Recapture the Entertainment Industry

The single ward is very quiet. Since the floor is high enough, there is no need to worry about the reporter taking pictures secretly. The curtains of the room have not been drawn. Looking from the window, the empty sky is as blue as water.

Xu Zhen's foot was hoisted high, his hands were covered with bandages, and his neck was still covered with a neck brace. The bruises on his face can still be seen until now, and one of his back molars was also missing.Cao Dingkun had great strength, and at that time he fired the real fire again. He didn't hesitate to drop the stick, and swung each stick towards death, beating half of Xu Zhen's life away.

In order not to let the news leak out, Su Shengbai has been extraordinarily careful outside these days.The explanation given to the public is that Xu Zhen was so shocked by Cao Dingkun's accidental death that he couldn't afford it, so this obviously traumatic scene must not be revealed, for Xu Zhen and himself.

Su Shengbai walked in lightly, his eyes fell on the man who was leaning against the head of the bed in a very laborious posture.

Xu Zhen didn't look up at him, but laid out a thick photo album by his hoisted legs, and stared intently at it.The flowers that Su Shengbai asked the nurse to bring in were thrown messily on the ground.

He glanced at the pile of flowers, hummed almost inaudibly, and sat down gently leaning against the edge of the bed: "Brother Xu..."

Without raising his head, Xu Zhen said in a cold voice, "If you have something to say, get out."

Su Shengbai's eyes turned red instantly: "Are you still blaming me?"

"Is it interesting to ask?" Xu Zhen's still moving hand slowly stroked the smiling face of Cao Dingkun in the photo album, his fingertips trembled slightly. If it wasn't for Su Shengbai, he would still play an important role in "Assassin" , if it wasn't for the scandal of homosexuals being jealous and killing each other enough to ruin his reputation, how could he let go of the murderer who knocked Cao Dingkun off the cliff...

His heart trembled violently, and he hurriedly expelled all the pictures from his mind, and closed his eyes: "Tell me, what's wrong with the movie?"

Oh, how sad, isn't it still not as good as his career?Su Shengbai cleverly concealed his disdain, and replied in an aggrieved tone with his downcast eyes: "We have made another budget, and with the remaining investment, it is no longer enough to successfully produce the original quality of "Assassin" .”

"How could it not be enough!?" Xu Zhen became excited all of a sudden, "That's more than one hundred million!"

"But to shoot big scenes, we spend a lot. The post-production and special effects team will spend a lot of money. The rental of equipment and so on must be the most high-end at present. We also need to rent an entire scenic spot to go deep into the mountains to shoot scenes for the crew. The requirements are also very high..." Su Shengbai broke the calculations for him in the same way, "There is also the actor's salary, before... it was already decided to let Brother Cao be the leading actor, Brother Cao does not get paid, but now He...he is not here, his role needs to be played by someone else..."

Su Sheng paused for a moment, and then finally said: "An artist with the same quality as Brother Cao will be paid at least seven figures or eight figures higher. These days, delaying the start-up has already cost a lot of funds. Roughly, we I am afraid that another 500 million or so budget will have to be added to ensure the smooth shooting of the whole process.”

500 million.

Xu Zhen clenched his fists and growled at Su Shengbai with red eyes: "It's all you...!" If Su Shengbai hadn't killed Cao Dingkun, how could they have faced such a predicament?Cao Dingkun's acting skills can be said to be among the best in the circle, and only an existence like him can express the feeling Xu Zhen really wants in his heart.Now that Cao Dingkun is dead, he has also taken away the living protagonist in his mind.He has prepared for "Assassin" for so long and paid so much, even if the quality of the film is considered, the standard of the leading role is definitely not up to par.But how can such an artist's worth be just a joke?This more than [-] million already included all the funds that Xu Zhen and Cao Dingkun could use, and it was absolutely impossible for him to spend more.Cao Dingkun still has some valuable real estate under his name, but after his death, those have nothing to do with Xu Zhen at all.

Although they are married.However, the marriage relationship is not recognized by domestic laws, and there is not a single Chinese character on the certificate.The reason why Cao Dingkun thought about it was because it represented a different kind of authority.

Su Sheng blushed and looked at him with tears in his eyes: "Could it be all my fault? If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be able to keep this [-] million!"

Xu Zhen was poked at the sore spot, grabbed the photo album and threw it at Su Shengbai, trembling with anger: "Get out!!!"

Su Shengbai got up and dodged the photo album, clenched his fists, stared at Xu Zhen and said word by word: "Brother Xu, have you forgotten that I am filming for you without getting paid! What a risk I have taken!" Don’t you know that the risk left this sum of money for you? Now you’re putting all the responsibility on me, is this fair to me? I’m already feeling very uncomfortable, Brother Cao has helped me so much, I’m in my heart Also treat him as my own brother. Do you know how guilty I was when you went to bed with me behind your back? If I didn’t love you so much, why should I place myself so low? When he fell, I felt so guilty. I'm also bleeding, do you know? I gave up my only family for you, can you really not see what I have done for you?"

