Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 359 Let me reveal Gu Bei's sugar daddy.
"anything fun?"

Liu Yifei stared at the computer screen with curiosity.

Then they discovered that Gu Bei had opened a post on Tianya Forum titled "[Let me reveal to you the mysterious identity of Gu Bei's sugar daddy, the boss of Rose Pictures!]".

"You had someone write this?"

Liu Yifei immediately assumed it was Gu Bei's doing.

She turned her head and looked at Gu Bei with a puzzled expression: "Didn't you say that the previous hype was too great, and that we should wait until the end of the year when La La Land is released before releasing the news?"

"I didn't spread this information!"

Gu Bei shrugged, indicating that it was none of his business. "Who told you this is Tianya Forum, the place with the most haters, but also the place with the most hidden talents?"

"How did he find out?"

Liu Yifei immediately became interested.

Curious, she patted Gu Bei's hand, wishing she could scroll down herself to see what the author had written.

Gu Bei smiled and started scrolling the mouse wheel.

【first,
For those who don't know, please tell me.
Rose Pictures is a Hollywood independent production company founded in February 2007.

Why is Rose Pictures considered Gu Bei's financial backer?
Because Rose Pictures has been involved in all of Gu Bei's English-language Hollywood films to date,

From Gu Bei's first feature film, to the two Twilight films for which he owned the copyright and wrote the screenplay, and even the Sino-US co-production Gravity currently in production.

So who is the owner of Rose Pictures?
Because Nevada law allows companies to keep shareholder information confidential.

Therefore, we can only know the basic corporate structure of Rose Pictures.
We do not know the specific information about the company's founders and shareholders.

But it's okay, I already have a bold guess!

Please make sure to read to the end before judging whether what I said is correct. There are quite a few pictures, and image hosting websites are complicated to set up, so please be patient while I wait!

"Grab the second floor!"

"I feel that the original poster's argument is unnecessary. Gu Bei is a director, and every movie he makes is both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. If I were the owner of Rose Pictures, I would be eager to invest in every movie!"

"Yeah, the word 'sugar daddy' is too insulting to Gu Bei! Director Gu is talented and good-looking. He won an award with his first short film. It's normal for rich women to be willing to pay him. Talented people can be so capricious!"

Seeing this, Liu Yifei nudged Gu Bei with her elbow, amused: "So many people are praising you, you must be feeling quite proud! You didn't just send me here to see this, did you?"

"Keep reading, not everyone is like Weibo, allowing users to post pictures without any restrictions. Some people even use Weibo as a photo album."

Gu Bei said with a smile.

Internet server resources are extremely scarce these days.

Forums like Tianya, which don't have very good profitability,
To upload high-resolution images, you must use a dedicated image hosting website.

After scrolling through many pages, I finally arrived at the original poster's update.

Although it was impossible to find information about Rose Pictures' shareholders,

However, based on publicly available information from IMBD,

I found these seven movies, including Gravity, which is still in production.

They all have the same name in the producer section: Zhou Qianqian.

Remember this name, she is very important. And don't ask me why I translated the pinyin this way, I will explain when I explain Zhou Qianqian's true identity later.

Based on the available information, we can basically conclude that Zhou Qianqian is the founder of Rose Pictures, or that she is definitely closely related to Rose Pictures.

Then at this time,
As you've probably already noticed,

Gu Bei also has a short film called 'The Tuner'.

P.S. Just to add, this short film is really awesome. I'm not writing this post to smear Gu Bei.

This time, in addition to Zhou Qianqian's name being listed as a producer, she also appeared in the cast and crew credits, playing the role of an ex-girlfriend.

Will we finally get to see Zhou Qianqian's true face?

Unfortunately, the short film only showed the ex-girlfriend's back, so you couldn't tell what she looked like at all.

But that's okay, I said I'd reveal it, and I definitely will. There are still too many pictures left to upload, so please be patient!

"I'm starting to believe the original poster. This Zhou Qianqian must be Gu Bei's biggest supporter!"

Am I the only one who thinks this figure looks familiar?

"He's just sitting on a stool selling melon seeds and peanuts. It feels like the more the poster digs out, the more interesting it becomes. There's going to be a good show soon!"

"I thought of that too. No wonder Gu Bei and Liu Yifei's relationship is so obvious, but why won't they admit it? Turns out there's a sugar daddy/rich woman watching them from behind!"

"It should be soon, after all, Gu Bei's Linlang Entertainment has already risen to prominence, and it won't need Rose Pictures' support much anymore!"

