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Chapter 653: The Great Earthquake in Shanghai Circle, the Terrifying Power of the Grand Commander

"You took on "A Chinese Odyssey 3"?"

Zhou Yutang originally thought that it was outrageous enough for Wolf Warrior to play Tang Monk, until he received the news from Tang Yan.

"How is it, Fairy Zixia?"

Tang Yan was quite happy: "Sister Ji said that this series has a good reputation and I have a lot of room to play."

"Has the contract been signed?"

"Uh-huh."

"Good luck to you then."

Zhou Yutang mourned for her in his heart for a few seconds.

It has to be said that Tang Yan's team's taste in choosing scripts is as bad as ever.

First there was "Diamond Lover", and then there was "A Chinese Odyssey Part Three". They were too obsessed with the star status and ignored the quality of the script.

Zhu Yin's Zixia Fairy, just like Wang Zuxian's Xiaoqian, are both classic characters in film history and have a filter bonus in the hearts of fans.

No matter who plays the role, no matter how well they perform, they may not be well received.

However, since the contract had already been signed, Zhou Yutang did not pour cold water on her, but focused on encouragement.

In addition to Tangtang's Zixia Fairy, Liu Zhenwei also asked Han Gen to play Zhizunbao.

In addition, Mr. He plays Erlang Shen, Mo Wenwei plays Bai Jingjing, Zhang Chao, who played the Snow Mastiff who was born in the talent show Good Man, plays the Bull Demon King, and Wang Yibo, a boy band member from Huale, plays the Bull Demon King.
He thought that this lineup was finished, but he didn't expect there would be a surprise.

When I went to spend the night at the home of a beautiful woman in Tsing Yi, I heard Zeng Li chatting with her bestie. When she mentioned this, Li Jie's bestie Hu Jing actually played Guanyin.
“They gave too much.”

Hu Jing was straightforward and admitted that she could not resist the temptation of paying more money.

"Sister Jing, you are the wife of a Datuk, do you still care about this little money?"

Zhou Yutang teased the beautiful woman in green clothes, which immediately attracted Hu Jing's dissatisfied attack: "Lizi, control your boss Zhou, he bullies me."

"I can't control him."

Zeng Li rolled her eyes at Zhou Yutang and gently patted his arm.

There was another round of joking and laughing.

In order to remake "A Chinese Odyssey 3", Liu Zhenwei found LeTV Pictures to endorse him. He really has the money.

Boss Jia completed a B round of financing of 3.4 million last year.

This year, LeEco Pictures is working at full capacity to promote its independent listing, but another boss is suffocating his dream.
It must be said that Boss Jia is indeed smart. Since he couldn't compete with Jiangdong Entertainment in producing high-quality products, he found another way, hyping up blockbusters and steadily gaining a foothold in the lower-end market of the entertainment industry.

After the "Tiny Times" series, Guo Xiaosi's "Jade Dynasty" followed.

It doesn't matter if "The Crossing" sank, because there is still the Sino-US co-production "The Great Wall" as a guarantee, and the "A Chinese Odyssey" series can also do emotional marketing.

For example, in the recently aired "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", two young actors Li Yifeng and Yang Yang partnered with Tang Yan.

The pilot episode received over 4000 million hits within an hour after it was aired.

In the following 48 hours, it was played 1.43 million times.

This data is sure to be a huge hit on the Internet.

However, the reputation of this drama is inversely proportional to its popularity.

More than 2.8 fans gave the show a score of during its premiere, and it was also hotly discussed online.

"Is this still Grave Robbers' Chronicles? The cultural relics should be handed over to the country."

"Haha, we must hand the bull head over to the Cultural Relics Protection Center."

“Let’s all work together to protect cultural relics.”

The drama is categorized as a children's drama/comedy on rating websites, but that does not prevent the drama from becoming extremely popular.

It's still airing and a second season has already been ordered.

Xu Ming, the head of LeTV's TV drama department who just transferred from Jiangdong, finally got his revenge.

This is the most influential project he has created at LeTV...

In June in Shanghai, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. When you look up, you can see short skirts, hot pants and long white legs.

At this Shanghai Film Festival, Cao Baoping came in advance with his two films "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Piano Tuner", Guo Fan brought "Now You See Me 2", and October Culture brought "The Monkey King: Hero is Back".

When Zhou Yutang arrived in Shanghai, Tian Ming came to pick him up again. The two started chatting in the car: "Yutang, what does the MCN company you mentioned do?"

"Multi Channel Network, Multi Channel Network Company."

“To put it simply, it provides content planning, production, publicity and promotion for self-media content creators.”

