Chapter 626: The Building Remains Unbroken
After the preview, the creative team of "The Wandering Earth" escorted Liang Fei all the way to the underground parking garage.
Before getting in the car, Liang Fei shook hands with Guo Fan and said, "Congratulations, Director Guo. You have saved Chinese science fiction. To put it in a bigger way, you have saved domestic films. To be honest, the domestic film market is a piece of shit right now."
It is true. It seems that domestic film and television practitioners have collectively lost their professional ethics and have no original ability at all. Variety shows buy copyrights from Koreans, and movies and TV series look for copyrights from online novels. This year's popular "Nirvana in Fire" was also adapted from an online novel.
And the secret to his success is that he did not change a single word; even the dialogues are almost the original version of the novel.
Just like that, it became a huge hit.
It's just that the creative team is more serious and the props and costumes are not so perfunctory, that's all.
To be honest, original novels have nothing special about them when put on the Internet.
I forgot, the copyright of "The Wandering Earth" was also bought from Liu Cixin.
"Mr. Liang, take care." Zhao Jinmai, who was following behind Guo Fan, bowed respectfully to Liang Fei.
This little girl's original life path was to hang out with Wang Jun and Huang Lei who are in the Beijing circle. This year she even found time to film "Little Farewell" starring Huang Lei and Hai Qing. It hasn't been released yet, and she is also a supporting role to Zhang Zifeng in the drama.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye she would become the heroine of a landmark science fiction movie.
Liang Fei glanced at the corporate spokesperson she had chosen with a smile, and said to Tang Ruijie beside her, "Arrange it as soon as possible and let Jinmai shoot a commercial for the Douyin ambassador."
In fact, when looking for a spokesperson, the most important thing is that the spokesperson does not disappoint.
Take Prada for example. They found domestic spokespeople such as Shuangzi, Fengfeng, and Kun Kun whose chicken coop just collapsed. They also created a famous scene: Brother Ji’s coop collapsed, and his haters were more upset than his fans.
These people were all top stars in the country when they were popular, but after being proven wrong, they all disappeared. They were all hammered to death and will never be able to make a comeback.
Prada made a lot of money just from the penalty for breach of contract. I don’t know whether they should be happy or sad. So in the end, I made up my mind. I can’t trust this bunch of mobs in the entertainment industry. I’m going to go directly to the national team, the women’s football team!
Even international big names are afraid of being cheated by the entertainment industry, let alone the head of a small business like Liang Fei.
It is only a matter of time before Tik Tok becomes a national-level application. No matter how famous the spokesperson is, can it be more famous than the software that is downloaded on the phones of hundreds of millions of netizens and used every day? The spokesperson's fame is not important. What is important is whether the image is positive.
Zhao Jinmai has played Balala the Fairies and is a familiar face in family dramas. Now she is the heroine of "The Wandering Earth". She meets all the requirements.
"Mr. Liang!"
Zhao Jinmai was prompted by her mother's eyes. After a moment of tense expression, she said, "Well, Teacher Huang said that she wants to treat you to a simple meal."
Teacher Huang?
Liang Fei glanced at Zhao Jinmai’s mother.
Zhao Jinmai's mother immediately smiled and explained, "It's Huang Lei, Mr. Huang. He wants to host a banquet for you, Mr. Liang, on behalf of the industry partners in the capital. When are you free to go on a business trip to the capital? Mr. Huang hopes to have the honor of inviting you to his home for a simple meal."
"Oh, I see."
Liang Fei nodded, turned around and got into the car.
No way. That teacher Huang really likes to preach and teach others. Liang Fei has never been interested in people who like to educate others.
How many dishes do you usually eat? You think of yourself as a life mentor every day. The young people in the entertainment industry give you face and listen to your nonsense. Do I still need to listen to your nonsense?
The car slowly drove out of the commercial center. Tang Ruijie sat next to Liang Fei and said, "Boss Liang, do you want to change the spokesperson?"
Liang Fei closed his eyes and rested. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Not for now."
Tang Ruijie said: "The advantage of child stars is that they are a blank slate, very innocent, but they are often more constrained than ordinary stars, such as their parents."
"It can't be helped. Child stars are all like this. If their parents don't make the decision, who will?"
Liang Fei opened her eyes: "Changing the image spokesperson now is just to create another public opinion. The momentum of The Wandering Earth is so good, we can't change it right now. Besides, Xiaomai is very cute."
"Okay, I understand." Tang Ruijie nodded.
