Chapter 119 Brother Baoqiang's Phone Call
The meaning of the Spring Festival is family happiness. During this festival, it is definitely a meaningful thing for a family of three to get together and watch a comedy that makes people laugh.

On this day, many people who are not used to watching movies will go to the cinema with their families.

"The Richest Tomato" is the movie of choice for many families during the Spring Festival.

At this critical juncture, it was revealed that the image of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was too bloody and violent, scaring children to tears in the screening room.

If it were any other time period, this wouldn't be a big deal, but during the Spring Festival, many families bring their children to the movies, which discourages many parents.

As one thing grows, the other shrinks. The screenings of "The Richest Tomato" continued to increase, reaching 42.3% on the second day, while "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" fell to 22%.

Seeing that "The Richest Tomato" had become a big hit, Yang Hao lowered the cashback funds and only invested 20 million in cashback funds, with a guaranteed box office of 60 million.

Despite the reduction in cashback investment, the box office results on the second day rebounded against the trend, reaching 1.54 million, which shows that the box office growth of the movie itself is gratifying.

After seeing the box office results, Yang Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the cashback funds were limited and could only support the box office results of the previous week. The subsequent box office would need to return to the movie itself.

On the third day, the box office continued to rise, reaching 1.61 million.

So far, the box office of "The Richest Tomato" in three days has totaled 4.58 million yuan. This box office result has simply blinded a number of film and television production companies in the entertainment industry.

Although there are still a few people on the Internet who have criticized Yang Hao for making false claims in the crew, the voices have become much smaller due to the absolute performance of the movie.

Yang Hao's success in transitioning from actor to director has touched the hearts of many people.

In recent years, there have been many examples of actors who have successfully crossed over to become directors, such as Xu Zheng and Zhao Yanzi.

But Xu Zheng and Zhao Yanzi have been in the entertainment industry for so many years and have rich experience, so it is understandable that they can succeed.

But many people are dissatisfied with the fact that Yang Hao, an actor who has only debuted for two years, has successfully crossed over to become a director.

"If Yang Hao can succeed, why can't I?" This is what many actors in the entertainment industry think.
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In recent days, the box office of "The Richest Tomato" has been rising steadily, not only bringing fame and fortune to Yang Hao.

Reba was even more obedient to Yang Hao. He agreed to many new and embarrassing things reluctantly, which made Yang Hao very satisfied.

"Honey! The movie "The Richest Tomato" is so popular, why don't you hold a roadshow?" Reba asked puzzledly, snuggling in Yang Hao's arms.

A big part of the reason why Reba stayed at Yang Hao's place these days was to wait for the roadshow.

"The Richest Tomato" is so popular that as long as a roadshow is held, reporters and media will definitely follow to report. As the heroine of the movie, she will definitely have a lot of shots, which is a lot of benefits for her as a newcomer.

"I'm too lazy to go," Yang Hao said casually while stroking Reba's body with his hands.

"Ah?" Reba never expected Yang Hao's explanation.

It is easy for Yang Hao to make money now. He is too lazy to work too hard for a little box office revenue, so he simply decided not to hold the roadshow.

Just when Yang Hao and Reba were in dire straits, Yang Hao's cell phone rang.

It’s an unfamiliar number, but the place of origin is BJ.

"Hello! It's Yang Hao, Mr. Yang, I'm Baoqiang."

As soon as the call was connected, the other party introduced himself.

"Brother Baoqiang?" Hearing that it was Brother Baoqiang calling, Yang Hao was confused. He seemed to have no intersection with the other party, so why would the other party call him at this time.

"Hello, Brother Baoqiang! I'm Yang Hao. What can I do for you?" Yang Hao temporarily put aside his doubts and politely greeted the other party. "Mr. Yang, congratulations on your movie's box office success," Brother Baoqiang said a polite remark first, and then continued,
"Mr. Yang, I have a script in my hand now, can you please see if you can invest in it?"

"What script?".

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2".

After hearing what Brother Baoqiang said, Yang Hao was puzzled. What was going on? If he remembered correctly, this movie would not be approved until several years later. Why were they preparing to attract investment now?

Is it because I flapped the butterfly's wings?

Could it be that Brother Baoqiang saw his success in cross-border business and brought his dream of becoming a director forward by a few years?

Brother Baoqiang has always been very close to the people at Guangguang. In his previous life, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was produced and distributed by Guangguang, and the heroine of the movie was still Guangguang's leading actress Liu Yan. If he needed investment, he should have turned to Guangguang, so why did he think of looking for investment from himself?

Just when Yang Hao was still confused, Brother Baoqiang on the other end of the phone spoke again.

"Mr. Yang, I want...I want to borrow Director Li Guoan from your company to be the executive deputy director of this movie." When it comes to the word "borrow", Brother Baoqiang finds it difficult to start and speaks hesitantly.

After saying this, afraid that Yang Hao would misunderstand, he continued: "Mr. Yang, I absolutely do not want to poach your employees, you can rest assured about this."

When Yang Hao heard Brother Baoqiang mention Li Guoan, he suddenly realized.

As soon as the filming of "The Richest Tomato" was completed, Li Guoan completed the resignation procedures and officially joined his own company.

Since "The Richest Tomato" became a big hit, Li Guoan, the executive deputy director, has also reaped a lot of benefits and is well-known by many people in the circle.

Moreover, many people are spreading the word privately that the fact that the movie "The Richest Tomato" was so well made is due to at least 50% of the credit going to the assistant director Li Guoan.

As the box office of the movie "The Richest Tomato" is getting higher and higher, many film and television companies have been in private contact with Li Guoan in recent days, and the most enthusiastic one is Huayi Brothers.

Although "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" lost, they were not convinced.

"Don't you rely on the executive deputy director Li Guoan? What will you do if I poach him?" This is the mentality of the Huayi Wang family at this time.

"Mr. Yang, 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' is also a comedy. I think the style of this film is very suitable for director Li Guoan," Brother Baoqiang's voice continued to come from the other end of the phone.

Yang Hao now fully understands the reason why Brother Baoqiang asked him to invest, which is to borrow director Li Guoan.

Of course, there may be some hidden agenda behind this. Wang Changtian might be thinking of using this project to get closer to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao was not very interested in Wang Changtian, but he was very interested in Brother Baoqiang.

In Yang Hao's plan, one of them was to intercept the movie "Detective Chinatown", and the soul of this movie is Brother Baoqiang. It is quite good to establish a good relationship with the other party in advance.

Letting Li Guoan share the glory of the Golden Broom Award with Brother Baoqiang may be a good choice.

Human hearts are the most complex and changeable.

Yang Hao could sense that with the huge success of "The Richest Tomato", other ideas seemed to have appeared in Li Guoan's mind.

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(End of this chapter)