Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 676 Newcomers
Sina Entertainment News

"The TV series "Legend of Lu Zhen" produced by Rongchen Films officially premiered on Blueberry TV and Tomato TV in prime time on May 5. On the second day of its broadcast, the show ranked first in the country in terms of ratings."

"As the show was aired, the leading male and female characters Chen Xiao and Zhao Liying quickly became famous."

"One netizen acted like a fangirl: "I found the leading actress in "Legend of Lu Zhen" to be so beautiful!"

"Zhao Liying played Qing'er in the New Return of the Pearl, which gained her a lot of popularity. She played the heroine Lu Zhen in The Legend of Lu Zhen, and her every smile and frown could instantly attract countless "fans". Currently, she ranks in the top two in online searches."

"Putting aside the historical background, the beautiful and pleasing "Legend of Lu Zhen" was given a "full score" by many netizens, who praised it as "good to watch." In addition to those born in the 80s and 90s, even many "moms" are watching it."

Once upon a time, countless people told Zhao Liying that a round face like yours is a congenital defect and that third-tier cities are your destiny in this life, so the company will not waste resources on you.

Someone also told her that people with round faces can’t play the leading role!
Look at Liu Yifei’s oval face and Fan Qiaoqiao’s melon-seed face, this is the face that a natural heroine should have.

Even Zhao Liying herself began to doubt her life and considered having surgery several times.

After all, she has seen too many heroines with pointed chins and small lips.

Round faces and big eyes like hers are not everywhere, but at least they can be seen everywhere.

Back then, when she just left Huayi and joined Rongchen Pictures, she had less than 4 followers on Weibo.

After officially announcing his joining Noon Sunshine, his number of followers increased by 10.

After the broadcast of the new drama "My Fair Princess", the number of fans increased by 30.

However, "Legend of Lu Zhen" has only been aired for two days, and now it has about 79 fans, and the number is still increasing by several per second.

Zhao Liying felt uneasy after watching this, and she would check her Weibo every few minutes.

I don’t know if it will reach one million viewers after it’s aired.

With fame comes the inevitable presence of black fans, and she has been mentally prepared for this.

Just choose to ignore it. Sister Fei once told them a few younger ones what the boss said back then. She has always kept it in mind, but she never thought that she would need to use it again.

"Don't look at it, it's just one million, 'Sadako'! Sister Fei's fans are almost 3 million! You should have some ambition!" Zhang Hanyun and Zhao Liying came to the company together, and saw her bestie looking at her phone along the way.

Her best friend called her fat, so she called her Zhenzi (Lu Zhen).

The two entered the elevator. Zhao Liying was still very excited. She waved her phone in front of Zhang Hanyun as if she had won the lottery: "80! 80! Fatty!"

"Look at what you have accomplished!" Zhang Hanyun smiled and rolled her eyes at her best friend, but in fact she was happy for her best friend as well.

Among the artists of Rongchen Pictures, she probably has the least fans.

After all, there is still a lack of a work.

The two first went to the Noon Sunshine on the second floor, where they learned that the big boss was also in the company today, and then went up to the third floor.

After going up to the third floor and getting out of the elevator, I was teased in a good-natured manner by the two young ladies at the front desk.

"Lu Zhen is here!"

Zhang Hanyun laughed and said, "What Lu Zhen? It's Zhenzi!"

The two receptionists smiled softly, but Zhao Liying didn't care. She walked over and asked familiarly, "Is the boss here too?"

The receptionist did not hide it: "Yes, Brother Hua is here."

"Ah? Godfather is here too?" Zhang Hanyun said excitedly.

Liu Dehua came to invite Li Chen to attend the premiere of "The Secret: Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" to be held in Beijing on the 2nd of next month.

La Peikang also called Li Chen and solemnly invited Li Chen to attend the premiere of "The Secret. Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

I don’t know if it’s because of the 3D preview of this movie held in Beijing yesterday, where major media and hundreds of film critics were invited to watch it.

After watching the movie, the usually "picky" media and film critics gave the movie high scores, which was rare and generous.

Therefore, both La Peikang and Liu Dehua were confident in inviting Li Chen.

If Director Sun, who had been in the United States for ten years, had not been unable to communicate with Li Chen, he would naturally want to dance with the big sword of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" in front of Li Chen, the Guan Gong.

Li Chen has seen this play, and he knows that these film critics and media people must have been hired by China Film Group and Media Asia.

"Okay, I'll go." Li Chen did not refuse. Liu Dehua's ability in selecting scripts and Han Sanping's ability in investing are of the same origin. They can be regarded as two gods in the circle.

Seeing that Li Chen readily agreed, Liu Dehua planned to leave.

The phone in Li Chen's office rang, and the secretary said Zhang Hanyun and Zhao Liying were here.

"Why are you in such a hurry, Brother Hua? If you have nothing else, let's have dinner together tonight. Your goddaughter is here too."

