After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 494: Retreat behind the scenes and go all out!

The author of The Flowers of War is Chinese-American writer Yan Zuojia.

Domestic big directors are competing to adapt her novels.

Why? Her position is the one that the West likes most!
For a while, she also sang praises for the University of Tokyo in a rather unique way. Her highest praise for the University of Tokyo was, "I don't believe that the University of Tokyo will continue to be this bad."

Li Mingyang was very happy with the explosion, but he was quickly blocked... Can't say...

whispering sound!
Li Mingyang had already anticipated this result. It didn't matter since he wasn't attacking Zhang Yimou!
I was planning to attack, but Zhang Yimou was not strong enough!
The American media couldn't stand the fact that The Thirteen Hairpins were selling the country's suffering...

The total overseas box office was less than 1500 million RMB.

Released in North America, US$31.

It’s better than the Dragon Gate Flying Armor which costs tens of thousands of US dollars.

The box office was not very good, it catered to Western values, and was hated by the Western media.

Many foreign film critics believe that the story of "The Flowers of War" is a bit exaggerated and that Zhang Yimou is not telling a true story.

Moreover, plots like the suicide of a gay man and the prostitutes swaying gracefully in cheongsams in December are also flaws.

The Hollywood Reporter criticized that only the dumbest producers in Hollywood would inject sex into such a disaster, but it became the core element of The Flowers of War! The whole film is contrived and unconvincing!

On the famous film review website Rotten Tomatoes, the professional approval rating of "The Flowers of War" is currently only 30%, while foreign language films that have previously been nominated for the Oscars must have an approval rating of at least 80% to have a chance of winning.

Zhang Yimou's Oscar-winning film was highly praised in China, but received a cold reception abroad.

All the enthusiasm was met with a cold shoulder.

Li Mingyang is aiming at Feng Kuazi’s 1942!

The movie 1942 is an imitation of Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War.

Feng Xiaogang made a bold statement that the box office would reach 3.7 million yuan, but the final result was a disappointment, with only million yuan.

The loss is close to 100 million!

Douban only has a score of six.

This also directly led to a sharp drop in Huayi’s market value!
The earthquake was a national disaster that made a lot of money and won many awards. Feng Kuazi and Huayi wanted to replicate this success by making "1942".

Huayi will do whatever it can to boost box office sales.

They occupied the IMAX theater and drove away Ang Lee's "Life of Pi". They tried every legal and illegal means to increase their screening schedule, but the audiences were not willing to buy it!
The government is in a bad mood and will not book the entire venue.

Huayi and Fengkuazi, who had repeatedly made money from the hard-earned money of the people by booking theaters with the government, were suddenly exposed.

Although it failed at the box office, 1942 did not lag behind in terms of awards. Zhang even won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for this movie.

The Flowers of War was not banned. Zhang Yimou is indeed gifted with an advantage in censorship, which is pretty awesome.

But it was banned in 1942!
Li Mingyang originally wanted to wait until 1942 was finished filming and all the money had been spent before bombing it.

But now, he doesn't want to wait any longer, he wants to make 1942 a failure.

Even if it doesn't make it pornographic, we must push 1942 into the fire pit and awaken the mainstream audience's rejection of scar films!
More than 3 million? Forget it!

Too much!
Once the audience rejects the theme of the film, it will be useless even if you play Wolf Warriors.

Retreating behind the scenes, Li Mingyang went all out, mobilizing his troops and generals to direct the public opinion of Scar Film towards Feng Pants' 1942.

I don’t know if it’s because Feng Kuazi offended too many people, or if Hua Yi is too despicable.

Just one afternoon.

Public opinion turned to Feng Pants, the fire was raging and the crowd was outraged!
Experts and scholars, writers, professional film critics, media reporters... all seemed to have found a breakthrough to vent.

Feng Pants was criticized verbally and in writing.

Even though they didn't know how 1942 was filmed, they still spoke with certainty, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

Feng's pants were sprayed all over.

"Uh... I haven't said anything yet, how come you guys have said everything I wanted to say..." Li Mingyang shook his head helplessly.

After drinking a bottle of beer, I suddenly came to my senses.

I have been fooled by the mainstream for so long.

Li Mingyang deeply understands that the mainstream circle is also divided into different levels!

Lao Mouzi’s status, wow, is the core.

