Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 280 The Eunuch Holding the Pen Suddenly Hears the Secret

"Has it been dealt with?"

After dozing for about a quarter of an hour, Boss Lu stretched comfortably. Turning his head, he saw Liu Yifei holding a Shangxinqiao teapot in her hand and flipping through papers.

"No, you fell asleep. I need to ask you something."

"what?"

Xiao Liu picked out a few suspicious documents and said, "This is the approval regarding the film scheduling policy for the newly opened Golden Harvest Cinema in the Guomao business district."

"You wrote below asking the data department to provide the screening output ratio for reference."

"Just now, the data department replied on your OA that they asked the leader to give specific instructions. They don't seem to know what output ratio is."

Boss Lu slapped his head and realized that he had written down the concept of later generations without noticing.

"If you change the screening output ratio to box office share and screening share, they will understand."

Concubine Liu Yi obeyed, her curiosity overflowing: "What does this word mean?"

"This is the core indicator used by theater managers to measure film scheduling. I forgot to mention it in the last meeting."

"Then can you tell me about it first?" Xiao Liu looked up with a cute face, like a curious baby.

"It's a simple math problem. Take Bad Genius as an example."

Lu Kuan took a pen and paper and wrote out a formula: "The single-day box office of "Bad Genius" on July 7st, divided by the total box office of the theater that day, is the box office share.

"The number of seats for the movie 'Bad Genius' on July 7st, divided by the number of seats for all the theater's showings on that day, is the seating percentage."

"Then divide the box office share by the seating share to get the core data for measuring film scheduling. I call it the screening output ratio."

Liu Yifei took a pen and paper and wrote and drew, wondering, "I've only heard of the concept of attendance rate. Shouldn't a high attendance rate mean that the movie is popular, so we should increase the screening schedule, and a low attendance rate means we should reduce the screening schedule?"

Boss Lu smiled and shook his head: "You're talking about those cinemas with similar specifications for individual theaters. You can't count the theaters at Jiahe as such."

"For example, the ticket price for our IMAX theater is 75-80, while the ticket price for a regular theater is 40-60. The number of seats is different, and the ticket price weighting is also different. If we only consider the attendance rate, the final result will be distorted."

"If the output ratio obtained using this simple method is less than 1, it means that there is oversupply. If the film's reputation is not good, the next day's screening schedule will be cut. If it is greater than 1, the opposite is true."

Liu Yifei pointed at his approval of the screening schedule reduction for "Bullfighting" in disbelief and asked, "Are you going to cut your own film too?"

"This has nothing to do with whose film it is. Movies are marketable commodities, and audiences vote with their feet. I think Ning Hao has it tough, but do the audiences who paid for it feel the same way?"

"Even if it's my own movie, it still has to be cut. I can't let the movie lose money and the cinema lose money too, right? That's not the way it works."

"It's just that our in-house directed films are more flexible in terms of operation, giving them more time to buffer and ferment word-of-mouth."

He pointed to the reduction in the screening ratio he approved: "If it was someone else's movie, it would not just be a 3% reduction."

Xiao Liu stared at him blankly for a few seconds, and said with a tut: "You are still so cruel."

Before the washing machine could figure out her insinuation, Concubine Liu Yi pulled out another document: "What about this?"

"You approved Andy On's application to rent the cinema for his proposal, but you rejected it at Gao Jun's level. Isn't that redundant?"

Boss Lu shook his head. "An Zhigang is a management trainee who just joined the company and is a reserve cadre. He's now familiar with the work at the cinema and has a very high spirit."

"His marketing idea is acceptable, but last night, he reported it to me directly without consulting his supervisor. This was inappropriate."

"The approval tells Gao Jun that he can flex his muscles in cinema marketing and let a hundred flowers bloom, instead of being confined to old ideas and methods."

"By moving the approval process back to this level and having Gao Jun review it, we are telling An Zhigang that unless there are special circumstances, he should follow the rules and not be too unconventional."

Concubine Liu Yi savored the subtle meaning in his words and said, "You are really cunning."

"What do you mean by ruthless and cunning? This is business, not playing house. If you can follow the rules, try not to use emotions. That will be unstable."

"that..."

Xiao Liu wanted to take this opportunity to tell Sun Wenwen's story and find a way to exonerate her, but he lost interest after hearing these words.

