Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 249: Wenjie Holdings, the giant ship sets sail

What is a rational person?

Boss Lu, who was beaten like a machine gun by Liu Yifei, fully demonstrated this point.

The first call was to Zhang Jizhong, asking about Liu Yifei's schedule and "communicating" with him that the filming of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" should be completed before March.

The second call was made to Jin Zhiwen, who gave him several ringtone plans and asked him to complete them as soon as possible and arrange for Liu Yifei to record the song.

The third call was made to Xue Xiaolu, asking her to give up the upcoming winter vacation and continue to work on "Bad Genius" after "Single Men and Women".

The purpose is simple, which is to use Liu Yifei's current popularity to auction the movie.

The actors in "Bad Genius" are almost all young people, and other supporting roles can be played by artists from all walks of life, which greatly saves the cost of film remuneration.

The total cost of shooting the film in 2017 was 1200 million, and it was no problem to compress it to less than 2005 or million in .

Secondly, the box office of "The Gunman" in mainland China was 2.68 million yuan, and both the first-day box office and the three-day box office set a record in mainland China. The quality of the film is fine.

Do you think this is over?

No!

Wu Ershan also received a call asking him to start filming the next season of "Zhu Xian" in advance, shorten the market research time, and finish filming Liu Yifei's role as Lu Xueqi.

This includes urging Yang Siwei to finalize endorsements for various high-end clothing brands following the recent Hanfu craze.

He has to fill up Liu Yifei's schedule for 7 months and make full preparations before the unknown comes.

Rational people, so terrifying.

Concubine Liu Yi now brings a lot of income to the world, but it has not yet reached a decisive level.

But without her income, I would feel a little stretched.

This year, it launched the heavily asset-operated Golden Harvest and two domestic and foreign video websites, and also invested in Facebook.

Currently, the trade wars in both China and the United States are operating at full capacity.

【domestic】

The advertising and variety show revenue of Travel Satellite TV and the film and television production revenue of Wenjie support the video website, the expansion of Golden Harvest’s cinema chain, and the reproduction of films.

Blog.com and its subsidiary Douban rely on their own SP income to maintain operations.

With more and more domestic blockbusters, Butian Films can become self-sufficient.

【foreign】

The income from the "Insidious" series and "Paranormal Activity" series from the United States, as well as their derivative products.

Support Mytube and film reproduction, as well as the acquisition of high-quality copyrights such as "Twilight".

But there is another major positive factor this year.

Focus Media, which has completed the listing guidance process, will be listed on Nasdaq in July.

If he needs money, he can pledge his shares at any time.

According to his absolute shareholding ratio of 51%, the funds are at least more than 3.5 million US dollars.

Before he could lie down dizzy and close his eyes, Harvey came again.

Boss Lu saw the smug look on that fat face and knew that he had taken advantage of something again.

"Lu, congratulations on winning the Golden Globe!"

"You deserve credit, Harvey."

"Hahaha, no, no, it's just that Alien Land itself is strong enough."

Boss Lu was a little puzzled. What happened to this Jewish white pig today? Shouldn't he come here to ask for credit and some benefits? Why was he being so humble?

"Anything good?"

"As you said, Eisner is finished! His term ends early!"

Harvey was beyond excited.

Last year, he decided to take a gamble and join forces with Lu Kuan to stab Disney in the back, and it really paid off.

The release of "Alien Land" and "Fahrenheit 911/" made him a fortune, and the peripheral products and DVDs of "Alien Land" are still generating revenue to this day.

But Disney and Eisner, the tiger fighting tiger, are always watching closely from behind, and no one dares to take it lightly.

At that time, Boss Lu's idea was to unite with old Disney's successor to impeach him and create conflicts and confrontations.

After several months of struggle, the day before yesterday, Enzo Disney and co-director Stanley finally gathered more than 45% of shareholders to hold the company accountable for its decision-making mistakes in missing out on "Alien Land" and "Fahrenheit 911/".

The loss of these two films caused Disney to lose at least $1.5 million.

The most crucial thing is that Lao Long’s "Around the World in 80 Days" suffered a huge loss of nearly 1 million US dollars.

This is a total of 2.5 million yuan!
Eisner made a big mistake and was voted out in a boardroom struggle, officially resigning as CEO.

