Chapter 252: Eve of the Earthquake in Mainland Entertainment

Little Liu was still watching the live broadcast of the Inquiry Realm video in the study of the courtyard.

After all, the camera was still on Boss Lu, so the little girl couldn't bear to move her butt.

It's just that the fat Bing beside him looked annoying!

The screen turned, and a Chinese face dressed in revealing clothes appeared on the screen, walking over to hug and greet the creators of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" one by one.

The time spent hugging Boss Lu was especially long.

"Eh? Isn't this Bai Ling!"

Liu Xiaoli, who came in to deliver fruit to her, said in surprise.

"Mom? Who is this? It says she is a jury member for this year's Jin Xiong Award."

Liu Xiaoli leaned closer to confirm: "Bai Ling! It's Bai Ling, that's right."

"You certainly wouldn't know. She was a star in our era, but... tsk tsk."

Little Liu had never seen her mother with this expression, so she curiously got to the bottom of it.

"She was originally an actress from Sichuan, and even came to our Wuhan Opera House to perform."

"Later, she couldn't survive in the country because of her nonsense, so she ran abroad and mixed in Hollywood."

"It's just that she only played roles like prostitutes and sluts, and her reputation is not very good."

Boss Lu on the scene felt the same as Liu Xiaoli. It was really disgusting.

The perfume smell that was going to suffocate people almost made him vomit.

This ghost thing is the kind of trash that couldn't survive in the country after talking nonsense, and went abroad to smear the mainland to win the favor of foreign devils.

At the beginning of this year, Bai Ling publicly shouted that she was willing to apologize for her ignorance when she was young, and wanted to return to the mainland to develop and film. It is said that she had obtained the understanding of the General Administration.

It's also speechless.

In fact, Lu Kuan had heard about this person's bad deeds as soon as he arrived in Berlin yesterday.

The limelight of the film festival about "sex" was obviously snatched by this American-Chinese who served as a jury member for the competition film.

She appeared at the welcome party in revealing clothes, which surprised countless media and audiences. After the party, film festival VIPs and jury members gathered at the Adagio Hotel downstairs from the main venue.

Under the catalysis of alcohol, someone started a commotion and wanted Bai Ling to dance a table dance, but there was no table.

Unexpectedly, she immediately started dancing on a chair, posing and making gestures.

"International Screen" even said she was the most erotic jury member in the history of the film festival. Even when other actresses who were also jury members took photos with her, they wished they could turn their heads away and pretend not to know her.

So embarrassing.

The key is that this thing has a Chinese face. Foreigners will hate the house and the crow without knowing why. It is the face of our own people that Boss Lu and others find most disgusting.

"Lu, nice to meet you."

Bai Ling obviously didn't have much self-knowledge, and couldn't see the disgusted expression on Boss Lu's face at all.

Boss Lu's expression was cold: "Thank you, see you again."

This was said in Chinese.

Bai Ling looked at him turning around and leaving with Zhang Manyu and Fan Bingbing, her face showing anger.

She could accept that foreign devils look down on her and trample on her, but why should you, a Chinese director?

Banana people probably have this mentality.

Bingbing glanced back slightly: "She seems to be scolding you."

"Don't pay attention to her, a bitch."

Bingbing looked at the young director beside her in surprise. It was the first time she heard him use such ugly words to describe a woman.

Bai Ling's fingernails were about to be wedged into her palms, and she hated that she had to put him in a position at the jury meeting!

This time, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was shortlisted for the Jin Xiong and Best Actor awards.

That's right, Boss Lu's Li Ming was also quite recognized.

If he won the Jin Xiong and the Jin Xiong Best Actor at the same time as the male lead and director, it would be unprecedented in the history of the European three major film festivals.

It's just that this "unromantic" mainland director had already been targeted by the banana man!

You wait for me!

"Okay, little Lu is no longer on the screen, close it quickly, guests are coming."

Liu Yifei looked back dissatisfied: "Mom, don't talk nonsense. I'm watching the film festival, what does it have to do with Lu Kuan?"

"Hmm, yes, yes, yes, if you don't go out, the guests will be here, it's very impolite."

"Got it, I'll change my clothes and go."

Following Boss Lu, Liu Yifei was also entertaining guests in the courtyard today.

February 8th, the Spring Festival Gala ended. Today, she invited Jay, who was on the Spring Festival Gala again, and Sister Mei to have dinner together, plus Boss Lu who was far away in Berlin, which was the full lineup from last year.

