The diva and I cross each other

Chapter 477 Caught off guard
After the emcee finished the process, Sister Shan and Guo Hebin began to toast everyone one by one.

When she arrived at Luo Ming's table, Sister Shan had a lot to say, but when she saw Lin Shuwen, she didn't know where to start.

In the end, all the words were condensed into one sentence: "Wenwen, I won't say more, it's all in the wine."

This very common and even somewhat rustic toast made Lin Shuwen feel a little sad.

Luo Ming and the others also stood up and drank the wine with Sister Shan.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the guests gradually dispersed. Rong Mu and the Chen sisters also left, but Lin Shuwen and Luo Ming were stopped by Sister Shan.

The three chatted for a while backstage.

"Sister Shan, where is your husband?" Lin Shuwen asked.

"Lao Guo went to see his colleagues off and came back after a while. Wenwen, Luo Ming, I won't say any more nonsense. In fact, I have always wanted to thank you. Without you, Huayue Entertainment would have become who knows what would have happened to it!"

"Sister Shan, you also helped us when Zhuoguang was just established. Rongmu and I have always remembered it." Luo Ming said.

Sister Shan smiled and said, "It's different. You helping me is a favor, and not helping me is my duty. Zhuoguang Technology itself has its own entertainment company. You put all your efforts and resources into Zhuoguang Entertainment. Now the scale of Zhuoguang Entertainment must be more than this. In short, I am really grateful to you."

Lin Shuwen and Luo Ming looked at each other, and Luo Ming nodded to her. Lin Shuwen understood that Luo Ming had handed the matter over to her. This was a tacit understanding between the two.

"Sister Shan, Luo Ming and I have received your thanks. Please don't say such things again. We just need to run Huayue Entertainment well together and make sure that Zhuoguang Technology does not lose money."

After coming out of the hotel, Lin Shuwen breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, she didn't like this kind of atmosphere very much, especially when dealing with people she was close to. Sister Shan suddenly said these words so seriously today, which made Lin Shuwen feel a little uncomfortable.

"Ah Ming, do you think people will change a lot after getting married?"

"What do you mean?"

"In various aspects!"

"Of course. I don't know what you women think, but if a man gets married, it means he has to take on the responsibility of a family. The responsibilities on his shoulders are heavier, and he needs to work harder to earn money to support the family.

Because of this responsibility, most men will become more mature to some extent, and some will even become very different from the past in a very short period of time. "

Lin Shuwen was silent after hearing this.

Is marriage a responsibility for men?
But the word responsibility is also a burden in a sense!

Lin Shuwen had never thought about what marriage meant to her. Sister Shan’s attitude towards life today was very different from the past, and Luo Ming’s words just now made Lin Shuwen start to think about what marriage meant to her.

Is it time for her to get married?

Lin Shuwen's thoughts on marriage did not last long, because the first batch of construction of Zhuoguang Cinema had been basically completed during this period.

Lin Shuwen began flying to various cities to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremonies of the Shining Light Cinemas, so much so that she had no time to think about these things.

There are now 19 Zhuoguang Cinemas, with the first four being located in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, followed by provincial capitals.

With the initial construction of Zhuoguang Cinema completed, Lin Shuwen also began to promote the franchise of Zhuoguang Cinema Chain.

With the backing of Zhuoguang Technology, Lin Shuwen is also the president of Huayue Entertainment, which is one of the top five entertainment companies in the country and produces a large number of TV series and movies every year.

Therefore, as soon as Zhuoguang Cinemas launched its franchising program, it received many franchising applications from cinemas in counties and county-level cities.

In just half a month, the Zhaoguang Cinema Chain has more than 500 screens.

Once the construction of Zhuoguang Cinemas in other provincial capitals is completed, even if no more cinemas join, the Zhuoguang Cinema Chain will probably have 700 screens.

Given the current cinema market situation in China, if a cinema has 1000 screens, it can basically be among the top ten cinema chains in China.

Lin Shuwen is still very confident about this. She thinks that there will be many cinemas joining the Zhuoguang Cinema Chain in the future.

The joining of Zhuoguang Cinemas is progressing in full swing.

At the same time, Penguin Video also began to promote their Misty Theater.

This means that "The Beginning" has passed the review. While Penguin Video is promoting the Misty Theater, it is actually also building momentum for "The Beginning".

But what Penguin Video did not expect was that iQiyi Video under Baidu and Youku Video under Alibaba followed suit and launched their own suspense theaters just a few days after they launched the concept of Misty Theater.

This made the senior management of Penguin Video very unhappy, and they held a meeting overnight.

"Tell me! Why did iQiyi and Youku respond so quickly? Was our company's internal plan leaked?" Cao Jianghan, the executive vice president of Penguin Video, asked with a dark face. Everyone in the conference room was silent, and no one dared to speak first.

