Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 777: House Viewing and Situation

According to the shooting plan, Liu Yifei's role as the heroine was to be filmed right after the office building scenes, but the shooting plan formulated by the production team could not have taken the girl's menstrual period into account, which was an unexpected situation.

In order to let Liu Yifei have a good rest, Chu Xuan and his wife temporarily adjusted the shooting plan and postponed the heroine's scenes for a while.

But originally, only four or five days of rest would be enough. Seeing that Chu Xuan spent several days shooting the office building scenes and another few days shooting the scenes of several supporting actors, Liu Yifei mentioned to Chu Xuan the idea of ​​filming during this period, but Chu Xuan was afraid that she didn't get enough rest and refused.

In the past, she would have criticized Chu Xuan for not doing his job properly, but she didn't know what was wrong with her now. After getting married, she especially enjoyed Chu Xuan's love and care. She couldn't even muster the heart to resist Chu Xuan's love and care.

Even so, after more than ten days in Shenzhen, she, the heroine, has not started work yet. This is simply a miracle, and it also shows Chu Xuan's love for her.

These days, she slept until she woke up naturally every day, and after waking up, she went to the crew to accompany Chu Xuan to film. In the evening, she accompanied Chu Xuan to get off work on time and come back to rest.

A week had passed since the conflict with Chu Xuan that day. Chu Xuan really kept his promise to her and arranged all the late-night scenes for later. Chu Xuan finished work on time every day and never delayed in these days. After coming back, he gave her a massage and made tea to eliminate the discomfort caused by her period.

Obviously, her period had passed in the past few days and she had no negative feelings at all, but Chu Xuan still insisted on taking care of her like this, which made her feel extremely happy.

Whenever she thought of Chu Xuan's performance during this period, she couldn't help but smile softly.

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On this morning, the temperature in Shenzhen was 28 or 9 degrees Celsius, close to the 30-degree mark in April. The wind was like waves of heat, and the heat was so hot that it made people sleepy. It was unbearable without air conditioning.

In the bedroom, under the cool breeze, Liu Yifei stood in front of the mirror putting on makeup.

"Hey, where is the storyboard script that I took notes on?" Chu Xuan was looking for the script on the bedside table.

"I put it in the drawer of the table." Liu Yifei tilted her head and pointed to the drawer of the table next to her.

Chu Xuan walked over, opened the drawer and found the script, then went to sit on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and read the script while enjoying the air conditioning and sunshine. In such a comfortable atmosphere, he waited for Liu Yifei to finish putting on makeup.

Seeing that Chu Xuan had found the script, Liu Yifei turned back and continued to put on makeup in front of the mirror.

She was wearing a refreshing golden gauze dress with a tulle and gold silk belt around her waist, and a jazz sun hat on her head. The hat was white with a black bow around it, and her smooth long hair fell down from the brim of the hat like a waterfall.

In front of the mirror, she raised a pair of milky white hands that were exposed from the elbows of her skirt sleeves to comb the hair beside her ears, and then picked up a pink lipstick to apply it on her lips to make herself look better.

If she were on a set, she wouldn't dress like this. She would dress like a female CEO. The main reason was that she was going out with Chu Xuan and her mother to look at wedding houses today, so she dressed herself younger and more beautiful.

After a while, Liu Yifei felt that it was almost done. She pursed her lips and put away her lipstick. She turned around and walked a few steps with light steps. She opened her hands and said to Chu Xuan who was reading the script on the sofa: "Is it good?"

Chu Xuan looked up and asked in surprise, "Where did this fairy come from? Did she walk into the wrong house?"

Liu Yifei smiled happily in the sunshine. Chu Xuan's words of praise might seem awkward to outsiders, but they were very applicable in front of his wife.

"Are you honored that the fairy is your wife?" She looked coquettishly and stretched out a hand.

"It's my honor." Chu Xuan put the script on the coffee table, took her hand and walked out.

