After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 741 A Grand Anchor Point: Film & Television + Cultural Tourism
Li Mingyang glanced at the work schedule and had just closed it when Zhang Wei handed him a new document—a loan—and asked him to sign it.

"What is this money for?"

"Pay wages."

"Pay salaries? No way! The company can't even pay salaries right now, they have to borrow money!"

“It’s not a bouquet. There are many people in the bouquet, but the wages are low. The wages are paid by the Korean side, and there are performance bonuses there. CJ’s payment is not timely, and I was worried that I would not be able to get paid on time, so I borrowed from China.”

"Is this okay?"

"If you sign, there won't be any problem."

Li Mingyang scratched his head, but still signed his name.

After Zhang Wei left, Li Mingyang felt uneasy and wanted to talk to someone.

Call Tian Tian? Forget it, she's too busy showing off at her roadshow right now.

With pre-sales exceeding 50 million, "Special Identity" is arguably the highest-grossing pre-sale film in Sweetie's history.

It just so happens that it was released on the same day as The Four 2. The Four 2 had pre-sales of over 20 million, a significant difference.

This is mainly due to the box office boost from the epic battle.

The third battle of the century will be on July 30th.

Li Mingyang's buzz cut hairstyle evokes a dreamlike romance.

Then he fought Chang Wei for five rounds.

They ultimately won a great victory.

This guy is serious; he trained secretly for a month.

Li Mingyang underestimated the villain of The Matrix.

This guy is a master of mixed martial arts. He might not be good on the ground, but he's incredibly powerful when standing. He's tall, has long arms and legs, and is agile. In addition to punches and kicks, he also uses elbows and knees... He's especially ruthless!

The actors who play the main characters may not be good at kung fu, but the actors who play the villains are definitely ruthless!

Moreover, Chang Wei is taking this epic battle very seriously and is extremely cautious. He is not underestimating his opponent at all and is fully prepared, so Li Mingyang has no chance to cheat.

It's fortunate that he trains regularly; otherwise, relying solely on physical ability, he really couldn't beat the professionals.

Mixed martial arts has many knockout moves!
Basically, once hit, they lose their ability to move.

In the first four rounds, Li Mingyang didn't gain much of an advantage and was elbowed twice.

By the fifth round, Li Mingyang's physical advantage came into play. Chang Wei was getting old, and Li Mingyang seized the opportunity to beat him mercilessly in the corner!
The fourth battle was on August 15th, the day before the release of Special Identity.

The battle against Zhen Zhidan is a publicity stunt for someone with a special identity.

Shishi and Mimi both treat him like Doraemon, all-powerful, and have completely forgotten his identity as a director...

Old Wu is now very cautious and doesn't dare to speak much.

Li Mingyang stubbed out his cigar in the ashtray and then continued browsing the internet, looking at the news from the past month or so.

He felt that he had signed an agreement, fought the first battle of the century, and returned home to earn the right to plant the flag.

They are becoming increasingly detached from the masses.

In the past, he would have immediately noticed and countered such propaganda as "Li Mingyang owes a movie ticket!" by launching an online campaign to eliminate it.

And now, if Guo Fan hadn't mentioned the box office performance of "Soulmate"...

He felt the figures were too high, so he checked them out and accidentally discovered that the actress's box office was ridiculously high. Otherwise, he would never have discovered that someone had prematurely launched his 'owe movie tickets' publicity campaign.

This kind of promotion can only be used once! A second time will cause netizens to backlash, and people will say that it's a shameless way to promote something.

Li Mingyang read the news for a while and found that he had a lot of news about himself, but none of it was related to the movie.

It is mainly related to culture and tourism.

After dinner, Li Mingyang walked around the corridor again and again.

More than a month later, two large, gold-plated characters appeared on the metal arch of the circular building: "The Three-Body Problem"!
The new recruits have already integrated into the company. Looking down from the sixth floor, from the first floor to the fifth floor, people come and go in a constant stream.

It has the feel of a university teaching building.

After watching for a while, Li Mingyang returned to his office and started browsing Weibo.

After his fans reported him for his actions, it became obvious that fewer people talked about him, and his Weibo posts were all full of praise.

It's all hype; after seeing so much of it, it all seems pretty fake.

On a whim, Li Mingyang went to Tieba (a Chinese online forum) to search for information about him. Good heavens, all the haters have gone to Tieba, posting all sorts of sarcastic and veiled insults.

It's funny how people want to curse directly but are afraid of getting their accounts banned or being reported.

dong dong!

"Enter."

