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Chapter 238 The Time Warship is So Reassuring [Please Subscribe]

It was around 8 p.m. on the 4th.

The weather in Beijing is already quite cold.

Old Li left Zhou Hongyi's courtyard house and got into a nanny van as soon as he stepped out.

Dong Xuan, the driver, smiled and asked, "Senior brother, are you now immune to alcohol?"

"You've probably drunk several of them under the table again."

Old Li's physique and physical abilities, being able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, are just basic skills.

He grabbed Xiao Tong's black-stockinged feet and pressed them to her Yongquan acupoint, complaining, "Old Zhou is just bad at the game but addicted to it."

Tonight's event was less about Little Ma giving a brief overview of Tencent's development plan for 06 to him, Red-Clothed Brother, and Lei Jun.

It's more accurate to say that Lao Zhou (Zhou Xun) wants to further penetrate 360's search field.

The report meeting discussed the desire to cripple Baidu and then further expand the gaming and advertising business departments.

The game (Audition Online), which has been online for more than nine months, has provided 360 Group with a considerable amount of money.

But even with the daily spending spree, it's still not enough.

During the conversation, Lao Li planned to share the web games that Shiguang Renren had been developing in 05.

Happy Farm, Parking Wars, and other multi-platform operations are being handled by 360 Group.

It's already 2006.

Web technology is developing very rapidly nowadays.

Whether it's interactive Flash animations or asynchronous communication between JavaScript and Ajax.

Then there's the development of server-side technology, and so on.

It can basically meet the needs of the planting and harvesting animation presentation in the "stealing vegetables" game.

The game evolved from interactive gameplay involving stealing crops with friends to the expansion of the item shop and gold coin system.

Even leaderboards and achievement systems can generate lists on static web pages at regular intervals.

Compared to 2008, the biggest shortcoming now is the lack of technology.

There might be a slight delay in the process of interacting with friends to steal crops.

Another issue is the rankings, which are not updated in a timely manner.

But this isn't a big problem for social games.

Currently, Shiguangrenren is a social networking app for acquaintances, with 1.7 million registered users in mainland China.

The overseas version has over 7000 million users, which means the total data exceeds 2 million.

The user base brought by 360 Free Antivirus is similar to that of Renren.com.

These two large groups combined represent both total users and active users.

They have already transcended the single penguin.

From the simultaneous launch of Happy Farm on two major platforms to the game "Parking Wars".

It will definitely make web games explode in popularity.

For example, in 2009, Tencent partnered with Renren, 51.com, and other online platforms.

The single game of grabbing parking spaces generates over 5 million RMB in annual revenue across the entire internet and industry.

With 360 Group and Renren.com operating together, it shouldn't be a problem for their annual revenue in mainland China to exceed 2 million yuan.

With the addition of overseas revenue, it will be close to the 09 million yuan revenue of the entire industry in 5.

The biggest advantage of China's internet giants in this dimension is that all the major companies have established a certain influence in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

No longer just a major mainland manufacturer, but a regional powerhouse in East and Southeast Asia.

Overseas versions, whether in English, Korean, Japanese, etc., are all available for registered users to choose from.

The creation of these new games is a further push for 360 Group to stop being so unscrupulous.

The barrage of ads has disgusted countless users to the point of wanting to die.

A small amount of revenue comes from advertising, supplemented by game revenue generation!

To date, Baidu has been unable to go public due to its financial difficulties.

In terms of overall market share, Baidu still holds 47% in the search field, while Google holds 14%.

Yahoo still has an 11% market share.

These three original trajectories dominated 85% of the mainland market in 06.

It's currently at 72%.

This is because 360 ​​Search relies on 360 Antivirus and 360 Browser.

Then there's the combination of 360 Encyclopedia, 360 Tieba, and Penguin Tieba.

This allowed 360 Search to carve out a 15% market share.

These four major factories accounted for 87% in early 06.

Sogou, Sina, NetEase, and others are just the leftovers.

Zhou Hongyi wants to purchase Google's core search engine patents in order to further catch up with Baidu.

