Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 725 Hua Qiangu and Bai Qian
The Magnolia Awards have not yet opened, but the Golden Eagle Awards popularity voting has already started.

A total of 108 TV series, all of which are true heroes.

The popularity of "Knowing Your Destiny" is almost the highest among these 108 heroes.

The first day of voting showed a spirit of "who else but me"?

Netizens lamented: If there is anyone in the country who can compete with the Fairy Sister in popularity, I’m afraid we can only find her in the fairyland.

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The lights of the Bund in Shanghai cast colorful reflections on the surface of the Huangpu River, and the skyscrapers of Lujiazui pierce the night sky like dazzling crystal pillars.

In this area where every inch of land is valuable, a single-family villa covering an area of ​​nearly 1,000 square meters stands quietly at the best viewing location by the river, with floor-to-ceiling windows offering a panoramic view of the prosperity of the entire Magic City.

Inside the villa, Li Chen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a glass of whiskey in his hand. The amber liquid sparkled with golden light under the light.

"What are you looking at so intently?" Miss Liu's gentle voice came from behind. Li Chen came back to his senses when he smelled the faint fragrance from his wife.

Turning around, he saw his wife in a silk nightgown, with her bare feet stepping on the wool blanket. Her bare face was still so beautiful under the light that he couldn't bear to look away.

"Looking at the country." Li Chen smiled, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and kissed her on the cheek again.

Liu Yifei was held in her husband's arms. She leaned all her weight on him, feeling extremely relaxed both physically and mentally.

"River and mountain? It's obviously the Huangpu River, but where are the mountains? Where are the mountains?" Liu Yifei said with a smile. In fact, it feels really good to stand here. She has a feeling that everything is under control.

No wonder the husband was so moved.

Ten years ago, she could not have imagined that the two would become husband and wife, let alone become the undisputed top capital in the country.

Sometimes she also had a feeling that it was unreal, as if her husband was like a miracle, always giving her a surprise.

"The mountain is in your heart." Li Chen said silently.

Liu Yifei raised her head, her eyes sparkling, and said with a smile: "Don't look at Jiangshan, look at me! How come I am so far ahead in the popularity vote of the Golden Eagle Awards? Did you do something?"

"What a joke! How could I do that?" Li Chen pinched her nose and said, "My wife is a peerless fairy sister."

Liu Yifei smiled and slapped his hand away: "Don't come on, I don't believe you. By the way, which dress should I wear to the Magnolia Festival tomorrow?"

Li Chen said with a smile: "It's rare that my Miss Liu actually gave up the right to choose?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Go pick out a dress for me!"

Li Chen was dragged up to the second floor, but after changing into the first piece of clothing, he became distracted.

At this age, Miss Liu's features, except for her bust size, almost touched Li Chen's heart.

With her impeccable and delicate face, slender swan neck, fair and smooth back, and round and full thighs, Li Chen no longer had the heart to zip up her clothes.

Li Chen picked her up and said, "Don't choose, you look good in anything!"

Liu Yifei hugged his neck and laughed: "What are you doing, Li Chen! Put me down! I still have to walk the red carpet tomorrow! Don't ruin my dress!"

"If it breaks, just change it. The night is so alluring, and a moment of springtime is worth a thousand gold, my dear."

"Help! Director Li is having an affair with a female star!" Liu Yifei cried out!
Li Chen laughed loudly: "He's secretly taking advantage of his wife, and even the police can't do anything about it!"

"Keep your voice down!" Liu Yifei pinched her husband hard.

Li Chen continued to laugh, thinking that with the sound insulation in our house, no one would hear you even if you shouted at the top of your lungs.

The next morning, the couple looked refreshed, and Miss Liu's skin was so tender that it looked like it looked like moisture was dripping out of it.

No wonder people say women are made of water.

After much selection, Li Chen finally chose a burgundy double-breasted women's suit for her.

Given the couple's current status, there is really no need for them to compete too much with the country's top stars.

At the Shanghai International Film Festival which is about to open, both Li Chen and Liu Yifei will be the finales.

Instead, Nicole Kidman from Hollywood was arranged to be the finale guest at the closing ceremony.

After breakfast, Liu Yifei started browsing on her phone.

"Gao Yuanyuan is married?" Liu Yifei suddenly said with some surprise. The headline early in the morning was that Gao Yuanyuan got her marriage certificate, and it was with her boyfriend who was five years younger than her.

This made Liu Yifei think of herself. Her husband was five years older than her, but no one said anything.

But if she were five years older than her husband, she would be worried.

Maybe when I start to go downhill, my husband is still in his prime. After all, men's blooming period is much longer than women's.

"Let's stop with that Zhao again?" Li Chen asked casually.

"Well, this is too sudden. Wasn't she competing with Miranda for beauty in Shanghai last month?"

"What's so strange about this? Everyone in the industry knows that Gao Yuanyuan wanted to get married a long time ago. Zhang Yadong, Xia Yu, and Yu Xiaowei all loved her without caring about anything else."

