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

Chapter 796 Honey, do you want to get plastic surgery?

A semi-transparent interface for the box office system appears.

He has many movies available for raffles now, including The Left Ear, Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon, The Loser, Your Name (Animated Version), and I Am Somebody.

He had the least connection with Zuo Er; he was just a producer on her behalf.

He participated in the creation and editing of other films.

I'm just a passerby, while he's the main character.

Amidst the snow-covered landscape, Li Mingyang participated in a lottery draw.

As a result, the more Li Mingyang smoked, the more desperate he became, and the more his balls hurt.

Perhaps due to insufficient participation, the rewards are mostly unremarkable.

The golden cube on the left ear turned out to be a small golden earring, weighing at most five grams.

This thing is a gold reward?

It's a dog day!

The first four rounds of "Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon" involved the destruction of props from the film crew, which were worthless and even gritty.

The final golden reward is a first-class plane ticket to the United States.

Li Mingyang tore it up on the spot.

"Men of the Losers" is even more of a loser. The movie, which grossed nearly a billion yuan, only gives out daily necessities like rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, and toothpaste. The final golden reward is three cars: a Sonata, a K5, and a Malibu—the three treasures of the loser.

It's secondhand...

It's hard to say whether the total is even 100,000.

Even the animated version of Your Name is a terrible mess. Li Mingyang just doesn't understand why the animated version of Your Name is set against the backdrop of Tokyo University.

The system dropped tons of doujinshi items: school uniforms with short skirts, stockings, backpacks, One Piece figurines, kimonos...

The golden reward is a skill: Light and Shadow Rendering.

If this skill were available twenty years ago, during the era of film, it would have been considered a divine skill.

This is a magical skill that allows one to manipulate light, what the older generation calls "magic light."

Magic light, also known as the magic hour or golden hour, is a technical term for the changes in light during dawn and dusk.

The low contrast and soft shadows at this time of day enhance the color expression of the scene.

This refers to the period from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunrise, and from 30 minutes before sunset to sunset.

In the old days, for the sake of magic lights and those little lighting effects, people would really wait and wait for the magic lights to come.

I won't take pictures without the magic light...

Most of the day is spent arguing, sleeping, bragging, and preparing.

Once the magic light appears, it's the most tense moment for the entire crew. There's just too little time left for everyone; if they fail a few times, they'll have to wait for the next sunrise or sunset.

Wasting film is secondary...

But now it's the era of digital cinema, so there's no need for magic lighting anymore. With powerful post-production, you can adjust it however you want.

"Oh my god! Why is your name so unlucky?! Go ahead and draw something!"

"I'm the only extra left... Even though I was the most involved in this movie, I feel so unlucky!"

Li Mingyang selected the winner of the lottery.

Round 1, all garbage.

Round two, all garbage.

The third round, unsurprisingly, was all garbage.

In the fourth round, they won a very good set of photography equipment, worth hundreds of thousands.

In the final round, the gold reward was a black baseball cap.

Passerby hat: Wearing a hat greatly reduces your visibility.

It's not like Kuroko's Basketball, what's the point of this...?

Back at Mingyang Entertainment, Li Mingyang lay on the sofa, tossing and turning, until he finally came to the bookshelf and looked at the two Cannes trophies, one large and one small.

One is the Palme d'Or for Best Film at Cannes, and the other is the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.

"One is free, the other is life-threatening!"

Looking back on this year, Li Mingyang recalls immense success, immense glory, immense rewards, immense bets, and immense turmoil.

His purpose in creating a 10 billion yuan Lunar New Year film was to short Netflix.

Failure, utter failure.

however……

Even if he doesn't pursue a multi-billion dollar Lunar New Year film season, he will still face the predicament of FBTV's early IPO and Netflix's hostile takeover attempt.

He was already involved when he secured the Palme d'Or through Wall Street.

Local variables cannot change the overall trend.

Li Mingyang picked up the Palme d'Or trophy and sat down on the back of the sofa.

Look down and admire this magical tool that has given Asian directors god-like status.

"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown..."

Li Mingyang murmured softly, no longer dwelling on it.

Everything was a side effect of winning the Palme d'Or, and he didn't regret it.

He had no regrets about going down the mountain.

"This game is hopeless."

Li Mingyang put the Golden Palm back on the bookshelf, went to his desk, and began preparing the love letter.

This is his first film project after the new year.

There's not much to do with the three-way battle between iQiyi, Youku, and Tencent Video in China.

The Koreans have been defeated.

I still need to work harder on this project.

Let's put Southeast Asia aside for now.

He decided to stick to his original plan and continue building his own Asian streaming ecosystem.