Of course, there was also one artist she needed to conquer for her studio today, Liu Shishi.

Looking at it this way, it was clear that this meal was not a simple gathering, and little Liu also had the intention of borrowing momentum.

Dirty, really dirty, you've learned it all.

"Mom, how is this outfit of mine today?"

"Pfft!"

Liu Xiaoli was almost choked to death by a sip of water. Is this still an eighteen-year-old big girl? Twenty-eight, right?

"Where did you get this outfit? You look like a director of the Women's Federation!"

"Haha, that's the effect I want!"

Liu Yifei put on her small leather shoes again: "The clothes were from Siwei's school club before. I'm not going to persuade Liu Shishi's parents today, so I have to make myself look more mature!"

Liu Xiaoli was speechless. Her daughter was really different now.

When she started to engage in tricks, the "sow bra" routine wasn't enough to cover it.

Ten minutes later.

"Uncle, Auntie, hello! I am Liu Yifei."

Liu's father and mother were slightly cautious, but they were still very polite and brought New Year gifts to the door; after all, it was the first month of the lunar year.

It stands to reason that visiting on the second or third day of the lunar new year is not very appropriate, but people invited them with great enthusiasm, and it was for their daughter's future, so they couldn't refuse!

Liu Xiaoli still had a lot of style, especially since her daughter had developed vigorously in the past two years, she basically handed everything over to Yang Mi.

She was also very comfortable doing beauty treatments and shopping on weekdays, and only accompanied Liu Yifei when she was with the group.

"Please come in, two of you. Shishi, hello."

"Hello, Auntie!"

Liu Shishi looked like she had become familiar with Liu Yifei, and the two walked in arm in arm intimately.

Liu's father still had the style of a head of the household: "Ms. Liu, thank you for helping Shishi terminate the contract."

"It should be said that we parents are not attentive, not knowing that our daughter was so wronged over there."

Liu Yifei borrowed a top-level entertainment lawyer in the country from the Inquiry Realm.

The so-called entertainment lawyer is a full-time lawyer who specializes in entertainment businesses such as TV, film, and music. The service objects are all practitioners and companies in the entertainment industry.

The senior lawyer used the reason that the contract forced minors to engage in improper activities that were detrimental to mental health, and terminated the contract without paying a penny of compensation.

Liu Shishi only turned 18 in March this year, a few months older than Liu Yifei.

This first step was considered a success. Today's purpose was to sign her in.

Liu Yifei immediately began to introduce her advantageous resources to several people.

"Don't worry about TV and movies. Our studio is a strategic partner of the Inquiry Realm. Do you know Tourism Satellite TV? With thousands of episodes of TV series produced every year, Shishi will definitely have a chance."

"Music? The music path is even simpler. I have two more guests later, Uncle and Auntie, you will understand as soon as you see them!"

"Yes, yes! The one who played Xiao Yu is my best friend Su Chang, and she was also arranged by me into the Inquiry Realm."

Little Liu was halfway through when she suddenly opened her phone: "Hello? Brother Zhuang Xu, Happy New Year, Happy New Year!"

"It's okay, don't be polite. Didn't you let Blog Network help me with a vote last time? Reasonably and legally, I have to thank you. Hmm, that's it, bye-bye~~~"

Liu's father and mother looked at each other, including Liu Shishi, who already had a few understandings of the entertainment industry.

Blog Network?

She still has this resource!

Wasn't Shishi's popularity just surged by borrowing the vote?

The two were a bit moved.

Liu Yifei put down the phone as if unintentionally: "Uncle, Auntie, what do you think?"

"Tomorrow I will let Siwei hand over the full plan to you, but you also have to consider the contract terms carefully."

This belongs to saying ugly words first.

After all, she knew best how many resources she had, so there was no reason to give Liu Shishi a high percentage of artist commission very conscientiously.

This 80% is the fee for her calling herself "cousin"!

Isn't that how Lu Kuan persuades others!

To be honest, Liu Shishi was already moved.

The key is that she trusts this "justice girl" who could righteously extend a helping hand to take her to see a Chinese doctor and help her terminate the contract even when they belonged to different camps!

Liu's father and mother were a bit embarrassed. This ratio was indeed too low, almost the same as Tangren.

But after all, they are a big company that has been famous for many years and has had best-selling works.

"Xixi."

"Little Liu."

