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

Chapter 518 The Stalking Fairy

Li Xiucheng left Huahua Technology in a daze and drove aimlessly on the road.

When they reached a somewhat shabby neighborhood, Li Xiucheng got out of the car, leaned against the door and started smoking.

"Huh... This won't do! Although the boss trusts me, he doesn't give me real power!"

Li Xiucheng scratched his head and recalled the past. He had also been in a boy band before, but he was not cut out for it and didn't look feminine enough. He was out of the game for half a year and couldn't even afford to eat.

Fortunately, the company went bankrupt and he had no value so he was not sold and was free.

I happened to meet my old classmate Ma Dong-seok who had just returned from the United States, and I went to work as his agent.

Ever since meeting Ma Dong-seok, many things have gone smoothly for me, and I have finally settled down in Seoul. I had been planning to make great plans, discover more potential stocks, and provide for myself in my retirement.

I didn't expect it was all in vain... After working hard for two or three years, all I got were inferior products that lost money.

Later, he met Li Mingyang, and thanks to his ability to speak Chinese, he was finally able to get on his good side.

However, I had a strong partner, but I lacked the ability. After more than two years of hard work, I still hadn't trained anything.

He once thought that he had a bad vision and couldn't pick a good one, but later he found out that these lackeys of the chaebol started gambling at the age of eleven or twelve.

If he is cultivated from a young age, he will definitely be the one to become a good seedling!
"Shit, ask Angkor to make plans for me!"

Li Xiucheng opened the car door, got in, stepped on the accelerator, and drove straight to Huoman Studio, which was formerly Huahua Technology.

Old Wu sat in his office chair, his hands crossed over his chest, listening to Li Xiucheng's ramblings, complaining about social injustice, the inhumanity of the chaebols, and his bad luck...

"Are you finished?"

"I haven't finished yet. Hey, why can't I do anything well? I work very hard, but I can't achieve any results. The boss said I was a coward. I don't deny this, but you don't know how terrible the chaebol is. I understand! The boss has Li Meijin's protection, but I don't... I'm not irreplaceable. What if I get kicked out?"

Old Wu chuckled. "Compared to our place, this place is pretty good. The police only care about money. If you encounter a gang, just find other gang members and beat them up. It's basically a matter of money. In our place, haha, even if you have money, it doesn't matter. It's all about power. Director Li has a net worth of 10 billion, but he was forced to come to Korea."

"Is it that terrible?"

“It’s a lot to consider.”

"Well, Brother Wu, have you ever done anything like robbery?"

Old Wu looked rough and had a bandit-like temperament. When Li Xiucheng saw him for the first time, he felt that this guy was like a local specialty of Korea, a gangster leader supported by a chaebol.

"Everyone has their shining points. Your shining point is that you are relatively steady in your work. That's why Director Li likes to assign you to do some errands. This is also very important. There is no distinction between noble and humble work."

“But the money you earn is different!”

"Opportunities come to those who are prepared. Director Li and I won't be in Korea for too long. Someone will have to take care of this place in the future."

"But President Zhang will stay..."

"That woman is heartless and cold-blooded. You just need to be yourself. Your personality is quite similar to Xiaoye's, except that you talk too much nonsense and can't even clearly express what you want."

"My goal is very clear, I just want to make a lot of money!"

"How much is a lot of money?"

"It must be at least tens of billions of won."

Old Wu grabbed the desk with both hands, opened the drawer, took out a document and threw it to Li Xiucheng, "I have a difficult matter here. If you can handle it, I will give you a commission. It will not be a problem to earn 10 billion won."

Li Xiucheng's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, "Is this true?"

"Just take a look and see if you can fix it."

Li Xiucheng opened the document and looked at it for a while. The matter was very ordinary. It was about acquiring a TV drama production company. There was no requirement for the size of the company, only the number of years the company had been established, the older the better.

"How much does it cost to buy one?"

"Read the document first, then decide whether to accept it or not."

Li Xiucheng nodded and continued to flip through the pages. The more he flipped through the pages, the weirder it felt. By the end, he finally understood what Old Wu was trying to do.

This is a setup to trick others into investing!
"Brother Wu, this... this is not easy to do!"

"What's the difficulty?"

"This trick is too simple. It's ok to fool one or two idiots, but you set up so many shell companies. How can there be so many idiots to fool? You will lose money!"

