Huayu has been doing one good deed a day since 2001

Chapter 172: Setting Fires Every Day Without Rest

Three o'clock in the morning on December 9nd.

Li Wenyu is working on a design in a hotel suite, which is for the production and research and development of lithium batteries and lithium polymer batteries.

His chemistry and electrical engineering officially reached the maximum value of 8 at the end of August. He lent the dozen points accumulated in the past ten days to Xiao Tongpai (Squid Game).

During the R&D and design, the phone rang.

Old Li picked it up and saw it was a text message from Xiao Tong. "Boss, we just finished filming a night scene and are at the hotel. Can you bring some midnight snacks?"

Lao Li gave a positive reply.

He got up from the computer and just went to the tea bar to make a cup of tea when there was a knock on the door.

Old Li went to open the door, and Xiao Tong looked into the room furtively with a bag of food in his hand. This was a suite, and Old Li was the only one in the living room.

After Xiao Tong came in, he continued to look into the suite, "Are you all fast asleep? I'm so tired, let me light a fire."

She was still obsessed with the sweet words that Lao Li said to her.

Setting fires every day without a break.

…………

More than half an hour later.

Li Wenyu didn't even think about designing anymore, and instinctively went to talk to Alexandra about his ideals.

At this stage, he really didn't want to lie to himself, but for the sake of the filming progress of (Squid Game), he couldn't let Xiao Tong suddenly disappear for too long.

The worst that could happen is that I can quit drinking. No, the worst that can happen is that I can completely calm down in the next few years.

Not counting foreigners like Alexandra and Jeon Ji-hyun.

Fat Bing, Ah Xin, Da Meiyu, Dong Li and Xiao Tong are all 1000% confirmed to be playboys, but if they can calm down for three to five years and stop getting involved in messy things, there won't be any big problems.

While walking, Lao Li decisively went out to look for Xiao Tong.

He also has full-value Chinese medicine.

This medical technique is very effective in treating simple injuries.

Xiaoquan himself is taking various medicines.

…………

September 9th is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When Li Wenyu's small team flew back to Beijing from Seoul, Tong Liya had already finished filming her own scenes and left the crew early.

This little beauty finally realized how serious the crime of arson was.

She is quite professional in filming during the day or at night, her acting is up to par, and she doesn’t have many action scenes.

There aren't many special effects to speak of either.

The first season of Squidward Tensor has only 9 episodes in total. She is the heroine of the escape game who has no love scenes but has a deep friendship scene with a girl.

The filming, which lasted for half a month, was completed easily.

In the first-class cabin, while waiting for takeoff, Xiao Tong finally said with an awkward smile, "I feel a little sorry for Sister Ling. Why did I go ahead of her?"

Old Li was also speechless. Even after being reborn, his personal determination and perseverance were still at an ordinary level among ordinary people.

After Xiao Tong asked the flight attendant for a glass of red wine, he whispered, "Is it not appropriate for me to share a room with Sister Dandan now?"

"If she left, and we were talking about dreams at home, would it be a disaster if Sister Ling opened the door?"

Old Li thought for a moment and asked, "Why don't you try the talent track? Try writing a novel?"

Tong Liya was stunned. She pointed at herself and took a sip of wine. "You are adding a halo to me. Do you think it will make me more respectful?"

Li Wenyu, "..."

He took out a script from his suitcase, a full-length, colorful comic-style storyboard. It was from a British-American love movie released in 2016 (Me Before You).

This is adapted from the best-selling book published in 2012.

It's very simple for him to copy this, a love movie with good reputation and a global box office of 2.08 million US dollars.

This achievement has been achieved even before it was released in mainland China.

In 2016, the mainland voting base was already in a period of rapid development.

Before I Met You was released on Wanwan Team, and it achieved similar results to Kung Fu Panda 3 in the same year, with over 5000 million new Wan coins.

It only grossed HK$799 million when it was released in Hong Kong Island, but that was during the summer season when it was beaten to death by Cold War 2, Finding Dory and Captain America 2.

799 million among such a bunch of blockbuster movies is pretty good.

This shows that even though it is adapted from an English romance novel, it is also very attractive in the Chinese market.

Considering the series of books and previous films published by Lao Li, it is a bit abrupt to suddenly enter a romantic comedy or tragedy.

It feels quite appropriate to give it to Tong Liya.

This is also an urban romance novel that has been translated into Chinese and is set in Hong Kong. Why not the mainland? Because the whole romance novel.

It tells the story of a country girl with a mysterious and funny aesthetic who enters a wealthy family to serve a tall, rich and handsome male protagonist who is paralyzed all over. A love affair develops between the two.

But the male protagonist still chose euthanasia to end everything.

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, was tall, rich and handsome, loved sports, but was completely paralyzed due to an accident. No matter whether he could find love or not, for a paralyzed person, life was meaningless.

Hong Kong Island began promoting euthanasia in 2000, but it is banned in mainland China.

Xiao Tong took the script with a smirk, "You're asking me to plagiarize? I don't have the writing skills to copy a movie into a book."

"Are you giving me a house or something? It's a bit of a girlie thing. Even Quan Zhixian doesn't want your money. This is more elegant and artistic."

