Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 236: Washing Machine? Record Crusher!
On the evening of September 2004, 9, Beijing time, Boss Lu received a call from Han Shanping on the set in Vancouver's Chinatown.

"What should we do? Xiaolu, you make the decision."

Boss Lu said something to the assistant director, walked out of the set, smoked a cigarette, and fell into deep thought.

Lao Han's intention in calling was very clear.

"Alien Land" was released in China on July 7th. Starting tomorrow, there are still 20 days before it ends. The box office figures have reached 5 million yuan.

This result is the result of stacking all the BUFFs and marketing in the early stage, and doing everything possible to prevent piracy and box office theft.

The official Weibo account of Wenjie will announce the previous day’s box office, screening schedule and cumulative box office figures at 10 am every day.

All domestic film and television companies, practitioners, fans and moviegoers are either resisting or looking forward to it, waiting to see whether this number can fulfill Boss Lu’s original bold statement.

Now, it is still more than 3.59 million away from the 700 million of "Titanic", and the screening schedule has dropped to freezing point.

This cannot be blamed on the "profit-seeking" theaters. Basically all potential audiences have seen "Alien Land" or even seen it more than once.

You can't ask them to give up other popular movies and schedule this "outdated" blockbuster.

Han Shanping and Lu Kuan's cooperative relationship has entered deep waters, and there is nothing to hide from him.

"How about booking the entire venue? We'll each contribute 350 million and break the record."

"Xiaolu, if you break the record, you'll be China's number one director. You can just drop the word 'youth' from your name! No one else's box office is as convincing as you!"

Like the venomous snake that tempted Adam and Eve, Old Han threw a poisonous bait to Boss Lu.

It is easy to book a whole place, but it is difficult to keep the news from leaking.

To make an inappropriate analogy, it's like taking medicine and doing something. No matter how loudly the girl screams, you always feel that it's not your own cock that's that powerful.

This will also become a professional stain on Lu Kuan, tarnishing the already miraculous achievement of more than 3.51 million yuan, which is not a good thing.

However, for Lao Han, this is a major achievement of his tenure as the head of China Film.

Under his leadership, a co-production broke through the shackles of "Titanic" that had long hung over the Chinese people and became a monument in the mainland film market!
Boss Lu said righteously, "Boss Han, this is disrupting market policy and order, and will also set a negative example for those who come after you. It's absolutely unacceptable."

Old Han felt deeply regretful: "What should I do? I really can't accept this!"

"Do your best and obey fate."

Lu Kuan hung up the phone, finished his day's filming with a restless heart, and returned to his room.

He turned on his computer and went to his homepage.

The homepage has not been updated for more than a month. The last post was cheering for the Chinese national football team in the Asian Cup final.

After thinking for a few seconds, he carefully began to type on the keyboard:
[Dear movie fans and all audiences who love movies, I am the Chinese director Lu Kuan.

Since Yimou's "Hero" in 2002, all those who care about and support the Chinese film industry have been looking forward to it breaking the box office record of "Titanic".

It’s a pity that the time has not come yet.

Two years have passed, and this year's all-time box office champion in South Korea is their local film.

Japan's historical box office champion changed hands two years ago, and it was also a local film.

And we, a country with a population of 13 billion, all the directors looked up in a trance, and the ceiling of the box office was still floating with the sinking ship of "Titanic".

After seven years, we finally have this chance to turn things around!
Let me share a number with you all. There are still 5 days left before "Alien Land" is taken off the shelves nationwide, and we are still 3.59 million away from breaking the record of 700 million!
We are very weak. Our film industry, talent pool and number of screens cannot compete with Hollywood.

But we are also strong. We have the oldest and most splendid culture, the most movie-loving audience, and the most magnificent market!
Here, on behalf of the "Alien Land" crew, I would like to appeal to everyone. If you have the ability, willingness and time to contribute to "Alien Land", please go to the cinema again.

2005 marked the th anniversary of Chinese cinema.

The time to avenge this shame is now! 】

After typing the last exclamation mark, he sent a message to Zhuang Xu, asking him to push the flow vigorously.

Not to mention Blog and Douban, Tianya and Maopu were also quickly overwhelmed by the reposts of movie fans.

Several major domestic portals were flooded with messages.