Old Wu grinned. This Li Xiucheng was not completely useless. At least he was quite knowledgeable about the crooked ways of the entertainment industry.

"You just have to do your part."

Li Xiucheng touched his chin, thought for a moment, turned his eyes, and said with a flattering smile: "Brother Wu, you can really make tens of billions!"

"At least ten billion."

Old Wu stood up suddenly and said condescendingly: "If you do it, do it well. If you don't do it, just keep it to yourself."

Li Xiucheng was really a coward. With the hundreds of billions of benefits right in front of him, he hesitated for several minutes. Wu Zhikui didn't have the patience, so he snatched the document from Li Xiucheng and kicked him out of the office.

FBTV is the core of Huahua Entertainment's future development, and this core will be very expensive in the future and will be a super money-eating beast.

Aren’t iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video coming to Korea?

Li Mingyang wanted to cheat iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video out of their money, and this matter was handed over to Lao Wu.

The filming of New World was more than halfway through, and Li Mingyang took the leading actors to bars every day. Old Wu was also busy, and shipped a container of hot pot seasonings and vegetables from China. Every night, he ate hot pot and drank beer with the Korean behind-the-scenes actors to build relationships.

Those who can enter CJ and are sent to film the New World are all the top behind-the-scenes people in Korea.

Old Wu never thought of poaching anyone else. Essentially, everyone is in the same camp, so there's no need.

His purpose is to familiarize himself with the production process and the gossip in Korea, so as to lay the foundation for making his own dramas and acquiring companies in Korea in the future, and avoid being cheated.

Originally, Li Mingyang and Lao Wu were planning to develop slowly, but since iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video have arrived, the types of their dramas are the same, all of which are Dongda Film and Television dramas.

A war is inevitable.

However, before the war started again, Li Mingyang asked for a straw boat to borrow arrows!

Old Wu has been running around these days and has three candidates in mind, all of whom are capable of getting things done, but he can't guarantee that these three people won't betray him.

"Who should I look for..."

Old Wu frowned, thinking about who was less likely to betray him, and he hesitated until dark without making up his mind.

Then, Li Xiucheng came back with a smug look on his face, carrying fried chicken and beer.

"Brother Wu, I've figured it out. Only hard work can lead to success. I'll do it!"

Old Wu touched his nose. He was really timid, but it seemed that he had no better choice.

He is careless, but he does things steadily.

"Pleasant to work with."

"When do we pay? Do you want to sign an agreement? Brother Wu, don't get me wrong. I'm not worried that you won't pay!"

"..."

……

Shilla Hotel.

Li Mingyang hung up the phone with Old Wu and took a deep puff of his cigar. He didn't expect that this matter would eventually fall on Li Xiucheng.

Li Xiucheng can't do this job well, he is too cowardly...

But Old Wu advised him to give Li Xiucheng a chance, saying that Li Xiucheng was very capable and it would not be a big deal for him to run errands every day.

Let him do it first, at least there won't be any problems in the front.

Li Mingyang pushed open the door of the box and walked into a European-style palace box.

The box is about 200 square meters and is magnificent.

The white wall skirt is covered with golden lines, multi-layered ceilings, multi-layered light strips, and a huge crystal chandelier hangs above the round table.

The luxurious dining tables and chairs and exquisite tableware make people feel like they are in the royal family.

There were quite a lot of people in the box, basically the director and actors of the Four, as well as Wang Changtian, Liu Xiaoli, and Sun Li.

Hong Kong's professional pervert actor Huang Yingqi and Prince Kei, who likes to hold swimsuit parties, did not come.

Li Mingyang was quite surprised that Zhang Songwen, a good teacher who deals with domestic violence, money and sex, had also filmed The Four.

The Four will be released in Korea this summer, and Wang Changtian brought the crew here to promote it in advance.

As a local boss, Li Mingyang must of course do his best to be a good host.

It is not clear how much the Four Famous Detectives invested, but they made money anyway.

In general, the Four trilogy can be said to be three of Tianxian's rare profitable films.

Of course! It was also Gordon Chan’s last glory.

During the meal, they were all talking about business. Liu Yifei kept trying to talk to Li Mingyang, but was interrupted every time by Deng Chao and Jiang Yiyan.