"Sister Ling and I have already discussed this. We must be on guard against fire and theft in the next few years. It will be exhausting for you."

As she spoke, she became emotional.

My spiritual world is filled with the emotional value brought by Lao Li.

This is much more artistic than the traditional way of tycoons giving away jewelry and houses!

Her writing was so poor that her middle school essays always scored below 40 points. When Lao Li went to the community opposite Beijing Film Academy to deliver hot money.

She can ask Lao Li to be her ghostwriter.

Xiao Tong quickly smiled again and said, "Do you think I should learn something about directing when I'm in school? I haven't read the script yet, but yours is definitely guaranteed."

"If a low-budget romance can also be a hit at the box office, I can learn to be a decent director for a few years, publish a book first and then adapt it into a film or TV series, and I can do it myself."

"We are both talented women who have been praised. I should be able to deceive people's strength and reputation better than Xu Jinglei."

As she spoke, she would occasionally glance at Alexandra who was sleeping next door.

Li Wenyu nodded. "It won't hurt to learn more. If you can get some endorsements for the Squid Game broadcast, you can earn hundreds of millions before tax."

"Study more at school and improve yourself."

If the first part of Twilight wasn't going to be published in the United States next year, and the original author hadn't written a lot of first drafts and manuscripts, he would have wanted Xiao Tong to snatch it up.

Why didn't Li take over the project himself? Twilight is the American version of Guo Xiaosi's Tiny Times series. It's too awkward for him to do that with his identity.

Fly all the way until you disembark.

Xiao Tong hurriedly ran away with her suitcase with the help of her assistant. Her original words were that she needed to hide and stay out of the limelight.

When she opened her eyes for the first time in her life, she didn't dare to live in a courtyard house like Alexandra.

She was also afraid that Sister Bingbing would chase her to the apartment building opposite the Beijing Film Academy and beat her up.

As the top figure in the Chinese entertainment industry, Lao Li faced countless temptations and chose her, who was younger than Pang Bing, from the crowd.

This is another beauty certification.

Fortunately, she can still hide in the campus dormitory.

Her college career had just begun.

…………On September 9, Li Wenyu arrived at the headquarters of Shiguang Media.

This was after he came back and spent several days and nights making Pang Bing, Da Meiyu and Ah Xin have a comfortable and romantic Mid-Autumn Festival in the courtyard.

If he wasn't so good at cheating, he wouldn't be able to keep his backyard stable. This would be a real fight.

Da Meiyuan has been his biggest fan since the summer of 02, before the sound engineer, and started learning boxing by following his instructions when she was filming Star You in October.

Da Meiyu, who is not afraid of hard work, studied Bagua Xingyi for more than a year and finally succeeded in December 2003.

As a result, in the third year of his rebirth, he indulged three new people at once, even if there was an American girl who would run away.

It is absolutely impossible to say that Pang Bing has no sense of crisis.

He will have to put in more physical effort in the next few months to stop Fatty Bing from having any wild thoughts.

On the contrary, Ah Xin really doesn't care at all, and Da Meiyu is easy to fool.

As soon as he sat down in the office, Xiao Yang came running to report that (Goblin: The Lonely and Great God) had completed all the post-production, including the special effects.

Is it time to start the film selling process?

Old Li took a sip of tea and nodded. "We've been preparing for so long in advance, with four months of filming and three months of post-production. Actually, this TV series takes longer than many big movies."

"Just call the TV station to see the finished film."

This film was shot in Beijing, and there are many fashionable, high-end buildings and street scenes, including the costumes and props used in the filming, which all need to be upgraded.

Many city leaders are looking forward to the ghosts.

In the first round of trial invitations, Beijing TV will definitely come very quickly.

After Xiao Yang ran off to work, Li Wenyu looked at the packed official business again and found that in an hour, Huayi's Lao Wang would come to visit with Lao Feng, Li Bingbing, Yan Zi and Jack Ma.

I would like to talk to Li Wenyu about Huayi’s new project (Night Banquet), including inviting Time Media to join in the investment.

Huayi invested 2000 million US dollars. If Shi Guang joins, the money is not a big deal. If you are willing to join, even if you only pay 1 US dollar, you can get a 30% share.

This is the review fee for Lao Li!

There are also platform promotion and marketing fees.

The script is there. Lao Feng emphasized in the appointment that he would not be as extravagant as Lao Chen. It is the skeleton of the entire script plus 80% of the details.

This was the day before yesterday when Lao Li was still in South Korea and Pang Bing called to confirm the appointment time.

Shoubing and Pangbing met and talked.

Lao Li grabbed his phone and sent a text message to Pang Bing, asking him if he wanted to come for the interview and review.

Half an hour later, Fat Bing arrived at the company. After entering the office, he glanced around a few times before walking to the side of the desk and sitting directly on it. "Where is your new lover who you've had for over a year?"

"She was ranked the tenth most beautiful face in the world last year, and she just drove a new car. Isn't she in love?"

Pang Bing wanted to complain, she wanted to have a serious chat with Lao Li.

Soon it was time to get into the physical exertion and sweat phase.