The palace drama is over, and the era of tyrant Eisner is over.

"Lu, do you think I should leave Disney?"

It is no exaggeration to say that Harvey now worships Boss Lu as a god, even though he believes that the Jewish people are the most superior race in the world.

He also dared not deny that this young oriental man was the most intelligent and scheming of anyone he had ever seen.

"I suppose you've already made plans. You don't need to ask me about this."

Lu Kuan later read the popular science article written by a Hollywood biographer and knew that Harvey had already laid the foundation for the incident.

When Disney signed the contract with the Harvey brothers, the terms of the agreement were that Disney would allocate 30% to 35% of Miramax's performance bonuses to them every fiscal year.

However, there is a big loophole in this contract, that is, Disney only calculates profits from the revenue of movies released in that year, and those that have not been released are not counted for the time being.

Example:

Harvey first used his artistic vision and business acumen to divide the films he had into those that made money and those that didn't.

Then, he would release the profitable movies intensively in the same year and reap the 30%-35% commission.

Then, in the next fiscal year, he would package and release movies that were clearly not profitable, or even postpone them repeatedly.

This is the reason why the release of "Hero" was postponed.

Zhang Weiping has been angrily accusing Harvey of defrauding him. In fact, it was because Harvey believed that the prospects of "Hero" in North America were not optimistic and kept postponing the release.

In any case, Harvey's independence from Miramax and Eisner's resignation were good things for him.

There is no fundamental conflict between Boss Lu and Disney, and he probably won't be deliberately targeted in the future.

Harvey left and Alfie knocked on the door and came in.

"Aunt Liu and the others are leaving this afternoon."

Boss Lu was stunned when he heard this, knowing that this must be Liu Yifei's idea.

She may not have a big chest, but she has a big temper.

In fact, Liu Yifei has many similarities with actresses like Scarlett Johansson.

Born into a middle-class family, they lack desire for life and material things, and instead pursue some spiritual pleasures.

In her later life, when she was willful, she could go a long time without making any announcements or taking on any new roles.

This lazy and casual attitude towards life, unlike the scheming attitude of other female stars, may be one of the reasons and characteristics that attract fans.

"Let's go and see them."

Boss Lu decided not to argue with the girl. At least he wanted to coax her into finishing the seven months' work first!
Capitalists always have two faces. One is to knock on the door and enter the house, and the other is to automatically switch to the caring mode.

"Aunt Liu, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Liu Xiaoli smiled bitterly: "Xixi is in a hurry to go back to film The Return of the Condor Heroes and also to rehearse for this year's Spring Festival Gala. She has a lot of things to do."

She looked at her daughter, who was sitting at the desk with a serious expression, in confusion. Did she take the wrong medicine today?
In the past, he would have come jumping here.

Concubine Liu Yi’s face was tense. She felt Lu Kuan approaching, thinking he was trying to coax her. She was about to glare at him.

“The sun is shining brightly today!”

Boss Lu walked around her and went to the balcony.

"Humph!"

Concubine Liu Yi was about to get angry when she discovered that the enemy was in an unselectable state.

So he got angry again.

Lu Kuan stopped teasing her and came over: "What are you playing?"

"none of your business."

"Let me check Blog Network. Is there any big news recently?"

Liu Yifei ignored him with a cold face, instantly closed the page and opened Minesweeper.

Xiao Liu returned home in a huff.

Lu Kuan stayed in the United States for a few more days, waiting for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" to be completed. He also returned to China with the film and was about to start a roadshow.

Throughout February, Lu Kuan's schedule was very tight.

After the mainland roadshow ends, he will rush to Berlin to attend the film festival on February 2.

Roland, chairman of the film festival jury, sent the invitation years ago.

After the film selectors reviewed the film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was officially shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival.

Roland Emmerich is a professional in disaster films. "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012", "White House Downfall" and other works are his.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Kuan will rush to North America to participate in the final public relations for the Oscars. February 2 will be the time when "Alien Land" will face the big test.

On January 2005, 1, Boss Lu was handling official business in the president's office in Ideal Building.

He enjoys himself wherever he goes. He has a 7-square-meter office area on the 1000th floor of Ideal Building.

It has everything from offices, gyms, indoor carpet golf courses, and bedrooms, and is also equipped with the highest level security system purchased from North America.