She was afraid that if she said it to his face, he would feel humiliated and kill Sun Wenwen.

Let’s wait a little longer...

"What's this and that? Be careful, don't spit in my pot!"

Boss Lu was terrified when he saw her holding the Shangtianqiao pot with one hand, hesitant to speak, fearing that the girl would slip and his treasure would be shattered to pieces.

"I understand, Grandet!" Concubine Liu Yi looked at him unhappily and took out two more documents.

"You have a bad tone and insults, and this is your only reply?"

"What? Let me see."

Lu Kuan leaned over to look at the reply he had given while still angry.

Xiao Liu looked at the young director's stubbled chin so close to him and resisted the urge to touch it out of curiosity.

As if he was already used to it, Boss Lu said calmly: "Without the mother, sensitive words are replaced with a question mark."

"Damn it, two question marks"

"The handwriting on the document is quite deep, penetrating deep into the wood. You can see how angry I was at the time. Two question marks and an exclamation mark!"

Concubine Liu Yi laughed dumbly, clicked the mouse to wake up the screen saver, and applied the formula he gave:
How many times have I emphasized the importance of attention to detail in promotional videos? Have you ever considered the visual differences between different fonts and colors in an elevator? Bullshit! Redo it!

“This should be a question mark.”

[Immediately cease cooperation with the outsourcing procurement company for props for "Zhu Xian 2"! Can't you see there's something wrong with this price? I can easily find something cheaper and better quality in Yiwu with just two phone calls!]

“Two question marks.”

The girl flipped through it again, but unfortunately this time she didn't see the reply with two question marks and an exclamation mark. She really wanted to see it.

In the office, Louis XIII and his eunuch Xiao Liu worked in perfect harmony. Lu Kuan gave verbal approvals, while she was responsible for typing.

Approving a request for an increase in the special effects budget for "Zhu Xian 2," Liu Yifei wondered, "The style of this season is even more elegant than last season. It turns out they've increased the dosage again."

Last year, the first season of "Zhu Xian" was a huge success, with the naming rights of the seasonal theater sold for as much as 7000 million yuan, and the advertising value of the time periods before and after the show was also considerable.

This year, with the game developed in cooperation with Shanda to continue to expand its influence, Boss Lu decided to increase investment in special effects to truly deepen and thoroughly develop this IP.

To this end, for the special effects shooting of this season, the Butian Film Team put in a lot of effort and went to Maoshan, Longhushan, Yuntaishan, Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie and other places to collect materials.

Finally, based on Zhangjiajie, the Qingyunmen style was created with winding and undulating mountains and surging sea of ​​clouds.

There are also the Ten Thousand Mountains where Shennongjia was filmed, the small mountain village of Qingyunmen where Hongcun was filmed, and so on.

From high-quality TV series to movies, games, stage plays, derivative products, and even later-stage theme parks, the entire industry chain needs to make enough money.

The only disadvantage of "Zhu Xian" is that it has not won many awards, mainly because it was labeled as a TV movie and it took some tricks to pass the review.

The latter resulted in them having no advantage in either TV drama or film awards, and they could only make a fortune in silence.

"I see a lot of people online are calling you Lu Xueqi now. Before, it was all Zhao Linger and Wang Yuyan."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded. "Yes, every time the broadcast season comes, I see that the Lu Xueqi merchandise from Zhu Xian sells better than even the Chinese Paladin. That must have made you a lot of money, right?"

"No, just a few hundred million." Boss Lu smiled but said nothing.

It was almost noon. My little mistress Liu Yifei had successfully completed her morning work and angrily asked the washing machine, "Where's my script?"

Boss Lu yawned and said, "I'll give you a first draft later. I've been working on it these past few days. Otherwise, why do you think I took a nap just now? I must have been up all night."

Xiao Liu was furious: "Then why did you ask me to come here? Just to work as your secretary?"

"How can I write biographies and experience life without a script?"

Lu Kuan pondered for a few seconds, stood up to close the office door, turned around and looked at Liu Yifei seriously.

"I called you here because I have something important to tell you in person."

Xiao Liu felt that his expression was serious and guessed that it must be about the movie.

"The subject of the Holocaust is unique. To be honest, I'm worried about your psychological endurance."

