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

Chapter 743 Loyalty (Second Update)

After reaching the summit.

Li Mingyang came to realize a fact.

That is, he has no secrets.

……

Li Mingyang first notified everyone in the Qinglong Group group that a meeting would be held at 8:00 AM tomorrow in the Huashu Entertainment Multimedia Conference Room.

After sending the message, he called Zhang Wei, Lao Wu, and Guo Fan, asking them to come see him.

He also called Han Jianu, Ah Huo, Xiao Ye, Qiao Shan, Da Peng, Xiao Shenyang, and Cao Manman, asking them to get to Huashu Entertainment as quickly as possible.

After finishing the call, Li Mingyang took out the two Cannes trophies from his drawer and placed them in the most conspicuous spot on the bookshelf.

The Palme d'Or looks significantly larger.

Li Mingyang muttered, "Are they all crazy? I won the Palme d'Or by snatching it from FBTV. They handed the cannon to the foreigners. Why not give it to me? At least I was genuinely working for Dongda Film."

"The state of the Chinese entertainment industry is truly inferior to that of the Korean entertainment industry... Although the environment in the Korean entertainment industry is terrible, I'm a chaebol with a huge number of loyal followers..."

"Do you not understand? Or are you pretending to understand?"

"Could it be... that there are traitors among them?"

"There's no time to dwell on this. I need to unite all those who support me, and the minority must submit to the majority!"

Li Mingyang gently adjusted the angle of the golden palm and nodded in satisfaction.

He sat down on the sofa, took out a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, placed them on the sofa armrest, and slowly lit one for himself.

Before long, Guo Fan was the first to arrive.

Cyber ​​Daji, as the rarest and most sought-after sci-fi director in the Chinese entertainment industry, did not achieve success by chance.

He has many excellent qualities, and if placed in the right position, he will quickly achieve results.

In particular, his rich imagination, vivid storyboarding, and persuasive skills are far superior to Lao Wu's.

However, he is not as good as Lao Wu in terms of controlling the flow of the event.

Li Mingyang originally thought that in terms of controlling the flow of the story, Lao Wu was no match for Guo Fan, who directed The Wandering Earth.

The Wandering Earth 2 had a resident crew of over a thousand people, nearly ten thousand special effects personnel, more than twenty thousand extras, over ten thousand foreign extras, and filming took place simultaneously in 14 sound stages!
That's some really strong coordination and command skills!

However, in reality, Lao Wu is better at coordinating and controlling the situation than Guo Fan.

One central hub, multiple branches flourishing – Old Wu is incredibly adept at it.

He had a clear idea of ​​the industrialization process for film and television production in his mind, and he even wrote it down, but Li Mingyang burned it.

Therefore, Li Mingyang wanted to mentor Lao Wu, even though he had all sorts of problems.

Initially, he wasn't as talented as Da Peng, Guo Fan, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, Yanzi, Wu Jing...

However, its potential for growth is extremely high in the later stages.

This kind of hardcore ability to control the situation is rare even in Hollywood.

Hollywood's film industry is built on a system of clearly defined rules!

Talent and system are two different concepts.

As for why there isn't a written system like Hollywood's in China.

Yes, but nobody follows it.

The upper beam is not upright and the lower beam is crooked.

"Director Li, you wanted to see me?" Guo Fan said, standing awkwardly.

"What have you been busy with lately?" Li Mingyang asked.

Guo Fan recounted his recent work in detail.

He was busy with the promotion of "July and An Sheng", the recruitment of new members for Bouquet Entertainment, and the subsequent arrangements for new members.

Not long after he finished speaking, Zhang Wei arrived, along with a large pile of documents.

Since he took the helm of the Dongda Film and Television Ecosystem, Zhang Wei has been the most active participant.

Having shaken off his previous listlessness, he was now full of energy and enthusiasm, working especially hard...

She particularly enjoyed the privileges of power.

Nourished by power, I feel younger, and even the crow's feet at the corners of my eyes have faded.

Greed for power, attachment to power, infatuation with power...

When Li Mingyang was feeling lost and lonely, she was not at all lost or lonely. Instead, she enjoyed it immensely, recruited many people, built her own elite team, and arranged Li Mingyang's work in an orderly manner.

