Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 410 Was he drained dry?

Renren.com has evolved to become the only propaganda platform in China.

The combination of a homepage and a blog is unique in the country.

Park Si-yeon received four scripts and double-digit business collaboration invitations within just three days of opening her Renren page, including invitations to business dinners.

These days, not many films start shooting in a year; four scripts are already quite a lot.

Regarding business drinking parties, Renren.com issued a warning.

If she gets into any trouble while claiming to be "Tang Wen's number one female fan"...

For example, accompanying someone for drinks.

Then Renren.com will terminate its cooperation with her.

In other words, it's a ban.

The person who made her drink with them will also suffer the consequences.

Renren.com is the largest portal website in China. People inside and outside the industry will have to think twice when they hear this news.

The power of the media is not to be underestimated.

Not to mention, there's Tang Wen behind him, who just sent a billionaire to jail.

Many people's money and businesses are not exactly above board, but in this chaotic era, how many people can withstand close scrutiny?

How many of them can withstand scrutiny after being exposed?
The news leaked from within Renren.com, and most of the business cooperation invitations were immediately withdrawn.

To put it bluntly, there aren't many purely business cooperation opportunities these days.

It was nowhere near as prosperous as it was in later times.

This whole ordeal caused her to gain immense popularity, both within and outside the entertainment industry, instantly surpassing veteran actors who had been acting for many years.

She surpassed many professionally trained, young, and beautiful actors.

Who knew Renren could be used like this?
Can a persona be created like this?
When the young actresses learned that Renren.com was also "restricting" her from attending business dinners, they became even more envious.

This isn't a restriction; it's practically gilding this woman with gold!

Young actresses, unless they desperately need money or are deliberately trying to ruin themselves, who the hell would want to attend a drinking party?
You don't think all bosses are as young, handsome, and talented as Tang Wen, do you?
Director Tang's services are so popular that actresses would pay him to queue up for them...

Seeing how popular Park Si-yeon has become, Huo Si-yan is the one who regrets it the most.

Other female celebrities don't have a chance to get close to Tang Wen, but she's different.

Sitting in Jia Jingwen's office, holding a laptop, staring at Park Si-yeon's homepage with a resentful look, as if he wanted to devour Park Si-yeon.

"Jingwen, why didn't I think of that?" She said this at least seven or eight times that morning.

Jia Jingwen sighed silently, feeling helpless towards this silly girl: "After you got close to Director Tang, you were so focused on studying foot-washing techniques that you almost forgot you're an actress. Who can help you?"
"Alright, you're not bad now either."

“But this is a long-term condition!” Huo Siyan said pitifully.

Jia Jingwen originally wanted to offer some advice and then give her a magazine shoot job, and that would be the end of it.

But after thinking about it, Huo Siyan had only shown some resistance at the beginning of their relationship, and had been obedient and hadn't caused much trouble since then.

We still need to try and win them over.

"Renren.com seems to have some plans. Let me ask around and see if you can get involved."

"Waaah, thank you, Sister Jingwen." Huo Siyan rushed over.

"Alright. Let's do this again." Jia Jingwen smiled gently.

Huo Siyan left happily.

Jia Jingwen picked up the phone and called Renren.com.

The person who answered the phone was the operations director of Renren.com, a man in his thirties who held a high position on the website, but he addressed the person as "General Manager Jia."

Renren.com has a "famous blogger" program.

To put it simply, it's about gradually increasing the number of bloggers on Renren.com.

It mainly features celebrities sharing their lives and hobbies.

Renren.com will create personas and tags for them...

Jia Jingwen wanted to include "Huo Siyan", "Zhang Jingchu" and "Huang Shengyi".

The operations director readily agreed, not to mention that the two women were already well-known actresses.

Even if Alyssa Chia sends two amateurs over, he would happily accept them and then teach them with care.

As for why?
Of course, CEO Sun Chao specifically instructed him to do so.

