Bright Era of China Entertainment

New Haven, Eli Community.

Today's night sky is dotted with stars, making deep space look less lonely.

The occasional spring breeze beats the leaves lightly, making a rustling sound, and conveying refreshment in the warmer weather in April.

In front of the window on the third floor of the villa, there is an open book on the desk. The pages are densely packed in English. The title "perform-act" translates to the art of performing, indicating the category of the book.

However, its owner has no intention of reading it.

The light shines from the crystal chandelier on the ceiling and shines on the side face of the girl. The white and tender skin makes the light look a bit gloomy.

The girl rested her chin on her hands and looked up at the stars in the deep sky. The breeze blowing made her slightly curled eyelashes blink at intervals, but it didn't affect her in the slightest to maintain this state, as if her thoughts were flying.

"Ding ding ding~" A gust of strong wind came, and the silver wind chime hanging on the window suddenly rang.

The girl was slightly taken aback, and looked up at the swinging wind chimes from the corner of her eye.

The evening wind swayed strands of silver threads, and the silver threads murmured layers of rhythms, taking advantage of the trend to dizzy the girl's thoughts that were gradually flying away.

Chu Xuan should be here, right?
Why don't you call me?
Thirteen hours have passed, and it took just over 13 hours when we came.

Nothing will happen, will it?
bah bah bah!
Hey, I'm so anxious.

Concubine Liu Yi frowned, looked down at the mobile phone placed on the books, hesitated to make a call, but was worried that Chu Xuan was still on the plane and the call would not work.

"It should be here." She muttered, a little anxious.

Just as she was struggling, the screen of the phone lit up.

Concubine Liu Yi saw the caller ID clearly, and smiled instantly.

"Have you arrived in the capital yet?" She picked up the phone and put it next to her ear after answering the call, keeping her chin resting with her other hand. Seeing that her beloved finally called, she let go of the stone in her heart.

"I just got in the car, and I'm going to go home to put my luggage first, and then go to the company." Chu Xuan's voice came: "It's late over there, isn't it?"

Hearing Chu Xuan's voice, Concubine Liu Yi was full of joy, couldn't sit still for a while, stood up in front of the desk, walked briskly while pacing, and replied: "Well, it's almost twelve o'clock."

"Then rest quickly." Chu Xuan cared.

"I've been sleeping all afternoon, and I can't fall asleep." Concubine Liu Yi said softly, then threw herself on the bed again, lying on her stomach.

"One afternoon, how many hours?" Chu Xuan asked.

Concubine Liu Yi blinked, thought for a while and said, "Three or four hours."

Chu Xuan on the other side of the phone immediately said: "I didn't sleep all night yesterday, and I only slept for three or four hours today. This is not good, you go to rest right away, and I will call you tomorrow, okay?"

"Not good." Concubine Liu Yi shook her head, "I can't sleep."

Chu Xuan paused, and then said with a smile: "Miss me?"

The corners of Concubine Liu Yi's mouth turned up, but she didn't expect Chu Xuan to directly break her mental activity, and she said in a pretty voice, "That's right."

"That can't ruin your body." Chu Xuan said, "Otherwise, what should I do if my heart hurts?"

Hearing what Chu Xuan said, Concubine Liu Yi felt sweet in her heart, and her legs swayed up and down at the end of the bed: "Are you busy today?"

"I'm not busy, I'll go to the company to see what's wrong?" Chu Xuan said.

Concubine Liu Yi wrinkled her nose cutely, and said mischievously, "Then tell me a story when you get home, or I won't be able to sleep."

After the words fell, Chu Xuan's softly laughing voice came from the other side of the phone, and Concubine Liu Yi could immediately imagine Chu Xuan's uncontrollably funny face, and she said in a coquettish tone, "Is that okay?"

"Okay." Chu Xuan responded gently: "Then I'll call you when I get home?"

"Mmm!" Concubine Liu Yi said "Mmm", "I'll wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, Concubine Liu Yi put the phone on the bed, put her hands on her chin, and swayed her legs at the end of the bed, just waiting for Chu Xuan's call.

