"In the Name of the People" has always been popular, and the speaker of the conference also introduced this phenomenal TV series to Chinese and foreign reporters during the two sessions, which reflects the determination of the top leadership to comprehensively fight corruption without forbidden areas.

Zheng Wentong also paid attention to the proposals of the delegates to the two sessions this year. Person. The proposals at the conference were basically related to the Internet industry, as well as the film and television culture industry.

This year, the Puhai Drama Art Center has begun rehearsing a local drama "Wanchun Street", which is the winning work of the Shanghai Cultural Script Writing Competition held by Slope Investment last year, and the author Mai S received a prize of 200,000 yuan from Slope Investment.

Wheat S provides a 50,000-word overview of the script, telling the growth story of Chen Sijia and Chen Sinan, the two daughters of Puhai's aid to Xinjiang educated youth, and the joys and sorrows of three generations of the Shikumen family.

Wheat S used more than half a year to expand this script into a novella of about 300,000 words. If the rehearsal of the drama at the Puhai Drama Art Center has good feedback, Zheng Wentong will adapt the drama into a TV series.

Zheng Wentong and Hu Xinglin, general manager of Puhai Drama Art Center, attach great importance to this cooperation project, and the two of them discussed many times around the starring candidates, as well as the release time and number of shows. Xu Ru's daughter Jiajia will make a cameo appearance in Chen Sijia's childhood, a local girl from Puhai who has grown up from a small beauty.

Jiajia is quite talented and likes to perform. Zheng Wentong said to Xu Ru: "If you really have the heart to cultivate Jiajia, you can let Jiajia join the Xiaoyingxing Art Troupe first, and then consider whether to engage in acting when she becomes an adult." ”

The Puhai Little Yingxing Art Troupe has also produced many stars, including Lu Yi, Hu Ge, Huang Shengyi, Feng Shaofeng and Tong Rongrong have all joined the Puhai Little Yingxing Art Troupe.

Xu Ru is reluctant to let her daughter suffer, now Jiajia may just think it's fun, so she is willing to try acting, after all, she is also a popular figure in school, and she has starred in the TV series "Ordinary Glory", and her classmates admire her.

Zheng Wentong thought to himself, Yang Mi starred in the movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" starring Stephen Chow when he was a child, Yang Mi was very cute when he was a child, his big eyes were full of aura, and he was very likable.

Jiajia has also made guest appearances in TV series and dramas invested and produced by Slope since she was a child, and when she grows up, as long as she has the heart to continue to work hard in the entertainment industry, Zheng Wentong and Bai Xiaolu will become Xiao Jiajia's help, Bai Xiaolu recognizes Jiajia as her goddaughter, and will definitely not ignore Jiajia's star journey.

Since Zheng Wentong went to the Drama Art Center to talk about things, he invited Li Chentao to dinner for his girlfriend, and Li Chentao and Bai Xiaolu hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Li Chentao also talked about Bai Xiaolu's "Xiangmi", "Although the "Kangxi Dynasty" we filmed is also a costume drama, it is different from the "Xiangmi" that Xiaolu is filming. Her drama is actually about falling in love in the guise of Xianxia, and the young people like to watch it, but we are not interested. This kind of drama, after watching it once, I forgot it in a blink of an eye, this kind of costume idol drama is like a soap opera in the past, it has no connotation. ”

"If there is demand, there will be a market, if someone watches it, someone will shoot it, and it is also eye-catching for handsome men and beautiful women to fall in love in TV dramas." Zheng Wentong disagrees with Li Chentao.

"It is said that the salaries of actors are so high now, and there are very few actors who are willing to settle down and rehearse dramas. By the way, our Drama Arts Center is about to start recruiting actors, so remember to remind Xiaolu not to miss our interview. Li Chentao reminded.

"Teacher Li, don't worry, the studio has already helped Xiaolu note the time, and Xiaolu will ask the crew for leave to come back for an interview when the time comes." Zheng Wentong said.

Since Bai Xiaolu apprenticed to Li Chentao, Li Chentao found that he suddenly began to get busy. Li Chentao will play Cheng Kaiyan's mother in "Big River", Li Chentao will also participate in the drama "Wanchun Street", playing Chen Sijia's mother Gu Ximei, and Tao Hong playing the amorous Gu Nanhong.

In fact, the scale of drama creation is larger than that of film and television dramas, if "Wanchun Street" is put on a TV series, some of the plots in it still need to be deleted, otherwise it will be difficult to release.

Li Chentao asked Zheng Wentong, "Xiaolu is only twenty-three this year, and you are going to let her star in a big movie made of hundreds of millions, so you don't worry about Xiaolu being killed?" ”

"Mr. Li, Xia Yu is only eighteen years old when he won the Venice Best Actor, and whether he is suitable for filming has nothing to do with age. If Xiaolu's acting skills are good enough for this movie, then it doesn't matter if she is younger, if she can't do it, then I will make it a few years later. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight, if you don't have the ability to resist pressure, then transform as soon as possible to do it behind the scenes. Zheng Wentong said.

Li Chentao knew that Zheng Wentong's words were very realistic. For all actors in the entertainment industry, being able to play the starring role in a big movie produced by hundreds of millions of dollars is a dream opportunity. If Bai Xiaolu can't pass his own psychological level, he can consider saying goodbye to the screen and doing behind-the-scenes work with peace of mind.

In Haolaiwu, which has a well-established film industry system, first-line stars or directors, if there are two consecutive big-budget movies hitting the streets, they will not have the opportunity to continue to star in the big six big-budget movies, but to star in small-budget films from other independent studios, and then slowly accumulate word-of-mouth and continue to star. Fight for the opportunity to star in big-budget movies.

