"Wonderful? What's there to be puzzling about?"

"Haha, that's easy. Director Ning is well-known and has great box office results, so it's normal to ask Director Ning to shoot it. Besides, isn't the script defined as a road comedy? You look so funny, and you won the Best Actor Award two years ago, so it makes sense to choose you. As for Xu Zheng, well, you both look like a comedy."

The person who spoke was Shen Teng, who was also at the scene at this time. At the moment, he was teasing the two of them in a mean way, and he lived up to his nickname "Hao Jian".

The reason is that he has not grown ugly yet, and his face is thin. At his peak, he was about 80% to 90% of the "school idol" of the Military Art Academy.

Two years later, after gaining more flesh on his face, he looked quite funny.

Shen Teng is only a supporting role in this movie. The only scene where he appears is in Dali, where he plays the videotape of Huang Bo's ex-wife and then fights with Huang Bo.

Huang Bo said: "What you said is actually secondary. Do you think I haven't paid attention to the recent hot searches on the Internet? Mr. Yang is really too rich. He invested his own money this time and also did tourism promotion with the Dali Culture and Tourism Bureau!"

Shen Teng shook his head and added with a smile: "Do you think he is just rich? He is also talented and has written songs!"

"What's the big deal about writing songs? I can do that too." Huang Bo said.

Xu Zheng touched his bald head and said, "Hey, I know a little bit too. I have looked up the information about this Mr. Yang. He started out as an internet celebrity and has written several hit songs. He also wrote books and started a media company, a film and television company, and several technology companies. He is worth tens of billions!"

"Wow, that's pretty rich!" Huang Bo continued to talk nonsense.

Shen Teng suddenly said mysteriously: "In case you don't know, I have actually met this Mr. Yang a long time ago. He was with his girlfriend at that time."

Huang Bo asked curiously: "He looks very young in the video. What's his personality like? What kind of person is he?"

"It's hard to say, but he's very friendly and awesome, and he has a keen eye for talent! He also has an indescribable charisma."

Shen Teng had a smiling face, showing his little fangs.

"Knowing the pearl with wisdom? What does that mean?"

Xu Zheng smiled and said, "Don't listen to Shen Teng's nonsense. He was signed by Mr. Yang for several movies half a year ago. I heard that they were planning to poach him. He is showing off now."

"Half a year ago? At that time, Shen Teng was still on Happy Twist's drama tour, right?" Huang Bo asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I heard that Mr. Yang took a liking to him at first sight and will definitely support him in the future. What a lucky bastard."

"Then is this supporting role also included in the previously agreed contract?" Ning Hao also raised the question.

"No way, that doesn't count. Mr. Yang promised me to play the leading role. I just heard that you were all here, so I came here to give it a try. I'll still pay you."

Shen Teng and Xu Zheng have known each other for a long time and they have a very close relationship.

Ning Hao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Wait, what did you say? Fujiko, what did you say? Mr. Yang's girlfriend?"

"Yes, Mr. Yang has a girlfriend, who is not in the entertainment industry." Shen Teng replied.

Ning Hao's face was solemn at this time: "Actually, I have a guess. This Mr. Yang is also half a member of the entertainment industry. He hasn't decided on a female role yet. He suddenly came to visit us and said he wanted to meet us. Could it be that he wanted to squeeze in another one at the last minute? He wanted to force someone to come and promote him?"

Shen Teng said: "I don't know about that. When I first met Mr. Yang, he seemed quite low-key. We seemed to be about the same age, and I didn't think he had any intentions in that regard."

"It's hard to say." Xu Zheng nodded with a serious face.

Huang Bo didn't say anything at this time, and seemed to have the same concerns.

"What's wrong? You're all like eggplants hit by frost. Isn't it good enough to have a big money sponsor invest in making a movie with you? Even if there's a female role, it doesn't matter, right?"

Shen Teng was puzzled. "Director Ning, I heard that the scripts were all written by Mr. Yang. Could it be that you are not satisfied with the script? Or what?"

Ning Hao shook his head at this time: "There is really no problem with the script, and it is very much in line with my taste, otherwise I would not have accepted it, including the role of the female lead, which is fine. What I am worried about is other aspects."