"That's true. Gu Bei has taken over the creative leadership of the Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible series one after another. This is obviously a preparation for leaving Rose Pictures and running away with Liu Yifei!"

puff!

Liu Yifei couldn't hold back any longer.

She laughed so hard she bent over and lay on the table. These people on Tianya really have wild imaginations!

It was clearly Gu Bei who liked these two series, but they dragged it into the fact that Gu Bei chose to take on these two series in order to get rid of them and be with them.

What a pity... all of these people's plans are going to fall through!

"Well? Mr. Zhou, I've almost repaid your kindness. Can I go and pursue my own happiness now?" Gu Bei whispered in Liu Yifei's ear with a smile.

"Hum~"

Liu Yifei twisted her waist, trying to get rid of Gu Bei's mischievous hand.

Slightly out of breath, she turned back and gave Gu Bei a flirtatious glare: "If you take your hand away, I'll believe you're truly pursuing your own happiness!"

"Who just said that you were going to attack if I didn't make a move?"

Gu Bei repeated Liu Yifei's words verbatim.

"Huh? Hmm! Oh~"

Liu Yifei immediately denied it, "I didn't hear anything. Oh, so you're not hiding someone in this room, are you?"

Women are born actresses!
This natural acting skill,

Gu Bei felt that even his superb acting skills couldn't pull it off.
It's so natural.

He shook his head helplessly.

Then it scrolled directly to the author's last update.

Finally, here is the information that connects all of this:

The image above is from a talk show called "The Tonight Show Starring Conan".

I think of stand-up comedy as similar to talk shows in China. I really enjoy watching it because the hosts are very humorous and aim to make the audience laugh while also promoting the movie.

This episode is the one from The Tonight Show with Conan, which aired on April 9, 2009.
Gu Bei, Liu Yifei, and the male lead of "Star Fortune" appeared on a TV show together.

While the host was gossiping about Gu Bei and Liu Yifei, mentioning that they had collaborated three times, Gu Bei refuted this, saying that they had actually collaborated four times, with the extra collaboration being that of a short film sound engineer.

As you all just saw,

Liu Yifei's name is not listed among the sound engineers on IMDb.
I also found all the female characters from The Tuner.
Aside from the few female characters whose faces are clearly not Liu Yifei's, the only other female characters who don't appear are the ex-girlfriend and the voluptuous housewife in the flashback wearing a purple dress. Anyone with eyes can see which one is Liu Yifei, right?

That's right!

Based on the available information, the original poster made a bold guess: Zhou Qianqian, the boss of Rose Pictures and the producer of Gu Bei's films every time, is actually Liu Yifei!
This is why I wrote 'xixi' as '茜茜' in pinyin, because those familiar with Liu Yifei know that her nickname is '茜茜'.

And what can be corroborated is...

In the same program, Gu Bei also mentioned when he was filming The Sound Engineer.
The short film went over budget due to heavy snow in New York.

Liu Yifei paid to fill this gap.

Don't worry about me making up the content of the above program; it's all based on news reports from overseas websites. You can verify it yourself, or download this episode of the talk show to see if what I said is true.

The comments on this post before were relatively normal.

It's quite obvious that from this point on, the comments started to go a bit crazy.

"OP, are you out of your mind???"

"Confirmed to be a die-hard fan of Liu Yifei!"

"I'm dying of laughter! I waited so long for nothing, and in the end it turned out to be just a fantasy by Liu Yifei's fans. It's such a far-fetched connection!"

"Why is everyone questioning this? I feel that what the original poster said makes a lot of sense."

"There's some truth to that, but not much. They all seem connected, but each connection is forced and lacks any logic!"

"I think so too. Zhou Qianqian could be Liu Yifei, but she's always the producer, which only means that Gu Bei and Liu Yifei have been together for a long time!"

"That's right, and collaboration doesn't necessarily mean acting. Liu Yifei's financial support for Gu Bei is also a form of collaboration. It's also possible that Liu Yifei doesn't want to appear in the cast list!"

There was a huge argument going on in the comments section of the post.
I just find this whole thing incredibly absurd.
They found flaws from various angles, but refused to believe the truth.

"am I right?"

Gu Bei pointed at the people arguing in the comments section and said, "Tianya is where you have the most haters, and the rumors all spread from here."

Should I have someone share this post on Weibo, and then I'll pretend to accidentally like it?

"What do you mean, 'slipped'? Why are you having such bad thoughts in your head!"

Liu Yifei tapped Gu Bei's forehead and said with a smile.