Zhou Yutang explained: "It includes all-round creative guidance and traffic support, forming a matrix, doing customized promotion, and realizing subsequent commercialization."

“In the future, we will mainly focus on short and medium-length videos and social media platforms, not just domestic platforms such as Weibo and Bilibili, but also YouTube and Instagram, and the short video version of TikTok that ByteDance is about to launch, as well as its international version.”

Listening to the new words coming out of Zhou Yutang's mouth, Tian Ming sometimes relaxed his brows, sometimes fell into deep thought, and had some understanding.

When Zhou Yutang first mentioned this concept to him, he was a little confused.

The company is booming now. As long as it maintains its basic foundation, it will be the leader in the domestic entertainment industry. Why bother with other things?

This reminds me of the huge amount of money Zhou Yutang spent some time ago to buy Liverpool Football Club at a premium.

Tian Ming came back to his senses a little.

It now seems that Zhou Yutang wants to use football, the world's largest sport, as a channel to promote his international short video platform.

"Yu Tang, are you really so optimistic about this short video platform?" Tian Ming couldn't help but ask.

“The key to the entertainment trend and global cultural output in the next decade lies here.”

Zhou Yutang took a bottle of water from the car refrigerator, leaving Tian Ming some time to think.

At this moment, Tian Ming was indescribably shocked, and suddenly remembered the high praise that his old man had given to Zhou Yutang:

The vision and pattern are extraordinary, not something you would expect from an ordinary person!
While he was still gloating over the company's rising market value, which was expected to reach 100 billion, Zhou Yutang had already quietly laid out his global industrial layout.
"Brother Ming, what do you think?" Zhou Yutang took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

"Brilliant."

The simplest language also expressed Tian Ming's true thoughts at the time.

I talked with Zhou Yutang all the way to the company and listened carefully. The more I listened, the more frightened I became.

As someone who can hold up Mingjie's front row on stage and has been the pillar of the family for three generations, Tian Ming's personal ability is beyond doubt.

The concept of MCN is not difficult to understand, including short video platforms, but he is more interested in cultural output.

Money is not the most important thing for Tian Ming. This deployment, which is in line with the strategic plan to enhance the country's soft power, can greatly increase the weight and voice of his family.

That is what he values ​​more.

Guli Nazha has participated in many variety shows under Mingjie Company.

He also appeared as a guest on Go Fighting for many episodes.

With the help of a few old-timers in the men's gang, the clear, stupid and silly beauty became popular for a while.

This was not her first time to visit Mingjie's headquarters building. She took her assistant to the elevator with ease.
"Wow, Naza is so beautiful."

"Can we take a photo?"

"of course."

Although she looks glamorous and cold on the outside, Nazha actually has no resistance to flattery.

I am in a good mood as I am about to meet Zhou Yutang.

The female employees of Mingjie Company smiled brightly when they praised her a few words, and generously agreed to their request for taking photos.

Facing the astonished gazes of Mingjie's employees, Nazha held her head high, walked with her long legs, and walked into Zhou Yutang's exclusive office.
"elder brother."

The sound of the clasps, which was sweeter than honey from northern Xinjiang, made Tian Ming stunned.

Nazha's eyes turned and she saw Tian Ming, and she quickly suppressed the urge to give Zhou Yutang a hug and kiss him.

"Mr. Tian?"

Nazha shrank her head and smiled awkwardly.

I was just looking at Zhou Yutang when I noticed that Tian Ming had just answered a phone call by the floor-to-ceiling window.

Tian Ming glanced at Zhou Yutang calmly, knowing something, and said with a smile: "Naza, congratulations on getting the Magnolia nomination."

"Hey, I'm lucky. I didn't disturb you guys, did I?"

"No, no, I was just chatting with Yu Tang."

When there were other people around, Nazha would sit obediently next to Zhou Yutang, acting like a quiet beauty.

"Not everyone can make it in the entertainment industry, but there is no threshold to become an internet celebrity. It is considered a sinking market in the entertainment industry. The rise of live streaming is unstoppable. Wait a few years."

Listening to Zhou Yutang's talk, Tian Ming laughed and joked: "You have control over the upstream and downstream channels, and you will be an 800,000-dollar internet celebrity coach in the future."

"It's more than 800,000. If you run a self-media company in the future, you won't be able to add another zero to the end."

Zhou Yutang laughed softly.

Just as we were talking about the recent takeoff of the stock market, another phone call came in. It was Ren Zhonglun from the Shanghai Film Group who wanted to invite us for a dinner.

Tian Ming finished his response, hung up the phone, and laughed, "Mr. Ren has other intentions, he wants me to act as a matchmaker."

