December 16th.
The opening ceremony of Blessed with Ears was held at Tianhu Hotel.
Although it was a small production with a 4 million investment, the opening ceremony was not small.
Zhang Meng, who was a first-time director, did not plan to be so ostentatious, but Hu Xiaorui wanted to show off. In the end, the opening ceremony for a movie with a 4 million investment was as grand as the opening ceremony for a movie with a 100 million investment.
At 9: 30 AM, the guests arrived one after another.
The hotel receptionist was a little dumbfounded. Was this really an unknown movie that was about to start shooting?
Looking at the luxury cars parked at the entrance, those who did not know would think it was some international film festival.
While everyone was still in shock, the owner, Li Dong, arrived early. As soon as the Maybach stopped, many people turned to look at it.
The person who got out of the car was Li Dong. Besides Li Dong, Hu Xiaorui also walked on the red carpet with his arm.
The reporters beside them quickly took pictures. Hu Xiaorui said proudly, "It feels so good. No wonder everyone likes to be a star. Did you see that? When we arrived, the flashes were flashing. It was so exciting. "
Li Dong was speechless. "You're excited now. Let's see what you'll do next."
"Who cares. Anyway, I've asked around. It's normal to falsely report box office. When the time comes, we can just announce a box office of tens of millions. They won't check us. "
"You're so thick-skinned."
"Hehe, it's fine. They don't know me anyway. They only know that it's you, Li Dong, who invested in the movie. You're the one who's embarrassed."
Li Dong was speechless. After a while, he said in a muffled voice, "Let's go. Stop posing!"
"Don't rush. I haven't had enough yet. Besides, the friends I invited are not here yet. I have to show them my power. Look at how stingy they are. They only know how to act cool in bars and driving. Are they as cool as me? I'm an investor now. An investor in a movie. It's so fun to walk the red carpet. They'll be so envious! "
Seeing that this girl was so proud, Li Dong's face darkened. Was it reliable for him to teach her a lesson to make a movie?
Because Hu Xiaorui refused to leave, Li Dong couldn't drag her away in public.
The two had to stop at the end of the red carpet. After a while, people around the red carpet shouted, "Yang Si is here!"
"Is that Fan Wei? This movie is starring Yang Si and Fan Wei? "
"Damn, it can't be, a beauty and the beast!"
"What kind of film is this' Blessed With Ears'? If it's a romance film, I'll jump into the river and drown myself! "
"Hahaha, then jump!"
"But you don't say, other than the movie's lousy name, I'm still looking forward to it. Fan Wei is funny, and Yang Si is good-looking. This is her first time making a movie. I want to see what kind of movie she can make. "
"Anticipation? I don't have any anticipation at all. I heard that this movie was invested Far Away, and only a few million was invested. What kind of movie can be made with a few million? "
"No way, Li Dong is so stingy?"
"He's just fooling around. Didn't you see the little beauty he was holding? He's trying to make a woman happy. If he can get Yang Si too, a few million is nothing … "
The crowd was talking, but Li Dong and the others couldn't hear it.
Seeing Fan Wei holding Yang Si's arm, Li Dong wanted to laugh. Fan Wei was not tall, and he was quite fat. Standing next to Yang Si, it was really a naked beauty and a beast.
In fact, the main character of 'Blessed With Ears' was Fan Wei. Originally, there was no female lead.
But he couldn't resist Hu Xiaorui's pestering. In the end, Zhang Meng substantially changed the script and added some scenes for Fan Wei's daughter.
That's right, Yang Si was not playing Fan Wei's wife, but his daughter.
Usually, Yang Si wouldn't take on such a small production and a movie that didn't have the right plot.
She was willing to act in 'Steel Organ' because she felt that the script suited her taste. 'Blessed With Ears' was not in her consideration.
But because she had signed an endorsement contract with Far Away, and Zhang Meng was also her friend, Yang Si agreed to be the female lead in the movie because Zhang Meng asked for help.
Because they were the main leads, the main cast and crew arrived first.
Zhang Meng walked at the front. When he saw Li Dong, he said politely, "General Manager Li, you were busy a few days ago, so I didn't have time to introduce you to the main cast and crew. Now, let me briefly introduce you to the main actors."