In other words, the conditions are not met at the moment, otherwise we would have to build an outdoor swimming pool for the party.

All places except the office are private areas, and apart from himself, only Ah Fei knows how to get in.

Currently, the vacancy rate of Ideal Building is around 10%, which was far beyond Boss Lu’s original expectations. He originally thought that his family could not fill the more than 7 square meters.

I've really been spending too much money during this period.

Those that have already settled in include Wenjie, Wenjie Video, Focus Media, Wenjie Mall, Butian Films, Wenjie Xiying, Wenjie Golden Harvest, New Vision, Blog.com and Douban.

If Xinlang is successfully acquired in the future, the remaining office area can be filled.

In the past three years, Boss Lu's industries have developed rapidly through fission and mergers and acquisitions. The previous organizational structure and staffing can no longer meet the needs of high-efficiency operation.

Today is the core personnel meeting for the integration of the entire Wenjie Cultural Industry Group.

Of course, Blog.com and Douban did not come.

The huge office was filled with a large number of middle-level cadres.

There are management positions, technical positions, general managers, and directors.

There are directors, actors, filming teams, variety show teams, and special effects technical teams.

Including the company's veteran Sun Wenwen, financial officer Li Shanshan, Lu Yao, Zhong Lifang and others, were all anxiously waiting for the boss's administrative orders.

"Okay, let's have a meeting."

"In view of the company's current development scale and personnel structure, starting today, Wenjie Culture Media will officially be renamed Wenjie Holdings Group Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as Wenjie Group."

It was previously called Wenjie Culture Media and is now called Wenjie Group.

This is not just a change in the company's registered name, but also a revolutionary adjustment to the internal organizational structure.

According to the Company Law, a group company with a registered capital of 5 million must consist of at least subsidiaries.

Now, before the Lunar New Year of 2005, is the best time to make adjustments.

"Among those present today is Wenwen, the company's number one employee, who has been with me since December 1."

"There's also employee number 3322 of the company, a demolition technician from Butian Films. I just brought him back from North America."

"Before, everyone belonged to different subsidiaries and there was no communication or exchange between them, which was very detrimental to the overall development of the industry."

"This is also the main reason why we adjusted our organizational structure before the New Year and established Wenjie Holdings."

Boss Lu walked onto the large screen in the conference room and explained the organizational chart:
"Let me give you an example. This year, the roadshow and release of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' are about to begin."

"During this process, Focus Media will draft offline promotional images, Wenjie Mall will prepare surrounding advertising images, and Travel Channel will prepare movie advertising images."

“There’s a problem here.”

"Your three subsidiaries all need to make promotional graphics. So who should be responsible for the design of these graphics? What should be the focus? How much material should be prepared? How will you adjust if there are any problems?"

"If we were still a loose confederation-like company, we wouldn't be able to achieve this kind of synergy."

Boss Lu called out a few names on the stage: "Liu Qiangdong, Jiang Beichun, Zhong Lifang, can you tell me, what stage are your preparations at now?"

Zhong Lifang spoke first: "The company's film and television department has provided a third draft of the promotional video and images, but..."

"explain."

"But the length and format of the video are not very friendly to our Travel Channel. It's over a minute and a half long, squeezing out our prime-time advertising time."

Jiang Beichun retorted: "There's nothing we can do about it. Elevator ads are like that. We can't castrate ourselves just to fit in with your Travel Channel, right?"

"What if the ad reach falls short of expectations and the film's promotional effects aren't good? I wouldn't be able to handle it if Mr. Lu gets slapped with a stick."

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

However, more people understood what Boss Lu meant. The team was too large, and without a coordination mechanism, it would be too easy for things to go wrong.

Dongzi was the calmest and unhurried: "Our mall currently has limited customer orders, so our promotional materials are still mainly pictures."

"But I do have a suggestion, Mr. Lu. Don't give us too many movie ads. Instead, give us more Zhang Manyu figurines, T-shirts, and other such images. This will make it easier for us to promote them."

The conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone saw that Boss Lu's face on the stage had darkened.

"Just look at it for yourself. There are such huge mistakes in the format and content of a promotional image."

"If I don't come back from North America now, who will coordinate this matter, and who will be responsible if anything goes wrong?"

