Chapter 1467: The Businessman

In fact, Zhao Fusheng still didn't think that Boss Yang would fall out with him over such a trivial matter.

The reason was simple: now Boss Yang was not only the jewelry tycoon but also a cultural businessman.

What is a businessman?

Simply put, a businessman is a merchant, and the ultimate goal of everything he does is to make money.

It's like an actor who, from the start of his career, has to play countless roles.

How does one make a role accepted by the audience?

The answer is simple: details.

Or more precisely, if a role wants the audience's approval, it must first allow the audience to immerse themselves, and the tool to convey this immersion is the grasp of details.

In other words, every point the role presents must make the audience feel that this is something happening around them; only then is the role considered successful.

By the same logic, if a businessman wants to make money, he must learn to endure and yield.

Unless Boss Yang was crazy, he wouldn't risk losing the mainland market just to offend him over a Gu Tianle.

"How about this: I'll give Boss Yang a call."

Zhao Fusheng thought it over carefully and said to Zheng Yao, "Just to say hello, okay?"

Zheng Yao pondered for a moment and finally nodded: "That's fine. To be honest, if it's not necessary, I don't think we should make too many enemies."

She meant what she said.

Doing business is only for profit; making an extra enemy for no reason is far less important than everyone making money peacefully.

Although she was speechless about some of Boss Yang's 'hobbies,' in Zheng Yao's view, he shouldn't be an opponent of Future Group but a partner.

That would benefit both companies.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Fusheng shrugged, not taking the matter to heart.

It wasn't in his nature to care about such things.

"What, have you offended Emperor again?"

When Zhao Fusheng made the call, he didn't hide it from Fan Baobao, so she heard the entire conversation between him and Zheng Yao.

Because of the previous assault incident, Fan Baobao had no good feelings toward Emperor Entertainment, let alone the gossip from the Hong Kong entertainment circle, which had long been exposed online by paparazzi. She had no respect for the tycoon who liked to be a godfather.

"It's not really offending..." Zhao Fusheng recounted the whole story and finally said calmly, "I appreciate Gu Tianle as a person, so I plan to let him develop on the mainland."

Zhao Fusheng's idea was simple: if one place doesn't want you, another will. Since Gu Tianle was being suppressed by Boss Yang in Hong Kong to the point of disappearing, he might as well come to the mainland to develop. After all, the guy had acting skills and should be able to do well.

"The mainland?"

Fan Baobao looked at Zhao Fusheng in surprise, completely puzzled by what he meant.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Fusheng asked, finding her reaction strange.

Fan Baobao said helplessly, "He's doing fine in Hong Kong. Since you think highly of him, why not just talk to Boss Yang? Why make him come to the mainland?"

Ah?

Zhao Fusheng was stunned, then suddenly realized and laughed.

He had indeed been overthinking. As Fan Baobao said, it was just a small matter. He could simply communicate with Boss Yang and not worry so much.

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After much thought, Zhao Fusheng decided to let Zheng Yao handle the communication with Boss Yang. Although he was the boss of Future Group, he didn't know Boss Yang well.

Or more precisely, in Zhao Fusheng's impression, this cultural businessman who started in watchmaking would probably prefer dealing with Zheng Yao, the CEO of Future Group.

As it turned out, Zhao Fusheng's guess was correct.

After receiving the cooperation invitation from Future Group, Boss Yang's side quickly replied.

Agreed to cooperate!

This meant that Mr. Yang was a smart man who knew when to compromise.

Or more precisely, he knew that fighting with Zhao Fusheng would be pointless. Giving up the entire mainland market for a woman was undoubtedly a bad deal for Boss Yang.

Women are like clothes; he could easily choose another, but business is business. The business world is like a battlefield; if a grudge is formed, it wouldn't be resolved overnight.

Zhao Fusheng stopped concerning himself with the rest. With Zheng Yao and the others around, they would handle the specifics of the cooperation.

However, Zhao Fusheng did offer a suggestion: since they were cooperating, why not jointly invest in a movie.

Then, let Gu Tianle and another star from their side play the male leads, which would also signal a gesture to the outside world.

Zheng Yao was very interested in Zhao Fusheng's proposal. In her view, as long as it didn't involve matters of principle, this level of cooperation was acceptable.

As for Gu Tianle's opinion?

Hah, since when did the company care about an artist's opinion?

The so-called autonomy of stars largely stems from the indulgence of their management companies.

To put it bluntly, the more famous you are, the more freedom the company might give you, but that too has limits. If you really think you're a big shot and the company can't do anything about you, then that artist is basically finished.

"Why a movie?"

Zheng Yao was still a bit puzzled by this suggestion and didn't quite understand Zhao Fusheng's intention.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "Because watching a movie costs money."

Zheng Yao was momentarily speechless.

Of course, that was just a joke, but overall, in Zhao Fusheng's view, making a movie was more beneficial for the company than making a TV series.

Movies are shown on the big screen, which is inherently different from TV series played on television.

Many TV actors, even those who achieve great success in TV dramas, are considered unable to carry a movie because in TV series, many performance flaws and issues are often overlooked by the audience. After all, a TV series has dozens of episodes; if you nitpick, it would be unwatchable.

But movies are different. A movie is ninety minutes long, or at most one hundred twenty minutes. Within those two hours, the audience is fully focused on the film.

Any tiny flaw will cause them extreme discomfort.

After all, compared to TV viewers, moviegoers pay real money for tickets.

From the perspective that the customer is God, if you spend money and don't see a movie you like, anyone would be furious.

Conversely, if the movie satisfies them, they will naturally become fans.

Why did so many good movies have high box office earnings in later years? On one hand, ticket prices went up, and marketing methods improved. But more importantly, the quality of the movies was indeed high.

Of course, there were occasional oddities like 'The Future of Them' or 'Love Hell,' because in a big forest, there are all kinds of birds. You can't expect filmmakers worldwide to all act like decent people; occasionally, there are a few bad apples.

Zhao Fusheng didn't care about this, as he knew that whether it was box office manipulation or other tricks, it was all driven by capital behind the scenes.

And in fact, he himself was now part of that capital.

This was probably something most people in the world couldn't help: we always unconsciously become the kind of person we didn't want to be in the beginning.

However, Zhao Fusheng was looking forward to whether Boss Yang would accept his proposal. After all, for them, having the opportunity to enter the mainland market would be a good thing.

But if they accepted this proposal, it would also mean they needed to help Future Films open up the Hong Kong market.