Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 403 I Don't Care What He Thinks: An Invitation from Cannes

On the plane back to China, Gu Bei was still thinking about the opportunity to acquire Peak Entertainment.

The relationship between Rose Pictures and Summit Entertainment is currently very delicate, a classic case of sharing hardship but not prosperity.

On the one hand, Summit Entertainment relies on Rose Pictures to establish itself in the North American market, with three-quarters of its box office revenue coming from Rose Pictures. It is through Rose Pictures that it has caught up with the Big Six and surpassed Lionsgate.

On the other hand, Peak Entertainment coveted Rose Pictures' revenue and copyrights, attempting to gain the upper hand in the relationship and seize more benefits.

same,
Rose Pictures didn't have a better option either.

Currently, only Peak Entertainment can guarantee that the release efficiency will not be delayed while accepting Rose Pictures' condition of retaining the copyright. The other six major companies are all strict copyright enforcement machines and would never agree to such conditions.

"Mr. Gu... Mr. Gu..."

It wasn't until Liu Yifei nudged him that Gu Bei snapped out of his daze. He turned around and saw that it was the flight attendant asking him to order. After telling the flight attendant his needs, he turned to look at the vast Pacific Ocean outside.

"Well, this world is just a makeshift operation. Since it's working for the time being, let's just keep it running like this for now!"

Gu Bei felt more at ease.
He couldn't think of a solution for the time being, so he simply put it aside for the time being.

The current prosperity of Top Entertainment does not guarantee that this trend will continue in the future.

There must have been some event in the future that led to the changes at Peak Entertainment.

Otherwise, even if they both relied on the Twilight series, the ending wouldn't be any different.
The current Peak Entertainment is somewhat stronger than in its previous life, but only to a limited extent; the butterfly effect it created is not yet able to change everything.

What were you thinking about just now?

Liu Yifei finished ordering and asked curiously.

"nothing."

Gu Bei smiled.
He offered a very suggestive idea: "We'll be flying back and forth between China and the US quite often in the future, so shouldn't we consider buying a private jet?"

In fact, China's civil aviation industry is becoming more accessible to the general public, and the civil aviation industry around the world is also moving in this direction. Large aircraft such as the Boeing 747 have been discontinued one after another, and passenger planes are also moving towards being able to park at smaller airports and being more fuel-efficient.

Emirates is now known as a luxury airline, but airlines in the last century offered far more extravagant services, with some even offering freshly grilled steaks on board.

Therefore, for the wealthy, buying a private jet has begun to offer better value for money.

"If I learn to fly a plane, will I be able to fly it back by myself?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei's heart stirred, and a look of longing appeared on her pretty face.

What a dangerous idea!
Gu Bei's face darkened.

Liu Yifei's idea was undeniably audacious. Even if Gu Bei had activated his skills, he wouldn't have entertained such thoughts. Yet, Liu Yifei hadn't even learned how to fly a plane yet, and she was already thinking about crossing the Pacific Ocean.

Although he knew that Liu Yifei sometimes liked exciting things, this wasn't the way to seek excitement!

After a pause,

Gu Bei said somewhat helplessly, "How about... you run faster on the track!"

Liu Yifei, however, remained enthusiastic: "I can fly those little planes."

"Then you should just fly a big plane!"

Gu Bei immediately said.

He clearly remembered that Kobe died in a small plane crash. In the air, the probability of a small plane crashing is much higher than that of a large plane.

He then added, "If you want to learn to fly a plane, I'll make time to go with you next time."

Liu Yifei nodded repeatedly: "Great! Great! Then the two of us can fly planes all over the world!"

Looking at Liu Yifei's happy expression, Gu Bei's rational mind told him that this was a very unreliable idea, but he was still deeply moved.

It seems... that it's not entirely impossible?
The two men's plane landed at Kyoto Airport.

Just landed,
As soon as I turned on my phone,

Gu Bei then received a call from his special assistant, Li Wanyun: "President Gu, many airport staff have already arrived at the scene ahead of time. The news of your return to China has been leaked."

Gu Bei calmly asked, "Where did the leak come from? The airline?"

"Yes."

Li Wanyun admitted, "Some of the fans work for the airline. They leaked the flight information to other fans on Weibo, and then the reporters found out, which led to the current situation."

