Huayu: Starting from managing the Mahua FunAge Theater Troupe

It was a little after 10 a.m.

Xiong Naijin was still sleeping in.

After resting for six hours, Shen Feiyang went out.

He drove to the residential area where the Li sisters lived to pick up Li Xue.

Li Xue was already waiting at the entrance of the residential area.

Today she wore a white down jacket, a red scarf around her neck, a face mask, jeans, and snow boots.

Shen Feiyang stepped on the brake and honked the horn.

Seeing Shen Feiyang sitting in the driver's seat, Li Xue moved a few steps, opened the passenger door, and got into the car.

Li Xue took off her mask and said with a smile, "Happy New Year, President Shen."

"Happy New Year, Sister Xue." Shen Feiyang looked Li Xue up and down and felt that Li Xue had become a bit more plump.

It's not that she's gained weight; simply put, she's gained a more affluent air.

"What are you looking at?"

"Soft and fluffy," Shen Feiyang said, offering a somewhat apt description.

Li Xue rolled her eyes at Shen Feiyang: "I'm here to talk to you about serious business."

"What's the rush during the New Year? Let's go eat first." Shen Feiyang stepped on the gas and drove towards the restaurant he had booked in advance.

Although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, this is Beijing, and many restaurants are open as usual, although there is a minimum charge.

On the road.

Li Xue chatted with Shen Feiyang, saying, "Shen Teng is famous all over the country now, right?"

"Maybe. There's not much concrete data, but the internet is full of related discussions."

Shen Feiyang then added, "If we're talking about popularity, your Bingbing is the real star right now. 'A World Without Thieves' has grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office. I saw on the news that pirated DVDs of 'A World Without Thieves' are selling like hotcakes. Bingbing's portrayal of Xiao Ye is very popular with audiences."

"Sigh, the box office success has little to do with my sister. Andy Lau and Liu Ruoying are the male and female leads, then there's Ge You, and then my sister plays Xiao Ye, just a supporting role. She's still a long way from becoming famous." Li Xue rested her elbow on the car window and propped her head up with her hand, looking somewhat worried.

Li Bingbing has been in the industry for many years and is almost 32 years old, but her career is still not hot enough. She is still far from being one of the so-called "Four Great Actresses". She does not have any outstanding works and has not been recognized by mainstream awards such as the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have thought of using Shen Feiyang's relationship with the Women's Federation to ask him to help plan a movie story on the theme of preventing child abduction and to compete for mainstream awards.

According to Li Xue, the fact that Happy Twist was able to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage so quickly is largely due to the "Baby Come Home" project.

Shen Feiyang could also sense the anxiety emanating from Li Xue.

Since meeting Li Xue, whenever Li Xue returns to Beijing, she always seeks him out to vent her stress.

……

Twenty minutes later, Shen Feiyang and Li Xue arrived at a high-end Cantonese restaurant and entered a private room.

The minimum spending requirement for the two people is 2000 yuan.

Shen Feiyang let Li Xue order first.

Li Xue ordered some of her favorite dishes.

After finishing, Shen Feiyang ordered some more.

They managed to scrape together over 2000 yuan.

Service exited the private room.

Shen Feiyang and Li Xue didn't rush to chat. They each took off their coats and hung them on the coat rack in the room.

Two or three minutes later, the waiter brought in the drinks.

Shen Feiyang ordered a bottle of Coca-Cola that cost 20 yuan a can.

Li Xue only ordered a glass of plain water; she doesn't like drinking beverages.

Pull the tab on the can.

Shen Feiyang took a swig of cola.

Delicious!

Seeing the expression on Shen Feiyang's face, Li Xue chuckled softly and asked curiously, "Why do you like drinking cola so much?"

"We were poor when I was a child, so we couldn't afford to drink it."

Shen Feiyang casually brushed aside his painful past and looked at Li Xue: "Speak, what important business do you want to discuss with me?"

Holding her glass, Li Xue met Shen Feiyang's gaze and parted her teeth slightly: "Have you ever thought about planning a movie on the topic of preventing child abduction?"

Eh?