- Beijing.

Chu Xuan put down his mobile phone in the nanny's car, and turned his head to look at the scene outside the window in a daze.

In the past, I just heard other people say what happens when people who have been with each other for a long time break up.

For example, people who have just left the society to work will be very homesick, veterans will miss their comrades very much, and lovers who have just parted will make themselves very melancholy because of missing them.

He didn't expect that such a situation would happen to him and Concubine Liu Yi, and it would become what he had heard before.

After all, they are still ordinary people with normal emotions and desires.

Looking at the continuous flow of vehicles outside the window, the nanny's car soon arrived at Donglin Bieyuan.

Get off at the gate of the villa, assistants and bodyguards helped carry the luggage, Chu Xuan opened the door, and a group of people walked into the villa.

Returning home after more than half a month, this home made Chu Xuan's heart more stable, but facing the situation of living alone for more than two years, he began to hesitate again.

It looks like I'm going to Sister Hua's house for dinner in the future.

Assistants and bodyguards helped carry the luggage upstairs, and then retreated to the nanny car at the gate to wait.

Chu Xuan opened the suitcase, and while arranging the clothes and putting them in the closet, he picked up the mobile phone and made a call.

"Got home?"

Before the phone beeped halfway, Concubine Liu Yi's voice came from the opposite side.

Chu Xuan smiled slightly, thinking about it, he knew that Concubine Liu Yi must be waiting for his call.

"Home." He said.

"Then let's start." Concubine Liu Yi's tone was a little milky.

Chu Xuan tilted his head, put the mobile phone between his side face and shoulders, folded his clothes and put them in the cabinet: "Go to bed and cover yourself with the quilt, close your eyes obediently, and I will tell you a story."

After the words fell, she didn't listen to Concubine Liu Yi's words, only a rustling sound.

After a while, Concubine Liu Yi's voice came: "Alright, let's talk."

Chu Xuan tidied his clothes, went back and forth between the bed and the cabinet, and thought for a while.

"In the little bear world, there is a couple of little bears, one named Winnie and the other named Vissy."

"Weixie?" Concubine Liu Yi chuckled. Although she couldn't tell whether Chu Xuan's name was like this, she thought it was.

The corner of Chu Xuan's mouth raised slightly, and he continued: "They love life, yearn for beauty, and their careers are smooth sailing. But until one day, Weixi felt that her abilities were insufficient, and wanted to make herself stronger, so she wanted to go abroad. Go across the sea to another Xiong Continent for further study."

"Xiong Dalu." Concubine Liu Yi smiled lowly, and Chu Xuan's story reflected them in reality, which made her feel very interesting.

"Weixie decided to go to further studies, and made an agreement with Pooh to get married when she returns from her studies..." Chu Xuan continued.

Before the words finished, Concubine Liu Yi's murmur-like voice came from next to her ears: "Who made an appointment with you, shameless."

Chu Xuan laughed warmly, ignored the topic, and turned a deaf ear to it.

He continued to talk, and Concubine Liu Yi continued to listen.

Just talking and talking, Concubine Liu Yi gradually stopped interrupting, which made Chu Xuan obviously feel that she should be sleepy.

"Vissy came back from her studies and embraced Pooh at the airport. It didn't take long for the two bears to enter the palace of marriage and start a better life..."

Chu Xuan paused. If Concubine Liu Yi was still awake, she would definitely interject at this point, making complaints in a coquettish tone.

However, there was no sound on the other side of the phone, and only the sound of faint breathing could be heard with difficulty when listening carefully.

Chu Xuan understood that Concubine Liu Yi had already fallen asleep.

In the bedroom on the third floor of the villa in the Yilai community in New Haven, listening to Chu Xuan's voice, Concubine Liu Yi fell asleep peacefully. She slept soundly for three or four hours after missing her too much yesterday.

Under the light of the moon outside the window, her delicate face exuded a bright gleam.

Concubine Liu Yi was sleeping on her side, her phone was in front of her eyes, and she hadn't hung up yet.

In the quiet late night, a gentle whisper came after a while: "Good night."

