Entertainment Reborn Rhapsody

Chapter 475: When Rebirth Becomes a Past
During the National Day in 2015, the Qiu family celebrated the first birthday for the little princess Qiu Yanhui. Originally, Shanhe had no intention of informing others, but how could the little princess' birthday be spent quietly?

Not only the friends who had come along with Shanhe, but almost the entire Chuhe Film and Television were celebrating the little princess' birthday. There was an endless stream of guests coming to the door, and all kinds of gifts filled the entire room.

Little Qiu Yanhui is not as active and lively as his brother, but he is no pushover. Ever since he learned to crawl, he has been equally restless and curious. He wants to touch and look at everything, and his big eyes roll around very quickly.

He is much more cunning than his carefree brother Qiu Yanche. He often howls at a deafening sound, but there is not a single tear in his eyes. After a while, he laughs like a "little fox". He has perfectly inherited his mother's acting talent and is nicknamed "little drama queen" by the whole family.

She was not as indifferent and not as shy as her brother. During the one-year-old celebration, she was not as straightforward as Qiu Yanche. When her mother placed her alone in the middle of the toys, facing a large group of unfamiliar uncles and aunts, she immediately howled in dissatisfaction, "What do you want to do? I don't want to be watched by others."

With the consolation and love from her aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-grandmother, she reluctantly started her first choice. Everything wanted to be different from her brother's. Little Huihui was very picky. She spent five or six minutes dawdling among the toys, looking at this and touching that, but she refused to make a choice. The encouragement and shouting of her family members had no effect on her.

The little bear on the side had already become impatient. He didn't care about the one-year-old ceremony. He took advantage of his grandfather's inattention and rushed into the toys. Amid everyone's laughter, he helped his sister gather all the toys together.
"Sister, these are all yours, we have a lot more at home!"

Little Huihui was so happy that her brother joined her. She hugged her brother and laughed with drooling mouth. The two siblings sat on the ground and played happily together.

"Haha... my eldest grandson still loves his sister!"

"Haha... Little Bear is a good brother. He bought everything for his sister!"

"Haha... this naughty kid always makes trouble!"

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Amid everyone's laughter, the little princess of the Qiu family celebrated her first birthday.

There are a lot of good news during the National Day. In addition to the birthday of the little princess of the Qiu family and the hot sales of "The Wind Comes from Your Direction" in the first week, Xu Ke's Di Renjie series also ushered in the premiere of the last part of the trilogy.

During the seven-day National Day holiday, this movie withstood the siege of a number of Hollywood movies and reported a box office of over 1 billion RMB. It also had good box office results in various Asian countries, bringing a perfect end to the Di Renjie series.

This series has many elements of Hong Kong films, including funding, actors, behind-the-scenes, production, style, etc. It can be said to be the last fig leaf of Hong Kong films, but it still has not brought much changes to Hong Kong films.

The people supporting Hong Kong films are still the same old group of people. There is no up-and-coming star to show off, which makes Xu Ke feel a little bitter and helpless despite his joy at the box office success.

Hong Kong Island is a deformed Chinese child left over from history. It needs to undergo baptism before it can be completely corrected and integrated into the original Chinese family!
After the National Day, "The Wind, Coming from Your Direction" is still wreaking havoc in the global book market, and the popularity and influence of this comic picture book continues to expand.

Similar to the original "A Dog's Purpose", the cute Doudou in the book touched the hearts of countless people, and the global pet market ushered in a buying boom. The promotional posters of "The Wind Comes from Your Direction" are almost all over the world's pet stores, and the image of the cartoon version of Doudou can be seen everywhere on the Internet and offline. It has become the spokesperson dog for pets around the world.

In the second week, the global sales of "The Wind, Coming from Your Direction" declined, but still exceeded three million copies, and word of mouth continued to expand. The story of the cartoon Bean not only conquered adults, but its cute image was also loved by children all over the world. This hand-painted comic has gained the world's largest purchasing group.

Parents all over the world are willing to spend money for their children. In the next two weeks, the sales of this comic picture book hardly dropped, with more than 2.6 million copies sold in the third week and more than 2.5 million copies sold in the fourth week.

