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Chapter 741: The Ultimate Treasure, Governor Zhou, is just like Teacher Fan’s gentleness

The movie "My Sassy Girl" was popular in Asia back then.

The leading actors Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun became famous overnight, and South Korean director Kwak Zairong, who had been stepped on the head by Zhou Yutang, was also promoted to the ranks of famous directors because of this.

This love movie subverts the stereotype of traditional Asian women as gentle and virtuous.

Even the country was affected, and a group of "savage girlfriends" appeared who did not have Jun Ji-hyun's looks, but only had her temper and were not necessarily sincere.

Cha Tae-hyun's harmless face makes him look like a chosen "loser". Fifteen years have passed, and he is still the same Qianniu, but this time his wild girlfriend is Song Qian.

This remake of the Sino-Korean love movie "My New Sassy Girl" held a press conference a few days ago.

It is claimed to be created by the original team of the classic work, and it recreates the love myth under the banner of the nostalgia of the old work.

It was then released in China first, but the reality was quite bleak, with the box office only grossing 845 million on the first day.

Without Jeff Chang's new version of "I Believe" sung for the movie, the movie's reputation plummeted. As the heroine, Song Qian was inevitably compared with Jun Ji-hyun.

The results are obvious.

Classic, not so challenging.

Zhou Yutang didn't even watch the movie. He just read the reviews online in the office and called Yang Tianzhen over directly.

"Boss, I didn't expect this."

Yang Tianzhen's fat face was full of helplessness.

She is good at on-the-spot response to emergencies and marketing hype, but she is weak in judging the potential of film and television projects.

When I helped Song Qian to get this resource, I was making a lot of calculations - Jun Ji-hyun was very popular in Asia at the time, so I could at least get some of her popularity.

Even the subsequent marketing tactics were prepared, but unexpectedly, reality gave them a slap in the face.

"Do a good job of post-processing and don't let Song Qian take on this kind of role in the future."

Zhou Yutang rubbed his forehead and said, "The company will make arrangements. Let Teacher Pan take her in the next play."

"Boss, are you talking about the movie 'Day and Night'?"

Yang Tianzhen reacted very quickly. His fat face moved and a ray of light appeared from the small slits of his eyes.

With the success of "Signal", Jiangdong Misty Theater is now also very popular.

In order to buy out the copyright of the film "Day and Night Chase" starring Pan Yueming, a smokescreen was previously released. In fact, the top brass in Jiangdong knew that the film was highly valued by the Grand Commander and had the potential to be a big hit.

"For this project, it will take some time to prepare."

Zhou Yutang nodded and said, "After Cehua's play is finished, let her go to the Shanxia Academy for special training before joining the crew. Other film and television work can be put aside for the time being."

Is it that the actor’s talent is average and his understanding of the role is insufficient?

It's ok.

Yamashita Academy will have a full-time acting instructor professor who will provide one-on-one caring guidance services before joining the crew.

Most of the teachers who give private lessons are from the Central Academy of Drama, Shanghai Theatre Academy, and Beijing Film Academy. They have strong professional abilities, but are limited by the students' talents and comprehension abilities. They may not be able to guarantee the performance of roles with more complex levels, but they can guarantee that they can fully understand the role of Zhou Shutong, the passionate policewoman in "Day and Night Chase".

The performance pressure of this drama lies entirely on Guan Hongfeng, played by Pan Yueming, who has to play two roles.

In fact, compared to filming, Song Qian is more suitable for variety shows.

Zhou Yutang has paid attention to several of her film and television works after returning to China, and can only say that her acting skills are mediocre.

However, her cheerful, sunny, diligent and generous personality makes it easy for her to win the favor of guests and audiences in variety shows.

As long as he accumulates enough national popularity, he can still be a popular first-line star.

The Chinese film market is a complicated one, and it's not something that South Korean companies can fully understand. The box office of "My Sassy Girl" was only over 30 million in its first weekend, and it was unsurprisingly killed on the beach before the May Day holiday.

On the contrary, the domestic romance film "Whose Youth Is Not Confused" which was released at the same time had a box office of over 100 million yuan in the first week, and it actually surpassed the imported blockbuster "The Huntsman: Winter's War", which was indeed somewhat unexpected.

April is coming to an end, and Boss Jia is unwilling to be left out, so he made a big move.