FBTV's core asset has always been its Asian streaming ecosystem!

Money can be found, but once you've secured the ecosystem, you can't let go!
After working on the Love Letter project for a while, Li Mingyang suddenly started looking through information about the Asian streaming media ecosystem, reviewing and re-examining his original plan.

He vaguely sensed that his glimmer of hope lay in the Asian streaming ecosystem plan!
He was targeted by Wall Street because of this plan!

More than an hour later.

Li Mingtian suddenly looked up, "Am I too ahead of my time... Even if Netflix swallows Facebook now, it won't change the fact that it's destined to be walked by Hollywood... destined to be hammered by Hollywood..."

"Netflix was funded by Wall Street, had Silicon Valley DNA, fought against Hollywood, fought against traditional media... and ultimately, during the mask crisis, it defied the odds and became the king of streaming media!"

"Movie!"

Netflix wants to swallow up the Korean film industry!

"The Western film industry is monopolized by Hollywood. Instead of looking for some outdated and mediocre films, why not bet on Korean films, use their low prices and high returns, and go head-to-head with Hollywood in terms of output! Let's see who prevails!"

"Isn't this courting death?"

"But this isn't the first or second time Netflix has been courting disaster. They've been constantly fighting, constantly taking away other people's livelihoods... They're backed by Wall Street funds; they're rich, they have money to burn..."

"Movies are king!"

……

For the next few days, Li Mingyang worked day and night, either fishing at Xiaohong Lake or on his way to fish.

He wasn't fishing for fish; there wasn't even any bait on his hook.

He wants to return to his original aspirations.

He was preparing to take down the Japanese, he was assessing his resources, and he was thinking about how to annihilate the Japanese!

He's going to start from scratch and launch a massive, sweeping attack on the notebook!

To become the next Hayao Miyazaki!
It's basically impossible for him to surpass Hayao Miyazaki; in the eyes of the Japanese, he's a foreigner.

Makoto Shinkai's trilogy, One-Punch Man, Spy Kids, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer!
Li Mingyang really couldn't believe how he lost!

How to lose?
If Japan dares to open up a portion of its anime market to him, he can make the Japanese kneel down and call him "daddy"!
Especially Demon Slayer!
This is an absolute bombshell! In terms of global box office explosiveness, it's way more insane than Nezha from Tokyo!
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie - Infinity Castle topped the North American box office! A super IP that grossed over 700 million US dollars worldwide with a single film!

Moreover, the box office figures do not include those from Tokyo University.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle was not shown at Tokyo University.

The first Demon Slayer movie, Mugen Train, also had a phenomenal box office performance, breaking the Spirited Away box office record, breaking through the ceiling, and becoming the number one film in history.

They even unprecedentedly raised the box office ceiling for Japanese films to 40 billion yen!
A phenomenal animated film.

And it's a series!
The two theatrical films, Mugen Train and Mugen Castle, grossed nearly 1.3 billion US dollars in total!

Jujutsu Kaisen is pretty awesome, but its world-building is a bit small.

It ended up being a flop...

Gojo Satoru was instantly killed, his body torn to pieces. The final boss battle was a damn series of tag-team battles.

Who's next? Who's next? Who's next...?

There are ulterior motives within FBTV, with self-interest taking precedence and the minority obeying the majority. This has effectively sidelined him, and they are even trying to internally divide FBTV.

In addition, Netflix has been plotting to acquire Facebook TV.

Everything is heading in the worst possible direction.

The only consolation was that I stumbled upon the notebook market by accident.

The Japanese book market is not a lifeline, but it is the best route to go global!
He's got a ton of royal flushes!
He's waited so many years, and finally this opportunity has arrived to bombard the Japanese film market!
It's okay if we can't get the money!

He wanted to imprint his name deeply on the anime that the Japanese were most proud of!

If they can't beat Wall Street and Hollywood, bullying the Japanese is a piece of cake!
Li Mingyang became increasingly excited as he thought about it, "Hey, there's a fish!"

Li Mingyang was overjoyed. He hadn't even used bait, yet fish had taken the bait! Splash!
Icy water splashed everywhere, and a large grass carp leaped out of the water, landed on the snow, thrashed around a few times, and then lay still.

"Haha, I got a fish for free."

Li Mingyang threw down his fishing rod, happily caught the fish in the mouth, and ran down the mountain.

"Boss, we've got fish again!"

"This grass carp is huge, it weighs over ten kilograms."

"Boss, can we use a net to catch the fish? We've been feeding them for so long, and they haven't eaten a single one yet."

"Want to eat."

A group of people shouted in the pavilion.

