Actor: Thank you.

After receiving the call from the company, Zhang Yuan first called Huayi.

"Oh, that's good."

When Wang Zhonglei knew that he was going to make a guest appearance in "Baby Project", he happily said a few words of encouragement.

The reason why Zhang Yuan contacted him and why Xiao Wang was happy was because Huayi also invested in the movie "Baby Project".

Although it is not much, it still accounts for about 20% of the market share.

In order to develop rapidly, he must attract big-name stars to work with him.

Like Huayi, it has signed a large number of young actors and singers.

In fact, the cost of signing new people is very low. As long as one out of ten becomes a small hit, the investment can be recovered.

As long as one out of a hundred becomes a big hit, you can make money.

But these are just newcomers. Those mature and well-known actors are not so easy to fool.

The strategy adopted by Huayi is to be a celebrity shareholder, allocating a small amount of shares to well-known artists to attract them to join Huayi.

At its peak, Huayi used this tactic to almost make the scale of his agency business surpass that of his film production business.

Moreover, the net profit of the agent business is very high, unlike the movie business, which is good for holding the plate, but there are too many people sharing the meal on the same plate.

The company adopted another set of tactics, which became a common tactic in the mainland entertainment industry as it gradually matured.

Celebrities build their own studios or companies, and large companies invest in them.

The company is now a cooperative company established with Jackie Chan and Gu Tianle, and all of them are named after it.

This is also the reason why Gutian Le was able to stand in the first row with Boss Yang in later gatherings.

He is no longer an actor, but a boss.

The cooperation with Huayi is also to facilitate the screening of their own films in mainland China.

At the same time, the two companies also exchanged resources.

The "Baby Project" invested by Huayi gave the heroine role of his other film "The Clouds and Water Ballad" to Huayi's Li Bingbing.

Among the top ten Chinese-language film box office rankings in 06, three were films invested by Huayi, which shows how strong it was at this stage.

And looking at the top ten list, the Imperial circle and the Hong Kong circle each occupy four seats, evenly divided, and the Hong Kong circle is also very strong.

The remaining two films are "Crazy Stone", which is not included in any circle, and "Tokyo Trial", which was invested by the Shanghai circle.

Although the film "Tokyo Trial" was invested by the Shanghai circle, the actors and directors are all from the imperial circle...

It can be seen that the current film market is basically a market where the Imperial circle and the Hong Kong circle fight and cooperate with each other, and other interest groups can basically not intervene.

After Mr. Chen's photo was released, the Hong Kong circle was attacked. It was not until the rise of the Internet era 12 years later that the autocratic pattern of the imperial circle was completely broken.

Especially after Han Sanpin stepped down, the Empire Circle, which had led the Chinese film industry for more than 20 years, basically lay flat and could not rise again.

Zhang Yuan was very clear about how these things developed, so he chatted with Wang Zhonglei for a long time.

Because in the past ten years, Diquan is still the absolute overlord of China's film and television industry, so we have to be on good terms with it.

It just so happened that just as he had agreed, two more matters came up to him one after another, and both were from Hong Kong.

"How are you doing lately, Mr. Hao?" More than half a month later, Zhang Yuan received a call from Hao Qigang.

"I'm fine, as I said last time..."

The other party talked to him mainly about two things.

The first is to lead the club to Hong Kong to play a friendly match.

The General Administration is very concerned about this matter.

The main reason was that the game "Warcraft 3" was very popular, and "World of Warcraft" quickly became popular all over the world after its release at the end of 04.

The authorities want to use Li Xiaofeng, the world champion in a popular sport, to strengthen exchanges between young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

The second is the celebrity charity racing issue that Zhang Yuan mentioned before, which has already been approved by the Huo family.

It was decided to hold it in the near future, and Zhang Yuan was asked to quickly draw up the list and hand it over to them.

The other party also told him that the Hao family had arranged for himself and Guo Jingjing to be present in person to participate.

Zhang Yuan knew that the Huo family valued Guo Jingjing very much and regarded her relationship with Huo Qigang as a very important move for the family.

At the same time, the Huo family really gave him the task of drawing up the list as a good task.

Of course the other party knew what he was thinking and went along with it.

