Actor: Thank you.

A few days later, the sea was calm and the clouds were light.

Zhang Yuan did not take any action and everything returned to normal.

Apart from Cheng Hao, no one else knew what had happened.

Zhang Yuan completely suppressed his emotions.

Because getting angry now, or even confronting Hua Yi or Yao Cheng, will not have any impact on the outcome of the matter.

Zhang Yuan carefully studied the call records between Yao Cheng and Xiao Wang.

We had been in touch occasionally before.

It's not a big deal.

There are many actors who are very smart.

The contract signed between Yao Cheng and himself was not long, and he had no intention of staying with him for too long.

Moreover, this person has always been ambitious, but she is not as good at scheming as Zhao Yanzi, nor as good at networking as Fan Bingbing.

She is currently considered a popular female star in her own company, and there will definitely be someone stronger than her in the future.

If she tries to climb up the social ladder and move to Huayi after the contract expires, I won't say anything.

To be honest, Yao Cheng and Hua Yi's styles are quite compatible.

They all have dirty butts.

But after Zhang Yuan checked the time, he found that the time when Yao Dazui and Xiao Wang started to have frequent contact was exactly the time when he was dealing with the affairs of the "Home with Kids" crew.

She felt that she was in trouble and immediately thought about jumping off the boat.

Huayi would naturally like to see this kind of "smart person".

Zhang Yuan also understood that Hua Yi had always treated his place as a pig farm.

Just fish after it’s fattened up, right?

Hua Yi must take a long-term view on this matter. It is far from the time to turn against them, and I don't have the ability to do so now.

As for Yao Cheng.

That would be unkind of you and unjust of me.

Let’s settle our accounts slowly.

The May Day Golden Week is coming soon.

A large group of Zhang Yuan's men took a plane to the Magic City together.

There is a charity car race during the day and a gala on Shanghai TV at night.

Among the crowd that went there was Yao Cheng.

After knowing this, Cheng Hao thought that he must first stop all the resources and contracts that Yao Cheng had obtained from the company.

But doing so would only alert the enemy.

The spots for the party and racing in Shanghai have been booked long in advance.

If things are suddenly disrupted at the last minute, it will affect your relationship with the relevant units and easily cause a lot of trouble.

So he didn't agree, and everything remained the same.

"Yao Cheng, how was your driving practice going?" Zhang Yuan asked with a kind smile on the plane.

They even specially arranged a women's racing seat for her, thinking that they were taking care of their own people.

"I've practiced before, but... as long as I don't crash the car today, it will be considered a success." Yao Dazui grinned.

Zhang Yuan saw that she was smiling very easily, and thought that her acting skills in real life were much better than in her works.

Just like nothing happened.

The two of them acted like this all the way.

Yao Cheng was relieved after seeing Zhang Yuan's condition.

Life went on as usual and the contract for "Lost" was signed.

This means that the young boss didn't notice anything unusual.

It seems that I have done a good job of keeping secrets.

After landing, we went to the Magic City Racing Circuit to prepare.

See Zhang Yuan having lively exchanges with a large number of celebrities.

Yao Cheng muttered.

The resources on his side are not bad either.

But after all, he was born a peasant and could not compare with Huayi's network of connections.

Just like in many other trades, the people who look down upon the "mud legs" the most are often the mud legs themselves.

This is also a kind of convert mania.

Her secret negotiations with Hua Yi have entered the final stage.

We are discussing the resource treatment after the transfer.

Before leaving, I got a TV series from Zhang Yuan, and I can get new resources when I arrive at Huayi.

My acting career will surely take off quickly!
Moreover, Yao Cheng could clearly feel that Hua Yi valued her very much.

The reason should be related to her identity as Zhang Yuan's subordinate.

She doesn't care what problems Zhang Yuan and Hua Yi have.

Anyway, as long as I can get real benefits, it's fine.

As for his current boss, “Will this be too hurtful to him?”
She doesn't care.

