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

Chapter 785 Sino-Korean Convergence, Eastern Hollywood!

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The vibration of his phone interrupted Li Mingyang's thoughts; it was Gong Yu calling.

Li Mingyang answered the phone with a smile, but when he hung up, his smile vanished, and he became very gloomy.

"Honey, what's wrong? Did something terrible happen?" Jing Tian asked suddenly, her face lighting up with joy.

"I get the feeling you're gloating a little."

"No, it's just your imagination."

Li Mingyang ignored Jing Tian and went outside to call Wang Changtian.

Ask him when he will return to China.

"In two days."

"You'd better come back soon. Gong Yu has partnered with Huayi to promote the animated version of Your Name."

"We're buying into the broader market, so it's not necessarily a bad thing."

“I don’t mind Huayi’s involvement, but I’m worried about Alibaba’s involvement in the animated version of Your Name through Huayi.”

"No, Wang Dajun doesn't want to be a puppet."

"You'd better come back soon, I have a feeling something's not right about this situation..."

"Don't overthink it. As long as One-Punch Man passes censorship, then all the problems are no problem."

Even though he held a winning hand, Li Mingyang was still uneasy.

If it doesn't pass the review, this trump card can't be used.

After hanging up the phone, Li Mingyang returned to the private room, and soon Jing Tian came over.

"Honey, are you having some trouble? Tell me about it, maybe I can help you," Jing Tian said with a smile.

“You can’t even decide when the movie will be released, so what can you do to help me?” Li Mingyang said.

Why are you still angry? It wasn't my fault.

Just as Li Mingyang was about to say something to Jing Tian, ​​his phone rang again.

He glanced at Jing Tian, ​​silently pushed her away, and went outside to answer the phone.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, what can I do for you?" Li Mingyang said.

"Where are you now?"

Hengdian.

"broken!"

This is terrible!
Today, Jack Ma hosted a private dinner at the Chang'an Club, which was attended by Wanda's Wang Jianlin, LeEco's Jia Yueting, and 360's Zhou Hongwei.

Zhang Zhao was among the last group to be notified.

Li Mingyang was in Hengdian, so naturally he couldn't attend this dinner.

It's obvious they don't want him to come.

"Director Li, you need to understand one thing: you have no secrets." Zhang Zhao finished speaking, sighed, and hung up the phone.

Li Mingyang's mind raced, but his worst fears had come true!

Jack Ma became suspicious of him.

He could understand that the higher-ups wanted to use him to put pressure on internet capital.

Jack Ma naturally thought of that as well.

Jack Ma is not Mark Gor!
He had no scruples whatsoever.

When Li Mingyang called Cai Chongxin, he didn't ask directly. Instead, he followed Zhang Zhao's example and asked where Cai was. He then learned that Cai was in Japan, dealing with a cooperation issue between FBTV and a Japanese television station.

Japanese television station intends to acquire FBTV Japan, threatening to cut off its internet access if the deal isn't done!

This is normal; Japanese television stations won't let FBTV grow too big and strong.

Streaming media is a disruptive force against the traditional film and television industry. The two are constantly shifting and clashing, and it's impossible for things to calm down without a life-or-death battle.

Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, the fact remains that Joseph Tsai is not in the country.

Cai Congxin is a major shareholder of Bouquet Entertainment.

Li Mingyang returned to the private room with a heavy heart.

Jing Tian had finished eating. She rested her chin on her hands and looked at Li Mingyang with curiosity.

"I'm going to Shanghai later. Don't you have anything to say to me?" Jing Tian said.

Just as Li Mingyang was about to speak, his phone vibrated again; it was a WeChat message from his cheap older brother.

Upon seeing the message, Li Mingyang felt like the sky was falling!
The cheap guy, who isn't good at typing on his phone, sent a message that was over a hundred words long.

Jack Ma personally called him, inviting him to dinner that evening to discuss the multi-billion dollar Lunar New Year film project.

Jiang Wen advised him not to go against Alibaba, as Jack Ma was very interested in this 10 billion yuan Lunar New Year film.

It united a large group of people.

Anyone who dares to steal his thunder will face serious consequences.

Jiang Wen's words were all advice to him to keep a low profile, not to think about going against him, not to listen to anyone, and to land safely.

Only Jack Macken wasted this money to prop up this market.

Jiang Wendu analyzed it so clearly.

There are many sensible people in the industry...

拖？
Impossible!

Li Mingyang suddenly felt a strange sense of suffocation!
He's about to make a statement!

One is capital, the other is power.

Both ends are sinkholes!
It's true that Ma Yun (Ali Ma) doesn't care about money when it comes to capital.

