Chapter 249

What is a rational man?

Boss Lu, having been machine-gunned by Liu Liu Yifei, fully interpreted this point.

The first phone call was to Zhang Zhang Jizhong, inquiring about Liu Liu Yifei's schedule and "communicating" with him to try to finish filming *The Return of the Condor Heroes* before March.

The second phone call was to Jin Jin Zhiwen, giving him several ringtone plans and instructing him to perfect them as soon as possible and arrange for Liu Liu Yifei to record songs.

The third phone call was to Xue Li Xiaolu, telling her to give up the upcoming winter break and, following *Love is Not Blind*, continue to launch *Bad Genius*.

The goal was simple: to use Liu Liu Yifei's current explosive popularity to sell out films.

The actors in *Bad Genius* were almost all young people, and with other supporting roles, Wen Jie-affiliated artists could handle it all, significantly saving on salary costs.

The total filming cost of the film in 2017 was 12 million; compressing it to under 6 or 7 million in 2005 was no problem at all.

Secondly, in later years, *Bad Genius* made 268 million RMB in the mainland, with both the first-day box office and three-day box office setting mainland records; the quality of the film was not an issue.

You think that's the end of it?

No!

Wu Wu Ershan also received a call, requiring him to film the next season of *Zhu Xian* in advance, shortening the market research time, and finishing filming Liu Liu Yifei's Lu Lu Xueqi scenes.

This included urging Yang Yang Siwei to finalize various high-end clothing brand endorsements following the recent Hanfu craze.

In 7 months, he had to fill Liu Liu Yifei's schedule, making full preparations before the unknown arrived.

A rational man is terrifyingly efficient.

Liu Liu Yifei brings a lot of income to Wen Jie now, but it hasn't reached a decisive level.

But if her income were missing, it would feel a bit stretched.

Because this year, he had successively launched the heavy-asset operations of Wenjie Jiahe and two domestic and foreign video websites, and also invested in Facebook.

Currently, Wen Jie's operations in both China and the US are at full capacity.

【Domestic】

Advertising and variety show income from Travel Satellite TV, and Wen Jie's film and television production income support the video website, Wenjie Jiahe's cinema expansion, and film reproduction.

Blog Network and its subsidiary Douban rely on their own SP income to maintain operations.

Butian Pictures, with more and more domestic blockbusters, can achieve self-sufficiency.

【Foreign】

Wen Jie (USA)'s *Insidious* series and *Paranormal Activity* series, as well as derivative income.

Supports Mytube and film reproduction, as well as the acquisition of high-quality copyrights like *Twilight*.

However, there is another major benefit this year.

Focus Media, which has completed the listing guidance process, is about to land on NASDAQ in July.

If he needs money, he can pledge the shares in his hands at any time.

Based on his absolute 51% shareholding ratio, that's at least 350 million USD in funds.

Before he could lie down and close his eyes in a daze, Harvey came again.

Boss Lu saw the smugness on that fat face and knew he had taken advantage of something again.

"Lu, congratulations on winning the Golden Globe!"

"Your credit, Harvey."

"Hahaha, not at all, *The Foreign Land* itself is strong enough."

Boss Lu was a bit puzzled; what was wrong with this Jewish white pig today? Shouldn't he be asking for credit and wanting some benefits? Why was he being humble?

"Good news?"

"As you said, Eisner is finished! His term ended early!"

Harvey was excited beyond measure.

Last year, he burned his bridges and decided to join forces with Lu Kuan to backstab Disney, and it had truly achieved results.

The distribution of *The Foreign Land* and *Fahrenheit 9/11* made him rich, and even now, the merchandise and DVDs of *The Foreign Land* are continuously generating revenue.

But that big tiger, Disney and Eisner, had been watching from behind; no one dared to take it lightly.

At that time, Boss Lu's idea was to unite with the successors of old Disney to impeach him, creating conflict and opposition.

After months of wrestling, finally, the day before yesterday, Enzo Disney united with board member Stanley, gathering over 45% of the shareholders to hold the company accountable for the decision-making errors of successively missing out on *The Foreign Land* and *Fahrenheit 9/11*.

Missing these two films caused Disney at least 150 million USD in losses.

The most critical thing was the huge loss of nearly 100 million USD on Jackie Chan's *Around the World in 80 Days*.

That's 250 million right there!

Eisner made a huge mistake, was voted out in the board's wrestling, and officially resigned from the CEO position.

