Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 246 Weibo Technology
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June.

Hangcheng.

"Director Jiang, is this the address Gu Bei gave you?"

Producer Mark glanced at the address in his hand, then looked up at the building in front of him.

There are several signs hanging above, all belonging to companies located in this information technology park.

"That's right, look at that sign—Weibo Technology, this is the place!"

Jiang Wen raised her hand to shield her eyes from the sun, squinted, and said in a calm tone, "Make a phone call!"

The two contacted Gu Bei and waited downstairs for someone to pick them up.

Marco was still a little unsure: "In the past, I would go to tea houses or restaurants. This is the first time I've come to the information technology park to discuss movies."

"Doesn't this just prove that Gu Bei is rich? These days, everyone in the internet industry is rich!"

Jiang Wen, on the other hand, remained calm and unconcerned.

"Linlang Entertainment is indeed rich. The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3 has already started filming. You can tell from the production team that their investment is very substantial."

Marco thought of Gu Bei's Linlang Entertainment and immediately felt relieved. "It's said that they also supported Third Master's founding of the nation, as well as his own reputation..."
The earthquake project has been temporarily halted, but they did produce "Bodyguards and Assassins" with Edko Films.
So, at least 300 million has been invested!

Jiang Wen said calmly, "It's good to have money. You can ask him for some more investment later, and maybe that will be enough for the investment of this movie!"

Marco thought for a moment and said, "I'll test the waters and see if Gu Bei is willing to invest."

"He even wrote the script, and he wrote it so well. He must have put a lot of effort into it, so naturally people would be willing to invest in it."

Jiang Wen finally showed a slight smile.

He's a scriptwriting fanatic; his favorite thing to do is find people to write scripts.

If I happen to meet someone who can write a script, I will do everything I can to get them to write a version for me.
If the other party doesn't agree, he'll start praising them, extolling every aspect of them until they feel embarrassed to refuse.

But it's really rare to encounter someone like Gu Bei who can provide such a perfect first draft!
This trip wasn't just to discuss the script; we also wanted to see if we could get some more investment from Gu Bei for "Let the Bullets Fly."

"Director Jiang, that was a brilliant move!"

Marco gave a thumbs up.

Investment in "Let the Bullets Fly" is both lacking and not lacking.

After Emperor Motion Pictures invested heavily in Coco Chiang's "The Sun Also Rises" and suffered huge losses, Coco Chiang promised to give Emperor Motion Pictures priority investment rights in their next film.

However, Coco Chiang's films have always been very expensive, and Emperor Motion Pictures alone is definitely not enough to satisfy her appetite, so she needs to bring in other investors to share the risks.

This time, the two of them had their eyes on Gu Bei's Linlang Entertainment.

After all, Linlang Entertainment is the most generous investor in the entertainment industry recently.

"Excuse me, is this Director Jiang Wen, and is Marco also here?"

A young girl found the two people and took them upstairs to Weibo Technology.

The two walked through the middle of the company.

There were rows of workstations filled with computers, a very standard tech company setup.

What made Jiang Wen a little uncomfortable was that as he walked along, every person who looked up at him seemed to not recognize him.

"Is Director Gu planning to change careers?"

After seeing Gu Bei, Jiang Wen asked him curiously.

Gu Bei smiled and said, "Is it possible that this was originally my specialty?"

He gestured for Jiang Wen and Marco to sit down.
This is his last bit of free time this year, which he can use to help the Weibo team with product development.
Next, he will be working non-stop.

I returned from North America to join the filming of The Message.
After filming The Message was completed, there was the Venice International Film Festival, followed by the filming of Wrong Star in Our Stars and this year's awards season.

Weibo must be launched this year, since Sina Weibo will be fully committed to entering the Weibo field next year. Gu Bei does not have as many resources as Sina Weibo, so he must take the first-mover advantage.

"Weibo?"

Jiang Wen sat down opposite Gu Bei. "What is this?"

"Similar to Twitter overseas, a type of social media."

Gu Bei showed Jiang Wen the nearly completed interface, saying, "You can join us after it goes live!"

Jiang Wen can attract a large number of artistic young people.

These users are few in number, but their quality is much higher than that of other users.

"no problem!"

Jiang Wen immediately agreed.

He also wanted Gu Bei's script and investment.
Such small things are naturally always granted.

After a pause, he looked at the interface carefully: "This is much better looking than Twitter."

Gu Bei took a look.
This is a simplified version of the future Weibo interface layout.

However, the most basic blog post display, along with the share, comment, and like buttons below, is already taking shape.
With current web technologies, this is already the best balance between aesthetics and practicality.

However, this interface is only superficial.

The reason Gu Bei dared to show it to Jiang Wen so easily was...
The reason is that the real core is the data algorithm, which is also the greatest asset that Gu Bei gave to the Weibo team.

The concept of information flow was not invented by ByteDance.

It originated from Twitter's timeline, which was launched in July 2006.
Then, two months later, it was transformed by Facebook into their killer app, NewsFeed.

However, in the future Weibo battle,

Due to Sina Weibo's first-mover advantage,
Everyone is focused on increasing user numbers and attracting celebrities to join the platform.

Nobody noticed the role that data algorithms played in this process.

Gu Bei smiled, turned the notebook back, and steered the conversation back on track: "Director Jiang, you said you came here to discuss the script. What do you think of the version I wrote?"

"That's amazing, absolutely amazing!"

No wonder he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
I feel like no one can write better than you!

Jiang Wen started praising Gu Bei nonsensically as soon as she opened her mouth, almost blowing him to the heavens.

Upon hearing this, Gu Bei immediately became alert.

He didn't believe that someone as arrogant as Jiang Wen would actually think that her version of the script was perfect, even though she did write the script according to the outline of the finished product of Let the Bullets Fly.

really,

Jiang Wen then changed her tune: "So I think only you can continue to revise such a great script. How about another draft?"

It seems this place was waiting for me!

First, they'll praise you to the skies, then they'll get you to submit another draft.
Only Jiang Wen would do something like this.

"Luckily... I had a backup plan!"

Gu Bei had already made preparations.

Although he used the finished outline from "Let the Bullets Fly"
But only the core has changed.
The flesh and blood inside are still the same old flesh and blood.
Most of them were chosen from the dozen or so scripts that Jiang Wen gave him.

(End of this chapter)