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Chapter 709: Reciting Poems Tonight, Art Examination Flower

"Boss, Brother Tai has taken people to pick up Shi Shi."

Back in the office, Ni Ni made a cup of hot tea, placed it in front of Zhou Yutang, and helped him tidy up the messy documents.

"Ah."

Zhou Yutang lowered his head and sent a message to Liu Tianxian, saying casually: "It's okay, go back and rest early, there is only one meeting left tonight."

I want to talk to Zhang Yiming about Tik Tok tonight.

While Mr. Ma is at the peak of his career and is giving speeches everywhere expressing his regret for founding Alibaba, ByteDance is also developing rapidly this year.

Since recruiting Yang Zhenyuan, a general from Baidu, he has also recruited a number of machine learning algorithm engineers from the core departments of major companies.

Not just limited to the country.

Even high-end technical talents from large companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been poached with high salaries.

It feels like all the heroes in the world are within my grasp.

In addition, the Toutiao Artificial Intelligence Laboratory was just established this year.

The most important move is the launch of Douyin during the Spring Festival.

This is Zhou Yutang’s most important layout.

Liu Shishi took the special elevator from the underground garage.

Because there are entertainment reporters lurking in the bushes under Jiangdong Building all year round.

In the following time as they were just two people, she gave Taozi a holiday. In order to avoid trouble, she preferred to keep a low profile.

I counted the floor numbers in the elevator and went straight to the ninth floor without any obstruction.

It was past nine o'clock and most of Jiangdong's employees had already gone off work, so the corridor was very quiet.

The sound of talking could be heard faintly. The wall lamp embedded in the wall had a very artistic feel. The soft light shone down, stretching her shadow very long.

Liu Shishi suddenly took a step forward in a childish manner and played with her own shadow.

"Shi Shi?"

Mao Xiaoyu's cheerful and surprised voice made Liu Shishi stop, raised her plain little face, and smiled gently: "Xiaoyu, why haven't you finished get off work yet?"

"I just had something to discuss with Nini. Where's Taozi?"

"Give Taozi a holiday."

Liu Shishi felt a little emotional. The immature Mao Xiaoyu back then has now matured visibly.

This is not difficult to see from her temperament. Most of the time in the past, she wore T-shirts, jeans, white shoes and other outfits that were more like those of a young girl.

Nowadays, a professional suit can give off the style of an elite office woman.

But as enthusiastic as ever, Mao Xiaoyu pulled Liu Shishi to the middle rest area to talk, "There's a company meeting today, a lot of things to do"

"That's great, Xiaoyu. You are now a senior executive in Jiangdong." Liu Shishi joked.

"Oh, Sister Shishi, please don't say that."

Mao Xiaoyu made a speechless expression: "I am just a vanguard under the boss, your wife, please say a few good words for me."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You're going to die."

"Oh, Sister Shishi, I know I was wrong."

While Zhou Yutang was talking about something, Mao Xiaoyu was considerate enough to chat with Yijie, mainly because she was afraid that she would be bored.

By the time she received the message, she would have gone off work.

Liu Shishi walked with a breeze and saw Ni Ni sitting at her workstation with a serious expression from a distance.

Tap the keyboard from time to time.

“She works so hard.”

Liu Shishi felt a sense of respect in her heart, and when she got closer and took a look, she almost fainted. It turned out that he was slacking off and playing games.

The vegetative people fought against the zombies, and the bullets were spitting out very quickly.

In the end, they still couldn't stop the tide of corpses. Ni Ni looked up and saw Liu Shishi. She stood up, gathered up her skirt, and smiled sweetly: "Shishi, if the boss tells you to come, just come in. I'm going to get off work first."

……

"Huoshan Video continues to promote, sniping Kuaishou, Toutiao's Xigua Video is benchmarking Miaopai
Tik Tok is the top priority, and we will build a short video matrix at any cost.”

When Liu Shishi came in, she happened to hear Zhou Yutang talking, and his voice suddenly stopped.

In addition to Zhang Yiming, whom I have met many times, there are two other people in the office.

The three people's eyes turned as Zhou Yutang stood up, and finally fell on the two people who were hugging each other gently.

Okay, okay, let's play like this, right?
You asked us to come to the meeting, but I didn’t hear that we wanted to eat dog food?

