Reborn in the Chinese Entertainment Industry: You're a Director, But You're a Casanova?

Ah, listen to this, the weakness of the petty bourgeoisie.

When faced with demands from capital, they can only bow their heads and submit.

It seems that regardless of her past or present life, Liu Xiaoli's short-sighted and low-level character remains unchanged.

Liu Yuehua held the script in his hand, but didn't turn the page.

He didn't want to cater to the romantic atmosphere that Liu Xiaoli had deliberately created.

(The punishment scenes have been removed in accordance with the pre-review requirements...)

Liu Yuehua sat in the chair, and Liu Xiaoli's sweat slid down his neck.

"Sister Xiaoli, let me teach you another rule."

Liu Yuehua reached out and patted Liu Xiaoli's bloodless face, his voice icy.

"You think I'm promoting your daughter for the sake of art? Your brain is only good enough to pour drinks for people at a dinner party."

"Let me tell you, actors in TV dramas are always shorter than those in movies."

"I can't control how things develop in the future, but for now, that's the reality."

"If Liu Yifei has always been that pure and innocent fairy sister, then it would be only natural for her to star in Chinese Paladin."

"Tsai Yinong can manipulate you at will and drive down the price."

Liu Xiaoli was stunned, and forced herself to lift her head despite the soreness.

"But if she were to play a rebellious teenage girl on my big screen now, acting alongside top stars like Jiang Wen and Feng Gong, and if 'Flying Man' were to be nominated for the three major European film festivals, then the label on Sisi would no longer be that of an innocent girl from an idol drama, but rather a versatile and talented film actress."

Liu Yuehua explained the underlying business logic to her.

"By then, it won't be that the sugar makers dislike us for ruining our image, but rather that they will have to kneel down and beg a near-international movie star to come down to earth and film their TV series. This contrast will not only ruin her, but will also double her value."

"What I want is not a 200 million yuan salary, but for Sugar Man to have to beg me for his investment share in the Legend of Sword and Fairy series and his share of the later profits."

"If you're still this pig-headed and try to interfere with my decisions, you'd better get lost now."

"I can keep vases and idle people here, but I will never keep useless people here."

Liu Xiaoli was completely dumbfounded. Her pitiful logic as a dancer was like that of a greenhorn in the face of Liu Yuehua's PUA rhetoric.

She then realized that Liu Yuehua wasn't going crazy; he was using capital operations to squeeze every last drop of commercial value out of Liu Yifei.

"Did you understand?"

"I understand," Liu Xiaoli said, her voice trembling.

Now, in her eyes when she looks at Liu Yuehua, besides deep fear, there is also a sense of humble submission.

"If you understand, then get dressed and get out to work."

Liu Yuehua gave the final order.

"Go call Tsai Yinong and tell her you want Zhao Ling'er, then tell the whole crew to wait patiently for my wrap-up announcement."

Liu Xiaoli struggled to her feet, hastily put on the trench coat, and even buttoned one of the buttons wrong.

She nodded repeatedly like a completely tamed cat and fled the office.

……

On the eve of the premiere of "Initial D", Zhu Zhu demonstrated the influence of her top-notch connections by directly contacting Hunan TV and securing a slot on their "Happy Camp" program.

In 03, very few film promotion events used variety shows. Most film crews were still stuck with methods like distributing newspapers and flyers, holding premieres, and contacting cinemas for promotional materials.

Backstage at Hunan TV's studio.

Liu Yuehua was sitting in the dressing room going over the script with Teacher He.

In 03, Happy Camp was going through a painful period of revamp. The traditional celebrity interview format had caused audience fatigue, and the ratings had hit a bottleneck.

Teacher He frowned, worried that the game segment lacked originality.

"Teacher He, the radish squat in the script is too old-fashioned. This kind of game doesn't have real variety show reactions."

Liu Yuehua put the script back on the table and directly pointed out the timeless and practical content of variety games.

Years later, the company still plays this kind of game during weekend team-building activities to break the ice.

"I'm offering two new variations: one is called musical chairs, and the other is called Spyfall."

Teacher He thought for a long time, then understood the meaning of musical chairs, and then looked a little confused.

"Who's the mole? How do you play this?"

"This is simple, but it tests the celebrity's on-the-spot reaction and intelligence."

Liu Yuehua used an analogy, starting by explaining the rules in the simplest language.

"For example, in this round, there are 5 people. 4 people get the same word, say cabbage. 1 person gets a similar word, say lettuce."

Each person can only use one word to describe themselves in each round, but cannot say what that word is.

"After the initial descriptions, everyone started voting to identify the undercover agent."

"If the undercover agent survives to the end, the undercover agent wins."

Having worked in the variety show industry for so many years, He Jiong has a very keen sense of trends. His eyes lit up the moment Liu Yuehua finished speaking.

"This is amazing! Not only is the game suspenseful, but the micro-expressions of the celebrities racking their brains and suspecting each other when they describe words are all top-notch for the show's effect," He Jiong exclaimed excitedly.

"Director Liu, it's a waste of your talent not to plan TV programs. Let's add this segment today."