Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 336: Xiao Liu's Clever Plan to Bring Peace to the World

"Xiao Liu, come here!" Boss Lu turned around and waved to the little girl.

Why are you still smiling like an idiot with your neck tilted back?
Have a stiff neck?
Zhang Heping, representing the official IOC, joked, "Ms. Liu, I asked the road guide what method would be used for tonight's technical inspection."

"He told me that the performance would be made more secular and appear to have nothing to do with the Olympics in order to maintain confidentiality."

He nodded at Boss Lu and said, "So you're just so worldly, aren't you? You're using the title of chief director to abuse your power for personal gain!"

Ma Wen started to jeer, "That's right! I was completely stunned just now. Who wouldn't be confused?"

Lin Ying sighed, "Luckily, my great-niece Liang Zhouyang isn't here. She already admires Lu Kuan, and now she's so obsessed with him, isn't she?"

Everyone laughed and cheered. Before Concubine Liu Yi could say a word, her cheeks flushed and she couldn't hide her joy.

Boss Lu interrupted the crowd's booing: "Xiao Liu, why don't you invite all the great artists to your birthday party? These people's mouths can only be stopped by delicious food!"

Concubine Liu Yi covered her mouth and chuckled softly, with the dignity of a lady from a noble family: "Today's occasion is a bit shabby, I don't know if it will be rude, but I still hope everyone will enjoy the gathering."

Lao Mouzi patted Boss Lu on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go and have some fun together and share in the birthday boy's joy."

The fifth floor of Sheraton.

The third act of "Cutting Hair to Welcome Guests" tells the story: "When noble feet step on humble ground, the humble home becomes glorious."

Today was originally a semi-closed private dinner, and Liu Xiaoli used it as a way to help her nervous daughter relieve her emotions.

When Lu Kuan and Zhang Yimou, two big names in the domestic directing industry, and Zhang Heping, an official figure from the Olympic Committee, entered the venue, they quickly became the focus of the place.

Moreover, for those below them, with the military rank of Zhang Jiegang and the level of Chen Weiya and others, even if they arrive at the local area, the Jinling Military Region and the official authorities will arrange for their reception.

In the banquet hall, whether it was the business people from the endorsement party who were invited, or the uninvited conspirator Da Mimi, they all stood up at the same time and rushed to show their faces.

As the host, Concubine Liu Yi introduced the guests to Lu Kuan and others.

"This is Mr. Cao, PepsiCo's Sales Director for China. He came all the way from Shanghai."

Boss Lu extended his hand: "Director Cao, right? Welcome, enjoy your meal."

Cao Da said "eh" several times in a row, then stepped forward in a very low-key manner and shook hands. "Mr. Lu, I've heard a lot about you. You can just call me Xiao Cao."

Boss Lu laughed: "That's very rude. Please take a seat first. I'll toast you later."

"No, no, I'll definitely take a taxi to express my feelings to you. Mr. Lu, would you all please take a seat first?"

"well."

The young director glanced at Yang Mi again, smiled and nodded at her, then sat down at a table with the Olympic creative team and Zhang Heping.

Today's occasion is just an opportunity for everyone to have a meal together and relax.

Da Mimi sighed inwardly, looking at the Pepsi China Sales Director who had just spoken to her in an arrogant manner, now nodding and bowing like a young man who had just entered the workplace.

He even shamelessly asked Lu Kuan, who was more than 20 years younger than him, to call him "Xiao Cao"...

Yang Mi once again felt the disparity of life intuitively and concretely.

She entered Huayi, and because she deliberately made friends with Bingbing, she got some opportunities to appear in the supplements of fashion magazines.

Even so, the quality of the endorsements is mostly second- and third-tier brands, which is really incomparable to Liu Yifei's Pepsi and Disney.

After the banquet, both the host and the guests were very happy and everyone dispersed.

Da Mimi was reluctant to leave, so she called her driver and assistant and asked them to find a place to stay first.

He also sent the photo of himself and Concubine Liu Yi at the banquet to his assistant, and asked him to edit it and post it on his official blog.

As for herself, she didn't plan to leave tonight.

Yang Mi, who has been jumping back and forth between Boss Lu and Xiao Liu, decided to "feed the tiger with herself" at night and have a good relationship with Liu Yifei!
Seeing the situation tonight, the smart and perceptive Da Mimi decided to increase her investment in her.

As for this young director, the Nine-Tailed Fox does not dare to confront him directly for the time being.

