This director lacks vision.

Chapter 180 Youth Photo Studio

Jiang Yifeng thought Li Fuzhen was a respectable person, a highly self-disciplined career woman, but he didn't expect her to become so talkative after drinking too much.

"Ling Feng, my beautiful lady! The male model you arranged for me last time wasn't very good! He was timid and unhelpful! This time, I need a better one~"

"Don't run away this time, you have to stay and stay with me!"

"It's only fun when the two of us play together, hiccup~"

"Speaking of which, men aren't interesting either. Lately... lately I've been liking women, hiccup! It's actually kind of interesting!"

……

Considering that Li Fuzhen is a top-tier rich second-generation heir, and there have been reports of him abusing drugs, it's quite normal for him to have a rather wild lifestyle in private.

Jiang Yifeng looked at Wen Lingfeng curiously, and was about to speak when Wen Lingfeng quickly explained, "I was just doing my duty as a host. Seeing that she was feeling down, I helped her find a male model to cheer her up."

I don't need it, and I'm not upset.

Jiang Yifeng believed Wen Lingfeng's words, of course.

Not only is Wen Lingfeng's style rather old-fashioned and her standards very high, but Li Fuzhen is also drunk and talking nonsense, and has already given Wen Lingfeng Jinshui.

After Lee Boo-jung started talking nonsense, her assistant stepped forward to apologize and called in her bodyguards to help her away.

Judging from their practiced manner, they clearly do this often.

Unexpectedly, Li Fuzhen suddenly struggled and said to Wen Lingfeng, "I've come all this way to Yanjing, you haven't made any arrangements, have you?"

Wen Lingfeng shook her head helplessly. With Jiang Yifeng here today, she really hadn't made any plans.

Jiang Yifeng smiled and said, "How about I act as a male model for a bit?"

Li Fuzhen let out another hiccup, clapped his hands, and said, "This is good! This is good! Perfect timing, we'll go together. This time, you can't escape!"

After saying that, she grabbed Wen Lingfeng's arm.

……

Seeing that Wen Lingfeng was in pain, Jiang Yifeng picked up Li Fuzhen, started the car, and drove towards the Central Villa District.

This car was bought by Li Fuzhen in Yanjing a few years ago. Although it is an old car, it is very well maintained and is a top-of-the-line Rolls-Royce.

Jiang Yifeng drove at breakneck speed, at an extremely fast pace.

The main reason was that Li Fuzhen had drunk too much, and Jiang Yifeng was afraid she would vomit in the car, so he drove faster and faster.

The roar of cars echoed along the entire highway.

Unfortunately, Li Fuzhen couldn't hold it in and vomited in the car, making a mess of the car door.

The next morning, Li Fuzhen woke up in bed feeling sore all over, as if his body had fallen apart.

When I turn over to get out of bed, it hurts both front and back.

She frowned, yet felt an unprecedented sense of mental ease.

The scene of vomiting last night is starting to flash back in my mind.

She walked out of the room, only to find that Jiang Yifeng was no longer there, and only Wen Lingfeng was sitting at the dining table eating breakfast.

"What about others?"

"Who is it?"

"Jiang Yifeng".

"What, you still can't forget it?"

"No, I was just asking."

"Haha, he went to the film set to shoot a movie."

"I can't believe you eat so well, yet you're assigning me such a useless male model!"

Li Fuzhen wasn't unfamiliar with good food; it's just that she came from a wealthy family and had a striking appearance, so men would fawn over her, even during conversations.

Unlike Jiang Yifeng, who was indifferent, he would stand up, pick up, and even run around playing.

Wen Lingfeng joked, "Then stay in Yanjing for a few more days, and I'll arrange another one."

Li Fuzhen quickly shook his head: "Forget it, I need to rest for two days, otherwise my body won't be able to take it."

Besides, I've been quite busy on this business trip, so let's make time for each other next time I'm in Yanjing.

Seeing Li Fuzhen's mixture of love and fear, Wen Lingfeng burst into laughter.

She took out her phone and told Jiang Yifeng about Li Fuzhen's performance.

Jiang Yifeng didn't say anything, but simply replied with a smug emoji.

……

CJ Group acted very quickly in order to unfreeze its assets and restore its operations in China to normal as soon as possible.

All the contracts were signed in just two days, but the subsequent registration and changes will take some time.

Crown Girls Group has officially become artists under Fengxing Media.

On December 25th, Jiang Yifeng was handling official business in his office when he saw Jin Yuna knock on the door and walk in.

Behind her were the six members of the girl group T-ara: Lee Qri, Ham Eunjung, Park Hyomin, Park Jiyeon, Park Soyeon, and Jeon Boram.

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng, the six women reacted in different ways.

Park Soyeon and Park Hyomin burst into tears, Ham Eunjung's eyes reddened, and Lee Qri and Park Jiyeon remained silent.

On the contrary, Jeon Boram, who is the smallest and has an adorable baby face, has the best attitude and a smile on her face.

During this period, the six women in Korea suffered massive cyberbullying and various threats, causing them considerable psychological harm.

They are very happy and grateful to have been "rescued" by Jiang Yifeng.

