Chinese Entertainment: Starting from 1996

Chapter 469: Influence and Sucker
Although Teng Huatao's ambition had become higher, he was indeed highly praised by the outside world at this time and was also being wooed by major film and television companies.

Just like Ning Hao, who made "Crazy Stone", even though they knew he was a contracted director under Huayi, other major film and television companies in the circle still wanted him to leave, either openly or secretly.

If we really compare them, Teng Huatao is more popular now than Ning Hao was back then.

Teng Huatao is not an unknown person. He is a newcomer in the film industry, but he is a veritable big director in the field of TV dramas.

In addition, the box office and influence of "Love Is Not Blind" were much higher than "Crazy Stone", which made Teng Huatao even more praised.

However, Teng Huatao was closely watched by Huayi, and they all belonged to the Beijing circle. Although he wanted to take control, he had no intention of leaving Huayi.

Even though Zhang Zhao of Jiahe personally tried to recruit him, Teng Huatao refused to accept the olive branch.

Although Zhang Zhao was a little disappointed about this, he did not take any other unnecessary actions.

Because Liu Zhou only expressed his concern for the movie but did not reveal his thoughts on the film's director, Zhang Zhao, like other company executives, was very optimistic about Teng Huatao.

After all, no one can ignore a director whose debut film ranked in the top ten of the Chinese-language film box office list.

Generally, there won't be too many surprises. His next movie will surely achieve good box office results. Even if he is the next Ning Hao, he will make a lot of money.

Therefore, no company would not want to own such a director who suddenly emerges and is able to produce blockbuster works.

However, Huayi is not a weak and unknown person, so it is still quite difficult to poach Teng Huatao.

As for Zhang Zhao, although Teng Huatao’s performance was impressive, Jiahe did not necessarily need him.

For Jiahe at present, no one is indispensable except Liu Zhou.

Since Teng Huatao refused to accept Golden Harvest's offer, Zhang Zhao did not insist. Anyway, all the proceeds from "Love Is Not Blind" had already been taken by Golden Harvest.

The huge success of "Love Is Not Blind" not only brought huge benefits to Golden Harvest and Teng Huatao, but also brought the biggest benefits to the two leading actors of the film, Zhu Yawen and Yang Mi.

Zhu Yawen is a first-line actor in mainland China. After signing with Golden Harvest, he starred in a series of hit TV series including "Crossing the Guandong", "Going West" and "Snow Leopard".

In addition, with the powerful background of Golden Harvest behind him, his fame has been transformed into influence.

Zhu Yawen can now be said to be the mainland male actor second only to the four young actors in the mainland, namely Qin Hao, Huang Xiaoming, etc.

Next, Golden Harvest is actually planning to let Zhu Yawen start to move into the film industry, but of course that doesn’t mean she will stop acting in TV dramas in the future.

Jiahe’s positioning for Zhu Yawen, Zhang Yi and Yang Mi is the same. They will still be the main actors in the TV series, but they will also be provided with film resources.

After all, for actors, they actually prefer to act in movies, and Golden Harvest cannot always suppress them.

But it is impossible for Jiahe to only provide them with film resources in the future and stop acting in TV series. There are still Qin Hao, Liu Ye and others ahead of them.

What's more, mainland first-line male actors such as Qin Hao and Liu Ye can also act in TV dramas, so they have nothing to be unwilling about.

According to the plan, he was supposed to be arranged with film resources starting from next year, but plans could not keep up with changes, and Liu Zhou directly designated Zhu Yawen to play the leading actor in "Love Is Not Blind".

Except for Zhang Zhao and a few other senior executives, other people in the company were not very aware that this movie was promoted by Liu Zhou, so even within Golden Harvest, people were not optimistic about "Love Is Not Blind".

In fact, Zhu Yawen himself felt the same way and thought it would be difficult for this movie to succeed.

But this was arranged by the higher-ups after all. Since he joined Golden Harvest a few years ago, the company has never let him down, so regardless of public or private reasons, Zhu Yawen felt that he could not refuse.

And no matter what, this is his first movie in which he plays the leading role. Although he has acted in many movies before, he always played supporting roles and never played the leading role.

Being able to play the leading role in the movie this time, even if the movie may flop, it can be regarded as a new beginning for him in the film industry.

But this movie that I didn't think highly of turned out to be a hit, and a huge hit that was beyond my expectations.

He also suddenly became the most popular male actor in mainland China and was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

Although his current popularity is only temporary, the movie "Love Is Not Blind" can be said to have paved a smooth road for him in the film industry.