Xu Zhen was trembling violently, looking at his tear-filled eyes, but slowly calmed down subconsciously.

That's right, Su Shengbai also accepted the role and the ending song without any remuneration, how could he forget this?

This is not a small amount of expenditure. Now that Cao Dingkun left, there is a big vacancy in funds. If he also leaves, the ill-fated drama "Assassin" may really be aborted.

He stared at Su Shengbai closely, the hatred and disgust in his eyes gradually replaced by calmness.

He turned around, as if the person who was furious just now wasn't him at all: "Where's the sponsor? If it doesn't work, go get a sponsor."

Su Shengbai was not surprised by his compromise. He smiled slightly in his heart, and immediately put away his tears: "We have checked all those who are interested, but none of the sponsors are charitable. Some are willing to invest, but all of them are airborne actors. and placement requirements."

"No." Xu Zhen categorically rejected Su Shengbai's temptation, "The reason why this drama has been prepared so hard is that I want every detail of it to meet my wishes. Messy people and advertisements are stuffed in like What words?"

Su Shengbai also disagreed with this solution, and heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words: "Then there is only another way."

"any solution?"

"Open casting." Su Shengbai stared into Xu Zhen's eyes, "Let's hold a dream audition in the name of fulfilling Brother Cao's wish. Brother Cao did a lot of publicity for "Assassin" before his death. People outside know how much he cares about this drama, and his popularity is so high, as long as we bring him out as a gimmick, it will definitely cause a lot of sensation and repercussions."

He paused, a little worried that Xu Zhen would not be able to accept his use of Cao Dingkun and lose his temper. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen's face twisted for a moment when he mentioned using Cao Dingkun as a gimmick, and then he began to listen calmly.

He looked down on this man even more: "In short, our goal is not to find any suitable artist, but if the plan is successful, there will definitely be companies that agree to invest for the sake of a positive image, and we will also have the funds to hire big-name actors. , "Assassin" has been promoted well, and it will be released at the time, and there will be a box office guarantee. Two birds with one stone."

In fact, killing three birds with one stone is right, Cao Dingkun's network foundation is not small in the circle.In his name, Su Shengbai was able to invite many big names in the industry who had cooperated with him before his lifetime to participate in the audition, which was also a very precious opportunity for him to expand his network.

Xu Zhen also thought of this, his eyes turned cold instantly, and he raised his eyes to look at Su Shengbai.The image of Su Shengbai in his heart has always been well-behaved and clean, as timid and pure as a rabbit, and Cao Dingkun's resourcefulness and fortitude seem to be two extremes, otherwise he would not be on the premise that he knew that Cao Dingkun's eyes could not tolerate sand You have the guts to have an affair with Su Shengbai.But now, it seemed that he underestimated this young man.

Su Shengbai still looked at him with that timid gaze, with an innocent expression on his face, as if the idea of ​​turning over the "brother" who was killed by himself had nothing to do with him.Xu Zhen couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

"How?" Su Shengbai saw that the other party was silent, so he took the initiative to break the embarrassment, and gave Xu Zhen a step up, "Brother Xu, don't think too much. Brother Cao's accident had nothing to do with you, and he would hate it if he wanted to." If you hate me, you must still love you in your heart. I believe that he would like to see you realize your dream even in the underground. As for the retribution, let it be retribution on me, that is what I deserve.”

He was very sure that the other party would agree to his proposal, but in this way, his image of innocence in the other party's heart would definitely be flawed.But so what?From the moment he decided to kill Cao Dingkun, he knew that he and Xu Zhen would have no future.But he didn't regret it. Being caught raped in bed was beyond his expectation. Compared with letting Cao Dingkun survive and push him back to the bottom from the position he finally climbed to, the current situation is much better.He has too many things against Xu Zhen in his hands. Even for his own future, Xu Zhen would never dare to take the initiative to do anything to him. After this movie, he and Xu Zhen only need to maintain politeness on the stage. .

Xu Zhen stared into his eyes, then slowly looked away after a while, as if he had made such a difficult decision, he clenched his fist tightly.

"Make a detailed plan for the event, and show it to me when the time comes." Xu Zhen said softly, telling himself over and over again in his heart that he was not the only one who invested in this movie. It pays off with high hopes.Cao Dingkun will be happy if the filming can be done smoothly, right?

It must be, they used to love each other so much, how could all their feelings disappear because of an affair?

As for myself...

Xu Zhen arched his back in exhaustion, and his eyes fell on the photo album that was just thrown out and lying in the corner. On the page that was spread out, Cao Dingkun was looking directly at the camera with a bright smile, and his compelling charm gave him a feeling that he was about to suffocate oppression—he will use his whole life to repent of the sin of betraying Cao Dingkun.