My level is too high. It seems that all the seniors have failed. Who am I to take my place?

Liu Xiaoli and her daughter saw the guests off and took photos with the reluctant fans.

Some of them were brave enough to get to Boss Lu and Zhang Yimou to ask for their autographs and take photos, and they all went back happily.

I believe this will trigger a wave of envy, jealousy and hatred on major Liu Yifei theme websites and communities.

Lu Kuan also had a few drinks tonight and greeted Liu Yifei at the door: "Go back early, I'll go talk to Director Zhang and the others about something."

Before her daughter could answer, her mother, who was particularly happy tonight, was already concerned: "Xiaolu, do you want me to make you some honey water? Did you drink too much?"

"It's okay, it's no big deal. It's hot in Jinling, and a couple of laps will sober you up."

Concubine Liu Yi was unusually shy today. "Well, can I talk to you?"

"Huh? Oh." Boss Lu tilted his head and said, "Director Zhang, you two can have a cigarette and wait for me."

Zhang Heping was drunk: "Oh! Why wait a while? See you tomorrow!"

Everyone in the Olympic creative team who filed out burst into laughter. They had finally made all the jokes on the young director today.

Concubine Liu Yi waved goodbye to everyone in a dignified manner, and then pulled Lu Kuan's sleeve to the corridor.

"Um...is there any drone footage from tonight? I think..."

The girl lowered her delicate head slightly, the ends of her hair brushing against her white jade-like earlobes, hiding the unfinished whisper behind the curtain of her drooping black hair.

The moonlight filtered through the window in the hotel corridor, climbed up her trembling eyelashes, and sifted out fine gold powder under her eyelids.

Xiao Liu, who was moved tonight, spoke in a soft voice and looked up at the beloved in front of him, with a shy light in her eyes.

I don’t know if it’s because I drank too much today, or because the weather is hot, or because I haven’t been around women recently.

The little girl in front of him made Boss Lu's appetite grow very excited, and he said teasingly: "Do you want it?"

After he finished speaking, he tapped her smooth forehead three times with his knuckles.

"Ok?"

Boss Lu plays the role of a washing machine: "Xiao Liu, do you want to make progress?"

"Have you read Journey to the West? You should know how to do it. I'll explain the play to you in detail when the time comes!"

"Say it again?"

The shy and innocent girl was defeated in a second, and she wanted to use weapons of mass destruction with her eyebrows raised, but then she thought about his good performance today and gave up.

Concubine Liu Yi was used to being teased, and now she was ready to give in: "Huh, huh, three in the morning, right?"

"Remember to stay awake. If I dare to go, I'll see if you dare to open the door!"

"It's impossible for Ah Fei to be on duty in the early hours of the morning, right?"

Boss Lu's expression changed instantly, and he said righteously, "Don't talk nonsense! I was just testing you. I'll have someone send the video to your email."

The young director left leisurely. Liu Yifei, who was very satisfied today, looked at him with a smile on her face, and there was no trace of unhappiness in her heart.

She was looking at the scenery on the bridge, and Da Mimi not far away was also looking at her.

"Sissi."

"Hmm?" Concubine Liu Yi turned around and smiled at Yang Mi, "Mi Mi, it's very late today. How about I get you a room to stay for the night?"

The little girl was in a good mood today and ignored all the weird things.

"I..." Yang Mi was overjoyed. She had made the right decision to come today. She could even have a night chat with her best friend, which would greatly increase her favorability towards her!

"Xixi, you're staying in a suite, so I'll just sleep in the bed outside, right?" Da Mimi said with a sickly look, "I'm a little scared of unfamiliar places..."

"We can still have some private conversations when we get together!"

Concubine Liu Yi naturally didn't care. She just wanted to test her depth: "Okay, then let's go back?"

"Hehe, let's go." Yang Mi put her arm around Liu Yifei's arm in a familiar manner, and the two women walked side by side.

There was no need to leave the hotel, just take the elevator a few floors up and return to the suite on the same floor as the lead actor.

Late at night, the two women, who had just washed up, sat opposite each other in the hotel suite and chatted.

Da Mimi sat on the edge of the bed, her bare feet stepping on the soft wool carpet.

Concubine Liu Yi curled up lazily on the sofa, with half of her jade-carved calves exposed under her silk nightgown.

She held the red wine glass, and her voice was soft like lily of the valley soaked in snow water.

"Mi Mi, you can drink quite well. We almost finished a bottle of Burgundy, and you didn't feel anything at all?"