Zhang Yiming smiled and said, "Hello, Shishi."

"Hello, Mr. Zhang."

A touch of rouge flashed across Liu Shishi's face.

"Come, let me introduce you."

Zhou Yutang took Liu Shishi to sit next to him and introduced them one by one: "Liang Ruobo, you can call him Mr. Liang."

"Zhang Nan, the little volcano video you watched was made by her."

"Mr. Liang, Sister Nan, sorry to bother you."

Liu Shishi greeted them one by one generously.

"Don't bother me, we've almost finished chatting."

Both of them also had a good impression of this woman who had a gentle and graceful smile and sat quietly beside Zhou Yutang.

Putting aside her status as a big star, Liu Shishi doesn't have the slightest bit of domineering air. She is more like a beautiful girl from a small family and very approachable.

As a core member of ByteDance's senior management, I came here with Zhang Yiming today to discuss the strategic layout of TikTok.

"Huoshan Video focuses on the lower-tier markets, and its foundation is not as strong as Kuaishou. Musical.ly already has a considerable number of users overseas."

"The two people from Musical.ly will join ByteDance after the new year, both at home and abroad. I want to be the number one in the industry within two years..."

Liu Shishi listened quietly to what the few people were discussing, and of course her main eyes fell on Zhou Yutang.

It is said that men are most charming when they are working hard.

Liu Shishi deeply agreed with this.

At this time, Zhou Yutang was full of strong confidence and domineering, and he seemed to be glowing.

"You can quickly create a 15-second short video by adding music to the video you shot yourself. The content includes but is not limited to talent shows and funny things..."

It sounds interesting, and Liu Shishi also knows that many short video apps have been released in recent years.

For example, Kuaishou, as well as this year's Xiaokaxiu and Miaopai, have invited many celebrities to advertise.

This new track seemed to be the key strategy for Jiangdong Entertainment in the next stage. Liu Shishi was thinking about it in her mind until Zhang Yiming took the two away.

After the unbridled tenderness, Liu Shishi supported the man's chest with both hands, her cheeks flushed as she talked about the business operation, which made Zhou Yutang look at her with a new eye. It was rare that she was interested, so she said a few more words.
"This year, Tencent and Toutiao have already started a war, and several portal websites seem to be targeting Toutiao as well..."

"So what if we are being targeted? Toutiao's personalized algorithm recommendation leads the industry..."

The days when the three portal websites were in their heyday are gone forever.

The development of Toutiao was not all smooth sailing, but it fought its way out of the blockade by the three major portals.

To some extent, even Sina Weibo has a certain competitive relationship with Toutiao.

Because Toutiao is also constantly optimizing its advertising strategy and launching a personalized recommendation information flow advertising model, which delivers ads precisely based on user interests and behaviors, it has actually captured a large portion of Sina Weibo's traffic.

Mr. Cao was very troubled and ran to the Jiangdong Building frequently.

But for Zhou Yutang, Weibo currently occupies a small proportion in his industrial layout.

——If he hadn’t started late, he would have even thought about replacing Sina Weibo.

Later, I thought that my energy was really limited, so I gave up and instead jointly owned shares in Weibo with Tian Ming, just to control public opinion.

Jiangdong Venture Capital Company is behind many forums, including Hupu.

"No wonder I searched for Detective Chinatown and saw so many similar news."

"Even if you don't search, similar news will be pushed to you."

Zhou Yutang smiled indifferently.

Control public opinion silently and let people see what you want them to see.

Jiangdong’s omni-channel marketing is extremely powerful, and this is one of the key reasons for the phenomenal success of “Detective Chinatown”.

"You know, Lao Hu has recently started dating a girl from Beijing Dance Academy. I heard her family is quite wealthy."

"Has Lao Hu's play finished filming?"

"I asked for leave to attend an event, and ended up being photographed."

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Hu Ge was not a naive boy and there was never a shortage of women around him.

Liu Shishi was so eager to share that she pulled Zhou Yutang to sit on the sofa in the office and chat.

Zhou Yutang's hands were not idle either. The legs wrapped in black stockings felt fuller.

Soon, the coat had been thrown on the sofa beside him, and the collar had been torn open by someone, revealing a white groove.

The two of them are an old couple. They have already unlocked the classic skins of Red and Blue Nightshade. In this regard, they have a tacit understanding.

