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Chapter 149 Cooperation Once

Lin Yu looked down at Miss Liu's solemn expression, smiled slightly, and touched her long hair before continuing, "And sometimes we might release some false information to leave some suspense or something. These things seem simple, but they are the result of the joint efforts of many people in our company. What if all this information is leaked?"

Then all the efforts our company has made before will have been wasted.

Also, what if someone leaks the outline of our company's new movie? Maybe some people could make a pirated copy for us in no time.

Moreover, all employees working at Starlight have signed confidentiality agreements with the company, prohibiting them from disclosing Starlight's secrets in any way. Xiao Ai failed to comply with this agreement, so it's not that I want to fire her, but that she is simply not suitable for this job.

Moreover, just for the fact that she leaked the company's next filming plan, I could have taken her to court, but I didn't. And I've kept her in Starlight for so many years. If I had been too quick to speak back then, or if she had overheard me discussing the movie plot with someone, then what I would have received the next day wouldn't have been Lu Zheng coming to my door for investment, but rather a series of pirated copies of "You Are the Apple of My Eye".

They can just change the name, the setting, and it'll be a new movie. Even if you own the copyright, you'll be powerless to do anything about it.

In both doing things and being a person, we often see the big picture in small things. A single unintentional information leak could potentially cause huge losses to the company. The fact that I've kept her at Starlight for so many years is already a testament to my kindness.

So—Miss Liu, it's not that I'm heartless, it's just that this industry forces me to do this, do you understand?

After Lin Yu finished speaking, he lowered his head and kissed Miss Liu's forehead.

"I understand, senior brother," Miss Liu murmured.

Looking at Miss Liu's thoughtful expression, Lin Yu felt a slight pang of reluctance. If he really had a choice, Lin Yu really didn't want to talk to Miss Liu about these things. He just wanted Miss Liu to be able to happily film when she wanted to, and to be able to stay by his side carefree when she didn't want to film, occasionally being silly and being the sunshine that always warmed him.

"But girl, you don't need to think about these things. Just focus on achieving your dream. As for everything else, your senior brother is here!" Lin Yu rubbed Liu's hair and smiled, "Hehe—it tickles, senior brother."

After visiting the set of "Kung Fu Jungle," Lin Yu returned to his company to continue overseeing the post-production of "Qian Xuesen." Meanwhile, "The Witch" had already been taken off the shelves in China, with a total box office of 3.81 million RMB, failing to break 400 million RMB, but surpassing the box office of "The Martian" in China.

Speaking of "The Martian," Lin Yu's box office revenue from this film was also transferred entirely to Starlight's account, amounting to nearly 40 million US dollars. This means that the amount of money in Starlight's domestic account is now more than that in Starlight's overseas account.

But money comes with spending! Keeping it all to himself isn't Lin Yu's style. Luckily, Jackie Chan told him that Yinghuang wanted to collaborate with him, so this was perfect! He'd already finished writing the script for *Ip Man* a while ago, and there were also Ip Man's descendants...

Bian Ye had already agreed to let Xingguang film this movie.

Moreover, at that time, the media made a misunderstanding because they all thought Lin Yu was going to make a kung fu movie and change his style! This was something Lin Yu often did, so it wasn't surprising to them. In order to verify this rumor, many reporters and paparazzi even went to investigate with Ip Man's descendants.

The result is that Starlight Media does indeed plan to film the movie "Ip Man", but the timing is not yet set.

But that doesn't stop them from reporting first. Besides, they've already gotten permission from the descendants, so how could the filming be delayed?

result--

How excited the media were when they reported the news? That's how upset they were afterwards. Because after that, Starlight never offered a single explanation.

This caused an uproar among actors and fans in the industry. "What the hell is this news? It's been half a year, why is Lin Yu still nowhere to be seen?"

"I'm fed up with these people. Don't just release things that haven't been verified. They made me wait for so long for nothing."

"Yeah! I've guessed dozens of actors who will star in Lin Yu's next movie, damn media! Give me back my brain cells!"

The media outlets that reported the most "authentic" stories at the time were all vilified by these angry movie fans and made it their front page headlines.

However, this is actually a good thing for Lin Yu, because since this matter has become so big, a certain director will no longer touch the "Ip Man" subject matter. After all, there was already Wong Kar-wai working on this subject matter, and now Lin Yu has been added to the mix.

One director exclaimed, "I can't afford to mess with them! I can't afford to mess with them!"

Besides, Hong Kong is quite professional when it comes to making kung fu movies, so it's fine to leave it to them. But the investment...

Yinghuang——

Yang Shoucheng, who had somehow ended up at the company today, was looking at the company's business reports from recent years with some concern.

Everything else is fine, but what worries him now is the film and television sector, which is truly hopeless! The films invested in by the company have basically not made any money, and now a bunch of actors and directors from Hong Kong have all gone north. Yang Shoucheng is not stupid; he has long wanted to develop in the mainland. Jiang Wen is an example, but unfortunately, he lost everything!

Besides that, he also considered collaborating with other mainland directors. Lin Yu is another example!

Unfortunately, Lin Yu didn't even bother with him. Ever since he asked Cheng Long to help him connect with Lin Yu, so much time has passed and there's been no news at all.

"Alas! Hong Kong's hope ultimately lies in the mainland! And the mainland's hope—"

Ring ring ring ring —

Just as Yang Shoucheng was worrying, his phone suddenly rang.

Yang Shoucheng picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

"That's strange, surely no one I don't know would have my private phone number?"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Yang Shoucheng pressed the answer button.

"Feed? That one?"

Meanwhile, Lin Yu, sitting in his office, was silently waiting with his phone in hand.

The moment the call connected, Lin Yu put the phone to his ear and listened to the voice coming from the other end, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

"Hello, Mr. Yang, this is Lin Yu!"

Yang Shoucheng was momentarily stunned by the voice coming from the phone. "Lin Yu? — Lin Yu!"

"Are you CEO Lin from Starlight?"

"Yes, it's me—"

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