Nobody knows movies better than me

Chapter 29 Fan Bingbing's Little Thoughts

Fan Bingbing just returned from Hengdian World Studios. This time, she collaborated with Hong Kong actor Cheung Wai-kin and Nicholas Tse on the TV series "The Little Fish and the Flower Without Flaws".

However, the filming process was not very enjoyable because the group of Hong Kongers who came to the mainland looked down on them, the actors from the mainland, and showed a lot of discrimination.

Zhang Weijian and Nicholas Tse even deliberately used excessive force in a scene, sending Li Bozhao, who played Jiang Biehe, to the hospital.

Li Bozhao is now going to sue the two men, but the investigators said they were afraid it would affect unity and asked Li Bozhao to let the matter drop.

This infuriated Li Bozhao, who was determined to file a lawsuit.

However, based on Fan Bingbing's experience, the lawsuit will likely be dismissed.

If it were just that, it wouldn't be so bad, since she wasn't the one who got beaten up. But that fat director, Wong Jing, kept taking advantage of her and even hinted at it several times.

Although Fan Bingbing isn't exactly an innocent young girl, she knows that everyone in the entertainment industry goes through these kinds of moments, and she can actually endure it.

After all, using one's beauty to gain opportunities is an advantage that female stars can utilize.

The problem was that Wong Jing's obese body made Fan Bingbing feel extremely disgusted, and the Hong Kong actors in the crew also discriminated against them, the mainland actors.

If it were Zhang Weijian or Nicholas Tse trying to take advantage of her, she probably would have tolerated it. But if it were Wong Jing trying to take advantage of her, Fan Bingbing would refuse.

After the grueling filming process and finally escaping the film crew, Fan Bingbing finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, she would still accept any similar opportunity next time, preferably for a film.

There's no other way; there are too many applicants for too few opportunities. If you want to stand out, you have to rely on these high-quality projects.

She's lucky; at least she gets to play a leading role. Other mainland male actors who collaborate with Hong Kong actors usually only get supporting roles.

For example, in the movie "A World Without Thieves", Ge You played a supporting role to Andy Lau!

Upon returning to Beijing, Fan Bingbing's executive agent, Shiman, brought her some news.

"Bingbing, did you see a young director named Zhang Jun, a graduate of Tsinghua University, at the College Student Film Festival?"

"I've seen him before. He's quite handsome. What's up?" Fan Pangbing asked.

Shiman said with a look of surprise, "You didn't know when you were filming, but recently the company has been discussing this director."

The boss also ordered that they should maintain close contact with Zhang Jun and try to bring him to the company.

Why?

Fan Bingbing hasn't been paying much attention to the film market lately, so she asked with a puzzled look, "Did his short film win an international award?"

These days, it's hard to succeed in theaters; winning awards is the way to go. The so-called sixth generation of directors only became famous by winning international awards.

Therefore, Fan Bingbing assumed that Zhang Jun was on the path to winning awards.

However, Shiman shook her head and said, "You should watch more of 'China Movie Report.' Director Zhang Jun's new film, 'Little Miss Sunshine,' has already grossed 1800 million at the box office."

"what?"

Fan Bingbing was utterly astonished: "Really? What movie grossed 1800 million at the box office?"

"Of course it's true, the media has already started reporting on it."

Shiman affirmed earnestly, "And this isn't the end. The film can continue to rake in box office revenue, probably around 30 to 40 million."

He's only twenty-two. Do you know what that means for a twenty-two-year-old director?

"Of course I know!"

Fan Pangbing was thrilled, knowing that this was an opportunity he could take advantage of.

After Shiman left, Fan Bingbing took out her phone's contacts, which contained the phone number she had exchanged with Zhang Jun at the College Student Film Festival.

Without much hesitation, Fan Pangbing dialed the number directly.

Unfortunately, the call did not go through, as the other party's phone was switched off.

Fan Pangbing wasn't disappointed either; Zhang Jun's phone was probably overwhelmed with calls and people were likely harassing him.