"do not do that."

With her swan neck tilted back charmingly and her face flushed like cinnabar, Liu Shishi pushed Zhou Yutang feebly with her little hands, her voice gentle and soft, she managed to keep her remaining rationality:
"There is surveillance."

“Now, it’s gone.”

Zhou Yutang took out a remote control like a magician and pressed a button, and several cameras fell into sleep.

He put his arm around Liu Shishi's shoulders, held her knees with one hand, lifted her graceful body, and slowly walked into the gentle place that Nazha loved the most...

"On the 30nd day of its release, the box office of Detective Chinatown exceeded billion yuan, and its high reputation was praised as the best in its schedule, setting a record for the highest box office of domestic films!"

The start was explosive, and the follow-up was strong.

Zhou Yutang, who has firmly sat on the throne of the Lunar New Year king, is now the most popular figure in the entire entertainment industry.

"Mr. Six", which rushed into the Lunar New Year box office during the same period, had a total box office of 9.75 million, firmly sitting in the second place during the Lunar New Year.

Even "Bad Angels" starring Deng Chao and Yu Baimei had a box office of 6.49 million. On the contrary, the terrible reputation of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" had a negative impact on the movie box office. Coincidentally, it encountered such a strong opponent as "Detective Chinatown", and the box office fell sharply.

The box office revenue only reached 5.84 million yuan and it was unsustainable, which was shocking.

Originally thought, it would have a guaranteed box office of at least 1 billion, and would have a chance to compete with "Detective Chinatown", but no one expected it to end in such a dismal way.

Countless filmmakers and production companies in the industry had already anticipated the strong performance of "Detective Chinatown 3".

But when they saw the box office numbers with their own eyes, they were still shocked.

It is just as Zhou Yutang said, the box office of domestic films has entered the 3 billion era.

Moreover, the number of cinemas and screens is increasing day by day, making the Chinese film market more profound.

What a vibrant scene with everything in full bloom!
Xiao Gangpao, one of the three major directors, chose to start filming before the New Year and took the crew of "I Am Not Madame Bovary" to Huangshan, Anhui for filming.

Media stills were leaked that day.

The mountains were covered with snow, and Teacher Fan, dressed as a country woman, stood in the snow like a winter plum.

Liu Shishi only stayed in the capital for two days as she had another announcement to make.

She was a little reluctant, but next week was the Tangren Annual Meeting and the B Station Starlight Awards, and they would be able to meet again, so she couldn't say she was too disappointed. This is the profession of a star.

Apart from the unknown celebrities who are idle at home, all the popular stars basically have full schedules and announcements by the end of the year.

This is especially true for Liu Shishi, who is the most popular female star.

Zhou Yutang is different. He no longer needs to rely on business announcements to show off his status.

But as the helmsman of the Jiangdong Group, some social engagements are always inevitable.

I attended several company annual meetings and came out of the Guangxian Annual Meeting Hotel in the evening. I was browsing my Moments in the car and saw a message from the Film Academy’s official account forwarded by Zhou Ye.

In 2016, the School of Performing Arts reduced its enrollment across the board, reducing the number of places from 50 last year to 45 this year.

This is also the lowest number of students enrolled in the past five years.

However, so far, the number of applicants has exceeded 10,000.

It's a bit like a huge army crossing a single-plank bridge.

Everyone wants to be a star.

They all say it's for art, and perhaps part of it is out of ideals.

But the most direct reason is to be able to enter the world of fame and fortune and stand out.

The first step is to get into the Beijing Film Academy.

After all, Governor Zhou is now the face of the Film Academy.

Many of Jiangdong’s artists also graduated from film academies.

As long as you can get into Beijing Film Academy, maybe you will have a chance to be noticed by the governor, and then stand at the forefront and take off overnight?

There are many young people who hold this idea.

Because Zhou Yutang is considered the spiritual leader of today's young generation. He has created many miracles that happened right before everyone's eyes.

When Zhao Liying first debuted, she was just a round-faced country girl, but now she is one of the most popular 1985 flowers.

Zhang Tianai was originally an 18th-tier female artist, but was brought to fame by Zhou Yutang and became extremely popular.

Zhou Yutang just left a message to Zhou Ye to cheer him up, but he didn't expect that he would reply so quickly.

