Game within game: chess player

"Which one of you is willing to come with me?" Li Tailong shouted again to all the artists in the audience.

At this time, there were hundreds of top-notch first-tier artists, second-tier and third-tier actors in the entire venue, as well as hundreds of new acting interns recruited this year. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. No one said anything, or everyone was talking. Let's wait and see who is the first to stand up and leave with Li Tailong.

"Brother Long, I'm coming with you!" Yuan Yin stood up and was the first to shout loudly, seeming to be telling everyone something.

Ye Fang watched this scene with interest, like watching a Broadway musical.

Yuan Yin's support was something that Li Tailong expected, but what he cared more about were some of the top-tier film and television singers and singers under Warner Pictures, such as people like Hua Tsai.

"Wazai, come to my new company, Xinghui Entertainment. I have supported you all the way. I will not treat you badly if you come to my place."

After hearing this, Andy was unmoved and just kept silent.

"Hai Mei, you should know my star-making ability. Next year I will spend a lot of money to build you a bigger stage than this! Let you become a superstar in the Chinese music industry."

"And A Bing, A Wen, and A Lun, the door of Xinghui Entertainment will always be open to you. As long as you follow me today, I promise to make you an Asian superstar within two years!"

Li Tailong's bewitching voice wandered throughout the venue. Many people under the stage lowered their heads and whispered in groups after hearing Li Tailong's words. Everyone knows that a company will definitely tilt most of its resources towards the top artist. As for whether other artists can come forward, it depends on opportunities. Warner Pictures takes over all the artists of Huaqi Entertainment. There are always some among these artists. Towards Li Tailong, or in other words, Li Tailong treats these people well.

Li Tailong's encouraging words have moved many people, especially second- and third-tier artists. If they go to Xinghui Entertainment, they may be highly praised. The chance of success is much higher than grabbing some resources at Warner Films. Much more.

Slowly, many second- and third-tier artists raised their hands and shouted, "I'm going!" "I'm going!"

Seeing that his inciting words had an effect, Li Tailong immediately gained confidence and began to encourage and lobby first-line artists such as Hua Tsai and Fat Tsai. After all, Andy was picked up by Li Tailong. He didn't want others to say that his moral character was lacking, so he directly asked, "Brother Long, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. I want to broaden my career path in the future. For example, I want to be myself in the future." Is it okay to open a film and television company? Can you support me unconditionally?"

Hearing Andy's words, Li Tailong frowned and said directly, "You can't just open a film and television company if you want to. Do you know how much money it costs to open a film and television company and how many resources need to be coordinated? If you make the wrong investment, you will be let go." The company is bankrupt. If you come to my Xinghui Entertainment, I will provide you with resources and support whatever you want to do."

What Li Tailong meant in his words was to let Andy be an artist of the company and make money for the company. As for the idea of ​​going solo, he should not even think about it.

Hua Zai heard the meaning of Li Tailong's words, slowly lowered his head and stopped making any response.

There are only more than 30 first-line artists in Warner Film and Television. More than half of them did not respond to Li Tailong's call. Of course, some had to respond considering Li Tailong's background. At that time, there were probably more than 50 artists of different levels who agreed to work with Li Tailong. Fuck Xinghui Entertainment.

"Okay." Ye Fang suddenly said, and then Ye Fang asked Yang Mingzhen to call the vice president in charge of artist performance contracts to register these artists. They will not have to pay any liquidated damages to terminate the contract, and everyone is required to terminate the contract within three days. formalities.

Yang Mingzhen asked his men to compile a list and gave it to Li Tailong, and then said, "Brother Long, you can leave now!"

Li Tailong knew that he had taken advantage of Ye Fang by hurting Ye Fang's reputation and disrupting the whole dinner party. He knew that he should just give up when he saw the opportunity. After all, even Xiang Huatian has settled his feud with Ye Fang now, so naturally he can't push further. At this time, Li Tailong was more than half awake from the wine. He greeted his subordinates and was about to leave the venue. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Ye Fang.

"Wait!" Ye Fang said. Although there were only two words, it made everyone feel Ye Fang's confidence when facing Li Tailong, which meant that he was not afraid of Li Tailong at all.

"Mr. Ye, do you have any other advice?" Li Tailong looked back at Ye Fang on the stage.