Two top stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan walked in from outside. Liu's father and mother turned their heads to look!

These are the two guests you said... from the music circle?

Forget it, let's follow.

Liu Yifei worked as a part-time agent, but she shocked another senior agent at the Yanda Huayi headquarters in Beijing.

"What?"

Wang Jinhua said "Okay" and hung up.

"What's wrong?"

"It's just like playing."

Wang Xiaolei was even more curious: "Did something happen to Cai Yinong's side?"

"Hmm, there is a problem. I asked my assistant to talk to her about Liu Shishi's online casting problem, and she..."

"She said Liu Shishi had already terminated the contract with Tangren."

Wang Xiaolei had a flash of inspiration: "Was she poached by the Inquiry Realm?"

"Little Wang Zong, you only guessed half of it."

"She was... poached by Liu Yifei."

"Ah?"

Wang Xiaolei was amused: "Where can I reason this? During the New Year, such a thing happened."

Wang Jinhua shook her head bitterly. Every family has a difficult scripture to read, and her days were not easy either.

"Little Wang Zong, don't look at other people's fun. I have an opinion that I must reiterate again!"

"This 'The Banquet' must consider the actors under our own hands, otherwise I really can't lead the team."

Wang Xiaolei flattered: "Sister Hua, didn't we let Nara go up."

"Zhang Nara? How long has Zhang Nara been in the company? I have dozens of good actors under my hands. What kind of person can't I pick?"

"Sigh, it's not that my brother and I didn't mention it to Xiaogang, but 'The Banquet' is a blockbuster that wants to go to sea and global distribution!"

Wang Xiaolei cited the competitor Boss Lu: "Look at 'Otherworld.' He, Lu Kuan, only has ten million dollars in his hands, and he has to bite the bullet and invite Leonardo."

"'The Banquet' has an investment of 25 million US dollars. If you don't find a big name who can be taken out and go to sea, you really have no confidence to recover the investment!"

Wang Jinhua didn't believe his ghost words at all, took the posture of the number one agent in the country, and slapped the table hard!

"Wang Zong, Yanda Huayi can't do things like this!"

"Oh, you can invite big names, even if you invite foreigners, we have nothing to say."

"But what is the situation now? Feng Xiaogang would rather find Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi from Rongxinda than use our own two Bingbings. Is this like words?"

"I won't talk about Zhang Ziyi for now. How much stronger is Zhou Xun than them at the box office?"

Wang Xiaolei was silent.

In fact, it is a contradictory thing for a film and television company to have both brokerage business and film and television business.

Because the positions of the two departments are inconsistent.

The director who makes movies only wants to make the movie well, and the first factor to measure is definitely the suitability of the actor and the box office appeal.

After all, if the movie loses money, it is them who are unlucky.

But the brokerage department will try to stuff their own actors in, regardless of whether it is suitable or not.

They also have to eat, right?

If an agent can't even fight for such a film produced by their own family, how do the artists look at her?

The reason why such a problem did not appear in the Inquiry Realm is that Lu Yao followed Boss Lu's instructions and planned a development route for every artist.

You Hu Ge is currently more in costume idol dramas and TV series, occasionally guest-starring in movies;

You Su Chang is in chick flicks and CCTV and Tourism Satellite TV dramas with good role adaptation. If not, you can safely study basic skills at the Beijing Film Academy;

There is also the binding of Ning Hao, Huang Bo, and Xu Zheng, the accumulation of Zhang Songwen, and even Wang Baoqiang was sent to Yanda Huayi, who had a good relationship at that time, to get a role.

This year's "A World Without Thieves" exploded, and his "Sha Gen" image successfully broke out of the circle. He received three or four endorsements in the first quarter alone.

Of course, the Inquiry Realm using Bingbing to play "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is also a kind of exchange of interests on the surface.

After all, it's not always fighting and killing, right?

Overall, the Inquiry Realm does not lack high-quality film and television works, so every artist can find their own development positioning.

The Inquiry Realm does not force them to be cattle and horses to create income for the company, but cultivates them step by step.

In later generations, Wang Jinhua was poached by Orange Sky in 2005, and the contradiction of "The Banquet" was the fuse, but in the final analysis, it was a problem of company management philosophy.

In fact, Wang Jinhua taking artists away is a good thing for Yanda Huayi. If Lu Kuan were to choose, he would rather Wang Jinhua not leave.

