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Chapter 817: Leaderless, Creating History

I am usually busy with work, so it is rare for me to be with my parents during the Chinese New Year.

This year's Spring Festival Gala is still lackluster.

Ever since the King of Northeast China withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala, the audience has less expectations for the show.

Zhou Yutang also felt that the New Year atmosphere was becoming less and less festive.

This year, Shen Teng returned to the Spring Festival Gala stage, but this time he did not bring Mary with him. His partners were replaced by Ai Lun and Wei Xiang from the Mahua troupe.

The opening show "Beautiful China Year" by the three young boys of Tfboys was just average.

"At This Moment" by Hu Ge and Wang Kai did not bring much surprise to the audience.

However, the song "Fireworks All Over the City" sung by Zhang Jie and Mao Amin received positive reviews even from Zhou's usually strict father.

Mao Amin is also a memory of Zhou's father and mother's generation.

The song "Missing You" became popular all over the country that year, and she later sang the theme song for the TV series "Desire" which created a ratings myth in China.

At that time, she was the undisputed queen of the music world.

Yingzi is now a living fossil in the Chinese music scene. She is very stylish in music variety shows. At that time, when she met Mao Amin, she had to call her sister.

Unfortunately, she later retired from the entertainment industry due to tax issues, and the eldest daughter married a businessman.

Now that she has made a comeback and is performing on the Spring Festival Gala again, one can still vaguely see the aura of the queen of her time.

"This girl is really pretty."

Zhou Zhengping was obsessed with the past, while Queen Mother Wang was attracted by Dilraba Dilmurat on the stage.

Reba, wearing a national dress, gave a very pleasing dance performance.

The figure is graceful and the neck is flexible.

Her every frown and smile is as bright as the sunshine, and seems to have the charm to heal people's hearts.

"It seems there is another Mar.Naza in your company."

"It's Gulinaza."

"Oh, yes, Guli Nazha, I forgot, they are all girls from northern Xinjiang, good at singing and dancing."

The Queen Mother commented: "Naza is too thin, Reba's Yu Sheng Spring Sports and Leisure Series advertisement is better."

After the Yu Sheng brand was established, a professional team was responsible for its operation.

Wang Fengqin actually doesn't make many decisions on her own.

The Queen Mother also has sufficient understanding of herself.

Anyway, she is in charge of the government from behind the scenes, so when she has questions, she can ask her son.

Who made Zhou Yutang so competitive?
The Queen Mother didn't know yet that Reba accidentally fell when she was leaving the stage.

Fortunately, it was not captured by the camera, otherwise it would have been a complete stage accident.

Only after Reba came down did I feel scared.

I sent a lot of messages to Zhou Yutang backstage, asking for hugs and comfort.

On a stage like this, with the eyes of the people across the country focused, one can imagine the pressure the performers are under.

Some mistakes are inevitable.

For example, King Liu almost said the wrong thing, his legs went weak, and he almost fell to his knees on the stage. Fortunately, Sister Ni Ping rescued him.

Sister Ni Ping is even more amazing. She managed to handle the three dark minutes of the Spring Festival Gala.

The next morning, the morning light shone through the window onto the bedside.

Zhou Yutang slept in after a long time.

I got up and checked my phone. There were hundreds of New Year greetings messages sent at exactly the right time. I replied to them casually.

Several movies will be released during the Spring Festival.

The most powerful film is undoubtedly "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" directed by Stephen Chow and Xu Ke, with a pre-sale box office of 1.76 million yuan and a box office of 3.56 million yuan on the first day of release.

Dominate the Spring Festival period!
Huayi can finally hold his head high this time.

In second place was Bao Qi's "Journey to India", which also earned 1.87 million on the first day.

Wang Baoqi's talent may not be outstanding, but he is always sincere to the audience.

More than two months before the release, he began a promotional roadshow covering 50 cities.

This box office result is purely the result of national popularity and publicity, not that the quality of the film has reached this level.

Following that was Jackie Chan's "Kung Fu Yoga" which grossed 1.2 million yuan, and Han Han's "The Breakup Guru" which grossed 6600 million yuan.

"Boonie Bears: Big Adventure", a staple during the Spring Festival, continued to perform steadily and took in 4906 million yuan at the box office.

However, "The Village of Forgetfulness", a collaboration between big-mouthed beauty Shu Qi and Wang Qianyuan, was advanced to New Year's Eve, but the box office only exceeded 10 million in two days, and it was destined to become cannon fodder.

The Spring Festival battle is in full swing, and "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" has given up its screening schedule.

After all, it has been released for a month and its potential has been fully realized.

