Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 717 The Butterfly Effect

After a twelve-hour flight, Jack and Grande arrived in Los Angeles.

It was afternoon when I arrived, and it was also afternoon when I returned home.

"It should be four or five in the morning over there in China."

Ailand stretched and said something, and Jack and Jack walked out of the passage and got into the car that greeted them, and then went straight to the mountainside villa.

In the villa, the Macrons are waiting for the return of their son Jack.

As Macron's successor, the Macrons have high hopes for Jack. It is also the first time for Jack to go to China to discuss official business on behalf of Macron. Although there were phone calls on the way, they still want to meet and hear Jack's more comprehensive feelings about this trip. .

"How about it? How do you feel about going to China in person?" Old Jack asked on the sofa in the living room.

Jack put down his briefcase and sat on the sofa: "The sky is blue, Tiananmen Square is red, people are enthusiastic and normal, and the level of urban construction is almost the same as ours."

Hearing what he said, Old Jack and Jones burst into laughter.

'The sky is full of smog, Tiananmen is dilapidated and gray, everyone is barbaric, and the urban construction is very dilapidated.' This is a rhetoric that the West often reports and promotes against China, in order to make Western citizens have a lower favorable impression of China and increase the derogatory meaning. of mystery.

In turn, Jack told such a personal experience, which is undoubtedly a mockery of the actions of certain Western media and certain people.

As capital, they are also rooted in the entertainment industry, which is closely related to the media. They have access to a wider range of information, and can naturally see through these right and wrong propaganda at a glance.

However, the global media are in the hands of conglomerates, and this is the ideological situation of the West against China. They are powerless and unable to change anything. They can only make the pure and the turbid.

"What do you think of the Brilliant Era?" Jones changed the subject.

Jack thought for a while and said: "From the perspective of the management structure, Wang is just a defender at most. The real pioneer is Chu, and Liu will be added in the future."

Those who maintain the status quo can lead the force to develop steadily, but it is difficult for them to make breakthroughs and pioneering measures.

Pioneers can make a qualitative leap in the power, allowing the power to complete a phased rise.

After he understood that Weiyu, Longyou and the groupization of the company were mostly Chu Xuan's ideas, he had this judgment on the respective abilities of Wang Jinhua and Chu Xuan.

Liu Yifei only recently joined the Brilliant Times. Before that, she did not help the development of the Brilliant Times much. It was only after watching the industrialization of screenwriting that he learned about Liu Yifei's pioneering abilities and ideas, so he It was said that the pioneer of the Brilliant Era was Chu Xuan, and in the future it would be Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

In his opinion, in the relationship structure between Wang, Chu and Liu, Wang is the one responsible for stabilizing the overall situation, while Chu and Liu are the ones responsible for innovation and creation. It can be said to be a golden triangle.

"What about strength?" Old Jack asked.

"Strength?" Jack smiled bitterly: "Guangwei Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Longyou Co., Ltd. did nothing for a year in the Brilliant Era, and could earn 100 million U.S. dollars every year. With such a capital chain, let alone the Chinese capital market , even most of our companies in Haolaiwu can’t do it.”

As he spoke, Jack became serious: "With such a capital chain, the focus of Brilliant Times is still on the entertainment market, so they are obviously using the quick money from the Internet to lay out industries in the entertainment market, which shows that they have great ambitions in entertainment. , and their screenwriting is industrialized, which makes me think that their entertainment direction is similar to Disney, and they want to industrialize entertainment."

"Entertainment industrialization." Old Jack muttered to himself.

Jack nodded: "I can see Chu's ambition. He wants to fully industrialize the film and television industry in Brilliant Era. Now his screenwriting industry is still in its early stages. In the initial stage, he will support more than a hundred screenwriters and develop it into a complete one." How many people are needed to write the screenplay?”

"The number of employees of Brilliant Era in China now exceeds 2000. The service industry needs to look at the size and scale of the factory, and the special effects industry needs a huge group of technical personnel to support it. By then, I am afraid that the personnel of Brilliant Era will not have to have Tens of thousands.”

"Globally, Disney is the only entertainment company with tens of thousands of employees. The other seven Hollywood companies are really dwarfed by the number of employees compared to Disney."

"Once Disney goes bankrupt, how many families and local industry chains in many countries will go bankrupt? Politicians from all over the world, and capital from all over the world to make profits, will help Disney develop. This is the fundamental reason why Disney is firmly at the top and can become bigger and stronger. In my opinion, Bright Times is also following this path.”