After she left, Yanda Huayi broke the family-style management model in the brokerage business and established a modern management system, which was thriving, and successfully listed a few years later.

In the early 1990s, Wang Jinhua graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and worked as a small clerk in a travel agency.

Here she met her lifelong noble person, and her classmate at the Drama Academy, Zhang Jinglin.

This Zhang Jinglin is Qingwen in the 87 version of Dream of the Red Chamber.

Qingwen's husband, Su Yue, is the person in charge of Hong Kong-funded Tianxing Records. She introduced Wang Jinhua to the job, and the latter learned the training model of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists that was many years ahead of the mainland entertainment industry at that time.

That is the typical family nanny-style agent.

For example, Huo Wenxi is to Nicholas Tse—in Nicholas Tse's eyes, Huo Wenxi is almost like a sister.

Wang Jinhua's first service object was Chen Daoming, who had just won the Flying Apsaras Award for "Besieged City."

But Chen Daoming was a bit arrogant, and often had very unpleasant troubles in the communication with capital and colleagues on the set.

Wang Jinhua had high emotional intelligence and quickly handled him, and then met Li Bingbing in the hit TV series "Unrepentant Tracking."

Li Bingbing was hooked, and introduced Ren Quan to her, followed by You Yong, Hu Jun, Liu Wei, etc.

At that time, only Wang Jinhua could play the Hong Kong and Taiwan agent set, and she became famous because of this!

The nanny-style agent she pioneered was imitated by many people thereafter, until it was replaced by the modern brokerage system, and the mainland entertainment industry began to keep pace with international standards.

What is a nanny-style brokerage?

Record every artist's requirements and habits, prepare everything in advance, and ask about everything from diet to bath water temperature.

Around 2000, introduced by Li Bingbing, Wang Jinhua and the two Wangs agreed: both sides contributed 750,000 to establish Yanda Huayi Taihe Culture Brokerage Company.

All artists under Wang Jinhua were changed to Yanda Huayi.

It's just that this honeymoon period passed quickly, just like a husband and wife with unequal economic conditions and social status in a family, there will always be some gaps.

Although Yanda Huayi has been in a difficult confrontation with the Inquiry Realm for the past two years, it has been developing steadily overall.

Especially recently, under Zhou Jun's operation and the combination with internet capital, the contradictions between the two sides have become increasingly prominent.

Zhou Jun wants to build Yanda Huayi into the first listed entertainment company in the mainland entertainment industry as soon as possible.

This requires the brokerage business to be group-based and standardized, abandoning the nanny-style and agency-style practices of the past.

Even if it is not changed now, it will be forced to change in the process of listing counseling, at least in form.

"Where is the son?"

"Zijian is learning chess at the Children's Palace."

Dong Zhihua took the green goods his wife just bought from the vegetable market.

He and Wang Jinhua married in 1993. He was also from the Central Academy of Drama and once followed Hong Kong famous director Chang Cheh to film action movies.

In Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu," the "Oil Fry Ghost" who played the Five-Lang Eight-Diagram Stick was him.

"Old Dong, I feel something is wrong."

Dong Zhihua's action of picking vegetables paused: "What?"

"These two brothers... have problems."

"Especially after Zhou Jun came, he had a lot of private contact with my artists, and this time 'The Banquet' made the scene so ugly."

Dong Zhihua frowned: "Wang Xiaolei made an appointment with you today, right? I think you should talk to Dajun, he is more stable than his brother."

"It's not the same thing!"

Wang Jinhua shook the water off her hands and just wanted to pick vegetables with her husband, but her face changed greatly and she walked to the living room to pick up her phone.

"No, they did it on purpose!"

"I want to ask clearly!"

Dong Zhihua was a stable one, grabbing the phone she wanted to dial.

"Who do you want to ask?"

"Wang Dajun."

"Since you said it was on purpose, then there is no need, it will only startle the snake."

Wang Jinhua was a bit irritable: "Then what should I do?"

Dong Zhihua sighed and pulled a business card from under the glass plate:

Cheng Tian Entertainment Wu Kebo.

"I think you should learn from that Lu Kuan."

"Regardless of Yanda Huayi's noise, secretly handle Golden Harvest."

"There is no friendship to talk about between these two brothers. Yanda Huayi Brothers, Yanda Huayi Brothers, only they are brothers in this company."

"Contact Wu Kebo first, see if the conditions he offered last time can be negotiated higher, and then settle the two Bingbings. Four Dan and Double Bing and one Yifei, you at least hold two cores, right?"