While listening to the two people's work reports, he also flipped through the documents that Zhang Wei had brought.

Looking at those urban development projects that cost hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan, Li Mingyang felt a chill run down his spine.

"Go and get the company's accounts for the last two months. I need to know how much money is left in the flower arrangement account, how much it owes the bank, and how much interest it accrues..." Li Mingyang put down the documents and said.

"The company's accounts have 7520 million yuan, involving 101 film and television projects, 31 live entertainment projects, 10 hotels, 6 film and television bases... It owes 380 billion yuan to the four major banks, with no interest for the first year, and the annual interest rate is 12%..."

"Owes 380 billion? No collateral?"

"No."

"They've really treated me so well... I absolutely cannot let them down!" Li Mingyang said, his heart aching.

How could you borrow so much money!
These ducks all need to be taken back... If they're taken back at a low price, I'll be devastated!
Li Mingyang is no longer thinking about paying interest; he wants to pay back the principal as well.

Otherwise, when we turn back, this huge debt will be completely incurred by heavenly soldiers and generals.

His leadership of the Dongda Film and Television Ecosystem is the optimal solution that takes into account the interests of many people and prioritizes their interests.

If we quit now, the collective consciousness will split, and who knows what will happen in the end.

The road down the mountain is difficult to walk on!

Li Mingyang was worried, but he didn't show it. When Lao Wu arrived, Li Mingyang asked about how the filming of Train to Busan was going, and then got down to business.

The excuse was that the higher-ups were very concerned about Bouquet Entertainment and wanted to make changes to it.

None of the three suspected anything.

It took Li Mingyang more than an hour to explain his rectification plan to the three of them.

The three were surprised by Li Mingyang's wildly imaginative reform plan, but also felt a deep sense of unease...

"Director Li, haven't you always been bothered by people treating you like Sun Wukong?" Old Wu said.

"Does it matter if I mind?"

"..."*3
"So, from today onwards, I am the Monkey King of the Water Curtain Cave in Flower and Fruit Mountain! Haha!"

Wu Zhikui, Guo Fan, and Zhang Wei watched Li Mingyang, who was having an attack of his illness.

I was both embarrassed and speechless, and then I couldn't go against his wishes.

then……

The next day, the gilded three-character logo on the metal arch of the circular building was removed.

A vacant lot in front of the gate has been fenced off for a new fountain to be built.

The renovation company that had just left the site a few days ago has re-entered the circular building to meet with the new renovation manager, Qiao Shan, and discuss a new renovation plan.

"Hello, Bathing Emperor," the project manager said playfully.

"What bathhouse emperor? I haven't been to a bathhouse for many years," Qiao Shan said with dissatisfaction.

The project manager gave an awkward smile.

"This is the new design requirement. See these colored pictures? The boss wants these patterns to be turned into mosaic tiles and pasted on the wall. You can decide where to put them, but not a single one of these colored pictures can be missing."

The project manager took the colored illustrations and, upon closer inspection, was astonished to find them filled with images of Sun Wukong—all sorts of Sun Wukong styles: Sun Wukong in plain clothes, Sun Wukong in Gundam costumes, animated Sun Wukong, realistic Sun Wukong…

"Director Li...you like Sun Wukong so much!"

"Also, has your designer arrived yet?"

"Coming, coming." The project manager waved his hand, and the three designers and three assistants were waiting for instructions.

"Well, our boss wants to make the company feel like Huaguo Mountain, but with a cyberpunk feel, with some technological elements. It can't be too much like a mountain landscape... For example, this pillar is too smooth and not aesthetically pleasing. Would it be better if it looked like a tree? Our boss wants that kind of cyberpunk Huaguo Mountain feel."

As Qiao Shan walked, he gestured with his hands, leaving the people from the decoration company behind him bewildered.

The flower shop employees around them were also completely bewildered.

The perfectly good sci-fi Three-Body Problem building has been transformed into a cyberpunk Flower Fruit Mountain. Director Li must really love that monkey!

The construction of Cyber ​​Flower and Fruit Mountain is underway.

On the other hand, Wu Zhikui called a halt to all film crews, demanding that everyone from each crew arrive at Huashu Entertainment before 8 PM tonight.

