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Chapter 167 Clash of Two Armies, Storm in "The Great Wall"

Shen Qing remembered seeing some gossip in her previous life, saying that Li Bingbing had a very serious case of mysophobia, and that even with a monthly salary of 120,000 yuan, her family couldn't keep their nanny, and they went through more than 20 nannies in three years.

Vegetables must be soaked in salt water and washed eight times. The nanny must wear gloves when washing vegetables, and the edges of the vegetable leaves must not be wet; otherwise, they should be thrown away.

Bring your own three sheets when you stay at the hotel.

When friends come to visit, they must wear shoe covers when entering the house, etc.

Shen Qing tested it and found that he couldn't tell at all that Li Bingbing had obsessive-compulsive disorder.

That night, Shen Qing brought her into his home. He used the same blanket and sheets that Shen Qing slept on every day, and she didn't seem to have any discomfort.

Shen Qing had practically dirtied her eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and everything else, yet she always had a smile on her face. Shen Qing suspected that the rumors about her supposed obsessive-compulsive disorder that she had seen in her previous life were probably just media exaggerations.

In January, in addition to auditioning actors, Shen Qing was also actively recruiting people, and the basic structure of Ciyuan Rhythm Co., Ltd. was established.

Shen Qing personally serves as Chairman and CEO of Ciyuan Rhythm Company, with Chen Lin as COO and Hong Dingkun as Chief Technology Officer.

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CiYuan Rhythm wholly owns four subsidiaries, among which CiYuan Rhythm Research Institute serves as CiYuan Rhythm's technology platform, while the other three subsidiaries operate the company's three strategic products respectively.

I. The head of the Ciyuan Rhythm Research Institute is Zhu Wenjia.

2. The person in charge of the "Everyone Check-in" project will be temporarily concurrently held by Chen Lin, the COO of CiYuan Rhythm. The project was originally planned to be named "Check-in Together," but it was renamed "Everyone Check-in" because another product of the company was named "WeSing" (全民K歌), so that the prefixes of the two products under the company are consistent.

3. Yang Zhenyuan, head of WeSing.

IV. Zhang Nan, the person in charge of CapCut.

In addition, Shen Qing also registered a completely independent limited liability company called "Lianjie", which is only responsible for one product, namely WiFi Master Key.

CiYuan Rhythm has a registered capital of 2 million yuan, while WiFi Master Key has a registered capital of 5000 million yuan. From the moment Shen Qing approved Zhu Wenjia's decision to separate exclusive celebrity content from Maoyan Movies and operate it independently, and from the moment Shen Qing personally named the product "Check-in Together," Shen Qing had no way out. He could only compete with ByteDance and Zhang Yiming.

2011年9月中旬猫眼电影正式上线，截至2011年12月31日，猫眼电影一共卖出了3500

The tens of millions of movie tickets contributed more than 14 billion yuan to the box office, accounting for 24% of the total box office in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Throughout the fourth quarter, roughly one out of every four movie tickets sold nationwide came from the Maoyan movie platform.

Tencent, Alibaba, Enlight Media, and others have expressed interest in making a strategic investment in Maoyan Movies. Preliminary discussions indicate that Maoyan Movies' valuation at this time should be between 30 billion and 50 billion yuan.

"The media is exclaiming that Maoyan Movies is growing too fast."

In the evening, Li Bingbing came to Shen Qing's house again. After entering, she casually brought up the topic of Maoyan Movies.

"It can grow even faster." Shen Qing couldn't help but sigh, thinking of the ticket subsidy war in the original timeline.

"It already accounts for a quarter of the total box office revenue. Will it continue to rise?"

"Yes, and by a lot. You'll know once you've used it. It's so much more convenient than queuing at the cinema. In the future, at least 80% of viewers will choose to buy tickets online."

"Maoyan Movies currently only accounts for about 24% of the total box office, but its valuation is already 5 billion yuan. If it really accounts for 80% of the total box office in the future, its valuation will surely reach 30 to 40 billion yuan."

"If we can really capture 80% of the market share, then a valuation of 30 to 40 billion is not that much."

Li Bingbing looked at Shen Qing quietly, and after a while said, "Everyone online says you have at least 50 billion in cash on hand, and now the company's valuation is approaching 50 billion. Doesn't that mean you're a billionaire now?"

Shen Qing smiled but didn't respond.

He certainly doesn't have more than 3 billion in cash on hand right now. He previously invested more than 2 billion in stocks, and the market value of those stocks has now increased to more than 20 billion.

However, he wouldn't easily tell others these things.

"I'm going to take a shower."

Li Bingbing probably felt it wasn't appropriate to discuss Shen Qing's assets directly, so he excused himself to take a shower and left, while Shen Qing lay on the bed playing on her phone.

This is the third consecutive night that Li Bingbing has come to his house.

In fact, whether it's looks or figure, Li Bingbing isn't particularly outstanding. Of course, the figure Shen Qing describes is different from what the female stars themselves think they have.

For example, Fan Bingbing and Liu Yifei, one nicknamed Fat Bing and the other Fat Fei, neither of them have particularly good figures, but if we're talking about how comfortable it is to hug them, they would definitely crush Li Bingbing.

