Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 266 Eat your own food and smash other people's bowls

Gongjian Hutong, Ice House Palace.

Master Qiao started his busy day again. Since there were meetings these days, Boss Lu had to eat at home.

This is the advantage of living in the heart of the city. It is only three kilometers from the courtyard to the auditorium. If you don’t have to socialize at noon, you can get back in no time.

Today's breakfast is boiled dried bean curd with fish soup noodles.

Fish soup noodles are a traditional breakfast in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, and hot dried bean curd strips are a specialty snack in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province.

But the busy Master Qiao not only has to do it, but also has to cooperate with the explanation.

Xiao Liu, who was not at all shy, came over early after finishing his morning exercises and taking a shower. He was dragging Lao Qiao to teach her how to make fish soup noodles.

"Slow down, slow down, don't get splashed by the oil."

Master Qiao watched with a mixture of laughter and tears as the big star started cooking. Although he was hesitant at first, he soon got the hang of it.

"Master Qiao, how deep should this fish bone be fried?"

Fish soup noodles are a common breakfast food in the Yangtai area of ​​Jiangsu Province, and it is very simple to make.

After frying the small crucian carp, take it out and add it to the pork shank bones and yellow eel bones, add water and boil it. After washing away all the fish residue, you will get a pot of white soup.

This step is half the battle.

If you are not particular, you can just cook the noodles with the white soup now. If you are particular, like Lao Qiao, you will mix the white soup in three batches and add it to the pot to fully stimulate the aroma.

Xiao Liu had just gotten to the stage of frying the fish, and the moment he started, he almost disfigured himself!

Seeing that she was getting better and better, Lao Qiao also smiled and pointed out some details: "The small crucian carp cannot be fried, just crispy, without any burnt spots, otherwise it will affect the flavor."

"I just forgot to check. Should I put it in cold water or hot water at the beginning?"

"It doesn't matter. As long as it's live fish, the soup will turn milky white. If you want the soup to be thicker and whiter, just add a little lard."

Xiao Liu stuck out his tongue and said, "Eating so much carbohydrates is already a crime. It's better to use less lard."

Boss Lu has also started exercising every day recently, and he and Ah Fei walked out of the gym in the side yard sweating profusely.

"Xiao Liu, put those things down quickly. Can you let me have a good meal? I have a meeting soon. Will you be responsible if I'm late?"

Concubine Liu Yi was too lazy to look at his lazy look and put some salt and black pepper in her bowl of noodles. "Stop talking nonsense, or your eyebrows will fall off!"

Boss Lu acted like the head of the family, sitting at the dining table and reading the newspaper.

The beautiful chef’s fish soup noodles have reached the last step. Add the noodles, shrimp roe, a little Shaoxing wine, ginger and scallions and cook thoroughly.

After the noodles are cooked, filter them with a fine soup sieve to remove foreign matter such as small fish bones and pork bones from the fried fish.

When Lao Qiao saw that she had finished, he also brought the blanched dried bean curd that he had prepared earlier to the table, and he and Ah Fei and the other two started to feast on it.

Xiao Liu was trying it for the first time today. He held the chopsticks and didn't even bother to taste the food himself. He looked happily at Boss Lu and A Fei who had already taken a big sip.

"how is everything?"

Boss Lu said frankly: "It's really good, you are talented."

"Well, of course." The little girl pouted her bright red lips proudly. Ah Fei had already slurped up a bowl and ran to get some noodles himself.

"A Fei, if you don't have enough food, try my bowl. I haven't touched it yet."

"No, no, there are still dried shredded vegetables."

Boss Lu blew on the boiling milky white noodle soup and praised it even more: "Master Qiao, are you going to starve yourself to death by teaching your apprentice?"

"Miss Liu is very smart. She learned it just by watching me do it once last time."

Xiao Liu felt very comfortable. He just picked up a few thin noodles and chewed them slowly. He looked at the washing machine, which was so delicious because of the fish soup that he raised his eyebrows. A faint smile appeared on the corners of his mouth, and his tender face was evenly flushed.

Lu Kuan chuckled, isn't this a positive CPU?

It would be best to let her fall in love with cooking so that she can enjoy the delicious food in the future.

Boss Lu was sweating profusely after drinking the hot soup. He went back to his room to take a shower, changed into a low-key suit, and took his work ID.