Because Huayi had promised her that there would be a way to make Zhang Yuan terminate the contract.

If any consequences arise, Huayi will bear all of them.

Besides, Yao Cheng is someone who can buy publicity, hire paparazzi, and deliberately discredit her ex-husband.

This trick was later learned by Dong Jie and used on Teacher Pan.

She could turn against her former lover, her husband who had spent a lot of effort and all the family resources to help her get started.

It couldn't be easier for her to fall out with Zhang Yuan.

There is no psychological pressure at all.

In the entertainment industry, people with this kind of personality can often climb higher and faster.

After the women's competition in the morning, Yao Cheng ranked last.

But what matters is not the ranking, but the exposure.

After the game, a group of media surrounded her in the interview area for interviews.

She was intoxicated by the feeling of being the center of attention.

"You performed well just now."

"No." Zhang Yuan was still joking with her.

"Haha, I will try to get one of the top three in the women's group for the company next year." Yao Cheng said hypocritically.

Next year...

Zhang Yuan also replied in a perfunctory manner: "We agreed not to go back on our word."

"If you can't do it, you will have to lead the way and drink three glasses of wine at the dinner after the game next year."

Next year...

Yan Ni, Sha Yi, Fan Ming, Jiang Chao and others also came to the Magic City.

But Zhang Yuan did not arrange any seats for them in the racing car.

Because several of them had to go to the Magic City TV Station with Yao Cheng in the afternoon to conduct the final rehearsal before the evening party.

Shanghai TV has always wanted to have Zhang Yuan sing or perform at the May Day Gala.

They even said that if he was too busy, he could skip the first few rehearsals and auditions and just come to the last two trial performances.

But he finally didn't agree.

However, it did not completely reject the reputation of Shanghai TV.

He replaced him with someone who was of a "higher grade" than himself.

Zhang Yuan pushed Jay Chou to the May Day party in Shanghai.

When Shanghai TV heard that they could get Jay Chou to come, they said it didn't matter if Zhang Yuan didn't come.

Zhang Yuan: …

Am I so shameless?

However, when it comes to the music industry, Jay Chou is currently the top figure.

There were a lot of parties looking for him, but he didn't want to respond.

Zhang Yuan invited Jay Chou to the party not only to gain face with Shanghai TV.

It’s for publicity!

"Secret" has completed post-production, editing, and has passed review, and is roughly scheduled to be released.

The film will be released in the relatively good summer season.

The concept of summer season originated from Spielberg's "Jaws".

It was released in 75 and earned over million US dollars at the box office!
Just come up with a proper noun.

Just like the concept of the Lunar New Year period.

Many people say that the Lunar New Year box office was created by Feng Xiaogang, but that is not true.

Director Feng is the long-term leader of the mainland's Lunar New Year box office and also a beneficiary.

But the concept of the Lunar New Year holiday was actually first introduced from Hong Kong.

Founded by several generations of comedians in Hong Kong.

The earliest one was Xu Guanwen's "Modern Bodyguard", followed by a series of comedy films such as "The Rich and the Powerful", "My Lucky Stars", and then to the later era of Stephen Chow.

However, Director Feng also deserves great credit. Before the appearance of his Lunar New Year films such as "Party A and Party B", "Never Ending", and "See You Tomorrow", the mainland did not even have a Lunar New Year period, let alone a Spring Festival period.

In the early years, cinemas could close during the Spring Festival because Chinese people did not have the habit of watching movies during the New Year.

It is true that Director Feng started the trend of watching movies during the Spring Festival.

The original schedule for "Secret" was supposed to be around mid-July to the end of July.

What will happen during this period of time?

"Transformers", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".

These two films alone can kill all domestic films of the same period. If you join them, you will be killed.

Jiang Zhiqiang talked to him and said that if it didn’t work then just postpone it.

Until August.

August is also in the summer vacation period.

When students are on vacation, cinema business will be relatively better, which is good for the box office.

But Zhang Yuan still shook his head and refused.