Concubine Liu Yi was bewildered and asked, "What do you mean?"

"You've probably heard of PTSD. Your experience of life now and the preparations for filming are basically a low-intensity reliving of the tragedy of that year."

"Those with weaker psychological endurance and mental strength are more likely to suffer from insomnia, impulsivity, and depression, similar to PTSD."

PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is a psychological problem that may occur after a person experiences or witnesses a severe traumatic event, such as war, violence, or disaster.

There are two main reasons why Ms. Zhang died in later generations.

First of all, the threats and harassment from the scum caused Ms. Zhang Chunru great psychological pressure and she was in a state of mental tension for a long time.

But the root cause was the bloody historical materials and the painful memories of the survivors that made the empathetic Zhang Chunru deeply trapped and immersed in great mental pain and unable to get out of it.

Fortunately, the tragedy did not happen again in this life. Lu Kuan had no way to use these examples to warn Concubine Liu Yi, so he could only use another great woman in the massacre as an example.

"Does Vautrin know?"

"Yes, the president of the women's university, who protected many people and refugees at that time."

Concubine Liu Yi has already started reading relevant historical materials in preparation for the film, so such a famous figure must be familiar to her.

In fact, Vautrin and Zhang Chunru are from the same family, both great women who came from Illinois.

Vautrin graduated from the University of Illinois in 1907 and arrived in Hefei, Anhui Province in 1912 to establish Sanqing Girls' Middle School.

She became the president of Ginling Women's University in 1919. After the fall of Japan in 1937, she established a safety zone on campus, which housed 8000 refugees. She also insisted on writing a diary to expose the crimes of the beasts.

"In 1940, the Wang Puppet regime allowed the Purple Mountain Evening News to slander her as a human trafficker and a traitor, pinning the blame for the Japanese atrocities on her."

"Coupled with the atrocities and cruelties she witnessed during the war, Vautrin suffered from depression in 1941 and returned to her country for treatment. Not long after, she committed suicide."

Concubine Liu Yi was horrified when she heard this.

She had just begun to understand the truth of that period of history, and only then did she understand why the young director spoke so seriously.

"I understand what you mean. I will be careful."

Boss Lu remained silent. Liu Yifei's physical and mental health and the success of the film were a very contradictory issue.

If a film is to be well made, to serve the purpose of exposing the truth and providing warnings and education, and to cause a sensation around the world like Zhang Chunru's best-selling book "The Nanjing Massacre", Liu Yifei's performance is the key.

But the more she devoted herself, the more empathized she was, and the more she acted or lived as another Zhang Chunru, the greater the mental pressure she suffered.

And after the movie becomes a real success, perhaps she will inevitably be treated like Zhang Chunru did back then.

A movie that is spread all over the world can have a much greater impact than a textbook in the North American market!

It is said that Gao Yuanyuan later suffered from mild depression after filming "Nanjing! Nanjing!"

Lu Kuan didn't know whether Liu Yifei, who would be less than 20 years old at that time, could bear the unbearable burden in life.

But from an objective director's perspective, choosing Liu Yifei as the heroine certainly has many benefits.

For example, her face shape and features are similar to those of Iris Chang when she was young;
For example, her level of professionalism is something that only outstanding actors like Feng Yuanzheng and Li Xuejian can match in the current entertainment industry.
For example, if her Chinese and English proficiency is acceptable, she only needs to imitate and learn Zhang Chunru's accent;
For example, her phenomenal popularity among young people can attract more people of appropriate age to go to the cinema to receive history and patriotic education.

Liu Yifei had a scene in "Zhu Xian" in the afternoon, so she left without having dinner with Boss Lu.

Lu Kuan stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, looking at Xiao Liu's slim back with some worry.

With the life experience of his two lifetimes combined, he would have nightmares and insomnia when he saw those inhumane materials.

Can a girl like this who is under 20 years old and has never experienced any setbacks do it?
Sun Wenwen's internal line rang: "Mr. Lu, it's time to go to the restaurant."

"okay."

Boss Lu finally came to his senses, picked up his coat from the chair, and habitually tried to find the Shangtianqiao kettle to take a sip of tea.

After searching for a long time...

"Where's my fucking pot?!"