"Yunyun is here too, okay." Liu Dehua pondered for a moment. There was nothing big to do in the evening.

Zhang Hanyun and Zhao Liying came in and said with a smile: "Boss, godfather (Hua Ge), I hope I didn't disturb you from talking about business?"

Liu Dehua smiled and said, "What business? I'm here to send an invitation to Li Chen. It's great that you two are here. Come and support me when the time comes for the premiere of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains."

"No problem, godfather (Hua Ge)!"

Zhao Liying and Zhang Hanyun agreed without thinking, and as long as they had time, they would not miss it.

"I haven't had time to watch Li Ying's The Legend of Lu Zhen, but my wife is watching it these days."

Zhao Liying was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Brother Hua?"

The superstar’s wife also watched her drama. Zhao Liying felt a little uneasy after just sitting down.

"Of course it's true. The ratings are number one in the country. It looks like it's going to be another hit drama. It's going to be a big hit."

Zhao Liying was very happy and said modestly: "It was the boss who gave me the opportunity, otherwise I don't know when I could play the leading role."

Liu Dehua nodded secretly in his heart, at least Zhao Liying did not get too proud of herself.

The champion of Feng Xiaogang's group that year became famous just two years after leaving Huayi.

This is really not good news for Huayi.

Li Chen glanced at Zhao Liying and interrupted Liu Dehua's reverie by changing the subject: "How is it, how does it feel to be famous?"

Zhao Liying had just sat down when she heard the boss' question. She immediately sat up straight and said pitifully, "I have been suffering from insomnia these past two nights!"

Zhang Hanyun couldn't help but twitching her shoulders and laughing uncontrollably.

Li Chen glanced at her, then turned to Zhao Liying and smiled, "What's wrong? Are you too excited to sleep?"

Zhang Hanyun laughed unceremoniously: "No, boss, she couldn't sleep because she was scolded!"

"I told her that this is the only way to become famous. I was scolded all over the circle back then. People scold you only when you are famous. If you are not famous, no one will know who you are."

Li Chen smiled and said, "Yunyun is right. I said something to Yifei back then, and I'll give it to you today too."

Zhao Liying directly interrupted: "Boss, is it true that when flowers bloom, there are also thorns?"

Li Chen nodded and smiled: "Yi Fei told you?"

"Yes, Sister Fei has told a few of us about it."

Li Chen smiled and glanced at Liu Dehua, then looked at the two girls: "It seems that she is a very competent boss lady."

"Of course." Zhang Hanyun said with a smile.

Li Chen smiled and said, "Don't care what others say. If an actor wants to justify himself, he must let his works speak for themselves."

"Calm down and work on your acting skills."

"Hanshanzi asked Shiti: If someone in this world slanders me, deceives me, insults me, laughs at me, looks down on me, despises me, hates me, or cheats me, how should I deal with it?"

Li Chen wanted to test the two women, Zhao Liying was embarrassed, how to say this, she had heard others say it. Zhang Hanyun smiled and continued: "Shi De smiled and said: Just tolerate him, let him, avoid him, let him be, endure him, respect him, ignore him, and wait and see what happens in a few years."

"That's right. I believe that the two heads of Huayi have become the topic of conversation among people in the industry. They failed to recognize the value of the company and let Rongchen Films take advantage of it."

Zhao Liying felt warm in her heart, pursed her lips and smiled: "Boss, you are exaggerating. I don't dare to be a gold inlaid jade. Even if I am a piece of jade, if I become a useful tool one day, it is all because of my good carving by you."

Liu Dehua nodded: "Liying is really good at speaking. People should not forget their roots. Yunyun, you should also remember what Liying said."

Zhang Hanyun held Liu Dehua's arm affectionately and said in a tender voice: "Godfather, the boss is our idol! Apart from gratitude, all that's left is admiration!"

This is what Zhao Liying wanted to say in her heart. She didn’t know when her boss became her idol.

He started from scratch and built a huge empire across the country and even the world.

A single Weibo post caused the box office of "Iron Man 3" to plummet, and the six major Hollywood studios all spoke out urgently, fearing that they would be associated with any connection with the special edition.

Li Chen's guess was correct. Huayi's two brothers were scratching their heads at the moment.

No matter how you look at it, Zhao Liying is not the type to become famous.

But now it has become a real hit.

Although there is definitely some hype from Yi Xin Media involved, this real-life example of a third-tier company becoming a popular one is extremely valuable to a media company.

If Zhao Liying were still working for Huayi, I'm afraid Huayi's stock price would have risen slightly today.

The sentence "Huayi can only play a supporting role, but Rongchen can make the decision" has become popular on the Internet in the past two days, making the two Wangs very upset.

I’m talking about Lu Zhen: Zhao Liying, whose drama ranked first in the country in ratings after just two days of being aired.

