Chapter 317 Returning a Favor (Subscribe to Support!)
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Mid-March.
A few days before Tang Yun was about to show her pregnancy, Xu Li and Tang Yun held their wedding.
Xu Kai used all the connections he could.
The key point is that all of Xu Kai's women knew that Xu Kai valued his younger brother the most, so they used all the connections they could.
Unlike Xu Kai, whose social circle was still under construction, Zhu Bing, who was working at full capacity, invited half of the entertainment industry over by himself.
In addition, there are the recently emerging female talents such as Yang Xinchun, Chen Ruoxi, Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Xiaosu and Jin Yuanyuan who have filled in the gaps.
All the famous stars in the entertainment industry gave face and came to attend the wedding of Xu Li and Tang Yun.
Long Zijin didn't invite so many people, but she invited many bigwigs from the business community.
——With the rise of Xingyun Express, Long Zijin has joined several top business circles. Although Xu Kai is in the entertainment industry, whether Xu Kai is willing or not, Xu Kai, who owns 84% of the shares of Xingyun Express and 30% of the shares of Jingdong, has already stepped into the business circle.
In addition, the express delivery industry is closely related to many business empires.
In this way, it is normal for some business leaders like Liu Dong to come in person to show their support.
In short, more than 2,000 people attended the event that day. From the host to the master of ceremonies to the guests on the scene, they were definitely all-stars among all-stars, and among them were many business tycoons worth tens of billions of dollars.
The result is,
One hundred male stars served as best men for Xu Li, and one hundred female stars served as bridesmaids for Tang Yun. Moreover, the stars selected had to be at least above-average second-tier stars.
The hosts are Mr. He and Xie Dan.
The witness was Zhao Laogen.
The performers and the atmosphere were top names like Yang Xindong and Guo Fu.
The wedding venue was on the most beautiful private island in the Pacific Ocean, with a daily rental cost of 5 million.
There are 200 tables and 200 chefs in total, who are elites transferred from all over the country.
All three of Xu Li's dresses cost over a million.
Tang Yun's dress was from one of the world's largest high-end brands. It took nearly a thousand hours to complete. Her Chinese-style dress and cheongsam were also designed by famous designers. Even her wedding shoes were inlaid with 7,000 Swarovski crystals.
The crown is an even rarer treasure, so the brand, which was founded in 1780 and once made jewelry for the Queen of France, made a priceless crown for Tang Yun.
Tang Yun's bouquet was handmade by a French national treasure-level master.
The ring was designed by Xu Li himself and took three months and hundreds of revisions to complete. It is a 6-carat crown wedding ring worth tens of millions.
In total, the wedding cost nearly 300 million yuan.
So it is no exaggeration to call this wedding the wedding of the century.
"Charlotte's Troubles" was a big hit, but except for the 10 million yuan salary that Xu Kai initially gave to Xu Li in order to raise Xu Li's value, Xu Kai did not give Xu Li a penny.
Xu Kai simply set up a studio for Xu Li and paid for all the expenses of Xu Li and Tang Yun's wedding of the century, and did his best to help Xu Li and Tang Yun hold this wedding of the century.
After Xu Li got married, he only went to Maldives for a half-month honeymoon and then returned to Hengdian with Tang Yun.
Seeing that Xu Li really wanted to return to work, Xu Kai helped Xu Li again and asked Xu Li's own studio to contribute 50 million yuan (Xu Li and Tang Yun received a lot of gifts at their wedding, so they could definitely come up with the 50 million yuan), and Kai Xin Maizi contributed another 50 million yuan, so the two brothers could work together on another movie.
Before the collaboration, Xu Kai made it clear to Xu Li that no matter how much the movie earned, the two brothers would split the profits 50-50.
Of course Xu Li refused to do it. You know, those who came to Xu Kai to discuss cooperation now all wanted to split the profit with him 190%. Besides, the production cost was just 100 million yuan, which was just a drop in the bucket for Xu Kai now. Xu Kai just took it out casually.
To put it bluntly, Xu Kai clearly wanted to give money to Xu Li.
Xu Li, who felt that he owed Xu Kai enough, certainly didn't want to take advantage of Xu Kai anymore.
But Xu Kai said, "Let's stop pushing the issue back and forth between us brothers. There is one thing I have been thinking about for a long time, and I will tell you today. Our collaboration on this play is over, and I will not support you in the short term."
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Xu Li was puzzled.
Xu Kai said bluntly: "If you keep cooperating with me, it will restrict you."
Xu Kai made another joke: "Besides, the young eagle must learn to fly on its own."
A young eagle must learn to fly on its own before it can transform into an eagle.
Xu Kai understood this principle.
Although Xu Kai understood the situation, he still couldn't help but prepare enough food for his younger brother before letting him fly by himself, so that he could fly more easily.
