Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 680: Marry a man like this, what else can a husband ask for

Ren Zhonglun solemnly invited Li Chen today to visit the Shanghai Film Headquarters Building, which cost one billion to build, and the 1.5 square meter Shanghai Film Museum, showing off the strength of Shanghai Film.

What about owning wholly-owned cinema chains, accounting for 15% of the national box office, and having independent movie channels, and that the film and television industry chain is already sound and sound.

Seeing that the groundwork was almost complete, Ren Zhonglun got down to business.

"Li Chen, private film and television company, you are this." Ren Zhonglun gave a thumbs up.

"Your only weakness is the cinema chain. Of course, your move to establish the Han Tang Fund with Wanda is indeed a brilliant move."

"But when it comes to business, Wanda Cinema Line and Han Tang Fund are two different things."

Li Chen listened quietly without saying anything. Ren Zhonglun's words made sense, but he was not like him who could see the future.

Wanda, the country's largest cinema chain, will one day have a change of ownership. If it no longer is named Wang, it will have to be named Li.

Ren Zhonglun saw that Li Chen's expression had not changed, and thought to himself that although Li Chen was young, his composure and composure were even better than those of many business veterans in their forties or fifties.

To put it bluntly, what Shanghai Film Group has been lacking in recent years is a big director like Li Chen or Zhang Yimou.

That’s why Shanghai Film Group Yinghuang and Shanghai Film Group Huanya were established one after another.

He had only one goal today, which was to hope that Li Chen could cooperate with Shanghai Film Group to establish Shanghai Film Rongchen to replace Shanghai Film Group Yinghuang and Shanghai Film Group Huanya, which were on the verge of bankruptcy.

"It's three pings high. I know your character. You and La Peikang may not get along well."

Li Chen glanced at Ren Zhonglun and said with a smile, "Mr. Ren, what you said is inappropriate."

"Hmm? I'd like to hear the details." Ren Zhonglun breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Li Chen would not speak.

"Ten years ago, this statement might have been correct, but now, you should tell Mr. La that China Film should consider how to get together with Rongchen Pictures!"

Ren Zhonglun choked for a moment, then laughed loudly, "Hahaha, not bad, not bad! Without your Rongchen Pictures, it would be unknown whether China Film would have a profit every year."

Li Chen's lips curled up slightly, without making any comment.

"However, Li Chen, Shanghai Film Group has its own wholly-owned cinema chain. China Film Group cannot compare to this."

"If we cooperate, you have Wanda's support as a private enterprise, and Shanghai Film Group will provide strong support as a state-owned enterprise. Then your Rongchen Pictures will be truly invincible!"

"Mr. Ren, Rongchen Pictures has long been invincible!"

Everyone says Li Chen is crazy, and Ren Zhonglun has witnessed it today.

But he does have the capital to be crazy.

That is, the projects with the highest profit margins that they have ever produced are all from Rongchen Pictures.

Therefore, when Ren Zhonglun was in front of Li Chen, he always felt like he was being ungrateful and couldn't stand up to Li Chen.

"Hahaha, that's true, that's true." Ren Zhonglun could only smile to hide his embarrassment.

"However, in terms of the closeness of the relationship, my relationship with Director Ren is naturally closer than my relationship with Director La." Li Chen changed the subject and gave Ren Zhonglun a way out.

Now he finally understood the intention of Ren Zhonglun and several Shanghai Film Group executives accompanying him for half a day today.

As expected, Ren Zhonglun stopped beating around the bush and said directly, "Li Chen, have you ever considered setting up a branch in Shanghai?"

"The resources in Shanghai are no worse than those in Beijing!"

"As long as you are willing, Shanghai Film Group will definitely be your most solid partner. When Yinghuang and Media Asia cooperated with Shanghai Film Group, Shanghai Film Group was the leader."

"But if Rongchen Pictures cooperates with Shanghai Film Group, I am willing to hand over this leading position to you."

