Chapter 279: Revolutionary weapons are destroying the revolution (for the alliance leader [Da

At the end of May, Lu Kuan temporarily left the crew and returned to Beiping to attend the premiere of Ning Hao's new movie, *Cow*.

Since meeting Lu Kuan in 2002, Ning Hao had basically established his commercial film director route through the trilogy of *Crazy Stone*, *Crazy Racer*, and *Crazy Trip* (*Breakup Buddies*).

But as long as one is a director, there will always be a tendency for auteur film creation.

Even Lu Kuan, who branded himself as a commercial film director, couldn't avoid this, let alone Ning Hao, who was originally influenced by his fellow villager, Jia Kezhang.

Especially the later Ning Hao, in the first few low-budget movies and short films of his career, had always been committed to splashing a few waves in the small pond of art films.

He fought repeatedly, until 2005, when the movie *Green Grassland*, which he paid 100,000 to film, was sent to the Hong Kong International Film Festival and met his mentor, Liu Dehua.

The latter selected him for the "Focus: First Cuts" project, the last of the 6 spots for young Asian directors.

Therefore, after the "Crazy Trilogy," Boss Lu, who thought of him from his perspective, took *Cow* from the crooked-butt tiger and gave it to him and his old partner, Huang Bo, to toss around, in order to explore his own narrative rhythm and audiovisual language.

Beiping Chaoyang District, Guomao Business District, Inquiry Realm Jiahe IMAX Cinema.

Huang Bo was wearing a decent suit, turning around in front of Director Ning Hao, who was preparing to welcome guests.

"Can you stop for a moment? I'm about to vomit from you spinning."

"Oh! Isn't it because I see the boss hasn't come yet? I'm anxious!"

Ning Hao teased him: "No wonder Boss Lu always says you have high emotional intelligence in every meeting. It is high. The leader isn't here in person, but it doesn't affect you showing your loyalty, right?"

"It's not easy to have a chance to show my face in front of him. Maybe I can be in Boss Lu's movie."

Ning Hao pretended to be angry: "Good for you, Aobai! Your body is in Cao Ying, but your heart is in Han, right?"

"What Aobai?"

Boss Lu walked over with a smile. Ning Hao stood up with a smile, and Huang Bo also greeted him humbly.

"Boss, where did you come in from? We've been guarding the door for more than ten minutes."

"A bunch of reporters blocked the road, so I came in through the staff passage."

"Aobai? Is that Huang Bo's new nickname?"

Ning Hao laughed: "Xu Baldy gave it to him. We were filming *Cow*, and he drank a catty and a half at a fellow villager's house in Lin Yi."

"Except for the local fellow villagers, all of us were 'boiled' to death by him, 'boiled' and defeated, haha."

Boss Lu looked at the "Qingdao Lady" with surprise: "Really capable. You can talk and drink. You can be a good public relations manager even if you don't act."

"Eh eh eh, Boss, don't belittle me. My dream is to be an actor and win the Best Actor award."

Huang Bo grinned: "Of course, the company still has Boss Lu. Whenever you need me to perform at a drinking party, I'll be there on call!"

"Hahahaha! Good. Tonight, after it's over, let's go for a drink. I've been exhausted in Tangshan recently."

Leaders also need to move around more at the grassroots level. Drinking and bragging among men is beneficial and harmless.

Huang Bo was overjoyed: "Good! Good! I'll arrange it, Boss Lu. My buddy has a small barbecue courtyard on the East Third Ring Road. I'll tell him not to do business tonight and prepare it for us."

There was still more than an hour before the premiere, and the three were chatting and laughing.

Gao Jun walked over: "Boss Lu, this is the store manager assistant, An Yugang, a top student from the Broadcasting Institute recruited by the company this year."

The Broadcasting Institute is the Communication University of China. It only changed its name in 2004, but old Beiping people like Gao Jun were used to the old name.

"Boss Lu, I finally see you. Please give me more criticism and corrections!"

An Yugang was very excited. Facing this industry giant who was at most the same age as him and also just graduated from university, he was quite unable to control his admiration.

Boss Lu shook hands with him with a smile: "Work hard."

In fact, An Yugang was dug up by Gao Jun at his instruction.

Inquiry Realm Jiahe's expansion across the country was steady, but there was a severe shortage of reserve talent.

There were too few employees in this day and age who could match the marketing ideas of him, Gao Jun, and others.