The couple came to the next room to meet their mother. When Liu Xiaoli saw her daughter's exquisite dress, an interesting smile appeared on her face. Getting married is a major turning point in life and it always changes a person. Her daughter's life used to be a bit rough, but after getting married, her life has become more and more refined.

"Let's go and see what the house is like." She set off with the couple, accompanied by her assistant Zeng Ni and bodyguard and driver Lu Tao.

Liu Xiaoli came to Shenzhen and looked at houses for about ten days. She picked out a property that she thought was the best. As the crew would not start work until the afternoon, she asked the couple to go with her to have a look in the morning. After all, she only picked the one she liked, and it would be best for the couple to decide on the house for their wedding.

Shenzhen is a special economic zone established after the reform and opening up. Its geographical location close to Hong Kong and Macao makes it more adaptable to the internationalization of the economy. In recent years, with the improvement of the national economy and people's livelihood, more and more people have gone into business and work, and this place has become a hot spot for real estate developers.

For example, Vanke Real Estate, Gemdale Group, China Merchants Property, Poly Group, CITIC Real Estate, Zhenye Group, Excellence Group, etc., all nationally renowned real estate companies have land here. All the big real estate developers that can be named have branches in Shenzhen. Country Garden and Tomson One are not good enough in front of these giants.

Little-known real estate companies are scrambling to get into the Shenzhen circle. The more developed a city is, the more serious the bubble economy is. Real estate is one of them. You can make a living by just building a few buildings. How can you not be favored by capital?

However, the advent of the subprime mortgage crisis that swept the world in the past two years has caused the current real estate market to show some signs of weakness, and it has yet to recover.

Under such circumstances, the sales staff in the sales department are extremely enthusiastic towards customers who come to buy houses at this stage.

"Sister Liu... Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei?" A girl first greeted Liu Xiaoli with a smile on her face, but was surprised when she saw Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded slightly as a greeting.

"Please take us to see the villa we visited last time." Liu Xiaoli said.

The girl came back to her senses and said hurriedly, "Okay, our boss, Mr. Dong, is here too. How about you guys sit down for a while? Mr. Dong said he wants to serve you personally."

Liu Xiaoli was stunned. The boss personally took them to see the house? This beach villa cost a lot of money. The boss must be an important person. She was a little surprised that he could come to personally accompany them to see the house.

"You are too polite." She couldn't refuse.

"No way, you are honored guests, this is what we should do." The girl said sweetly.

The villa that Sister Liu is looking at is not ordinary. Although there is no such thing as "the king or queen of land" in their industrial park, the villa that Sister Liu is looking at is not inferior to the "king or queen of land".

The real estate market has been sluggish in the past two years. Although Sister Liu's dress is not conspicuous, her elegant temperament is not that of an ordinary person. She must be capable to be able to afford such a high-end Dabieye.

And this Sister Liu looked familiar. She turned around and thought about it before she remembered that this was Mother Liu!
Liu Yifei's mother, Chu Xuan's mother-in-law!
This is definitely a powerful and big customer!

After she reported the matter, the boss decided to personally accompany the important client in today's appointment, but the boss is currently accompanying another important client and has no time for the time being.

She was very excited, not because she was excited to see the big stars, but because she was excited to see Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei show up. They were indeed the big clients who had the ability to buy Dabieye as she thought. If they succeeded, the commission would be enough to keep her worry-free for half her life.

"Sister Liu, Mr. Chu, Miss Liu, please sit down for a while and look at the pictures and information of the house. I'll go see if the boss has it ready." In the reception room, the girl poured three cups of tea and left.

Liu Xiaoli picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then put it down and said, "Due to the subprime mortgage crisis, not many people come to see houses in such a good place."

She looked at Chu Xuan: "Xiao Xuan, if you buy a house and the value of the house decreases year by year, you won't have any objections, right?"

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked down at the pictures and information of the house. Liu Yifei was turning the pages. He looked up and said, "What's wrong with that? You buy a house to live in, not to sell it for speculation."

"What exactly is the subprime mortgage crisis? It has been two years since it broke out, and I still have a vague idea about it." Liu Yifei said, looking down at the picture and text.