Li Chen didn't nod in the end, not because he didn't want to, but because there was no need for it at the moment.

Ren Zhonglun was not in a hurry. He first expressed his intention to Li Chen, and there would be plenty of opportunities later.

The Shanghai Film Festival has opened, and Gulinagha has found Hu Ge and wants to go to the premiere of "Maleficent" with him.

She said that she wanted to meet Hou Hongliang so that she could recommend herself for the role of Gong Yu in Nirvana in Fire.

In fact, I wanted to take the initiative to save the country in a roundabout way.

Didn’t Zhao Liying join Donghua Noon to get the current “Legend of Lu Zhen”? Didn’t Lin Gengxin follow the path of Yang Mi and Jiang Shuying to transform herself from being desperate to being a contracted artist of Yi Xin Media?

"You want to participate in Nirvana in Fire. Does President Cai agree? If President Cai disagrees, it will be useless even if President Hou agrees. Are you thinking of terminating the contract?"

Hu Ge was quite surprised. It turned out that the role of Gong Yu was quite suitable for this beautiful junior sister.

This shows that Gulinagha did not write this novel on impulse, but had carefully studied the novel.

"Mr. Cai agreed. As long as I can get the role, Sect Leader, you have to lend a helping hand to Gong Yu!" Gulinazha said proudly and playfully.

Hu Ge was stunned again before he realized that this was the dialogue between Gong Yu and Mei Changsu in the novel.

Helplessly, he could only shake his head and sigh, "I can only recommend you. Whether you can get the role depends on Mr. Hou and Director Kong."

On the second day of the Shanghai Film Festival, "Tiny Times" held its premiere.

The press conference before the premiere was held at the Plaza 66 in Shanghai, surrounded by luxury stores such as LV, Chanel, Dior and Hermès.

It seems to complement the theme of "luxury" in "Tiny Times".

"Mi Mi, aren't you and Liu Yifei best friends? Didn't she say she would come to support you?" Guo Jingming asked casually in the nanny car.

Yang Mi rolled her eyes. "You set the date on the 27th, and held the premiere before Maleficent. How can Sissi come?"

"We are best friends, but best friends are not as close as husbands!"

"Director Guo, didn't Ke Zhendong come either?" Yang Mi was quick-witted. Even though all the leading actors hadn't shown up, she still expected her bestie to show up to support the show.

In fact, she had invited Li Chen and his wife to Liu Yifei's mansion the day before yesterday to support her, but Li Chen flatly refused.

And he directly refused on behalf of Liu Yifei.

He scolded her for this and asked her if she was crazy. He had ever seen anyone stand up for a competitor.

So when Guo Jingming mentioned this matter, Yang Mi felt very resentful.

Not only did no one from Rong Chen's group of artists come, but few people from the entire domestic entertainment and film industry came to support "Tiny Times".

Hu Ge and other local Shanghai residents did not give her any face either.

Tang Yan also declined her, and Yang Mi was in a terrible mood.

At this time, Yang Siwei was reporting to Li Chen about the various unethical actions of "Tiny Times".

"Boss, LeTV really has no bottom line. For the movie Tiny Times, several theaters in Shanghai even held an event where audiences under 1.5 meters in height could enjoy half-price tickets!"

Yang Siwei didn't seem surprised when he saw the boss, but the boss's wife was just the opposite.

Liu Yifei said in disbelief: "No way, isn't this a personal attack? Doesn't he care?"

Yang Siwei snorted: "No? Look at Weibo."

Liu Yifei picked up her phone, opened Weibo and saw that someone had indeed revealed the news on Weibo.

Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. On the eye-catching promotion billboard, there was a portrait of a person who was exactly the same height as Guo Jingming.

The sentence next to the portrait is even more ridiculous: "My friends, come and measure your height. Friends who are not taller than me are in luck! Audiences under 1.5 meters tall can enjoy a % discount on watching Tiny Times."

The comments from netizens below made Liu Yifei speechless.