He publicly stated that LeTV Pictures gave up the opportunity to go public independently.

The total price was 98 billion yuan, and it was acquired by LeTV and became its subsidiary.

LeTV released an announcement to the public, and the entire entertainment industry was shocked.

Because more than 20 celebrities were involved in this acquisition plan.

For example, famous directors Chen Kaige and Guo Xiaosi, and actors Sun Honglei, Deng Chao, Sun Li, Feng Shaofeng, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Tao, etc., all previously held LeTV Pictures shares.

Some professionals have privately calculated that if the acquisition is completed, Brother Chen Kai will be able to obtain a transaction price of over 100 million!

Previously, LeTV has been building a complete ecosystem of "platform + content + terminal + application" based on the video industry, content industry and smart terminals.

LeTV Pictures is a key link in this. According to Mr. Jia, integration into the LeTV ecosystem will enable better coordinated development.

Becoming bigger and stronger and creating greater glory is just around the corner.

As soon as the major good news came out, investors' eyes lit up and LeTV's stock price took off.

The celebrity shareholders who originally held LeTV Pictures shares.

For example, Director Chen, Zhou Yutang's old acquaintance Huang Xiaoming, and Deng Chao and his wife all became shareholders of LeTV through the stock swap operation provided by Boss Jia.

This is the charm of capital operation, a bicycle becomes a motorcycle, and a motorcycle becomes a Mercedes-Benz.

Millions of dollars turned into tens of millions. The original investment was eight figures, but now the valuation is nine figures.

Everyone applauded and looked forward to a better tomorrow, but at the same time they were tied to the LeTV chariot.

Huang Xiaoming was in a very good mood and distributed red envelopes in the studio's WeChat group. The studio's employees took screenshots of the messages and posted them online, sparking a lot of discussion.

Mr. Zhou, who had just finished filming "When Will the Moon Rise", asked Liu Yifei to go go-karting with him.

The two girls had fun all afternoon, and Zhou Yutang drove over to pick them up and took them out for a meal.

Mr. Zhou also discussed his investment experience with the Grand Commander.

Seeing that Mr. Zhou, who used to give all his money to his parents, has now turned into an investment genius and can speak so clearly, Zhou Yutang finds it somewhat amusing.

“You also invested in LeTV Sports?”

"Yes, Boss Jia promised to go public within three years. Even if it doesn't go public within three years, he will personally repurchase the shares at an annual interest rate of 3%. Anyway, it's not a loss no matter how you calculate it."

Zhou Xun kindly asked, "Xixi, do you want to buy some?"

This year, LeTV Sports just received 80 billion yuan in Series B financing, and its post-investment valuation reached 215 billion yuan.

Now, Boss Jia’s LeTV has become a capital giant.

Not only Mr. Zhou invested money, but also Chen Kun and dozens of other celebrities regarded investing in LeTV as a stable financial management project. They all followed Boss Jia and suffocated for their dreams.

"Sister Xun, I'll let it go."

Liu Shishi's bright eyes turned and she saw Zhou Yutang's barely noticeable frown, so she smiled and declined.

She actually didn't understand much about capital operations, but she had absolute trust in Zhou Yutang.

When two people have been together for a long time, sometimes they don’t need to say anything, they can understand what the other person is thinking just by looking at each other’s eyes.

"There is no such thing as a free lunch."

It was a rare gathering, but it was a pleasure. When the party was about to end, Zhou Yutang hesitated, rolled down the window, and still said something as a friend:
"If you can withdraw your shares, do so."

"I will think about it."

Master Zhou was slightly startled, and seeing that Zhou Yutang's expression did not seem to be joking, he nodded solemnly.

I stood there waiting for the car to drive away before I came to my senses.

If someone else said this, she probably wouldn't listen.

Boss Jia is at the peak of his career, and his promises still carry a lot of weight.

But Zhou Yutang is different.

Admiration for the strong is a trait engraved in women's genes, and Zhou Xun is no exception.

It was precisely because she saw Zhou Yutang build a towering building from the ground up with her own eyes that she attached more importance to what Zhou Yutang said.

In fact, in her heart, besides admiration, she also had a secret admiration for this man who was a dozen years younger than her.

He has an impeccable handsome appearance, good conversation, and a good sense of humor.

