Abstract Art Award Winner

Although Wang Sicong is still active on the internet from time to time, and occasionally releases some classic photos and videos, he has indeed made investments in many fields.

Therefore, I am still very interested in all kinds of projects that can make money.

Wanda has always been involved in the film and television industry.

They are involved in development, investment, production, publicity, marketing, distribution, and cinema chains.

Wang Sicong, for example, tried his hand at running an internet live streaming platform a few years ago and also trained idol artists.

Zhou Le's investments in the film and television industry have been consistently successful, making him the Warren Buffett of the domestic film and television industry in the past two years.

In addition, the two had a pretty good relationship before, so they planned to try this out again this time.

Even if Wang Jianlin was once the richest man in China, who would complain about having too much money?
So Zhou Le gave a brief overview of the project and then mentioned how hot the market was right now. Wang Sicong immediately decided to invest tens of millions.

Zhou Le did not refuse.

He knew that TV series, compared to movies, did not generate as much revenue; their success relied more on the long-term profits from copyright sales.

Making money with Wang Sicong was more about what lay behind him.

As I said before, with Wanda's backing, at least in Beijing, he can sleep with a girl without spending any money; it's all consensual.

Moreover, Zhou Le himself will be releasing a movie after the New Year. If he can get strong support from Wanda, then at least he won't have to worry about the subsequent theater distribution.

Wang Sicong also knows that if he were to open up financing for his projects, there would be plenty of investors willing to come and invest. However, he prefers to have fun with his brothers, such as Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan, with whom he had a good relationship before. They are pure fun-lovers.

However, Zhou Le's current situation is somewhat similar to Han Han's, but he has a lot more business than Han Han.

Therefore, he felt that Zhou Le and he had a lot in common.

They all love to play, and they also like to do things that are a bit abstract.

He was known as the entertainment industry's watchdog, but Zhou Le was no less so, having been called the entertainment industry's judge during his most arrogant period.

Those who don't have a good relationship with Zhou Le either have their careers ruined or are frequently exposed for scandals.

Those who were criticized by Zhou Le had an even harder time, always being suppressed, making him a perfect example of a satisfying story.

He loves racing cars and playing video games, and he also likes to stream live in his spare time to have some fun.

When they're brothers, they're loyal and devoted, but when they need help, they're never hesitant to ask.

"Le'er, to be honest, I really admire this about you. Normally, when I make friends, especially guys, we have to be able to have fun together. But when you go out, even to nightclubs, you only sing and drink a little. You never take any of the girls with you."

"I'd stop complaining if it were anyone else after one or two games, but it's different with you."

"Why is it different? Is it because I'm abstract?"

"Haha, you could say that. Sometimes you're just too damn abstract, but mainly it's because you're incredibly capable. Whatever you want to play, you just go for the top level."

Didn't you go to the League of Legends All-Star event a while ago? I even asked them about it later, and they said you play like you're cheating. Lu Benwei was just bragging when he said you were 50/50, but you really are 50/50.

"It's just for fun, after all, I can't really go into esports."

"Look what Versailles is all about! Isn't this it?"

Wang Sicong praised it.

"No, no, no."

After chatting for a while, Wang Sicong learned that Zhou Le was also planning to film the idol drama that Zhou Le was planning to make next year.

Upon hearing this, he surprisingly suggested that Zhou Le should focus on high-quality works.

Zhou Le felt that Wang Sicong seemed to have changed his personality.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, it's a film I invested in, so I might as well act in it. Back then, the starting point for my official debut was too high. I had never been involved in idol films. It's no fun eating delicacies every day. I still need to eat some street food occasionally."

"So dashing! Let's sing another one for my brother Le's dashing style."

"You know what? I was actually planning to call Wu Yifan today, but then I thought about it again. Since I'm already calling you, I might as well not call him. After all, I feel like you two don't get along very well, and he's really good at it. Sometimes I'm even a little scared."

"Sigh, that's why I don't dare to get too close."

"Yeah, it's best to keep a low profile these days. Things are pretty serious. Otherwise, if you offend some people, they might really mess with you and want to kill you."

Wang Sicong kept saying these words, and Zhou Le felt increasingly unfamiliar with them.