After hearing this, Da Mimi waved her hands and said, "I would have fainted a long time ago. If it weren't for your birthday today, I would rarely drink..."

Concubine Liu Yi didn't care whether she was really drunk or pretending to be drunk. The night was long and she went straight to the point.

"Mi Mi, Lu Kuan has been on the set of Curse of the Golden Flower for a few months. You two should be pretty familiar with each other, right?"

Yang Mi's expression remained calm: "To be honest, I really wanted to be familiar with him, but he was too busy, just like today..."

"The venue where the Olympic creative team held discussions was off-limits to outsiders. We only occasionally went over to say hello when he was discussing the film with Director Zhang."

There is no flaw in this statement.

Judging from the actions rather than the intentions, Yang Mi was trying to have a little fun with this great director, but she just never had a good opportunity.

He just took the opportunity to slightly sow discord between him and his rumored girlfriend, but was easily seen through by Liu Yifei, who was more capable.

Xiao Liu nodded slowly without comment, and suddenly spoke confidently to this fake best friend wearing a mask: "Mi Mi."

"Ok?"

"You're a good friend, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, of course!"

Concubine Liu Yi happily stood up, moved from the sofa to the bed, and hugged the little fox whose pupils were shaking with fear.

The soft mattress of the hotel could not withstand their weight and collapsed in partial surrender, capturing the delicate and firm buttocks of two mainland girls.

Yang Mi was just like Jing Tian on her first day on the set. She was suddenly intimidated by the sharp aura of the fairy attacker.

Smelling the faint citrus scent on her body, I was stunned by her behavior for a moment.

Concubine Liu Yi hugged Yang Mi tightly and used her height advantage to look down at her condescendingly.

The two women were only separated by a pair of extremely thin summer silk pajamas, and the heat from Xiao Liu's body was clearly burning Da Mimi's body.

"Since we're good friends, besties, you should align your stance with mine, right?"

"Of course! Of course..."

Xiao Liu still held Yang Mi, who was avoiding her gaze, in check: "Well, I'll explain it to you more clearly today."

"I like Lu Kuan, and he has feelings for me, too. I firmly believe that."

"A small accident happened on this day last year, and you were there, but now it seems that I would rather believe that it was fate's best arrangement."

How could Yang Mi continue to pretend to be drunk? Her pretty face was flushed and her expression changed several times. What was she going to say to him?!

In a split second, the astute Da Mimi also realized that this was a direct attempt to stab her in the face. Since you, Yang Mi, claim to be a good friend, then you must agree with me.

When it comes to the issue of road width, no matter what messy ideas you have, please stick to the bottom line.

Besides that, you also need to help me prevent...

Sure enough, Xiao Liu took the opportunity to test the waters: "The last time Lu Kuan was on the set of your Curse of the Golden Flower, Fan Bingbing went to visit the set, and someone sent me a message."

"You were also on the crew at the time, who do you think...it could be?"

Mimi, who was in Liu Yifei's "arms", suddenly felt that the air conditioning in the room was a little ineffective, and her whole body was hot and uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the red wine concealed her intoxication and prevented her guilty conscience from showing on her face.

Yang Mi quickly calmed down: "What was the content?"

This logic is correct.

If she panics and gives any answer based on her own speculation, imagination, or fabrication—

For example, "It should be one of your friends on the crew?"

There are undoubtedly many loopholes.

How do you, Yang Mi, know what the content of the message is?
Xiao Liu raised the cup as if to take a sip of red wine. Yang Mi seized the opportunity to look up at her expression to judge the attitude of this good friend who brought her great pressure.

The wine flowed over Liu Yifei's lip line, and she suddenly opened her eyes. The tails of her eyes smudged with mascara looked like two black koi fish, and her eyes were staring directly at Da Mimi's prying eyes!

Another silent battle between citrus and cedar.

Xuesong Yangmi may not be able to confirm her exposure yet.

But Citrus already knew it in her heart.

Concubine Liu Yi sighed and stood up: "Forget it, I guess you don't know who it is, so I won't tell you what the message was about."

"Anyway...it's about Fan Bingbing, your fellow senior sister."

"Mimi, how is your relationship with her?"

Yang Mi tells the truth. She never lies about unimportant things. There is no need to do so.

Telling the truth can actually increase one's credibility: "It's not bad. Fan Bingbing has a lot of fashion resources. The male and female artists in the company all give her some face."

