I am a Big Player
Chapter 597 - 591, "Crazy Stone" (Second Update)_1

Chapter 597: 591, "Crazy Stone" (Second Update)_1

At this time, Ren He was still playing Dota in his Courtyard House. It was only after much persuasion that the internet-addicted girl Yang Xi agreed to re-add his two young brothers-in-law as Dota friends. After playing two rounds with them, Ren He was ready to delete them from his friend list...

They were just too damn terrible!

Originally, the team ranking points for Ren He and Yang Xi were close to entering the top 100 globally, but after teaming up with these two kids, they lost more than 300 points in just two days...

"Why don’t you two practice on your own for a while, and then we’ll team up again, okay?" Ren He tried to reason with them, but before he could reach an agreement, Yang Xi had already casually waved her hand and deleted the two young brothers-in-law’s friends.

Pfft, I really don’t understand the world of internet addicts!

For some reason, the younger members of the Yang Family who were still in school began to contact Ren He frequently. Perhaps to them, Ren He, who started from scratch and managed to build such a massive Internet Empire, was a legend in his own right.

Ren He figured that these young scions might even brag to their classmates: "The boss of Qinghe is my brother-in-law!"

In fact, that’s exactly what they did, telling their classmates just that. However, when they were asked which sister, they fell silent.

But there was no point in keeping these things secret. In the upper echelons, many were well aware of Ren He’s identity as the Knight, and for them, these matters were trivial.

For them, having the identity of a Knight was not as good as owning a piece of industry or gaining more power.

As for Ren He, these people wouldn’t come to him asking for autographs or spread this news all over the world, so it wasn’t a big deal if they knew.

Moreover, when he went on a killing spree in New York, how could such an event possibly be kept secret? Intelligence agencies don’t belong to individuals; they are state-owned.

Actually, after many learned what Ren He had done in America, they warned their juniors not to provoke him.

The saying goes that the children of the wealthy should not sit below the hall. When faced with someone who could cause such mayhem in New York, what can one do if their ferocity is aroused? You can settle accounts afterwards, but life would definitely be lost.

Of course, everyone believed that Ren He wouldn’t act recklessly, given that all his businesses were in China and his parents were there as well.

But could you guarantee that an accident wouldn’t happen?

At this time, "Crazy Stone" had officially wrapped up two weeks ago, and what remained was post-production. Zhang Ming made it very clear to Ren He that he had to review the rough cut; otherwise, Zhang felt somewhat uneasy.

In truth, how could an experienced director like Zhang Ming feel uneasy? It was just that when he first got the storyboards from Ren He, he felt that Ren He’s understanding of the film was very profound. It would be good for Ren He to take a look.

Today, Zhang Ming brought over the first rough cut for Ren He to give some initial feedback, which would be followed by a more detailed edit later on.

Then Ren He suddenly discovered that this life’s "Crazy Stone" was actually a bit better than the one from his previous life. After all, the equipment was better than Ning Hao’s, and indeed, Zhang Ming was much stronger than Ning in his early days. So without changing the narrative techniques, the atmosphere of dark humor was even more pronounced.

Yang Xi watched the preview reel and laughed for more than an hour. After finishing, she asked Director Zhang with surprise on her face, "Director Zhang, did Ren He really write this script? It’s hilarious, even funnier than the actual script. Erbao’s acting is just perfect, especially the part at the end where he’s getting chased for stealing bread!"

Ren He hadn’t expected that casting Liu Erbao, the oaf, as the character Blackie, would turn out to be an incredibly right decision!

"This is going to make Erbao a star," Ren He grimaced, a twinge of jealousy in his voice, "Director Zhang has trained him so well... Director Zhang, have you read the script for ’No Man’s Land’? What do you think about casting him as the hawk’s sidekick?"

Suddenly, Ren He remembered that there was a role in "No Man’s Land" that was played by Huang Bo!

Could it be that he was about to make a name for Huang Bo in this life too? But Liu Erbao’s emotional intelligence was nowhere close to that of Huang Bo. Huang Bo had always been recognized in the industry as someone with high EQ and good people skills. He was someone who kept a low profile outside of his roles, whereas Liu Erbao... Liu Erbao truly lived it up!

Even before acting, Liu Erbao was notorious for his wild ways.

Ren He had been bracing for Elder Jiang’s move, thinking that the film wouldn’t pass the review process so easily. Surprisingly, the submission went through without a hitch.

In his previous life, the films of the sixth-generation directors—like Lu Chuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Guan Hu, Jia Zhangke, and others—were repeatedly rejected. Partly because they loved to explore the darker aspects of society, and partly because they had no real clout...

The day after the trailer and posters were released, the whole world of netizens was shocked: "Crazy Stone" was set as the New Year’s film for December 17th!

Their shock wasn’t about the film itself, but because they saw all of Luohe Film and Television’s profile pictures on Qinghe Group Purchase change to the "Crazy Stone" poster, and then the trailer for "Crazy Stone" got pinned as a hot topic on social media.

Normally, the hot topics would get updated daily, but this time, "Crazy Stone" remained at the top for over half a month, racking up over a hundred thousand comments!

Then came the concentrated media coverage, with Zhang Ming’s new work boldly featuring newcomers from the Central Academy of Drama, one after the other like it was all free.

In truth, for Qinghe Group, all of this really was free...

They didn’t need major influencers to promote it, no need to pay for advertising, no need to spend on marketing—at Qinghe Group, they had it all covered!

Under normal circumstances, for Qinghe Group, the revenue from one film wasn’t worth such an effort. Just one film.

But you can’t ignore that the big boss himself wrote the screenplay!

What status does the big boss hold in Qinghe? If it were just a film he invested in casually that’d be one thing, but turns out the three rookie actors are his university roommates, he even wrote the script, and the news from Qinghe Film and Television was that the storyboards were personally drawn by the big boss!

Was there any need to ask if they should coordinate with the promotion? Of course, they hurried to curry favor! Those responsible for social media immediately clamored to pin the film’s trailer at the top; those in charge of media relations rushed to draft press releases. Even in something as simple as the Dota login box, there was a line in small print at the bottom: "Crazy Stone" arrives December 17th...

Inside Qinghe, the whole company kicked off a campaign of flattery, and once they started, it felt almost earth-shattering...

The old guard in the film industry watched the promotional momentum of "Crazy Stone" with their jaws dropped and hurriedly called Zhang Ming: "Son, have you latched onto some bigwig’s coattails or what!"