The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 338 Statements from several major companies, waiting for the harvest, and the program begins recording

June 6, in front of the main staircase of the Morning Light Building
"Why did Zhang Chen hide for so long and come out to hold a press conference?"

"Hiding?" A reporter looked at the reporter who asked the question as if he was a fool. "Zhang Chen just doesn't bother to pay attention to those rumors."

"But I think those words are spread in a very convincing way, so they are very credible."

"People in our industry don't understand what content is trustworthy?"

"Evidence! Just by talking, I can write an article for you saying that Zhang Chen is the descendant of Qin Shi Huang."

The other reporters nodded when they heard this. This was the only thought that people in their line of work distrusted the so-called "leaks" the most.

As long as there is no credible evidence to support it, it is just a report for the sake of attracting attention, and they have done this many times.

"Then why did Zhang Chen hold a press conference this time?"

"I don't know, but I know it must be something big."

"Zhang Chen either doesn't hold a press conference, or when he does, it's a big event. This has become a rule."

Although the weather in June was a little hot, Chenguang Entertainment prepared a large number of ice cubes and fans for the reporters who came, which brought a hint of coolness to the crowded crowd and calmed the impatient hearts of the media who had been waiting for a long time.

When it was around 9 o'clock in the morning, the door of Chenguang Group finally opened.

It wasn’t just Zhang Chen who came out this time.

Stars of "Morning Light Beyond Class" such as Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long, Chen Daoming, Lin Qingxia and Gong Li also followed Zhang Chen down the stairs.

Obviously, many media have guessed the main purpose of this press conference.

"Everyone, I know you have a lot of questions to ask, but I won't waste your time on such a hot day. Just ask directly."

As soon as Zhang Chen sat down, he immediately got to the point.

"Zhang Chen, is this to promote 'Morning Light Beyond Class'?"

"Yes, the show will start recording next week, and this can be considered as the launch conference."

“How many new people are participating in this program?”

"More than 5 people signed up to participate. After several rounds of screening, a total of 20 newcomers were successfully selected for the program. For specific information, please pay attention to the relevant reports of the program."

In fact, these newcomers seem unfamiliar to many people, but Zhang Chen is the only one who knows that perhaps within a few years, these people will be able to make a big name in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Some of them are still active on the screen twenty years later, constantly providing the audience with a steady stream of news.

If "The Voice of China" has captured the glory of the Chinese music scene for the next 20 years, then "Morning Light Beyond Class" will bring 20 years of film and television talents to Chinese entertainment.

Because there had been a press conference before, after Zhang Chen answered some additional questions about the start of filming of "Morning Light Beyond Class", the reporters focused on recent hot issues.

"Zhang Chen, did you read the post that appeared on my mother's forum a while ago questioning whether you shot the movie?"

"Looked."

"So what do you have to say about that?"

"If I need to respond to everyone who doubts me, my life will be too tiring. You can watch this movie if you want to, or forget it if you don't."

Zhang Chen rolled his eyes and took an unusually tough attitude.

"This" The reporter didn't expect Zhang Chen to be too lazy to explain, "But many people question whether the movie was made by you, don't you need to prove it?"

After saying this, he signaled with his eyes to Tian Zhuangzhuang who was beside Zhang Chen.

Director Tian also stood up and said: "This matter is completely false. Everyone knows why Zhang Chen did not go to school, but he has never fallen behind in his studies. As early as during the filming of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", he learned about directing knowledge from me, Jiang Wen and other directors.

While at school, his performance grades were always among the best, and the only reason he was not first was because he missed the year-end performance.

As for the director's related knowledge, in addition to the exposure many years ago, he has been exchanging emails with me during school, and he borrowed various professional books based on the ones I took notes on, so I don't need to explain the authenticity too much, right?"

After Tian Zhuangzhuang listed a large number of evidences to prove that Zhang Chen was a real talent, many reporters believed the authenticity of Zhang Chen's award, but some reporters still refused to give up.

"This only proves that he has rich theoretical knowledge, but it is too shocking for a director to win the Palme d'Or for his debut film."

"When he won the Grammy Award in 98, he also faced the same doubts. What about those doubts now?"

"Some people also question whether the songs Zhang Chen has composed over the years were written by him."

This is obviously an attempt to argue.