Although Mingjie Company is powerful, it is mainly based on variety shows and music, and has close ties with TV stations.

When the film and television companies in Shanghai received the news that Zhou Yutang had arrived in Shanghai, they wanted to make an appointment with him through Tian Ming.

"Who else is here?"

"Wu Heru, this old guy just wants to hear you praise him a little more, otherwise he will feel uncomfortable all over."

"Pfft!"

Naza couldn't help but chuckle and quickly covered her mouth.

"That's too much, Brother Ming."

Zhou Yutang also found it funny.

In the past, in order to establish relationships with theaters, I had to deal with Wu Heru a lot.

This is really a very capable and interesting old man.

The Grand Commander was good at coaxing women, and he also had a way of coaxing old men. He coaxed Wu Heru7 into great joy and he regarded her as his confidant.

Every time a Jiangdong movie is released, the Shanghai United Cinemas, which ranks among the top three in China, always has its screenings fully booked.

As a result, many people in the industry have complained about it and secretly criticized Zhou Yutang as Wu Hehu's godson.

Now, with the different status of the Grand Commander, such arguments are less common.

Zhou Yutang's Jiangdong Golden Harvest Cinema Chain is also making great efforts, taking root in Shenzhen, developing steadily, radiating to the north and south, and now ranks among the top ten domestic cinema chains.

"Okay, let's talk about other things later. Mr. Ren has already booked the hotel."

"Brother, can I go with you?"

Nazha touched Zhou Yutang's arm and asked in a low voice.

"Come on, it's good to get to know each other."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Nazha said sweetly.

At today's dinner, in addition to Ren Zhonglun and Wu Heru, Zhou Yutang also met with Zhao Yifang, the president of Cehua.

She is also a well-known strong woman in the Shanghai circle, and her status is far beyond that of Cai Yinong.

Four years ago, Cehua went public, causing a sensation. The year before last, it acquired Croton Media in a big way, further enhancing its strength.

In the past two years, Cehua has also produced many high-quality dramas. If Jiangdong is the leader in the current domestic TV drama market, Cehua is the second.

Moreover, as far as Zhou Yutang knows, this year Cehua also invested in a South Korean film and television company, secretly planning to enter the overseas market.

"Boss Zhou, I toast you." At the dinner table, a young girl raised her glass to Zhou Yutang and said politely, "I hope I can have the opportunity to learn more from Boss Zhou in the future."

"I don't dare to study, we can communicate more when we have time."

Zhou Yutang was also very polite. He raised his glass and took a sip.

The dinner was over and everyone was having a good time. Zhou Yutang and Nazha went to the hotel suite. Nazha, who had been holding back for a long time, finally asked:
"Brother, who was the woman who toasted you tonight?"

"That's Mr. Zhao's daughter."

If Zhou Yutang hadn't said it, Nazha would probably have thought that this plain-looking woman with a bookish air was a teacher at some university.

In fact, this is the new CEO of Cehua Pictures, a subsidiary of Cehua Film and Television Group. He is only four years older than Zhou Yutang this year.

"Isn't this a family marriage?"

Nazha nodded in realization, and suddenly looked at Zhou Yutang, and said suspiciously: "The way she looks at you is not right."

"Have you watched too many stupid and bloody TV series?"

Zhou Yutang tapped Nazha's smooth forehead lightly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "How is that possible? This is the first time I met her."

"Many people fall in love at first sight. Guo Xiang fell in love with Yang Guo the first time they met."

Nazha instantly turned into a dramatic actress, her shoulders twitching and her mouth pouted: "Brother doesn't want me anymore, wuwuwu."

It’s true, with his excellent acting skills, it’s no wonder he was nominated for the Magnolia Popularity Award.

Zhou Yutang didn't give in either. He picked up Nazha's lithe body and pressed her on the sofa.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
After a few hits on her buttocks, Naza immediately became obedient.
There are still two days until the opening ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Zhou Yutang went to take a look at his own film exhibition area.

The movies "The Piano Tuner", "The Burning Sun", "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" and "Now You See Me 2" are put together to create a spectacular scene.

In addition, An Le's "Monster Hunt", Er Dongsheng's "I'm a Passerby", Wu Baige's "The Crossing: The Other Shore", Hou Xiaoxian's "The Assassin Nie Yinniang".
This year's summer blockbusters are all here!
Just after chatting with Li Xiaoping of Guangguang in the exhibition area of ​​"Gardenia Blossoms", Chen Hong walked over and said with a smile: "Yu Tang, you are here so early."

"I came here for something."

Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows: "Producer Chen, how is Director Chen's movie going?"

"Brother Kai has been extremely busy lately."

Chen Hong smiled and said, "When you have time, go visit the crew. Brother Kai has always wanted to talk to you."

"Definitely if I have the chance."

To be honest, Zhou Yutang is quite interested in how Chen Kaige can film "The Great Wall".

He didn't talk much with Chen Hong, he just came over to take a look. With Li Shuang leading the team, everything would be safe.

Nazha will be supporting a brand event today.

Zhou Yutang also has things to do.

After appearing at Mingjie Company, I have to go to the headquarters of Xingchen Games and Bilibili, as well as the MCN company that will be planned next.

As for Star Game Company, the revenue of "Qingcheng" launched last year has dropped a lot compared to its peak period, but it is still quite popular.

The internal beta data of Honor of Kings is not optimistic, and the team reported that there are still some problems with the balance of the game.

Zhou Yutang didn't expect the film to become a huge hit as soon as it was released.

Discover problems, solve them, and the project positioning has promising prospects, with room for improvement.

On Bilibili, this year there are two web dramas: "Wuxin: The Monster Killer" and "Go Princess Go".

The cast of "Wuxin: The Monster Killer" is far better than that of "Go Princess Go", so it is naturally promoted by Bilibili. It is scheduled to be broadcast at the beginning of next month, and is currently being pre-promoted through multiple channels.

As for "Go Princess Go", it depends on the broadcast schedule of Jiangdong's other drama "Pretty Li Huizhen", which will be postponed to at least after October.

In the evening, Zhou Yutang met Tian Zhuangzhuang at the hotel where he was staying.

Teacher Tian co-directed the film "Yang Guifei" with Shi Qing and Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou has been busy with this matter since "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", and even put his own new projects aside.

Teacher Tian's words are Li Shaohong's honor, and I feel sorry for her.

Back then, Rongyao Da was famous for its high-quality self-produced dramas, almost on par with Huayi, and was definitely a well-known film and television company in the industry.

It also has stars such as Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, and Yang Mi, making it a strong team. Later, it also recruited new generation actors and actresses such as Yang Yang and Jiang Mengjie, so its future is promising.

It’s a pity that with the passage of time, it has failed to keep up with the times and no longer has any outstanding film and television works.

The result of losing core competitiveness was that the factory beauties Chen Kun, Zhou Gongzi, and Da Mimi all ran away one after another.

Last year, even Li Shaohong's trusted and beloved general Yang Yang ran away.

He also went to court with Rong Xingda for breach of contract for "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

Now, even Jiang Mengjie, who plays Lin Daiyu in the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions", has issued a statement to terminate her contract with Rong Xingda.

"Teacher Tian, ​​how about I think of a solution?"

Seeing that Lao Tian was in a bad mood, Zhou Yutang asked with a smile.

Not an exaggeration.

As long as he gave a few secondary film and television projects to Li Shaohong, Xingyundadu would immediately recover and once again become a hot film and television company in the circle.

"Don't worry about it."

Tian Zhuangzhuang frowned and shook his head, saying firmly: "It's their own way of doing things that is problematic. With such a small scale, they can't achieve anything."

Speaking of Lao Tian, ​​he has a very sharp eye.

Fortunately, it has reached this point today, which is closely related to the way its helmsman does things.

Mr. Zhou's confiscation of the Audi car has become a laughing stock in the circle.

Lin Daiyu, who just terminated her contract this year, said that she had never seen an employment agreement for performing arts activities, and was often hastily arranged for performing arts work by the company when the crew was about to start filming and she had no chance to familiarize herself with the script.

It may be suspected of playing the victim, but it is also an indisputable fact that Rong Xingda did not have adequate public relations when it was rumored that Jiang Mengjie was involved in an incident involving a big boss named Liu.

In fact, Tangren and Xiangyunda are in a similar situation, but Cai Yinong's means of winning people's hearts are much better than those of Xiangyunda.

He took advantage of the big brother Hu Ge and the big sister Liu Shishi, and most importantly, he also caught the big fish Zhou Yutang.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, it's a bummer."

Tian Zhuangzhuang babbled on and on: "This year's magnolia is really out of this world."

After hearing what Lao Tian said, Zhou Yutang frowned.

Several of the company's dramas were shortlisted for the Magnolia Awards, but he was busy working on the set and didn't pay much attention to it.

Later, I was immersed in the tenderness of my sisters and was busy adjusting my state and company affairs, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

But unexpectedly, something unexpected happened to the Magnolia this year.