Zhong Xiaoyu pushed open the door and walked in, placing a stack of documents in front of Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang habitually opened the document and started looking at it. After a while, the red countdown in his field of vision made it difficult for him to concentrate. Just as he was about to have something to drink to calm down, he turned his head and saw Zhong Xiaoyu standing behind him, craning her neck to look at the document.

"You like watching it so much, should I show it to you?"

Zhong Xiaoyu shook her head awkwardly.

"What a bad habit, get out."

“I used to be able to watch it…” Zhong Xiaoyu said weakly.

"The past is the past, the present is the present, get out."

Zhong Xiaoyu opened her mouth, but seeing Li Mingyang's expression, she didn't dare to argue anymore and left with her head down.

click!
The door was closed.

Li Mingyang looked at the empty office, scratched his head, and said with a self-deprecating laugh, "I'm all alone."

He continued reading the posts.

Baidu Tieba is a very special place. It is an information cocoon that cannot generate public opinion and is particularly prone to 404 errors.

Later, he faded into obscurity.

However, even Baidu probably didn't expect that Tieba would later come back to life.

Because there are more real people than paid trolls!
Baidu Tieba doesn't make much money, which has led to its outdated and obsolete mechanisms. It's also very troublesome to recruit and maintain a team of online trolls on Tieba.

Unlike Weibo, which is the biggest marketing boss itself!

He browsed the forum for several hours until Mimi called to invite him to Mixue Ice Cream.

Li Mingyang then shut down his computer and left the office.

As is his usual practice, he would go to the underground parking lot and drive home himself.

However, today he suddenly had a whim and wanted to go back.

I left the company quietly. There are many food stalls around the company, and many young people there.

Li Mingyang silently put on his mask, preparing to find a food stall to get something to eat.

Just as he was smelling the aroma and looking for a food stall, several vans stopped by the roadside, and a group of older young people walked in groups towards the bungalow area ahead.

Li Mingyang subconsciously followed, turning several corners in the alley before arriving at a large courtyard filled with tables of all sizes.

There is a large tree in the yard, with wires wrapped around it and several high-powered light bulbs hanging from it, illuminating most of the yard.

This restaurant, hidden in a hutong, is doing quite well; its thirty-odd tables are almost all full.

Li Mingyang really wanted to try it, so he sat down on a small stool and waited.

Then he heard a group of people talking about him not far away.

This is normal.

What's unusual is that these people were once famous.

In the shadows, Li Mingyang watched his peers talking loudly, drinking and bragging.

He vaguely recognized several people, who were indeed famous.

He was puzzled as to why these people were here.

What's even stranger is that the people who come here to eat all seem to have been famous in the past.

Li Mingyang lost interest in eating and quietly left.

A dozen minutes later, Li Mingyang returned to the company.

Guo Fan and Zhang Wei, who were still working overtime at the company, and Wu Zhikui, who had just returned to the company, were called to the office.

He briefly explained that he had encountered many previously famous people in a small restaurant in the alley next to the company, and wondered why they were appearing in groups near the company.

Wu Zhikui, Guo Fan, and Zhang Wei were not surprised at all, because those people were from Chen Wenbo's Wenbo Film and Television Company.

It's normal for the two sides to have exchanges.

"How far have the exchanges progressed?" Li Mingyang asked.

“Recently, almost all the dramas produced by our company have involved Wenbo Company.”

Why not produce independent dramas?

"It's faster and easier for experienced people to mentor newcomers. Mingyang and the others are people you personally trained, so they understand your hiring standards."

Why didn't you tell me?

"Now that you know, what are you going to do?" Zhang Wei spread her hands, leaving him with the difficult problem.

How to do?
Li Mingyang hadn't figured out what to do either.

The next day, Li Mingyang went through the roster of Mingyang Flower, the personnel directory of FBTV, the progress schedule of the flower bouquet project, and the film and television rating table of the Qinglong Group.

After reading all this, he had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Chen Wenbo joined FBTV's management team as the chairman of Wenbo Film and Television Company.

This company actually made all her former wolf cubs more proactive.

He hadn't expected Chen Wenbo to gather that pack of wolves, more than three hundred people. Li Mingyang had basically given up on these people.

Ignoring individual cases and focusing solely on past experiences, this group has been corrupted by the Chinese entertainment industry.

What happens when an experienced wolf mentors a newcomer? They either become wolves or dogs.

Whether it's a wolf or a dog, it's not in Li Mingyang's plan.

No matter how busy he is, Li Mingyang makes time every day to pay attention to the newlyweds in the flower arrangement industry, and he even makes a point of separating newcomers from those from the industry's second generation and those from academia.

Newcomers are in charge of the actual operations, including photography, lighting, scriptwriting, logistics, art direction, sound recording, and special effects, while the second generation of celebrities and academics are assigned to the props team.

