Global Movie Emperor

After a period of time, a large number of CDs were mailed to China from the UK. "Effect" completely landed in China, Lu Ze's home battlefield, and was well received as expected. There was no situation where the film's content was acclimatized. Regardless of Whether it is a Western country or an Eastern country, everyone can understand this movie and be deeply depressed by it.

But depression is depression. After a few days of frustration, Lu Ze's fans acted more like a carnival. To sum it up in one sentence, it felt great to see Lu Ze on TV again!

Fans who were originally silent have gradually begun to become active. They can be seen on various portals and video websites. If they go too far, when other fans praise their idol's acting skills, they will interject inappropriately, "This Call it explosion? Please look at Lu Ze."

This approach is particularly annoying. No one wants their favorite actor to be belittled as worthless by others, but what makes them frustrated is that they can't find any reason to refute.

As the saying goes, Lu Ze’s fan base will be blamed for the expansion of Lu Ze’s fans, but Lu Ze can’t do anything about it. After all, he no longer has a public relations team to lead the entire fan trend. If he offends people in this way, he will I wanted to take care of it, but I really didn’t have the strength to do so, so I could only turn a blind eye and say sorry to the artists I knew well.

However, these artists did not give Lu Ze a bad look. Instead, they said it was okay and told Lu Ze not to take it to heart. They also did not cause trouble for Lu Ze behind the scenes.

A year ago, this group of people might have ignored Lu Ze's apology, but now they all know that Lu Ze has turned over and found a new way outside, and maybe he can be better off. It was fine before, so it was better not to offend me from now on.

On the other hand, "The Effect" was distributed in 14 European countries in mid-October and officially launched online. With a good reputation before, it was sought after by many movie lovers on the first day of its release, with 200,000 The CD was sold out in 14 countries in just three days.

The originally expected sales volume of 300,000 copies was almost achieved when it was first launched. This does not include North America, South Africa, and Asia. If all are included, the sales volume is expected to exceed one million!

Subsequently, the online version was launched at the end of October, priced at 2.9 euros, and sales exceeded 100,000 in a single day. The momentum on the second day still did not slow down, and it was still impacting higher profits. This investment of 250,000 pounds really made a difference. Mickey made a lot of money, and he could wake up laughing at night. However, when he received the after-tax income, he did not squander it. Instead, he planned to use the money that he had not yet warmed up according to his original plan. Spend it out.

Mickey was very busy at this time, and the plan was in progress. Seeing that the theater chain had made money from "The Effect", he shamelessly prepared to follow Mickey to get some soup, but he soon got into trouble and pressed Mickey Speaking of the original words, you didn't give any support when we first started filming, but now you are licking your face to make a fortune? How could such a good thing happen? This play will never be released in theaters. It is not impossible to show my movie.

Waiting for the next one.

He has such a flamboyant character, even when facing these theater dads, he doesn't give any face. Anyway, there is no need to say more about the nature of businessmen. They are shameless. If they don't take this time to scold them, they will wait. It will be too late to criticize the next movie when it comes out.

At this point, "The Effect" has a Rotten Tomatoes freshness score of 93%, a popcorn index of 69, an IMDB score of 9.0, and a Douban score of 9.2. As the year is approaching, the birth of the highest-scoring masterpiece in 2023 has been officially announced. Of course... Some people really weren't very happy...

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"Wow... Wow... Wow..."

A big broom made of thin bamboo branches swept the snowflakes on the road into a pile, and then shoveled the snow into the sanitation truck with a flat shovel. He waved his right hand to the sanitation warder, thanked him, and helped the uncle push the sanitation truck, watching with his eyes. This tricycle until the orange vest disappeared from his sight.

In December, Lu Hua finally ushered in the first heavy snowfall of the year, which was as high as half a shoe. At this time, Lu Ze also ushered in his thirty-third year.

It's not cold when it snows, it's cold when it melts. The temperature of minus 22 degrees is still cold even if you do some physical work. I took off my gloves, rubbed my hands, stamped my feet, entered the room and gently scratched the lame man's feet. Little melon seeds, Luhua local station was playing on the TV, and a gourmet program teaching people how to cook was playing early in the morning.

Studying the dishes, the steaming coffee entered the body, bringing warmth from the inside out. This was supposed to be a calm and ordinary morning, until two people walked in from outside the door and shook the bell, attracting the lame man. Sight.

"Hello, I need something...Brother Guo, why did you come to Lu Hua in such a cold weather? Who is this?"

Lu Ze stood up and walked over to hug Guo Mingde. Although he said questions on his lips, he already had an idea in his heart. He kept his eyes on this middle-aged man whom he didn't know, and then shook hands gently.

"Lu Hua, it's really cold. Fortunately, there is heating in the room. I haven't seen you for a long time. You made it very warm and your style is really good. Forget it, I won't talk nonsense to you. This is the president of Tiancheng Entertainment. Manager Meng Liang, my immediate boss."