Boss Lu slammed the table and said, "Wenwen, announce the organizational structure plan."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

Sun Wenwen came on stage and operated some functions on the computer.

"Wenjie Holding Group Co., Ltd., which has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Wenjie Films, with Zhong Lifang as its general manager."

Zhong Lifang stood up and the audience applauded.

"It has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Wenjie Video, with Liu Hong as the general manager."

"It has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Wenjie Brokerage, with Lu Yao as its general manager."

"It has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Butian Films, with Xie Ning as its general manager."

"It has a holding subsidiary (70%), Wenjie Mall, with Liu Qiangdong as the general manager."

"It has a holding subsidiary (51%), Focus Media, with Jiang Beichun as general manager."

"It has a holding subsidiary (75%), Wenjie Xiying, and its general manager is Gao Jun."

"It has a holding subsidiary, a Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company (53%), Wenjie Jiahe, and its general manager is Gao Jun."

The cinema chain and distribution business are integrated and are coordinated by Gao Jun.

Among them, due to changes in national policies in 2003, Wenjie, as a private enterprise, increased its equity in the joint venture issuing company to 75%.

"It has a 25% equity subsidiary, New Vision."

Sun Wenwen paused here and said, "With the authorization of Mr. Han Shanping, Chairman of China Film Group, the controlling shareholder of New Vision, 51% of his voting rights will be temporarily held by Wenjie Group."

"Therefore, we have specially appointed Ms. Long Danni as the Executive Deputy Director and Program Director of Travel Channel."

"There is also Zhang Yadong Studio, in which Wenjie has a stake. Since it has little relevance to the company's business and is relatively independent, I will not elaborate on it today."

"The above is the announcement of leadership positions for the company's wholly-owned, controlling, and minority-owned subsidiaries. For the appointment of mid-level and lower-level cadres, please go to the small conference room to listen to the general arrangements."

She changed the projection picture and continued the promotion.

"Except for subsidiaries, the group's original organizational structure, including the president's office, finance, human resources, and legal affairs, remains unchanged."

"The original Copyright Management Department was abolished, and the relevant personnel and work content were taken over by Wenjie Video and Wenjie Film and Television."

Wenjie Film and Television is responsible for acquiring the copyrights of scripts and novels;

Wenjie Video continues to buy dramas at bargain prices.

"The original film and television production department was abolished and merged into Wenjie Film and Television."

"Among them, Ms. Long Danni will concurrently serve as the director of the variety show department under Wenjie Film and Television."

"Among them, the management of the Happy Twist Theatre Company acquired by Wenjie Film and Television will be temporarily handled by Ms. Zhong Lifang."

Happy Twist Theatre was founded in 2003 and was barely fully staffed this year. It was acquired by Zhong Lifang for 400 million yuan, and the original management team remained unchanged.

"The original ringtone business unit has been merged into the first-level internal organization, the Internet Business Unit. The Internet Business Unit is now on the same level as the wholly-owned subsidiary and reports directly to General Manager Lu. The general manager of the business unit is Zhang Jinyin."

Zhang Jinyin joined Alibaba in 2005 and is the head of the data security team and the head of Ali Cloud.

This is the talent reserve that Boss Lu has made for the future.

Sun Wenwen felt a little dry in the mouth after reading, and paused and said:

"Due to the lack of an effective coordination mechanism between the subsidiary and internal organizations, we have established a strategic office, which will be staffed by the subsidiary's general manager, myself, and General Manager Lu."

"Boss Lu, the announcement is complete."

Lu Kuan pressed his hands on the table: "Okay, that's all for today's personnel arrangements."

"In addition, the company will have more detailed arrangements for benefits such as option pools and employee housing subsidies. Wenwen, please continue."

"Gao Jun, come with me to my office and discuss the release of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

Boss Lu pushed the door open and left. The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became much more tense, and the CEOs of several subsidiaries breathed a sigh of relief.

"Director Sun, is the company's welfare system good this year?" This was said by Dongzi, who came from a poor background. Now, in addition to the online mall, Wenjie Mall also operates offline factories for derivatives and basic logistics business.

Dongzi cares more about his employees because they are all brothers.

Sun Wenwen smiled and said, "Everyone heard what Mr. Lu said just now. Starting from this year's year-end bonus, the company will set up a housing fund."

