This director lacks vision.

Chapter 191 Concrete
As the saying goes, "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits."

The two characters, one sweet and the other fiery and always vying for attention, make Meng Ziyi, the "cousin," the happiest.

No one has heard that Jiang Yifeng has any other relatives, only his cousin Meng Ziyi. Therefore, gaining his cousin's support is of utmost importance.

So these "cousins" are all trying to please their cousin.

Jing Tian is the same; she's been chatting frequently with Meng Ziyi on QQ these past few days.

Jiang Yifeng glanced at part of the chat history.

Cousin, would you support me becoming your official sister-in-law?

【Support, of course support! I think you're the perfect match for my cousin, Tian Tian. You two are a perfect couple, a match made in heaven!】

Haha, you have good taste (smug). I just bought an extra iPhone a few days ago. Give me your address, and I'll pack it in my new LV bag and ship it to you!

Thank you, cousin-in-law! You're the best, Tian Tian! I'll always support you!

【No problem. Your cousin is quite busy and might not have much time to check on you. Just let me know if you need anything, and your wife will take good care of you.】

【Yes, go for it, cousin-in-law Tian Tian! I fully support you!】

……

Jing Tian was completely unaware that there was something wrong with how Meng Ziyi addressed her.

Since she's called "Tian Tian's Cousin-in-law," it implies that she's also called "Nazha's Cousin-in-law" or something similar.

Moreover, Meng Ziyi only offered verbal support throughout the entire process, without actually doing anything, clearly trying to muddy the waters.

Jing Tian truly believed she had won over her cousin Meng Ziyi.

Seeing her smug look, Jiang Yifeng swallowed back his words of advice.

Judging from Jing Tian's attitude, she shouldn't be affected much, so let them have fun.

Anyway, if Jiang Yifeng wants to see their chat history, he can ask anyone.

I'll take advantage of the Spring Festival holiday to focus on finishing filming the web series "Pacific Rim".

These past few days, Jiang Yifeng has been filming day and night to avoid the holidays, spending more than ten hours a day in the studio.

His pace is the normal pace for filming in China.

By February 13th, filming for the first season of Pacific Rim had finally wrapped.

Seeing everyone cheering, Jiang Yifeng breathed a sigh of relief.

The web series Pacific Rim has finally completed filming after more than eight months of production.

There is still complex post-production work to be done.

After leaving the photography studio, Jiang Yifeng took a car back to the company and found the entire company in a cheerful mood.

Hu Qian walked over and said, "Boss! 'Back to 20' has surpassed 1 billion at the box office! This is the first movie in China to break 1 billion at the box office!"

It may become more common for a movie to gross over 10 billion yuan in the future.

However, in 2011, this box office performance was still quite impressive.

It's worth noting that the second-place film, "Let the Bullets Fly," only grossed 6.54 million yuan.

The box office performance of "Back to 20" can be described as a runaway success, truly creating a miracle.

"So fast? I thought it would take at least another week."

During the Spring Festival, Jiang Yifeng focused solely on filming and didn't pay much attention to other matters.

Hu Qian nodded and said, "The main problem is that the other movies aren't very good; none of them are any good."

The movies released around the Lunar New Year this year were either mindless comedies made by Hong Kong filmmakers, such as "All's Well, Ends Well 2011" and "Mr. & Mrs. Incredibles," or Hollywood flops, such as "The Green Hornet" starring Chow Kai-lun.

In addition, the new Shaolin Temple, which was released on January 19, received terrible reviews and didn't attract many viewers during the spring season.

In comparison, going back to being 20 years old seems much more appealing.

Furthermore, Shu Chang's performance of "When You Are Old" on the Spring Festival Gala increased the song's popularity and also boosted the film's buzz.

In addition, the movie "Back to 20" focused on family relationships, attracting many families to watch the film. It eventually became the box office champion during the Spring Festival holiday, accumulating over 100 million yuan in box office revenue, and officially surpassed 1 billion yuan today.

Just as Jiang Yifeng was about to speak, he received a call from Han Sanping.

After offering his congratulations, Han Sanping asked, "Should we extend the 'Back to 20' movie's run for another two months? Let's try to surpass Avatar's 12.2 billion yuan and become the highest-grossing film in China."

Jiang Yifeng immediately said, "Forget it, I think it's enough to release it until the end of February."

There wasn't much box office revenue going forward, so it wasn't really worth it.

The film market is booming now, and Avatar's box office record will be broken very soon.

Jiang Yifeng was still waiting for the reward of "returning to 20 years old". If it was delayed any further, the reward would be delayed even more, which he was unwilling to accept.

Anyway, Avatar's record will be broken sooner or later.

Seeing that Jiang Yifeng said that, Han Sanping did not press the matter. He then asked, "I heard from Zhao Haicheng that you are interested in the Wolf Totem project?"

Jiang Yifeng paused for a moment, then said directly, "Not interested. I already said last time that I'm very busy and have many projects on hand, so I can't film them all."

