Chapter 44: A Shot in the Arm
"Why didn't any of them come?" I asked coldly, looking at the silent secretary with his head down
"They all said they could terminate the contract, but they had to pay double the liquidated damages, because it was a breach of contract by us, and they did not breach the contract......"
"Okay, then terminate the contract......" I said indifferently
"But if the contract is terminated, the liquidated damages alone will be as high as seven million, which has exceeded the investment ...... the entire movie."
"It's okay, give it to ......," I nodded, and then said, "Let the treasurer settle the accounts for them now...... Anyway, it's not our ...... who regret it in the end."
"Mr. Zhang, don't you really need to tell the chairman about this matter?"
"Do as I say, or you ...... go too"
"Okay," the secretary sighed and walked towards the finance room
I saw the young producer in the suit come back again, and then walked up to me and said with a smile, "How about it, Mr. Zhang, I'm not wrong, now I'm throwing out seven million liquidated damages for nothing, how about it, how does it feel? If you want me to say, I don't understand this, I have to ask, the seven million is thrown out like this, if it's time to start filming and you can't find an actor, I see how you can explain it to the board of directors......
I saw his arrogant face, and I knew that he must have used some means, and it seemed that even if I wanted to find an actor now, I would be met with great resistance......
"In fact, there is a solution, as long as Mr. Zhang apologizes to me, I will forgive you for this matter, not only do you not have to pay the liquidated damages, but you also don't have to explain to the board of directors, just apologize, not too much, right?"
"So you're pinching me and I'm not going to find an actor and threaten me here?" I asked, glaring at him
"I didn't say that, this is all Mr. Zhang's own guess...... He spread his hands and smiled, "But I'm also for the good of the company, such a rubbish script, if there is no popular artist to support the scene, who will watch it......"
"What did you say in your last sentence?" I suddenly felt my blood rush to the top, and then looked at him coldly, pulling his collar and asked
I said...... Such a rubbish script......"
I punched him directly on the bridge of the nose and knocked him down on the table
He got up from the table with the bridge of his nose covered and pointed at me for a long time
"You are such a garbage producer, I don't think you deserve to live in this world at all, believe it or not, I will let you lie down and go out......" I looked at him condescendingly, and then said coldly
I don't know where I got so angry, probably because he said that this is a garbage script, and people who study art are arrogant, and they can accept criticism for their own works, but they will not accept this kind of baseless slander......
He looked at me in fear, as if he remembered my identity other than Mr. Zhang, and he was the third young master of the Zhang family......
After a while, the secretary came out with the report and asked me to sign it, saying that it could not be executed without the chairman's signature
I signed my name on it, and as soon as I signed my name, the third lady burst in from outside the company in a hurry, and then looked at me with an angry face
"What are you doing, do you know what you're doing?" shouted the third lady as she snatched the report from my hand and threw it on the ground
"Of course I know......" At this moment, I didn't have the slightest fear, directly met the eyes of the third lady, and then replied confidently
"This movie was originally expected to earn 10 million, but now the movie has lost 7 million before it starts, can you explain to me what all this is about?" The third lady found a stool and sat down, and then asked the secretary to pour a glass of water
The producer looked at me a little gloatingly
"Ten million, do you think this story is only worth ten million when it comes out?" I also sat down on a stool opposite the third lady, and asked calmly...... "Have you forgotten the name of this story?"
"No matter what its name is, I will never allow jokes about the interests of the company, and the seven million cannot be compensated...... Call those artist agents immediately, our company will not terminate the contract......" The third lady took a sip of water, then looked at the producer next to her and asked, "What's the name?"
"Back to the chairman, "The Final Weapon" is based on the novel that is now popular on the Internet......" the producer replied with a flattering face
"What's the name?" the third lady asked
I glanced at the third lady, as if I hadn't heard of this name, I thought to myself, could it be that I was too worried? Everything is really the same as what Long Er said, it was all instructed by Zhang Luan
"I suggest that the chairman read this novel if he has nothing to do, I believe that it will make more than 10 million earnings, so this 7 million is only a little more comfortable for those popular artists, because they missed this movie, and the loss is far more than this......"