"Those who are willing to participate in the housing fund can choose to give up their year-end bonuses and deposit them into the fund instead. The company will provide subsidies according to certain standards."

"Once the deposit and withdrawal base meets the requirements, employees can withdraw it in one lump sum to buy a house."

At the end of 2004, the famous Eight National Policies were introduced, marking the beginning of housing price regulation.

It was also from this year that housing prices began to rise.

Boss Lu's move is also to help employees settle down in Beijing as soon as possible.

This housing purchase fund is not given for free. In particular, highly educated talents need to commit to a certain number of years of service to the company. If they leave early, they must return the company's subsidy.

This is also to prevent the loss of talent in high-tech departments such as Butian Film.

There was a lot of discussion in the conference room, and Wenjie can indeed be said to be a conscientious company.

From diversified subsidies to transparent promotion mechanisms and competitive salary levels.

Now the boss is helping everyone buy houses, no problem.

But the leaders of the subsidiary companies, such as Zhong Lifang and Long Danni, are all eyeing the 10% option pool.

These leaders who have handled specific business matters know how profitable the company is, but they have also spent a lot in the past two years.

What about next year? And the year after?

Now the system of Wenjie Group is complete and healthy, and it is on the verge of booming development.

The dividends from this option pool in the future will be no small number!
Huang Bo quietly nudged Wang Baoqiang, "Shagen, you should consider buying one now. Your movie 'A World Without Thieves' is so popular, you must have gotten a lot of endorsements recently, right?"

Bao Qiang laughed and said, "I already bought a house with Brother Song Wen a long time ago. It's in Tianxiang Yayuan, near the company. It's 4500 per square meter, which is not expensive."

Hu Ge wondered, "Mr. Lu seems to like buying houses? I heard this building cost over 10 billion. It's quite luxurious!"

"He's already bought over ten courtyard houses. You can just follow suit. He won't suffer any loss if no one else does."

The person who was speaking was Su Chang. Perhaps because of Liu Yifei, she was not as restrained towards Boss Lu as other artists.

Everyone nodded secretly, not considering anything else, just make money and buy as many houses as possible!

In the president's office, Gao Jun was reporting on his work.

"'Crazy Journey,' formerly 'Lost in Thailand,' was taken off the screen at the end of January, with a total box office of 1 million yuan."

The sequel of the film series has a stable audience base.

Combined with low costs, numerous product placements, and good sales of peripheral products, the total revenue of "Journey" exceeded 3500 million.

Next is Xue Xiaolu's "Single Men and Women" which will be released on Valentine's Day, and Xu Zheng's "Crazy Supermarket" (Nightclub), which is scheduled to be released on May Day.

"How much did 'A World Without Thieves' and 'Kung Fu Hustle' make at the box office?"

Gao Jun didn't even need to look up the information: "Kung Fu" made 1.8 million, and "A World Without Thieves" made 1.4 million."

Lu Kuan nodded in understanding, it was tens of millions higher than in later generations.

This figure is due to the rapid development of the film industry in this era, as can be seen from the number of screens.

"Okay, let's talk about ourselves."

Gao Jun nodded. "'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' is being jointly distributed by Wenjie Xiying and China Film Group, and is expected to be released at the end of February."

"We chose this time mainly to avoid the company's other drama, 'Single Men and Women,' which will be released on February 2th."

"In addition, the film will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival on February 2th, and 'Alien Land' will be competing at the Oscars on February 9th, which will facilitate our advertising and marketing efforts."

Lu Kuan nodded. With Gao Jun, he wouldn't have to worry too much about the distribution of future films.

Although "Alien"'s participation in the Oscars has no impact on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", it will help to increase the popularity of his personal IP.

This popularity and recognition from fans and moviegoers will be reflected in the new movie.

“How do you consider the publicity strategy?”

"It's positioned as the first romantic art film by the mainland's top-grossing director. If it can also be marketed with the honor of the Berlin Film Festival..."

Boss Lu burst out laughing. In this matter, Gao Jun made a common mistake in mainland film promotion.

This cannot be blamed entirely on him, but the critics' long-term praise for art films and criticism of commercial films has created the high-end image of the former.

Therefore, when promoting their films, theaters will rely on high-end topics and rhetoric.

"Don't do this. All films in the industry must avoid such propaganda."