It starts with a few cute emoticons.

Zhou Yeye: "Congratulations to Mr. Zhou for breaking 3 billion at the box office. It can go even higher!"

Zhou Ye is also Zhou Ye’s WeChat nickname. She has the youthful vitality that a girl of this age should have, but she carefully restrains her kindness and desire to express herself.

Zhou Yutang found it interesting: "Have you signed up for the art exam?"

"Register online."

Zhou Yeye replied immediately: "This year is the first time that the Film Academy's art exam has adopted the online registration method."

"That's quite convenient."

"Mr. Zhou, I heard that you might be an examiner for this year's preliminary examination?"

Zhou Ye sent the message, but felt something was wrong, and hurriedly explained: "I don't mean to take the back door, I'm just curious!"

This time, there was no reply after a minute. The corners of her mouth that were originally raised in joy fell again, and she felt inexplicably depressed and uneasy:
"Will Zhou Yutang feel disgusted with me because of this?"

She really didn't have any thoughts about this, although she was a little nervous, but the teachers at the art exam training class said so.

Given her situation, it's not a big problem.

Three minutes later, still no reply.

Zhou Ye had complicated thoughts and seemed to want to explain something, but he didn't know what to say.

I actually felt a little aggrieved.

She only cares about gains and losses, but Aquaman has a lot more things to consider.

Zhou Yutang, who had just replied to messages from Liu Yifei, Zhang Ruolan, Yang Mi and others, finally switched back.

Then I saw the dialog box change from "typing", and then the input status disappeared. After a few seconds, it became "typing" again and disappeared again.

In the end, Zhou Ye also only sent three emojis of people sitting on the ground and crying, which made Zhou Yutang feel quite funny, and he continued to reply to the message.
"President Zhang just talked to me about this, but I was busy, so I turned it down."

I used to be proud of being a student of the Film Academy, but now it is the Film Academy that benefits from the Grand Governor's fame.

As for the Film Academy, they have contacted him several times. It is a regular program of the Film Academy every year to invite Zhou Lang three times.

If the film academy can invite this god, it will make a profit. Even if it can't, it won't lose anything.

He also greeted Dean Zhang of the School of Performing Arts on behalf of Zhang Ruolan, and they actually talked about this matter today.

A big red banner announcing that the box office of "Detective Chinatown" has exceeded 3 billion yuan has been put up. Dean Zhang also plans to make a human-shaped stand and put it at the school gate.

Zhou Ye, who was lying listlessly on the bed, suddenly saw the screen of his mobile phone light up again and sat up immediately.

Zhou Yeye: "I thought you were angry. o(*￣︶￣*)o"

"This year, there are five examiners for the first test. In addition to teachers from our school, there are also social examiners. Lots will be drawn on the same day. The results of the first test will not be carried forward to the second test, and the results of the second test will not be carried forward to the third test."

"What is a social examiner? Confused/ConfusedJPG"

"This is a document from the Ministry of Education requiring experts to be invited from outside the school."

Zhou Yutang smiled and talked to her about the art exam.

The first test is a three-minute recitation of a poem of one's own choice. The second test is the same as the first test, with the highest and lowest scores removed. The average score of the remaining three examiners is the candidate's final score.

"You attended an art exam training class, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"Those are useless to you. Keep a good attitude and show your true self. Don't wear makeup on the day of the exam. You must wear tights and flat shoes for the body shape exam."

"Thanks."

Zhou Yutang's careful instructions made Zhou Ye feel warm at heart and inexplicably moved.

In fact, although it was just consolation, this art exam was not difficult at all for Zhou Ye.

Because she is a fish girl.

Many things have been predetermined.

He was spotted by the Grand Commander of Jiangdong right after he graduated from high school and starred in two Jiangdong plays in succession.

As long as Zhou Ye's academic performance is satisfactory, the doors of the three major art colleges in the country will be open for her.

At the end of the year, the entertainment industry is keen on making various inventories and lists, including the income of celebrities.

Except for the unfathomable Grand Commander, he was automatically excluded.

According to incomplete statistics, Milk Tea Zhou's cumulative income is as high as 1.2 million, ranking first among celebrities in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao.

The highest-earning female celebrity is not Teacher Fan, Liu Yifei, or Liu Shishi.

Da Mimi came from behind and topped the list of Chinese female celebrities' income!

