Chapter 457: A Stepping Stone and Million

Da Tiantian is indeed very beautiful. When she walked towards the stage, everyone's attention was attracted by her.

Ke Lan called the model holding the certificate over and asked Liu Zhou to present the certificate to her, and then asked Liu Zhou and Da Tiantian to stand together for a photo.

Da Tiantian seemed a little excited to see Liu Zhou, like a little fan seeing her idol.

However, Liu Zhou did not want to have too much interaction with the other party. It was not that he was afraid of the other party's background, but he simply did not want to.

Now Liu Zhou can probably guess what Da Tiantian or the team behind her is thinking. The 13 million should be the stepping stone to find him to cooperate.

But Da Tiantian is really difficult to promote. In the early stage, she seemed to be insulated from becoming popular. Even with so many resources invested, she still couldn't be promoted.

Liu Zhou was worried that if he cooperated with Da Tiantian, he would be led astray by her.

Although he was reborn, this is sometimes quite metaphysical. If she were to act in the popular movies and TV series in her previous life, they might also fail.

After taking the group photo, Da Tiantian walked off the stage contentedly holding the certificate.

Liu Zhou did not leave. He took the microphone from Ke Lan and said to the audience with a smile:
"I really admire Bazaar and Mr. Liu from the Fashion Group for being able to use their industry influence to do charity.

I particularly like one of their slogans: Make charity fashionable!
Coming to the Bazaar Charity Night today, I feel that this is not just a slogan, I really feel it.

This time the donation will be used to help major children's welfare institutions across the country. I also want to do more, so I will donate 20 million in my personal name!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was warm applause in the conference hall.

I was just shocked by the little girl, but I didn’t expect Liu Zhou to drop an even more powerful bomb.

However, everyone still admired Liu Zhou's generosity and was also impressed by his passion for charity.

After being shocked, Ke Lan immediately stepped forward and bowed:

"Thank you! Thank you very much! On behalf of the thousands of orphans and disabled children in the welfare home, I want to say thank you to you, Director Liu!"

Liu Zhou smiled and waved his hand:

"Don't say that. I just did my best."

In fact, before coming to the Bazaar Charity Night, Liu Zhou was ready to donate some money.

Although the Bazaar Charity Gala does not require guests to donate directly, as Liu Zhou is the richest man in mainland China, the outside world will inevitably have higher expectations of him.

Liu Zhou was sure that if he didn't donate a penny at this charity dinner, there would definitely be some media outlets that would be sarcastic the next day.

Liu Zhou doesn't really care about the sarcasm from the outside world. He has reached his current position and although he has many fans, there are also many people who dislike him and criticize him.

If he paid attention to any bad voices, Liu Zhou felt that he didn't need to do anything else and anger would occupy all his time.

The main reason why Liu Zhou took the initiative to donate is that most of the funds raised from the Bazaar Charity Dinner can be put to practical use.

Although it seems that the annual Bazaar Charity Night is a show for celebrities and artists, where all kinds of gossip can be exposed, many people may not know that the funds raised from the dinner are less likely to be embezzled or misappropriated.

The Bazaar Charity Night has a huge impact, with countless eyes watching it, and the donations are also being watched by many people, which makes some people dare not be too presumptuous.

In China, apart from Han Hong’s charity foundation, no other charity organization can use 100% of the donations for the most effective purposes.

The amount of money raised by the Bazaar Charity Dinner is considered relatively good, at least more than half of it can be spent on people in need.

That's why Liu Zhou donated 20 million at the Bazaar Charity Dinner, and he paid the money in real cash. He will also have the authority to oversee the money when the time comes.

With Liu Zhou watching them all the time, they dared not reach out easily.

As Liu Zhou stepped down, the charity auction officially ended, but tonight's event was not over yet, the so-called dinner had just begun.

Now it’s not so restrictive. The dinner is in the form of a buffet, which also provides a platform for everyone to communicate.

Zhang Chaoyang was not very interested in such a banquet, so he left early. Liu Zhou also wanted to leave with him.

However, the item donated by Liu Zhou was sold at a sky-high price of 13 million tonight, and he himself donated 20 million, so he was strongly retained.

After briefly chatting with some of the organizers and dealing with some people who came over to say hello, Liu Zhou was finally able to relax a little.

At this time, Han Shanping and Yu Dong came over together, and Yu Dong smiled and said:

"Boss Liu, you are indeed the best in our industry. You are so generous."