An Yugang graduated from the Communication University of China this year. In the future, he would start his own business, Beiping Film and Television World Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and get involved in cinema management and film distribution business.

*Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, *Aquaman*, *Mission: Impossible – Fallout*, etc., were all projects he operated.

He had great potential for cultivation and excavation in strategic planning, planning and promotion, and media integration. He could be considered a reserve cadre found for Gao Jun to cultivate as a deputy.

Boss Lu intended to test him: "Little An, I put you, a top student, as an assistant in the cinema first to familiarize yourself with the business. Do you have any complaints?"

An Zhijie was respectful: "Leader, I have already fully integrated into the cinema management work. How can there be any complaints?"

"Oh? Then take me for an introduction."

Boss Lu was somewhat suspicious.

This Inquiry Realm Jiahe in the Guomao business district was a super-luxury cinema that opened in April, with the signboard of the first IMAX giant screen cinema in Beiping. The ticket price was 20% more expensive than ordinary cinemas.

An Zhigang had only been here for less than a week, and he was so confident?

"Director Lu!"

"Boss Lu."

As they were talking, several actors from the Inquiry Realm direct line arrived early to support, including Wu Ershan, Hu Ge, and Su Chang, who were filming *Zhu Xian 2* in Shidu, Beiping.

Boss Lu inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

Bingbing's identity was sensitive, and she had no intersection with Ning Hao, so it was fine if she didn't come.

Where did Liu Yifei run off to?

In the past, shouldn't she be the most active on such occasions?

Su Chang was quick-witted and secretly observed the fleeting doubt of the washing machine. Seeing him turn to An Yugang and say: "Alright, many people in our own company haven't been here. You take us to introduce it."

The big boss from the sky was asking questions in person, so An Yugang naturally didn't dare to be slow, leading everyone inside.

"Everyone, our Inquiry Realm Jiahe Cinema Guomao Store is the first super-luxury cinema in Beiping with an IMAX giant screen."

"Our sound system uses the most advanced digital stereo equipment in the world, including Dolby Digital electronic three-way frequency division, JBL sound, and Danish Crown power amplifier system, as well as the 6.1 channel system of CP650 newly developed by Dolby."

Immediately after, he compared this set of luxury systems with the infrastructure of other cinemas on the market, and the professionalism in his words was extremely high.

Boss Lu had no expression. The purchase of this expensive equipment was approved by him, so he naturally knew it in his heart.

But Wu Ershan, Huang Bo, Su Chang, Hu Ge, and others were surprised. It was rare for a domestic cinema manager to be so familiar with top foreign equipment.

Several people turned into a screening hall, and An Yugang walked to the big silver screen.

"This is an imported British metal wide-angle silver screen, and the projector is the famous American brand Strong."

"The screening hall is also equipped with a high-end conference sound system, not only for movie screening, but also to cooperate with the needs of various activities."

An Zhigang glanced at Gao Jun and gritted his teeth: "By the way, Boss Lu, last week we received a venue use application for a marriage proposal. It should be the son of a coal boss in Shanxi Province."

"The price he gave is 80,000 for a buyout, from 6 PM to 11 PM."

Boss Lu was suspicious: "I didn't see this OA report. What process did you go through?"

Gao Jun was slightly embarrassed: "Boss Lu, this is a marketing idea that Little An and I communicated. The process is with me. We were worried..."

"Are you worried that the reputation of the high-end cinema will be destroyed by such things, affecting the normal screening order of the cinema?"

"Yes."

Boss Lu smiled noncommittally, seeing the immaturity in the work of An Zhigang, who had just entered the workplace.

But with so many people present, now was not the time to deal with this matter.

He turned his head and continued to ask questions: "Tell me your own thoughts."

"The May Day peak season has just passed. Now the IMAX giant screen hall of the cinema has a total of 280 seats, and the ticket price is about 30 yuan higher than ordinary cinemas."

"Even in the case of a full house, the single-day operating income of the giant screen hall is about less than 20,000. In the rental time required by customers, the best case is only less than 60,000 in film industry income."

"So I think this 80,000 rental fee... can be agreed to."

"Are you not worried that the high reputation will be affected by the so-called coal bosses and local tycoons?"

An Yugang adjusted his glasses: "I think this is a rare topic marketing, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

"Gao Jun, look, young people still have ideas."

Boss Lu changed the topic: "But the ideas are still relatively immature and not bold enough."

An Zhigang's proud expression froze, seeing the young director opposite looking around the interior of the screening hall: "Why 80,000? Just make a 288,000 package!"

