Huayu: The Big Players Behind the Scenes

Overnight, Chuanzi was completely crushed.

The Beijing Film Academy issued a clear announcement stating that Zhuang Huai'an was admitted through a special talent recruitment channel, and his art exam scores fully met the admission standards.

In an attempt to create hype, Lu Chuan maliciously slandered students of our school. Our school has established a special task force to formally launch a review of Lu Chuan's thesis. At the same time, we have hired lawyers to sue him for defamation and spreading rumors, which have damaged the reputation of Beijing Film Academy.

This move by the sect is truly a model of "having a great Confucian scholar to debate the classics for us".

Of course, no one would question Zhuang Huai'an anymore; his achievements were enough to prove everything, not to mention the behemoth that is Beijing Film Academy, which is not to be trifled with.

As for the "cross-talk" thing, that's completely out of their mind. In a society based on personal connections, everyone follows the unspoken rules. If you insist on exposing them, whose livelihood are you taking away?

MGM and Nortel filed lawsuits one after the other, and Huayi Brothers, being quite pragmatic, immediately followed suit.

Without hesitation, they also sued Chuanzi in court. Their core demand was that if the plagiarism was confirmed, Huayi would recover the 88 yuan director fee for "Kekexili" and the more than 50 yuan that Chuanzi falsely reported as embezzled on set.

The other company invested in, Columbia, has remained silent, but silence is the best attitude. For ordinary people, those who have no value are even lower than Akita dogs.

The incident caused a great uproar, and the procuratorate initiated emergency procedures. The trial was held in mid-June, first hearing the plagiarism case. The culprit in court remained defiant, only admitting that he had borrowed from other works. However, faced with overwhelming evidence, the court ultimately ruled that plagiarism was established, and "Kekexili" was removed from all markets and ordered to pay the copyright holder, MGM Studios, a total of 923,000 RMB in compensation.

The following day, Huayi's case went to trial. Chuanzi lost the case again, but the court only ordered him to pay 500,000 yuan in director fees. However, he was required to pay the full amount of embezzled funds, plus a fine of 50,000 yuan and a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

On the third day of the trial, the Beijing Film Academy did not hold back, adding another four years to Chuanzi's sentence for malicious defamation of the school's reputation, and even calling in the Supreme Elder to remove Lu's father from the censorship.

Seeing this, the other gentlemen quickly restrained their own sons from causing trouble, fearing that they too would suffer the same fate as Old Lu, losing their reputation in their later years because of their descendants.

Thus, the father and son, Chuanzi, can be considered the first in mainland China to do so.

Throughout the entire process, Zhuang Huai'an simply had MGM launch a group and then left it to his own devices. People in the industry had already witnessed his power, and they jokingly referred to the whole incident as: another house-cleansing event.

At the end of October,

After filming wrapped up for "The Martian," and the wrap-up work was handed over to Zhuge Liang and Feng Chu, Zhuang Huai'an returned to Beijing ahead of everyone else.

With the summer TV drama season approaching, company affairs have become increasingly complicated. Fortunately, his body has also been strengthened, so although he can't compare to Zhang Yimou, he can still hold on.

No, I'll have to ask him when we meet another day if he was really taken by aliens to have his body modified. Although high energy is indeed a prerequisite for successful people, Zhang Yimou is really abnormal.

Getting back to the main point,

In 2004, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television passed the "Administrative Measures for the Transmission of Radio and Television Programs," which was implemented nationwide in August of that year.

This policy reform is an excellent promotion for local television stations, meaning that local satellite TV stations are no longer restricted to broadcasting within their local areas, marking the beginning of the decentralization of closed-circuit television to local areas.

For many people born in the 90s, their deepest impression of television during their childhood might not be the wildly popular TV dramas, but rather the constant need to adjust the rabbit-ear antenna or move the satellite dish.

Or perhaps, it's the static on the screen every afternoon at 2:30.

Now that this policy has been in effect for nearly a year, local television stations have already begun to differentiate themselves in terms of performance.