Although Feng Kuzi has entered the mainstream circle, few people recognize him as a fifth-generation director.

Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War is a domestically selected film that is competing for an Oscar, so it’s guaranteed!
Can't say!
But forget about Feng Kuzi. Apart from some cultural figures in the Beijing circle who have profit output with Huayi, no one is willing to speak for him.

"Lao Mouzi is so tough! He is worthy of being the national teacher. Feng Pants was pulled out to protect Lao Mouzi from disaster!" Li Mingyang smiled wickedly, while browsing Weibo, thinking about how to attack and ruin 1942.

……

1942 crew, in the wilderness.

"Stop work?! What a joke! Do you know how much money we will lose if we stop work for one day? I don't agree!" Feng Kuazi said angrily.

Wang Xiaolei said awkwardly, "Director Feng, we're just stopping work for a few days. You don't know how bad public opinion is right now. We can resume work after the storm has passed. It won't delay us for long."

"Why should we worry about a bunch of unscrupulous media who only know how to rant online? When have I, Feng Xiaogang, ever been afraid of them?"

"Hey, Director Feng is different now! The one who started the trouble was Li Houzi. He doesn't care about money at all. He hired dozens of Internet troll companies to control the comments. We can't handle it!"

It's not that I can't do it, but there's no need to waste money.

"Li Houzi... Damn it!" Feng Kuzi cursed angrily, but that was all he said. He didn't know what to say anymore and sat on the small stool sulking.

Feng Kuazi experienced Li Mingyang's abilities twice last year.

The popularity of "Earthquake" was gradually reduced by a series of rubbish movies that used ticket subsidies to sniper it.

It's hateful and infuriating, but I can't say anything about it.

If You Are the One 2 is facing off against Your Name. From the promotion to the release, his mood was like a roller coaster, with ups and downs, and there was not a single day of peace of mind.

Li Mingyang is so tough, he can't be killed!

As long as there is still breath, you can turn the situation around.

No matter how far ahead he is in the early stages, he will always find a way to catch up!
It's like a ghost following behind you and will bite you if you're not paying attention.

The most speechless thing is that his mind is full of conspiracies and tricks, and he never uses the same tricks... You can never guess what he will do next.

Feng Kuazi had already agreed to stop work and avoid the limelight, but he couldn't do it because of his face.

So he pretended to smoke, lowered his head and smoked one cigarette after another. After smoking half a pack, he couldn't smoke any more and said to Wang Xiaolei impatiently, "Fuck, what the hell, I'm not afraid of him...

"

Halfway through his words, Feng Kuazi suddenly held his stomach in pain.

"Director Feng, what's wrong with you?" Wang Xiaolei asked with concern.

Feng Kuazi's body tilted and he fell to the ground.

Oh my god! Could it be that he has smoked too much and has become ill?

Wang Xiaolei quickly called the crew members and sent Director Feng to a nearby hospital.

After seeing Director Feng off, Wang Xiaolei didn't react when he saw Xu Fan getting into the car.

I immediately realized that Director Feng was too embarrassed to say that the production was suspended, so he pretended to be sick and went to the hospital. The crew had no director, so what was the point of filming? The production was suspended!

"Let's go, let's go. Director Feng may have to stay in the hospital for a few days. You can make yourselves arrangements." After Wang Xiaolei said this, he got in the car and left.

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Lao Zhang sighed. He had been counting on 1942 to win an award, but after only a few days of filming, the movie was slandered and slandered. It was really bad luck!
"Do you think this movie can still be made?" Lao Zhang asked Chen Daoming who was standing beside him.

"How would I know?" Chen Daoming replied casually as he looked at the taillights of the car moving further and further away.

"Hey, this Li Mingyang is incredible! He has brought down all the big domestic directors." Lao Zhang sighed and added, "The little steel cannon used to be very arrogant, but now he is forced to pretend to be sick."

"Did you see it?"

"Heh, we've known each other for so many years, who doesn't know each other..."

Chen Daoming nodded, turned around and went to his RV.

As soon as he got into the RV, he immediately drew the car curtains, took out his cell phone, and sent a message to Wang Jinhua, telling her that Feng Kuazi was faking illness and that work on 1942 had been suspended.

Yanbei.

Wang Jinhua took a look at the text message and immediately started to think about it.