A team video conference will be held at 9 PM.

Guo Fan maintained direct contact with Li Mingyang, taking the list with him to visit the film set. Zhang Wei, on the other hand, returned to her old profession, conducting in-depth audits of all the companies under Li Mingyang's name.

The others were forced into small rooms to write down every detail of their work over the past two months.

Li Mingyang needs to fill in this gap, the missing company information.

As for himself, he and everyone in the Green Dragon Group were in the viewing room watching the latest episodes filmed by FBTV, reviewing the resumes of all the new employees, and asking the Green Dragon Group for their opinions on the newcomers.

Gain a thorough understanding of the company's current situation and the current status of its personnel.

These things should have been done long ago.

However, it was put on hold because he was busy with the Dongda Film and Television Ecosystem project.

Is it useful to mend the fence after the sheep are lost?

Li Mingyang was unsure, but Bouquet Entertainment was the key to breaking the deadlock.

The authorities recognized the value of bouquet entertainment, and what he wanted to do was to make the value of bouquet entertainment surpass the definition given to him by the authorities!
Use the power of the collective!

He has reached the top, and every step forward is extremely difficult.

These newly hired, inexperienced young people are different.

They are a new force, possessing endless possibilities!
The next story of Li Mingyang is that he made the leaders realize that Huashu Entertainment could produce a new Great Sage!

Perhaps... a new Great Sage will emerge who aligns with their thoughts and will!
"What does 'baiding' mean?" Li Mingyang was hearing the term "baiding" for the first time as the head of the Qinglong production team introduced the newcomers.

"Bai Ding is an ordinary student whose family doesn't have connections in the entertainment industry and who knows nothing about it."

"Oh... a commoner? How many are there?"

"650 people."

What about the second generation of celebrities?

"1305 people."

Li Mingyang frowned deeply. The disparity in proportions was so huge, and he couldn't blame anyone but himself. He had been blinded by the grand vision of Dongda Film and Television's ecosystem.

After learning about the composition of the company's new employees and his so-called new employee protection measures, I realized they were practically non-existent.

The One-Punch Man crew had an excess of personnel, so they were broken up and integrated into various digital studios across the company.

In addition, the renowned figures from Wenbo Film and Television Company have infiltrated the industry.

Without him realizing it, his original aspirations were completely ruined.

Li Mingyang waved his hand and, based on the existing digital studio...

Elite studios have been added. These studios are named after their leaders. Like digital studios, there is no limit to the number of studios, but there is a minimum requirement of 20 people. You can form your own team and submit an application.

The salary, support, and probation period remain unchanged. New employees will still receive a basic salary of 1000 yuan, with no commission.

But between the elite and the ordinary, the second generation of celebrities and academics will naturally take the elite route.

Behind the sweet cake lies Li Mingyang's dissection of the company's complex personnel structure, cutting out the novice.

The metaphor of "commoner" is very apt; that's exactly what he wanted.

Within Bouquet Entertainment, Li Mingyang broke down barriers and built a new foundation, creating Cyber ​​Flower and Fruit Mountain.

Conduct a thorough background check on each employee.

Second-generation rich kids, elites, famous people, academics, second-generation directors, ordinary people, second-generation police officers, top students, bargain hunters, little lions, little bees...

As the investigation deepened, Li Mingyang realized that the complexity of his company far exceeded his expectations.

Young people care a lot about their initial circle of friends.

Even though he divided the newcomers into two groups, elites and ordinary people, the composition of the two groups was still very complex.

Many ordinary people followed their friends into elite studios.

Li Mingyang didn't have much time. After confirming that the other party was a nobody, he started a new production crew for "The Witch 2" and stuffed all the nobodys into the "The Witch 2" crew.

Saturday, August 24.

Mingyang Entertainment, 7th floor indoor photography studio.

More than 600 young men and women sat neatly on the fold-out seats below the stage.

Someone who didn't know better might think it was an opening ceremony for school.

Amidst enthusiastic applause and whistles, Li Mingyang walked onto the makeshift stage, stood in front of the microphone, and said "hello" twice.

"Greetings, my little ones! I am your king!" Li Mingyang, dressed in all black and wearing a red Terry baseball cap, opened his arms and shouted.

