Huayu: The Big Players Behind the Scenes

In a luxury mansion on the South Fourth Ring Road,

Zhang Ziyi hung up the phone, slapped herself several times, and the words of her teacher Chang Li still echoed in her mind:

You should rest for a while. This is a joint decision by both schools, and I am informing you on behalf of the schools.

Zhang Ziyi shed tears of regret. She knew that the so-called rest was just a courtesy given to her by Teacher Chang.

By single-handedly instigating a conflict between the direct disciples of two major schools, Zhang Ziyi, the international star, could even be included in the history of the Central Academy of Drama.

On the other side, Xiao Yanzi also received a call from Teacher Cui Xinqin. Her military flag incident had not completely passed, and now there was the pregnant woman incident. Even if Huanzhu's blood is thick enough, it can't withstand this kind of consumption.

Moreover, there's also Zhuang Huai'an's blacklist order.

Without her boyfriend, the general manager of Columbia's Asia region, protecting her, Little Swallow has no chance to turn things around.

at the same time,

Zhuang Huai'an also received a call from Zhang Huijun, as well as a thank-you message from the president of the Central Academy of Drama.

The saying goes, "If it doesn't concern you, don't bother with it."

He doesn't like these three people, but given his public image, he would only ignore them and not issue such a ban.

Today's news was indeed at Zhang Huijun's behest; he simply went along with it.

After all, apart from him being a director and having capital, any talk of a ban from others in China is just a formality and has no real effect.

The truth is simple: in China, who would be the person who could prompt both the Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama to take such a serious stance?

That's so hard to guess!

Just a reminder, a little over a month ago, the Film Bureau, together with China Film Group Corporation, and more than 30 film and television companies from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea, developed a plan for film cultural exchange activities.

The core of this proposal is to encourage colleagues from the film and television industry in various countries and regions to come to the mainland to explore investment opportunities.

This was the prototype of Sino-foreign co-productions, with the aim of accelerating the internationalization of Chinese-language films, while also eyeing the huge film markets of Japan and South Korea.

At this moment, the actions of Zhang Ziyi and her two companions were like that important guests had come to their home, but their own children were behaving inappropriately, fighting in front of the guests and even tearing each other's clothes off, exposing their buttocks.

In this situation, what would parents do?

Zhuang Huai'an is not the parent; he is merely a cane in the parent's hand.

With the intervention of parents, Zhuang Huai'an's ban was posted on major headlines for three days before being taken down.

Apart from some online forums and message boards still discussing this matter, there has been no further coverage of Zhang Ziyi and the other two in major print media.

Even Zhang Weiping quietly removed the posters for "House of Flying Daggers" from New Pictures Film Company.

Zhuang Huai'an watched in amazement. The parents' actions were truly extraordinary; the force they used was even stronger than the "Lust, Caution" incident a couple of years later.

The various scandals in August did not affect the TV series.

The final episodes of "Water Moon Cave" and "Liancheng Jue" achieved viewership ratings of over 10 and over 9 respectively.

"Chinese Paladin" followed "A Deadly Secret," a time when martial arts dramas are all about fighting and killing.

As the pioneering work of domestic fantasy dramas, what initially attracted people to this drama was not Liu Yifei, but the dazzling special effects. Gradually, people were drawn to the plot.

Although it follows the traditional monster-hunting, treasure-collecting, and leveling-up model, the Legend of Sword and Fairy has a broader theme, focusing on destiny and growth. The characters in the series are vivid, three-dimensional, and each has their own style.

The gentle and pure Zhao Ling'er, the free-spirited and affectionate Lin Yueru, the sincere and enthusiastic Tang Yu Xiaobao, and the cute and innocent Anu.

There are no absolute supporting characters; everyone's love, hate, and sacrifice are deeply moving, making it a pinnacle of ensemble drama.

The ratings did not disappoint Chen Siyu's expectations. The premiere of "Chinese Paladin" broke 8, and then rose steadily. The episode in which Lin Yueru jumped off the Demon Locking Tower had a rating of over 13.

As the background music of "Always Quiet" played, many viewers in front of their televisions couldn't help but shed tears.

With a viewership rating exceeding 15 by the finale, it had already secured the title of the best drama of 04.

This drama further boosted Liu Yifei's already high popularity on her 17th birthday, and even her album "Xiao Xiao," which had been released for half a year, sold another 30 copies.

Aside from some game fans who were still dissatisfied with the plot, most viewers gave it positive reviews.

