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

Chapter 794 Dark clouds threaten to destroy the city

The ninth floor of Mingyang Entertainment was deathly silent.

More than a dozen staff members were packing up their personal belongings and documents, while Xia Yuhe was making the final check with the forms.

The recovery of A-shares and the listing of FBTV on the US stock market are both over.

Li Mingyang was unwilling to accept this.

I'm so short on money for bouquets!

In the A-share market, he doubled his money and cashed out, but he didn't actually make any money; all the money he earned was used to pay off his debts.

Although they were able to reclaim some real estate and projects from the film and television city, they were all left in the wilderness, making it difficult to generate profits. There was no hope for them for at least the next five years.

The Three-Body Problem Film City is a large-scale investment, located in Shanghai, and close to the airport, yet it is currently operating at a loss...

Even if you rob Peter to pay Paul, throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars and bouquets for thousands of people, you might not even hear a sound.

Even with frugal living, there's still a risk of bankruptcy.

They need to make a large sum of money from the US stock market to ensure that Bouquet can get out of its financial predicament!
Li Mingyang has a complete streaming media industry chain, but the cost of maintaining this industry chain is too high.

"Yangyang, everything's been counted. This is their confidentiality agreement. Sign here," said the godmother.

Li Mingyang took the list and confidentiality agreement, carefully reviewed them for half an hour, and then signed them.

"Yangyang, isn't it too easy to make money in the entertainment industry... You've earned over a billion yuan in just over a month, and that's after deducting stamp duty..." Xia Yuhe said.

"Someone's taking over..."

“It’s quite impressive that you could accurately predict who would take over. Those internet capital firms have very sophisticated tactics, and you can’t judge their actions by profits alone,” Xia Yuhe said.

“Hmm… Godmother, it’s late. Go back and rest. You’ve worked hard these past few days.” Li Mingyang said, taking out a bank card from the inside pocket of his suit jacket.

Xia Yuhe pushed the card back, "All your accounts are under strict control now. Anything over a million will be locked. Don't give out money randomly lately, it'll be hard to explain..."

"It's nothing." Li Mingyang handed the card to his godmother; 100,000 yuan, locked up for what...

Even if he could secure a deal, he's in the film industry; he could easily set up a Sino-US co-production project and the money would go abroad.

Street Fighter was the breakthrough point for him to transfer funds abroad!
Sino-US co-productions are about to be ruined; they're practically becoming one of the natural green channels for transferring domestic funds overseas.

Of course, there are even more ruthless methods.

It's like Obama opened a green channel for US stocks, it's incredible...

Unfortunately, I don't have any money.

The self-made bouquet production has consistently been operating at a loss.

Self-produced variety shows are generally profitable, but the quantity is small.

The dust has settled, it's all over...

pat.

Li Mingyang turned off all the lights in the office area, and the usual hustle and bustle became completely quiet at this moment.

"Yangyang, where are you planning to spend the Chinese New Year this year?" Xia Yuhe asked.

"I do not know."

"Come to my house for the New Year! You haven't been back to Nanjing in a long time, have you?"

When Jinling was mentioned, Li Mingyang was momentarily lost in thought, then shook his head with a wry smile, "No, I don't want to go back to Jinling."

"Returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night—how meaningless!" Xia Yuhe said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Li Mingyang hesitated for a moment and said, "We'll see when the time comes!"

"Remember to bring a girl back." Xia Yuhe gently straightened Li Mingyang's suit collar, her eyes filled with deep curiosity about which girl Li Mingyang would bring back to Jinling for the New Year.

“Celebrities are very busy, especially during the Spring Festival. They either perform on the Spring Festival Gala or run commercials. Even when I go back to Nanjing, I go back alone.”

"Oh, I see..." Xia Yuhe was disappointed. "You're not getting any younger. Don't listen to your mother. Get married when you're supposed to, have children when you're supposed to, and don't end up so... lonely."

"got used to."

“You were lonely before because of your pride, but now your loneliness… is a bit cold.” Xia Yuhe looked at Li Mingyang, and something in her heart was vaguely stung.

This was the first time she had spent so much time with Li Mingyang, and the first time she had experienced his demanding work schedule.

Since Li Mingyang went to university, their contact has been very brief.

In her mind, Yangyang was a success, an absolute success...

She was so successful it was exaggerated; so successful she was at a loss for words, not knowing how to praise her at all…

She hoped to use her experience to help Li Mingyang, but after actually getting to know him, she realized that she couldn't give him anything except trust.

