Actor: Thank you.

Beijing, Dongcheng District, Hepingli East Street.

This is the headquarters of Fiber Optic Media, a major player in China's film and television industry.

Its CEO was none other than Wang Changtian, who would later become a big name in the Chinese film and television industry.

As Mr. Guo often says, if a group of crosstalk performers are cursing each other, whoever survives in the end is the true artist.

After the collapse of established film and television companies, especially Huayi Film Company, Wang Changtian was the only remaining "film performance artist".

It can be said that he is a survivor of decades of rapid development in the film and television industry.

It is said that only the survivors are kings. Those who survive to the end are capable people, whether on the battlefield or in the business world.

At this moment, Boss Wang was reviewing a pair of documents that his subordinate had brought to him.

After reviewing the reports and making a series of company plans, General Manager Wang suddenly abandoned his boss-like demeanor and instead adopted a gossipy expression, asking his secretary a question.

How have you been lately?

"Hey, speaking of which, take a look." The secretary smiled and brought over a stack of magazines and newspapers from the side.

Half of them are domestic media, and half are overseas media.

After flipping through the contents, Mr. Wang looked excited.

It's the kind of expression that onlookers would have.

"Wow, this kid's really something!"

The "kid" he was referring to was, of course, Zhang Yuan.

After all, he's the only one in Beijing who's always stirring up trouble in the film and television industry.

"Everyone says he was driven to despair by a woman."

“I used to think he was being stupid.”

“I’ve been following him for years, and I don’t think he’s the type to do this.”

"But now it seems that may not be the case."

Mr. Wang spread out the newspapers and magazines one by one.

The cover of the Shanghai Sports Daily features a photo of Liu Qianqian posing with a Brawn GP race car on a white background with fluorescent green ditch.

The cover of the Shanghai Film and Television Newspaper features Liu Qianqian dressed as the Golden Swallow.

The cover of the Southern Sports Daily featured a photo of Sisi holding the team's helmet.

The sports weekly featured a group photo of the Brawn GP team and their cars lined up in a row, with images of many guests around the edge of the photo, including her, of course.

This is from China.

The British Sports Daily ran a headline: "Will the deep involvement of rising Chinese actress in sports events spark a viewing frenzy in China?" Her photo was featured in the bottom right corner.

The Italian sports newspaper, Gazzetta dello Sport, published a photo inside showing Liu Qianqian wearing a red Ferrari T-shirt watching a race in the team's garage.

The cover of Lighthouse Sports Illustrated features a photo of Liu Qianqian waving a checkered flag at the Shanghai International Circuit.

Many domestic tabloids and magazines also published photos and articles about Xiaolongnu's attendance at the competition in Shanghai.

There were even gossip magazines that fabricated a relationship between Han Han and Liu Qianqian because they both appeared at the Shanghai racetrack.

Then they merged the timelines and embellished the story.

"Won't Zhang Yuan be angry if I write it like this?" the secretary said quietly after glancing at it.

"They might even be happy."

"Han Han has become very popular in recent years, and not just in literary circles."

"Especially after arguing with someone online a few years ago, he became an idol for many young people."

"You have to understand, Zhang Yuan did this to make Liu Qianqian famous."

"So as long as he can increase his visibility, he doesn't care about the methods or approaches."

The secretary roughly understood, but still had to pass the message to the boss.

After all, providing emotional support is also part of a secretary's job.

"What is Zhang Yuan's purpose in doing this?"

"Good question!" As expected, Boss Wang got excited.

“I used to think that he wanted to get back at Hua Yi for the sake of a woman, and to break ties with her.”

"But now it's clearly not the case."

"He cleverly found a way to give Hua Yi a hard time without harming her fundamentally."

"These reports can increase Liu Qianqian's popularity, especially the reports from overseas media, which is something many female stars in China would love to receive."

"He must have spent a lot of resources and connections to do that."

"But they just keep pushing forward like this, without any regard for money or risking their lives."

"This proves one thing."

"What is it?" the secretary chimed in again, playing the straight man.

"This proves that Huayi's so-called ban wasn't very effective!"

Wang Changtian burst into hearty laughter as he finished speaking.

Why are you so happy?

Because Lao Wang and Hua Yi actually had some grudges.

Fiber Optic Media is now based in Beijing, but when Mr. Wang first started his business, it was in a small, dilapidated building in an old residential area in Baiyun District, Guangdong Province.

