The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 37 The storm is rising
The music scene was turbulent in 98
After Zhang Chen released his new album in February, it wasn't until March that Ling Zhixuan's "Mona Lisa's Tears" made it onto the charts, followed by "I'm a Girl" by new artist Xu Huaiyu, who was launched by Rolling Stone Records.

The Chinese music scene in February and March was dominated by Zhang Chen's five songs as well as Lin Zhixuan and Xu Huaiyu.

In the field of film and television dramas, the giant ship "Titanic" finally swept the entire North American film industry in an irresistible manner, and the rest of the films wailed under its crush.

In early March, Zhang Chen's program "Son of the East" was broadcast as scheduled, showing a "real" Zhang Chen to the national audience. All doubts and speculations disappeared after the broadcast of this program and the previous 10-second report on the news broadcast.

And no one in the circle dared to openly question Zhang Chen's achievements.

This is also what Zhang Chen hopes to see. The country needs foreign affairs talents like him, and he also needs such a personality.

So just like that, a vivid image of a "genius boy" appeared in the entire mainland entertainment circle with an overwhelming attitude.

Coincidentally, on the other side of the ocean, Time magazine also called Zhang Chen a "genius boy". He is the third Chinese star to appear on the cover of Time magazine after Gong Li and Wang Fei.

But the "genius boy" Zhang Chen disappeared from everyone's sight for a whole half a year.

During this period, Taiwan also invited him to participate in the Golden Melody Awards, but he refused on the grounds of studying.

In fact, the main reason is that the current Golden Melody Awards are not as popular as they are later, and their value is not high.

Sometimes when you give out awards, it's not that you want to give it to a certain star, and that star will go. It also depends on how valuable the award is. If Zhang Chen goes to every award ceremony, he won't have to do anything for a year and can just fly around the world.

However, Zhang Chen is not eligible for Hong Kong Island's "Top Ten Golden Songs" award. This award is currently an award for Hong Kong Islanders themselves.

But he did go to the "Billboard" award on the other side of the ocean. After all, this time the Billboard gave him enough face and did not do anything to hurt him in the ranking.

He won 6 awards including "Best Newcomer", "Best Pop Album", "Best Single" and "Most Popular Asian Artist Award".

Unlike the Grammy Awards, the Billboard Awards focus more on commercial nature. As long as the album sells well and is played a lot on radio stations, you can win an award.

Zhang Chen's self-titled album "Leon" has sold 3300 million copies worldwide in more than half a year, and has also won the "Gold Record" and "Platinum Record" certification certificates from the Recording Industry Association.

The most important thing is that Zhang Chen earned nearly 8000 million US dollars in revenue. It has to be said that in the era of physical records, singers really make more money than movie stars.

Even for Jackie Chan, his salary only increased from 400 million US dollars to 1200 million US dollars after the release of "Rush Hour" and its huge success.

In terms of influence in North America, Cheng Long is now only second to Zhang Chen, mainly because his reputation as a "genius boy" is so popular. Even film and television companies have contacted Zhang Chen, but he rejected them all because he was too young and unsuitable.

The main reason is that the role is too small, and there is no need to consume myself in some bad movies.

Zhang Chen did not invest the money he earned from the new album into Apple stock, because Apple had few shares in circulation at that time. If he bought more, it would have to be disclosed publicly. He had no intention of exposing himself to Wall Street. It was better for him to make money quietly behind the scenes.

In the end, he spent $2000 million to buy a mansion in Beverly Hills. He hired some people to maintain the house and transferred part of the funds to China in an appropriate way. He bought an apartment building in Beijing and rented it to Chenguang Entertainment for the later artists to live in. He bought himself about 20 properties in the core areas of Shenzhen, Shanghai, Lin'an and Beijing, all of which were registered under the name of his sole proprietorship company.

He doesn’t know about other investment methods, but he still wants to catch the boom in real estate.

After spending all this, there is still about 4000 million US dollars in liquid funds left, waiting for certain domestic companies to seek investment, and Zhang Chen can just seize the opportunity.

Zhang Chen also wanted to make movies and build a cinema, but the time was not right and many things were not allowed. Now, to make a movie, you have to use the name of a film studio.

Zhang Chen paid attention to the subsequent World Cup in France. As the host, the French team defeated the defending champion Brazil and won the World Cup for the first time. This history has not changed.

During the six months he disappeared, the only time he attended was a fundraising charity gala in August, which was also his obligation, and he also donated 8 million yuan.

In front of an apartment building in a new real estate project in Beijing, Wang Jinghua brought Fan Bingbing, who had already joined the company, and said
"You can live here from now on." Wang Jinghua said to Fan Bingbing who looked a little embarrassed.

"Is this arranged by the company?"

"Well, if new employees don't have a place to live in Beijing, they can live here. It's a benefit for you new employees. Work hard and don't let the company down."

"Well! I will."

When Fan Bingbing walked into her 80-square-meter apartment, she felt a sense of 'die for your friend'. How could she not be grateful for such an unimaginable living environment for a young girl who came to Beijing alone and had no relatives or friends here?

"'Return of the Condor Heroes 2' is about to start filming, and your role has not changed. In addition, the company is preparing a TV series, and we will assign you a role then." Wang Jinghua said to Fan Bingbing, who was still admiring the house decoration, "This drama is the company's first drama, so President Sun attaches great importance to it. During this time, you should read the novel 'The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li' carefully. The filming will start in March next year, which does not conflict with your schedule."

It was also at the instruction of Sun Fangping that one of the important supporting roles in "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li" was given to Fan Bingbing. After all, Fan Bingbing was the first artist under Chen Guang in the true sense.

After signing the company, it is only natural to give him some praise for a role. In addition to playing a role in Zhang Chen's new album MV a few months ago, he also played a role in "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li", the company's first work.

Since the project was launched, the drama "Little Li Flying Dagger" has been looking for suitable actors, and finally found the actors from the original time and space. The only difference is that Liu Xiaoli will play the role of Lin Shiyin.

The original time and space was to cater to the Taiwanese audience, so they chose Xiao Qiang to play this role. But Chen Guang didn't need to consider so much, and Jiao Enjun and Jia Jingwen were already Taiwanese actors. As a TV series produced in the mainland, it was also necessary to balance the composition of the actors on both sides.

Therefore, in addition to the role of Lin Shiyin, a large number of actors from "Morning Flower Agency" were also used, which can be regarded as giving some confidence to its artists and proving that the company is capable of producing a TV series on its own.

After this drama, Chenguang Entertainment will also produce a drama and let Fan Bingbing play the female lead, intending to promote Fan Bingbing.

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