"You don't seem to have any good feelings towards her." Liu Yifei's intuition is very sharp.

Li Chen smiled and said, "As for me, I only like Zhou Haimei's version of Zhou Zhiruo. In my opinion, her Zhou Zhiruo is just an imitation of Zhou Haimei."

“Although they are both called Yuanyuan, they are far from Chen Yuanyuan.”

After lunch, the makeup artist began to put makeup on Miss Liu.

After a while, Yang Siwei also came over.

"Boss, many familiar faces came to this year's Magnolia Awards. Tong Dawei and Xiao Yanzi are also here. The movie Tiger Mom and Cat Dad they co-starred in just started filming two days ago. I didn't expect that Xiao Yanzi would suddenly return to the small screen. It's really puzzling."

Yang Siwei really couldn't understand why Xiaoyanzi was so short of money, but she married a rich man, directed a movie "So Young" and earned a lot of money, and now she is returning to the small screen to make money. Everyone knows that it is more profitable to make TV series nowadays, and she really goes wherever there is more money.

Li Chen snorted: "Don't worry about these people. She still thinks she is Princess Huanzhu. Now is the era of traffic. It is no longer their stage."

"Look, this "Tiger Mom and Cat Dad" is probably far inferior to the "Empress Wu Zetian" that she played as a maid!"

"Next year, the General Administration will issue a policy of one drama with two stars. For us at Rongchen, this is a good thing."

The TV drama industry is indeed a big business. The production cost of Yao Dazui's upcoming drama "Divorce Lawyers" alone is 1.1 million yuan.

It is said that Xiaoyanzi's "Tiger Mom and Cat Dad" is also no problem, and there is also Fan Bingbing's "Empress Wu Zetian". To put it bluntly, these people are here for the smell of money.

I'm afraid that before long, Zhang Guojie will also be tempted by money. Money is a symbol of success and wealth is a symbol of success.

"Boss, the scripts of Eternal Love and The Journey of Flower have already been approved. Please take a look at the main characters," Yang Siwei said carefully.

With the success of "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Knowing Your Destiny", anyone with a brain knows how profitable costume dramas are.

In particular, Mango TV bought "Knowing Your Destiny" at a price of 600 million per episode, which made major production companies crazy.

Although the price of "Gu Jian Qi Tan", a collaboration between Huanrui and Guang Guang, sold to Mango TV did not exceed that of "Knowing Your Destiny", it was only 100 million yuan different. 500 million yuan is considered a sky-high price.

Yang Siwei is still haunted by how terrifying today's traffic era is.

Recently, a Weibo post by TFboys member Wang Junkai about the high school entrance examination was read 1.7 million times.

All the major brokerage companies are eager to make a move. What does 1.7 million mean? Even Yang Mi doesn't have this kind of influence at the moment. Perhaps only the boss lady can keep these traffic at bay.

So she had to remind her boss that these two ancient fantasy dramas couldn't wait any longer.

If we wait a little longer, maybe Tangren’s movie “Three Lives Three Worlds” will be released.

Yang Siwei was overthinking it. Although Tangren held the rights to adapt the movie "Three Lives Three Worlds", it was unable to film it and finally sold it to Mr. Ma.

Li Chen nodded. Yang Siwei was right in thinking that they really couldn’t wait any longer.

"Who do you think is suitable to play Hua Qiangu? Who is suitable to play Bai Qian?" Li Chen asked with a smile, wanting to test Yang Siwei.

Yang Siwei already had the answer in his mind, and said with a smile: "For the role of Hua Qiangu, I think Reba, Liying and Han Yun are all suitable, but I recommend Reba first, after all, she has not yet had a truly representative work."

"As for Bai Qian, in fact, Mimi and Tangtang are both very suitable, but they have already left the nest. If this kind of project is given to outsiders, I am afraid that even you, the boss, will not be able to suppress the resentment of these little girls."

"Why not give it to the boss lady? I don't think anyone would have any objection to her playing the role. Besides, Mimi and Tangtang have both told me privately more than once that they have ideas for these two roles."

Yang Siwei's analysis was very logical, but it didn't touch Li Chen's heart.

"Yes, that makes sense, but Reba has accumulated enough popularity in Running Man and is now a top star. The role of Hua Qiangu should be given to Liying, as she is just one step away from becoming a top star."

"That's right. I was indeed wrong at the beginning. I didn't expect that there would be a market for girls with round faces like this." Yang Siwei nodded and smiled.

"As for Bai Qian, Xixi no longer needs such a role to add icing on the cake. Her focus for the next two to three years will be on the big screen."

"She's already a legend in costume dramas, so other themes can be considered, but there are currently no suitable scripts."

"For the role of Bai Qian, Reba can be considered. After all, Bai Qian is known as the most beautiful woman in the world, and Reba has become more and more radiant in recent years."

Thinking of the big forehead of Bai Qian played by Yang Mi in her previous life, couldn't she just get a hair transplant? She had to wait until she finished the role to get a hair transplant.

As a result, Li Chen was never able to substitute himself into the original work.