"Please stop making fun of me, I am just trying to do my best."

At this time, Han Shanping also smiled and continued:

"But tonight, Liu Zhou, you really showed the generosity of the richest man."

Liu Zhou clinked glasses with the two of them and then changed the subject.

As the conversation went on, they inevitably talked about Bona's listing, but this time he didn't plan to say much.

"Guangzhou Group has confirmed that it will be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's Growth Enterprise Market on December 12. Has the listing date for Bona been determined?" Han Shanping asked Yu Dong.

“Bona will be later, maybe until the end of December.”

“Good things never come late. Bona will be the first US stock in the domestic film and television industry. You must be well prepared.

Since Bona was able to be listed on NASDAQ, it proves that Bona has been recognized by Wall Street investors. Both the economic benefits and reputation are huge. Don’t let anything go wrong on your side.”

"Don't worry, Han Factory, there will be no problem." Yu Dong said, patting his chest.

After casually chatting about the listing, Yu Dong mentioned a movie that was released a few days ago.

"Director Liu, did you see the 3D movie How to Train Your Dragon that was released three days ago?"

Liu Zhou shook his head and replied:

"I haven't seen it yet. As you know, I just finished filming Aftershock and have been working on the post-production of the movie. I also have a lot of things waiting for me at the company. What happened to this movie?"

"How to Train Your Dragon only earned 2200 million in three days, but the quality of the film is very good, and the 3D effect is much better than those films this year."

Liu Zhou understood what Yu Dong was talking about. They were some poorly made pseudo-3D movies that followed the 3D trend.

"The previous few pseudo-3D movies had a huge impact on this movie. After just a little publicity about it being converted to 3D, most people had a bad first impression," Yu Dong continued.

Liu Zhou also understood what Yu Dong meant. A movie with excellent quality and outstanding 3D effects suffered such a big impact on the box office just because it was converted to 3D.

It seems that the concept of pseudo-3D has now become deeply rooted in people's minds, and it is a bad impression.

I'm afraid that in the future, when people hear that the movie is going to be converted to 3D, many people who are planning to go to the cinema will back out. "Mr. Yu, this shouldn't have any impact on Bona."

"It doesn't have much of an impact, but switching to 3D was originally a very good approach, but some people have ruined its reputation."

“With Bona’s strength, do they still need to switch to 3D? They can just shoot 3D special effects blockbusters after the company goes public.”

"Hahaha, I just despise those who destroy the pot, which makes the people behind them have no food to eat."

Judging from Yu Dong's expression, he seems quite proud that Bona was able to go public in the United States.

At this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted the conversation of the three.

"Boss Han, Boss Liu, Boss Yu, sorry to bother you."

Liu Zhou turned around and saw that it was Teng Huatao. No wonder he had the courage to come over. He must have a good relationship with Han Shanping and Yu Dong.

"Director Teng, is there anything wrong?" Yu Dong asked.

"Mr. Han, Mr. Liu, Mr. Yu, I have a movie script adapted from a famous novel."

Before Teng Huatao finished speaking, Liu Zhou probably knew the purpose of his visit.

The movie script he was talking about should be the famous dark horse "Love Is Not Blind" from the original time and space, which had a production cost of less than 3.5 million and grossed million.

Teng Huatao is a contracted director of Huayi, but Huayi refused to invest in this film.

Although Teng Huatao has filmed many hit TV series and has considerable fame in the industry, Huayi does not trust him to make movies.

The Wang brothers felt that he was just a TV drama director and couldn't make a good movie, so the movie "Love Is Not Blind" ended up being sold to Perfect World and New Classics Media.

New Classics Media is the film and television company that was later acquired by Penguin Group. It has participated in the investment of many films such as "101 Marriage Proposals", "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", "The Pancake Man", "Charlotte's Troubles", "The Love Master", "The Monkey King", "The Shameful Iron Fist", and "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

At that time, Penguin Group acquired it for 15 billion yuan, which was indeed impressive.

However, in this life, Penguin Group has already laid out its plans for the entertainment industry in advance, and has long since set its sights on New Classics Media and acquired it. I just don't know if New Classics Media can still have such a good vision in this life.

Since Huayi refused to invest, Teng Huatao had to look for investment outside.

He really likes this script in his heart, and he also wants to transform himself into a film director through this movie.