Regarding the women around Chairman Tang Wen, General Manager Sun specifically gave the senior executives some pointers.

Jia Jingwen is ranked very high, and she is also tactful in her actions, never making any difficult requests.

On one occasion, he visited the headquarters, gave an interview, and even bought coffee for everyone in the company.

No distinction of rank, everyone is treated equally.

The employees chatted privately and said: This woman has the demeanor of an empress. Apart from being a few years older than Director Tang and being from Southeast China, she has no other flaws.

As a senior executive, he had more contact with them.

I know that the actresses around Director Tang are all nice people.

There's no one who's aloof or particularly difficult to deal with.

Europe.

Julie is constantly engaged in verbal battles with the three major British tabloids.

They even had their lawyers publicly send out lawyer's letters.

The news continues to generate buzz.

Tang Wen then stepped in again, using interviews to draw readers' and viewers' attention to the movie "Tomb Raider 2".

After a series of combined efforts, box office revenue began to rise several days ago.

The statistics will be available when the new week begins.

Not counting Japanese and Korean films that haven't been released yet.

Thanks to the hype surrounding the scandal, the total box office in the European market exceeded $3500 million.

It's more than 1000 million higher than the most optimistic estimate!

Box office revenue in North America has also rebounded.

Total box office revenue exceeded US$5400 million.

Including some smaller markets, the total global box office is close to 1 million.

However, the box office is still far from breaking even.

It didn't attract much attention.

It only boosted Paramount's confidence.

At the meeting, Shirley Lansing continued to credit Tang Wen for his contributions:
“I went to Galaxy Entertainment in person and had a three-hour conference call with their CEO and Tang.”

This statement is not entirely a lie.

She did go to Galaxy Entertainment, but it was to give Lin Chih-ling some pointers.

Sister Lin is talented and has high emotional intelligence.

However, in dealing with other Hollywood companies, he was inevitably inexperienced.

Many times, I'm unsure of what to do.

Shirley Lansing is an absolute master at this.

The results of her three hours of guidance to Lin Chih-ling were more useful than the experience the latter gained through a year of trial and error.

"Tang agreed?" Someone from Shirley's faction chimed in.

"Of course, I successfully persuaded Tang Wen, and he will continue to help us promote Tomb Raider 2 for the next week or two."

He will also personally serve as the head writer, director, and producer of "Meet the Parents 2".

He will also participate in investments.

and,"

At this point, Shirley Lansing smiled smugly: "His investment will serve as subordinated capital, sharing 50% of our risk!"

"Wow~"

There was a wave of applause.

Flattery such as "The president is wise" and "As expected of Sherry Lansing" was heard everywhere.

It's one thing for these sycophants to flatter themselves.

They also had to stand up and applaud, and not only did they have to stand up themselves, they also had to use eye contact and body language to signal the surrounding executives to stand up as well...

The opposition was helpless.

Shirley Lansing did a really good job.

They all wondered if Tang Wen had lost his mind.
You actually took on such a challenging collaborative project, especially a comedy?
He even personally directed the event?
And they even make their own investments serve as subordinated capital?
Regardless of what they were thinking, at this moment, all they could do was stand up and applaud.

After all, this is a victory for Paramount.

Enjoying the applause and admiring glances, Shirley Lansing nodded to herself: Indeed, this is what Tang meant by the art of language.

If I were to say right away that Tang took half of the project's investment share...

There will definitely be people who jump up and down in opposition, accusing themselves of harming the company's interests.

To put it another way, Tang shared half of the risk with us, with the funds being subordinated.

They felt they had gotten a great deal.

The opposition won't utter a single word.

Tomb Raider 2 is coming to Japan and South Korea.

Tang Wen returned to Tokyo.

Julie and the crew witnessed Tang Wen's terrifying influence in Asia.

Thousands of cherry blossom girls came to support him, holding up his posters and records.

When Tang Wen asked if they wanted to support the film.

The response from the crowd was deafening.