Coupled with the profoundness that is unique to successful men, it is no longer enough to describe him as excellent.

Zhou Yutang has so many qualities that can make women's hearts flutter.

Sometimes, even he himself is not aware that even a glance can touch people's heartstrings invisibly.

of course.

It's not illegal to have a casual crush on a good man.

Mr. Zhou knew that he was not Zhou Yutang's type.

Considering his current emotional state and from the perspective of Liu Yifei's best friend, she also restrained herself from taking that step.
I just thought about his last words, even though the weather in the capital was gradually getting warmer.

But Master Zhou still felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.

"Xiao Zhou, are you so pessimistic about LeTV?"

On the way back, Liu Yifei couldn't wait to ask.

"Ah? Is there any?"

Zhou Yutang's confused expression made Liu Yifei roll her eyes proudly. She hummed softly, stretched out her foot, and rubbed it flexibly.

The driver drove without looking around, so her little movements were concealed enough.

The female spy used torture to extract a confession, and Governor Zhou had no choice but to confess the truth.

In front of Mr. Zhou, Zhou Yutang didn't say much, but in front of the naive Miss Liu, there was no need to hide anything.

Everyone stands in a different position and looks at things from a different perspective.

What Zhou Yutang saw was that Boss Jia, who was able to call the shots, was actually facing tremendous pressure from all sides.

However, Mr. Zhou only saw LeTV, which was booming. With Boss Jia backing him up, he could get investment returns, so he naturally had nothing to worry about.

But she didn't expect it.

What if even Boss Jia can’t cover this?

Several movies that are preparing to hit the May Day schedule are ready to fight head-on.

The youth campus romance film "Summer Is Coming", directed by the famous Korean director Cho Jin-kyu and co-starred by two top stars of their generation, Wu Yifan and Han Gen, was withdrawn from the fierce competition of the May Day schedule by the production company.

If we trace the cause, Boss Shi cannot escape responsibility.

In March, Master Ye’s box office buying scandal and Boss Shi’s Kuailu Finance collapsed, affecting the distribution company.

The distribution of "Summer Is Here" was handed over to this company, but they were struck by a thunderbolt from their superiors and directly announced their disbandment on the spot. The withdrawal of the film was also a helpless move.

but.

Huang Xiaoming and Xu Guangtou collaborated on "The Journey to the West", and the scene was extremely lively. The head of China Film Group, La Peikang, personally attended the event, and the billionaire director, together with Huang Xiaoming's luxurious lineup, the Queen of Heaven personally sang the ending song.

This film is a China-India cultural cooperation and exchange project, of the same nature as Wang Baoqi's "Journey to India".

However, compared to Wang Baoqi and his crew who are still working hard in India, "The Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Strike Back" has hit the big screen first, and industry media unanimously predicted that it will be the leader of the May Day schedule.

Zhou Yutang worked in post-production at the company and asked Ni Ni to attend the premiere on his behalf.

A secretary is responsible for anything. Now Ni Ni is equivalent to a business card of the commander-in-chief.

When she returned to the company in the evening, Zhou Yutang and Chen Musheng just walked out of the editing room and asked, "How is the quality?"

Ni Ni shrugged and smiled helplessly: "Personally, I prefer Mr. Xue's movies."

She also watched Xue Xiaolu's film "Unbreakable Love Letter" with Zhou Yutang.

Chen Musheng smiled and complimented: "I wish Mr. Zhou a big box office success."

"It's too early to celebrate now. We need to see the audience's feedback."

Zhou Yutang said modestly that he didn't have the habit of opening champagne in advance.

The premiere of "Unbreakable Love Letter" was held at Tsinghua University.

A large number of media and fans gathered at the premiere early on.

Director Xue Xiaolu and leading actors Mr. Fan, Pan Yueming, Wang Zhiwen and others were present.

Zhou Yutang personally attended the event and completely ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, and all of the thousand seats were filled.

Xue Xiaolu is the number one female director in the industry. Of course, compared to this title, her more legendary experience is that she personally brought The Grand Commander to his debut.

So today, many media surrounded Teacher Xue and kept asking him about Zhou Yutang's past.

Teacher Xue responded to the questions from reporters with a smile on his face, revealing a lot of information: "Everyone is curious about my cooperation with Yu Tang, but it's actually not that complicated.

