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

At the end of the red carpet, a Rolls-Royce Phantom slowly came to a stop.

As the car door opened, another giant in the Hong Kong film and television industry, Yeung Sau-shing, the owner of Yinghuang, made a high-profile appearance with Fok Man-hei and Edison Chen.

Yang Shoucheng walked to the interview area, patted Liu Yuehua on the shoulder familiarly, took the microphone, and made no attempt to hide his strong support for this young mainland director.

"People used to say that Edison Chen only had one face, but Director Liu worked behind the monitor and brought out the soul of this kid."

"Doing business is all about return on investment. Director Liu not only understands business, but also knows how to make good use of business stars."

"I'm making this statement here today: Yinghuang Entertainment will not only invest in any of Yixin Media's projects without any limit, but Director Liu can also freely choose the schedules of all the artists under my management."

Immediately afterwards, Yang Junrong of Alfa Music brought Jay Chou into the venue and made a public statement in front of the mainland media.

"Giving Jay Chou his big-screen debut to Director Liu was the best business decision we ever made."

"For our upcoming Asian tour, we will offer the best seats to coincide with the promotional activities for Initial D in other countries."

This is no longer just a platform.

Liu Yuehua used a racing commercial film to bind all the top entertainment capital in Hong Kong and Taiwan into a community of shared interests.

Cai Yinong, sitting in the lounge, felt a chill run down her spine. Her proud Hong Kong and Taiwan team's inherent resource barriers were like greenhorns in the face of Liu Yuehua's astonishing capital situation.

Just when everyone thought that the collective endorsement of Hong Kong and Taiwan capital had reached the limit for tonight's red carpet, an Audi A6L with an internal license plate stopped in front of the red carpet.

When the reporter saw who stepped out of the car, the entire media team held their breath. The directors who had been so arrogant just moments before all consciously retreated to the edge of the red carpet, making way for the main passage.

Han Shanping is the deputy head of China Film Group and the nominal but real operator.

Prior to this, Han Shanping chose to remain silent in the face of pressure from the Ma family.

But in today's purely commercial film arena, his personal presence as the owner of the largest distributor is itself a form of official statement.

Han Shanping walked to the sign-in board, but unlike those Hong Kong and Taiwan bosses, he didn't talk about checks and celebrities.

Instead, it directly addressed the development of China's film industry, granting Liu Yuehua and "Initial D" an official pardon.

"In recent years, there have been people who don't understand the industry who have written articles attacking our film market."

"They say the industry is a mess, and that commercial films are cultural garbage."

Han Shanping held the microphone, his gaze sweeping coldly over the crowd.

Those ghostwriters and film critics, feeling guilty, were all taken aback.

"But I must say that the Chinese film industry cannot be supported by just a few award-winning films that expose historical wounds."

"We need a well-developed film industry, and we need genre films with box office appeal."

He turned to look at Liu Yuehua, his tone gentle and encouraging.

"Initial D is a successful exploration of commercial genre films, proving that young mainland directors are fully capable of handling multi-million dollar blockbusters."

"As the distributor, China Film Group will not only do its best to guarantee the screening of this film, but also continue to support young directors like Liu Yuehua who understand the market, understand film, and dare to break new ground in the future."

"If anyone tries to use clichéd prejudices to hinder the commercialization of Chinese films, China Film Group will be the first to object."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire audience erupted in thunderous applause.

In the corner, the film critics sent by Old Man Lu, who were there to find fault and fabricate stories, all looked ashen-faced.

Chairman Han's words were like a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. The deputy head of China Film Group had already defined "Initial D" as a benchmark for the industrialization of Chinese commercial films.

Anyone who dares to jump out and call this film garbage is openly going against China Film Group and the country's overall commercialization strategy for films.

Zhu Zhu and Liu Yuehua exchanged a smile in the interview area.

Han Shanping, who had initially been ambiguous, immediately dropped his airs and insisted on attending the event when the newly appointed public relations director, Zhu Zhu, personally invited him. It is said that he even turned down a trip abroad for business.

Amidst screams from reporters that nearly lifted the roof off, Liu Yuehua's final trump card officially stepped onto the red carpet.

The director would have assumed that Tang Yan and Liu Yuehua would appear together before Tang Yan even appeared on stage.

What was unexpected was a bizarre team that could be described as having a split personality, sending chills down the spines of Beijing's elite circles.

On the far left are Feng Gong and Niu Qun, two veterans of the Spring Festival Gala, both dressed in Zhongshan suits.

On the right is the arrogant and domineering actor Jiang Wen, and Liu Yifei, who just cut her hair short and hasn't ruined her image yet.

And right in the center of them, occupying the central position, is the beautiful Chen Hong, wife of Chen Kaige.

It turns out this was the cast and crew of "Flying Man". Liu Yuehua directly and openly brought the cast of his next film to the premiere of "Initial D", completing a zero-cost bundled marketing campaign.

Han Shanping was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Liu Yuehua to have prepared a whole table of food and be able to invite two groups of guests.

When Cai Yinong heard about Liu Yifei's appearance, she breathed a sigh of relief. She had only cut her hair short, thankfully, it wasn't to the point of ruining her image.

However, she was a little surprised that the freshman who was hailed as a fairy sister was actually turned by Liu Yuehua into a movie star who could act on the same stage as top-tier actors like Jiang Wen, Feng Gong, and even Chen Hong.

Meanwhile, reporters had completely surrounded the film crew on the red carpet.

"Director Jiang, why did you give a supporting role to a new director who makes racing movies?"

"Ms. Chen Hong, does Director Kai know that you've taken on this film? Does this mean that Director Chen is also secretly supporting Liu Yuehua's film creation?"

Jiang Wen sneered and spoke arrogantly into the microphone.

"I played a supporting role because this kid's script dares to tell the truth, and is a hundred times better than those cowardly directors who wet their pants."

Liu Yuehua was speechless. Isn't 0x100 still 0?

Chen Hong maintained the elegance of a producer, offering a seemingly ambiguous public relations statement.

"Brother Kai has always encouraged Chinese films to break through genre barriers, and Director Liu's abilities are also obvious to all. I came to play Fanyi to add fuel to the fire of true art."

The entire venue erupted in cheers; this is already a guaranteed headline on the domestic entertainment section tomorrow.

This is called "holding the emperor hostage to command the feudal lords," and it is also a mutual exploitation.

Liu Yuehua used Chen Hong's identity to forcibly bind Chen Kaige and the resources behind him to his own cause.

If Lu Laotouren and his gang jump out again to call Liu Yuehua commercial trash, it would be tantamount to slapping Chen Kaige and Chen Hong in the face.