This director lacks vision.

Chapter 428 Huang Lei's Counterattack

After Jiang Yifeng rescued Yang Zi, he cast her in Ode to Joy.

For Yang Zi, Ode to Joy was a turning point in her career.

As for Lu Han, taking advantage of the popularity of "Mango Pomelo Sago", he immediately announced the famous large-scale public welfare event "Wish Season".

Fans earn "Deer Coins" through spending or promotional activities at various merchants. Once a certain number of Deer Coins are accumulated, they can "light up a city," and after 7 weeks, the 7 cities will be connected on the map to form a heart shape.

They use the guise of charitable aspirations to encourage fans to spend money on their idol, thus proving his commercial value.

It's worth mentioning that the main platform for this event has become LeEco Mall.

When it comes to methods of exploiting consumers, Lu Han has definitely come up with some new tricks, the most typical being the three seasons of the year – birthday season, sports season, and wish season.

There is also the Luhan Charity Foundation (NCF) and the Ailu Charity Station.

They often use the guise of public welfare to ruthlessly exploit and profit from unsuspecting people, primarily targeting middle school students.

It's normal for celebrities to make money from their fans, but doing these things under the guise of charity is disgusting.

This is also why Jiang Yifeng dislikes Lu Han.

But the entertainment industry is a "no-holds-barred" environment, and the four former members of EXO who returned to China each have their own unique and disgusting aspects.

All things considered, Lu Han can barely be considered a normal person.

After the "Mango Pomelo Sago" incident, Lu Han's fans fought back against a wave of casual observers, became more united, and started generating various data, spending a lot of real money.

The Wish Season campaign was very successful, enabling LeEco Mall to reach over 10 million users per week for the first time, ranking 5th among domestic B2C e-commerce websites.

LeEco TVs sold over 10 units in a single day, and peripheral accessories sold over 20 units. Including other products, total revenue exceeded 50 billion yuan!
Accountant Jia was originally good at data processing, and after meeting a top celebrity in the entertainment industry, things really got heated and they were ready to explode at the slightest provocation.

Lu Han's Wish Season data was presented very impressively, with various achievement reports that were quite intimidating.

Lu Han's fans were overjoyed, praising their idol as far more talented than any of the male celebrities from Fengxing Media, declaring Lu Han the number one star with unparalleled commercial value.

Regardless of how much hype there was, the Wish Season campaign was at least a success, and LeEco Mall was revitalized.

With the popularity of the TV series "Swords of Legends", LeTV has gained a lot of new users, and Huanrui has indeed made up for LeTV's shortcomings.

Stimulated by these positive news, LeEco's stock price soared.

On September 28, LeEco's stock hit the daily limit again, and its market value exceeded 9 billion yuan, moving towards the goal of 800 billion yuan.

LeEco's celebrities were all smiles, and their net worth increased significantly.

In no time, news articles such as "Wu Yusen's net worth exceeds 10 billion", "Chow Yun-fat earns 6 million and says he will donate it all", and "Zhang Yimou becomes a billionaire and makes movies just for fun" were everywhere on the internet.

These people all seem to have become financial tycoons and successful individuals.

These are all promotional materials released by LeEco to continue building momentum for the company and its stock price, while attracting more investors.

When Huayi went public, it did a lot of publicity in this regard.

The most discussed article among these was written by Xinlang Entertainment.

"Even betraying Jiang Yifeng didn't end well? Huang Lei loudly disagrees!"

"Some time ago, Qiu Shuanglu revealed the inside story of the casting for the drama 'Left Ear' and expressed her regret for not debuting as a member of the group in Produce 101."

After seeing this news, netizens once again compiled a list of people who had betrayed Jiang Yifeng and concluded that those who betrayed Jiang Yifeng never had a good ending, while those who clung to Jiang Yifeng's coattails were able to rise to prominence.

Many of Jiang Yifeng's fans praised him as a result and even deified him.

I cannot condone this phenomenon.