"Even Director Feng's wife, Xu Fan, greets her with a smile now. After all, this kind of resource is what female celebrities in the domestic entertainment industry are fighting for."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded slowly, her eyes pondering for a few seconds.

Her target today was not Yang Mi, but Fan Bingbing.

Da Mimi's little tricks had long been seen through. When she approached her suddenly just now, the slight expression on her face showed that she was obviously guilty.

No evidence is needed, the text message was sent by her.

But this does not mean that you have to expose her in person, scold her and then part ways on bad terms.

Liu Yifei put herself in Boss Lu's perspective and looked at the matter, which turned out to be an opportunity that could help her.

In "Dragon Slaying", the old man used the internal contradictions of several pairs of enemies to gain benefits for his own side.

For example, the contradiction between Yan Xishan as a local faction and Chang's central army;
For example, the contradiction between the United States and the United States, whose interests are not completely consistent.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, one of the contradictions was the contradiction between the Japanese and puppet forces.

Unite all forces that can be united. Yang Mi and Fan Bingbing are in the same company and have many opportunities to contact each other, which is just right for them to share some things with each other.

In other words, Bingbing is the Japanese army and Yang Mi is the puppet army.

Is there no conflict between the Japanese and puppet regimes?

Doesn’t Yang Mi want to be the number one actress at Huayi?

By launching a political offensive against the puppet troops, promoting anti-Japanese ideas, and taking advantage of the differences and contradictions in interests between them and the devils, some puppet troops were won over to defect.

Or it can make them take a negative attitude towards the Japanese's combat operations to a certain extent, thereby playing a role in dividing the enemy camp.

Concubine Liu Yi is using the little nine-tailed fox to fight Medusa. In any case, she is unharmed. Does she care whether both of them are injured or die together?
"Mi Mi, I heard that Fan Bingbing is very powerful in the company now and has been trying to get more original shares of Huayi. Is this true?"

"Yes!" Yang Mi was feeling guilty at the moment. Seeing that Concubine Liu Yi focused all her attention on Fan Bingbing, she just stood aside and considered it none of her business.

Xiao Liu wanted to take advantage of the potential competitive relationship between her and Bingbing. Didn’t Yang Mi think of taking advantage of the life-and-death fight between these two top female stars in the domestic entertainment industry?

The entertainment industry doesn't support idlers, and there are no easy people to deal with.

"During the first share allotment before the New Year, Fan Bingbing and Director Feng took the largest number of shares, and Zhou Xun was the second-largest female artist."

"By the way, Xixi, you're more familiar with Director Zhang Jizhong. He's actually very unhappy and feels he should get more."

"It's because there's been some internal friction within this company. Director Zhang is one of the three directors of 'Yahoo Star Search', which will be launched during the National Day holiday, and he's throwing a tantrum now!"

Yang Mi smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I don't understand it either. The original stock prices offered by Big Wang and Little Wang are so high, and even these famous stars and directors are rushing to buy them."

"Oh, we little artists are really envious."

This time it was Da Mimi's turn to leave Xiao Liu dumbfounded!
The internal secrets of Huayi that she revealed in a few words connected all the information Xiao Liu had previously received, forming a vague logical chain in her mind!

On this day last year, Lu Kuan told her that Fan Bingbing was still useful.

On the night of the Oscars after New Year's Eve, Zhou Xun revealed during a chat that Fan Bingbing has been seeking more shares and seems to be very close to Wang Daxiao and Wendi Deng.

At that time, she was still worried about whether it would be harmful to the washing machine.

Plus Zhang Jizhong that Yang Mi just mentioned!

Regarding Boss Lu, Liu Yifei has the smallest information asymmetry.

She knew almost all of the former's private affairs, including many underwater arrangements, such as her personal participation in the Netflix and Blockbuster strategies.

But what about Huayi?

The two companies have been in dispute for the past four years, starting from the 2002 Cannes Film Festival when Lu Chuan and Wang Xiaolei instructed publicity staff to cover up and paste posters of "Whiplash."

It seems that until the fall of the Zhou army last year, the kings, both big and small, began to deliberately avoid disputes and stopped fighting.

Based on his personality, he should have taken action to destroy the other party long ago, right?
What is he waiting for?
Or, has he already done something, but no one can see it clearly?

It's like letting himself invest $3 million in Netflix and then sending someone to buy Carl Icahn's shares. The purpose of these maneuvers is to unify the streaming media industry in North America.