They calculated too much, they were too shrewd...

Think ten steps ahead before taking one step...

She saw a very different Li Mingyang, who was at ease, composed, calm, and so composed that he seemed unfamiliar to her.

A child who had never been exposed to business warfare and whose academic scores were only in the 200s was regarded as a business genius by internet moguls.

This sounds ridiculous, but it's the most accurate portrayal of Li Mingyang!
If you buy into the broader market, and the capital doesn't let you exit, it's extremely difficult to do so.

This is even more true in China, where information is far too transparent.

But Li Mingyang not only ran away, he ran away more than ten days in advance... She had never seen anyone who could easily get away from buying stocks.

The internet industry is not a traditional industry; the bigwigs there are all incredibly shrewd.

If you can calculate accurately, others can too, and they might even be more accurate than you.

Li Mingyang's ability to leave with a full load requires extraordinary mental fortitude.

Once greed takes hold, even a god can't save you!
Li Mingyang had no greed; he liquidated his position once the price doubled. Buyers were eager to buy, but he was even more eager to sell.

Calm as a robot...

Li Mingyang took his godmother's words to heart but did not respond.

Absolute calmness is absolute ruthlessness...

He's playing his cards openly; any lack of composure could lead to total defeat.

If he hadn't been calm enough, he wouldn't have been able to trigger the super passive ability of separating people and names.

This dispelled everyone's concerns, much to Ali Ma's delight, and he immediately placed a large bet!

Alibaba has invested far too much money in ticket subsidies.

They even violated unspoken rules by continuing to provide a 5.9 yuan ticket subsidy for movies that had been showing for more than ten days.

Let the market speak for itself!

Traffic and ticket subsidies are the key to box office success!

Indispensable!

"Snowing……"

Li Mingyang stood downstairs, looking up at the sky. The dark sky was dotted with specks of white.

"The snow came a little late this year." Xia Yuhe put on her gloves. "It still needs to snow for the New Year, otherwise it won't feel like the New Year."

"is it?"

"Of course."

Just then, Uncle Zhou came over with an umbrella.

After chatting for a while, Li Mingyang saw his godmother into the car, took the umbrella from Uncle Zhou, and walked towards Huashu Street with the umbrella in his hand.

Walking down the street, Li Mingyang was a little unsure of what to do next.

FBTV's IPO disrupted all his plans, making his shorting of Netflix seem like nonsense.

As the year draws to a close, his companies are all finalizing their accounts.

They wanted to film a love letter movie... but they didn't have any actors!

Not only is the female lead, Mimi, busy, but the other actors in Love Letter are also busy. They are either busy with the Lunar New Year film season, running around for commercial performances, preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, or even getting married.

A 10 billion yuan Lunar New Year film season—what a surreal phrase! And this is only 2013!
The total box office revenue in China in 2012 barely exceeded 10 billion yuan...

Three years, a historic leap forward!

Alibaba's return was widely expected, and he had no choice but to return; after all, they had spent money on it.

The entire Chinese entertainment industry is united and working hard to make history. They've received a lot of approvals, and Weibo even created a special feature to celebrate the 10 billion yuan box office milestone.

Clicking through will show you a huge, bright red, real-time total box office figure for the Lunar New Year film season.

It's currently at 3.1 billion.

Although Mimi Shishi didn't have any movies released, she was still called to promote them, running three shows a day, which was even more tiring than the promotional team.

Wu Jing was busy getting married, and Li Lianjie dragged him to help promote other people's roadshows.

Because he was too busy, and because Taopiaopiao was spending too much money, Wang Changtian was forced to take charge and coordinate the distribution of many films.

After all, he is a major shareholder of Maoyan.

In short, everyone else was busy as a spinning top, while he was the only one who was very relaxed.

Now all he can do is fish.

Arriving at Xiaohong Lake at the top of Hongguo Mountain, Li Mingyang took out his fishing gear from his tent, sat on a deck chair under a parasol, and continued fishing.

In less than half an hour of fishing, Li Mingyang received eight phone calls.

Finally, he simply turned off his computer.

Li Mingyang fished on the mountaintop all night and caught a grass carp weighing about ten kilograms.

After several days of fishing, Li Mingyang suddenly caught a big bluefin bream. He happily carried the bucket and ran down the mountain.

This guy who bought the fish must have a grudge against him!
They buy fish that are hard to catch and put them in the lake, instead of buying big, easy-to-catch carp. Those are silly... and they're big, so catching them gives you a real sense of accomplishment.

