Run, Best Actor!

Guo Tingting joined Huang Da'an's team in the second half of 08 and has been working with him ever since.

That year, two things happened that had a profound impact on Huayi.

Firstly, Wang Jinghua, who "defected" from Huayi in 05, once again left Orange Field with her artists. In August of the same year, she and Ren Quan established Jiuzhou Jianyuan (Yanjing) Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership). The company had a registered capital of 2500 million yuan, with Ren Quan as the largest shareholder, holding 32% of the shares, and Wang Jinghua holding 20%.

Ren Quan was still an artist under Huayi Brothers at the time and held shares in the company.

The fact that the other party can engage in business cooperation with Wang Jinghua indicates that Huayi has reached a settlement with Wang Jinghua.

Therefore, people like Guo Tingting, who had once studied under Wang Jinghua but had not yet followed her when she left Huayi, gradually gained important positions.

Secondly, Deng Chao's high-profile display of affection for Sun Li angered Feng Dagang.

That's why Guo Tingting chose to join Huang Da'an's team.

Although Feng Dagang is not entirely considered a member of Huayi Brothers, as a well-known director in the industry, he is Huayi Brothers' "pillar of strength".

Wang Jinghua's departure nearly emptied Huayi Brothers' talent pool.

But as long as Feng Dagang is there, Huayi will not lose its foundation.

Therefore, Deng Chao, who had offended Feng Dagang, was effectively out of the running for "Huayi No. 1".

In particular, when Huayi Brothers sold shares to artists in preparation for its IPO, Deng Chao, a well-known artist, was not included!

It is clear that he is no longer in the considerations of the two kings, Hua and Yi.

Only by following top artists like Huang Da'an can one have a future.

However, even within Huang Da'an's team, there is a ceiling.

After all, Huang Bin is still around, so if she can't become Huang Da'an's top agent, there's only so much she can do.

Moreover, Huang Da'an, being a veteran artist at the time, was not very receptive to variety shows.

Even if Guo Tingting has great abilities and connections, she has no use for them.

Therefore, when Liu Taile poached her, she didn't hesitate for long before choosing to switch jobs.

Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!

When she first came to Jiale Media, she was also a bit of a painter.

After all, actors like Liu Taile, who transitioned from the sports world to acting, initially had a huge following.

However, without real skills, one cannot go far in the film and television industry.

She'll probably have to switch jobs again then.

At that time, it wasn't like a few years later when variety shows exploded in the Chinese entertainment industry, where you could make a living in the entertainment circle by only taking on variety shows and not having any film or television works.

When short dramas became popular, the requirements for acting skills were even lower, and many ordinary people became famous by filming short dramas.

To make a living in the entertainment industry these days, you really need to have some skills.

However, after seeing Liu Taile's performance in the "Thinker" crew, Guo Tingting felt relieved.

This is a real jackpot win!

Who would have thought that a former athlete, a young man who is not even that old, would have such remarkable acting skills!

With a face full of expressions, even though Guo Tingting only has a superficial understanding of acting, she knows that this is definitely a very impressive performance.

Even her original boss, Huang Da'an, would have had a hard time doing that.

But Liu Taile performed this scene with remarkable nonchalance.

Therefore, Guo Tingting's emphasis on the short film "The Thinker" has reached a new level.

She was determined to make this short film a classic, at least as good as Chopstick Brothers' "Old Boys"!

In fact, the platform on which "The Thinker" will be launched has already been decided.

It's the same Youku that previously aired "Old Boys".

After all, Tudou has now been acquired by Youku, Shouhu Video is gradually declining, and LeTV Video poses too many hidden dangers.

The future giants iQiyi and Tencent Video have yet to gain traction.

Youku, which was already listed on the stock exchange at that time, could truly be called the No.1 online video platform!

To make this short film a hit, it needs to be streamed on Youku.com.

"Now there's still one problem."

Guo Tingting slowly said, "That means the theme song for the short film hasn't been decided yet."

"Didn't Xiao Yang and Wang Taili say anything?"