In the big villa in Donglin Bieyuan, Chu Xuan put down his mobile phone, and stayed there for a while, then suppressed his miss for Concubine Liu Yi, and chose a set of clothes from the cabinet to change into.

Immediately entering April, the temperature in Beijing is much higher than that in New Haven.

The temperature of nearly [-] degrees in the sun today made Chu Xuan change out of his warm clothes and put on a thinner jacket in spring and summer.

Change your clothes and go downstairs, get in the car and set off for the bright era.

When he came to the company, Chu Xuan pushed open the door of the chairman's office, and the people in the office looked up or turned around.

"Mr. Chu." Several high-level personnel of the company shouted.

"Our President Chu is finally back." Wang Jinhua and Chu Xuan looked at each other and smiled.

Chu Xuan slightly nodded at several high-level personnel, and walked to the opposite of Wang Jinhua's desk. A high-level personnel hurriedly got up to give up his seat, and moved a chair to sit next to Chu Xuan.

"Exactly, please trouble President Chu to review it, and if there is no problem, sign and stamp it." Wang Jinhua watched Chu Xuan sit down, handed him a stack of documents, and said in a joking tone.

Chu Xuan took the document and looked down. It was an approval document related to the development of the cinema.

"It was only officially opened in January this year, and it has an income of 5000 million yuan in one quarter, which is very good in the current box office market."

The document also contained the financial statements for the Q1 quarter of this year. Seeing the turnover, Chu Xuan was quite satisfied with the theater's development.

"The average attendance rate of 18 theaters is 11%, which is 7% higher than the national average attendance rate of [-]% last year, so we can have this turnover." Wang Jinhua said.

Chu Xuan nodded: "It should be because of the new opening. The fashion style of the theater is more attractive to young people. In the future, we still have to look at the service."

"Yes." Wang Jinhua nodded, and Chu Xuan also took a look at her thoughts, just like when a new store opens, the business will be better at the very beginning, and the more you look at the quality of service later.

She continued: "With a turnover of 5000 million, 50% of the box office is accounted for, which is 2500 million. Excluding 30% of the light box advertisements and other publicity fees, staff salaries, and machine maintenance costs, our profit is about 1750 million."

Seeing Chu Xuan flipping through the documents while listening, she happened to turn to the page of theater planning. She pointed her finger: "According to our plan, the theater is self-reliant and self-developed. For the 1750 million profits, 750 million will be left for operation, and 1000 million It is used to expand the market and add six to seven conventional theaters in selected places.”

Chu Xuan nodded slightly. This is indeed a plan that he and Sister Hua discussed together.

"Mr. Hu, have you chosen a good place?" He asked with his head tilted.

Hu Hanguang, who is also the boss of Brilliant Times Cinema Company, heard Chu Xuan's question, and he replied: "I discussed with Mr. Wang, starting from the third-tier cities in the coastal provinces."

"Third-tier cities?" Chu Xuan was thoughtful.

Seeing Chu Xuan's doubts, Hu Hanguang analyzed the market for him: "Mr. Chu, compared with more entertainment methods in big cities, I think people in small cities will have a higher demand for watching movies in the future."

"Facing higher ticket prices now, it seems that people in small cities will not choose to watch movies due to economic problems, but the country's economic level will improve sooner or later."

"If we start from a small city and build a brand before others, it may be more competitive for the future development of the company's theaters."

Hearing Hu Hanguang's words, Chu Xuan nodded in understanding.

Nowadays, the development of major theater chains is concentrated in big cities for PK. Because the per capita economic conditions in big cities are relatively high, watching movies is a common thing, and theaters can survive because of this, which also makes big theater chains ignore the development of small cities. thing.

Hu Hanguang's development plan is relatively insightful. Instead of fierce competition in big cities, it is better to take root in small cities and develop with basically no competition. It is hoped that after the people's living standards improve, there will be an explosive development trend. .

Then, comparing before and after, if we continue to develop in big cities, we will have no problem surviving, but the fierce competition atmosphere will definitely limit the expansion of Brilliant Times Cinema.

