Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 270: Let's bring a small change to the entertainment industry first.
Wrap-up parties and wrap parties are similar, both being leisure activities to celebrate the end of a big project. However, Chinese people are more pragmatic, and there is nothing better than a good meal.

Gu Bei cherished the crew members he had worked with once.

Because they are the key to whether he can bring about any change to China Entertainment!

Over the next twenty years,
The domestic entertainment market has expanded many times over.
However, ordinary crew members did not actually enjoy much of the benefits of this expansion.

In 2008, the daily rate for extras was 70 yuan. More than ten years later, the daily rate for extras is 120 yuan. This increase is not only comparable to the entertainment market, but it can't even keep up with the national average income.

At that time, the investment in movies and TV series often reached hundreds of millions of yuan.

Where did the money go?

A portion of the profits is taken by the actors and directors, who are the ones who bring the most commercial value to the project. Even in Hollywood, actors and directors take the lion's share; it's a business principle.

And in China,

A particularly distinctive aspect is the costume and props, makeup and post-production, and marketing.

Especially costume and prop, makeup and post-production staff are relatively weak groups in Hollywood. They can't even cause trouble because their unions are not among the three major unions and don't have that much influence.

But at Huayu Entertainment, these people can consume a large portion of the budget.

This is because even more than a decade later, the domestic film and television industry has not yet completed industrialization and is still based on the subcontractor work process brought by Xiangdu.

The money didn't actually reach the frontline employees; it was all divided up by the team's bosses.

People from northern China who frequented Xiangdu made a fortune using this method.
Domestic production companies followed suit, creating all sorts of imitations, such as the "all-in-one" style and the "Huanrui Studio" style.

The project is forcibly tied to their internal team. Without market competition, what kind of results can they produce? Every worker knows what to do. If you don't slack off, you're not a worker.

Regardless of how much money those internet companies offer, in the end all you'll get are mass-produced products.

And marketing,

These are the bad habits brought about by internet companies, which have become their means of retaliating against production companies.

You're trying to fool me with your assembly line approach, so I'll use my own expertise to fool you, using a bunch of useless data to extract real money from production companies and fans.

This is the current state of the Chinese entertainment industry more than a decade later.

Everyone hurts each other; everyone is a villain.
This has nearly killed the entire industry!

Gu Bei is ready to bring about a change to Huayu Entertainment right now.
After all, he will eventually return to China Entertainment Group.
I don't want to end up in a quagmire.

The first thing to abolish is...

This is the typical workflow of a contractor in China.

What year is this? Still running a big film studio?

That was sixty years ago in Hollywood and a dozen years ago in China. Now, television, movies, and cinemas have all been completely opened to private enterprises, so we need to bring out some efficiency from the market economy!

In reality, the crew members at the bottom of the entertainment industry are just like the people of Goose Town in the movie "Let the Bullets Fly".

They're not stupid; if they can live a good life, who would want to live a life of exploitation?

"I'll just say a few words."

Gu Bei stood on the stage at the wrap party.
He looked at the hundreds of crew members below the stage and said with a smile, "Have a good meal and drinks, everyone!"

After saying that, he decisively stepped down from the stage.

With delicious food in front of you, who the hell is going to listen to your boasting?
"Clap clap clap!"

Everyone immediately burst into enthusiastic applause.

"It has to be Director Gu! Last time, for the project we participated in, he listened to us for half an hour before the wrap party. The most important thing is that they wouldn't serve the food until he finished talking!"

"Damn! I had a blast on this set. I feel like I really wouldn't be able to adapt to any other set!"

"Who can argue with that? I never imagined that making a movie could involve an eight-hour workday with overtime pay. It's nothing like the Xiangdu crew last time, who practically used us to death, making us work all night every day!"

As they ate and discussed, the more they talked, the more disheartened they became. Where else could they find a film crew like this?

It's foreseeable that the treatment the crew of "The Message" received will become a topic of gossip throughout the entertainment industry as these people go to other film crews.

In the future, Gu Bei's film crew will definitely become everyone's first choice.

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

Gu Bei alone might not be enough.

Then add all the projects from Linlang Entertainment.
If that's not enough, there are all the projects from Gu Bei's streaming media company.

As long as it aligns with the will of the people, it will surely become the mainstream.

"Director Gu, let me toast you."

Wang Zhiwen walked over, holding a wine glass.

He downed all the wine in one gulp, while Gu Bei only took a small sip.

Looking at the staff enjoying their meal not far away, Wang Zhiwen smiled and said to Gu Bei, "Judging from everyone's performance, Director Gu, you're not just good at making movies, you also have a strong sense of justice. It's just that some people might be dissatisfied."

Although Wang Zhiwen couldn't see through Gu Bei, his political acumen allowed him to discern some of Gu Bei's plans.