"Fujiko, you don't understand. This kind of investment in talent is the most troublesome. It involves writing a script and inserting a female lead. Most likely, they will ask an amateur to guide an expert. This is what our Director Ning is worried about. He won't fall for this."

Huang Bo smiled bitterly and helped explain, "Alas, the best investors in the world are still those coal bosses, who only care about investing money and don't care about anything else."

"Coal boss? The best investor? What does that mean?"

Shen Teng was a little puzzled. He had not been involved in the film industry before. He was more involved in stage plays and dramas, so he didn't know much about some of the information in the film and television industry.

Ning Hao explained to him: "In 09, Shanxi Province started to reorganize coal enterprises. Many coal bosses sold their mines and retired. With endless money in their hands, they began to transform. Some invested in real estate, and some entered the cultural industry to invest in film. This is commonly known as the 'capital group'. They have no requirements and let the screenwriters, actors, and directors play freely."

"Oh~" Shen Teng said, looking like he had learned something new.

Huang Bo then laughed and said, "In case you don't know, our Director Ning is also from Shanxi Province. If he hadn't come to make movies, he would have been a coal boss."

"Ah? Is this true?" Xu Zheng and Shen Teng looked at Ning Hao in surprise, as if seeking confirmation.

"That's about right. I just have some connections at home."

Ning Hao nodded and admitted it.

In fact, it's not just Ning Hao. There's also Boss Jia who will "return to China next week". He also started out in the coal mining business. He previously invested in Liu Zhenwei, the director of "A Chinese Odyssey", to make a movie called "Robot", in which Sun Li played the leading female role. For example, the same is true for Jia Zhangke. They have all publicly admitted that if they didn't want to be filmmakers, they would go home and be coal bosses. Their strength is so strong.

Xu Zheng asked, "Director Ning, the movie 'Golden Robbery' that you shot not long ago will be released soon, right? It seems that the coal boss also invested in it?"

"It's almost there. It will be released in two months." Ning Hao said.

Xu Zheng smiled and said, "The sponsor is specifically promoting one of the female supporting roles, right? The one with the surname Cheng?"

Ning Hao smiled, without commenting, with an expression of assent.

He didn't feel strange as to why Xu Zheng knew so much about it, because Xu Zheng's wife Tao Hong starred in this movie.

In addition to Tao Hong, there are many other stars, including Lei Jiayin, Guo Tao, Fan Wei and Zhang Songwen who is not very popular at the moment.

And this movie was indeed funded by a coal boss as he said, and one of the stars promoted was a female star named "Cheng Yuanyuan". Later, this female star got her wish and married the richest man named Li in Shanxi Province.

There is a young actress named "Jing Tian", whose financial backer was revealed to be a big coal mine boss from Shanxi Province.

It can only be said that in the past two years, a large number of coal bosses have poured into the film and television industry, which has once brought a booming vitality to the film and television industry.

They really invested a lot of money, and even felt that there were too few resources in the country, so they invested all their funds in Hong Kong.

Pang Ho-cheung, the director of "Love in a Puff", was also invested in. He once said a joke that has been widely circulated in later generations - "A coal mine owner once came to me and said, I can invest in your art film. I don't care what the content is, but you must let my girlfriend be the protagonist and let me walk the red carpet at the film festival!"

Moreover, the movies invested by coal bosses are generally very grand. They don't invest in commercial blockbusters. They basically aim for award-winning art films.

These people are purely doing it to earn publicity and gain a reputation; as long as they win a prize and their vanity is satisfied, the money isn't considered a loss.

It’s an art film!

Which young director doesn’t have this dream?
Someone invested money to help them realize their dreams, and in their eyes, these coal bosses are simply good people!

But not everyone regards money as dirt. If you bring money into the crew, you can also enjoy a share of the box office revenue. If the box office is a big hit, then you have made both the "wife" and the gold, and you can gain both fame and fortune!

How can this kind of investor, who only invests money and at most arranges a female role, and does not interfere in anything else, and does not make any comments, and allows directors to play freely, not be welcomed by directors?

