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Chapter 298 Hou Liangping

The changes in the film and television department first created an invisible ripple within the industry.

Before April even arrived, Wu Moubo, a top male celebrity of the middle generation, suddenly received an urgent call from his financial director.

It is claimed that Haofeng Film & Television unilaterally announced the termination of all investment plans for "The Advisors Alliance," citing only the feeble reason of "official strategic adjustment."

"Withdrawal of investment?!"

Wu was completely stunned when he heard the news.

He considers himself to be a highly experienced figure in the industry, and his current popularity is also quite impressive. He should be a key target for both Haofeng and Tencent to win over.

Moreover, he was extremely polite during the previous dinner with Lao Han, and the details of the cooperation were discussed perfectly.

At the time, it was clear that Lao Han was quite optimistic about this script.

But he never expected that Li Feng would personally call for a halt to this decision.

"The goddess is willing, but King Xiang has no dream."

Wu rubbed his slightly swollen temples. Although he felt a little aggrieved, he was mostly puzzled.

However, he wasn't too panicked.

After all, he has several films in production and extensive connections in the industry.

"If they don't want me here, there are plenty of other places that will."

He turned to his assistant and coldly ordered, "Go, contact Tencent Video. Tell them I'm hosting a dinner tonight with their top entertainment executives to discuss investment in their new film."

Since Haofeng didn't know how to appreciate it, he was too lazy to bother with him and simply joined the Tencent camp, which was spending heavily on publicity.

……

Unlike Wu Moubo's surprise and uncertainty.

When screenwriter Zhou Meisen learned that Haofeng Film & Television had fully invested in "In the Name of the People," he was extremely excited, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down!

"That wasn't easy, but this round is practically won!"

Screenwriter Zhou was rubbing his hands together excitedly at home.

Such a large-scale anti-corruption drama would not even have the chance to be broadcast under the current censorship environment without the backing of a super tycoon like Haofeng!

However, with the funding issue resolved, another headache—casting—emerged before him.

In the entire cast and crew of "In the Name of the People," most of the veteran actors and supporting actors have already taken their places, but the most crucial male lead—Hou Liangping—has yet to find a suitable candidate.

"This Hou Liangping is too difficult to play," screenwriter Zhou complained to the assistant director in the studio.

"He's a decent person, but he has to have the air of a 'phoenix man' (a man from a poor background who achieves success in society). The key is that he has to be unaware of this arrogance and 'phoenix man' traits!"

"He needs to have that superior, aloof air, but his words and actions must also reveal a hint of the shallowness of a petty person who has achieved success!"

Screenwriter Zhou waved the well-worn script in his hand: "If you cast a veteran actor with excellent acting skills to play this kind of character, the slightest effort on camera will make the performance too contrived and seem fake! Besides, this person has to be middle-aged and handsome enough, otherwise he can't convincingly portray the kind of person who gets noticed by a high-society lady!"

After listening to screenwriter Zhou's almost contradictory and demanding character analysis, the assistant director scratched his head and suddenly seemed to realize something:

"Screenwriter Zhou, the kind of person you're describing... someone who's aloof yet smug, handsome but whose acting is rather lukewarm and mediocre..."

"I'm listening to this, doesn't he sound just like the actor who played Zhuge Liang in the new Three Kingdoms series?!"

"Louis?!" Screenwriter Zhou was taken aback.

"Yes! It's Louis!" the assistant director said excitedly.

"You know how badly the new Three Kingdoms was criticized back then. His portrayal of Zhuge Liang really turned elegance into the arrogance of a petty person who's gotten his way. And ever since that show flopped, his resources in the industry have been terrible for the past two years, his pay is cheap, and most importantly—he's undeniably handsome!"

Screenwriter Zhou mentally overlapped Lu Yi's image with Hou Liangping's, and his eyes lit up:

"It seems...that really makes sense! Quickly, find someone to contact him and have him come for an audition!"

……

In April, the spring breeze caresses the face.

In the gaming industry, a massive wave of PC games has erupted under the management of Haofeng Network!

Overwatch, a large-scale 3D team-based shooter online game developed by Haofeng Network, has launched its global open beta in China!

Since Li Feng had already taken the core source code back to Jinling from Blizzard headquarters in a thuggish manner, Hao Feng completely ignored Blizzard's request for a delay.

Meanwhile, Blizzard, on the other side of the ocean, forced by its contractual obligations, had no choice but to swallow its pride and quickly followed up by announcing the simultaneous launch of open beta on the US server and in the global market.

Once released, Overwatch sparked a global craze!

While the data on overseas servers is still climbing, the Chinese server, under the personal command of Lao Chen, the technical director of Haofeng Building, has already created a legend.

Even though Overwatch is not a free-to-play game, but rather adopts a buy-to-play model rarely seen in Haofeng's games—the standard edition costs 198 yuan and the Origins edition costs 328 yuan!

However, within just 40 hours of its public beta launch, Overwatch's sales in the Eastern China server skyrocketed at an astonishing pace, surpassing one million copies!

That classic line, "This world needs more heroes," quickly became a secret code for countless young people to meet online and play games in internet cafes.

On the other side of the ocean, Blizzard executives were laughing so hard they were practically rolling on the floor, but at the same time, they were incredibly frustrated.

In the most lucrative Greater China market, all sales and internal purchase profits go into Haofeng Network's pocket.

They repeatedly denounced Li Feng in internal high-level meetings, calling him a robber in the guise of capitalism.

……

At this time.

Jinling, inside the CEO's office.

"Boss, this is the global revenue data for Overwatch in its first week."

Zhang Xinyu walked gently forward, placed a report on the table, and looked at the boss's calm expression with some curiosity.

Li Feng glanced at the numbers on the report, his face showing a complete lack of interest.

"Old Chen, so you mean..." Li Feng looked up at Old Chen, the head of the game department, who was standing in front of the table.

"This game is so popular online, and even considering the in-game purchases of skins and loot boxes, your game department's annual profit forecast is only... a mere 5 million RMB?"

Old Chen was a little embarrassed and quickly explained:

"Mr. Li, this 5 million is a very conservative estimate from our game department. If we add in the various holiday limited-edition skin giveaway events, we're very confident that the annual profit will reach 7 million!"

"One hundred million?"

Li Feng scoffed dismissively. "Old Chen, tell me, what was the net profit of 'League of Legends' in the first quarter? And what was the revenue of 'Honor of Kings' last month?"