After "Era Music King" concluded, Su Yu did not return to Hua Guo immediately.
He still had matters to attend to.
For the past few days, he had been with Gu Qianqian and Zhang Yang on set.
Filming for "Initial D" was nearing its end, currently in the wrap-up phase.
The Jin Ya Film Festival was a long-standing event in the film industry, with participation from many Western countries besides Japan.
Initially, Hua Guo had a quota, which was held by Guang Nian Entertainment, as they possessed the deepest foundations in the film and television industry in China.
However, after Guang Nian Entertainment declined invitations multiple times, their quota was revoked.
They didn't care about the Jin Ya Film Festival at all.
Instead of participating in competitions, they preferred to invest their time and energy in managing the domestic entertainment market. Relying on traffic to make films wouldn't yield good results internationally, but it could certainly generate substantial profits domestically.
Because top entertainment companies were content with mediocrity and chasing easy money, both Chinese films and music, with the advent of the traffic era, still had a long way to go to gain international recognition.
When Morita Yui approached Su Yu this time, the reason Su Yu agreed, besides the high profit share, was to leverage Japan's Niwei Entertainment to establish his company, Xing Hui, in Asia.
Once Xing Hui gained prominence, the quota lost by Guang Nian Entertainment would be reclaimed by his company.
This would then open opportunities to participate in world-class film festivals, allowing Chinese films to reach a global audience.
This was the simplest, fastest, and most profit-maximizing path.
At this moment.
Su Yu's phone suddenly rang.
He picked it up and saw it was Morita Yumi from Niwei Entertainment.
"Mr. Ting Yu, my father wishes to meet you," Morita Yumi's voice was still as gentle as a refreshing breeze.
Su Yu had a good impression of such "soft girl" types. "Why does he want to see me?"
"I don't know. He heard you haven't returned to Hua Guo yet, so he asked me to contact you. He said he'd like to invite you for a casual meal and potentially discuss collaboration opportunities." Morita Yumi said softly, her tone clearly becoming happier after speaking.
"Alright, send me the location." Su Yu hadn't expected the other party to want to collaborate.
Could it be that Morita Yui had told her father about his identity as Jiangnan?
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Kyoto.
Lin family villa.
Lin Zhaoyang was leisurely drinking tea in a pavilion in the garden.
Chen Rong was by his side, pouring tea for him.
Recently, Huang Chao Entertainment had been quite idle, so Lin Zhaoyang spent most of his time at home with Chen Rong.
At this moment, Assistant Liu approached from a distance.
"Mr. Lin, should we attend this Jin Ya Film Festival?" he asked Lin Zhaoyang with a smile.
"No, if Guang Nian Entertainment isn't going, why should we?" Lin Zhaoyang shook his head.
Huang Chao Entertainment's main focus was in the music industry. For films, Guang Nian Entertainment still dominated the domestic market.
Therefore, events like film festivals were usually attended by Guang Nian Entertainment.
"I heard that winning first place at this film festival grants a quota for next year's International Film Festival," Assistant Liu said, glancing at the documents in his hand as he continued to report to Lin Zhaoyang.
Having been an assistant for many years, some things he would proactively do even if Lin Zhaoyang didn't mention them, such as gathering useful information and reporting it to Lin Zhaoyang.
"Oh?" Indeed, Lin Zhaoyang's eyebrows rose upon hearing this. "I recall Japan always has a quota for international film festivals, right?"
International film festivals were the grandest events in the global film industry.
Let alone having competition slots, even receiving a guest invitation in the domestic entertainment scene was enough for those actors to post several times on Weibo to show off.
"That's correct. So if Japan wins first place this time, they will secure one quota. Coupled with their own, they will have two quotas, giving them the eligibility to recommend one country to the International Film Festival," Assistant Liu knew that the information he had gathered had piqued Lin Zhaoyang's interest.
After so many years as an assistant, his pleasure came from this: using his professional insight to find things that interested his boss was his sense of accomplishment as an assistant.
"So, that kid's target is this!" Lin Zhaoyang took a sip of tea, a smile curving his lips.
Huang Chao Entertainment's business was not in film, so their information in this area was not very timely.
However, this news was certainly very good for Su Yu. The International Film Festival was incomparable to this Jin Ya Film Festival. Securing a spot in the International Film Festival meant that films could participate in the planet's top-tier events.
It even granted the qualification to contend with major film-producing countries like the United States.
Under such circumstances, even if he didn't achieve great results, Su Yu, with his Jiangnan identity, would still gain significant fame in the domestic film industry.
After all, even Guang Nian Entertainment did not have the qualification to participate in the International Film Festival.
After Assistant Liu delivered the information, he left.
Chen Rong had been listening the entire time, without speaking.
Seeing Assistant Liu leave, she curiously asked, "So, does this mean Xiao Yu will make a big splash in the international film scene this time?"
Lin Zhaoyang couldn't help but smile and then shake his head. "It's not that easy. If he wants a spot in the International Film Festival, he needs to win first place this time. And I heard Britain and France are participating, countries that have always possessed their unique strengths in film special effects and expressiveness."
Many of the world-renowned blockbusters were produced by Western countries.
Even countries like Japan and Korea couldn't compare in this regard.
"Anyway, I believe in Xiao Yu. And my intuition tells me you already knew he intended to venture into the international market, which is why you gave him Xing Hui to operate freely," Chen Rong poured Lin Zhaoyang a glass of wine and then looked at him, speaking with a half-smile.
"My wife understands me best..." Lin Zhaoyang was slightly stunned, then pulled Chen Rong into his embrace.
Lin Zhaoyang's Huang Chao Entertainment was a large company. Large companies had to prioritize stability. With various entanglements, it became difficult to progress further, something even Lin Zhaoyang couldn't change.
Similarly, Lin Zhaoyang knew this, which was why he didn't have Su Yu officially join Huang Chao Entertainment.
Instead, he directly gave him Xing Hui.
Although Xing Hui was a small company, with Huang Chao Entertainment as its backing, it could already operate with impunity in the domestic entertainment scene.
In such a small company, Su Yu had the final say, and whatever he said went. Therefore, the only thing lacking for entering the international market was the ticket.
In Lin Zhaoyang's view, Su Yu's talent was his ticket.
When he learned that Su Yu was collaborating with Morita Yui on a film, he knew the young man was preparing to enter the international market. That was why he reminded him during their phone call to balance his collaborations and to leverage Niwei Entertainment to enter the global stage, but not to give all his capital to Morita Yui alone.
Niwei Entertainment was a stepping stone for Su Yu's Xing Hui, a gateway to the world.
Winning first place this time would truly grant Xing Hui the ticket to enter the international market.
With Huang Chao Entertainment providing support from behind, as long as Su Yu's sharpness was sufficient, he could cause bloody havoc internationally!
"Huang Chao Entertainment is aging. We'll see how far Xing Hui can go..." Lin Zhaoyang couldn't help but sigh at this thought.
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