Dong Zhihua smiled and handed the phone to his wife: "Don't panic, talk slowly."

Wang Jinhua looked at this husband who had always been low-key to her and was so calm, feeling somewhat comforted.

No matter how strong a woman is, there must be a man at home who has a calm spirit in every major event to be the backbone.

"Sigh, sometimes it's really tiring. Let's struggle for another six or seven years. When Zijian is an adult, we will focus on cultivating him."

Dong Zhihua shook his hands and returned to his main battlefield, the kitchen: "You can't bear it. Once you get used to being a star, you won't want to step down!"

Berlin time is 6 hours slower than Beijing time. When Bingbing received the call in Berlin, she had just finished meat fighting with Boss Lu.

After hanging up, she excitedly hugged the young director's neck: "It really hit the mark! Sister Hua's call! She asked me if I wanted to go with her."

Although she had a superstitious worship of the man beside her, when the development of the event was exactly the same as he predicted before, Bingbing was still abnormally excited!

Who doesn't hope that there is a guide who calculates everything in the process of moving forward?

Boss Lu was puzzled: "A bit early, it should be that Zhou Jun put pressure on the two brothers."

"He is a bit impatient and wants to make Yanda Huayi listed as quickly as possible."

Bingbing was puzzled: "Then why force Sister Hua to leave?"

"Yanda Huayi wants to be listed, it must change the patriarchal management model of the East, and the brokerage business must become as cold and ruthless as a machine."

"If it works, go up; if it doesn't, go down. There is no such thing as forcing Sister Hua, the head of the family, to come forward to communicate with the director for a play."

This ruthless model is most typical of TVB. Artists are employees and work for the company.

Heavy workload and low income are the norm for TVB artists, so we can see an actor appearing in various Hong Kong dramas.

In fact, their single-episode salary is not high, and many are employee-style actors with fixed salaries.

Fan Bingbing giggled: "It seems Yanda Huayi is going to learn from the Inquiry Realm?"

Seeing that she was quite interested, Boss Lu talked to Bingbing more deeply, starting to cultivate her business thinking.

As a public relations company, he knows the artist brokerage model too well.

"Eighty percent of the domestic brokerage model is nanny-style, and the next step will be the transition to the studio system."

"Studio? You mean like Liu Yifei's?"

Fan Bingbing probed cautiously. She rarely mentioned this name in front of Lu Kuan.

Mainly because she was a bit sensitive in her heart.

"Hers can barely count, but the scale is too small. Seven or eight people serve

Boss Lu still does not know that the little Liu he has been "carefully cultivating" has already successfully snatched Liu Shishi away from the hands of Tang Ren.

"The studio system means that an entertainment company assigns each artist to a tailor-made team, composed of a senior agent, a junior agent, an artist assistant, a PR person, etc., and the artist is built as a brand."

Fan Bingbing gasped in surprise; she followed Wang Jinhua, and apart from one assistant and one makeup artist, she basically had no other services, all eating from the surface-level policies available to everyone.

This resulted in only the crying child getting milk, so at the beginning of her career, she also obediently recognized Wang Jinhua as her godmother.

It is just that in this life, she has an outside helper named Lu Kuan, and she has carved out her own path in the fashion circle.

"Studios have many benefits, such as higher autonomy and flexibility for the star."

"Signing contracts and undertaking projects in the name of a studio to issue invoices is more convenient than going through a large agency; you can refuse some commercial performances you don't like, instead of listening to the company's arrangements."

"Also, a studio is a sole proprietorship, with no restrictions on registered capital, no need to set up accounts, and the tax types are very simple."

"But if you establish a limited liability company, you must establish sound financial statements according to the company accounting system, there are many types of taxes to pay, and it is very troublesome to manage."

Boss Lu paused and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Who helps you handle your taxes usually?"

Fan Bingbing said "Ah," not expecting him to suddenly bring up this topic: "Sister Hua has a certified public accountant with whom she has a very good relationship; she will uniformly help us do the accounting and tax avoidance."

"You should find one yourself; if not, I will let Li Shanshan from the finance department of Inquiry Realm find one for you."

"You must be cautious about taxes; you are not short of that little money now."

Fan Bingbing still did not know the gravity of the situation: "Sigh, doesn't everyone do it this way? After all, the money I earned through hard work, just like this..."