There are also several domestic movie fan websites, such as the I Love Movie Forum, which currently has the largest traffic and the most pirated resources, and other fan gathering places.

A reprinted article that was maliciously modified into a "Washing Machine Appeal" spread like wildfire.

Xiao Liu, who was surfing, saw this and realized how large her current fan base was. She also felt that she should do something.

He immediately asked Yang Siwei to find paper and pen.

Two minutes later, Liu Yifei's official blog reposted Boss Lu's blog post and attached a picture she uploaded.

In the photo, she is bare-faced, holding a piece of white paper with the words: "Come on, Chinese cinema celebrates its 100th anniversary! Come on, 'Foreign Land'!"
He also tagged a bunch of familiar faces in the entertainment industry, including Mei Yanfang, Jay Chou, Zhou Xun, Feng Yuanzheng, Su Chang, and Huang Xiaoming.

Jay Chou just came out of the recording studio. The song "Qilixiang" took him the whole afternoon to record.

Otakus habitually open their blogs and interact with fans, and Lukuan’s blog posts are pushed to a large number of traffic.

Looking at Liu Yifei's tag, she decisively called her agent Li Fengni.

Jay Chou's number of fans on his blog has exceeded 10 million, and he even has fans from Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea who have registered to follow him.

In the photo, he is wearing a grey hoodie with no sleeves, holding a white paper with a proud look on his face: "Go Chinese cinema, live a hundred years! Go "Foreign Land"!"
Followed by a series of At.

Mei Yanfang has even greater power. When many bigwigs in the Hong Kong film and television circles received her message, most of them were very considerate and posted messages to express their support!

Zhang Yimou, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming, Gao Yuanyuan, Hu Ge, Huang Bo, Zhang Jizhong, Feng Yuanzheng, Zhang Manyu, Zhao Benshan...

In the first batch of fan gathering places in China, such as I Love Movies and Movie Resource Forum, star support blogs brought in by tap water constantly bombard their neural networks.

Zhou Liming, a famous film critic in later generations, was the moderator of the film review section of I Love Movies. He opened a thread with excitement.

“Although I have watched Alien Land three times, after reading the guide’s blog, I decided to go again, no, twice!”

More than 600 buildings were built in just ten minutes.

After Liu Yifei posted her blog, she kept refreshing it and replying to comments.

She responded enthusiastically to every fan and friend, and asked Yang Siwei to call Liu Qiangdong to ask for hundreds of T-shirts and various peripherals.

She was deeply moved by everyone's support and decided to stay up late to give her fans some benefits.

The replies below the blog post are also varied.

"The washing machine turned into fucking tear gas. I'm a little moved by what you said. Anyway, give him another ticket!"

"Xixi, remember this 50-yuan movie ticket is your betrothal gift."

"You cut off all contact with the washing machine. Tomorrow I'll use all the money I earned from the Legend game card to buy movie tickets!"

"With just a little effort, the washing machine becomes a clown. This ticket is my alms to the clown!"

Five days passed in a flash. During these last few days, many movie fans from all over the country went to the cinema again. Even many actors who were not familiar with Boss Lu went to the cinema, which was a support for Chinese films.

On the morning of September 9st, Lao Han called and said the record had been broken!
As of the end of the film, the total box office of "Alien Land" in the mainland reached 3.61 million yuan, successfully surpassing "Titanic" with a difference of 200 million yuan to top the list!
This day will be a day that Chinese films will always remember.

At the same time, with the removal of "Alien Land" from the domestic screen, its global screening has come to an end.

When mainland and Hollywood media looked back at this sci-fi blockbuster that took the world by storm in the summer of 2004, they were surprised to find that it had created countless astonishing records!
In 2002, "Hero" grossed 41 billion yen at the Japanese box office, but has now been replaced by "Foreign Land" with 67 billion yen, becoming the champion of non-local films in Japan.
After one and a half months of release in Korea, the film has accumulated over 500 million viewers, far surpassing the 122 million viewers of "Hero" and becoming the non-local champion in Korea.

Hong Kong's HK$5300 million temporarily holds the annual championship, but may be broken by the year-end release of "Kung Fu Hustle";
Thailand's $400 million, Malaysia's $380 million, Singapore's $550 million...

Throughout Asia, the final result of "Alien" was fixed at 1.44 million US dollars, winning the historical championship!

