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Chapter 245 They were all too eager to improve!
February 20th, the 2rd day of the first lunar month.

Around 3 a.m., Li Wenyu was running his usual lap around Beijing when he took a short break. Liu Shishi, who was riding a bicycle, caught up with him.

"Senior, Shuying and Tangwei know you're training, so they're staying on the basement floor of the Media Building to wait for your feedback on your French progress."

"It's hilarious, they're afraid Nina Dobrev, who suddenly joined the company, will steal their big profits."

"Recently, the intensity of the 'hanging one's head from the rafters and pricking one's thigh with an awl' spurt has increased."

Old Li continued walking, sweating profusely as he complained, "Xiao Jiang has been learning for four months now, hasn't he?"

Jackie Chan first visited with the script for the Chinese Zodiac on October 17, 2005.

That day, Liu Shishi waited for news in the lounge. As soon as she came out, she told Xiao Jiang about the outline of the script.

It's been a little over four months.

Four months to learn French from scratch?

While the efficiency isn't exactly phenomenal, mastering a few dozen sentences for everyday use shouldn't be a problem.

Ultimately, the female leads in the twelve zodiac signs speak English far more frequently than French.

This doesn't mean the female lead has to be an expert.

After expressing his feelings, Li Wenyu quickened his pace, while Liu Shishi continued pedaling her bicycle. "By the way, senior brother, I also heard that Li An is going to make a 'Lust, Caution' movie?"

"We are also trying to reach out to female actresses."

"Rumors are flying around that this movie requires the actresses to make a huge sacrifice."

"Li An didn't dare to make a move on our Eight Beauties of Time, but he did give gifts to Azhi and Dong Yi one after another."

"When actresses like Liu Tao offered contracts, many rejected them one after another."

Old Li almost choked, and couldn't help but mutter a curse, "There are always some crooked guys jumping out to seek attention."

This isn't what Lao Li said while standing on the SP channel.

It's just a simple case of a crooked butt.

After a night run, Lao Li returned to the Media Building.

After meeting the energetic Jiang Shuying and Tang Wei, and having a brief chat, he realized that Tang Wei was more ruthless with himself when it came to learning foreign languages.

Her French proficiency was superior to Jiang Shuying's.

The common phrases also sound more French.

But another problem is that Jiang Shuying is less ruthless to herself.

Her acting skills are far superior to Tang Wei's!
Jiang Shuying's acting skills (79/100), Tang Wei's current level is only (69/100).

The difference is too big.

Li Wenyu glanced at his watch; it was 4:10 a.m. He shook his head as he drank his mineral water. "The competition for the No. 1 female lead among the twelve zodiac signs will most likely still go to Xiao Jiang."

"Tang Wei, don't be discouraged. There are plenty of opportunities in the company. Just focus on improving yourself."

"There will always be a time when you encounter a golden opportunity."

We are all still young.

After offering a few words of encouragement and reassurance, Lao Li took Liu Shishi upstairs.

After he left.

Jiang Shuying stared at a certain elevator for several seconds and sighed, "Shishi is so lucky to have her boss personally repair equipment for her every day."

Tang Wei, "..."

Tang Wei was stunned for a few seconds, unsure of what to say.

At present, Liu Shishi still lives in her office on the 11th floor and has not moved to the 12th floor.

Tang Wei quickly smiled sweetly and said, "Sister Shuying, I haven't congratulated you yet, you've already made 2.52 million on 'If You Are the One'."

Currently, we are still in the long tail effect of the Lunar New Year film season.

From the Lantern Festival to yesterday, in eight days, "Lucy" has once again raked in 1.36 million yuan at the box office in mainland China, bringing its cumulative total to 3.98 million yuan.

This is equivalent to 4.91 million RMB nationwide.

South Korea: HK$2.19 million.

A total of over 7.1 million RMB in sales across China and South Korea!

The (Lucy) storm not only swept offline, but its online popularity was also indescribable.

