found that it was mainly through "connections" and "public information".The more people in the circle you know, the more you can grasp the role vacancies in the first place; the stronger your ability to collect public information, the more you can find news about auditions and recruiting actors in the first place.

After Tao Qingfeng understood, he was not in a hurry to leave the company and start a stove.Even now he doesn't have to worry about the amount of liquidated damages, the money he earns is enough to pay.Lisa is still fulfilling her great wish: one faction wants to promote Tao Qingfeng as a big brother, and give Tao Qingfeng any good resources first.

So in the past two years, even if Tao Qingfeng was in school, there were filmings every winter and summer vacation.And after "Returning East to West" won the first place in the audience's favorite TV series of the year, and "The Color of the Mountain" won Tao Qingfeng an award at the International Film Festival, his film appointment resources for winter and summer vacations are also the best in the short term. Batch up.

However, Tao Qingfeng still had to give up some good resources that the shooting cycle was too long to coordinate the schedule.For this reason, Lisa was very heartbroken, and had hoped that Tao Qingfeng could take a half-semester leave of school or something like that.But Tao Qingfeng resolutely refused to do it, did not skip classes and did not ask for leave, so that even a small number of dark people in Huaying University who were staring at his every move with red eyes couldn't find the slightest reason to report it.

In the last semester of his junior year, Tao Qingfeng participated in the filming and production of an international cooperative documentary project called "Ocean · People" with the teacher of the "Lens and Screen" course of Huaying University.The director of the project is the producer and director of the American Discovery Channel, and most of the crew members come from "National Geographic" and other natural environmental protection journals.In this documentary, Tao Qingfeng, in addition to playing some "human" scenes, his main job is to be an assistant to the director, learning and practicing how to shoot various scenes with the camera.This is their college internship.

This project traveled across seven continents and four oceans. The part Tao Qingfeng participated in took six months, and the total production took more than two years.The final product is a ten-episode large-scale marine documentary, which is simultaneously screened on multiple channels around the world.The largest domestic video network has also purchased the copyright, and the broadcast volume is very high.

For Tao Qingfeng, the biggest gain is that he has learned a lot of skillful lens language.

For Tao Qingfeng's fans, they have more fun "Looking for idols in the back of the NPC in the documentary": "Guess whether Brother Qingfeng is playing a fisherman or a farmer this year" "I think this dolphin is very cute Could Brother Qingfeng play a cross-species role too" "What surprise did Brother Qingfeng give us today"?

Of course, the dolphin is definitely not played by Tao Qingfeng, he really doesn't have the ability to cross species.

The entrance and exit passages of Haiji Village are also very efficient, and they will be repaired in two years.Next to the cableway bridge, there is a cable-stayed steel cable bridge. The supporting columns on both sides are nailed to the cliff, and the drop below is 200 meters. It is the highest cross-river bridge in province A.The bridge road is available for vehicles to enter and exit. From then on, Haiji Village is no longer imprisoned in the sky, and the villagers' travel has become a leisurely thoroughfare.In the past, it took an hour to get in and out by cableway, and the dangerous and inefficient way of getting in and out was changed.Today's bridge, the villagers drive a small motorcycle, and it only takes 5 minutes to get out of the main road in the village, and then drive to the county town in 10 minutes to connect to the expressway.

For this reason, the villagers of Haiji Village raised funds for the first time to buy a second-hand small pickup truck, and collectively pulled out the fruits and vegetables grown for the villagers to sell.Of course, this is only the first step. With the road, the village began to implement the plan of attracting investment and building tourism.

And Tao Qingfeng also attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the road, and actively helped the village to make contact.Although he himself has no intention of investing in industry, but with his reputation as a base, his donation deeds were reported in the newspapers, which virtually expanded the popularity of the village.It has attracted the curiosity of many investors.The government also helped to attract funds, and soon the village raised 20 billion in the first phase of funds, which were used to repair the village's infrastructure, plan relocation and resettlement.Two years later, the second phase of funds was raised to start building tourist attractions.