Jiang Yifeng didn't comfort them, but simply said, "The company has arranged a new contract for you. Take a look."

To be on the safe side, Jiang Yifeng still plans to use CCM as the main company to sign a new ten-year contract with the Crown Group.

The split is 90/10.

Even with such exploitation, the profit sharing is still much higher than that under the old Crown Group contract.

In addition, the new contract also has many restrictive clauses, imposing comprehensive and detailed constraints on the team of six.

Jiang Yifeng's goal is clear: signing Crown Entertainment is mainly about making money and allowing the company to continue its efforts in the girl group market.

Don't be fooled by Jeon Boram's current gratitude; once he earns money in the future, he might have other ideas.

Everything still needs to be decided by the contract.

While conglomerates can exploit girl groups, Jiang Yifeng has a higher moral standard, but he's not some pushover either.

Regulation is necessary where it is required.

After the six women signed the contract, Jiang Yifeng took out another document and said, "The company is preparing to release a new album for you. I have written two songs for you. The lyrics are not yet finished. You can improve them later, or find a professional lyricist."

Once it's done, remember to let me see it; I need to give it my final approval.

In addition, the song "Little Apple" will also be included in your new album.

The song "Little Apple" has a connection with the Crown Band.

When the former Crown group entered the Chinese market in 2014, their title track was "Litte Apple," which is the Korean version of "Little Apple."

Many people think "Little Apple" is lowbrow, but when they hear Crown Band sing "Litte Apple," they think it's very trendy.

It's very difficult to hold back.

Jeon Boram was quite lively. She took the documents from Jiang Yifeng and read aloud, "DAY BY DAY, Gangnam Style!"

The song "DAY BY DAY" is Crown's signature song and the only Crown song that Jiang Yifeng remembers.

As for "Gangnam Style," it was plagiarized from the Korean song "Gook Gor."

This song doesn't have that rustic charm when sung in Chinese or English; it has to be sung in Korean.

Moreover, the lyrics also satirize and mock the decadent lifestyle of the wealthy Gangnam district in Goryeo.

It would be most suitable to copy it and have the Crown Girls Group sing it.

Jiang Yifeng also wanted to see what it was like to see the Crown Girls Group perform the Gangnam Style dance.

He doesn't speak Korean, so he only wrote the melody and short lyrics for these two songs; the full lyrics still need to be finalized.

Jiang Yifeng believes that with these two songs, plus the operation of Fengxing Media, the project will be a success.

The comeback of the Crown Girls Group is bound to be a meteoric rise.

When the Korean version of "National Brother" is produced by a Chinese company and Jiang Yifeng is credited as the creator, just imagine the Koreans' reaction—it's quite amusing.

It's estimated that Jiang Yifeng will soon have Korean blood.

Although he had resolved the issue with the Crown Girls Group, Jiang Yifeng was not in a hurry to clarify the bullying incident.

He paused filming for Pacific Rim for a week to participate in various events and programs with the main cast, including Shu Chang and Bai Ke, to promote "Old Boys: Back to 20." After ten days of intense activity, while "Let the Bullets Fly" still generated a lot of buzz, its box office performance had weakened somewhat.

Feng Xiaogang is still very strong in the Lunar New Year film season, and Huayi Brothers' consistent strategy in film promotion is to exert its strength in the early stages.

If You Are the One 2 grossed 3400 million yuan on its opening day and 2.1 million yuan in its first week.

Meanwhile, "Let the Bullets Fly" also grossed nearly 2 million yuan at the box office.

These two films practically drained the entire box office.

"Sacrifice" and "The Laughing Swordsman," which had initially performed well at the box office, lost momentum and suffered a sharp drop in box office revenue.

Even so, both films grossed over 1.8 million at the box office.

It is clear that the Chinese film market has truly entered an era of making money.

Of course, for ordinary movies, they're just cannon fodder during the Lunar New Year season.

Movies like "Midnight Heartbeat" and "Before Memories, After Memories" had dismal box office results, with almost no viewers.

Films that lack substance yet attempt to squeeze into the Lunar New Year release window are simply asking for trouble.

Jing Tian's "The Warring States" and Liu Yifei's "A Chinese Ghost Story" have both avoided the Lunar New Year holiday season and plan to release their films in April next year.

With If You Are the One 2 and Let the Bullets Fly dominating the market, Jiang Yifeng's film "Old Boys: Back to 20" held a grand premiere in Yanjing on December 29th.

This premiere was moved to Wanda International Cinema.

In addition to Fengxing Media and Sohu Entertainment, Huaying Group and Wanda Pictures also participated in the investment of the film "Back to 20".

This year, Wanda Cinemas has become the number one cinema chain in China, with Huaying Cinemas in second place.

With investment from Huaying and Wanda, coupled with the success of Jiang Yifeng's previous work, "Back to 20" secured 36% of the screenings on its opening day.

Huaying Group is relatively fairer, only because "Back to 20" was just released, so it has a few more screenings than "If You Are the One 2".

However, Wanda Cinema Line was very "arrogant" because of Jing Tian's relationship with Lu Zheng, and because she was also one of the investors.