Finally, after the investment fever of coal bosses faded, it even caused a number of screenwriters and directors to miss it.

So, this is also the reason why Ning Hao was worried just now. The current situation is that he is afraid that Yang Xiao will interfere with the filming at random, which would be terrible.

There was a "squeak" sound.

While everyone was gossiping, the door was pushed open. Shen Teng was the first to see who was coming. He hurried forward and greeted:

"Hello, Mr. Yang, nice to see you again. I'm Shen Teng."

"Hello."

Upon hearing this, the other people stood up immediately.

It was the first time for them to meet Yang Xiao offline. Even though they had never heard of him, they still had to show enough respect to the investor and immediately introduced themselves:
"Hello, Mr. Yang, I'm Xu Zheng."

"Hello, Brother Xu, I am a fan of yours. I grew up watching your movie 'Glorious Pig Bajie' when I was a kid."

"Haha, Mr. Yang, are you satisfied with this TV series?"

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "I am satisfied, but it is very irritating to see you disappoint Xiao Long Nu like this. I almost want to kill you with a knife."

"Hahaha." Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this.

"I really have to thank Mr. Yang for recognizing my acting skills." Xu Zheng also answered with high emotional intelligence. He and Tao Hong are actually a couple in real life.

"Hello, Mr. Yang, I'm Huang Bo."

Huang Bo also came over and shook hands with Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao said: "Hey, hello, nice to meet you, grassroots actor, today I, a fan, am lucky."

Next came Ning Hao. He also came forward to shake hands, then looked at Luo Yao behind Yang Xiao. She was so beautiful. Could this be the girl that President Yang wanted to send in?

He had a bad feeling in his heart, and with a worried look on his face, he forced a smile: "Hello, Mr. Yang, I'm Director Ning Hao."

"Director Ning, I am your fan. You are the best among the young generation of directors. I have admired you for a long time."

"Boss Yang, you are too kind. I really don't deserve the title of the number one."

Yang Xiao made a compliment at this time, but he was not wrong. Ning Hao was the fourth director to join the billion-dollar box office club.

The three ahead of him are Feng Kuzi, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.

Yang Xiao really admires Ning Hao. The films he makes are of decent quality and few are bad, so he has some professional integrity.

Originally, Ning Hao thought that Yang Xiao wanted to send someone there, but he didn't expect that the latter seemed to have no such idea at all and didn't mention anything about the script at all.

Instead, he invited several of the main creative staff members to have dinner with the leaders of the Dali Culture and Tourism Bureau in the evening and provided them with help with the filming.

Finally, he proposed to visit the shooting site the next day to observe the actors' performance. Only then did Ning Hao realize that the other party really had no intention of interfering, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the evening, several people gathered in a private room of a restaurant serving Dali specialties.

Yang Xiao chatted with each of them, and Xu Zheng was sitting next to him.

"Brother Zheng, are you interested in directing a movie yourself? I'll invest in you."

"Boss Yang, do you think so highly of me?"

Xu Zheng was surprised. He didn't expect Yang Xiao to reveal this idea.

"You've been an actor for so many years, so being a director shouldn't be a problem for you, right? Tell me, is there anything you want to shoot? I'll definitely support you."

"Haha, to be honest with you, Mr. Yang, I do have an idea. I want to make a comedy film, which is the sequel to the movie Lost on Journey that I starred in before. The script has already taken shape. If you can invest and help me, I will be very grateful."

"Invest! Just tell me how much money you need."

"Then I will start preparing for the project right after I finish filming 'Lost in Thailand' and report the progress to you then?" Xu Zheng's face lit up with joy.

"No problem. When the time comes, please contact my assistant and my funds will be in place as soon as possible."

Yang Xiao didn't say anything, knowing that he was talking about "Lost in Thailand", which was also the purpose of calling Xu Zheng to sit next to him.

Domestic films entered the era of billion-dollar box office since Lost in Thailand, and even led the way for several years!
It wasn't until the release of "Monster Hunt" a few years later that its box office record was broken.

But compared to the cost of "Monster Hunt" which was 300 to 400 million yuan, movies like "Lost in Thailand" which cost tens of millions still look obviously better.

