become famous

A few days later, He Xiuyi went to Zuo Ran's house again.The first is to thank Zuo Ran; the second is to bid farewell to the other party; the third is to discuss the signing of a brokerage company.On the night when the Venice Film Festival closed, Zuo Ran asked He Xiuyi not to sign a contract with the agency, and He Xiuyi obediently did not proceed to the next step.

After entering the door, Zuo Ran asked He Xiuyi to take a rest at will, and turned around to prepare tea and snacks.

After getting permission, He Xiuyi walked into the library on the first floor again.The arrangement of books is basically the same as last time—one side is professional books, one side is history, politics, and military knowledge, one side is novels, and the other side is theoretical works, but there is nothing next to the "FrancoClun HD Sketch", and several sketchbooks are all gone. And flew away.

Another difference is that there is a huge puzzle on the round table in the center of the library.The puzzle is made of wood and can be framed without glue and hung on the wall, giving it a homey feel.

He Xiuyi leaned his head to take a closer look, and found that the scene in the painting was very familiar - it was Venice.The main river flows in the middle, with a few small boats floating on it, and there are neat buildings on the bank, one after another.The sky is colorful and full of life.The surface of the river is like a mirror, capturing all the shadows of boats, buildings, and the sky. There are two worlds that are external and internal.The picture is very bright, colorful and radiant. The picture seems to be embraced by the rainbow. There is a kind of gorgeousness that can only be seen in dreams. It makes people dizzy and is dragged into the center of the color without knowing it.

It's really beautiful... He Xiuyi sighed, and then suddenly found out that in the painting, the gondola closest to the audience has not been assembled yet, and the main parts are all empty, only the head and the tail.Around the coffee table, the remaining puzzle pieces are randomly scattered.He Xiuyi picked it up, and placed them one by one according to the imaginary picture and the shape of the edge of the puzzle.He placed it very seriously, clapping every time a piece was buckled in, to make sure it wouldn't pop out suddenly.

When Congo pulls it all together, the puzzle is complete.

Well, He Xiuyi thought: Sure enough, this is much better, it is a complete painting.

Just thinking about it, He Xiuyi suddenly felt a heat on his back - Zuo Ran appeared behind him at some point, his slender arms passed around his body, his palms were pressed on the table, his wrists turned outward, and the hot air of his breath gushed out again. On the side of the ear: "Tea and snacks are on the coffee table in the living room."

"……thanks."

He Xiuyi looked at the left side of his body - it was Zuo Ran's arm.He looked again at the right side of his body—or Zuo Ran's arm.

I... have I just been "tapped" like this?I have only heard of "wall dong" and "bed dong", but I have never heard of "table dong".

Zuo Ran looked at the tabletop from He Xiuyi's neck and shoulders: "This is a masterpiece of oil painting by Leonid Afremov. He is a Belarusian who later immigrated to the United States. He likes to use a palette knife instead of a brush to paint, depicting cities, Rural landscapes are characterized by bold use of colors. They like to stuff red, green, yellow and blue into their brains. They are laid out in large blocks, with obvious contrast, and high brightness and saturation, which makes his paintings very vivid. Afremov He is good at expressing light and shadow, especially the reflection in water, and he has also completed a series of paintings with water, such as this one depicting Venice."

"Oh……"

"I love Venice—just fell in love."

He Xiuyi replied dully again: "Oh..." He naturally understood Zuo Ran's implication.In Venice, the film they co-starred in won an award, and the next day they visited the water city together. It can be said that Venice is a place full of memories.

"I saw this jigsaw puzzle by accident the day before yesterday, and I bought it without thinking much about it. There was 1000 yuan, and I spent two days trying to put it together. I specially left the most interesting gondola at the end. I didn't expect to be slammed by you directly." Press it up."

He Xiuyi said: "Then I'll pick it off again." Even so, He Xiuyi didn't move at all.

"Don't." Zuo Ran reached out and pressed a few pieces of wood on the position of Congola, "I'll hang it up at night." He had originally deliberately handed over the "finishing touch" of the whole painting full of memories of the two to Gondola. He Xiuyi completed it.

"..."

"Okay, let's go to the living room."

He Xiuyi agreed, walked to the rest area next to the fish tank in the living room, sat on the sofa, and drank the tea made by Zuo Ran.The tea was a little hot, and he sipped it carefully.After taking a few sips, He Xiuyi raised his head: "Zuo Ran, I want to thank you seriously once."

"Ok?"

"Help me clarify the rumor of 'sleeping all over the crew' and help me quell the discussion of 'naked substitute background'." He Xiuyi knew very well that there were so many voices at that time, even if he ran around and shouted, the effect was very limited. It was Zuo Ran who used "think Many. Just because @刘扬庭 is trash with low character and poor acting skills.” This kind of extreme remarks made people notice his refutation of rumors—the truth is always difficult to attract attention, and You Yushi is a lesson from the past.Refuting the rumors immediately rushed to the first and second hot searches, not everyone can have this treatment.Zuo Ran didn't consider the impact of "explosiveness" on his reputation, or even if he did, he still chose to put himself first.Looking at the replay, He Xiuyi has some lingering fears, because if he makes a wrong move, he may never be able to get out of the negative news of "sleeping all over the crew" or "being a naked substitute".

