The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 421: Passersby’s revelations are far more convincing than the parties involved
On June 6th, an otherwise ordinary day, two shocking events occurred in the Chinese entertainment industry.

[Today, the 06 graduates of Beijing Film Academy faced the last test of their student life - defense. Our big stars Zhang Chen and Liu Yifei are members of the acting class of Beijing Film Academy. According to students on campus, during the defense today, Zhang Chen and Liu Yifei had a verbal conflict with one of the examiners, the young acting teacher Huang Lei. Our reporter is actively following up on this matter.]

[According to a reporter on the front line, Zhang Chen was questioned about ghostwriting his thesis during his graduation defense today.]

[Regarding the Zhang Chen paper ghostwriting incident, there is currently no evidence to prove that Zhang Chen wrote the paper himself.]

[After the graduation defense, Zhang Chen did not accept any interview requests from media reporters, but in the evening, he promoted "Crazy Stone" by a new director Ning Hao on Weibo.]

[According to reliable sources, "Crazy Momentum" is a project in Morning Light Entertainment's "Chinese New Star Director" program. The box office on the first day has exceeded 100 million, and its investment was only 300 million! ]

At the end of June, people originally thought that Zhang Chen would be busy with graduation and would not continue to dominate the news headlines. However, on the day of his graduation defense, which was also the last day of June, Zhang Chen brought everyone these two shocking news.

Not to mention "Crazy Stone", a movie whose total box office revenue in the future is still unknown.

Let’s talk about Zhang Chen’s graduation thesis defense.

Many people have noticed that after Zhang Chen was named the new "richest Chinese" on the Forbes Rich List, there has been a lot more news about Zhang Chen.

Although many media have paid attention to the affairs of Zhang Chen, an international superstar and wealthy man, in the past, there has never been a phenomenon like now where there is news about Zhang Chen almost every day for an entire month.

It was as if everything that happened to Zhang Chen had invisibly attracted the attention of the entire nation.

Most people who usually don’t pay attention to the entertainment industry have started paying attention to Zhang Chen, the extremely young richest man, because of the changes in the richest Chinese.

"I thought this young Chinese billionaire still lacked experience. Look at what he has done recently. He is just like a hot-headed brat!"

"The kid is so overbearing that he even dares to talk back to his teacher. He doesn't take our country's virtue of respecting the elderly and loving the young seriously. He dares to talk back to his teacher now. Who knows what he will do to harm society in the future."

"What does it mean to be rich but unkind? A star who was promoted by a child became arrogant after becoming famous and making money, and completely forgot how he achieved his success."

More and more people are paying attention to Zhang Chen online.

Also, because the Internet is developing faster and faster, many older people have begun to use the Internet.

These "old people" from all walks of life who had not known about Zhang Chen's past experience, because of the ambiguous reports in the news media, automatically imagined the incident to be that Zhang Chen contradicted his teacher during the graduation defense because of the teacher's doubts.

This statement spread rapidly on the Internet.

Because so many people believed this statement, many people began to criticize the character of Zhang Chen, the richest Chinese man.

Some people who are particularly hostile to the rich even went to the relevant departments to report Zhang Chen.

For a while, Zhang Chen was being condemned by everyone on the Internet.

Even if Zhang Chen's fans wanted to speak up for Zhang Chen, they didn't know where to start because they didn't know what happened at Zhang Chen's graduation defense.

They can only counter the negative comments about Zhang Chen on the Internet by referring to Zhang Chen’s past achievements and merits.

"One by one, don't think you can say anything just because you are old. Zhang Chen is not a kid in your eyes. He is the boss of the largest entertainment company in our country and the chairman of the first private group company in our mainland."

"That's right. Zhang Chen is not an ordinary star. He has won more international honors than many domestic stars combined. So be careful with your words before you speak and open your eyes to see the good things Zhang Chen has done!"

"You guys who can only type at home dare to conclude that Zhang Chen is the party at fault without knowing the full picture of the matter. Who gave you the courage to define this matter without going through the official announcement?"

"I don't know how much money Zhang Chen has donated across the country and even the world. Maybe the school you attend or even the school your children and grandchildren attend was built with Zhang Chen's money. You guys are not afraid of shortening your life by saying this!"

