Chapter Twenty-Nine: 1980 Cinemas
It wasn't until 7 o'clock in the evening that Zhong Chuhong woke up again, Fang Wanshan didn't want to go home for dinner, this point should have been eaten at home, in this era when there are only landlines, people like Fang Wanshan who run outside every day basically need him to go home on time, or no one will wait for them.
After Zhong Chuhong called her home and said that she would not go home at night, the two hurriedly dealt with a meal outside and returned to Fang's house.
The Fang family's apartment is now very large, and the main building has basically been taken, the lower four floors belong to the Fang family's family, and the upper three floors are basically for the Fang family's relatives to live.
The third sister Fang Fang studied abroad in the second year before returning home, and the hall on the second floor has always been full of people, but the third sister and a few of them don't know where to go, and they are all the older generation of the family who are shushing the cold and asking for warmth. After Fang Wanshan greeted his uncle and aunt, Fang's father Fang Yuansheng was already accustomed to his child's behavior, so he just nodded to Zhong Chuhong, and let the two of them return to the third floor.
Fang Wanshan didn't go back to his room directly, after asking the maid Sister Wu, Fang Wanshan and they went to the third sister's room first, although he himself met with the third sister every day in the United States, but he still needed to ask Zhong Chuhong to say hello to her.
The third sister's room is very lively now, Fang's mother and the second sister and the third mother and daughter are whispering on the bed, the eldest sister, the eldest sister-in-law is watching the four naughty eggs in the family on the side, the eldest Fang Yi and Yu Tian are almost 7 years old now, they are both dogs dislike the age, it is very noisy, Fang Wanshan is also a headache for the two of them now, as soon as he saw Fang Wanshan, he pounced and took it into his pocket.
The two younger Fang Yong and Yu Ming are still three or four years old, they are very milky and called uncle, Fang Wanshan likes it the most now, the two Fang Wanshan of this age who used to fight like it very much, every time he sees them, he makes Fang Wanshan think of his daughter, but unfortunately the two worlds have been separated, I don't know how the little cutie is now.
When Zhong Chuhong and the three mothers and daughters were greeting, Fang Wanshan could actually see that the third sister was a little tired, but Fang's mother still held her all the time, and she couldn't say anything. Fang Wanshan began to encourage the eldest sister to play mahjong, and now mahjong is the favorite of Mrs. Fang and the eldest sister, and she basically has to code the Great Wall every day.
The eldest sister Fang Li immediately agreed, and the second sister and sister-in-law were also on the side to help, but unfortunately the mother was not the slightest bit interested today, just holding the little daughter and not letting go, and the final result was that Fang Wanshan took the team to the third floor to put the Great Wall on the third floor, leaving the mother and the two mothers and daughters to rest in the room.
Fang Wanshan actually knows how to play mahjong, but he can sit for an hour at most, and he rarely plays, and his sister-in-law is the reason for tutoring, so he is a little disgusted with this thing, so he took a few small ones downstairs to make trouble, and now he is missing one, and he called his cousin Fang Qiu from below to play, the combat effectiveness of several young women is not covered, Zhong Chuhong has long been familiar with their eldest sister, and has been urging Fang Wanshan a few times, and it was only at two o'clock in the evening that he left.
The next day, Fang Wanshan slept until more than 10 o'clock before getting up, and by the time he and Zhong Chuhong arrived at Vanke DreamWorks, it was already noon. The current Vanke is no longer what it used to be, the previous office building has been bought, and the general manager's office is now arranged on the third floor.
Originally, Wuma had made an appointment with a cinema candidate to arrive at the company at 10 o'clock in the morning to wait, but Fang Wanshan never arrived, so Wuma could only arrange for him to wait in his office, and after hearing the front desk inform Fang Wanshan that he had arrived, Wuma immediately took the candidate to the general manager's office.