Fan Bingbing is being touted as the savior of Chinese science fiction films, but what about Li Jiaxin's popularity?
Ah Xin's current popularity complements that of "My Love from the Star" three years ago, placing her at the top of the female star circle.

The quoted fee is still not as high as Gong Li's $800 million.

But her advertising endorsement fee skyrocketed to 1500 million RMB a year, much more expensive than Gong Li's.

In Chinese cinemas, let's set aside the glory of (Lucy).

That's it (If You Are the One).

The mainland has contributed another 7200 million yuan to the box office in the two weeks since the eighth day of the first lunar month.

With a total score of 2.52 million, it is already a good result, ranking third in the major sales period.

The second place goes to "The Man from Nowhere," which was released last Christmas and has accumulated 3300 million yuan in the first two weeks, bringing its total box office in mainland China to 3.14 million yuan.

These are far less successful than Kung Fu 2 during last summer's box office season, but Jiang Shuying, as the female lead in If You Are the One, has a strong box office presence.

Then, let's look at her position among the Eight Beauties of Time.

They've all settled in.

Hero 2 has only grossed 2.07 million RMB in mainland China to date.

King Kong lost its momentum after breaking 1 million, and it wasn't as good as Lone Agent.

However, Zhang Ziyi still holds one of the four leading actresses, largely thanks to her role as the absolute female lead in Hero 2.

Compare Jiang Shuying's representative works, including the TV series (Goblin) and a series of movies.

Tang Wei felt that she was just a nobody, a nobody.

Can someone with only a minor celebrity status compete fairly with Jiang Shuying for the lead role in a Jackie Chan movie? She'd accept defeat if she lost.

She speaks better French, but her acting is lacking; she can only blame herself.

Old Jiang laughed and said, "Let's congratulate each other and make progress together. Come on, shall we go back and watch season two of Breaking Bad?"

"We don't know when filming for the Chinese Zodiac will begin yet."

"However, the remake of Hollywood (Cellular) that I mentioned last time is basically confirmed to start filming in March. I'll bring you to the set then."

She said a glimmer of hope (remake).

It was decided last year when we were competing for a minor supporting role in (Teddy Bear).

Starting the machine in March is still a safe bet.

No matter how close she is to Tang Wei, her best friend.

Jiang Shuying is currently extremely satisfied with everything except her romantic storyline.

Speaking of this, Tang Wei got excited, "Breaking Bad is so exciting, I can't stop watching it."

"In the first season, Jiang Wu was only nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor."

"We should at least win a trophy this season, right?"

Jiang Wu went to film the second season last October.

Even though the second season has a significantly longer number of episodes than the first season, it has already premiered in the United States.

The audience is still reasonably large.

But Breaking Bad's reputation has truly exploded.

When Shiguang Video launched its online viewing platform, it distributed millions of monthly VIP memberships across the internet, both inside and outside the Great Firewall, much like giving away red envelopes.

The popularity of the Breaking Bad cast also frequently makes it into the top 20 of Weibo's trending topics.

So many netizens are discussing how amazing Breaking Bad is.

Many netizens have even called for Time to produce a Chinese-language version of Breaking Bad, a mainland Chinese version of Breaking Bad.

The first season of the film received a high score of 9.5 from Renren Film Review, and the second season also soared to 9.6.

This kind of rating is like a frenzy, stimulating countless movie fans to become enthusiastic advocates.

Jiang Shuying nodded excitedly, "If Senior Brother Jiang Wu doesn't get a supporting role this season, there will always be a chance next season."

"I still hope that Breaking Bad will be translated into Chinese, just like what netizens have said."

"Even if it's inappropriate for us in mainland China to do this kind of thing, it seems like it would be quite interesting to translate it into other major villains, such as a ruthless bandit leader."

"It might become a hit like Dark Glory or Squid Game."

Outsiders and ordinary viewers simply expect to enjoy a good story that is exciting and thrilling enough.