You should still be careful in serious occasions, and don't be like Boss Xu in later generations, whose belt was exposed and seen by people all over the country.

"Wow, you look so decent dressed like this!"

Liu Yifei stared at Lu Kuan, who looked introverted and steady today. She even put on a pair of plain black-framed glasses to make herself look older.

A 24-year-old member of the literary and art community is a bit too shocking.

"Don't move. Why do you have golden hair on your body?"

Xiao Liu keenly caught a bright spot, stood on tiptoe to pick a thin hair from his shoulder, and then blew it away guiltily.

"Hehe, it seems to be left behind when I was carrying the big orange cat to play."

Lu Kuan was speechless: "Hurry up and see if there is any left on me. Help me dust it off. I can't be rude on this occasion today."

Liu Yifei tidied up his clothes like a gentle and virtuous young wife, and watched A Fei drive away elegantly in the Bentley.

It would be nice if it could be like this every morning.

In order to avoid suspicion, the luxury cars were parked a little further away. The road was wide and the passengers walked to the front of the auditorium with few cars. The security guards and reporters came in twos and threes, and occasionally there were familiar faces of celebrities from the entertainment industry.

Lu Kuan knew that Lao Mouzi was also here today. He took out his cell phone and was about to call him when someone suddenly patted his shoulder from behind.

"Brother, how's your practice been lately?"

Boss Lu turned around and saw Uncle Benshan looking at him with a smile. He shook hands with him cordially and said, "No problem. We must fight for our mainland star team."

"But then again, Mr. Zhao, you have to shoulder the responsibility of forming a national star football team, right?"

"This time we have to rely on the Hong Kong team's foreign aid, it's not a big deal!"

Zhao Benshan and Lu Kuan are both football enthusiasts, but Boss Lu only watches the games for himself, while Uncle Benshan invests real money in Liaoning Football Club.

Just like when he invited Lu Kuan to the Workers' Stadium to watch the Asian Cup final last year, he wanted to introduce him to Liaoning FC General Manager Zhang Shuguang, but this year Zhao Benshan himself got involved.

He will officially take over as chairman of Liaoning FC in June, but he will delete his account and leave just half a year later.

too dark.

"No problem, leave it to me. It's easy to pull together a team!"

Zhao Benshan and Lu Kuan walked towards the Great Hall while chatting and laughing, and several reporters came out to interview them.

"Hello, Mr. Zhao, Director Lu, could you spare two minutes for an interview?"

"Please."

"can."

"Teacher Zhao, I wonder what your proposal is for this year's conference?"

Old Zhao smiled indifferently and said, "Regarding the cultural access permit for Northeastern rural Errenzhuan, I hope we can be given more stage performance opportunities, and stop blindly criticizing it as unworthy of mainstream performance."

Boss Lu remained silent. Benshan Stage was his foundation, and he must be thinking about expanding and strengthening it, or even breaking through the Yangtze River and heading south.

However, some of the content that was occasionally released was too vulgar, and was ordered to be stopped by the cultural department.

"Guide, how about you?"

"Oh, my proposal is to be wary of excessive entertainment in talent shows and to promote excellent Chinese culture."

Old Zhao and the reporter were stunned when they heard this. This is too bad!

Last year, your Travel Channel and Blog.com jointly hyped up "Super Girl" and drove the advertising value and mobile phone and website voting to the sky.

Not to mention the overall advertising costs of over 1500 million yuan and the voting share of tens of millions, even the liquidated damages for several Super Girls poached by Hunan TV amounted to nearly million yuan.

Damn, you are making a lot of money, why do you turn around and want to tear down the bridge between Hunan and Taiwan?

They are putting all their efforts into launching "Super Girls" this year!
Boss Lu and the reporter from the Peking Daily spent ten minutes eloquently discussing the dangers of excessive entertainment and the necessity of exporting traditional culture.

Only then did he continue to walk inside arm in arm with Uncle Benshan. At this time, there were still fifteen minutes before the meeting opened.

"Brother, I don't submit to anyone except you. You are too awesome!"

Old Zhao looked at Lu Kuan with a carefree expression, feeling both amused and helpless, and was looking forward to the reaction of Xiangtai Ouyang Changqing later.

Entering the main venue, the noise outside stopped. The two found a seat in the literary and artistic discussion group and quickly locked onto Lao Mouzi, who was writing and drawing with his head down.

