Chapter 140 The benefits belong to me, and the face belongs to you
Three thirty in the morning on May 5st.
Xu Kun, Liu Haibo and Chen Xuebin led more than sixty crew members and filed out of the train station.
In the darkness, two buses and a GL8 were already waiting outside.
Jia Yueting was standing in front of GL8. When he saw Xu Kun, he immediately went up to him and gave him a big hug.
"Hahaha, what a joy, what a joy!"
Jia Yueting laughed and said, "If you hadn't pointed it out to me, I wouldn't have known that online public opinion is so easy to manipulate!"
Although he had already seen that this set of online water army tactics would definitely be effective, he did not expect it to be so powerful. After a series of combined punches online, Tangren was directly stunned.
If this happened in reality, I'm afraid only CCTV News would have similar power.
This made him value Xu Kun even more.
Xu Kun shook his head and said, "There are still few netizens who have seen this now. In a few years, when there are more netizens, it is estimated that they will not be so easy to fool."
After a pause, he continued, "Cai Yinong called us earlier and said she wanted to talk to us - Mr. Jia, what do you think about this?"
"Talk, of course we have to talk."
Jia Yueting said as he took Xu Kun to the GL8, and then said: "If we really want to beat Tangren to death, it will not do us any good, and it may even arouse the vigilance of the circle - in my opinion, it is better to use beating to promote talks."
It is obvious that he is eyeing Tangren's film and television resources.
This was also within Xu Kun's expectations.
According to Xu Kun's original intention, he naturally hoped to completely solve the problem of Cai Yinong, so as to avoid the problem growing again if the root of the problem is not removed. However, this was only his idea, and it was not in the interests of Jia Yueting.
Boss Jia is a businessman and he cares about the rate of return.
He actively participated in this matter, firstly because he was very interested in the idea of online water army, and secondly because he wanted to take advantage of the situation and force the Tang people to sign a humiliating treaty.
Seeing that Xu Kun didn't say anything, Jia Yueting continued, "In addition to the online copyrights of Tangren's self-produced TV series and TV dramas, and the priority investment rights, I also hope to use Tangren's connections in Hong Kong Island to purchase the copyrights of some old movies in Hong Kong Island at a low price."
"Why do you get so many copyrights?"
Xu Kun wondered, "There are so many pirated products online now, and no one seems to be doing anything about it."
"Just because no one cares now doesn't mean no one will care in the future."
Jia Yueting said proudly: "Since joining the WTO, the Americans have been obsessed with copyright infringement, and the pressure they exert is getting greater every year. I estimate that in a few years at most, the authorities will strike hard - by then, these copyrights acquired in advance will become LeTV's trump card!"
In addition to a long-term vision, the above "guidance" is also indispensable - as expected, few of the big guys who can get ahead in the world have simple backgrounds.
In fact, what Xu Kun didn't know was that it would take another two or three years for Jia Yueting to become "all-powerful", and this time he was able to enter the game early because of the "Internet water army" as a stepping stone.
"Then I'll give you Cai Yinong's phone number, and you can talk to her..."
As Xu Kun spoke, he took out his cell phone and prepared to show Jia Yueting the call records.
"Don't bother me."
Jia Yueting stretched out his hand to hold it down, and said with a chuckle: "The benefits belong to me, and the face belongs to you. I only want the result, and you can do whatever you want in the middle."
Then he handed Xu Kun a bunch of keys: "This is the key to the office of the general manager of the Internet Public Opinion Company. Three days ago, I had someone hang your photo on the wall. There are 239 people from top to bottom, and everyone knows our General Manager Xu."
This is the cleverness of returning to China next week. Even if he blatantly takes away the meat and bones, you can't find fault with him.
Seeing Xu Kun took the key, Jia Yueting laughed again and winked, "I heard that Tangren has signed several small stars from Hong Kong Island. Brother, don't waste the opportunity."
"Forget it. I'm too busy in the mainland."
In fact, Xu Kun has some ideas about Hong Kong female celebrities. In recent years, so many Hong Kong guys have come to the mainland to sleep with women. Why can't he sleep with them back?
The main reason for his refusal was that he did not trust Cai Yinong and was afraid that Cai Yinong would set a trap for him again.
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Around five o'clock.
When Xu Kun returned to his rental house in Beishatan, he unexpectedly found that the door was locked.
Baoqiang should be filming for the TV series "A World Without Thieves" at this time. Could it be that Mr. Lin from the front yard was too lazy to go home last night, so he stayed here temporarily? He knocked on the door in confusion, and soon he heard a familiar voice shouting, "Come on, come on, stop knocking!"
