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Chapter 691 Ma Fengxian, the Defeat of the Governor
"You mean Lao Hu's The Disguiser?"

"It seems like there are quite a few scenes in it."

Zhou Yutang glanced at the news and found that the publicity work for the drama had already started in the past few days.

"However, I think Liao Fan seems to be in a bad mood today."

"It would be strange if I could be in a good mood."

Zhou Yutang rubbed Liu Shishi's delicate thighs and said, "I heard that Lao Liao is in the hospital."

With the advent of the Internet age, news of celebrity scandals in the entertainment industry have been emerging one after another.

But there seems to be little material from the older generation of artists.

Some time ago, a staff member from Mango TV posted on Weibo and revealed explosive information about Liao Fan's father.

It is said that the father of the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor and the director of the Film and Television Art Department of Hunan University of Mass Media, Mr. Liao, might have had problems in matters between men and women and lost his integrity in his later years.

Liao Fan comes from a family of performing arts. Old Liao played Tong Guowei in "Yongzheng Dynasty". He has won the Golden Lion Award for Chinese Drama Actor, a performance award from the Ministry of Culture, and enjoys government subsidies from the State Council.

Suddenly, there was a storm on the Internet.

Old Liao couldn't bear it and was admitted to the hospital. In anger, Liao Fan took the man to court.

Zhou Yutang and Liao Fan were just nodding acquaintances and didn't know the inside story, so they just watched the fun.

But there are always media reporters who ask Liao Fan about this matter in order to gain traffic.

Liao Fan was so angry today that he probably wanted to transform into Chen Shi in "The Master" and give those reporters a set of eight-cut swords on the spot.
Open your eyes.

A ray of soft morning light shone through the gap in the curtains.

Liu Shishi woke up without knowing when.

The thin silk quilt only covered the child's waist, leaving his snow-white arms exposed.

Zhou Yutang thought she was playing Honor of Kings, but he didn't hear any sound, and didn't know what she was laughing at. He hugged the slender body in his arms, which caused a burst of anger.

I moved closer and rested my chin on her fair and soft shoulders, only to find that she was commenting on the sexy bed photos of Wang Ke and Teacher Bai with Da Mimi.

Nowadays, celebrities really treat Weibo as their circle of friends.

In the photo, both of them are wrapped in thin blankets.

Probably the married life ended.

Teacher Bai snuggled up to Wang Ke, her face slightly flushed, her smile happy and sweet, looking like a real wife.

Zhou Yutang glanced at Liu Shishi in his arms, and it seemed that their postures were not much different.

However, Yijie's two legs were placed on his legs, tightly pressed together and intertwined, and the touch felt soft and tender.

"You dare to post photos like this? That's outrageous."

"By the way, Shishi, have you finished filming with him?"

Da Mimi suddenly asked a bold question.

"Mi Mi, you're so flirty!"

"Is there any?"

"I'll pat your head."

"Wow, you guys are so boring, aren't you?"

"That can't be said."

Liu Shishi glanced at the cheongsam scattered messily on the expensive handmade carpet and blushed a little: "I have filmed a video."

"..."

When a woman becomes lustful, there is really nothing a man can do.

If the bees knew that the idol they support was letting himself go like this, their faith would probably collapse.

However, seeing that Da Mimi was still complaining about the bed photos of Wang Ke and Teacher Bai, Zhou Yutang felt a little embarrassed for her.

There is a hard drive in the safe in his office.

In a folder that contains several layers of encrypted notes about the actors' information, there are also a bunch of Da Mimi's very large private photos.

If any photo is released, there will probably be a huge earthquake in the entertainment industry.

Is this considered as the laughing stock?
"Yu Tang, the first day box office is out!"

Xu Haofeng, who hadn't slept all night, called Zhou Yutang excitedly with dark circles under his eyes.

"Oh, how much?"

Zhou Yutang came out of the gym with his muscular upper body naked.

Put your phone aside and drink some water.

The mirror on the side perfectly reflects the explosive mermaid line.

In the past two days, apart from the study session for the "The Lonely and Great God" crew, I also went to Jingdong for a meeting, so I was very busy.

But no matter how busy I am, I will still exercise for an hour every morning.

After all, whether cultivating immortality or reciting poetry, it consumes a lot of energy and cannot be done without a good physique.

"2275 million!"

Xu Haofeng's hearty laughter almost made Zhou Yutang spit out a mouthful of water: "So low?"

"what?"

Xu Haofeng on the other end of the phone was stunned at first, then he laughed helplessly.