Hollywood is a big-budget movie, the production budget is one or two hundred million US dollars at every turn, and the Big Six can't afford to suffer the losses of several consecutive movies, and Cameron's filming of "Titanic" almost forced Fox to go bankrupt.

Ang Lee's "Bill Lynn's Halftime Fight" filmed last year cost 40 million yuan, and the box office was only 30.79 million, which made the investors lose ground. Ang Lee used the new 120-frame 4K shooting technology for the first time in this movie, but the audience didn't buy it.

Since Ang Lee began to ponder the new technology of 120 frames and 40k, Ang Lee has gone further and further on this road, and "Gemini Killer" released in 19 is still a blood loss of 60 or 70 million US dollars, resulting in Ang Lee having no drama to shoot for three years after 19 years.

Ang Lee, who holds three Oscars, two Golden Bear Awards, and two Golden Lions, will also fall into the predicament of having no drama to shoot after suffering two box office failures. If "The Legend of Mulan" starring Bai Xiaolu fails at the box office and word of mouth, Bai Xiaolu may not have the opportunity to continue to star in a big-budget movie for a long time.

If Zheng Wentong continues to insist on letting Bai Xiaolu continue to star in the Pony Galloping movie, then the shareholders will launch a lawsuit against the slope investment on the grounds of infringing on small and medium-sized shareholders, and demand the removal of Zheng Wentong, the executive director, will be enough for him to drink a pot.

Ang Lee was a little moved by the olive branch extended by the pony galloping, but he still had to set the time with Will Smith. If Ang Lee finishes filming Mulan, Will. Smith had just finished filming "Aladdin". Smith can seamlessly star in "Twin Killers" directed by Ang Lee.

Ang Lee had high expectations for the preparation of "Gemini Killer", which incorporated new technology and allowed Will to be able to achieve a new experience. Smith achieved "rejuvenation" and allowed the two Will to rejuvenate. Smith can fight against each other in the same shot, which can be called an upgraded version of "Changing Face".

Unlike other films produced by Pony Galloping, other films are produced by Zhong Lifang, but "The Legend of Mulan" is produced by Zheng Wentong, and Zheng Wentong will also seek more investors to share the production cost of "The Legend of Mulan".

At the time of the pony galloping Hong Kong Island roadshow, Zheng Wentong had promised investors that he would not participate in the production of movies, TV series and variety shows produced by Pony Galloping, of course, Zheng Wentong could not slap himself in the face so quickly, so he could only seek external investors to share the investment pressure and reduce investment risks.

Xiong Xiaoge was very interested in the movie "The Legend of Mulan", and was willing to fund, asking to appoint a certain actress to play the second female lead, but Zheng Wentong refused.

Xiong Xiaoge was very dissatisfied with this, "Pony Galloping has the most investment, and designated Xiaolu to play the heroine, I have the second most investment, it's not too much to ask for a second girl, right?" ”

"It's not too much, but the movie produced by Pony Galloping is not allowed to have actors who bring money into the group, otherwise I'm afraid that the actors will pick on the director, and when the time comes, another copy of "Warring States" will come out, if you really want to praise her, when the time comes, Bai Xiaolu Studio will shoot a web drama "Sito", which is guaranteed to make her popular, okay?" Zheng Wentong appeased Xiong Xiaoge.

Xiong Xiaoge will be skeptical, but he has no other way than to believe in Zheng Wentong's vision. With the development of Micro Ke Xinke to the current scale, the relationship between IDG Capital and the slope system has been reversed.

If the slope system intends to continue financing, IDG capital is only one of the alternatives, and many domestic investment institutions are interested in participating in the B round of financing of Microgram Information Technology, but Zheng Wentong and Xiong Xiaoge have a good personal relationship, and Xiong Xiaoge also brought a lot of help to Zheng Wentong when the slope system was first created.

WeChat did not ban crowdfunding, and Xiong Xiaoge reconciled it, otherwise crowdfunding could only be promoted through micro-headlines and micro-sounds.

At the end of March, Weke Xinke announced the official completion of the B round of financing, the company's overall valuation of 4.8 billion US dollars, A round of financing Ahri and IDG Capital continued to follow, Sequoia Capital participated in the B round of financing, Sequoia Capital invested 432 million US dollars in Weke Xinke, in exchange for 9% of the equity of Micro Ke Xinke.

Zheng Wentong also cashed out a 1% equity incentive to Zhong Yiqi, CFO of Weike Xinke, Wang Zhiliang, CTO of Weiyin, Yang Ji, CEO of Weiyin, Jiang Cha, and Zhao Jianwei, technical director. This equity is valued at $48 million.

Sequoia Capital invested in ByteDance before the Spring Festival, and invested in Microgram Information Technology after the holiday, and the current valuation of Micro Information Technology is about half of ByteDance.

Zheng Wentong also fulfilled his promise to investment institutions, and his personal stake in Micro Ke Xinke was further reduced to 70%.

If Micro Ke Xinke completes the C round of financing and the D round of financing, it can start to consider the issue of listing, and before the company is officially listed, Zheng Wentong will reduce his personal shareholding ratio to less than 50%.

However, before the C round of financing, Zheng Wentong had to design an AB share plan for Weke Xinke, with different rights of the same shares, to ensure Zheng Wentong's voting rights and control over Weke Xinke. If Sequoia Capital, Ahri and IDG Capital do not agree, Zheng Wentong will not further reduce his shareholding, ensuring that his personal shareholding is greater than 51%.