Li Mingyang waved his hand and said, "Fishing is a kind of sentiment. You can't enjoy this sentiment by using a net. If you want to eat, then fish. I'm not stopping you."

"Holy crap, it's below zero!"

"Our boss is inhuman! It's so cold, yet he acts like nothing's wrong!"

"How dare you talk like that, kid? If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all!"

Li Mingyang is very tolerant of the employees at Volcano Studio.

He doesn't mind saying the wrong thing.

They're all tech-savvy nerds, and their emotional intelligence isn't particularly high, though there are a few with high emotional intelligence, though they're relatively few.

Those with high emotional intelligence have all gone to follow Xiao Ye and Ah Huo.

Even at minus ten degrees Celsius, once the fighting starts, it's not cold at all.

If it's cold, then intensify the fighting.

After running down the mountain and walking along a snowy road, Li Mingyang arrived at Flower Bouquet Street.

There are quite a few projects starting recently, and the snow scenery is free, so we can't help but take lots of pictures.

During the day, the streets are relatively quiet, but at night they are very lively, like a fair.

"Ming Yang!"

Li Mingyang took a few steps back and came to a girl who was wrapped up like a dumpling, with her face covered by a scarf, wearing a pink down jacket and a pink beanie. He looked her up and down and said, "Mimi?"

"Who is this person! You don't recognize me dressed like this?"

“You’re dressed like a dumpling, and your bangs are covering your eyes. Even if your parents came, they wouldn’t recognize you.”

Yang Mi snorted, feeling freezing cold, grabbed Li Mingyang, and headed towards Xiong Yan's shop.

Once inside the store, with the heating on, Mimi took off her hat and scarf.
Li Mingyang then noticed that Mimi had panda eyes, "Why do you have panda eyes...?"

"I'm so tired! So I'll take a few days off."

The shop also had Mimi's assistant and agent with them; the entourage was neither too big nor too small, eight people in total. Zeng Jia, however, was not there this time.

Are you waiting for me here?

Li Mingyang threw the large grass carp in his hand into the kitchen to make boiled fish. When he came out, he asked Mimi.

"Are you crazy? Fishing in the mountains in this freezing weather... I couldn't get through to you on your phone, so I had to wait for you here."

"I didn't bring my phone."

Yang Mi was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "You didn't bring your phone!"

"Anyway, nothing important happened... Let me tell you, this fish is something else. I didn't even put any bait on it, and it just took the bait by itself. Haha, it's hilarious."

Yang Mi looked at the grinning Li Mingyang, and her eyebrows suddenly furrowed. Why did it feel like he was insulting her? I'm not that stupid fish.

"What have you been up to lately? If you have time, come and make a movie! Make the movie about love letters that you've been longing for!"

"At this crucial moment, you're going to film a love letter?" Yang Mi asked in surprise.

"Why not?"

"I'm going to the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal in two days, five times!" Yang Mi said, spreading her five fingers. "This is my first time on the Spring Festival Gala, I can't afford to fail!"

There's nothing good about appearing on the Spring Festival Gala.

"That's incredibly important to you, and to me and Shishi. It's our first time."

Li Mingyang nodded and took out cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket.

"Wait, if you want to smoke, go outside. The air here isn't circulating properly!" Yang Mi said, covering her nose.

Li Mingyang pushed open the plastic curtain, went outside, took a few puffs of his cigarette, squatted by the door, and stared blankly at the pale sky.

"You really aren't afraid of the cold..." Yang Mi said, standing inside the room through the transparent curtain.

"The chief director of the Spring Festival Gala is Feng Xiaogang. If he's being sarcastic or sarcastic, just call me and I'll come and support you."

"Then why don't you come along? Don't you want to be on the Spring Festival Gala?"

Did Chen Wenbo send you?

“I saw him a few days ago, and he mentioned this. He said that if you want to be on the Spring Festival Gala, you can do it anytime.” Yang Mi blinked, secretly hoping that Li Mingyang would be on the Spring Festival Gala with her.

Chen Wenbo promised to give her a duet performance, a male-female duet.

"This Fatty Chen... he's the only person I misjudged. He's a master of alliances and betrayals!"

"He's such a good actor. He's clearly very capable; he has influence not only with the Spring Festival Gala but with all projects on CCTV, yet he pretends to know nothing and be incompetent... He's willing to curry favor with anyone, regardless of their status, as long as it's useful. He's really good at interpersonal relationships..."

Li Mingyang had met Chen Wenbo many times. Looking back now, his flattery and sycophancy were just a facade. Chen Wenbo's intelligence and emotional intelligence were frighteningly high; he could even handle Netflix... He was insightful and adept at disguising himself.

