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

Chapter 456: The Passionate Road to Heaven
The next morning, Li Mingyang drove back to the Bouquet Hotel.

Come to the conference room on the 25th floor.

After waiting for a while, Wang Changtian also came over.

The two chatted for more than an hour.

Wang Changtian invested in Tudou and suffered heavy losses.

Li Mingyang didn't know what to say about this.

Even if Huace, Guangxian, Sina and Meituan jointly set up a new video company, they would not lose so quickly.

But they invested in Tudou, hoping to reap the ready-made benefits, and then they were caught in the trap.

Wang Changtian lost very quickly and lost a lot, but Tudou couldn’t go bankrupt…

He and Boss Zhao still have to maintain the normal operation of Tudou, otherwise if it really goes bankrupt, their shares will be worthless.

"Ali will not let Tudou go bankrupt...it is even thinking of swallowing up Youku and Tudou in one go," said Li Mingyang.

"That's true, but potatoes... I don't want to talk about it. Potatoes are a cesspool. Wang Wei sold them for 3 million yuan at a 1% premium. Lao Gu said he has no money now and asked me to wait until I have money."

"What about the potatoes now? The employees didn't run away?"

"He won't run away. He's working very hard. Just like us, he's waiting to be acquired..."

What else can Li Mingyang say?

Potatoes are so weird that they are unbearable to look at.

"Fortunately there is Painted Wall, and the box office is pretty good."

Speaking of Huabi, Wang Changtian smiled for the first time in a long time, "It's really not bad, the share is about 1 million."

The final box office of "Painted Skin" was stuck at 2.85 million.

It ranked second among domestic films of the year, second only to "The Founding of the Party"...

Li Mingyang never dreamed of this.

This year's domestic films are really terrible!
"Warring States" grossed 1.56 million yuan, which is surprisingly not bad. In the first half of the year, it ranked third among domestic films of the year.

Li Mingyang originally wanted to see Jing Tian's defense break.

Unexpectedly, Jing Tian just broke down a little and cried.

Then I waited for the release of Warring States and saw the box office, which ranked third in the year.
Someone must be hacking me!

Painted Skin and White Snake, two terrible movies, were panned by the entire internet, and their Douban ratings for both were below five points.

But one ranked second and the other ranked fourth.

The third is Overheard 2.

Tragic 2011…

Domestic films are collectively collapsing, even with ticket subsidies.

However, ticket subsidies don’t seem to work well for domestic films, while Hollywood blockbusters are making a lot of money…

Except for Transformers 20 which almost broke 3 billion.

There is also Kung Fu Panda 10, which has broken the 2 billion box office.

Pirates of the Caribbean 7.3 with 4 million.

And the sniper 3's Ha Qixia, 6.7 million.

These four movies are the top four in mainland China box office this year.

The fifth is party building, 5.1 million.

Where did the 5.1 million yuan for the founding of the Party come from… They gave unlimited ticket subsidies, and used all five evils to create this.

Witch 3570 million...

This box office still has some impact on Li Mingyang.

Plus, the original Weathering With You movie actually had a pretty bad box office in China, less than 3 million...

It is the worst-performing film at the box office among Makoto Shinkai's trilogy of disaster romance films.

Li Mingyang changed the ending because he was not confident about the original film.

The dismal state of domestic films and the failure of The Witch cast a shadow over Li Mingyang's heart.

Some worry.

20 billion is pure bullshit.

The first domestic film to break 20 billion was Monster Hunt in 2015. During the summer vacation, which is the domestic film protection month, ticket subsidies were rampant and all five poisons were present.

In the same year, there was another Hollywood movie that broke 20 billion first, and that was Furious !

Li Mingyang will be satisfied as long as Weathering With You can break 10 billion.

Double billion director!

Who can compete with him?

Even Lost in Thailand doesn’t work!
When thinking of Xu Zheng, Li Mingyang couldn't help but think of Ning Hao, Xu Sicheng, Guo Fan, Lu Yang, Wu Jing, Jia Ling...

These new generation directors are all capital, and they all conform to the principle that the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind...

But they are all very low-key.

Only when the movie is released will it come to the fore and be marketed crazily.

Shen Teng, who will be the future domestic box office champion, has extremely high exposure and is fine.

Because he is not capital.

He is an actor, and a very obedient actor.

Once the money is in place, anything can be said.

Li Mingyang suddenly felt very tired. He stepped lightly, turned his chair, and looked at the wilderness in the distance through the French window. "Mr. Wang, how far do you think I am from winning the award..."

Wang Changtian was silent for a long time. Li Mingyang wanted to win the triple gold grand slam.

But the current situation is that, not to mention the Golden Statue and Golden Horse Awards, even the Golden Rooster Awards are very far away.

Wang Changtian turned his chair and looked at the dark sky outside the window.