Take it back to the company and have the chef make some braised mackerel for me to try.

More than an hour later, the brightly colored braised bluefish was served. Li Mingyang picked up a piece of tender fish belly meat, dipped it in the thick sauce, and took a big bite.

The meat is springy and juicy, and the flavor melts in your mouth—it's delicious!
Li Mingyang ate his fish, opened his phone, and browsed Weibo.

The top trending topic was Andy Lau and his concert.

"Just help me out with a few shows, that's enough. You want to do a joint concert with Li and Liu? You have time, but I don't."

Offering movie tickets as a raffle for concert tickets is not a good business.

And it will spoil the fans.

We can't possibly hold a concert every time a movie is released... that would be exhausting.

Li Mingyang has a special ability to perform concerts, which is extremely tiring for a normal person.

Jackie Chan couldn't handle it; he couldn't keep up after just one show and had to miss several others.

Li Mingyang has run two movie ticket raffles for concert tickets. Just thinking about it makes me tired. It's physically and mentally exhausting, even more tiring than flying.

Making money through singing is as simple as doing commercial performances...

Singing a few songs can net you millions.

It's more lucrative than concerts, and less tiring.

Holding concerts is mainly for cultural and tourism needs... and can only make some money if it is in line with policies.

In addition, fan concerts are a different matter.

This isn't just about exploiting fans; it's also about draining their good fortune...

Turning a concert into a performance platform, the Chinese entertainment industry is truly something else...

After finishing the delicious fish, Li Mingyang took out his phone and started chatting with the mermaids on WeChat.

He never had time for this before, but now he's so free he can chat sweetly with Shishi on WeChat.

However, the three of them were very busy, and the messages they sent went unanswered.

I sent messages to Little Squirrel, Zhang Ruonan, and Juanjuan, but there was still no response.

"So busy?"

Li Mingyang perked up, scrolled through his WeChat contacts, sent messages to female celebrities to see who would reply first and who was the most free.

Tianxian also sent a message, but didn't reply. I don't know what she's busy with; she's not in the country.

To Li Mingyang's surprise, Su Chang was the first to reply to his message.

Just as Li Mingyang was about to call Su Chang, a phone call came in.

Li Mingyang frowned slightly and hung up Chen Wenbo's call.

He was too lazy to communicate with the other party.

However, the other party was very persistent. Li Mingyang hung up on him more than twenty times, but he still called back. Li Mingyang answered the other party's call with great annoyance.

"Hey."

"Director Li, you finally answered the phone."

"what's up?"

"FBTV is about to go public, so we shouldn't release One-Punch Man in theaters. One-Punch Man is FBTV's most profitable project. If it's released in theaters, it will be difficult to write financial statements."

“The theaters are guaranteed to make money, and even more. I’m confident we’ll gross 2 billion yuan domestically. Hollywood won’t let this kind of superhero movie slip by; the global box office will be at least 3 billion yuan.” Li Mingyang asked curiously, “You haven’t even done the math before calling me. Are you bored?”

"Hey, Director Li, your calculations are spot on, but have you considered something?"

"Ok?"

“FBTV is going public in March! It takes at least six months for a theatrical film to go from regional release to global distribution. We don’t have that much time.”

"So what if it's been half a year? The box office has been rising, and that's a positive sign!"

Li Mingyang left Chen Wenbo speechless.

Just as he was about to hang up, Chen Wenbo suddenly brought up the World Cup.

The World Cup is related to FBTV's revenue this year, and it's related to its massive bet.

If FBTV secures the Asian online broadcasting rights for the World Cup, its revenue will easily surpass five billion US dollars within two years.

Netflix is willing to help FBTV secure the Asian online broadcasting rights for the World Cup, but the price is that the new One-Punch Man cannot be shown in theaters and can only be streamed online!

Netflix is actually interested in the new One-Punch Man!

Li Mingyang felt things were going to get bad!
Sure enough! That noon, Li Mingyang received a reply from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television: One-Punch Man had not passed the review and had been rejected.

It didn't say where it wouldn't pass the review.

"Director Li, let's stick to online streaming. Here, please sign this."

The new One-Punch Man series is available from FBTV's copyright management department, but the copyright is held by them. Without their signature, it cannot be broadcast.

"You guys are so great, why do you need my signature?" Li Mingyang mocked.

You think I don't want to broadcast it directly?

“Director Li, this copyright belongs to you. How can we dare to broadcast it without your signature?” Chen Wenbo said.

