Huayu has been doing one good deed a day since 2001

Chapter 167: Breaking Bad

It was around four in the morning on August 3rd.

Li Wenyu was working on the design drawings in the west wing of the courtyard when he heard a knock on the door.

Fat Bing with messy hair walked in holding a cell phone. Although she was half dazed, she was still full of excitement.

"Brother Yu, check Weibo! Yan Zi posted something. See you in court today!"

"Old Chen is really suing Yan Zi. This is because the mediation outside the hall failed and the case has gone to court."

"Are these guys trying to make me laugh to death? So that the little waisted beauties can take my place?"

There are four computers in this study.

The main machine that Lao Li works on is usually used by no one except him.

Several other machines are put together, with computer desks and seats, allowing people to play games in a row.

Old Li, “…”

It was a rare occasion for him to put down his work and look very happy.

In early April, Yan Zi finished filming The Promise and was deeply troubled by the plot. She would rather get into trouble with the law than expose the badness of The Promise.

It was also to flatter Li Wenyu.

This excitement and fun really caused a huge wave on the Internet in April.

After all, Brother Kaizi is also a celebrity!
The first and most influential person in the Chinese entertainment industry to criticize Lao Li was Brother Kaizi. I heard that as the years went by, Lu Chuan had retired from the Chinese entertainment industry.

It was not just because of the continuous filming of the search for guns and the series of failures in Hoh Xil.

It is very difficult to find investment.

And even if there are investors, Old Lu can use his father's connections to raise money, but Lu Chuan can't gather a team behind the scenes.

When the team behind the scenes heard it was him, they rejected him several times.

Lu Chuan went to the island country to mingle.

After April, the swallows and the wind and waves gradually became silent.

We'll see you in court in August?!

In the next few months, Kaizi cannot completely give up on The Promise and still has to continue working on post-production special effects.

A lot of money was spent on the post-production special effects with investors.

Li Wenyu asked curiously, "Who is behind Yan Zi now? I haven't paid attention to her for a long time."

Fat Bing thought for a moment, "It seems like a Jack Ma who looks like an alien? She dumped Lao Wang, which is not right. Let's break up with each other."

"Old Wang is more attracted to Li Yu."

"But Yan Zi, through his previous contact with the island nation's capital, got to know Jack Ma. Like Penguin's Xiao Ma Ge and 360's Zhou Hongyi, he also rose through the internet industry?"

Li Wenyu, "???"

Wow, they all went there early.

This is normal. Ever since Yan Zi started playing with the plaster, her and Gui Zi's money started to go around in circles.

SoftBank is the biggest support pillar for Jack Ma, the new little boss.

At this stage, Yahoo China is in the negotiation period for its complete integration into Alibaba and the amount of Alibaba shares to be exchanged.

After all, Zhou Hongyi no longer works for Yahoo China and Baidu.

Once the merger is completed, SoftBank will hold more than 50% of Alibaba's shares.

SoftBank holds a 28% stake in Alibaba. Yahoo's negotiation was for Yahoo China + $10 billion in exchange for 39%, and SoftBank is also a major shareholder of Yahoo.

Li Wenyu lit a cigarette and complained, "Jack, that idiot, is about to be in trouble. It's probably the same as when Mark invested in Ajie to star in Black Mask 3."

"Yanzi will be prosecuted and ordered to pay compensation in this Wuji matter. The amount will not be small."

"But with the capital behind her, she doesn't lack this. On the contrary, it can earn her a lot of goodwill, which builds momentum for the new film."

Pang Bing had already logged into Weibo and entered Yan Zi's page. He saw the news about the court meeting and a series of names she @ed, including Pang Bing's certified Weibo account.

She quickly responded, "You posted at around 4 o'clock, what a great time, keep it up."

After the interaction, Pang Bing looked at Lao Li again and said, "Isn't Lao Chen going to be forced out of the entertainment industry by this one move?"

Li Wenyu shook his head. "Not really. At most, it will affect his right to tinker with the script. And next time he wants to hire a good actor, he will be rejected even more often."

The movie Farewell My Concubine gave Lao Chen a lifetime of health.

Fat Bing squatted on a chair and browsed Weibo. "Then you continue to be busy. I'll eat more melons first. After eating, you can help me build the road and hypnotize me at the same time."

Pang Bing never worries about insomnia or anything like that.

There is Lao Li’s most expensive treadmill in the world.

It is very common for those who are repaired to fall into a coma or a deep sleep.

…………

Half an hour later, Fat Bing, who was eating melon, became more and more energetic and even brought a fruit plate to make do.

There was a sound of footsteps getting closer outside the door. Da Meiyuan pushed the door open and walked in, then she whispered, "Sister Bingbing, you were also awakened by the explosion."

At present, there is already an extra door between the ear room where Da Meiyu has been living and the ear room where Pang Bing lives.

It is so easy and free to come and go.

Pang Bing quickly pulled Da Meiyu to sit down.