Li Dong nodded slightly. Zhang Meng introduced them one by one. "This is Fan Wei, Brother Fan. I have worked with Brother Fan many times in Benshan Media. This time …"
After listening to his introduction, Li Dong shook hands with Fan Wei. Then he smiled and said, "I like Mr. Fan's skit very much. I hope we can work together happily this time."
Fan Wei was not as funny as he was in the TV series and skit. Instead, he seemed a little reserved and serious.
Hearing Li Dong speak, Fan Wei quickly said politely, "Of course, General Manager Li, don't worry. I will do my best."
Li Dong smiled. Zhang Meng continued to introduce, "This is Yang Si …"
Li Dong and Yang Si were familiar with each other. Zhang Meng also knew that, so he just introduced her politely. Li Dong also shook hands with Yang Si and said with a smile, "Miss Yang, Mr. Fan is in charge of humor in the film. You have to be in charge of beauty. Whether we can attract young people to watch the movie this time depends on Miss Yang."
Yang Si covered her mouth and chuckled. "General Manager Li, listening to you, I feel like I'm a vase."
"That's not possible. Miss Yang is not a vase. You have to be a fresh flower."
The two chatted for a while, and Li Dong got to know the other main cast and crew.
At this time, the guests also began to enter.
Li Dong and others stood at the door to welcome them. There were many people coming today. In addition to friends from the business world, there were many people from the entertainment industry.
Not to mention the guests invited by Zhang Meng and Yang Si, many people from Benshan Media also came to support Zhang Meng.
In addition to them, Hu Ming was afraid that his daughter would be unhappy if the scene was small, so he specially spent money to invite a group of stars.
With the arrival of the stars, the crowd of onlookers became more and more, and the surrounding flashes were flashing non-stop.
Originally, these media reporters felt that it was a little ridiculous to attend the opening ceremony of a small production of a few million yuan. But when they saw such a big scene, everyone suddenly felt that it was a worthwhile trip.
Not to mention other things, just this opening ceremony would probably cost millions. Everyone now began to doubt whether Li Dong really only invested a few million as the rumors said.
After the stars entered, it was Hu Xiaorui's friends next.
These people were dressed in all kinds of clothes. There were yellow hair, green hair, red hair. There were not many normal people. There was a lot of laughter from the reporters and the crowd of onlookers. Everyone didn't pay much attention to these people.
However, Li Dong knew that these people had a lot of power. Most of them were rich second generations.
This group of rich second generations didn't care about the eyes of others. A group of people walked on the red carpet in a disorderly manner and made a lot of poses in front of the camera, which made the reporters unable to help laughing.
In the end, it was Hu Xiaorui who couldn't stand it anymore. She shouted to the crowd, "Come down quickly! There will be more people coming later! "
Only then did the rich second generations get off the red carpet with a smile. A group of people hurriedly squeezed over. Some greeted Hu Xiaorui, and some greeted Li Dong.
There were also a few people who surrounded Fan Wei and Yang Si and kept looking at them.
Li Dong had a headache when he saw this. He said, "Go in and be quiet. Some of your fathers will come over later. Don't make trouble, understand?"
"I know, I know, Brother Dong. Next time you make a movie, take us with you. Don't just focus on Xiaorui. We are not short of money. It's fun to make movies. Why didn't we think of this?"
"Yes, now Xiaorui has won the first place. We are so envious."
"…"
Seeing that they were talking at once, Li Dong hurriedly signaled Hu Xiaorui to get rid of them.
Hu Xiaorui had already shown off. Seeing this, she shouted with her hands on her hips, "Go in! You are blocking the door. Don't you feel ashamed? "
Hu Xiaorui still had some prestige in the circle. As soon as she spoke, these rich second generations went into the hotel one by one like rabbits.
After they left, Li Dong smiled at Yang Si and the others and said, "I'm sorry, they are a group of spoiled children. But you can also get in touch with them later. They are all rich people. Next time, if anyone wants to find an investment, you can talk to these people. The chances of success are not small. "
Yang Si and the others couldn't help but laugh, but they kept it in mind.
If Li Dong said that he was not short of money, then he was probably not short of money.
Moreover, laymen were the easiest to fool. If they were really short of investment, these rich second generations were easier to deal with than the rich first generation.
While they were talking, the last group of people came.
Compared with the previous stars, these people were not famous, but those who really knew the inside story knew why they were the finale!