In the first month of its release, sales of "The Wind, Coming from Your Direction" exceeded 13 million copies.

Book sales are secondary. The impact of the book goes far beyond that. China's education department first rated this comic picture book as the best children's book in the country. Then, well-known educators from all over the world publicly commented on the book, highly praising the significance of the book to children's education.

"Telling about life from the perspective of a puppy is the best story for children. They can intuitively experience love and companionship from the book!"

“The Wind, Coming from Your Direction is a touching work for adults, but it is also a very educational book for children. The book contains lovely and sunny cartoon characters, simple and pure love, and popular and meaningful language. Children can gain a lot from it!”

"I bought a book called "The Wind Comes from Your Direction" for my four-year-old granddaughter. She loves this hand-painted comic very much and always pesters me to tell her about the cute dog Doudou and everything he has experienced with his owner. She can understand the emotions expressed in the book and the author's love for life. She can even understand those straightforward poems, and she is more pure and natural than us..."

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The book has been highly recommended by the global education community, and Doudou's cartoon image has become more popular. The commercial value of a globally recognized and popular classic cartoon image is immeasurable.

The copyright value of the cartoon Doudou skyrocketed, and was snatched up by related industries around the world. Within a few weeks, Qu Ling received numerous cooperation intentions, and even Disney and Colorful Prism were interested in adapting a movie or animation series about "Doudou". The commercial prospects were huge, and there was almost no profit pressure. After discussing with Shanhe, Qu Ling listed Doudou's copyright separately, and a company called "Doudou Animal Fund" was quickly established to fully manage the copyright development of "Doudou". All its profits would be used in public welfare activities, including the placement of stray pets and the protection of wild animals.

As soon as the news came out, it received unanimous praise from people all over the world, and the discussion of this comic book was once again fueled.

Shanhe didn't care about these things at this time. After experiencing the death of Doudou, his mentality changed a lot. Using the memory of rebirth to cheat no longer had any appeal to him. He had felt successful enough, and money and fame were no longer worth his time pursuing.

Rebirth has become a thing of the past for him, and he now needs to replan his new future!

"The Wind, Coming from Your Direction" has long dominated the global bestseller list, ranking first in sales for twenty consecutive weeks. The total global sales have exceeded 30 million copies. At this rate, this hand-drawn comic will continue its journey to dominate the global book market.

The cartoon image of the Labrador retriever "Dou Dou" has been deeply implanted into the hearts of book fans around the world within a few months. Shanhe has successfully made the companion live in the world and remain in their hearts forever!
During this period, "Green Book" also began to be released on Christmas Day, and Shanhe's box office myth continued. The North American box office in the first week exceeded 100 million US dollars, reaching 120 million US dollars.

Countries around the world were equally unwilling to be outdone, and the film topped the weekly box office rankings one after another, with the global box office exceeding 300 million US dollars in the first week.

The movie has received excellent word of mouth. Many European and American media described it as "the warmest movie", "the greatest friendship", etc. The film's online rating even exceeded that of "Parasite", a movie adapted from the original work by Shanhe.

It took nearly six weeks for "Green Book" to break the 400 million box office in North America, and the global box office successfully broke the 1 billion US dollar threshold, continuing the myth of Shanhe's "Mr. Billion".

Although the box office of this movie is not outstanding among Shanhe's works, the global media and the public understand that this is a realistic film. Although it has a strong enough topic in Europe and the United States, it is difficult to resonate with the audience in various Asian countries.

Thanks to the appeal of Shanhe, Heath Ledger and Will Smith, "Green Book" performed well at the box office in the East, but it did not have the dominance of Shanhe's past works.

Especially in China, although this black-themed film received high praise, its box office performance did not meet Disney's expectations. Even with Shanhe's terrifying box office appeal, the domestic box office in China was less than 1.5 billion yuan, more than two-thirds less than Shanhe's previous work "Operation Mekong"!
This is actually very normal. As the country becomes increasingly powerful, the self-confidence of the domestic public is increasing. They like to watch the excitement of Country M, but they are not very interested in the racial status quo in Country M. They do not understand the complex contradictions between blacks and whites, and do not understand the cross-class friendship between the two protagonists in the film.