These are all progressing gradually, and negotiations are ongoing.

Once fully realized, it will definitely become one of the two giants alongside Baidu.

During previous dinners, the conversations revolved around topics like stealing vegetables from a farm and playing parking space games.

Old Li also had Zhou Hongyi push forward with 360 Games' web-based games such as the Three Kingdoms Tower Defense and Journey to the West Card Games.

Then there are Water Margin cards, Jin Yong and Gu Long martial arts cards, and so on.

This is a cluster-driven research and development effort from 2006 to 07.

Anyway, starting in the mid-to-late 00s, browser games experienced a full-scale explosion.

The era of fierce competition between PC games and casual game platforms for user exploitation.

By the 10s, mobile games will be all about mobile devices.

The internet group led by Lao Li didn't make its fortune through games; it was purely a way to benefit netizens.

Don't let yourself get ripped off by a bunch of scoundrels.

As the car started, Old Li massaged Xiao Tong's Yongquan acupoint all the way to Chongmen, and asked with a smile, "How's the progress of the Twelve Zodiacs?"

Tong Liya was both depressed and radiant, saying, "The second male lead is tentatively set as Wang Kai, and the third male lead is Chen Kun."

"Liu Yifei still has a greater advantage as the second female lead. Her martial arts skills are worse than Zixuan's, but her acting skills are better than Zixuan's. It's not her fault."

"Plus, Jackie Chan is still running around in Europe with Yoeva Green."

"If filming starts in a few months, can it be released during the 07 Lunar New Year season?"

Today is only the 4th, but the Lone Agent earned 2700 million RMB in a single day on the 2nd.

Number 3, 2600 million RMB.

That's equivalent to 1.6 million RMB in 12 days in mainland China.

Hong Kong's Harbour Bay: HK$6100 million; South Korea: HK$1.2 million for 12 days.

This amounts to 3.4 million RMB between China and South Korea!

The action blockbuster is rivaling the popularity of Jiang Wu's Beekeeper 1.

But this didn't allow beekeepers to leverage Cheung Kwok-wing's star power to hold concerts for publicity.

It was the influence of Dark Glory and the second male lead in Goblin that drove the publicity.

Tong Liya continued with a laugh, "I heard that the pay offered to Guan Xiaotong for TV dramas has risen to 2 yuan per episode."

"Movies have also reached 10 yuan per film."

Exaggeration?
This is the effect of blockbuster movies increasing a film's value.

After all, Liu Yifei's salary for The Condor Heroes was less than 1 yuan per episode.

Wang Baoqiang's "Soldiers' Assault" only costs 1 yuan per episode, and that's after the "No Thieves Under Heaven" arc.

It's hard to say how much international prestige Guan Xiaotong has achieved right now.

He was a very popular child star among the tens of millions of people in South Korea.

Dong Xuan chimed in with a smile, "I heard that the theatrical distribution buyout price for films made by Japanese, Singaporean, Malaysian, Thai, Filipino, and Indonesian film distributors has increased from 1000 million to 1800 million."

“American film studios have raised their offers from $300 million to $500 million.”

"It's only been 12 days since it was released. By the winter break, it will have accumulated more and more."

In terms of international prestige, Dark Glory once reached a peak viewership of over 900 million in the United States.

The number of people who bought it in Europe was also quite high.

Furthermore, Omega also had a second and third run.

Wang Kai, who plays the lone agent, is actually quite popular with audiences in Europe and America.

This appeal is similar to Guo Jingfei in the premiere of (How I Met Your Mother).

Then there's Qin Lan, who resembles the character in the first episode of (2 Broke Girls).

Following Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Xiao Tong, the next list includes Alexandra and Blake Lively.

Therefore, the initial budget for (Lone Agent) was $300 million.

Old Li nodded, pushing Xiao Tong's Happy Beans, "It's normal for Lone Agent to surpass Beekeeper 1; humans are visual creatures."

"Let's see how they manage to create a sequel. The main character had to go to jail at the end of the first movie." Tong Liya bit him angrily, "You're a beast."

