More Than A Few Blessing

Chapter 77

After Liang’s shareholder meeting, although there were no layoffs, the company knew that due to Huading’s intervention, there may be some changes in the middle and senior management positions after the year, and Liang Deyu also took the opportunity to buy people’s hearts at this time, which meant that Liang Deyou was left empty handed.

Outsiders also guessed that there would be actions inside the Liang family, and some people were filled with emotion thinking that Lu Chengyu had means of killing people without seeing blood. Unfortunately, no one dared to say such things in public. They didn’t dare to go against Lu Chengyu and Yan Mu. They had been together for several months, and no one in the Yan family and the Mu family had come forward to say anything against it, was this method comparable to ordinary people? Liang Deyou offended such a person, so, he deserved to be unlucky.

Shengrong Group’s plan to enter the capital market was not going smooth. In addition, it coincided with the Spring Festival, so the plan had to be moved further, which gave Huading more time for preparation.

When everyone was free to prepare for the Chinese New Year during the Spring Festival holiday, Lu Chengyu became busy, mainly because “Autumn Wind” and “The Universe” would be released during the Spring Festival, and the two film crews had also signed up for the Golden Bird Award, the highest domestic film award. As for whether they could be shortlisted, it depended on the taste of the judges this year.

As an investor in “Autumn Wind” and one of the many supporting roles in “The Universe”, Lu Chengyu was not interested in winning the award. What he cared most about was the box office of “Autumn Wind”, and he even participated in the promotion of these two films. Several press conferences were held for the promotion.

The theme of “Autumn Wind” was not favourable to the taste of young people nowadays, although it was mixed with a little black humour, it was more about the discussion of human nature and the interpretation of the people’s life in the background of that era and the contradictions between different classes.

From a connotation point of view, “Autumn Wind” was more thoughtful than the previous “Flying Bird”, and his investment was also stronger than the previous one. However, Lu Chengyu did not have much hope for the box office of this movie. Instead, he expected that it had already been shot almost.

But anyway, in “Autumn Wind” there was his cameo appearance. Lu Chengyu did not save on publicity funds, so he did what he should do, which gave Zhang Shuo enough face as the director.

In order to avoid the limelight of “The Universe”, “Autumn Wind” was released three days ahead of schedule. Many industry insiders and reporters came to the premiere. Before the film was officially released, the reporters took the opportunity to ask a lot of questions.

“Mr. Lu, I heard that this movie is not a mainstream movie, director even said you don’t expect the movie box office to be too high, then as an investor, why did you invest in this movie?”

“Movie should be colourful flowers. If there is lightness, there will be heavy bias. If all movies are the same, then it is not a good thing for the film industry.” Lu Chengyu sat in a chair, facing the many long shots and short shots. Then he smiled and said, “I am not a person who knows art, but I hope people who know art can make interesting movies.”

“In your eyes, is Zhang Dao your Maxima?”

Lu Chengyu heard this adjective. Looking at Zhang Dao, Lu Chengyu answered this question after the two laughed in unison: “I hope Zhang Dao and I are Boya and Ziqi[1]. But I am worried that Zhang Dao dislikes me as a bull who doesn’t understand art.”

The reporters at the scene were amused by Lu Chengyu’s relaxed remarks. The host took the opportunity to interject and stir up the atmosphere at the scene. Just as the interview was about to go, a young reporter suddenly said, “Mr. Lu, today is the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, it would be the Spring Festival in four days. How would you and Mr. Yan celebrate the Spring Festival?”