Of course, there is also the reason that there are a large number of domestic Lunar New Year films, including Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong", "Mr. Six" starring Feng Xiaogang, "Never Expected" produced by Tudou, and the sudden release of "Monster Hunt". Chinese-language films have completely suppressed Hollywood blockbusters in the domestic film market.

Especially "Monster Hunt". Produced and distributed by Chuhe Film and Television, "Monster Hunt" has a larger investment than the previous one, and the production is also more sophisticated, without all the messy troubles of the previous one.

Zeng Li and Hu Ge, the old partners, co-starred again, and the colorful light prism animation production made the movie "Monster Hunt" extremely popular from the beginning, and movie fans had high expectations for the film.

The movie did not disappoint domestic audiences and swept the entire Chinese film market as soon as it was released. Within the first four days of its release, the box office was close to 900 million yuan. After two weeks, the box office exceeded 1.6 billion yuan. After 20 days, the box office exceeded 2 billion yuan. The final box office was 2.9 billion yuan, just one step away from 3 billion yuan.

The above movies are just the beginning. The Spring Festival period is even more lively. There are Wu Ershan's "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Lost Tomb of Dragon Ridge", Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid", "Journey to the West: The Three White Bone Demons" starring Gong Li, and "The Man from Macau" joined by Hong Kong superstars. These four movies will be released one after another. The fierce competition among them has excited the domestic entertainment media. Chinese-language movies are becoming more and more powerful. In this largest movie period in China, there is almost no box office space left for Hollywood blockbusters!
"Green Book" has been suppressed to a certain extent in China, but it is very popular in Europe and the United States. In the subsequent awards season, "Green Book" shines as expected.

Will Smith and Heath Ledger were both nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Will Smith eventually won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama for his role as Don Shirley, while "Green Book" won the Best Picture in a Drama.

At the following Oscars, "Green Book" was still the big winner in nominations, receiving seven Oscar nominations. Will Smith and Heath Ledger were both nominated for Best Actor again, and they reaped a lot of rewards at the subsequent award ceremony.

Shanhe's work once again won the Best Original Screenplay Award. Will Smith defeated Leo DiCaprio, who performed outstandingly in "The Revenant", and stepped onto the Oscar Best Actor stage for the first time and lifted the coveted Oscar statuette. He cried while holding the trophy on the stage, and was grateful to Shanhe. He even excitedly called Shanhe the greatest figure of the new century!
Sanha himself did not win the Best Director award again, but "Green Book" won the Best Picture award. Bruckheimer stepped onto the stage for the third time and once again won the Oscar for Best Picture. The old rogue became a new legend among Hollywood producers!

On the stage, his eyes were red as he made a brief summary of his career as a producer, most of which was about his acquaintance and cooperation with Shanhe.

“…I am very lucky to have met a down-to-earth, never-satisfied super genius. Qiu and I are nearly 40 years apart in age, but he is my best friend. My only regret is that I cannot witness his future heights!”

"Green Book" shined brightly at the Oscars, attracting media coverage from all over the world. However, what attracted the most attention from the global public was not Will Smith's first award, nor that "Green Book" won the Best Picture award, but why the Yamakawa couple missed the Oscars ceremony?
Since the release of "The Wind, From Your Direction", Shanhe has not appeared in the public eye for several months. Whether it is the hot sales caused by the comic book, the release of "Green Book", or the Oscars, Shanhe, the global focus figure, has never appeared. The global media and the public are very curious about this.
Where are the Shanhe couple and what are they doing?
There are all kinds of rumors in the media and on the Internet.
"The conflict between Huaxia Qiu and the Academy of Oscars broke out again, and the Shanhe couple was absent to protest?"

"Disney and Chuhe Films part ways, Huaxia Qiu wants to withdraw from Hollywood?"

"Hua Xia Qiu is tired of the world of fame and fortune and is ready to retire?"

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(End of this chapter)