Because August isn’t easy either!

There’s Shrek the Third and John Woo’s The Mouth of Heaven.

To be honest, Zhang Yuan didn't take Wu Baige seriously.

Ever since "Windtalkers" exploded at the box office, it was a real explosion. With an investment of 1.2 million US dollars, the global box office was only 7000 million.

It directly bankrupted MGM.

It was after this film that MGM was acquired by Sony.

A century-old store was destroyed in your hands.

This made the once glorious director Wu... He was one of only four directors in Hollywood at that time who had the final editing rights, and the only Chinese among the four.

But one misstep led to eternal regret, and he went from being a hot commodity in the white film and television industry to becoming Wang Zhihe.

Moreover, Zhang Yuan felt that this person seemed to have gone insane after the failure of "Windtalkers".

I have to make a big production out of no reason.

He seems to have forgotten that he became famous by making action movies.

After he arrived in Hollywood, he produced several successful commercial works, including "The Last Target", "Broken Sword" and "Face/Off", which were actually all action films at heart and did not deviate from his original profession.

But once it comes to shooting a big blockbuster, a big production, according to General Fan, “I don’t have the ability to do it!”
But there are a group of companies in mainland China who are willing to support him.

Zhang Yuan is not afraid of his "Tiantangkou".

"Shrek the Third" was great, but the audience for cartoons was limited at that time.

The problem is that Zhang Yuan just finished filming "Rush Hour 3" a few months ago and it is also scheduled to be released in August!

"Rush Hour 3" is also a film produced by the two of them, with Zhang Yuan starring in the lead role and Jiang Zhiqiang responsible for its distribution in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland.

Wouldn't that be like hitting yourself?
You are competing with yourself for food.

Moreover, the publicity and promotion will conflict with each other, not only wasting resources but also failing to maximize profits.

In the end, Zhang Yuan went to see Lao Han and Yang Buting under the pretext of discussing the filming of "Crazy Racing".

After struggling for a long time, I finally got an excellent position.

It will be released ahead of schedule, in early July.

There are no imported blockbusters lurking around during this period.

Because in the Chinese film industry, there is a very special thing called "Domestic Film Protection Month".

In theory, even if it is a joint venture between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, as long as it is not a blockbuster with overseas revenue sharing, it can be "protected".

In 04, the first film to reap the benefits was House of Flying Daggers.

It has to be Lao Mouzi!
Does he need protection?

But he is the only one who has this face.

It has to be said that many of the dividends in the early film industry were created by Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping together.

The "Domestic Film Protection Month" is like the virgin in the Jiaofangsi. Everyone has heard of it, but no one has ever seen it.

Because there has never been any written document about this, it was communicated "verbally" from above.

Moreover, neither the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television nor the China Film Corporation publicly acknowledges the existence of the "Domestic Film Protection Month."

This is very interesting.

Therefore, the month from June 6th to July 10th every year is actually the home theater for many "mission movies" and those with connections.

Moreover, many Hollywood blockbusters have come to their senses and started to play with the "edge".

It means that the film is released two or three days before the protection month. In this way, the film does not premiere in the protection month, but is mostly released in the middle of the protection month.

The problem is that you don't have a specific file.

Therefore, the best time is to protect the end of the month because you won’t encounter imported blockbusters with bugs.

Zhang Yuan tried every possible means to secure the "safe" schedule at the end of the month for "Secret".

This is a schedule prepared for people with connections. I am also a person with connections!

And when Zhang Yuan took a look, he wondered what kind of films were shown during this year's Conservation Month.
"Old Port Story", "Shanghai Night", "Tracking"...none of them can compete.

If "Secret" comes into this pile, wouldn't it be a random killing?

Unlike last year, when we had The Banquet.

Jiang Zhiqiang was also extremely happy when he heard the news.

Lian said that he would invite him to dinner in Hong Kong when the time comes.

In the evening, the May Day Gala of Shanghai TV Station will start.

