After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 424: Aiming at the Academy Awards

Among the three major listed film companies in the domestic entertainment industry, Bona and Huayi have developed steadily with the support of China Film Group and have planned their path to listing early on.

Guangguang entered the market the latest, releasing its first work, "City of Pain", at the end of 06.

We are still engaged in the most difficult distribution business in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry was a complete mess at that time, and it even ruined Tiancheng, which once competed with Huayi.

The fact that Guangguang was able to catch up and stand out from a number of distribution companies to become the second listed film company in China was never based on harmonious coexistence or the principle of harmony.

Wang Changtian looks like a sheep on the surface, but he is a wolf at heart.

Hong Kong films have high risks and low returns.

Wang Changtian has always wanted to find a mainland director so that Guangguang can produce films independently and not be controlled by others.

The appearance of Li Mingyang made Wang Changtian's eyes light up.

Wang Changtian was deeply impressed by the box office miracle of "Bouquet" and Li Mingyang's terrifying publicity and promotion ability.

He dreams of signing Li Mingyang, but for this matter, he still needs Zuo Shandiao's approval.

Zuoshandiao was very grateful that he did not push Li Mingyang to Yu Dong.

The terrifying publicity and promotion ability and incredible content creativity demonstrated by Li Mingyang ultimately made the light soar to the sky!
Zuoshandiao divided up the rights of ticket subsidies and cut off Guangguang's share. He was unhappy, but he had no choice but to endure it.

Zuoshandiao asked Li Mingyang to go to Hollywood for further studies and cut another cut from Guangguang. He was helpless, but he agreed because it was good for Li Mingyang to go out and see the world.

What he didn't expect was that compromise would not bring peace, but would only put him in a more passive position.

At the critical moment when The Witch is about to be released!
Freeze account!

Bank collection!

Asset mortgage!

Li Mingyang didn't want to be bound and had never borrowed money before. Zuoshandiao disagreed and wanted to put him in handcuffs.

We do this to unite everyone!

The Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing circles all think that Li Mingyang is too annoying...

In the world of crows, swans are guilty.

If you don’t take it and I don’t take it, how can I get it from above?
Your box office is so high, it seems that everyone is so incompetent...

Giving up interests and sharing the money will not resolve the conflict.

Wang Changtian felt that he should stand up.

However, before doing anything, he has to seek Li Mingyang's opinion, as he still has many ways out.

When Li Mingyang stood at the crossroads, he recalled the past.

Wang Changtian just stood there quietly, leaving the right to choose to him.

Wang Changtian hopes that Li Mingyang can rekindle his fighting spirit and give it a good fight.

Li Mingyang, the number one Chinese box office star and the one who carries the banner of cultural export, in a sense, no one can touch him as long as he does not commit any principled issues.

Li Mingyang rekindled his fighting spirit and wanted to beat everyone.

Wang Changtian was very pleased.

He told Li Mingyang all the plans he had prepared, but Li Mingyang scoffed at Wang Changtian's plan.

Li Mingyang wants to beat up Zuo Shandiao as well!

……

July 7, Bouquet Hotel.

Witch conference.

Media from all over the country gathered together and sat in the audience, waiting for the press conference to begin.

"Lao Zhang, did the notice you received mention anything about the premiere?"

"No! It will be released the day after tomorrow. If it's not premiering today, will it premiere tomorrow?"

"It doesn't matter whether it's the premiere or not. The Autobots movie has a 70% screening rate, and many small cities have directly raised it to 90%. The premiere of Witch probably won't even have a normal screening rate."

"Why is it so miserable? Doesn't China Film Group provide some protection?"

"What's the guarantee? Making money is the most important thing."

"Here they come, here they come... Hmm? Why are there only Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian? Where are the other main creators?"

“What a good sign!”

"Big profit! There will definitely be some explosive news today."

……

There were three white sofas on the stage. Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian had already sat down, but no one was sitting on the other sofa.

Wang Changtian nodded to Xie Lan, who sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "Director Li, The Witch will be released on the 21st. Do you have a rough prediction for the box office of The Witch?"

"The Autobots are coming on strong, with 70% of the screenings, while the Witches don't even have a normal premiere schedule, with 10% of the screenings. If you don't know, you might think it's a small production worth a few million."

"The Witch is Director Li's latest masterpiece, with a total investment of 60 million! There is no water in it, Director Li didn't even ask for a salary, only a share of the profits. The premiere was scheduled for this amount of time, and it was also facing the Autobots that broke many Hollywood box office records. How could it have a box office?"