Liang Fei glanced at Tang Ruijie and said with a smile, "Xiao Tang, you are becoming more and more like a person in charge of the general manager's office. You consider everything from the company's perspective. Not bad, quite good. I didn't make a mistake in choosing you."
"Of course not. I have to live up to such a high annual salary!" Tang Ruijie said excitedly, "Even if the housing prices in Minghai are ridiculously high now, I have calculated that I can save up a down payment in one year and pay off the loan in three years. It's a large flat in the central city. Mr. Liang, I have to thank you for your ancestors for eight generations. No one in my Tang family has lived in a large flat for eight generations. It's finally my generation, Tang Ruijie!"
Liang Fei: “…”
President Tang also realized that he had lost his composure a bit, and he quickly fixed his hair and asked with a smile: "President Liang, shall we go back to the company now?"
"No reply." Liang Fei said lightly.
"Where are we going then?"
"Go take a look at your big flat ."
“…”
The creative team watched Liang Fei's car leave. Zhao Jinmai stamped her feet and looked back at her mother: "I've already told you that Brother Liang Fei doesn't like the entertainment industry. All the female celebrities who added him on WeChat were deleted in the blink of an eye. You still let me talk about this."
Zhao Jinmai's mother was also a little embarrassed and laughed dryly: "I thought Teacher Huang was very prestigious."
"Mother Jinmai, you are wrong."
Guo Fan said with a smile: "For industry giants of Mr. Liang's level, the entertainment industry is just a part of their business ecosystem. To put it nicely, it's cooperation. To put it bluntly, we are just shamelessly begging them for a chance. Take the position of Douyin promotion ambassador for example. If it is released, all the top traffic will be proud of it. How can your little Jinmai get a chance?"
Guo Fan added: "Besides, Mr. Liang is running a platform, not selling a brand, so he doesn't need to give face to anyone, even for show."
"Oh, how can I know what a person of Mr. Liang's level thinks?"
Zhao Jinmai's mother regretted it a little and blamed herself, saying, "I thought that Mr. Huang is a well-known person in the circle, and Mr. Liang is also a big boss, so they should be able to sit at the same table. Now that you said that, Director Guo, I realized the difference."
Guo Fan smiled but said nothing, thinking that even if Chow Yun-fat came today, he would have to stand up and shake hands with Liang Fei when he saw her.
This is the difference in levels. If you are a star, even if you reach the top, you are still a star. The big boss is always the big boss. He is the one who controls the circle and sets the rules of the industry. How can you play together?
"It's because Mr. Liang is too young, and people always tend to forget his identity." Guo Fan said.
Zhao Jinmai's mother asked Guo Fan worriedly: "Then, will President Liang be hostile to our Jinmai because of this matter..."
“Not really.”
Guo Fan waved his hand: "It's impossible for Mr. Liang to take this matter to heart."
Zhao Jinmai's mother just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Guo Fan slowly say, "But the people around Mr. Liang are not in good condition. Didn't you notice that after you said this, Mr. Liang's female secretary's eyes changed immediately? Don't look at her young age. Mr. Liang brought Secretary Tang with him when he took office in Shenzhen. It can be seen that she is Mr. Liang's top confidant. If she remembers this, it's hard to say whether Xiaomai can continue to be the corporate image spokesperson of Light Year Technology in the future."
“…”
One week was enough for the reputation and box office of "The Wandering Earth" to become completely crazy. In addition to discussing the movie itself, everyone also showed great interest in the investor Liang Fei.
The young entrepreneur received high praise online.
"Young people like Liang Fei have the ability, but they also have dreams and talents in their hearts. They are willing to pay for some illusory goals. If it were another businessman, they would definitely not be willing to do that."
"He has money, so it makes sense that he doesn't love money."
"This sentence above sounds familiar. I've heard it before."
"If Lightyear Technology was acquired by Penguin, it would definitely not invest in Little Broken Ball, and we wouldn't be able to see such a good movie."
Penguin Technology
Many times, Xiao Ma Ge is not as gentle as he looks, and he can be very fierce when he scolds people.
Liu Chiping was the only person still sitting, and he also had a frown on his face.
"Tell me, what should we do?"
Xiao Ma lit up a cigarette, looked at his executives and think tanks, and snorted softly, "He used a movie to turn the entire public opinion around. Minghai also provided a low-interest loan to support Lightyear Technology to overcome this difficulty. Did you know that a leader from that side called me personally? He was very polite, but the implication was obvious. He almost told me to stop extending my hand so far."