Today, finally someone has stood up and loudly said no!

He is Huang Lei, a former top male celebrity in the entertainment industry, now known as Chef Huang.

As we all know, Huang Lei collaborated with Fengxing Media to produce the first season of Back to Field, which became a hit across the internet after its broadcast, creating countless memorable moments in variety shows.

However, Huang Lei did not collaborate with Fengxing Media again after that, but instead chose to work on a new variety show with iQiyi.

iQiyi offered a higher fee, so Huang Lei's choice to go to iQiyi was a normal business decision. However, he was put on the backstabbing list by Jiang Yifeng's fans and has been ridiculed a lot in the past two years.

Everyone thought Huang Lei had lost, but he hadn't.

He joined LeEco and bought tens of millions of LeEco shares. Now that LeEco shares have soared, Huang Lei's net worth is several hundred million.

After LeEco acquired H&R Century Pictures, Huang Lei took on a new role as Vice President of H&R Century Pictures, where he began producing TV dramas.

Huang Lei betrayed Jiang Yifeng, but his career is even better than before.

So stop saying things like "To succeed, find Yifeng," and stop talking about backstabbing.

Everyone is an independent individual with their own career and life.

Huang Lei's experience shows that one can thrive even without Jiang Yifeng!

If we're talking about which company is most hostile to Jiang Yifeng online, Xinlang is definitely in the top tier.

Because of Jiang Yifeng's appearance, Sina Weibo is now half dead and has been utterly defeated by Sohu Weibo.

Without its flagship product, Weibo, Sina's development has steadily declined, and its market value has now fallen to around 6 million US dollars.

Therefore, most of the news released by Xinlang Entertainment focused on negative aspects of Jiang Yifeng.

Now that they've finally caught Huang Lei, Xinlang is naturally going to rave about him to damage Jiang Yifeng's image.

He then published several more articles praising Huang Lei, which actually sparked heated discussions across the internet.

The main issue is the feud between Huang Lei and Fengxing Media, which caused quite a stir before, and many people still remember it.

After being exposed for cheating on a variety show and his image as a good father collapsed, Huang Lei remained silent for a long time, working behind the scenes in TV dramas at LeTV.

Now, Huang Lei has reappeared in the public eye as a minority shareholder of LeEco and vice president of H&R Century Pictures. This remarkable turnaround has surprised many.

After various press releases were published online, quite a few people actually supported Huang Lei.

Seeing this, Huang Lei felt delighted and triumphant.

At 8:30 p.m. on September 9, Huang Lei returned home and called out, "Duoduo baby, Daddy's home."

As a result, no one paid attention to him.

When Huang Lei entered the house, he saw his aunt taking care of her second daughter, who was less than a year old.

Sun Li sat on the sofa, hugging eight or nine-year-old Huang Duoduo, her eyes glued to the television.

On the television, the "Supernova Games" were being broadcast live, and Jiang Yifeng was playing a basketball game with Nazha and Liu Yifei.

Their opponents are Liu Xiang, who is about to retire, Wang Yibo from the boy band "Let's Farm" and singer Jam Hsiao.

Tonight's live stream is a preview of the Supernova Games, featuring some celebrities in exhibition matches to warm up for tomorrow's first official live stream and explain some of the rules to the audience.

"Yay!! We won! We won!"

Seeing Jiang Yifeng win the game with a powerful dunk, Huang Duoduo was extremely excited, jumping and bouncing on the sofa!

"Big brother is really amazing! Mom, you were right! He can lead us girls to victory!"

Sun Li also had a big smile on her face, her eyes fixed on Jiang Yifeng on the screen.

At this moment, Jiang Yifeng was wearing a basketball uniform, his body dripping with sweat, exuding a strong masculine hormone.

Sun Li subconsciously swallowed.

On TV, Liu Yifei and Nazha ran over to celebrate, one on each side.

Jiang Yifeng made no attempt to hide it, spreading his arms wide and pulling the two beautiful women into his embrace.