Julie noticed that almost every one of these fans who came to support Tang Wen had a record, poster, or magazine. In other words, they had all spent money on Tang Wen.

This is very rare.

She knew some celebrity singers who claimed to have millions of fans.

As a result, they couldn't sell even 100,000 records.

It's nothing compared to Tang Wen's tens of millions of sales.

That evening, Tomb Raider 2 opened in Japan.

As the world's second-largest film market, the results are gratifying, especially in the first three days.

The box office reached $1500 million.

The box office trend showed an increase for three consecutive days.

The European market did not decline significantly, and the global box office reached 1.3 million.

This achievement, this speed, is enough to surprise Hollywood.

After spending a few days in Japan, Tang Wen and Julie arrived in South Korea.

South Korea's adoration and love for American celebrities is even greater than Japan's.

The enthusiasm shown by the Koreans surprised even Jolie.

Tang Wen taught her a few Korean phrases, and when Julie shouted them out in a strange voice, the whole place erupted in excitement.

It was as if she had done something extraordinary.

"Why did my performance on stage go so well?" Julie wondered after the event.

"The people of this country especially want Americans to respect them."

Julie nodded thoughtfully. "It seems I should learn a few Korean phrases. If I were to compliment them, what should I say?"

"Uh, praise their bubble, praise their Samsung, and oh right, praise Lee Hyori too."

"Who is this?"

"Your Korean sister," Tang Wen said bluntly.

Julie paused for a moment, then gave a meaningful smile: "Then I'll rest tonight and teach her tomorrow. I'll give her a little shock."

Tang Wen's writing is perfectly acceptable.

These days, Julie has been dealing with him alone, and he's really exhausted after holding back most of his strength.

If it weren't for my regular exercise routine and my large frame and good physique, I would have been too exhausted to get out of bed long ago.

A Korean BBQ restaurant in Seoul.

Inside the private room, Son Ye-jin and Lee Hyori sat facing each other.

This wasn't the first time the two women had met. The Korean entertainment industry isn't very big, so they often run into each other on various occasions.

But it was indeed the first time we sat down to eat together.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

The waiter brought in the meat.

Son Ye-jin declined the barbecue chef's offer of help. After the chef left, she tested the temperature of the grill with the back of her hand, then picked up her phone to check the time and whispered, "Hyori unnie, oppa is arriving at 6:30, right?"

This remark broke the awkward silence in the room.

Lee Hyori's expressionless face softened.

Son Ye-jin knew Tang Wen first and even took the initiative to make concessions.

If she keeps a cold face, she'll be considered unvirtuous.

Son Ye-jin is gentle by nature and doesn't want to compete for anything.

In terms of age, he is indeed two years younger than Lee Hyori, and he debuted two years later than Lee Hyori.

Lee Hyori softened the sharpness in her eyes: "Yeah, Oppa is usually very punctual."

She spent more time with Tang Wen than Son Ye-jin, whom she had only met a few times.

Son Ye-jin nodded and turned down the heat of the oven.

There's still more than half an hour until 6:30.

The two were silent again.

Meeting your man's lover is such a strange encounter.

"Let's exchange contact information." This time, it was Lee Hyori who broke the silence.

"it is good."

After writing down the phone number, Lee Hyori added, "I debuted two years earlier, so I know more people. If you need anything, you can call me."

Son Ye-jin did not refuse the kindness, and smiled, saying, "Thank you, unnie."

Although she had heard rumors of Lee Hyori's loyalty within the industry, she didn't dare to believe them too much.

Besides, with the foreign female bodyguards Tang Wen hired, the care from Disney, and the support from their own company, it seems sufficient for now.

The two women were having a normal conversation.

Let me talk about my recent work and future plans.

Until the door to the private room was opened.

"Oppa!" Son Ye-jin was the first to see Tang Wen enter from where she was sitting.

Lee Hyori reacted even faster, turning around and getting off her seat to throw herself into Tang Wen's arms.