He's most likely a master of political maneuvering!

Not the kind of person who climbed up the ladder by connections!
"Mingyang, let's go on the Spring Festival Gala together! Let's sing 'The Power of Love' together!" Despite the cold, Mimi ran out, hugged Li Mingyang's arm, and said coquettishly.

"The Offering of Love? You can sing it on the Spring Festival Gala?" Li Mingyang was astonished.

"Mmm." Yang Mi nodded seriously.

Your lousy song is nowhere near in line with the main theme of the Spring Festival Gala.

But this year's Spring Festival Gala was truly surreal... Zhang Guoli was even a host, and there was also a human-shaped spinning top spinning around!
"I'm not interested in the Spring Festival Gala, I don't need that kind of attention, everyone already knows that," Li Mingyang said pretentiously.

Yang Mi rolled her eyes at Li Mingyang, snorted, and shrank back into the shop.

More than half an hour later, a pot of steaming hot boiled fish was served, along with several side dishes.

The food at the Bear in the Big Blue House restaurant wasn't as good as at the Bouquet Restaurant, but it was very unique, with lots of oil, spice, and salt.

It's very flavorful.

After finishing lunch, Li Mingyang made an excuse to go out for a smoke and then ran back to the top of Hongguo Mountain.

When Mimi found him, he had already sat down on the mountaintop and continued fishing.

Li Mingyang thought Mimi wouldn't go up the mountain because her assistant said she had a low-grade fever and couldn't be exposed to the cold.

On the way from Shanghai to Hengdian, she was still on an IV drip in the car...

However, Mimi still went up the mountain.

“You came to see me this time not just for the Spring Festival Gala…” Li Mingyang said.

"It's so beautiful here!" Yang Mi said, tilting her head back.

The snow-covered mountains and forests, the white sky, and the peaks appearing and disappearing in the mist—it was a beauty that seemed otherworldly.

Seeing this scene, Li Mingyang suddenly felt that there was no hope.

The female lead in Love Letter, a classic shot of looking up in the snow.

Yang Mi's version lacked any charm or even beauty.

It's not that she's not good-looking; Miho Nakayama's looks are just average, not even as pretty as Mimi.

Mimi had four wisdom teeth extracted, but her face still looked a bit round compared to how it became an oval shape later on…

Of course, a side profile has nothing to do with an oval face.

Li Mingyang just couldn't understand it. Mimi's profile looked like a vixen no matter how you looked at her... how could she play a pure love character?
This is even worse than a celestial being!
The fairy has the face of a pure, first love...

"Mimi, do you want to get plastic surgery?" Li Mingyang kindly advised.

Yang Mi didn't react for a moment. After a while, she bent down, scooped up a handful of snow, and made a snowball with both hands.

"what did you just say?"

"You want plastic surgery? I can find the top team in Korea!"

"Damn it! Why didn't you let Jing Tian get plastic surgery! Why didn't you let Shi Shi get plastic surgery!"

The snowball came hurtling towards the storefront, but Li Mingyang waved his hand, and it exploded, posing no threat whatsoever. "Hey... I never noticed before, how can you be so alluring..."

"Being alluring is only one side of me; I can also be very innocent! I'm a chameleon!" Yang Mi said, then coughed heavily. "Let's talk in the room; it's so cold outside..."

A ball that can change a lot...

"Are you cold?" Li Mingyang asked knowingly.

"Isn't that obvious..." Yang Mi's teeth were chattering from the cold, and she felt a little better after walking around.

"Come here." Li Mingyang beckoned.

"Yes! You're hot."

Yang Mi took small, quick steps and skillfully straddled Li Mingyang's thighs.

"Wow, you're really not cold! You're so warm. Let me warm up a bit." Yang Mi said, lifting Li Mingyang's coat and slipping her icy little hands inside, pressing them against Li Mingyang's warm body. It felt so good.

I rely on!

Li Mingyang felt two ice cubes stuffed into his clothes. He shuddered and was about to throw Mimi away, but then he thought that Mimi was a patient now, so he decided to let it go.

"If you're trying to keep warm, then please don't move around too much."

"Hehe, with you around, we don't even need to turn on the heating at home."

"..."

"Mingyang, you're just fishing here every day, not making any money and just wasting your time. Why don't you come with me to do some business?" Yang Mi said with a mischievous smile.

Li Mingyang understood. Mimi had come up the mountain in the heavy snow because she saw he was bored and wanted to get him to make some money.

Mimi, who's obsessed with money, is actually quite cute.

(End of this chapter)