Just when the media thought the topic was over.

Unexpectedly, Wang Changtian took a sip of tea and continued, "Domestic films are doomed! Director Li is the No. 1 Chinese-language box office director, and this is the treatment his new film gets. You can imagine how others are treated. Domestic films have all failed at the box office this year. It's not that we producers are not dedicated or trying our best, but the theaters are really not giving us a chance to survive."

"China Film Group said they would schedule additional screenings depending on the situation. The premiere was already so bad, how much more could they schedule later? It depends on the situation, what situation? It's too one-sided. By the time high-definition pirated copies came out, it was too late."

"Transformers 3 is coming with great momentum, with overwhelming publicity and over 70% of the screenings. Who can beat this? I was very confident about Witch, but after seeing this schedule, I feel like all the money I spent on publicity has been thrown down the drain. It's all wasted."

"It's already like this, why bother holding a premiere? I don't even want to hold this press conference."

The media in the audience were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out of their heads and there was an uproar.

This is a public complaint about China Film Group and the cinema chain!

It’s fine to complain about the cinemas, but they even brought up China Film…

"Boss Wang, calm down." Li Mingyang advised, "It's okay. Anyway, this is not the first time I've encountered this kind of thing... Cinemas also need to make money. The overall level of Witch is indeed not as attractive as Hollywood popcorn and Transformers 3."

Wang Changtian picked up the microphone, put it to his lips, made a feint, and then put it down. He looked like he wanted to complain more, but due to some pressure, he did not continue.

"Okay, everyone knows about the witch's situation. I really have nothing to say about the witch's situation, and I don't want to say anything more." Li Mingyang smiled and said, "Let's talk about happy topics, such as Weathering With You."

"Weathering With You, I plan to start filming on September 9st, with a total investment of 1 million yuan."

The reporters in the audience were all aware of this matter, but they did not react much.

"Weathering With You will be jointly produced by Guangguang Media and Huashu Entertainment, with Guangguang investing 1.5 million and Huashu investing 1.5 million. Apart from these, there will not be any other investors."

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience exploded.

Just yesterday, China Film Group announced that there are 12 producers of Weathering With You, including China Film, Enlight, Huahua, Wanda, Stellar, Huayi, Bona, Shanghai Film Group, Yinghuang, LeTV...

Now Li Mingyang directly denied it, which was equivalent to slapping everyone in the face! None of the film and television companies that can participate in Weathering With You are small companies! They are either film and television companies at the top of the domestic entertainment pyramid or large theater chains!
"Director Li, you must have made a mistake. China Film Group has announced that there are twelve producers."

"No mistake. Since the filming schedule is not guaranteed, I might as well do it myself."

"Director Li, are you planning to hit another 1 billion box office? An investment of 300 million, including ticket subsidies and publicity?"

"The 300 million investment is only used for production. This time I will not only strive for 1 billion, but also break the global box office of Your Name. If I can't do it, I will donate all the box office revenue of Weathering With You to build Hope Primary Schools."

"Director Li, we've made note of this. Don't deny it when the time comes!"

Li Mingyang stood up and said with a smile: "I, Li Mingyang, always keep my word. Today I want everyone to bear witness to my words."

"Also, I have one more thing I want to say while taking this opportunity today."

"I have been in the industry for more than three years and have yet to win any major awards. I hope to win something at this year's Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Awards and next year's Golden Image Awards."

The media reporters in the audience all laughed. There was no director who didn't want to win the award.

What's more, Li Mingyang made his debut in art films.

Your Name can be said to be one of the best films in China in recent years that strikes a balance between commercial and artistic aspects!
It is reasonable and should be considered as encouragement.

It should also win a significant and influential award.

At around 1:00 p.m. that day, the content of the Witch's press conference spread across the Internet. Laymen watched the fun, while experts were shocked and laughed at the joke.

Zuoshandiao, the instigator of the incident, listened to his secretary's report in silence for a long time, and then asked his secretary to book a plane ticket to Hollywood.

"Wang Changtian is having a seizure, are you going to just ignore it?"

"Why should he listen to me now?" Zuoshandiao laughed. "Anyway, what he is doing now has nothing to do with me. I have done what I should do. Let them solve the rest by themselves."

"But……"

"There's nothing to but. Without competition, there will be no progress! They want to force Li Mingyang away, and they want to wipe out Guangguang. You must be prepared to bear their anger." "Isn't Guangguang good? The higher-ups won't really check the accounts. They're just pretending." The secretary didn't understand.