Fang Wanshan got up too late in the morning, he basically forgot to make an appointment with a candidate, and under the reminder of the part-time secretary Xiao Sun, he remembered that there was a candidate for the theater today, so he asked Xiao Sun to help inform Wu Ma to bring it over, and by the way, he informed the management of Vanke that he had dinner in the afternoon, and he hadn't been here for at least a month, and many things were handled by phone, and he still needed to understand the current situation.
The first to come to Fang Wanshan was not a noon horse, and the fat brother Zheng Zeshi took two people into Fang Wanshan's office soon after Fang Wanshan sat down, with a mustache and a very handsome face.
Fang Wanshan actually knew him, but he didn't remember his name, but he felt that his role as Lu Xiaofeng was too expressive, and Fang Wanshan had often made mistakes with another Xiangjiang bigwig, Lin Zixiang, before.
Chen Xunqi, the name introduced by the fat cat Zheng Zeshi, is a film soundtrack. In fact, Fang Wanshan also knew that he was still an all-rounder in the film industry.
Chan Xunqi is recognized as a Hong Kong film all-rounder, he is the best soundtrack among Hong Kong directors, the best producer in the soundtrack, the best speed car director in production, the best screenwriter in speed car direction, one of the most famous actors in screenwriting, and one of the most successful directors among actors.
The other person is a young woman, I saw Fang Wanshan at the airport yesterday, it is Mi Xue's sister Yan Huiming, but Fang Wanshan can't remember her name now, I heard Zheng Zeshi say that she is also starting to be an actress now, and her stage name is Sydney.
Sydney Fang Wanshan didn't have a little influence, so she didn't pay much attention, in fact, she was more famous in Xiangjiang, but Fang Wanshan didn't know, the senior sister in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the coquettish Mrs. Ma in "Dragon Babu". It's a pity that it can only be a green leaf with a familiar face, and it is impossible for Fang Wanshan to know it.
Under the introduction of Zheng Zeshi, Fang Wanshan understood that the purpose of their coming over was to find someone to help invest in the filming of a movie, called "Twin Treasures Break Through the Eight Passes", originally the script of this drama was created by Huang Bingyao, a Shaw Brothers film on the Wireless side, but the shooting was a fist company on the side of Golden Harvest.
Zheng Zeshi also participated in this movie, but now that he heard that there was a problem with the funds, he immediately thought of his big boss Fang Wanshan, after all, Fang Wanshan is still very righteous in his eyes, and he is rich, so it is not a big problem.
As soon as the basic situation was introduced, the temporary secretary Xiao Sun knocked on the door and came in to say that they had arrived at noon, Fang Wanshan had been cold for half a day in the morning, although he was very interested in Chen Xunqi, he was still a little embarrassed to invite them to have dinner together at noon, so that it was convenient to start poaching, his soundtrack is a first-class master level in Xiangjiang, and his temperament is also good, and he has the potential to become popular.
The people brought in by the afternoon horse, Fang Wanshan was happy when he saw it, Xiangjiang is really too small, Brother Curly.
Curly-haired brother's original name was Cen Jianxun, Fang Wanshan didn't know the name, he only remembered that he participated in the curly hair in "Five Lucky Stars", and everyone was also destined, although Fang Wanshan had watched "Five Lucky Stars", but he never knew that his woman Zhong Chuhong had starred in it, but Curly-haired brother Fang Wanshan knew.
It has been so many years since he was reborn, in this era of lack of entertainment, Fang Wanshan doesn't know how many classic movies he has revisited, and when he was bored, he deliberately found his own woman's movies from his mobile phone to watch them many times.
Curly-haired brother Cen Jianxun is actually a film planner, he graduated from Xiangjiang University, studied in the United States and the United Kingdom, and after returning to Xiangjiang, he is now the editor-in-chief of "Outside" magazine.
However, he is very good at theater operations, and he also discussed with Fang Wanshan the advantages of the popular cinema small theater model in the United States.
After talking for more than 20 minutes, Fang Wanshan basically decided that he was the person in charge of the theater, after all, he was a genius who could say at this time that small theaters could better divert fans, distribute more and better film resources, and propose popcorn management.
In addition, he has a good relationship with the government and comes from a famous family.