In the following days, Zhao Liying's interviews, endorsements and film contracts erupted like a volcano that had been suppressed for years.

How many eyes have been touched by Zhao Liying’s popularity?
The rule that signing with Rongchen Pictures is equivalent to choosing a day to become famous has been verified once again.

Yang Mi is also following Zhao Liying and has a rare free day.

Principal Wang invited me to play League of Legends together.

Yang Mi naturally would not refuse.

Yang Mi turned on the computer and connected to the microphone, and quickly logged into the game.

A strange ID caught her attention.

"Principal Wang, who is the dream of these 900 million girls? His name is much more impressive than yours."

"My dog!" Wang Sicong's lazy voice came from the headset.

Yang Mi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was just about to politely ask who this teammate with an extremely introverted and narcissistic ID was.

Then I heard a voice of laughter and curse: "Fuck you! I'm Lin Gengxin!"

It was obvious that the two of them were playing games in Principal Wang’s townhouse.

Yang Mi's heart moved: "Why is it you? How did you two get together? It turns out that you have the same bad smell and even gave yourself this ID!"

Principal Wang said casually, "He is now homeless and has nowhere to live. I will take him in for a few days."

Yang Mi said, "Play games, play games! Don't hold Sister Mi back, both of you!"

Lin Gengxin and Yang Mi are not familiar with each other, but the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Cai Yinong hated Yang Mi to the core, but there was nothing he could do about her.

Now Cai Yinong has threatened to ban him.

It really put a lot of pressure on him.

He lost money and terminated the contract, and even though he won the lawsuit, it cast a shadow on his star career.

After all, which agency would like an actor like him who is in court with his former employer?

Don’t be afraid of becoming the second Tang people.

In three months, he will join the crew of "Black and White 2", which was recommended to Director Cai by Zhao Youting.

But after "Black and White 2", if he doesn't have an agency, can we expect another Zhao Youting to emerge?

Come to think of it, there are quite a few agencies in the industry that don't have to give face to Tang Ren.

Like Rongchen Pictures, Light Media, Bona, Huayi and so on.

But what he wanted most was Rongchen Pictures.

He still remembers vividly the scene of Li Chen's roadshow at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

At that time, the actor named Zhou Yang had offended the Hong Kong circle and Guangguang Media, and was facing the consequence of being banned.

He still remembers what Director Li said at that time.

What's more, isn't this teammate Yang Mi in front of him his predecessor?
He paid money to terminate the contract with Rong Xingda and joined Rongchen Pictures. In just seven years, he became a top star in the circle.

Yang Mi was just a newcomer at the time, but the contract with Rongchen Pictures was only for seven years, but Tangren tricked him into signing a ten-year contract.

That's fine, Hu Ge is fine, but what the hell is that little guy Jiang Jinfu?

In addition to today's Yang Mi, Lin Gengxin also asked senior Jiang Shuying for help.

The other party agreed to help find out what was going on.

Yang Siwei didn't expect Jiang Shuying to speak up for others.

"Boss Yang, is this embarrassing for you? He and I went to the same school. He was also there when Director Li was doing a roadshow at the school that year."

"After I signed the contract, many juniors and seniors from the same school asked for my contact information, including him."

"He came to me for help, so I thought I'd ask for him."

Yang Siwei smiled and said, "It's not a problem. Tangren's ban order can't even enter Beijing, and it may not even work in Shanghai."

"Cai Yinong thinks she is the boss or Director Han. How about this, you ask him to come to Beijing and I will have a face-to-face meeting with him."

Jiang Shuying smiled slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Yang."

"Thank you, I didn't say I had to sign him."

"Thank you, at least I still have some dignity as the senior sister that people talk about."

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"I have been in the United States for ten years, which can be regarded as a long patriotism education lesson. The biggest feeling I have is resentment."

"My efforts over the past 20 years have been to do something to challenge the Americans. If I can't challenge them as a whole, I'll just challenge them individually. I want to see what's so great about it."

"Sun Jianjun, born in 1957, sat in the lounge of Shuangjing UME Cinema and talked to reporters. The 3D spy movie "Heavenly Secret: Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains", directed by him and starring Liu Dehua, Lin Zhiling, Zhang Jingchu and Tong Dawei, is scheduled to be released on June 6."

"Sun Jianjun, who directed a film for the first time, said that this is not a director's work, but a real producer's work. From the beginning, the film was heading towards profitability."

"If the final box office of the movie can exceed 4.5 million, the sequel will be filmed immediately. Currently, Hollywood producers are waiting for it."

At the end of May, Yi Xin Media added new members: Liu Haoran and Lin Gengxin.

One is unknown to everyone, the other is known to everyone.

Cai Yinong felt extremely humiliated.

She called Li Chen in a rage, but was countered by Li Chen with one sentence: "I don't care about such trivial matters as artists, you should go to Yang Siwei."

(End of this chapter)