"Boss Lu, although these coal bosses have money, this price..."

Boss Lu laughed: "80,000 has the way of 80,000, and 288,000 naturally doesn't just provide a screening hall, right?"

"100,000 venue rental fee, 50,000 for atmosphere, catering, commemorative T-shirts, and other material costs, and the remaining less than 140,000 is for providing him with high-quality video filming and editing services."

"You find Ning Hao or Wu Ershan, find someone from the photography department of the Beijing Film Academy or someone who runs an advertising studio, and outsource it for 5,000 to 10,000 yuan."

The young director turned to Ning Hao again: "What was the price when you filmed MV for people two years ago?"

"For the Tang Dynasty band, it was more than 20,000, and for ordinary people, it was less than 8,000."

"Look, Ning Hao was a top director in the field of MV filming in Beiping before his debut, so you have room to talk."

He counted with his fingers: "Every year on 520, Valentine's Day, Qixi, take out three or five halls to specifically do this topic marketing, and turning around for a million a day is easy."

"In addition, coal bosses have their own small circles and like to show off their wealth to each other. Go to the blog network to advertise and induce them to compare consumption."

"When the trend becomes popular, engage in hunger marketing and appointment price increases. Take out the most expensive IMAX hall for online auctions. Is it simple?"

Eyes: Very simple.

Heart: I'm not dirty enough yet.

In the huge screening hall, the directors and artists of Inquiry Realm were silent, and Gao Jun and An Yugang of Inquiry Realm Jiahe were stunned, not knowing how to answer.

My head is itchy, I'm going to grow a brain again...

"Of course, things are not immutable."

Boss Lu was afraid of leading this future talent who had just graduated from the Communication University of China astray, so he added a few words to make up for it.

"Now there are only blockbusters in the Spring Festival file in China. At other times, the turnover of your high-end screening halls is probably still relatively low."

"But this high-end cinema route and model is our expansion strategy for Inquiry Realm Jiahe in first-tier cities. This high-end positioning must be occupied."

"What I just told you is just to let you assess the situation and do a good job of self-marketing. After all, even good wine is afraid of deep alleys."

"You must distinguish between primary and secondary in your main business and side business. Don't put the cart before the horse."

An Yugang bowed respectfully: "Yes! Leader!"

After a simple inspection, everyone chatted and laughed back to the cinema lobby, preparing for the evening premiere reception.

Su Chang walked at the back of the crowd, looking at the company boss whose conscience was greatly damaged, thinking to herself that her best friend's level was indeed not enough to play with others.

It's no wonder she was forced to transform into a suicide bomber and directly started a desperate fighting style.

The entrance of the screening hall gradually became lively. The entertainment reporters were surprised and uncertain to see Lu Kuan appear, and rushed up like seeing a living father.

"Director Lu, Director Lu, I heard that Zhang Nara returned directly to Korea after returning from Cannes. Does this matter have anything to do with you?"

"Director Lu, how is *Tangshan Earthquake* filming?"

Boss Lu was shaking hands with Ren Zhonglun of the Shanghai Film Group, and was immediately surrounded by guns and cannons.

Ren Zhonglun patted his hand kindly: "Director Lu, you are busy, you deal with the errands first."

Ning Hao smiled and greeted him, taking Ren Zhonglun inside.

Inquiry Realm West Film's current distribution capacity is limited. The recent *Crazy Supermarket* (*Night Shop*) and *Bad Genius* have occupied most of the manpower and material resources.

Therefore, *Cow* was handed over to Shanghai Film and Bona for joint distribution. A low-budget art film with an investment of 7 million was simply taken out to socialize with industry peers.

The young director then turned to the entertainment reporters who were coming one after another:

"You should ask the two Boss Wangs of Huayi about Miss Zhang Nara's matter. I definitely don't know."

"The filming progress of *Tangshan Earthquake* is normal, and it is expected to meet the audience in the Spring Festival file."

"In addition, starting from June, we will take Inquiry Realm as the organizer and cooperate with the Propaganda Department, local culture and tourism departments, and emergency management departments to carry out earthquake escape and protection, search and rescue knowledge popularization public welfare activities in earthquake-prone cities across the country. Please pay attention."

The plan for this public welfare activity was still being formulated, and there would be a special team responsible for orderly implementation, especially in certain key areas.

Boss Lu was just taking this opportunity to blow some wind first.