It even helped him open up a comedy track.

Not only that, it also greatly increased his popularity and influence.

Zhu Yawen's current popularity is comparable to that of Wen Zhang after the release of "Love Is Not Blind" in the original time and space. Needless to say, how popular Wen Zhang was at that time.

He had a certain confidence to be so arrogant and act like a big shot at that time. If his reputation had not been ruined later, the news about his arrogance would have been suppressed.

Zhu Yawen is so famous now, and although he feels a little inflated in his heart, he has the support of Jiahe and he is not the kind of person who would act recklessly when he is successful, so he remains as low-key as ever.

Yang Mi is similar. Now she is the leader among all the young actresses in China with the movie "Love Is Not Blind". Among the actresses born in the 80s, only Liu Yifei can surpass her in box office and popularity.

Looking back on her eight years at Rongxinda, she had always been tepid, and it was only through her own connections and hard work that she became famous with "Chinese Paladin 3".

Moreover, after she became famous, she was pulled by the two bosses of Rong Xinda to play a supporting role for the company's prince, which made her speechless.

So after the contract expired, Yang Mi decisively changed jobs and left.

At the time, she was a little confused, not knowing whether to jump into the Hong Kong circle or accept the invitation from Huayi, which was trying hard to expand its cast in order to go public.

But she didn't expect that at this time she actually received an invitation from Golden Harvest Group, and it was Zeng Jia, who was known as the number one agent in the country, who called her personally to recruit her.

Now Yang Mi didn’t have to worry anymore and directly chose to join Golden Harvest.

Anyone should know how to choose. Jiahe is not only stronger and has more opportunities and resources, but is also famous for its ability to promote people.

In addition to these, Golden Harvest also has a lot of business resources, which means it can make more money.

Currently, the main source of income for actors is not film remuneration, but commercial endorsements.

For someone like Yang Mi who has career ambitions and wants to make money, Jiahe is the best choice.

Of course she also wanted to join Golden Harvest, but at that time Golden Harvest rarely signed people, so she didn't think she would be able to sign with Golden Harvest. Unexpectedly, the surprise came so suddenly.

Every month after joining Golden Harvest, she immediately felt the professionalism and strength of the big company.

The first thing was to control the quantity and quality of her commercial performances, and turn down all those that cost a lot of money but were of poor quality.

Rong Xinda knew that Yang Mi could not be retained, but it had been trying hard to squeeze out the last bit of value from her, and it could be said that it accepted all commercial performances. This has a great impact on artists. If they perform too much, it will be difficult for them to get endorsements from big brands in the future.

Jiahe built Yang Mi according to Fan Xiaopang’s template, so this kind of behavior that affects commercial value must be abandoned immediately.

In addition, Golden Harvest also sent her press releases one after another to establish her image, and soon afterward helped her get three endorsements, which completely brought out her fame as one of the four little beauties.

As for film and television resources, compared with Rongxinda's stinginess, Jiahe directly gave her a handful of them to choose from.

Now the drama "Love Is Not Blind" has made her a popular actress in the circle. It can be said that apart from the "Four Dan" and "Bride" and Liu Yifei, no other female artist is as popular as her.

You know, Yang Mi has only joined Jiahe for less than a year, but what she has gained in Jiahe in less than a year is more than what she gained in Rongcxun in eight years, both in terms of fame and wealth.

And like Zhu Yawen, this movie also helped her open the door to the film industry.

So Yang Mi was particularly glad that she was able to join Golden Harvest, otherwise this good opportunity would not have been hers.

Although she didn't think "Love Is Not Blind" was a good opportunity before.

Now that the movie hasn’t been completely released yet, the company has already helped her get two more endorsements, and is negotiating for two more, all of which are well-known domestic brands.

At the same time, many scripts were handed to her, including movies and TV series, all of which featured female protagonists.

However, the project of "Love Is Not Blind" has not been completed yet, and the film has not yet been finished, so she is not in a hurry now.

The movie "Love Is Not Blind" not only boosted the share price of Golden Harvest Group and made a fortune at the box office, but also helped Golden Harvest to produce two first-line actors.

This is also why Golden Harvest is the biggest winner, taking almost all of the film’s revenue.

Of course, some people are happy, some are depressed, and some regretful.

Bona Film Group, Chairman’s Office.

Ever since the first day box office figures of "Love Is Not Blind" came out, Yu Dong couldn't stop sighing.

