Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 295 The Coldness of Human Nature! The World Is Going to Decline!

Avatar swept the nation with overwhelming force!

It grossed 2.8 million yuan in its opening week nationwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in mainland China's film history for its opening week!
IMAX screenings were in high demand, with all 1500 tickets for the Grand Cinema selling out in half an hour. Hundreds of people lined up overnight outside the cinema as early as 2 a.m. to buy tickets.

At Lin Xingzhuo's suggestion, Tiger Roaring Kirin Cinemas gained a significant advantage.

Not only were the screenings fully booked, but a large number of officially licensed merchandise featuring Jack, Neytiri, and Thunderwing Beast were also pre-ordered.

These Avatar dolls, stationery, models, and other merchandise sold out completely in the second week after the movie's release.

The official, standard version of the plush toy sells for around 500 yuan, while the limited edition Toruk the Griffin is priced as high as 9999 yuan, and it is still in short supply...

Tiger Roaring Kirin Cinemas includes mainland China cinema chains, Golden Harvest Cinemas, Taipei Vieshow Cinemas, Indonesian Cinema XXI, and others.

Thanks to the pre-stocked official merchandise, profits multiplied several times that month!
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As the major shareholder and policy director of Tiger Roaring Kirin Cinemas, Lin Xingzhuo not only received a generous year-end bonus, but also a large red envelope from the company.

He had originally planned to spend New Year's Eve with Li Nian and enjoy himself with the large sum of money.

However, Li Nian is going to participate in Dragon TV's New Year's Eve event...

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Dragon TV's New Year's Eve gala was themed "Welcoming the World Expo" and featured the "Shanghai New Year Countdown Gala for the World Expo".

The grand performance, lasting 4.5 hours, was presented through a live broadcast from three venues: the Bund, Xintiandi, and Xujiahui.

The gala included the premiere of the World Expo promotional video "Dreams Begin at the World Expo, Wind Comes from the East," directed by Zhang Guoshi, and also featured a live video link with World Expo ambassadors Chen Long, Yao Ming, and Lang Lang to send their blessings.

The Beast was one of the co-sponsors of Dragon TV's New Year's Eve event.

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This is the biggest promotional campaign the Wild Beast has ever launched! As the brand's owner, Li Nian will definitely be attending!!

Although Dragon TV's ratings can't beat Hunan TV, Jiangsu TV, and Shenzhen TV, for Beastie, this sponsorship offers an extremely high return on investment!
Because the main target market for The Beast is the Shanghai metropolitan area, and it plans to use it as its base to enter the national luxury goods market...

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While Li Nian was busy running the Wild Beast brand and participating in the Dragon TV New Year's Eve Gala,
After recovering from his bronchitis, Lin Xingzhuo planned to sharpen his gun again. The camouflage-clad hottie at the reception desk of that private gun club had already posted several selfies on QQ...

They even brought out their honor guard uniforms, which they'd kept hidden away during their school military training!

Lin Xingzhuo once considered simply spending New Year's Eve playing with guns.

Cao Dun called to ask if Lin Xingzhuo was interested in Dragon TV's New Year's Eve gala...

Chen Hong, the producer of Dragon TV, is Cao Dun's senior from school.

In addition, several of Shanghai's top song and dance troupes will participate in this New Year's Eve gala, including the Shanghai Ballet, the Shanghai National Orchestra, and the Workers' Cultural Palace Jasmine Art Troupe...

After the New Year's Eve event, Cao Dun contacted Cao Kefan, a host from Dragon TV, and asked him to help introduce these young artists to each other.

Several of the dancers possessed dynamic talent that was in no way inferior to Chen Lu, Huo Jiuge's girlfriend, a second-level dancer.

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Lin Xingzhuo was quite interested.

Just as he was about to arrange for Zhang Youqian to sign a contract with the staff of Dragon TV, Zhejiang TV called.

First, Hua Shao, Yi Yi, and Zhu Dan called, babbling on about how great Zhejiang TV's New Year's Eve gala was, and how it would give Lin Xingzhuo a chance to showcase his musical talent...

Lin Xingzhuo expressed that she preferred dance and declined all offers.

Then came the award-winning producer Qin Lige, the director of "Delicious Food Wins the World" Tao Yan, and the producer of "China Blue 2010 Happy Ceremony" Li Xiong...

Then I received calls from the chief editor's secretary, the deputy director in charge of variety shows, the channel director, and the director of the program center at Zhejiang TV.

The entire middle and senior management of Blue Channel launched a coordinated attack, bombarding the station with phone calls...

Just as Lin Xingzhu was completely confused, Ding Ye sent a message explaining the whole story.

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The 2009 New Year's Eve gala on Zhejiang TV was monotonous and rushed, and the results were predictably disastrous!
The main reason is that the State Administration of Radio and Television notified us by phone in October of this year.

The event established an overall tone of opposing extravagance and waste, limiting the number of celebrities, and advocating for frugality in hosting the New Year's Eve celebrations, in order to prevent the opening programs of major TV stations from becoming a "money-burning competition"!

