Let's rewind to half an hour earlier.
There's still half an hour until I get off work.
The Crow Group.
With a cigar in his mouth, Chang Chen nodded in satisfaction after listening to his assistant's report: "Good. After recruiting Teacher Li Zhangjie, arrange for him to play the second male lead in the new movie. His acting skills and temperament are too strong; he's not suitable for the lead role. Besides, Teacher Li Zhangjie asked for more scenes, so notify the director to add more scenes for him. This year, we'll send Teacher Li Zhangjie to the Golden Horse Awards, and our Crow will also be able to get nominated for this movie."
After noting this down, the assistant continued to report: "There's another matter. Yang Kai from Starlight is collaborating with Li Zhaoyang from Sunset on a movie soon. Auditions start today, and the filming location has already been rented. It's a popular local tourist attraction."
"A rural town?" Zhang Zhen was somewhat surprised to hear that someone had directly rented a rural town, but he quickly realized, "Which Li Zhaoyang?"
Assistant: "It's the one you know, Mr. Zhang, Li Zhaoyang, who won the title at this year's music exchange festival."
"Him?" Chang Chen put down his cigar and asked, "Isn't he a songwriter and composer? He can also make movies?"
Assistant: "Mr. Zhang, should we make a move?"
He was well aware that General Manager Zhang had suffered a major setback at the exchange festival.
Not only did they fail to win the crown, but their market share in Chinese songs was also protected by the American Writers Association, which gave them preferential treatment and expedited their progress.
It's because Li Zhaoyang holds a position as a representative in the association.
For the American music scene, if it can accommodate Japanese and Korean songs, it can also accommodate Chinese songs.
Therefore, the president of the American Writers Association felt that if it was profitable and helpful to the association, then appropriate resources could be provided.
The reason why Chinese songs weren't given much attention before was because the right opportunity was lacking. Now that the opportunity has arrived, the music industry can start to capitalize on Chinese songs, so naturally, the green light should be given.
but.
That's the official view, but groups like Han Ya, Rizhao, and Sihai, which control most of the market's wealth, don't think that way.
They just want to bring down Li Zhaoyang and cause the market for Chinese songs to collapse.
Zhang Zhen laughed and said, "Go, rent the rural town at a high price."
Assistant: "What if Sunset's side continues to make moves?"
Chang Chen: "Our goal is not to seize the filming location. We won't need that rural town for the next two years in our film and television development. Our goal is to get the filming location to spend more money and increase their filming costs. That's enough."
He's a pro at making things difficult for others.
Assistant: "What if the sunset crew doesn't accept this and we have to change the filming location?"
Chang Chen: "We'll continue to invest. If Wanxia takes over that filming location, we'll offer an even higher price to acquire it."
The Crow family is a large-scale enterprise, and acquiring so many filming locations is not a bad thing, because they own numerous businesses and have a large number of well-known directors. If they want, they can use so many filming locations at any time.
Unlike companies like Starlight Films, which have a small industry scale and basically only involve film and television, with only a few directors in the company.
Assistant: "Understood."
Chang Chen: "If Li Zhaoyang spends too much energy on film and television and doesn't achieve anything in music, he should just go to the association and submit a proposal. Is someone who is so devoted to the film and television industry really suitable to be a representative of the music association?"
The assistant understood Mr. Zhang's meaning, and immediately closed the door and left.
Less than half an hour later, he ran back to report.
"Mr. Zhang, Kimura Taro from Sihai Group says he has something to report to you."
The assistant walked in with the phone in his hand.
After the phone call, Zhang Zhen understood what Si Hai meant.
Noda Kazuto had also heard that Li Zhaoyang was going to make a movie, so he wanted to ask if there was any help he could get.
With the Sihai Group involved, it will be even easier to make Li Zhaoyang stumble.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Zhen said, "How about this, in the movie that Li Zhaoyang wants to shoot, our Crow will suppress the actors, and your Sihai Group will create problems with the filming location."
Kimura sensed the money in the air: "Isn't this a bit inappropriate, Mr. Zhang? Didn't you already secure the lease for the rural town?"
Chang Chen: "What I mean is, if Sunset wants to rent other filming locations later, Sihai should secure them as soon as possible, even if it's just a temporary contract."
Kimura asked, "What is the purpose?"
He sensed that the Dragon Kingdom head of the Raven Group was up to something.
Chang Chen: "This is the best opportunity to make Li Zhaoyang stumble. As long as we make things difficult for him in film and television, Li Zhaoyang will lose interest in developing his music career. Do you think Chairman Ka would like to see this happen?"
Don't be fooled by Chairman Ka's respectful attitude towards Li Zhaoyang on the day of the exchange festival; it was because Li Zhaoyang had already demonstrated his value at that time.
This value is directly proportional to the attitude of respect.
When Chairman Ka no longer sees such high value in Li Zhaoyang, especially after Li Zhaoyang goes off to make movies, that will be the perfect time to whisper in his ear.
Kimura: "Can we just kick Chinese songs out of the market?"
Zhang Zhen shook his head: "It's unlikely that we'll kick him out of the market directly. Resources are already starting to be allocated to him. Those companies that develop Chinese songs aren't stupid. But with this opportunity, we can at least make Li Zhaoyang suffer a big setback and lower his favorability in Chairman Ka's eyes."
With the capital of the Raven Group and the entry of Sihai, and by the time they bring Rizhao in, as long as Chairman Ka's favorability towards Li Zhaoyang decreases, they will exert their efforts, create some other opportunities, and after some further maneuvering, they should be able to kick Chinese songs out of the market.
When that time comes, the three-way division of the market will return, and the interests will not be squeezed out by the share of Chinese songs.
"Alright, Mr. Zhang, I'll report to the minister right away."
"Tonight, call your minister out. We'll meet at our usual spot. I'll also arrange to meet with the person in charge in Rizhao to discuss how to make things difficult for Wanxia."
After hanging up the phone, Chang Chen scoffed, "This kid should stay in the music industry; he's come to the film industry. Isn't he just giving others an opportunity to mess with him? He's still a hot-blooded fool."
If Li Zhaoyang stays in the music industry and focuses on his career, it will be really difficult for them to find an opportunity to mess with Wanxia.
Things are different now.
The Raven Group also has ties to the film and television industry, so it would be too easy for them to target Li Zhaoyang.
Anyway, Li Zhaoyang doesn't have any powerful connections in the film and television industry, so he can be manipulated at will!
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