Tang Wen put his arm around her and kissed her, then smiled and waved to Son Ye-jin, whose face was frozen.

Like a delicate white flower, Son Ye-jin pouted, but ultimately couldn't resist the impulse in her heart, and went over to him, where he hugged her tightly.

Lee Hyori's emotions were intense; she hugged Tang Wen tightly and kissed him for a while before letting go.

Then, he went back to his seat first and started grilling the thinly sliced ​​beef, essentially giving the seat to Son Ye-jin.

Two minutes later, Son Ye-jin's face turned red, and she was breathless from being kissed, so she leaned softly against Tang Wen's chest.

The seats in the private room are long, narrow sofas.

Tang Wen led Son Ye-jin over, and Lee Hyori immediately moved to the innermost part. Tang Wen sat in the middle, and Son Ye-jin sat on the outermost side.

The three of them squeezed onto a sofa.

Tang Wen, with a woman on each arm, secretly admired how sensible the two Korean girls were...

"Zizzi"

Thin slices of beef quickly change color on the baking tray.

Son Ye-jin picked it up with chopsticks, cut it open, and put it into Tang Wen's small condiment dish.

Lee Hyori swallowed hard, smelling the aroma: "Grilled beef, I haven't had it in a long time."

Meat is very expensive in South Korea, but with her income, she certainly can afford it.

However, after the release of her new album, "10 Minutes," became a huge hit, she became very busy, receiving numerous offers for commercial performances.

To perform on stage, one needs to maintain a good physique and dares not indulge oneself easily.

After a long day of promotion, Tang Wen was hungry. He took a bite and exclaimed, "It's really well-grilled!"

At times like these, you shouldn't praise the quality of the ingredients.

You should praise the person who grilled it for their excellent skills.

The two women, suppressing their cravings and hunger, served him from either side, one pouring wine and the other grilling meat.

After he finished the plate of meat, he was only half full.

He took over the job of grilling meat from Son Ye-jin and started serving them instead.

In South Korea, where male chauvinism is prevalent, it's extremely rare to find a man of high status who is also considerate of women.

The two women looked at him with sparkling eyes.

Suddenly, their eyes met unexpectedly.

After calming down, they all thought in unison: "Hmm, if Oppa only had me, that would be so great. Just thinking about it makes me so happy!"

"Eat quickly," Tang Wen urged. "The quality of your Korean beef is just so-so. I'll airfreight some American beef and Japanese Wagyu to you later."

As for what the two women were thinking.

He could guess that the women around him had all thought of possessing someone exclusively.

But who has that capability?
Haven't you seen how even those two-meter-tall, violent trucks in the US need someone to share the firepower?

Back at the hotel that evening, the two women were very shy and awkward.

She glanced at the other person, then at Tang Wen, before looking away.

That kind of thing?
They're not going to be together too, are they?

Tang Wen acted as if nothing had happened: "There are two rooms here. Go take a shower over there. It would be best if you showered together to save time. I'll talk to you when you come out later."

The two women looked at him.

Tang Wen simply lowered his head to change his shoes, his expression calm, as if he had no ill intentions.

After changing into slippers, he looked at the other bathroom: "I'll go take a shower too."

After saying that, he walked straight over.

Son Ye-jin breathed a sigh of relief: Oppa is so considerate!

Lee Hyori squinted: Hmm? Did Oppa get drained by that American woman?

Looking back on his time in Hong Kong, wasn't he always like a tiger pouncing on a sheep?
Tang Wen was only staying for two nights; they didn't want to miss the time they could spend with him.

After looking around, they still headed to the bathroom together.

"Wow~ Ye-jin, you're so fair-skinned!" Lee Hyori exclaimed as if she had discovered something amazing.

"Hyori unnie, please don't..."

"what--"

The bathroom door was suddenly pushed open, and the two women screamed.

Tang Wen walked in, his face full of righteous indignation: "I was worried you might encounter danger. After thinking about it, I decided you should shower together."

"Spit!" x2
(End of this chapter)