Shen Feiyang thought for a moment.

Indeed, while the "Baby Come Home" program can be widely implemented, it still doesn't have the same impact in terms of publicity as film and television works.

In addition, producing an influential film on the topic of preventing child abduction would also open up mainstream resources for Feiyang Films.

Shen Feiyang's current mainstream resources are all obtained through the Happy Twist Troupe platform, and have nothing to do with Feiyang Film and Television.

He had gone to great lengths to find a way to get in touch with China Film Group, but in doing so, he neglected the Women's Federation, a powerful ally.

The Women's Federation has both the capability and the motivation to produce a film that would be helpful to their work.

If they achieve further commercial success, they will gain even more and greater resources.

Seeing Shen Feiyang deep in thought, Li Xue waited a while before speaking again: "President Shen, releasing such a film would be beneficial for you. You want to expand your film business, right? As long as you can get support from an institutional organization like the Women's Federation, you can avoid a lot of detours."

Shen Feiyang raised his head slightly, staring into Li Xue's eyes: "What do you want?"

"Let my sister play the lead role, and we can do it without pay."

"Anything else?"

"The Women's Federation will probably help us try for mainstream awards."

Li Xue explained in detail: "I don't need much, I just want you to come up with a story. I can contact screenwriters or find investors, such as Huayi Brothers."

Shen Feiyang refused without hesitation: "No need, I have my own film and television company."

Shen Feiyang seems to dislike Huayi?

Li Xue didn't have time to investigate further and quickly lowered her tone, saying, "It would be best if President Shen could personally manage this project. I can have my sister bring her own capital and invest two million yuan."

In projects that can align with mainstream trends, money is the least important thing; reliable connections are what truly matter.

Two million yuan...

Shen Feiyang doesn't really have much cash available right now.

The projects "Struggle" and "Crazy Stone" consumed a significant portion of the company's cash flow.

Shen Feiyang didn't rush to agree: "Let me think about it some more. Good stories aren't so easy to come up with."

"I know you've been under a lot of pressure lately. After we finish eating, let's go somewhere else and I'll give you a good massage. I often give massages to Bingbing, and I'm pretty good at it," Li Xue said helpfully.

The time that follows.

The two did not discuss any further business.

Casual chatting.

Entertainment gossip, socio-economics, world politics...

They can chat for a while.

Li Xue's focus is indeed different from that of many women.

……

We've eaten.

We didn't go to the hotel.

Shen Feiyang drove towards the suburbs.

We found a pine forest with a path.

They slipped into a side path.

Shen Feiyang and Li Xue moved to the back seat.

Li Xue sat on the far right, next to the car door.

Shen Feiyang lay on her plump thighs.

Li Xue rubbed her hands together to warm them and began massaging acupoints on Shen Feiyang's head and neck.

Shen Feiyang closed his eyes.

He started thinking about making movies about preventing child abduction.

In his memory, the most famous anti-abduction movies in China are probably "Lost and Found" starring Andy Lau and "Dearest" starring Huang Bo, Hao Lei, and Lao Yanzi.

In "Lost and Found," the father rides a motorcycle across the country searching for his child. If you forcibly change the father to the mother, the story falls apart and becomes untenable. In today's social environment, it's unimaginable for a mother to ride a motorcycle around searching for her child.

Although "Dearest" won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, it did not win any major awards in mainland China.

The reason is simple: the wife of the human trafficker, played by Lao Yanzi, is actually the female lead. Instead of depicting how painful it is for the mother who lost her child, the creators focused on how painful it is for the wife of the human trafficker, and whitewashed the character with the line that the wife of the human trafficker was unaware.

That's absolutely bizarre.

All I can say is that it's a film worthy of winning a Hong Kong Film Award.

If you're going to copy the story framework of "Dearest," then you'll have to make major changes.

As for what kind of stories the Women's Federation needs, Shen Feiyang knows all too well.

Shen Feiyang opened his eyes.

Li Xue was looking down at him, her hands still moving: "Is it comfortable?"

"good."

As he spoke, Shen Feiyang reached up and squeezed his hand inside Li Xue's clothes...