The palace drama ended, and the era of the tyrant Eisner was over.

"Lu, do you think I should leave Disney?"

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say Harvey now treats Boss Lu like a god, even though he considers the Jewish people the most excellent race in the world.

He couldn't deny that this young Oriental man's wisdom and scheming were the greatest he had ever seen.

"I think you already have plans, right? No need to ask me about this."

In his previous life, Lu Kuan had read popular science articles by Hollywood biographers and knew Harvey had long since planted nails.

When Disney and the Weinstein brothers signed the contract, the condition reached was that for every fiscal year, Disney would distribute 30% to 35% of Miramax's performance bonuses to them.

But this contract had a huge loophole: Disney only calculated profits for films released that year; those not released were temporarily not counted.

For example:

Harvey first used his artistic vision and business sense to divide the films in his hands into money-makers and non-money-makers.

Immediately after, he would densely release the money-making films in the same fiscal year, eating up the 30%-35% commission.

Then, in the next fiscal year, he would package and release the obviously non-money-making films together, or even delay them repeatedly.

The delayed release of *Hero* had this reason.

Zhang Zhang Weiping kept spraying Harvey for sabotaging him; in fact, it was because Harvey thought *Hero*'s prospects in North America were not optimistic and kept delaying the release.

Regardless, Harvey taking Miramax independent and Eisner stepping down were good things for him.

Boss Lu and Disney had no fundamental conflict, and he shouldn't be deliberately targeted in the future.

Harvey left, and A Fei knocked and entered.

"Liu Ayi and the others are leaving this afternoon."

Boss Lu was stunned, knowing this must be Liu Liu Yifei's idea.

Her chest isn't big, but her temper is really not small.

Actually, Liu Liu Yifei has many similarities with actresses like Scarlett Johansson.

Coming from a middle-class family, lacking a craving for life and material things, she instead pursues some spiritual pleasures.

When she's willful in later years, she can go a long time without rushing to appointments or taking new roles.

This lazy and casual attitude toward life, unlike other actresses who calculate everything, might also be one of the reasons and traits that attract fans.

"Let's go, let's go see them."

Boss Lu decided not to be petty with the young girl; at least he had to coax her into working for these seven months!

Capitalists always have two faces; Lu Kuan knocked and entered the room, automatically switching to a caring mode.

"Liu Ayi, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Liu Liu Xiaoli gave a wry smile: "Sister Xixi is in a hurry to go back to film *The Return of the Condor Heroes*, and there's the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal this year, a bunch of things."

She looked puzzledly at her daughter sitting in front of the desk, expressionless; did she take the wrong medicine today?

In the past, she would have come over jumping and skipping.

Liu Liu Yifei's little face was tight; feeling Lu Kuan getting closer and closer, she thought he was coming to coax her, and just wanted to glare at him...

"The sunshine is really good today!"

Boss Lu bypassed her and walked to the balcony.

"Hmph!"

Liu Liu Yifei just wanted to flare up, but found that the enemy was in an unselectable state.

So in a fit of anger, she got even angrier.

Lu Kuan didn't tease her anymore, taking the initiative to lean over: "What are you playing?"

"None of your business."

"Let me see, Blog Network? Any big news lately?"

Liu Liu Yifei ignored him with a cold face, instantly closing the page and opening Minesweeper.

Little Liu returned to the country in a huff.

Lu Kuan lingered in the US for a few more days, waiting for *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* to be completely finished, and also brought the film back to the country, about to start the roadshow.

Throughout February, Lu Kuan's schedule was very tight.

After the mainland roadshow ended, he had to rush to Berlin on February 9th to attend the film festival.

Film festival jury president Roland had sent an invitation early in the year.

After the selectors viewed the film, it was officially confirmed that *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival.

This Roland Emmerich is a disaster film specialist; *The Day After Tomorrow*, *2012*, *White House Down*, etc., are all his works.

Immediately after, Lu Kuan had to rush to North America to participate in the final PR for the Oscars; February 27th would be the moment *The Foreign Land* faced its big test.

On January 20, 2005, Boss Lu was handling official business in the president's office of the Ideal Building.

He enjoys himself wherever he goes; there is a 1000-square-meter office area on the 7th floor of the Ideal Building.

Office, gym, indoor carpet golf, bedroom, everything is available, and it is equipped with the highest-level security system purchased from North America.

It's just that the conditions aren't there yet, otherwise he would have definitely set up an outdoor swimming pool for silver parties.