Ye Fang took the microphone from the host and said with full force, "I and you, Huaqi Entertainment and Warner Pictures will put an end to all grudges from today on. From now on, you will run your Xinghui Entertainment, and Yang Mingzhen will run her Warner Pictures. You guys You can play fair competition however you want, I will never interfere. But let me know that you dare to use the power of your association to threaten any artist under Warner Pictures and affect the normal operation of the company, then don’t blame me for removing you and your people from Hong Kong Erase it from the map! You know, I’m not trying to scare you, I have the ability. Now, you can go!”

After hearing Ye Fang's words, Li Tailong's face turned blue and white, and he turned around and left the exhibition center with his men, not even daring to say a harsh word.

For a moment, the entire venue was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the ground. No one thought that Ye Fang would dare to openly threaten Li Tailong in this venue, and Li Tailong did not even dare to fart. This made everyone Warner Films The artists couldn't help but keep silent towards Ye Fang, but after listening to Ye Fang's words, they also felt that their work at Warner Films was extremely safe.

At this time, those artists who had agreed to terminate their contracts didn't know whether they should stay or go. Some even began to regret after hearing Ye Fang's words. However, the water thrown out by the words could not be changed at this time. .

"Now please take the stand of non-Warner Pictures artists!" Yang Mingzhen took the microphone and said coldly, which was equivalent to giving those artists a direct eviction order.

These people and artists never expected that a good dinner would turn into the scene of their resignation and contract termination, and they were dressed up to attend. Yang Mingzhen's words already made it difficult for these people to stay at the venue, and then everyone slowly walked out of the venue.

When these people walked out of the venue, they were blocked by hundreds of reporters ambushing outside the venue. The reporters shot everyone with long guns and short cannons. Originally, these reporters were waiting outside the venue to take some breaking news. As expected, Yang Mingzhen waited for them in vain and secretly sent a message to these reporters, to the effect that these artists had been terminated from Warner Films due to conduct issues.

These artists never imagined that such a situation would happen. At this time, they could not control the uncertainty about the future on their faces. The embarrassed, helpless, and frightened expressions on all the artists' faces were caught by these reporters. They will be published in the newspaper tomorrow. .

"Everyone, please sit down." Yang Mingzhen waved for everyone to sit down, and then asked the staff to quickly arrange the stage, and soon the entire venue returned to normal. Yang Mingzhen knew that he had to grandly introduce Ye Fang to everyone at this time. After obtaining Ye Fang's consent, Yang Mingzhen cleared his throat and introduced everyone solemnly, "Everyone, I now want to grandly introduce the big boss behind our group, Ye Mr. Fang. Mr. Ye Fang is not a native of Xiangjiang, but a person from the mainland capital city. To be honest, I don’t know how big Mr. Ye’s business is, but I know that Zhongrui Capital Group, its subsidiaries Warner Pictures and China Shipping are just Our big boss bought the company casually. If you have the opportunity to go to the mainland in the future, you must visit our big boss’ courtyard. It is said that it is the first garden in Beijing. Now we invite Mr. Ye Fang to speak to us with warm applause."

Ye Fang walked to the middle of the stage with a smile, took the microphone, and waved to signal everyone not to applaud. Unexpectedly, the applause lasted for more than a minute. These artists most hope that their bosses are worth one billion or even tens of billions, so that they can solve many thorny problems. At least they don't have to worry about the company going bankrupt due to poor management and a broken capital chain. What's more, today Ye Fang let everyone know that they don't need to worry about Xin Ngee Ann in the future, and they don't need to be afraid of Xin Ngee Ann. They just need to make money and become famous.

It took a long time before the applause slowly stopped. Ye Fang said with a gentle face, "I want to tell you about a certain artist here. I grew up watching your movies and listening to your songs. Do you believe it?"

"Believe it!" All the artists on the stage laughed and shouted loudly.

"People like me in the Mainland grew up watching the movies and listening to the songs you sang, so your future will not be here, but in the Mainland. There are one billion audiences in the Mainland, and it is Hong Kong It is incomparable to a small place. In the first 20 years, the market was in Hong Kong, and in the next 20 years, the market was in the mainland. In the future, while Warner Films will focus on Hong Kong, it will push everyone to the mainland to seize the market. Believe me, everyone’s talents are in Warner None of them will be buried! If you need any support from the company, you can go to Mr. Yang directly. If Mr. Yang can’t solve it, you can go to me. Your career belongs to everyone, and your money is earned by everyone. I am here to protect you, no matter where you are in the future. If you have any trouble that cannot be solved in Xiangjiang or the mainland, you can come to me directly and I will solve it for you."

