China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 781: Take Down Happy Twist

Happy Twist Theater, Xicheng District, Beijing.

The 2012 troupe's New Year's stage play is now showing.

"Charlotte, you sang very well just now. Please sing it again for me."

"Hey, stop it, get out of here."

"Sing it to me again, what's wrong?"

"Get up, get up quickly, and stop making trouble."

"Sing it to me once, sing it to me once, what's wrong with singing it to me once?"

"Hey, stop it, my wife~"

"You, who are you calling your wife? You are so shameless, hehehe~"

"A sin!"

The funny duo Shen Teng and Ma Li are performing hard on the stage.

A joke was sold, causing the audience to burst into laughter.

Liu Yifei, who was also wearing a baseball cap to simply cover her face in the theater, was amused to death.

Giggling all the time.

"Their acting was so good and funny that my stomach hurt from laughing so hard."

Liu Yifei said to Sun Yi while covering her belly with her hands.

It was a rare Chinese New Year, and they had two days of vacation left. Sun Yi suddenly remembered their skit that he had seen on this year's Spring Festival Gala, and on a whim, he brought Liu Yifei to Happy Twist Theater to watch the stage play.

Before coming, Sun Yi had not thought that their New Year's stage play this year would be the classic among Happy Twist's classics - "Charlotte's Troubles".

Not to mention Liu Yifei who had never seen it before, even Sun Yi, a "veteran", couldn't stop laughing when he revisited the classic.

"They are professional stage actors. Their acting skills are no worse than those of you film and television actors."

"Of course, the script also contributed greatly."

As an ordinary audience member, Sun Yi could only watch the fun in the past, but after entering the film and television industry and working in it for many years, he has completely figured out the tricks.

No wonder there is an unwritten chain of contempt in the actor circle.

When it comes to acting, those who act in dramas look down on those who act in movies, those who act in movies look down on those who act in TV dramas, and those who act in TV dramas look down on those who make short films.

I have to admit that this chain of contempt does make sense.

Regardless of the individual actors, if we calculate the average performance level, this is indeed the ranking.

"How can they be the same? Their live show is all real-time. Once you are on stage, you cannot stop. It tests your off-stage skills and on-the-spot performance. We are a recorded show, so we can prepare and try again and again, so the inherent requirements are lower."

"However, we are more rigorous in the details and more restrained in the expression of emotions. It is more important to be specific about who is strong and who is weak. You can't generalize."

Liu Yifei obviously didn't agree with Sun Yi's point of view. She wrinkled her cute nose and started to stand up for herself.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I forgot that there's a movie queen sitting next to me."

"Disrespect, disrespect!"

Sun Yi slapped his thigh, as if he suddenly realized something, and replied with a smile.

Facing Sun Yi's teasing, Liu Yifei's pretty face flushed, and she decisively reached out and pinched him, saying half-angry and half-coquettishly:
"Fuck you, who are you kidding~"

"Yo yo yo, wrong, wrong, watch the show, watch the show."

Sun Yi surrendered decisively, which allowed Liu Yifei to let him go. She put her arm around his arm again and watched the performance.

After a while, the laughter started again.

Sun Yi sighed in his heart.

After working on several works in recent years, my wife has developed her own understanding of acting. Not only has she replenished her basics, but she has also made certain breakthroughs in her personal performance style.

The performance awards won last year speak for themselves.

In the past, I didn’t even dare to tease her about her acting skills.

She can really cry in front of you, and her grievance is unbearable.

Obviously, I tried my best, but the results were not satisfactory.

Now I feel much more indifferent to it, just like the "little punishment" of shame and anger just now is over.

Sun Yi smiled knowingly and turned his attention back to the stage.

Ever since he saw Happy Trouble on the Spring Festival Gala, he has been thinking about completing the Starry Sky comedy-themed movie.

At this stage, although Happy Trouble has achieved certain results, it has not yet become as popular as it will be in the future.

This is the best time to either acquire or participate in investment.

On the stage, the actors performed harder than ever before.

Especially the leading actors Shen Teng and Ma Li. Although they had just participated in the Spring Festival Gala a few days ago, for stage actors like them, a Spring Festival Gala stage cannot bring much improvement to their fame and status.

What’s more, they get recognition from their circle.

But to be honest, the stage play circle is a bit small. It is useless just having it. The key is that it doesn't make money.

Especially compared with actors in film and television dramas, the income is simply heaven and earth.

In the past two years, with the continuous prosperity of the Chinese film market, capital has continued to flow in. Under the competition from all parties, the pay of the most critical actors in film and television dramas has skyrocketed.