Of course, they also intend to sit back and wait and see how Zhang Yuan handles things in order to decide on subsequent cooperation arrangements.

Zhang Yuan readily agreed and then called Li Ruigang in Shanghai.

"Racing?"

Li Ruigang was stunned when he heard this topic.

However, he was well-informed and knew that Zhang Yuan had recently encountered some problems in the imperial capital.

But I didn't expect that he would get involved with the Huo family.

Although he is nominally the president of SMG, he actually also holds some positions in the Magic City government, and his sense of smell is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

With a slight change of mind, I understood what was going on.

"Okay, charity is a good thing. I can help you contact the Magic City Racing Circuit."

Unlike most racing tracks in other parts of the country, the Shanghai International Racing Track is not only the only racing track in China qualified to host world-class competitions, but is also an asset under the Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

In 96, the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat issued Document No. 94, which allowed Shanghai to establish an investment company under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission in a self-borrowing and self-repaying model.

Because it started with Document No. 94, the company was named Jiushi Group after its homonym.

All buses, subways, cruise ships and taxis in Shanghai are owned by this company.

The land and event operations of the Magic City Race Track are also in the hands of this company.

SMG is also a subsidiary of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, so SMG and Jiushi Group are actually sister companies.

This is also why Shanghai TV, which obviously does not have a strong foundation in racing, broadcasts major racing events all year round. They are actually from the same family.

Moreover, China's first F1 driver is not only from Shanghai, but also sponsored by Jiushi Group, which enabled him to enter the world-class Formula One arena.

Even Shanghai sports stars like Yao Ming and Liu Xiang have the shadow of Jiushi Group behind them.

If Li Ruigang comes forward, the Magic City Racing Circuit should be able to make time soon.

"It just so happens that if you come to Shanghai to hold a car race in a while, you can come and receive a prize." Mr. Li said with a smile.

"What award?" Zhang Yuan looked puzzled.

"Haha, your animation "My Baby Daughter, My Good Mother" won the annual animation ratings championship on our station."

"I helped you apply for SMG's annual domestic animation excellence award."

"Oh." Zhang Yuan thought to himself that it was good to pick one up for free.

"Don't be happy too soon." Li Ruigang suddenly lowered his voice.

Zhang Yuan's heart skipped a beat. Did he have to pay a price for the prize?
I don't sell my ass.

"Don't be happy too soon, because there will be even happier things to come." Mr. Li suddenly laughed, obviously teasing him on purpose.

Zhang Yuan: …

"If our station wins an award, we can apply for the recommendation list of excellent domestic animation by the Radio, Film and Television Administration."

"Given the ratings of your animation, I think it will be fine."

Li Ruigang feels scared when talking about this animation.

The highest viewership rating is 21.24%!

What kind of incredible achievement is this?

It even defeated the animations from other island countries that were broadcast at the same time.

The average viewership was also close to 14%.

After the other party’s explanation, Zhang Yuan, who didn’t know much about the animation industry, finally understood.

After getting on the recommended list of outstanding domestic animations that enter the radio and television, the production company will receive a bonus, but of course it is very little.

But the key is that since it is a government-supported project, you can get tax cuts!

This is awesome.

Therefore, generally only those with connections know about and can submit this kind of list application.

The benefits are all digested internally.

Moreover, after being on the list, the production company will also become famous, which will definitely be beneficial to the sales of subsequent works.

Zhang Yuan thought, could it be that Li Ruigang has a crush on me? Why is he so nice to me?

Then he counted with his fingers and finally understood.

"'Come on! Good Man' should have been aired..."

He was right.

As soon as this reality show was broadcast, the screen was filled with handsome young men, which immediately attracted the attention of the young female audience.

Coupled with the strong mentor and guest lineup that had already been advertised, the results were excellent after the first two episodes were aired.

The early ratings are already on par with last year's "Super Girl".

And the investment situation is very good. After just two episodes, more than ten brands have come to us.

The station has currently received 3000 million in title sponsorship fees and more than 2000 million in in-program advertising.

The SMS revenue from cooperation with operators is still several million.

That’s more than 5000 million.

