Chapter 42: Li Sihai's Secret
"What do I have to do, what are you afraid of?" The secretary was still a little hesitant, and I said coldly, "By the way, call the director and producer to come to my office as well......
"Okay, Mr. Zhang...... "The secretary heard that I was carrying something, so he walked out of the door with his things in his arms
"Something......" I shouted
The secretary went back and picked up all the things on the table and walked out, afraid that I would be frightened a lot
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man in a green vest and a hat and a young man in a suit knocked on the door of my office and walked in
I leaned back in my chair, tapped the table with my index finger, then raised my finger to point at the middle-aged man in the hat, and said thoughtfully, "Director Wang......
"Mr. Zhang, is there anything wrong with you calling us over?"
"That's right, this project is very important to our company, but I just looked at the financial statement, the total investment is 5 million, but the actor's salary is as high as 3.5 million, I want to ask what this means...... In other words, the actual investment spent on film is less than two-thirds of the total investment."
"That's right, Mr. Zhang, our movie is mainly a remake of the popular novel on the Internet, and most of the readers of the novel "Final Weapon" are young people, so when we choose actors, we mainly choose some artists who are now more popular with young people, but Mr. Zhang, you also know that these popular artists are scheduled to be very full, so the proposed salaries are very high......" The young man in the suit replied
"What are you two standing for?" I asked, not answering
They looked at each other, as if thinking to themselves that I didn't let them sit either, how dare they sit
"Can't you change actors if you have a high salary? Aren't there so many actors, why do they have to do it......," I asked
"There are many actors, but Mr. Zhang, the investment of five million is not a small amount for the company, so if I can't recover the cost, I won't be able to get involved, and we have already told the chairman about this, and the chairman has agreed......" The young man said a little fearlessly
"The chairman has already said it, right, so what are you doing here?" I suddenly leaned forward and asked coldly, and then threw the report on the table, "Look at it yourself, a million set props, costumes, and the expenses of various crew members, do you think it is enough to shoot this story?"
"Mr. Zhang, didn't you just ask about these things before......" the producer said a little embarrassed
"Do you mean I can't ask now? I'll give you two ways now, I've already notified the actors to come to audition for a while, but I'll replace them all, it doesn't matter if I'm famous, as long as I think it's okay, it's okay, do you understand?"
"But, what about the chairman?"
"I'll take care of the chairman's side, and if you waste your investment so much, I don't think the company will need to support you in the future......," I said, knocking on the table
"We know, Mr. Zhang...... Is there anything else?" the director didn't speak, the producer was talking to me all the time, and I could see that he wasn't convinced, he must have thought about making a small report to the chairman for a while, but I didn't take it to heart
In fact, this is my own true thoughts, because I studied film and television in college before, so I may know more about these things than Zhang Yang, and using popular artists can indeed attract a large number of fans and drive the viewing effect of fans, but many of these artists are here to earn a salary, and they don't seriously speculate about the psychology of this character at all, and the stories they shoot are written by me...... So I know that these characters need more souls than appearances, and they spend most of their investment on actors, so they will definitely be stretched thin in terms of venues, scenery, and kimonos
Either to say that everything is a creation and a trick, the story I wrote myself, and now my own company has bought the copyright and is ready to make a movie, I don't care whether this copyright is Bai Junmo's or mine, but I hope that the story I wrote can be shown in front of the audience as it is, and I happen to have this ability now......
The secretary walked in with a few glasses of water from outside the door and placed them in front of the producer and director
"Are the actors here?" I asked
"Mr. Zhang, many actors' agents say that they will only come when the contract is due, and there is no schedule now......," the secretary said in a low voice
As soon as the producer next to him heard the secretary's words, he also began to relax, leaned back in his chair, and took a big sip of water
But I took a look at the secretary, then at the producer and the director, and then took the report back and looked at it seriously
The producer saw that I had just thrown away the report, and now I picked it up again, and it seemed that he was convinced, and said a little villainly, "Mr. Zhang, you may not know much about the things in this circle, so it makes sense for the chairman to arrange it this way......"