Forget about Dong Li, she couldn't even bear to watch it. Dong Li had tried to date Lao Li on campus when she entered the Beijing Film Academy in 2000, but failed.

Since 01, she has been a pioneering working girl who has been a coach of the water army and has been working hard on Weibo.

When she enters the house, Pang Bing feels it is very natural and normal.

Old Li coughed and said, "She lives in the school dormitory to avoid the limelight. When Shou Bing came to see you, did she ask you to read the script of the Night Banquet?"

Fat Bing then frowned and said, "I've read it, including the individual scripts of the main and supporting characters. I think this is a bit strange. A guy who usurped the throne to become the emperor chose to commit suicide at the critical moment."

"It's like The Thunderstorm and Hamlet fused together into a Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms court drama."

Old Li nodded. "That's a meticulously crafted, awful film, meant to be a feast for the audience."

If Huayi doesn't come to him to discuss investment, he will at most criticize it before the film is released.

The other party came to send a script? Ask him to review it, the review fee is not low.

Fat Bing was amused. "Is it really that exaggerated? Carefully preparing to feed the audience a rice dumpling? Then Lao Feng is done for? The reputation he has built up over the years will be shattered to pieces."

"Their ancient imperial palace has begun construction."

She complained again, "Swallow is really not picky. I even think it's a bit outrageous."

As we were talking, the Huayi team arrived.

Old Li also follows a very formal way of asking his secretary to pick up people, make tea, etc.

After this group of people came in, Jack Ma was the main one. Jack invested in Huayi, and at this stage, Yahoo China added US$10 billion to acquire a 39% stake in Alibaba.

Without taking into account the weight of Yahoo China, Alibaba is valued at US$25 billion. Jack doesn't have that many shares anymore, but it's very likely that his assets will exceed US$5 million and he'll be in the top ten.

This was the first time in Lao Li's two lives that he saw Jack in person.

After shaking hands and exchanging a few pleasantries, he turned to Old Feng, Da Wang, Shou Bing, and Yan Zi, all of whom were looking expectant, and said, "After hearing the outline of The Banquet and the character design of the main character, I think it's likely to be a bad movie."

"You're throwing money at the box office, maybe you can just make a little money back, but you're ruining the reputation of the director and actors."

"Fortunately, the project hasn't officially started yet, so the script can still be revised."

Lao Feng, "..."

He was criticized from the beginning, but with Lao Feng's emotional intelligence in society, he would swallow the insult and show how to speak nicely.

Jack Ma smiled and nodded. "I don't understand film and television projects, and I had my doubts when I read the script. I doubted whether a tragedy movie could succeed."

"Since Mr. Li has said so, let's postpone it and rebuild it."

Jack asked curiously again, "Mr. Li, I heard that Black Mask 3, which was promoted by Pony, is almost finished filming? If this Penguin-led project is a big success at the box office."

"Wouldn't that stimulate the already inflated market value of Penguin to rise even further?"

After finishing filming "Crazy Stone" in August, Dong Li took a few days off and then joined the crew of "Black Mask 8".

It was in early July that Xiao Ma Ge put together a team to allow Li Lianjie to enter his comfort zone in Hong Kong films.

It was not her fault that Xiao Tong stole the chicken from her this time.

Li Wenyu laughed. "I own 11% of the shares and I won't sell them anytime soon. Even the Hong Kong Stock Exchange won't agree."

"Short-term ups and downs have no effect on me."

"If Time Media or Huayi go public in the future, then if they produce high-quality films with big box office, it will definitely stimulate the stock market, for example, a film with a box office of 5 million yuan."

"But in the next few months, the market value can increase by 10 billion."

"The premise is that the movie is really good, not a bad one. If a bad movie comes out, your market value may drop by hundreds of millions."

Until Huayi went public, its stars considered internal subscription of shares to be a scam.

It’s different now. Blockbuster movies with a box office of three to five hundred million yuan are released one after another, and each blockbuster can make money from DVD rentals and sales all year round.

In addition, Lao Li spent two or three hundred million in advance to purchase various exclusive online broadcasting rights.

Any normal person can tell that there is great potential for the film and television group to go public.

Why are Golden Harvest, Emperor Entertainment Group, and China Star Entertainment, which were listed long ago, so market capitalizations so low? Because they haven't had any blockbusters that have raked in strong box office results in mainland China.

The Huayi King nodded repeatedly, "With what Mr. Li said, I feel relieved. Since the script of The Night Banquet is not good, then we should stop the construction of the palace building, or we can start a new script."

"Or change the project!"

A World Without Thieves also sold 1.79 million in the mainland. Lao Feng has built up his reputation over the years through a series of projects, from Party A to Party B, to See You Then, and then to Big Shot.

The King of Huayi was not optimistic about The Banquet, but Old Feng had made so many achievements that he wanted to take a gamble in order to win a Hollywood Oscar, and the King could not refuse.

No matter what, it’s an ancient palace tragedy, and this is an area that Lao Feng has never set foot in!

Old Feng continued to swallow his pride. He had face with Da Wang, but it was far from enough with Jack Ma and Mr. Li.

He is the youngest among the brothers in this office.

(End of this chapter)