"Director, what should I write?"

Zhang Yimou suddenly looked up, and a smile appeared on the face of the middle-aged man who looked like a terracotta warrior: "Xiaolu, Teacher Zhao."

Zhao Benshan was a shrewd man. He could tell the closeness of the relationship just by addressing him: "Old Zhao, Old Zhao, what Teacher Zhao? How can I be worthy of that!"

"Haha, sit down quickly."

Boss Lu took a quick look around and saw many familiar seat names and faces.

The famous Qingyi actress Pan Hong, singer Li Shuangjiang, Huayi director Kuazi, writer Feng Jicai, etc.

Some people also saw Zhao Benshan and came over to say hello.

"Old Feng, you look quite energetic today."

Feng Gong did not have the happy expression he had on the Spring Festival Gala stage. He smiled and patted Lao Zhao on the shoulder, then greeted Zhang Yimou cordially before turning to Lu Kuan.

"Guide, huh? I've heard a lot about you."

"Hello, Teacher Feng, this year's Spring Festival Gala performance of 'Laughing About Life' was fantastic."

"Haha, sorry for the joke."

There is no nonsense between adults without reason, especially when there are less than ten minutes left before the opening of the conference. Feng Gong certainly has a purpose.

"Director Lu, I have a movie this year that I'm directing and starring in called 'You Can't Eat Hot Tofu in a Hurry'. I'd like to ask the industry to take care of me when it comes to scheduling."

Since its establishment, Golden Harvest has been focusing on high-end cinemas in first-tier cities, and has also made preliminary arrangements in third- and fourth-tier cities, making it suitable for the screening of the low-budget film "The Unstoppable."

In his previous life, Song Zude participated in the investment and filming of this movie, but now he has also been put in jail to work on a sewing machine, and his sentence is less than Zhang Tianshuo's.

The public opinion has almost forgotten this person, and for someone who relies on hype to gain attention, this is tantamount to the death of his career.

"No problem, Mr. Feng. I will definitely cooperate."

"Haha, okay, thank you in advance. I'll talk to Gao Jun later."

Zhao Benshan returned to his seat, and Lu Kuan sat with Zhang Yimou, and they happened to be talking about the Olympic opening plan solicitation ceremony.

Some artists around who were proud of their status wanted to come over and say hello, but when they saw the two brothers from the Beijing Film Academy chatting enthusiastically, they gave up.

"Have you gathered all the team members?"

Lu Kuan sighed and said, "It's almost done. Let's get together for a meal in a couple of days. We're going to be busy this year."

Lao Mouzi was still nice to him: "Tell me what kind of people you need. I can't give you any people except the ones I have here, but I can help you find others, haha."

"It's okay. Ang Lee already called me to complain. He didn't blame me for poaching Lin Ying, but just said we can have a good chat about the movie when we have time."

Zhang Yimou laughed out loud when he heard this. It turned out that you had taken away all the trump cards in their hands.

"Not really, he just invited me a little earlier than me. Lin Ying was also hesitant."

Zhang Yimou nodded: "You must learn from my mistakes and don't make the same mistake as the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics."

"Speaking of which, I'm still looking forward to your team's achievements. The Olympics aren't just for one or a few people; it requires all of us to pool our wisdom."

The bidding for the opening ceremony plan is only a preliminary process. Once a team's bid is approved, other directors and team members who are not shortlisted can still participate in the final director team.

For example, in their previous life, the teams led by Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya were defeated by Zhang Yimou, and both of them finally joined the director's team.

It can be said to be bidding and competition, but it is also a brainstorming session within a short period of time for the artist team to work together to make the final event a success.

Zhang Yimou was of course very confident. He also greeted Lu Kuan and invited him to join his team if he failed to be shortlisted.

"By the way, when will you return Liu Heng to me? The new movie is about to start."

"Very soon! He'll be gone by the end of the month. Haha, is it that Thunderstorm adaptation?"

"Well, Weiping was inspired by the 2000 Oscar-winning film 'Gladiator' and combined it with the intense dramatic conflict of 'Thunderstorm'."

Zhang Yimou is also a movie fanatic and workaholic. Thinking of this, he felt a little excited: "I am looking forward to starting to create soon. People like us who don't make movies for a day will be like the walking dead, haha!"