Other areas besides the office are private areas; besides himself, only A Fei knows how to get in.

Currently, the vacancy rate of the Ideal Building is around 10%, which greatly exceeded Boss Lu's expectations at the time; he originally thought his own people wouldn't be able to fill these 70,000-plus square meters.

It's just that he's been spending money a bit ruthlessly during this period.

Those already moved in include Wen Jie, Wen Jie Video, Focus Media, Wen Jie Mall, Butian Pictures, Wen Jie Western Film, Wen Jie Wenjie Jiahe, New Horizon, Blog Network, and Douban.

In the future, if Sina is successfully acquired, the remaining office area can be filled.

In three years, Boss Lu's industrial chain has developed rapidly through fission and mergers; the previous organizational structure and personnel allocation can no longer meet the needs of high-efficiency operation.

Today is the core personnel meeting for the integration of the entire Wen Jie Cultural Industry Group.

Of course, Blog Network and Douban didn't come.

The large office was filled with middle-level cadres.

There were management positions, technical positions, general managers, and directors.

There were directors, actors, filming teams, variety show teams, and special effects technical teams.

Including company veterans Sun Sun Wenwen, finance's Li Li Shanshan, Lu Yao, Zhong Zhong Lifang, and others, all were waiting anxiously for the boss's administrative orders.

"Alright, let's start the meeting."

"In view of the company's current development scale and personnel structure, from today on, Wen Jie Cultural Media is officially renamed Wen Jie Holding Group Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as Wen Jie Group."

It was called Wen Jie Cultural Media before, now it's called Wen Jie Group.

This is not just a change in the company's registered name; the adjustment to the internal organizational structure is even more earth-shattering.

According to the "Company Law," a group company with a registered capital of 100 million must consist of at least 5 subordinate subsidiaries.

Now, before the Lunar New Year in 2005, is the best time for adjustment.

"Everyone sitting here today, there is the company's employee No. 1, Sun Wenwen, who has been with me since December 2001."

"There is also employee No. 3322, a blaster from Butian Pictures, whom I just brought back from North America."

"Previously, everyone belonged to different subsidiaries, with no communication or exchange between each other, which is very unfavorable to the overall development of Wen Jie."

"This is also the main reason why we are adjusting the organizational structure before the New Year and establishing Wen Jie Holding."

Boss Lu walked to the conference room's large screen and explained the organizational structure chart:

"Let me give you an example; the roadshow and public screening of *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* are about to begin."

"In this process, Focus Media needs to draft offline promotional images, Wen Jie Mall needs to prepare peripheral advertising images, and Travel Satellite TV needs to prepare film advertising images."

"This involves a problem."

"All three of your subsidiaries need to make promotional images, so whose design should this image listen to? Where is the focus? How much material should be prepared? How to adjust if problems arise?"

"If we are still a company form like a loose confederation organization, such synergy cannot be achieved."

Boss Lu called out a few names on stage: "Liu Liu Qiangdong, Jiang Jiang Beichun, Zhong Zhong Lifang, tell me, where is the preparation work now?"

Zhong Zhong Lifang spoke first: "The company's film and television department provided the third draft of the promotional video and images, but..."

"Speak."

"But the video duration and format are not very friendly to our Travel Satellite TV; the duration exceeds a minute and a half, squeezing our prime-time advertising time."

Jiang Jiang Beichun retorted: "There's no way around this; elevator advertising is like this. We can't self-castrate just to accommodate your Travel Satellite TV, right?"

"In case the advertising reach doesn't meet expectations, the film promotion effect isn't good, and Boss Lu's board comes down, I can't bear it either, right?"

A burst of snickering came from the conference room.

However, more people understood Boss Lu's meaning; the team is too big, and it's too easy to make mistakes without a coordination mechanism.

Dongzi was the calmest, unhurried: "Our mall currently has limited customer orders, so promotional materials are still mainly images."

"But I also have a suggestion, Boss Lu; don't give us too many film image advertisements; do more model pictures of Zhang Zhang Manyu figures, T-shirts, etc.; it's easier for us to promote."

The conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone saw Boss Lu's face darken on stage.

"Look for yourselves; just one promotional image, from format to content, had such a big mistake."

"If I hadn't come back from North America now, who would coordinate this matter, and who would be responsible if something went wrong?"

Boss Lu slapped the table: "Sun Wenwen, announce the organizational structure plan."

"Yes, Boss Lu."

Sun Sun Wenwen went on stage and operated the computer.