The words had barely left his mouth when they were met with a burst of laughter.

The newcomers didn't know him well, and their stereotype of him was that he was mature beyond his years and never smiled.

Li Mingyang waited until the laughter subsided before saying, "A large part of you were recruited into the company by me, but we don't communicate much. Many of you don't know me very well. Actually, I'm only five or six years older than you."

"There's a saying in the entertainment industry: 'You should become famous as early as possible.' I hope everyone here can cherish the opportunity before you, go all out, and show your talents as soon as possible to become famous."

A round of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience. Li Mingyang waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet. He then took the microphone from the microphone stand, sat down at the edge of the stage, and, facing the vibrant young men and women, chuckled, "Recently, the company has been adjusting its personnel structure. Many people are saying that I'm going to lay off more people because Bouquet Entertainment can't accommodate more than 5,000 people."

"Just listen to these rumors and don't take them too seriously."

"I can tell you all with certainty that you are here because of your abilities."

“You are all a group of talented young people. It is because of your talent that you are here, meeting me and listening to what I have to say.”

“I know that many of you are top students or children of officials, and some are just ordinary people whose parents are ordinary people. In my eyes, you are all the same, and no one is more special than anyone else.”

"I've been through the rain, I know the importance of background, but I also understand that true talent will not be buried by background. What I can guarantee is fairness, fairness, and more fairness!"

"The saying 'Are kings and generals rare?' is too extreme. To put it another way, a fine horse is common, but a discerning eye is rare. I consider myself the best discerning eye in the industry. I have nurtured a large number of young behind-the-scenes talents. For various reasons, they left Mingyang and went elsewhere, where they achieved great success and mastered even more sophisticated skills."

"but……"

"I don't like them!"

"I hope you will not have any contact with them and will follow my plan."

"Understand?"

The audience erupted in uproar, whispering amongst themselves as if they had heard something unbelievable.

"Holy crap, Director Li is being so blatant!" said Shen Yu, a second-generation celebrity.

“He really hates famous people…” said Zhang Dongbai, a second-generation celebrity.

“Not only that, he also hates his own fans…” said Fu Xiaolin, the son of an official.

"Brother Fu is really smart; he actually managed to figure out what Director Li was thinking."

"Brother Fu, you're really his fan, but you look more like a hater to me!"

Fu Xiaolin rolled her eyes. "Keep your voices down. If your true identities are discovered, you'll be kicked out of the Witch 2 crew one hundred percent."

Shen Yu and Zhang Dongbai were startled and quickly shut their mouths. The two of them had followed Fu Xiaolin's advice and pretended to be novices to enter the flower bouquet entertainment.

Fu Xiaolin knows Li Mingyang very well.

She could recite all of Li Mingyang's works in detail, and even analyze Li Mingyang's mental state at the time based on the timeline... as if she had witnessed it herself.

The two were amazed by Kobayashi's skill and quickly became sworn brothers.

Fu Xiaolin said that Li Mingyang was narrow-minded.

Because the road to fame was one of hard-fought battles.

Therefore, he hates people in the industry, hates the second generation of celebrities, hates his fellow alumni, and even hates himself.

After joining Bouquet Entertainment, the three of them kept a very low profile, never mingling with others in the entertainment industry, and quietly writing scripts.

He did nothing and was directly admitted to the cast of The Witch 2.

The two of them were now completely in awe of Kobayashi's foresight in dealing with him.

The noise gradually subsided. Li Mingyang jumped off the stage, walked down the aisle, and held up one finger. "I hate betrayal, I hate this industry, I even hate myself."

"I tried to change things, but in the end I found it was useless. When you're in the quagmire, you're already the quagmire itself."

"I can't change the big circle, but my small circle must follow my ideas, and my bouquet must be absolutely loyal."

After Li Mingyang finished speaking, he looked around the room.

Zhang Dongbai and Shen Lin both looked at Fu Xiaolin, wondering how to respond!
"Emperor! Loyalty!" Fu Xiaolin jumped up and was the first to shout.

Brother Fu, didn't you say you wanted to keep a low profile?!
"Cadian will never fall!"

"loyalty!"

"loyalty!"

"loyalty!"

……

(End of this chapter)