The chairman took a step to speak...... "I stood up and made a gesture of please."
The third lady walked up to me for some unknown reason
"Don't forget, Third Madame, we have an appointment in advance, and your forces will fully cooperate with my actions, why did you forget......?
After listening to me, the third lady suddenly froze, and then pointed at me and trembled with anger, I watched her eat dumb loss, it was simply physically and mentally comfortable
"Okay, I'll sign ......" The third lady turned around and walked over directly, then asked the secretary to pick up the report, picked up the pen, and signed her name with a trembling right hand
"Chairman, Mr. Zhang is not sensible, why are you also ignorant...... the producer took the report in the third lady's hand in a daze, looked at the signature on it, and then questioned
"Okay, now that everything is settled, congratulations, you've been fired......" I walked over to the producer, took the report from his hand, and patted him on the shoulder and whispered in his ear
"You can't fire me, if you fire me, I dare to guarantee that you will never find an actor who dares to take on this movie......" He pointed at me and shouted hysterically, "Chairman, he said he was going to fire me, I want to ask, whose company is this company, how can a small general manager dare to say in front of the chairman that he wants to fire me......"
"Can I understand you as a threat?" I looked at him and asked, "But unfortunately, I'm the least afraid of being threatened, so do you get out of here?"
"Chairman ......"
"You have been dismissed, don't you understand?" The third lady was in a bad mood when I dismissed her face just now, and the producer came up to annoy the third lady again, and the third lady waved her hand impatiently, and then looked at her and said gloomily, "Do you have to send you out in person?"
"Okay, I'll go, I'm going to see who dares to take your movie......" The producer turned and fled in amazement
"Are you satisfied?" the third lady asked coldly, looking at me
"Okay, where is this?" I smiled, then pointed in the direction of the elevator and said to the third lady, "Chairman, go slowly, I won't leave you here to eat......"
The third lady glared at me, then walked straight to the elevator
"Mr. Zhang, then I will let the finance give them this money, and I can't regret it......" The secretary looked at me a little cautiously and asked, even looking at me with a little different eyes than before, maybe because Zhang Yang rarely quarreled with the third lady because of the company's affairs, but I know what she thought, it was the third lady, a person who pursues perfection in everything, to sign such a child's playful report......
"Go ahead, throw out all the things from the producer's previous days and clean up his table......"
"Mr. Zhang, the producer has been fired by you, and the actors have all terminated their contracts, and there is only one week left before leaving the machine, I'm afraid it's too late......" The director saw that everything was settled, so he came over to me and asked
"Director Wang, I believe that you must be a good director with a good mind, you must not be a person all the way with that kind of producer, and you are not good at guiding them when you cooperate with those big names, it is difficult to display your talents, I will give you a group of newcomers who are willing to learn steadily, so as to highlight your talent is not ...... If this movie becomes popular at that time, won't you, as a director, become popular in one hit?" I said with my arm around Director Wang's shoulder, then patted him on the shoulder, straightened his hat, and I saw that his face had changed from iron blue to pale......
I don't care what he thinks, if a director doesn't even know how to direct actors, then he can really go home and farm, so the basic thing about the quality of a movie is not in the actors at all, but in the director's guidance, a good director plus good actors can add one to greater than two
I went back to my office and searched the Internet for the novel "The Final Weapon."
Let Qin Xue help me investigate Bai Junmo's phone number
"Hello, I'm Xiaotian!"
"Who are you?
"The last time we saw it at the publishing house......"
"It's you, how did you find me, what's the matter with you, I heard that the man is dead......"
"Don't worry, I'm not here to talk to you about this, it's like this, isn't this novel going to be made into a movie, I want you to be the screenwriter yourself, of course, you just need someone to come, as for the content, I'll write it for you......"
"Why ......"
"For the majority of book lovers, the author is the screenwriter, which is a very powerful shot in the arm, I think you should know ......"
"Why should I promise you?"
"Don't forget, since I can know An Jin and Xiaotian, I will definitely be able to prove that you are not the author of this novel at all, if you don't come, I think you know the consequences......"