The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 500: Some are happy, some are sad, the debt collector on New Year's Day
"Isn't it unnecessary for you to ask us to comfort her in such a roundabout way? Besides, I really don't think this is comforting."

"Just tell me if it works?"

"The effect is quite good. She is full of energy. That's it." Zhang Yadong looked at Liu Yifei who was gathered with her sisters not far away.

There are still traces of tears on the little girl's face.

After all, he watched him grow up, and I feel a little sad.

But when he looked back and saw the indifferent look on Zhang Chen's face, he could only shrug.

The other person's brother doesn't feel sorry for him, so why should he worry about it? He is just a half-honest man.

"Where's the album?" Zhang Chen clinked glasses with Madonna, not forgetting to chat with Zhang Yadong, "Did she get it?"

"I took it." Zhang Xiaodong took a bite of the food. "I heard that it wasn't written by you. I feel like I'm holding my breath."

Zhang Chen heard this and stopped toasting.

He put down the cup in his hand and looked towards the table of young girls.

Liu Yifei was happily chatting with Shu Chang, Zhang Shaohan and others.

From time to time, a silver bell-like laugh could be heard, making Zhang Chen unable to tell that she had been crying.

"I said that although the songs in that album were not written by you, you have kept that producer in the company for a long time, right?" Zhang Yadong looked at Zhang Chen as if he had seen through everything, "You have been prepared for this a long time?"

In Chenguang Entertainment, Zhang Yadong admits that he is no match for Zhang Chen.

In fact, there are several music producers whom he admires very much.

Without exception, these producers are from Taiwan.

Even though Zhang Chen looked down on the Taiwanese market, Zhang Yadong knew that Zhang Chen had secretly won over many musicians from Taiwan.

Ever since Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards knelt down in front of Zhang Chen, the attitude over there has become ambiguous.

Especially after Zhang Chen got closer and closer to Western capital, the attitude of people over there towards Zhang Chen also changed drastically.

Although I can't say that he will obey your orders, he will definitely respond to your requests.

Zhang Chen was very generous and actually managed to buy some songs that even Zhang Yadong thought could win awards.

Zhang Yadong just couldn’t understand why Zhang Chen kept these songs hidden so deeply and never brought them out to fill the albums of the singers in his company.

You should know that the company once signed a Taiwanese girl group.

After so many years, his performance and results in "The Voice of China" were very good.

In Zhang Yadong's opinion, these collected songs were quite suitable for the three girls.

Those three have been in the company for many years.

Looking at the people in the company who debuted at the same time as me, they are either first-tier or second-tier.

People like Zhang Shaohan, Wang Xinling, and Lin Junjie already have the ability to challenge Jay Chou.

Those three girls have made great progress in both appearance and singing skills in the past few years.

If released, it will definitely be an Asian-level girl group.

If we take advantage of the current period when the Chinese music scene is completely out in the world, maybe we can even break out of Asia.

By then, the company will have another world-class girl group.

Wouldn't it be exactly in line with Zhang Chen's idea of suppressing the South Korean entertainment industry to use a girl group to fight against South Korean boy and girl groups?

But Zhang Chen never approved the debut plans of the three girls.

They submitted their applications again and again.

Even Zhang Chen’s agent Yin Zilan in his early years couldn’t bear it and pleaded for mercy.

But every time it comes to the approval stage of boss Zhang Chen, it will be ruthlessly blocked.

No one in the company understood why this happened.

But since Zhang Chen is the one who has the final say in the entire company, Zhang Yadong couldn't say anything.

But apart from these three girls, there are other singers in the company.

Zhang Chen has so many good songs, but he keeps them hidden and doesn't publish them or share them with even his own people.

Even if he doesn't give it to the people in his own company, it would be better to give it to Liu Yifei as soon as possible.

Why do you have to take it out at this time?

Just to make Liu Yifei suffer a little more?
Zhang Yadong, who claims to be a veteran in the love field, couldn't tell at this time whether Zhang Chen's behavior towards Liu Yifei was more of a boyfriend or a brother.

There were foreigners all around them, so they communicated in Chinese without worrying about being overheard.

Both of them seemed to have forgotten that there was a person who had lived in China for a long time.

Although my Chinese language progress has been slow, I can't say that I know nothing about it.

The man glanced at Zhang Chen thoughtfully, then looked at Liu Yifei not far away.

But he didn't say anything and continued to eat in silence with his head down.

For someone who has always lived in a punk free-style, this kind of formal occasion is quite a torture.

But time passed quickly.