It can be said that he has gained both fame and fortune!
After the industrial chain is formed in the later stage, the expected profit will be over 100 million, and Modou TV will make a fortune!

Naturally, President Li would not forget Zhang Yuan, who was credited with the plannership, so he returned the favor by arranging an award for him.

The Shanghai circle values ​​profit, so people who can bring them benefits are naturally treated as guests of honor.

After figuring this out, Zhang Yuan smiled slightly.

"In this case, we might as well make it closer."

He replied immediately.

"Boss Li, 'Come on! Good Man' should have aired by now, right?"

"Yes."

Hearing the other person's smile when he answered, he knew he had guessed correctly.

"How about this, since it's a charity car race and it's being held in Shanghai, why not invite the qualifiers from 'Go! Good Man' to come to the race as well?"

"Serve as a guest performer to warm up the competition."

"Okay!" Li Ruigang agreed immediately.

[Received thanks from Li Ruigang, Journalism Basics +1, Documentary Theory +1! ]

This kid has a quick brain!

Originally, for this racing competition, Jiushi Group collected tickets, and the Ho family collected donations. The Shanghai TV station was just broadcasting it, which didn't bring much benefit.

But now that these contestants can perform, it is equivalent to riding on the popularity of those big stars, which will definitely make the ratings of the show better.

Not bad, not bad. I like to work with people who can make trouble.

Zhang Yuan holds the power to draw up the list, and he knows very well that as long as he doesn't go too far and gets the job done, the Huo family will definitely turn a blind eye.

It is a good idea to seek benefits for yourself and your friends and consolidate your network of relationships.

After talking with Li Ruigang, Zhang Yuan smiled and thought about it.

"It seems like it's time to go to the animation company."

"Push them to come up with the next project as soon as possible."

"'Good Mom, Good Daughter' is just testing the waters to give the major TV stations a taste of the sweetness."

"The sheep and the wolf that are coming next are the highlight!"

Zhang Yuan was already imagining the scene of major TV stations competing to make bids.

Let’s settle the matter in Modu. With the CEO of SMG stepping in, everything will be smooth sailing.

Just after finishing the conversation, the bearded man called him again.

"What have you been busy with lately?"

Because of Yu Min’s incident before, the bearded man had a lot of opinions about him.

In fact, Huayi’s attitude towards him is the same, thinking that this young man is difficult to control.

Otherwise, Da Huzi and Huayi have a good relationship. They are the same kind of people.

But later, the short film in which Zhang Yuan came up with his advice became popular, and the bearded man benefited a lot from it, so he started to playfully chat with him again.

"I just finished the scenes in Xiaotangshan and I'm going to Hong Kong soon..."

Zhang Yuan had just said a few words when he heard the bearded man clapping his hands.

"What a coincidence!"

When Zhang Yuan heard him so excited, he knew that this old guy must be holding back. "The Return of the Condor Heroes will be broadcast on Hong Kong Jade Channel in the second half of the year."

"I just planned to take some people there to promote it."

"It's just right for you to go there. Take a few hours to attend the promotion meeting."

Zhang Yuan: …

You are just right.

It sounds nice, but no one ever gives money!
After finishing the work, he just ran away without even inviting me to dinner.

Every time I take a taxi, I don’t know who to ask for the ticket…

Forget it, forget it. If "The Return of the Condor Heroes" can be performed well in Hong Kong, it can also increase my popularity in the Hong Kong circle, which is somewhat beneficial.

In fact, not only in Hong Kong, "The Return of the Condor Heroes" will also be broadcast on Taiwan's CTS in the second half of the year.

The bearded man made a fortune from this movie!

Movies like "The Return of the Condor Heroes" that have a mass base sell very well.

In fact, "Wulin Waijia" has also been sold to Taiwan and will be broadcast on the eight major drama channels.

But Zhang Yuan knew that the film’s broadcast performance in Taiwan was very poor!

It's even worse than the performance of "The Ming Dynasty 1566" on Mango TV.

Only a pitiful 0.07%.

As a result, the TV station took the show off after eight episodes and rebroadcast "Dae Jang Geum" to fill the gap.

