Facing the confused looks from everyone, Liu Tianwang seemed confident: "There is a character in our movie that fits Mr. Lu's personality very well. If Mr. Lu plays the role, it can definitely be regarded as a true performance."

Later, he joked: "And Mr. Lu's image and temperament are so good, he can edit the content later and use it as a promotional video. Mr. Lu, for the sake of the movie's box office, just sacrifice it."

Liu Tianwang made his meaning very clear. In fact, he wanted to use Lu Yiming's identity and fame to advertise and promote the film.

Lu Yiming couldn't laugh or cry about this: "Good guy, you still ambush me here."

Although he said that, Lu Yiming still felt very fresh about the experience of filming, so he agreed.

The next day, in order to take care of Lu Yiming and Lin Yuzhen's studies, Wang Jing directly pushed back all other scenes in the movie and concentrated on filming Lu Yiming and their scenes.

Their roles are not many, and they basically have no lines. It is purely an experience project.

Taking advantage of the break from filming, Lu Yiming also found Liu Tianwang in private and asked him: "How do you think about my previous proposal?"

Liu Tianwang frowned with a solemn expression, still unable to make a decision: "I have been thinking about this matter, but I still don't have a clue."

Lu Yiming knew very well what Liu Tianwang was considering, so he suggested: "Otherwise, you can continue to base yourself in Xiangjiang, and then go to the mainland to test the waters in your spare time. In this way, you will be walking on two legs instead of making a desperate move."

When Liu Tianwang heard this, the wrinkles on his brows suddenly disappeared a lot, and he agreed very much: "You can try this."

He felt a lot more relaxed as he didn't have to leave behind the resources, connections and reputation he had finally accumulated in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.

But Lu Yiming also reminded him: "Although it is based in Hong Kong, some filming resources and opportunities will still start to be tilted towards the mainland. For example, when casting, it is important to give more opportunities to mainland actors."

Stars in Hong Kong often have great geographical limitations. Except for the group that became famous in the 1980s and early 1990s, there was basically no follow-up. In the next ten years, there was no new person who could take the lead.

On the contrary, the mainland is full of bright stars and talented people, many of whom are breaking out of Asia and going international.

This is almost a destined result. After all, after the mainland's economy develops, it will naturally be more willing to support actors from the mainland. There is nothing to criticize.

Naturally, Liu Tianwang did not dare to ignore the suggestion of Lu Yiming, the big boss behind the scenes, let alone reject it, and he actually knew the current predicament of the Hong Kong entertainment industry better than Lu Yiming.

"I will seriously consider Mr. Lu's opinions."

Lu Yiming then mentioned another incident casually: "In fact, I have been thinking these days. A person's power is limited after all. There are too many good stories in this world that cannot be filmed. The main reason is that there is no money.

Fame, no chance, can only be buried by time and years."

Regarding this matter, Lu Yiming sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You know, the golden age of creation is only so long. Life is short. If you use it up, you can only choose to give up. So I plan to launch a venture capital plan, not only to give more

Regarding the opportunities for actors in the Mainland, we also plan to vigorously support emerging directors from the Mainland, collect good scripts, and shoot those interesting stories directly!"

After listening to this, Liu Tianwang felt quite sad in his heart, because what Lu Yiming said was not only a portrayal of reality, but also a little-known side of the film and television industry. It was the epitome of the tragedy of the lives of many frustrated filmmakers.

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After all, there are many people who sacrifice everything for movies, but not everyone can win their whole life with one desperate gamble. Most people often fail after one failure and are buried in the embers of time.

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Lu Yiming directly extended an olive branch to Liu Tianwang: "How about? Let's cooperate?"

Liu Tianwang was very excited and looked forward to it: "How can we cooperate?"

Lu Yiming immediately expressed his thoughts: "I will invest 100 million, and we will jointly set up a film and television company, focusing on investing in and shooting movies in the mainland. We will launch a venture capital plan for cutting-edge directors. You don't have to contribute money, I will hire you to be the CEO and be responsible

For the day-to-day management and operation of the company, I will give you 7% of the shares."

"One hundred million?"

After Liu Tianwang heard this figure, he couldn't help but be stunned. This was a huge sum of money that he couldn't get out anyway, but to Lu Yiming, it was just a small sum of money that he could easily escape and play with, even if

It doesn't matter if you lose.

But he was very confused, after all, there must be a monster when things go wrong.

"Mr. Lu, please forgive me for being reckless. In fact, I have always had a doubt in my heart. Why did you choose me?"

What he means is that currently there are many talents in the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang. Apart from others, there are three of the Four Heavenly Kings besides him.

After all, Liu Tianwang is a very pragmatic person. Although he really wants to cooperate with Lu Yiming to make money, when Lu Yiming really chooses him and throws money and resources at him, he has an unreal feeling.

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It was like a pie suddenly fell from the sky, but it was a golden pie, which completely stunned him.

"Why you..."

Speaking of this incident, Lu Yiming had many memories in his heart.

Liu Tianwang himself would set his sights on the mainland around 2004. "A World Without Thieves" was the first mainland movie he invested in and personally participated in.