Jack picked up the coffee cup and took a sip, and said: "And we in the West are different from China. The United States seems to be unified, but each state has its own administrative standards. In Europe, there are dozens of them even though they are connected end to end. It would not be an exaggeration for us in the West to say that the country is torn apart.”

"As for China, it truly unifies the country in terms of humanities and administrative standards. If the Brilliant Era develops to the scale of Disney, it will be even more invincible than Disney."

"If you want to sanction Bright Times, if you want to destroy Bright Times, it is equivalent to destroying tens of thousands of families and the survival of many industry companies in related industrial chains."

"At that time, what you are fighting against is not the Bright Era, but the leadership of the country of China, because their leadership will definitely help the Bright Era tide over the difficulties. This is one of the manifestations of China's national conditions."

Jack put down the coffee cup and said: "Of course, what I said is all behind the scenes. It is a speculation based on my investigation during this period of time and how it can develop smoothly in the Brilliant Era."

"It is difficult for Bright Times to develop into the scale of Disney, but Bright Times has an unparalleled advantage, and that is their huge capital chain."

"The huge capital chain means having the capital for many trials and errors, but as long as one succeeds, it will be one step closer to Disney's industrial model until it is fully developed."

Jack crossed his legs and said: "Under the circumstances of Bright Times, we are the strategic partners of Bright Times and allies to help them develop overseas markets. It is also a win-win cooperation model for both parties."

"The competition in Haolaiwu is fierce and cruel. No matter how much we develop, Macron will never be able to break the upper limit. Someone will always slap you down."

"Since we can't break the upper limit, and we will never be able to join the ranks of the world's top entertainment companies on our own, I think we can bet on the fortune of the Brilliant Era."

“The stronger Bright Times is, the more help it can give us. If Bright Times can really develop into a behemoth like Oriental Disney, then Macron, not to mention becoming the ninth largest company in Hollywood, can also break the upper limit and become the world’s first class company. "

Jack put down his legs and said: "What we need to do is to cooperate fully to provide resources and channels when the bright era needs it. This is why I gave Li Cong Cheng the second female lead."

"Chu can let Liu rise to the throne and share his huge wealth with Liu. Such people are rare. The king also agrees, which shows that they are all people who value love and righteousness."

"We insist on maintaining friendly cooperation between the two parties. Then when we are in need, they will do their best to help us and will not sit idly by. I should not be wrong about this."

"The above is what I gained from this trip and the advice I gave Macron."

Old Jack took a puff of his cigar and looked at his son Jack with relief.

Regardless of whether Jack's analysis was correct or not, I learned the essence of his long-term strategic vision and view of human nature from him.

He is indeed my son!

"The screenwriting industry..." Old Jack exhaled smoke and said, "I heard you say something on the phone, tell me about it carefully, I'm curious, how can they actually do this industry that Haolaiwu doesn't even have? "

Speaking of this, Jack, as a producer, is also very interested and is very happy to share such professional news.

In this way, the father and son went from one talking and the other listening, to you saying something and me saying something, and there was no end to it.

After dinner, they continued to chat until early in the morning. The father and son sat opposite each other on the rooftop. Old Jack sighed: "It seems that the expenditure on resources and funds for screenwriting work has greatly increased, but once it develops, the film and television aspect can operate efficiently. Can we learn from this?"

"You can give it a try." Jack also had the same idea.

Only other countries' entertainment industries have always imitated and learned from Hollywood. Hollywood, which is aloof, always regards other countries' entertainment industries as low-end products.

It has always been the case that other countries' entertainment companies have relied on Western capital for development. The arrogant Western entertainment capital always treats other countries' entertainment capital with an aggressive attitude of looking down on the world.

Perhaps, starting from Macron, this situation will be reversed.

The butterfly effect caused by Chu Xuan rushed out of the country this time and invaded the far west.

……

The early morning in Los Angeles is the afternoon in China.

Zhou Jielun rushed to the capital to prepare for tomorrow's investment meeting.

"The total investment is 4000 million, so high." Zhou Jielun, a literary company, held the investment project summary document and was slightly surprised when he saw the total investment amount.

Isn't "My Love from the Star" an urban drama? The investment is comparable to some martial arts and ancient costumes.

Li He was also present. He was going to attend the welcome banquet together later, so he simply came over in advance to meet Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, also to have fun.

Li He pointed at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and said: "The salary of each of them is 300 million, which adds up to 600 million. The teachers' salary and the salary of the other actors plus the scene rental and costumes, this is 2000 million." The filming and post-production costs are estimated to be 2000 million. This is an urban drama, the shooting cycle is short, and there are no special effects in post-production, otherwise the cost will be higher."