Including this "Lost in Thailand", it also has small investment and high returns.

In the previous life, this movie also raked in 11 billion at the box office.

With his hype, the box office of this movie should not be lower than this figure.

Yang Xiao felt excited when he thought that he would be the one to open the door to a 10 billion box office.

As a reborn person, he naturally knows which movies are box office hits.

Yang Xiao’s strategy now is not only to stockpile big IPs and shoot them himself, but also to invest in such blockbusters that he knows will become a hit, making money from both ends!
If "Lost in Thailand" and "Lost in Thailand" continue at this pace, they will be completed and released this year.

Including various animations that have been invested in in the early stage, as well as popular campus youth films, will also appear in theaters one after another.

It can be said that Yang Xiao will be able to make a living in this year's film and television industry market!

With so many films, the revenue from box office revenue alone is estimated to be more than 1.5 billion!

The revenue is much higher than that of mobile games!
This is his biggest cash cow in recent years!

"Congratulations! Shan Zheng has been recognized by Mr. Yang. Let's have a drink together."

Huang Bo and others nearby started to make a noise, with indescribable envy in their eyes.

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Everyone here is a talented actor or director. If you have any good movie scripts, you can come to me. I don't have anything else but a little money. I also have my own film and television media company. I hope to work together with you to make some good movies."

Nothing else, just a little money.

These words made everyone present feel a little dissatisfied.

Damn, the boss’s pretense is really different from others.

"Thank you, Mr. Yang!"

"We've done it, Mr. Yang, please do as you please!"

Whether it is Huang Bo, Shen Teng, or Xu Zheng, these people will be the leading figures in the film industry in the next few years.

They are also the leaders among comedy films, and they can be seen in almost all the most popular ones.

Yang Xiao plans to sign Jingzi again in two years. His "Wolf Warrior" series is also very "selling"able.

The next day, Yang Xiao visited the filming site. It was his first time there and he was very surprised to see it.

Soon, he and Luo Yao visited other attractions that they had not visited. The two stayed there until the end of February. In the meantime, they even witnessed the opening of the "Time Cabin". Yang Xiao himself appeared and interacted with fans and took photos with them, which really created quite a stir.

Seeing that school was about to start, they reluctantly flew back to Shenzhen.

The main reason is that the weather here is so good. It is a bright spring day every day. There is no need to wear thick winter clothes. I feel refreshed and in a good mood.

After returning to the house in Shenzhen, Yang Xiao first met with Li Yuanbao and Zhou Hongyu, and Tan Bin was also present.

They had just celebrated the Chinese New Year and returned to Shenzhen more than half a month in advance.

Their main focus is still on the e-sports club. Some professional players who were recruited before have also returned one after another, and several of them are preparing to play in the "Cross Fire" competition.

They joined forces with several other clubs and planned to invest in a league in Shenzhen, strive to win first place, and prepare to make an impact in the domestic league.

His e-sports club has only three game departments, namely "Cross Fire", "QQ Speed" and "League of Legends".

He didn't care much about the first two.

He only cares about "League of Legends". After all, this game will eventually be the ceiling of PC games in the next few years.

It’s just that it’s still in the S1 stage. With Tencent’s promotion, many people are playing it, but it’s not a huge hit yet, so it’s difficult for them to make any progress.

In this regard, Yang Xiao can also provide them with some help.

Sign some more well-known players, such as tukuai, uzi, and zz1tai.

At this time, there are too many Internet cafe competitions, and most professional players come from such places.

The entire industry is also in a state of chaos.

Yang Xiao told them to go ahead and try their best. If they did well, they could make a name for themselves and even gain the right to speak in some industries.

It would be best to try and see if we can change history and win a world championship in the first few years of S2 or S3.

If he succeeds in fighting against South Korea, then his e-sports club will surely not lack traffic.

They had been eating until the end of the dinner, when Wang Juntao finally arrived. The first thing he said to Yang Xiao was to complain:
"Brother Xiao, you finally returned to Shenzhen. Now I really regret not listening to you and diving headfirst into this bullshit group buying. Now I have invested five million in it, and it's all gone down the drain!"

(End of this chapter)