Therefore, on New Year's Day, Wanda Cinemas' cinemas had more than 50% of the screenings for "Back to 20" and some cinemas even had more than 60%.

The screenings of If You Are the One 2 were severely squeezed, which made Feng Xiaogang so frustrated that he cursed on Weibo.

With Wanda Cinemas being so supportive, Jiang Yifeng naturally reciprocated by choosing Wanda International Cinema as the venue for the premiere.

This cinema is Wanda Cinemas' flagship store in Beijing and even across the country. It has three floors and a building area of ​​over 6000 square meters, and is touted as a super five-star modern cinema.

The overall decoration and facilities are quite good.

Holding the premiere here would be quite impressive.

The premiere was once again broadcast live online on the Sohu platform.

Jiang Yifeng specially arranged a theme called "Youth Photo Studio".

When walking the red carpet, the first person to appear was Li Mingqi, who plays Aunt Susan.

Beside her was an unknown stranger.

The host, Da Peng, introduced, "Next to Ms. Li Mingqi is her son, Wang Jun..."

Li Mingqi led Wang Jun into the "Youth Photo Studio".

At this moment, there was a large screen on the outer wall of the photo studio. The audience could see Wang Jun sitting at a desk, and Li Mingqi picking up a feather duster and standing behind him, pretending to hit him.

Click!

This scene was captured on camera.

The photo appeared on the big screen, followed by the caption, "Youth Photo Studio Launching."

Two seconds later, another photo appeared.

This is a black and white photo from over thirty years ago. Li Mingqi is using a feather duster to discipline his teenage son, forcing him to study hard.

The two of them were in the exact same pose at the time.

On the big screen, two photos were displayed side by side, creating a contrast.

The same pose, the same scene, but things have changed.

Li Mingqi has aged from 40 to 74 years old. His once jet-black hair is now completely white, and the collagen in his face has turned into wrinkles and age spots.

Her son, too, has gone from a handsome young man to almost 50 years old.

In the blink of an eye, half a lifetime has passed.

The passage of time is so evident at this moment.

Upon seeing this, the audience on both sides of the red carpet fell silent, and the scene became very quiet.

Even in online live streaming rooms, comments have become scarce.

Everyone was stunned by this scene.

After Li Mingqi and Wang Jun walked out, Fan Wei and his older brother and sister appeared next.

The three walked the red carpet and entered the Youth Photo Studio together.

Their movements were just strange.

They took two chairs and placed them in front of them, then all three of them stood behind the empty chairs.

Click!

A photo has been taken.

When the Youth Photo Studio was launched, what appeared on the big screen was a group photo of five people, a group photo of Fan Wei's family.

The three children stood behind them, while their parents sat in chairs.

Fan Wei's mother passed away more than ten years ago, and her father passed away two years ago.

So nowadays, you can only take photos with an empty chair.

This scene is even more heartbreaking than the previous comparison of Li Mingqi's mother and son's photos.

The live stream room was filled with tearful emojis.

Some audience members were even sobbing.

Next on the red carpet were Yang Mi and her father, Liu Yifei with her grandmother, and the main actors Bai Ke, Qiao Shan, and Ma Li, who also brought their families into the Youth Photo Studio.

Liu Xiaoli and Shu Chang were the last to enter the Youth Photo Studio.

The two took a photo together in a similar pose to seven years ago, against a similar background.

Jiang Yifeng, whom the audience had been eagerly anticipating, did not appear on the red carpet, nor did he enter the Youth Photo Studio.

Just fifteen minutes later, Jiang Yifeng posted a Weibo post.

"Old Boys: Back to 20" will be released on New Year's Day.

To promote the film and thank the audience for their support, we are launching the Youth Photo Studio Challenge.

You can choose an old photo from many years ago, reproduce it, and then take a new photo for comparison.

Simply post a comparison photo of your old and new photos on Weibo and include the hashtag "#BackToYouthPhotoStudioChallenge" to be considered a successful participant.

We will select the 10 bloggers with the most likes from all the challengers and award them a cash prize of 100,000 yuan.
At the same time, 20 lucky winners will be randomly selected from all challengers and awarded 5 yuan in cash.

The challenge begins now.

Youth Photo Studio, waiting for you to participate!

Below this Weibo post, Jiang Yifeng attached nine photos, all of which were comparison photos taken at the premiere.

A video link was also included.

Clicking on it leads to the Youth Photo Studio event for today's premiere.

Make sure everyone can understand at a glance how to conduct the challenge.

In the future, netizens may see many of these old-and-new photo comparison events and get tired of them.

However, in 2010, this was still a very new idea.

The same people, similar backgrounds, new photos taken and compared with old photos.

The feeling of time passing has truly been made tangible.

These kinds of challenging activities are fun and meaningful in themselves.

In addition, Jiang Yifeng also invested 200 million yuan in cash rewards, so the event was imitated across the entire internet as soon as it was launched.

Various photos, some interesting and some touching, were published.

As a result, the popularity of the movie "Back to 20" skyrocketed.

Even Sohu Weibo's new customers, especially new customers on mobile devices, are growing rapidly.

(End of this chapter)