"Wen Jie Holding Group Co., Ltd., with a wholly-owned subsidiary, Wen Jie Film and Television, General Manager Zhong Zhong Lifang."

Zhong Zhong Lifang stood up, and the whole audience applauded.

"Wholly-owned subsidiary, Wen Jie Video, General Manager Liu Hong."

"Wholly-owned subsidiary, Wen Jie Agency, General Manager Lu Yao."

"Wholly-owned subsidiary, Butian Pictures, General Manager Xie Ning."

"Holding subsidiary (70%), Wen Jie Mall, General Manager Liu Liu Qiangdong."

"Holding subsidiary (51%), Focus Media, General Manager Jiang Jiang Beichun."

"Holding subsidiary (75%), Wen Jie Western Film, General Manager Gao Jun."

"Holding subsidiary, Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company (53%), Wen Jie Wenjie Jiahe, General Manager Gao Jun."

Butian Yinghua and distribution businesses are integrated, coordinated and responsible by Gao Jun.

Among them, due to changes in national policy in 2003, Wen Jie, as a private enterprise, increased its equity in the joint distribution company to 75%.

"Equity subsidiary (25%), New Horizon."

Sun Sun Wenwen paused here: "Entrusted by New Horizon's controlling shareholder, China Film Group Chairman Mr. Han Han Shanping, its 51% voting rights are temporarily represented by Wen Jie Group."

"Therefore, Ms. Long Li Danni is specially appointed as the Executive Deputy Station Director and Program Director of Travel Satellite TV."

"There is also the Zhang Zhang Yadong Studio invested in by Wen Jie, which is relatively independent due to its small relevance to the company's business, so I won't elaborate today."

"The above is the announcement of leadership positions for the company's wholly-owned, holding, and equity subsidiaries. For the appointment of cadres below the middle level, please listen to Boss Lu's arrangements in the small conference room later."

She changed a projection image and continued the announcement.

"Except for subsidiaries, the group's original president's office, finance, human resources, legal affairs, and other organizational structures remain unchanged."

"The original copyright management department is abolished, and related personnel and work content are taken over by Wen Jie Video and Wen Jie Film and Television."

Wen Jie Film and Television is responsible for the acquisition of scripts and novel copyrights;

Wen Jie Video continues to buy cabbage-priced dramas.

"The original film and television production department is abolished and merged into Wen Jie Film and Television as a whole."

"Among them, the head of the variety show department under Wen Jie Film and Television is concurrently held by Ms. Long Li Danni."

"Among them, the management work related to the Happy Twist Theater acquired by Wen Jie Film and Television is temporarily represented by Ms. Zhong Zhong Lifang."

Happy Twist Theater was founded in early 2003 and was only barely fully staffed this year; it was fully acquired by Zhong Zhong Lifang for 4 million, and the original management team remained unchanged.

"The original ringtone business department is merged into the first-level internal institution, the Internet Business Department. The Internet Business Department is on the same level as the wholly-owned subsidiary and reports directly to Boss Lu. General Manager of the Business Department, Zhang Zhang Jinyin."

Zhang Zhang Jinyin joined Alibaba in 2005 in later years and is the leader of the data security team and the person in charge of Alibaba Cloud.

This is the talent reserve Boss Lu made for the future.

Sun Sun Wenwen's mouth was a bit dry from reading, and she paused:

"In view of the lack of an effective coordination mechanism between subsidiaries and internal institutions, a Strategic Office is now added, consisting of subsidiary general managers, myself, and Boss Lu."

"Boss Lu, the announcement is complete."

Lu Kuan pressed the desktop with both hands: "Alright, the personnel arrangements on the surface today will stop here for now."

"In addition, the company will have more detailed arrangements in terms of option pool settings, employee housing subsidies, and other benefits. Sun Wenwen, you continue."

"Gao Jun, come to my office with me to talk about the distribution of *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*."

"Yes, Boss Lu."

Boss Lu pushed the door and left; the air pressure in the conference room suddenly rose a lot, and the heads of several subsidiaries all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Director Sun, the company's benefit system this year is pretty good, right?"

The one who said this was Dongzi; he came from a bitter background, and now Wen Jie Mall, in addition to the online mall, also operates derivative offline factories and basic logistics businesses.

Dongzi cares more about his employees; they are all brothers, after all.

Sun Sun Wenwen smiled: "Everyone just heard Boss Lu's words; starting from this year's year-end bonus, the company will set up a housing fund."