Yu Dong of Poly Bona came up and smiled: "Boss Lu!"

"Old Yu, business has been good recently?"

"Harm! My two brushes, isn't it following you, Boss Lu? You pave the way for everyone, and we just follow it!"

It was not easy to have a chance to flatter, Yu Dong was firing on all cylinders, not giving others a chance to socialize and contact.

From 2004 to 2005, Poly Bona under Yu Dong followed the development route of Inquiry Realm, invested in the Shancheng Wanhe Cinema Line, and established the Poly Wanhe Cinema Line.

He himself also took office as the general manager of Dongfang Shenlong Film Co., Ltd. at the beginning of this year, and also served as the chairman of Poly Wanhe Cinema Line Co., Ltd.

Gu Zhangwei's *Peacock* and Xu Jinglei's *Letter from an Unknown Woman* were both works of this new film company.

Although it couldn't be compared with the scale of Inquiry Realm, it could be considered to have gathered the film industry chain of production, distribution, and cinema lines.

The number of people on the scene was increasing, and the chairs prepared for the guest seats were not enough. An Zhigang walked to Ning Hao and Boss Lu and whispered: "Boss Lu, Director Ning, there was some mistake..."

"What's wrong?"

"Many industry insiders who were not invited and could not keep the appointment... all came. The materials and other aspects of the scene might not be enough."

Gao Jun on the side just hung up the phone and came over: "Huo Wenxi of Emperor Group brought artists to support, and they have already arrived downstairs."

Huang Bo laughed: "This bunch of people, at first they didn't know Director Lu was coming, and now they are all rushing to mix their faces, haha."

"Well, it's my fault instead."

Lu Kuan laughed, and then directed An Zhigang: "Call the building property to communicate, go borrow or buy."

"I will chat with the guests later and do more interactions on the stage to buy you time."

"Today is not only *Cow* showing its face, but even our IMAX cinema, which is currently the only one in Beiping, can expand its influence, which can be considered killing two birds with one stone."

Liu Yan took the stage to host, and the premiere ceremony started soon.

To avoid grabbing the theme of today and the limelight of Ning Hao's movie, Boss Lu took the initiative to lead the topic to *Cow* on the stage.

"It can be said that this work of Director Ning has made great progress in humanistic depth and theme excavation, the creation of vivid and three-dimensional characters, and the novelty of narrative structure compared to the commercial films of the previous Crazy Trilogy."

"It is very rare for a director to have a spirit of self-evolution."

Lu Kuan did not hesitate to blow and praise his own director: "I will make a bold prediction or expectation here. I am optimistic about the performance of *Cow* at the Golden Horse Awards this year."

"In addition, I also sent the sample film to Marco Müller in Venice. This film has been selected to participate in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival in August."

Before the words fell, the Inquiry Realm artists and directors on the scene were cheering and applauding, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Ning Hao looked gratefully at this company boss who did not hesitate to share and help, and of course, he was his role model and learning object on the road as a director.

Once these words were spoken, it could be fully foreseen that *Cow* would raise another level of competitiveness in box office performance.

The premiere ceremony started soon, but the guests who came for Lu Kuan obviously wouldn't let him go easily.

At the very least, you have to mix a familiar face, go around in front of people, right?

The premiere ceremony was very successful, and the super-luxury cinema of Inquiry Realm Jiahe also successfully gained the attention of industry insiders and reporters, which could be considered a hit.

After the event, the Inquiry Realm artists took the initiative to stay to socialize and receive. Hu Ge and other popular young actors did not show any impatience, and their posture was very low.

Huo Wenxi, who came to support halfway, watched coldly, knowing that such corporate culture and leaders were absolutely inseparable.

In the entertainment industry, it is common to hold one's identity and praise the high and step on the low, especially within a company, there are countless infighting.

And this clear stream of Inquiry Realm, except for Boss Lu's "rule by man," a more effective means is a reasonable artist training model.

Different career development routes make these artists in the same company have no major conflicts of interest.

Otherwise, even if there is a strong pressure from a leader like Boss Lu, it is inevitable that there will be internal intrigue.

"Chang, are you leaving? Sit in my car?" Hu Ge's assistant went to drive, and he took the opportunity to invite the company's female artists who had a good relationship with him.

"Ah? Oh, you go first, I have something to talk to Boss Lu!"

Hu Ge didn't doubt him: "Okay, see you tomorrow."

"Bye bye~~~"

Su Chang glanced at Boss Lu, who was still laughing and talking with Ren Zhonglun, feeling somewhat uneasy.