Liu Xiaoli said: "In the United States, normal loans are called prime loans, and the full name of subprime loans is subprime loans. In layman's terms, they are loans given to people with bad credit. Such loans are very common in the United States and are financial projects for Wall Street capital to cut leeks."

Chu Xuan took over the conversation: "In order to make more money, they have been promoting news that stimulates consumption for a long time, such as women buy LV bags, men wear Rolex watches, your man loves you and must pay for you, your woman loves you and must wear expensive clothes to show off, etc. These are all nihilistic ideological propaganda to brainwash the people."

Liu Yifei glanced at Chu Xuan in realization: "I was just saying that the copywriting of some TV commercials always seemed wrong. It turns out that they are trying to stimulate consumption? It seems that we have similar commercials in our country."

Chu Xuan nodded: "So the West is constantly invading our culture, intending to distort our thoughts and concepts."

"Alas, it's hard to guard against it." Liu Yifei sighed: "So, over the years, a large number of American people have been spending recklessly, which has led to a situation where they can't repay their loans, and this subprime mortgage crisis has occurred."

"Yes." Chu Xuan said, "Too many people can't pay their debts or mortgages, which has led to the bankruptcy of a large number of financial companies. The equity structure of listed financial companies involves the whole world. Many speculators have seen that the financial center of America has encountered a financial crisis, so how can they continue to play in other places?
"As a result, Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea, South America and other countries, it can be said that global capital withdrew from the financial industry in a short period of time in order to stop losses, resulting in the forced closure of large areas of global financial trading markets, which led to this financial storm."

"Oh." Liu Yifei nodded slightly: "In this crisis, the specific manifestation is that too many Americans cannot pay their mortgages. What should we do? Let the people become homeless? Let them all sleep on the streets?"

Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "America is known as a democracy after all. No matter how hypocritical it is, it is impossible to let such a thing happen. The only way is to lower mortgage interest rates, lower home prices, and supplement with other people-friendly plans to stabilize public sentiment and suppress this turmoil."

Liu Yifei blinked her eyes. "Lowering loan interest rates and lowering property prices. I saw these news when I was in New Haven. But wouldn't this make Wall Street financial tycoons and real estate tycoons lose money? How could they be willing to do this?"

Chu Xuan flipped a page of pictures and text and said, "Vampires will naturally not do a business that loses money, so the United States raised the interest rate of U.S. Treasury bonds as bait and issued a new batch of U.S. Treasury bonds, prompting global and various financial group capital to buy these trillions of U.S. Treasury bonds to save the market. The interest rate of U.S. Treasury bonds has increased, even if it is only 1 percentage point. For some people, it means making tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars a year for free. Isn't this a benefit?"

"Is that so?" Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows: "But, buying U.S. bonds also requires Wall Street capital to pay for it."

"But the financial market of U.S. debt is also controlled by Wall Street." Chu Xuan imitated her tone and said "Yeah".

"This..." Liu Yifei was stunned: "In other words, they have the final say on how to play with the world's money and how much to earn?"

"That's right." Chu Xuan nodded.

"But..." Liu Yifei tilted her head: "If that's the case, why are some countries still willing to buy U.S. debt?"

Chu Xuan said: "There are many ways. For example, last year, the price of soybeans exported by Argentina to certain countries increased several times, causing the cost of importing soybeans in certain countries to rise sharply. Soybeans have seriously affected the food industry economy and people's livelihood needs in some countries. Will these countries buy U.S. bonds? Will they help the United States through this crisis? This will allow the United States to lower the price of soybeans."

"Such trade sanctions have radiated to certain countries around the world. Even if these countries have no choice, they can only pay to buy U.S. bonds, thus helping the United States to overcome difficulties again and again. This is not the first time that the United States has played this game."

"But rising U.S. debt interest rates also help buyers increase their foreign debt. But for some countries, earning more or less is just a superficial phenomenon. The more they buy U.S. debt, the more they will encourage the arrogance of the dollar hegemony. This is what some countries are most reluctant to see, but there is no other way. Without effective countermeasures, they can only be led by the nose by the United States."