Boss Lu said with a serious expression: "Over the years, the Sixth Generation's art films have left a very bad impression on the audience."

"Even art films that win awards at the Berlin Film Festival are still art films for ordinary people, and audiences will instinctively reject them."

"Besides, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' is not a purely literary film. Its core is full of storytelling, but it has added more exploration to the film language."

"Let's position it as a drama with a magical love theme."

Gao Jun nodded in agreement and left. Then Ning Hao and Xue Xiaolu arrived together.

Xue Xiaolu couldn't hold back his anger. "Director Lu, are you not letting me celebrate the New Year?"

"'Single Men and Women' was released a month ago, so why are you in such a hurry to start filming 'Bad Genius' now?"

Boss Lu looked at her with a smile: "Teacher Xue, you have to adapt."

"Coming to the company, I definitely can't compare it to the pace I had at the Beijing Film Academy."

"Look at me. I can barely sleep at home for a few days all year round. And Lao Ning, your wife is about to divorce you, right?"

Ning Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Go to hell, your wife is the one, oh you don't have a wife."

You are the bridegroom every night.

Xue Xiaolu was speechless and had a new understanding of his status as a beast of burden.

"Has Concubine Liu Yi's schedule been coordinated?"

"She wrapped filming on The Return of the Condor Heroes at the end of February and has been cast as the lead actress, Xiaolin."

Xiaolin is the female academic master who possesses superb cheating skills.

"Well, there are two men and one woman left. You can pick one from Hu Ge, Zhu Yawen, Su Chang and the others. If anyone is unqualified, find another artist."

This is the benefit of Boss Lu choosing actors with good acting skills before, so that his own plays will not be missed due to lack of professional ability.

He turned to Ning Hao again: "Is the adaptation of Bullfighting finished?"

"Yeah, almost there, I'm so excited!"

Ning Hao said seriously: "I can finally make an art film. To be honest, I have a lot of ideas that I want to explore, and this movie gave me the opportunity."

"Bullfighting" was later adapted from a story that Guan Hu heard from his fellow villagers in Yimeng Mountain in 2007. It eventually made Huang Bo his first Best Actor and he rose to prominence since then.

Let Ning Hao and him continue to be locked together in this life, and they will rise to prominence together.

In addition, Boss Lu did not have a good impression of the original director, not only because he was from the Beijing circle and Huayi.

When promoting "The Battle at Lake Changjin", this guy wore a baseball cap with the words "United States Navy" written on it, and on the set of "The Eight Hundred", he wore a sweatshirt with the English word "Devil" printed on it.

What can you say about him?

Not paying attention? Not paying attention every time?

Definitely not, it's the sixth generation's idiotic attitude of wanting to stand out from the crowd, thinking that they are the most unique and soberest in the world!
Why don’t you ask Spielberg to wear a hat with Nazi writing on it when he shoots Schindler’s List?
Just like Taro, I'll kill these guys if I get the chance.

Zhong Lifang and Long Danni knocked on the door and came in. Ning Hao and Xue Xiaolu left politely.

Long Danni's face was stern. "Director Lu, Xiangtai has been making a lot of moves recently."

She is an old woman from Hunan and Taiwan, and has a constant source of information.

But in the past year, he has gone from being the variety show director of the station to the executive deputy director of Travel Satellite TV, which is basically on par with Hunan TV.

Long Danni felt fortunate for her courage at the time, and was even more grateful for the support from the young director.

"Oh? Tell me."

"The first thing is that they started their Super Girls program in early March this year, which is basically the same as ours last year, just a copy."

"Super Girl" has become a phenomenal program and an industry benchmark, attracting countless followers.

"My Style My Show" in Shanghai, "Absolute Sing" in Jiangsu Province, and the online talent show that Huayi, Xinlang and Yahoo are said to be co-operating on.

"Regardless of others, we should continue with our established plans and maintain strategic focus."

Wenjie and Travel Channel are about to launch the 2.0 model of song audition, namely "The Voice of China".

At that time, Jay Chou, Anita Mui and others will not appear in the finals like last season, but will become permanent guests.

The other two are Liu Huan and Han Hong.

Lu Kuan suddenly asked Zhong Lifang, who was standing beside him, "By the way, the casting hype for Huayi's 'Chinese Paladin III' has been really hot lately, right?"