"Is that so? Then he also told me he wanted to ask for your opinion."

Since you're not interested, we'll find other directors.

"Ok."

Jiang Yifeng hung up Han Sanping's call and went into his office.

He edited a Weibo post announcing that "Back to 20" had surpassed 10 billion yuan at the box office, and then began arranging various matters for the company.

The script for "The Hunt" has been written, and the production team is already preparing for it. Filming is tentatively scheduled to begin on March 3.
"The Big Band" is still screening invitees. There are always some scoundrels in bands. Mu Di has to do a background check first, according to Jiang Yifeng's requirements.

The script for "The New Legend of Wu Zetian" has been written, and preparations for costumes, props, and sets are underway. Filming is expected to begin in mid-March.
"Love is Not Blind" is the slowest to start filming. Tian Yusheng has prepared very meticulously. The movie is estimated to start filming at the end of March. The female lead is Shu Chang and the male lead is Bai Yu.

Other projects are also progressing steadily.

After Jiang Yifeng sorted out and arranged all the work, it was already 9:30 p.m.

After thinking for a moment, he simply logged into QQ, created a group, and pulled Very Sweet, Hot Love, and Gao Yuanyuan, along with 7 other girls, into the group.

They gave this group a very common name—"A Loving Family".

Naza is a bit absent-minded and immediately sent a message to question it.

[Who created this group? Why such a disgusting name? What does "a loving family" even mean? Are we really that close? It's so fake!]

Jiang Yifeng: "..."

[I created this group, and since you all like using QQ groups to communicate, I should follow the trend.]

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng's message, Nazha immediately changed his tune.

This is a great group name; we are a harmonious and loving family!

Unexpectedly, Liu Yifei refuted this.

Liu Yifei has been resting at home these days, doing nothing but surfing the internet. At first, it may have been to experience the role of "Anxi", but now she has become addicted to the internet.

So messages are replied to very quickly.

[Old Jiang, what are you trying to do? This is modern society, do you really want to start a harem?]

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yifeng typed:

【Okay, that's a good idea. I'll change the group name.】

After saying that, Jiang Yifeng changed the group name to "Jiang Yifeng's Harem Group".

Liu Yifei sent an angry emoji, but did not leave the group.

Zhang Tianai is a total boss-lover, and immediately sent a "support" message.

Shu Chang and Jing Tian haven't seen the group message yet.

It was Gao Yuanyuan who spoke up.

Honey, should we bring Qin Lan in?

Jiang Yifeng simply let go and said directly:

"No need. My core harem consists of just a few of you; the rest are just fleeting clouds."

Everyone reacted differently to this message.

Naza was a little unhappy, as she always considered herself the boss's wife. Zhang Tianai and Reba, on the other hand, were secretly delighted and felt very honored.

Gao Yuanyuan remained relatively calm, while Liu Yifei was very angry.

【Just kick me out, we're just business partners.】 【Is that so? Fine, I'll kick you out.】

I originally created this group to ask everyone who is free at the moment.

I'd like to take a vacation and go to Australia. Anyone who's free and doesn't mind having other women join me can sign up.

Liu Yifei fell silent immediately.

Shu Chang, who had been silent until now, reacted the fastest.

I'm signing up! I want to go diving at the Great Barrier Reef!

Gao Yuanyuan and Zhang Tianai also signed up, followed closely by Nazha.

Liu Yifei hesitated for a moment, but still silently deducted +1, which immediately drew ridicule from Jing Tian.

[Wait! Didn't someone ask to leave the group? How come they can still send messages in the group?]

[Liu Yifei's "fei" is a homophone for "saying one thing but meaning another," it's hilarious.]

[They have no backbone at all, unlike me, who can say no and then not go!]

Jing Tian's consistent principle is that she will not be with other women.

Although she also wanted to travel with Jiang Yifeng, she wouldn't sign up this time since other women were participating.

The saying goes, "He who has no desires is invincible," so Jing Tian's words were very assertive; she argued with everyone and everything in the group, and was extremely arrogant.

After Liu Yifei deducted +1, she stopped talking.

After a few minutes, Dilraba, who had hesitated for a while, finally sent a message.

I want to sign up too.

Only after these words were spoken did Naza realize what was happening.

Why is Dilraba in the group chat too?

Dilraba: "..."

After lying low for a long time, Dilraba was finally exposed because of Jiang Yifeng's group chat activity.

However, she felt it was all worthwhile, at least she had made it into the "core group".

They are much better than Qin Lan, Yang Mi, and Fan Bingbing.

If this were in the ancient imperial harem, she would be considered a concubine.

Dilraba's exposure immediately attracted attention.

Naza and Zhang Tianai took turns interrogating him.

Jiang Yifeng ignored Nazha and Zhang Tianai's "anger" and directly "issued" the work in the group.

[Gao Yuanyuan is hereby appointed as the head of this Australian tour group, in charge of all aspects of the tour group's work;]
Shu Chang serves as the tour group's first secretary, assisting the eldest sister in managing the team and developing travel itineraries.

