Chapter 568 Three Religions and Nine Streams
While Xu Kun and Liu Qiangdong were chatting, more and more guests arrived. Most of them did not need to be received by Xu Kun personally, but there were some exceptions.
For example, Mr. Yu from Bona Film Group, Mr. Wang from Light Media, and... Mr. Wu Kebo from Orange Sky Entertainment.
These three people did not come together, but they were only two or three minutes apart from each other, so it felt like they had made an appointment in advance.
"Mr. Wu is such a rare guest, but I don't think you were invited to this event?"
Facing Wu Kebo, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but start mocking him before his host Xu Kun even spoke.
Because of Wang Jinghua's job-hopping incident, Huayi and Orange Sky have always been at loggerheads. Even though Wang Jinghua fell out with Orange Sky again in the first half of this year, their relationship has not improved at all.
Wu Kebo laughed and said elegantly, "The establishment of the Youth Directors Association is a grand event for all domestic film and television companies. As the head of Chengtian, isn't it natural for me, Wu Kebo, to take the initiative to show my support?"
As he spoke, he took the initiative to extend his hands to Xu Kun.
Xu Kun was full of vigilance. In order to target Huayi, Wu Kebo naturally suppressed him as the boss of Huayi. Not to mention the distant past, at the end of last year, Wu Kebo's Orange Sky Entertainment cooperated with Hong Kong media to create momentum to discredit Xu Kun, and it worked hard.
But no matter how vigilant he was, today was a good day for the Youth Directors Association to be established, and Xu Kun couldn't bring himself to conflict with him in public, so he also stretched out his hand and prepared to shake hands lightly.
Unexpectedly, Wu Kebo held his hands tightly with both hands, shook them up and down vigorously for seven or eight times, and said, "It was Wu who was blind before. President Xu, please don't mind. In the future, our Chengtian Entertainment will fully support the work of the Youth Directors Association."
As he said this, he waved his hand and someone immediately handed over a big red envelope with 300 million written on it.
"This donation of three million is a small token of our appreciation from Chengtian. I hope President Xu will accept it."
Mr. Yu of Bona and Mr. Wang of Guangxian were not to be outdone and each donated 300 million yuan.
Xu Kun doesn't really care about this little bit of money now. The main thing is that Wu Kebo's change from being arrogant at first to being respectful later is a bit too big.
Could it be that because Wang Jinghua led the team away again, making it difficult for Chengtian Entertainment to continue, they took the initiative to hang up the white flag?
But I had clearly heard before that Orange Sky was currently seeking to acquire Golden Harvest and was preparing to go public through a backdoor listing in Hong Kong Island.
In fact, it’s no wonder that Xu Kun couldn’t understand it, because it was just a misunderstanding.
The main reason was that Wang Jinghua left at such a bad time. In mid-February, when the "XX Gate" that was about to be deleted was at its climax, Wang Jinghua formally proposed to terminate the cooperation with Chengtian Entertainment.
Although the two sides had many conflicts before, the sudden outbreak at this critical juncture inevitably made people inside Chengtian Entertainment suspicious.
The principal offender who jumped the highest just fell, and in the blink of an eye, the accomplice of Chengtian Entertainment also fell...
With the mentality of preferring to believe it than not, and with Xu Kun's current momentum being too strong, Wu Kebo surrendered today.
However, in addition to seeking help from Xu Kun to ease the relationship, Wu Kebo also had interests in mind - the semi-official status of the Youth Directors Association, coupled with Xu Kun's current fame and connections, is destined to be a mountain that major film and television companies cannot avoid in the future.
It just so happens that Xu Kun’s actor agency contract is signed with Huayi.
Not only Orange Sky Entertainment, other film and television companies are unwilling to let Huayi dominate the private enterprise, so after Wu Kebo took the lead in linking together, today's situation happened.
In addition to building good relations with Xu Kun and the Youth Directors Association, this also had the intention of exerting pressure to some extent.
The three of them are considered the leaders among private film and television enterprises. Later, several larger film and television companies came to them and donated nearly 1600 million yuan in total.
Compared with the leaders, the bosses of these companies were more straightforward in their words, saying that they donated money for no other reason than to ensure that the Youth Directors Association treated everyone equally, or at least not show too obvious bias.
The two Wangs witnessed the whole scene beside Xu Kun. Wang Zhonglei's expression became more and more ugly, but Wang Zhongjun kept smiling.
It was not until the joint donation drama came to an end that he smiled and said that Huayi would also contribute 4 million to join in the event and make the amount even for the Youth Directors Association.