The reason for the poor broadcast performance is that Taiwan does not understand the jokes in the mainland and is not used to the dialect used by the actors in "Wulin Wai Zhuan"...

Otherwise, why do people in Shanghai call people from Taiwan "Taiwanese bastards"?

He is a real country bumpkin. He knows nothing and won't even look at good stuff.

And the people in Taiwan did not really not understand, because the following year they "imitated" "Wulin Wai Zhuan" and made a costume sitcom called "Jianghu.com".

The ratings turned out to be very good.

This made him wonder if there was some regional discrimination involved.

Big Beard is different from Boss Cai. Cai Yinong uses soft and hard tactics, while Big Beard is good at using the "sudden and sudden hammer drop" strategy.

"Well, it's settled then."

"I'll go to Xiangjiang to see you in a few days, that's all."

Before he could reply, this person hung up the phone without giving him a chance to veto.

Zhang Yuan scratched his head.

Going to Hong Kong, I have to make a cameo appearance in a movie.

I have to lead the team to play again.

We also have to promote the TV series.

I was kept busy for so long, but none of the work paid me...

Moreover, when going to Hong Kong, you have to buy souvenirs for a group of women, which have to be bags worth at least tens of thousands of dollars.

I'll have to pay a lot more!

Or I should pretend to be sick...

It is impossible to pretend to be sick. They are all debts of favor, and I have to do them.

I spent a long time swiping through the notebook and sorting out the itinerary.

He thought to himself that it was a good thing that he didn't let Li Xiaoran accompany him to Hong Kong.

Because even if I went, I wouldn't have time to play with her.

The next day, I went to Zhang Yimou's place and signed the contract for "Curse of the Golden Flower".

A few days later, he boarded a flight to Hong Kong.

Surrounded by people from the WE club.

With the experience of going to Singapore last time, this group of people started discussing which top hotel to stay in and where to eat shark fin rice as soon as they got on the plane.

They were talking happily, and no one mentioned who would pay the bill during the whole process.

Zhang Yuan slumped in his seat, his face full of black lines.

Don't ask, it's definitely me!

After getting off the plane, Zhang Yuan pulled Li Xiaofeng over to give him a few words of advice.

"Friendly match, understand what I mean?"

"Friendship first, competition second?" Li Xiaofeng replied blankly.

"That's good. Just be careful and don't shave your head. Do you understand?"

“I know!”

Someone from the Huo family came to pick them up at the airport and directly arranged for them to stay in their own five-star hotel.

You can eat as much lobster and abalone as you want, and you can cook as much king crab as you want.

It's for these players...

Zhang Yuan shook the other person's hand and thanked him profusely.

I finally fed these guys who were planning to eat me, and saved a lot of money.

Early the next morning, everyone in the club was taken to a gymnasium.

It is still the Huo family’s industry.

Don’t think that Li Jiachen is always said that Hong Kong is the Li family’s city.

It’s just that the Huo family is low-key and never shows off, but their real assets are no less than that of the Li family.

On the surface, the Hao family has assets worth 300 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In fact, there is more to the Lisboa Foundation than just this.

In fact, their family's net worth should be around 500 billion US dollars.

Compared with the Li family, they have much more and no less, but few people know what their assets are.

Moreover, the name of the Huo family has never been mentioned among the so-called four major families of Hong Kong.

What’s even more impressive is that most of their family’s assets are protected and recognized by the state.

Unlike the Li family, they seem to have a lot of money, but they need to show their loyalty everywhere and be taught a lesson by their white masters in no time.

Moreover, if the country does not recognize your property, it can find a reason to confiscate it when necessary.

Before the friendly match started, the chairman of the e-sports committee in Hong Kong specifically talked to Zhang Yuan for a long time.

The intention is to hold more domestic competitions and increase players' income.

Zhang Yuan immediately said that it was no problem. He personally contributed one million yuan every year to host the e-sports grand prix, and then attracted some sponsorship to expand the business.

This kind of money has to be spent because it can be seen from above.

After the game started, in addition to Li Xiaofeng, there were three other players from the club.

First there are three rounds of one-on-one fights, and then a final battle between generals. As the world champion, Li Xiaofeng will definitely be the last one to win.