The decisiveness of Liu Yifei that night made her feel terrified. From the perspective of a bystander, she extremely doubted whether such a plan could work.

Especially since she got the heroine role of *Diao Man Gong Zhu*, while Zhang Nara was still called the Korean little queen in the mainland entertainment industry in the last second, launching a fierce impact on Liu Yifei's position.

In the next second, she was ruined and fled back to Korea without a sound.

Such cruel means made her feel cold, even if this Korean female star who was being concocted was a complete opposite.

But the conversion of friends and enemies is often a matter of an instant, especially in the eyes of ruthless capital.

If Xixi angers him...

She didn't dare to imagine the worst and most tragic consequences.

But if she told the washing machine now, she would feel sorry for her best friend's deep affection.

She bet everything to get a chance to get a real answer from this man's mouth. How could she bear to destroy it and let her life leave regrets?

"Hey! What are you dazed about?"

"Ah!"

Su Chang felt guilty, covered her chest and turned around. Boss Lu and Afei were standing behind her.

"Where is your assistant? How are you going back tonight?"

"Ah... I came in Old Hu's car." The hesitation on Su Chang's face was even worse. She pretended to look at the time and took out her phone to avoid eye contact with her boss.

In these days of entanglement, she always remembered some relatively "long-standing" rumors that almost no one dared to mention in front of him now.

Little fairy in the entertainment industry.

Better to believe it than not.

She didn't dare to expose her intentions directly, even a little bit of clues could arouse the washing machine's suspicion.

Because she hadn't thought about how to say it, or how to help her best friend without showing any trace.

"Then why don't you go back quickly? Afei, you send her, I'll go in President Ren's car."

Boss Lu looked up and down at Su Chang, who had her coat on her arm: "Put on your clothes, it's easy to get sick if a little girl exposes her belly button."

After saying that, he was about to turn around and walk into the cinema.

Su Chang waved her hand: "No no no, I can go by myself! Don't bother!"

"Oh! By the way." Lu Kuan turned his head again: "Where is Little Liu? Why didn't she come over after filming with you today?"

Su Chang thought to herself, it's because she is going to have a showdown with you, which makes her mood dark and unclear now. Where is there any leisure to come and shake in front of you?

"Xixi she... um... she should be tired from filming today, so she went home with Liu Ayi first."

Boss Lu was noncommittal: "Oh, okay."

"Don't force yourself, Afei, you go back to the courtyard house directly after sending her."

"Okay."

Su Chang wanted to decline, but Afei didn't care about that, directly drove the Bentley Arnage to the entrance of the cinema, and got out of the car to help her open the door.

"Sister Su Chang, where to?"

"New Yujing at Huawei Bridge, thank you Afei."

Su Chang has developed steadily in the past two years. Her movie roles, character images, and acting skills fit well, and she has cultivated more in TV series, but her personal income is far from the level of explosion.

This villa with an average price of more than 10,000 was also bought after listening to Boss Lu's suggestion to buy a house at the company-wide meeting.

Su Chang looked at the luxurious interior of the car, leaning heavily on the fully enclosed seat sofa.

"Afei, how long have you been following Boss Lu?"

"More than two years."

"I heard Xixi say that you were cheated by him to find your roots in Yanbian?"

Su Chang teased the cold-faced bodyguard to talk.

With two people in the car, not talking would make the atmosphere very strange.

After all, she is not someone else's leader, which makes her sit so peacefully.

"Er... yes, but it doesn't matter."

"This is my home."

Afei pursed his lips, but still blurted out a heartfelt word.

With his extremely introverted personality, he couldn't show his face to express these loyalties in front of Lu Kuan, nor did he feel it was necessary.

Lu Kuan treated him like a younger brother, and there was no lack or difference in all aspects of food, clothing, and use.

It's just that some words are held in the heart, and everyone will have the desire to share and express.

Boss Lu's approach can be said to be buying people's hearts, but it is definitely not called being polite to the virtuous and condescending to the scholars.

What is being polite to the virtuous and condescending to the scholars?

Being polite to the virtuous and condescending to the scholars in modern society is the most ridiculous class superiority.

Under the concept of equal personality, such words will only make people feel instinctive resistance and rejection. Why am I naturally "down"?

Afei has a closed personality, but he is clear-eyed. Lu Kuan's kindness, trust, and treatment of him as a relative are integrated into life.