When filming "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "The Great Wall," Shen Qing would spend months at a time with Liu Yifei, eating and sleeping together, without ever getting tired of it. The same went for Fan Bingbing during the filming of the "Taken" series. But now, after only three consecutive days with Li Bingbing, Shen Qing already misses Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing.

Li Bingbing's appeal to Shen Qing was significantly less than that of Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing.

Just then, Shen Qing's phone rang. Shen Qing glanced at the caller ID, muttered "think of Cao Cao and he appears," and then pressed the answer button.

"Is Boss Shen spending the night at one of his mistresses' houses? If it's not decided yet, how about I go and keep him company?"

Fan Bingbing's cheerful voice came through the phone.

For the past few days, Fan Bingbing has been making a similar phone call almost every day. Every time, Shen Qing says that he is too busy to find women, and Fan Bingbing never believes him.

"With your physique, how many days can you go without seeing a woman? Who would believe that! If you tell me the truth, I won't be jealous. Why are you hiding it from me? Tell me who it is. If they look good, maybe you'll have two of them with you—forget it, I'm not happy about it now. Blame it on your own bad luck."

After making a few complaints, Fan Bingbing was about to hang up when Li Bingbing suddenly came out after taking a shower.

"I'm done washing, it's your turn."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds. Just when Shen Qing thought the other person had hung up, they suddenly spoke again.

"Who just spoke?"

Shen Qing laughed and said, "Nobody, it's just a voice from a TV drama."

"Is it Li Bingbing?"

Fan Bingbing on the other end of the phone continued to press, "I've been trying to see you for days, but you always made excuses. Turns out, some old woman climbed into your bed. You can really bring yourself to sleep with a woman born in the early 1970s?"

"Fan Bingbing!"

Shen Qing read out the other person's name, the warning clear. Born in the early 1970s, not over seventy years old, what's wrong with that?

It's none of Fan Bingbing's business which woman he's with.

Li Bingbing quietly walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Fan Bingbing on the other end of the phone clearly understood Shen Qing's warning, but she was unwilling to stop there.

She and Li Bingbing have been fighting for years, and the conflict between them is extremely deep. Now is the crucial moment for choosing the female lead in "The Martian". If Li Bingbing ends up getting the female lead by climbing into Shen Qing's bed, wouldn't Fan Bingbing be depressed to death?

Fan Bingbing also slept with Shen Qing, and even earlier. In the long run, Fan Bingbing was fully confident that Shen Qing would like her more. However, Fan Bingbing was still in the honeymoon phase for Shen Qing these past few days.

Shen Qing clearly prefers Fan Bingbing, but because Li Bingbing is still in the honeymoon phase, he ended up getting the lead role in "The Martian." Fan Bingbing definitely can't swallow this.

However, it's unrealistic to directly ask Shen Qing to send Li Bingbing away and have her go and accompany him instead.

There's no way she'd be annoying. Doing this would be like pushing Shen Qing towards someone else, and she wouldn't do something so stupid.

"Could you give my phone to Li Bingbing? I need to talk to her."

Fan Bingbing suddenly spoke in a very gentle tone on the phone.

"Just tell me what's wrong," Shen Qing said.

The person on the other end of the phone said, "This is a matter between us women, so please don't pry."

"Mr. Shen, give me your phone." Li Bingbing had obviously also heard some of the voice on the other end of the phone.

Shen Qing then handed the phone to Li Bingbing.

Li Bingbing took the phone, and heard Fan Bingbing's voice on the other end: "Sister Bingbing, President Shen's 'The Great Wall' is a global bestseller! Don't you think we should celebrate for him?"

"Yes, definitely, we should. How do you think we should celebrate?" Li Bingbing took a deep breath and said.

"I'll be right there. We'll both keep him company tonight. I wonder if you mind, Bingbing?"

If you mind, then leave on your own. I'm not kicking you out. If you leave because of this, President Shen won't blame me. I meant well and wanted to get Shuangbing to accompany him. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, Shen Qing will still remember her kindness.

Li Bingbing looked up at Shen Qing, remained silent for several seconds, and then said, "I don't mind. If you want to, no one can stop you."

"That's good, I'll be right there. Bingbing, where are you now? Are you in that house at Panhai International?"

"I think so."

"I'll head over right away. I know that place well; I lived there for over a month."

After saying that, Fan Bingbing hung up the phone immediately.

"She hung up," Li Bingbing said to Shen Qing.

Shen Qing nodded.

She said she'd be right there.

"What is she doing here?" Shen Qing asked seriously.

Actually, he did hear the conversation between the two women, but he didn't hear it very clearly, since he hadn't put it on speakerphone.

Even with a mix of guessing and speculation, Shen Qing could still figure out what Fan Bingbing wanted to do there.

"She suggested that the two of us accompany you tonight to congratulate you on the success of your movie. I thought it was a good idea, so I invited her over," Li Bingbing said, looking up at Shen Qing.