Sure enough, as the eldest brother of the six major domestic brokerage companies, Tiancheng Entertainment inevitably has some thoughts about Lu Ze. In the past, due to the strong power of Qian Sega's parent company "Rongchuang Group", other brokerage companies including Tiancheng did not Directly take in Lu Ze, the pillar who was expelled from the family by Qian Sega.

But at the end of last year, the "Rongchuang Group" failed in a major decision. Although it was only a temporary pain for the giant Rongchuang, this failed decision happened in the entertainment industry, which led to the collapse of the Rongchuang Institute. The theater chain has lost its dominant position in domestic theater chains.

In addition, Lu Ze's reappearance and his performance abroad are still good, which makes other agencies that were once afraid of Sega's banning order come alive again. After all, which agency can't have some background? Rongchuang is fierce and fierce, but he doesn't bully anyone he bullies.

Lu Ze understood the purpose of the two people's visit in an instant, not because his mind was spinning so fast now, but because another company had come to visit him a few days ago. Like Tian Cheng, in order to show its importance to Lu Ze, Their general manager also personally took action and invited Lu Ze to join, but Lu Ze rejected it. The reason for the rejection was not because the other party was not sincere enough, but because Lu Ze still couldn't see the difference between it and Qian Sega.

And this time, he had to see if Tian Cheng could give him something else. If not, then sorry, even if Meng Liang brought a lobbyist here, he would not choose this domestic Big Brother company, and ...Tian Cheng is much less attractive to Lu Ze than the company he came to a few days ago.

"Hello, Mr. Meng, please sit down. Brother Guo, you didn't know to say a word before so that I could be prepared. I just finished sweeping the snow and it looks a mess. I'm really a little embarrassed."

Lu Ze was right about this. After working outside for more than an hour, his hair was a little messy in the wind and he hadn't had time to take care of it. His cheeks were also very rosy. He looked like he had completely lost the aura of a celebrity. , instead he looked like an ordinary store owner, but when the two of them heard Lu Ze say this, they waved their hands repeatedly, thinking that Lu Ze had just told a joke.

The company's trainees really know how to look at appearance and temperament, but if they looked at Lu Ze according to the standards of trainees, then they wouldn't have come all the way to Lu Hua after taking a flight and taking the high-speed rail. As an actor at Lu Ze's level, he can only adjust his temperament in a moment, but Lu Ze doesn't like to act in front of the two of them.

Sitting down while chatting and laughing, the hospitality must not be forgotten. The small family could only pour a cup of coffee for the two of them. The three of them were speechless for a moment, looking at the water mist rising in the cup, until Lu Ze directly opened the skylight and said After speaking openly, the two souls were called back.

"Tell me about the conditions. I have no intention of joining Tiancheng, but I still need to hear your conditions, Mr. Meng."

This sentence directly made Guo Mingde and Meng Liang feel cold. They understood that this time they probably ran away in vain, but no matter how slim their hope was, they had to say, what if they could impress Lu Ze? Meng Liang drank a cup of coffee, coughed twice, and seriously stated the price offered to Lu Ze. Lu Ze also listened carefully. It was not until Meng Liang finished speaking that he slowly shook his head.

The treatment offered by Tiancheng is no different from that of the first brokerage company that came to the door. They all have the best resources, the largest network support, and the most investment regardless of cost. However, comparing the strength of the two companies, Tiancheng’s strength is still the same. Much bigger.

Even if these conditions are not allowed to be heard by trainees, even artists with very good development in the company will laugh out loud. But for Lu Ze, they are really not attractive. He doesn’t want much, just someone who can be written into the contract. Guarantee given in writing, but this guarantee can be given by anyone, but Tiancheng cannot. Even if it is given, Lu Ze will not agree to enter Tiancheng, and asked Meng Liang to state the conditions, just to prevent others from being unable to come to Taiwan. .

"Mr. Meng, I might have to say sorry. It's not that the conditions offered by your company are not attractive enough for me, but that I have too many friends in your company. I'm really sorry."

This is the real reason why Lu Ze does not consider Tiancheng. Once he enters Tiancheng, it will inevitably have a great impact on Tiancheng's existing resource allocation. In other words, whichever company he goes to, he must do this. The first brother of the company.

But look who is Tian Cheng’s first brother? It's Ge Yunzheng! This is a senior who supports him, a good elder brother who is also a teacher and friend, competing with Ge Yunzheng. Can he do it?

Is it okay to be the second brother? Even worse, because Tiancheng's second brother is Song Guiyuan, Lu Ze would rather break up with Ge Yunzheng than compete for resources with Lao Song. Lu Ze is still the godfather of Lao Song's son. As for being the third brother, now Meng There is no way to fulfill the conditions promised by Liang.