“It feels like it’s going to rain.”

"How long?" Li Mingyang asked.

Wang Changtian didn't say anything in the end and left with the excuse of making a phone call.

Li Mingyang leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands on his stomach, and watched the sudden changes in the situation.

Dark clouds are rolling in and heavy rain is coming.

The Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held on November 11 at the Hsinchu City Cultural Bureau Performing Arts Hall, and Li Mingyang received an invitation letter.

Your Name received three nominations, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Sound Editing.

But no award was won.

The chairman of this year's jury, Sylvia Chang, personally talked to him, and in the end, the answer was next time.

The next time after the Golden Rooster, the next time after the Golden Horse.

Golden Statue... There will be no next time, only this time.

But there was an accident.

The dispute between Guangguang and Huayi has resulted in Huayi and its artists having very difficult contract renewals. All of Huayi's artists are watching from the sidelines and seeking their own benefits.

The Big and Small Wangs have been busy negotiating with the artists recently and have no time to take care of other things.

Li Mingyang's attack on Wang Jinhua caused a large number of Hong Kong stars to return to Yinghuang.

Yinghuang is stronger than ever before. Construction of Xixi Science and Technology Island has already started. Zeng Aizi hasn't contacted them for a long time, and no one knows where Er Dongshen has gone.

Yu Dong...

At the beginning of next year's Academy Awards, the movie with the highest chance of winning the award, A Simple Life, was invested by Yu Dong...

dong dong!

Li Mingyang looked back at the door and said, "Come in."

Zhang Wei pushed open the door, walked in, and placed a document in front of Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang picked up the document and began to read it.

The female anchors who gathered together have found a new place to stay, an office building in the suburbs of Shanghai.

The female anchors have been kicked out, and floors 4-15 are being reinstalled.

Not enough money.

Zhang Wei came to ask for money.

The Bouquet Hotel has been open for so long, but Li Mingyang has a feeling that this hotel has been eating up money...

Although it is getting better and better, and its popularity is increasing.

"Let's wait until the science fiction film and television city starts construction." Li Mingyang put down the documents and glanced at Zhang Wei, who had fought on Penguin Video for nearly a year in her previous life.

To be fair, Li Mingyang is inferior to her in many aspects. Zhang Wei is a workaholic with a very strategic vision.

He is just a bit stubborn and can't tolerate any injustice. He is incompatible with the entertainment industry and is a disaster for producers!
What Li Mingyang is best at is production.

"Manager Zhang, what do you think I should do now?"

This sentence made no sense. Zhang Wei asked in confusion: "How to do what?"

"I suddenly feel like the entertainment industry has no room for me."

"You want too much." Zhang Wei said lightly.

"Don't I deserve it?"

"Get a prize?" Zhang Wei frowned.

"Ah."

"You have reached your current position because you are different from others, and winning an award requires you to go along with the crowd." Zhang Wei paused and continued, "No one can be sure what you are thinking. If you are given an award and you go back on your word, no one can do anything about it. Rather than this, it is better not to give it to you."

"Once you win the award, you are one of us. Everyone knows how I treat my people."

"I don't deny that, but... have you ever thought that when you go along with the crowd and stop being different, you lose your greatest asset..."

Li Mingyang frowned slightly.

"I think your current troubles are not caused by your opponents, but by your allies... Including me. If you stop being different, I will leave immediately because you are no longer of any value."

"I am a billionaire director after all."

"But you are not the only billionaire director. They became famous earlier than you, have won more awards, and are more obedient."

"..."

"Nothing, I'm leaving now."

"Well, thank you."

Zhang Wei turned and left. Li Mingyang turned his chair and looked out the window again.

Dark clouds rolled in and lightning flashed.

In fact, he also knew what Zhang Wei said.

But this was the first time someone mentioned this to him.

Everyone is converging towards the side that is most beneficial to themselves.

It’s the background, the circle, the interests…

When interests are aligned, we are all fellow travelers; when interests are not aligned, we are in opposition.

"Profits come first..." Li Mingyang murmured softly.

Suddenly, a fierce flash of lightning flashed, illuminating the conference room white!

Rumble!
After the thunder, the fishes enter the sea and the birds fly into the sky.

Li Mingyang picked up his cell phone and called Cai Chongxin.

He refused the Double 11 endorsement.

Give out 1% of Guangxian's shares in exchange for million.

Then he called his mother who was far away in Korea.

…Early in the morning of November 11th.

Li Mingyang posted a Weibo post, announcing that a large-scale recruitment of behind-the-scenes workers will be carried out in Hengdian, regardless of academic qualifications, age, gender... there is only one requirement, and that is a love of movies.

As we all know, Li Mingyang is an academic, and he made his fortune with the help of the academic school. Mingyang Entertainment is also the academic school's base.