Zhang Yuan just sat in the front row as a spectator.

After a while, the host will hand him the microphone and he will say some blessings and that's it.

He had no interest in watching the show, but instead, together with the eldest son of the Huo family, he listened to Yang Siwei's report on today's car race ticketing and advertising revenue.

This is a 20% increase over last year!

The situation in ticketing is actually similar, with the bulk of the revenue coming from the growth of advertising.

Seeing how popular it was last year, many people came forward to sponsor this year.

The eldest son of the Huo family smiled broadly.

The old man just passed away not long ago, and now is the time to test his abilities.

The rule set by the old man of the Huo family before his death was that the eldest branch would take the lead, and the other branches would get dividends, but they had to keep a low profile and not show up in public at will.

But if the first branch has no capable successor and the old man is gone, it is possible that the other branches will become restless.

Because Huo Lao is still a pure love warrior, his second wife is his first love.

Not only that, when Mr. Huo borrowed high-interest loans and took huge risks to transport medicines and supplies for the country during the war, this second wife also contributed a lot.

He was her first love, a capable man, and they had shared hardships together, so this guy was never convinced.

Who knows, it might become like the fight between several families in the gambling king's family in future generations.

Now that charity activities are so successful, the influence and foundation income are very gratifying, which undoubtedly has a certain stabilizing effect on the rule of the first house.

Hao Qigang was naturally happy.

After all, if the eldest son's family is stable, his position will be stable.

vice versa.

When the party reached its climax, Jay Chou came to the center of the stage surrounded by a group of female dancers in blue and white dance dresses.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump..."

A familiar tune sounded and Zhang Yuan smiled knowingly.

He arranged for Jay Chou to come because he wanted him to sing the song "Blue and White Porcelain" for the first time in the world at the party!

Use the party platform to expand influence.

At the same time, it can save the money of holding a separate press conference.

At the same time, the MV is also ready.

Zhang Yuan went to Youku and agreed with Gu Yongqiang that it would be the exclusive first release on Youku.

The other party also guaranteed that it would be locked on the homepage for the first three days, and then adjustments would be made based on the number of views and downloads.

He did all this to promote and generate hype for "Secret" in advance.

Let’s first increase the popularity of the leading actors!
The song "Blue and White Porcelain" ignited the enthusiasm of the whole audience.

The "Wulin Waijia" reunion sketch that took place on stage afterwards was even more eye-catching.

Zhang Yuan watched Yao Cheng's performance from the audience, smiling and clapping his hands.

But there was a hint of coldness in his smile.

These guys are pretty good.

But when Wang Fei, the finale performer, came on stage, I realized that the title of Queen of Heaven was not given for nothing.

The scream scared Zhang Yuan so much that he covered his ears.

The people he arranged are all pillars of the company.

So after the party, Li Ruigang insisted on taking him out for a midnight snack.

He was taken to a fly-in-the-wall restaurant in the city center of Demon City.

Although it was not like before, we went to big restaurants with excellent environment and service.

But when you come to a small shop that is not recommended by friends but is your favorite, it will seem closer.

This person still talks about his own business every other sentence.

As we ate and drank, we soon started talking about the National Day, including the personnel and schedule of the Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, the earliest TV Spring Festival Gala was held in Shanghai.

The first CCTV Spring Festival Gala was in 83.

As early as the New Year's Eve in 59, Shanghai staged a series of variety shows on television, including Peking opera, Ping opera, storytelling, and ventriloquism.

I have to say, the entertainment in Shanghai is quite trendy.

The matter in the Demon City has been dealt with.

In the next few days, he stayed at home calmly, drinking tea, practicing calligraphy and boxing, waiting to join the group.

Also waiting.

drop by drop...

Finally, his cell phone rang.

"Zhang Yuan, come out for dinner when you have time. I want to talk to you about something."

Wang Zhonglei's smiling voice came from the receiver.

"Okay, you set the time."

Zhang Yuan understood that it was time for a showdown! (End of this chapter)