In fact, the small theater has many advantages, one is a better viewing experience, the other is to improve the service of the theater, at present, there is basically no service in the cinema in Xiangjiang, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and the theater is the same, Fang Wanshan, who wanted to sleep when he came to watch the movie, did not wake up the people on the side every time, it was very noisy.
Xiao Sun's efficiency is still good, just arrived at half past 12, Vanke's high-level officials are basically waiting outside, Fang Wanshan also officially announced to them that the curly-haired brother Cen Jianxun is the person in charge of Vanke Cinema, Cen Jianxun's connections in the film industry are still very wide, and basically everyone on Vanke's side of DreamWorks knows him more or less.
It's a pity that Fang Wanshan is not omnipotent, he just knows that Curly Hair is a person who has acted in movies, but he doesn't know that Curly Brother Cen Jianxun is a pro-Taiwan person who opposes the mainland.
In fact, Fang Wanshan doesn't mind other people being pro-Taiwan, but not being anti-mainland is his only requirement for the people around him, if he is more like Vietnamese immigrants, or directly pro-Japanese, pro-Japanese or something, then there is no discussion, Fang Wanshan must teach him a lesson.
The atmosphere of the high-level gathering of Vanke DreamWorks is still good, during which Fang Wanshan took the time to invest 500,000 yuan in Chen Xunqi's film, which not only has Zheng Zeshi's face, but also Fang Wanshan's covetousness for Chen Xunqi's talent.
Chen Xunqi refused Fang Wanshan's repeated requests to join, but he just replied and left after thinking about it more.
Fang Wanshan did not take Cen Jianxun, who was just about to join, as an outsider, and asked about the preparations of various departments at the beginning, after all, the company is still grass-roots, and there is such a big change.
Wang Jing and Wang Jian also went to the United States with Fang Wanshan during this time, and the administration basically didn't say anything, so they had a rough understanding in the morning.
The administration department has recruited 7 or 8 people this month, and the financial team alone has added 3 financial personnel, which is a special request of Fang Wanshan and is under the leadership of Sister Hu, the current financial director.
Now there are three teams in the project department, and the financial rights of filming films must be clear, and a separate person is needed to be responsible, and in the future, the DreamWorks Artist Department of the branch and Vanke Cinema will also need to step up recruitment.
There are fewer administrative service staff now, and there are only 4 or 5 people in the company who do miscellaneous things, although Fang Wanshan now has a temporary secretary, but each person in charge of the project department of Fang Wanshan's idea must have a special secretary, and there are a lot of chores to let them run errands, now it is costly to drive, it is not necessary, but let them be liberated from ordinary chores can arouse their better inspiration, and Fang Wanshan also has selfish intentions, and instructed Wang Jian to arrange these miscellaneous secretaries to arrange senior members of the alumni association as much as possible, and to stop as much as they can because of an accidentγ
The project department is now the top priority, divided into three responsible persons, Fang Wanshan also basically gave them the title of vice president, Wang Jing has no shooting plan recently, Zheng Zeshi is currently communicating with the screenwriting team to get a good script, Mai Jia has prepared his own script, it is a small comedy movie "Nobody", or a very popular action kung fu comedy genre.
Fang Wanshan's understanding of Mai Jia used to be his identity as an actor, a bald detective, and another identity is the boss of Xinyicheng in the future, but Xinyicheng has a brilliant and quick end under his leadership, so Fang Wanshan has always felt that Mai Jia is a failed manager and a successful actor.
But when Huang Baiming introduced Fang Wanshan, he was a director and one of the original founders of Pioneer Company, and now he has a certain influence in the film industry.
Pioneer Fang Wanshan naturally heard it, after all, there is a big fat man in it, and Fang Wanshan likes his acting skills very much for the fat man, but he doesn't like his character very much, a group of people with old traditions of the Chinese.
Speaking of the "Nobody" project, Mai Jia and their scripts have been prepared, and the writing and directing are all completed by Mai Jia, Fang Wanshan has not heard of this movie, so he began to use the partnership system, and everyone voted together.