"The salary is 300 million!" Zhou Jielun was surprised.

He had never heard of a salary of 300 million for a TV series in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Even if TVB is a popular star, the salary is only between 150 million and 200 million, and most of them make a lot of money through endorsements and other business deals.

Putting aside Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, a group of breakout players, the commercial value of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei is truly unique in the entertainment industry.

Zhou Jielun pointed at himself: "When I filmed "The Golden Armor", my salary was only 50."

Chu Xuan bent down in front of the water dispenser to get water and said, "You are a new actor, and your salary of 50 yuan is very high, right?"

Zhou Jielun "tsk-tsk" twice: "Strongly request the radio and television to issue a rules and regulations to specifically limit the remuneration of top actors like you. This is too outrageous."

After Chu Xuan received the water, he straightened up and turned around: "Jielun, you still have to thank me. You must know that my remuneration as a director is only tens of thousands of yuan, otherwise the investment would be a few million."

"Hey." Zhou Jielun joked: "You, a new director, can get tens of thousands of yuan in remuneration. Don't mention it, this is the most reasonable."

"Hahaha..." There was laughter from the teachers.

The mutual hostility between these two buddies made everyone present a lot of fun.

Liu Yifei was also interested. She picked up her phone with a smile and checked the time. She found that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon and it was time to go to the hotel to attend the welcome banquet. So she said: "Let's go, it's four o'clock."

Chu Xuan took a sip of water, then put down the thermos cup: "Jielun, you can play by yourself for a while. Let's take a step first. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, you guys are busy." Zhou Jielun nodded, flipping through the documents and continuing to read the relevant content of the investment project.

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Li He walked out of the office and drove to the Shangri-La Hotel.

Tangren Film and Television has been merged into the Brilliant Era, and the television production and business will be highly integrated with the Brilliant Era Century Culture.

For this welcome banquet, Wang Jinhua called all the members of Century Culture to come and cleanse the people of Tang Ren. It could also be regarded as a celebration for the further development of TV in the Brilliant Era.

There were more than 200 people at Century Culture and 40 or 50 people at Tang Ren. Together, there were nearly 30 tables, making the atrium of the hotel particularly lively.

"Mr. Chu, Mr. Liu, Mr. Li."

"..."

The three of them arrived at the hotel. After entering the atrium, there were shouts and shouts along the way, and many people from Tang Ren were whispering to each other.

"When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei came to film "Sword and Sword 1", they were not even top-notch. The role of Li Xiaoyao was finalized by Wang Zhonglei of Huayi, and Liu Yifei's role was also exchanged for resources. Look at these two people now. …Tsk, tsk, who would have thought that things would change so much in just four or five years.”

"Times make heroes. Look, Huang Xiaoming and Zou Xun also got shares of Huayi. Huayi will be listed next year. Huang Xiaoming has also completed his identity change."

"Can Huang Xiaoming and Zou Xun be the same as Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei! Damn it! This is simply a world of difference!"         "Huang Xiaoming and Zou Xun are only half capital at most, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are on the same level as the two kings of Huayi Yeah, there’s no comparison at all.”

"Since the groupization of Bright Times, there have been rumors in the industry that Huayi Brothers has two kings, and Bright Times also has two kings of Chu and Liu."

"The Brilliant Era has three kings, and there is also the queen of the entertainment industry, Wang Jinhua."

"There is also a rumor in the industry that when Wang Jinhua left Huayi with Chu Xuan, the two kings of Huayi did not retain them, resulting in a direct loss of 10 billion, and they also created a competitor that they could not suppress. This was really Huayi's failure. "

"In the past few decades in the Chinese entertainment industry, the only actors who have risen to this level are Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei..."

The couple did not expect that their appearance would make many people deeply moved. At this moment, they had arrived at the front of the central hall.

At the head table, Wang Jinhua, Li Hedong, Liu Xiaoli and Cai Yinong, Li Guoli, Wu Qingyuan and Yang Tianzhen were chatting happily. This head table belonged to the seats of the top executives of both parties.

After Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei greeted them, Li He stayed at the head table and sat down. The couple ignored everyone's greetings and turned around to sit with Hu Ge and Yuan Hong. Su Chang, Jiang Xin, Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were also at this table accompanying the new friends who joined the big family.

"Tangtang~" Liu Yifei and Tang Yan hugged.

"Sissi!" Tang Yan was very happy.

During the recording of the first season of "I Am an Actor", Tang Yan never thought that she would become so popular. When the variety show was broadcast in the second year, her life began to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Which company to sign with? This was something she had never dared to think about before. At that time, she actually received invitations from multiple companies and could make active choices.