Combined with $1.48 million from North America and $2 million from Europe and other regions, the film's final global box office total was $4.92 million, converted based on the 2004 U.S. dollar to RMB exchange rate.

40.7 billion!
What is this concept?
Without Boss Lu, the total box office in mainland China in 2004 was 15.7 billion, which is more than twice the latter!

At Cannes in 2003, Boss Lu used an initial investment of $1000 million to lure Tom Cruise into his trap, and then thwarted the conspiracy of Buena Vista and Harvey.

At that time, Disney's Hollywood audiences, countless domestic black fans and competitors were all looking forward to how this farce would end.

I didn't expect such an ending.

Of course, any number will only make opponents more angry. You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.

Zhu Dake and other film critics who control the discourse in the commentary world still refuse to give in, saying that Boss Lu is a guide who is destroying the foundation of the Chinese film industry and injecting cultural cancer cells of complete entertainment to death into the body of the entire nation, which will cause endless harm!
In order to promote his new film "Kekexili", Lu Tailang and his old father Lu Tianmin also spoke out online to make trouble and find fault in every possible way.

They firmly grasped one of the main points of the criticism: Lu Kuan's commercial films, with their monopoly status, will undoubtedly strangle the living space of mainland art films. This is a three-light action against the budding of film art, and they will inevitably become historical sinners!
Han Han was the first one to disagree with this statement. He couldn't stand this kind of traditional preaching the most, so he started several rounds of verbal battles with Lu Tianmin on the Internet, and the momentum was deafening!
Boss Lu was too lazy to engage in verbal battle with these losers. They were just waiting for his response and then they would fight for three hundred rounds!
He had just come out of Harvey's Miramax and had sorted out the final box office share with Lionsgate, including "Outlander" and "Fahrenheit 911/".

Since only the major regions of North America, Europe, East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan are involved in profit sharing, and other non-key markets are sold outright, the final amount involved in profit sharing is barely US$4 million.

After deducting publicity and marketing expenses, taxes, theater share, and producer Tom Cruise's share, Lu Kuan finally pocketed $5800 million.

This number may seem shabby, but it's just the normal profit share for a Hollywood blockbuster.

Isn't "Interstellar" a hit? It didn't even make back its investment at the box office, and if it weren't for the DVD, Warner Bros. would have even suffered a small loss.

As mentioned earlier, during this period, Hollywood film companies mainly made money from DVDs and peripherals.

However, according to convention, the DVD and online TV rights of "Alien Land" will not be available until 6-8 months later. A sales agreement has been signed for the pay TV and online rights in North America and other regions with a total price of 6500 million.

Boss Lu received $3900 million from this item.

Adding the two revenues together, Lukuan's "Alien" project finally earned $9700 million.

Similarly, "Fahrenheit 911/4400" took in $ million.

This figure is nearly $600 million less than when Disney was in charge in the previous life, mainly due to obstacles encountered during the distribution.

Unlike the domestic censorship system, the power of film censorship in the United States is in the hands of the American Film Association.

This association is the toy of the Big Six.

Disney intervened and rated "Fahrenheit 911/25" R, causing it to lose at least % of its audience.

Tyrant Eisner was furious after Circumnavigation suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Strange Land , and secretly mobilized Bush's supporters to protest the film, demanding a complete ban.

It may be said that this is a free country where voters can say whatever they want, but Hollywood stars influenced by Harvey and Lionsgate obviously have a greater say.

In particular, "Tap Water" Sean Penn did not need any public relations at all. He spontaneously stood up to support Moore, the director of "Fahrenheit 911/", creating a huge demonstration effect.

After these two films, Wenjie (the United States) completed post-production on "Paranormal Activity 2" and "Insidious" and released them one after another, continuously accumulating capital for American companies.

Adding the previous 2000 million U.S. dollars, there is now about 1.6 million U.S. dollars in the American world's account.

Part of this money will be used to acquire Golden Harvest, part will be used to rediscover special effects talents, and part will be used to reproduce films.

Once he accumulates some more, it will just be time for the subprime mortgage crisis to hit. Who knows, he might become a big short seller and make a fortune!
Of course, classic IPs such as "Twilight" to be published in 2005 have long been Boss Lu's goal and in his pocket.

At the same time, at the residence of Concubine Liu Yi in Changping.