After the success of the film, he set his sights on newcomers from the mainland. To this end, he also established an "Asian Rising Star Director" program through his company, and Liu Tianwang personally invested 25 million Hong Kong dollars to conduct projects across the country.

Select six young directors from across Asia and fund their filming.

In the end, Ning Jie, the only young director from the Mainland who received a quota, stood out among a group of newcomers, and this is how the subsequent story began.

Liu Tianwang made Ning Jie successful, and Ning Jie, who successfully entered the film industry, and with the heart of repaying her kindness, made Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Lu Yang, Guo Fan, Wen Muye and others, thus giving birth to ""

"Xiuchundao 2", "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and even "The Wandering Earth" are top-quality domestic movies.

The initial firework passed down from generation to generation finally had an echo sixteen years later.

Liu Tianwang has made great contributions to the development of the mainland's film industry.

There are actors in Hong Kong who have more money than him and are more famous than him, but in the end he was the only one who did such a thing.

As his thoughts turned around, Lu Yiming smiled slightly, his eyes confirming: "Because you are King Liu."

He is not a star-chaser, but if he had to choose one among the four heavenly kings, he would definitely choose Liu Tianwang.

In fact, judging from the follow-up, the best among the four kings is Liu Tianwang.

In the eyes of today's people, Lu Yiming is making forward-looking plans, but in fact, he is just participating step by step and following the historical trajectory, and is even suspected of occupying the magpie's nest.

But does it matter?

It's not important.

As long as everyone is happy with the result, it doesn't really matter who does it.

Regarding Lu Yiming's answer, Liu Tianwang could only smile helplessly.

He wasn't sure if Lu Yiming was joking or saying polite words, but at least he knew Lu Yiming's attitude and determination, and that was enough.

"Thanks to Mr. Lu for being considerate, I will carefully think about the details of the cooperation after I go back today, and then prepare the company."

When Lu Yiming saw Liu Tianwang agreeing to cooperate, he immediately smiled and asked: "What do you think of the company being called Minghua Entertainment Company?"

Regarding this, Liu Tianwang said, "It's a very good name."

At the end, Lu Yiming did not forget to warn: "As investors, we must make it clear from the beginning that we will not put pressure on these young directors. All risks will be borne by us investors. I am not afraid of losing money. The only requirement is that all of them

The films we invest in must focus on the plot, and should not make the audience feel too dull or incomprehensible.”

What Lu Yiming dislikes the most is those bad domestic films that are disguised as literary and artistic films. The plots are too thin and confusing to watch. What kind of art is this?

Good art can explain complex stories clearly with a simple structure, and the content is thought-provoking.

And what some people call art is to make simple things confusing and end up giving people a headache.

In Lu Yiming's view, those directors who cannot "tell stories" to the audience properly should get out as soon as possible and leave their positions to other newcomers who have more ideas and execution capabilities.

That's why Lu Yiming launched such a venture capital project for emerging Asian directors. He plans to gather aspiring young filmmakers to discover new forces in film and provide a leading and planned platform for young filmmakers with creativity, attitude, personality and ideals.

, there is a pattern and a platform for future development.

At the same time, he was also making arrangements in the entertainment industry and began his fight for the right to speak.

Lu Yiming's philosophy coincides with Liu Tianwang's.

After listening to Lu Yiming's plans for the future of Chinese-language films, Liu Tianwang gave him a thumbs-up and even got a little emotional: "Mr. Lu, you are an investor who really understands movies."

He has contacted too many investors, and basically few of them understand movies.

However, these investors are often both fun-loving and fun-loving, and they always like to "show off" their talents. Various laymen guide experts. The consequence is that the movies they invest in often have all kinds of bugs, all kinds of bloody plots and

The characters ruined an otherwise good movie.

"Excuse me, can I join?"

At some point, Wang Jing appeared behind the two people.

After listening to the conversation between the two people, he was very excited about the cooperation between Lu Yiming and Liu Tianwang.

Lu Yiming does not hate Wang Jing. On the contrary, Lu Yiming has always liked Wang Jing's filmmaking techniques and understanding of movies.

One thing Wang Jing is very clear about is that movies have never been preachy. He has never wanted to educate the audience. He has always used content to bring happiness to the audience.

This is superficial and very commercial, but it also coincides with Lu Yiming's ideas.

Most of the audience are ordinary working-class people. They have experienced 996 and even 007 in their lives. They are exhausted physically and mentally in exchange for a little salary from Weibo. They want to go to the cinema to relax. As a result, as soon as the film comes out, it is a surprise to the audience.

Who can withstand a psychological or even physical PUA output?

The customers are the uncles. The uncles spend money to go to the cinema to have fun. If you make them happy, isn’t that the end of it?

Whether it is a tragedy or a drama, a horror film or a war film, the ultimate goal should be to satisfy the audience's spiritual desires and demands.

Finally, when I came to the movie theater, I had to be taught how to be a good person by a stupid director like me. Isn’t this like spending money to get into trouble?

Wouldn't it be better for me to spend dozens of dollars on food and drinks? Do I have to come to the cinema to eat shit?
To be continued...