"Old Liu, you say!" Cao Jianghan directly named Old Liu who was in charge of publicity work.

Lao Liu stood up and said, "Boss Cao, it shouldn't be us who leaked the news. I only told the people below when our Misty Theater officially started promoting last week. It's impossible for anyone to leak it.

I guess the two companies thought our idea was good and rushed to come up with this.”

"Do they have any suspense films?" Cao Jianghan continued to ask.

"Youku doesn't have it, but I heard that iQiyi recently bought a suspense and mystery online. I heard that it bought the copyright of a well-known mystery novel from an island country and adapted it."

"Then they really caught up. Do you think 'Beginning' can win?" Cao Jianghan asked.

Now everyone was silent again.

Cao Jianghan didn't expect these people to come up with a solution. He muttered to himself, "It has to work whether it works or not. Otherwise, I'll just be making things easier for others this time."

Penguin Video originally planned to officially launch "Misty Theater" at the same time as "The Beginning" in late August. Because "The Beginning" only has 8 episodes, according to Penguin's playback speed, the first four episodes were broadcast in a row, two episodes from Tuesday to Friday, a total of 15 episodes, one episode on Saturday and Sunday, and the last episode next Monday to wrap up, which is no more than 12 days in total.

Of course, Penguin Video will not broadcast "Beginning" on Monday. Who will broadcast a new drama on Monday? Anyone who has ever worked knows how painful Monday is for workers. Who would be in the mood to watch dramas on Monday?

Generally speaking, it is most appropriate to release new dramas on Thursdays. Thursday marks the end of the week, and when you have something to look forward to, you will be in the mood to catch up with the dramas.

According to this calculation, "Beginning" will be released on August 8th.

What Penguin Video didn't expect was that iQiyi was quite unethical and directly launched their suspense theater on August 8, and their suspense theater's TV series "Who is the Murderer?" was naturally released as well.

This time Penguin Video was caught off guard.

Luo Ming learned the news from Lin Shuwen, and he clicked on the TV series as soon as possible.

Luo Ming himself is a fan of mystery literature, and this TV series is the work of a mystery writer from an island country.

This mystery writer just made his debut, and right after his debut he won the highest honor for newcomers in the island country's mystery novels - the Edogawa Ranpo Award.

The TV series adapted by iQiyi is based on this novel which won the Edogawa Rampo Award.

Luo Ming had not read this novel. He searched it on Baidu before clicking on the TV series.

The story of this novel is actually quite simple, similar to "Detective Conan", which is a series of short stories with a big main line interspersed among the short stories.

The protagonist of the novel is not a detective, but a high school student who loves to play detective games. Suddenly one day, this high school student was involved in an incident, and then he found that there was no difference between solving cases in reality and detective games, and then he took this as an opportunity to start solving cases.

This kind of plot would definitely not work in China, so iQiyi simply changed the protagonist's background and turned him into a very smart rookie policeman who just graduated from the police academy.

Luo Ming watched the first two episodes. To be honest, judging from the case setup and storyline, this drama is pretty good.

The director is also very skilled in using camera language. Suspense dramas are actually very challenging for the director's camera skills. This "Who is the Murderer?" is excellent in many aspects.

The localized adaptation of the cases in the film is also very good, for example, the case of the 80 people that the protagonist was involved in in the original work was adapted very well.

The original story is very simple. A girl who was born in the 80s committed suicide in the protagonist's high school.

She used some tricks to make herself look like she was murdered, and pointed the finger at the three girls who often bullied her.

Among these three girls, one is the protagonist's biological sister. The protagonist doesn't believe that his well-behaved sister would betray others, so he begins to investigate like in a detective game.

After revealing the truth, the protagonist discovered that his sister was indeed the abuser. After some struggle, the protagonist made his sister tell the truth and apologize to the child's parents.

In China, the story was adapted into a story about 80 people in a college dormitory. Those who were attacked also committed suicide, and then turned their anger towards the three perpetrators in the dormitory.

Among these three people, one is the protagonist's sister, and the protagonist took the same approach as in the book.

The development of this case immediately established the image of the protagonist.

And the case was solved in just two episodes.

In the previous life, when the Misty Theater was launched, the pace of the web drama's story had already been very fast, and the plot was very compact, striving to achieve an effect that would make people unable to stop watching. The pace of one case in two episodes was actually very normal.

But the audience at this moment had never experienced this before. What they had watched before were dramas that focused on daily plots, which were so mediocre.

Therefore, in Luo Ming's opinion, the play "Who is the Murderer?" is absolutely qualified as the opening work of a suspense theater.

(End of this chapter)