Let alone box office revenue of tens of billions, Alibaba could easily pull out tens of billions in cash!

Li Mingyang's investment strategy was based on the reputation of Jack Ma, who was known for taking over the investment.
In fact, as long as Jack Ma takes over this project, Tencent will follow suit!
The penguins' stillness doesn't mean they don't want to move.

The influence of the film industry is explosive! It extends to cultural and propaganda fronts!
Penguins wouldn't dare to steal the spotlight like that!

But the penguin is willing to follow suit.

Alibaba and Tencent are footing the bill for him. As long as he lowers his stance and does his best to help him achieve a 10 billion yuan box office in the Lunar New Year film season, he can easily escape.

But even if the monk can run away, the temple can't.

The tight rein of power is right there; touch it on the head, and you'll feel its cold, hard grip.

The entire process of the new One-Punch Man, from its inception to filming, completion, and release, was a typical online movie production!
Skipping the rules and going straight into the theatrical release approval process isn't about letting him play along with the capital.

We need a 10 billion yuan box office in the Lunar New Year film season! We also need to respect the red lines of capital markets!

How to pull it?

Li Mingyang probably doesn't know anything... he's just letting him do whatever he wants.

What does this have to do with him?
Jack Ma may be incredibly talented, but he's actually quite humble in the film industry...

Um... something seems to have gone wrong.

This year, Jack Ma is unusually high-profile in the film industry! He's personally getting involved!

"A 10 billion yuan Lunar New Year film season... I feel like I've entered a hellish dungeon..."

Li Mingyang looked at his phone and muttered to himself.

"You're only just realizing this?" Jing Tian asked in shock.

Li Mingyang hummed in agreement and turned off his phone.
He had a premonition that if he didn't turn off his phone, bad news would come one after another...

"I thought you already knew," Jing Tian said worriedly.

"A 10 billion yuan box office for the Lunar New Year isn't actually that difficult. As long as we unite, we can achieve it. If all else fails, we can rely on a large number of films." Li Mingyang sighed. "I never dreamed that they would all run away! Of the eighteen warlords, I'm the only one left to perform a solo act."

"Eighteen warlords? Haha, how apt." Jing Tian suddenly laughed, a particularly bright laugh.

"How can you still be in the mood to laugh?"

"I learned it from you; you especially enjoy seeing me suffer."

How clever!
"No," Li Mingyang denied.

Jing Tian snorted, trying to look angry, but failed. She smiled even more brightly, "I can help you change hell mode to heaven mode... do you want to?"

"I'm not in the mood for sex right now."

"Get lost! I'm talking to you seriously, what makes you want to sleep with me!"

Li Mingyang scratched his head. "You can't even handle the movie's release, so why should you help me change the format? Nobody can do it, not even your dad. Wanda isn't owned by him."

“Sure, there’s someone who can.” Jing Tian raised her head and said proudly.

"Pharaoh?"

"Congratulations, you got it."

"Why should he help me? No, why should he help me? I don't need his help."

Jing Tian pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then forgot what to say. She took out her phone, glanced at the memo, and said, "Uncle Wang said that no matter what choice you make, the movie scheduling is decided by Wuzhou Film Distribution. Wuzhou and Wanda are in charge."

"It sounds a bit threatening to me..."

Jing Tian stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly, "My tone was a bit off. Uncle Wang praised you highly, as if you were his son. He was very sincere."

"What sincerity? To take me as your godson?" Li Mingyang said speechlessly.

"Pah, pah, this is no sincerity at all!" Jing Tian clasped her hands together, her fingers intertwined, and said with shining eyes, "Uncle Wang wants to hand over the management of the Oriental Movie Metropolis in Qingdao to you. You will have as many shares as Wanda has."

Li Mingyang gasped!
……

Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis is a cultural tourism + film project, and a major film industry project.

In 2018, the Oriental Movie Metropolis, envisioned as the Hollywood of the East, was officially completed. Films shot here include *The Wandering Earth*, *A Writer's Odyssey*, *The Lone Ranger on the Moon*, *The Trilogy of Fengshen*, and *The Wandering Earth 2*.

Looking back at domestic films since 2016, most of the commercial blockbusters with investments of over 5 million yuan have the presence of Oriental Movie Metropolis.

In his previous life, Li Mingyang had visited Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis, a film and television base built for science fiction.

Films shot at the Oriental Movie Metropolis always carry a sense of industrial exploration and innovation, and there seems to be a kind of flow between films.

Before the official launch of the Oriental Movie Metropolis in 2013, Wang Jianlin famously said, "Most industries have a ceiling, but the cultural industry is the only one without a ceiling."