Therefore, Zhejiang TV's strategy was simple: limit the number of celebrities, so they only invited Xiao Shenyang, who was a top star in 2009.

Throughout the entire gala, Xiao Shenyang served as the host, constantly changing his approach to create humor and keeping the audience entertained throughout the show.

In addition, according to information obtained by Hua Shao's wife from higher-ups, Zhejiang TV is planning a dirty trick: to report Hunan TV, Jiangsu TV, and Shenzhen TV for violating relevant documents and policies!
Based on the situation in November, these stations were clearly planning to turn a deaf ear and ignore the phone calls, intending to act first and ask questions later, and force their way in!

Mango TV's "Happy New Year's Eve Concert" features the station's Happy Family and the Day Day Brothers hosting team.

They also invited Li Yuchun, Zhang Jie, Jiang Yinrong, Zeng Yike, Zhishang Lihe, Tan Weiwei...

They also set up a branch venue in Taibei and invited Hong Kong and Taiwan stars such as Wilber Pan, Ivy Lin, Harlem Yu, Wang Lihong, and S.H.E.

Holy crap! They completely ignored the restrictions on celebrities!!!
Jiangsu TV is even more outrageous, with hosts from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Wu Zongxian, Aya, and Zhou Zhou.

The star-studded lineup includes Super Band, Sun Nan, Yu Quan, Christine Fan, Su Dalu, Zhou Bichang, Zhang Shaohan, and Chen Chusheng, an S-level traitor from Hunan TV.

Pengcheng TV invited a bunch of Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars;
Dragon TV, lacking a strong lineup, made up for it with a lavish display, setting up three branch venues and preparing the largest fireworks show since 08.

The overall tone of the New Year's Eve event, which opposed extravagance, limited the number of celebrities, and advocated for frugality, was completely ignored...

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The 2009 New Year's Eve celebrations saw most satellite TV stations cancel large-scale New Year's Eve programs.

Only a few top satellite TV stations are still stubbornly trying to grow stronger, while another station, Zhejiang TV, is outwardly showing weakness but secretly making moves.

Lantai is prepared to forgo year-end profits in order to gain a strategic advantage next year.

This move showed remarkable strategic acumen!

But, to my utter surprise...

The smear campaign against Zhejiang TV is ready, and relevant experts and scholars have been contacted. They're prepared to unleash a full-scale attack on extravagance and unhealthy practices!

In late December, the Cabinet issued the "Opinions of the General Office of the Cabinet on Revitalizing Circulation and Expanding Consumption" (General Office of the State Council Document No. 134 [2009]).
With policies shifting between the left and right, the outcome is crystal clear!

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This life is just as described in the book "A Brief History of Zhejiang Television: 1960-2010" published by Overseas Chinese Publishing House.

When the top management of Lantai saw the State Council's document No. 134 of 2009, they realized they had messed up!
Only then did they start hastily recruiting people from all over the place, trying to salvage the situation after the fact...

However, the top executives of Zhejiang TV immediately thought of their allies in the station's public opinion arena.

Tiger Eye Vision Group and the Tiger Shadow artists behind it.

However, Ding Ye, representing Tiger Eye Vision Group, only agreed to have Jin Yang Security's navy assist with public relations.

The decision to have the artists participate in Zhejiang TV's New Year's Eve gala still needs to be made by another company leader, Lin Xingzhuo.

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Because the eldest sister-in-law, Shen Mojun, accompanied by her secretary Gao Yue, as a representative of the successful national coal reform, first went to Liaodong Province and then to the grassland province, busy exchanging and cooperating with local coal enterprises.

During this period, matters concerning the entertainment section were jointly decided and handled by Lin Xingzhuo and Ding Ye.

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Thus, a scene unfolded where all of Zhejiang TV's top hosts, star producers, and senior executives were frantically making phone calls, trying to persuade the top host of the Tiger Group!

Hua Shao also mentioned that there were third- and fourth-year students majoring in broadcasting and hosting from universities such as ZG Communication University, Yuezhou Media College, Tianjin Normal University, Nanjing University of the Arts, Wuhan University, and Yizhou Normal University.

The latest batch of interns are currently interning at the TV station, and their quality is quite high.

In the future, he might become a leading host for major local radio stations, provincial satellite TV stations, or even a leading lady for CCTV.

After all, Sun Xiaomei, host of "TV You and Me" and "Next Week's Screen," and Zhou Tao, host of "Variety Show," all had internship experience at Zhejiang TV during their student days...

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When Lin Xingzhuo hung up the phone, he was speechless.

The actors, entertainers, directors, and hosts around me all seem to be showing signs of pimping...

Alas! How cold and indifferent the world is! How morally bankrupt society has become!
The overall environment is bad; society as a whole is rapidly declining towards a life of extravagance and decadence…

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Of course, Lin Xingzhuo was completely unaware of this!

Bro!! You and your second son are the ones who ruin the environment!!!
One who is near vermilion gets stained red, and one who is near ink gets stained black; what the superiors like, the inferiors will surely like even more.

As Tiger Capital continues to grow, Lin Xingzhuo, as the top artist in the coal industry, is attracting more and more attention for his preferences.

(End of this chapter)