Leading People to the Company

On the night of the premiere of "The Promise", major media outlets had already released news about it.

The public is very optimistic about Chen Kaige's three-year effort to create this film, not to mention that Chen Kaige has already taken the trailer abroad several times and sold it for a good price.

I heard that Director Chen is preparing to compete for an Oscar; it seems like another "Farewell My Concubine" is about to be released.

As soon as the movie "The Promise" was released, it broke the domestic record for opening day box office and single-day box office, and the situation was very promising.

From the outside perspective, "The Promise" will undoubtedly become the highest-grossing film in mainland China this year! As of the 26th, the film has already achieved a box office of 134.9 million yuan. After breaking the 100 million yuan mark last Thursday, it earned another 32 million yuan in three days during the second weekend, maintaining the upward trend of the box office.

Since its release, "The Promise" has broken seven box office records in China, including the record for preview screenings, opening day box office, single-day box office, and opening weekend box office. It is understood that "The Promise" easily surpassed 100 million yuan in box office revenue last Thursday, setting a new record for the highest opening week (7 days) box office.

With Christmas approaching, the box office performance of "The Promise" not only didn't decline, but instead showed a steady upward trend. Last Christmas weekend, "A Chinese Tall Story" and "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" were released simultaneously on December 22nd, but "The Promise" still achieved a respectable 32 million yuan in just three days. It seems that "The Promise" surpassing "House of Flying Daggers" is not far off, but everyone is eagerly anticipating whether Chen Kaige can break the 250 million yuan box office record set by "Hero."

Just as everyone was watching the box office performance of "The Promise" with such expectations, its box office took a sharp turn for the worse. After this period of fermentation, initially only a few people reported that they did not understand the movie, but now all kinds of negative news and media reports have begun to emerge.

"What a terrible movie! I couldn't understand it at all!"

"What exactly did this director Chen make in his film?"

"I remember exactly what I was wearing underneath that dress!"

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For a time, "The Promise" seemed to be a piece of trash that everyone was pessimistic about, and no matter how much Chen Kaige and China Film Group promoted it, they couldn't suppress it.

Until "a bloody steamed bun suddenly appeared", Director Chen was completely broken down and immediately started to take the haters to court!

Meanwhile, our great director Lin is currently oblivious to everything else, focusing solely on spending time with Miss Liu.

According to Ms. Liu, her album sold well in Japan, and she even sang a popular anime song, which made her very happy. She is now excitedly preparing for her album release in China.

I really don't know what she was thinking. She's clearly a goddess, but she insists on taking the idol route.

Looking at the clothes that Miss Liu had prepared for singing and dancing, Lin Yu felt a toothache!

However, since Miss Liu and her mother want to try this route, let them try it. After all, how can they know to turn back if they don't hit a wall? Anyway, now that Lin Yu is backing them up, they seem even more reckless than in their previous life.

Today, Lin Yu came to Xingguang to clock in for work as usual, and then prepared to clock out for the day.

"Mr. Lin, please don't leave yet. There's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Lin Yu had just finished walking around the company and was about to leave when Xiao Ou stopped him.

"What's wrong?"

"Wang Baoqiang has arrived; he wants to see you."

"Who? Wang Baoqiang? What's he doing here?"

Lin Yu was a little confused. In his memory, Wang Baoqiang should have already signed with Huayi. What was he trying to do here at this time?

"It seems like he came for a job interview, um... he brought his neck along," Xiao Ou added somewhat embarrassedly.

Lin Yu's eyelids twitched. "What the hell? Why is Huang Bo starting to recruit people for the company?"

"Where?"

"Meeting room."

After thinking it over, Lin Yu decided to go there anyway, since Wang Baoqiang's role was quite significant in the film series he was preparing in China, including both the "Lost in..." and "Detective Chinatown" series.

As Lin Yu walked to the meeting room door, he heard Huang Bo having a heart-to-heart talk with Wang Baoqiang in a "big brother" style.

"Baoqiang, let me tell you, you made the right decision not to sign with Huayi. Even though you've acted in Director Feng's films, you've also acted in our boss's films! Why should you have to sign with Huayi? What's wrong with Xingguang? Besides, I'm the only artist signed with Xingguang, haha... no one's competing with us, isn't that great!"

"Brother Bo, I'm just worried that Director Lin won't agree. Didn't Sister Ou say that Director Lin isn't planning on developing any business related to artists?" Wang Baoqiang said sullenly.

"Hey! You believe her? Let me tell you, our CEO Lin is soft-hearted and easy to talk to. Besides, if you hadn't acted in 'Lost in Thailand,' would Feng Xiaogang have let you act in his movies? How many artists did Huayi have back then? Did they really think they couldn't find someone to play Sha Gen? Wasn't it just because of your fame at the time? And here, there isn't that much backstabbing. If you came to our Starlight, it would just be the two of us artists, no big deal. Maybe you could even follow CEO Lin to Hollywood someday! Don't you think so?" Huang Bo continued to entice him.

"That's what I think too. After all, Director Lin promoted me, so my first choice of company is definitely Starlight Entertainment. It's just that when I chat with Director Lin during holidays, he never shows any interest in signing me, which is why I've been hesitant until now. If I hadn't met Director Lin, I probably would have signed with Huayi Brothers long ago."

"Hey, that's right. If you had come earlier, we would have been colleagues long ago."

Hearing this, Lin Yu decided not to eavesdrop any longer and simply pushed the door open and entered.

"Brother Bo, who are you going to work with?"

"President Lin."

"Director Lin, hello."

When Lin Yu pushed the door open and came in, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang also stood up to greet him.

"Hehe, Baoqiang, have a seat. I just heard from Sister Ou that you're planning to sign a contract with Starlight today?"

Lin Yu walked over and sat down opposite the two of them.

"Yes, Director Lin, actually I wanted to join your company when I was filming 'Lost in Thailand,' but I felt I wasn't famous enough at the time, so I was too embarrassed to tell you," Wang Baoqiang said, scratching his head with a smile.

"Hehe... I heard Huayi has been in contact with you. Why don't you sign with them?" Lin Yu smiled.

"Huayi... has too many artists, and they are all big names. I feel that I am not suitable, so I was thinking, could you give me a chance, Director Lin?"

Looking at Wang Baoqiang's honest-looking face, Lin Yu cursed inwardly: Who said Wang Baoqiang was simple-minded? He's obviously incredibly shrewd... well, except when it comes to women.

He then turned to Huang Bo and asked, "Brother Bo, what do you think?"