In line with Hollywood standards, Wanda hired Pinewood Studios in the UK as a design consultant for the Oriental Movie Metropolis. As a long-term filming location for blockbusters such as the "007 series," Pinewood's certification standards are extremely stringent, with only four film studios worldwide currently holding this certification.

At that time, Wanda was targeting the gap in the domestic high-tech film and television base market.

Thus, a film and television base with ambitions from its inception was born in Huangdao.

Studio rental fees are the primary source of revenue for most film and television production bases.

Originally, Oriental Movie Metropolis was geared more towards domestic blockbusters. However, in 2017, Wanda suffered a "double whammy" in both stocks and bonds, and the cultural tourism project, which carried Wanda's ambition for an "industry with no ceiling," was sold to Sunac.

Even after changing hands, the Oriental Movie Metropolis remains true to its general direction of promoting the industrialization of domestic film and television, but its open attitude has changed.

It was from this point that Oriental Movie Metropolis began to actively embrace drama, variety show, and advertising projects.

The film industry has become nothing but empty talk.

Sunac has no film background.

Although it first took over LeEco Pictures, it later seized Wanda's cultural tourism projects and film and television bases.

But Sun is essentially a real estate madman who plays the merger and acquisition game.

The emphasis on real estate over film has resulted in a top-heavy structure.

Oriental Movie Metropolis, the base that undertook the film industry of Southeast University, missed its best golden period of development.

They've done a decent job with cultural tourism, but they lack the depth and heritage to become a real-world scenic city like Hengdian or Xiangshan.

There are many cities suitable for developing film and television cities and cultural tourism, but the Oriental Movie Metropolis, with an investment of 50 billion yuan, is still a rare find.

With so much money invested, it's not that things have gone wrong, but rather that there's a long way to go and a heavy burden to be taken...

Of course, there are shortcuts.

That's a Korean!
Qingdao faces South Korea across the sea, and its advantageous geographical location is the primary factor attracting South Koreans.

The straight-line distance from Seoul to Qingdao is only about 600 kilometers, which is closer than going to Jeju Island.

This ridiculously close geographical advantage allows South Korean tourists to rush to Incheon Airport after get off work on Fridays, and just two hours later they can stand in May Fourth Square enjoying the sea breeze.

Qingdao's integration with South Korea is comprehensive!
After China and South Korea established diplomatic relations in 1992, Qingdao became one of the first port cities for trade between the two countries, and the Incheon-Qingdao route has maintained a high frequency of flights all year round.

The Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone has attracted more than 5800 South Korean companies, including Samsung and LG, accounting for about 15% of the total number of South Korean companies in China.

The Korean Industrial Park in Chengyang District has attracted more than 430 Korean companies, providing long-term residence for nearly 5 Korean technicians and their families.

The area surrounding the Maikelai shopping district has developed into a complete Korean residential area, complete with Korean international schools, Korean-style saunas, and a branch of Seoul Hospital.

Qingdao was approved as a "China-South Korea Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone" as early as 2003, and South Koreans can enjoy a 144-hour visa-free transit policy.

The West Coast New Area also has a dedicated service center for Koreans, providing one-stop services from visa extensions to driver's license renewals.

Choosing Qingdao as the landing point for the Korean Wave couldn't be more fitting.

Old Wang offered the Oriental Movie Metropolis to him for joint development, betting on the Korean wave!

Li Mingyang hadn't expected this move.

He never expected Old Wang to be so decisive!
They've brought out one of the biggest assets of Southeast University: its cultural and tourism industry!
Without much hesitation, Li Mingyang and Jing Tian went to the Wanda Hotel in Shanghai.

The hotel was the very one where they filmed "Spy Kids" back then. Time has passed, and the hotel has been renovated, with a very luxurious interior.

The once deserted streets have been transformed into bustling commercial streets with a constant stream of pedestrians after extensive development.

In the largest private room of the Chinese restaurant, Li Mingyang met Ye Ning and Li Xue.

Old Wang is keeping Old Ma company in Yanbei.

It's somewhat like the strategy of feigning one's intentions while secretly advancing another.

"Director Li, it's been a long time," Ye said with a sinister grin.

"I didn't expect it to be you. I thought it was Lu Zhen." Li Mingyang turned his wine glass upside down, not giving Li Xue a chance to pour more wine.

Seeing this, Ye Ning laughed even more heartily.

He took the wine decanter from Li Xue and wanted to pour wine for Li Mingyang himself.

"Let's talk business first. I'm still considering whether to drink this glass of wine or not," Li Mingyang said, pressing down on the bottom of the wine glass.

“Then let’s talk about this Chairman Wang’s Chang’an Club in Yanbei, you know him, right?” Ye Ning said.

"Ah."

