Wenhao 1979, starting with contributing to Story Club

Chapter 205 Acquiring a Television Station

The underhanded tactics of Dongyu Culture Film and Television Company in poaching talent have been exposed, with Liu Huazai's official departure from the company and the fact that a series of conditions for attracting newcomers, such as providing him with a hit song tailored to his name, immediately after signing him, being made public.

The entire Hong Kong film and entertainment industry was in an uproar.

Established companies like TVB are even more on high alert, and they are keeping a much stricter eye on their artists.

Especially for their established stars, the penalty for breaking their contracts by switching companies can increase tenfold or even dozens of times.

There's nothing I can do!

As the saying goes, a person's name is like the shadow of a tree.

Who is Yu Da, the science fiction writer?

They could easily stir up a storm in the North American film and entertainment industry, even managing to easily control international giants like Fox Media Group. Their globally popular live talk show was achieved at the cost of sacrificing countless beautiful Hollywood actresses—sleeping with every beautiful woman in Hollywood, is quite something!

For the past six months, there have been widespread rumors that this person is going to return to Hong Kong to build an Eastern version of the Hollywood film park.

A series of events occurred in the middle, and everyone originally thought that the great writer Yu had been severely suppressed by North America and would have no chance to make a comeback, or that he had already died on the street.

Who would have thought that such an amazing and extraordinary person would ultimately return as a king?

Upon his return, he immediately released a brand new masterpiece, "The Terminator," which caused a sensation in Hong Kong, captivating everyone with its fantastical science fiction story.

These days, the most popular cultural elements on the streets of Hong Kong are the T800 and that liquid metal transforming robot. Anyone who doesn't know them will be called an ignorant and useless piece of trash.

Under such circumstances.

Andy Lau's heartfelt rendition of "My Chinese Heart" demo version, broadcast over the airwaves, suddenly swept through the hearts of all Hong Kong citizens.

"Good heavens! You've all heard Liu Huazai's song, right? I heard it was a signature song that the great writer Yu tailored specifically for Liu Huazai—"

"Tsk tsk tsk, isn't this a perfect song tailor-made for him? This guy, the name Andy Lau is now thoroughly famous throughout Hong Kong!"

"As expected of the great writer Yu, this song is truly top-notch and of a high standard. It's incredibly catchy, and the lyrics are absolutely explosive and inspiring!"

"That's right, that's right, it perfectly expresses the most fundamental feelings of us overseas Chinese!"

"The great writer Yu is truly the one who understands us cultured people best!!"

"Absolutely! I heard this is just the beginning. The great writer Yu is going to tailor-make a special edition for Liu Huazai, our Oriental Culture edition of 'Century Records,' just like it did in North America last year. I can't wait!!"

"Mom, really? Such a huge investment, just to promote a nobody newcomer in the industry? Isn't this a bit of a waste of creative resources, Writer Yu? You know who Liu Huazai is? He's just a trainee from TVB's artist training program, not even a debut artist yet! With the same resources, if they had chosen someone with some fame, wouldn't the outcome have been much more certain?"

"A 'Century Record' must have at least seven or eight top-notch hits! So, does that mean Writer Yu actually already has a considerable number of high-quality unreleased musical works in his possession?? Mom, this is something I really don't dare to think about too deeply—"

"Exactly, exactly. After all, there have been lessons learned from those experiences in North America." Anyone who dares to be careless and negligent will ultimately suffer the consequences, haha—"

"In the end, who will suffer? Naturally, it's those self-important veterans and seasoned old hands in the industry!!"

"Indeed, indeed. These veterans, old hands, might be able to outmaneuver other newcomers in the industry through underhanded means, but when their opponent becomes Yu, the great science fiction writer, who has the backing of the mainland authorities, hehe—"

"These old hands are really going to get a taste of this!"

"Ha, it looks like the Hong Kong film and entertainment industry is about to undergo a complete transformation!!"

Inside and outside the industry, all sorts of outrageous remarks are rampant.

There are all sorts of opinions, and some even more exaggerated claims, such as that this is the will of the mainland's cultural authorities, and that they are going to use cultural soft power in advance to launch a campaign of conquest from the form of rituals and ceremonies that are not visible in the form of swords and shadows.

That guess is spot on.

Even in another timeline, there was indeed a similar government-led effort back then. However, the mainland arts and culture circles at that time were inferior in every aspect, including strength, resources, and talent. They were willing but unable to carry out the task, and were ultimately defeated by their peers, failing to achieve anything.

Therefore, as Yu Zhen began to gain momentum, various influential figures in the arts and culture circles in Beijing had already taken action upon hearing the news.

For example, Yu Zhen promised Liu Huazai that he would arrange a Mandarin teacher, find the most professional vocal production support team, and even actually secured an extra-enrollment auditing spot for Liu Huazai at the Beijing Film Academy.

The local bigwigs in Hong Kong are all gripped by a terrifying sense of dread, like the boy who cried wolf.

Therefore, whether it was a tacit understanding or each party strictly controlling their own resources, all possibilities for publicity and promotion for a powerful competitor like Dongyu Culture Film & Television in newspapers and on television were tacitly tightened.

To put it bluntly, even if it's just expressing one's inner dissatisfaction, that's fine.

It's not exactly a boycott, but suddenly, ordinary citizens no longer want to rely on the newspapers they're used to reading.

It's no longer so easy to get any news about Dongyu Culture Film & Television from television broadcasts and other media.

Needless to say, the bigwigs inside and outside the Hong Kong entertainment circle took the lead and reacted directly with their feet.

They wanted to stifle—or rather, drive out—Dongyu Culture & Film Industry.

However, Yu Zhen would not be bound by such childish resistance tactics. No one knew better than him that the most important thing to "run rampant in the industry" was to control one's own ecosystem.

Besides, they had already been involved in even bigger events in North American circles last year.

Therefore, just as the bigwigs in the industry were taking concrete actions to demonstrate their unity and put pressure on the powerful dragon crossing the river.

A piece of news that would silence the bigwigs in the industry and force them to kneel down and admit defeat was suddenly exposed.

That is, Yu Da's Dongyu Culture Media Group directly acquired a Hong Kong television station, and incidentally, also acquired dozens of cinemas in one fell swoop.