Zuo Shandiao smiled and took a puff of his cigar. "These people can't beat Hollywood, but they are quite ruthless towards their own people... The fact that Witch has been forced into this schedule is not just Li Mingyang's personal problem. What will other directors at Guangguang think? It might just be a case of all the monkeys scattering when the tree falls."

"..."

"Okay, I'm going to the airport."

Seeing that the battle was about to begin, Zuoshandiao came to the corner, picked up the suitcase that he had prepared long ago, and ran away.

Zuoshandiao wanted to stay out of it and wait until the war was almost over before cleaning up the mess.

On the way to the airport, Zuoshandiao was thinking about the dire situation of everyone while sending a WeChat message to his daughter with a smile.

As they were about to arrive at the airport, Yu Dong suddenly sent him a WeChat message.

After seeing the content of the WeChat message, the smile on Zuoshandiao's face disappeared, and his cold eyes made the secretary next to him shudder.

"Turn around and go to the Chang'an Club."

The driver didn't understand what was going on and said, "Mr. Han, the airport is just ahead."

"Turn around!" said Zuoshandiao coldly.

The driver nodded quickly and turned around at the next intersection to go to Changan Club.

More than half an hour later, Zuoshandiao came to Chang'an Club and met Yu Dong.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"It's absolutely true! Wang Changtian and Li Mingyang just called me to ask me to help with the public relations for the Academy Awards." Yu Dong said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

The Khan was half guilty and half frightened by the vulture.

"Cao! How dare they!" said Zuoshandiao with his eyes wide open.

Yu Dong lowered his head, bent his body, and said helplessly: "Boss Han, calm down... Do you still remember that Wang Changtian went to Xiangjiang to look for projects a while ago?"

The eagle nodded.

"Hey, Wang Changtian invited almost all the important people in Hong Kong circle to a banquet, and also gave them a lot of gifts."

"So what? In the eyes of those people, these are just small favors, and they deserve it."

"It's different! Wang Changtian was doing business on credit. He treated people to meals and gave gifts in Hong Kong, and all the properties he patronized were those of directors. The most outrageous thing is that he even bought a property in Yinghuang as a gift, and only paid a deposit for the house."

Zuo Shandiao's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "How much did this cost?"

"More than 200 million!"

Zuo Shandiao took a deep breath. This amount of money was no small matter! "No! Those guys are as cunning as monkeys. How could they let him buy so much on credit?"

"He also paid for it. The deposit cost more than 60 million. Wang Changtian is worth billions after all. He paid so much for the deposit. The cost has been recovered long ago. The balance is all profit... If it were me, I would do this business too."

"You son of a bitch! How dare you play this trick on me!"

"Boss Wang, why don't you talk to them? If they get involved in this matter, Jiang Wen will definitely get his ticket split. If he doesn't get it, it's your man who will be lost!"

Zuo Shandiao lowered his head and thought for a while, "Since they found you, it proves that they are sure of it. Great! I was wondering why he was so willing to give the director's credit to Gordon Chan. He has been eyeing the Academy Awards for a long time!"

"Yes! Li Mingyang doesn't understand the twists and turns inside, but Wang Changtian certainly does! But Wang Changtian didn't stop it! He even pretended to be a traitor and secretly helped Li Mingyang win the Academy Award... Mr. Han, Wang Changtian is so arrogant! If you don't teach him a lesson, he will really think he is the leader of the domestic entertainment industry!"

Zuoshandiao originally wanted to teach Wang Changtian a lesson.

But after Yu Dong said that, Zuoshandiao suddenly realized what he had to use to hit the target.
Wang Changtian and Li Mingyang are being beaten up!

The reason for all this is self-indulgence.

The two of them are now determined to fight to the end.

How could I possibly listen to him?

"You're still a little naive to try to play tricks on me." Zuoshandiao sneered.

"Boss Han, what should we do now? Just say the word and I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"The Witch's screening is still too high. Bernard doesn't need to schedule any more screenings for the Witch."

"it is good!"

After listening to Zuoshandiao's instructions, Yu Dong left Chang'an Club.

In his car, Yu Dong wiped the sweat off his face with some paper and sighed deeply, "There are obviously better options, but you insist on forcing others into a dead end. If you jump out and tell everyone to stop, then the problem will be solved."

"Today they think Li Mingyang is blocking everyone's way, and you indulge him... What if one day they think you are blocking everyone's way? If you don't save him, who the hell is going to save you?"