Wang Zhongjun was naturally dissatisfied with the alliance and pressure from these old rivals, but he had long recognized the situation. Given Xu Kun's current momentum, it was simply unrealistic for Huayi to remain bound to Xu Kun for a long time.
Especially since Xu Kun is only signed as an actor at Huayi, but his greatest value is as a director.
The only card Huayi can play now is actually the emotional card, so in Wang Zhongjun's view, occasionally suffering some losses in front of Xu Kun is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
While Huayi saw this as a demonstration and pressure, other guests saw it as a perfect reflection of Xu Kun's strength and status.
Who was the last person to attract the response of many bigwigs from all sides?
Han Sanping!
Of course, Xu Kun does not have the same status in the underworld as Mr. Han Sanye, but the fact that he has reached this point at his current age is enough to make anyone look at him with awe.
At least Liu Qiangdong and Xu Xin were both greatly enlightened. They had previously only known that Xu Kun was a top commercial director in the circle, but they had never expected that he had the power to command a group of people.
Just based on this, the strategy of Weibo + celebrities is already half successful.
Next, it depends on whether Wang Xing of Fanfou can handle it. …………
at the same time.
Aunt Liu and Song Zuer, mother and daughter, finally arrived at the Youth Directors Association office.
"Is that so, is that so..."
As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw a familiar figure walking in gracefully. Mother Song's eyes lit up, and she pointed at the other person's back and called out, but she forgot the other person's name.
"It's Lin Zhiling!"
Song Zuer, on the other hand, remembered it more clearly, and even raised her little fist and said, "Meng Meng, stand up~"
"Yes, yes, it's Lin Zhiling."
Mother Song nodded repeatedly, thinking that even big stars from Taiwan had come to show their support. It was true that this great director Xu Kun had an extraordinary status. No wonder the mother and daughter of the Liu family, who were on the decline, had evil thoughts in their minds.
To be honest, Song's mother didn't think there was anything wrong with this idea. It was not like she hadn't heard of the entertainment industry. The problem was that her daughter was only 9 and a half years old.
Liu Xiaoli ignored the mother and daughter's fuss and walked towards the door first.
Seeing this, Song Zuer and her daughter hurriedly followed, but the three of them were stopped by the two generals Heng and Ha in front of the door.
"I'm sorry ma'am."
Wei Daxun crossed his arms and said politely, "Please show me your invitation."
Liu Xiaoli frowned and said, "Lin Zhiling didn't show the invitation, did she?"
Zhang Boyu said honestly: "We know Lin Zhiling."
He and Wei Daxun took the initiative to take on this task and guarded it for more than an hour, which was quite an eye-opener.
Liu Xiaoli looked unhappy at the time, but she also knew that her exposure was not comparable to that of a real big star, so she took off the small shoulder bag and prepared to take out the invitation to Liu Yifei.
"Amitabha."
At this moment, a Buddhist chant suddenly came from the side. Liu Xiaoli subconsciously looked over and saw two middle-aged monks handing over the invitation and chanting the Buddhist name.
Song Zuer is a child after all, and couldn't help but pull her mother to ask: "Mom, why are there monks here?"
Mother Song was also confused. She turned to Liu Xiaoli and asked uncertainly, "Does this listing ceremony also involve a ritual?"
“Amitabha, that is not the case.”
The leading monk turned around and smiled at the three of them, saying, "My junior brother and I are here as promised."
At this time, Wei Daxun and Zhang Boyu were actually a little confused, and the sender of the invitation handed over by the monks was not the Youth Directors Association, but the China Film Association.
After exchanging glances with Zhang Boyu, Wei Daxun bowed to the two monks and said, "Please wait here for a moment, Masters. I will contact the higher-ups first."
He didn't go far, but went straight behind the door and contacted Huang Bin with headphones. After hearing about it, Huang Bin didn't dare to delay and quickly reported the matter to Xu Kun.
"Monk?"
Xu Kun was very puzzled. Why did the Youth Directors Association recruit monks when it was established?
Fortunately, there was someone knowledgeable nearby. Feng Xiaogang and Ge You were not surprised and just told him to let the monk in.
Feng Xiaogang patted Xu Kun on the shoulder and said, "Do you think the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is the only one in charge of us? This is also part of the restriction on subject matter."
Ge Youye said: "Normally the monks don't show up very often. They are probably afraid that young directors like you don't know the rules, so they come to say hello in advance."
Xu Kun finally understood what was going on, but he was still a little confused: "Can they review it, too?"
“No, but people can report it.”
Feng Xiaogang smiled and said, "I guess there are other things to come. There are so many messy things here. When you sit here for a while longer, you will understand everything."
(End of this chapter)