After going down to the basement and getting into the Bentley, Lu Kuan hurriedly called Liu Yifei.

"Let's learn to meow together~~~Meow meow meow meow cat~~~"

I imitated the cat's meow seven or eight times, and the driver, A Fei, almost fell asleep from listening to it, but no one answered the phone.

Boss Lu put his phone away with a helpless look on his face. The case was solved.

His revolutionary weapon, Xiao Liu, stole his other revolutionary weapon.

There was still a twenty-minute drive to the restaurant, so Boss Lu simply closed his eyes and took a nap, then thought about the purpose of Wu Tianmin's trip.

Yesterday, Tian Zhuangzhuang explained on the phone that Wu Tianmin, as the chairman of the Shanghai International Film Festival in July, came here to invite him to attend and take up the position.

If possible, he would also like to use his connections in Hollywood to invite more big names. Don’t you see that the three major European companies are all trying to Hollywoodize themselves to attract traffic?
Naturally, the domestic situation is no exception.

The bidding for "Tangshan Earthquake" and the Olympic Games opening ceremony was already tight, and now I have to find time to improve the script of the Holocaust movie. I have no time to participate in these damn film festivals.

But "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" still needs to register, otherwise it will seem too out of place and as if it looks down on mainland awards.

But after I declined twice, the film festival chairman Wu Tianmin personally invited me and mentioned Lao Tian and Lao Mouzi, with whom I have close relations, which made it difficult to refuse.

Wu Tianmin is an important figure in Chinese film history.

Ten years later, there was a talent gap in all walks of life in the country, and the policy of vigorously promoting young cadres began to be implemented.

The film and television production industry, which was completely state-owned at the time, was of course no exception.

In 1982, benefiting from the wave of younger cadres, Wu Tianmin, who was in his early 40s, was directly promoted from director to director of the Xi'an Film Studio.

In the same year, the fifth generation of 78 graduated and were assigned to work in various state-owned factories.

Under the reform of the factory director responsibility system, Wu Tianmin of Xi'an Film Studio and Wei Bi Da of Guangxi Film Studio were the two most decisive leaders.

With their support and help, young directors Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Junzhao contributed excellent works such as "One and Eight", "Yellow Earth" and "Red Sorghum".

This includes Lao Tian, ​​who was assigned to the Beijing Film Studio. Although he was based in Beijing, it was the Xi'an Film Studio that helped him make "The Horse Thief".

These fifth generations began to rise collectively, won major awards at home and abroad, and became the leaders of the domestic film industry.

Wu Tianmin, who asked Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou to treat Boss Lu to dinner today, was respected as an old leader and leading brother by this group of fifth generations in those days, and had an extraordinary status.

When we walked into the private room, three "old men" were already chatting and shouting while holding tea.

"Teachers, I'm very sorry for being late." Boss Lu bowed with a smile and asked A Fei to bring over the prepared tea.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was just about to tease him that he was too busy, but Lu Kuan blocked his mouth with tea leaves.

"I still need to explain why I'm late. The new tea just arrived from Sichuan Province, and I quickly prepared it for you three!"

Zhang Yimou laughed heartily: "Principal Lu is really good at handling things. He is bribing Teacher Tian, ​​and we are taking advantage of him."

"Let me see what kind of tea you have."

Lao Mouzi has a close relationship with Lu Kuan and doesn't care about etiquette. He checks the tea bags and tea cakes with simple packaging.

"Water-milled black tea, Wuchuan red, Chuxiu Lingya, and Chuxiu Xuicui are all pretty good. I'll try which one is best and then I'll go buy some from there."

Boss Lu joked with his two old acquaintances, then smiled and shook hands with Wu Tianmin: "Director Wu, I've heard a lot about you."

"Hey, I've heard about you for a long time. I always heard Zhuangzhuang and Yimou talk about you, but I never had the chance to meet you."

"I happened to be in Beijing this time to handle the paperwork for the film festival, and I thought I'd bother you for once."

The old factory manager has a way with his words, and he starts to lay the groundwork and get to the point.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was helpless: "Don't be polite, sit down and talk, let's eat and chat."

The three of them had a few drinks. Wu Tianmin, who was a straightforward person, said, "Director Lu, the reason I came here today is very simple..."