My relationship with Lao Li has always been a pure and innocent one.

It's so hard to keep a straight face.

Dong Xuan thoughtfully sped up the nanny van, since it was from the courtyard house to the media building's underground area.

That is, it's less than two kilometers in a straight line.

The parking area on the third basement level is normally reserved for ordinary employees; even the company's celebrities are not allowed to come here.

That was the parking space reserved for Fat Bing, Ah Xin, and the others.

When her junior, Xuanxuan, was adding fuel to the fire, she remarked, "Xiao Tong, you have to be happy."

I've been on this bus for almost a year and a half, and I'm still so energetic and never get tired of it.

This must be partly due to her hard work, which is greater than the sum of its parts.

Xiao Tong slurped up a fig and complained, "Sister Xuan, I really did dream of being a pure and innocent idol."

Dong Xuan couldn't help but chuckle, but she still had to accept the initial impression.

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Time flies, and it's January 10th, the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month.

Tomorrow is the release date of Kung Fu Hustle 2 and the 2005 version of King Kong.

Time Media Building.

Jiang Yiyan knocked on Liu Yifei's office door.

It was still 7 a.m., before the assistants and secretaries even started work.

Looking at Xiao Liu, who was already wearing a high ponytail and a practice uniform, and was covered in sweat.

Jiang Yiyan couldn't help but say sourly, "How did you end up competing for the second female lead in a Jackie Chan movie? I should have trained in martial arts with you."

Everyone clearly lacks acting skills, yet they diligently practice and endure being sidelined.

But you secretly overtook us on another track?
Even though Liu Yifei's martial arts skills are still lacking at this stage, she can still hold her own against Wang Zixuan in terms of English acting skills.

But this is a real blockbuster movie, featuring the second female lead!
Jackie Chan's (The Myth) flopped, but his previous project, Baby Project, grossed 1.63 million RMB in mainland China.

There's also (New Police Story) which grossed 2.19 million.

These are the top 20 box office hits in mainland China.

The myth of the big loser is still in period dramas.

Jackie Chan's new film returns to modern action; it's guaranteed to be just as good as "Rob-B-Hood."

This is a coveted opportunity that even minor actresses like Jiang Yiyan, who are considered seventh or eighth-tier stars, dream of competing for.

Now that's settled, your acting skills aren't good enough? You can make up for it with your dance skills and kung fu.

Liu Yifei smiled so hard her teeth were showing, "It's too late for you to say that now."

"It's not a big problem. Yi Yan, you should focus on improving your acting skills. At most, I'll use some tricks to compete for the second female lead."

“Look at Tang Wei, because she’s good at English and studies French diligently, she’s already competing for the lead role.”

At this moment, Liu Yifei was deeply moved, even if it meant waiting two or three years to get on the train.

As long as you get on the right track, you can compete for projects based solely on your skills and effort.
Even if she loses to Wang Zixuan, she won't hold a grudge.

There are no messy unspoken rules; if you have the right conditions and the right abilities, you'll have a chance.

Time is such a reassuring ship.

Judging solely by looks, she felt that Tang Wei was not as likable as Jiang Yiyan.

Jiang Yiyan nodded, "We should work hard. If we keep fighting, we'll eventually have a chance. I'm so excited, Lone Agent has already made 2.23 million in mainland China."

"If we wait another two weeks, we'll be overshadowed by other big-budget films."

"I feel like it shouldn't be difficult for it to break 3 million before the release of (Lucy) on the first day of the Lunar New Year, right?"

Currently, the tenth place on the mainland China charts is Perfect Strangers with 3.12 million views.

The lone agent who storms in might soon be brought down by a show like "If You Are the One" or "Superbody".

But a blockbuster that grosses over 3 million is definitely a small miracle in terms of star-making.

Liu Yifei wasn't very interested in that, but asked curiously, "When will (Lucy) be released?"

"Shall we ask Senior Sister Shi about it? Maybe we can try to get an internal preview beforehand?"

(Lucy) is widely regarded in the industry as China's first serious science fiction blockbuster.

