China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 365: Ali Baba Enters (Please subscribe!)
"Hello, Director Chen."

"Well, hello Yueming, come, sit down, let's chat."

Chen Dong stood up, greeted him, pointed to the sofa opposite, sat down again, and handed the other party a cup of tea he had just brewed.

"Thank you, Director Chen."

Pan Yueming took the tea with both hands, took a sip, and praised the tea for being good.

Chen Dong smiled and started the conversation: "Yueming, you used to be a lone trader, right?"

"Yes, since my agency was acquired by Huayi in 08 and my contract expired in 09, I have not joined any other company."

"Then why didn't you sign it with Huayi?"

"I have actually thought about this, and I won't hide it from Director Chen. At the time, I felt that Huayi had too many mature artists and they didn't need me. Even if I signed, I wouldn't get any good resources. Plus, I was ambitious at the time and thought I could make a name for myself in the entertainment industry, so I didn't sign."

Pan Yueming hesitated for a moment, then continued, "I'm sure Director Chen knows what happened to me some time ago..."

Chen Dong nodded and said comfortingly: "Life is full of ups and downs, but you will get through it if you grit your teeth."

"I've actually come to terms with it now, but it's hard on the child... Alas."

Speaking of children, Pan Yueming sighed.

He did not expand on this topic, but instead told Chen Dong all the reasons why he wanted to join Dongcheng Pictures. Because he spoke the truth, every word sounded sincere to Chen Dong.

As a result, Chen Dong's impression of Pan Yueming was further deepened.

More than ten minutes later...

This 'casual chat' topic is over.

Chen Dong stood up again, extended his hand to Pan Yueming and said, "On behalf of Dongcheng Pictures, I formally welcome you to join us."

At this moment, Pan Yueming was also very touched and nodded heavily to Chen Dong.

At the same time, in Zhong Lifang's office next door, Di Lieba, who came from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, was also having an interview.

Her interview was different from Pan Yueming's "interview". Dilraba's interview was a real interview. If the result was too bad, there was a possibility of being eliminated. However, Pan Yueming's interview was more like a formality.

However, Di Lieba was well prepared for the interview, and more importantly, she had a good foundation, so Zhong Lifang had a good impression of her throughout the interview.

"One last question..."

When Di Lieba heard that it was the last question, she immediately perked up and sat up straight.

Zhong Lifang looked at the girl's sensitive reaction and just smiled lightly without giving any reminder. Then she directly asked the final question.

"Xiao Di, forget it. I'll just call you Reba. Are you willing to join Dongcheng Pictures..."

Dilireba’s head buzzed.

She really didn't expect this to be the last question.

It’s really fierce!

It took her a long time to react, and she couldn't help but said excitedly: "Yes, I really want to. Thank you, Manager Zhong, for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely do my best."

Zhong Lifang saw the enthusiasm and drive of college students in Dilireba, and couldn't help but smile, and encouraged her: "Okay, work hard and strive to become a big star as soon as possible."

At this moment, Di Lieba looked at the dean, oh no, at Zhong Lifang, and her eyes seemed more friendly.

Chen Dong came out of the reception room and heard that Di Lieba was signed by Zhong Lifang on the spot. As the boss, he also came over and greeted the girl.

"Director Chen, Director Chen, I am your idol. No, no, you are my idol..."

Chen Dong didn't expect that the girl would be so excited to see him. It seemed that she was undoubtedly a real fan.

He also gave some words of encouragement to Dilraba Dilmurat. Since Chen Dong needed to attend the premiere of the movie "Chinese Partners" next, he left the company directly after taking a few photos with the two "newcomers" who had just joined the company.

"Director Chen, this way."

As soon as Chen Dong arrived at the venue, he was called over by Wang Changtian and Ye Ning.

"Sure, Director Chen. I'm also optimistic about Pan Yueming. I didn't expect you guys would be quicker to act."

"No, how did you know?" At this moment Chen Dong really suspected whether Lao Wang had planted a 'spy' in his company, because he knew the news too quickly.

"Why are you so excited? Your company's official website has posted a Weibo with your photo. What's wrong? Don't you know?"

Ignoring Wang Changtian's ridicule, Chen Dong took out his mobile phone and logged into Weibo to take a look, and found that the situation was indeed as he said.

Moreover, the Weibo post was sent ten minutes ago, which was when he was on his way.