The One-Punch Man universe is not based on the original manga. Li Mingyang aims to stitch together later IPs to create a One-Punch Man universe!
One-Punch Man is more important than The Three-Body Problem!
However, unbeknownst to him, his plans had already veered off course.

He voiced his concerns, but the three of them thought it was perfectly normal and that he was worrying unnecessarily.

After all, he can now set the rules for the circle.

With the best people, we create the best film and television content. No one can overturn the situation, and we have no worries about the future.

After Wu Zhikui and Guo Fan left, Zhang Wei advised him to broaden his horizons and not just focus on the company, but to look at the entire Chinese entertainment industry like BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent).
In the afternoon, Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei took a plane to Wuhan.

In Wuhan, Li Mingyang met Wuhan celebrities such as Tianxian, Yao Beina, Yuan Hong, and Wang Kai.

After exchanging pleasantries with familiar celebrities, Li Mingyang listened to the city leaders' secretary explain the Wuhan film and television ecosystem.

This is a cultural tourism and commercial ecosystem driven by "film and television genes" and built with an immersive experience, integrating film and television IP, celebrities, film and television cities, tourism, food, and agricultural assistance.

Celebrities are an important part of the process; Liu Yifei, Yao Beina, Yuan Hong, and Wang Kai were all invited by the leaders through his name.

The celebrity's participation was not announced to him in advance in Wuhan; it was said to be a surprise for him.

Since the people invited to Wuhan were all his friends in the entertainment circle, Li Mingyang didn't mind and was actually quite happy.

However, the next day, when Li Mingyang arrived in Anhui, he discovered that celebrities had also been invited there, including Yanzi from Anhui, as well as Nicholas Tse and Charlene Choi from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

After spending two days in Anhui, Yanzi and her boss conspired to get him to acquire a plot of land on the edge of a new urban area to expand it into a movie town. The town would be a comprehensive development integrating leisure and entertainment, movie-themed exhibitions, film scene placement, children's education and training, dining and shopping, and other movie-themed spaces.

The project is being developed in three phases. In the first phase, to show sincerity, the government invested, and Yanzi also participated in the investment, bringing in billions of yuan. He did nothing and held a 5% stake in the first phase.

It was at this point that Li Mingyang realized that while the above had copied his ideas, they also had their own plans, using celebrity IPs to accelerate cultural tourism development.

This is a very grand strategy, planned many years ahead of schedule, though Li Mingyang doesn't know exactly how many years.

but not now.

This mainly involves the integration of institutions among the State Administration of Radio and Television, the State Administration of Culture, the State Administration of Tourism, the State Administration of Sports, and the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The name of the General Administration has been changed many times.

Last year it was called the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, but this year it has been renamed the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

In the future, the cultural, tourism, and broadcasting bureaus will merge to launch various versions of film and television + cultural tourism.

Li Mingyang is honored to have taken the lead in seizing the opportunity presented by the film and television + cultural tourism trend and ushering in a new era for Southeast University.

After reaching a cooperation agreement on a new project in Anhui, Li Mingyang went to Shanghai.

Shanghai also invited many celebrities, as it is a hub for the Shanghai entertainment circle, with many stars including Sun Li, Deng Chao, Ma Yili, Hu Ge, Tang Yan, and Li Bingbing.

In addition, many Hollywood stars and investors came.

Big White Cake, Spielberg, Scarlett Johansson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker.

Tim Cook of Apple, Wendi Deng and Rupert Murdoch of Fox, and Robert Iger of Disney.

After Steve Jobs passed away, Tim Cook took over as the leader.

Deng Wendi and Murdoch were focused on moving eastward, but News Corp was even more absurd than Netflix.

From tabloids like the News of the World, The Sun, and the New York Post, to major newspapers like The Times and The Wall Street Journal, plus popular television networks like Fox and Sky, News Corporation is no joke.

In addition, Fox also owns Star TV, the largest satellite TV station in Asia.

The organization was formerly known as Satellite Television Limited, which was established by Hutchison Whampoa in 1990.

It was fully acquired by News Corporation in 1993.

It was launched in mainland China on March 28, 2002, via Guangdong Cable Television Network.

BJ Starry Sky United Chinese Media Consulting Co., Ltd. was registered and established on October 27, 2010.

Star TV can be considered one of the best among all the TV stations at Dongda University.

Li Mingyang had mentioned Deng Wendi to Chen Wenbo, who came from CCTV and knew News Corporation very well.

The authorities have been pressuring News Corporation to sell Star Media.

Deng Wendi's most important purpose in coming to Dongda University was to help News Corporation save Star Media.