For example, when the company placed an order with Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects alone required an investment of ten to twenty million US dollars.

The special effects cost over 100 million RMB.

Regardless of the final box office performance of such a big-budget production.

They are all definitely worth looking forward to.

It's been four months since we started filming "Lucy" in early September last year and sent it for production at the same time.

The number of special effects shots needed is not as many as in (Kung Fu Hustle 1).

Moreover, applications for scheduling should be submitted several months in advance.

It's actually been released as a finished product.

After all, it will be released in just over ten days, and the process still requires master tapes to be distributed to thousands of copies and sent to theaters across the country.

The two girls quickly moved on, intending to find Liu Shishi to sneak in and get a sneak peek.

Jiang Yiyan was taken aback again. "Wait, aren't you also very close to Megan?"

Liu Shishi lives on the 11th floor, while Megan still lives on the 9th floor.

Liu Yifei immediately hesitated and said, "I wonder how Megan managed to get on the red carpet for the TV Movie Golden Globe Awards in a few days."

"Although Brother Li is a perfect male god, he's almost as good as Jackie Chan in terms of his sexual prowess."

"I feel like he's all too superficial."

A few days later, on January 17th, Lao Li attended this year's Hollywood Golden Globe Awards.

She will bring the director (the hearing girl) along with Liu Ye, Feng Yuanzheng, Ye Tong, and others.

The Wolf of Wall Street team will also go.

The Wolf of Wall Street grossed $7400 million in its opening weekend and the following two weeks in the United States.

A sure-fire win-win project that will see box office success, critical acclaim, and award ceremonies all in one.

Qin Hao began to gain popularity online, and in a short period of time, he gained millions of followers on Weibo.

This is still only because Wolf is a big hit in the United States and has not yet hit mainland Chinese theaters.

Similar to Huang Xiaoming's successful overseas venture through The Big Bang Theory, it will bring a lot of inspiration and excitement to countless netizens in mainland China, who are currently striving to win glory for their country.

Just like when Liu Xiang won gold at the 04 Olympics, an endorsement deal went from 35 to 2000 million.

So Megan Fox, who has no connection to the film crew, had to walk the red carpet with them?

This leaves no room for the young actors to stop having wild thoughts.

Jiang Yiyan was taken aback, and curled her lip in disdain, "Give me a break, Senior Brother Li is still several levels below Jackie Chan."

"Look at Jackie Chan's attitude towards that little house's mother and the treatment he received for his daughter in an interview in the 90s. Is this the same thing?"

"Let's go, stop thinking about it, let's go find Senior Sister."

Jiang Yiyan didn't know how to complain.

This is not a person of the same dimension.

I don't know whether to criticize Jackie Chan for being several generations ahead of his time, or for being too ruthless.

Compared to that woman, which of the successful female bosses at Time has lacked a core competitive advantage?
She had also heard that every boss lady made her fortune by investing in stocks.

Even at the very least, they're like Dong Xuan, who frantically buys and hoards real estate.

Dong Xuan lives in a residential complex across from the Beijing Film Academy.

They've already accumulated more than 20 apartments in one building.

These 20-plus apartments, each over 100 square meters, represent a tremendous amount of real assets.

A stable monthly rent income is enough to ensure that an average person can live comfortably without worrying about food and drink.

Some time later, in an office on the 11th floor.

Liu Shishi emerged from the lounge still half asleep, and only after drinking two cups of herbal tea did she feel fully refreshed. "The (Lucy) special effects have all been returned."

"However, the special effects were re-edited and integrated into the feature film, along with the dubbing and music."

"This will take a few days. I'll show you the finished product when it's released."

She was also super excited.

Mainly, as a beautiful woman working in the industry, I find this kind of film, with its absolute female lead, very appealing.

She had absolutely no power to resist.

This is what Lao Li said.

A major film that has boosted Li Jiaxin's career just as much as (My Love from the Star).

It's no less beneficial to Liu Shishi than (Goblin) did.

This is an absolute masterpiece of a female star's career!
(End of this chapter)