"So, this subprime mortgage crisis can be understood as Wall Street capital's own fault. American officials were busy issuing US debts for the world to pay for, and then they only contributed effort but not money. In the end, Wall Street capital, which was self-defeating, benefited greatly. They used funds from all over the world to solve the problems they created, and further deepened their control over the global economy."

"This is a vicious cycle in the global economic situation right now."

Liu Xiaoli nodded with a hint of emotion, and felt in her heart that compared to her son-in-law's erudition, which had already astonished her before, it seemed that her son-in-law's understanding of the world had grown to a higher level, which made her very pleased.

"I hope our country will become stronger and stronger and break this vicious cycle," she said.

"Yes!" Liu Yifei nodded repeatedly.

"Yes." Chu Xuan said.

At this time, the business girl knocked on the door and came in, followed by a Mediterranean guy.

As soon as he came in, he was very enthusiastic and walked up to shake hands with the family of three and said, "I am Dong Yonggui, the developer of Banshan Haijing. I didn't expect that Mr. Chu's family would come to visit us. It really brings honor to our humble home."

Chu Xuan smiled and said, "Mr. Dong is too polite. We are not worthy of the title of "bringing glory to our humble home". Our family is just here to take a look."

Chu Xuan was confused. It was fine for someone in the entertainment industry to call him Mr. Chu, after all, Brilliant Times was rooted in this circle. But this real estate boss, whom he had never met before, called him Mr. Chu when they met. Could it be that he was also famous in the real estate circle?
"I can afford it. I heard that you guys are interested in that 5800-square-meter sea view villa. How about I take you to see it now?" Dong Yonggui invited.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble." Chu Xuan nodded, and followed the mother and daughter out of the reception room.

But as soon as he walked out the door, he met a big boss.

"Mr. Chu." Ma Huateng was originally walking out. He was the distinguished guest who had just been received by Dong Yonggui. Then he saw Dong Yonggui in a hurry to receive another distinguished guest. Now seeing the so-called distinguished guest appear and hearing a noise behind him, he turned his head curiously to see who it was. He never expected that it was Chu Xuan, whom he had met once and whom he had always thought about.

"Mr. Ma?" Chu Xuan was greatly surprised. He could meet this Internet tycoon when he went out to look at a house. Shenzhen is neither big nor small. This is really fate.

Ma Huateng was very considerate and even walked back to shake hands with Chu Xuan: "Mr. Chu is here to buy a house?"

Chu Xuan glanced at Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, and said, "Come and see with my wife and mother-in-law."

Madam? ... Ma Huateng joked, "Last year's proposal was successful, and during the Chinese New Year, the internet was full of news about you two coming to my house. It looks like Mr. Chu is done with it."

Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei were laughing beside them. Chu Xuan and Ma Huateng let go of each other's hands and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Ma still paid attention to us."

"In the Internet age, news is everywhere, and it's hard not to see it." Ma Huateng said, "Boss Chu is going to buy a house here, can you let me know? Maybe we can even be neighbors."

Chu Xuan laughed in silence. He didn't expect Ma Huateng to say that. He said, "I am very happy to be neighbors with the handsome and young big boss in the Internet industry. It can also give me a reference for the direction of my life."

Ma Huateng laughed out loud, still remembering meeting Chu Xuan at the Weiyu press conference a few years ago. Chu Xuan was still a very shy and self-deprecating young man in front of him, Ma Yun and Li Yanhong. Nearly five years had passed, and now he could chat and laugh with him, which really made him feel interesting.

"Mr. Chu, you are too modest. I won't bother you any more. I'll leave first. I hope we can keep in touch in the future," he said.

"Take care, Mr. Ma." Although Chu Xuan smiled, he was worried in his heart. He hoped that you would give me a call if we contact each other again in the future. Are these big guys always so half-hearted in their words?