"Mr. Cinema City, are you promoting the movie or are you doing something malicious?"

"I'd rather be higher than his price than even half the price!"

"In fact, Guo Jingming's height is less than 1.5 meters, it is 1.47 meters."

Seeing the last one, Liu Yifei frowned slightly.

"That's not all, Boss. I heard that LeTV has reached private agreements with dozens of cinemas in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou."

"On the premiere day, Tiny Times will be given 100% of the screening rate."

Liu Yifei was even more surprised. She glanced at her husband and saw that his expression had finally changed. Yang Siwei continued, "I have already informed the heads of the other seven cinema chains besides Wanda. If any of them do not follow the rules on the release date of Tiny Times, then don't blame Rongchen Pictures for not following the rules."

Li Chen nodded, glanced at his wife and smiled, "The biggest advantage of this kind of fan movie is that it has a fan base. If the movie "Those Years" that we co-produced was released now, I estimate that 10 billion would not be a problem."

Liu Yifei's pair of bright eyes turned around and she thought about it and agreed.

There were only a few screens back then, and she and her husband had only a few fans. But if it were today, let alone 10 billion, maybe 15 billion would not be a problem.

"However, their recent theme song "Time Cooks Rain" is really eye-catching when paired with the trailer, and it has a significant advantage over our English theme song."

"Not only did the trailer receive over a million hits on the first day, but the song 'Time Cooks Rain' was also widely sung, and made it into the top three on various music charts."

"Tianyu artist Jiang Yingrong also became famous with one song."

If Yang Siwei hadn't mentioned it, Li Chen would have forgotten about it.

When "Tiny Times" started filming, he estimated that the person who would sing the song "Time Cooks Rain" in the end would most likely be Jiang Yingrong, after all, Yu Kewei is no longer a member of Tianyu.

As one of the producers of "Tiny Times", Tianyu has no reason to give the profit to outsiders.

But Li Chen was not in a hurry. To quote a saying, let the bullet fly for a while.

"Since he's so popular, let's add fuel to the fire and make him even more popular!"

Li Chen's words made the two women look at each other in surprise.

"Boss, do you have any good ideas?" Yang Siwei's eyes lit up. She knew her boss's abilities very well and he could often see things that others could not.

Now that the company has formed its brand image, many of the methods it used in the past are no longer acceptable.

"Did you know that this song 'Time Cooks Rain' is not original?"

Yang Siwei was shocked: "No way, boss!"

"In the movie MV released by Tiny Times, the composer is credited to Liu Dajiang, and the lyrics were written by Guo Jingming himself."

Li Chen smiled lightly without explaining.

Instead, he took out his cell phone and played a Japanese song.

Yang Siwei and Liu Yifei were more and more surprised the more they listened. This was exactly the same as "Time Cooks Rain".

As soon as the song finished, Yang Siwei looked delighted: "Boss, what song is this?"

""windmill"!"

"The Windmill?" Yang Siwei glanced at the proprietress. Neither of them had heard of it.

Li Chen smiled again: "In fact, this Japanese song has been covered many times in Chinese before, such as Cai Chunjia's "Waiting for a Sunny Day" and He Tu's "Han Yi Diao" and so on."

Liu Yifei was very curious because she had heard all the music her husband listened to, but she had never seen him listen to Japanese songs.

It was also the first time she heard of Cai Chunjia and Hetu that he mentioned.

But Yang Siwei was there at the moment, so she didn't dare to ask.

Over the years, she has long felt that her husband has a secret.

There are many things that Yang Siwei, the entertainment industry tentacle monster, does not understand as well as her husband.

For example, regarding the leading actor of "The Mystery Detective" which was quietly released in the past two days, she once privately asked Yang Siwei whether the collapse of this person's reputation was the company's masterpiece.

She didn't sympathize with the other party, she just didn't want to be completely ignorant.

She knew that her husband had hidden many things from her, perhaps he thought it was for her own good, but she didn't want to stay in the castle all her life.