But at least the other person said that to me, which is equivalent to accepting me.

After dinner that evening, they went to sing karaoke for a while. After the karaoke, Wang Sicong took the others out to play, and they arranged for a car to take Zhou Le back.

For the next period of time, Zhou Le would just look at the script every day and then go to the CCTV rehearsal area.

Because of this sudden outbreak of the pandemic worldwide this year, domestic management has gradually become stricter.

Countless medical personnel went to Wuhan to provide support.

Therefore, the Spring Festival Gala program was adjusted to some extent, and some previously scheduled programs were replaced on the spot. Fortunately, the two programs that Zhou Le was to perform were not replaced.

Following Zhou Le's instructions, Su Yingxia contacted many mask and protective clothing manufacturers and purchased a batch of protective equipment. However, she felt that this was too troublesome, so she simply took out some money to buy a factory and purchased a large amount of raw materials to produce these items.

After all, purchasing a small factory doesn't cost much; a single piece of equipment costs only a few hundred thousand.

Moreover, these are all fixed assets, which can be used as a small business in the future to earn some pocket money. Even if you decide to stop doing it one day and sell it, you won't lose too much money.

More importantly, by doing it yourself, you can eliminate the middleman's profit margin.

These things can be donated directly if they are ready. If the government makes a purchase, the price will be the same, and the factory will cover all its expenses. If this continues for one or two years, the total cost will be about the same as if the factory had made a purchase directly.

However, Zhou Le didn't have time to manage these things, so he discussed it with Jiaozi and directly transferred a trustworthy senior executive from the company to her.

However, Guo Qiling's side has also been placed under lockdown. Those who tested positive were sent to quarantine, and the rest of the people are just filming short dramas.

Anyway, there are only a few scenarios where it can be used.

For actors, having a stable income like this at times like these is nothing to complain about.

As for Zhou Le, he occasionally has to take time to act as a guest and help those directors promote their movies, since he mentioned it during the live broadcast.

Most of the relationships were pretty good, so it wasn't a big deal for me to show up and endorse things during promotional events. Days passed by.

Zhou Le also bought some New Year's goods at home, planning to spend the New Year peacefully at home, except for appearing on the Spring Festival Gala.

And so, the day before the Lunar New Year arrived. Although the situation had become more serious, fortunately, Zhou Le himself was not infected and came to the Spring Festival Gala for the final rehearsal that day.

This is also Zhou Le's first time appearing on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.

The grandest event I've ever attended was the Lantern Festival Gala.

After chatting with Zhang Guoli, Song Dandan, and others from the first program for a while, Zhou Le went to Li Ronghao's side.

"Brother Hao, how did you manage to get permission to sing live back then?"

Zhou Le knew very well that lip-syncing was perfectly normal on a stage like the Spring Festival Gala.

Especially after Wang Fei's scandal that year.

"It's nothing, we'll just try our best. If there are any problems, we'll take responsibility. After all, it's not appropriate for us singers to lip-sync. Maybe other people's songs involve jumping and dancing or singing more intensely, but this is a ballad."

"It still has to be Brother Hao. Actually, I couldn't sing the first song live, which made me feel really bad."

Li Ronghao smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. There are veteran artists over there. Although they probably won't have any problems, what if something does happen?"

"makes sense."

The final rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala each year is a complete 1:1 replica of the actual gala. The purpose of the rehearsal is to ensure that if any stage accidents occur the next day, today's recording can be used to quickly replace them.

There were no problems with either of Zhou Le's performances. After the performances that day, Zhou Le did not go home, but went to the hotel and chatted with Li Ronghao for a long time.

"Hey, haven't you released any songs lately?"

"Yeah, I haven't had time to think about it lately, and everyone's been pretty busy. What's up? Hao-ge, do you have any ideas about sending me another song?"

"Haha, I did have that idea. I recently came up with another song, and I'm personally very satisfied with it. It's the most satisfying song I've made in the past year or two, besides 'Young and Promising'."

However, there's a problem with this song. After I finished writing the lyrics, I realized that it seems to be in the same style as "Young and Promising".

If I sing it myself, I'm afraid your sister-in-law will start fighting with me again.