When Teng Huatao failed to get investment from Huayi, the first person he looked for was Yu Dong. After all, he was a colleague of his father Teng Wenji when he worked at the Beijing Film Studio.

He and Teng Huatao were familiar with each other, but because he was not optimistic about the film, he refused to invest in it, which gave Golden Harvest an opportunity.

Bona will be listed on NASDAQ at the end of the year. Although the huge success of "Love Is Not Blind" in China does not have much impact on the United States, it can at least boost its momentum and still have some effect on some investment institutions.

This is also good news for Bona's listing, at least it can boost its stock price.

Now we can only watch Golden Harvest making huge profits.

A blacksmith must have strong tools himself. After all, distributing other people's movies is too passive. You also have to invest in and make blockbusters yourself.

Yu Dong picked up several projects on the table in front of him. These were all the films that Bona would invest in next year, including Wang Jing's "The God of Wealth Inn", the co-production "I Know Women's Heart" starring Andy Lau and Gong Li, and "Guan Yunchang" starring Zhen Zidan.
There are many films, but what is missing is a big investment and big production.

Yu Dong thought about it and informed his assistant to make an appointment with Mr. Yang from Emperor Entertainment Group. They are currently preparing for "New Shaolin Temple" with Jackie Chan, so he must try his best to get it. He heard that Huayi also wants to participate in this project, so he can't let it fall into Huayi's hands.

Compared with Yu Dong's sighing, Wang Changtian was so regretful that his intestines turned green.

Yu Dong's missing out on "Love Is Not Blind" did not have much impact on Bona's listing, but for Guangguang, it involved a market value of hundreds of millions or even billions.

In the middle of next month, Guangxian will be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's Growth Enterprise Market. It is a super dark horse of the year, and a movie like "Love Is Not Blind" that has caused social topics. For Guangxian, the stock price will increase by at least 10 points.

If Wang Changtian had invested the money when Teng Huatao came to attract investment, he would have the confidence to push the market value of Guangxian to the 10 billion mark!

Otherwise, with the two blockbusters "Full Alert" and "Ip Man" produced by Guangguang this year, which both flopped, it would be good enough to be able to maintain the opening price, let alone a market value of tens of billions.

This movie slipped away right under my nose, and I have no one to blame but myself.

Before, Wang Changtian was thinking of waiting for "Love Is Not Blind" to flop so that he could step on Golden Harvest. Now it seems that he is the clown.

If Yu Dong and Wang Changtian regretted it, then the Wang brothers would be so angry that they would vomit blood.

This movie was originally the meat on Huayi's lips, but he didn't eat it himself and gave it to others.

Or it's just that the opponent doesn't get along with me. It's so frustrating.

Not only did it make Golden Harvest a huge profit, it also produced two first-tier stars. What made them most jealous was the rise in the share price of Golden Harvest Group.

If this movie was released by Huayi, the impact on Huayi's stock price would be even more obvious.

Faced with billions in profits, even Wang Zhongjun, who was good at cultivating his qi, couldn't help but slam the table. This was the only way he could vent his frustration.

Wang Zhonglei rejected this film at first, and then he was asked for his opinion. At that time, he rejected it without even thinking about it.

A TV drama director, an unpopular subject, and a not-so-hot novel, no one believed that this could sell.

However, the reality is so strange that the unpopular movies are no longer popular, and the blockbusters that should be popular have all failed.

Wang Zhonglei, who was standing next to him, also looked extremely embarrassed. Teng Huatao approached him three times, but he declined each time.

This time, he can be said to have given the money to Jiahe to make money. I guess his behavior of giving money away will be regarded as stupid by people in the industry for some time to come.

And now we have to pay more benefits to win over Teng Huatao, otherwise he will definitely be poached by someone else.

Now, Teng Huatao cannot be allowed to leave Huayi at any cost, otherwise the entire Huayi will become a laughing stock in the circle.

Compared to others, Liu Zhou was of course in a very good mood.

Although he is focusing on the promotion of "Interstellar", but now that the topic of "Love Is Not Blind" is so hot, it is hard for him not to pay attention to it.

He also saw the profits this movie brought to Golden Harvest, and the impact it had was even more exaggerated than that of a blockbuster movie.

However, for Liu Zhou, it is just a concern at most. His main energy is still focused on "Interstellar", which he has high hopes for.

It is now late November, and "Interstellar" has entered its final film promotion period.

(End of this chapter)