He was also from Zhejiang Province, which is why he used his drunkenness to advise Gu Bei not to anger some vested interests.

"Teacher Wang Zhiwen is joking. I don't have any grand principles to speak of!"

Gu Bei smiled faintly, not admitting it. "I'm just making movies according to my work habits. I learned all of this in Hollywood. I don't think anyone will be dissatisfied with me, right?"

This is also Gu Bei's shield.

He started by implementing it in his own film crew.
Given the current ingrained tendency of "worshiping foreign things and fawning on foreigners,"
Gu Bei brought Hollywood's workflow to China, and you still want to criticize him?

Even if someone stirs up trouble, there are always people who will defend Gu Bei.

Once the results of Linlang Entertainment's various projects are released next year, and Linlang Entertainment has established a firm foothold in China Entertainment Group, Gu Bei will then extend this approach to all of Linlang Entertainment's main projects.

Eat your food one bite at a time, and walk your path one step at a time!
"Haha, I misspoke when I was drunk!"

Wang Zhiwen poured himself another glass of wine and downed it in one gulp.

"Professor Wang Zhiwen, let's collaborate more in the future!"

Gu Bei smiled.
This time, he downed the entire glass of wine in one gulp.

After Wang Zhiwen
Huang Xiaoming, Ying Da, Yu Shaoqun and others also came over to offer a toast.

Huang Xiaoming remained extremely grateful, praising Gu Bei in every way.

Yingda, on the other hand, had a smiling face. He was a veteran of Beijing's social circles and behaved neither servile nor arrogant.

Yu Shaoqun, on the other hand, acted rather strangely. There was a hint of resentment in his eyes as he looked at Gu Bei, and he even choked on his drink.

what's going on?
Gu Bei was a little confused.

His reason for choosing Yu Shaoqun was that he had previously studied Han Opera.

When the original version of The Message was re-released, Gu Bei saw in the news that Yu Shaoqun was once voted the number one by netizens for the original version of The Message, but Huayi Brothers ultimately gave it to Su Youpeng from their own company.

Just as Gu Bei was about to ask,
Jiang Wen put her arm around Yu Shaoqun and then sat down next to Gu Bei: "What do you think of him as Hu Wan?"

"It's not that great," Gu Bei said nonchalantly. "But you're the director, so if you think it's good, then it's good."

Is Jiang Wen planning to take her younger brother to another film crew to bully him?

However, Jiang Wen is the kind of person who only bullies others, and is also quite willing to give benefits.

Moreover, the selling points of "Let the Bullets Fly" are the three Best Actor winners and the script. It doesn't really matter who plays Hu Wan, and Gu Bei doesn't care too much.

What he cared more about was: "When can you finalize the script?"

"Not urgent!"

Jiang Wen waved her hand dismissively, "Today is the wrap party."

We don't talk about work, we only talk about drinks!

After saying that, he gave Gu Bei and himself each a large cup.

Gu Bei glanced at the large cup; it was at least half a liter.
So Jiang Wen finished filming a long time ago and came to the wrap party just to get me drunk?

He felt a throbbing in his temple.

"Director Gu, Director Jiang, are you two going to have a drinking contest?" Zhang Ziyi and Liu Yifei walked over together.

She smiled and toasted Gu Bei, saying, "Then Director Gu, drink my wine first, otherwise if you get knocked out by Director Jiang, don't hold it against me for not toasting you today!"

Gu Bei was finally temporarily free from Jiang Wen's threat.
He gulped down a glass: "Of course not, but there's something important I forgot to tell you."

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "Director Gu, are you going to talk about the Perfect Couple production team?"

"That's right!"

Gu Bei nodded. "Linlang Entertainment's money is in place. Now it's up to you as the producer to see if you and the new director, Director Jin, can produce a good movie together."

Jin Yimeng is a very perfect director.

She is the first female director in China to have a film gross over 100 million yuan.

This movie is a very ordinary romantic comedy, perfect for aspiring directors to practice their skills.
With the addition of big names Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing, even the Zhang Ziyi beach photo incident couldn't stop people from contributing to the box office of this movie.

However, compared to the movie content,
The behind-the-scenes story of this movie is even more interesting.
Before the movie was even released, Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing started feuding.
In an interview, Fan Bingbing said that she played Zhang Ziyi, and that Fan Bingbing played a big star, but a big star with a mean personality.

Zhang Ziyi immediately retorted by telling Fan Bingbing to have a child, which exposed Fan Bingbing's shortcomings about Fan Chengcheng, directly leading to Fan Bingbing's refusal to participate in subsequent promotional activities.

This struggle continued for four years.

Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing each had a romantic comedy film released during the same summer season.

Zhang Ziyi's film is a very perfect sequel, she's very lucky.