Dong Yonggui had been watching from the side. He didn't expect that Chu Xuan and Ma Huateng knew each other. Seeing that Ma Huateng's attitude towards Chu Xuan was quite good, he originally wanted to ask Chu Xuan something, so his impression of Chu Xuan reached a new level. He added more enthusiasm and took his family of three to visit the villa.

Ma Huateng walked in the opposite direction towards the park entrance. His wife took his arm and asked curiously, "You seem to be a little interested in this big star?"

Ma Huateng rubbed his nearsighted eye sockets and said, "A person who can cause a sensation in the Internet industry twice in a row is not just a big star. You don't know him. At the beginning, Ma Yun, Li Yanhong and I all wanted to poach him, but unfortunately he was not interested in this. Perhaps he has greater ambitions in the entertainment industry."

After hearing what Ma Huateng said, his wife was quite surprised. In her opinion, Chu Xuan was just a big star, but he had achieved such success. She said, "Since he is a talent, why don't you give him a call? Really."

"The time is not right yet." Ma Huateng said.

"Is the time not right yet?" his wife wondered.

Ma Huateng said: "My Penguin Weibo failed miserably under the pressure from Weiyu, and was forced to operate the closed, single-domain QQ Space. However, the non-public and non-vertical model of QQ Space is destined to have a short operating life. Users will lose interest after a few years. So although QQ Space looks good now, its decline is only a matter of time in the next few years."

"Then... there is no way to save it?" said his wife.

Ma Huateng shook his head: "Only fully public and vertical social platforms like Weiyu can achieve sustainable and long-term development."

"Didn't you just say that Penguin Weibo can't compete with Weiyu?" His wife frowned.

Ma Huateng nodded: "So, I want Weiyu. Such a social network will be of great use to my entire Penguin ecosystem."

"This..." His wife was surprised. She really didn't expect her husband's ambition to be here: "Then why do you want Weiyu and spend money to acquire it? Weiyu must be very valuable. Penguin can't afford it, right?"

"How can we acquire it directly?" Ma Huateng shook his head. "I want to buy it, but Xinlang is unwilling to sell it. But now there is an opportunity. Weiyu is expected to go public this year. After the shares of each party are diluted, there will be no absolute control. The shares will be freely tradable. Xinlang is the majority shareholder of Weiyu, and an overseas capital is the second shareholder. I don't want to miss the shares of these two companies, but the third share owned by Chu Xuan's Brilliant Times should be negotiable."

"Chu Xuan is still the third largest shareholder of Weiyu?" His wife was very surprised and said, "But Weiyu will definitely be a hot commodity after it goes public. If you want to get the right to speak, you should have a lot of shares. Is Chu Xuan willing to sell?"

Ma Huateng said: "Online videos are now emerging. In the next few years, online videos will definitely compete with TV stations. The convenience and speed of online videos are beyond the reach of TV stations. I believe that the ultimate winner will be online videos."

"Penguin will also start to make arrangements in this area. The size of QQ users will be the killer in this field. It is not difficult to develop online videos. The only thing missing is the sustainable output of high-quality content, and Chu Xuan's Brilliant Times can fill this gap very well."

"If a media company or entertainment company has its own broadcasting channels, it will have an unparalleled advantage over its peers. Facing such temptation, it should be difficult for Chu Xuan to resist."

"But if you want to cooperate with Penguin and join this game, then you have to exchange it for Weiyu shares."

"But..." His wife said, "Since Chu Xuan has shares in Weiyu, it means that he has already cooperated with Xinlang. Then he can do online video with Xinlang. Are you thinking too highly of yourself?"

Ma Huateng narrowed his eyes and said, "The structure of the Brilliant Times Group is very interesting. The finances of all companies are managed by a separate trust company. The National Bank and the Tax Bureau like simple things like this. Gathering all the finances in one company is equivalent to letting the bank and the tax bureau monitor it openly."

"With such a group structure, those who are patriotic may not necessarily do this, but those who do this are definitely patriotic."