A tall building was erected under her blog post calling on fans to come and support the 100th anniversary of Chinese cinema, which directly led to the signing of T-shirts until the early morning on the past two nights.

Yang Siwei walked into her bedroom cautiously and picked up the "Foreign Land" T-shirts scattered on the floor and folded them.

Liu Yifei was half lying on the bed with her clothes on, and the computer screen in front of her was still on.

A slight noise woke her up.

"Thinking...why are you here so early?"

Yang Siwei looked speechlessly at Liu Yifei, who was about to develop dark circles under her eyes, and said distressedly, "You can't exhaust yourself by helping others, right?"

"Hurry up and pack up, we have to go to the recording studio for 'Sweet and Sour is You' today."

The Super Girl finals are approaching during the October Golden Week. According to the strategic cooperation agreement between Wenjie and Mengniu, she will be the opening guest and bring her super high popularity to support the event.

The little girl rubbed her sleepy eyes and struggled to support herself and sit down at the computer.

"Has the box office record been broken? Let me see."

Liu Yifei logged into Lu Kuan’s personal blog, refreshed the page, and jumped eight feet high in surprise!

"Great! Great! Washing Machine is now China's number one director."

"This is also thanks to you. Your fans probably supported you in large numbers."

Yang Siwei smiled and said, "But I'm now the mainland actress with the highest cumulative box office, so it's not all in vain!"

With her back to Liu Yifei, she was folding clothes, preparing to ask someone to pick them up for postage. Without even turning her head, she asked, "Why don't you wash up and put on makeup? We're getting ready to record the song."

I didn't hear any reply for a long time.

When I looked back, Liu Yifei had already closed the computer interface with a dark face.

"No! Why record it?"

The little girl's slippers made a clattering sound on the wooden floor.

She walked into the bathroom and slammed the door shut, which made Yang Siwei's heart skip a beat.

It was the first time that the agent saw his artist so angry.

She walked to the computer with a frown on her face. The only possible reason for her drastic mood swings in the past moment was the blog interface that had just been closed.

"Bingbing?"

Yang Siwei frowned and flipped through her latest blog posts and photos.

The background is the big black logo of Vogue's headquarters in New York, as well as photos with Alexander Wang, Galliano, and Anna Wintour.

Bingbing was wearing a pink OL-style women's suit and standing in the middle with a beautiful smile.

Wow! When did Bingbing get such top-notch resources?
She was a little unfamiliar with Wang Daren, but she knew the two big guys next to him!

In the bathroom, Xiao Liu splashed cold water on his face, and felt so angry when he thought of the scene that had just been pushed on the blog.

She didn't know those two foreigners, but she knew Wang Daren!
After Cannes, Lu Kuan fooled this Chinese designer, and she was right next to him.

If it weren’t for Lu Kuan, who was also filming in the United States, how would Fan Bingbing appear in "Vogue"?
In such a vast sea of ​​people, how could she get to know this still unknown Wang Daren?
Although the bastard was not in the picture, she could guess that the washing machine must be standing next to her!
Xiao Liu felt very wronged.

Looking up at the mirror, Xiao Liu saw his face looked a little haggard due to staying up late to help him sign autographs. He wished he could fly to the United States right now and grab his collar to question him!
Are you still a human being?
A heartless scumbag!

Like countless female college students in later generations who suspected their boyfriends of cheating, she already had the image of Boss Lu playing poker with Bingbing in her mind.

Liu Yifei simply washed up and walked out of the bathroom, looking at her agent with indifference.

"Call Wenjie and tell them I'm too tired from work lately and won't be recording any songs. The time is to be determined."

"If they have any questions, let Lu Kuan call me himself."

After saying that, he fell headfirst onto the bed, turned the air conditioner to the lowest setting, and covered his head with the quilt.

I, Xiao Liu, am very angry now!
Yang Siwei couldn't help laughing. Although he didn't understand her train of thought, it was obvious that this matter was related to that enemy.

The slightly plump agent sighed inwardly.

You are stuck with him in this life, and it's a tangled mess that can't be sorted out.

The news that "Exotic" had achieved the highest box office record in the country quickly spread across the Internet.

In addition to the carnival of fans and movie lovers, the "Lianbo" on the evening of the 21st once again gave a brief oral broadcast of more than ten seconds.