"I see."

Gu Bei indicated that he was already aware of it.

He hung up the phone and turned around, only to find that Liu Xiaoli had also just hung up the phone, apparently also because of something that happened outside the airport.

"Sisi, get ready to be photographed!"

"A reporter?"

Liu Yifei guessed it immediately.

"So many reporters!"

Liu Xiaoli added.

She took the suitcase from Liu Yifei's hand and then nudged Liu Yifei, saying, "Go ahead, Gu Bei will take care of you. Mom will go by herself."

Liu Yifei: ???

However, she also knew that Liu Xiaoli herself did not like facing the spotlight. When Liu Yifei was young, she needed her help to deal with the media, but now that she was older, she no longer needed to. It would be safer to split up.

"Let's go!"

Gu Bei led Liu Yifei outside.

Liu Yifei put on a hat and sunglasses, and her cool and aloof demeanor was on full display.

Of course, the main purpose was to cover up the fact that she went out without makeup. She hadn't expected to be cornered by the media at the airport this time.

When the two walked out of the arrival gate, although they had some idea of ​​what was going on, they were still surprised by the sheer scale of the long guns and microphones outside.

"Wow, so many people!"

Liu Yifei couldn't help but say.

Gu Bei glanced at her. Luckily, she was wearing a hat and sunglasses, otherwise her expression might have become a meme.

Then, he glanced back at the excited reporters and sighed, "Yes, this scale is comparable to a large press conference, no smaller than the Linlang Entertainment press conference back then!"

According to information obtained from Weibo, the number of media outlets trying their luck was comparable to the number of those that were paid to be invited.

Just looking at the number of media outlets,

This demonstrates the immense influence and public attention Liu Yifei possesses.
This is still the era of traditional media. If we go into the future era of everyone being a self-media creator, it will probably be even more exaggerated.

"call!"

Liu Yifei took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and then began to walk briskly forward.

The moment Gu Bei and Liu Yifei appeared, they were recognized by some media outlets, and the news spread like wildfire. Seeing everyone else moving, the media followed suit. Soon, before the two had even stepped out of the barrier-bound area of ​​the arrivals zone, media had already rushed to the barrier.

"Liu Yifei, Liu Yifei, is it true that there are rumors circulating online that you are the boss of Rose Pictures?"

"Yes."

Liu Yifei said frankly.

Her answer immediately drew gasps of surprise.

Although this news has spread all over the internet, there has actually been no official interview with Liu Yifei since the Oscars ended. No matter how confidently everyone is talking, it is just speculation.

Now that this has been confirmed, today's news is practically guaranteed to be true!
"Director Gu, Director Gu, why did you come back in the same shift as Liu Yifei?"

Meanwhile, reporters also set their sights on Gu Bei, who was on the same shift, and began to press him for answers.

"My boss!"

Gu Bei smiled and pointed to Liu Yifei beside him, "Coming back with the boss, there must be something to discuss!"

Liu Yifei glanced back at him, and even the thick sunglasses couldn't stop her from wanting to kill Gu Bei. Gu Bei's ambiguous reply clearly showed that he was just enjoying the show.

Although every word Gu Bei said was correct
He did come back with me, and it was about gravity that we needed to discuss.
However, given Gu Bei's tone, the implication of stirring up trouble was quite obvious, especially since the boss was also hinting at other directions.

Gu Bei smiled at Liu Yifei. In fact, Liu Yifei's worries were completely unnecessary, because given the current frenzy of the media, they were clearly not focused on the relationship between the two.

If this matter were to make headlines, it could actually diminish the seriousness of other news stories.

Previously, there were railings blocking the way, preventing the media from getting close to the two.
It wasn't until Gu Bei and Liu Yifei emerged from the passage that they faced the real challenge.

In no time, the frenzied media surrounded the two of them, with their cameras and microphones pointed at them. Gu Bei was only able to keep Liu Yifei at bay and ensure she had some space.

Neither of them panicked, because they had already seen the bodyguards when they came out.

If they just wait a while until the bodyguards make their move, this seemingly crazy situation can be easily resolved.

Liu Yifei continued to calmly answer some of the questions.

"Liu Yifei, have you heard of the remarks made by Mr. Wang of Huayi? He believes that your claim that you use a pseudonym because you love acting is false, and that there are other hidden reasons behind this. How do you respond?"

