Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 664 Stay Away from This Person

On November 11, amidst the chaos, "Bad Angels" and "Detective Chinatown 24" were released as scheduled.

The former of these two films was produced by Guang Guang and the latter by Yutu. As expected, there was no Huayi's "Old Cannon", which was really defeated by the principal.

Of course, this is the opinion of people in the circle. Many netizens outside the circle are not sure that it was the principal who did it. Even if they know, there is no broad consensus. In the final analysis, it was the school idol who did it.

On the first day of its release, "Bad Angels" broke the 1.5 million box office; in contrast, "Detective Chinatown 9186" only earned million, almost million less than the former.

The light is still awesome, but no one is targeting them. Now is the time when Huayi and Yutu are fighting the most intensely.

However, after the release of the movie "Bad Angels", it was criticized by the audience as a terrible movie that was so bad that it was deeply rooted in their hearts, the worst movie ever.

Deng Chao and his wife were scolded harshly. This time, Deng Chao's character was ruined, and his wife's character was also ruined. His wife's career in the film industry was directly cut off, and even after returning to the TV industry, he is not as influential as before.

Someone asked him why he always hung out with Yu Baimei, who should Deng Chao find? Who would accept him?
It is already very embarrassing for him as a star. It is not that the first-line directors cannot afford him, but he also looks down on them. The first-line directors all have their own teams, so it is not up to him to decide whether to invite him or not.

If you want to stay competitive, you can only become a director yourself or find a director to collaborate with.

Just like Shen Teng has his own circle; Chen Sicheng and Wang Baoqiang have their own circle; Guo Fan and Lu Yang have their own circle; Ning Hao and Xu Guangtou have their own circle.

Just tell me which circle can accommodate Deng Chao.

The best performing film of this Lunar New Year holiday was "Mojin: The Lost Legend", which grossed over 7 million yuan in 7.2 days.

Compared with the previous life, it is about 2 million less.

This also proves that although Yutu is being targeted, it is still very capable. The movies it shoots are of high quality, the plots are interesting, and the IP is also very awesome. Even if it is being targeted, it cannot stop people's enthusiasm for watching movies.

This is also the advantage that Fang Hong has accumulated over the years. He has both the industrial chain and the IP, and he is isolated from the influence of external forces to the greatest extent.

Just when the film market is still booming, explosive news has appeared on the Internet again.

"Secret marriage and illegitimate children, three generations of ancestry!"

Zhu Yirong’s negative influence was triggered, leaving no time for people to react, and the counterattack came quickly.

Moreover, the entire message was very detailed, saying that his wife was his first love in college and they have been in love for ten years. It also posted pictures and mentioned the name, making it very credible.

He also talked about the reason for "three generations returning to the clan", which is that his grandfather married into the family, and marrying into the family means that the children born in the future will take the grandmother's surname.

However, Chinese people are very particular about which surname their children take, so there is a saying that the third generation after marrying into the man's family will take back the man's surname.

Zhu Yirong also complained a lot and immediately issued a statement saying that this was a rumor and called on everyone not to believe in rumors, not to spread rumors, and not to make rumors.

However, it was useless and not convincing enough. The whistleblower also claimed to be a "private fan" of Zhu Yirong, and the information included pictures and names, which made it highly credible.

But this statement only calls on everyone not to believe in rumors, and does not explain the reasons.

"I just finished watching it, and I don't know whether I am shocked by the act of having a child out of wedlock or the fact that they secretly married and had a child."

"Why don't you admit it? When your child goes to school and someone asks you who your father is, you can't answer. That's too much!"

"His wife's real name was exposed, and he even knew everything about his grandfather's generation. It's creepy to watch. This is much more advanced than the entertainment reporters!"

"He's not young anymore, it's normal for him to get married and have kids, the 'private life fans' these days are really scary."

Some people spoke up for Zhu Yirong, while others expressed their disappointment in him. His fans’ betrayal and betrayal put him in danger of losing his reputation.

Stars like him are already highly dependent on their fans. Without traffic, they have little value, and the negative news that has been exposed also has moral implications.

Soon Zhu Yirong’s agent said he would take legal action, but that’s a story for another time.

But everyone in the entertainment industry saw this, but no one spoke out. Everyone knows that Huayi was behind this, and Alibaba was manipulating it, and Weibo was online 24 hours a day.

Now everyone in the entertainment industry is waiting to see how the situation develops. They dare not look down on the principal or provoke Huayi.