Boss Lu interrupted him with a smile: "Director Wu, you can just call me Xiao Lu. I can't bear the title of Director Lu. Teacher Tian will scold me."

Everyone laughed. Seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending, Wu Tianming also politely said, "Comrade Xiaolu, I'm here mainly on behalf of the Shanghai International Film Festival to invite you to be a judge and award presenter."

"Director Wu, the company also replied to the film festival officials on my behalf. I have time..." "Hey, this year marks the centenary of Chinese cinema. My generation is getting older. It's comforting to see the rapid development of mainland films in the past two years."

"Last year, your science fiction film 'Alien Land' was a global hit. I remember it was nearing the end of its run and was just a little away from breaking the record of 'Titanic'."

"A little girl named Liu Yifei posted a photo online, holding a piece of white paper with the words 'Go Chinese Films! Go Foreign Land!' written on it. I was deeply moved."

Wu Tianmin said with some embarrassment, "Comrade Xiaolu, the Shanghai Film Festival is the only Class A film festival in our country. This year is a special year, so the scene really can't be too dull."

"You know a lot of big Hollywood stars. If you could invite one or two... Hey, the film festival still needs our united support!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang smiled intentionally or unintentionally and said, "Old Factory Director, when they go to Cannes, they are the chairman of the jury."

"This Shanghai Film Festival asked for help, but they only gave them a judge and an awards presenter. Isn't that a bit shabby?"

Old Tian has always wanted to get more benefits for himself, a cheap student.

These titles, big and small, may not seem impressive, but accumulated over time, they can become steps for progress.

Who can predict what will happen in the future? It is always good to accumulate more experience and reputation for yourself.

This is the well rope in the heart of the banned Lao Tian.

Zhang Yimou glanced at Tian Zhuangzhuang and shook his head at him slightly.

Tian Zhuangzhuang looks down upon this phenomenon of seniority-based promotion.

If Wu Tianmin had not given these young people opportunities back then, how could there be any fifth generation?

"Well, if it were up to me, I'd give this position to someone else. It doesn't matter, as long as the film festival is a success."

After all, it is an international A-level film festival. I don’t know how many people in the industry are waiting to gain qualifications and connections. There are really more people than resources.

Lu Kuan hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Director Wu, I understand what you mean."

"How about this, there are only about twenty days until the opening, I'll make contact as soon as possible."

"American director Christopher Nolan is a teacher at our Pan-Asia Film Academy. His film Batman Begins will be released in just over ten days after the film festival."

"I know Nolan from the crew, Morgan Freeman who just won the Best Supporting Actor in Hollywood, Liam Neeson, and Gary Oldman. You can invite them over to show your support."

"Also, there are people like Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise, but these top stars have extremely full schedules, so I can't guarantee their participation right now."

Before he could finish his words, Wu Tianmin excitedly shook his hand and hurriedly picked up the wine glass: "Thank you so much!"

Then he sighed, "When you weren't here just now, I was cursing the film festival with them. It's a mess. A bunch of old stubborn people who just sit there and do nothing."

"But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, the movie is celebrating its 100th anniversary, so even the shiny surface of the donkey shit needs to be polished!"

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Director Wu, I don't need any position. I don't care about these empty titles. They are just a waste of time and energy."

"I'll come a day early to greet these foreign friends, and you don't have to worry about anything else."

"Good! Good!"

Zhang Yimou also picked up his glass and said, "I'll go with you. I saw it the first day I met Xiaolu. This is the pattern!"

"Director Zhang, my Olympic team is still short of someone who knows how to play with fireworks. How about that Master Cai Guoqiang from your team..."

"Drink, drink, don't talk about state affairs!"

Everyone laughed.

Lu Kuan lowered the rim of his cup slightly and drank with everyone. Zhang Yimou was brought back to the high-spirited 1980s by Wu Tianmin's words.

"The old factory manager really worked hard to give us this opportunity."

"I remember after the director responsibility system was implemented, there was an old director who was really mean. He went to Director Wu's office, knelt down, and asked Director Wu to allocate some money to support the old director."

"Just think about it, if this gets out, Director Wu will be branded as someone who disrespects his elders and is arrogant and power-hungry."