"Finally, thank you all for believing in Warner! Let us walk together through thick and thin in the future and create greater glory!" After speaking, Ye Fang raised his hands high, and all the artists in the venue stood up and applauded. Then the stage sound came to mind, and the joint singing of several artists began. , Ye Fang returned to his seat surrounded by Yang Mingzhen and Lu Jiaming.

When he returned to his seat, these artists surrounded Ye Fang. There were groups of handsome men and beautiful women around Ye Fang, and they all took the initiative to toast Ye Fang to show their goodwill.

Yang Mingzhen knew that Ye Fang didn't like this kind of scene, so after helping Ye Fang resist for a while, he decisively let Ye Fang leave first. Ye Fang walked out of the back door of the venue under the escort of Su Long and Lan Xin, and at the same time bypassed reporters at the front door.

"Brother Ye, how are you feeling now?" Su Long handed Ye Fang a bottle of water, and Ye Fang drank it in a few sips, and then he became much more awake.

"I'm fine." Ye Fang waved his hand and said

Su Long and the two accompanied Ye Fang to the outside of the Convention and Exhibition Center. They stood on the railing and looked at the invincible night view of the Xiangjiang River. Ye Fang suddenly felt relaxed and happy. He couldn't help but lean over the railing and look at the neon lights not far away. . Maybe it was the intoxication, or maybe his thoughts were spinning, which made Ye Fang feel a lot of emotions inexplicably. Feeling that things in the world are impermanent, and life's twists and turns really happen in just a thought. If I hadn't met Grandma Xu, maybe all of this wouldn't have happened naturally. talent

The wealth has grown exponentially, allowing Ye Fang to accumulate a huge amount of wealth in less than two years. When Ye Fang dreams about all of this at midnight, he suspects that it is not true.

Then reality told Ye Fang that this was true.

"Brother Ye, there is a person over there secretly filming us." Su Long reminded.

Ye Fang didn't say anything but raised his fingertips. Su Long nodded, gestured to several security guards not far away and immediately caught the person who was secretly filming.

"I am a reporter. You are violating human rights. I want to call the police! Call the police to arrest you!" The man was short, a foreigner, somewhat vulgar-looking, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Su Long threw him behind Ye Fang like a chicken. Maybe Su Long scratched him and hurt him, causing him to scream loudly.

"Why are you filming me?" Ye Fang asked without looking back.

"This is my right. Besides, I was photographing the night view of Victoria, but you happened to be in it." The little foreign reporter argued forcefully.

Ye Fang ignored his words and asked Su Long to search him directly.

"You can't do this! You are violating human rights! Robbers! Bandits!"

Soon Su Long found a bunch of things from him, including various documents, voice recorders, notebooks, and even bugs.

Su Long held a bunch of documents in his hand, at least documents common to the three countries, including the United States, Britain and Germany. Each certificate says "Journalist", the American BBC, the British Times of London, the German Daily Telegraph, all are first-class news media in various countries.

"You have so many names." Su Long said and handed the ID to Ye Fang. Ye Fang took a look at it and asked, "Say your identity. If you don't tell me, I will throw you into the sea to feed the sharks."

"There are no sharks around Xiangjiang. You don't have to scare me." Obviously Ye Fang's words could not scare him.

Ye Fang chuckled and said, "It's okay. If there is no shark, I will let you become a fish."

"Become a fish?"

"I'll tie up your hands and feet, throw you into the sea, and make you swim like a fish. Whether you can survive depends on whether your movements are standard or not," Ye Fang said.

"You are committing murder! I want to sue you! I am an American and I want to call the police!"

"Give you another chance." Ye Fang said lightly.

"I'm a reporter!"

"Throw him down!" Ye Fang said decisively.

"Okay!" Su Long called over and two security guards tied up the reporter's hands and feet. He was so frightened that his face turned pale. Only then did he realize that Ye Fang was not trying to scare him.

"I said, I said! Don't kill me!"

"Tell me, who are you and why are you filming me?" Ye Fang slowly turned his head and looked at the foreign reporter and asked.

"My real name is Cole. I am employed by the US intelligence agency. My task is to follow you and secretly photograph you."