Fan Bingbing, on the other hand, collaborated with Jin Yimeng to release a film called "One Night Surprise".

It can only be said that the rivalry between female celebrities is a bit exaggerated. The two had already shown signs of a budding rivalry at the opening ceremony of Linlang Entertainment at the end of April.

The movie "The Message" features two female leads. Will Zhang Ziyi and Liu Yifei start fighting when the movie is released?

Gu Bei secretly made a mental note of it, realizing he had to prepare a contingency plan in advance to prevent Liu Yifei from suffering any losses!
"Director Gu, I'd like to propose a toast to you too!"

Liu Yifei stood gracefully in front of Gu Bei.

In public, the two still pretended that they weren't officially in a relationship, but everyone present knew perfectly well that they were not.

"Change to a large cup! Change to a large cup!"

Jiang Wen was the most excited, not wanting to miss out on anything.

He waited so long for Gu Bei to drink that the flowers almost withered.

The others watched the two with smiles; one was stunningly beautiful, the other exceptionally talented—a perfect match.

"Thank you, Ms. Liu Yifei. I hope we can collaborate more in the future." Gu Bei took Jiang Wen's large cup and, like Liu Yifei, began to pretend.

"Director Gu, have you forgotten? We still have a collaboration on 'Mistake in the Stars'!"

Liu Yifei immediately exposed Gu Bei's predicament on the spot.

"mine!"

Gu Bei didn't argue, and simply raised his large glass.

"Good..." Jiang Wen was about to applaud, "...It's already fallen over?"

After downing the cup, Gu Bei swayed and collapsed into Liu Yifei's arms.

But after carefully observing Gu Bei's expression, he realized that it really did resemble that of a drunk person.

Liu Yifei stopped pretending and said with a hint of worry, "Gu Bei rarely drinks alcohol. Even when he attends a party, he only drinks champagne or something similar."

"Alright, then take him back to his room."

Subsequently,

Liu Yifei carried the completely drunk Gu Bei, staggering all the way back to the room.

Once inside the room,

She threw Gu Bei onto the bed.
Then he stretched his limbs and said, "This is too heavy!"

She glanced at Gu Bei, who still had his eyes closed, and on a whim, she reached out and pinched Gu Bei's nose, preventing him from breathing through his nose and forcing him to open his mouth helplessly.

"Hahaha!"

Liu Yifei felt like she had received a fun toy.

However, she quickly regretted it, because the smell of alcohol was unpleasant, and it immediately filled her fragrant bed with the stench of alcohol.

Left with no other choice, she could only pinch Gu Bei's lips to force him to resume breathing through his nose.

"What a restless soul!"

Liu Yifei wrinkled her nose.

Then he helped Gu Bei take off his coat and loosened his collar and tie.

After fussing around for a while, she sat down on the sofa, intending to read a book for a bit while waiting for Gu Bei to wake up.

However, despite holding the book in her hand, she couldn't calm down, and her gaze kept drifting towards Gu Bei, who was still on the bed.

"Ugh……"

Liu Yifei sighed.

She suddenly remembered that she hadn't used the lottery chance she got from completing the task a couple of days ago!

[Do you want to use the random lottery chance of the entertainment treasure house (currently remaining number: 3)]

I almost forgot!

Liu Yifei patted her head. She had been so focused on the 100 points of approval in the system task description that she had even forgotten to use the lottery party.

She stared at the screen, silently praying, "Acting skills! Acting skills! Acting skills!"

The audition for Gravity is coming up soon.

Now is the time to really put acting points to use.

[The Entertainment Treasure House has been lost, and the chance to win a prize will be replaced with attribute points]

[Lottery success, acting skills +1]

[Lucky draw success, singing skill +1]

[Lottery success, acting skills +1]

"This is……"

Liu Yifei was somewhat excited.
She knows exactly what it means to win 2 points in an acting TV show!
The personal information panel clearly displayed:

[Host: Liu Yifei]

[Age: 38 years old]

【Counterattack Points: Damaged】

[Physique: 92]

【Acting Skills: 80】

【Singing skill: 68】

[Entertainment Treasure Lottery Chance: 0]

My acting points have officially surpassed 80!

The wind whispers a story of a comeback challenge and a perfectly completed system task.

I gained a total of 5 acting points, which brought my acting skills above 80 points!
Liu Yifei excitedly raised her head.
I wanted to share this joy with Gu Bei.
Because at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, she finally understood why Gu Bei wanted to set the story of Gravity in China, and it was at that time that she promised to work hard with Gu Bei to complete the film.

Now that my acting points have exceeded 80, my chances of success have increased by at least 30%!

However, when she saw Gu Bei on the bed, she felt something was wrong. Gu Bei wasn't in this position just now, so why did he suddenly change positions?

Could it be... that he's faking being drunk?

(End of this chapter)