Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Leveraging its enormous international influence, its impressive stock price has begun to approach the NT$80 mark.

Wu Yang and Liu Yifei jointly hold 1000 million shares of Guangxian, which instantly increased their net worth by 8 million yuan based on the current stock price.

Compared to the 200 million borrowed by mortgaging the manor, this is a full four times the amount!

In contrast, although Huayi's stock price was fixed at 75 yuan, after acquiring the shares from Xunhu and putting them into the secondary market...

However, it began a continuous decline, hitting the daily limit down for two consecutive weeks, with the price of a single stock visibly heading towards 50 yuan.

No major buyers have yet appeared; only a few mediocre investors have made small-scale purchases.

As a result, they were all trapped, according to analysis from authoritative financial media.

Huayi's actual market value is only around 40 billion yuan, as a film and television company.

This is also the main reason why outsiders are not optimistic about Huayi, so its current stock price is still inflated.

There is only one well-known director, Feng Xiaogang, and he is intolerant of people who are better than him.

If you encounter a rebuttal, just bring up the facts about Wu Yang and Liu Yifei, and you can turn the tables!

Most importantly, Feng Xiaogang's works are still unable to go overseas and lack the ability to create international influence!

Even within China, they can't dominate the market from north to south. While there are still a few top-tier actors and a large number of second- and third-tier actors and unknown actors, they have no roles to play and can only take on roles outside of China.

The most ironic thing is that Chen Sicheng, who signed an actor agency contract, actually took the investment from Wu Yang Studio and transformed himself into a director. He even used Huayi's behind-the-scenes team, who had no work to do, and Huayi's star artists who had no roles to play.

If it weren't for Wu Yang Studio, these people might not have had food for a long time!

These facts became the basis for Huayi's "failure" and the main reason why many financial institutions hesitated to invest in it.

Even a big shot like Mr. Wang, who tries to put on a brave face, can't give a coherent answer when interviewed by the media.

Mr. Wang has been behaving himself lately, no longer attending banquets or organizing dinner parties.

Even Feng Xiaogang has been secluded at home writing a script and hasn't left the house for several days.

The main reason why Huayi has fallen into its current predicament is that Feng Xiaogang envies Wu Yang's international influence.

He was jealous that Wu Yang had more subscription rights than him, and he resented that Wu Yang and Liu Yifei didn't give him face.

Xiao Wang, an accomplice, became arrogant due to his soaring wealth, and he was also in cahoots with Feng Xiaogang.

So the two conspired to bring in Xunhu, the hunter, to kick Wu Yang and Liu Yifei out of the game.

Unexpectedly, Xunhu was both the source of our success and our downfall; we were originally just a strategic partner.

Huayi can leverage Xunhu's influence in the US to expand overseas, while Xunhu Video can leverage Huayi's film and television works to broaden its reach.

Now, Xunhu has not only purchased the copyrights to many of Huayi's film and television works at a low price, but has also earned 40 billion yuan in cash from Huayi.

Regardless of whether Xunhu actually spent 38 billion yuan to acquire 49% of Huayi's shares, at least Huayi did spend 40 billion yuan in cash to repurchase them.

In the eyes of outsiders, it was as if the strategic partner had become a sniper and almost swallowed up Huayi!

Now that Xunhu has left, Huayi is burdened with huge external debts and a chaotic situation.

In particular, the external assessment of Huayi's market value has caused Mr. Wang to feel somewhat devastated.

The 40 billion yuan acquisition of Xunhu shares was exactly the same as the external market value.

If a film and television company wants to develop, or to boost its stock price, it needs to release various positive news.

Feng Xiaogang originally had no filming plans for this year, but now that things are getting urgent, it's only natural that Feng Xiaogang needs to step in.

After all, although the King, as the decision-maker, bears the main responsibility for this matter.

Feng Xiaogang, who was the catalyst for this, also bears primary responsibility.

Moreover, given Wu Yang's example, Huayi's appeal has now plummeted to an all-time low.

Many first- and second-tier celebrities whose contracts are about to expire have made it clear that they will not renew them.

Whether they are celebrities or behind-the-scenes personnel, anyone with ambition will turn away from Huayi's recruitment efforts.

Throughout history, killing meritorious officials has always been the beginning of ruin, let alone in today's economic era!

The proverb "When the birds are all gone, the good bow is put away; when the cunning rabbit is dead, the hunting dog is cooked" has long been deeply ingrained in the Chinese people.

Huayi is now reaping the consequences of its actions, and many people are applauding it.

At the same time, many companies are taking this as a warning. At least the seemingly successful Wang Changtian often maintained a close relationship with Wu Yang.

Wang Changtian had no intention of abandoning the bright path and instead taking the wrong path of Huayi.

"Director Wu, Mr. Wang called this morning, wanting to come visit the set. This afternoon, Master Han called, asking you to call him back after you finish work."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work." Wu Yang nodded with a smile as she took the phone.

Peach smiled as she returned to the RV. She already knew about Wu Yang's engagement to Liu Yifei, so she gradually became more relaxed when she was with Wu Yang, at least not as nervous as before.

After giving Pang Hai his instructions, Wu Yang got up and returned to the RV. Only after the driver drove off did Wu Yang call Han Sanye back.

Liu Yifei was as quiet as a kitten, curling up her legs on the back of the chair, resting her head on Wu Yang's lap with her eyes closed.

Today's filming mainly consisted of crying scenes, so even after filming wrapped, we started applying ice packs.

Liu Yifei's eyes are still somewhat red and swollen, making her look very tired.

"Xiao Wu, have you been paying attention to the recent entertainment news?"

The call connected, and Han Sanye's voice came through.

"Uh, I've been busy rushing to meet deadlines lately, so I haven't really been paying attention. Do you have any news, Third Master?"

As Wu Yang answered, he recalled that nearly three years had passed since he transmigrated, and his memories were beginning to become confused.

At least in the entertainment industry, both domestically and internationally, the impact of Wu Yang's butterfly effect is evident.

The past has changed dramatically, and Wu Yang can no longer rely on the Heavenly Eye to be invincible.

Even some circles close to the entertainment industry have experienced minor changes because of Wu Yang.

"Transformers 3 finished its run the day before yesterday, and the total box office figures were only tallied today. Guess how much it was?"

Upon hearing Han Sanye's question, Wu Yang breathed a sigh of relief while trying hard to recall.

Fortunately, as a movie that broke 10 billion, Wu Yang still remembers the box office of "Transformers 3", but he has forgotten the specific number.

"10 billion?"

The fact that Master Han made a special call suggests that he was spurred by the total box office success of "Transformers 3".

After all, back in June of this year, Han Yu's film "The Founding of a Republic" barely broke the 400 million yuan mark at the box office thanks to the postponement and the special screenings arranged by relevant departments.

Imported films, with a release period of only one month, can still rake in over 10 billion yuan at the box office!

Wu Yang clearly remembers that this movie was the second highest-grossing film in Chinese film history for more than a year.

It was still surpassed at the box office by "Lost in Thailand", becoming the third highest-grossing film in Chinese film history, but it failed to surpass "Avatar's" 13.6 billion yuan.