Liu Chiping also looked at the project team that was handling this matter, and his tone was equally stern: "After Liang Fei resigned, President Ma even stopped paying for the land that he had promised to Liang Fei. NIO also besieged Liang Fei, causing him to lose a lot of support. Under such a severe financial situation, you still failed to convince the shareholders of Lightyear Technology. Why is that?"
“There’s even time for him to expand the film’s influence infinitely!”
A think tank member frowned and said, "Boss Ma, if this is the case, the resistance may be much greater than we imagined. We may not be able to move forward. Minghai will definitely not watch Light Year Technology move to Shenzhen. Even if we pay the tax to Minghai, they probably won't agree."
The leader of the project team was a vice president of the group, second only to the senior executive vice president in the group's internal ranking. He stood up and said in a deep voice: "Boss Ma, Boss Liu, we all underestimated Liang Fei. Many times, as soon as the team came up with a plan, Light Year Technology seemed to have known it in advance and immediately made preparations. I suspect that within the group..."
“That’s enough!”
Brother Ma slammed the table, stood up and shouted angrily: "He has been the CEO of the group for more than a year. He can do anything. You idiots think that he can do whatever he wants just because he holds my sword, right? Use your pig brains, he is Liang Fei. More than a year is enough time for him to cultivate his own direct lineage. Yunsuihui, Yunsuihui, everyone who watches the fun online knows it, don't you? "
"Liang Fei can cultivate his trusted followers in places that no one notices. What about you? What are you doing!?"
"Liang Fei can do it, why can't you!??"
The group's vice president opened his mouth, then lowered his head, sighed, and whispered, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ma, but we are not Liang Fei."
"That's right."
Xiao Ma Ge laughed, strode back and forth in the office, and even opened the door and shouted to the secretary: "Call in all the vice presidents and above!"
At once, everyone in the entire building heard the news and many executives stopped their meetings and rushed to Xiao Ma's office.
Everyone stood there looking at each other. No one dared to sit down until Xiao Ma Ge sat down.
Brother Xiao Ma looked at his group of industry bigwigs. All of them were surrounded by people and had high net worth. They were all once influential figures. So why couldn't they defeat a tiny Liang Fei?
In the past, miHoYo, or any other company, would acquire if it could, and pull it over if it couldn’t. It has never been like it is now, where they would send more than two vice president-level executives for a company, and even so, it still doesn’t work.
"You've all worked with Liang Fei before, and you can't do anything to him?" Brother Xiao Ma laughed in anger, "I really can't believe it."
A board member who has been stationed at Penguin Technology for a long time stood up and asked curiously, "Mr. Ma, we must acquire Lightyear Technology. Now the cost is far greater than the return. I don't think Liang Fei will share the results of short videos with us. It is a blessing to be able to hold shares now. Why must we acquire it?"
The other senior executives also looked at Xiao Ma Ge. Although they didn't say it, everyone thought so.
Why do they have to acquire Lightyear Technology? If they don't have this thing, will Goose City collapse? How could it collapse? Didn't Liang Fei leave behind "Honor of Kings" before he left? I originally thought that this mobile game just copied the mode of League of Legends and used some inexplicable historical figures as heroes, just to fool the group.
Unexpectedly, it ranked first on the download list.
This is a lot of money, and you're still not satisfied?
Besides, given your preference for Liang Fei, if you really acquire Lightyear Technology, and Liang Fei returns to Echeng, will we still have a place to talk?
Who would like to be dominated by a guy in his twenties, and even have to listen to his orders?
Brother Ma has been a big shot in the business for so many years and is in charge of such a large enterprise. He can tell what these people are thinking from their expressions. He sat down slowly and lit a cigarette. He couldn't help but smile, and he laughed even louder after taking off his glasses.
“You guys…”
Brother Xiao Ma waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Just think of it as my wishful thinking. Mr. Liu, the in-depth optimization of the company's system must continue, and the supervision of personnel must continue to be strengthened. The group has started to become lazy again."
Liu Chiping nodded: "I understand. I will implement it immediately."
Xiao Ma put on his glasses again and looked at Liu Chiping: "I don't want Liang Fei's original methods, I want new ones."
Liu Chiping was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand."
The private cell phone on the table vibrated for a moment. Xiao Ma Ge took a look at it, picked it up and answered it.
"Hey, Ponyboy."
Liang Fei on the other end of the phone smiled happily: " Last time I asked you to come to my house as a guest, when are you free?"
