Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 245 Brother Bo is swollen
As soon as Liu Zhi was seen off from the company, news of his departure from Shouzhe Film Industry spread throughout the film and television industry and the internet circle. No one knows who leaked the information.

Could it be that the head of Tencent's investment department and a top film production company have some kind of collaboration?
Chen Shouzhe has always had a good relationship with Tencent. Instead of selling the broadcasting rights for the movie to Youku, the largest video website at the time, he chose Tencent Video.

This move naturally displeased Alibaba. Chen Shou had rejected them more than once or twice, the most recent rejection being a film project just a few days ago.

"What did Liu Zhi go to Chen Shouzhe for?" Zhang Qiang, who was in Alibaba Pictures, was puzzled when he heard the news. Liu Zhi could be considered the second most important person at Tencent.

Over the years, Tencent has spent a lot of money on various acquisitions, and Liu Zhi has been the main executor. If we compare their positions, Liu Zhi's position at Tencent is far less important than his position at Alibaba.

Therefore, it's hard not to suspect that Tencent is planning to spend a lot of money on Chen Shouzhe and enter Shouzhe Pictures, given that such an important figure is seeking out Chen Shouzhe.

After all, Chen Shou has taken too much money from domestic films, and countless companies are itching to get their hands on him. There are even higher authorities who intend to suppress him.

There was nothing they could do; the other companies were doomed, completely crushed by Chen Shou, which was not what they wanted at all.

Chen Shou's movies are profitable, but that doesn't warrant Liu Zhi's personal involvement.

So this is quite interesting. What exactly is the purpose of going to find Chen Shouzhe? Unless it's to acquire Shouzhe Film Industry, there's no need to send out the number two.

People in the film and television industry are also curious. It was only a matter of time before Tencent set its sights on the film and television industry, and it is normal for them to choose Chen Shouzhe. Other film and television companies can only watch helplessly. They want to invest, but they all know that only high-quality companies can get investment.

Everyone knows that the film and television industry is dominated by the best companies. If Alibaba is added to the mix, wouldn't it become the next Huayi, or even stronger than Huayi?
Given the penguin's entry and Chen Shouzhe's words, we must be wary.

While outsiders are speculating about the purpose of Tencent's second-in-command's meeting with Chen Shouzhe, some financial institutions have already received inside information.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. With such a massive deployment and huge expenditure, Tencent must have its eyes on some projects.

Chen Shouzhe's Shouzhe Pictures is indeed excellent; it is a high-quality company in the film and television industry, and one that countless financial institutions want to get a piece of the pie from.

After getting to know him, they realized that Chen Shou was not as simple as they had thought.

Zhang Qiang only found out the next day, and it was his boss who told him the real purpose of Penguin going to find Chen Shouzhe.

"In other words, Chen Shouzhe is not as simple as he appears on the surface. He is just a director, but at such a young age, he has already secretly invested in countless companies. He is a force to be reckoned with."

Liu Zhi, upon returning to Pengcheng, brought bad news to Little Ma: they had failed to obtain what Chen Shouzhe wanted. Tencent had to change its strategy and, like Weibo had done, create its own counter-offensive.

With a huge user base, Tencent believes it can succeed.

"Such a talented young man, I should treat him to dinner when I see him sometime," Little Ma said to Liu Zhi with a smile.

“I know that person. He likes to drink, and I also found out that he is a shareholder of Guimao, having bought a lot of Guimao shares. He is considered a major shareholder,” Liu Zhi said with a smile.

"He's an interesting person. I've seen quite a few of his movies, and I really like his robot WALL-E."

Huang Bo is back with the promotion. Although the movie is still showing, he is already very satisfied. He believes the movie will definitely gross over 10 billion if it continues.

Now everyone calls him Director Huang, wherever he goes, they call him Director Huang, no longer just actor Huang Bo. His status in the industry has risen dramatically, and he has become a highly sought-after director.

Huang Bo felt he was getting a little cocky and needed a blow, so he went to the horse farm and brought Ning Hao along.

Thanks to Huang Bo's matchmaking, Chen Shouzhe and Ning Hao became acquainted. Chen Shouzhe was a江湖人 (jianghu person, a person from the underworld), originally from the crosstalk industry, while Ning Hao loved big gold chains and looked like a gangster. The two got along well while drinking.

Right here at the horse farm, a few people were sitting and drinking. Wu Jing also came. His movie was going to be released in July, and he was a little nervous. The movie had already been filmed, and he had something to discuss with Chen Shouzhe.

"Well, everyone who's here today is a big shot."

Yu Qian couldn't help but laugh when he saw that all the people sitting with him were directors.

Chen Shouzhe, Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Wu Jing, and Guo Fan sat together. The rest of the group included the chubby Sun Yue, Yue Yunpeng, Meng Hetang, and Guo Qilin, all members of the Deyun Society.

They were just passing by when they came here. They had just finished their overseas tour and were resting, so they gathered at the horse farm.

As luck would have it, Huang Bo brought Ning Hao along, and Chen Shouzhe simply invited Wu Jing and Guo Fan, who was working on the film's post-production, to join them as well, making a group of more than ten people drinking together.

Xiao Yueyue and the others were clearly a bit reserved. Although he is very famous and popular now, Ning Hao and the others are big directors after all, and he seemed restrained in front of them.

The fat man, Sun Yue, didn't. He was Chen Shouzhe's senior martial uncle and had a wide network of connections. He was able to handle the situation and laughed, pointing to his own body as he said, "I'm the big one, and they're the big shots."

"Pfft, hahaha." Ning Hao couldn't stand it and spat out a mouthful of wine.

"Stop gesturing, everyone knows you're big, but you can't keep getting bigger, your health is important," Wu Jing said with a smile.

When the last movie was released, he and Xie Nan both went to the 20th anniversary celebration of Deyun Society last year. Xie Nan even went up and performed "Lotus Flower from the Mouth" with Sun Yue. It was this relationship that deepened his understanding of Deyun Society. Of course, it was mainly Yu Qian and Chen Shou's side. His relationship with Lao Guo was just so-so. Lao Guo's personality was too independent. It was hard to tell if they had a good relationship in private unless they went to his house.

"I was a little tipsy just now, but I've become more composed since coming here," Huang Bo said with a sigh.

"Is it swollen?" Yu Qian asked with a smile.

"Your face is swollen when you wake up in the morning, Brother Qian, you must have experienced this before." Huang Bo nodded, then looked at Yu Qian in surprise.

“Back in the early 2000s, when Deyun Club first became popular, I was just as impetuous as you are now. I was only in my early thirties then. Who would have thought it would become so popular so quickly? We’ve all been through it. You’re better off than me. You realized it yourself. I only found out because someone next to me told me,” Yu Qian said, raising his glass.

"After all these years, I've been famous, but becoming a director made me a bit arrogant. But now, seeing your apprentice, I realize I still have a long way to go. Director Chen just gave me a real blow." Huang Bo picked up his glass and clinked it with Yu Qian's.

"What did he do to you just now?" Ning Hao asked curiously. All the way there, he kept hearing Huang Bo muttering that he should not get arrogant, so he came to find Chen Shou to give him some advice. As a result, after the two of them whispered a few words to each other, Huang Bo became dejected.

"It's nothing, he just told me that I'm just working for him," Huang Bo said with a bitter face.

"Should!"

(End of this chapter)