For Zhou Yutang, this box office number seems to be really not enough.

Regardless of the past, in the past two years, if the first-day box office did not exceed 100 million, it would be considered a failure for Zhou Yutang.

This is the strict standard the industry holds him to, otherwise there wouldn’t be the exaggerated statement of “Governor Zhou with a guaranteed salary of 1 billion.”

Old Xu had a good mental state and quickly calmed down. He smiled and said, "I am already very satisfied with this box office."

More than satisfied, he was almost going crazy with joy.

I have never fought such a rich battle!
Xu Haofeng's first film as a director, "The Traces of the Japanese Pirates", was shortlisted for the Venice Horizons section that year and received good reviews.

However, due to the poor cast and lack of publicity, the total box office of the movie was just over one million after its release.
Now the first day box office is over 20 million!

This is far beyond the expectations of the manufacturer, what else do you want from a bicycle?

"Have you decided on the roadshow promotions?"

"Well, it's on its way."

Xu Haofeng said sincerely: "Yu Tang, thank you for taking the trouble to come back specially to attend the premiere."

Zhou Yutang was still filming in Hong Kong the day before yesterday, and the next day special forces airdropped into Beijing, which can be said to be a great honor.

Lao Xu is also a veteran in the film and television industry.

As someone who teaches students at the film academy how to fool investors, he naturally knows that Zhou Yutang played a huge role in the box office success.

First of all, Zhou Yutang found the funds and nominated Jiangdong's popular young actor Li Xian to join the group and play a supporting role.

Despite his busy schedule, he rushed back and forth to attend the movie premiere and personally promoted the film, which brought a wave of traffic to the film.

In addition, Jiangdong Maoyan’s publicity and promotion work is also very impressive.

The scene where Li Xian discussed martial arts with Song Tie in the teahouse was shot beautifully and became a hot topic along with Liao Fan and little Song Jia.

After chatting with Xu Haofeng about the roadshow arrangements for a while, Zhou Yutang hung up the phone.

My mood couldn't help but become cheerful.

The revenue of this movie is definitely not comparable to that of a money-making beast like "The Devil Wears Prada 2".

But what he values ​​is not the box office revenue brought by the movie, but mainly the indescribable sense of accomplishment in spirit.

Let the gradually declining martial arts movies bloom in the Chinese film market.

Enrich the Chinese film market and provide more viewing options for Chinese audiences.

This is the smallest contribution he can make.

"Zhou Yutang is pushing this movie. Go to Bilibili and watch the videos. There are many up-loaders making recommendation videos."

"I clicked on the ad on Toutiao to access Maoyan. The movie is of such quality and only costs 19.9 yuan, which is worth it."

"My best movie of the year. I love director Xu Haofeng's style. The action design is great."

"I only remember the charming Song Jia and the girl in the cheongsam in the teahouse. They were both stunning!"

"He came without a name, and left without a name, leaving behind only the legend of his apprentice Geng Liangchen defeating the eight martial arts schools in Tianjin. Li Xian's acting skills are pretty good."

"The martial arts scenes are neat, but the literary scenes lack the necessary heat. It is a realistic Kung Fu with a different flavor."

"In one word, dick."

Zhou Yutang read through netizens' comments in the office.

Mostly positive reviews.

Of course, different people have different tastes.

There are definitely viewers who cannot accept it.

Xu Haofeng's film has a strong personal style. This film cannot be said to be perfect, and the lines and emotions are a bit dull.

"Boss, Xu Ke is here."

"Bring him in."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly.

Xu Haofeng is obsessed with realistic martial arts themes, and many of the older generation in the Hong Kong circle also have a special feeling for this kind of martial arts themed movies.

Such as Xu Ke and Mr. Yuan Ba.

Both of them have worked with Zhou Yutang and their relationship is pretty good.

Mr. Yuan Ba ​​rarely communicated privately, but the genius Xu Ke would go to Jiangdong from time to time.

Compared with other big directors in Hong Kong, he is more keen on studying the latest special effects technology.

Vision Media is now a top international special effects company and has participated in many top domestic and international film and television projects in recent years.

This time, we have been working closely with Scanline VFX and Sony Picture to carry out special effects work on The Meg, which has caused a sensation in the industry.

"A remake of 'The Thousand Faces of Dunjia'?"

When Zhou Yutang heard the news from Xu Ke, he was a little surprised.

The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, directed by Yuan Heping in 1982, pioneered the combination of traditional martial arts and fantasy elements and was a sensation at the time.