"Fuck, Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian are really in cahoots with each other, they are calculating to the core."

"I helped you so much, you must remember to save me in the future! Damn the US stocks, they are useless!"

……

The news that Li Mingyang was aiming for the Academy Awards spread quickly in the domestic entertainment industry and soon spread to both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau.

It was not until this time that the big mainland directors understood Li Mingyang’s real intention of giving up his directorial credit.

The director who wins the Academy Awards has a double yolk egg.

One of the double-yolked eggs was taken by Chen Jiashang and Dante Lam together.

Your name, Chen Jiashang's name is even before Li Mingyang!
On one side was a famous director from the mainland who broke the barriers of the Academy Awards and won the Hong Kong Academy Award for Best Director for the first time.

On the other side, the president of the Hong Kong Directors Association and mainland director Li Mingyang jointly won the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards.

Which one is more easily accepted by the Hong Kong circle? Without a doubt, it must be the latter.

The Best Director Award at the Academy Awards is the last ruling area in the Hong Kong circle! It is the last persistence and belief of Hong Kong filmmakers.

When Jiang Wen heard the news, he cursed. He had already been preparing to make a big splash at the Academy Awards and reach the peak of his life. He even prepared his acceptance speech.

And the appearance of Li Mingyang.

His chances of winning the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards have greatly decreased!
Can't win the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards.

There's nothing to be happy about even if he won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards!
"Damn it! You're trying to play this trick on me!" Jiang Wen was furious and pounded the dining table.

"Hey, this kid is really capable. He actually came up with this clever idea. He must have been planning it for a long time!" Feng Kuazi patted his thigh and started to make a noise, just to watch the fun.

"Brother Wen, this is going to be difficult! There are a lot of doubts over there about your winning of the Best Director award! If Li Mingyang competes with you for the award at this time, you have little chance of winning." Xu Dahua added fuel to the fire.

Others added fuel to the fire. Wang Shuo was the most excited and kept urging Jiang Wen to find a mountain eagle.

The two brothers Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu were cursing at each other. When the dinner was over and they returned home, Jiang Wu suddenly felt like a deflated ball.

"Brother, this is not going to be easy!"

"Not in a hurry."

Jiang Wen sat on the sofa and slowly used a cedar lighter to light a cigar.

"Actually, there's no point in being anxious..." Jiang Wu shook his head and said, "After all, it still depends on whether Boss Yang can do it."

Jiang Wen lit up the cigar, took a long puff, and savored the flavor of tomato smoke. Jiang Wen skillfully turned the cigar while saying, "Attitude is very important. Li Mingyang doesn't have that attitude, so he is destined not to win the Academy Award."

"What kind of attitude is that! It's not like seven or eight years ago when people made movies just to win awards. Now it's all about the box office, and high box office is the hard truth!"

"Ahem... ahem... your idea is wrong."

"Brother, stop playing those empty games. Under normal circumstances, you and Li Mingyang have no chance of winning the Academy Awards. This time, the higher-ups have made an exception! If you don't win this time, you'll never have a chance to win again!"

"I'm not the most anxious person right now. Some people are more anxious than me."

"You don't want to wait until next time!"

Jiang Wen narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the smoke billowing in the light column, and said, "Li Mingyang dared to go against Huayi right after his debut. Look at what Huayi and Fengkuazi have become in the past few years because of Li Mingyang. The market value of the No. 1 film and television company in the mainland is not even as high as Guangguang. No matter how confident I am, I can't compete with them!"

"Look for a mountain eagle!"

Jiang Wen shook his head and said, "I don't need to look for him. Old Han will do it himself. When it comes to ruthlessness, Old Han is better than anyone else!"

Jiang Wu seemed a little confused as he listened, scratching his beard and staring at his brother.

"Li Mingyang openly challenged Lao Han's authority. If Li Mingyang really took it, where would Lao Han's face be!" Jiang Wen held the armrest of the sofa, propped himself up, and stretched out his hand to wipe the air. "Originally, this Academy Award was used to suppress the Hong Kong circle, but now it has more meaning. Whether Lao Han can maintain his position depends on next year's Academy Awards."

“Is it that complicated?”

"Why do you think they are fanning the flames?"

"Why don't you move, brother?"

"They united to focus their fire. Why should I, a director, rush forward? Damn it, I don't want this brother Wang Shuo anymore. Block him!"

"I should have blocked him a long time ago!"

……

(End of this chapter)