When Xu Li heard Xu Kai's words that he was always thinking about him, his eyes suddenly turned red.
Xu Kai said with a smile: "What are you doing? Between two brothers, you still need this. Besides, I just said that I won't support you, but I didn't say I won't cooperate with you. If I need you, you have to come back to help me, for free."
Xu Li also smiled: "Okay, I'll listen to you, brother."
The next day, KaiXinMaiZi and Xu Li Studio jointly issued an announcement: KaiXinMaiZi Entertainment Culture Media Company will join hands with Xu Li Studio to launch a new movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City", which will start shooting soon.
Upon hearing the news, a group of publishers immediately came to Xu Kai like sharks smelling blood.
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Jin Yuanyuan's home.
Xu Kai, who was very comfortable being served by Jin Yuanyuan, hugged Jin Yuanyuan and said, "Next time, no matter what you say, I won't believe a single punctuation mark."
Jin Yuanyuan said with a seductive look: "I have served you so well, and you are still angry with me?"
Xu Kai didn't know whether he was still angry at Jin Yuanyuan for lying to him, or he was savoring the different feeling Jin Yuanyuan brought him. Anyway, he didn't respond to Jin Yuanyuan's words.
Seeing Xu Kai didn't say anything, Jin Yuanyuan acted like a spoiled child and said, "I just wanted to test whether I have any weight in your heart, so I pretended to be sick. You know that it was because Lao Yu ignored me when I was sick that I was deeply heartbroken."
Xu Kai said angrily: "At least you made yourself sick, but when it comes to me, you just pretend to be sick. Isn't that too insincere?"
"Are you jealous?" Jin Yuanyuan asked with a smile.
Xu Kai snorted and said, "I have so many women. What kind of women do I want? What kind of women will be jealous of you?"
Who would have thought that Jin Yuanyuan would draw circles on Xu Kai's chest and say, "You have many women, but the problem is that you can't be open-minded. You are the kind of man with a strong possessiveness. Others can't touch your women, not even think about it, right?"
Xu Kai, who was touched by Jin Yuanyuan's words, said noncommittally: "You tricked me here, what is the matter? Don't tell me, you are just lonely?"
Jin Yuanyuan stopped drawing circles on Xu Kai's chest and said, "Can we let Aina publish your "The Richest Man in Xihong City"? You can set any conditions you want."
Without even considering it, Xu Kai said, "No."
"Why not?" Jin Yuanyuan asked with a bitter face.
"You're still asking why?" Xu Kai pointed at Jin Yuanyuan and then at himself. "I've already cheated on Yu Dongdong. How can I still hand over my movie to him? Am I going to wait for him to harm me?"
When Jin Yuanyuan heard Xu Kai's reason, she smiled and said, "I thought it was something else, but it turns out to be this."
"Isn't that enough? What if he tries to trip me up during the release of 'The Richest Man in Xihong City'? Wouldn't I be dumbfounded?" Xu Kai expressed his concerns bluntly.
Jin Yuanyuan laughed and said, "No, don't forget, he took the green hat on himself. It has nothing to do with you. How could he resent you?"
Jin Yuanyuan added: "The key is that you don't understand Yu Dongdong. He is a tyrant. In his eyes, his business is the most important thing, and nothing else matters."
Seeing that Xu Kai still had no intention of giving in, Jin Yuanyuan continued, "Last time, Lao Yu went against the crowd and chose to focus on releasing "The Laughing River" and gave up releasing "Charlotte's Troubles", which resulted in a significant drop in Aina's stock price and aroused a lot of doubts. Lao Yu is now in urgent need of a good movie to save his reputation and Aina's stock price. So, even if you tease me in front of him now, Lao Yu will still welcome you with a smile."
Under the pressure of "Charlotte's Troubles" and "Ten Miles of Foreign Lands 2", and the fact that "The Laughing Rivers" itself was not well received with a score of only 4.3 points, "The Laughing Rivers" ultimately only achieved a box office of barely over 100 million yuan, which is incomparable to "Charlotte's Troubles" which achieved a box office of nearly 3 billion yuan.
The most direct manifestation is that Brothers, which distributed "Charlotte's Troubles", not only made a lot of money from the distribution fee, but also its stock price soared a lot, becoming the biggest winner among all the distributors during the Spring Festival. The low opening and low closing of "Laughing Jianghu", coupled with the loss of its old partner Xu Kai, allowed Brothers to get a big bargain. The stock price of Aina really fell a lot. As a result, Aina, which had been following Brothers closely, was suddenly left behind by Brothers.
It is no wonder that Jin Yuanyuan said that even if Xu Kai played with Jin Yuanyuan in front of Yu Dongdong, Yu Dongdong would always greet Xu Kai with a smile.
