Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

Zhao Dekai immediately adopted a haughty demeanor, leaning back in his chair with his legs crossed, looking every bit the part of someone switching roles.

"That Lotus, at this rate, even if I wanted to get into Hollywood, it wouldn't be long. What were you just saying to me?"

"Director Zhao is joking. What we just did was nothing."

The entertainment industry is very realistic. Once you're successful, you can pretend all you want, and no one will say a word against it. Everyone has to smile at you, even the wife of the station director.

"I've discussed this with you properly before, so just because the situation is different now doesn't mean there's no room for discussion anymore, right?"

Zhao Dekai patted Liu Zhongze on the shoulder and laughed heartily, "Brother, I told you our play would be a hit, and it certainly didn't disappoint us."

Zhao Dekai slapped Liu Zhongze hard on the shoulder and said seriously, "Tell me what you're thinking, brother. I'll back you up."

Liu Zhongze remained calm and said, "Brother Zhao, no need, I can handle this myself."

Liu Zhongze looked at Jenny Lin and said, "Jenny Lin, remove the negative information about me, especially the reports about your daughter and my girlfriend. You are so audacious that you would even use your own daughter."

"Okay, and then?" Jenny Lin, wearing silver-rimmed glasses, looked shrewd.

Liu Zhongze shook his head and said, "Show us a written statement and tell others that this whole thing was orchestrated by your Jiujiang Film and Television Company to protect its artists."

"Impossible." Jenny Lin refused without even thinking. She stared into Liu Zhongze's eyes and said, "I can give you five million, consider it a mistake on our part as Jiujiang Film and Television Company's decision-making. But, if you want to bring these behind-the-scenes things into the open, aren't you underestimating us a bit?"

Liu Zhongze shrugged and said, "This isn't a matter of conflicting interests between you and us. It's about you throwing dirty water on me for no reason, and now you're starting to think the water you threw at me is dirty? Isn't it a little too late?"

"I can add another two million."

"Written instructions or you will be responsible for the consequences."

"We'll see about that." Jenny Lin resumed her previous cold expression, raised her chin, and dismissed the guests.

Liu Zhongze turned and left without lingering for a moment.

Zhao Dekai, who was next to him, was still watching the data changes on his laptop. Every second, huge data changes would appear on the screen.

Zhao Dekai followed behind Liu Zhongze, offering his unconditional support.

Before his data exploded, he dared to go against Jenny Lin. Now that he's turned the tables, he naturally doesn't take Jenny Lin seriously anymore.

So what if she's a high and mighty figure in the Chinese entertainment industry? I'm in the international scene, naturally a level above her!

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When I arrived at the building, there were more staff members, all of them looking anxious and communicating hurriedly with their walkie-talkies.

"Brother, aren't you being a bit too impulsive? Seven million is no small sum; many people can't earn that much in their entire lives."

Zhao Dekai knew that Jenny Lin's willingness to pay this money wasn't entirely because she had offended Liu Zhongze, but more so because she wanted to demonstrate her sincerity to him.

Judging from the current momentum of the horror movie "The Scholar Points to the Soldiers," it can definitely be ranked in the annual list, and may even make its mark in the history of horror movies.

If Jiujiang Film and Television Company obtains the adaptation rights, it can leverage the momentum of foreign films to promote them extensively, attracting overseas audiences to the TV series. With domestic fans supporting the show and engaging in marketing, it would be difficult for Jiujiang Film and Television Company not to make a fortune!

This was a lose-lose deal for both sides. Even though Zhao Dekai had prepared pirated copies in advance, the pirated copies were critically acclaimed but not commercially successful. What was supposed to be a promotional tool for the film instead drew away some viewers who wanted to watch the movie overseas.

With the censorship mechanism in place in China, Zhao Dekai can forget about getting the film released properly domestically. Rather than just releasing pirated versions, he might as well cooperate honestly with Jiujiang Film and Television Company; either way, he'll make a profit.

"I'm not interested in money."

"What a coincidence, I'm actually quite interested in money. The last time I heard someone say that was from the chairman of a certain blue software company. You have the potential to become a financial tycoon."

Liu Zhongze smiled, taking it as Brother Zhao joking with him.

When the two arrived at the party, there were already quite a few people seated, and the awards ceremony was about to begin.

They sat in a row towards the back, almost lost in the crowd, just like their previous identities, completely inconspicuous.

However, as soon as the two sat down, several pairs of eyes looked over. After exchanging glances, they nodded politely.

Zhao Dekai complained, "These foreigners are quick to spread information. It seems they know our movie is doing well at the box office and are trying to take advantage of us."

Liu Zhongze didn't seem to care much after hearing this and sat there as usual.

He saw Tian Xiwei sitting in the first row, while Lin Youyu was in the third row. It seemed that Tian Xiwei's team was determined to win the award this time.

This award is based on film and television from all over Asia, and most of the people who come here are from South Korea and Japan. In recent years, films and television dramas from these two countries have been very popular with international awards.

If it weren't for that period detective drama actually winning an award here, no one in the Chinese entertainment industry would bother coming here to make a fool of themselves.

Several South Korean actresses who look very similar came to Director Zhao Dekai's side. They had great figures and their faces were full of collagen, making it seem as if they had all come from the same plastic surgery clinic.

"Sekida, sekida." Zhao Dekai smiled as he accepted the South Korean actress's business card. Before leaving, the girl even gave Zhao Dekai a flirtatious wink.

After Zhao Dekai waved to them, he saw several average-looking male celebrities from Japan, all of whom were bowing and scraping, their posture even lower than when Zhao Dekai had pleaded with Jenny Lin.

"Hahaha, you damned Japanese devils, you stinking Japanese devils." Zhao Dekai laughed as he accepted their business cards.

Liu Zhongze leaned closer to Zhao Dekai and whispered, "Brother Zhao, don't you have a pretty good relationship with Director Sanchi? You should know the language of cherry blossoms, right?"

"Yes, I do, but I just don't want to talk about it. That Japanese guy Miike is shameless. No matter how much I scold him, he pretends not to know and even likes to ask me for advice on filming."

Liu Zhongze smiled. He realized now that Brother Zhao was actually quite a clever person.

Zhao Dekai was actually born earlier than Liu Zhongze. If he disliked the people of Japan so much, Liu Zhongze in the 80s would have disliked them even more.

In that backward era, Liu Zhongze grew up hearing about the cruel things the Japanese did to the Chinese. Even after he came to Hong Kong, he would still grit his teeth every time he heard such stories.

Fortunately, thanks to Brother Zhao's recommendation, he effectively dampened the Japanese soldiers' arrogance, not only becoming the core of the movie "The Windbreaker," but also allowing his name to spread to a small extent within the Japanese entertainment industry.