Fan Bingbing called Shi Man, who had already left, again: "Director Zhang Jun's film is so successful, there must be a celebration banquet, right?"

Please keep an eye out for me; I'm going to participate.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it for you." Shiman instantly understood what Fan Pangbing meant.

Fan Bingbing guessed correctly. Ever since "Little Miss Sunshine" was released in theaters and achieved remarkable results, his phone has been ringing off the hook.

Coal mine owners and investors, CEOs of private film companies, or even some senior directors who suddenly appeared out of nowhere wanting to teach him a lesson, etc.

These people somehow got his phone number, and from early morning until afternoon on December 22nd, he received dozens of calls.

Eventually, unable to bear the harassment any longer, he simply turned off his phone.

It's just a box office gross of over ten million, right? Anyone who didn't know better would think it broke a record. Why do these people seem more excited than I am? Is it really necessary?

Little did people know that Zhang Jun was used to the era when box office figures of billions were commonplace, so he was naturally not sensitive to the figure of tens of millions of yuan and could remain calm.

But this is not the case for others.

Nowadays, many films are released in cinemas every year, most of which only reach a box office of around one million, while a few can break ten million.

Only a few top directors' works can achieve box office success exceeding 100 million.

The legendary status of Zhang Jun's box office success, which grossed tens of millions, lies in the fact that he was very young, only twenty-two years old.

In the eyes of the older generation, 22 years old represents a greenhorn who has just entered society and is in a stage where he knows nothing.

If you tell them at this point that a young kid made a movie that grossed tens of millions, you can imagine how shocking that would be.

Another legendary aspect is that Zhang Jun is not a professionally trained director. He doesn't even have a family background in the film and television industry, and he is a graduate of a prestigious university.

A student from the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University suddenly came to make a movie, and it became a success.

How could those aspiring directors who have graduated from professional schools and are still struggling to find opportunities not be shocked?

That's terrifying!

Is it possible that geniuses really exist in this world?

At the height of the film's box office success, Peng Shen, who had previously interviewed Zhang Jun, released his exclusive report.

Because it was the first exclusive interview with Zhang Jun, this report garnered significant attention.

In the report, Peng Shen gave a brief introduction to Zhang Jun: his parents are high school teachers, he has excellent academic performance, and he was admitted to Tsinghua University.

Later, due to his interest in film, he shot his first short film, "The Tuner," and later directed "Little Miss Sunshine."

The Zhang Jun in the report gives off the feeling of a chosen one who can do anything well.

But if time travel didn't exist, such an exaggerated event wouldn't have happened in this world; it's just that the public is unaware of this.

Tsinghua University is also very pleased that its graduates have immediately achieved results. Although these results are unrelated to their majors, they further demonstrate the excellence of the university's holistic education efforts.

So Tsinghua University even hung a banner on campus that read: "Warmest congratulations to our graduate Zhang Jun on the great success of his film 'Little Miss Sunshine'."

Hou Yu, who was in charge of guiding the film association in shooting the short film, was also praised by the school leaders. Although he had nothing to do with the matter, he still held the title of instructor.

Those who didn't know the truth might have thought that Hou Yu had discovered Zhang Jun's talent in film!

Hou Yu was very pleased; this was yet another achievement for him!

He plans to help Zhang Jun obtain the status of an outstanding alumnus and invite him back to the school to give a speech, which can be considered a way of returning the favor!

The school will not object; on the contrary, it will be very supportive, because this is a good opportunity to promote the school and surpass the neighboring Peking University.

Zhang Jun's class advisor, Lao Hu, and his good friend, Ma Qiang, were shocked and incredulous, but also happy for Zhang Jun.

Especially Ma Qiang, who had been classmates for four years, felt that Zhang Jun was such a stranger for the first time.

However, when Zhang Jun invited him out for drinks and barbecue, that feeling of unfamiliarity disappeared. After all, Zhang Jun was his college buddy of four years.

However, Zhang Jun's achievements made Ma Qiang somewhat 'jealous'...