HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 230 [230] A dignified young master from the Beijing elite circle is actually no match for the landlord's son?
Qi Yuan was unaware that Liang Chaowei and Huang Qiusheng were talking about him behind his back, and he didn't care.

He was one of the biggest investors in the film. He helped bring in the five million from China Film Group, and he used Alan Mak's name to bring in the ten million from Media Asia.

You're not convinced? Keep it to yourself!

If they're so capable, they can organize a 25 million fund themselves, and they don't need Qi Yuan.

I'm afraid they won't even be able to scrape together a fraction of 25 million.

[A shot in the arm for Hong Kong's film market, starring three top actors, the most anticipated crime thriller of 2000]

[The Departed: Recreating the Glory of Hong Kong Crime Films]

[Alan Mak and Lau Wai-keung: Our film is different from all other police and gangster films on the market; it will definitely bring surprises to the industry and audiences!]

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All the media in Hong Kong are reporting on this, and all the citizens of Hong Kong know that a big-budget police and gangster film is about to start filming.

When the news reached the mainland, it caused an uproar in the mainland entertainment industry.

These days, many people in mainland China have a strong romanticized view of Hong Kong films.

A few years later, co-productions emerged in large numbers, and top actresses in mainland China were vying to play supporting roles.

Male celebrities also wanted to go, but they didn't want to.

When one of the lead actors must be from mainland China, Hong Kong production teams tend to use mainland actresses to support Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors.

During the most frenzied period, mainland celebrities went to great lengths to gain access to resources in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, even seeking favors from powerful figures or marrying into their families.

This is a limitation of the times.

Despite the gradual decline of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, mainland entertainment circles and ordinary viewers still perceive Hong Kong's industry as powerful, a phenomenon that persisted until about 10 years ago.

Qi Yuan, a mainland Chinese, has repeatedly played the leading role in Hong Kong films, making mainland celebrities the envy of many.

The last mainland Chinese male artist to achieve this level of treatment in the Hong Kong entertainment industry was Li Lianjie, who has now broken into Hollywood, earning millions of dollars in film remuneration and becoming a global Chinese superstar.

Zhao Wenzhuo and Wu Jing almost did well.

Zhao Wenzhuo didn't catch a good era. By the time he broke into the Hong Kong film industry and became a leading man, Hong Kong kung fu films had already begun to decline.

Zhao Wenzhuo is not as popular with audiences as Li Lianjie, which means he lacks box office appeal. At the peak of his career, he was obsessed with dating, and even Xu Ke complained that Zhao Wenzhuo was not focused on filming.

Wu Jing was even worse; he peaked right from the start, but fell from the male lead to a supporting role.

Therefore, mainland media generally compare Qi Yuan to Li Lianjie, saying that Qi Yuan may become the second mainland male artist to achieve brilliant success in the Hong Kong film industry.

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Huayi.

The two kings fell into deep thought upon seeing the overwhelming reports about Qi Yuan.

Has the Hong Kong film industry gone mad?
Last year, they could understand why Qi Yuan was given the lead role in "The Mission". The initial investment was only 2.5 million, and Du Qifeng couldn't find any high-profile Hong Kong stars. Qi Yuan was popular enough at the time, so it was reasonable for him to get the lead role at a lower salary.

This film, "The Departed," is said to have cost 40 million. Even if the production team is exaggerating, cutting it in half would still bring in 20 million.

An investment of 20 million is definitely not small, and they even cast Qi Yuan as the male lead?
After asking around, the King learned that the movie was organized by Qi Yuan, who himself invested in it, and China Film Group invested another five million.

It makes sense, but it only makes the king more confused.

He also learned that Qi Yuan had recently invested in another series called "Young Justice Bao," and the female lead, Li Bingbing, was a contracted artist with Starry Sky Films.

Huayi's investments in the television industry have always been superficial.

Qi Yuan is a guy who spends millions or tens of millions of yuan at a time, and he's pushing forward several major projects at the same time.