Good TV series.

The expectations of those in the industry are quite different.

What I'm looking forward to is a big female lead film like those starring Zhang Bozhi and Tong Liya!

...Around 10 a.m.

As soon as Lao Li returned to the Media Building from the Time Video team, Li Jiaxin excitedly walked over from the computer desk next to Pang Bing.

They can use sweet words and flattery to praise people as soon as they open their mouths.

A dozen minutes later, Ah Xin excitedly said, "I'm really going to be rich! Bawang Shampoo offered me a spokesperson fee of HK$1800 million a year."

"Lucy's help to me was like a rocket booster."

"Jackie Chan's contract to endorse Bawang this year is only 1500 million yuan a year."

Old Li, while massaging Ah Xin's Changqiang acupoint, remarked, "Bawang is willing to spend money."

This kind of spending spree can be effective.

Before that kind of despicable publication, Next Magazine, disregarded morality and launched a large-scale, fabricated attack claiming that BaWang shampoo caused cancer.

Thanks to Jackie Chan's strong endorsement effect, Bawang became popular in just a few years.

They captured more than 40% of the market share for herbal shampoos.

This caused the market value to surge to a peak of 100 billion.

But Next Magazine took money from its competitors and launched a series of attacks, including a "carcinogenic package" of attacks, which killed BaWang in one fell swoop.

This isn't because Jackie Chan is toxic.

Unable to pull off the Coca-Cola-style tactics of acquiring and shelving various mainland brands in the capital market, they resort to smear campaigns involving things like pulling the internet cable and dump trucks.

Genuine products can't withstand this tactic.

Even if you win the lawsuit.

Consumers in the market have already formed a preconceived notion that your product is unsafe and therefore refuse to use it.

After a moment of reflection, Li Wenyu laughed and said, "Take it, it's just a small gift for you."

Ah Xin nodded repeatedly, then laughed so hard she almost fell over. "Let me tell you a bizarre story. The Coconut Palm Group wants to spend tens of millions to hire Alexandra as their spokesperson."

"Isn't this also considered a lack of martial ethics?"

Old Li, “…”

He could only sigh that coconut trees also understand the market.

She understands men so well.

Fat Bing also got up from his desk, went to the water bar to get a cup of herbal tea, and came over curiously, "Brother Yu, what price is Google offering for Time Video this time?"

So far.

Time Video has only managed to attract IDG, a major venture capital firm, as a shareholder.

The other party took $1.2 million and raised 15% of the equity.

This is something we started investing heavily in at the beginning of last year, and the area where we burned through the most money was the overseas version of the platform, where prices and labor costs were high.

We've now experienced a massive battle where red envelopes were given away for free.

Over the course of a year, a number of users who paid for monthly and annual VIP memberships were gradually cultivated.

In addition to selling advertising space, Time Video has also demonstrated a new profit model.

Old Li went to the video division because someone from Google wanted to buy it.

He lit a cigarette and chuckled, "Google's offer is decent, probably $15 billion, but they're willing to buy 20% for $3 million."

Compare IDG's offers and fees last year.

That's doubled again.

But that's normal; a few months later, Google bought the entire YouTube channel for $16.5 billion.

Ah Xin, who was still bragging about her soaring advertising fees, suddenly gasped, her eyes welling up with tears.

Just by looking into his eyes, Old Li knew he was about to transform into a workhorse again.

This kind of wealth incentive can be very potent in creating a sense of intoxication in people.

With a valuation of $15 billion, and Mr. Li holding 85% of the shares, that's $12.75 billion = 102 billion RMB.

Weibo's market value has just exceeded HK$500 billion, and Lao Li holds 45% of the shares.

Including Tencent Holdings, Time Renren, Time 360 ​​Group, and Media Group.

Li Keqiang truly stands head and shoulders above the rest on the list of richest people in mainland China.

Even though it's still far from comparable to Li Huanggua after 2006.