During the Chinese New Year, Shen Teng met with classmates and alumni. All the classmates who worked in the film and television industry were making a lot of money.

In an ordinary TV series, any random supporting role can earn more than 5 per episode.

It’s easy to make a few hundred thousand by starring in a TV series.

On the other hand, they are doing stage plays.

After a performance, the physical and mental exhaustion is almost as much as shooting a whole day of TV series, but the maximum income is only 1,800 yuan.

This does not include the rehearsal time for the performance.

The gap is too big.

Including him, many colleagues in the group are interested in developing a career in film and television, but unfortunately, they have no connections and no resources.

Without this stepping stone, no one will pay attention to you when you get in, and you can only start from the lowest level.

After all, he graduated from a prestigious university and is well-known in the stage play circle. It would be too embarrassing for him to start as a supporting role in a film or TV crew.

But today, things are different.

Maybe the opportunity has come.

Before the performance began, he and Ma Li were still chatting, telling each other their thoughts after performing on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time.

Such as congratulations between friends, joy of family members, and so on.

When the performance was about to begin, screenwriter Zhang Yang suddenly rushed into the backstage and made everyone excited with just one sentence.

"Sun Yi is here."

"Who, who's here?"

"Sun Yi, Director Sun Yi, he brought Liu Yifei to watch our performance today."

"Oh my god, is this true?"

"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to see. People are already sitting there."

At first, everyone really didn't believe it. They followed Zhang Yang to the stage, looked through the edge of the curtain, and followed Zhang Yang's gestures.

Oh my god, it’s really Sun Yi.

Sitting next to him was Liu Yifei, who was wearing a baseball cap.

Now everyone is very excited.

It's not that they haven't had celebrities come to see their performances before, including hosts He Jiong, Xie Na, actors Hu Jun, Liu Ye, Zhang Hanyu, etc. Many first-line actors have watched their performances, but it's really the first time that someone as popular and well-known as Liu Yifei has done so.

Not to mention, a director of Sun Yi's level is like pie in the sky.

Especially there is an image of the starry sky behind Sun Yi.

That is the most powerful film and television company in China today.

If you are spotted by Sun Yi during a performance and want to star in one of his movies, even if it is just a supporting role, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

So, they worked extra hard in today's performance.

Maybe this is a great opportunity.

The performance, which lasted more than a hundred minutes, ended in a lively atmosphere.

The audience stood up and applauded.

The actors bowed on the stage and the audience slowly left the stage amid praises.

Sun Yi and Liu Yifei's positions were relatively forward, and because of Liu Yifei's status, she took the initiative to stay at the end when they left the stage.

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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"Director Sun, Ms. Liu, I am Zhang Chen, the director of the Happy Twist Theater. Thank you very much for watching our performance. I wonder if you can stay and give some advice to my actors."

Sun Yi and Liu Yifei looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Before coming, Sun Yi told Liu Yifei about his plan, so today was not only to watch the performance, but also an inspection of Happy Twist.

Sure enough, the other party took the initiative to come to the door.

"Captain Zhang, hello. We also heard that Mahua created a new Chinese New Year stage play this year, so we came to watch the fun, but we can't talk about guidance."

"Director Sun, Ms. Liu, our actors like you two very much and we all look forward to communicating with you two."

"Hey, is this convenient? Everyone just finished acting, you must be very tired."

“Convenient, convenient.”

"Then I'll trouble you, Captain Zhang."

"Director Sun, you are too polite."

Backstage at the crew, Sun Yi and Liu Yifei met all the actors who were going to perform today.

Although many people were very tired after the performance, and some were even out of breath and not in tune, their eyes lit up when they saw Sun Yi and Liu Yifei.

"Hello, Director Sun." "Hello, Miss Liu."

The two shook hands and greeted all the actors.

"The show was great, and you can tell from the atmosphere. The audience's response was very enthusiastic. Yifei almost laughed to tears because of you guys."

"No, no, we strive for perfection in every performance and try our best to satisfy the audience."

As the protagonist of the play and also the veteran of the troupe, Shen Teng took the initiative to communicate with Sun Yi.

The familiarity of the Northeastern people made Sun Yi feel very familiar.

"Director Sun, I don't know where we are still lacking. Can you give us some guidance?"

"Not really, not really. Your performance was really great, absolutely perfect. I can't find any fault with it. If you don't believe me, you can ask Yifei."

Liu Yifei followed suit and praised: "It's really good. I feel ashamed of myself. If it were me, I would definitely not get such a good effect."