Zuo Ran shook his head lightly: "You're welcome."

"Well, about the agency..."

"Well, I was also going to talk about this." Zuo Ran gracefully picked up his teacup and took a sip, "A year ago, I started preparing for the establishment of a studio." A year ago, it was when he met He Xiuyi .When He Xiuyi was just a small substitute, Zuo Ran thought about what would happen a few years later.

It has become a trend for artists to build studios.In this way, artists can have stronger autonomy and will not be hindered in the development process, although "taking more money and paying less taxes" is also a huge incentive.Of course, the disadvantages of building a studio by yourself are also obvious, that is, there may not be many high-quality resources, and the unfamiliarity with the process may also cause many problems.

"You... contract expired?"

"Soon." Zuo Ran said, "However, even if you open a studio, you will still cooperate with the current owner. The company will inject 25 million yuan and take away [-]% of the shares. Opening a studio always requires money,'Xingkong 'It's good to be willing to invest."

"Two... two hundred million?" He Xiuyi was stunned.

Isn't this... just sending money in disguise?25 million is only exchanged for [-]% of the shares, that is, Zuo Ran's unopened studio has a total valuation of [-] million? !The company only has Zuo Yingdi alone, no one has no money and no products, it is like a shell company, and it is not worth [-] million.

Zuo Ran continued: "However, the two parties signed an agreement. The studio must release three commercial films starring me in the next three years, and choose 'Xing Kong' as the distributor. In exchange, 'Xing Kong' must spare no effort to promote and distribute They. In terms of production, I demand [-]% freedom, and 'Starry Sky' does not interfere."

He Xiuyi understood. "Star Media" is willing to pay 15 million because it fully believes in the actor's ability to make money.Three commercial films will be released in three years. As the distributor, "Starry Sky" can get up to 3% of the distributable box office, that is, the total box office minus 5.5% of the fund, 41.5% of taxes, and about 15% of the theater share... ...the next 25%, in fact, is not low.What's more, as a major shareholder with [-]% of the shares, "Star" can also participate in dividends.It can be said that in order to continue to absorb money from Zuo Ran and prevent others from profiting, "Starry Sky" made a seemingly irrational investment, spending [-] million yuan on the studio where only the actor Zuo was alone.The entire asset of Zuo Ran's studio is himself - he only uses himself, and it will come to [-] million.

"'Xing Kong' is not stupid." Zuo Ran added, "There is also a gambling agreement."

"What is 'gambling'?"

"It's an agreement between the investor and the financing party for uncertain situations. If the agreed conditions appear, the investor can exercise an adjustment right; if the agreed conditions do not appear, the financing party can exercise an adjustment right. My relationship with 'Xing Kong' The agreement is that if the total turnover reaches a certain figure after three years, 'Xingkong' will inject another 26 million for the studio's subsequent development, if not... I will transfer [-]% of the shares to 'Xingkong' for free."

"26%?" Even if he doesn't know about business operations, He Xiuyi knows that 25% plus 26% equals 51%, and someone who owns more than half of the company's shares means that he is the absolute boss.So, He Xiuyi said, "Then, in that case, 'Starry Sky' will take 51% of the shares... This means... Once the box office is not satisfactory, 'Starry Sky' will take control of the studio, and can do whatever it wants, even Merge... At that time, as a studio artist, you have to return to the 'Starry Sky' company...for nothing."

"It's okay." Zuo Ran said, "Three years is enough for me to make you popular."

"Zuo Ran...!" He Xiuyi already faintly felt that it would be related to him again, but when he really heard the words from the other party's mouth, He Xiuyi's heart still trembled uncontrollably.

Zuo Ran looked at He Xiuyi, and said, "Except for 'Xing Kong', there is no more [-] million yuan. The new studio has money in its pocket to do things well. Besides, 'Xing Kong' promises never to interfere with the casting and production of the film, and then go find it." Investment may not be such a good thing. And, more importantly, as the largest film and television company, 'Xing Kong' has very strong resources. It can get the film scheduling rate of big theaters that others can't get; the gold that others can't get It can also get advertising spots; it can still get high-quality talk shows that others can’t get. How should I put it, I need it.”

"Zuo Ran...!"

Zuo Ran looked down at He Xiuyi, and smiled again: "Don't worry—the performance target is not harsh, we two work hard, and it will be easy to achieve it. The other party just wants to guarantee profits, thinking that someone else must get the money Same."

"..."

"Xiuyi, as I said, in the past six years, I have thought of many stories in my mind, which are suitable for the two of us to perform. I want to write, direct, and produce by myself. Only I can Show your best, best side."

"...Then," He Xiuyi asked, "Are you inviting me to join?"

"Ah."

"Anyone else?"

"No more." Zuo Ran said, "It's just you and my company."

"Don't say that—"

Zuo Ran took out another piece of paper, "The first commercial film, I plan to make this one. It's a story about cops and gangsters. Two male protagonists, no female protagonist, the two are brothers."

He Xiuyi took it, remembering Zuo Ran once said that in those scripts of his, the two protagonists are not both lovers, they also have brothers, friends...everything.