Even if some people had secretly participated in grabbing endorsements, appearances, and activities, and even followed Huayi in scolding the principal, they have stopped.

This was no longer a game they could play. It was just that Huayi and the principal were too busy to take advantage of the situation and take advantage.

You know, if the principal didn't take action, it would have been fine, but once he took action, Huanrui was brought down. This made many people sober up.

Huanrui is now begging for help everywhere, mainly because once the school hunk is gone, all the resources and funds Huanrui has poured into him will go down the drain.

Even many film and television projects have suffered heavy losses. These are direct losses, and brand endorsements must compensate for indirect losses.

This is because most endorsements have "moral clauses" that explicitly require artists to maintain a good public image, and if they fail to do so, they will have to pay compensation.

Anyway, Huanrui has been hurt a lot in this wave, and they are also a big company.

But then again, once the school hunk is gone, Zhu Yirong is in danger of losing his reputation, and other artists in the entertainment industry will naturally be able to share their benefits.

For example, young actors such as Zhang Ruoyun, Jing Boran, Lin Gengxin, and Chen Weiting all had their mouths full of grease in this incident.

This is the case of a whale falling and everything coming to life, a pie falling from the sky, and a fight between two strong forces, in which the fisherman benefits.

But if someone wins, they will go on a pilgrimage. Zhang Xuefeng once said: "Celebrities are grandchildren in front of capital dads!"

Of course, those entertainment agencies, including the stars, wish that they would keep fighting until the end of time. It would be best if both sides died, so that they could always benefit.

Fang Hong didn't care about Zhu Yirong's negative feelings and just endured them himself. If he couldn't even handle such a small thing, why did he come out to mess around? He should go home and hug his baby.

Of course, he doesn't care whether the revelations are true or false, that doesn't matter.

While he was waiting for news from Warner, which is Hollywood, Zack Snyder couldn't resist the temptation and actually wanted to take Huayi's money.

On December 12, the Hollywood Times reported: "Due to poor technology and plot, Warner Bros. asked for a reshoot of Aquaman, which would increase costs by $25 million. Investor Huayi may be forced to make additional investments."

"Aquaman" is a project invested by Huayi, which spent a total of 6 million yuan on it.

The reason for being forced here is that there is a clear rule for investing in Hollywood movies, which is that when a project overruns or needs to be reshot, investors must add funds in proportion, otherwise it will be considered a breach of contract.

In case of default, all previous investments will be wiped out.

This is also the reason why Huayi has to continue to invest money. If it doesn’t, the money invested previously will be lost.

The additional $5.4 million may be borne entirely by Huayi, and the proportion is nonsense, that is, 6 million. If there is no additional payment, then million will be wasted! This is also the reason why Fang Hong never cooperates with Hollywood to make movies or invests in them even though he knows how to make money in Hollywood movies. He really has no autonomy and is very scary when he cheats people.

It's useless to play with them even if you have absolute strength.

Alibaba invested in the Hollywood film "The BFG", which is also Spielberg's movie, and lost nearly 100 million US dollars.

"Green Book" was a huge hit, but the filmmakers only made a few million dollars.

The reason is simple. Under Hollywood's profit-sharing rules, North American distributors must prioritize recovering costs, and the rest belongs to Alibaba.

The most important thing is that their profit-sharing system is not transparent. Fang Hong didn't talk to you so much at that time. The proportion was based on the box office revenue.

When Tencent invested US$10 billion in Paramount and asked for cooperation on "Transformers: Rise of the Power Warriors", it did not even get the IP development rights.

10 billion dollars, and we won’t even give you the development rights!

When collaborating with Warner on "Under Men", Tencent didn't even give priority to the streaming rights. Tencent learned its lesson and decided not to shoot the film.

There are many more, such as bundling junk projects, which means that if you invest in a good IP, you have to invest in ten of their junk projects.

There are too many pitfalls like this, so I won’t talk about Wanda.

Saying that European and American businessmen have a spirit of contract is bullshit! That is just nonsense made up by the guides.

Anyway, Fang Hong never trusts these big Hollywood companies. He only cooperates with them in a limited way and never in all aspects.

The news that Warner Bros. requested to remake Aquaman and specifically asked Huayi to pay another 80 million dollars soon spread back to China.

The first to report the news was Caixin.com: "Warner Bros. requires Aquaman to be reshot, and Huayi may have to bear 5.4 million yuan in reshoot costs."