Currently, there is still a gap of nearly 200 million from the 3 billion mark.

According to the rules of the film market, even with the support of the extension key, it will be difficult to make further progress.

"Boss, do you want to think of another solution?"

Chen Xi called to wish everyone a happy new year and asked directly.

The position of CEO of Soochow Pictures is not easy to hold, and she started working on it on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

"never mind."

Zhou Yutang shook his head and said, "Let it be."

"Ok."

The solution Chen Xi mentioned was to provide ticket subsidies.

Including Maoyan, Taopiaopiao, and various group buying channels, movie tickets priced at 19.9 yuan are everywhere.

The subsidies provided by the investment platform are real benefits to the audience.

That’s why it broke the first-day box office record of last year’s Spring Festival.

As long as Zhou Yutang wants.

Through Jiangdong’s own cinema chain and Maoyan, the box office data can reach 30 billion without anyone noticing.

There's just no need for that.

Something strange happened at Oscar again.

Because of a ban signed by the President.

This directly led to the confirmation that this year's director Asghar Farhadi and the main actors and actresses of the crew would be unable to participate in this year's Oscars.

This is an internationally renowned celebrity with considerable influence.

As early as 2012, he won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "A Separation".

This is his second time to be nominated this year, and the movie he brought with him, "The Salesman," is quite impressive.

Although it did not win the Cannes Palme d'Or, the leading actor Shahab Husseini was crowned the Best Actor and also won the Best Screenplay Award.

It is regarded by the industry as the strongest contender for this year's Oscar foreign language film.

"Zhou, many people in Hollywood are unhappy with him."

Old Bob communicates with Zhou Yutang on the post-production progress of "Joker" on a daily basis and complains about it at the same time.

He has done a lot since taking office.

But the system over there is here.

Everything is business.

How easy is it to change it?
It was none of his business, so Zhou Yutang just ignored it and did not dwell on the topic with Bob.

He only cared about his own business and said, "Bob, remember to make sure Damien and the others have time, especially Annie?"

"La La Land" will hold its premiere in China.

Including director Damien Chazelle and lead actor Ryan Gosling.

The most important thing is that Anne Hathaway, who is very popular in China, will fly to Beijing and interact closely with Chinese fans.

"Don't worry, we have communicated."

Bob patted his chest and assured, not forgetting to show off his poor Chinese: "Zhou, the rare year is coming to an end, congratulations on your success."

This old Deng, what he said was not very good, but he felt good about himself. Zhou Yutang had the urge to cover his mouth.
The box office during the Spring Festival was booming, with "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" leading the way.

Xiao Wang couldn't hold back and posted a Weibo post on the third day of the Chinese New Year that was probably edited long ago:

"The Chinese film market is more than enough to accommodate films with a box office of 3 billion or more.

The huge box office success of "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" is inseparable from the joint efforts of Director Zhou and Director Xu. It grossed 3.56 million yuan on the first day and 7.89 million yuan in three days, breaking many records for Chinese-language films.

But this is just the beginning. I believe there is still great hope to continue to create more brilliant achievements.
In addition, I have another good news for you all. The third film in the Detective Dee series directed by Xu Ke has been approved and a press conference will be held after the Lantern Festival. Please look forward to it! "

For a while, the attention of the entire film and television industry fell on the old leader Huayi.

A dead skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

This year, Jiangdong Entertainment did not participate in the Spring Festival box office.

It was a chaotic situation with no leader, which made Mr. Wang the center of attention.

"It's only less than 8 million, and the ratings aren't very good. But it's so high-profile that people who don't know would think it has broken the peak box office record."

Li Shuang often chatted with Zhou Yutang in private.

The box office champion "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", which made Mr. Wang look down on everyone, has not yet reached the passing score of 6 points.
It is better than Bao Qi's "Journey to India", which only received a 4-point score on Douban, confirming its reputation as a bad movie.

The film market had a good start, but apart from "The Mermaid" which had a Douban score of 6.8, only "Boonie Bears: Fantasy Space", "The Village at Lost" and "Kung Fu Yoga" were above the passing line of 6 points.

Douban ratings don’t mean everything. For example, Han Han suffered a great loss.

When promoting the movie a few years ago, the straight man's remarks attracted a lot of attention from girls.

Without any investigation, they gave it one star directly, so the movie got a low rating as soon as it was released.

In fact, in Zhou Yutang's opinion.

This movie is at least above 7 points.

After the Spring Festival.

The excitement continues.

A video of the night scene of Shanghai went viral on TikTok without any warning.

The Magic City in the video is prosperous and lively, and the people are kind and friendly.
"Mai Gaode, tell me, this is the Celestial Empire!?"