In less than a year, four out of the five people had left, leaving only him.

He eventually returned to the capital city where he had worked for many years and started the entertainment news program "China Entertainment Report," which is how he made his fortune.

He is originally from Liaoning Province. He graduated from the Journalism Department of Fudan University and worked as a reporter for the Workers' and Peasants' Daily and Beijing TV.

Therefore, theoretically, Wang Changtian was not a member of the imperial circle.

Even people in the imperial circle don't recognize him because he's not a child of high-ranking officials.

Therefore, his style of doing things is more like that of the Shanghai circle than the imperial circle; he is more practical, less concerned about appearances, and has a mild temper.

Because he wasn't part of the imperial circle, he felt the malice of the imperial circle early on.

He realized this from the moment he started working, even though he was clearly very capable, he could never outmaneuver those with connections.

Last year, after several years of investing in the film and television industry, including films such as "All's Well, Ends Well" and "Flash Point," Wang Changtian felt the time was right.

It's time to start considering going public, just like other film and television companies of the same era!

At that time, fiber optics were still very weak in the film and television industry, with few works available, and their strongest focus was on media programs.

So he came up with a way to quickly increase the company's value and take it public.

That is to find the famous music company, Huayou Century.

And that was the beginning of his conflict with Huayi.

Mr. Wang's original plan was to merge Guangxian and Huayou Century to form Guangxian Huayou.

Huayou Century was listed on NASDAQ in 05, and Fiber Optics was trying to use it as a shell company.

Orange Sky's acquisition of Golden Harvest was a similar operation.

Orange Sky succeeded, while fiber optics failed.

One of the reasons for the failure was Huayi.

Because Huayou Century holds 51% of the shares of Huayi Music.

You now want to use a shell company to divest your important assets.

What will happen to my 51% stake?
Hua Yi was also thinking that once she went public and had money, she would redeem all of these shares.

If fiber optics were to fall into our hands, not only would it be difficult to get it back, but it would also benefit our opponents and put us at a disadvantage.

Hua Yi definitely wouldn't allow it, so she started stirring things up.

Ultimately, less than six months after announcing the merger plan, Fiber Optics and Huayou abruptly terminated their cooperation due to "strategic differences."

From then on, Fiber Optics abandoned its backdoor listing plan and began seeking an independent listing.

Anyway, Hua Yi did something that left Wang Changtian with psychological trauma.

These two companies were already rivals, and now they've become even more bitter enemies.

So when I heard that Huayi was going to blacklist Liu Qianqian, I was quite interested.

Sissi is undoubtedly one of the most valuable actresses today, and there would definitely be benefits if we could collaborate.

However, Hua Yi issued a strict ban and contacted various parties, even fiber optic companies found it troublesome.

It's not that it's impossible, it's just that it's not worth it.

Wang Changtian had always scoffed at Huayi's attempt to suppress him, considering it a bad habit within the imperial circle.

At the same time, everyone, not just fiber optics, is watching how well Huayi has done this time.

If the "Martial Arts Alliance Leader" can kill whomever he wants, and that's really true, other factions will have to be careful.

But now a "young hero" has suddenly appeared, leading a female prisoner being chased by the "martial arts alliance leader" through a series of serpentine maneuvers.

Sigh, I can't cut it.

I went out, then I came back in. Go ahead and hit me!
Just play.

You can blacklist her in the film and television industry, and you can blacklist her in the capital city.

What about in Shanghai, or overseas?

The arms aren't that long anymore.

Although Sisi still has difficulty obtaining film resources, due to Huayi's ban, she has been listed as a "high-risk" artist by major companies.

After Zhang Yuan's series of actions, people in the industry suddenly realized that the Maginot Line wasn't so great after all.

Although he couldn't act in movies, Zhang Yuan promoted him relentlessly, making him quite famous in the sports world both domestically and internationally, and he was featured in many newspapers.

The level of exposure is no lower than before.

Wang Changtian thought Zhang Yuan was despicable, and Huayi couldn't do anything about it.

I'll run around your territory in circles, you can't do anything about it now.

"Dancing on the edge of a knife, you probably can't find another person with that kind of courage." Wang Changtian was quite impressed.

"And this kid is cunning."

"He is also a shareholder of Huayi, so he chose a method that affects Huayi's reputation within the industry, but does not affect its reputation outside the industry or its market value."

