The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 579 Transformation?

Xu Jiuyang coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment: "Then... what about that architect?"

At the same time, a strange feeling welled up in his heart. He had indeed thought about making "Inception" and having Fan Bingbing play the male lead's wife, which would be considered a female lead in a commercial film, but he never thought it would be done in this way.

"That's up to you," Angela said with her usual smile. "I have my eye on a little girl..."

"Thanks, someone has been chosen," Xu Jiuyang shrugged.

"It's not your cheap daughter, is it?" Angela looked at him.

Xu Jiuyang immediately coughed loudly again, and after a long while, he said somewhat angrily, "No, you overestimate her."

“Okay, you decide.” Angela spread her hands, not making any further jokes.

“There’s one more thing,” Xu Jiuyang brought up another matter, “about the cinematic universe I set up for Jing Tian, ​​would you like to get involved?”

"Is there a problem?" Angela asked in return.

“As I said, a cinematic universe definitely needs someone to oversee the whole thing, just like the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs you to guide its direction. I must ensure that Jing Tian’s cinematic universe operates according to my vision.” Xu Jiuyang spoke very seriously, but his gaze kept wandering.

"Did you say this to your current wife?" Angela asked suddenly after thinking for a moment.

"I told her, and she agreed to join." Xu Jiuyang was quite frank.

"I have absolutely no chance of losing to her," Angela declared, slamming her hand on the table with an air of righteous indignation.

Xu Jiuyang really wanted to ask, "Have you been in China for too long and learned those pretentious and mystifying tricks?"

But then I thought, where in this lousy world isn't there pretense and mystification? And rather than that, isn't it just a case of being immature and childish?
"Then I'll have to trouble you." That was what he said at first, then he frowned and suddenly added, "Bingbing is preparing to shift her career focus, and she might need you, or rather, your people, to take on more responsibility at that time."

"You really care about your wife, huh? I wonder if you'll still feel this way when we get married?" Angela blinked her emerald green eyes.

Xu Jiuyang paused for a moment: "In January, I noticed that HSBC's report showed a surge in bad debt defaults on its US mortgage assets. Then, just a few days ago, Horton Insurance also issued a warning about subprime mortgage losses."

"Thank you for reminding me, I'll take note." Angela nodded politely.

"Don't say you'll notice. You should be extremely careful," Xu Jiuyang said seriously. "You need to understand that you're playing with fire, Anji!"

"I know, I'll be careful." Angela finally became a little serious.

Then, as if remembering something, she smiled again and reached out to brush a strand of hair behind her ear: "Actually, you don't need to worry so much. Even if I make a mistake, Yunxin can still help you raise funds."

“But not as efficient as you,” Xu Jiuyang said quickly. “After all, the United States is transforming into a financial empire.”

“Okay, okay,” Angela chuckled, then looked him in the eyes. “I promise, I will never put myself in danger, OK?”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and held up his middle three fingers.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going now," Xu Jiuyang said, standing up.

After leaving and getting back on the bus, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to drift off into a daze again.

With Fan and Angela involved, things should be fine with Tian Tian now... right?

His plan was simple: fill his schedule even fuller, and all of them were big-budget productions he couldn't turn down. Fan Bingbing is now a valuable asset—at the end of last year, she ranked second only to Green Hat Pan on the Forbes list with a net worth of over 2 billion yuan, almost making it into the top 100. However, those around her know that if you calculate it in detail, she could easily be in the top 50.

Given this situation, and the fact that he was both a co-star and producer in the film she was starring in, there was no way he could turn down the offer.

The same applies to Angela. In the domestic entertainment industry... no, in the global entertainment industry, who wouldn't want to develop their career in Hollywood? And they certainly can't refuse an invitation from there.

Similarly, Tian Tian's project can't wait, especially after the production team is assembled. Every day of delay costs money, and no matter how much capital she has, she can't afford to waste it like that.

And so the problem was solved.

As for whether the young girl would guess his intentions and insist on waiting until he was available before starting to assemble the crew... Xu Jiuyang pondered, she probably wouldn't think that far ahead.

After finalizing the matter, he carefully reviewed his previous conversation with his current wife and became even more certain of one thing: what he had told Angela before was that his current wife had begun to shift her career focus.

As mentioned above, by the end of last year, she was already close to entering the top 100 of the rich list, and that was before her net worth was even calculated in detail.

Baidu's market value has been rising steadily, reaching a peak of $120 billion in 2020. Even if her shareholding was diluted to 1% at that time, it would still be worth nearly 10 billion RMB.

Although Xu Jiuyang still remembers that Baidu's market value was only over 30 billion US dollars 10 years ago, don't forget that Fan's share could not possibly be diluted to below 4% at that time, it was still worth about 10 billion RMB.

That's all the shares she has in Baidu alone, not to mention that she has made many other investments at his suggestion, and almost all of them have been effective projects.

In this situation, if she were to cling to her identities as an actress and a star, she would actually be restricting herself.

In fact, when Xu Jiuyang had discussed this with Fan before, she also said that as long as she achieved both commercial and award success, and had a film where she played the absolute female lead, she would be ready to change her career path.

Unexpectedly, before "The Grandmaster" and "Inception" were even in the works, she had already begun preparations for a change of direction. Had she already found a new target?

“That’s normal. If you can do that, it’s inevitable to think three steps ahead for every one step you take,” Xu Jiuyang muttered.

"Which one is that, boss?" Zhang Yan, sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but ask.

"It's a secret that can't be told. If someone finds out, they'll be silenced," Xu Jiuyang replied seriously.

"Really?" Zhang Yan expressed doubt, touched her chin, and gestured to her mouth with her finger. "I think I'm alright, not to the point of needing to be silenced."

Xu Jiuyang rolled his eyes, grabbed her head and pulled her down. There was no one in the underground parking lot at the moment, so he could shut her up for at least ten minutes.

However, he still needed to intervene in Fan's career transition, because after various reviews, he suddenly thought of a very good project that was very suitable for Fan at this time.

If he succeeds enough, it's not impossible for him to become the richest person in China.

If Mars Zhang can sit in that spot, there's no reason why our classmate Fan can't, right?

As for why Xu Jiuyang himself doesn't take that position... sorry, after his rebirth, all he wanted to do was lie down and relax. Over the past few years, he's been spoiled rotten by their pampering. Asking him to stand in front of the camera and work hard is basically impossible for him.

Besides, working hard behind the scenes is much more interesting than working in the front of the stage. The saying "success doesn't have to be mine, but I will definitely be a part of it" means exactly that.

Since they want to stay in the entertainment industry and not go anywhere else, it's perfectly reasonable for me to make one of them the richest woman.

So, it's decided!
(End of this chapter)