"Oh, how is that possible? He must be much stronger than us."

Shen Teng lied with his eyes open, but there was no sign of hypocrisy at all. His smiling face made people feel that he was extremely sincere.

It's all about business and everyone is trying to lift the sedan chair.

After a while, feeling familiar with each other, Zhang Chen and Shen Teng insisted on inviting Sun Yi to have dinner with them, especially Shen Teng, who heard that Sun Yi's hometown was also from Northeast China, and called him "fellow villager" all the time, and was extremely enthusiastic.

The man is in love and the woman is interested, so the dinner is arranged.

They had a lively meal and drank some wine. In the end, only the core members of Happy Twist were left to accompany Sun Yi. They started talking about the difficulties in the stage play circle, complaining while trying to find out if Sun Yi had any opportunities.

"In fact, your script is well written. Comedy is also a major trend in the future. You can try to transform the script and put it on the big screen. I think the effect will be good."

Sun Yi did not hide his own ideas and gave his suggestions.

This matter is actually very obvious and anyone can see it. Zhang Chen and Shen Teng also understand this.

But it is easier said than done.

The production of converting a stage play into a movie is easy, as Mahua also has professional directors and can produce it independently. However, the post-production, release, including theaters, and especially the production costs, are all problems facing them.

Without money, you can’t do anything. Even for a comedy, at this point in 12, the investment must be at least 2000 million.

But for Sun Yi, these problems are not a problem at all.

"Captain Zhang, Lao Shen, let me tell you the truth. I came here today because I want to cooperate with the Mahua team."

"My Starry Sky lacks the creative ability in comedy because of its development path, which mainly focuses on industrial films, including Pacific Rim, Gravity, and this year's upcoming The Martian."

"We put a lot of energy into these special effects blockbusters, so we have to make some choices about other types of films. Mahua is already a relatively mature team. I think it is very suitable for us at Starry Sky and is a supplement to Starry Sky's film and television themes."

When Zhang Chen and Shen Teng heard this, their eyes lit up and they agreed without much discussion.

They don't know how Mahua will develop in the future. Even if they do, it will be difficult for them to refuse the olive branch offered by Sun Yi.

It’s just like the company’s financing.

The entrepreneurial team knows that the company’s future has unlimited development potential, but without investment, it is just a beautiful dream that can never be realized.

Some people may think, there are so many companies in the circle, why choose Starry Sky.

This is the leading effect. It is definitely the best to be able to cooperate with the industry leader.

In terms of resources and strength, Starry Sky must be the best choice.

Sun Yi gave them two choices.

One is that Star Sky will invest 3000 million yuan in the company, accounting for 40% of the shares, and the other is a package acquisition of 8000 million yuan. A special accounting company will come to negotiate with them on the specific amount.

"Honey, do you think they will choose to invest or sell it off?"

Introduction of the villain: On the way home, Liu Yifei curiously guessed the choice of the Mahua team.

"Oh, are you taking on the role of the boss lady?"

"Oh, come on, I'm just curious."

"They will definitely choose to invest in shares."

"Why? How can you be so sure?" Liu Yifei asked repeatedly like a curious baby.

Sun Yi smiled and said, "First of all, they are a team, and they have been together for almost ten years. This shows that they have very good cohesion. Captain Zhang and Lao Shen are both co-founders. With them around, it is unlikely that the team will disband."

"Besides, Mahua has been developing quite well in the past two years, with an average of about 1000 performances nationwide each year, and annual profits are close to tens of millions. There is no need for them to sell it directly."

"Then what do you mean by package acquisition?"

"It's just to give them a choice and let us invest in it. The company is already very comprehensive, there's no need to try to cover everything. What I value most is the creative ability of their team. If they were replaced by our management team, whether they can adapt or not is another matter, and there will probably be unnecessary trouble. It's not worth it."

"Besides, I'm so busy now that I can't even make my own movies. Who will manage the company for me? You?"

"Humph, I'll go if I want to. Don't underestimate me."

Liu Yifei snorted lightly, looking unconvinced.

Sun Yi smiled and said slowly to Liu Yifei: "Okay, we still have a day off tomorrow, you can just stay in the company from 8 am to 5 pm, you don't have to do anything, just stay here, how about it?"

When Liu Yifei heard this, she bit her lip, as if she was mustering up a lot of strength.

Just when Sun Yi thought she was going to argue, Liu Yifei suddenly became like a deflated ball, her face darkened, and she said with a look of "you are bullying me":

"I, I can't get up."

"Hahaha~"

(End of this chapter)