Boss Lu smiled noncommittally and sighed inwardly. This movie really wasn't a success, and it might not satisfy him.

The two chatted and laughed, and the conference officially opened with the popular leader's speech.

Lu Kuan wrote and drew in his notebook, taking note of his high-sounding speeches and writing down his ideas for the filming of the earthquake movie. Before he knew it, two hours had passed.

Entering the discussion meeting of the literature and art group, each representative put forward proposals according to the process and organized the discussion.

"Okay, let's first invite Mr. Zhao Benshan to present his proposal."

Generally speaking, celebrities are not very enthusiastic about participating in literary and artistic group discussions because they know it will not be of much use.

The opinions and suggestions put forward will be summarized and refined as the results of the discussion to provide a "reference" for subsequent work.

Therefore, a considerable number of literary and artistic stars and sports stars will ask for leave and be absent. For example, Lu Kuan, who will go to Hong Kong to participate in a charity game in two days, has already informed the conference officials and submitted a leave application.

In addition, many celebrities have a low level of education, which is also the reason why they are unwilling to participate in proposals. It would be embarrassing to be exposed by the media.

For example, Gong Huang once proposed "Protecting the environment starts with me", which was criticized by the media as sounding like an elementary school student.
But there are also responsible representatives who dare to speak out.

For example, Cui Yongyuan raised the issue of genetically modified organisms in 2014, and Zhang Guoli mentioned "House of Cards" in the same year.

He believes that this extremely popular work, to the point where even Ao Guanhai is urging for updates, is mainly due to the relaxation of creative freedom and censorship standards, which should be learned from by domestic users.

In the end, of course, it came to nothing.

Old Zhao cleared his throat. Even though he spoke vaguely to the reporter, he had a keen sense of smell and never showed any fear in such occasions.

"Well, respected leader, my proposal is about the market access issue of Errenzhuan performances."

"Before discussing this question, I would like to talk about the three rural issues that are currently attracting much attention."

"Whether it's the audiences of our Benshan Grand Stage or the TV series I've directed and starred in, they all have themes and content rooted in the countryside."

"I support the government's people-friendly measures in agricultural policies and protecting the rights of migrant workers..."

He spoke eloquently for about ten minutes, first praising the speaker and then presenting his own views, which drew many nods and applause from the leaders on the stage. What a brilliant person!
Next was Chen Daoming.

"Leaders, colleagues in the arts and cultural circles, my proposal is about the establishment of a domestic actors' union."

The Eighth Wise King's proposal was surprising, and people were talking about it.

"The idea for this proposal was mainly inspired by the incident on the set of 'Little Fish' last year."

"The domestic film and television industry is changing rapidly and developing rapidly, with more and more practitioners pouring in. Our small and medium-sized actors may be treated unfairly."

"I think industry standards should be formulated earlier and a Hollywood-style actors' union should be established to protect the legal and reasonable rights and interests of small and medium-sized actors."

When they heard him bring up the old things, the leaders present all looked unhappy, but the purpose of the meeting was to open up channels for communication.

Deputy Director Zhang glanced at Lu Kuan, who was writing and drawing, and called his name.

"Comrade Xiaolu, Comrade Daoming just mentioned the Hollywood actors' union system. I think you have some understanding of this, right?"

"I don't know much, leader."

Boss Lu is unwilling to say more, as it is none of his business. Even if he does, what will change? This is not a question of whether there is a union or not.

Chen Daoming smiled and said, "Director Lu, among all the colleagues present here today, you have the most dealings with Hollywood. Can you please talk briefly?"

"Teacher Chen, Director Zhang, please don't embarrass me. I can't comment on things I don't understand."

Boss Lu laughed, and his lazy look made it impossible for Zhang Hongsen and others to do anything to him.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to say it, it’s that he can’t say it.

The two countries have different national conditions and social foundations.

The various industry unions in the United States are an organizational form based on the capitalist market economy, in which workers fight for their own rights and interests and engage in bargaining with capital. They are highly spontaneous and confrontational.

At present, various domestic industry associations generally treat such incidents with accountability and concern.

The so-called concern is to play the role of a bridge and link, and adopt a relatively gentle communication and consultation approach to respond to demands and coordinate issues.