"Those who are willing to participate in the housing fund can choose to give up receiving the year-end bonus and instead deposit it into the fund; the company will provide subsidies according to certain standards."

"When the deposit base meets the conditions, employees can withdraw it in a lump sum for home purchases."

At the end of 2004, the famous "National Eight Articles" were issued, and the prelude to housing price regulation began.

It was also from this year that housing prices began to rise.

Boss Lu's move is also to help employees realize settling down in Beiping as soon as possible.

This housing fund is not given for free; especially high-educated talents need to promise the company a service period; if they resign early, they must return the company's subsidies.

This is also to prevent the loss of talent in high-tech departments such as Butian Pictures.

There was a lot of discussion in the conference room; Wen Jie can indeed be called a company with a conscience.

From diversified subsidies to transparent promotion mechanisms, as well as highly competitive salary levels.

Now the boss is also helping everyone buy houses; there's nothing to complain about.

But the leaders of subsidiaries like Zhong Zhong Lifang and Long Li Danni are all eyeing that 10% option pool.

These heads who have handled specific businesses know how profitable the company is, it's just that they've spent a lot in the past two years.

But what about next year? The year after?

Now the Wen Jie Group system is complete and healthy, looking like it's in a state of boiling oil, heading for prosperity.

The dividends from this option pool in the future will not be a small number!

Huang Bo quietly poked Wang Wang Baoqiang: "Foolish Root, you can consider buying one; your *A World Without Thieves* is so popular, you've taken on quite a few endorsements lately, right?"

Wang Baoqiang laughed and said: "I already bought one with Brother Zhang Songwen; it's right near the company at Tianxiang Tianxiang Yayuan, 4500 per square meter, not expensive."

Hu Ge was puzzled: "Boss Lu seems to like buying houses? I heard this building also cost over 1 billion; it's generous enough!"

"He has already bought a dozen courtyard houses; you guys just follow him and buy; he won't let anyone suffer a loss."

This was Su Chang speaking; perhaps because of Liu Liu Yifei, she wasn't as restrained with Boss Lu as other artists.

Everyone nodded secretly; don't consider anything else; when you make money, just buy houses like crazy!

In the president's office, Gao Jun was reporting on work.

"*Crazy Journey*, formerly *Breakup Buddies*, went off-screen at the end of January, with a total box office of 96 million."

A sequel to a film series, the audience group is stable.

Plus low costs, many product placements, and good peripheral sales, the total profit of *Journey* exceeded 35 million.

Next are Xue Li Xiaolu's *Love is Not Blind* for the Valentine's Day slot, and Xu Zheng's *Crazy Supermarket* (One Night in Supermarket) expected to be released on May Day.

"What's the box office for *A World Without Thieves* and *Kung Fu Hustle*?"

Gao Jun didn't even need to flip through the data: "*Kung Fu Hustle* 180 million, *A World Without Thieves* 140 million."

Lu Kuan nodded knowingly; both were tens of millions higher than in later years.

This figure is still due to the faster development speed of the film industry in this life, which can be seen from the number of screens.

"Alright, let's talk about ourselves."

Gao Jun nodded: "*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* is jointly distributed by Wen Jie Western Film and China Film, expected to be scheduled for the end of February."

"Choosing this time point is mainly to avoid the company's other film, *Love is Not Blind*, on February 14th."

"In addition, the Berlin Film Festival film exhibition on February 9th and *The Foreign Land* participating in the Oscars on February 27th are all convenient for our advertising marketing."

Lu Kuan nodded; with Gao Jun, he wouldn't have to consider too much about film distribution in the future.

*The Foreign Land* participating in the Oscars, although it has no impact on *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*, is conducive to increasing his personal IP popularity.

This kind of popularity and the recognition of fans and film buffs will feed back into the new film.

"How is the promotional strategy being considered?"

"Positioned as the first romance art film work by the mainland's number one box office director, if we can also have Berlin's honor for marketing..."

Boss Lu laughed dumbly; on this matter, Gao Jun made the common mistake of current mainland film promotion.

This can't be blamed entirely on him, but the long-term praise of art films and stepping on commercial films by the critical circles has created the high-end status of the former.

So when cinemas promote, they lean toward high-end topics and rhetoric.

"Don't ever do this; all of Wen Jie's films must prevent such promotional rhetoric."

Boss Lu's expression was serious: "Over the years, the art films of the Sixth Generation have left a very poor impression on the audience."

