Since the launch of the trilogy "Sanhe Da Shen", "Human World" and "The Cage", it has won a lot of response in the mainland and around the world. It has also made Tiandao Media famous and won many awards and incentives.
For example, "Sanhe Da Shen" won the Best Documentary Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, "Human World" won the Mainland Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Best Documentary Award, and "The Cage" won the Best Documentary Award at the Montreal International Film Festival...
Subsequently, Tiandao Media continued its efforts and launched a new documentary "A Bite of China" to introduce the food and culture of various places.
In Xiang Nan’s view, we should not only focus on the suffering and darkness of society. Because suffering and darkness are only one aspect of society. Focusing only on these would be biased.
Therefore, it is necessary to listen to both sides to gain clarity, and to believe only in partiality to gain darkness. The bright and beautiful side also needs to be paid attention to. Food can not only satisfy people's taste buds, but also warm people's hearts.
Life is often full of unsatisfactory things, and it is already hard enough. We should also use some beautiful things to nourish our stomachs and souls.
So "A Bite of China" was grandly launched and later launched on the Humanities Channel of Hujiang Satellite TV.
The ratings of the Humanities Channel were not high to begin with, and the documentary did not have much publicity, so it had little impact when it was broadcast.
But in the past year or five, various video websites have emerged, and the number of views every day is very impressive. Xiang Nan also sold "A Bite of China" to Bilibili.
At that time, Bilibili’s daily traffic had reached tens of millions. After this documentary was launched on Bilibili, it immediately became a popular item due to its high-quality content. The number of views of each episode soon exceeded tens of millions. And it made the top trending headlines on Weibo the next day.
Subsequently, CCTV bought the copyright of "A Bite of China" and broadcast it on three variety show channels, rapidly expanding its influence.
"A Bite of China" has therefore become a hit documentary. It is not only very popular in the mainland, but also many overseas TV stations are seeking to purchase its copyright, which has also made Tiandao Media a fortune.
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In the following years, Tiandao Media continued to produce documentaries, and successively produced documentaries such as "Shengmen", "Left-behind Children", "No Country for Old Men", and "Why China", which have become increasingly influential in the mainland and internationally.
As a producer, Rui Xiaodan has naturally become more and more famous and has become a well-known female producer in the mainland. And fame and profit go hand in hand.
In less than fifteen years, by one or six years, she had already earned 10 million yuan and became a veritable little rich woman.
This year, Ding Yuanying’s mother passed away.
She left suddenly. She was helping take care of business at the tea shop the day before, but she didn't wake up the next day.
That’s fine, she herself doesn’t suffer, and her children aren’t affected either.
Xiang Nan and Rui Xiaodan went back and attended her funeral.
“Second brother, mom passed away so suddenly~” Ding Qiuhong wiped her tears and said, “It’s a pity that none of us are around.”
"Stop crying, mom won't blame us." Xiang Nan comforted her.
“Yeah.” Ding Qiuhong nodded.
This year, Metrics officially landed on the A-share market and became a listed company.
It turns out that Xiao Yawen followed Xiang Nan's suggestion and began to increase funds for technology research and development in 2007, and acquired relevant patented technologies at home and abroad, gradually building his own moat.
Let Metrics no longer just rely on cost-effectiveness to compete for the market, but rely on its own unique patented technology to gradually gain the power to command a premium.
And the product line has become more abundant, adding many categories such as passive speakers, Bluetooth speakers, wireless headphones, etc.
In addition, in recent years, the mainland's economy has grown rapidly and residents' living standards have continued to rise.
As a result, HiFi speakers, an electronic product that was originally a high-end consumer product, began to enter thousands of households, and the market size expanded from the previous billion to tens of billions. Metrics' annual revenue reaches RMB 800 million, and its profit reaches RMB 70 million. After listing on the A-share market, the market value of Gelvshi was 2.8 billion.
Shareholders such as Xiao Yawen, Ouyang Xue, Feng Shijie, and Ye Xiaoming all made a fortune from this, earning tens of millions each. Xiao Yawen and Ouyang Xue even achieved financial freedom in one fell swoop.
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Ten years later, Tiandao Media has become the leading media company in the mainland.
No longer just filming documentaries, but also involved in the production of film and television dramas.
In the past ten years at the beginning of the century, the domestic film and television industry was relatively chaotic.
First, capital is king, and they always like to praise some popular celebrities who have no acting skills, no connotation, and no quality;
Second, the audience’s aesthetic level needs to be improved. Regardless of the quality of film and television drama production, as long as there are popular celebrities in charge, no matter how bad the film or television drama is, its box office and ratings are guaranteed.
However, after that period of chaos, the mainland's film and television industry has gradually returned to the right track.
The audience’s aesthetics are constantly improving and they no longer buy into the accounts of traffic stars who only make hype. The box office and ratings of the movies and TV series they starred in have plummeted, forcing capital to give up on popular stars.
Performers and talented actors are beginning to rise, and truly high-quality and meaningful film and television dramas are becoming more and more mainstream.
As a result, Tiandao Media began to develop its efforts in the film and television drama industry, launching many good dramas and becoming a well-known giant in the mainland film and television industry.
Xiang Nan and Rui Xiaodan naturally gained both fame and fortune. What makes them even more happy is that they have truly influenced many people through film, television dramas and documentaries.
This is the happiest thing for them.
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In 2025, Rui Xiaodan’s mother Zhang Huimin passed away in Frankfurt.
Xiang Nan, Rui Xiaodan, Ouyang Xue and Xiao Yawen all attended her funeral.
Rui Xiaodan also received his mother's inheritance, 1.2 million marks in cash, and a house with two bedrooms and one living room.
But Rui Xiaodan did not choose to sell the house, but decided to keep it as it was before her mother's death. It would make her feel like her mother was still alive.
In 2030, Rui Xiaodan’s father, Rui Weifeng, passed away.
Although both Xiang Nan and Rui Xiaodan wanted to keep the funeral low-key, because he was a well-known director in the mainland, many actors and stars who had worked with him still came to pay his respects after receiving the news.
So the scene was very lively that day.
In 2035, Feng Shijie, one of the founders of metrical poetry, passed away. In 2040, another founder, Ye Xiaoming, also passed away.
Then came Ouyang Xue and Xiao Yawen, who died in 2052 and 2055 respectively.
In 2058, Rui Xiaodan also became seriously ill and passed away.
“I thought I would never fall in love with a man in this life, but God asked me to meet you.” Rui Xiaodan looked at Xiang Nan and said.
She has always had a high self-esteem and is very picky about relationships. When she was in school and at work, many men chased her, but she never fell in love with any of them.
I think they are too vulgar, too lewd, and too stupid. Being with them is simply torture. It wasn't until she met Xiang Nan that she finally fell.