Old Li, “…”

He had already been working for more than two hours, and it was almost five in the morning?

Let’s respect this pair of good sisters again.

…………

Three poles in the sun.

When Old Li walked out of the courtyard, he saw Alexandra from the next yard also coming out, and the Mi style Mandarin was shown off again.

"Boss, I heard Alibaba is going to invest in Huayi and bring Yan Zi and Director Feng together? They're also going to make a costume palace blockbuster..."

Old Li almost spit out his food when he heard this. Is it so exciting?

Swallow had just jumped out of a big pit and was stabbing Lao Chen with a knife.

Now this? ?
They were together as he had originally thought.

When Alibaba envied the money made by the booming film and television industry, the most normal thing to do was to directly find a film and television company to invest in.

Pony Ma didn't do that because he is already Lao Li's professional CEO.

The good news? Zhang Yimou has long since stopped filming House of Flying Daggers and Big Steamed Bun.

The Promise has become a hot topic on the entire Internet, and now the biggest gimmick in the entertainment industry is that Yan Zi was sued and went to court!

The audience hasn't been fed too much rice rice continuously.

Some are just ordinary bad movies.

As he walked towards the parking space, he exclaimed, "What a talent."

Lao Feng has just proven himself in Lunar New Year comedies one after another, and he is also good at making modern tragic films like A World Without Thieves.

Diving into the pit of ancient costume tragedy, he once again went to many directions with Yan Zi and Jack.

But putting aside the Time Series, how many big directors are there in mainland China now?

If Wu Yusen had not been rejected many times in the circle, Wu Baige would probably have gone to Alibaba to get investment.

He laughed and teased, "You eat melons pretty fast."

Alexandra nodded. "I woke up around nine o'clock, and the Penguin group was full of gossip. It was so exciting. Megan even thoughtfully gave me a bunch of English translated materials."

"I heard that some of my friends who are good at running are already at the trial watching the excitement."

There are talents everywhere!

Although this melon is not on the same level as the many dark melons in Hollywood and the United States, it is enough to entertain people inside and outside the circle for a long time.

The next moment, Lao Li complained, "Don't be too happy about eating melons. By the way, you can be the middleman and help me find Vince Gilligan."

"He's also a screenwriter and producer in the American TV industry. He's written and directed two episodes of The X-Files. He's a bit famous, but he's not doing so well."

"I have a creative idea, but I'm too busy to work on it, so I'm going to work with him."

He is talking about the screenwriter and producer of the American TV series "Breaking Bad"!

This is also a well-known blockbuster series for global audiences.

Breaking Bad's popularity in Asia actually exceeds that in the United States.

The first season's ratings in the United States were only one or two million viewers, which is a huge gap compared to The Big Bang Theory's starting viewership of 800 million.

However, this drama has a Douban score of 9.3 and has been rated by more than people. It is also a hot drama in South Korea.

The direct viewership is average, but in the era of streaming media, the online broadcast rights for the entire series are worth tens of millions of US dollars.

The original trajectory was in 2004, when Vince Gilligan was inspired to create the film. He wanted to create the story based on the idea of ​​an ordinary person "straying" into crime and gradually developing into a big boss.

This is similar to the story of the fishmonger Gao Qiqiang in (The Blow), who went down the evil path because of a pee while collecting debts.

Poison master and chemistry teacher Lao Bai rose to prominence by making many mistakes one by one.

Screenwriter Vince had an inspiration in 2004 and wrote some scripts for the first season in 2005, but was rejected directly by many groups and TV stations in a row, as they were not optimistic about the script.

He has also written pilot proposals for Sony and Fox.

Fox was interested at the time, but rejected Vince again a few months later.

Turned down Breaking Bad.

It should be said that the ratings of Broke are average, with over 100 million viewers in the first season, an average of 190 million viewers in the second season, and it was not until the fifth season that the audience reached million.

It is really a mid-range hit in the United States.

And Vince was rejected for several years.

It was not until 2007 that the Hollywood A-level blockbuster (Hancock), for which he participated in the screenwriting, began filming with an investment of 1.5 million US dollars.

This adds an important work to Vince's resume and increases his weight as a screenwriter.

He continued to promote the Breaking Bad script, and AMC TV tried to produce a pilot episode before the first season.

In 08, Breaking Bad was a minor success while being filmed and broadcast simultaneously, which led to the subsequent seasons of Breaking Bad becoming more and more popular and gaining higher and higher reputation, eventually breaking the million viewership mark.

If Lao Li copied directly now, his idea might clash with Vince's, but he found Vince in advance, an ordinary but slightly famous original author who has no sense of authority.

They encouraged the other party to write a good script, Time Media paid for it, and asked Warner Bros. Television to film it together.

Time still wants full online copyright and Asian broadcasting, which is still no problem.

Especially online copyright is more important!
It was just a TV series, and he could have taken care of the aftermath by spending a little more money. As a tycoon, he just had to say a few more words and someone would have taken care of the middle steps.

