Urban Romantic Divine Doctor

Chapter 552: Chapter 551, Bad News

When Huang Yang was called to the dining room for dinner,

the driver beside Director Su understood.

He guessed the reason why Xu Wendong visited the Su Family.

It must be that he needed Su Jianjun’s help with something.

However, being the second-in-command of the General Administration of Press and Publication, Su Jianjun was undoubtedly in a high position and was not convenient to involve himself in certain matters.

This was precisely why Su Jianjun invited him to lunch.

However, he did not drink.

He just listened to the four of them chatting.

After the meal, Xu Wendong left the Su Family with two couplets.

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”Mister Xu, is there anything I can help you with?” Huang Yang asked, unable to resist while driving.

At this point, Xu Wendong no longer concealed anything: ”I do have a small matter I want your help with, nothing major...”

Then he explained the matters involving Thousand Shadows Group to him, as well as the fact that Huayu Entertainment was behind Thousand Shadows Group.

Initially, he planned to ask Su Jianjun for help, but that old man seemed to have sensed his intention and clearly did not want to get involved.

However, that was not important.

What mattered was making Huayu Entertainment pay the price.

”This matter is easy to handle. I guarantee that the boss of Huayu Entertainment will come to apologize in person and return the copyright of ’My Healing Life’ to you.”

Huang Yang felt a little bitter in his heart, thinking that Xu Wendong would have big matters for Su Jianjun, only to find out it was just a small issue.

Such a matter did not require Su Jianjun to intervene personally.

As long as he gave a heads up to a few department heads, he could make it difficult for Huayu Entertainment to handle.

Xu Wendong: ”Then I will leave this matter to you, Brother Huang.”

”It is my duty, my duty.”

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An hour later,

Xu Wendong was dropped off at the hotel where he was staying.

”Brother Huang, please wait for me for a moment.” Xu Wendong said as he quickly got out of the car, ran to the counter, asked for two packs of Soft Chunghwa, and a case of Maotai, and stuffed them into the trunk.

Huang Yang was caught off guard: ”Mister Xu, what are you doing?”

”Isn’t it the New Year? Consider it a token of appreciation from a brother.” Although he knew Huang Yang was Su Jianjun’s driver and would be diligent in helping him,

Xu Wendong still wanted to cement their relationship in terms of human connections and dealings.

Huang Yang developed a good impression of Xu Wendong and did not refuse. After chatting briefly, he drove off. However, shortly after leaving, he parked the car by the road, took out his phone, and made a call.

When the call connected, he said calmly: ”Director Wu, does Huayu Entertainment have several films under review?”

Director Wu replied courteously: ”Indeed, there are several films under review.”

Huang Yang said: ”I remember there’s a film called ’Kung Fu King’ for this year’s Spring Festival release, right?”

Director Wu: ”Yes, this film has already passed the review.”

Huang Yang: ”This film has problematic values and contains a lot of violent scenes. Let’s stop its release!”

Director Wu was dumbfounded over the phone.

A film that had already passed review, and now you’re telling me it has problematic values, contains lots of violent scenes, and needs to be pulled from release?

Why wasn’t this done earlier?

Director Wu felt a headache; with his authority, he could completely decide whether a film could be released normally.

But now the situation was different; ’Kung Fu King’ was currently on a nationwide promotional tour and had already gained significant popularity, with pre-sale box office accumulation reaching two billion, an unprecedented record in the film history of Great Xia.

Many people had a hunch that this film was definitely poised to be this year’s Spring Festival box office champion.

It might even make it into the top ten domestic films in the end.

If they were to halt ’Kung Fu King’ now, it would definitely trigger some public opinion.

Huang Yang: ”Anyway, Director Su is not very optimistic about this film.”

”Alright, I understand!” Director Wu instantly conceded.

Stop joking.

When that person has spoken, what more can a worker like him say?

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Huayu Entertainment’s headquarters was in Magic Capital.

As Magic Capital’s number one entertainment empire, it sat by the Huangpu River, facing the Oriental Pearl Tower across the river, and was a must-see for many tourists visiting Magic Capital.

The reason was simple: if you were lucky, you might even run into many film and TV stars here.

In the Chairman’s office,

Tao Jianhua sat in front of the computer, looking at the online data, his face beaming with a bright smile: ”Facts prove that hiring powerful actors is still the right move, even if their fame and popularity can’t match those of the young and trendy actors.”

”At least it doesn’t make people feel disgusted.”

In recent years, Tao Jianhua had also been infatuated with young and trendy actors, for which he invested in several big-budget movies, with a total investment of up to five billion.

He was full of confidence, thinking that he could earn a fortune relying on the influence of those young actors.

But the harsh reality was like a cold slap in the face.

Not only did the movies starring those young actors lose money in the box office, their reputation was also disastrous to behold; if it were just that, it might have been fine.

The most serious issue was that it impacted his company’s stock price, leading to significant losses.

He then garnered experience from his failures.

He hired several well-known screenwriters in the industry, spent three years polishing the script, and then assembled many veteran actors, taking two years to shoot this film, ’Kung Fu King.’

Although it was not yet released, the few promotional trailers had already garnered countless positive responses, breaking domestic film history records in terms of pre-sales.

Even Huayu Entertainment’s stock price had surged in the past few days.

This had made him taste the sweetness of success.

Only the tolling of midnight remained for him to sit in his office, happily counting money.

Knock, knock, knock!

Just then,

There was a knock on the door.

Tao Jianhua: ”Come in!”

The next moment,

A middle-aged man in a suit and tie pushed the door open, with a sycophantic smile on his face.

”What brings you here?” Tao Jianhua looked at Wang Hai with curiosity; he was the head of his subsidiary, having shot a few web series over the years with moderate reviews, eliciting mediocre reactions.

Thankfully, he hadn’t lost money.

Wang Hai chuckled and said: ”Boss, I’ve signed the adaptation rights of a novel IP, specifically brought it over for you to have a look.”

Tao Jianhua frowned and couldn’t help but ask: ”’My Healing Life’?”

The reason he valued Wang Hai was that he had a canine-like keen sense of smell, and having read the news of a luxury reward for a novel reaching a billion,

he instantly associated it with that novel.

Wang Hai smiled and said: ”Yes, I contacted the company owning that novel and bought the film adaptation rights for ten million.”

”Boss, I read the novel; it’s particularly suitable for adaptation into a film, and the investment cost will definitely not be too high.”

”As long as we hire some talented artists, it can become a big hit!”

”Of course, even if we don’t plan to adapt it ourselves, we can sell it to others. A company previously contacted me, willing to offer five hundred million to purchase it.”

”But I proposed a billion, and they didn’t give a definitive answer, though I feel they will certainly contact me again.”

Tao Jianhua’s eyes lit up: ”If we manage to sell it for a billion, you’ll have done a great job!”

Just at that moment,

His phone suddenly rang, and upon seeing the number displayed, he immediately pressed the connect button, respectfully saying, ”Good morning, Director Wu.”

But the next moment, he abruptly stood up, his voice trembling: ”Director Wu, is what you said true? My heart isn’t very strong; please don’t scare me!”