"If you count the people who have been punished by Zhang Chen, they were all the ones who took the initiative to provoke Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen rarely takes the initiative to provoke trouble, so I think the incident this time is most likely caused by that teacher."

"I have a friend who is studying at Beijing Film Academy. I went to ask him about the situation. At that time, the teacher secretly said that Zhang Chen's paper might have been written by his assistant, but Liu Yifei heard it outside the door, and then..."

Someone described in detail the cause and process of the incident.

Although Nortel's official account has not yet issued an announcement on this matter.

But everyone discovered something very interesting.

Liu Yifei, liked the comment on this explanation!
The likes from the parties involved in the incident prove the authenticity of the events described in this Weibo post.

In an instant, this Weibo post was pushed to the top of the hot searches by netizens.

After seeing this situation, many media outlets reprinted the news or wrote new articles to introduce the details of the incident to the public.

"Is that it?" Liu Yifei had been staring at the computer screen for an hour. When she saw that the Weibo post in which she liked Zhang Chen's secondary account was recognized by netizens and the media, she closed her laptop with satisfaction.

"of course."

Zhang Chen was running on his laptop, playing Fantasy Westward Journey, one of the most popular games produced by NetEase Zhuchang, one of the companies he invested in.

This game has an advantage, which is that you can hang up. He chose the "Loyal Dragon" sect, which is known for its captain who will not disband the team and will hang up until dawn.

So he could still discuss what happened yesterday with Liu Yifei while playing games.

"Why don't we stand up and tell everyone what happened yesterday?" Liu Yifei sat next to Zhang Chen, watching the game on the screen where the game characters hit each other and hit each other back. At the same time, she did not forget to explain her doubts to Zhang Chen, "If we tell it ourselves, it should be more convincing, right?"

"No, no, no!" Zhang Chen took two weights and placed them on the "ALT" and "Q" keys and stopped paying attention to the game. He smiled at Liu Yifei and said, "Many times, the revelations of passers-by are easier for the spectators to believe than the stories told by the parties themselves."

"Ah?" Liu Yifei was stunned and looked at Zhang Chen blankly, "What's the logic behind this?"

"human nature!"

"Human nature?" Liu Yifei nodded, not quite understanding, and then stopped asking. Anyway, the matter was resolved. She was more concerned about another matter, "Where is the variety show you mentioned?"

"Variety show?" Zhang Chen coughed lightly. "I have asked the company's variety show department to make a plan."

When I was told this, I didn't really think about doing it.

But in order to prevent Liu Yifei from asking too many questions, he had no choice but to come up with a variety show to deal with it.

It was because this was done too hastily that Zhang Chen did not prepare any specific plan except for an idea.

Now we can only ask the company's people to work overtime to rush the plan.

"I'm not really in a hurry," Liu Yifei felt a little anxious, "I just want to try what it's like to produce a variety show by myself."

"You won't be on the show yourself?"

"After appearing on The Voice of China, I feel that variety shows are quite boring." Liu Yifei shook her head slowly, "Besides, I have no shortage of money or exposure, so there is no need for me to snatch opportunities from other people in the company."

"You have it, but have you ever thought that your fans want to see the real you on TV?" "No!" Liu Yifei shook her head quickly, "I can't let others know that I'm a lazy person!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Zhang Chen and curled her lips, "You're still talking about me. You have so many fans around the world, why don't you fulfill their wish to see more of your true appearance?"

"Me?" Zhang Chen pointed at himself in surprise. "I'm going to have a concert starting next year, isn't that enough?"

"It's like you said, people can never get enough of it."

"That can't be helped." Zhang Chen said indifferently, "I have my own life. I can't spend most of my life fulfilling other people's wishes, right?"

"That's right, if I have to face the camera all day, I might as well just lie at home and sleep!" Liu Yifei stretched lazily. Her summer clothes perfectly reflected her increasingly curvy figure, which made Zhang Chen stare at her.

"Go to bed?" Zhang Chen repeated Liu Yifei's words, and then affirmed, "Yes! Go to bed!"

After saying that, he picked someone up and walked towards the room.

"Hey!" Liu Yifei's stomach hurt from being hit by Zhang Chen's shoulder. She was so angry that she punched Zhang Chen's waist and said, "It's still daytime!"