As soon as she looked up, she saw Boss Lu's stern expression and began to stutter, somewhat at a loss.

"Some things are not on the scale, not weighing four taels; if they are put on the scale, even a thousand catties won't be able to hold them down."

"Do not harbor any fluke mentality about this matter; no matter what others do, you just do as I say."

Fearing he would be angry, Fan Bingbing gently pressed her head against Boss Lu's chest: "I know, I will listen to you in everything."

She felt that the atmosphere was somewhat solemn, and not knowing what was going on, she very cleverly began to change the subject: "Then what about the diversification of the studio later?"

"Diversification? Diversification is complicated; you wouldn't understand even if I told you."

The forms of diversified studios are diverse, such as the partnership studio of Fan Bingbing and Yang Siwei in later generations.

The background for the emergence of this partnership system was the introduction of the salary cap order by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

Generally speaking, in Hollywood film and television works, even for top-paid actors like Leonardo, the salary share will not exceed 25% of the project as a whole.

But after the influx of hot money from coal bosses to internet capital into the domestic entertainment industry in later generations, star incomes became somewhat abnormally high, and examples of accounting for 2/3 of a project were everywhere.

The salary cap order was introduced against this background.

But there are policies above and countermeasures below; the emergence of diversified studios effectively circumvented this order by converting artists' salaries through investment equity.

Let me give an inappropriate example:

When the country was vigorously promoting gold-based football and later capped salaries, Boss Xu of Evergrande, in order to pay high salaries to foreign aid in the team, would arrange positions for them in the club or the group.

An 80 million dollar contract, the salary in the team is 10 million dollars.

But hiring him to serve as a department head of the Evergrande Group, the annual salary is 70 million dollars!

Adding these together circumvented the salary cap order.

On this topic, Boss Lu was unwilling to talk more with Fan Bingbing, because she was too smart.

Teaching her these petty and opportunistic methods too early, there is no guarantee she won't repeat the old path of her previous life.

Fan Bingbing remembered Wang Jinhua's call just now: "What should we do next?"

"What to do? Of course, be a big villain, backstab your godmother, and surrender to Wang Xiaolei and the others!"

"Li Bingbing was hurt last time because of a scandal; you are now in the limelight, and I will arrange for Blog Network to continue to build momentum for you."

"Once Wang Jinhua wants to take you away, you should express to Yanda Huayi in advance that you are determined to stay, and squeeze Li Bingbing and her sister out!"

In the previous life, both Bingbings stayed at Yanda Huayi, plus Zhou Xun later, which left Fan Bingbing with no temper, and she set up her own business after the contract expired.

In this life, the situation is excellent, so of course, one should shout loudly during Yanda Huayi's "civil strife," occupy the position of the top sister with the merit of serving the king, and eat more shares later.

As for Zhou Xun, of course, she is already Boss Lu's insider.

In later generations, she also did not renew her contract with Rong Xinda in mid-2005, and switched to Yanda Huayi, the producer of "The Banquet," which gave her the role.

As for the reason for not renewing the contract, opinions differ.

Some say Li Shaohong and Li Xiaowan were harsh to people;

Some say Rong Xinda thought Zhou Xun's emotional experience was too rich, affecting her business;

Some say Zhou Xun fell in love with a low-class makeup artist Li Daqi, which seriously lowered her status and angered Li Xiaowan.

In the final analysis, it was just that the interest issues were not negotiated.

Of course, the two insiders, Zhou Xun and Fan Bingbing, did not know about each other, which conforms to the underground work safety code of our party during special periods.

A top-tier master, leaving no traces when placing pieces.

Between the ups and downs of this entertainment agency circle, Yanda Huayi's copper wall and iron fortress in the eyes of outsiders seemed like a big sieve full of holes in Boss Lu's eyes.

Fan Bingbing, Sister Xun, and Hu Zi, these are iron nails.

Huang Xiaoming, who has not been told the truth, is a soft nail.

And there are chips like Zhang Guoli that can be plucked like grass on the wall when the time comes.

And his biggest killer move: Sina shares.

Playing chess silently, only speaking when checkmating the opponent.

The entertainment industry is surging, noisy, and various rumors are rampant, and most are related to the contradictions between stars and their agencies.

At Yanda Huayi headquarters, Wang Dajun said "uh-huh" a few times to his mobile phone, and did not hesitate to offer words of encouragement and praise, only then did he put down the phone with satisfaction.