There were not many comments, only over a hundred, which meant that not many people saw this Weibo post. However, Wang Changtian happened to see it. As Chen Dong turned off his phone, he couldn't help but complain, "Boss Wang really cares about the development of my company."

"That's right." Wang Changtian said with a smile: "The key is that I just care about you, but some people are worried about you."

"Oh? Who is the person Mr. Wang is thinking about?" Chen Dong said this while turning his head to Ye Ning.

Ye Ning waved his hands repeatedly: "It's not me, I can't remember it, it's Ahri."

"Why would Ahri be thinking about my Dong Cheng? Didn't I already say that I would not accept financing?"

"They have money, and they like to spend it..."

As Wang Changtian was talking, he suddenly fell silent.

Because he remembered that this old friend in front of him, who he originally thought was a rising star, had quietly accumulated a net worth of tens of billions.

Moreover, Wang Changtian heard that Chen Dong also had shares in JD.com. Although he didn't know the amount, it was definitely not small. JD.com was going to be listed soon, and he didn't know how much this would add to his net worth.

Thinking in this way, Ali's strategy of spending money will most likely not work on the young and famous director in front of him.

He actually showed some envy...

Although no one, including Chen Dong himself, took the fact that Ali was concerned about Dong Cheng to heart.

However, Ali is very interested in the layout of the entertainment industry in recent times.

"Everyone knows that Ali acquired Xiami Music a while ago, right? I heard that they are now in contact with Tiantian Dongting, and they probably want to acquire it in full."

"What's the matter? Does Ali want to make a breakthrough into the entertainment industry through the music platform?" Chen Dong, who had already foreseen the result, made a joke, which could be regarded as a supporting role in crosstalk.

"It's not that simple. In my opinion, Mr. Ma's ambitions will most likely flourish everywhere."

Ye Ning nodded in agreement: "I received some gossip, I don't know if it's true or not."

"What is it?" Chen Dong and Wang Changtian looked at him at the same time. "I heard that Ali's acquisition team is in contact with listed film and television companies such as Huayi and China Culture."

Ye Ning's words reminded Chen Dong. He seemed to remember that Cultural China was eventually swallowed up by Ahri.

As for Huayi, it still sits on the top spot in the private film and television industry. Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang are the kind of people who won't let go until they see the rabbit. It's not that Huayi was completely taken over by Ali, but it was used as a shell company to help the other party accelerate its pace of entering the entertainment industry.

It can be said that in the next two years, the Ali Group will completely shift its work focus to the layout and development of the cultural and entertainment industry chain.

The recent acquisition of Xiami Music is just the beginning. What comes next, especially in 2014, will be the craziest time.

……

"Fuck, those two kings of Huayi won't let a wolf into the house, right?"

Chen Dong's thoughts were still wandering when he was interrupted by Wang Changtian's sudden sigh.

At this time, Ye Ning teased Wang Changtian: "Guangguang is also a listed company. Be careful that your own shareholders are acquired."

"Oh really. I have to be careful next time."

Chen Dong laughed and said, "No, you are making a big fuss. Now it's just one Internet company entering the market, and you have become frightened birds. If several major Internet giants join forces in the future, you will be scared to death."

"Not really?" Ye Ning said.

Wang Changtian also felt a little nervous about what Chen Dong pointed out: "If that were the case, our traditional film and television industry would be in for a major earthquake."

"I also received a rumor that those who use the Internet are preparing to unite and request a comprehensive crackdown on piracy. You should know what this means, right?"

"No, is your news true?"

"What do you think? If the Internet is not cleaned up and is full of pirated content, how can Internet companies enter the market? How can they charge fees?"

Wang Changtian and Ye Ning looked at each other and saw a hint of impending danger in each other's eyes.

In fact, over the years, their film and television companies have also hated online piracy, but several crackdowns have failed to get rid of it.

The reason is actually that this group of people playing with the Internet are "condoning" piracy. Now they are uniting themselves to request a crackdown on piracy. To be honest, this is a bit ironic, but if they really take action, then this Internet cleaning campaign may really be successful.

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to sit there like leeks and wait for them to cut us?"