"A day's plan begins in the morning!"

On the first day of July, the mainland promulgated the "Regulations on Protection of Information Network Communication Rights".

This means that if you want to disseminate other people's works on regular websites or software on the Internet, you need to obtain the author's authorization.

These include literary works, movies, TV series, music and other products.

Because of the anti-piracy campaign initiated by Zhang Chen in the music industry a few years ago, Chinese netizens have gradually developed a sense of copyright.

Many people have begun to subconsciously believe that paying for knowledge is something that should be done.

And thanks to Zhang Chen's early start, basically, Morning Glory Music, CGT player, and the emerging online novel sites such as Dianniao and Jinjiang, which are currently showing signs of booming, have also been gradually acquired by Zhang Chen in the past two years.

It has the digital copyrights to more than 95% of the movies, TV shows, music, and novels that people want to watch on the market.

Therefore, there will not be a situation like in later generations where one needs to become a member of several platforms to watch all the works one wants to watch.

At most, members are divided into three major categories: music, film and television, and text.

The membership fee for each section is only 12 yuan per month, which is barely the daily food expenses for many people who have the time and energy to appreciate these cultural products.

Even students in more developed areas can have a few dollars a day in pocket money.

As long as you save up for a few days, you can also show your support for your favorite stars, movies, TV shows, or music works.

Although some people still say that Zhang Chen has monopolized all profit points in the Internet cultural industry, they can only talk sarcastically but dare not actually do anything.

After all, Youku, which was just launched last month, is said to have obtained 50% of the film and television drama licenses in the CGT player.

Although, they are all movies and TV series that most people don’t like to watch.

But with this website, Zhang Chen will no longer be the one who monopolizes the industry from a legal perspective.

Moreover, Zhang Chen did not use his monopoly position in the industry to dominate the market or disrupt its normal development.

There is even less reason to punish Zhang Chen for his behavior.

Finally, it is the most important point.

M&G Music and CGT Player are major taxpayers in Yanjing and Guangdong provinces.

People in the industry know the chances of winning any lawsuit locally.

Therefore, it is harder than climbing to the sky to break Zhang Chen’s position in the Internet cultural industry now.

However, the awakening of national copyright awareness and the promulgation of the "Regulations on Protection of Information Network Dissemination Rights" have added an extra shackle to many bloggers who originally made a living by secondary creation.

This also killed the original plan of attracting a large number of UPs to Youku to engage in secondary film and television creation and music "appreciation" in the cradle.

"What should we do now?" Gu Yongqiang angrily addressed the group of senior executives below him, "Can anyone tell me why we didn't hear any news about this regulation before it was promulgated?"

"Could it be Zhang Chen's doing?"

"Idiot! Does Zhang Chen have that much power?"

"What I'm asking is what to do now. The online digital copyrights of TV dramas and movies are basically in Zhang Chen's hands, and the authorizations we got are just scraps!" Gu Yongqiang was quite troubled. "Originally, I planned to have people come to our website to do secondary creation of TV dramas and movies, but this regulation directly blocked this path."

“In fact, CGT Player is already working on this kind of content, right?”

"They are just doing it as a side job, which is different from specializing in one piece of content."

"Now what?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and they all felt that the company's future was bleak.

"How about doing it secretly?"

"Are you crazy?!" Someone slammed the table. "Think about the terrifying legal department of Chenguang Group. Do you want our company to be dissolved right here?"

"That's enough!" Gu Yongqiang shouted angrily, "Now we need to think about how to find a new way out, not for you to complain here."

"How about we go and seek refuge with Zhang Chen?"

"Yes, our website has at least millions of users. Zhang Chen should be interested, right?"

"I'm afraid Zhang Chen won't accept it," someone raised an objection. "After all, our website was established thanks to CGT Player. We don't want to have a reputation for monopoly."

"Actually, there is another way out." Gu Yongqiang listened for a long time, and finally he thought of the model of a website on the other side of the ocean, "Maybe we can give it a try."

　It’s too late. Today I can only write 9100 words.

　　However, it is still an improvement compared to the previous 8000 words a day.

　　I will continue to work towards my goal tomorrow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)