For example, being able to share a bowl of fish soup noodles made by Little Liu with Boss Lu;

For example, quietly purchasing real estate for him in Beiping, and after it was done, just asking Sun Wenwen to take him to handle the procedures lightly, and never taking it out as a topic of sealing officials and promising wishes.

Su Chang tried to test: "Afei, do you think Boss Lu treats Liu Yifei differently from other female stars?"

"Don't know."

"Then I'll change the question. Do you think Liu Yifei is suitable to be your boss's wife?"

"Have to ask the boss."

Su Chang was unwilling and asked again: "Then do you think if Liu Yifei makes him angry, will he concoct Liu Yifei like he did to Zhang Nara?"

"Who is Zhang Nara?"

After a twenty-minute drive, Su Chang leaned her head on the car window in despair and had no strength to say another word.

When she got home, she drilled into the bedroom and called her best friend for the first time.

"Hello?"

"What are you doing?"

"Painting."

"Painting what?"

"A dog, male."

Su Chang completely caught her depressed mood, as if she didn't even have the interest to say one more word. After thinking about it, she took the initiative to chat about a happy topic.

A white lie reached the ears of Painter Liu through the phone: "The washing machine asked about you today, saying why didn't Little Liu come?"

"Then I said you were too tired from filming, so you went back with Liu Ayi first."

Su Chang waited for a few seconds without waiting for the response: "Hello? Did you hang up?"

"No, keep talking?"

"Liu Yifei, you don't have any public morality for chatting at all? At this time, you should answer: Then what did he say?"

"Then what did he say?"

"Not telling you!"

Liu Yifei chuckled: "I'm going to find him tomorrow, I'll ask myself."

"Ah? You don't want to see him now!"

"I'm going to his office tomorrow to get the script for the massacre movie. This is work and should be distinguished from personal feelings."

Su Chang: I believe you, late-stage love brain.

Seeing that she had no interest in chatting, the two best friends chatted for a few words and hung up the phone.

——

Since Zhao Fei could fully handle the extra scenes of the Tangshan crew, the next day, Boss Lu took time to return to the Ideal Building to deal with the backlog of official business.

The "knock knock" sound of knocking on the door sounded, followed by the "da da da" sound of high heels approaching from far to near.

Lu Kuan didn't even lift his head: "Put it on the table first, I'll look at it later."

After waiting for a few seconds and seeing that Sun Wenwen didn't reply, he looked up blankly. Liu Yifei was standing in front of the desk with a smile.

From the night in Rongcheng when she made the decision, to talking to Zhang Chunru yesterday and becoming more determined,

Little Liu was now clear-minded and could calmly examine the washing machine.

Boss Lu's eyes swept over her feet, and his sight moved from her big white legs to her slender waist.

"Why are you dressed so maturely today? Don't you usually not like wearing high heels? I thought it was Sun Wenwen."

"You have to try to get used to things you don't like, right? You can't just give up because of the cowardice in your heart, right?"

"Ah?"

Lu Kuan looked at the calm little girl in confusion: "What's the matter? Coming to pour chicken soup early in the morning?"

"I suggest you put a few noodles in the chicken soup, at least you can fill your stomach, not just get full on water."

Little Liu habitually rolled her eyes at him, without the leisure to fight with him, and sat on the sofa to make tea herself.

"Which one do you use for tea?"

The tea table is used more for guests, so Liu Yifei naturally dislikes what others have used, even if it has been washed and scalded at high temperature, it is still awkward.

Boss Lu took a purple clay pot that looked oily from his side.

"I drink from the spout, you can pour water from the side of the pot."

Liu Yifei took boiling water and scalded it over and over again: "Are you sick?"

"Does tooth decay count?"

Little Liu didn't pay attention and burned her hand, and the purple clay was lightly knocked by the edge of the kettle.

"My grandmother, be careful!" Boss Lu looked at her clumsiness with heartache.

"Is this thing very expensive?" Liu Yifei picked up the purple clay and observed it carefully.

"Gu Jingzhou's Shangxinqiao pot, priceless."

Gu Jingzhou was a master of pot art born in Yixing, Jiangsu Province in 1915, and passed away in 1996.

His representative works mainly include the Tibi pot with dignified and upright shape and rigorous and reasonable structure, the Monk Hat pot with strong and powerful lines and exquisite production technology, etc.

At the Sijhen Art Auction in 2013, one of his Shangxinqiao pots was estimated at about 1.1 million.