"Even art films that win at the Berlin Film Festival are still art films to ordinary people, which will make the audience instinctively reject them."

"Not to mention *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* is not a pure art film; its core is full of story, it's just that it has added more exploration in film language."

"Just position it as a magical romance drama film."

Gao Jun nodded and left, followed by Ning Hao and Xue Li Xiaolu arriving together.

Xue Li Xiaolu couldn't hold back the fire in her heart: "Director Lu, are you not letting me have a New Year?"

"*Love is Not Blind* is only being released in a month; why are you in such a hurry to start filming *Bad Genius* now?"

Boss Lu looked at her with a smile: "Teacher Xue, you have to adapt."

"Coming to the company, you definitely can't compare it to the rhythm at the Beijing Film Academy."

"Look at me, all year round, I can't sleep at home for a few days; and Old Ning, is your wife about to divorce you?"

Ning Hao was between laughter and tears: "Go to hell, your wife is... oh, you don't have a wife."

You play the groom every night.

Xue Li Xiaolu was speechless, having a new understanding of her status as a workhorse.

"Is Liu Liu Yifei's schedule coordinated?"

"She finishes filming *The Return of the Condor Heroes* at the end of February; she's set as the lead, Little Lin."

Little Lin is that female top student who possesses superb cheating skills.

"Um, there are two other men and one woman; you pick from Hu Ge, Zhu Zhu Yawen, Su Chang, etc.; if there are any unqualified ones, find other artists."

This is the benefit of Boss Lu choosing actors with online acting skills; his own films won't be missed because of insufficient business ability.

He turned to Ning Hao again: "Is the adaptation of *Cow* finished?"

"Um, almost, I'm very excited!"

Ning Hao said seriously: "Finally, I can film an art film; to be honest, I have many ideas I want to explore, and this film gave me the opportunity."

*Cow* in later years was an adaptation of a story Guan Hu heard from a fellow villager in Yimeng Mountain in 2007, which eventually achieved Huang Bo's first Best Actor award, and he has been rising steadily ever since.

In this life, let Ning Hao and him continue to be locked together; the two of them will rise in status together.

In addition, Boss Lu's perception of the original director is not very good, not only because he is a person from the Beijing circle and Yanda Huayi.

This guy wore a baseball cap with the US Navy written on it when promoting *The Sacrifice*, and wore a sweatshirt with Japanese English printed on it on the set of *The Eight Hundred*.

What's good about him?

Not paying attention? Every time not paying attention?

Definitely not; it's just that Sixth Generation idiot energy of wanting to stand out from the crowd, feeling that they are the most independent and the most clear-headed in the world!

Why don't you try letting Spielberg wear a hat with Nazi written on it when filming *Schindler's List*?

Like Taro, if there's a chance, he still has to finish off these goods.

Zhong Zhong Lifang and Long Li Danni knocked and entered; Ning Hao and Xue Li Xiaolu both left with great discernment.

Long Li Danni's expression was stern: "Director Lu, Hunan Satellite TV has been making big moves recently."

She is an old person from Hunan Satellite TV, and her sources of information are constant.

But in the year since she came out, from being a variety show director at the original station to now being the Executive Deputy Station Director of Travel Satellite TV, which can basically be on equal footing with Hunan Satellite TV.

Long Li Danni felt lucky for her courage at the time, and even more grateful for the promotion of this young director in front of her.

"Oh? Tell me."

"The first thing is that from the beginning of March this year, they will start their *Super Girl* program, which is basically the same as ours last year; it's just copying."

*Super Girl* has become a phenomenal program and an industry benchmark, attracting countless followers.

Shanghai's *My Show*, Jiangsu's *Absolute Singing*, and the online talent show that Yanda Huayi, Sina, and Yahoo are said to be cooperating on.

"Don't worry about others; we will continue our established plan; we must have strategic determination."

Wen Jie and Travel Satellite TV are about to start the 2.0 mode of song talent shows, which is *The Voice*.

At that time, Zhou Zhou Jielun, Mei Mei Yanfang, and others won't appear in the final finals like the last season; they will become resident guests.

The other two are Liu Huan and Han Hong.

Lu Kuan suddenly asked Zhong Zhong Lifang on the side: "By the way, the casting hype for Yanda Huayi's *Chinese Paladin 3* is very popular recently, right?"

"Yes, this also has to do with Hunan Satellite TV."

"According to the information released so far, the casting is expected to end at the end of the month; it should be to launch a sniper attack when our second season of *Zhu Xian* is released in September-October."