Yang Mi was once a Pisces Girl, and the news was widely spread on the Internet. This year, the Mixing Company has grown bigger, and Governor Zhou is also behind it.

Now Zhou Yutang is the national husband, and in the minds of countless girls, he is the shortcut to success.

"Ah Tang, congratulations on the huge success of Detective Chinatown, which has set a new record for the Chinese film chart."

In late January, Huo Wenxi came to Jiangdong Building and offered his congratulations with a smile.

"Mani, how is the progress of Operation Mekong?"

Zhou Yutang asked about the filming status of "Operation Mekong".

The filming of Tyrande was completed at the beginning of the month, and some actors have also finished filming, including the son of Flying Emperor TV King Chen Baoguo.

The Chongzhen Emperor, who had to train his body to resemble a crane in the Ming Dynasty, plays the chief of the Six Gates headquarters in the movie this time.

Zhou Yutang also nodded to his request to bring his son into the group for further training.

Of course, it was a small and insignificant role.

He might do a favor, but he certainly wouldn't joke about his own project.

The following large-scale war scenes are the highlight of the film.

In addition, there is a scene that needs to be filmed at the Liushenmen headquarters. It is estimated that it will have to wait until the overseas scenes are completed after the new year and then return to China to shoot.

After talking about "Operation Mekong", Huo Wenxi mentioned the next two film projects.

That is, the film about the gangster hero, Climp Ho and Lei Luo, which Zhou Yutang gave to Fatty Wang, and the movie "Kowloon Walled City", which was adapted from a comic book.

"Sister Mani, Director Wang just talked to me last night and the script still needs to be revised."

"Both films were given to Wang Jing?"

"As for 'Kowloon Walled City', Wang Jing is not very suitable."

Zhou Yutang shook his head slightly: "Let's see if Director Chen Musheng has time."

Wang Jing has shot many types of films, but he is not very good at shooting hard-core kung fu films.

There are many directors in Hong Kong who can shoot this type of film.

For example, director Chen Musheng, who has worked with Zhou Yutang for many years, and Zheng Baorui, the director of "SPL".

"OK, let me communicate with who you want to use."

It is very comfortable to communicate with a woman with high emotional intelligence. Huo Wenxi made his attitude clear, which is to follow Zhou Yutang's opinion.

Due to the limitations of the subject matter of Hong Kong films, the plate is too small and the upper limit is visible to the naked eye.

The rating of these two projects within Jiangdong Company is only A-. In Zhou Yutang's opinion, he doesn't care much about it. At most, he will give a thumbs up to Xie Miao.

But for Huo Wenxi, it is the most important thing.

Yinghuang has already held a press conference and officially announced on the spot that it will be collaborating on two film projects with Jiangdong, which has attracted a lot of attention.

Zhou Yutang took the time to look through the work report submitted by Executive Director Lao Suan and nodded with satisfaction.

Usually when entering the entertainment industry, some people will choose nicer-sounding stage names.

For example, the beautiful lady with the moon-like smiling eyes, her original name was Li Xue, a rather ordinary person.

She took the stage name Li Yitong and was signed by Shangshi Pictures. First she starred in "Ode to Joy" and then in the new "The Return of the Condor Heroes" directed by Guo Jingyu. She was cast in the role of Huang Rong. It can be said that her road to stardom was smooth.

But when Zhou Yutang first saw someone with the stage name Lao Suan, he was still slightly stunned.

The name is a bit strange, but the report is well organized and includes my own thoughts and experiences with the group.

Lin Chaoxian and Chen Musheng are also the most famous directors in the Hong Kong circle, especially their best action scenes and large-scale explosion scenes, which happen to be the weak points of mainland directors.

Zhou Yutang is intentionally cultivating the next generation of young directors.

This is true for Lao Suan, and also for Guo Hu, the executive director of "The Lonely and Great God".

Not too young.

Guo Hu was Lin Yufen's apprentice, and then became the executive director of "The Journey of Flower".

Work diligently and have strong professional ability.

The most important thing is to have good character, never do anything weird, coordinate the crew, and just want to get the project done well.

all of these.

Zhou Yutang saw it all and had a scale in his heart.

Including Lao Suan, Guo Hu and others.

They can all be of great use in the future.

(End of this chapter)