The overnight fame of Hu Ge and others has once again drawn the attention of many in the industry to 91 Company.

Amidst all the commotion, September arrived.

The Legend of Sword and Fairy is invincible, yet enemies descend from the heavens.

just because,

Shanghai TV launched a Chinese-dubbed version of "Ultraman Tiga". The first episode was lukewarm, but as time went on, the finale achieved a 16% viewership rating!

Unfortunately, this drama was released in China several years later than the original version of "Little Days". It was not until February of this year that it was introduced to the mainland.

Over such a long period, those who wanted to watch it have already bought the DVDs. The 16% viewership rating for the finale is just fluctuating and not enough to be included in the overall viewership rating system.

As a result, only the opening and ending theme songs became popular during the premiere of the Chinese dubbed version of "Ultraman Tiga".

The earth is gradually awakening—a new storm has arrived.

(Did you guys vote for Ultraman Tiga on Bilibili?)

Newborn season,

The Beijing Film Academy welcomed another batch of new students. The 04 acting class was even worse than the 03 class, with none of them becoming famous. However, Shu Chang successfully enrolled and became Liu Yifei's junior.

The star class of the three major universities has finally come to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, which has always been ranked third.

Wang Chuanjun, Zheng Kai, Chen He, Du Jiang, Li Jinming, Jiang Shuying, Wang Xiaochen, Hai Lu, and hosts Qian Datou, Lin Wanyu, and Zhao Qi.

However, what impressed Zhuang Huai'an the most was not the group from "iPartment", but the female bodhisattva Lan Xinyan from "The Carnal Prayer Mat", although she is still called Lan... Yan now.

this day,

Mr. Yang paid a visit, and "Detachment" was completely pulled from theaters in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Although it was just an art film, the name of Zhuang Huai'an and the Berlin Film Festival Best Actor award were still enough to make it a hit. The film grossed a total of 5100 million RMB in the three regions, becoming the second highest-grossing Hong Kong film in recent years after the "Infernal Affairs" series.

The total amount from Southeast Asian countries was US$260 million, which is better than nothing.

When "Detachment" was in Berlin, Zhuang Huai'an did not sell the global rights to MK2 as he had done before, but instead handed them over to MGM. After all, he was a board member and should know better.

MGM postponed the release date because there was a little spider in Hollywood that was raking in the global box office, and anyone who went on board would get beaten up, let alone an art film.

The purpose of making "Detachment" was to win awards; box office success was just a side effect.

"Director Zhuang, how about we schedule 'Transcendence' for the end of the month, coinciding with the National Day holiday?"

Zhuang Huai'an agreed to Boss Yang's suggestion without much consideration.

The current film market actually only has two periods: the summer season and the Lunar New Year season.

The Lunar New Year film season is not the same as the Spring Festival film season of later generations, but rather the period from the end of December to New Year's Day, because nowadays cinemas are mainly located in big cities, and everyone goes back to their hometowns for the New Year.

The cinemas in small county towns are more like video arcades, generating little box office revenue. To truly build modern cinemas, we'll have to wait until Wanda Group gets involved, using them as a tool to attract customers to shopping malls.

"Speaking of which, the commotion last month was quite significant."

Mr. Yang sighed, "Even Yinghuang was summoned for a talk, and they told us to manage the words and actions of our artists and not to make similar mistakes."

"This is something we really need to take seriously."

Zhuang Huai'an nodded in deep agreement.

Most of Yinghuang's artists are from Hong Kong. If they say something wrong in public, it won't be as simple as just Zhang Ziyi and her two friends.

Boss Yang laughed and said, "I've already had Mani do their homework. I'm not afraid to admit it, but their Mandarin is generally not very good. Even if they want to say something, they can't express it clearly."

Zhuang Huai'an smiled and changed the subject.

A few days later, a news report broke out, causing another wave of turmoil in the entertainment industry, which had just calmed down.

In the TV series "The Little Fish and the Flower Without Flaws", Zhang Weijian and Xie Tingfeng had a real-life falling in love and Zhang Weijian beat up Wang Bozao, who played Jiang Biehe, on set.

Boss Yang was also dumbfounded.

Despite his repeated warnings, his mother still couldn't prevent it.

These bastards didn't just talk nonsense; they went straight for the kill!

Thinking back to the swift and decisive actions taken by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television recently, Boss Yang felt utterly exhausted.

Before one wave subsided, another struck.

Damn it, that destroyed the game!