"Oh, okay, I know" I lowered my head and looked at the report perfunctorily, then pondered for a moment and suddenly put down the report, glanced at the watch, and said, "It's ten o'clock in the morning, call these economists and inform them that artists who are less than two o'clock in the afternoon can come directly to receive liquidated damages, and I unilaterally announce the termination of the contract on behalf of the company......"
The producer almost choked on half of the water he drank, then put the water cup on the table, stood up and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are playing with fire......
"No matter what I'm playing, you have to be clear about one thing, the general manager of this company is still me, not you......" I glared at the producer and said coldly
"Do you know how much money you will lose to the company by doing this?" the producer slapped my table and shouted, "You don't know this business at all, if you weren't the young master of the Zhang family, Lao Tzu wouldn't be sitting here listening to your nonsense......"
"How much money the company loses, what does it have to do with you, is it that these artists don't use it anymore and cut off your financial route?" I smiled, then stood up and looked directly at him and said, "You're right, I'm the young master of the Zhang family, and you have to listen to me, don't listen, no one will let you listen, you don't want to listen, you can take your report and roll ...... together"
"Mr. Zhang, think twice, this is about to start the day, now it's too late to change the actors, I'm afraid it's too late......" The director glanced at me and said with some concern
"Then change it to a little"
"Mr. Zhang, I think it's better to talk to the chairman about this matter...... "The secretary also came to persuade me."
"I'm in my own hands, go and do things, how about you, are you going to go or stay?" I asked with a chuckle as I looked at the producer
"I'm still the same sentence, you're playing with fire, I'll see how you end up then......"
"Secretary, help me send off the two, don't go too far, I have to try out in the afternoon...... I'm looking forward to the acting skills of these popular artists......"
I watched the producer walk out of my office with an angry face, while the director next to me pulled his face and looked listless......
After they walked out, I made a call to Qin Xue
"Do you have any suitable actors to recommend ......to me?"
"Actor, what are you going to do?"
"Of course it's a matter of work"
Then I described what happened just now to Qin Xue, Qin Xue smiled from ear to ear on the other end of the phone, and then said that she really couldn't help with this, so she could only drag her friends to help me ask......
I hung up the phone, then glanced at the information on the desktop, and made a call to Lack De, "How is it?" Is there any news, where is that Li Sihai?"
"I just asked some of my former friends to go out to inquire about Li Sihai's news, only to find out that this Li Sihai turned out to be a filial son, he has no father, but his mother is in a hospital, and the medical expenses alone cost thousands every day, and he also has a sister at home, who is a graphic model, it seems that this Li Sihai is because of money to take refuge in Brother Hu's ......"
"Do you know which hospital this Li Sihai's mother is in?"
"Zhangjia Hospital......" The voice of the lack of virtue came from that side
"Let's go, I'll pick you up from you......"
"Good"
I slipped out of the office, and then left the company directly, and the secretary saw that I was leaving again, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Zhang, are you going out?"
"Normal, I'll be back in a while......"
I turned on the car key and drove directly to the downstairs of the house of Lack De, who had been standing downstairs for a long time, saw my car, and walked directly to the co-pilot, and we went directly to Zhangjia Hospital
I am still very familiar with Zhangjia Hospital, I stayed here for half a month before, I bought some fruits with Lack of De nearby, and then asked the service desk directly, only to know where Li Sihai's mother's ward was
I went directly to the fifteenth floor with Lack of Virtue, and then found the ward of Li Sihai's mother, we did not rush in, but looked at the door for a while, Li Sihai and a young girl about twenty years old sat on the hospital bed, chatting with the middle-aged woman on the hospital bed, and Lack of virtue wanted to go in, but I stopped him
Then I walked to the nurse's station next to me, and when I looked up, I saw that the nurse looked familiar
"Third Young Master?"
I remembered when he called my name, this is the nurse who took over the little nurse after I escaped and was captured, and it seems that she is the exclusive nurse of this Li Sihai's mother
"Be quiet, let me ask, does this Li Sihai come every day?"
"Yes, he is filial, it was the eldest young master who brought him here before, I saw him kneeling in front of the eldest young master to thank the eldest young master for letting his mother be admitted to Zhangjia Hospital...... His sister too, seems to be a graphic model, usually very busy, you see, dressed so fashionably, at first glance, she just came after work, and she didn't even have time to change her clothes......"
"Then who paid for his medical expenses?"