The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 441 No Psychological Burden
"I have to go to the company today. You can go back if you want, or stay here if you don't want to." Xu Jiuyang said without turning his head as he stood in front of the dressing mirror, letting the housekeeper tidy his clothes.

“Yes…” Liu Fangfei, sitting on the bed with the blanket covering her chest, responded softly, her gaze fixed on him with a hint of infatuation.

Xu Jiuyang then instructed Lin Zhiling beside him: "When Fangfei is here, she should be treated like the hostess."

“Yes, Master,” the housekeeper replied in her signature voice.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, the maids had already brought out the breakfast that Yang Liu had prepared.

"The soy milk is quite good. Did you make it yourself?" Xu Jiuyang, who was tasting the snacks, glanced at Yang Liu, who was waiting with the maid.

"Yes, Master, I can do it if needed. You can even make your own milk." Yang Liu smiled and puffed out her chest. Her chef's uniform, which she had somehow gotten designed, was quite tight.

To be honest, although she has a bit of a jack-of-all-trades attitude, she is quite professional in certain things, such as massage techniques, especially the glass massage.

After breakfast, we went to the front courtyard, where Liu Tao and Yang Ying were already waiting.

Although Zhang Yan is the personal assistant I take with me most of the time when I go out, since she is fully capable of doing the job, we rotate her from time to time. Now that my precious baby has been sent over, she should play a role.

"Master." She smiled sweetly; her face was indeed beautiful.

"Hmm?" Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow.

"Boss," Liu Tao said, glancing at Yang Ying.

Big Baby stuck out her tongue and quickly corrected herself, saying, "Boss."

It's fine to call someone "master" at home, but it's more appropriate to call them "boss" when you're out.

After inviting them into the car and starting the engine, Xu Jiuyang breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but chuckle as he recalled Liu Fangfei's gaze when he left earlier.

Well, when we brought her back from her sister's place, she seemed completely submissive, as if her heart had died.

The result? It was like dry wood meeting a raging fire.

That doesn't seem quite right either. Liu Fangfei might be dry tinder or a raging fire, but I am neither a raging fire nor dry tinder.

In short, if he hadn't brought her back last night and intimidated her with all the women in the house, she would probably still be clinging to him right now.

"If I had known this would happen, I should have gone to check on things when my sister was working, instead of waiting until now," someone thought to themselves.

Xu Jiuyang rarely went to Xiaoli's company. After all, it was difficult to talk about their relationship. So, although he knew about Liu Fangfei's existence through Liu Tao, Li Hong, and Liu Qianqian, he had never met her.

It should be noted that he had even spoken a few words with Yang Caiyu in person.

Who would have thought that my first formal meeting with Liu Fangfei would turn out like this?

Xu Jiuyang could understand Xiaoli's thoughts. She certainly couldn't compare to Gao Yuanyuan and Fan Bingbing, and it wasn't appropriate for her to appear in front of the camera. Although Liu Tao was sent over, there was only one, so her role was obviously not significant.

Although there was also a group of older female celebrities, including Yan Danchen, Tong Liya, and Dong Xuan, who will play Gongsun Lü'e in The Return of the Condor Heroes, they were not always by his side.

Yes, Sister Xiaoli's assessment of Liu Fangfei is that she is...

"I was just going to discuss my sister's investment in 'Kung Fu Hustle,' and somehow I ended up with a concubine?" Xu Jiuyang muttered to himself.

Moreover, it's estimated that it's most likely not Teng, nor could it be Gui or Liang; it's more likely to be Bi or Jian.

"Forget it, let's think about 'Kung Fu Hustle' instead." Xu Jiuyang shook his head slightly and glanced at the rearview mirror: "Teacher Bai, do you know when my sister invested in 'Kung Fu Hustle'?" "I do know," Liu Tao recalled, "It was probably at the end of last year, after 'Chinese Paladin' finished filming. President Liu contacted Hong Kong and Columbia Pictures respectively. I'm not sure exactly when she invested, but Qianqian joined the crew in late March and worked on it for about half a month. The crew wrapped up filming at the end of April."

