Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 385 Director, it's time for the official announcement.

The production team of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" began to actively communicate with the grasslands, but the grasslands are still experiencing strong winds and heavy snow from time to time. The local assistance company also advised the "Mojin: The Lost Legend" crew to come back at the end of the month or in April.

The snowstorm on the grasslands also reached the entertainment industry. Although the "Monday Scandal" ended with Ma Yili's "cherish what you have" response, it directly ruined Wen Zhang's career.

The leading man born in the 80s!

He is truly talented, and his skills are undeniably superb.

He excelled in both film and television, far surpassing all other male actors of his age.

Here's the question: why would Southern Metropolis Entertainment Weekly refuse a public relations offer worth millions to ruin his reputation?

It's not that simply revealing information can earn more money, but rather that Wen Zhang became too arrogant after becoming famous!

He was so arrogant that many people in the industry couldn't stand him, so arrogant that some people really wanted to kill him.

He was extremely uncontrollable on set, with a very bad temper. If his co-stars made a slight mistake, they would be easy to talk to if he was in a good mood, but if he was in a bad mood, he would start cursing and hitting them!

"Little Daddy" is a play that he wrote, directed, acted in, and invested in. He was like a living Yama on set. If a staff member made a mistake, he would pick up a folding chair and chase after them to beat them up, threatening that if the play failed, he would definitely not let the other party off the hook.

Reporters don't like him either. You have to be very careful when interviewing him because he may not cooperate. If you agree to talk for half an hour, he may say he only needs 10 minutes and then leave. If you are interviewing with the crew, he may leave his companions halfway through the recording without any reason.

Smoking was not allowed in the interview room, but he insisted on smoking. When others advised him to put it out, he simply stubbed it out on the sofa.

Before the show started recording, he suddenly wanted to eat oil-splashed noodles. He refused to film unless he got to eat them. The staff practically begged him to stop, but he just wanted noodles. It's said that after that, whenever he was on a show, the production team would prepare a bowl of noodles in advance, just in case he threw another tantrum.

To avoid fans, he climbed the stairs instead. There were only four floors, but he asked the organizers to put a chair on each floor because he needed to rest when he got tired.

There are so many different things.

It's not that you can't be arrogant after you become famous, but to be so arrogant that the entire media industry wants you dead, Wen Zhang is the first one.

The events surrounding "See you on Monday" later turned into a frenzy in the media and entertainment industries, with many industry insiders expressing their dissatisfaction with him through hints or veiled criticism.

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; when a drum is broken, everyone beats it. That's roughly how it is.

Li Qiutang didn't know Wen Zhang, but she had heard from her colleagues that he was arrogant and difficult to please.

Wen Zhang's image as a good man on screen was deeply ingrained in people's minds, but now that his persona has collapsed, it has broken many people's hearts.

But Li Qiutang doesn't understand one thing: what does his infidelity have to do with whether you believe in love?

Why are the fans crying and fighting over the map?

He cheated on you, but you still eat, drink, and date as usual. Does that mean you'll stop dating and getting married just because he cheated on you?

The most ridiculous thing is that after Wen Zhang cheated on his wife, a group of fans went to Li Qiutang's Weibo and told him to treat Liu Yifei better.

Some fans even said, "Are you trying to avoid taking responsibility by dragging your feet on making an official announcement?"

"Why haven't you made an official announcement yet? Are you planning to find someone else?"

Li Qiutang did nothing, yet he was labeled a scumbag who was greedy and always wanted more.

Li Qiutang found these comments both infuriating and amusing, and chose not to respond.

He was also focused on another matter: Ali successfully acquired ChinaVision Media Group and renamed it Ali Pictures, which then listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

ChinaVision Media Group has some assets and has also co-invested in some films. Well, co-invested, but it never takes the lead in controlling the films.

After being acquired by Ali, this new company had nothing—no new movies, no announcements about what it would make next—yet its stock price quadrupled.

It seems that the capital market is very optimistic about Ali's performance in the film and television industry.

This makes it the first of the traditional BAT giants to enter the film and television industry. Tencent only holds a stake in Huayi Brothers, and Baidu only has one video website; neither of them has directly entered the market. This acquisition officially marks the beginning of the internet era for the film and television industry.

Li Qiutang is closely monitoring Ali Pictures' next moves, including their organizational structure, senior management team, and future business development.

But unexpectedly, the gossip ended up affecting him.

When Li Qiutang returned to the company for a meeting, he had just sat down when he learned that two of his founding members, who had been with him since 09 and were now the general manager of the company's investment and production management department and the vice president of distribution, had been poached by Ali Pictures, along with their entire teams, numbering over a dozen!

"Holy shit!" Li Qiutang cursed as soon as she heard the news!
It's normal for film and television companies to poach each other's talent, and Qiu Tian also poached others, but Li Qiutang has rarely seen anything like Ali's ruthless approach, where he poached people from the very root of the matter, taking down executives and their entire teams.

"They don't want the stocks anymore, and they won't listen to any advice."

"What conditions did they offer?" Li Qiutang asked.

The company secretary held up four fingers: "Four times the salary, stock options are separate."

Li Qiutang sneered, "Money isn't money to them, it's just paper, right?"

"It's not just us. China Film Group, Guangxian, Bona Film Group, and Huayi Brothers have all been affected. Xiao Ma's entire department was taken down by Ali."

"Isn't this bullying?!" Big Dog passed away at the beginning of the year, and Little Pony is in complete chaos right now. It's unethical for Ahri to poach people at this time.

"They also want to poach Zhong Lifang."

Li Qiutang snorted coldly. Big Dog Brother had been kind to her, and Zhong Lifang would not leave Xiao Ma unless absolutely necessary. She was even regarded by outsiders as the only candidate to revitalize Xiao Ma. Ah Li's attempt to bribe Zhong Lifang was a waste of time.

So at the subsequent meeting, Li Qiutang joked about her own negligence in management: "We actually let others poach so many of our elites."

He then proposed that all mid-to-senior level managers, including department managers, should sign non-compete agreements.

We had indeed neglected this area before. Ahri's poaching of people has really messed up Autumn.

"Did they take any of the company's projects with them?" Li Qiutang was particularly concerned about this.

"They can't take with them the projects that are already in preparation or filming, but they don't know about the ideas that are still in the creative stage."

The film and television industry values ​​connections and personal relationships. With the departure of two core executives from Autumn Pictures, the connections they had accumulated over the years were naturally taken over by Ali.

Autumn's money is money, and Ali's money is also money.

After saying this, Li Qiutang took a sip of water and continued the meeting.

Today's meeting mainly discussed the summer movie season scheduling. The company's opinion is that it would be safer to have Li Qiutang compete for the top spot in the summer movie season with "Brotherhood of Blades" in August and "The Invisible Guest" in July.

Li Qiutang considered her upcoming work schedule and did not object to this timeframe.

The promotional period for "The Invisible Guest" and the filming of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" will definitely conflict, so we can only do more.

"How should we schedule the promotional activities for you?"

“Let’s proceed as scheduled,” Li Qiutang said, not wanting to show favoritism. “I can handle it.”

Li Qiutang stayed at the company until after 11 p.m., when Liu Yifei came to pick him up to go home. Only then did he smile and say to his colleagues, "I'm not going to say anything more, my wife is here to pick me up. That's all for today's meeting."

"Director, it's time to make it official." His colleague laughed at him from behind.

"Take care of yourself." Li Qiutang waved her hand and left with Liu Yifei.

Actually, Liu Yifei felt complicated after hearing this, and she wanted to go public with the news.

(End of this chapter)