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No romantic encounter.

In fact, there was not a single fly encountered.

Kobe Bryant, a famous American basketball star, once said a famous saying: Have you ever seen Los Angeles at four in the morning?

But for Xia Haoyang, this was just something he did occasionally on a whim.

The swimming pool was very quiet. There was no one there before he arrived. The only staff member only arrived after he had swum 25 meters back and forth. He swam in the pool for an hour, then went to the sauna for minutes, and then went back to the room to take a nap. Xia Haoyang's swimming trip at a.m. was so simple and unpretentious.

I got up on time at 8:, washed up and enjoyed a rich breakfast in the restaurant.

Well, I have to have a good talk with Jin Na, Zhixiao and Yingru today, Xia Haoyang thought to himself.

But plans didn't change quickly.

The staff of Xinan TV came to the restaurant to find him and tactfully told him that the song list for the fifth public stage had not yet been sent to the program team, resulting in students in each class being unable to practice the new songs.

This is your own fault.

After drinking yesterday, Xia Haoyang forgot everything, so he returned to the hotel room, sent the songs on the laptop to the program team, and then planned to find Teacher Pei to discuss the dance design issues.

At this time, I received a phone call.

"Fatty, where are you?" Zhao Yishen's voice came from the phone.

"What's going on in the Yancheng studio of Xinan TV?"

"Boss Dong from Dalabona Film and Television is here, and he seems to want to talk to you about something."

"Mr. Dong? What can you ask me for? It's either writing songs or writing scripts. I have already agreed with several companies that I will take a break for the time being and will not sell scripts." Xia Haoyang was still a little unhappy.

Zhao Yishen also heard the displeasure in Xia Haoyang's tone, but President Dong was right beside him.

"Fatty, no matter what, why don't you come back first? Maybe President Dong has something important to talk to you about." Out of emotion and logic, Zhao Yishen could only persuade Xia Haoyang to return to the company to solve the problem.

Before Xia Haoyang could agree, President Dong, who had been listening to the two people's phone call, spoke up: "Is President Xia at home?"

Zhao Yishen quickly explained: "No, President Xia participated in a variety show and is now in the Yancheng studio of Xinan TV."

"Is it the studio on the East Third Ring Road?" asked Mr. Dong.

"Yes, the variety show is being produced in Yancheng, and President Xia has been stationed there recently."

"Then let me go find him now. Give me the phone number and I'll talk to Mr. Xia."

President Dong is two years older than him and is also a senior in the circle. He was so eager to meet him that Xia Haoyang certainly couldn't say no to him, so they agreed to meet in the coffee shop on the second floor of the Xinan Satellite TV studio.

After more than half an hour, Zhao Yishen drove to the studio with President Dong.

Xia Haoyang and Zhao Yishen nodded to each other, exchanged a few pleasantries with President Dong, and then went straight to the point.

"Boss Dong is looking for me so anxiously, is there something wrong?"

"Mr. Xia, have you watched the news recently?"

"News? News related to you?" Xia Haoyang turned his head to look at Zhao Yishen. Seeing that the other party had a serious expression, perhaps he knew something. "Sorry, President Dong, I have been concentrating on this variety show recently, and I really didn't pay much attention to it."

"Mr. Xia, I've been having a hard time lately." Mr. Dong sighed.

This made it difficult for Xia Haoyang to respond.

Most people might complain, "Yeah, life has been tough lately, and so have I." This can help the two of you gain closer rapport by sharing the same suffering, or at least change the subject.

But Xia Haoyang is not a hypocritical person. He would rather say nothing and listen carefully.

"Mr. Xia may not be very familiar with our Darabona Film and Television." Mr. Dong started the conversation himself.

"I don't care about other companies, but my company, Darabona Films, doesn't make money from anything or shoot any kind of film. Instead, it focuses on shooting mainstream themes."

Xia Haoyang adjusted his sitting position and listened attentively with a serious expression.

"It's a shame to say that our Darabona Films has suffered heavy losses in recent years. For example, last year's film 'Operation Undercover', which we carefully produced for a year and invested 1 billion yuan in, only grossed more than 300 million yuan during the Spring Festival. We didn't even get back a fraction of our investment." President Dong smiled bitterly.

Xia Haoyang frowned and didn't respond.

Unexpectedly, President Dong changed the subject: "It can be said that in the next five years or so, there will be no more films with such large-scale investments in China."

"Mr. Dong, let me add some coffee for you." Zhao Yishen, who was sitting next to him, interrupted Mr. Dong's sadness at the right time.

Perhaps it was because of the coffee, Mr. Dong became active again.

"Since we invited director Tsui Hark to shoot "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" and it received good box office and word of mouth, our Darabona Films began to focus on the creation concept of mainstream films. Later, we hired director Dante Lam to shoot a series of mainstream films of the new era, such as "Operation Lancang River", "Operation Gulf of Aden" and "Watergate". It can be said that half of the excellent mainstream films in China in the past decade or so were produced by our Darabona Films."

Speaking of this, Mr. Dong revealed his inner pride.

"President Dong's sincere patriotism deserves respect and learning from every one of us younger generations in the film and television industry." Xia Haoyang expressed his sincere admiration for President Dong.

"Operation Gulf of Aden once achieved a gratifying box office of over 18 billion yuan in 36; but what most people don't know is that the box office was not very high at the beginning, and it was only by relying on the film's reputation and quality that it succeeded."

"This time we gambled all of the company's liquidity to shoot the sequel "Operation Submariner", but we didn't expect that many trolls would deliberately smear and give bad reviews, resulting in serious losses today. Sigh."

Xia Haoyang wanted to say something, but he held back and didn't say it out loud.

President Dong took over the conversation himself, "Some people say that the mainstream movies have passed their heyday. The two Watergate movies made tens of billions of dollars at the box office, which exhausted the audience's enthusiasm and freshness. Since then, the movies we invested in, such as The End of the Sea is the Grassland and Ordinary Heroes, have all suffered Waterloo and all lost money. It can be said that in recent years, only the two movies that asked President Xia to write the script, "Heavenly Murder Case" and "Introduction to Architecture", have not lost money."

Since he was talking about the film he wrote, Xia Haoyang had to explain a few words: "I also went to the theater to watch "Introduction to Architecture" some time ago. It was well made and well received by the audience. Unfortunately, the box office in the market was a bit low, which was a pity."

"I was the first to select the films twice. Between "My Sassy Girl" and "101 Architecture", I chose the latter instead of "My Sassy Girl". I admit it. Of course, President Xia, I don't mean to complain. "101 Architecture" is a good script. The low box office is due to our own incompetence." President Dong smiled bitterly.