"My journalist friend, if you want to question whether Zhang Chen's identity as a singer is real, I still suggest that you go to the hospital to check whether your body is healthy recently, especially your brain."

After Tian Zhuangzhuang finished his retort, he handed the microphone back to Zhang Chen.

He was too lazy to pay attention to this reporter who was deliberately trying to stir up trouble.

Why question Zhang Chen's identity as a singer when there are so many other things to question? This has been certified by all singers, fans and leaders of various countries around the world. You are the one who needs to question it. Are you the smartest and the only one who discovered the clue?
"So what does Zhang Chen have to say about the leak of more than 600 celebrities' private mobile phone numbers?"

Finally someone mentioned this matter. Zhang Chen had been waiting for someone to ask about it so that he could give his speech.

After thinking for a moment, he said to everyone in the audience:

"This is the second time that a certain forum has allowed the privacy of others to be spread wantonly on its platform. These two incidents have caused great distress to the celebrities whose privacy was leaked. Last time, my family suffered a loss of more than 10 million yuan due to the address leak. Although my mobile phone number was not leaked this time, many artists of Chenguang Entertainment have suffered varying degrees of harassment.

Regarding this matter, I would like to make the following statement on behalf of Chenguang Group:
1. Chenguang Group will formally file a lawsuit against Baidu to seek due apology and compensation for hundreds of victims.

2. For such a company that has no bottom line in pursuit of traffic, all products of the companies under the M&G Group, including Weibo, M&G Music, CGT Player, Firefox, as well as partners such as Penguin and NetEase, and international partners, all software under companies such as Facebook, Google, and Apple, will block all products of Baidu in order to prevent innocent people from being harmed again.

3. Chenguang Entertainment will use all the revenue from the movie "Love" to help the victims who have been harmed by Baidu, including but not limited to those who have become disabled or died due to medical treatment, and those who have suffered economic losses due to the disclosure of their privacy. Chenguang Entertainment will help the victims seek justice from the perpetrators through legal channels, and Chenguang Group will also dispatch the company's legal team to help them win the lawsuit. All expenses will be covered by the revenue from the movie "Love".

4. Chenguang Entertainment, together with major brokerage companies, will file lawsuits against various celebrity forums for infringement of rights, and declare that all moderators of celebrity forums are not authorized by the parties involved. All major fan groups are requested to carefully distinguish the authenticity of the news.

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Zhang Chen has been busy recently reaching agreements with various companies to jointly fight against Baidu.

All the statements he is making now have been made with the consent of these companies.

Zhang Chen wants to unite all other influential companies to impose a comprehensive blockade on Baidu.

This point is protected by the banner of morality, and no one can accuse Chenguang Group and Zhang Chen of using their market dominance to engage in monopoly.

As long as his actions are in accordance with the law, they are reasonable. "In addition, after completing the Firefox Encyclopedia, Chenguang Technology will launch a series of functions such as Firefox Knows and Firefox Post Bar tomorrow. Please pay attention to the detailed introduction on the official website of Firefox for details."

The blockade was not enough. Zhang Chen asked Firefox to develop these features to cut off the possibility of Baidu's resurgence from the root.

While encircling and blocking Baidu, they are also eroding its future development prospects, vowing to completely defeat Baidu.

In fact, doing all this is not enough. Zhang Chen has another plan on the other side of the ocean.

Disney has teamed up with a number of film and television companies to file a lawsuit against relevant authorities for Baidu's behavior of condoning the piracy of film and television resources in China, and is preparing to use the media it controls to comprehensively list Baidu's crimes.

Never underestimate the capital behind Hollywood. They basically control many media channels in the West. When they unite, they can turn white into black, not to mention that the factual evidence is right in front of us.

But Zhang Chen asked Disney to wait a little longer.

Suppression alone is not enough, he also needs to get a piece of meat from Baidu to make up for the money he spent on this matter.

The movie "Love" earned over 100 million US dollars, and he donated the money in order to win the sympathy of more ordinary people, so Zhang Chen's loss was real.

However, it was impossible for Zhang Chen to just sit there and watch him lose such a huge amount of money just to suppress Baidu.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Naturally, we have to earn the money back from Baidu.