Hunan TV continues to lead the pack, and the influence of Super Girl needs no introduction. The show has just entered the finals, and Chun Ge has become a national sensation. Many young people have begun to imitate her androgynous hairstyle and clothing, and even middle-aged and elderly people are obsessed with the midnight drama "Dae Jang Geum". The two-pronged approach is unstoppable.

It's actually necessary to explain here that one of the reasons why many people in later generations dislike Hunan TV is that it promotes Korean culture too much. Even its main hosts dared to kneel down and present gifts to Korean boy bands on the spot. Such an action would make Emperor Taizong (Li Er) so angry that he would die and come back to life.

But actually, Hunan TV was just one of the driving forces behind the Korean Wave. The true originator of importing and broadcasting Korean dramas, well, it was CCTV…

Anhui TV is also tied for first place. Unlike Hunan TV's flashy approach, they take a more solid approach, spending a lot of money to buy TV dramas, and are already showing signs of becoming a major force in the industry.

This action directly triggered a fierce competition for drama series across the entire industry, and 91 Company inadvertently became the biggest beneficiary.

The novel *The Deer and the Cauldron*, a Jin Yong IP, sells for 55 yuan per episode. *Water Moon Cave 2*, with the solid foundation of the first part, also sells for 55 yuan. *Happy Seven Fairies* also sells for 50 yuan per episode.

All three shows were snatched up by Anhui TV. It wasn't that Hunan TV didn't want them either, but after spending a lot of money to buy "Dae Jang Geum," they were really short of money and could only curse the rich hostile ...

"The Return of the Condor Heroes" was broadcast on CCTV-8 for 600,000 yuan per episode, while "Bright Sword" was acquired by CCTV-1 for a pitiful price of only 350,000 yuan per episode.

Chung Lai-fang believed that this drama would be a Waterloo in her career, but Chuang Huai-an knew how powerful the drama would be.

The above is what 91 Company has submitted in the field of TV dramas this year. They originally planned to package it all up and sell it, but in order to develop in a healthy way and avoid a situation where they can compete with themselves, they abandoned this idea.

The main reason is that no TV station can afford to buy it all at once.

On the 28th, CCTV premiered "Lotus Lantern," firing the first shot of the summer movie season!

During her summer vacation, Liu Yifei started hanging out at 91 Company again. As her coming-of-age ceremony drew closer, the young girl's thoughts became less and less hidden.

Speaking of which, her acting skills and delivery of lines are now more than double what they were in the original series.

This was thanks to Zhuang Huai'an's hopes for her, which allowed her to avoid those time-wasting movies. Whenever she wasn't filming, she would study hard at the Beijing Film Academy. Seventeen or eighteen is the age when one's mind is developing, and Liu Yifei was quite talented. The big names in the acting department were also willing to teach her wholeheartedly.

In the office,

Zhuang Huai'an was overjoyed when he finished reading the documents in his hand.

"So, the game company didn't pay you the remaining balance for your endorsement because their R&D funding ran out?"

"I think so."

Liu Yifei frowned slightly. "These things were originally managed by my mother and godfather, but they said I'm grown up and need to learn some things myself, so they handed it over to me."

"They're quite right." Zhuang Huai'an shook his head and chuckled, his gaze falling on the bold characters on the document.

[Perfect World] Endorsement Termination Letter

This perfect world is not a novel written by an old man in his later years, but an online game. After its release, it was jokingly referred to by netizens as: "The West has Warcraft, and the East has Perfect World."

Who would have thought that this domestically produced online game, whose earning power is no less than that of "Legend of Mir," couldn't even come up with the final payment of 30 yuan for the endorsement during its closed beta test?

This is a real cash cow!

"Sissi, the online gaming industry has a promising future. I'm thinking of investing in this company. Would you like to join in?"

"OK."

Liu Yifei nodded without hesitation. She didn't know how to invest, but she knew Zhuang Huai'an.

"Alright, then let Zhang Lu go with you to handle this matter."

Zhuang Huai'an smiled. He wasn't worried about the project failing. For the development team, which was facing a funding crisis, they would be extremely happy to receive investment at this time.

Tsk, looks like 91 Company is about to have another little brother. What should we name him?