Boss Lu laughed and said, "I heard Teacher Tian talk about this. At that time, Director Wu also knelt down before that old guy. The old man kept nagging for a long time, but he got bored and left in disgrace."

Wu Tianmin laughed heartily, with a look of vicissitudes on his face as if he was recalling the glorious past years. Then he looked at Lu Kuan with admiration.

"I, Old Wu, won't say anything else. I also know that you only accepted this difficult task to give me face."

"I think I still have some connections in China, especially at the Xi'an Film Studio. If there's anything I can help you with in the future, just let me know!"

Lu Kuan raised his cup with a smile and said, "I've been waiting for you to say this. Xi'an Film Studio is a huge treasure trove."

For example, asking about the remaining shares of Jiexi Film Distribution Company, and the establishment of the head and deputy head of the actor troupe.

Xi'an Film Studio can be of great help in the penetration and channel construction of Golden Harvest Cinemas and distribution in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"Old Director, let's stop toasting each other and drink together. I wish Chinese films a better tomorrow!"

"Okay! Cheers!"

After dinner, A Fei drove his boss directly to Tangshan Film Studio. Lu Kuan received a call from Chen Shijun in the car.

"Lu! Our video is viral! Miss Liu's video is viral!"

Boss Lu looked at his watch. "It's 10 pm over there, right? How's the video data?"

A week ago, Liu Yifei's first episode of "Tea Art" was uploaded to a personal account called [Crystal] on Mytube. The account profile only had a few words of introduction.

Crystal Liu, a Chinese actress and food lover.

"The number of clicks within 24 hours was very low. Even with our official push, it was still not ideal, only less than 10."

"But Leonardo DiCaprio attended Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Episode 3 celebration yesterday and mentioned it to a Washington Post reporter. Since then, the data has gradually become impressive."

"As of yesterday, the number of views in 6 days has almost exceeded one million. At this rate, it would be ranked in the top ten videos on our main site!"

In the first six months of Mytube's establishment, in addition to acquiring some film and television dramas as high-quality broadcast content, individual creators have become an important source of video content.

For example, there is Michelle Phan, who specializes in makeup tutorials, and Lonelygirl15, who became famous for her light-hearted and interesting video diaries.

The next step is to continue to cultivate and discover more grassroots bloggers, and gradually introduce WWE live broadcasts, children's programs, and Hindi programs that are suitable for the American people.

Among them, the decision on Hindi-related programs left Chen Shijun, Huang Anna and others puzzled.

But according to data from later generations, India is the second largest market for YouTube, with a huge number of netizens and many computer elites, and is jokingly called the first of the five permanent members of YouTube.

The most famous one is the T-Series channel which has long been at the top of the YouTube charts.

The channel is mainly in Hindi and has more than 28 sub-channels, one of which has more than 1 million subscribers and two of which have more than 2 million subscribers, with a significant traffic-generating effect.

In the afternoon, Boss Lu returned to the hotel and personally used an agent to check the popularity of the YouTube channel. It was indeed as Chen Shijun said, it had caused a small sensation on the Internet.

Not only did the number of views and attention soar, but the number of followers of Crystal's account also quickly exceeded 40.

Scrolling down to the comment section, it is also extremely popular, with languages ​​from different countries and regions intertwined, and it is obvious that the influence has gone beyond the circle.

Among them, the most messages, besides English, were in Chinese and French. The latter was the result of forwarding and sharing by the official account of the Chinese Embassy in France.

Most of these French messages come from French students studying in North America, and a small number come from France.

In another month or two, Mytube's promotion in Europe will also begin. This can be regarded as Boss Lu taking a back door through Xiao Liu's old father!
American netizens: "Blue Moon! You should be holding a gun and a whip, why are you making tea? It looks delicious!"

A Chinese netizen commented: "Crystal's tea art performance was so professional and skillful. Every movement was smooth and natural, as if she had practiced for years. From the selection of tea leaves, the use of tea utensils, to the tea brewing techniques, her profound understanding of tea art and her exquisite skills were all evident. It is truly admirable."

An Indian netizen said: "I don't really like Chinese tea. Once at a student social, I habitually stirred it with my fingers and burned myself!"

French netizens: "I saw this girl wearing Hanfu and reciting poetry in our Notre Dame Cathedral. She is simply an elf."