"And Xinlang's equity structure is too messy, with a lot of Wall Street capital involved. Once Weiyu and Xinlang merge and go public, Weiyu will officially become a subsidiary of Xinlang. With interests involved, I dare say that Weiyu will sooner or later become a tool for overseas capital to carry out cultural invasion of our country, a medium to distort the thinking of our people and spread some garbage."

"Chu Xuan is in the entertainment industry, which is a center of public opinion. As the capital of this industry, he should understand the distorted ideas of Western ideology about our country better than I do."

"If Chu Xuan is a patriotic person, he shouldn't see something like this happen to a product he created, right?"

Ma Huateng pushed up the frame of his glasses and said, "I have always had an ideal. I hope to create a social platform like Weiyu that is fair, just and credible. Maybe it's a bit idealistic, or maybe it's because the profit of my Penguin game is several times that of Weiyu, which makes me not very optimistic about making money in this field. That's why I have always had this ideal."

"So I created Penguin Weibo, but it failed in the face of the strong performance of Weiyu. I didn't imitate Weiyu in many things because some of their things didn't fit my philosophy. It was too cheap to spend money to get on the trending search. Weiyu might be able to continue to develop by outputting information in all vertical fields, but its credibility will be over sooner or later."

"If I can get shares from Chu Xuan and enter the circle of Weiyu shareholders, then it is not impossible for me to slowly erode the shares through premium or resource exchange and eventually gain a certain or even the greatest voice. Then Weiyu will develop in my way and become a platform with both authority and credibility."

"To a certain extent, my views on this aspect are consistent with Chu Xuan in my eyes."

"Talk to him about interests first, then talk to him about ideals. My intuition tells me that he will agree to cooperate with me."

"It's just that the time has not come yet. Let the emerging industry of online video develop further. Then I will be able to take the initiative."

“I support you.” His wife’s eyes sparkled, she just felt that her husband was so wise. She had doubted that a star like Chu Xuan was valued by her husband, and was surprised to hear that Chu Xuan had made remarkable achievements. She admired that Chu Xuan was so outstanding at such a young age. But no matter how outstanding she was, wasn’t she still being schemed by her husband?

Chu Xuan on the other side really didn't know that he was targeted by the big boss after just meeting him once? This was a treatment he had never thought of.

At this moment, he and Liu Yifei were in the villa, concentrating on looking at the scenery and the layout of the house.

This villa park with mountain and sea view is really nice. The Dabieye where they are located faces the sea, has access to the beach, and is close to the mountain.

The mountain is not high, just like a small hill, but it is lush and green, and it is really pleasing to the eye.

The location is also good, with tourist attractions all around. The Guishan Scenic Area, Guishan Garden, Sea World, Shopping Center, Lanting, Yuntai and other scenic spots are all centered around this mountain and sea view villa park. Opposite the villa park is the commercial street, and next to it are the hospital and school. About ten kilometers to the east, you can cross the bridge to the Xiangjiang River. The geographical location is simply perfect.

"How is it?" Liu Xiaoli asked.

"It's very nice." Liu Yifei likes this place very much.

"That's right." Chu Xuan said, then changed the subject: "Just don't let the cub run around when you take care of it in the future. It's too big and you won't be able to find it. You have to call the police."

"Hahaha..." Liu Xiaoli was caught off guard by Chu Xuan's reply and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Zeng Ni and Lu Tao also looked confused and amused. Only Liu Yifei glared at Chu Xuan shyly and angrily. However, because Chu Xuan's words were really funny, after glaring at her, she changed her expression to being at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and slapped Chu Xuan twice.

"You made me laugh until tears came out of my eyes." Liu Xiaoli wiped her eyes and looked very happy.

Seeing the happy situation of the family, Dong Yonggui, who was not far from them, came over at the right time and said, "Boss Chu, how about this villa? The environment of this villa is natural greenery. If Boss Chu and Boss Liu are willing to move in, we will make the greenery inside the whole villa more exquisite and match the surrounding environment, so as to pursue a comfortable living. We will do our best to meet all your requirements, not to mention that we will meet them completely."

"We'll consider it." Liu Xiaoli said on behalf of the couple. They marked this place for now and she would go look at other places.