"Big brother? Is it..."

"Hey!"

Wang Dajun patted his thigh and stood up, closing the door of the president's office.

"No one would have thought that the first one to tell us the truth would be Fan Bingbing."

"What?"

Wang Xiaolei was also somewhat unexpected; he thought the person on the phone just now was the other Bingbing.

The family knows its own affairs; these two brothers are very clear that they previously wanted to push Li Bingbing to the top within Yanda Huayi, and resources were relatively tilted.

It's just that Fan Bingbing in the last two years seems to have suddenly become enlightened, first appearing in Lu Kuan's film in 2002 when Yanda Huayi and Inquiry Realm were still at peace, and winning the Hundred Flowers Best Supporting Actress in one fell swoop.

Then, relying on her own daring and fighting spirit, she carved out a bloody path in the domestic fashion circle.

Coupled with Li Bingbing being tortured enough by scandals and black materials some time ago, the current Fan Bingbing already has the momentum of Yanda Huayi's top sister.

Zhou Jun flicked the cigarette ash: "This Fan Bingbing, is she the one who recognized Wang Jinhua as her godmother?"

He always felt that this matter was too smooth.

Wang Dajun laughed: "Jokes in the entertainment circle, what godmother or not, when she first met Wang Jinhua, it was Li Bingbing who acted as the matchmaker."

"In terms of the relationship with Wang Jinhua, Li Bingbing is better than her."

"This woman is not simple, smart enough." Zhou Jun frowned.

"Now that rumors are rampant, she can make a judgment at the first time and decisively come to you and me to express her stance; not everyone has this kind of courage."

He looked at the live broadcast of the Inquiry Realm premiere on the office screen, where Fan Bingbing, Zhang Manyu, and others walked on the red carpet, chatting and communicating with Chinese and foreign reporters, the scene was enthusiastic.

Zhou Jun suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Berlin Film Festival, she also went with Lu Kuan's crew?"

Wang Xiaolei looked back: "Yes, she has the role of a Japanese spy's wife in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'."

"Aren't you worried that she and Lu Kuan are getting too close?"

Wang Dajun pushed his glasses: "There were such suspicions before, but for one thing, we just renewed the contract with Fan Bingbing at the beginning of the year, and she readily agreed to the high liquidated damages of 20 million."

"In addition, the last time the two companies had a dispute, Lu Kuan almost let Xue Xiaolu fire the scheduled lead actress Fan Bingbing."

Zhou Jun's face was gloomy: "Then why did she still perform in the end?"

"They just had each other's hostages, haha, at that time Wang Baoqiang from Inquiry Realm was still in the crew of 'A World Without Thieves'."

"If he didn't agree, we would marginalize Wang Baoqiang; Lu Kuan was also afraid of the rat throwing the vessel, and didn't want both sides to suffer."

This explanation was reasonable, but Zhou Jun's frowned brows never relaxed.

Self-proclaimed as the proud son of heaven, but the first game against Inquiry Realm was tragically killed, which forced him to deal with it with twelve points of spirit.

Wang Xiaolei had already begun to look forward to the beautiful future of Yanda Huayi after "reducing the burden" with self-satisfaction:

"I have already started arranging for people to contact the artists in Wang Jinhua's team."

"Among the Four Dan and Two Bings, we already have the Two Bings and Zhou Xun; among the Four Young Scholars, I am also contacting people other than Huang Xiaoming."

"The next step is to unswervingly build Nara into a little flower as famous as Liu Yifei, so that the four of Fan, Zhou, Huang, and Zhang can stabilize the situation as artist pillars."

Good fellow, three of the four pillars under your hand have already been, and will be, turned against you by Boss Lu.

Speaking of this, Zhou Jun couldn't help but laugh: "Xiaolei, your proposal to start with 'The Banquet' and force Wang Jinhua to rebel in advance was wise."

"Public opinion kills people; we are only suitable to appear as victims."

"If she doesn't leave, and Yanda Huayi's brokerage business doesn't get on the right track, it will never be able to keep up with Inquiry Realm in film and television production."

He shook the box office data that had just been released yesterday: "Xue Xiaolu is now a youth film director under Lu Kuan who can be on par with Ning Hao."

"Yesterday's Valentine's Day slot, 'Love is Not Blind' had a first-day box office of 3.5 million; now Inquiry Realm's low-budget films are simply stable to an unbelievable degree."