“Yes, this is also related to Xiangtai.”

"According to the information released so far, the casting is expected to be completed by the end of the month. This should be when the second season of 'Zhu Xian' is released in September or October."

"Ha, let them do whatever they want. Whether they can get on the star is still uncertain."

Zhonglifang and Long Danni looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.

The two of them are content providers for Travel Satellite TV. If "Chinese Paladin III" cannot be broadcast on satellite TV, the first round of impact it brings to "Zhu Xian" can be almost negligible.

"Let's prepare to look for a new director for The Myth."

"Wu Ershan, what?"

Boss Lu laughed and said, "He has great use for me. It's a shame to keep using him for seasonal dramas."

"I'll give you a target: Shanying's Kong Sheng team. They have a strong trio, especially Hou Hongliang, who is a multi-talented person."

"Recruit them and have them work full-time with Mr. Jiang and Kang Honglei as TV drama producers."

Zhong Lifang has poached a lot of people for Boss Lu in the past two years. He wrote down their names and prepared to start secretly inquiring about them.

However, in their previous life, Hou Hongliang, Kong Sheng and others "half-left" Shanying because the profits were unevenly distributed during the listing process, so they still need to work harder in this life.

Fortunately, there is a ready-made example in the world: Long Danni.

From being a variety show director on Hunan TV to being the executive deputy director of Travel Satellite TV, this is the flexible use of personnel that distinguishes private enterprises from others.

Boss Lu suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, right, Wenjie Film and Television just received a script called "Wulin Waijiao", a situation comedy."

"You need to take Zhong Lifang's play seriously. I suggest you start by selecting suitable artists from the company and the comedians from the recently acquired Happy Twist."

"The rest will be found later. Once the list is finalized, send it to me."

After Boss Lu finished speaking, he answered a phone call and left, leaving Zhong Lifang confused.

Why does the boss take a crappy sitcom so seriously?

He was asked to choose the casting for previous TV dramas, but he always ignored him.

In the evening, Ah Fei drove Lu Kuan to the Mei Mansion for a family dinner, where Huo Wenxi had invited them.

Once the domestic entertainment celebrity returns, this news will definitely not be concealed.

One of Huo Wenxi's important tasks in the Peking office was to maintain communication and friendly relations with Lu Kuan.

Perhaps after "Foreign Land", the importance of being on good terms with Lu Kuan far outweighs any other tasks such as artist training, government relations and customer relations.

Just like last time, Huo Wenxi knew Boss Lu's character and always brought one or two beauties to the banquet.

Sometimes it was Zhang Baizhi, sometimes it was Twins, but this time it was a "strange" face, but it was just a strange face that Huo Wenxi thought was strange.

Tang Yan.

Strictly speaking from the perspective of age, Tang Yan cannot be considered a 85 flower. She is already 20 years old this year and is a junior in college.

"Good guide."

Tang Yan was a little excited. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Entering the 2004 Athens Olympics was her first step to becoming popular. Immediately afterwards, she was discovered by Huo Wenxi from the Central Academy of Drama under the trend of the "little flower strategy" in the domestic entertainment industry.

Huo Wenxi found a small role for her in "The Myth" where she had to appear and have lines, but if he wanted to train Liu Yifei like Boss Lu did, it would be harder than climbing to the sky.

It's not only a resource issue, but also an issue of the actors' personal limits.

Tang Yan's acting skills were not satisfactory, and the label of silly and sweet girl was almost stuck on her head for a long time, until "Fang Hua".

Long-legged beauties are nice, but their acting range is too narrow!
On the big screen, the female fighters who have gone abroad are Zhang Ziyi and Liu Yifei.

You want to become famous by winning awards for art films, but your acting skills are not good enough, so what can you do?

But today, Boss Lu was a little puzzled. What was the meaning of Huo Wenxi bringing Tang Yan here?

Boss Li doesn’t want to eat?

Are you so confident in yourself?
What should we do now that the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple? My boss Lu doesn’t want to be in the same boat with Boss Li!

In her previous life, Tang Yan started to make a fortune by joining Wu Kebo's Chengtian Entertainment.

After moving around in the Hong Kong circle, he was very close to people like Wang Jing and Zeng Aizi.

Wang Jing once treated her as "Shu Qiu 2.0" and took her wherever he went.