"Isn't this ridiculous? She's being ridiculous, and you're being ridiculous too? Who are you two? The best of the best among the four actresses and the best of the best! The two of you showing up at my house at the same time late at night, what if some paparazzi take pictures of us? Are the three of us going to die?"

Shen Qing sighed and said, "You two made the decision about this without even asking for my opinion? You're going to ruin me sooner or later! You're really going to get me into serious trouble."

About an hour later, Fan Bingbing finally arrived.

The phone rang on Shen Qing's cell phone, asking her to open the door. Shen Qing rushed to open the door and led the person to the bedroom, where Li Bingbing was sitting on the edge of the bed.

The two best among the four best actresses, their eyes met at this moment, and the scene was truly sparks flying.

"You two will ruin my reputation sooner or later," Shen Qing interjected, noticing the tense atmosphere between the two.

Fan Bingbing withdrew her fiery gaze from Li Bingbing's face and smiled at Shen Qing: "I'm going to take a shower first, wanna come together?"

After speaking, he turned his gaze back to Li Bingbing.

"Let's go together then," Shen Qing nodded.

bathroom.

The sound of rushing water never stopped.

"Are you really planning to cast her as the female lead?"

Fan Bingbing finally asked the question.

At this point, Shen Qing saw no need to hide anything from her and said, "She's quite suitable in every way."

The mist from the showerhead fell on Fan Bingbing's face, making it impossible for Shen Qing to see if she was crying. Shen Qing only saw her wipe her face and say, "She's even better than Gong Li?"

Fan Bingbing doesn't mind that Shen Qing gave the role to someone else, but that person just can't be Li Bingbing.

If Gong Li ultimately wins, she won't say anything.

Shen Qing walked over and hugged her, saying, "Don't underestimate 'Lucy' just because it has a low budget. It won't do badly at the box office. Besides, it's a true female-centric movie. If it succeeds, it will greatly help you enhance your international influence."

Even if "The Martian" has a huge budget and high box office returns, audiences will only be watching me growing potatoes on Mars; the female lead won't get much attention.

The showerhead was spraying water non-stop, making them both slippery. Fan Bingbing unknowingly slid off Shen Qing's arms. Shen Qing caught her and said, "The lead role in my next blockbuster is reserved for you."

"I didn't come here tonight for this. I just don't like her and don't want her to be too smug," Fan Bingbing said stubbornly.

After saying that, he slid down again.

More than half an hour later, Shen Qing and Fan Bingbing finally came out of the bathroom.

In its third week of release, *The Great Wall* grossed $2751 million in North America from Monday to Thursday, and further increased its box office on Friday and Saturday.

The film grossed $3057 million over the three days starting Sunday, ranking second in the weekend box office charts, but failing to retain its title as the top-grossing film for a third consecutive week.

The film that beat The Great Wall was a found-footage horror film called The Devil Inside, which cost $100 million to make, opened in 2285 theaters, and grossed $3450 million in its opening weekend.

Although it's unclear how much money was spent on promotion, the fact that a film with a production cost of $100 million grossed $3450 million in its opening weekend is still quite remarkable.

After its third week, *The Great Wall* had grossed $2.53 million in North America. Domestically, it earned 3.47 million yuan in its third week, bringing its domestic total to 21.77 billion yuan. Including Hong Kong and Taiwan, its Greater China total reached 23.67 billion yuan, equivalent to approximately $3.58 million. Furthermore, *The Great Wall*'s overseas total (excluding Greater China and North America) reached $2.42 million.

With these three factors combined, The Great Wall's global box office totals $8.53 million.

It has actually grossed $8.5 million, which is something few people could have imagined before the release of "The Great Wall". Moreover, it seems that the final box office of "The Great Wall" may even exceed $9 million.

[Aiming for $9 million: How "The Great Wall" captivated audiences worldwide!]

[China's Spielberg, with atmosphere-building master Shen Qing bringing "The Great Wall" to the global film market.]

[The Great Wall: Cameron's masterpiece, showcasing the charm of Chinese cinema to a global audience.]

Shen Qing: I am not Spielberg, nor Cameron; I am Shen Qing, a native-born Chinese filmmaker.

[A global frenzy for "The Great Wall" has begun!]

The media reported on it extensively, and netizens discussed it enthusiastically. The entire month of January was dominated by topics related to Shen Qing and "The Great Wall".

"Shen Qing is awesome, the box office is almost 9 million US dollars!"

"Is Shen Qing China's Steven Spielberg or China's James Cameron? Is one of the two reports wrong?"

"Both articles are correct. It was pointed out long ago that Shen Qing's films captured the essence of Spielberg's style, and since then, the saying 'China's Spielberg' has become widely circulated."

"And what about Cameron of China? Where did this claim come from?"

"This is even simpler. Cameron directed Avatar, and Shen Qing subsequently released Gravity. Both were groundbreaking true 3D films. People used to say that Shen Qing was China's Cameron, and now it's even more so. Cameron directed the monster movie Aliens in 1986, and Shen Qing directed the Chinese monster movie The Great Wall in 2011. Now both of them have directed awesome monster movies."

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