“Why is the Celestial Empire we see not like this?”

"This could be a synthetic video, it has to be like this."

The video was simultaneously posted on TIKTOK, and a bunch of foreigners were stunned and a little shocked.

As for the majority of Chinese netizens, they feel indescribable pride when seeing the development of their country.

The popularity spread from TIKTOK and gradually spread to other overseas social platforms, causing some discussion and attention.

It is like a spark in the wilderness.

It may not be a huge success right now, but it is undoubtedly a successful attempt.

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhou Yutang went to Shanghai to attend a meeting of important leaders.

By the way, I also hosted the annual conferences of several game companies.

Feng Ji also came with the game science team, but they were in a relatively backward position.

Nothing else.

The gaming department under Zhou Yutang is really too abnormal.

The main force is naturally Star Games.

They have the globally popular game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and the money-making monster "Honor of Kings".

It has risen at an almost unimaginable speed and has become one of the top gaming companies in the country.

This year's "PUBG" mobile game project is progressing very smoothly, and it is expected to be launched in the first half of the year and meet the audience.

MiHoYo has a smaller staff than Stellar Games, but that’s no joke.

The leader, Cai Haoyu, was singled out for praise by Governor Zhou, and there was thunderous applause in the conference room.

Feng Ji and his team members also applauded, feeling a sense of longing and yearning in their hearts.

Just these few young people from miHoYo Studio achieved a revenue of 3 billion last year with the game "Honkai Impact 11"!
What kind of fairy is this?
Generally speaking, after working hard for so long, it's time to enjoy the fruits of victory.

There will be absolutely no problem for the miHoYo Studio team to achieve financial freedom.

But they don't seem to be satisfied with this.

Cai Haoyu took the opportunity to propose a new planning plan at the meeting.

This time, the plan is bigger than "Honkai Impact 3". 7 million yuan will be extracted from last year's revenue to promote new projects.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Even PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which Xingchen spent several years to develop, did not cost so much.

The project concept is too advanced, and if it is successful, it may even revolutionize the gaming industry.

But what if it fails?
Then everything will be wasted, and we will just fire a shot worth 700 million and get nothing in return.

This is nothing short of a huge gamble.

The conservatives among the senior management of Star Games strongly opposed it.

MiHoYo Studio is independent of Stellar Games.

But we all belong to the Jiangdong group, and we have to lend a helping hand to our brothers at critical moments.

After a heated discussion, Zhou Yutang overruled the majority and approved MiHoYo's project.

“There is no point in not applying for listing on the A-share market.”

After the meeting, Zhou Yutang left MiHoYo and the Game Science team to work on the plan and said:
“At the beginning, I said that as long as it is a project you decide on and it is deemed feasible after evaluation, then go for it.”

"Thank you Mr. Zhou for your trust and support. I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Mr. Zhou, are you under pressure?"

Cai Haoyu hesitated for a second before finally speaking: "Have you ever thought that you might fail?"

"Pressure? Of course there is."

Zhou Yutang smiled and said, "Who dares to say that they won't fail? I might fail, but the consequences of failure are within my tolerance.

At worst, we can start all over again. Now the opportunity to go one step further and create history is right in front of us. There is no reason not to seize it! "

"Yes."

Cai Haoyu nodded, as if to encourage himself: "We will definitely create history for the entire gaming industry."

"If you want money, people, or any resources, just ask and I'll help you get it."

Patting Cai Haoyu on the shoulder, he said, "The cake from Jiangdong Cake King is both fragrant and sweet."

But Cai Haoyu and his group of young people were so moved that they signed a military order on the spot.

I will die for you with the Jade Dragon, and repay your kindness on the Golden Terrace.

What else do you need when you work for a boss like Zhou Yutang who has such great ambition and vision?

Feng Ji's heart was also in turmoil, and the members of the game science team beside him were all very excited.

"They have planes and cannons, we have millet and rifles."

"As long as you do a good job on Black Myth, you will have everything."

Anyone who can accomplish great things seems to have a very unique personal charm.

This kind of charm has nothing to do with appearance. Specifically, it means that the way he speaks and acts has a convincing power.

This is the case with Governor Zhou now.

Game Science developed a mobile game last year, which brought in tens of millions in revenue, all of which was invested in the Black Myth project.

But this is not enough, he needs to continue investing money, and Zhou Yutang did not hesitate at all.

With the support of "Honor of Kings", it is no problem to support the development of several projects.

Zhou Yutang originally wanted to listen to Uncle Chen Rui’s work report.

Suddenly received a message.

His expression became extremely wonderful.
(End of this chapter)