At this time, the movie "Chinese Partners" was about to start screening. Chen Dong finally raised morale and said, "In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Wanda has cinemas, Guangguang has rich publicity and promotion resources, and our company is proficient in production. This has formed a closed-loop industrial chain. What's more, don't forget that we also have Weibo, a powerful weapon that can compete with any Internet platform. It is enough to cope with the impact of the Internet on the entertainment industry in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes. As long as the three of us stick together, no one else can stop us."

"..."

The three of them agreed to find an opportunity to talk in detail next time, and then stopped whispering and focused their attention on the stage.

Director Chen Kexin has now completed the welcome ceremony and media interviews for the premiere with the main creative team, and the next step is the movie screening time.

The movie "Chinese Partners" can actually be translated as "China's American Dream". It tells the story of three people with different personalities, "country bumpkins", "returnees" and "angry young people" who collided with each other in the 1980s. In order to realize their common American dream, they founded an English training school in China and finally realized the Chinese dream.

Among them, Huang Xiaoming plays the country bumpkin Cheng Dongqing, Deng Chao plays the overseas returnee Meng Xiaojun, and Dong Dawei plays the angry young man Wang Yang...

As the saying goes, the layman sees the excitement while the expert sees the details. For a person like Chen Dong, when watching a movie that is already in his memory again, he naturally does not have the same sense of freshness and curiosity as others.

So when he watches a movie, he likes to analyze and dissect it from the director's perspective.

Take the current "Chinese Partners" as an example.

In Chen Dong's eyes, it is first of all a mainstream movie of the new generation in nature. The reason for this is that it is based on the entrepreneurial experience of a domestic education group and depicts the process of individual struggle, dreams and success in the context of China's more than 30 years of reform and opening up.

Secondly, in terms of highlights, Chen Kexin abandoned the shackles of traditional Chinese thick black studies and began to seriously think about the team model under modern business, so the audience can see the changes and tests in the friendship between the three protagonists.

As for the basic skills of a director, such as production, photography, art... As a well-known director, Chen Kexin's level is certainly up to par.

If we want to find a flaw, it is actually very obvious. That is, there are too many narrations in this movie. Chen Kexin uses a lot of narration to take on the function of narrative, rather than presenting it to the audience through movie images. This makes it difficult to resonate with the audience and may even be a bit distracting.

Of course, it may also be because the time span of this drama is a bit too long...

Overall, this is not a boring movie, and with the massive amount of publicity resources invested in this period, even if its box office is not a hit, it will not be too low.

Chen Kexin predicted 4 million at the premiere, and Chen Dong felt that he was a bit conservative.

Well, just a little bit, not much.

Two days later, the first day box office of the movie was released, which was 3000 million, neither high nor low, but the word of mouth was good, so its daily box office continued to rise in the following days, with the highest exceeding 6000 million in a single day.

Following this trend, the box office potential of this movie is expected to exceed 5 million.

……

Dongcheng Pictures, the variety show department held an internal meeting today.

A discussion was held on the permanent guests for the second season of "Extreme Challenge".

First of all, the five permanent guests including Huang Lei remain unchanged, the only change is the position occupied by Chen Dong last year.

"Minister, has Director Chen confirmed that he will no longer be a permanent guest in the second season?" an unwilling employee asked at the meeting.

Chen Xi replied: "That's right, Director Chen has made it clear that he will not take on this year's "Go Fighting". Even if he wants to be on it, he will only be a flying guest, so today's meeting is mainly to discuss who is more suitable to take over Director Chen's position."

Director Yan Ming said: "Didn't you Dongcheng just announce two signed artists a few days ago? I think Pan Yueming is pretty good."

Chen Xi shook his head and sighed, "I asked him, and he is just like Zhu Yilong, he just wants to act well and doesn't want to transform into a variety show star."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Yan Ming thought about it and suddenly offered another idea: "Why not follow Director Chen's approach and find another director..."

Before he could finish his words, Yan Ming himself felt how unreliable this idea that suddenly occurred to him was.

However, although he retreated in the face of difficulty, he gave Chen Xi an idea.

"If it's Director Jiang Wen, it would be possible."

"Hey, hey, don't say that, Jiang Wen is indeed suitable."

"It's suitable, but will Jiang Wen agree?"

"Yes, and Jiang Wen's movie just finished filming. He should still be doing post-production. How can he have the time?"

"Let's give it a try. It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to. We should be prepared for both situations."

“I support giving it a try.”

"Well, since everyone has no objection, let's give it a try..."

(End of this chapter)