One movie, two "Simultaneous Broadcasts".

At this point in time in 2004, it could almost be said to be the pinnacle of appearances.

In addition to the milestone significance of breaking the box office monopoly of foreign films, the national propaganda department also attaches great importance to the sensation and heated discussion caused by the Chinese culture in the film overseas.

Considering the upcoming Olympic Games in four years, how to package and promote our excellent culture to the outside world has become an important issue.

Around 2005, the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee was about to start soliciting plans for the opening ceremony, and Boss Lu had already entered the upper echelons of his vision.

At the Beijing Huayi headquarters, Zhou Jun and Wang Da and Wang Xiao, who have been in frequent contact recently, are sitting in the office smoking.

Wang Dajun sighed, "When we were watching the game at Workers' Stadium that day, Mr. Zhou told us how Lu Kuan was exploiting Liu Yifei's popularity and fans."

"At the time, it felt a bit foggy. Now, her single appeal can drive and influence so many box office figures. It's like a real-time lesson for us."

Wang Xiaolei nodded in agreement. "More importantly, her fans are mostly teenagers right now. Once the spending power of this fan base increases, the number will be even more terrifying."

"Everyone!"

Zhou Jun flung his cigarettes at both of his allies. "Knowing shame leads to courage. The entire mainland entertainment industry is now imitating this development path, but we have the greatest advantage."

Wang Xiaolei frowned and said, "That cousin Liu Yifei who's involved in the sugar figurine marketing is quite interesting. She's currently posting some daily news on her blog, and her number of followers has grown quite a bit."

Zhou Jun scoffed, "What's the unconventional nature of cousin Liu Yifei? Is she just using this nickname her whole life? Doesn't she have any desire to surpass herself?"

I will capture the dry bones in the tomb sooner or later.

"I'm honored to have just signed Yang Mi, the actress from Ruili. Li Shaohong is very optimistic about her. I heard that she is going to be the female lead in next year's CCTV drama "Wang Zhaojun" and will also star in "The Return of the Condor Heroes" with Liu Yifei."

Zhou Jun shook his head: "It's not wise to be a supporting role for someone in the first collaboration and start your debut at a low level."

"What about Tang Yan, the one signed by Eagle King? She's an Olympic babe, and her image and figure are both outstanding."

"Hong Kong filmmakers are coming north, and they haven't even figured out how to create their own actresses yet, and they want to get involved in mainland China's star-making movement? It's too difficult."

The ears of a dog guarding the house are not worth mentioning.

Da Jun and Xiao Lei looked at each other in bewilderment. If the road was wide here, Zhou Jun might have joined him in shouting:

The only heroic women in the world today are Nara and Yifei!
It would be great to increase one's own prestige, but the two brothers have not yet seen any huge advantages on their side, so why is Zhou Jun so confident today?

Jang Nara is quite popular in Korea, but does she recognize her in the Chinese entertainment industry?
Concubine Liu Yi, who is of the same type as her, is blocking the road in front, and there is a wide road behind her. How can she cross this single-plank bridge?
"You don't quite believe it, do you?"

Zhou Jun looked at the two of them with a smile and decided to give them a little red shock.

"The higher-ups are now attaching great importance to external cultural exchanges and publicity. I have asked someone to contact the diplomatic department and will soon seek for her to be an ambassador for cultural exchange between China and South Korea."

"With this identity, she will travel between China and South Korea, serving as a bridge for cultural exchange."

The Wang brothers' eyes lit up. What a high standard!

What are entertainment stars? If we directly elevate it to the level of national cultural exchange, it will sound different to ordinary people.

Especially Jang Nara's sweetness and affinity have accumulated a lot of fans not only among teenagers but also among adults.

"Secondly, you could consider contacting Hunan TV. I think President Ouyang is quite supportive of Korean culture. 'Jewel in the Palace' has been airing on their station repeatedly."

Wang Dajun nodded. "Besides, the pressure that Wenjie's Travel Satellite TV has put on Hunan TV is too great. We can be considered to have a common enemy."

"Yeah, let's have a few more episodes of shows like Base Camp, so that Nora can become more well-known in the domestic entertainment industry first!"

Wang Xiaolei now has a genuine admiration for Mr. Zhou, who comes from an extraordinary background.