Liu Yifei curled her lips playfully. She was naturally not interested in these things and would only feel that the washing machine was spending money indiscriminately.

"Knock knock!" Long Danni poked her head in: "Boss Lu, I'm here to report on work."

"Oh, please come in."

"Hello Sister Long!"

"Hello Yifei, haven't seen you for a while. Chen Luyu asked me yesterday if I could invite you to do another show."

Liu Yifei waved her hand and smiled: "I don't have time recently. I'm filming from morning to night, and I'm being exploited quite badly by capitalists."

Little Liu's eyes cut through the washing machine at the desk like a physical object, but unfortunately, she didn't get a response.

This level of attack probably couldn't even break his skin.

Long Danni knew that Liu Yifei was not an outsider, and began to report on recent work in front of her.

Liu Yifei also tasted the water-milled black tea silently, wanting to see how he handled business work on the side.

She had seen enough scenes of filming movies and cheating, and this serious style of dialogue was still very worth learning.

It was no different from the business school courses at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign she wanted to apply for, but it was more intuitive and vivid.

Lu Kuan sat at the desk, flipping through the paper materials submitted by Long Danni.

Above was the program planning for *The Voice* and the market research report of Hunan TV's *Super Girl*.

"Your thinking is problematic."

Boss Lu, who had just flipped through a few pages, gave his subordinate a ruthless denial.

"Don't transplant the experience of *Super Girl* to *The Voice*. The life of this program has been overdrawn by us. Now there are restrictions on the four black articles, and Hunan TV can't jump around. It's just drinking leftover soup."

The Inquiry Realm boss pondered for two seconds and gave specific instructions: "There are requirements for program duration in the four black articles, so our program cycle must also be compressed."

"And don't be like last year's *Super Girl*, from the end of February to the National Day in October. That was to use the participation of offline activities to attract voting and ranking."

"So, first, the program is tentatively scheduled for the summer file, starting in more than a month, with a total of no more than 15 episodes."

"Second, since you want to be refined, don't look for a needle in a haystack. Just like the Pan-Asia Film Academy, you can select students through professional channels such as music academies and music producers."

Long Danni said with difficulty: "Boss Lu, actually, we also planned the first set of plans this way."

The first set of plans was strictly in accordance with the program process of *The Voice* in later generations.

"If we follow that set of plans, the investment promotion work for this first season may not meet expectations..."

The total amount of title sponsorship plus front and back time slots and embedded advertisements for *Super Girl* reached 220 million. This year, Boss Lu set a goal of 300 million for the station.

"Last year's rapid advance, seeing the hope of catching up with Hunan TV, everyone is now full of energy, wanting to maximize the commercial value of this successor program."

"So..."

Lu Kuan didn't interrupt her explanation, and could understand this work thinking.

It is normal for this relatively less manic talent show mode of *The Voice* not to be recognized by the market before it explodes.

In any case, under market conditions, ignoring social value, the level of commercial value is the only scale that can measure the pros and cons of a program.

Therefore, Hunan TV would set up a program mode of ugliness and script in the early stage.

It is the same for Travel TV.

If you take out last year's plan, you will only go further in advertising bidding and achieve growth without effort.

But you, Long Danni, now take out this plain program plan and want to get an advertising price equal to or higher than last year...

It's a bit bullying that we manufacturers don't know the industry, right?

To give an inappropriate example, it's like testing traffic among primary school students with serious novels and comic books. Regardless of other values, primary school students will definitely choose comic books.

Primary school students are the audience for current satellite TV music and talent shows. They have no cognition of the new mode of *The Voice* and need guidance.

You Travel TV now takes out this program with a greatly changed face. Even if the reputation of last year is good, it cannot instantly attract large advertising orders.

Liu Yifei watched the washing machine without blinking, rubbing the warm Shangxinqiao pot in her hand, carefully observing the live broadcast of business courses.

Boss Lu naturally wanted to correct Long Danni's wrong thinking:

"Commercial value is the result you deserve after doing the right thing, not using expected commercial value to shackle your thinking and innovation."

"Put the cart before the horse."

Long Danni frowned: "Director Lu, what do you mean?"

Liu Yifei was also puzzled and wanted to hear how Lu Kuan would explain it.

"I'll give you an example and you'll understand."

"During the crossing of the Chishui River, the old man asked the soldiers to push the heavy artillery into the water and travel light, so as to carry out his combat intentions and march route."

"The soldiers who didn't know questioned, you are destroying revolutionary weapons."