Huayi?

Gu Bei raised an eyebrow at the name. Was it the "Big Boss" or the "Little Boss"?

However, judging from the other party's aggressive tone, it was clear that this was Mr. Wang's response.

It's clearly an attempt to lead people to think in the direction of conspiracy theories, setting a trap for Liu Yifei to prove her innocence.
This tactic is far too obvious.
If it were the CEO, he would obviously do it more discreetly, just like at the Kung Fu King press conference before.

"I don't care what he thinks!"

Upon hearing the name Huayi, Liu Yifei frowned slightly and responded without hesitation.

Quite imposing!

Why do I need to prove myself?
If Liu Yifei had lacked confidence, she would have fallen into the trap of self-justification. Instead, her assertive attitude clearly demonstrates her sincerity.

"Let's let one let, let one let!"

The bodyguards rushed in and forcefully pushed the media out.

In order to protect their cameras and microphones, the media were forced into a safe space by the bodyguards, who easily pulled Gu Bei and Liu Yifei out of the encirclement.

"What are you doing? We're reporters!"

Be careful! Don't break my machine!

The bodyguard stopped the media who were trying to catch up: "Excuse me, everyone!"

If there is any damage, please contact Linlang Entertainment for a claim.

Similarly, for media interview requests, please contact Linlang Entertainment or Liu Yifei's studio.

And on the other side,
Gu Bei and Liu Yifei finally got into the van.
Liu Yifei said gratefully to Li Wanyun, "Sister Yun, you came just in time. Without you, we don't know how long it would have taken us to get rid of those media!"

"I still have to thank President Gu; it was he who reminded me to increase the number of your bodyguards."

Li Wanyun calmly passed the credit back to Gu Bei.

"He~"

Liu Yifei glanced back at Gu Bei.
I can still recall Gu Bei's little antics in front of the media just now!
However, if she had the same number of bodyguards as before, she probably wouldn't have been able to break free so easily. She pouted and said, "I guess he deserves some credit!"

"It's definitely time to put the private jet issue on the agenda."

Gu Bei warned, "This time, the airline leaked the information. Once your fans are all over the world, it will be almost impossible to keep your travel information confidential!"

"really!"

Liu Yifei nodded, still feeling a lingering fear.

Subsequently,

She excitedly chatted with Gu Bei about private jet models, researching them as they talked.

The two quickly adjusted to the time difference and then arrived at China Film Group together.

As Gu Bei mentioned in a previous interview, besides sending Liu Yifei back, he also had important matters to attend to during his trip back to China.

"Chairman Han, why did you come downstairs to pick me up this time?"

Gu Bei was somewhat surprised to see Han Sanpin downstairs.

"You're overthinking it. They're definitely not here to pick you up."
I'm here to pick up the president of Rose Pictures and Thierry Frémaux, the president of the Cannes Film Festival!

Han Sanpin said to Liu Yifei behind Gu Bei, "Welcome, welcome. This isn't your first time here, Ms. Liu, but it's the first time we've met as the president of Rose Pictures!"

Liu Yifei said somewhat nervously, "Chairman Han, hello, please don't do this, I'm not used to it!"

"Look at people!"

Han Sanpin shook hands with Liu Yifei and said to Gu Bei with feigned anger, "You really kept things from me quite well before. No wonder you said those things before. So you were planning to laugh at me!"

Gu Bei waved his hand: "Chairman Han, don't you dare wrong me, or I'll sue you for defamation!"

"We can't afford to suffer even the slightest loss!"

Han Sanpin shook his head, pointed at Gu Bei, and said to Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei chuckled to herself without saying a word. Given the familiarity between Gu Bei and Han Sanpin, it was clear that the two were just joking.

"Are they coming?"

Gu Bei asked curiously.

Actually, he hadn't planned to return to China before. After all, Spider-Man was about to start filming, and even if Liu Yifei returned to China to film, it wouldn't be as troublesome as him going back and forth across the Pacific to adjust to the time difference to send her off.

But he unexpectedly received an invitation from Thierry Fremo, the film director of the Cannes Film Festival, which gave him a reason to return home, since the only copy of Gravity is currently in Kyoto.

(End of this chapter)