I am a Big Player
Chapter 519 - 513, Qinghe Film? (Second update)_1

Chapter 519: 513, Qinghe Film? (Second update)_1

A classmate who I used to feel a bit frustrated with for not reaching their potential, one who never seemed to care about acting or their future, someone whose attire you’d never spot a designer label on.

Now, suddenly transformed into the helmsman of an Internet Empire, the heir to a real estate tycoon, a global superstar...

What the hell does that feel like?

Li Shuaizhen felt that his own qualifications were utterly feeble compared to the other’s... They shouldn’t even be compared, or else it would only bring disgrace upon himself.

He never told anyone, but Knight was also his idol, ever since the days of bicycle drifting...

Now, he still visits TK’s official website every day to see if Knight has posted any new videos, which he’s been anticipating for two months... Everyone was wondering whether Knight had been injured, but now Li Shuaizhen knew that Knight wasn’t injured; he had just taken a break from his plans to follow Yang Xi back to China to study.

Thinking back to Ren He’s well-proportioned muscles had him realizing all at once. No wonder Ren He was so fit; that was Knight!

It seemed like everything could be explained by those two words when it came to Li Shuaizhen...

Just this afternoon, Li Shuaizhen was thinking about how he should help his dorm mates so they could receive roles after graduation. Now, he felt embarrassed for himself.

Yet, at the moment, Li Shuaizhen didn’t have too many negative emotions. He didn’t resent the rich; he just wanted to become wealthy himself, quickly.

Therefore, what he felt more than anything else right now was excitement!

"Do you guys remember what Ren He asked us the day before yesterday?" Li Shuaizhen asked excitedly.

Zhang Jinglin was surprised. The day before yesterday, they had probably been discussing something related to movies. Everyone in dorm 313 preferred movies and TV dramas over theater.

At the Central Academy of Drama, this was somewhat unconventional, but it didn’t really matter.

They discussed a lot the day before yesterday, and Ren He had even more to say. Many things were eye-opening, but when asked to recall a specific comment, they were a bit fuzzy.

"He asked us if there were any outstanding, thoughtful student directors with potential in our school, remember?" Li Shuaizhen reminded them.

"Oh, I remember, so what?" Yang Runrun shrugged, "It’s nothing really; the three of us aren’t studying to be directors."

"He also told us to study hard and refine our acting skills because who knows, we might end up with important roles in big films, remember?" Li Shuaizhen continued.

"Yeah, I remember..."

"What if one day, he suddenly establishes Qinghe Film and Television...?" Li Shuaizhen blurted out his most eager thought.

In fact, now that he knew the truth and reexamined Ren He’s words, they seemed so pointed. The other party didn’t seem to care about acting because from the beginning, he planned to invest in and shoot his own films!

Does such a person need to please teachers? Does such a person need to court investors? Does such a person need to form good relationships with any director?

In this age of capitalism, cash is king!

And Li Shuaizhen quickly realized a key point: the Luohe Group!

What does Luohe Group do? Large commercial complexes! What was Luohe Group built on? Movie theater chains!

Such a behemoth diving headfirst into the entertainment industry, who could stop it? As long as the scripts, actors, and directors were chosen well and they avoided making flops, it would be hard to lose money!

Ren He was very clear about this because, in a previous life, there was a very similar company, such as Wanda Film, which had an annual revenue of about 1 billion US dollars in 2016, making it impossible to operate at a loss.

Moreover, within Qinghe’s faction, there was no shortage of management talent. Continuing to expand and conquer new territory was precisely what Qinghe needed to do now.

Domestic companies have always talked about how to develop a good corporate culture, but actually, less than 3% have managed to achieve a corporate culture. The rest aren’t much different from aimless chaos.

Corporate culture has always been a high-end topic in the management field, giving off an aura of class.

But Qinghe happened to excel in this regard.

Culture is something that can be passed down. New employees who can embrace the culture stay; those who can’t feel uncomfortable and leave on their own.

Under such conditions, cultivating a group of grassroots backbone forces every two years is a piece of cake.

Li Shuaizhen could no longer hide the excitement in his heart. When mingling in the industry, the old-timers would joke with him, "In our line of work, to stand out, it’s not enough to have just acting skills; you need the help of a patron!"

At that time, Li Shuaizhen was naive: "What’s a patron?"

"Directors who recognize talent, talent scouts who can spot a winner, producers with good connections, wealthy financiers—they can all be your patrons," the old-timers laughed, "Haven’t you seen so many people in this circle taking on godfathers and godmothers? You have to, or you won’t survive!"

It was then that Li Shuaizhen understood that acting skills alone weren’t enough.

Now, he had a patron right by his side...

There probably wasn’t anyone more influential than Ren He in the entire Central Academy of Drama...

Previously, Li Shuaizhen thought it was vexing to be frequently disgruntled at Sun Yu’s place, but now he wasn’t bothered at all, and he was even looking forward to seeing Sun Yu’s expression when he found out about Ren He’s identity...

After all, since Ren He had confronted Sun Yu before, Sun Yu’s words always carried a hint of animosity toward Ren He.

Exciting, incredibly exciting. Life is just a play, Li Shuaizhen reflected with a sigh...

Compared to Ren He’s family wealth, the former and the latter are fundamentally different.

Sun Yu comes from a family worth a few billion, whereas Ren He’s family now feels almost beyond gazing at directly, with the Luohe Group worth hundreds of billions and the Qinghe Group worth tens of billions... They are simply not on the same level.

And casting aside Luohe Film’s theater chain is something no filmmaker can afford to do. To do so is to give up a third of the national market, which is not an exaggeration at all!

The reason Feng Xiaogang publicly rebutted Wang Jianlin on Weibo? Wasn’t it because Wanda Film gave "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" too few screenings, pitifully few, so few that Feng Xiaogang had no way to explain it to producers and investors and had to go all in?

And there’s a key issue, even if Sun Yu’s family has great power, it is the power of his parents, not his own.

Yet the Qinghe Group belongs entirely to Ren He...

Li Shuaizhen suddenly felt that he could wake up laughing from a dream tonight. What he looked forward to the most was Ren He returning to school tomorrow, so he could take a good look at this Sir Knight...