Longhua's Hsu Shengzhe, Nanrui's Hu Ming, Sichuan tycoon Wang Pengfei, Jinding Jewelry's Ji Lanxin …
These were the leaders or successors of companies with at least a billion yuan in assets. They were the real people standing at the top of the business circle in Jiangbei.
Other than these people, there were also many people worth paying attention to. For example, Far away's CEO, Shen Qian, Dong Yu's previous CEO, Zhang Lanyu, Secretary Zhou's niece, Zhou Lele …
These people might not have a lot of assets, but their status was high. They were the top figures in the circle of the government's second generation.
After that, it was Hu Ming and some of Li Dong's business friends. Guanghe Group's Hu Wanlin, Chenghui Group's CEO, Guoyuan Group's CEO, Hua Xia Cable Group's CEO …
These people were all worth more than a hundred million yuan.
It was unprecedented for these people to swarm over to attend the opening ceremony of a small film!
Among the reporters, there were a few reporters from the financial newspapers, and their eyes were shining!
They did not come for nothing!
Usually, it was not easy to meet these people, even just one. It was impossible to find them for an interview.
It would have been fine if they hadn't come, but there were more than 20 of them. Which one of them wasn't a Legend rank expert?
After the opening ceremony, they could just grab a few of them for an interview. They would have made a killing today.
As everyone was discussing, Li Dong quickly led the film's production team to welcome them.
Hu Ming acted as the introducer and introduced them to everyone. Zhang Meng and the rest did not know who these people were. But after Hu Ming introduced them, they were speechless.
This time, they had found the right investor!
Damn, I'm afraid half of the big shots in the Jiang Bei business circle will be here.
If they could befriend these people, they would not have to worry about getting investors for their movies in the future.
While everyone was getting to know each other, Hu Ming moved closer to Li Dong and whispered. "It will start soon. Let's just wait and watch the show."
Li Dong nodded slightly. Xu Shengzhe, who was next to him, also came over and chuckled. "This opening ceremony came at the right time. What a coincidence. I think we can use it as a celebratory feast."
"It's still early. Don't leak anything now. We might get exposed." Li Dong reminded them.
Hsu Shengzhe smiled. "Don't worry. I'm more reliable than you. Later, keep Wang Pengfei occupied. This guy is a character. Don't let him go back."
"That's easy."
After a few words, another group of people walked over from the red carpet. This group of people was very low-key. They did not even walk on the red carpet. They just walked along the empty space beside the red carpet.
The reporters did not mind. But Hsu Shengzhe laughed. "Not bad. That's more like it. People from Pingchuan's municipal committee?"
"Yes. They are contributing to our Pingchuan's cultural industry. We have to show them some appreciation."
"Alright, let's stop chatting. Go and receive them. We will go in first."
"Sure. Let's talk later."
After sending off Hsu Shengzhe's group, Li Dong led Yang Si and the rest to welcome the group of officials into the venue.
Seeing Li Dong bring them in, a few supporting actors at the back could not help but whisper, "Brother Meng's investors this time are amazing. Did you hear that just now? A bunch of business tycoons came. I've never been to Jiangbei, but I've heard of some of their names."
"That's right. Originally, I was thinking that it was just a small movie with a few million investment. It would have been fine if I just finished filming it without knowing anything. But now, good lord, there are billionaires and celebrities supporting us. Even the municipal committee of the provincial capital is here. This is more than a hundred times better than when Brother Meng was at Benshan Media! "
"Yeah. When Brother Meng resigned, we tried to persuade him. Now, it looks like he met a benefactor."
"Let's stop chatting. Let's go in. Later, let's take a peek and see if there's anyone we can talk to. Later, we can look for investors and get back to being a director."
"Hahaha, you. Stop daydreaming!"
"…"
Amidst the clamor of the crowd, as everyone entered the venue, it was time for the opening ceremony.
At the same time, a storm was brewing in the Pingchuan business world.
On this day, all the businessmen involved in the real estate industry felt that something was wrong.
The number of workers at the construction sites suddenly decreased. The foremen of the projects gathered together to discuss matters. Dealers and contractors also rushed back to Pingchuan from all over the country.
All the major banks also dispatched their staff to the headquarters of the major real estate companies with a stack of documents in their hands.
Other than these people, there was another group of people with a keen sense of smell. The media reporters.
While the major real estate companies were unaware of the situation, many media reporters had already caught wind of it and rushed to their respective companies.
All of a sudden, a storm was brewing!
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