The old village party secretary told Tao Qingfeng: In the past, the houses in the village were mud houses built by the villagers themselves. They were not standardized and had potential safety hazards, and they were not beautiful.This time, they were demolished and relocated, and a small single-family residential building with uniform specifications was built, which was very beautifully repaired.A small ethnic ecological square will be built in those barren places of non-cultivated land.Open several ethnic handicraft specialty shops, board and lodging shops.Visitors can visit, eat and stay when there are tourists.When there are no tourists, villagers can dry grain in the spacious square...

The second brother of the Yan family, through Tao Qingfeng's help, also came to Haiji Village to invest in a "small" project (in his opinion, a small amount of money): the upgrade of the zip line, contracted maintenance.Of course, this will become a popular tourism experience project in the future, and the high rate of return is another story.

Tao Qingfeng carefully inquired about the project planning of the village, and was very concerned about the schooling of the children. He learned that an investor had funded the construction of a primary school.After pondering, Tao Qingfeng took out 2000 million to build a "academy" similar to a small library.This project has no income and is considered a charitable donation.In the academy stands a stele from the cave of Tibetan soldiers. This is an inscription whose author's surname is unknown. It stands in the shade of osmanthus trees in the academy, adding a bit of ancient fragrance and elegance.

"Let's call it 'Qingfeng Academy'." The old party secretary in the village said with a smile.

The cross-river bridge road that turns Tianzhu into a thoroughfare has been named "Qingfeng Road", and this academy also echoes the name.From then on, I will accompany the children in the village to grow up, and then watch them embark on that road to leave their homes and explore the vast world outside.

Tao Qingfeng and Yan Dan stood in front of "Qingfeng Academy", smelling the scent of osmanthus, with mixed feelings.

"It's a couplet short." Yan Tan pointed to the empty space between the pillars on both sides of the plaque.

"Please give Mo the second place in Yanbang." Tao Qingfeng said modestly.

Yan Tan smiled and said: "I'm starting the Shanglian, you are right. If you are not right..." He lightly pinched Tao Qingfeng's waist, "But you will be punished."

Tao Qingfeng folded his arms and smiled, "Oh? What if it's right?"

Yan Tan pinched the same place on Tao Qingfeng's waist again, and smiled more meaningfully: "Then reward."

Tao Qingfeng held his forehead, looked at the other person's expression... always felt that there was no difference.

Yan Tan picked up the pen and wrote the couplet on the paper. He chose the true sentence of Taoism, but many Confucian teachers and philosophers also took the meaning of it.

"The valley is rich and colorful, and the singing is luxuriant, and the universe is an illusion."

Tao Qingfeng smiled, picked up a pen and continued the next couplet——

"The stones are dry and the cliffs are thin and the water and trees are falling. Only then can we see the real body of the world."

This couplet was later engraved at the entrance of the academy, and became the first couplet that many children recognized after learning cultural knowledge from an early age.

Tao Qingfeng held Yan Tan's hand, both of them had diamond rings on their fingers, he took a picture of holding hands, and whispered to Yan Tan: "...I want to make it public."

"I have no objection." Yan Tan raised his eyebrows: "Are you ready?"

First of all, Xinghui Entertainment Company does not allow artists to openly date. If Tao Qingfeng said that he wanted to make it public, he probably wanted to leave the company and form his own team.

Tao Qingfeng has been preparing for this, looking around for candidates, and even digging the corners a bit too big——

"You want to develop independently and come to discuss with me...and plan to pry me away?" Lisa glared at Tao Qingfeng incredulously after learning about Tao Qingfeng's thoughts, "Do you think I will agree?"

Tao Qingfeng smiled and said, "So I'm here to ask you?"

Lisa was convinced, she is now a high-level executive of Xinghui Entertainment, "Aren't you afraid that I will sue you for breach of contract and then block you?"