This intimate scene surprised and made Huang Lei both jealous.

He subconsciously questioned, "How dare Jiang Yifeng do this? This is a live broadcast, how could he openly bring two people along?"

Since the airing of "Youth With You", Sun Li has become Jiang Yifeng's dream girl.

Huang Lei didn't say anything about his wife's celebrity obsession, since it was just a thought and nothing had actually happened.

Besides, he himself had other things to do and couldn't be completely justified in his actions. But Huang Lei knew that many female fans didn't accept their idols dating, and even if there were any rumors, they would hypnotize themselves and pretend they didn't know.

Jiang Yifeng publicly displays affection like this, especially with two couples at once.

Liu Yifei in her left hand, Naza in her right.

The first generation of fairy sister and the second generation of fairy sister together.

This kind of blessing is enviable. Huang Lei can imagine that the live stream chat will be filled with dense messages like "Knife in hand to kill Jiang the dog".

He thought Jiang Yifeng was being incredibly stupid and would definitely get criticized, and his female fans would lose interest and unfollow him.

Unexpectedly, Sun Li said, "What's the big deal? Jiang Yifeng is a romantic and talented man. He's always been surrounded by beautiful women. You're just making a fuss over nothing."

The precocious Huang Duoduo chimed in, "That's right, that's right! They're teammates, it's perfectly normal for them to hug and celebrate after winning the game!"

Huang Lei: "..."

Huang Lei refused to believe it, took out his phone, opened the live stream, and looked at the comments. He found that most people were envious or making jokes, and there were very few people criticizing Jiang Yifeng.

This is the function of a persona card.

Seeing her husband's speechless expression, Sun Li looked away and asked, "How was the filming today?"

Huang Lei nodded and said, "It's alright, everything is going smoothly."

After LeEco terminated its contract with Yangzi, it also made reforms to Huanrui. Huang Lei became the vice president of Huanrui for this purpose.

After taking office, he launched a new project as planned – "Living in Fragrance".

This is a high-quality drama set in the Republican era. The male lead was played by Li Yifeng, and the female lead was played by Tang Yan.

These are Huanrui's two biggest stars right now. With these resources, Huanrui's situation and morale have stabilized significantly.

Just as Sun Li was about to speak, Huang Duoduo said, "Daddy, now that you're the CEO, does that mean our family is rich?"
Can you buy tickets to the Supernova Games? My mom and I want to go see the games live!

After joining LeEco, Huang Lei first invested 3800 million yuan to subscribe for LeEco shares.

The stock price kept rising, and Huang Lei raised another 4000 million yuan to buy LeSports.

Despite Huang Lei's early fame, his wealth was limited. Actors didn't earn that much back then. Just when he was about to make big money, Huang Lei's career collapsed because he offended Fengxing Media.

He didn't have much savings, and part of the 4000 million yuan he invested in LeEco was borrowed.

It's not fair to blame Huang Lei for failing to recognize the situation; it's mainly because the environment influences people.

In recent years, everyone has been playing the capital game with film and television companies, and many people's net worth has skyrocketed.

Many celebrities have invested in LeEco, and LeEco's stock has indeed generated unrealized profits, with a current unrealized profit of more than five times.

No one could have imagined that LeEco, which seemed to be thriving, would collapse.

Moreover, within LeEco, many positions require significant investment to be filled.

Huang Lei's current position as vice president of H&R Century Pictures is also related to the substantial amount of money he has invested.

Huang Lei invested a total of 7800 million yuan in cash into LeEco. In addition, the birth of his second daughter ruined his image, preventing him from acting and forcing him to work behind the scenes, where his income was not high.

During this period, Huang Lei's family was actually living quite frugally, and all expenses were reduced.

His promotion to vice president of Huanrui, with an annual salary in the millions and some under-the-table income, is truly a timely boon.

