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Chapter 598 - 592, Breakdown (First Update)_1

Chapter 598: 592, Breakdown (First Update)_1

For the promotion of just an ordinary movie, so many people from the Qinghe Group got involved. Do you think it’s worth it?

Outsiders would definitely think it’s not, since you could be doing something else with that time, right? Why not just follow the normal promotion process? That’s how every other movie gets promoted, isn’t it?

But if you put that question to someone from the Qinghe Group, their faces would change instantly, "You know nothing! Do you know our big boss wrote that script? Do you understand what that means?"

The status of Ren He in the Qinghe Group is something outsiders would probably never fully grasp.

Internally, what everyone in the Qinghe Group was thinking at that time was, if not now, when else to kiss up!?

Movies set to be promoted for the winter holiday season watched the promotional efforts for "Crazy Stone" and felt utterly hopeless!

Despite spending millions on their own promotions, it was nothing compared to Qinghe.

Everyone had used the Qinghe app and software without much thought before, feeling like it was just a greater presence in everyday life, but now it was different – the entire entertainment industry suddenly realized a severe problem: people’s daily lives had gradually been surrounded by Qinghe’s faction’s stuff!

Do you know what it means to be surrounded? It means you can’t escape even if you want to!

But if you’re talking about actually giving up Weibo and TQ, that’s impossible, too. Weibo is where everyone grows their fan base, and TQ is where all your friends are. You could give up TQ individually, but can you make everyone give it up?

That’s just not feasible!

When some celebrities spoke about Qinghe with friends, and somehow the topic shifted to making money recently, a dark background warning popped up in the chat: "Please don’t easily share your bank card details on the internet..." This reminder is thoughtful, given the amount of online fraud these days, but why the hell add "Crazy Stone premiere December 17th" at the end?

Are you freaking crazy? Are you sick?

Toothache! The entire entertainment industry has a collective toothache!

Some even started to consider, since they weren’t too happy with their current agency and the quality and quantity of films they could work on were lacking... in summary, is Qinghe Film and Television hiring?

Quite a few have started reaching out through various connections to Zhang Ming: "Director Zhang, does Qinghe Film and Television have any upcoming projects? Maybe there’s a role suitable for me? I’ll be sure to repay you handsomely in the future!"

"Director Zhang, our last collaboration was very pleasant, haha, what do you think..."

When Zhang Ming used to make movies, a lot of people wanted roles, but it was never to this extent. Both acquaintances and strangers were coming out of the woodwork, making Zhang Ming’s head hurt!

The next movie was definitely going to be "No Man’s Land". He was mulling over the script right now and the more he looked at it, the more he loved it. This was a truly great script, featuring conflict, intense clashes, ideological battles, and human nature, never lacking in any aspect – and its commercial value was solid!

This kind of movie would boost a director’s reputation and credibility!

But one thing, the characters in it are very few, even fewer than in "Crazy Stone". So, Zhang Ming couldn’t make arrangements even if he wanted to.

Zhang Ming, as the president of Qinghe Film and Television, didn’t have to worry about investment issues at all. In other words, he was the only one producing films in the entire Qinghe Film and Television and had no plans to invest in others.

This made Zhang Ming feel very relieved. It was more reassuring to produce his own projects and not have to grapple with the issues of investment and returns.

So, Zhang Ming rejected all these people because the cast for No Man’s Land had already been confirmed!

This time, Chen Da would play the ruthless falcon boss, Liu Erbao the falcon’s underling, Ren He’s roommate Zhang Jinglin would play Xu Zheng’s role from his previous life, Li Shuaizhen would be the cop, and the main cast was pretty much set, only the lead actress was left to decide. Zhang Ming still hadn’t figured out who to cast.

He asked Ren He if he had an ideal person in mind, like someone he’d seen on TV whose performance closely matched the lead female character, but then Zhang Ming realized he had asked the wrong person: Ren He knew absolutely nothing about the current stars in the entertainment industry; he didn’t watch TV or movies!

It wasn’t that Ren He didn’t like watching; it was just that the works in this life were mediocre, and he wasn’t much interested in such things!

Chasing after stars was even more impossible. The most popular star in all of China was currently his roommate. If this counted as chasing stars, then Ren He would admit he was a fan.

These past few days, those two younger brothers-in-law were tirelessly trying to add Yang Xi as a friend. They had figured out that their brother-in-law was a bit of a pushover in certain matters, and whether they played Dota, it was still up to their older cousin to decide!

They were quite puzzled. How could someone who had once caused a bloodbath in New York be henpecked? This character setting just didn’t make sense!

The two cousins went through a lot of trouble, even asking their eldest sister to intercede. Finally, Yang Xi reluctantly added them as friends and asked straight away, "Will you still be feeding in the future?"

The two cousins were displeased at hearing this and typed back with their necks stiff, "The kills were taken with our own skills, why would you say we fed them?"

Yang Xi went dark-faced, and this time, blocked them straight away...

Over the past few days, Chen Da had become rather busy. After Qinghe, the giant crocodile, entered the entertainment circle, everyone was shocked to find that Elder Jiang, who used to ban Chen Da, had made no move at all. Some had probed Jiang Wensheng about how to deal with Chen Da, but Jiang Wensheng had sternly remained silent without uttering a word.

The smart ones immediately understood that Jiang Wensheng had tried to wrestle with the Qinghe Group and lost!

Everyone knew what kind of person Jiang Wensheng was: he would take revenge for even the smallest transgressions. To say he wasn’t thinking about banning Chen Da was impossible.

Everyone knew about Jiang Wensheng’s ex-girlfriend being taken in as his goddaughter. Who didn’t know what the role of a goddaughter entailed? Could Chen Da not bear a grudge against him?

So, for Jiang Wensheng, as long as he could keep Chen Da down in the dirt, he would never miss any opportunity.

But what was the reality now? The reality was that Chen Da had truly turned his fortunes around! Some said that not long ago while dining with Zhang Ming, Zhang Ming’s phone was on the table when suddenly a call from Xu Xiaowen came in, and Zhang Ming didn’t even bother to answer before hanging up.

Although Zhang Ming was famous in the past and considered an authority in the entertainment circle, he was still a little green compared to Jiang Wensheng. So, when Jiang Wensheng wanted to ban his favorite star Chen Da, he could only comply.

But now it was different; not only had Chen Da landed a leading role, but it seemed like Zhang Ming was also pondering a complete break with Jiang Wensheng’s faction!

This was a signal: Old Zhang Ming had truly clung onto a powerful supporter!