This Weibo post by Li Mingyang is very intriguing.

But most people don't take it seriously...

Until... Li Mingyang brought hundreds of people to the entrance of the Actors Guild in Hengdian Film and Television City to conduct large-scale recruitment.

The industry began to take it seriously, and all major media outlets flocked to the Hengdian Actors Guild.

The media that arrived early could not even squeeze into the inner recruitment area. There were tens of thousands of people outside, and it was so crowded that many extras gave up their jobs and came here.

Most of them don't have any movie dreams in their hearts.

But they love to join in the fun.

Countless people want to get close to Li Mingyang, the top-ranking Chinese-language box office director.

Since the media reporters couldn't squeeze in, they could only interview the onlookers.

"Brother, are you here for your dream of making a movie?"

"What movie dream? I'm here to get eggs. Are there really eggs to get?"

The reporter was embarrassed and said he didn't know and moved on to interview the next person.

"This beautiful lady, did you just come from the crew?"

"Yes! Director Li is my favorite director. When I heard he was recruiting actors, I came here immediately. Cameraman, my profile looks good. Like this, right! Hey! Don't run away!"

Actors? They recruit people behind the scenes, it has nothing to do with actors.

"My dear little brother, I see that you have a handsome face and good temperament. Why did you come to apply for a job behind the scenes?"

"I...I...I...like it." The younger brother said with difficulty.

"Do you think you'll be hired? By the way, has anyone been selected?"

"I...I...I...don't know."

The reporter felt that he had chosen the wrong person, this guy was a stutterer, so he immediately left and went to find someone else.

There happened to be a fat man nearby, carrying a large plastic bag on his back. It was obvious that he was prepared.

Before he could go, he saw the other party quickly open the plastic bag, take out a piece of white cloth, and start selling mineral water for 2 yuan a bottle.

Well, this is a business.

"I say, we have to find a way to get in. There are all kinds of people outside!" the photographer suggested.

"I want to go in, too, but look, there are too many people here."

"Young man, I can tell you're a reporter. Do you want to go inside?" said a middle-aged man in a black jacket.

The reporter nodded, "Big brother, do you have a solution?"

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and rubbed his index finger and thumb together.

The reporter was also a veteran. He took out his wallet from his pocket and took out two hundred yuan.

The middle-aged man glanced at the other person's wallet and said, "I see you don't have much money, so let's just leave it like that. I wouldn't have taken it if I didn't have 500 yuan."

"Please lead the way, big brother."

"Give me the money first." The middle-aged man waved his hand.

The reporter was also in a hurry and the money was not much, so he gave it first.

The middle-aged man took the money, waved his hand, and led the reporter to a big tree. The people around him seemed to know him.

The middle-aged people made way.

The reporter and the photographer looked at each other and thought that the money was not wasted.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, the middle-aged man ran away and the people in front of him refused to give way. Only then did the reporters and photographers realize that they had been cheated.

……

"Oh my god, there are too many people here." said extra A, who was wearing coarse linen clothes.

"Hey, Mingyang Entertainment has great benefits! Zhang Mazi, who usually bosses us around, acts like a coward when he sees Mingyang people." said extra B, who was dressed in beggar's clothes.

"What should we do now? I don't think it's our turn today." said extra C, who was wearing soldier's uniform.

"Why are we here? Do we have any talents? I graduated from high school."

"Is bragging considered a talent?"

"I only know how to read novels and play dead."

"Okay, let's go."

"The crew finished work early today, and my salary was cut in half. What are we going to eat tonight?"

"Why don't we get together and buy a bag of steamed buns and a few packets of pickled mustard tubers and make do with it?"

"Go hang out with Mingyang, maybe you can get a new job. Mingyang works 24 hours a day, it seems like he never rests."

The three extras were about to leave when they were stopped by two people. A chubby young man said, "I have a job, the three of you follow me."

"how much is it?"

"8 yuan for 100 hours."

The three of them looked at each other and agreed without thinking. The price was very high. They usually only got 60 a day.

The three of them happily followed the two young men to an intersection blocked by more than a dozen cars.

With a clatter, the fat young man opened the door of a business car and motioned for the three to follow.

The three thought they were going to leave by car, but in fact, they got off from the door opposite the car.

The other side of the car was spacious and deserted, with only some people who looked like security guards patrolling.

"Run faster." The fat young man shouted as he ran.

The three of them nodded in confusion, then followed the fat young man and ran into the inner field and into the interview site.

Saw Li Mingyang.

The trio of civilians, beggars, and soldiers all looked confused.

Li Mingyang saw this combination, nodded, and said to the dozen or so people interviewing for the screenwriter position, "Use these three as the topic, and design the scene, dialogue, and events. The time limit is fifteen minutes."