That Cucumber Guy's assets have jumped from $130 billion to $220 billion.

But this gap is narrowing dramatically.

Cucumbers are so cunning.

Ah Xin, barely suppressing her urge to burst into tears, said, "I'll go change into some tattered beggar's clothes, and Ah Yu, can you help me try out the new role later?"

…………

Another new day.

Before leaving for Hong Kong Island, Lao Li met Chen Kun, Ling Xiaosu, Jiang Qinqin, and others in the president's office.

Tong Liya was also there this time.

After the crowd entered, he exchanged a few polite greetings and then pulled out several scripts.

“Ah Kun, I know your net worth has skyrocketed recently, and you’re getting a lot of projects.”

"This is a script for a small film project. You are the male lead, and if you perform well, you can compete for the Best Actor award at one of the top five film festivals in China."

"Old Ling, you should continue playing villains. Becoming famous takes time."

"However, the project is still a long way from starting filming. We'll have to wait until Xiao Tong finishes filming my cameo role in (Before I Met You) before we start filming."

"Qinqin, you play Akun's wife in the drama, which can also be considered a parody of the popularity of (The Temptation of Going Home)."

The script he pulled out was the 2014 South Korean version of (To the End).

This movie is alright, but if you gave it to Fat Bing, it would definitely be downgraded.

It would be more reliable to let Fan Bingbing focus on preparing for several seasons of The Voice of China.

But that's enough for rookie director Tong Liya.

A romantic movie like "Me Before You" is sure to rake in a huge number of movie tickets from book fans.

Earn fame and fortune together.

The original version of (The End) also grossed nearly HK$1.69 million in South Korea, which is a figure that is based on current ticket prices.

This movie is a strong contender for awards, winning Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.

It swept the South Korean film industry.

They even made an appearance at the Cannes International Film Festival, but it didn't achieve much.

But making it into Cannes was a pleasant surprise.

Box office success and critical acclaim soared together.

It has also been remade in China and island nations.

It's simply that the Chinese remake is so bad that even with Aaron Kwok, Liu Tao, and Wang Qianyuan, it's a remake that can't be saved.

He went to Hong Kong Island, where Tong Liya found an assistant director to scout locations for "Before We Met." There has been some progress, please review and approve.

Then, after being pestered by Xiao Tong, Lao Li agreed to accompany him on a flight.

This new film is Tong Liya's second foray into directing.

Before I met you, there were good box office expectations and positive online reviews.

Following closely behind, it garnered nominations for Best Director at China's five major film festivals, achieving a similar level of success as Liu Shishi's film (The Hearing Girl) which was nominated for Best Actress at the five major film festivals.

As Lao Li spoke, Tong Liya hurriedly added with a smile, "Sister Qinqin, Senior Brother Ling."

"I've been studying directing part-time for over a year, and it's all just getting started. I hope everyone will be supportive of me..."

She adopted a very humble posture.

Chen Kun, Ling Xiaosu, Jiang Qinqin, and others also hurriedly demonstrated their high emotional intelligence.

Just kidding, Sister Tong lives openly and legitimately on the 12th floor.

The squid game and (Wulin Gaiden) also created a super popular character with an invincible small health bar.

The fact that Old Li personally acted as her ghostwriter is gradually becoming public knowledge. What kind of treatment is this?
Everyone's emotional intelligence was on full display at this moment.

Moreover, Chen Kun was also extremely excited. Li Wenyu said it himself: "He's aiming for the Best Actor award at one of the top five film festivals in China!"
Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, Huabiao, plus Golden Horse and Golden Statue?

Even after the huge success of "The Temptation of Going Home," Ah Kun remains a rising star in the film industry.

If it weren't for the incompatibility, Ah Kun, Lao Ling, and Jiang Qinqin would all be begging Lao Li to train more great directors like Xiao Tong.

If you don't nurture them, how can these actors strive for improvement?

(End of this chapter)