Jiang Siming had flown into such a rage for a very simple reason.
He had worked tirelessly for the quality of the country's film and television industry, improving veteran actors' treatment and establishing the Veteran Actor Award.
What was it all for? Could Jiang Siming make a fortune from it?
He simply knew that ordinary people had long grown sick of the trashy soap operas flooding the market and wanted to watch film and television productions with genuine quality and acting.
Moreover, he had repeatedly stated in public that his company would lead by example. Huayi would never take in any star who became popular solely through hype or other means without any acting ability.
Even those already under contract would be dropped as soon as their contracts expired.
To speak honestly, what had the film and television industry been like before Jiang Siming took action?
Suppose a film or television series had a total investment of one hundred million. Half of it would go toward hiring traffic stars.
As for the script and acting, none of it mattered. Those directors only recognized traffic and popularity.
The veteran actors and old artists hired for the same productions might not even receive a fraction of what those traffic stars earned.
Was that reasonable?
Take Yang Y, for example. Her average fee for a film or television production had previously been around sixty million.
Even then, she felt it was too little, believing she was completely worth that price.
But did everyone know what level of actors sixty million could hire in Hollywood? You could hire four Phoenixes from Joker, three Dwayne Johnsons, or two Tony Starks—Robert Downey Jr.—and with just a little more money, you could even hire Little Plum.
This was absolutely not worshiping foreign things and fawning over foreigners.