Dong Yonggui smiled but said nothing. Such a big villa is worth a lot of money, so naturally he has to think carefully and look elsewhere for comparison or even shop around. Just like the big boss Ma Huateng, he also has to shop around before making a decision. This is all very normal and it is understandable for someone in his line of work, so he never bothers people to persuade them to buy.

For truly wealthy people, if they want to buy something, they will buy it naturally. If they don't want to buy it, no matter how much they talk, this fact cannot be changed. It is not like middle-class and lower-class families who can be persuaded by some temptations.

However, when he learned that the people who were looking at the house were Chu Xuan's family, he had an immature idea to talk to Chu Xuan: "Mr. Chu."

"Mr. Dong?" Chu Xuan asked.

"As far as I know, your group has a cinema chain company. Do you have any real estate partners?" Dong Yonggui said.

Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli were stunned. They wondered why the boss was so enthusiastic and even came to accompany them in person. It turned out that he had a request.

"Why, Mr. Dong wants to try his hand in the film industry?" Chu Xuan asked.

Most cinema chains have real estate partners or investors to a greater or lesser extent, because the construction and decoration of cinemas require the help of real estate and construction companies. Once dozens or hundreds of cinemas are built, the large volume and high profits will naturally form a long-term cooperative relationship.

In order to save money, some cinema chains will lure real estate developers into investing in the cinema chains. Then when they expand or renovate the cinemas, the construction costs will be reduced to a certain extent. After all, it is a cooperative relationship, so what should be cheaper will definitely be cheaper.

Some real estate developers who have made early investments are already cinema chain owners, such as Wanda Cinema Line.

But today, Wanda Cinemas is nothing. Capitalists in the film industry don't want to play with Wanda. Wanda Pictures and cinemas will only rise after Wanda acquires a Hollywood cinema chain in a few years. By then, domestic cinemas will have a greater demand for overseas releases and will have to rely on Wanda, so they will loosen their checks and balances on Wanda Cinemas, allowing Wanda Cinemas to soar.

The current film industry capital does not want to play with Wanda, mainly because Wanda only has cinemas but no resources and channels in the entertainment industry, which is equivalent to having money but no resources. This will not work in the film industry. The capital in the film industry is not short of money, and they will not curry favor with Wanda just because Wanda Cinemas is backed by the big tree of Wanda Group. Instead, they will collectively reject the giant crocodile that enters the circle to grab the market.

In Chu Xuan's opinion, the sudden idea of ​​Dong Yonggui, the real estate tycoon, was most likely due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis, which made the tycoon try to add another business direction, or another industrial chain to better protect his living environment.

"I have this idea, but it depends on whether Mr. Chu is interested." Dong Yonggui smiled.

He is not short of money, but he wants to enter the film industry, especially the top-level chain such as cinemas. What he lacks is an entry ticket, or simply put, someone to lead him in the door, and Chu Xuan happens to be such a person, so he is so enthusiastic to come along.

If there was no one like Chu Xuan who could lead him in, he would not have any connections from production to distribution to theaters, and he would have to run around looking for someone to take care of the relationships, which would be too troublesome.

What he needs is shares in cinema chains, but what he can get is infrastructure capabilities to help cinema chains expand their scale efficiently and cost-effectively, thereby quickly capturing the market.

If Chu Xuan is willing to lead the way for him, giving a discount on the villa worth hundreds of millions is a small matter. The most important thing is that there are many possibilities for cooperation between the two sides that can be negotiated and explored.

"Mr. Dong, our family is still filming and has no time to pay attention to other things. If Mr. Dong is really willing to cooperate, you can go to Beijing to talk to my sister, Ms. Wang Jinhua. Since Mr. Dong knows her, I should know her too." Chu Xuan said.

"I know. I've heard of Mr. Wang for a long time." Dong Yonggui understood what Chu Xuan meant. He didn't want to talk about it now. If he wanted to talk about it, he could go to Beijing to talk to Wang Jinhua. He had also read the local news and knew that Chu Xuan was a director filming in Shenzhen, so he could understand this.