Yu Tang was a freshman at the time. He brought the script of "Want to See You" to Xiaodan's office and said he wanted to organize a group to shoot a drama. We all thought he was joking.

It was only after reading the script that I realized that he was very well prepared, to an astonishing degree.

I have been a teacher for so many years and have seen many outstanding students, but I have never seen anyone as motivated as Yu Tang. As teachers, we must of course give a little help within our capacity."

Fan Binbin smiled gently as he looked at the excited expressions of the reporters below the stage as they were recording the footage.

I couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yutang, a little dazed.

This man seemed to be born to be in the spotlight. How great it would have been if he had been born ten years earlier and met me at that time.

"Binbin, Binbin?"

"what?"

Teacher Fan came back to her senses and revealed a hint of innocence at the right time: "Sorry, I just heard Director Xue talking about these old stories, and they seemed so legendary that I was distracted."

A white long dress wrapped around her charming and graceful curves.

The mature and charming teacher Fan, who is at the peak of her charm, sits there, as beautiful as a picture.

People are always more tolerant of beautiful women, and no one cares about her distraction. The reporter continued to ask with a smile: "How do you feel about filming this drama?"

"In fact, the Jiao Ye in the film is quite similar to me in real life."

Teacher Fan stroked her hair and said, "In real life, I am not a goddess. Like Jiao Ye, I am sometimes careless."

She also performed on the spot with Teacher Pan and sang a song "Just Like Your Tenderness".

Naturally, some media also asked Zhou Yutang about his opinion on this movie.

He was familiar with these processes and smiled faintly: "Teacher Xue's script is a perfect presentation of a romantic love story. You can find the answer while watching the movie."

The movie "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter" actually has nothing to do with Beijing and Seattle.
Teacher Fan plays Jiao Ye, who immigrated to Macau with her father at the age of 15. She has since settled down in the gambling city and gloriously became a casino public relations woman.

Daniel, played by Pan Yueming, lives in Los Angeles and works as a real estate agent.

The love story of these two people, separated by 11900 kilometers, was communicated through letters from the beginning to the end. They did not actually meet until the end of the film, and finally walked hand in hand on the streets of London.

This also coincides with the title of the movie "Unbreakable Love Letter".

When the movie was over, Mr. Fan, who had hurriedly finished the media interview, quietly got into the passenger seat of the Grand Commander's Maybach S600 armored sedan.

“It’s a nice car.”

Teacher Fan was very satisfied with the car that the strongest post-80s generation on earth rode with her hips. Of course, she was more concerned about Zhou Yutang's evaluation of the movie.
"How about it?"

"To be honest, this platonic love is a little hypocritical."

Zhou Yutang chuckled and said, "But the scene with Qin Pei and his wife was well shot."

Female directors’ perspectives in interpreting love stories are often delicate enough, but sometimes they pursue romance too much and appear to be literary and pretentious.

"What is love like without being hypocritical?"

Teacher Fan asked this question with a seductive look, and Zhou Yutang had already given the answer with practical actions.

Since love can be done, who would bother talking about it?
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The two hadn't seen each other for a while, so naturally they had to reminisce about the past.

We drove to Teacher Fan’s mansion on Hesheng Xiaoyun Road.

The plum blossoms in the capital are blooming for the second time.

Zhou Yutang was the first to come out of the bathroom and looked around Teacher Fan's room.

The wardrobe is very large, with a separate compartment filled with all kinds of clothes.

Teacher Fan’s room is decorated in pink and white.

The chandelier emits a gentle light, and the bedspreads and even the cat cages for the cats at home are all in the exclusive pink color.

can not tell.

The domineering Fan Bingbing also has a girlish side.

Zhou Yutang didn't consider himself an outsider. He took out sparkling water from the refrigerator and gulped down two glasses.

I prepared a cup for Teacher Fan who was in urgent need of water.

When she came out, she was as lazy as a cat, curled up in Zhou Yutang's arms, enjoying the long-lost tenderness.

"When did you become so familiar with Yoona?"

Zhou Yutang was using Kakao on phone No. 2 and replying to IU's message.

Suddenly he found out that Yoona sent him a photo of her and Teacher Fan.