If you develop in a small city, you may lose money every month, but if you survive, there is a high probability that you will seize the opportunity and usher in spring.

"The countryside surrounds the city? Lose first and then earn?" He laughed.

"It can be understood in this way." Hu Hanguang sneered.

"Sister, what do you mean?" Chu Xuan looked at Wang Jinhua.

"I think it's ok." Wang Jinhua leaned on the back of the chair with her arms around her arms, and said, "Our existing hundred theaters are distributed in major developed first- and second-tier cities across the country, with one or two theaters in different areas of a city. It is enough, and if we continue to develop, we will have greater competition with other theaters."

"Currently, in many third-tier and below cities across the country, the theater market is still blank, and many cities still have small movie theaters with one screen."

"This kind of movie theater is basically organized by local schools for elementary school students and junior high school students. These students form groups to watch movies every once in a while, and survive by earning money from the students."

"If we set up conventional movie theaters that are new to the locals in these cities, first, the locals will remember our brand of Brilliant Times at the first time, and second, it will be one step ahead of other movie theater companies."

"When the country's economic level improves, perhaps as Mr. Hu said, we will have greater competitiveness. Even if other theaters come to grab the market, local people will come to our theater because of their habits."

Chu Xuan nodded. The long-term interests of theaters must be taken into account. Wanting to make money right away goes against the idea of ​​long-term development.

Sister Hua's thinking was similar to his, and Chu Xuan didn't say much anymore. He got up and went to the safe to take out his seal, signed and stamped the document, and said, "2500 million box office revenue a quarter, 1 million a year, It’s still halfway to the [-] million a year standard that theaters apply for. Mr. Hu, it’s up to you to show your prowess in this regard.”

Wang Jinhua smiled slightly and looked at Hu Hanguang. The ultimate goal of her and Chu Xuan's establishment of a cinema company was to apply for a cinema chain and give Brilliant Times the right to speak in the film market.

At present, it is still far from this standard, but the theater has only developed for a short time, and the future is still promising.

Hu Hanguang smiled: "Under the leadership of Mr. Wang and Mr. Chu, I think this can be done."

He said something flattering, which caused the mouths of those present to raise their lips.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Chu, let's go first." Hu Hanguang and others got up. The purpose of coming to the company was to show the two bosses the planning documents of the theater for review.

Seeing that Chu Xuan was not there, he thought he would have to wait for a while, but he didn't expect Chu Xuan to come halfway and sign and seal. Then his goal was achieved, and it was time to go back to deal with the cinema company.

"Go slowly." Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua said.

Watching the group leave the office, only Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua remained, Wang Jinhua no longer hesitated, and chatted with Chu Xuan about the American party.

When chatting about getting excited, the siblings also had a good laugh.

"In the future, when you eat at my sister's house, don't order food outside, it's unhygienic."

"Okay, it's exactly what I want."

At this time, the siblings sat down on the sofa, Wang Jinhua picked up the teapot on the tea tray and poured two cups of tea, and she and Chu Xuan drank the cups at the same time: "I just felt uncomfortable when I saw you walking in alone. "

Chu Xuan shook his head, put down his teacup and said, "I'm even more uncomfortable."

"Think on the bright side." Wang Jinhua then put down the teacup, and said, "You and Qianqian were together every day before, and now you will be separated for more than two years. Each of you can experience the feeling of parting, and it will be better to get back together in the future. It’s all for a better future when we meet again.”

Chu Xuan nodded, and Wang Jinhua shook her head when she saw the melancholy look on his face: "Okay, let's not talk about this topic, do you know the ratings of "Struggle"?"

"How much?" Chu Xuan raised his head.

"All received 12 points. Although it is not as explosive as "Sculpture of God", there should be no drama to break this year." Wang Jinhua raised her legs.

"After "Sculpture of God", it is another long-term profitable project." Chu Xuan said, the copyright of the TV series is only for two years, if the TV series is popular, then after two years, major TV stations will continue to buy the copyright for the second broadcast.

Although the copyright fee at that time will be much lower than that of the first broadcast, but with the increase in the copyright fee in the TV market every year, it is still expected that these two dramas will bring tens of millions of income to the company every year in the future.

