Early June.
It was the graduation season.
A wave of nostalgia for youth was stirred up again by several songs from "King of Love Songs."
Of course, besides these songs, the song "Youth Without Regret" by the music god Fang Lingyu also became popular.
Recently, due to Ting Yu's absolute status in the Chinese music scene, Dynasty Entertainment relied on him to quickly seize market share.
At a high-end private club.
Qi Shenghua, Chairman of Dingsheng Entertainment.
And Li Hongyi, Chairman of Guannian Entertainment.
Were gathered for tea.
"Mr. Li, have you considered my proposal?" Qi Shenghua spoke first.
"Mr. Qi, do you really think our cooperation can resist Dynasty Entertainment's encroachment?" Li Hongyi looked somewhat worried.
They had all had a difficult few months.
The reason for all this was Ting Yu and Jiang Nan.
Everyone knew that these two belonged to Xinghui Entertainment, but everyone also knew that Xinghui Entertainment belonged to Dynasty Entertainment. These two companies were essentially one family.
Dynasty Entertainment was already the overlord of the industry. Now, with Ting Yu as the shining brand of the domestic entertainment industry, they had surpassed Dingsheng Entertainment by a lot in the music scene, even shaking Dingsheng's foundation.
Therefore, the two top Chinese companies, in order not to be gradually encroached upon by Dynasty Entertainment, decided to discuss cooperation.
Fighting alone would eventually lead to their demise by Dynasty Entertainment. The current situation required them to band together for warmth and share resources.
"Whether we can or not, we have to try and find out. Let's do it quickly. If we wait any longer, Lin Zhaoyang will be sending acquisition contracts to our companies…" Qi Shenghua was truly at his limit, especially since the second quarter of this year not only had no profit but was actually at a loss.
Lin Zhaoyang was an excellent businessman, and with Ting Yu as a divine sword in hand, he was even more adept.
Qi Shenghua understood Lin Zhaoyang's character. If things continued like this, within a year, Lin Zhaoyang would indeed come to their company to discuss an acquisition.
"Our company has quite a few film projects in the second half of the year, which should help us hold on," Li Hongyi said slowly, taking a sip of tea.
Since it was cooperation, the distribution of benefits had to be discussed first.
Dingsheng was in a more critical situation now, so Li Hongyi certainly wanted to take the lion's share in terms of benefit distribution.
"Li Hongyi, I'm sincerely seeking cooperation with you. This attitude of yours is not very conducive," Qi Shenghua frowned.
He naturally knew Li Hongyi's thoughts, but could Li Hongyi really hold on through the second half of the year?
Qi Shenghua was not very confident, because in the current Chinese entertainment industry, besides Ting Yu, there was also Jiang Nan, and this Jiang Nan was Guannian Entertainment's biggest enemy.
"Mr. Qi doesn't believe me?" Li Hongyi sneered, "Coincidentally, there's a premiere of one of our movies today. I'll have the marketing department send over the premiere data."
He then took out his phone and sent a message to the marketing department.
The clubhouse fell silent.
"Holy crap! I've surpassed Mo Yan!"
Suddenly, Fang Lingyu, who had been looking at his phone without saying a word, jumped up.
He had been paying attention to the love song charts, and he never expected to have surpassed Mo Yan on this week's rankings.
Indeed, setting aside the currently hottest Ting Yu, Mo Yan was the ceiling among producers.
Even though Zhou Qingshan led everyone on the Era Music Chart, in the domestic entertainment scene, Mo Yan was ranked first below Ting Yu!
Surpassing Mo Yan was definitely an encouragement for Fang Lingyu.
Even if Mo Yan was clearly affected by his condition this time.
But what did condition matter? Losing was losing.
He, Fang Lingyu, had indeed surpassed Mo Yan on the love song charts.
"See? Even Mo Yan was surpassed by our movie's theme song." Hearing this good news, Li Hongyi's smile widened.
