Time is tight and the task is heavy

Faced with the shocked crowd, Su Yu had no intention of explaining.

The main reason is that I don't need to explain myself.

Why don't you go out and ask around? I, Old Su, am a well-known gentleman in the surrounding villages!

Liu Yifei and I are currently just friends!

Su Yu ignored Zhang Ben and turned to look at Qi Nian. "I heard Li Yang has been calling you every day lately?"

Qi Nian brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, mimicking Su Yu's tone, and explained with a smile, "Li Yang and I are just friends."

"That's good. That guy doesn't even wash his feet before bed, so you shouldn't date him."

"???"

Su Yu handed Liu Yifei a bottle of cola and winked, "Are you hungry? Shall we go eat?"

Liu Yifei's attention was entirely focused on the film crew, and she didn't notice anything amiss. "I'm not hungry, I want to eat later."

"Don't wait any longer. We've come all this way, let's give Zhang Ben a chance to show him hospitality."

"what?"

Zhang Ben stood there stunned after hearing this, thinking to himself, "Why does this sound so strange? What do you mean by 'give me a chance to be a good host'?"

You're so rich, why do you need me to treat you to dinner?

Have some shame!

Although he was very unwilling, in order to maintain his public image, he had no choice but to reluctantly treat Su Yu to a meal.

And so, the group ate in silence for over an hour.

However, apart from Su Yu and Liu Yifei, everyone else looked preoccupied, because a celestial being is a celestial being.

Liu Yifei is simply too dazzling.

Zhang Ben drank a bottle of wine and felt unconvinced, thinking to himself, "How can Su Yu, an ordinary person, be walking with such a beautiful fairy?"

Lin Zhi looked at the universal charger on the table and roughly calculated the daily profit of a factory.

The desire to curry favor with powerful figures intensified.

Such a man, no, such a god, is simply a rare find!

Anyone who misses out will regret it!

But it's no use regretting it now, because Su Yu is now surrounded by Liu Yifei, the most beautiful girl in the world.

Which girl wouldn't feel inferior in front of a celestial beauty?

……

"No, Brother Yu, why didn't you tell me you were coming? Let's have dinner together!"

After leaving the film crew, Su Yu had just dropped Liu Yifei off when he received a call from Li Yang.

He looked up at the sky and found that it had indeed gotten dark, but he had just finished eating with Tianxian and didn't want to eat any more for the time being.

"Go eat whatever you want."

"Isn't that why I'm keeping you company?"

"I'm a grown man, why would I need you to have dinner with me?"

"Brother Yu, you clearly promised to treat me to Peking duck!"

Su Yu couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, thinking to himself, "You've gone through all that trouble, all for a roast duck?"

Is that all the ambition you've got?

He hung up the phone, told Li Yang to get ready quickly, and then prepared to leave. When he arrived at the entrance of Quanjude, he found that Li Yang was already waiting at the door.

"Brother Yu, let's each order one this time, and eat our fill!"

"I'm not hungry."

"It's okay, I can eat two by myself. I specifically starved myself for this."

"You've really never had anything good to eat!"

Su Yu was impressed by Li Yang, thinking to himself, "Now that you're in charge of the business around Kyoto, what can't you eat?"

After all that trouble, all we got was a roast duck, and they insisted on bringing it themselves.

Li Yang chuckled, offering no explanation, and simply followed Su Yu like a lackey.

Quanjude is, after all, the originator of Peking duck, and there are always quite a few people who come here to eat. The queue starts forming even before dinner time.

Su Yu picked up the menu, randomly clicked on a few items, and then tossed it to Li Yang, asking him to fill in any gaps.

"Brother Yu, two are enough for me. Would three be too much?"

"It's for Liu Yifei."

"Didn't she go abroad? What are you bringing her? Are you going to fly her overseas?"

Su Yu didn't say anything, just fiddled with his phone. A few minutes later, Liu Yifei appeared in front of them, bouncing around.

Seeing this, Li Yang's eyes widened like saucers, thinking to himself, "How far have you two gotten?"

Are they still friends?

"Brother Yu, will she go abroad again in the future?"

"Highly unlikely."

"Did her mother tell you?"

"No, I'm just guessing."

Su Yu was about to ask how he guessed when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

He was thin and small, with an unremarkable appearance, and always had a cigarette tucked behind his ear. You could tell he was a local just by the way he spoke.

Feng Xiaogang.

However, at this time, he was not the same person as the fifth-generation director who ushered in the era of domestic commercial films.

He had just separated from Wang Shuo a few months ago, finished filming "A Sigh," which was ridiculed as an autobiography, and was currently worried about the issue of pirated VCDs.

The reason Li Yang was able to recognize him was...

That's because, among the pirated DVDs he resold, Feng Xiaogang's "A Sigh" was the most expensive version.

It is also the best-selling product.

"Brother Yu, Feng Xiaogang is here."

Su Yu raised an eyebrow. "I saw it."

Just when he thought the two had no connection whatsoever, Feng Xiaogang walked straight towards Su Yu. "President Su, right? I didn't expect to see you here. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Do you know me?

"I heard someone in the group mention that he quit being a good extra to go into business and became the King of All-Purpose Chargers."

Su Yu laughed after hearing this, not expecting that he had such a great influence.

He views these fifth-generation directors in China without any special aura or filter, one by one.

The main reason is that there are just too many opportunities to come into contact with each other.

We're all in the same circle, so everyone knows what we're really like behind the scenes.

Seeing that Su Yu wasn't putting on airs, Feng Xiaogang seized the opportunity to climb the social ladder.

Don't be fooled by the glamorous image of making movies; it's just like eating, drinking, and using the toilet for ordinary people—it all costs money.

Without money, there are no actors, no equipment, and no way to continue making movies...

Therefore, before the advent of commercial films, investors held an extremely high position in this industry.

Even someone as accomplished as Feng Xiaogang or Zhang Yimou still has to worry about money.

"Since you're already here, let me show you some hospitality; this meal is on me!"

"Isn't that a bad idea?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaogang quickly waved his hand, feigning emotion, and said, "What's a little money? It's worth it to make a friend like President Su!"

Su Yu smacked his lips, thinking to himself, "Director Feng, where has your integrity gone?"

However, to be fair, if you want to do well in this industry, you have to dig three meters down the so-called bottom line, and then another three meters down.

Back then, every single one of those directors resorted to some underhanded tactics in order to win awards abroad.

Take, for example, Jiang Wen's banned film, "In the Heat of the Sun".

At that time, there was an unspoken ban in the domestic film industry: any film that was not authorized to participate in film festivals abroad would be banned domestically.

However, such a ban can actually be a plus for events held overseas.

As a result, Jiang Wen's film "In the Heat of the Sun" was banned, and then it won an award.

However, there are many people even more formidable than him.

For example, Tianzhuangzhuang, which was sealed off for ten years...

In contrast, Zhang Yimou was much more clever, making films about truth, goodness, and beauty, and even specifically collaborating with Uncle Zhao, but the result was still a flop.

With a box office of 500 million, it's not even as good as last year's movie.

But this was before 2001.

It wasn't until 2001, when the "Film Management Regulations" were officially promulgated, that Chinese films truly took off.

In other words...

I have less than a year left to invest in cinemas and domestic films.

Time is really tight.