It is no exaggeration to say that Xu Kai is now definitely the person Yu Dongdong most wants to work with.
But even so, Xu Kai still said: "Don't try to hurt me. I don't lack cooperative publishers. Why take this risk? I'll find a 100% risk-free publishing company to cooperate with. Isn't it more stable?"
The safest approach is never about your level, how good your skills are, or how smart you are, but to stay away from danger and never give danger a chance.
What's more, as Xu Kai said, now all major distributors, even those with the support of major theater chains, want to cooperate with Xu Kai, and the conditions they offer are more favorable than each other, and some even let Xu Kai set the conditions at will.
Let me ask, in this case, what reason does Xu Kai have to cooperate with Yu Dongdong? Jin Yuanyuan heard this and said with a smile: "How can I harm you? You are my life now. If you dump me, where can I find you, the man who makes me love you to death?"
As she spoke, Jin Yuanyuan placed her hands on Xu Kai's flawless muscles, and then stroked them upwards little by little. Finally, she lay in Xu Kai's arms and said, "I have almost finished talking to Lao Yu. He agreed to a divorce by negotiation with me. However, although we will live our own lives after marriage, in order to keep the stock price of Aina from falling, I have to continue to bear the title of Aina's boss lady."
Hearing this, Xu Kai felt relieved. To be honest, he really didn't want to get entangled with this already taken woman.
The main thing is, it's not worth it. With Xu Kai's current status and financial resources, he can have any woman he wants. Why play with fire? Xu Kai asked, "Then how long will you hold on to the title of Aina's boss lady?"
Jin Yuanyuan put her chin on Xu Kai's shoulder and said, "Old Yu meant that after he met me, a ghost who took away a lot of his property in one go, he would definitely not marry any other woman in his life, unless he could find a woman whose wealth was not less than his. So I think that before he finds that woman whose wealth was not less than his, or before he is sure that announcing our divorce would not cause Aina's stock price to plummet, I have to bear the title of Aina's boss lady."
After hearing this, Xu Kai couldn't help but frown.
Seeing this, Jin Yuanyuan quickly comforted Xu Kai and said, "Look, Lao Yu has already made it possible for you and me to be together, so I have to help him with this little favor, right?"
Without waiting for Xu Kai to say anything else, Jin Yuanyuan took the initiative to say, "Don't worry, I definitely don't have any feelings for Lao Yu anymore, and I will never rekindle the relationship with him."
After hesitating for a while, Jin Yuanyuan leaned over to Xu Kai and whispered to him, "Let me tell you a secret. Old Yu is no longer good at that."
Xu Kai immediately understood what Jin Yuanyuan meant, and then asked calmly, "How did you know this?"
Jin Yuanyuan knew what Xu Kai really wanted to ask, so she quickly clarified the misunderstanding and said, "I have helped Lao Yu keep many mistresses. Those little girls regard me as their confidant and tell me everything. I learned from Lao Yu's last mistress that when Lao Yu was with her, he could only do one, two, three after taking the medicine. She tried everything but it was useless."
"Is it possible that it doesn't work for her, and if we change someone else, maybe Yu Dongdong will work again?" Xu Kai asked.
Jin Yuanyuan shook her head. "You don't know what Lao Yu's last mistress did before, so you say that. She used to be a PR lady in a PR company, and her skills were well-known in the circle. That's why Lao Yu chose her as his mistress. She's also experienced, and she saw that Lao Yu was really no good."
Jin Yuanyuan added: "This is actually quite normal. Old Yu was a very romantic man when he was young. As far as I know, he started taking medicine before he was 30. His body may have collapsed a long time ago. Otherwise, how could he not have children?"
After learning about Yu Dongdong's situation, Xu Kai's expression indeed improved a lot.
But Xu Kai still didn't mention giving "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to Aina for distribution.
Jin Yuanyuan knew that the cautious Xu Kai would not let down his guard against Yu Dongdong just because of this.
Therefore, Jin Yuanyuan stopped keeping the secret and finally said the most crucial thing: "I took into consideration that you don't have the support of the cinema chain and can't become stronger and bigger, so when I separated from Lao Yu, I took over Aina Cinema Chain. In other words, although Aina Cinema Chain still bears the name of Aina, it has the surname Xu. So, you don't have to worry about Lao Yu tripping you up now. Instead, Lao Yu will have to worry about you tripping him up in the future."
Cinema chains have always had a strong voice in the distribution business.