Hearing his daughter's request, Huang Lei thought for a moment and said, "No problem, I'll buy you tickets! Front row tickets!"

"Yay! Daddy, you're the best!"

Huang Duoduo excitedly kissed Huang Lei.

Sun Li was also very happy, but she still pretended and said, "You've just been promoted, so you should be more careful with your money."

Huang Lei started bragging.

"What's there to be afraid of? In two more years, we can sell LeEco's stock. Our stock is already worth 1.7 million!"
LeSports completed a financing round last month, and its valuation tripled. Our shares are now worth over 200 million yuan.

That adds up to 4 million!

And this money is constantly appreciating in value!

The thrill of sudden wealth brought about by inflated capital valuations is destructive to people's views on wealth and life.

After experiencing the feeling of sudden wealth, many people find it difficult to make money steadily and honestly again.

Huang Lei felt it particularly strongly.

He invested in LeEco after making a wrong choice and his image collapsed, treating the investment in LeEco as the only chance to turn his life around.

Huang Lei is now as happy as a gambler who has won a bet. He calculates the value of his shares every day and then brags about it at home.

Sun Li was tired of hearing these words.

She hesitated for a moment, but still said, "If there are other ways to sell the stock, I think we should sell it."

Fengxing Media's current market capitalization is only over 120 billion RMB, while LeEco's is already over 80 billion RMB and is about to surpass Fengxing Media. This is outrageous.

Huang Lei glared at Sun Li and said, "What's so outrageous? Fengxing Media only produces film and television content."

LeEco not only has LeEco Pictures, but also LeEco.com, LeEco Mall, LeEco Super TVs and mobile phones, so its valuation is naturally higher than that of Fengxing Media.

In my opinion, LeEco's stock price is still too low.

LeEco's future market capitalization should be the sum of Fengxing Media, Souhu Video, and Wanda Mall, and maybe even rice.

Huang Lei's statement is the strategy that LeEco is currently packaging, and many people actually believe it.

Sun Li knew this matter couldn't be discussed any further, so she changed the subject: "Then you should book tickets for the Lanzhou show; the tickets for the Yanjing show are already sold out."

Jiang Yifeng will only be attending that one event, and Duoduo and I will go to see him too.

The recording of the Supernova Games is done in different cities.

The first event will be held in Beijing, the second in Shanghai, and the third in Lanzhou.

The reason for going to Lanzhou is that Lanzhou is one of the representative cities in western China.

Furthermore, the 32nd Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films will be held in Lanzhou on October 12th.

Huayi is now incapable, and its sponsorship contract with Dazhong Baihua has expired and has not been renewed.

With official assistance, Fengxing Media took over the sponsorship position and became one of the organizers of this year's Hundred Flowers Film Festival.

This is the first time that Fengxing Media has collaborated with the Hundred Flowers Awards, so Jiang Yifeng naturally had to go and show his support.

Upon hearing Sun Li's words, Huang Lei nodded in agreement.

After watching TV, Huang Duoduo went back to her room to rest.

Sun Li took a shower and came out wearing a rather sexy black silk nightgown. Her gentle and virtuous demeanor was tinged with a deadly allure.

Huang Lei looked at his wife and grew to like her more and more.

Sun Li has been pregnant with her second child for so long that the couple hasn't been intimate for a long time.

Unexpectedly, just as Huang Lei leaned closer, Sun Li turned to the other side and said, "I'm not in the mood today, let's do it another day."

Huang Lei sighed, said nothing, and turned off the light to go to sleep.

He slept for an unknown amount of time before suddenly waking up, not knowing what time it was.

Looking to the side, I saw that Sun Li was still playing on her phone. The chat interface was a QQ group called "Fenglang Mengnv Group 3".

The group is full with 3000 members, and the chat is full of photos of Jiang Yifeng and his cheesy comments.

Under the fluorescent light, Sun Li's face broke into a silly grin.

Huang Lei suddenly realized that he had to go to Lanzhou this time...

(End of this chapter)