After eating and drinking, Deng Chao and Bao Bei'er took everyone to sing. Those who didn't want to sing went with Liu Yan to experience the Guerlain Spa of the Shilla Hotel.

Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian stayed and talked about the plans for the Sino-Korean twin version of the movie.

Wang Changtian was very interested in this plan, but as the helmsman of Guangxian, he was not as easy to fool as Yang Mi and Jing Tian.

How to distribute the benefits in the China-Korea twin version is a big problem!
In addition, South Korea only has ratings, and many movies are too dark in content to pass review in the country.

For example, the New World directed by Li Mingyang was brought to China by Li Meijin. All the senior executives of China Film Group, as well as people from the Central Propaganda Department and the Film Bureau went to watch the movie.

There was collective silence after watching it.

Even though Lee Mei-Chin said the film was set in Korea, the gangs and police were all Koreans, and she was willing to accept domestic censorship and deletions, no one expressed interest in importing the film. "CJ has a lot of sources, including crime films, war films, comedies, and romances."

Wang Changtian groaned, "Have you talked to Li Meijin?"

"Not yet. I plan to finish filming July and Ansheng before I talk to her."

"Although the chairman of CJ is her brother, she still has the final say in CJ. Movies are just her hobby... In terms of business, she is essentially a chaebol and has to pursue profits. The interests involved are too great, and she will definitely ask for a share of the box office revenue from Dongda."

"You don't want to give it?" Li Mingyang asked in surprise.

Wang Changtian smiled bitterly and said, "You should ask her if she is willing to give Guangguang a share of the box office."

"The stick market is so small, if we exchange profits, there is no reason for her not to agree."

"Box office fraud is not only our specialty, but also the specialty of all movies around the world. Who can guarantee that the other party will not commit fraud? This cooperation must be led by a third party."

"me!"

"Can you guarantee that the two-shot film will be 100% approved in China? Can you guarantee that there won't be any legal problems in the future? Delinquency issues? No, this matter must be led by the Chinese and Korean governments. There are no rules and regulations for individuals and companies to do it privately. It's okay if they don't make money, but once they make money, they have to start accounting."

"..."

"CJ is one of the few Korean companies that can directly invest in domestic films. Both Perfect World and I Know Women's Hearts have CJ's investment... CJ is very special and strong. If we must find a partner to operate the Sino-Korean twin version, we will be at a disadvantage if we choose CJ. It is better to find a weaker one, such as NEW."

Li Mingyang was stunned. After Boss Zhao cooperated with CJ once, he quit and approached NEW to do a twin version.

Seeing Li Mingyang's confusion, Wang Changtian took a sip of tea and slowly said, "When doing business, of course you have to find a partner you can control. Even Wanda may not be able to control CJ in China, so let's not make it more difficult for ourselves."

“NEW’s film sources are not very good.”

"NEW is good at comedy, which is low-cost and easy to win big with a small investment."

Li Mingyang finally understood that Wang Changtian wanted to control NEW and make steady money.

"Boss Wang, you are too cautious..."

"It's better to be safe than sorry. If you don't go to Hollywood, you're just worried about getting ripped off."

"Okay... I'll get in touch with CJ again to find out Li Meijin's true thoughts."

Seeing that Li Mingyang was determined to cooperate with CJ, Wang Changtian sighed helplessly, "Then you go and try. I'll wait for your news. NEW will be a backup plan."

"That's right! Let's drink."

Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian clinked glasses.

Wang Changtian drank the wine in his glass, put it down, and said hesitantly: "iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are not a joke. You should be prepared for the worst, especially Penguin..."

"Just wait and see how I beat back iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video. I can't beat them in China, but in Korea, haha, the bottom line of these chaebols is even lower than you think."

"I'm glad you have confidence. I'll just wait and see." Wang Changtian said with a wicked smile.

Wang Changtian still remembers that he was besieged by iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, and was almost trapped to death on Tudou.

After so many years in the entertainment industry, although he was not very successful, he was still well-known. This was the first time he was so embarrassed.

……

Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian walked and talked until they came to the KTV room.

He drank a cup with everyone, sat for a while and then left.

As soon as Li Mingyang went out, Liu Yifei followed him out.

"Director Li, are you free? Can we chat?"

"No time." Li Mingyang took out his mobile phone. In just a few hours, he had more than a dozen missed calls and dozens of messages.