"It will still be directed by Mr. Ba, I will be the supervisor, and Nan Sheng will be the producer."

Xu Ke smiled and said, "Lu Yang's film, Blade of the Assassin 2, is of very good quality and has a good chance of making billion at the box office."

"Disaster."

Zhou Yutang smiled and shook his head.

Lu Yang's post-production of "Knife of the Assassin 2" has been completed. Xu Ke happened to come over today, so they watched the finished film together. Xu Ke praised it highly.

"With you here, it's a guaranteed 1 billion."

Xu Ke said with emotion: "There are fewer and fewer martial arts movies that can be successful nowadays. I watched "The Master" yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised. I hope to develop this market."

Times are changing.

Audience tastes are also changing.

Xu Ke has a deep understanding of this.

During the golden age of Hong Kong cinema in the last century, martial arts films were once very popular.

But now it is gradually declining. Whether it is his "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" or Gordon Chan's "The Four" series, it can only be said that they are not at a loss.

In recent years, the most profitable martial arts movies are still the "Sword Rain" and "Asian Spring Blade" series made by Zhou Yutang.

This time LeTV is in charge. It is estimated that Boss Jia made a PPT. In addition to Tencent, a large number of companies from various industries followed suit, supporting a funding pool of 2.5 million yuan.

Xu Ke was also a busy man. After staying for half a day, he went to attend Boss Jia's dinner party.

Lu Yang was also present today, eating in the company cafeteria in the evening, chatting casually,
"Boss, you don't seem to be very optimistic about Director Xu's project?"

“This kind of IP is too difficult to create.”

Zhou Yutang said calmly, "Director Xu also thought about restarting Shushan."

"what?"

Lu Yang was a little confused: "The Shushan of Huanzhu Louzhu?"

"Correct."

Zhou Yutang put down his chopsticks.

Xu Ke's ideas have always been ahead of the times. As early as the 1980s, he had already made fantasy films.

The film "New Shushan Swordsman" starring Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin and Fatty Hung brought together the most popular stars in Hong Kong at the time, made extensive use of special effects shots, and also invited the Hollywood "Star Wars" stunt team.

As a result, despite an investment of over HK$2000 million, the film only earned HK$1587 million at the local box office in Hong Kong, and NT$650 million at the box office in Taipei. Its overseas performance was poor, and it ultimately ended in a loss.

Old Monster Xu hasn't given up yet.

At the beginning of the century, the Shushan Bureau was formed.

This time the investment was close to 100 million, and the scene was even bigger. Fatty Hong, Zheng Yinjian, Zhang Baizhi, Lin Xilei, Louis Koo and other popular Hong Kong stars, plus Zhang Ziyi and Wu Jing.

The goal is to take over the box office in both places.

There are more than 1600 special effects shots, which was simply unbelievable in that era.

But just having a fight is obviously not enough. Xu Ke's version of the script is not good enough. The plot is confusing and fragmented, and the character creation also has problems.

The result was still a complete failure.

The box office in mainland China was only 1176 million, plus the box office in Hong Kong was million Hong Kong dollars. The box office results were far from covering the investment costs, and the investors suffered heavy losses.

It seems like a cycle of more than ten years.

This time, Xu Ke plans to ask Zhou Yutang to join him.

He dared to bring it up, and Zhou Yutang actually dared to arrange a team to do market research.

This is also the routine procedure for Jiangdong Entertainment to undertake large projects.

It's not that we just hit on an idea, start doing it, and then kill people indiscriminately.

Whenever a large-scale film or television project is established, the first thing to consider is how to recover the costs.

Multiple survey data directly lead to one result.

From a capital perspective, investing in a movie like this that has little added popularity is not a wise choice.

The new generation of audiences in mainland China now have no sentimental attachment to Shushan.

Basically, they are a generation that grew up reading online novels such as "Fights Break Sphere", "The Snow Queen", "Joy of Life", and "The Great Ruler".

Shushan can probably only remain in the fond memories of the audience of the last era.

The reputation of "Master" has exploded, and Douban scored 8.7.

Since its release, Director Jia's "Mountains May Depart", has barely broken through 30 million at the box office, with only a few hundred thousand left each day. It won't be long before the film is completely shut down.

but.

Probably not many people are paying attention to the deserted film market right now.

All eyes in China are focused on the upcoming Double 11.

In the past, Alibaba’s main battlefield on Double 11 was in Hangzhou.

Whenever the time reaches midnight on November 11, the big screen in the auditorium of Hangzhou Xixi Park starts to scroll numbers continuously.