Zhang Tianai and Reba are the logistics supervisors for the tour group, responsible for purchasing the necessities for the trip.

Upon seeing this message, Naza immediately sent three question marks: "???"

[And me? What's my position?]

Before Jiang Yifeng could answer, Naza suddenly understood, and she excitedly exclaimed:

[I get it! I'm the boss's wife! The boss's wife doesn't have to do any work, hahaha!]

Jing Tian couldn't stand it anymore and started complaining:
You're such a fool, you always manage to find something to make you happy.

[You and Liu Yifei are clearly incompetent; you're good for nothing except eating! That's why Feng Zi abandoned you.]

Upon seeing Jing Tian's message, Nazha didn't know how to refute it, but luckily Gao Yuanyuan was there for her.

It's okay, Naza. The point of going out is to have fun, and you can't keep this happiness to yourself.

We'll post photos of our trip in the group chat every day, sharing this joy with Tian Tian.

It has to be said that Gao Yuanyuan's words were subtle yet sharp, hitting the nail on the head, much more ruthless than Jing Tian's straightforward criticism.

Shu Chang added insult to injury.

[Sissi and Nazar are the prettiest. It's obvious that Director Jiang deliberately kept the two beauties by his side; everyone understands that.]

Jing Tian felt targeted, and in a fit of anger, she unleashed her ultimate move, pulling Meng Ziyi into the group chat.

Meng Ziyi's winter vacation is about to end. He is at home catching up on his winter vacation homework when he is inexplicably pulled into "Jiang Yifeng's Harem Group".

At this moment, she felt even more anxious than Dilraba.

Dilraba exposed her relationship with Jiang Yifeng, and at most she will be scolded a couple of times.

Meng Ziyi has established cooperative relationships with each of her cousins-in-law, supporting each of them and taking benefits from them everywhere.

She hates reconciliation the most; it exposes her fickle nature.

But Jing Tian also tagged Meng Ziyi, saying:
[Cousin, they're all targeting me. I need your support!]

Jing Tian was feeling smug, wanting to show everyone how capable she was.

"I bribed Jiang Yifeng's only cousin beforehand, what do you have to fight me with?"

This is what Jing Tian was thinking at that moment.

Unexpectedly, Meng Ziyi wasn't stupid either; she sent a message.

This is my cousin's harem group; I'm not suitable to be in this group.

Then I left the group.

Jing Tian was left alone and silent in the group chat.

Meng Ziyi is different from Nazha. Nazha is genuinely not very bright, while Meng Ziyi's stupidity is just a persona.

She has good grades and is actually quite smart, but she's a bit of a chatterbox; her mouth talks faster than her brain.

Jing Tian was sold out by Meng Ziyi just like that...

To soothe Da Tian Tian's grievances, Jiang Yifeng has no choice but to sacrifice himself tonight and go and help Jing Tian communicate with her.

For the next two weeks, Jiang Yifeng took six beautiful women on a trip to Australia.

In Jiang Yifeng's eyes, there is no such thing as a "battlefield"; rather, it is about proactive management.

Although the six women still had their own ulterior motives and various small groups remained shrouded in espionage during this trip, the journey was still fraught with intrigue.

But at least they are familiar with each other's presence.

Overall, there has been tremendous progress.

Jiang Yifeng didn't return to Yanjing until March 1st.

He received a system notification as soon as he got home.

[Work: Old Boys: Back to 20]

Quality of the film: 4 stars. A very creative comedy film with excellent visuals and soundtrack. The emotional impact is very strong, making you laugh and cry at the same time.

However, the script has some logical flaws, and the emotional twists feel a bit forced, which lowers the overall rating.

Film Performance: 5 stars. It is the first Chinese-language film to surpass 10 billion RMB in box office revenue in a single market. Including overseas markets, the total box office revenue exceeded 15 billion RMB, with an overall return rate of over 20 times and an absolute return of over 5 million RMB.

Impact of the work: 5 stars. It has attracted more than 5000 million viewers at home and abroad, and its related topics have continued to have an impact for nearly 3 months. It has set multiple box office records and is a classic work of Chinese films exported overseas.

Overall rating: 4 stars, rewarding 2 excellent draw chances or 6 regular draw chances.

Shall we start the prize draw now?

The system still gives "Back to 20" a 4-star rating.

Jiang Yifeng was already used to this.

This time, he didn't go to the toilet, but went to the study.

The door was closed and the lottery draw began.

[Congratulations, host, you have drawn the blue talent "Golden Throat and Silver Tongue".]

[Golden Throat, Silver Tongue: Your speaking ability is naturally stronger than most people's; you are a born orator.]

[Congratulations, host, you have drawn the blue talent "Concretization".]

[Figurative: The process of artistic creation is a process of representation. You possess an extremely strong ability to represent, skillfully transforming all abstract ideas such as inspiration and imagination into concrete works of art such as words, images, and videos.]

(End of this chapter)