Even if there were swords and sabers outside the castle, she hoped that the couple could face it together.

Yang Siwei did not hide it from her, but just told her that it was just a routine operation to check several actors of the competitors.

But I also did it according to the boss's instructions.

Yang Siwei left excitedly.

Liu Yifei looked at her husband meaningfully, making Li Chen feel uncomfortable.

"I'm going to take a shower!" Li Chen couldn't resist Miss Liu's gaze and wanted to find an excuse to escape.

As a result, Miss Liu grabbed his arm with a smile that was so sweet that it could kill you.

The voice was so beautiful that it seemed as if she had returned to the voice of "Who Wants to Stay Home on the Weekend" when she was promoting "Tian Long" in Taiwan nine years ago: "Don't worry, answer me a question. If you answer it to my satisfaction, I will accompany you!"

Li Chen's heart was pounding. She had never had this attitude towards bathing together. There must be something wrong when things were abnormal.

"Haha, if you ask, I will answer you without hesitation."

The two looked at each other, and Miss Liu's eyes were burning: "How do you know that "Time Cooks Rain" is a plagiarism of "Windmill"? "

Li Chen thought he was going to ask something else, but it turned out to be this question.

I was relieved immediately and said, "When you were going to sign a contract with Sony, I had two plans for it."

"It would be great if I can stop you, but if I can't, I will help you gain a foothold in the Japanese music scene."

“So I listened to a lot of Japanese songs back then. This song is the single “Windmill” released by Japanese singer Hitoto Yo that year!”

Liu Yifei never expected this would be the answer.

Eight years ago, she and Sony failed to sign a contract, and the culprit was of course her husband.

As it turned out, this choice was absolutely correct.

But she didn't expect that her husband had done so much for her behind the scenes. Even when she finally chose to sign with Sony, her husband was still making plans for her.

But he had never mentioned it before. If Yang Siwei hadn't mentioned "Time Cooks Rain" today, she might never have known about it in her life.

Thinking of this, Liu Yifei suddenly was no longer curious about her husband's secret.

What else could a husband ask for if he marries a man like this?

Seeing his wife's eyes sparkling like jade, Li Chen shook his hand and said with a smile: "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

My wife wrinkled her nose slightly and glared at me in reproach: "What do you think?"

Li Chen stood up, crossed his hands behind his head and couldn't help laughing: "I think why not just forget it, it's hard to raise a girl and a villain after all."

When Liu Yifei saw her husband's action, she felt as if she had returned to the years when they were in love, and her heart softened.

After going upstairs, Li Chen looked back and saw that his wife was nowhere to be seen.

But not long after I entered the bathroom, a fragrant breeze blew behind me and hugged me from behind.

Li Chen knew who it was without turning around. He placed his hands on his wife's soft hands and said with a smile, "What? Don't you want to be a gentleman instead of a woman? Do you want to keep your word and never take it back?"

Miss Liu was furious and pushed her husband angrily: "What are you talking about? Why don't you take off your clothes?"

Li Chen was secretly happy, but when he turned around he was stunned.

I saw that Miss Liu was wearing a black silk suspender skirt that she had never worn before, and the hem of the skirt just covered her buttocks.

Li Chen was dazzled by the pair of long legs that looked healthy and fair due to long-term exercise.

The bright red nail polish on her little toes was extremely eye-catching, and the slight bulge on her chest seemed to indicate that she was not wearing any underwear.

"What are you looking at! Have you never seen a beautiful woman?" Miss Liu said with a little anger, her pretty face like the sunset in the sky.

Li Chen's breathing was unstable, his eyes were shining, he stretched out his hand and embraced the beauty in his arms: "Is this a benefit, wife?"

Miss Liu didn't dare to look up, feeling very shy, and thought to herself that men really all like this.

She had already prepared this 'battle suit' for today, but she just didn't dare to try it.

(End of this chapter)