These numbers are all calculated in billions.

It's spectacular.

Teacher Ma is particularly high-profile this year.

The hype started in October, and Tmall even moved its Double Eleven Gala to the Water Cube studio in Beijing.

Feng Xiaogang, one of the three major directors, was also invited to be the chief director.

Ning Zetao, the popular World Championships men's 100m freestyle champion, was the first to join.

In addition, domestic and foreign celebrities such as the female stock god, Jolin Tsai, Jane Zhang, Eason Chan, Rain, etc. have successively announced on social media that they will participate in the Tmall Double Eleven Gala.

Ai Dajin, Feng Xiaogang, the female stock god, and Ma Dong announced that they will perform an advertising talk show.

Internet parties are all about spending money.

The star lineup invited by Alibaba is comparable to the Spring Festival Gala.

However, as a competitor of Tmall, Dong Ge, who has just made contributions to the national population, is no longer low-key and is ready to give it a try.

Alibaba is going to hold a Double Eleven Gala at the Water Cube.

Then Jingdong will also have a Jingdong Double Eleven Surprise Night.

Jingdong is not the only company joining the group. Mingjie, the entertainment leader that has produced popular variety shows such as "The Voice of China", "Running Man", "Go Fighting", "Where Are We Going, Dad", and "King of Masked Singer", are also participating.

On the evening of the 3th, Jingdong's Surprise Night was broadcast on CCTV- and live-broadcast simultaneously with video websites such as Tencent Video and Bilibili.

The bystanders who were just watching the fun were not afraid of the trouble and joined the group one after another.

"Fight, fight!"

"This is Jiangdong, Jingdong, and Tencent joining forces to fight against Alibaba. It's going to be a good show to watch!"

"I've long been fed up with Teacher Ma. I support Brother Dong in beating him!"

"Twenty years of Jiangdong Navy, I support Brother Dong with my real name."

"My dear brother Dong, Jiangdong won the championship, so we have a discount. The things are much cheaper than usual."

"Fuck, I missed it."

"Don't worry upstairs, there will be a big wave of Double Eleven, just in time to buy a new phone for my mom."

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There aren’t so many tricks when it comes to organizing events these days.

That's real bleeding, passing on the benefits to consumers.

You have Huabei, and I have Baitiao.

Brother Dong is completely at odds with Teacher Ma.

At Jingdong’s annual meeting this year, Alibaba was bluntly named and accused of not paying taxes and selling parallel imports.

In addition to studying the script these two days, Zhou Yutang also went to the Jingdong headquarters to hold several mobilization meetings.

Brother Dong, who has achieved success in both love and career, is full of energy and is ready to lead his brothers who are willing to fight and work hard to make a breakthrough.

In addition to Jingdong and Ali competing with each other, Suning is also making efforts.

Many heroes are vying for supremacy and capital is fighting secretly.

The smoke spread silently.

Ordinary people are paying attention to how much cheaper the things they want to buy have become, but in the capital circle, the term "Jiang-Jing-Teng Alliance" is popular.

That is, Jiangdong, Jingdong and Tencent joined forces to attack Tmall.

It is quite similar to the scene when the three heroes fought against Lu Bu at Hulao Pass.

There are channels controlled by the Jiangdong Group, and Tencent provides the best traffic support to its partners.

The two giants set the stage and let Jingdong perform this great show.

The prime-time advertisements on major TV stations, the pop-up windows on the homepage of Tencent News client, and the headlines under Jiangdong are all Jingdong activities.

On the evening of the 10th.

Zhou Yutang had a rare moment of free time and didn't have to reply to messages.

Because all the beauties around him were shopping, including Nazha from abroad.

1 minute and 12 seconds after the clock passed midnight, Tmall's "Double Eleven" transaction volume exceeded 10 billion yuan.

Although Jingdong has the resource support of WeChat and QQ Mobile, its scale is still far behind Tmall.

Tmall’s huge advantage on Double Eleven is a huge obstacle that Jingdong or other platforms will not be able to overcome in the short term.

Ma Fengxian is still more brave.

At this moment, Teacher Ma has the best of time, place and people.

He truly stands out from the crowd and looks down upon the world.

On Double Eleven Day, Tmall’s transaction volume reached 912 billion, a 571% increase compared to last year’s 60 billion throughout the day!
The industry called this capital battle Governor Zhou’s defeat in the capital market.

Some people also pointed out that the Peach Garden Oath of the "Jiangxi, Jingdong and Tengxi Alliance" is just a fake brotherhood.