Moreover, the exposure rate of him and Concubine Liu Yi in the TV market will also continue to increase because of this, attracting wave after wave of new audiences who have never watched their dramas.

"The broadcast of "Struggle" has allowed Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying to accumulate a lot of fans, and the attention on Weibo has exceeded one million, probably in the third tier, and it continues to rise."

"Next Friday, "Zhu Xian" will start broadcasting. Director Ou Yangyang has great confidence in this drama between you and Sissy."

Chu Xuan moved his body and slumped on the sofa. Although he slept on the plane, the plane was not as comfortable as the bed. He was still a little tired at the moment: "That's good, I hope the results are good, otherwise it will be very difficult. It's embarrassing, maybe some experts and professors say that Sissi and I are not doing our jobs properly, not acting well to be a producer, so ambitious."

Wang Jinhua had a "puchi" laugh, feeling amused.

The next moment, she changed the subject: "By the way, the marketing department launched a plan to promote the company's brand, publicly announcing the list of the company's film and television dramas and variety shows this year in the name of the company. First, let the audience deeply remember the brand of Brilliant Times. Second, It is to achieve the effect of long-term publicity.”

Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows, held the back of his head with his hands, thought for a while and said, "Announce the company's project plan for one year in advance, so that the audience can focus on it. Afterwards, it doesn’t take too much effort to promote it vigorously, this plan is fine.”

Wang Jinhua nodded: "Yes, I signed and approved it a few days ago. Taking advantage of the gap period before the broadcast of "Zhu Xian", the marketing department is going to implement this plan online and offline today."

"Okay, let's see how it works." Chu Xuan said.

Wang Jinhua looked at Chu Xuan's tired face, and didn't want to say anything more. She wanted Chu Xuan to have a good rest, but then she thought of something, and she couldn't help but said, "By the way, I received a call a while ago. A manager in South Korea wants her artist to cooperate with us in film and television."

"South Korea?" Chu Xuan was surprised, and he pulled himself together and said, "Now the domestic Korean wave is getting better and better. Cui Zhiyou, An Zaixu, TVXQ... There is also Zhang Nara, the singing and dancing market is occupied by them After half of the country, now you are starting to enter the film and television industry in our country?"

"They are all here to make money. They won't develop in the country for a long time, so don't take it seriously." Wang Jinhua explained the essence of the Korean Wave, saying: "The one who called and wanted to cooperate is Zhang Nala's manager. On the heroine Zhen Huan of "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem."

"Zhen Huan?" Chu Xuan asked in surprise, "How did she know that we were going to do "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem"?"

"It's not a secret." Wang Jinhua shook her head: "Our screenwriters and directors have their own circles of friends, and it's normal to discuss and ask their friends for advice in order to polish the script. After this spread, it is estimated that this South Korean Where did my agent find out about it."

Chu Xuan frowned: "There is no script now, so she hasn't read the script, how can she have the confidence to play the heroine?"

Wang Jinhua shook her head: "I just said that Hallyu is here to make money, it doesn't matter what she plays, what she values ​​is the role of the heroine and the influence of our bright era."

Chu Xuan was a little speechless, there is no such script, you just want to play the heroine, regardless of whether it is suitable or not, this is the arrogance of Hallyu?
"I've never seen Zhang Nala, but I've seen photos of her on the Internet, and it doesn't match the temperament of Empress Zhen Huan at all. Let her act, maybe this drama will be ruined by her just like that."

"Sister, let me say yes first. If she really comes to discuss some kind of cooperation with Zhen Huan, don't blame me for refusing."

Wang Jinhua turned on the boiling kettle: "Why do I blame you, I think the same as you."

Chu Xuan and her looked at each other and smiled. Since they had the same idea, the siblings stopped talking about this topic.

"Sister, I'll go back first, I'm a little tired." Chu Xuan yawned.

"Go back to bed soon, and come to my sister's house for dinner tonight." Wang Jinhua waved her hand.

"Okay." Chu Xuan stood up and left the office.