However, it was Bright Times that she wanted to sign with the most.

As early as when she was a model, she knew about the tricks of some brokerage companies. Wouldn't an entertainment company that was higher-end than the brokerage company have bigger tricks?

With this idea in mind, signing a contract with Bright Times became her first wish.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have such good characters. Even if there is something fishy in the Brilliant Era, they won't be disgusting, right?

It's a pity that Bright Times had no intention of signing her. At that time, Huang Xuan, Zhao Liying, Su Chang, Jiang Xin and others were in the stage of waiting for support. A large number of big brother and big sister artists also wanted to develop, and they had no plans to sign new artists.

Her first wish failed, and she didn't know what was going on with other entertainment companies. In the end, based on her trust in Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, she followed their advice and chose to join Tang Ren Film and Television.

But after going around and around, now Tang Ren Film and Television has decided to merge into the Brilliant Era, which means that she is also an artist of the Brilliant Era. This fate is really wonderful.

She is really happy about this. Not only will her career be more stable in the future, but she will also be in a big family with her good friends. This is something she would like to see.

"Teacher Chu, please give me your advice in the future." Hu Ge and Chu Xuan shook hands vigorously as if they were wrestling with each other's wrists.

He has always dreamed of becoming a pure actor, but this requires the corresponding growth environment and experience to cultivate.

The master is his teacher. Although he is two years older than Chu Xuan, it does not prevent him from treating Chu Xuan as the "master".

The performance ability of Chu Xuan, who was the same age, impressed him. The three-act theory pioneered by Chu Xuan later amazed him even more. He would definitely benefit from communicating more with such people.

But they belong to two companies, so there are very few opportunities to meet.

If he left Tang Ren and joined the Brilliant Era to pursue his broader stage and dream, he wouldn't be able to do it.

After all, Cai Yinong was his nobleman and had trained him single-handedly. It was not his character to disappoint those who valued him.

So before, he and Yuan Hong had imagined signing a film and television contract with Bright Times.

In this way, firstly, he will not betray Cai Yinong, secondly, he will have multiple powerful channels for his drama appointments, and thirdly, he will be able to integrate into Chu Xuan's circle.

It's just that the idea has never been realized.

As Chu Xuan becomes more and more popular, the more people want to become better, the more they will feel the pressure brought by Chu Xuan in this circle.

Whenever a drama is being filmed and there are audiences comparing acting skills and achievements, the name Chu Xuan cannot be avoided.

Just like when someone plays an emperor, someone will always compare this actor with Chen Baoguo and Chen Daoming.

Chen Baoguo? Is Chen famous? These two masters are symbols of an era in the film and television industry.

Now, the name Chu Xuan is also a symbol of the times for their younger generation of artists.

Lu Bu once said: "A man is born between heaven and earth, how can he live in a state of depression for a long time?"

Although Lu Bu is a slave of the third surname and has a bad character, his words are very encouraging.

He just thought that he must break the "blockade" from Chu Xuan. The absolute strength of the younger generation was not only Chu Xuan, but also Hu Ge.

Fortunately, now the wish has come true. Tang Ren Film and Television has been merged into Bright Times. Tang Ren will have broader development channels. Bright Times has also added more subsidiaries to expand its business, and several of their artists have a bigger stage. This matter has never happened. This is a good thing from many perspectives.

The most important thing is that he finally has a chance to catch up with Chu Xuan.

"Old Chu, this is a complete hug." Yuan Hong, like Hu Ge, reached over Hu Ge and shook Chu Xuan's hand vigorously, as if wrestling with each other's wrists.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are his good friends, and Su Chang, Jiang Xin, Huang Xuan, and Zhao Liying are also friends with whom he has collaborated.

Except for Su Chang, Huang Xuan, Jiang Xin and Zhao Liying were not as good as him at first.

But he didn't expect that in just two years, this group of people would undergo a gorgeous transformation and completely surpass him.

Young people all have drive, and he certainly has it too.

It's just that this is Tang Ren's situation. Hu Ge and Tang Yan are the main players, and his resources can only be inferior.

Resentment, he was young and frivolous, of course he also complained about himself.

But he and Hu Ge have similar personalities. Without Cai Yinong, there would be no him. He would just obey Cai Yinong's arrangements.

But seeing his friends drifting further and further away, he also felt envious and disappointed, and he also felt hesitant about his future.

Now that Tang Ren Film and Television has merged into the Brilliant Era, when I was chatting with Hu Ge in private yesterday, he was dancing with joy.