In the end, except for Wang Jing and Fang Wanshan, who did not raise their hands to agree, the others all raised their hands to pass, and the next thing is the investment subscription of the project, because it is a low-cost kung fu comedy, with a total investment of no more than 700,000, and finally Mai Jia invested 200,000 yuan as the initiator, and other senior investors subscribed for their own shares, and Fang Wanshan did not participate.
In the end, Fang Wanshan told Zheng Zeshi to speed up the project, and after Wang Jing came up with a plan as soon as possible, he started the report of the engineering department and the operation department, and now it is basically to increase the study and work of those people and members of the alumni association.
DreamWorks is basically the same, and after Zeng Zhiwei and Shi Tian signed a contract there, there were basically no new recruits.
After Fang Wanshan listened to the report of all the people, he felt that in such a month, the company's initiative was not strong, everyone was like a headless fly and didn't know how to work, especially the screenwriting team, there was no script output in the past month, and no newcomer joined, of course, this was related to Fang Wanshan's lack of requirements.
Of course, it was impossible for Fang Wanshan to carry the pot on his back, so he began to say:
"Why hasn't the screenwriter team produced anything for so many months, Lao Huang, you have to step up. β
"The source of our company's creativity in the screenwriting team is the source that drives the company, so I directly give you an independent composition under me as an independent editor. β
"If you don't do things over there, the rest of the company can't move, but this time Mai Jia is good on his side, and he came up with the script himself. β
"That script gives everyone an estimate, and the company paid at least 100,000 yuan to buy it, which is the best reward for him. β
"It's the same with the screenwriting team, so as long as the script is liked by the project person, the company spends money to buy it, and part of the reward can be given to the individual. β
"Another thing is that other people can also work with the screenwriting department to create together. β
"Mai Jia, your crew is currently preparing, and the actors are invited if you look suitable, and you don't have to give priority to your own company now. β
"We are now going to make a name for ourselves, don't think too much about money, and carefully do a good job in each movie, so that everyone in the future will mention that our Vanke DreamWorks is synonymous with high-quality products. β
"You can give Lao Huang a copy of the script, and let him write the screenplay and polish it more. β
"Lao Huang, there are still fewer screenwriters over there, dig more screenwriters with potential from professional classes, after the screenwriting team is expanded, I will promote you to the screenwriting department. β
"Cen Jianxun, my person in charge of Vanke Cinema, although he only decided to join today, but now the company is grass-based, I will directly tell you about the company's plan today. β
"First of all, it is clear that Vanke Cinema and Vanke DreamWorks are two completely independent companies, and in the future, there will be movies released on DreamWorks' side, Cen Jianxun, and you will review them like other companies. β
"Although they are all brother units, they are all independent operations, so they can do whatever they want. β
Cen Jianxun agreed, then hugged his fists and said to everyone with a smile:
"In the future, please bear with everyone, although Mr. Fang said, but everyone is their own people, and the priority is certain. β
Everyone else actually knew that Fang Wanshan didn't care about them, and continued to say to Cen Jianxun:
"The location of your theater has been selected for you in advance, and your theater needs to reach a strategic alliance with SOHO Group in the future. β
"Cinemas have been mainly small cinemas as much as possible, and the construction has been put in place at one time. β
"Office place, you will work in DreamWorks first if you are wronged, Wang Jian, you will immediately arrange an independent office for President Cen to work, and the financial staff will also let Sister Hu go over to support. β
Without waiting for Wang Jian to reply, Fang Wanshan continued:
"Mr. Cen, early tomorrow morning, you will choose a secretary in the administration department and do some miscellaneous work for you, and I will discuss the construction of the cinema with you in detail tomorrow. β
"At present, there are two main tasks on the cinema side, one is to build all the cinemas as soon as possible, don't worry about the money, one word must be fast, and at least 7 or 8 cinemas will be built by the end of June next year at the latest. β
"The second is to dredge up the relationship above as soon as possible, so that the opening and operation of the cinema can be approved as soon as possible. β