The actors' union can set industry standards, has collective bargaining power on behalf of members and top companies, and has legal aid and arbitration bodies.

Even if you, Leonardo DiCaprio or Tom Cruise, are expelled from the union, they can only act in non-union movies.

Non-union films are not eligible for financing and will not receive completion bonds. Unless they pay all the money themselves, the cost generally does not exceed one million.

Just like Chef Xie and Clever Little Budong last year, once they are expelled from the union, they will never be able to touch any movies or TV shows with a slightly higher budget.

Industry rules will force them to film honestly and not cause any trouble.

But these words, spoken in such an occasion, are just a brain twitch.

The discussion in the morning was not very volatile. Everyone expressed their opinions in an orderly manner and communicated harmoniously.

After lunch and a short rest, Boss Lu, who was very veteran in his style today, returned to the conference venue with a cup of strong tea. In the afternoon, he was going to praise Hunan TV.

In 2002, Lu Kuan had just gained some fame in the domestic art circle with "The Drummer", and he established Wenjie and started cooperation with Xiangtai.

Wenjie and Hunan TV, which were in their honeymoon period at the time, worked together to launch "Legend of Sword and Fairy", the originator of domestic fairy tale dramas in this era.

The ratings were a huge hit, the box office was a huge hit, and both the male and female leads were huge hits.

There are only eternal interests, no eternal friends.

At that time, Mr. Lu was determined to acquire scarce resources like Travel Channel.

But this will inevitably lead to a confrontation with Hunan and Taiwan, which are "under one platform and above ten thousand platforms".

The two families became estranged and began to go their separate ways.

The real soft confrontation began when Hunan TV introduced "Jewel in the Palace", which agreed with Huayi's position of promoting young Korean actresses and launched a siege against the media.

From then on, Wenjie’s film and television projects have not received any support or exposure from Hunan and Taiwan media.

Therefore, at the beginning of this year, Lu Kuan instructed Long Danni to recruit Chen Luyu from Phoenix TV and start building one of his own variety show business cards.

In last year's Liu Yifei incident, although Xiangtai did not appear shirtless, the role he played was also very intriguing.

The fact that Jang Nara appeared on two episodes of "The Base Camp" at such a special time is very telling.

Boss Lu calmly turned on the microphone in front of him:
"My proposal is to be wary of the trend of talent shows becoming too popular for entertainment."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ouyang Changqing, Wang Dajun, Kuazi and others present were shocked and speechless.

Who are you hitting?

It is true that Hunan TV has launched the "Super Girl" project, but are you planning to give up your own "Super Girl" as well?

As an industry giant, the president of Wenjie expresses his views in a clear-cut manner, which obviously makes him difficult to deal with.

Even if public pressure fails to achieve its goal, it will be achieved through legitimate market rules.

This is obviously not good news for Hunan TV, which just started the "Travel Satellite TV Big Learning" mode this year.

Boss Lu expands his narrative.

"Cultural products are special commodities. The vast majority of cultural products have commodity attributes and should enter the market, be influenced by market rules, and adjust artistic production."

"However, cultural products have their own particularities. They are different from material products, so their success or failure cannot be determined entirely by the market."

When Ouyang Changqing heard this, he was sure that this was directed at him and couldn't help but interrupt.

"Mr. Lu, when you talk about talent shows being overly entertaining, does that also include last year's Travel Channel show 'Super Girl'?"

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise why would I come up with such a reflective conclusion?"

His voice suddenly became heavy with sorrow and regret. "I had little involvement in Travel Channel's 'Super Girl' show last year. I left the planning and decision-making to Long Danni."

"Oh, by the way, Long Danni is also an old subordinate of Director Ouyang, an outstanding talent from Hunan and Taiwan. You can't blame me for my poor leadership!"

The Berlin Film Festival winner showed off his acting skills and then put the blame on his subordinates.

The people in the arts and literature circles who were present and knew about this were all shocked. How could such nonsense be spoken so seriously?
Would Long Danni dare to carry out such overwhelming marketing without your instructions?
Then how did Liu Yifei, as the most popular young actress in the domestic entertainment industry, help promote the program without your instructions?
Are you still shameless?

Lao Mouzi remained indifferent to the matter and just smiled wryly at his junior fellow student at the Beijing Film Academy after more than 20 years.

Don’t mess with him, it’s obvious that he is here to seek revenge on Xiangtai.