Yoona is recognized as the face of Girls' Generation, and Teacher Fan is also a beautiful face in the domestic entertainment industry.

The two women had different temperaments, but both were incredibly beautiful. Zhou Yutang saved the photos.

"We met at a brand event last time."

Teacher Fan placed her smooth beautiful leg on Zhou Yutang's leg and glanced at him: "Your little lover speaks Chinese well and is very polite to call me Sister Binbin."

"She calls you sister, and you call me Baba. How should we calculate the seniority here? Hiss!"

Governor Zhou, who was caught in the act, took a deep breath and decisively changed his words: "Sister Binbin."

"That's more like it. Remember, I'm your sister."

Teacher Fan was very satisfied, his eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, and the two of them chatted casually.

She suddenly thought of something, touched Zhou Yutang's arm, and asked, "By the way, what's the situation with "Go Fighting"? Why was the last episode directly removed from the air? I heard that the higher-ups are going to revamp reality shows. Will it have any impact on Mingjie?"

"There was a small problem, but it's not a big deal."

Feeling Teacher Fan's earnest concern, Zhou Yutang smiled and continued to reply to the message on mobile number one.

"Extreme Challenge", the successor to "Happy Comedian", continues its strong performance in previous seasons and firmly sits on the top of the ratings in the Sunday time slot.

However, since the start of this season, the episode last weekend was sent back by the higher-ups for revisions.

In the previous episode of Extreme Six, when recording a cycling session in Taiwan Province, Huang Sanshi was hit in a vital position while riding a bicycle.

Now that the TV station has issued a notice, speculations are rife from the outside world.

Teacher Fan was also a little speechless when he heard this, and then he complained: "I went to record "Longing for Life" a few days ago, and Huang Sanshi's cooking was really unpalatable."

"What have you done?"

"She said she wanted to treat me with Shandong Province's famous dishes, and she specially made braised prawns and pork belly."

Teacher Fan curled his lips and said, "The prawns were just so-so, the meat was too sweet and greasy, and it was also very sour. Teacher He kept praising them so much that I felt like Huang Sanshi almost believed it himself."

"It's good that I didn't make you nine-turn large intestine."

Zhou Yutang smiled, somewhat teasingly, "Didn't he also take on a TV series?"

"You mean 'Midnight Diner'?"

This TV series is adapted from the popular Neon comic of the same name. Hualu Baina obtained the rights for film and television adaptation and gave it to Cai Yuexun to direct.

The production company recently made a big move, first inviting Huang Sanshi to play the boss, and then announcing that Taiwanese beauties such as Zhang Junning and Xiao Jingteng would join the cast.

Anyway, the slogans are loud, the canteen owner, Chef Huang, is the soul of the story, and each episode will be starred by popular stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, which is expected to set a record for the largest star cast in the history of Chinese-language TV dramas.

"Is that okay?"

Teacher Fan thought of the delicious food he had tasted in the mushroom house and expressed deep doubts about the future of this project.

"The acquisition of Haidilao is almost done."

After Zhou Yutang replied to the second wave of messages, he finally freed his hands and gently slid them across the exaggerated waist and hip curve.

"Really? How much?"

"This number."

Seeing the number Zhou Yutang was pointing at, Teacher Fan suddenly stood up, his eyes sparkling with surprise, "Why aren't you excited at all?"

"It's just less than four small goals. What's so exciting about that?"

Zhou Yutang has been deeply involved in the entertainment industry and has not paid much attention to the catering industry. He never expected that the seed he sowed unintentionally in the past would now bear rich fruit.

It was a pleasant surprise.

The entire business negotiation team negotiated with Haidilao for a while, and the conditions finally offered were quite generous, so he nodded.

Teacher Fan is the second largest shareholder after him. With the shares of Yu Jian Hot Pot Restaurant in her hands, if she cashes out after the acquisition is completed, she can at least make a stable profit of more than 1.2 million yuan.

You know, she only invested a few million at the beginning, but it is almost the same as what she earns in a year by working hard now.

What more bike do you want?

Teacher Fan was almost fainted from the shock of the surprise, and his mind was extremely complicated.

The pair of black and clear eyes looked towards Zhou Yutang quietly, seemingly filled with tender affection and exuding a soul-stirring beauty.

Looking at the man in front of me was like looking at a treasure.

(End of this chapter)