"Ha, let them be; whether they can be broadcast on satellite is another matter."

Zhong Zhong Lifang and Long Li Danni looked at each other, seeing joy in each other's eyes.

They are the content providers for Travel Satellite TV; if *Chinese Paladin 3* cannot be broadcast on satellite, the first round of impact on *Zhu Xian* can almost be ignored.

"For the filming of *The Myth*, prepare to look for new director candidates."

"Wu Wu Ershan, he?"

Boss Lu laughed: "I have great use for him; it's a pity to always use him to film seasonal dramas."

"Give you a goal: the Kong Sheng team of Shanying; they have an iron triangle, especially that Hou Hou Hongliang, who is a composite talent."

"Dig them over and work full-time on TV drama production with Teacher Jiang and Kang Kang Honglei."

Zhong Zhong Lifang has dug up quite a few people for Boss Lu in the past two years; she wrote down the name and prepared to start secretly inquiring.

However, Hou Hou Hongliang and Kong Sheng's "half-departure" from Shanying in the previous life was because of uneven meat distribution during the listing process; this life still needs some grinding work.

The good thing is that Wen Jie has a ready-made example: Long Li Danni.

From a variety show director at Hunan Satellite TV to the Executive Deputy Station Director of Travel Satellite TV, this is the flexible employment of private enterprises that is different from the system.

Boss Lu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Wen Jie Film and Television just received a script called *My Own Swordsman*, which is a sitcom."

"Zhong Zhong Lifang, you must attach importance to this drama; I suggest picking from the company's suitable artists, plus the few comedy actors from the Happy Twist just acquired."

"For the rest, go find suitable actors; after the list is set, send it to me to see."

After Boss Lu finished speaking, he answered a phone call and left, leaving Zhong Zhong Lifang stunned.

A broken sitcom, why does the boss attach so much importance to it?

He didn't even care when he asked him to pick for previous TV drama casting.

In the evening, A Fei drove Lu Kuan to the Mei Mansion Family Banquet; Huo Huo Wenxi had an invitation.

Once the red person in the entertainment industry returns, this news is definitely impossible to hide.

An important task for Huo Huo Wenxi at the Beiping office is to maintain communication and a friendly relationship with Lu Kuan.

Perhaps after *The Foreign Land*, the importance of being on good terms with Lu Kuan far exceeds work such as artist cultivation and government relations.

Like last time, Huo Huo Wenxi knew Boss Lu's nature; he always brings one or two beauties to the banquet.

Sometimes it's Zhang Zhang Baizhi, sometimes it's Twins; this time it's a "strange" face, it's just that it's a stranger Huo Huo Wenxi thought.

Tang Yan.

If Tang Yan is strictly looked at from the age, she can't even be counted as an 85-flower; she is already 20 years old this year, a junior in college.

"Hello, Director Lu."

Tang Yan was a bit excited; she had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Entering the 2004 Athens Olympics was her first step out of the circle, and immediately after, she was dug out by Huo Huo Wenxi from the Central Academy of Drama under the trend of the entertainment industry's "Little Flower Strategy."

Huo Huo Wenxi found a small role with lines for her in *The Myth*, but wanting to cultivate her like Boss Lu cultivated Liu Liu Yifei was harder than climbing to heaven.

It's not just a resource problem, but also the actor's personal ceiling problem.

Tang Yan's acting skills are not satisfactory; the hat of "silly sweet" is about to be put on her head for a long time, until *Blossoms Shanghai*.

Long-legged beauties are not bad, but the acting path is too narrow!

On the big screen, the action actresses who can go abroad are Zhang Zhang Ziyi and Liu Liu Yifei.

Wanting to go out of the circle through the path of art films winning awards, your acting skills are not enough, what can you do.

However, Boss Lu was a bit puzzled today; what does Huo Huo Wenxi mean by bringing Tang Yan here?

Boss Li doesn't eat?

So confident in himself?

How to handle this if the big water rushes into the Dragon King Temple; I, Boss Lu, don't want to be a fellow traveler with Boss Li!

Tang Yan in the previous life started to become famous from joining Wu Wu Kebo's Orange Sky Entertainment.

After tossing and turning in the Hong Kong circle, she once had close contact with Wang Jing, Zeng Ceng Zhiwei, and others.

Wang Jing once treated her as "Chingmy Yau 2.0" to promote, taking her wherever he went.