This is applying your old man's tactics of forming alliances and making connections in struggles to the entertainment industry!
Zhou Jun sneered at the two men's surprised eyes, thinking their vision was too limited.

They cannot understand the fundamental idea of ​​building a big business, seeking listing, telling stories, and cashing out. Of course, there is no need to explain it to them now.

Play chess in silence, speaking only when you have checkmate your opponent.

"By the way, next year marks the centenary of film, and the Beijing Film Academy is also celebrating its 55th anniversary. They should be planning a tribute play soon."

"A project like this usually involves well-known alumni, so Liu Yifei is definitely going to be able to participate. I'll see if I can make an effort and get Nora to be the heroine."

Zhou Jun stroked his chin and said, "Mr. Wang, you can look for that old man. I'll look for my connections in the city. It shouldn't be a big problem."

Wang Dajun laughed and said, "Boss Zhou has a solution. Beijing Film Academy is a municipal university, so it's easier for the corresponding units to manage them."

"Yang Mi from Yung Xing Da was paired with Concubine Liu Yi, and now we're letting Concubine Liu Yi be paired with Nara. What a clever move!"

On the afternoon of the 24th, Mr. Lu from the North American film set received a call from Sun Wenwen.

"boss..."

"Ok?"

Lu Kuan was a little surprised. Sun Wenwen had been with him for two or three years and had always been clear and concise in her actions and words. What kind of difficulty had she encountered?

"what happened?"

"Um... Miss Yi Fei's song recording..."

Lu Kuan had long been a hands-off boss, so how could he remember such a trivial matter?

Long Danni, who was beside Sun Wenwen, leaned over to ask, and after hearing what she said, she clasped her hands together and gestured repeatedly to the boss's direct secretary.

The latter reluctantly continued to muster up the courage to explain: "Mengniu and Super Girl's sponsorship event require recording a live recording and ringtone."

"Then let's record it. If you need anything, find Yang Siwei."

Sun Wenwen pondered, "We should have recorded it three days ago, but Miss Liu kept saying she wasn't feeling well and also..."

Boss Lu was even more confused: "What did you say?"

"Said that if you have any questions, you should call her directly."

After Sun Wenwen finished speaking, her heart began to beat fast. Would the boss get so angry that he would scold her?
"understood."

Beep beep beep...

"how is it going?"

Long Danni looked at her hopefully.

"understood."

"and then?"

"Gone."

Sun Wenwen was a little scared: "Sister Long, please don't come to me for something like this next time!"

"The boss seems easygoing, but when he starts scolding people he's really fierce!"

Long Danni poured a cup of hot tea for the "chief steward" in a flattering manner: "I understand, I understand. This time, I am indebted to you for your kindness. Thank you very much."

"By the way, Wenwen, can you lend me your car to go out for a while? My car has some minor problems."

Sun Wenwen started to handle official business without raising her head and pushed the car keys in front of her.

Shi Shiran, a former variety show director within the system, went out and told his assistant to take the keys and deliver the gift to Director Sun in his car.

Boss Lu didn't take it seriously and continued with today's shooting schedule.

North Electric Meter Conductor Building.

Wang Jingsong walked towards the office with a cup in his hand, smiling, followed by the depressed Liu Yifei.

"Hey, Teacher Su, are you going to class?"

"Yi Fei, this is Teacher Su from the Department of Literature, calling for someone."

Xiao Liu quickly changed his expression to a well-behaved one: "Hello, Teacher Su!"

Su Qian glanced helplessly at Old Wang, whose intention to show off was extremely obvious, and shook hands with Liu Yifei.

"Yi Fei, your performance in 'Foreign Land' was great, keep up the good work."

"Uh-huh!"

Wang Jingsong continued to "parade" his favorite student, which was no different from the fishermen in later generations who carried large goods.

"Teacher Zhang, you don't have a day off today? I'm taking Xiao Liu to report to Director Chen."

"Hey, Lao Li, are you going to help your students with their film studies? Let me tell you, my student Liu Yifei's recent film 'Foreign Land' is pretty good, haha."

Xiao Liu followed him, feeling both amused and helpless. He felt awkwardly like a giant panda being watched. He just felt that the corridor of the performance and guidance building was particularly long today.

She nervously took out her cell phone and looked at it again and again, but there was still no message or call from that damn man.

What do you mean?
Isn't he in any hurry at all?