Zhou Le nodded: "I understand, Brother Hao. I'll be your scapegoat. If the songs you write are inconvenient to sing, I'll sing them for you. But I'm fine with it."

"Okay, I happen to have my laptop with me. Why don't you listen to it?"

“Sure, I’m making a movie and a TV series next year, so if it’s suitable, we can include them in the series.”

Afterwards, Li Ronghao turned on his computer, and Zhou Le glanced at the song title, which was "Sparrow".

"Brother Hao, you produced this song entirely by yourself, right? I doubt anyone can make a single penny out of you in the music production industry."

"Haha, after all, I used to write songs for people, so I'm used to doing post-production."

Li Ronghao then pressed play.

"Mountains are always next to mountains, but I always have someone to keep me company. I believe in the enduring power of love. Maybe I'm foolish. I didn't keep you warm. I broke my wings. I suffered so much, but you didn't care."

As Zhou Le listened to the song, he thought to himself that it was indeed amazing, with well-written lyrics and a strong melody, but it had nothing to do with his ex-girlfriend.

If he had to say, Zhou Le felt that this might have been written from the perspective of his ex-girlfriend.

But while casual fans might not know, Zhou Le was aware of it.

Li Ronghao was already a big name on other forums a long time ago, and he had already started writing songs for famous singers before he met his ex-girlfriend, although he was doing behind-the-scenes work back then.

My ex-girlfriend is from a wealthy family, so there was some pressure in our relationship.

Many people online say that Li Ronghao's songs were all written by his ex-girlfriend, but Zhou Le thinks these claims are debatable. He also searched for Lu Yao's songs and found that many of them also have Li Ronghao's name on them. If he had the ability to write songs for well-known singers and artists, why would he need to rely on his ex-girlfriend?
Even his debut song "Model" wasn't written by Li Ronghao himself. You can't expect the lyricist to write it specifically for his ex-girlfriend, can you?
Of course, Zhou Le only interacted with Li Ronghao at most. He wasn't too fond of his current wife, after all, he didn't really like some of her past remarks.

However, judging from the current situation, the other party must still have some concerns about giving this song to them.

"Give me the song. I guarantee I'll sing it well for you, and just like before, I won't ask for the copyright. If you need me to sing it for any commercial activities in the future, I'll give you all the money."

A song can bring Zhou Le fame and wider exposure, so there's no need to worry about the money.

"No, no, no, once it's given to you, it's given to you. Just like when I gave you 'Young and Promising' and 'Ugly Monster' to Xue Zhiqian before, I rarely sing these songs at concerts or in public. Let's keep things separate and just split the profits normally."

"Brother Hao, I really can't accept this."

"Why are you being so formal with us? We haven't met many times, but I felt an instant connection with you. I'm giving it to you now, so don't worry about it. If you ever need me to do a cameo in your next movie, just ask me to."

"Okay then."

So Zhou Le got another song, and went to the recording studio the next day. Every year, many people say they won't watch the Spring Festival Gala anymore because it's boring and they have to make dumplings.

But actually, many people still watch it, partly to see their favorite celebrities, and partly as a show to rant about their favorite artists.

Which show was really well-performed, who sang really well, which skit made dumplings—feel free to criticize!

But when it comes to complaining...

After Zhou Le finished her makeup and changed into her outfit for the opening performance, she couldn't help but say, "I feel that this song is only for Hao Ge and me to sing. The song 'Dad and Mom' doesn't feel the same when other people sing it, unlike the two of us."

They couldn't even come up with a biological pair of parents.

"Zhou Le, you've had it pretty tough, too."

Zhang Guoli, Song Dandan, and the others felt a pang of sympathy for Zhou Le. Since his parents passed away, he had been struggling on his own. While others could call their parents when they were tired or stressed, Zhou Le could only rely on himself.

She seems more optimistic than anyone else, but when she's alone and quiet, she's always a little different.

But the one who was most upset was Li Qin.

She knew about Zhou Le's family situation when they were filming "Joy of Life" together.

The more you get to know Zhou Le, the more you realize that he actually has more on his mind than anyone else.

If she weren't backstage at the Spring Festival Gala, she felt she would definitely hug Zhou Le. (End of Chapter)