He didn't even plan to let Chinese actors play the male lead or the second male lead in Breaking Bad.

After all, in American TV dramas, it is too discredited to let a Chinese person play the role of drug king.

For supporting roles such as the policeman’s brother-in-law, you can consider casting Chinese actors.

Alexandra's eyes lit up, and she said, "You have another idea? That's easy. I'll ask my parents to find someone."

"But come to think of it, how many hours a day do you work for people? You have to maintain the development of so many group businesses and create works. I really feel sorry for the elephant who has to go through so much hardship."

A young screenwriter who worked on two episodes of The X-Files? It's easy to find someone with a name.

Old Li glared at her with a dark face, "You are becoming more and more shameless."

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August 8th is the beginning of autumn.

Swallow's legal battle has spread all over the Internet, and the hype is getting bigger and bigger. Jack Ma, the new head of a major Internet celebrity company, has been @Swallow on Weibo, praising her good acting skills and straightforward temper.

Don't compromise yourself for the sake of face, don't lie to the audience, etc.

This also attracted a lot of fans for Jack.

How to say it, Jack announced that Yahoo China acquired 10% of Alibaba's shares for 39 billion US dollars, and rose rapidly.

A few months ago, the guy in red became an Internet celebrity and sold 3721 for 1.05 million dollars.

Jack's increase was more than 10 times!

In addition, Li Wenyu has been rated in various financial magazines as having assets exceeding 20 billion US dollars, making him the undisputed richest man in mainland China.

Last year there was the pig-raising brother, and then there was the incident of Lei Zi selling Joyo.com.

During this period of time on Weibo, a group of online factory owners, big or small, began to become popular.

Countless netizens and entrepreneurs are extremely envious.

This is just like what Li Wenyu said during his extreme career roadshow promotion, he just hit the right trend, but there are many other trends in society.

Once this cluster exploded, the whole nation paid attention to online business opportunities.

Jack supports Yan Zi and Lao Chen. I heard that Lao Chen’s house was blocked by investors.

It was under such circumstances that Lao Li, Dong Li, Wang Luodan and Wang Zuxian appeared together in the mountain city, at the hotel where the (Crazy Stone) crew was staying.

Ning Hao had already come to greet them with the main creative team.

The main creators are basically the original team except for the mainland team, that is, the international thief invited Liu Dehua.

This is the result of Ning Hao considering only commercial reasons, and considering that "A World Without Thieves" starring Hua Ge and Dong Li also broke through 1.79 million.

If he hadn't been explicitly rejected, Lao Ning would have gone to the airport to pick him up long ago.

The two sides exchanged simple pleasantries. Lao Li smiled and said, "Dong Li is currently filming her drama. She's also waiting to star in Ajie's Black Mask 3."

Xiao Dong was still thinking of pushing Shitou's female lead role and letting Wang Luodan take it.

There is really no need for this. It would be difficult for Wang Luodan to portray the coquettishness and beauty of the leading female role.

This girl is more suitable for the pure style.

Liu Dehua gave a thumbs up and praised Dong Li, "Little Dong's acting is really strong. I can hardly keep up with her in the world, mainly because I acted in too many bad movies."

“Sometimes I just poop involuntarily.”

This kind of commercial hype is just nonsense.

Dong Li's acting skills are (79/100), stuck at the threshold of the 8s. It will probably take a long time for her to rely solely on natural acting.

After the polite exchange, Li Wenyu took everyone to their respective guest rooms.

Liu Dehua leaned over to Wang Zuxian and looked her up and down for more than ten seconds, then exclaimed in amazement, "Such a good effect? ​​Mr. Li is truly amazing. He truly has a photographic memory."

"People like this will definitely be the best in any field they enter."

He was talking about Joey Wong who went to Ah Yan's house to receive Chinese medicine treatment for half a month.

Due to the loss of collagen, Sister Xian's facial skin has become loose, with decreased elasticity, more wrinkles, dull skin, uneven skin tone, etc.

It has improved significantly.

This does not mean that 37-year-old Joey Wong has suddenly become several years younger.

But his face, which used to be fat and easily looked deformed in front of the camera, has now lost a lot of weight.

Wang Zuxian nodded excitedly, "It's only been half a month. Although I take several kinds of medicine every day, take a bath, and exercise more regularly."

“But the situation has improved a lot.”

"Thanks to Ah Xin's help, otherwise, how could a middle-aged woman like me have the qualifications to bring down Mr. Li, the richest man? His assets have already surpassed Sha Dan Tong!"

"I'm following Mr. Li's schedule and continuing with my maintenance."

"Even if I went to Japan and spent tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars on cosmetic injections, it wouldn't be as impressive as Mr. Li spending two hours a day treating me."

The Lin family’s wife who called Joey Wong a chicken in the 90s is not as good as Shark Dantong at this stage.

Liu Dehua took a long breath. Although he was envious, he knew that this was Wang Zuxian's patent.

(End of this chapter)