"What about us? Only one Feng Xiaogang is presentable, that Lu Chuan..."

Wang Dajun pondered: "Lu Chuan is still a talent, the key is that his father's influence and right to speak are there, which can be considered our public opinion weapon."

"Then support him well, shoot a few films properly, don't engage in those fame-seeking things all day long."

This refers to "Kekexili," where no money was made, no awards were won, and he was caught by Lu Kuan, causing a lot of trouble.

Zhou Jun himself didn't think much of Lu Chuan, but considering the value of Lu Tianmin, let's count his son as a person!

Wang Xiaolei suddenly said: "Brother, I heard from Xiaogang that someone from Tangshan came recently, saying they want to shoot a film about the earthquake?"

"Hmm, Xiaogang is interested, but 'The Banquet' hasn't even started yet, so we had to decline for now."

"Let Lu Chuan take it; this kind of serious subject film is his strength, and Lu Tianmin is there to cheer for him."

Zhou Jun's face was serious: "I suggest you be cautious; earthquake-themed films involve special effects, and the budget must not be small, right? Is it safe to hand it to him?"

The atmosphere in the office was stifled.

The three of them looked silently at the live broadcast of the Inquiry Realm video, where the spirited young director was introducing the new film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" on stage with ease.

They themselves knew very well that no matter how many conspiracies and tricks they engaged in, as a film and entertainment group, the core was to improve competitiveness in the field of film and television production.

Watching the opponent, who is a top director with extremely strong content output, waving his arms on the world stage, how can one not feel powerless from the bottom of one's heart?

"Alright, spring flowers and autumn moon, each has its own field, let's not always boost others' morale."

Feeling that the air pressure in the office was a bit low, Zhou Jun decided to reveal some news to cheer up the two Yanda Huayi people.

"I have entrusted someone to investigate Lu Kuan and Zhuang Xu of Blog Network."

Wang Xiaolei turned his head sharply, his face full of ecstasy.

Last time, banning Blog Network for three days had already achieved phased results; if they could really take down Blog Network...

Zhou Jun looked at his face with a wry smile and waved his hand: "Don't think too much, Blog Network is now a benchmark enterprise in the country, and it is a model for annual awards and various Torch Programs in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, so it cannot be moved easily."

"Then what does Jun-ge mean..."

"Blog Network is too easy for Lu Kuan to use, and Zhuang Xu was just an employee of the CICC investment banking department before; the time he founded Blog Network highly overlaps with the time Lu Kuan entered the entertainment industry."

"I suspect they have a private agreement, or even say..."

"Blog Network itself is Lu Kuan's industry!"

Wang Dajun also couldn't sit still: "Actually, we have suspected this for a long time, but suspicion is far from enough."

"It must be put on the table, let the higher-ups see that Lu Kuan holds so many public opinion tools, if his butt is tilted just a little bit..."

"The impact on ideology is huge, right? Especially since he has had confrontations with Liu Zeyu and others, these are all handles!"

Wang Xiaolei looked embarrassed: "Lu Kuan just pushes Zhuang Xu to the front, and he himself makes a nominee agreement to be a turtle; what can we do?"

"It's not illegal, and Blog Network has a very good relationship with official media."

"This is simple." Zhou Jun stood up leisurely and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Internet companies like Blog Network burn a lot of money when they start up; before the explosion of the ringtone industry in 03 to 04, what did they rely on for profit?"

"If Lu Kuan is the actual controller of Blog Network, the two companies must have large-scale capital lending, otherwise, Blog Network would have closed down within three months based on its traffic."

"Besides, don't you find it strange? Why has Blog Network always been unwilling to accept venture capital?"

"Is it because they are afraid that the details of their actual controller will be exposed?"

Zhou Jun became more and more excited as he spoke, feeling that he had already reached Boss Lu's key privacy: "Check the accounts of the two companies in the name of tax, and drag out Lu Kuan who is hiding his head and showing his tail!"

Wang Dajun suddenly realized: "Indeed, then start from the surface, express concern about the public opinion safety of his controlled enterprises in terms of ideology, and force him to cut off one arm himself!"

"If you want Blog Network, then withdraw from Travel Satellite TV, and vice versa!"

Zhou Jun smiled and nodded at the two brothers who could draw inferences about other cases, and said nothing; the three people's eyes looked at Lu Kuan, who was ready to start the premiere on the screen.

It seemed that they felt he was not so indestructible anymore.

(End of chapter)