Still mad at me...

"Yifei, Yifei?"

Wang Jingsong called her "favored disciple" twice with a smile before she came back to her senses.

"Next year will be the school's 55th anniversary, and it will also be the centenary of Chinese cinema. We may launch a self-produced drama."

"Given your current popularity, among the actors of the right age who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, I guess the only ones who can play the leading role are you and Zhao Yanzi. Be smart when you go to Dean Chen's office later."

It was the first time that Lu Kuan kicked Xiao Liu, and he felt a little anxious and worried. He responded absentmindedly, and the two of them walked into Chen Yi's office.

Wang Jingsong is the deputy director of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy, and Chen Yi is the top leader.

This person is not very famous, but he has a very famous student, Emperor Tianlin.

This outstanding student from Beijing Film Academy, who had no idea what CNKI was and created the Tianlin calendar, listed Dean Chen as his supervisor in his graduation thesis.

"Director Wang, Concubine Yi, are you here?"

Chen Yi stood up with a smile, without any leadership airs at all.

When he came up, he exchanged some pleasantries and praised her: "Yi Fei is excellent! Her performance in "Foreign Land" was very good."

"And Director Wang, you've nurtured such an outstanding student for the Beijing Film Academy. Your achievements are comparable to Teacher Cui's Class of '96!"

Wang Jingsong laughed so hard that he couldn't stop. "No, it's all her hard work. We are just checking in at best."

"Thank you, Dean. I will continue to work hard." Liu Yifei barely shook the man's figure out of her head to deal with the programmed conversation.

Chen Yi got back to the point: "Fei Yi, I guess Director Wang also told you about the tribute drama. The TV series is called "Silver Years" and it is tentatively scheduled to star powerful actors such as Chen Baoguo and Jiang Wenli."

"As well as Xu Jinglei, Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Yanzi and others from our Beijing Film Academy, and of course you."

He then glossed over the important information vaguely: "Oh, there might be some young foreign stars joining. Isn't it important to promote culture abroad these days? This can be considered a form of cultural exchange."

"Originally, we wanted to ask Lu Kuan to come back and help, but he's busy filming and can't leave. But with excellent actors like you helping out, I think the effect won't be bad, hehe."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded. Apart from some emotional fluctuations when she heard Lu Kuan's name, she remained calm.

This is equivalent to a final drama at the end of the semester, nothing special, just a guest appearance of "My alma mater will be proud of me tomorrow".

Wang Jingsong smiled and said, "Director Chen, is the script out yet? What's the approximate age range of the female lead?"

Chen Yi knew what he was thinking from the beginning of his words, but there was nothing he could do this time because he had been given a task by his superiors.

"Well, that's still decided by the principal and his team. By the way, this time we're collaborating with Tianjin Satellite TV. We've asked our old professor Gu Lao from the Beijing Film Academy to be our consultant, and we've also invited Fang Long from Hong Kong to make a guest appearance."

"It's the 55th anniversary celebration, so we have to reflect the style of the people of Beijing Film Academy from all generations, haha."

This old man was the old scholar who was entrusted by Wang Xiaolei to find Zhang Huijun and force him to expel Lu Kuan.

Wang Jingsong didn't think much about it. If he could try, he would try. If not, forget it.

The supporting role is just a guest role, which is fine as it does not affect Liu Yifei's original work arrangements.

The crew of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" has officially started filming a few days ago, and she will join the crew next month and rush to Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province.

The two said goodbye and went out. Liu Yifei attended classes for a rare afternoon and was picked up by the driver.

After dinner, Yang Siwei knocked on the door and entered her room.

"Aren't you going to ask Jie tomorrow?"

"Don't go."

"What's going on? Can you tell me about it?"

At this moment, Yang Siwei was completely certain that it was because the road was wide, and the other person involved was Fan Bingbing.

Because it was obvious that she became furious after seeing that photo.

Concubine Liu Yi looked at the script of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" with a calm expression, writing and drawing on it.

"nothing."

The little girl was in a bad mood and didn't even say a word to Yang Siwei, with whom she used to talk about everything. She was busy writing a biography of the character.

Yang Siwei had no choice but to sit in front of her computer, log into her blog and reply to fans' messages.

The room was silent, with only the sounds of her typing on the keyboard and Liu Yifei writing with her pen.