While He Xiuyi looked down at the content, Zuo Ran continued to explain beside him, "You are the male lead, playing the role of a policeman."

He Xiuyi nodded and continued to look down.Zuo Ran's handwriting is still so beautiful, every stroke can catch people's heart.

In the film, the first male and the second male are both orphans. They have known each other since childhood, supported each other, and depended on each other for life.When the two were five years old, they studied the people in martial arts movies and became brothers with different surnames. They didn't want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but they wanted to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day.

Unexpectedly, in the spring of the two of them, the male was seriously ill but unable to heal, lying in the hospital with tubes all over his body, unconscious.The male second couldn't bear it, and decided to fight black boxing in order to collect money, but he almost died in the boxing ring. Fortunately, he was rescued by the boss of the underworld. Long-winged Swallowtail".As for the first male, after receiving the surgery fee, he never saw the second male again.

Years later, Nan Yi became an excellent policeman and was assigned a task of cracking down on gangsters.At the same time, the high-level police secretly contacted the second man, believing that the second man's conscience is still intact, and hoped that he would become a police informant.Police senior officials promised that undercover agents could make up for their mistakes.The second man has been following the first man silently for many years, knowing that the other party has become a policeman, so when he faced the conditions offered by the police, he couldn't help being tempted.In his opinion, this is the only chance to get a commutation of sentence. After atonement and release from prison, he will be an innocent person again and can stand in front of his "brother" again and stand side by side with him.In order to keep it secret, only the two bosses of the mission know the undercover identity of the second male.

In the middle, there are a series of police and robbers chasing and fleeing, fleeing and chasing, chasing and fleeing, fleeing and chasing, it is very lively.

The climax of the story is that because the family was kidnapped, one of the two bosses of the police rebelled and injured the other into a vegetative state.Therefore, the undercover identity of the male second was no longer known.

The male one is not aware of all the hidden secrets, and tries his best to find an opportunity to wipe out the underworld.In the end, on the day when the net was collected, the first male, as a sniper, stood on a high place and was ordered to shoot down the most vicious "long-winged swallowtail butterfly"—that is, the second male.However, when the second man turned around and showed his face, the first man found out in horror from the sniper scope that it was his brother who had been missing for 12 years.

On the one hand, he is the people's policeman who must complete the task; on the other hand, he is an elder brother, and the brother he has not seen for 12 years is under his gun.So, should he fire this shot?

He Xiuyi was so fascinated by the reading that he crushed the white paper, turned a page, and couldn't wait to continue reading.

"...?" He Xiuyi was stunned - the next page was blank.He Xiuyi flipped through again—there really wasn't any more.So he foolishly looked at Zuo Ran beside him, "Zuo Ran, I haven't printed it out later."

"Oh?"

He Xiuyi handed the white paper to Zuo Ran: "What happened in the end? Did you shoot or not?"

Zuo Ran stared at He Xiuyi with a smile on his lips.

"Quickly tell me...? Is it true that 'I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month, the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month, the same day'? No way?"

"The ending must be kept secret." Zuo Ran said, "Unless you agree to sign and agree to shoot, then I will send you the official script soon."

"you……"

Zuo Ran raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, okay, I'll sign and shoot." He Xiuyi didn't intend to refuse Zuo Ran at first.Zuo Ran sent him all the way to Venice, how could he be indifferent and reject the other party?This is something Zuo Ran has been looking forward to for many years, He Xiuyi is not so cold-hearted.

"Then," Zuo Ran slowly put down his long legs, stood up calmly, and stretched out his right hand to He Xiuyi who was on the sofa, "Welcome to join."

"Ah." He Xiuyi also hurriedly got up and held Zuo Ran's hand.

A few seconds later, He Xiuyi seemed to be complaining, "Why, I always have to play this kind of role that requires 'choice between two'? Song Zhi in "The Family" has to choose between the family and the lover. This time, To choose between my family, my country and my brothers, it's really... No matter what, it's all cruel. Why do you all treat me like this?"

The corners of Zuo Ran's lips deepened, and he stretched out his hand to pinch He Xiuyi's face: "To let you know how easy it is to be with me in reality."

"Hey..." He Xiuyi blushed again.

"Xiuyi," Zuo Ran's eyes suddenly fixed on He Xiuyi deeply, "I'm very happy that you can agree."

"..."

"You are going to Ningxia for two months. When you return to Beijing, I should be able to make almost the same preparations. Then I will directly sign the contract and join the team to officially shoot this commercial film about police and gangsters."

"……Um."

Zuo Ran grabbed He Xiuyi's head, inserted his fingers deeply into the other's black hair, and carefully looked at He Xiuyi's face. He Xiuyi thought that the other party wanted to consider the shape, so he foolishly let the other party look.Then, Zuo Ran pointed two thumbtips towards He Xiuyi's eyelids, and He Xiuyi instinctively closed his eyes.

A second later, a kiss landed gently on his hairline.

Got kissed again.

"..." He Xiuyi opened his eyes, blushing, lowered his eyes, and knocked off Zuo Ran's hands, "You... don't do this."