More than a dozen interviewees nodded, some began to conceive, and some had already started writing.

Next, the civilian, the beggar, and the soldier formed a group of tools, sitting still on the chairs and accepting rounds of comments from people.

Soldier Zhang Hai felt a bit bored, so he took out the MP3 player that had been with him for more than three years and started reading a novel.

The MP3 is not big and the screen is very small, with only about twenty words on each page.

Every time he played a corpse, he would hold his MP3 and read novels, and he would watch several scenes at a time.

My interest is satisfied and I make money, perfect!
Gao Dajun discovered that the person he was looking for was reading a novel as if no one was around.

He was stunned at first, then glanced at Director Li and saw that Director Li was flipping through resumes and was not paying attention to this side.

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, since this was such a lack of professionalism, he planned to deduct the other party's money after the interview today.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Li Mingyang felt the weather was a bit cold, so he ended the interview and left with Lao Wu.

"It feels so bad... Are these people useful?" Old Wu complained as soon as he got in the car.

"In Hengdian, there are all kinds of monsters and demons." Li Mingyang said with a smile.

Old Wu shrugged, "Will you come tomorrow?"

"come!"

"Why don't you not come? Let us filter it for you first..." suggested Old Wu.

"It doesn't matter anyway." Li Mingyang shook his head.

At this time, Xiao Ye trotted into the car and sat in the passenger seat, jokingly saying, "There are all kinds of talents! You know those three extras, right? Damn, there was one person among them who was holding such a small MP3 and reading a novel for five or six hours. It's amazing. I thought he was asleep all along."

When Li Mingyang heard this, he was stunned.

"Which one?"

"That soldier! Director Li, what are you doing?"

Li Mingyang pushed open the car door and got out, then trotted to the interview site. He looked around and found that Xiao Gao and the trio were talking about something.

When Li Mingyang approached, he heard the soldiers say: "I didn't delay your work, why are you deducting my money?"

Listening to the other person's familiar voice.

Li Mingyang looked the other person up and down. He didn't expect Zhang Hai to be so thin at this time.

"Xiao Gao, what's wrong?" Li Mingyang said.

When Gao Dajun heard Li Mingyang's voice, he was extremely embarrassed. He gritted his teeth and told him about Zhang Hai's unprofessionalism and the fact that he secretly read novels.

"Devoted to their work? You expect others to be dedicated for just a few dozen dollars?" Li Mingyang laughed and looked at Zhang Hai and the other two with interest. "Give each of you an extra hundred dollars, and you three can come back tomorrow."

Civilian A said: "Thank you, Director Li."

Beggar B said: "Thank you, Director Li."

Soldier A said, "Thank you."

The three of them took the money, didn't dare to stay any longer, and left happily, discussing what to eat in the evening.

Li Mingyang looked at Zhang Hai and his two companions who were leaving.

Originally, he was not very satisfied with today's interview. It was really full of all kinds of weird things.

Many people came here as actors, there were old men queuing up to get eggs, screenwriters selling their scripts, people showing off in brothel clothes, people catching colds from the cold...

The quality is terrible.

However, after meeting Zhang Hai, Li Mingyang felt that this trip was worth it.

The two people he trusted most in his previous life were Sleeping Dragon Zhou Liang and Phoenix Child Zhang Hai.

Zhou Liang and I have been playing together since childhood and we have a close relationship.

Zhang Hai is a Hengdian student, one year younger than Li Mingyang, from Hangzhou, and is 21 this year.

After graduating from high school, I didn’t want to be a screwdriver, so I came to Hengdian to be an extra.

It had been 16 years since Li Mingyang knew him.

He was very fat at that time, and he was doing okay thanks to his chubby body and cute face.

The two happened to live in the same apartment, with their doors facing each other. Over time, they started to look for work together. Relying on their image of a good pair, they became quite popular and have filmed many movies together.

Later, one day, he felt that being a Hengdian migrant worker was a waste of life and had no hope, so he packed his bags and left Hengdian.

Less than a year later, Li Mingyang saw him again in Hengdian, where he had set up a courier station and burned it down to the ground...

The money I had saved for many years was gone, and my energy and spirit were gone too.

Li Mingyang took him in and they did short plays together. At first he was an actor, but the screenwriter wrote too slowly, so he followed suit.

The little emperor's writing is so bad...

If a skit doesn’t touch upon the borderline, can it still be called a skit?

Zhang Hai was self-taught and his writing skills were excellent.

Li Mingyang also made a lot of money.

But after this guy got married, his level dropped drastically...so he switched to management and became a teacher.

Teach others how to write skit scripts.

The script library of the short drama company was built by him.

He is a rare screenwriter management talent.

Since they met in advance, Li Mingyang was ready to take Zhang Hai on a new path.

A road to heaven burning with passion!

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(End of this chapter)