By co-producing films with Southeast University, promoting Southeast University stars, and actively advancing Sino-US film exchanges, we are demonstrating our stance.

However, the decision had already been made.

Chen Wenbo originally had an important job: to cause trouble for Starry Sky Media.

Robert Iger, CEO of Disney, is here primarily to discuss the planning of Disneyland.

Shanghai really is like being in Cao Cao's camp.

They dream of adopting the American financial system for profiteering, and actively engage in exchanges and learning.

In the past, Li Mingyang would have been extremely welcoming of the high-profile lineup of celebrities and investors from Shanghai.

but……

Ever since the indelible blood-red countdown appeared on his eyes, Li Mingyang has been very easily irritable.

The countdown timer even jumps to different positions, especially when it jumps to the focal point of the view, which is incredibly annoying.

This leads to his inability to concentrate and his train of thought being easily interrupted.

Furthermore, Bouquet Entertainment has strayed from its original purpose.

Li Mingyang's thoughts changed very quickly; one moment he felt good, the next he felt bad, which made him very confused.

But no one could understand him.

I feel even lonelier than when I was in Korea...

On August 14, after concluding his inspection tour of various locations, Li Mingyang returned to Bouquet Entertainment.

In the morning, he sat in the Flower Bouquet Restaurant and ordered himself a bowl of white rice porridge and a plate of pickled vegetables.

Halfway through the meal, Li Mingyang put down his chopsticks, his eyes filled with melancholy.

With a successful career and a net worth of billions, he holds the Palme d'Or in one hand and FBTV in the other, and is in charge of the Dongda Film and Television Ecosystem of "culture and tourism + film and television".

Only he can win people's hearts!

If Huayi is not convinced, then beat them up however you want!
He snatched away an investment plan worth tens of billions.

but……

He can no longer appreciate the deliciousness of plain rice porridge with pickled vegetables.

The food is tasteless.

The image of internet tycoons drinking plain porridge and eating pickled vegetables flashed through his mind—they really love to eat!

Jack Ma's statement that he wasn't interested in money wasn't entirely pretentious.

He's lost interest in money now...

Dealing with projects worth billions or tens of billions every day, money has become just a concept.

Jack Ma once said, "The happiest time of my life was when I was a teacher and earning a monthly salary of 91 yuan."

The second half of the sentence is, "Back then, I saved money every month, knowing that if I could save up for a few more months, I could afford a bicycle. Now I don't need it anymore."

Jack Ma, let alone in the future, even now, what kind of car can't he get?

He was transferred from the clouds to the abyss, and finally returned to China in a high-profile manner.

Jack Ma cancelled the agreement to act in concert, thus completely losing control of Alibaba.

At night, I rode my bicycle, worth tens of thousands of yuan, alone in Hangzhou.

He really loves bicycles...

The countdown timer in his line of sight had shifted again, this time to the focal point, the spot that made him most uncomfortable.

Li Mingyang looked up at the window and happened to see Mingyang Entertainment across the street.

He stared blankly at the building where he had built his business in his previous life, the building where he was now thriving.

A tremendous sense of accomplishment and a profound sense of loss raged through his veins like ice and fire, troubling him.

"I'm now at the helm of a multi-billion dollar cultural strategy, doing great things that benefit the country and its people!" Li Mingyang murmured.

The job opportunities and urban development it provides are no less impressive than those of a new Datong!

Open your eyes!

This is the right path, and everyone will be remembered for it, achieving both political success and benefiting the people.

The above involves giving money, fame, and power.

Everything has been provided. Although the debt is in the tens of billions, the revenue is also in the tens of billions. With strong support from the government, state-owned enterprises, and private enterprises, it is impossible for the project to fail.

To ensure he wouldn't have any worries, the authorities removed Guangmang from the film and television city. Some cities were selected for the Dongda Film and Television Ecosystem, while others were directly removed and will have to wait for the next round!
Twenty cities are just the beginning; the plan is to promote this nationwide. If it goes well, an official document will be issued.

Making a movie, like Nezha 2, which grossed over 15 billion yuan, what significance does it have for Dongda University?

The most important reason why Ne Zha 2 was able to achieve such phenomenal box office success is that Chinese filmmakers have been feeding audiences with stale and unpleasant content for many years, and people are eager to see good movies.

Nezha 2 appeared at the right time. With a huge backlash and good word-of-mouth, and fueled by national sentiment, it soared to a peak that filmmakers around the world dared not even dream of!

Ultimately, it's because the film industry at Dongda University is so bad that it created the miracle of Nezha 2.

He has a grand anchor in his heart.

That is to develop the "film and television + cultural tourism" model, which is a great thing that benefits the country and its people!

(End of this chapter)