If we are not insiders like me, who can see his intentions clearly?
The little girl has become accustomed to standing in his perspective and thinking about problems with his logical habits:
The relationship between him and Fan Bingbing is self-evident, and Zhou Xun is also one of the few purely opposite-sex friends he has in the domestic entertainment industry.

Let’s not talk about Zhang Jizhong. It was his introduction that Lu Kuan read his horoscope for the first time.

It was just like inviting a wolf into the house, until finally this ruthless washing machine wiped out Hongxingwu.

These three people who are closely related to him are simultaneously seeking Huayi's original equity. It is hard to say whether this is at his instruction!
Then everything makes sense, including what he said, "I'm still useful."

Liu Yifei didn't know what the purpose was. Obviously, in addition to satisfying some of his needs, it was more to pave the way and lay mines for actions against Huayi.

The same applies to Zhou Xun and Zhang Jizhong.

It’s just that if you are not an “insider” like her, it is difficult to put all these things together in detail.

Even she didn't realize it until today?
This is all thanks to the inspiration from the Netflix\Blockbuster incident.

Xiao Liu was very excited, she felt that she had found the highlight.

But now there is only one thing I can't figure out, what does he want these shares for?
Even if we don't talk about being reduced to ashes, after all, there are several bigwigs from the finance department behind Huayi.

But it is easy for the current media to curb and restrict Huayi's development. Just using online and offline publicity tools to carry out silent and invisible containment is enough to make them suffer.

The purpose of taking shares is nothing more than to gain as much control of the company as possible and drive out the two founders who have been at odds with each other for a long time;

Or it may be convenient to crash the market, and after the lock-up period after Huayi's listing is over, something can be done through the secondary market.

Or some of the business cases she learned and understood at Booth School of Business:
By using the shell resources of listed companies to stretch, dump the stocks, and reap huge profits, they finally gain control of the company at a very low cost and reintegrate the high-quality assets.

Huayi now has Internet capital represented by Ali, six major Internet companies such as News Corporation, and Tom.com, which is backed by Li Huanggua, as shareholders.

If you really do it intentionally, you can write a lot of articles.

Xiao Liu racked his brains but couldn't find a solution. He felt that his mystery was always unpredictable.

She has now reached a critical point of cognition.

That is, in the process of logical reasoning or problem solving, the individual has completed most of the information integration and analysis and has reached the edge of cognitive breakthrough.

However, due to some subtle obstruction, he was unable to complete the final enlightenment.

But there is one thing that Xiao Liu is relatively certain of now.

Especially on days like today, recalling the tragic stories of a year ago, she, the 19-year-old empress, has become more determined to take the initiative.

It’s about how to separate Fan Bingbing and Lu Kuan!

What you mean by her being useful is just asking Fan Bingbing to help you get more equity, right?
What if I can do it too, or use Yang Mi to do it?

Is she still valuable to you?

Can we break through this last layer of shackles and barriers between us?

Just as she had previously stated to Yang Mi, the little girl now believes that the washing machine's feelings for her are real.

During these times of fighting side by side, there are some feelings that can only be felt deeply between the parties involved.

But the barrier between her and Fan Bingbing was something she always avoided and didn't want to face.

She was afraid that the timing of her question was wrong, and she was also afraid of hearing an answer she didn't want, which would prevent them from facing each other and cause them to become strangers again.

Concubine Liu Yi was afraid that the washing machine would deceive her, but she was also afraid that it would not deceive her.

Using the excuse of being drunk, the two girls ended this meaningful evening chat with their best friends.

Of course, Yang Mi had no way of knowing the significance of this, nor did she know that Xiao Liu had shamefully labeled her a puppet soldier.

August 8th is such a special day. There are always some people and things that happen and change abruptly.

The little girl lay on the bed and cleared her mind, putting today's important discovery aside for the time being. She needed time to think carefully about countermeasures.

But the timing is clearly not right.

Compared to Fan Bingbing, she still wants to devote more energy to this role and the movie.

And now, she wants to enter her dream with a smile on her face, and relive the gorgeous dream created by the drone's LED light strip makeup today.

Concubine Liu Yi gently closed her eyelids, and her eyelashes cast tiny shadows in the moonlight, like a butterfly folding its wings.

The corners of her mouth rose slightly, outlining a peaceful smile, as if she was still immersed in the brilliant starry sky just now.

The night wind blew across her cheeks, gently lifting up a few strands of scattered black hair, and then gently falling them down, like the trajectory of a drone's light strip passing through the air.

It made her intoxicated.

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