HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 176 [176] Achieved a new accomplishment: A Double Ice Romance

Qi Yuan was the one who hosted this dinner party.

Previously, Chen Kaige paid for all the music videos filmed in Zhejiang Province, and Qi Yuan can't keep getting paid for free.

Chen Kaige shared his thoughts with Chen Hong: "What do you think about me training Ayuan to become a great director? I think he's very talented, has a deep understanding of cinematic visuals, and writes good scripts."

Chen Hong had a very good impression of Qi Yuan. She immediately said, "Of course it's good. If you can train a great director, you will be the number one director that no one can surpass. No other director can teach a disciple as well as you."

Chen Kaige smiled and nodded. Yes, he didn't want to compare himself with any particular person anymore. If he wanted to compare, he would compare his apprentice. If his apprentice was just as good as his master, it would better demonstrate the master's profound skill.

Qi Yuan probably has no idea that Chen Kaige intends to teach him everything he knows.

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After leaving the restaurant, Qi Yuan handed a bag of takeout containers to Li Xue: "Yesterday you said that the food in Hong Kong didn't suit your taste. Luckily, the restaurant has Northeastern cuisine, so I packed you some sweet and sour pork, braised pork ribs, and stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers."

Occasionally showing concern for the daily lives of those around you can motivate them to work harder for you.

Even the driver, Qi Yuan, received the same perk.

Standing a few meters away, Li Bingbing witnessed Qi Yuan's actions and felt that this scene was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Isn't this something Sister Hua would do?

Li Xue smiled radiantly, deeply moved.

Oh no, Li Bingbing knew that her sister was about to be completely fooled by Qi Yuan and would be devoted to working for him for the rest of her life.

She could tell that Qi Yuan was trying to win people over, so Li Xue probably could too.

Sometimes, even when people know they're being deceived, they still willingly fall for it because the person who deceived them has special significance to them.

Li Xue put away her happy smile and got down to business: "My sister, it's Wang Jinghua behind her, who wants to talk to you. It's not about merging the studios. Wang Jinghua agreed to the conditions you proposed."

Li Xue was completely on Qi Yuan's side. If Wang Jinghua hadn't compromised and made concessions, she wouldn't have been able to lead people to Qi Yuan's side.

Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow, somewhat curious: "Does your sister know?"

Li Xue glanced at Li Bingbing, covered her eyes with her hand, and whispered in Qi Yuan's ear.

After listening, Qi Yuan glanced at Li Xue, then at Li Bingbing.

Good heavens, Li Bingbing was betrayed by Li Xue and Wang Jinghua.

A few minutes later.

Qi Yuan, Li Xue, Li Bingbing, and Wang Jinghua arrived at the entrance of a dessert shop.

Qi Yuan said to Li Xue, "You haven't had dinner yet, so you don't need to come with us. The food won't taste good if it gets cold."

"?" Wang Jinghua's pupils dilated slightly. Wasn't this her move?

Li Xue said, "I can eat later, work is more important."

Once inside the small shop, the four of them sat down, and Wang Jinghua noticed something very interesting.

Li Xue sat between Qi Yuan and Li Bingbing, separating them, which was quite interesting.

However, none of that mattered to her; she was there to discuss serious matters with Qi Yuan.

"Aren't we going to talk about merging the two companies? My studio has a lot of great actors; you can take a look at the list."

Undeterred, Wang Jinghua produced a document.

Qi Yuan didn't disrespect Wang Jinghua and carefully read through the entire document. Wang Jinghua had excellent taste.

Li Bingbing, Ren Quan, Hu Jun, Tong Dawei, Xia Yu, Chen Daoming... there were a total of thirty or forty people.

However, Qi Yuan was not interested in any of these artists; they were only loyal to Wang Jinghua.

In 05, Wang Jinghua left Huayi, and most of the people, except for Li Bingbing, followed her.

What's the use of having people who can't settle down? Besides, if we really need them to act in movies or TV shows in the future, we can just have someone put the offers on their behalf. Signing so many artists is a hassle; most of them don't have that much commercial value, he only wants those with high commercial value.

Most importantly, Wang Jinghua demanded equity from Xingyuan, specifically half of it, which Qiyuan could not accept under any circumstances.

After reading the documents, Qi Yuan closed them and said, "Forget about merging. Our temple is too small to support so many people."

Wang Jinghua was a little disappointed; since a merger couldn't be discussed, they could only talk about cooperation and exchanging benefits.

She used her connections in Hong Kong these past two days to inquire about the TV series that Qi Yuan and Wang Jing are collaborating on, and the planned investment is around 2000 million, definitely a big production.

The TV series is adapted from Gu Long's classic novel "The Legendary Twins", which is a major IP.

Big IP + famous director + Qi Yuan, the most popular star in mainland China.

Qi Yuan's acting skills were proven in "The Mission".

This TV series already has all the elements to become a huge hit, so there's no need to worry about sales at all.

Since a merger wasn't an option, she decided to settle for a few people in this promising project.

The drama "The Little Fish and the Flower Without Flaws" has a dual male lead and dual female lead configuration, and Qi Yuan would never give up any of these four positions.

Because Wang Jinghua couldn't offer anything of equal value in exchange.

The role of the fairy maiden, the ideal woman, should be reserved for Gao Yuanyuan.

The only people who could give Wang Jinghua were supporting characters such as Hongye, Palace Master Yaoyue, Yan Nantian, and Jiang Yufeng.

Wang Jinghua was quite happy to accept this basketful of supporting roles, but she also knew that what she gave Qi Yuan wasn't that valuable.

This collaboration was merely a gesture of goodwill towards Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan and Wang Jing's cooperation was successful, and they will definitely continue to cooperate in the future. At that time, she, as someone who is on good terms with Qi Yuan, will definitely have an advantage over outsiders.

Li Bingbing watched Qi Yuan, Li Xue, and Wang Jinghua negotiate. Qi Yuan actually promised Wang Jinghua a bunch of roles, which puzzled her.

As the conversation drew to a close, Wang Jinghua got up to leave. Li Bingbing stood up, and Wang Jinghua glanced at her and said...

"Bingbing, you're a signed artist with Star Wish now, what are you doing here with me?"

"???"

Li Bingbing looked shocked, feeling a sense of confusion about who she was and where she was.

Wang Jinghua noticed her expression and asked her, "Didn't your sister tell you? I thought she would. You terminated your contract with the studio, and in exchange, Mr. Qi compensated the studio with some roles."

Li Bingbing finally realized what had happened; she had been sold.

You can't blame Wang Jinghua for being heartless.

Star Wish Studio is thriving and is about to launch a major project with an investment of 20 million yuan. Li Bingbing, following Wang Jinghua, can only get supporting roles and it is difficult to even get the third female lead.

Against this backdrop, Li Xue wielded a hoe every day to dig at the base of the wall, and sooner or later Li Bingbing would run away.

Rather than ending things on bad terms, she might as well go with the flow and let go of Li Bingbing, giving her to Qi Yuan.

She didn't lose out by getting multiple supporting roles with substantial screen time! She also won the favor of Qi Yuan and Li Xue.

Qi Yuan thought so too. His unwillingness to merge with Wang Jinghua did not mean he was against cooperating with her.

On the contrary, he and Wang Jinghua collaborated on many projects.

If Wang Jinghua leads her team to join Huayi in the future, and the opportunity arises, he could help Wang Jinghua scam one Wang and two others.

Wang Jinghua and the two Wangs had many conflicts, otherwise things wouldn't have ended up so ugly.

After today, Qi Yuan achieved a new accomplishment: Double Ice Riders... A Serendipitous Encounter.

(End of this chapter)