"Nothing went wrong along the way, right? Like changing actors or something?" Xu Jiuyang asked again.

"I don't recall... I don't think so," Liu Tao said, shaking her head.

"Who is the action director?" Xu Jiuyang asked again.

“It seems to be Yuen Woo-ping,” Liu Tao replied.

"Always?" Xu Jiuyang frowned slightly.

“Yes.” Liu Tao looked at him with some surprise.

"Okay, I understand." Xu Jiuyang didn't ask any more questions.

Obviously, that's where things changed. If I remember correctly, filming for "Kung Fu Hustle" should have started in the second half of last year. Then, because Stephen Chow and Hung Fat Man had a falling out over the action design, it was boycotted by the Hong Kong stunt industry and was suspended for a long time—I can't remember the exact time.

Finally, it was Yuen Woo-ping who came out and asked everyone to give him face, so as not to let foreigners laugh at him—the film had investment from Columbia Pictures—and was made for the future of Hong Kong cinema. Only then was Stephen Chow able to successfully complete the production of "Kung Fu Hustle".

Now, with Angela's methods, seizing control of Columbia's voice in the Greater China region is not too difficult. If she were in charge of investing in this film, it would be normal for her to ask Yuen Woo-ping to be in charge of the action choreography from the beginning.

Xu Jiuyang even suspected that she might have pulled strings behind the scenes to delay the start of filming for "Kung Fu" so that Liu Qianqian could join the cast.
He quickly dismissed these absurd thoughts and began to think about how to trick Zhou Xingchi so that Xiaoli's acquisition of Jiahe would go more smoothly.

Anyway, Golden Harvest is declining and will have to be sold sooner or later. In its previous life, it was bought by Wu Kebo, who had Japanese capital background, in 07. Now it's better to let Sister Xiaoli have it.

Although Golden Harvest's production capabilities are practically nonexistent, its more than 200 cinemas in Southeast Asia and its large film library still constitute valuable assets.

Moreover, after acquiring Golden Harvest, not only could they go public through a backdoor listing and use other people's money to produce movies—something Angela should be very good at—but they could also openly get involved in cinema construction, which can be described as killing several birds with one stone.

Although there was absolutely no problem with arranging the connection, Xu Jiuyang was worried that Xiaoli's cooperation with Li Yunxin would not go smoothly. Don't be fooled by how well-behaved and adorable the latter was in front of him; she was incredibly assertive in front of others.

He couldn't take sides, so he could only give Xiaoli a little extra support to prevent her from falling too far behind.

Anyway, Xu Jiuyang had no qualms about messing with Stephen Chow. The biggest advantage of the internet age is that anything can be dug up and thoroughly investigated.

Even if someone plagiarizes your work, if you encounter someone who likes to argue and bicker, you'll still end up getting covered in plagiarism.

I won't go into how harsh and ungrateful Stephen Chow is, but he did hear a little-known but interesting rumor about the King of Comedy in his past life.

It is said that when "Shaolin Soccer" was submitted for review, the Shaolin Temple objected, saying that the plot of learning martial arts and becoming a beggar was a smear against them.

After all, Shaolin Temple had already registered a company and had trademark rights by then, and it actually opened a martial arts school.

Stephen Chow is, after all, a figure of some importance, so the higher-ups allowed them to negotiate. However, before the negotiations were concluded, the movie had already been released across mainland China.

That's a bit like taking advantage of someone's kindness.

The higher-ups initially wanted to give him another chance and ask him what happened, but he argued that the movie wasn't filmed in mainland China.

Okay, this was a complete rip-off of the higher-ups. According to regulations, it should have been banned, but considering that 97 had only just passed, and that going too hard would have had a bad impact, they only gave it a light punishment on the surface, but in reality, it was a real ban.

(End of this chapter)