When I opened the door, I found that it was the sloppy Deng Chao.
Seeing that it was Xu Kun outside, Deng Chao couldn't help but ask curiously, "Didn't Baoqiang say that you would be back in the afternoon?"
"How will you be here?"
Xu Kun was also surprised and asked, "Didn't you share a one-bedroom apartment with Sister Lei?"
Deng Chao curled his lips and said nothing. Instead, he asked, "Do you have anything to eat?"
"I only have one pack of instant noodles, which I was going to prepare for the journey..."
Before Xu Kun finished speaking, Deng Chao spread out his hands.
"What do you mean?"
Xu Kun took out some instant noodles and handed them to him. As he followed him inside, he asked curiously, "We emperors can't even afford to eat. Didn't Sister Lei say she wanted to support you?"
In the past six months, Deng Chao has taken on five or six dramas, some as a guest star and some as a leading role, and he basically always played the role of the emperor.
"We had a fight. Why would I have nothing better to do than to come and stay at Baoqiang's place?" Deng Chao said as he took out a large bowl from the cupboard, filled it with boiling water, stirred it with chopsticks to disinfect it briefly, and then opened the door and poured it out.
"in argument?"
Xu Kun asked curiously: "What is the reason this time?"
Given the tempers of these two people, it is normal for them to quarrel occasionally, but this is the first time I have heard of a quarrel that got to the point where Deng Chao had to move out.
After finishing the instant noodles, Deng Chao tore open the plastic bag, pressed the chopsticks on the bowl, and said unhappily, "What else could it be? Of course it's because of you."
"because I?"
Xu Kun was puzzled: "I have been in Hengdian for the past few months. Aren't you throwing dirty water too far away?"
Deng Chao sighed and added, "It's because of you—and Li Yixiang and Zeng Lai."
It turned out that the two of them had also read the post on Tianya Forum yesterday. Deng Chao didn't react much at first, but he felt that Li Yixiang was too honest. Even if he wanted to help his brother clarify, there was no need to be so blunt.
Anyway, if it were him, he would definitely choose a more tactful way that would not affect his future.
But Hao Lei asked him seriously, if he encountered the same situation, would he have an emotional breakdown like Li Yixiang, or would he choose to understand and tolerate and let his girlfriend pursue her own artistic achievements?
Although Deng Chao is a jealous person, he is not a fool.
So he didn't say that he would definitely stop it, but instead used a roundabout way to save the situation, saying that if the opportunity was really rare, he would naturally understand and tolerate it.
As a result, Hao Lei dropped another bombshell, saying that Lou Ye had invited her again.
Director Lou Ye first wanted to find Hao Lei to star in "Summer Palace" in 01, but Hao Lei finally refused because she had to expose all three parts of her body.
But Lou Ye did not give up. In 02 and 03, he invited Hao Lei every year and said that she was the best choice for the play. If Hao Lei did not accept, he would rather not shoot the play.
Not long ago, Lou Ye found Hao Lei for the fourth time.
This time, Hao Lei finally wavered.
When Deng Chao heard about this, he jumped up immediately. His so-called 'very rare opportunity' was just an excuse. What's more, this was not about having an intimate scene with his little brother, but directly going for the three-episode movie.
The two had a huge quarrel over this and smashed the shared house into a mess. Deng Chao was so angry that he simply came to Baoqiang's place to stay - the spare key had always been in the hands of Boss Lin in the front yard.
After listening to this, Xu Kun smacked his lips and said, "I can't control your business, but Baoqiang probably won't be back in two or three months, during which time you can live next door."
When Deng Chao heard Xu Kun talking about Baoqiang, he couldn't help but complain: "I heard that Baoqiang and Li Yixiang both played important roles in Director Feng's new movie - with such good news, why didn't you take me along?!"
There is no need to mention Bao Qiang. With Xu Kun's recommendation, Li Yixiang successfully got the role of "Four Eyes" which was originally supposed to be played by Lam Ka-tung.
He was the man with glasses who had initially attacked Sha Gen but was stopped by Liu Dehua, and later took the initiative to provoke Liu Dehua. After losing twice in a row, he had his fingers broken by Uncle Li.
It is said that Xu Kun also contributed to this - he taught Li Yixiang the cigarette-shaking technique, which he used again during the interview.
Facing Deng Chao's half-truthful complaint, Xu Kun spread his hands and said, "I wanted to recommend you, but it's a modern drama, and there's no emperor in it at all."
Deng Chao: "..."
(End of this chapter)