During this period, in addition to jointly launching a statement to block Baidu with these companies, he also secretly bought a large number of Baidu shares from the brokerage firms that helped Baidu go public, such as Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and other underwriters.

There were approximately 400 million shares in total. Zhang Chen joined forces with several major Hollywood studios including Disney to purchase approximately 300 million shares, of which Zhang Chen held 100 million shares, with an average price of US$27 per share, totaling US$8100 million. Zhang Chen spent approximately US$2700 million.

This time he wants to have the best of both worlds.

First, wait for Baidu's stock price to rise after its listing, and then sell at a high price.

Then, he compared the series of blockades that Baidu has encountered at home and abroad, as well as the future development plans brought out by the undercover agents from within Baidu, with the series of products launched by Zhang Chen today, in order to speak ill of Baidu.

Short sell Baidu stock and make another fortune!
This can also be considered a hedge. No matter which side succeeds, at least it can guarantee no loss.

In fact, Zhang Chen was also worried about whether today's press conference would have an impact on Baidu's stock price on its first day of listing. However, with Weibo, United and Western media jointly blocking the news, today's events will not be widely spread among the public before August.

As long as there is big news on Wall Street, Baidu's stock can still maintain a certain growth.

Although we cannot defend against large well-informed institutions, the wallets of ordinary Americans and speculators can still be cut.

Now, we just have to wait until August comes so that Zhang Chen and Disney can swing their sickles together!
After the press conference, Zhang Chen came to the interior of the Morning Light Building.

Many students from the "Morning Light Transcendence Class" have gathered here.

Zhang Chen looked around and saw 20 students in total.

Zhang Chen was deeply impressed by these people.

Among them are Yang Mi and Liu Shishi, who had met Zhang Chen once.
There is also Zhang Chen’s classmate Tang Yan.

There is Hu Ge who has successfully transformed himself.

There are also Sun Ao, Wang Chuanjun and Chen He who have become the youth memories of a generation.

There is also Yaya, one of the beauties in the Western Regions.

There is a big baby with Huang Xiaoming’s future complex.

There are professional comedians Xiao Yang, Lei Jiayin, Shen Teng, Huang Bo, and Wang Baoqiang.

There is Zhu Yilong, the emoticon maker.

There is Zhang Xiaofei who made her debut with a comedy sketch.

There is the variety show little cheetah Zheng Kai.

There is also Jiao Junyan, who is often mistaken for being Erlang Shen’s daughter.

There is Wang Luodan who was requested by Zhang Chen.

And, articles that will become very popular in the future.

Zhang Chen took another look at the last person and felt that he had to find a reason to eliminate him.

He could reject Cheng Long's son, and he didn't need anyone's consent to reject an article.

"Dear future stars, first of all, congratulations on officially becoming students of the Morning Light Beyond Class. In the next three months, you will eat and live with other students and complete the recording of the program together. Those who perform well in the assessments set by the program will have the opportunity to directly participate in the film and television dramas of Morning Light Entertainment and affiliated film and television companies. I hope you can stand out among everyone."

Zhang Chen is in the front, followed by four mentors: Cheng Long, Chen Daoming, Lin Qingxia and Gong Li, and two great directors: Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou.

This made the newbies at the scene feel unprecedented pressure.

"Also, let me introduce you to a few more people."

Zhang Chen said as he asked the staff to open the door to the hall. Several people who looked very familiar to the newbies came in:

Fan Bingbing

Li Bingbing

Gao Yuanyuan

舒唱
These people can be said to be among the most famous female stars in the country at present, and are also the trump cards that Chenguang Entertainment can show off.

"These four people will become your class leaders in the future, leading you and your corresponding instructors to complete study and assessments again and again. I hope you can get along well with each other."

This was added by Zhang Chen on purpose.

In the entertainment industry, the only relatively stable relationship is the teacher-student relationship. Although Fan Bingbing and others are not yet able to take the position of mentor, the identity of a guide can still help them attract some future popular young actresses and actors.

I believe this program can bring a lot of benefits to these four people.

Especially, Fan Bingbing.

Zhang Chen glanced at Fan Bingbing with fiery eyes and was full of expectations for her.

This cash tree is about to mature and should bring a lot of benefits to him and the company in the near future.

Zhang Chen, looking forward to it.

　These stars can basically represent the next 20 years of Chinese entertainment, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)