Liu Taile asked curiously.

The Chopstick Brothers' music is now very famous, and since the two of them also starred in this short film, they must have had ideas for composing music.

I refused.

Guo Tingting reported, "I feel that they were involved too much in this short film, but after all, it is a work of our Jiale Media."

Upon hearing this, Liu Taile nodded.

He understood what Guo Tingting meant: she didn't want the public to think that this was actually a movie about the Chopstick Brothers.

But she was actually overthinking it.

Guo Fan's films all have their own unique style and characteristics, and even though the Chopstick Brothers are more involved, it won't change that.

However, Liu Taile was happy to see Guo Tingting being so considerate of her own family.

"We need to find a music company to release the song as soon as possible."

Guo Tingting said, "We'll try to get it done within this month so as not to delay post-production."

"I'll choose a song and go directly to buy the usage rights."

Liu Taile slowly said, "The song 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky' by the band Escape Plan can be used as a movie theme song."

"I've heard that song before, it's quite nice."

Liu Yuning, who had been waiting on the sidelines for half a day, interjected.

"But it doesn't seem to fit the theme of our short film quite well."

Guo Tingting had obviously heard the song as well and offered her suggestion.

"The song is good, it doesn't matter if the theme is a little off."

Liu Tai-le replied, "Then I wrote two songs before that could be produced and used."

"You can write songs?"

Liu Yuning said in surprise, "I only knew you could play the pipa, and you played it quite well. I didn't know you could also write lyrics and compose music?!"

There's a lot you don't know.

Liu Taile snorted, "What can I do? Do you think I'd tell you everything?"

Ignoring the chatterbox, he turned to Guo Tingting and continued, "They're all songs with some sci-fi elements, so they're somewhat related to this movie."

Time was indeed too tight, and it was impossible to make this unplanned short film perfect. We could only do our best.

"Can I take a look first?"

Guo Tingting asked.

"That's natural."

Afterwards, Liu Taile took out two sheet music pages that he had prepared in advance, as well as a recorded demo, from the safe in his office.

He sang it himself.

These are all online songs from the original timeline and later generations.

One song is "The Wallfacer," which uses the melody of "The Lone Warrior" but with newly written lyrics.

Another song, titled "Wandering in the Galaxy," was created by netizens in later generations.

Liu Yuning, who taught herself to sing, shamelessly took the sheet music for "The Wallfacer" and browsed through it.

"Wow, not bad, these lyrics are really well written!"

He exclaimed, "Exactly! This word sounds like it's praising the Wallfacers in 'The Three-Body Problem'."

By this time, the Three-Body Problem trilogy had already been published, and Liu Yuning had read it.

"That's exactly right."

Liu Taile shrugged. "I'm a fan of Liu Cixin's books. I'll write a song to praise those Wallfacers who sacrificed their precious lives for the survival of human civilization."

"Sure, since they're all lonely saviors of civilization anyway, the theme is fairly relevant."

Guo Tingting exclaimed, "Especially this line, 'Who says only those who stand in the light are heroes?' It's also a reflection of the protagonist, Wang Xiang."

Upon hearing this, Liu Taile blushed slightly.

That line was the brilliant stroke of Tang Tian, ​​the original lyricist of "The Lone Warrior." The lyricist of "The Wallfacer," [Peng Xiaofei], didn't change it and used it directly. It really can't surpass the original author's talent at all.

"Alright, now that we have the song, let's get production arranged as soon as possible."

Liu Taile changed the subject.

"Brother Le, will you sing it yourself?"

Guo Tingting asked.

She had just listened to the demo of the song again and felt that Liu Taile's singing skills were quite good.

This is truly a treasure of a boy, not to mention how many amazing abilities he possesses.

If Liu Taile were to sing himself, the short film would have even more appeal.

"I'll sing one, the one called 'Wandering in the Milky Way'."

Liu Tai-le replied, "Another one, 'The Wallfacer'..."

As he spoke, he pointed at Liu Yuning, "Let him sing."

"Huh?! x2"