Li Mingyang ignored Chen Wenbo and instead looked at his phone, waiting for a call.

Chen Wenbo's identity is rather complicated, and he cannot represent the film industry.

The online release of the new One-Punch Man has offended the interests of many people, who are all waiting for the new One-Punch Man to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday!

Given the current situation, the domestic film market has an enormous capacity; with six blockbusters competing simultaneously, the box office is still booming.

It won't be like before, where a few blockbuster movies would devour the market share, leaving no room for other films to survive.

The movie-going frenzy has led to a huge increase in the average number of attendees per screening, rising from around 2 to over 7!
The storm was the most outrageous, with an average attendance of over 10 people per game!
The booming film market is driving up the overall box office. Many people are waiting for the new One-Punch Man to be released, hoping for a simultaneous release to attract a huge audience!

The cinema schedule is different from before. There are too many movies being released during this year's Lunar New Year season, and no single film is allowed to have more than 30% of the screenings for its premiere.

One-Punch Man shouldn't be shown in theaters, and Ali Ma would be the first to disagree!

China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Maoyan, Taopiaopiao, Weying, Wanda, Enlight Media, and Huayi Brothers have guaranteed a minimum distribution of 2 billion yuan for One-Punch Man!

The industry generally agrees that this film will be the first domestic film to break the 2 billion yuan box office mark!

From online drama to theatrical film, "Men of the Loser" is poised to gross 1 billion yuan at the box office!

It proves that even when it's a king of online streaming, it remains a king when it's released in theaters!
One-Punch Man's 2 billion yuan box office is crucial for the 10 billion yuan Lunar New Year film season!

Ali Ma has personally gone to negotiate.

As time went by, Li Mingyang felt increasingly uncomfortable.

An indescribable sense of foreboding enveloped him.

He couldn't understand why Alima had any reason to give up.

Are you going to force yourself to endure hardship? Are you giving up a 10 billion yuan Lunar New Year film season?
There's also Zuo Shandiao, who wants to delay his retirement. He hopes that during his term, a domestic film will achieve a box office ceiling of 10 billion yuan during the Lunar New Year season and 2 billion yuan. This is a very important bargaining chip.

Holding these two chips, he doesn't want to back down, but it's very difficult for others to make him back down.

6:15 p.m.

Joseph Tsai called to say that Jack Ma had given up; the new One-Punch Man would not have the Dragon Seal and would have no chance of being released in theaters.

From a businessman's perspective, Joseph Tsai analyzed the pros and cons for Li Mingyang for over an hour. After analyzing it back and forth, he himself got confused and couldn't understand why Jack Ma would give up!

The inability to release the new One-Punch Man film will do more harm than good to the billion-dollar Lunar New Year box office.

This time is different from before. In the past, people were wary of Li Mingyang's influence and achievements.

This time, nobody cared about any of that. Li Mingyang had already achieved great success and reached the pinnacle after winning the Palme d'Or.

Many people are thinking of making money through the new One-Punch Man.

Huayi Brothers was not pleased with its acquisition of a 10% distribution share for One-Punch Man.

Given the phenomenal performance of A-share film and television stocks, a movie with a box office of 2 billion yuan will likely see at least two or three consecutive daily price limits!

This is a multi-billion dollar business!

Since mid-December, the new One-Punch Man has been promoting its theatrical release. If it doesn't get released, it will cause panic in the market, and all film and television stocks will suffer.

Li Mingyang thanked him, hung up Cai Chongxin's phone, and thought for a while, still unable to figure it out. He looked up at Chen Wenbo and said, "Mr. Chen, let's be frank. Things have come to this point, and the new One-Punch Man can only be streamed online. But why? Why did they give up?"

The sentence was ambiguous, but Chen Wenbo understood it instantly.

"Sign the document first."

"You speak first."

"You sign first."

"At this point, what are you still worried about? One-Punch Man going to be released in South Korea? Would CJ dare to do that?"

Chen Wenbo pondered for a moment, realizing he had overreacted; the path to a theatrical release of the new One-Punch Man was now blocked.

At least this Lunar New Year film season is completely blocked, utterly dead.

"This year's Spring Festival film season is over."

Chen Wenbo smiled and revealed a terrifying truth.

Li Mingyang was stunned for a long time. When he came to his senses, he silently picked up a pen and signed his name on the document.

at the same time.

A black sun appeared out of nowhere, splitting open its mouth and swallowing the white moon whole...