"Brilliant Times Media is currently developing well in the industry. In addition to the media headquarters, the other shareholder of Brilliant Times Cinema is the central enterprise Huaying Group. In the past two years, many real estate developers have wanted to cooperate with us or invest in us to reach a strategic agreement, but due to various factors, none of them have been achieved."

"Just looking at this park, we can tell that President Dong's company is a very powerful one. If President Dong has any confirmation, I will call President Wang and President Han, the chairman of Huaying Group, to let them know. I believe they will be very happy and look forward to President Dong's visit."

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, Dong Yonggui's heart skipped a beat. Many of his colleagues wanted to cooperate with Brilliant Times Cinemas?
He didn't know whether what he said was true or false, but he felt a sense of urgency. The subprime mortgage crisis in the past two years has caused his company to survive on the interest of previous projects. The sluggish market is a factor that is very destabilizing to the foundation of the real estate industry. If he doesn't find a way to expand his business and profit channels, if there is another subprime mortgage crisis, he, the so-called "big boss", will be finished or will be eaten up by his peers.

"Okay, please give me a heads up in advance, Mr. Chu. I will visit your group next week," he said.

"Okay, then we have to say goodbye. The crew will start work in the afternoon. We can come back another day." Chu Xuan said.

"Come anytime. I've informed the sales department. Mr. Chu and Mr. Liu, your family will be well taken care of. I'll take you there." Dong Yonggui was very polite.

Chatting and laughing along the way made Liu Xiaoli sigh with emotion. It is true that as long as a person has strength, connections will come to him actively.

Who could have imagined that one day a real estate tycoon would come to curry favor with them? This was something they had never thought of. Perhaps it was due to the subprime mortgage crisis, but it was also an accidental situation where heroes were made by the times.

"Mr. Chu, Mr. Liu, have a nice trip." Dong Yonggui said goodbye in front of the car.

"Mr. Dong, goodbye." Chu Xuan said goodbye and closed the car door.

Seeing that only her own people were around, Liu Yifei asked, "Have many real estate companies wanted to cooperate with our cinema in the past two years?"

"Not many, just casually." Chu Xuan said, "It's not easy to get into the top chain of the film industry. When Brilliant Times was still under the investment of Huaying Group, we gave 20% of the shares to Huaying for free, and Huaying helped us build this industry chain. I don't know this CEO Dong, and I don't know whether he is a good person or not. He suddenly wants to cooperate, so I just make the situation more urgent, so that Sister Hua and Third Brother can maximize their benefits when they talk to him."

Liu Yifei understood and winked at Chu Xuan: "You are such a smart person."

Liu Xiaoli said: "This is called fulfilling one's responsibilities within one's position."

"Listen to me." Chu Xuan said speechlessly, "Mom said so many good things, but you always complain about me."

Liu Xiaoli, Zeng Ni and Lu Tao laughed, while Liu Yifei leaned on Chu Xuan's shoulder with an apologetic look and pinched Chu Xuan's face: "You are the best."

"Are we going directly to the set now?" Lu Tao asked as he started the car.

"Just go ahead, have lunch, and then shoot your scene with Mom and Xixi in the afternoon." Chu Xuan said.

"Yeah, I can finally start filming!" Liu Yifei excitedly made a "Yeah" gesture.

Liu Xiaoli looked at Chu Xuan and said with interest, "Director Chu, do you have the courage to direct a play for me?"

Chu Xuan's face fell, and he said, "Mom, give me some face when filming. I'm the director, and then your son-in-law, okay?"

Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei were in a good mood, and it was funny to see Chu Xuan looking embarrassed.

Liu Xiaoli was quite looking forward to acting. She didn't know what it would feel like, whether she would laugh, and what it would be like to act with her daughter.

The same is true for Liu Yifei. It’s interesting to think about acting with her mother.

Just like that, with the mother and daughter full of anticipation and Chu Xuan feeling anxious alone, the nanny car drove straight to the set.

(End of this chapter)