"Lu Zhen went to work on the documents. The monthly meeting is coming up soon, and everyone thought I would go. But I didn't go."

"Oh."

"Director Li, are you surprised?"

"I really didn't expect Old Wang to be willing to part with such a huge project as Oriental Movie Metropolis." Li Mingyang had asked Jing Tian on the way here, but Jing Tian didn't know the details.

All I know is that Lao Wang wants to go toe-to-toe with him.

A large portion of the 50 billion yuan project is real estate; Lao Wang is going to lead him into the real estate business!

Li Mingyang wasn't sure about Wanda's specific allocation, but this project was definitely one of the best in the world.

Especially for him.

Li Mingyang has never really wanted to be a traitor and introduce the Korean wave.

The ban on Korean entertainment will be implemented in a few years; we might as well give up this attention!

However, if Lao Wang is taking the fall, that's a different story.

Oriental Movie Metropolis is the perfect transit point for the Korean Wave!

Wanda was indeed very sincere, preparing a lot of things, which made Jing Tian, ​​who was standing to the side, extremely envious, because Oriental Movie Metropolis is also involved in the future filming and location shooting of Hollywood blockbusters.

Wanda's next goal is to become one of the "Big Six" Hollywood companies.

"According to your plan, Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis and Shanghai Three-Body Movie Metropolis are competitors?" Li Mingyang said.

Both are committed to building a major film industry at Southeast University.

One is controlled by LeEco, and the other is controlled by Wanda.

"A plan is a plan, and it can change at any time. If Director Lee has a better solution, we will improve it. What do you think of the Korean Wave culture?"

"The Koreans' offer is not low."

"Asking for a price is one thing, but what's most annoying is when people try to raise the price on the spot. I believe that with Director Li's reputation, dealing with those Koreans will be a piece of cake."

“Yes! Yes! Director Li is a big shot in South Korea. He has connections at Samsung and the Blue House, and he even beat Lotte to a pulp. If you’re talking about who’s influential in South Korea, it’s definitely Director Li,” Li Xue complimented.

"You flatter me, you flatter me." Li Mingyang looked at the document, then turned to Jing Tian and asked, "Sweetie, do you think Old Wang is sincere?"

Ye Ning and Li Xue were very embarrassed. They had talked for so long, but Director Li didn't take it seriously at all and didn't believe them at all!
“It’s a very sincere offer, and my dad agrees.”

Um... Father-in-law, to be honest, this is a bit of a rip-off!
"What kind of expression is that!" Jing Tian frowned and said angrily.

"nothing."

“You’re upright and honest, so why are you always so suspicious…” Jing Tian said speechlessly.

Li Mingyang, Ye Ning, and Li Xue were speechless.

Even Li Mingyang himself wouldn't dare say that he acted uprightly or walked a straight path.

The three of them really wanted to ask Jing Tian, ​​"Are you being sincere when you say that?"

……

The next day at noon, Li Mingyang waited for Lao Wang at the hotel restaurant.

Old Wang and his wife came together.

Ye Ning and Li Xue, who were incompetent in their duties, greeted them excitedly, only to be kicked out.

Although the Oriental Film City is still in the planning stages, Lao Wang urgently needs his name to promote the film city.

A contract is definitely necessary.

Li Mingyang and Jing Tian both felt that the matter could be accomplished, and that they held the initiative.

The meal was enjoyed in a harmonious atmosphere, and the kind and amiable nature of Old Wang and his wife gave Li Mingyang and his wife this impression.

As the luncheon was nearing its end...

Old Wang gave him a super difficult problem.

Old Wang is actually going to acquire Bouquet Entertainment and move its address from Hengdian to Qingdao.

"Director Li, this is a prerequisite for cooperation, do you understand?" Old Wang said, his smile fading and his face becoming serious.

"Acquiring Bouquet Entertainment? Mr. Wang, do you know anything about Bouquet Entertainment?" Li Mingyang said.

"I know, four or five thousand people. It looks like a lot, but the actual salaries aren't that high. A few hundred million would be enough to cover it." Old Wang waved his hand. "That's a small matter. Even if you want to pay social security for everyone, I can do that for you."

"..."

"But like I said, you have to move the bouquet to Qingdao. Qingdao and South Korea are so geographically close, the benefits for both of us are obvious... Sino-Korean integration is a concept, let's make that concept concrete and turn it into a city..."

Old Wang finished speaking, laughed heartily, and went out with his wife!
"Something's not right!" Li Mingyang suddenly said.

"Something's not right?" Jing Tian asked.

Li Mingyang said he didn't know.

in fact,

he knows.

He set up the trap, while others wove the net...

(End of this chapter)