Flowers bloom outside the wall and smell good inside. Boss Lu immediately called Wenjie Video to notify them to follow up, publish the video in China and repost comments from foreign netizens to publicize the popularity created on the foreign side.

At the same time, Wenjie Video will launch a new round of video competition to encourage grassroots original creators to actively upload their own videos, and the number of clicks and total viewing time of users during the competition will be used as the basis for selection.

In his autobiography, Steve Chen, the founder of YouTube, recounted his achievement of earning 20 billion in 130 months.

Mytube, which was intercepted in this life, was founded at the end of November 2004. In about 11 months since then, it has exceeded 7 million registered users and its daily playback volume has exceeded 2000 million.

This is only the data for the North American market. The Asian and European markets have not yet been developed on a large scale, but judging from the data, it has exceeded the achievements made in the next 10 months.

This is mainly due to Boss Lu's forward-looking vision, which helped him avoid many of the big pitfalls that Chen Shijun encountered when he first started YouTube.

Coupled with the support of its own film and television content resources, and the guidance of Internet thinking that is ahead of the times.

Naturally, Mytube's sudden rise in the North American market has attracted the attention of many media groups.

Even the Big Six in Hollywood have recognized the huge role of this tiny website.

Traffic of this scale is a cost-effective promotional channel for movie releases.

In mid-June, the North American professional newspaper The Huffington Post released a ranking of video websites in the US market since the first half of 6.

Among them, Mytube took the lead with a share of 44%, 22 percentage points ahead of the second place MySpace.

Coincidentally, the boss behind the former is Chinese Lu Kuan;

The latter's current director and strategy officer for China is Chinese, Wendy Deng.

The reason why Myspace is inferior to the former in the video field is that it is a comprehensive social service website founded in 2003.

Myspace provides features such as interpersonal interaction, user-defined friend networks, personal profile pages, and video sharing and storage.

In 2007, it had 1.14 million users worldwide, more than twice the number of Facebook, which was ranked second at the time.

Wendy Deng, who was now listening to the outsourced business consulting company talk about the threats and competition of Mytube, obviously looked unhappy.

She has persuaded her white husband Murdoch to spend $5.8 million to acquire MySpace through Fox Interactive Entertainment, a subsidiary of News Corporation.

The acquisition results will be officially announced next month, and Wendy Deng herself will take up the position of Director and Chief Strategy Officer for Asia.

Now, looking at the small broken website created by a Chinese boy named Chen Shijun and others, it has actually left MySpace far behind in the video playback track.

Even though it was just a functional branch, this strong-willed female hunter was not very satisfied.

She listened to the report silently and said sharply: "Don't you have any solution?"

Wendy Deng was looking forward to hearing the words "I'm sorry for my incompetence", as this was the first time she had held power alone.

The hunter, whose character was even more resolute than her facial features, and whose business thinking was quite similar to that of the Chinese, decisively ordered:

"Starting from the new version released the day after tomorrow, users will be prohibited from placing Mytube videos on their profile pages! Dismissed!"

This is exactly the same as not being able to send links to Ali-related software in the WeChat chat interface, and is slightly inferior to the 3Q war.

At this time, Wendy Deng had already keenly realized the threat posed by Mytube.

She has been following her husband Murdoch for many years and is well aware that the number of active users is crucial in this web 2.0 model.

Although Mytube is just a video website, once it attracts traffic and develops other sections and gameplay, it will pose a threat to Myspace.

However, looking at the information provided by the business consulting company, Wendy Deng was also a little confused.

How did a programmer named Steve Chen get the connections to buy films from Miramax and Lionsgate as playback resources?

And this account Crystal, which was launched not long ago, is not she the heroine of "Alien Land" which was popular in North America last year?

Can such movie-like images and compositions be shared leisurely by ordinary video enthusiasts?

The astute Wendy Deng would not let go of any suspicious points and immediately asked a business investigation company to dig deep into the identity of the boss behind this Internet newcomer.

Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, the set of "Zhu Xian".

From Shidu in Peking to Hongcun, Zhangjiajie and Shennongjia in Anhui Province, the second season of "Zhu Xian" has invested a lot of money in filming and special effects.

According to what Boss Yonglu said at the project initiation meeting at the beginning of the year, this season of "Zhu Xian" will capture the agility and sword-fighting spirit of Xu Ke's "The Legend of Zu".