However, the reality is very bleak. It has not been smooth sailing to attract investment from outside. Now I finally meet Han Shanping and Yu Dong, but they are not very interested after listening to Teng Huatao's introduction.

"Mr. Liu, what do you think of Director Teng's film? Are you interested in investing in it?"

“Mr. Yu, you’re not interested at all, yet you still ask me if I want to invest. However, I think Director Teng seems to be very optimistic about this script. If you are confident, you can go find Zhang Zhao.

We at Golden Harvest have a plan to support new directors. If you pass their review, we should be able to help you with some of the investment.”

If you ask whether Liu Zhou wants to invest, the answer is definitely yes. "Love Is Not Blind" can be said to be a very rewarding movie.

But he couldn't show his desire to invest in Liu Zhou, because once he showed interest in the film, Han Shanping and Yu Dong would definitely jump on him, even though they had just expressed their pessimism about the film.

Liu Zhou's vision is recognized as good in the industry, especially those at the helm of film and television companies like Han Shanping and Yu Dong, who understand even better how excellent his vision is.

Therefore, if Liu Zhou is willing to invest, the two will definitely come over to share a piece of the pie. After all, the investment in "Love Is Not Blind" is only 10 million, which is not high at all for them.

That's why Liu Zhou pretended to be equally uninterested, and then found a way to arouse the suspicion of the two and arranged for Teng Huatao to go find Zhang Zhao.

As long as Teng Huatao went to Golden Harvest, Zhang Zhao would keep "Love Is Not Blind" in Golden Harvest.

For a movie like this with low budget and high returns, Liu Zhou would of course choose to keep the profits alone, and there is nothing wrong with doing so.

Teng Huatao, who was feeling a little disappointed, immediately brightened up after hearing Liu Zhou's words. Now he would not miss any opportunity to get investment.

At the same time, Teng Huatao went to Liu Zhou Yudong and others to seek investment, and was seen by Wang Zhonglei.

He whispered to Wang Zhongjun beside him:
"Brother, Teng Huatao has found Liu Zhou and the others."

Wang Zhongjun glanced at them when he heard them talking, and seeing that they were chatting, he didn't care, so he chuckled and shook his head.

“If they are willing to invest, that would be great.

There is basically no market for romance films now. Zhou Gongzi and Zhang Ziyi have made several romance films before, but the box office revenue was mostly lower than the cost.”

Although Huayi has just gone public and has a lot of money, it will not waste money on a film that is bound to fail.

That’s right, in his opinion, "Love Is Not Blind" is a movie that is doomed to fail.

Teng Huatao is just a TV drama director and has no experience in directing movies.

TV series and movies are two different things. I have never heard of a TV series director successfully transforming into a movie director.

If Teng Huatao wanted to make a TV series, as long as the script was a little bit reliable, Wang Zhongjun would be willing to spend 70 or 80 million yuan.

There is still a possibility of making a profit, but the risk is a little higher.

However, this love movie with a cost of 10 million yuan has no chance of making a profit, so naturally no one will invest in it. There is no possibility of making any profit at all.

If Liu Zhou and others are willing to invest, although they will not suffer much loss, it will disgust them a little.

If Liu Zhou knew what Wang Zhongjun was thinking, he would have to admire his vision of people. Teng Huatao was definitely not cut out for making movies.

But his taste in movies is not that good, he made a mistake in "Love Is Not Blind".

Teng Huatao was also quite tactful. He expressed his gratitude and then walked away.

The three of them chatted for a while, and the banquet was about to end, so everyone left one after another.

The next morning, major domestic media outlets published detailed reports on the Bazaar Charity Night.

People were discussing the evening party on Weibo, Tieba and forums. There were so many topics to discuss about this charity dinner.

Fan Xiaopang and Boss Zhao were bidding against each other, and in the end Boss Zhao was tricked into spending 2.5 million to buy a bag.

The mysterious beauty Da Tiantian spent 1300 million to buy Liu Zhou's first draft of "The Martian" script, and Liu Zhou donated 2000 million, which are both hotly talked about topics.

Liu Zhou's donation of 2000 million yuan naturally won him countless praises, but there were also voices questioning whether he was just putting on a show. However, these voices were only a minority and were quickly drowned out by the flood of praise.

This is not the first time he has donated money to charity. Every year, the Golden Harvest Group allocates a portion of its money specifically for charity, so not many people would suspect that Liu Zhou is putting on a show.

At this moment, Liu Zhou did not wait for Teng Huatao, but received a call from Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)