In fact, Reba is not the most suitable candidate. In Li Chen's heart, the most suitable one is his own wife.

Only her beauty is worthy of Bai Qian's title of the most beautiful woman in the world.

When Yang Siwei saw what the boss said, it was obvious that there was no room for negotiation.

The departure of Yang Mi and Tang Yan means that the only remaining core resources of the company will consider are these two people.

She knew her boss very well after following him for so many years.

There is only one person I care about the most from beginning to end, and that is the boss lady.

Everyone else, including myself, is just his employee.

The relationship between the two parties is just an employment relationship. You are free to come and go and no one can stop you.

With the company's current size and strength, even TVB has to buy dramas from them.

Some time ago, TVB tried to buy a version of Zhang Jizhong's "Journey to the West", but the ratings plummeted in Hong Kong, causing TVB executives to call themselves deceived and vow never to buy dramas from the bearded man again.

Turning around, I have to buy Langya Bang!

"What about the two male protagonists? Ye Hua is easy to deal with. I think Yilong is fine. But as for Bai Zihua, I have no objection. We can't just ask Yawen." Yang Siwei asked again.

Li Chen laughed loudly: "You are so bold to imagine. I dare not even imagine what it would be like for Yawen to play Bai Zihua."

Yang Siwei also laughed and said, "Then Boss, tell me one, Lin Gengxin?"

Li Chen nodded slightly: "Let him try a makeup photo first."

Li Chen always felt uneasy when Lin Gengxin played Bai Zihua, after all, Huo Jianhua's portrayal of Bai Zihua was too striking.

Lin Gengxin's image is a bit tougher.

Speaking of Wallace Huo, Li Chen also met his future wife at the Magnolia Palace that day. Xiaoyanzi, Jinsuo and Ziwei were all there.

Ruby Lin and Ethan Yang also came to the Shanghai TV Festival to promote their new drama "16 Summers".

This Ziwei looks like a queen. She said frankly that she never needs to use a stand-in when filming kissing scenes. She also said that she doesn't mind a relationship between an older woman and a younger man.

Li Chen thought to himself, no wonder he ended up with Huo Jianhua, the road had been paved long ago.

The costume drama "The Long Ballad of Beautiful Country" starring her and Yuan Hong can be regarded as catching the last train of "one drama, four stars". According to her own disclosure, it will be released at the end of this year.

Deng Chao also arrived early to attend the Magnolia Awards in place of Sun Li, who had just given birth.

Wang Changtian and he were surrounded by the media.

When Li Chen saw this scene, he knew that he would definitely be asked by the media today why he did not invest in Deng Chao's "Breakup Master" and instead let Guangxian invest in it.

In fact, even if Li Chen hadn't arrived, the media would not have let Wang Changtian go.

"Boss Wang, Deng Chao and Yang Mi are all former Rongchen artists. Why didn't Boss Li invest in this drama, but you did?"

"Deng Chao, did you and Yang Mi have a conflict with your old boss?"

Deng Chao touched his head and laughed, "How is that possible? You guys are really good at guessing."

"What's the reason for that?"

Wang Changtian was just about to change the subject when he saw Li Chen and Liu Yifei finally show up.

Wang Changtian pointed behind everyone and said with a smile: "Don't make blind guesses, the real boss is here, you can ask him to see if we have a conflict."

When Li Chen saw Wang Changtian waving at him from a distance, he knew that trouble was coming.

I quickly thought about how to respond to the media.

Liu Yifei was also a little anxious. She gently tugged at her husband's shirt and said, "What should I do? The media will definitely ask you why you didn't invest in Chao Ge and Mi Mi's "Breakup Guru". Otherwise, they will say that the company's annual budget has exceeded the target."

Li Chen felt amused. No one would believe such a lie.

"Mr. Li, Yifei." Deng Chao first waved to the two of them with a smile to prevent the media from writing that he and Mimi were at odds with their old employer.

A large number of media swarmed over and surrounded Li Chen and Liu Yifei.

The first question is about the investment in "Breakup Master".

Deng Chao and Liu Yifei were both a little nervous, but Wang Changtian looked relaxed. He believed that his younger brother could easily handle such a situation.

Sure enough, Li Chen looked relaxed and said with a smile: "I didn't invest in Deng Chao's "Breakup Master" because you guessed that there is no conflict between us."

"It's just that the total cost of this play is only 30 million. Both of them invested in it. If I get involved, someone will definitely say that Li Chen is too greedy!"

Deng Chao laughed out loud, secretly praising his former boss for his quick response.

"Mr. Li, this shows that you are optimistic that "The Breakup Master" will be a big hit."

Li Chen paused and said, "The combined number of fans of Deng Chao and Yang Mi exceeds 4000 million. This movie can make over million yuan at the box office with its eyes closed. It is impossible for it to lose money. It just depends on how much it can earn."

Li Chen never mentioned the reputation of the play, and only played guerrilla warfare with the media about the box office. After that, he took Liu Yifei and left.

(End of this chapter)