Huayi's public opinion resources and allies include Xiangtai, Xinlang, Tom.com, Yahoo China, etc. Xinlang is already in its pocket. Apart from them, the biggest threat is Xiangtai.

Boss Lu's words were filled with even more regret: "This year, we've learned from our mistakes and canceled last year's flagship program, 'Super Girl 2'."

"Therefore, I am here today to lay out the pros and cons, not to cut off the financial resources and jobs of my colleagues in the industry, but because I sincerely recognize that doing so is inappropriate."

The leaders present looked relieved, as what he said was indeed quite sincere.

But Ouyang Changqing doesn’t think that way!

If Travel Channel continues to operate "Super Girl", other TV stations may not be able to get the first taste of the dish, but they can still collect the leftovers.

He would rather compete with "Super Girl" and "Super Girl 2", at least he can enjoy some belated dividends in this track.

But you, Lu Kuan, now act like you are full and no one else is allowed to eat. Isn’t that a bit too much?

Based on his understanding of Lu Kuan and his old subordinate Long Danni, he knew there must be a backup plan behind the Seven Injury Fist.

Could it be that they have already found a substitute for "Super Girl"?
Isn't the planning speed of this program a bit too fast?

Wang Dajun chimed in: "Boss Lu, isn't that a bit alarmist? Your company's operations last year didn't leave any sequelae."

"Hey, Mr. Wang, that's not right. Some harms are subtle and can subtly affect the physical and mental health of an entire generation. We must be careful, right?"

Yang Lan smiled gently and said, "Mr. Lu, could you please give us some pointers?"

She wanted to see what this famous young director had to say.

"Okay, then I'll take up some of your time and have a quick chat."

"The excessive entertainment of talent shows is very harmful."

"First, there's a bias in values. Touting overnight fame, wealth acquisition, and fame-seeking as signs of success misleads young people whose worldviews are still forming and neglects the acquisition of knowledge and skills."

"The second is the impact on the mental health of young people."

The Berlin Film Award winner looked heartbroken.

"Although last year's program had been carefully scrutinized at every stage, there were still some omissions. We received many phone calls and letters from parents complaining about the situation."

"Many children blindly follow trends, imagining they too can become famous overnight."

"They've also fostered vicious competition and online bullying through features like voting and rankings on the show. This is totally inappropriate!"

"I want to make a profound self-examination on behalf of the program's producers today. I also hope that Hunan TV, under the leadership of Director Ouyang, will not repeat the same mistakes!"

The tip of the pen on Ouyang Changqing's conference notebook pierced the paper, and the ink kept overflowing like his worries.

He leaned a little weakly against the soft back of the chair, thinking about how to refute.

"There are other issues, such as the misleading nature of aesthetic standards, the imbalance in industry development, and the fickleness of social culture, which I won't elaborate on one by one."

Boss Lu looked up at the cultural and arts committee members in the group with a sincere face and said: "Dear leaders and colleagues, a strong youth means a strong China. The spiritual civilization construction of young people cannot be neglected!"

Ouyang Changqing was so angry that his face turned blue. He looked at Wang Dajun and shook his head secretly, indicating that he should not argue with him.

The more he reasoned, the clearer it became. Director Ouyang knew that what Lu Kuan said made sense, but it was a bit too cruel to Xiangtai.

The talent show that will begin in the middle of this month is now a high-quality project and subject matter that several allies rely on, and they can only win and not lose.

Otherwise, the sponsors that were finally attracted in the early stage and are still wavering between Travel Satellite TV and Hunan TV will be converted by the enemy station again.

The old master also thought it through very clearly. No matter how broad your horizons are and how eloquent you are, just let him say whatever he wants.

It is not suitable to confront him verbally in such an occasion, otherwise the situation will escalate and become difficult to handle.

The real competition will come down to earth.

However, Ouyang Changqing still had a doubt in his heart. After giving up such a phenomenal cash cow, does Travel Channel have any alternative of the same quality?
He didn't believe that Lu Kuan would be so wise as to die with him.

"Comrade Lu Kuan, you can't just raise the problem without proposing a solution. Tell me your opinion."

Boss Lu said modestly, "Director, I raised this issue because I wanted everyone to brainstorm and find a targeted solution. Would you like to discuss it with all of us colleagues?"