The most important thing is that resources do not distinguish between men and women. If he enters, it will also have an impact on female artists. Although Tiancheng does not pay attention to female artists, the second among the six major brokerage companies, "Jiaxing Media", female artists The artist lineup is the strongest, so that the first sister Tiancheng seems to be somewhat dispensable, but he cannot compete with the first sister for resources, because the first sister Tiancheng is now Wang Zhen...

This whole family is all fucking together.

This is a brother and a sister behind the scenes. On the surface, the brother and the sister are the most popular artists in the company. But on the surface, Lu Ze really doesn’t look down on the resources of the one brother and the other sister, because on the surface, The first brother’s resources are promotion, while the first brother’s resources are connections.

In other words, the first brother on the surface is the company recommending him to other big bosses to praise him, but the real first brother is the company introducing his connections to him and becoming his own connections.

There are too few examples of Lu Ze being the boss at Sega, both publicly and secretly. Usually only small companies and start-up companies have this situation.

If not, even if Lu Ze became famous later, he would not be qualified to be brothers with big directors and investors. He could only spin dishes for investors like he did when he first debuted, accompanied by Shen Jinghan. I am not qualified to hold out my chopsticks.

It's even more impossible to have connections that even the company doesn't have. To hire a screenwriter that several companies couldn't recruit all at once to write a script together is to sell him Lu Ze's face, not to give Sega face.

The real No. 1 brother is never the most popular one, but he has been in the company long enough and no one cares about him. When he wants to film, he just takes the company's best films.

If you don’t want to film, just go alone all day with some big directors and big bosses, have a drink, talk about things, and talk about how you want to help a relative’s child. Just mention it to people directly, and they will never forget it, and they will actually do things for you. The next day, the film appointment went to this kid, who was so tough that he could talk to anyone.

It's not like Mingmian Yi Ge, who even if he's really popular, has to bend down to raise a toast with both hands, and if people want to listen to a song, you have to sing at the wine table.

Meng Liang understood Lu Ze's words. He glanced at Guo Mingde and saw the expected look in Lao Guo's eyes. He was still a little unwilling. He pursed his lips and continued to persuade.

After all, Lu Ze is a general. There is not a single economic company in the country that doesn’t want him. He is incredibly powerful, has a soft hand in winning awards, and has a wide network of contacts. Big bosses from the academy and even Guangdong are close to him. If such a person is If you join Tiancheng, even the boss of Tiancheng, the number one economic company in the country, will be able to wake up happily while sleeping. Small companies may be even worse. The boss may be so excited that he has a brain hemorrhage and is sent directly to the ICU.

But what he got in exchange for his hard persuasion was Lu Ze's tactful but firm refusal. Having too many friends was not good. If he really wanted to compete for resources with his elder brother who had helped him, then Lu Ze's reputation would really be ruined. In the end, Three hours later, Meng Liang could only give up, looked at his watch, and chose to leave.

Although the two parties have not reached a cooperation, the atmosphere is still good. After all, there is no deal, so even if Lu Ze signs with another agency in the future, there will still be opportunities for cooperation in filming.

Since Meng Liang still had work to do, Lu Ze didn't stay too long. He just said a few polite words. After receiving Meng Liang's rejection several times, he stopped mentioning it and stood up to see the two of them off.

"I just said that I didn't miss you, but it was a trip in vain. Alas, it's really difficult. Now that I'm back to my old job, this beer shop will probably be sold out. Are you willing to give it up? When you return to the Magic City, Let’s get together again, I’m going to make a movie, I’ve made a notebook in the past few days, we’ll discuss it then, let’s go.”

"You really don't want to spend two days in Lu Hua? Just treat it as a farmhouse. You don't have any work now, so you can stay for two more days."

Lu Ze sincerely tried to retain Guo Mingde. Unlike Meng Liang, who controlled the overall situation of Tiancheng, he was not that busy, and the relationship between the two was also very good. Although he became a lobbyist this time, success or failure would not matter. Regarding the relationship between the two, Guo Mingde also thought that he was not so proud that Lu Ze signed Tian Cheng for his own sake. This time he came here because he really couldn't resist Meng Liang's request and just came to add some impression points.

"I said are you a friend enough? Why are you playing farmhouse? My wife is pregnant with her second child. You didn't look at the circle of friends? Gungungun, too lazy to talk to you. Remember the full moon gift. What happened ahead? Why did the police station come? Forget it. It’s none of my business, let’s go.”

After watching the two people leave, Lu Ze did not return to the house immediately. Instead, he lit a cigarette outside and watched the excitement. He kept thinking about which company he would choose in the future. It is really not possible to work alone in a studio. To be able to eat well, he must integrate into the group in order to get better opportunities to show himself.

After smoking a cigarette, he put it out on the snow on the lid of the trash can and threw it into the trash can. Lu Ze was about to go back to the house when he heard a familiar voice trembling and explaining something to the police.

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