Could it be that these two Beijing elites from the compound are not as good as Qi Yuan, the landlord's son?

These young men from Beijing's high-class families, who clearly had the advantage of starting late, were actually no match for Qi Yuan, the son of a landlord?

Young Master Wang had a different focus, and he retorted indignantly, "Fan Binbin and Li Bingbing, that kid really has a sharp eye; both of the female artists he signed are quite good." Especially after hearing that Li Bingbing has a beautiful and intelligent younger sister, Young Master Wang became even more envious.

Damn, I hope that guy is really lucky with women!

Xiao Wang himself is an unserious person, and he thinks Qi Yuan is also unserious.

He strongly suspected that Qi Yuan's signing of Fan Xiaopang and the pretty sisters was not simply for the purpose of cultivating artists.

The reason why Da Wang and Da Wang pay attention to Fan Xiaopang and Li Bingbing is very simple.

Huayi is preparing for diversified development, and artist management is one of its strategies.

They have recently been looking for good artists and have had several talks with Wang Jinghua, who is known as the top agent in mainland China.

Wang Jinghua is capable, but she is too ambitious. She actually demanded shares from them, which they found unbearable.

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Hong Kong.

Wang Jinghua contacted Qi Yuan through Li Xue, hoping to ask Qi Yuan for a favor.

Qi Yuan originally intended to refuse, but upon hearing that it was related to Huayi, she immediately became interested.

He had absolutely no interest in merging with Wang Jinghua, but since Huayi wanted to merge with Wang Jinghua, he wouldn't mind causing trouble for Huayi.

After Qi Yuan and Wang Jinghua finished their discussion, mainland media immediately reported that Wang Jinghua's agency would merge with Starry Sky Films.

The detailed merger plan is in place: Xingkong will acquire Wang Jinghua's brokerage company and then establish a new brokerage company, with Xingkong and Wang Jinghua each holding 50% of the shares.

An employee of Starry Sky Films claimed that "it is true".

This news sent shockwaves through the Chinese entertainment industry.

The two Wangs from Huayi were cursing wildly.

Hey!
Qi Yuan, you bastard, you're trying to steal our man?
After scolding Qi Yuan for half an hour, Boss Wang finally made a decision: "Find Wang Jinghua immediately. We'll increase the acquisition price we agreed on before. We can give her 6% of the shares. We absolutely cannot let her run off to Xingkong."

Starry Sky was only established last year, but its upward momentum is already quite strong.

If Wang Jinghua were to merge with Starry Sky with dozens of artists, what would become of them?
Both Wang and Da Wang firmly believed this, because there were rumors last year that Wang Jinghua wanted to merge with Qi Yuan's Star Wish Studio, before Starry Sky was even established.

From the perspective of both Wang Jinghua and Da Wang, Wang Jinghua was simultaneously negotiating with Qi Yuan and the others, deciding which side to side with whoever offered the highest price.

When the media revealed the detailed merger plan between Starry Sky and Huayi, they couldn't sit still and offered a higher price to recruit Wang Jinghua.

After the merger was finalized, Xiao Wang privately cursed Qi Yuan for being a troublemaker.

Qi Yuan's words made them pay a large sum of money and give up an additional 10% of the shares.

That kid is rotten to the core; he's no good at all.

……

"Mr. Qi, we are very grateful for your help this time."

Wang Jinghua was very grateful to Qi Yuan, and felt it was worth it to give Li Bingbing to Qi Yuan.

If Qi Yuan hadn't intervened, she and Hua Yi would definitely have dragged things out for a while and wouldn't have been able to negotiate such good terms.

"Just remember your promise. In the future, for any film or television productions invested in by Starry Sky Investment, I can randomly select a few artists from your team, including Chen Daoming, at a friendly price."

Qi Yuan was in a good mood.

He merely made a few remarks in the name of the starry sky, causing Huayi to suffer a financial loss and leaving Wang Jinghua indebted to him.

Wang Jinghua only won once, while he made money twice.

(End of this chapter)