After a pause,

Her expression turned serious: "I still don't like this approach. Rather than spreading rumors, we should just announce it openly and honestly one day."

Although I know that rumors and conspiracy theories are part of human nature, and there's no way to change it,
But I wish I didn't have to do that.
Just simply do your own thing.

"Row!"

Gu Bei nodded.

They didn't persist.

Although Liu Yifei's actions differed from his own ideas.
However, her refined and noble qualities are also part of her personal charm.

The key is,

After Gu Bei discovered that Weibo had as many as 3000 million users,
For them, public opinion storms are practically non-existent.

Just like before this National Day holiday, when Huayi Brothers, including Feng Xiaogang, were so inflammatory, Gu Bei didn't take them seriously at all, and could even go to the deep mountains and forests of Yunnan Province with peace of mind.

Because it's just too easy to crush them in the face of public opinion.

It was so simple that Gu Bei didn't even bother to do it.

Their jumping around can also increase the activity of Weibo users.

Weibo currently has 3000 million registered users, and it's estimated that the number will exceed 5000 million after the Chinese New Year. The power to control the minds of so many people is truly tempting.

Gu Bei now understands.
Why did those internet giants react so strongly?
Pony Ma even dared to use Penguin Coin as currency back then; Jack Ma will likely dare to directly criticize the banking industry in the future.

Indeed, the power in one's hands is the greatest source of motivation for ambition!
If Gu Bei hadn't been reborn...

He's probably already completely addicted to it.
But precisely because Gu Bei has been reborn...
He was well aware that even if public opinion could easily destroy Feng Xiaogang,
However, the film's box office success and public opinion advantage are not proportional. The reason why "The Message" surpassed "1942" is because the audience loved watching it. It's that simple and straightforward. There are no other reasons.

In the coming years, Weibo, along with the penetration of smartphones, will reach the pinnacle of power.

Once all the major media outlets have joined Weibo, Gu Bei can then launch his Toutiao plan, since Weibo's recommendation algorithm and information resources perfectly match all the requirements of the Toutiao product.

Back in the day, ByteDance's Toutiao started by copying content from Weibo before it began to have its own creators.

As long as Gu Bei's headline is successful
Then his short videos will be invincible.
By then, or even before that time, Gu Bei would have already protected Liu Yifei well. Rumors and public opinion would be nothing to Liu Yifei.

"Mua~"

Liu Yifei pecked Gu Bei on the cheek.
She wrapped her arms around Gu Bei's neck, her face full of smiles: "This is a reward for you, for being so obedient!"

"Ok?"

Gu Bei raised his eyebrows.

Then, he looked at the time on the computer: "It's exactly twelve o'clock. The National Day holiday is officially over."

After saying that, Gu Bei picked Liu Yifei up and strode towards the bedroom.

Liu Yifei did not give Gu Bei any reaction.

Because at the moment the National Day holiday ended, she heard two crisp system notification sounds in her mind.

【Ding! 】

【Counterattack progress update! 】

[The Comeback Project: The Sound of the Wind]

[A Comeback Success: Breaking Personal Box Office Record During the National Day Holiday]

[A triumphant comeback: The record that stood for thirteen years, set by Tongquetai in 2012 with a cumulative box office of 8300 million yuan by the end of the National Day holiday and 5200 million yuan during the National Day holiday, has finally been broken! Here's a little encouragement for you!]

[Counterattack Reward: Acting Point +1]

one left.

【Ding! 】

【Counterattack progress update! 】

[The Comeback Project: The Sound of the Wind]

[A Comeback Success: Box Office Champion During the National Day Holiday]

[A surprising turnaround: 300 million yuan at the box office is all it takes to take the top spot. This is the lowest box office performance for a National Day holiday champion since the most disastrous National Day holiday in history in 2012!]

[Counterattack Reward: Acting Point +2]

This is clearly a very normal comeback evaluation.

But why did Liu Yifei sense a strong sense of mockery?
It's such a coincidence that both of his comebacks were closely related to the 2012 drama "The Assassins".

I would rather die than accept the title of Bronze Sparrow Terrace again!

"What are you thinking about?"

Gu Bei gently placed her on the quilt, looked down at her with a smile, and said, "You've been naughty. I'll punish you by making you call me 'Brother Xiaoyao'!"

"not called!"

Liu Yifei raised an eyebrow.
She turned around and pinned Gu Bei down.
Her long, flowing black hair obscured Gu Bei's eyes, and all that could be heard was her arrogant tone: "Today, you should be calling me 'sugar daddy'!"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)