Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

Liu Zhongze is very confident that no matter what kind of drama he participates in, even if he is not the lead actor in the cast list, he will definitely be the soul of the entire drama.

If they want to change his scenes, they must do a lot of reshoots and implement face-swapping technology, and extend the schedule for a certain period of time before they can change the scenes in which he appears.

Trying to threaten Liu Zhongze, a man who has worked in film and television for two lifetimes, with vague words is not even something that Jenny Lin is qualified to do.

"I didn't come here to cause trouble today. I originally just wanted to come and watch the show and broaden my horizons. It was you and your aunt who insisted on making trouble for me."

Liu Zhongze grabbed Zhao Dekai by the shoulder and said, "If you want to mess with me, I'm ready anytime, but you don't have many chances left."

Originally, Liu Zhongze only wanted to leave some suspense at the end, roughly meaning the classic drama of "thirty years east of the river and thirty years west of the river", but at this moment, the staff next to him brought a laptop to Jenny Lin.

Jenny Lin frowned at first, then her eyes quickly darted back and forth between Zhao Dekai and Liu Zhongze. By the time she spoke, her attitude had completely changed.

"Please wait a moment, you two."

Jenny Lin raised her hand and said, "Xiao Kong, bring a chair for our two distinguished guests."

Zhao Dekai was a shrewd man, and he immediately guessed that something must have changed Lin Lianhua's mind. Could it be that Brother Liu had connections that he didn't know about?

That shouldn't be happening!

Having known Brother Liu for so long, when have I ever seen him talk to anyone about the entertainment industry?

If he really has powerful connections, he could have become a sensation with just one role, since he possesses all the qualities of a breakout star.

Liu Zhongze's thoughts were rather dark. Back in the 80s, resorting to violence when negotiations failed was considered minor. At that time, there were many smuggled guns, and it was considered easy to communicate if someone didn't have a gun pointed at your forehead.

"Lin Lianhua, what do you mean?"

Jenny's eye twitched; she clearly didn't like the name, but she maintained a professional smile and said, "Since I've asked you two to stay, there must be something I want to discuss with you."

Zhao Dekai was full of doubts, but he did not resist. He believed that communication should be pursued as much as possible.

In the entertainment industry, the best thing is for everyone to get along.

Just like donations in ancient times, the landlord would take the lead and set an example, encouraging the villagers to donate as well. Once the money was almost collected, the landlord would not only return all the donations but also give the landlord some extra dividends. This was nothing more than exploiting the people.

The old ways of doing things are easily understood when applied to the entertainment industry today: everyone supports each other, and the support and ranking of each other's fans are enough for those working in the entertainment industry to get a good share of the pie.

"I have nothing to discuss with you, Brother Zhao, let's go."

Zhao Dekai grabbed Liu Zhongze's sleeve, fearing that Liu Zhongze would completely offend Jenny Lin and eventually be unable to make it in the Chinese entertainment industry. He said, "Let's see, maybe it's a good thing."

Hearing Zhao Dekai's words and recalling Zhao Dekai's expression earlier, Liu Zhongze could only give Brother Zhao face and sit next to him.

"Wasn't the movie 'The Scholar Points to the Soldiers' directed by Zhao?"

A scholar mustering troops?

Although Liu Zhongze filmed the ghost movie "The Scholar" with Zhao Dekai, he never knew what the movie was called. It seems that the name was not decided when he left.

Zhao Dekai immediately relaxed. He guessed that the popularity of the horror movie had made Jenny Lin set aside their earlier conflict and seek cooperation with him instead.

"Yes, Jenny, this play will also be competing tonight. Why?"

Jenny Lin raised her chin, and the staff member next to her placed a laptop in front of the two of them.

It turns out that at the same time, there were a lot of traffic fluctuations on Douyin (TikTok) in China and on its international version. This traffic converged on a certain topic, namely the horror movie "The Scholar Points the Soldiers".

Last night, some people had already seen the movie "The Scholar Points the Troops," but it was too scary. Many people went home halfway through, but they were still thinking about the ending.

These people hesitated for a long time, and finally found a few people to accompany them. But even the few people who came to accompany them were scared, so they called for more people to come.

This information spread rapidly, leading to a surge of discussions about the plot online. Due to the concentrated timing of these discussions, major short video platforms experienced service lag issues.

On Weibo, the topic of "The Scholar Points to the Soldiers" surged to the top of the trending searches, but it only lasted for less than five minutes before all related trending topics disappeared, replaced by the release of an album by a popular celebrity.

"Your show has become a hit, and it's even generating a lot of discussion about it domestically." Jenny Lin said to Liu Zhongze, "Especially the ghost you played, which scared many foreigners so much that they had mental problems. They were cursing you while still talking about you."

"What?" Zhao Dekai quickly picked up his laptop to check, and sure enough, he saw that the box office growth rate was like a rocket launch, with external online discussion data also displayed next to it.

It must be said that Jenny Lin's team is very professional and can grasp the hottest topics in the first instance.

Without such capabilities, her company probably wouldn't have been able to create that nationwide variety show: Don't Go, Brother.

Liu Zhongze remained the same, saying, "I have no interest in working with you. If you want to cut my scenes, then go ahead and cut them. I'll just wait."

After saying that, Liu Zhongze was about to leave, but Zhao Dekai stopped him again, saying, "Brother, wait a minute! Let me see this data first. By then, I'm confident I can get you into Hollywood, not just Jiujiang Film and Television Company, but the entire Zhejiang TV, so you can direct more horror movies like James Wan!"

"Then I congratulate Director Zhao on the huge success of every film he makes from now on." Jenny Lin's expression now seemed more sincere than before. She said, "Liu Zhongze, right? Your matter is not unnecessarily negotiable. Rather than spending ten five-million-dollar sums to buy your peace, I could create a brand new drama for Xiao Yu."

Jenny Lin's politeness was so obvious that it gave Liu Zhongze a real taste of the saying "fortune changes every thirty years."

She said, "Well then, Mr. Liu, I will compensate you with 100,000 yuan as damages to your reputation, and I will also remove the related topics as soon as possible."

"That's more like it," Zhao Dekai replied, looking at the data.

Jenny Lin then steered the conversation towards Zhao Dekai, saying, "Director Zhao, our company wants to purchase the adaptation rights to 'The Scholar Points the Soldiers' from you, to create a TV series based on the same IP. I wonder if Director Zhao would be interested in collaborating?"

This kind of operation is too common in the entertainment industry now. They copy whatever is popular. As long as they buy the copyright, they can jump on the bandwagon without any scruples.