"That way, his own interests won't be harmed."

"The balance is just right!"

"The Wang brothers must be feeling unwell right now."

"Look, this foreign newspaper even wrote that Liu Qianqian went to Europe for vacation on a private jet."

"This shows that even with Hua Yi's ban, that young lady is living quite comfortably."

This is why Zhang Yuan deliberately used an airplane for her – for packaging.

Huayi doesn't even have a plane, yet the people you've blacklisted are using one.

Zhang Yuan's goal was to make Hua Yi's ban seem less effective. However, he still maintained a semblance of decorum by preventing Liu Qianqian from making movies.

This way, it wouldn't violate Huayi's ban.

In case the other party fights him to the death.

Just like Zhang Yuan hugged Xu Qing's neck and kissed her passionately, drawing circles on her lower abdomen with his fingers, but just wouldn't get to the "main event".

Is it painful?

Sister Xu is already red-hot.

"But what good does he get out of doing this?" The secretary was genuinely puzzled this time: "He can't win a fight; he can only make the other side uncomfortable."

"You must not hate him."

“I don’t think so,” Mr. Wang said, stroking his chin. “He’s using this girl to make a fuss.”

“I think this is his protest, trying to get better treatment or some kind of benefit from Huayi.”

"After all, the value of united front work is earned through struggle, not begged for."

"The more he fights, the more he makes a scene, the more powerful he seems, and the more valuable he becomes."

Wang Changtian saw this layer.

After these magazines appeared, the two brothers, Huayi and his brother, also thought of this.

Just like back then, where did the 156 key projects and the $3 million loan provided by the Soviet Union come from?

It was won in the Korean War.

You're kneeling on the ground begging for food from the Russians?
Then you'll never get it in this lifetime.

Wang Changtian believes that what Zhang Yuan is doing is fighting against a powerful enemy. He doesn't need to win; just daring to fight and being able to fight is enough to prove his strength.

But that's just his opinion.

Because he had a grudge against Huayi, he was hoping someone would take care of them.

The reason he thought this way was because Zhang Yuan's actions had earned his approval.

Because his feelings for Zhang Yuan were complicated before.

Mr. Wang is not part of the Beijing film and television circle, so he can't get film and television resources in Beijing and can only cooperate with the Hong Kong film and television circle.

His main collaborator in the Hong Kong entertainment circle is Wong Pak-ming!
However, Huang Baiming and Zhen Zidan had a grudge against Zhang Yuan.

Furthermore, taking advantage of the "photo scandal," Zhang Yuan swiftly and unexpectedly brought various powerful figures in the Hong Kong entertainment circle to his side.

This has put fiber optics, which was originally linked with the Hong Kong entertainment circle, in a very difficult position.

But now, it's uncertain whether Zhang Yuan has realized his value in the united front work in Huayi.

However, the united front value of fiber optics has certainly been demonstrated.

Wang Changtian: Whoever is attacking Ping'an County, I, Chu Yunfei, will definitely lend a hand!
"Now is the perfect time to contact Zhang Yuan."

"In this way, with him and Liu Qianqian, we have not only gained the assistance of two popular celebrities at once."

"Zhang Yuan is still young. He is smart, but his judgment is not accurate enough."

"He clearly underestimated Hua Yi's abilities."

"Once the IPO is successful, the other party will definitely turn around and deal with him. He won't get away with it."

"But if we had lent a hand back then, wouldn't that have been a lifesaver?"

Wang Changtian pushed up his glasses: "We can do it!"

……

"Okay, when I get back to China, let's have a meal together and have a good chat."

"I've wanted to meet Mr. Wang for a long time, but I've never had the chance."

"Definitely, definitely. Fiber Optics is a company I greatly admire."

Meanwhile, Zhang Yuan, who had already settled in Hollywood, received a call from Wang Changtian himself.

After exchanging pleasantries, he hung up the phone.

"Are they planning to form a coalition to take down Hua Yi?"

"You want to use me as a spearhead, huh?"

"Wait until I'm injured or crippled, then you can take advantage of me." Zhang Yuan chuckled and tossed his phone to his assistant.

"What if I'm not injured or disabled?"

"That's good. Having more friends means having more options, which is better than having more enemies."

Zhang Yuan understood the other party's intentions and didn't dislike them.

He had already changed into the pure white suit of the White Ghost.

It has to be white, otherwise how could it be called a white ghost?