Li Xuejian's "Hey, Old Man!" received three nominations for Best TV Series, Best Director, and Best Actor.

However, surprisingly, the actor nominated for Best Actor was Huang Sanshi, Li Xuejian's son in the play, rather than the generally recognized Li Xuejian.

You can apply for the Magnolia Award for Best Actor multiple times for the same drama.

Supporting roles can also be reported in multiple categories. This is a change made by the Magnolia Awards this year, which categorizes the main and supporting roles into different categories.

It’s not that Huang Sanshi’s acting skills are bad. After all, he is a teacher at the Film Academy. Even though he has lost his spirit due to the large number of variety shows he has taken on in recent years, Huang Sanshi’s acting skills are still quite good.

However, his acting skills in the TV series "Hey! Old Man" were absolutely crushed by Li Xuejian in all aspects.

The industry was in an uproar. Even Mr. Li's wife couldn't hold back and publicly questioned: "How come our old man wasn't even given a nomination?"

This also put the Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award, known as the professional award in the television field, at the center of public opinion.

As a result, the organizing committee just pretended not to see it.

"Magnolia is really messing around."

After understanding the reason, Zhou Yutang took out his mobile phone and prepared to make a call.

Tian Zhuangzhuang saw the clue and held Zhou Yutang's arm, with a serious expression: "Don't be impulsive."

"Teacher Tian, ​​I'm not impulsive."

Zhou Yutang explained calmly: "When I was working on that play, I didn't know about Teacher Li's situation."

Speaking of which, Zhou Yutang felt guilty.

Li Xuejian underwent chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer, which caused some damage to his ears.

When he was filming "Red Ling" at that time, he could not wear hearing aids, so he only relied on memorizing the lines of the actors and watching their lip movements to complete the entire performance.
During the filming, not only Zhou Yutang, but also Li Xin and others had questions about acting, and Li Xuejian always answered them carefully and attentively.

Zhou Yutang's mind was completely on the movie at the time, and the crew was working around the clock at an extremely high intensity.

He has an amazing physique and can withstand it.

Several young and strong behind-the-scenes staff members of the crew could not bear the impact and were sent to the hospital.

But Teacher Li Xuejian actually gritted his teeth and persevered.

Later, Zhou Yutang learned from other channels that Teacher Li went back and rested for a long time before he recovered.

"Lao Li, it's not easy"

Tian Zhuangzhuang also sighed: "What do you want to do?"

"Whether he wins the award or not is another matter, but the Magnolia Awards should give Teacher Li a nomination."

“It’s not important whether you win an award or not, what’s important is respect.”

"The organizing committee of the Shanghai TV Festival stated that due to the intense public scrutiny and opinions during the nomination publicity period, the judges of the organizing committee voted to restart the final review process.

The judges, composed of industry authorities, scholars, and critics, re-evaluated the works based on factors such as quality, artistic value, and social influence. After careful consideration, the organizing committee made changes to the previous selection and added Li Xuejian, the leading actor of "Hey, Old Man", to the list of nominees for the Best Actor of the 21st Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award! "

The next day, the Shanghai TV Festival organizing committee released a notice of nomination changes overnight, which caused a huge uproar in the entire industry.

It took Tian Zhuangzhuang a long time to recover from the sudden notice.

Overnight.

Behind this seemingly bland announcement, the entire Shanghai community experienced an unknown earthquake because of Zhou Yutang!
Now, he understands.

At that time, he was the beloved disciple who needed me to protect him from the wind and rain.

What a terrifying power he holds in his hands.

"Brother, how are you?"

Nazha lifted her skirt and turned gracefully in front of Zhou Yutang.

"No, this one is too revealing."

Nazha changed into a champagne-colored halter neck deep V dress, which was extremely bold and extended from the neckline to the waist, showing her proud cleavage.

Zhou Yutang sank into the leather sofa, admired it, and then smiled and shook his head.

A sexy dress like this, with most of the breasts exposed, may enhance romance in private, but it would be inappropriate to wear it to an award ceremony.

With Nazha's current status, she is not one of those female stars who rely on sexiness to gain popularity, so there is no need for her to do so.

The entire styling team surrounded Nazha and prepared several other haute couture dresses.

Finally, I ordered a white tulle long dress from ES, which exudes youthful, charming and fairy-like charm.

Nazha won the Popularity Award tonight thanks to Bei Weiwei, and she is not competing for the Magnolia Best Actress Award, so it is not appropriate for her to show off. She should just display her beauty steadily.

Of course, that champagne-colored halterneck deep V dress has also been purchased.

The Grand Commander was very pleased.

It will be of great use in the future.

(End of this chapter)