It can be said that it was a history that couldn't bear to look back; she only earned the shouting, but didn't get much real dry goods.

It wasn't until she went out of the circle after *Chinese Paladin 3* that she really exploded; it started from Xiao Anhui Satellite TV's *My Daughter*.

At that time, Xiao Anhui Satellite TV imitated Hunan Satellite TV and invited quite a few actors and production teams with Taiwan backgrounds; Tang Yan's cheating boyfriend Roy Chiu was one of them.

This is also the reason why she has fewer resources on Hunan Satellite TV.

Lu Kuan was overly hungry; after simply greeting the two, he began to sweep away the clouds.

When it comes to eating, he and Liu Liu Yifei are not one family and don't enter one family.

Regardless of the occasion, regardless of the cuisine, only regardless of whether he is hungry or not.

Tang Yan looked a bit surprised; are artists all so bold?

She followed Zhang Zhang Yimou as an Olympic baby to Athens last year, which can be considered as truly seeing the world, and she is full of longing for her future development.

"Director Lu, I'll serve you soup."

"Oh oh, thank you, eat it yourself."

Huo Huo Wenxi laughed: "Director Lu, actresses all have to control their figures, so don't make things difficult for Tang Yan."

Lu Kuan glanced at her long legs standing gracefully without changing his expression.

Tang Yan is Emperor Group's sincerity, Emperor Group's gift, and also Emperor Group's exchange tool.

Huo Huo Wenxi felt that there was a play today; taking advantage of Lu Kuan going out to answer the phone, she quietly whispered to her artist.

"Tang Yan, if there is an opportunity, you must know how to grasp it, understand?"

Tang Yan understood her meaning, it's just...

These words were said too nakedly.

Huo Huo Wenxi increased the intensity for her: "Do you know how many girls want to climb into his bed? You have this opportunity because you are in Emperor Group."

"I... I know, Mani sister."

Boss Lu answered the phone for a few minutes before returning.

Huo Huo Wenxi just wanted to imitate the experience of Zhang Zhang Baizhi giving him last time, making an excuse to leave first, but didn't expect to be stopped by Boss Lu.

"I'll ask a question; what is the situation with *Chinese Paladin 3* now?"

"How did this casting hype get to Liu Liu Yifei?"

Huo Huo Wenxi and Tang Yan looked at each other; they indeed knew some of the truth.

Huo Huo Wenxi told him everything: "It's like this, Yanda Huayi and Sina cooperated to hype the casting, setting up several voting candidates for the heroine Xue Cui Jian."

"Liu Liu Yifei was added in the last few days; she and other actresses like Jang Na-ra are in the voting column accepting votes and evaluations."

"But..."

Boss Lu understood in seconds: "But they secretly lowered Liu Liu Yifei's vote count and evaluation? Using her as a raft to show Jang Na-ra's popularity?"

Online popularity data fraud is common in later years, let alone now in 2005.

It's just that the success rate and credibility of fraud now are higher.

Netizens haven't experienced various reality blows in later years, and they still hold trust in Sina, the number one domestic portal website.

The melon-eating masses can't see that this is a capital game behind the scenes, can't see the cooperation between Sina and Yanda Huayi, isn't it easy to do things in these matters?

Tang Yan looked at the young director with bright eyes, thinking to herself that he is really a quick-witted person, breaking the key in one sentence.

"Little Tang also participated in the casting, right? What are their rules? As long as the online vote is the most, can you get the role?"

Huo Huo Wenxi laughed: "Yes, this is the hype of Sina and Yanda Huayi joining forces."

Sina gets popularity and traffic, Yanda Huayi makes fake data to promote their own Jang Na-ra, a win-win.

As for whether they are afraid of losing the wife and breaking the army? Liu Liu Yifei's data really exceeds Jang Na-ra?

Unlike later years, online popularity fraud is almost zero cost at this time.

As long as Sina wants, Liu Liu Yifei's vote count can always be one vote behind Jang Na-ra.

Except for the administrative penalties of the Market Supervision Administration in later years.

If it involves using development programs and software to tamper with data, it may constitute the "crime of providing programs and tools for intruding into computer information systems."

At the lowest, it is also an illegal business.

At this time, the prelude to the Internet era has just opened, and effective supervision in all aspects is missing, and there is a legal vacuum.

Lu Kuan nodded; the previous call was from Xu Bo of the Public Opinion Monitoring Center.

"Ding ding ding ding ding."

The phone rang again.

(End of chapter)