It must be said that Hollywood truly deserves its title as the world's premier film and television industry base.

Leaving aside equipment and personnel, the art design, such as props and scenes, is far superior to that in China!
He drew his personal katana; it was so exquisite, it was practically a work of art.

A flick of the finger produces a crisp sound, which tells you it's not a sham, but rather that good steel and craftsmanship were used.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself that he quite enjoyed watching "The Sword Forging Competition".

When the knife was turned to the side and shone in the light, it was truly a sight to behold, with its purple and blue hues, and countless rays of light and auspicious colors.

Of course, nothing in the world is perfect; everything has its flaws.

Take this prop knife for example. Zhang Yuan looked at it over and over, and its biggest drawback was that it was too big.

I have nowhere to hide!
If you can't fit it in your sleeve, you can tuck it into your trouser leg so your legs won't bend when you walk; it's too obvious.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan missed Brother Qian terribly, since their family had all practiced Tibetan knife fighting.

Besides his katana, Ghost's equipment also includes throwing stars, or shuriken.

It's still one of those all-metal double-layered darts, the kind with rings inside rings and spikes that can rotate independently.

The production team made hundreds of them, each one exceptionally exquisite.

This thing is the perfect size; it's just right as a "souvenir."

Zhang Yuan had already stuffed two into his pocket when he arrived.

These are all routine wear and tear on the production crew.

By the way, I'll use this little item to test how alert the film crew is.

He was really bored on the set of "Fast & Furious".

Because there was simply nothing to take action against.

You can't exactly carry a V8 engine home, can you?

This place is different; the props are more detailed and plentiful.

He first tested the waters with a shuriken, having set his sights on another of the White Ghost's items.

Hidden Blade!

It's not the Chinese style, but the kind used by the Eastern Depot or the Flying Guillotine troops in movies.

In 2007, a masterpiece worthy of being recorded in the annals of video games was released.

That is the famous Assassin's Creed series, developed and published by Ubisoft.

The production team got their inspiration from this game and designed the same hidden blade for Storm Shadow.

There's a spring at the bottom; if you pull the mechanism at the bottom of your palm, the blade will actually pop out.

I absolutely must have this!

I'm just waiting for my collection to grow by 1.

"Ah, you've finally arrived."

"With you here, we can film some of the more important fight scenes."

Director Stephen met with him.

Because Stephen Sommer is also the director of The Mummy series.

So this "G.I. Joe" movie is basically a "re-employment" event for the actors from "The Mummy".

The master of disguise eventually enters the White House, and the actor who plays Zatan, who replaces the president, is Arnold Voslow, who also played the high priest in "The Mummy".

The special forces instructor is played by the male lead from "The Mummy".

One of the doctors in the film is played by the actor who played the two-faced villain named Benny in the first "Mummy" movie.

There's also a whole bunch of behind-the-scenes staff, including cameramen, prop masters, and lighting technicians—all from the Mummy crew.

Director Stephen did this by bringing in his old team, and his purpose was quite simple.

It's the same old Hollywood problem: the power struggle between producers and directors.

He used his own people to consolidate his power on set.

The white guy pulled Zhang Yuan aside and said very bluntly.

Hey, Zhang.

“I know Michel, and he recommended you to me.”

Michelle is Yang Ziqiong.

“When the company was casting, I was on your side.”

"So, you should be one of my people, right?"

“Of course.” Zhang Yuan immediately adopted a “loyal” posture, as if saying, “If you do not abandon me, I am willing to become your godfather.”

“I came here because of your reputation, Paramount is nothing!” he muttered.

"Great, very energetic!" The director was very satisfied.

Although Stephen also got a producer's seat, his ranking was very low.

Paramount appointed the chief producer of "Transformers".

Transformers is Paramount's most profitable film right now, so the producer has a lot of say in the matter.

Large enough to allow for script revisions at any time.

The director forms cliques in the hope that more people will stand by him when conflicts arise.

Zhang Yuan readily agreed.

But in my heart I was thinking, you white people are fighting like dogs, what does it have to do with me?

I'm just here to steal props, no, to act. I don't care what you say.

I'll go back to China as soon as I finish this job.

But...

"Stephen, could you introduce me to the main actors in the film?"

Especially actresses... Zhang Yuan kept it to himself.

He remembered that the older women in the film were all quite attractive… (End of Chapter)