At dawn that day, a photo of [World Pop Superstar Chinese New Year] appeared in the world media.

Internet users around the world once again have a new understanding of Zhang Chen's appeal.

Under normal circumstances, these singers would definitely attend events everywhere during the Chinese New Year.

You have to know that singers only have a few opportunities to make money in a year.

If you miss it, you will lose nearly half of your income in a year.

Now these singers gave up the opportunity to make money and went to Zhang Chen's house to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

"Zhang Chen has indeed done something that no one else can do."

"Don't you think about who the biggest sponsors of these stars are? If the bosses of their biggest album distribution channels invite them, would they dare to refuse?"

"That's true. If Zhang Chen didn't have this status, even friends wouldn't necessarily gather together like this during the Chinese New Year."

"This is Michael Jackson's first time celebrating the Chinese New Year, right?"

"What Chinese New Year? This is the South Korean New Year!"

"Where did the dog come from?"

"Here they come again. Can you put a rope around all the South Koreans? They're stealing things on the Internet all day long. It's annoying!"

"Why don't you talk about Zhang Chen's song on the Spring Festival Gala?"

"As for Zhang Chen's songs, I'm used to being surprised by them."

“But speaking of it, this song really conveys the feeling of embracing the world. With so many singers from home and abroad working together, the momentum has been raised several notches.”

"It was difficult for the Spring Festival Gala director team to invite even one person, but Zhang Chen directly invited dozens of people to the director team. I think their faces must be crooked with laughter!"

"That's right. It is said that the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala yesterday were ridiculously high! The number of viewers at home and abroad is conservatively estimated to be 10 billion, and the overseas audience has directly increased from barely over 2 million to million."

"Those who placed ads are laughing so hard that their teeth are about to fall out. They spent the usual amount of money, but the effect was directly multiplied by more than ten times."

Netizens were discussing it hotly, and other celebrities were naturally envious.

All the stars of the Morning Light Group, even if they did not enter the main hall this time, participated in the New Year's Eve dinner in the side hall of Zhang Chen's house.

The photos of him with various celebrities on Weibo made netizens like them till their hands were sore.

After all, everyone wants to take a photo of this youth idol, Guo Rong, who has faded out of the entertainment industry for a long time.

I also hope to take photos with international superstars like Michael Jackson and Madonna.

Many netizens also expressed their envy that a simple-minded man like Wang Baoqiang could be invited to take photos with beauties like Avril Lavigne and Taylor Swift.

However, these are all benefits for artists from the Morning Light Agency. Artists from other agencies are not so lucky.

While they were drinking with their bosses, they were looking enviously at the group photos posted by the Morning Light stars on Weibo, as well as the bonus checks starting from one million yuan each.

Why is the gap between people so big?
"Ziyi, come and drink this bottle of wine. I'm investing in your movie next year!"

Zhang Ziyi looked at the one-pound bottle of 56-proof liquor in front of her and her face turned pale with fright.

If she drank this, she would be at the mercy of others tonight.

But when I think about the release of "Lust, Caution", I wonder about the impact that the scenes in the movie will have on me.

She gritted her teeth, picked up the bottle and drank it.

The stars of the Morning Light series are lucky because they have Zhang Chen to protect them.

People like her who want to compete for the resources of Morning Light artists can only survive in the cracks.

It is impossible not to fight.

But if you want to fight, you have to pay a price.

The first day of the Chinese New Year is an important day for the Chinese people.

But for people in the Chinese entertainment industry, especially some people, it is definitely not a good day.

Because they found that the Morning Light Entertainment, which they had once abandoned, has now reached a level of strength and status that is beyond their reach.

What makes people feel most helpless and aggrieved is that they were once members of Chenguang Entertainment.

We could have taken advantage of the big ship of Morning Glory Group to take off.

but now.
"Sister Hua, when can we get our performance fee?"

"Yes, Sister Hua, this has been suppressed for half a year, you have to give an explanation, right?"

"Although it's unlucky to ask for money during Chinese New Year, we have no choice."

"Everyone has had a hard time these years, but you can't even deny us the hard-earned money we earn from flying around the country, right?"

"Sister Hua, ever since we listened to you and followed you to Orange Sky, we haven't received any offers for movies or TV series. Now you're even going to cheat us out of the tens of thousands of dollars we earned from performing and cutting the ribbon?"

Wang Jinghua rubbed her temples, where veins were bulging, and couldn't stop the headache.

During the Chinese New Year, before she had the chance to visit the bigwigs in the circle, she was blocked at home by her own artists.