Good examples include Wuzhou Film Distribution Co., Ltd., which is led by Wang Da and jointly invested by Dadi Times Film Distribution, Jinyi Film and Television Media, and Hengdian Cinema Chain, and the Sihai Film Distribution Alliance, which is composed of Shanghai Film Co., Ltd., Jiangnan Times Cinema World Co., Ltd., Xingfu Blue Ocean Cinema Chain Co., Ltd., Sichuan Film Company, and Zhongyuan Oscar Cinema Chain Co., Ltd.
As the terminal of the film industry chain, these cinema companies have joined forces with rich cinema channel resources. After entering the distribution field, they can not only have more say in the film industry chain, but also have an impact on the distribution business of single distribution companies and producers.
This also leads to the fact that many film distributors will first consider co-distributing with theater chains when co-distributing their films. During the distribution process, theater chains have a lot of say and can check and balance the distribution companies.
The IANA Cinema Chain is not very big, probably with less than 1,000 screens.
Not to mention comparing it with Wuzhou Film Distribution Co., Ltd. and Sihai Film Distribution Alliance, it cannot even be compared with one of the subsidiaries of these two major cinema groups.
But then again, Aina is, after all, an old giant in the film industry. Although its cinema chain is not large, many of the theaters in the chain occupy very key positions, and these theaters cannot be bought even with money.
With these cinemas in hand, no matter which movie wants to be released across the board, it cannot bypass Eina's small cinema chain. It is like a fortified city that controls many choke points on the ancient battlefield. If it is not captured, the army will have no way of advancing.
This means that although the Aina Cinemas Chain is not large, it still has a certain say in the cinema chain.
Therefore, if Jin Yuanyuan takes control of Aina Cinemas, she can really help Xu Kai at the critical moment and ensure that Yu Dongdong will not dare to trip up Xu Kai.
——Just as Jin Yuanyuan said, with Aina Cinemas in Jin Yuanyuan's hands, Yu Dongdong really didn't dare to offend Xu Kai. You know, if Yu Dongdong offended Xu Kai and Xu Kai asked Jin Yuanyuan to block the movies released by Aina in the future, it would definitely make Yu Dongdong very uncomfortable.
However, although things were developing in the most favorable direction for Xu Kai, Xu Kai still had something to say: "Aina Cinema is the treasure that Yu Dongdong has saved up for nearly 20 years. How could Yu Dongdong give it to you?"
Jin Yuanyuan said with a playful look on her face: "He doesn't want to give it to me either, but if he doesn't give me this cinema chain, he will have to give me another 25% of Aina's shares. By then, it's not certain who will be the chairman of Aina between him and me who owns 30% of Aina's shares."
Jin Yuanyuan added, "And this is all my kindness. If I were a little more ruthless, just because I caught him with evidence of cheating and he didn't catch me with evidence of cheating, I would definitely be able to snatch Aina away from him, even if I can't make him leave the house with nothing."
After listening to Jin Yuanyuan's explanation, Xu Kai made up his mind: "I will never marry any woman, no matter who she is!"
Jin Yuanyuan continued, "However, I think you are right. We should not be too extreme in doing things. The key is that Lao Yu helped you and me. I know how to repay the favor, so I only asked him for Aina Cinema Line and was willing to help him stabilize Aina's stock price. I have done my best, right?"
Xu Kaixin thought: "If that's the case, then Yu Dongdong might really give Aina Cinemas to Jin Yuanyuan."
Jin Yuanyuan leaned into Xu Kai's arms and said, "I've made up my mind. I want to change the name of Aina Cinema to Kaiyuan Cinema, taking one note from your name and one note from my name. Is that okay?"
Xu Kai couldn't understand why these women liked to do such boring things.
When Yang Xindong first established the studio, she took the "Kai" in Xu Kai's name and the homonym of the "Xin" in her name to create the Happy Studio, which eventually evolved into the current Happy Maizi.
"Jin Yuanyuan actually wants to do this, is she also planning to merge Kaiyuan Cinema into Happy Maizi in the future?"
Xu Kai shook his head, threw the pie out of his mind, and said, "You want to change your name, will Yu Dongdong agree?"
"I don't care whether he agrees or not. This is my company. I can change it if I want to. Who dares to say 'no'?" Jin Yuanyuan said as a matter of course.
Xu Kai didn't say anything else. Even Yu Dongdong couldn't handle this matter, so how could he handle it? "Are you relieved now?" Jin Yuanyuan returned to the main topic.
Xu Kai still refused to give in.
Jin Yuanyuan begged, "Look, Lao Yu is so good to you. He gave you his wife to play with, and also gave you a cinema chain that you really needed. You have to return the favor by letting Lao Yu make some money. This will help to eliminate the resentment in his heart. It's better to resolve a feud than to create one."
Xu Kai thought about it and said, "That depends on your performance."
When Jin Yuanyuan heard this, she immediately understood and slid down along Xu Kai's body...
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(End of this chapter)
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