Li Mingyang is now fighting for his pride.

Unwise, but reasonable.

Li Mingyang severely slapped the faces of the fifth and sixth generation directors.

In fact, it is revenge against Beijing Film Academy.

After all, the fifth and sixth generation directors are almost all from Beijing Film Academy...

The Thirteen Hairpins couldn't do anything about it, so they shifted their firepower to attack Feng Pants.

Feng Kuzi pretended to be sick and escaped, which was very correct.

Who will Li Mingyang target next?
After thinking it over, Wang Jinhua felt that it was about enough and there was nothing to fight about anymore.

Double billionaire director, number one in the domestic entertainment industry!
He is also very eloquent and dares to speak and act.

He challenged three major mainland directors, Jiang Wen and Xu Ke, in the box office market and won a great victory!

This achievement is unmatched...

"What a monster..." Wang Jinhua sighed and thought about how to maximize her own interests.

Emperor Entertainment Group cannot stay. Li Mingyang must also be pleased.

She has been in the industry for so many years and has made many mistakes, but none of them was as big a loss as this time with Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang flew too fast and caught us off guard!

She originally wanted to make peace with Huayi first, and then find an opportunity to cooperate with Li Mingyang later.

But... Li Mingyang got up too quickly.

Before the box office war started, he came up and beat her up, and she couldn't even stand it.

From that time on, she realized that her decision was wrong and that Li Mingyang was not easy to deal with and did not follow the rules.

Wang Jinhua didn't have any resentment about losing to Li Mingyang.

However, Wang Jinhua felt very resentful because she couldn't get Li Mingyang's resources.

With Li Mingyang's resources, plus her control and vision over artist management, she can make every artist she promotes become popular!

While Wang Jinhua was spreading the news that Feng Kuazi was hospitalized, she was thinking about how to please Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang has made many people successful and famous.

Many people think that Liu Shishi is lucky as she has starred in many of Li Mingyang's works.

In fact, in Wang Jinhua's opinion, the one with the best luck is Wang Changtian!
Wang Changtian is very capable, and even crazier than Li Mingyang.

However, without Li Mingyang's ability, Wang Changtian would never be able to catch up with Huayi, or even surpass Huayi.

The market value of Guangxian has skyrocketed, more than three times that of Huayi!
"Guangguang will definitely be surrounded and attacked. Wang Changtian needs allies..."

Thinking of this, Wang Jinhua was suddenly stunned. She suddenly guessed what Li Mingyang was going to do.

Regarding the Yinghuang Film and Television Academy.

There is no need for anyone to instigate, the Beijing and Hong Kong circles are bound to fight.

Li Mingyang is involved in so many things.

In fact, everyone knows that this is just acting on impulse.

He just did it according to everyone's ideas and for everyone to see, just to attract attention.

"Openly repairing the plank road, secretly attacking Chencang? What does this kid want to do?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Jinhua received a call.

It’s Li Mingyang calling.

Wang Jinhua answered the phone, chatted for a while, and suddenly laughed.

Although I don’t know what Li Mingyang wants to do, Li Mingyang doesn’t seem to trust Bai Bin and wants to investigate her.

"Do you want to investigate further or just want a general idea?" Wang Jinhua said.

"I know better than anyone how complicated my own company is. Shirahama can actually manage the company so well... I don't believe it. There must be someone helping her, and it's someone I don't know."

"oh, I understand now."

Wang Jinhua hung up the phone with a gloomy look on her face. After a while, she muttered to herself, "It should be Yinghuang... Yinghuang's contract is quite difficult to deal with. It's a mess. You are such a stupid woman. You are still thinking about retreating and being a fence-sitter. Where do you get the capital to do that?"

……

Dali, Youfeng Film and Television City, Courtyard No. 8.

In the quaint courtyard, Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian sat around a stone table eating hot pot.

"Mr. Wang, I'm leaving in a few days. It's up to you from now on." Li Mingyang said while eating beef.

"Actually, I don't think you hate your parents either... Life is like a play, and it's not difficult to play the role of a filial son."

"It's not about hatred or not. I just feel bad when I see them living well."

"..."

"My dad is living a comfortable life now. He is rich and has many businesses. I don't need to be filial to him. When he goes bankrupt, I will have the chance to be filial to him!"