The unscrupulous character of Na Ying and his friends made other artists feel justified in coming to them and asking for money on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

An hour has passed and there is no sign of anyone stopping.

Unable to bear it any longer, Wang Jinghua could only knock on the table and said helplessly: "It's not that I'm holding back the performance fee, it's that the bosses haven't paid the final payment yet."

This is the current situation. Although she has a lot of acting resources, she doesn't know when the capital behind Chengtian Entertainment will be exposed on the Internet.

Now the entire entertainment industry regards them as outliers.

Even when they attended an event, no one paid attention to them.

If you go to commercial performances, you will be harassed by various bosses.

Even though some bosses like Orange Sky Entertainment very much, their financial, legal, and public relations teams just don’t like Sakura Capital behind Orange Sky Entertainment.

Generally, a performance will be divided into a deposit and a final payment.

The deposit determines the schedule, and the balance is paid off after the performance according to the contract period.

But for Wang Jinghua now, it is good enough to have work to assign to her subordinates.

She begged everyone for help and got a lot of resources, but she didn't even dare to ask for a deposit.

I thought these artists could understand how difficult it was for her, after all, they were doing this job to support their families.

I also told them when I accepted the event that there would be no deposit.

These people had happily agreed to the money before, but now they blame her when they can't get the money.

What can she do?
She has already told these people that taking these events could result in losing all their money and wasting their time, but didn't they take them anyway?
Unreasonable!

Why can't they get the money? Don't they know it?

The reason given by the organizer was that "the audience felt that he was not Chen Guang's artist and was not famous."

This is just a complaint. After all, the organizer cannot afford to pay the appearance fees to the Chen Guang artists, or they simply cannot find a schedule there, so they come to them to make up the numbers.

But "as for the level of his live singing, it's not even as good as my level in KTV."

Or "It's been a long time since you appeared on the big screen or on TV, and you still have the nerve to act so arrogantly."

This is the reason for refusing to pay the balance.
You say that you, the stars who are about to become outdated, don’t think about improving your own abilities, and just participate in other people’s activities perfunctorily.

Now that she has been caught with a reason to refuse to pay the balance, what else can Wang Jinghua say?
Your business ability is weak, and now you have the nerve to come here and ask for money on New Year's Day.

shameless!
"After the New Year, I'll go ask for it again!" Wang Jing waved his hands tiredly, as if to drive people away, "Don't block me here, I have a dinner appointment with the producer, you've wasted my time, where did you get the film contract?"

"Sister Hua, please stop lying to us."

Qin Hao stood up. As someone who had gone to Cannes with the crew in 04 and witnessed Zhang Chen winning the award, he was now filled with anger.

"You told me that I could get better movies if I followed you, and you also said that the three major European film festivals were just my starting point." Qin Hao stared at Wang Jinghua's eyes and questioned, "What happened? It's been three years! In these three years, I haven't filmed a single movie, and I haven't even gotten a small supporting role in a TV series!"

"Don't talk about you. Those of us who used to be successful in Hong Kong Island still suffer setbacks when working under our sister Hua."

A little celebrity from Hong Kong couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

"Sister Hua, this won't work."

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Chen Kun stepped forward.

His words made Wang Jinghua relax.

But then, Wang Jinghua's heart began to wrench again.

"Sister Hua, we have been with you for many years, right?"

"I don't know about other people, but I'll talk about myself." Chen Kun pointed at himself and said seriously, "My salary was cut from 80 to 60, and then from 60 to 30."

Chen Kun laughed at himself: "Now I can say that I only want 10 yuan, but I still can't get a script."

"I accepted the film market paper," Chen Kun said bitterly, "but what about TV series? Why can't I even get an interview for a minor supporting role in a TV series?"

"You blame me for not getting the interview?!" Wang Jinghua was furious. "Why don't you look for the reason yourself? How long has it been since you did your morning exercises? How long has it been since you practiced your lines?"

“Is this our fault?”

The eagle slammed the table and yelled at the top of his voice: "You arranged so many commercial performances for us, do we have time to practice?!"

"That's right! Sister Na is right!"

"We accept that we don't have time to practice for commercial performances, after all, we have to make a living! But why can't we even get the money we worked so hard to earn from performing?"

Chen Kun raised his hand to stop everyone from arguing.

"Sister Hua, everyone knows the reason."

He looked around, taking in everyone's expressions, then turned around and continued looking at Wang Jinghua.

"Everyone has been holding their breath for so many years, wanting to prove that we can have a better chance after leaving there."

"But now it's clear that we lost the bet by following you!"