He saw that the direction of his career was about to change, the breadth of the stage would become larger, and he could grow and progress together with a group of good friends. This was a great joy.

"Brother Chu, Sister-in-law Qianqian." Liu Shishi waved her hands slightly, as if she couldn't let go of such an occasion.

"Sister-in-law Qianqian?" Liu Yifei blinked. Dong Zijian was the only one who called her that. Liu Shishi, who was the same age, called her that, which caught her off guard.

Hu Ge grabbed a handful of melon seeds and said: "Shishi asked us before what to call you. She is older than you, so it's a bit awkward to call her sister, so we just said that Chu Xuan should be the main one and we should treat you as my sister-in-law."

Liu Yifei smiled and understood.

Liu Shishi didn't talk much, and she didn't eat melon seeds and peanuts like the others. She just sat there quietly and listened to everyone's laughter, and only occasionally peeked at Liu Yifei.

For her, she doesn't care much whether Tang Ren is merged into the Brilliant Era or not.

She rarely plans herself. After joining Tang Ren, Cai Yinong has been guiding her, often saying that she is a novice.

In Cai Yinong's initial plan for her, he always emphasized that she should follow Liu Yifei's route and create some kind of "little Liu Yifei".

Let's not mention her mood for now, but it subtly made her pay attention to Liu Yifei.

However, looking at Liu Yifei's current temperament and appearance, with the bonus of being a boss lady, and the full sense of security brought by Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei's aura seems to be more "only acceptable" than when Xiao Longnu was there. Look at it from a distance but don’t play with it.”

How many Liu Yifei are there in the entire entertainment industry? She is just one person, and others cannot imitate her. She is unique and a creation made by nature.

Fortunately, Cai Yinong didn't seem to dare to offend Chu Xuan, and later changed the direction of his plans for her. Otherwise, if he really let her follow Liu Yifei's route, she would have been doomed to failure before she even started.

"Cough cough."

At this time, Wang Jinhua and Cai Yinong walked to the small ceremony stage hand in hand.

A waiter came to the stage with a tray and handed over two contracts.

Although it was not a press conference, Wang Jinhua still had to go through the necessary procedures in order to show his importance to Tang Ren.

The two CEOs each expressed their good feelings and looked forward to their blueprint and vision for the future.

As the audience stood up and applauded, the two women each signed and sealed the contract.

Bright Times holds 8000% of Tang Ren Film and Television with an invisible value of 51 million in capital and resource sharing, and signed an agreement to hand over the first exercise right to Cai Yinong for management. In addition to having one veto power, Bright Times reserves the rest of the exercise rights to Tang Ren management.

Hu Ge, Yuan Hong, Tang Yan, and Liu Shishi are still Tang Ren artists, but Tang Ren Film and Television is already a subsidiary of Bright Times Media. Under the operating model of resource sharing, there is no need to sign film and television contracts. Resources are allocated and supplied directly.

Wang Jinhua said with a smile on her face: "Welcome Mr. Cai, Director Li, Director Wu, Tang Ren and other colleagues, as well as outstanding artists Hu Ge, Yuan Hong, Tang Yan, Liu Shishi, to join the Brilliant Times family."

She and Cai Yinong raised their glasses: "Cheers!"

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei picked up their wine glasses, and gathered them on the wine table with Hu Ge, Yuan Hong, Tang Yan, and Liu Shishi. The couple, together with Su Chang and Jiang Xin, said cheerfully: "Welcome, cheers!"

Everyone present drank this cup together, and the joyful banquet began.

Tang Ren was in Shenghai, and Wang Yuan, the second generation of culture, was also in Shenghai.

Tang Ren joined the Brilliant Era system, so he naturally had to adapt to future changes in the Brilliant Era film and television industry.

Wang Yuan was very interested in the screenwriting industry. He stayed in the literary company for half a month and still refused to leave. He seemed to want to learn the essence of every aspect of the screenwriting industry before giving up.

The industrialization of the Brilliant Era is supported by China Film Group.

Behind Wang Yuan, there are Shenghai Film Group and Shenghai Film Factory.

If Wang Yuan returns to Shenghai to follow the footsteps of the Brilliant Times and engage in the screenwriting industry, and then promotes cooperation between Wang Yuan and Tang Ren in this area, it will have a certain influence on the industry circle centered on Shenghai.

Chu Xuan, who was chatting freely with his friends, never imagined that on the same day, he would cause two waves of butterfly effects at home and abroad that could change the status quo of the industry.

(End of this chapter)