This kind of competition would not be too intense, so Zhang Yuan was not very interested in it.

But as the team leader, he couldn't leave early, and he had to pretend that the competition was intense and he cared about it.

After sitting there for three hours, my face became stiff.

He thought that this job was no different from filming a movie, just pure acting...

After watching the first few games, he had a rough idea in his mind.

The players from Hong Kong are at least one level weaker than those from the mainland.

There is no way. There are few people, little money, and a poor training environment, so naturally our strength is not good enough.

Zhang Yuan was a little panicked.

Because they had already captured three cities in a row, the leader of the team from Hong Kong next door looked unhappy.

Before Li Xiaofeng went on stage, he quickly ran over and gave him instructions again.

"Friendly match, remember, friendly match!"

Li Xiaofeng gave him a firm look in return.

"Boss, don't worry about my awareness!"

As a result, as soon as he came on stage.

The first one took four and a half minutes to complete...

Zhang Yuan didn't even dare to turn around and look at the expression of the leader next to him.

He was so angry that he called for a timeout and called Li Xiaofeng to the bathroom to give him a scolding.

This person still feels aggrieved.

"I only used 70% of my strength, but who knew he couldn't even withstand my first wave of attacks."

Before the game started, the opposing team leader told Zhang Yuan that he wanted to see the "SKY style" playing style that won the world championship.

What kind of “SKY flow” is this in just four and a half minutes?

I just saw SKY and I wasn't moved at all.

"Anyway, you have to give me some water, okay?"

"If it doesn't work, just put it in the sea and operate it more slackly."

"I understand!" Li Xiaofeng showed a firm look again.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, if you don’t let me off, when we get back to the hotel, I’ll replace all the shark fins in your shark fin rice with Longkou vermicelli!
It should be said or not, after all, he is a world champion, so he just has to listen.

After the second game started, Li Xiaofeng's operations became noticeably slower, and Zhang Yuan could even see that he was letting the game go.

But the problem is that it’s too much!
While playing jungle, what happens if the hero is killed by a wild monster?

Zhang Yuan turned his head stiffly and found that the face of the leader next to him was even uglier than that of the four and a half minutes.

The way this water is released is somewhat humiliating.

After playing for fifteen minutes, Li Xiaofeng released a Pacific Ocean and typed GG, bringing the score of the general battle to 1:1.

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the general on the Hong Kong side.

I saw that although the opponent won, his face was full of despair.

It was as if a few big words were carved on the cheeks.

"I am a toy..."

In the last game, after Li Xiaofeng had been letting his opponent go for almost twenty minutes, he got a little more serious and defeated his opponent.

"It was such an exciting game." Zhang Yuan smiled awkwardly and stood up to shake hands with the opposing team leader.

"Yes……"

"I look forward to the next time Hong Kong players come to the mainland to compete. I will definitely lead the players to line the streets to welcome them!"

"Okay." The other party was already numb.

"How about this? Tomorrow I will hold a press conference in Hong Kong for the movie The Return of the Condor Heroes that I am starring in."

"There will be some celebrity performances. I'll give you some tickets so your contestants can come and relax."

"All right……"

When the other party saw that Zhang Yuan, a big star, was so polite and accommodating, most of his frustration disappeared.

After chatting with each other for a long time, we agreed to have dinner together in the evening and communicate.

Turning around, Zhang Yuan was blocked by Li Xiaofeng in the aisle.

"I asked you to relax, could you relax a little more?"

"I tried my best..." Li Xiaofeng replied somewhat aggrievedly.

"Can't you just let it go and pretend to lose in the final battle? You have to make mistakes in the jungle, that's too fake!"

"I'm afraid he won't be able to catch my attack."

Zhang Yuan: …

He suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

At the 09 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama.

In order to get the ball, Zhang Yining threw it to the ground.

It almost became the biggest stumbling block for the national table tennis team's plan to raise wolves...

"Can't you just... forget it." Zhang Yuan waved his hand, telling this guy to disappear from his sight quickly.

"Tsk, you have too little experience in the martial arts world and don't even know how to play the favor card."

He thought that when he went to the Magic City to race in the future, he couldn't be like Li Xiaofeng today... (End of this chapter)