We had originally agreed that we would join hands and bring down Teacher Ma.

As a result, Tencent acted decisively when it saw that the situation was hopeless.

In other news, sports and other channels, Tmall and Suning Double 11 ads will soon be seen everywhere.
Obviously.

Suning and Tmall paid a huge amount of advertising fees to Tencent, spending money like crazy, which made Tencent change its side.

Zhou Yutang didn't feel depressed.

Every industry has a top.

Mr. Ma expanded online shopping and money market funds, and even extended his tentacles into South Korea's payment system.

Undoubtedly the best in the industry.

Jingdong started late and has a different development model, so it is originally in the position of a challenger.

This wave of operations is like a second-tier star in the entertainment industry pulling in first-tier stars for hype and raising his own status.

If you can overturn the table, you will reach the top in one step.

Even if it fails, it won’t have much impact.

Just take it step by step, steadily and steadily.

Dong Ge made such a big move just to implant the concept of Jingdong as a benchmark for Alibaba in consumers' minds.
Although the total sales volume is not as high as that of Tmall, Jingdong is not at a loss.

Taking advantage of this wave of popularity in challenging Tmall, Jingdong Mall’s order volume exceeded 10 million in 1000 hours, a year-on-year increase of 180%!

With reliable after-sales service and considerate service, it occupies an absolute dominant position in 3C products.

Domestic mobile phone brands including Huawei and Xiaomi are all Jingdong’s strategic partners.

Even Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, was present that night to supervise the operation.

"The box office of "Master" in its first weekend was 9458 million, and it is about to break million. It is a classic of the Republic of China martial arts world and has received rave reviews!"

The industry finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Considering the quiet Chinese film market in November, these box office figures are impressive, but they cannot be considered a takeoff.

For a truly blockbuster movie, it would be easy to gross over 100 million yuan in a single day.

All I can say is that the quality of the film is worthy of Jiangdong's A-level promotional resources.

Many people are even gloating over other people's misfortune.

The governor who was able to call the shots in the entertainment industry had this time fallen in the capital circle.

……

"nice shot!"

“What a beautiful arc.”

"Whoosh!"

Governor Zhou, who was mocked by the industry for not being able to defeat Ma Fengxian even though they joined forces with their brothers, is now a big shot on the football field.

He dribbled the ball as if he was in an empty space and easily shook off the opponent's defenders.

He raised his foot and shot the ball into the blind corner of the goal.

The cheerleaders in the audience were working particularly hard.

After he had his fill, he took the towel handed to him by Ni Ni, wiped his sweat, and drank a sports drink.

The effect of this action was immediate.

The opponent was like a tiger waking up from sleep, scoring three goals in a row and overtaking the score.

Zhang Ruojun from the star team was easily knocked away by the opponent's forward. He was in great pain and sat on the ground holding his ankle with a painful expression on his face.

But as he limped to the sidelines, a medical miracle happened and he suddenly returned to normal, complaining:

"Brother Tang, why are you leaving so early? I haven't had enough fun yet."

"I'll leave the stage to you."

Zhou Yutang smiled and took a sip of sports drink.

Lu Han, who followed his boss, quickly drank some water and pressed down the corners of his mouth that were curled up.

Football is not about fighting and killing.

Football is about human relationships and social skills.

In the recent match with the Sports University team, both teams showed their best acting skills.

This is what it’s like to play soccer with my idol Zhou Dudu.

As soon as he left the field, the athletes showed their true colors and attacked fiercely without mercy.

"Xiaolu, has your play been completed?"

The victim Zhang Ruojun was a little depressed. Lu Han nodded and smiled, "It's over. I just received a notice for the Spring Festival Gala. I have to rehearse several rounds. Brother Ruojun, I'm counting on you to protect me."

Lu Han, who just finished filming "I Am a Witness", was successfully selected for this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Whether or not one can perform on the Spring Festival Gala is also an important indicator of a celebrity’s popularity.

Almost all the artists from Jiangdong have appeared on the Spring Festival Gala. Now as one of the top stars of the new generation, there is naturally no controversy about Lu Han's selection.

"Your boss is so important, why does he still need my protection?"

Zhang Ruojun finished the entire bottle of water and said nonchalantly, "It's not a big problem, just go on stage and sing a song."

He brought Tang Yixin to the Spring Festival Gala again this year and gave Lu Han some tips on what to pay attention to.

As they were chatting, Zhang Ruojun suddenly remembered something and turned around and said, "By the way, Brother Tang, I have something important to tell you."

(End of this chapter)