However, we cannot give way to special effects in terms of character creation and plot richness. We must understand the dialectical relationship between the two.

The pre-season warm-up has already begun, and the trailers of this season were a huge hit when they first appeared on Wenjie Video and Travel Satellite TV.

"I suggest all domestic film directors watch this drama, you should be ashamed!"

"Travel Channel has a great conscience for using the money they've earned from special effects movies to make free TV series for viewers to watch!"

"If all dramas are of this quality, I'll support whoever sponsors them. I'll buy them, even washing machines!"

A promotional video for Shanda's co-produced game of the same name was being filmed on site, and working girl Xiao Liu was leaving the scene.

This clip is the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition, a duel between Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan.

Concubine Liu Yi was wearing a snow-white gauze dress with fluttering sleeves. She looked at Zhang Xiaofan with her eyebrows as dark as distant ink and her eyes as cold as stars.

Wu Ershan sat in front of the monitor, looking at the chosen Lu Xueqi with her straight nose and natural red lips. He picked up the intercom and said, "Fei Yi, look a little softer."

Hu Ge on the opposite side was speechless. How much did that look of his hate towards him?
It looked like he was going to stab himself to death if they had a disagreement.

Actually, it’s because Bi Yao, played by Bing Bing, is standing behind him…

Concubine Liu Yi stepped on the Seven Stars and Eight Diagrams, her pretty face frosty, and she shouted delicately: "Nine Heavens Mysterious Break, transform into divine thunder, the magnificent power of heaven, guide it with the sword!"

"Okay, click!"

Wu Ershan smiled at the actors who came over to watch his performance clips and said, "The level of completion is very high. We can finish work early today."

Yang Siwei handed Xiao Liu a cup of water, but the girl waved her hand and said, "Where's my kettle?"

The slightly plump agent was speechless and turned back to get the precious purple clay teapot. Bingbing, who came over to ask for leave, happened to see him.

She had seen this Shangtianqiao teapot at the home of Huabin Golf.

The famous actress felt a little uncomfortable, but she remained calm and said to Wu Ershan, "Director Wu, I have to take a day off tomorrow. I have to go back for the Shanghai Film Festival."

"Okay Bingbing, have a safe trip."

"Thank you, Director. I'll go put on my makeup first."

Like a seasoned veteran, Concubine Liu Yi held the finest purple clay tea in one hand, turned around and sat on the unchanging red folding chair, sipping tea from the spout of the teapot, looking very happy.

It’s a pity that she didn’t know Bingbing’s jealousy, envy and hatred, otherwise the emotional value she gained might be higher.

Bingbing walked into the dressing room with a gloomy expression on his face, and changed into the closed dressing room. The cell phone in his hand rang.

"Hello? Mom?"

"Really? Okay, take Cheng Cheng to the villa first. Someone cleans it every day. I'll go back in a few days."

"Well, okay, that's it for now."

Bingbing's parents had a new baby five years ago. For the sake of his younger brother's education, Bingbing persuaded them to bring Fan Chengcheng to Beijing first.

After all, the educational resources and living environment are definitely better than Qingdao.

In the past two years, she has made a lot of money and has a superior status among the female stars in Huayi. There is no doubt that the east wind has prevailed over the west wind, and she has begun to surpass the female stars with the same name.

It’s good to have a foreign aid who can help you.

She thought about it and sent a message to the nanny of the courtyard house, asking her to ask the cleaner to clean it up as soon as possible. She decided to let her parents and her younger brother live in the courtyard house.

Because the courtyard house was given to him by that man.

The top-quality purple clay teapot that Concubine Liu Yi was holding just now made her jealous, so she had to use this method to deceive herself and give herself some psychological comfort.

At least, it looked like a home he'd given himself, didn't it?

Bingbing put away his phone and was about to walk out of the fitting room when Su Chang and Liu Yifei came in chatting.

"I'll give you another piece of advice, Sissi, okay?"

"I really think you're taking too much of a risk, Lu... He won't give in so easily!"

The ears suddenly caught the key words, the big actress's face turned stern, and she quickly removed the battery of her mobile phone.

She sat quietly on the low stool in the dressing room, holding her breath.

(End of this chapter)