"It won't take you too long." Liu Yifei said cautiously.

"You came to me just to get movie resources, why should I give them to you?"

"Why are you so cold..." Liu Yifei said with a pout.

Li Mingyang scanned the message and said, "Because you are more indifferent than me."

"No way! I always treated you as a good friend, but you always ignored me."

Li Mingyang quickly scanned the information, and since there was nothing important, he turned off his phone, raised his head and smiled, "If you treat me as a friend, don't bother me."

After saying that, Li Mingyang waved his hand and turned to walk towards the elevator hall.

Liu Yifei frowned, thought for a while, and chased after him. She got straight to the point: "Director Li, I heard from Sister Li that New World is striving to become one of the top three in Europe. How is it going now?"

"I don't think I'll win any awards, I don't pay attention to it."

"..."

Those are the top three in Europe!

You fought tooth and nail for the three domestic gold medals and even wanted to go to war with everyone.

Take any one of the three major European golds, the gold content is far beyond the three domestic golds, how come you don’t care at all?

Is this a good brain or a bad brain?
"You are not free today, are you free tomorrow?"

"No time."

Ding!
The elevator door opens.

Li Mingyang was stunned. What a coincidence, he actually ran into Lee Boo-jin.

Lee Boo-jin nodded slightly to Lee Ming-yang very politely, and Lee Ming-yang smiled in return and walked into the elevator.

Liu Yifei didn't give up and followed him in.

"Hello." Liu Yifei took the initiative to greet Lee Boo-jin in English.

"Hello." Lee Boo-jin recognized Liu Yifei and replied indifferently.

For a moment, the elevator hall was quiet and you could hear people breathing.

"Will you attend Jun Ji-hyun's wedding?" Lee Boo-jin suddenly said when the elevator was about to reach the first floor.

Liu Yifei is so cute, I don’t know how to respond. What does Jun Ji-hyun’s marriage have to do with me?
"It should." said Li Mingyang.

Lee Boo-jin hummed and stopped talking.

The elevator arrived at the first floor, Li Mingyang left the elevator and walked into the first floor corridor.

Liu Yifei said goodbye to Lee Boo-jin, got out of the elevator, and caught up with Li Mingyang.

"That woman just now was Lee Boo-jin, right?" Liu Yifei asked in a low voice.

"Ah."

"Do you know Jun Ji-hyun?"

"I met you once."

"Oh, you two must be very familiar with each other, otherwise how would a busy man like you have time to attend her wedding?"

"I know you better. When you get married, I will definitely attend your wedding."

Liu Yifei looked at Li Mingyang with some confusion, not understanding what he meant by that.

"You...what do you mean?"

"Means nothing."

You say you can’t get married!
That's right, now your mentality is "I am a fairy sister, how can I not get married."

"When I came, I saw a beautiful garden outside. Unfortunately, it's late at night and I don't dare to go out alone. Can you accompany me to take a look?" Liu Yifei said.

"Let your mother accompany you."

"Why are you like this? I'll just take up one hour of your time. One hour is enough."

"I'm really busy."

Liu Yifei stood still and said angrily, "Li Mingyang, you are so ungrateful. Every time your mother wants you to get together, you say you don't have time, and then push your mother to me and ask me to accompany her and coax her! My mother is angry."

Li Mingyang doesn't want to see his mother at ordinary times, and he doesn't want to see her even more during the Chinese New Year.

Then his godmother kept advising him, worried that his good sister would become depressed.

So Li Mingyang asked Tianxian to accompany his mother.

The heavenly version of the love potion is really useful...it can always make my mom happy.

"I'll give you one hour." Li Mingyang stopped and turned to say to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei's anger turned into joy and she walked back proudly.

"Aren't you going to visit the garden? The garden is this way."

"It's so cold outside! Let's go to the rooftop lounge and have a drink while we talk."

There is one thing that Li Mingyang’s fans were not wrong about.

Liu Yifei really likes drinking and is a bit addicted to alcohol...

I drank a bottle of red wine by myself for half an hour.

"Drink less. If your mother sees it, she'll think I forced you to drink." Li Mingyang advised Liu Yifei, looking at her blushing face.

"It's okay, come on, come on, let's drink up!" Liu Yifei picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Li Mingyang.

(End of this chapter)