Qi Shenghua grunted at this, but his mind was racing, thinking about how to negotiate with Li Hongyi next.
Li Hongyi said unhurriedly, "I know what you're thinking. It's just that Jiang Nan has a movie premiering on the same day as ours, but you haven't considered that it's graduation season, and we're capitalizing on this trend, while Jiang Nan's movie is a niche military theme. Do you think he can affect us?"
He then looked at Fang Lingyu.
They had known about Jiang Nan's movie for a long time. The reason they chose to premiere in early June was also to get back at him for past instances.
Previously, due to Jiang Nan's movie's box office success, Guannian Entertainment had played a supporting role and became a laughingstock in the industry.
This time, knowing that Jiang Nan's new movie was a military-themed film, and military-themed films were not popular in the domestic entertainment scene, with the highest box office revenue being only 120 million yuan, and that was three years ago.
They seized this opportunity to release a youth-themed film during the graduation season.
There was a saying in the industry: "If you stand in the wind, even a pig can fly." Not to mention using a youth film to counter a military film. Judging by the historical performance of the two genres, the target audiences of these two films were incomparable.
Coupled with the good news of Fang Lingyu surpassing Mo Yan just now, Li Hongyi was full of confidence this time.
Moreover, the reason he invited Qi Shenghua to discuss cooperation today was also to increase his bargaining chip through the premiere performance of this movie.
At this moment, Li Hongyi's phone chimed.
He immediately sat up straight.
He opened the table sent by the operations department.
However.
When he saw the premiere data on the table, he was stunned.
"How is that possible!" he exclaimed.
Because the first place in today's box office ranking was Jiang Nan's "Wolf Warrior," and Guannian Entertainment's "That Year of Youth" ranked second.
This was not the main point. The movie, which was expected to reach 300 million yuan at the box office, only grossed 150 million yuan on its premiere!
As for "Wolf Warrior," a military-themed film, it actually raked in 500 million yuan!
Li Hongyi was dumbfounded.
This box office shattered the record for Chinese military films and multiplied it several times over!
Qi Shenghua leaned closer and saw the report on his phone.
He asked with a half-smile, "Mr. Li, you don't want your company to be acquired by Dynasty Entertainment, do you?"
"Do you still want to continue the discussion?"
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had to admit that when he heard Fang Lingyu's movie theme song had surpassed Mo Yan, he was quite nervous.
But seeing this result.
"Discuss!" Li Hongyi gritted out the word!
He didn't bother to find out why, but he knew that Jiang Nan's dominance in the film and television industry had become somewhat terrifying.
Based on his understanding of Lin Zhaoyang, that lunatic would definitely not let such a good opportunity pass.
Therefore, in his opinion, it wouldn't be long before Lin Zhaoyang focused on developing the film and television industry, and then their cooperation would be over!
The two entertainment giants discussed cooperation with grave expressions.
Fang Lingyu, however, was relaxed.
He felt very pleased this time because he had defeated Mo Yan, completing a small goal in his life.
He planned to look for comments praising him online.
However, he accidentally stumbled upon a gossip report.
#Shocking! Mo Yan possibly seen entering a cinema hand-in-hand with a female friend to watch "Wolf Warrior"!#
Fang Lingyu: ???
He remembered his conversation with Mo Yan when they were drunk.
At that time, he was just emerging, not yet the Music God, while Mo Yan was already successful.
"Teacher Mo Yan, you're already a Music God, why haven't you found a partner yet?"
"Women only slow down my songwriting speed."
He had always regarded this sentence as his scripture.
So, at over forty years old, he had no intention of finding a girlfriend.
I'll be damned if I believe you've been single for so many years, and now you're taking a woman to the movies?
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PS: Happy National Day to everyone! I'm busier during holidays than when I'm not, with various family visits. There will likely only be two updates these days. I ask for the understanding of all my dear readers. Thank you!