"What do you mean by follow me?" Wang Jinghua wanted to explain.

But she was frightened back by Chen Kun's frosty eyes: "Listen to me!"

"Now we have to admit that leaving Morning Light Entertainment was the stupidest decision we have ever made in our lives!"

Chen Kun said dejectedly: "If we still stayed in Chenguang Entertainment, then Fan Bingbing and Li Bingbing's resources would all be ours now."

"The facts prove that Chenguang Entertainment has the strongest ability to create stars in China! Otherwise, a fool like Wang Baoqiang wouldn't be able to ride on our heads now!"

What does Wang Baoqiang have?
A migrant worker from the countryside who came to Beijing.

A few years ago, he was still an extra in front of the Beijing Film Studio.

Even the extras are among the worst performing ones.

But it was because when Zhang Chen poached Li Bingbing and Feng Xiaogang in order to disgust Huayi, he took the unknown person away with them.

Now, with the accumulation of resources of Morning Glory Entertainment, movies are being released one after another.

Even with that kind of image, he has also endorsed many national brands.

The annual income is at least tens of millions.

A grassroots like Wang Baoqiang can become a second-tier celebrity almost to the first-tier level under the operation of Morning Glory Entertainment.

What if it was him, Chen Kun?
If he was still in Chenguang Entertainment, would he have become one of the top actors in China now?

If he was still in Chenguang Entertainment, would he have achieved financial freedom by now like Fan Bingbing and others?
The moment I thought about this opportunity, it was ruined by the pie in the sky painted by Wang Jinghua.

He and everyone present were filled with hatred.

Chen Kun looked at Wang Jinghua earnestly: "Sister Hua, go and apologize. At least we won't be targeted anymore."

"Apologize?" Wang Jinghua laughed at herself, "Do you think I haven't tried?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Facing their puzzled expressions, Wang Jinghua sighed dejectedly, "I have wanted to meet Zhang Chen countless times over the years, but was rejected by his subordinates."

She pointed at herself and smiled miserably: "I used to be a member of the management of Morning Light Entertainment, but the person who rejected me now is just a receptionist of the group."

Yes, now she doesn't even have the qualifications to contact Xue Yining.

We used to be colleagues who sat together in meetings.

People have already made a lot of money following Zhang Chen.

It is said that Zhang Chen arranged jobs for the whole family.

Buy villas one after another and stuff luxury cars into the garage one after another.

What about her?

For a few small things, she, a woman who is nearly 40 years old, has to drink and smile with others.

In terms of the gap, Wang Jinghua is the most pitiful one.

Each and every one of these artists on the scene can be considered as employees at best.

Wang Jinghua was once one of the founding members of Morning Glory Entertainment and held options.

But this position, which seems to be a quick success to people today, was abandoned by her own hands.

I thought of those people in the circle who looked mocking at me at the dinner table, and the son at home who blamed me every day for leaving Chenguang Entertainment.

Only Wang Jinghua herself knows the pain she has felt over the years.

She left Huayi, the place where she knelt down in front of Zhang Chen, and ran to Chengtian Entertainment to find another way out.

She felt that with her skills and the people under her, she would be able to carve out a piece of meat in this circle.

These days, having resources means having a say.

But she miscalculated one thing.

Zhang Chen is growing so fast!

It was so fast that before she could react, she had already become the well-deserved and undisputed "uncrowned king" of the domestic entertainment industry.

No one dared to offend Zhang Chen openly.

nobody!
Even Han Sanping, who was once known for his toughness in the circle, couldn't do it.

The resources that Zhang Chen now possesses are totally beyond the reach of Wang Jinghua.

In addition, due to the influence of Zhang Chen in recent years, more and more outstanding talents have applied to Beijing Film Academy.

The artist resources she has are becoming cheaper and cheaper.

A few days ago, Zhang Chen's influence spread to every corner of the world.

Even at such a young age, he already has the signs of becoming a god.

Just look at the intensity with which the country promotes him.

Zhang Chen, this is direct access.
The more famous Zhang Chenyue became, the more stupid Wang Jinghua's high-profile departure from Chenguang Entertainment seemed to others.

She had heard people in the circle say things like "Wang Jinghua is an idiot" more than once.

Every time I hear it, my heart feels like it's being stabbed with needles.

But what can she do?
Zhang Chen is not someone she can contend with at all.

Or it could be said that there are few people in this world who can catch Zhang Chen's eye.

How could she, who had stabbed Zhang Chen in the back, be forgiven?

"How about trying Yifei?"

Hearing this, Wang Jinghua's eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)