It can be said that it was a period of history that was too painful to look back on. It only made a lot of noise but did not gain much practical value.

It was not until after "Chinese Paladin III" that she became popular, and it really started with "The Three Daughters of the Xia Family" on Anhui Provincial TV.

At that time, Anhui Provincial Satellite TV imitated Hunan TV and invited many actors and production teams with Taiwanese backgrounds. Tang Yan's cheating boyfriend Qiu Ze was one of them.

This is also the reason why she has relatively few resources in Hunan and Taiwan.

Lu Kuan was extremely hungry, so he simply greeted the two men and started to eat up everything.

When it comes to food, he and Concubine Liu Yi are like family.

It doesn’t matter the occasion or the cuisine, it only matters whether you are hungry or not.

Tang Yan was a little surprised. Are all artists so bold?
Last year, she followed Zhang Yimou to Athens as an Olympic baby, and she really saw the world. She is full of anticipation for her future development.

"Director Lu, let me serve you some soup."

"Oh, thank you. Just eat it yourself."

Huo Wenxi smiled and said, "Director Lu, actresses have to control their figures, so please don't make it difficult for Tang Yan."

Lu Kuan glanced at her slender long legs calmly.

Tang Yan is the Eagle Emperor's sincerity, the Eagle Emperor's gift, and the Eagle Emperor's tool of exchange.

Huo Wenxi felt that there would be a play today, so while Lu Kuan was out answering the phone, he whispered something to his artist.

"Tang Yan, if you have the chance, you should know how to seize it, understand?"

Tang Yan understood what she meant, but...

This is a bit too blunt.

Huo Wenxi urged her: "Do you know how many girls want to climb into his bed? You only have this opportunity because you are in Eagle King.

"I...I understand, Sister Mani."

Boss Lu made a phone call for a few minutes before returning.

Huo Wenxi was just about to follow the experience Zhang Baizhi had given him last time and make an excuse to leave, but he was unexpectedly stopped by Boss Lu.

"I have a question. What's the current situation with Chinese Paladin III?"

"How did this casting hype end up with Concubine Liu Yi?"

Huo Wenxi and Tang Yan looked at each other. They did know some of the truth.

Huo Wenxi laid it all out with him: "This is what happened. Huayi and Xinlang collaborated to hype up the casting, setting up several voting options for the female lead, Xuejian."

"Liu Yifei was added in the last few days. She is being voted on and evaluated in the voting column along with other actresses such as Jang Nara."

"but..."

Boss Lu understood immediately: "But they're secretly lowering Liu Yifei's votes and ratings? Using her as a scapegoat to highlight Jang Nara's popularity?"

The falsification of online popularity data is not uncommon in later generations, let alone now in 2005.

It’s just that the success rate and credibility of counterfeiting are higher now.

Netizens have not experienced the various real-life critiques of later generations, and still have trust in the top domestic portal website such as Xinlang.

The spectators fail to see that this is a capital game behind the scenes, and fail to see that the cooperation between Xinlang and Huayi is just to make things easier.

Tang Yan looked at the young director with sparkling eyes, thinking that he was a very quick-witted person who could hit the key point in just one sentence.

"Xiao Tang also participated in the casting, right? What are their rules? As long as you get the most online votes, you can get the role?"

Huo Wenxi laughed and said, "Yes, this is a joint hype by Xinlang and Huayi."

Xinlang gained popularity and traffic, while Huayi fabricated data to promote its own Jang Nara, a win-win situation.

As for whether or not she's afraid of losing both the wife and the army? Is Liu Yifei's stats really better than Jang Nara's?

Unlike later generations, faking online popularity now costs almost nothing.

As long as Xinlang wanted, Liu Yifei's vote count could always be lower than Zhang Nara's by one vote.

In later generations, in addition to the administrative penalties of the Market Supervision Administration.

If it involves the use of development programs and software to tamper with data, it may constitute the crime of "providing programs to invade computer information systems."

At the very least, it is an illegal operation.

At this moment, the curtain of the Internet age has just been raised, and there is a lack of effective supervision in all aspects, and there are legal loopholes.

Lu Kuan nodded. The call just now was from Xu Bo from the Public Opinion Monitoring Center.

"Ding ding ding ding."

The phone rang again.

(End of this chapter)