"The old man said, it's not that I am destroying revolutionary weapons, it's that revolutionary weapons are destroying the revolution."

"Similarly, commercial value is destroying your commercial program."

Long Danni and Liu Yifei both raised their heads suddenly, stunned by this essence of dialectics that seemed like a tongue twister.

Boss Lu guided them: "The commercial value in your eyes is the heavy artillery that affects the marching speed of *The Voice*."

"You have to dare to abandon it, dare to put the correct program route before short-term commercial value!"

"Although advertising investment is not up to expectations now, if you wait for a show or two and then look, you will get revolutionary weapons far beyond imagination!"

Long Danni's brows relaxed, and she nodded repeatedly, only feeling that the dialectical thought of the great man was so exquisite.

She said convincingly: "Boss Lu, then let's temporarily shelve the program title and..."

"Inquiry Realm sponsors it first and hangs a name. One month of preparation time, let's make this program a hit."

Boss Lu leaned confidently on the chair and crossed his legs.

"If there are no advertisers stuffing money into your back door to buy sponsorship positions, it means your work, Long Danni, is not in place!"

Long Danni said she didn't dare, took a few receipts to apply for signature, and then nodded to Liu Yifei and left.

Boss Lu glanced at Little Liu, who was lost in thought.

"You're listening very intently? Do you understand?"

"Slightly understand."

Boss Lu looked down on people: "Slightly understand? Come here, come."

Lu Kuan raised his chin at Liu Yifei: "Since you are free, come and guest star as a little secretary for me."

"What do you mean?" Little Liu walked to the desk curiously.

Boss Lu pointed to a thick stack of documents: "These are all documents I have approved. Each one has review opinions at the bottom."

"You help me scan each one first to see if there are any missed approvals."

"Then process it in the OA process against the document number and review opinions, and enter the postscript."

He said and gave up his seat to sit on the sofa, and working girl Little Liu took the top spot temporarily.

Liu Yifei looked at his action of rubbing his eyes and putting in eye drops and couldn't help but care: "What's wrong with your eyes?"

"I've been dealing with the special effects shots of the earthquake recently, and my eyes are sore from editing the movie, so I don't want to look at the computer."

"The company's paperless office was proposed by myself, so it's not good to take the lead in violating it."

Little Liu covered her mouth and laughed: "You won't become like Wong Kar-wai in the future, right? Wearing sunglasses every day."

"Now eyeballs can be transplanted in the United States. I'll borrow your two big eyeballs to use then."

Liu Yifei looked up at the washing machine leaning on the sofa and resting: "Better not, my eyes don't like to look at dirty things."

She sat at the desk and browsed the content of the documents and the review opinions one by one, taking this opportunity to steal the teacher.

It's just that Boss Lu's work scope is very wide, which made her eyebrows sparse and wide at times, and meditation and bitterness at times. When she encountered a brain-burning jam, she couldn't help but bite her fingers.

"Lu Kuan, what is this word you wrote..."

Liu Yifei raised her head suddenly, seeing that the young director on the sofa was snoring slightly, and hurriedly lowered her voice.

She got up and walked to Lu Kuan's side, holding her breath and looking at his angular side face for a while, then sighed, and carefully sat back in front of the computer.

They all say that the gentle village is the hero's grave, making men intoxicated and sinking.

But for Liu Yifei, who was just eighteen, such companionship was enough for her to cherish.

During this time, she had also been thinking and hesitating about the right or wrong of that decision, and she couldn't help but fear and worry about the worst result.

Especially such intimate and warm getting along, just a moment ago, Liu Yifei almost had the idea of retreating.

If she could keep deceiving herself like this, how good would it be?

But she couldn't convince herself in the end. She knew that the fake appearance of flowers in front of her was just a short-term warmth, a beautiful trap.

The two of them would always face that irreconcilable contradiction.

She knew that Lu Kuan would be happy to see her cowardice and avoidance, and wished she wouldn't have this birthday.

That way he could be at ease and deal with both sides.

But this would undoubtedly destroy all her beautiful fantasies about feelings.

Once she compromises, Liu Yifei clearly knows that she can get more top-level resources and a brighter future.

But only part of him.

This is completely unacceptable.

She would go from a budding bud that had just turned eighteen to a resentful woman with hatred in the long gate, and become a self-bound prisoner in the spiritual world.

For a soul that longs for beauty, freedom, and independence, that is no different from chronic death.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 280 =====