"thinking."

"what?"

Concubine Liu Yi bit her lip and stared at her blankly: "Do you think Guo Xiang's infatuation with Yang Guo is of any use?"

Yang Siwei almost collapsed. He was in the late stage of love brain and there was no cure.

It seems that no girl can avoid this tangled period of youth, it’s just that the person you choose is too powerful.

That's not someone who can be easily influenced.

However, the slightly plump agent decided to try to brainwash her: "Guo Xiang is a silly girl, don't learn from her."

"The person you should learn from most is her mother, Huang Rong, who took control of everything."

Concubine Liu Yi murmured thoughtfully, "Huang Rong?"

"Yes, you want to be Huang Rong!"

Yang Siwei accompanied Liu Yifei in studying "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and "The Return of the Condor Heroes", and became familiar with Jin Yong's other works.

"When Qiu Chuji wanted to marry Mu Nianci to Guo Jing, Huang Rong would jump out and slash her face with a dagger."

"Guo Jing encountered Cheng Yaojia, and Huang Rong was able to confidently assess that she posed no threat to him."

"When she saw Guo Jing's childhood sweetheart, Hua Zheng, she acted pitiful again, saying, 'You two are a pair of white eagles in the desert, and I am just a little swallow under the willow branches in the south of the Yangtze River.'"

Yang Siwei concluded, "You see, he can calmly assess the strength of both our enemies and us. He is ruthless when he needs to be ruthless, and never tough when he needs to be gentle."

"With all these tricks, can Guo Jing still escape from her clutches?"

Concubine Liu Yi actually understood what she meant, but...

This bastard is not a fool like Guo Jing!
She sighed slowly, "It would be better if he was Guo Jing, ah."

Yang Siwei left the computer chair and sat in front of Liu Yifei, holding her shoulders with both hands, and the two looked into each other's eyes.

"Yes, the person you like is an extremely intelligent person. He has the most determined mind and the most cruel methods. No one can easily influence him."

Concubine Liu Yi knew that she understood her thoughts and said with a bitter face, "What should we do then?"

"People can't teach people, but things can teach people once. You have to let them see their own value!"

"and many more!"

Yang Siwei paused and corrected his thoughts: "You have to let him know that you know your value to him!"

The little girl was stunned for two seconds: "What do you mean?"

"For example, this time you advocated online for the final push for the box office of 'Alien Land'. Regardless of how much of the final 700 million was your contribution, the credit for your kindness and initiative is always yours."

"And the ringtone you recorded for him."

Yang Siwei's teeth itched with hatred when he thought of this: "I hired a business consulting company to do an investigation. Do you know how much money he made from the ringtones you recorded?"

"How many?"

"After deducting the channel fees for blog.com, the total cost will not be less than 80 to 90 million yuan."

"Seize the young master?"

Concubine Liu Yi was furious and slammed the table and stood up: "This bastard has been hesitating and not telling the truth. It turns out that he made so much money by relying on me!"

"That's right, so what you did this time was absolutely right. A woman should be strong and not let him get whatever he wants!"

Yang Siwei jokingly asked again, "Are you angry because of Fan Bingbing?"

"Because she's in America, guess what they are..."

"Hmph, don't guess randomly. I just have my period and I'm in a bad mood."

Concubine Liu Yi felt a little embarrassed and turned away without paying any attention to it.

Yang Siwei chuckled in his heart, you are almost writing the answer on your face, and you are still afraid that others will know.

"If I continue to use myself as a bargaining chip to threaten him like I did this time, will he think I'm a philistine?"

Yang Siwei rolled his eyes. "He's so fussy about it, how come you don't think he's a bit of a philistine?"

"You're really funny! He's been taking advantage of you for two years, and you're still worried about being a bit of a philistine!"

She once again solemnly reiterated her point: "No matter how much you owed him before, making so much money for him in two years is enough to repay any favor, right?"

"From now on, we'll be partners, not subordinates. You need to use your advantages to negotiate with him!"

"Xixi, believe me, nothing good will happen to Guo Xiang."

Yang Siwei has super emotional intelligence. This sentence is similar to the later saying "a dog that has nothing".

"Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding~"

Liu Yifei's phone suddenly rang, and they both looked over at the same time and saw Lu Kuan.

(End of this chapter)