Then Toutiao pushed this news and said in more detail: "If Huayi does not make additional investment, the previous 6 million investment will be wasted!"

At one time, portals such as Sohu, Tencent, and Sina, as well as financial media reported the news.

This news was immediately reflected in the stock market, causing Huayi’s stock price to plummet and collapse again.

From the original total market value of nearly 400 billion, it directly fell to around 240 billion, and hit the limit again, evaporating around 160 billion.

It's not as drastic as last time, but it's also normal. The last time it was too high. After all, Huayi is still worth some money now, and there is no conclusion on this matter yet.

It depends on what Huayi says and how it responds to this matter. Anyway, the stock market will fall first. Ordinary people don’t know what the nature of Hollywood Warner is, but capital institutions and investors do know.

There is no such thing as the big and small Wang. The two brothers are in a panic at the moment because Huayi's decline has fallen below the liquidation line. Those financial institutions have gone crazy and have come to collect debts.

That means they have to sell the stocks they pledged. If this happens, the two brothers may lose control directly.

"Absolutely! Absolutely!" Mr. Wang clapped his hands twice, praising the principal's ruthlessness.

All of a sudden, Huayi was on the brink of collapse.

Even though the media didn't mention the principal or Yutu at all, as if they had nothing to do with the matter, it was definitely done by the principal.

Not only does he think so, the entire entertainment industry thinks so. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? It would have exploded at this time instead of earlier.

It was obvious that this was a premeditated plan by the principal and Warner to swallow Huayi's money, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence.

Old Wang always said to his son Xiao Wang: "It's just a little bit more. The principal only needs to make a little more effort, and Huayi will completely collapse."

"Huayi is so fragile?" Xiao Wang wondered.

"Huayi is not fragile. It's just that the two brothers have almost exhausted their resources over the years. The principal just found such a suitable opportunity." said Old Wang.

How could Huayi be fragile? Even if he comes, he can't take Huayi down. At most, he will be unhappy and restricted. If he wants to make a big move, he will have to plan for a long time.

After all, it is the number one stock in the film and television industry and is still very influential.

I have to admire the principal. He really did it and defeated a leading enterprise.

"The principal is just like that. It's just a coincidence. Huayi itself is not good enough. If Huayi's own development was not on the right track, how could it be destroyed by the principal's two moves? In the final analysis, it's just that the two brothers are stupid." Xiao Wang was quite disdainful.

"What you said makes sense, but you underestimate the principal. He is a very capable person." Old Wang partially agreed with his son, but reminded him not to underestimate the principal.

Being able to plan for so long and accumulate so many cards is not something that can be accomplished in one or two years. It has been planned for several years.

"I don't believe that a man who can marry a celebrity can be that awesome." Xiao Wang is very arrogant and a little disdainful.

Xiao Wang now has the capital to be proud of himself. He is very successful in this period of time. Pusi Capital, Panda Live, and Banana Game Media cover the entire industrial chain of the e-sports industry, and a pan-entertainment empire is taking shape.

After acquiring a stake in Hero Entertainment, the company's valuation once reached 200 billion yuan, with a cash out of 1.32 million yuan.

There are really few people of his age who can be so successful with such performance.

It can be said that the principal's move has shocked the entertainment industry. It feels that if Huayi fails to handle the Warner issue and the debt problem, it will really collapse.

6 million, and Huayi needs to come up with another 5.4 million, a total of 11.4 billion. I don’t know whether this movie will make money, but it is obviously a scam. Warner’s reputation is very bad, how can anyone trust it?

All they can do at this time is to wait and see, not take sides, try not to say bad things about anyone, and remain silent.

"Perhaps Huayi can't escape this time." Wang Changtian seemed to see the arrival of a new era in the entertainment industry.

"Is Huayi really going to collapse?" Li Xiaoping said.

"I don't know. Let's wait and see. If he doesn't die, he will be seriously injured." Wang Changtian didn't know what other tricks the principal had. If not, then this would be it.

Li Xiaoping had a serious expression on her face. She still remembered the young man who had come to her with a script to seek investment, but now he was going to bring down a leading company.

She couldn't reconcile the young man in her memory with the current principal.

"We should stay away from this person in the future." Wang Changtian was a little afraid of this person.

Fortunately, he wisely chose to stay away from the principal, otherwise he would have been dealt with by the principal.

He was overthinking it. Fang Hong had never thought of dealing with him, and he wasn't really going to attack anyone he saw.

(End of this chapter)