Wang Changtian smiled bitterly and shook his head, then took a sip of Moutai. "How far do you want to go?"

"Don't let my stepmother leave my father, or my father will be saved. I can't let my stepmother leave my father, but I have to make them bankrupt. They have to have foreign debts and mortgages. Every day when they open their eyes, they have to survive, just like millions of ordinary people."

"Your requirements are really high. Your father is quite wealthy. He owns five supermarkets, three restaurants, and more than a dozen shops..."

"My dad is a gambler."

"Since you know he is a gambler, why do you want to sue him..."

"I just wanted to file this lawsuit, but the result... I'm very disappointed," said Li Mingyang.

Wang Changtian was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I will handle this matter properly."

"Mr. Wang, I trust you to do the job... Come on, do one." Li Mingyang stood up solemnly.

"You're going to sing later, can you drink?" Wang Changtian also stood up.

"It's just one song, it's okay."

The two small wine cups broke apart as soon as they collided, and the two men drank the Moutai in the cups in one gulp.

"Boss Wang, I have a few things I need your help with."

"As long as you don't break the law..."

“I never do anything illegal.”

"..."

"You know that Mao Xiaotong, right?"

"Um...you want to sign her?"

Li Mingyang shook his head, grinned, and told Mao Xiaotong about his scheme against him.

Wang Changtian didn't take it seriously at first, but then he heard that Mao Xiaotong threw his daughter into the trash can and her drug-addicted scumbag father was still in prison.

Suddenly he laughed, "Is this your preparation to reverse public opinion? It's a good move, but it's unnecessary. You are already the only double-billion-dollar director in the country."

"Well...but this step can still be used to make things bigger."

"Do you know that little girl? What's her mentality?"

"About the same as Gao Yuanyuan."

Wang Changtian's eyes lit up and he nodded heavily, "That's much easier. Should we communicate with her... Forget it, you never thought about communicating with her in advance."

"Just give me some resources as compensation in the future." Li Mingyang said without any psychological pressure.

"Any more?"

"Let's make a break. As long as Huazhu Entertainment doesn't go bankrupt, you don't have to worry about anything."

Wang Changtian looked at Li Mingyang in confusion.

"You look big, but you're actually bloated. Do some exercise and lose some weight." Li Mingyang said indifferently.

"You must have lost a lot of weight. I saw a lot of familiar faces, but they are gone."

"more or less."

Li Mingyang did not continue this topic. It was impossible for him to lend the core team to anyone.

Although he has been working around the clock to get a lot of things done in the past few days, there are still many things that need to be resolved.

For example, the conflict between Mao Xiaotong and her father can still be used, with only benefits and no harm.

For example, Bai Bin's ease made Li Mingyang more suspicious.

For example, Boss Zhao has ulterior motives towards Tangren and wants to swallow Tangren through Zhejiang Merchants’ capital.

For example, his mother realized that her son was very capable and Liu Yifei was very valuable, so she asked him to provide resources.

For example, Gao Yuanyuan wanted to join Chen Kaige's Search, but he disagreed.

For example, if Dapeng wanted to leave Zhao Dashan and didn't want to be exploited anymore, he would give him some advice.

For example, Cai Yinong filled Shishi’s schedule and didn’t let her leave.

For example, when his ex-girlfriend didn't want to go home and needed someone to take care of her, Li Mingyang handed his ex-girlfriend over to Xie Lan to take care of her.

For example, Lei Jun wanted him to be the spokesperson for Xiaomi.

For example, Alibaba sent Joseph Tsai to lobby him to join the One Foundation.

For example, Penguin does not want to give up its shares and proposes to inject capital to make up the difference, but it will take a month.

For example, if he wants to leave, he has to say goodbye to his fans.

There are so many things.

Li Mingyang only told Wang Changtian a few things, but the more he talked, the more he said.

"Stop... stop talking. This is too much. Just write it down. The performance is about to start. Send me an email later and I will deal with the important ones one by one." Wang Changtian said helplessly.

"Okay." Li Mingyang stood up and poured a cup of tea. "Boss Wang, I'll use tea instead of wine. You have to protect this business that I worked so hard to build!"

"I look forward to the day when you come back. I will make sure to give you everything you want."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Li Mingyang drank the tea in the cup, which tasted a bit bitter.

But soon the bitterness turned into sweetness.

(End of this chapter)