"Okay, didn't you guys in the industry also admit to giving up on what you call overly entertaining programs?"

"Don't be shy, speak freely."

Ouyang Changqing was moved and patient, and struggled to pick up the pen to write and draw on the paper.

Wang Dajun, who was sitting opposite him, looked at his expression and couldn't help but think of the open and covert struggles between Huayi and the industry in the past two years.

Every attack and counterattack by that person was so sudden and unexpected.

Who could have thought that they would voluntarily give up making money and launch an offensive against Huayi's allies in such a mutually destructive way?

Boss Lu acted as if he didn't want to offend his colleagues but had to: "Okay, then I'll just say a few words."

The two simple remarks you just made have made the relevant industry participants at the meeting feel uneasy. If you say two more simple remarks, I'm afraid everyone will be unable to sit still.

"I think that national and cross-provincial events have too much participation and coverage, and their impact is too broad. Offline and outdoor activities are too prone to gathering crowds."

"Not only does it easily cause stampedes, it also easily leads to over-hyping of celebrities."

"My suggestion is to make regulations and stipulate that regional competition activities cannot be broadcast on local provincial satellite TV stations."

"At the same time, the content of the program must avoid vulgarity and lowbrow phenomena, and cannot cater to the curiosity and ugliness of a small number of viewers."

Everyone present fell into deep thought.

Lu Kuan's words were well-organized and official, and it was obvious that they were well thought out and not spoken on a whim.

"In addition, the selection process should abandon the simple criteria of appearance, weirdness, and unusual clothing as promotion criteria, and should guide the public's aesthetic taste from a relatively pure artistic perspective."

The people from the arts and cultural circles present were all listening with great interest. What the great director said was indeed meaningful.

However, when the "Voice of China" program premiered, everyone should have been secretly criticizing the endless exclusive tactics of this world-renowned president.

When you say that appearance and visual advantages are not the selection criteria, are you referring to that broken chair that keeps spinning?
Wang Dajun was getting a little restless. Jang Nara had already reached a strategic cooperation with Hunan TV. This phenomenal talent show was a good way for her to further enhance her popularity and national recognition in the domestic entertainment industry, and she could not afford to miss it.

"Mr. Lu, as the former head of a talent show, you should be well aware of the economic value of Super Girl."

"From the perspective of the cultural industry, all parties—program producers, program brand operators, sponsoring companies, advertising agencies, telecom operators, entertainment packaging companies, and internet companies—have benefited, creating a win-win situation. It can be said to be a very successful operation."

"We also asked a business consulting firm to conduct research, and the direct economic returns received by direct participants in all aspects of Super Girls have accumulated more than 5 million yuan. According to the economic law of multiplication between upstream and downstream industrial chains, the total contribution of Super Girls to the social economy is at least several billion yuan."

"I think the best approach to addressing the phenomenon of excessive entertainment is for the program to formulate effective measures to guide and correct it, rather than just dismissing it with one blow."

The people in the arts and cultural circles who participated in the discussion were in an uproar. Everyone had heard of and seen this phenomenal variety show last year, but they were only vaguely aware of it.

I didn't expect it to make so much money.

What is even more bizarre is that the former producers of the show self-deconstructed and criticized themselves, while competitors sang praises, which is really surprising.

Wang Dajun is not wrong to refute his point of view from the perspective of social economy and GDP contribution. The current direction is to focus on economic development.

But the occasion was wrong.

If this topic were discussed within Hunan and Taiwan now, it would undoubtedly receive strong support.

But the criteria used by everyone here to consider issues are far from economic benefits, but social benefits.

How much or how little you earn from "Super Girl" or "Fast Girl" has nothing to do with me.

But the spread of vulgar culture and the rampant aestheticism of ugliness are worthy of concern.

Everyone originally thought it was just a simple formality, but no one expected that as they chatted, it would actually become a big deal.

The moderator of the discussion group on the arts and literature had to step forward to guide the next steps.

"Okay, Comrade Lu Kuan's opinions are very insightful. We will carefully consider them, refine and summarize the core issues, and then inform our colleagues in the industry."

"Now we invite Comrade Zhang Guoli to present his proposal..."

For Lu Kuan, a relaxing day of meetings passed, but for Ouyang Changqing and others, they had already foreseen the troubles to come.

(End of this chapter)