Tao Qingfeng said: "First of all, Sister Lisa, you can't block me now. Secondly, I can afford the liquidated damages now. Furthermore, I came to you because you and I know that you will have to stay for a long time if Mr. Xiang doesn't leave."

Manager Xiang is the nominal leader of Xinghui Entertainment. Ever since Ning Haibo, his mainstay, left, life has not been easy, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.Although Lisa wholeheartedly praised Tao Qingfeng as the first brother, and now Xinghui's good resources are indispensable to Tao Qingfeng, she still has to compromise and be constrained sometimes.Lisa's plan was to drive Manager Xiang away.She is younger than the other party, so she should wait, but judging by her posture, it will take many years.

"Go alone with you?" Lisa pondered, "It's a bit risky."

"You decide for yourself. Sister Lisa." Tao Qingfeng said calmly, "Anyway, I have this plan. I am very grateful to Xinghui for cultivating me in the past few years, so I am willing to pay back for a few more years, but after two years at the latest, I I planned to leave. At that time, there were only five years left in the ten-year contract I signed, and the termination fee was not high."

Lisa hesitated: "The purpose of your doing this... is to disclose your sexual orientation? Since you are interested in acting, why do you have to do extra things in terms of character design? I know you are not a person who values ​​external evaluations, those people What does it matter to you whether you know or not?"

Many celebrities have hidden marriages, and they are living well, which does not prevent him from earning money from acting.As long as Tao Qingfeng doesn't tell the truth, even if he is accidentally photographed, if he is lucky, he can be dismissed by the public relations, which is not considered a violation of the company's regulations.

In fact, the purpose of Tao Qingfeng's doing this was also to facilitate his own resources in the future, but he didn't say it for the time being, and he would tell Lisa after she agreed to be poached.

"There should be an honest account to the fans." Tao Qingfeng said: "Some people like to watch my drama, and some people like me as a person. No matter what kind of preference, I need to tell them the real me. This is a kind of responsibility."

Although coming out of the closet will inevitably lose a large number of girlfriend fans, Tao Qingfeng does not follow the path set by idols.

Lisa still wanted to leave more room for this matter, and finally said: "Your current fan base is composed, and girlfriend fans are not a new force. I will go to the public relations department to make plans in advance so that the impact will be less after you come out. Of course, it is against the company's regulations in name. It must be refrigerated for a few months. But if it is your own foreign theater resources, the company can’t control it, and I won’t let others restrict you.”

In other words, Lisa is giving Tao Qingfeng a chance to make a transition, and let him try to accept foreign plays without going through the company, although there have been times before, for example, Xia Xinghen came to Tao Qingfeng to play "East Return to West Crossing" because he was a foreigner. play resources.But that opportunity is rare.

"Thank you, so you agreed to quit?" Tao Qingfeng asked.

"We'll see what happens this time." Lisa looked at Tao Qingfeng, thinking carefully, as if she was evaluating if she would work hard with this person for the rest of her life, would she have a better way out than she is now.

Only now did Tao Qingfeng have the gate of the academy, and he proposed to Yan Tan his plan to make it public.

"You can do whatever you want." Yan Dan said softly, "I will always be by your side."

Tao Qingfeng nodded, and posted the photo of two holding hands with diamond rings on Weibo.The background behind the two hands is the plaque on the door of "Qingfeng Academy" and the couplet.

Tao Qingfeng wrote a very simple and easy-to-understand "Returning to the Garden" on Weibo that all elementary and middle school students have learned:

... I ask you what to do, and you will be in service for a hundred years.

... It is not a pity to stain the clothes, but the wish is not violated.

And he said a word to himself: When I am old, I will come back here with you.

In the photo, the two hands wearing the diamond ring have well-defined joints, long and slender fingers, wide and thick.It was obvious that it was the hands of two men.

The ceramics went crazy, and the fans of the entertainment industry and the public were also seriously frightened and shocked.

Ziwei star Tao Qingfeng who has been rising in the past few years: I came out of the closet.