Chapter 50: The Digging of the Corners of the Clan
It took a morning for several workers to finally set up the studio, which was larger than expected, divided into two single rooms of different sizes, each with an exit, which at first glance looked like a large shipping container, standing in the back of the left side of the office building, which was simply renovated, with a small room for showing movies and a large room for editing equipment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The workers who built the studio have left, and the equipment needed by DreamWorks has not yet been shipped back, Wang Zifan first received a call from Xiao Ruoyuan, at this time he was still in the Qingshuiwan Brothers Studio, the price of the equipment required has been negotiated, and the quality is also guaranteed, all of them were dismantled and loaded from the studio on the spot, which was originally a smooth transaction, but Fang Yihua knew that DreamWorks was opened by Wang Zifan, but he didn't sign it, and he had to run it himself!
"Thirty-eight!"
"Mr. Wang, what now?"
Wang Zifan scolded secretly, listening to Xiao Ruoyuan's voice in a hurry, and asked, "The equipment has been dismantled?"
Xiao Ruoyuan said: "It's been loaded, and now it's parked at the gate of the studio!"
Wang Zifan sneered: "Since you don't want to sell it, let her pull it back, I don't believe that Fang Yihua can cover the sky with one hand!"
"That's it?" Xiao Ruoyuan hesitated, this batch of equipment has only been used for a few years, and it is properly maintained, it looks no different from a new product, but the price has been reduced by half, if it weren't for Shaw Shui Fu to shift the focus of his work to TVB and announce a reduction in movie production, it would be impossible for the Dian brothers to lose money, after this village, there will be no such store, and other companies don't say whether there is any, even if there are mostly obsolete products.
Wang Zifan said confidently: "Don't worry, someone will clean her up!"
Xiao Ruoyuan's heart moved, thinking of the famous Yi Yifu, if there is still someone who can cure Fang Yihua, only this sixth uncle, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I'll call the sixth uncle!"
Wang Zifan reminded: "Don't worry! The scenery in Clear Water Bay is good, I'll give you half an hour off, and I'll contact you after half a whisper!"
Xiao Ruoyuan thought for a while and wondered, "Why wait for half an hour?"
Of course, Wang Zifan was not on a whim, and said with a smile: "You can't be so cheap, wait for half an hour to let them reinstall the equipment, and when Uncle Wei Liu decides, they have to obediently send the equipment to us, so that once it is installed and disassembled, the old woman is bound to be complained and questioned, and when things get bigger, what prestige does she have in the company!"
Xiao Ruoyuan began to sympathize with Fang Yihua a little, it was not good to offend anyone, but to offend Wang Zifan, even if Fang Yihua put the incident to rest, he would try his best to add fuel to the fire.
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Two hours later, Xiao Ruoyuan pulled back two trucks of equipment, the people of the Dian brothers helped to debug, Wang Zifan chatted with the leader for a few words, and asked a lot of insiders, compared to his movie dream factory, the Shan brothers can be described as a big business, there are 16 studios in the Wai Shi Cinema in Clear Water Bay, 30 cinemas in the United States and Canada, 16 in Hong Kong, four of which belong to the leading cinemas, and more than 180 in Nanyang Singapore and Malaya.
This man is very talkative, and he has no consciousness of being a member of the Shan clan, and he is full of complaints when he speaks.
"Does anyone in your company want to change jobs?" Wang Zifan saw that he said so much in one breath, gave him a pack of cigarettes, and began to dig deep into the real insider.
"Yes, because we are a big studio system, if we want mass production, we need to have a large number of contract directors and contract actors signed with Shaw Brothers, and these people can't go outside to film, but in this climate, there is no way to tie up a person, and the money given by the company is equivalent to." Bao body', the money for Bao is generally relatively small, but other companies say, you come to me to film, I will give you two or three times the price, so the company's staff loss is quite large, a few days ago, including my good brother, a lot of contract directors and contract actors have left!"
Someone is even faster than me! Wang Zifan really wanted to ask which bastard it was.
"That person is you Mai Dangxiong!"
"Yes, hehe!" Wang Zifan asked again: "How did your company deal with it?"
"You have to add money, otherwise who has the heart to film him!"
Wang Zifan nodded his head, it's right to do this, everyone has to increase their salary, which is a big burden, and the production cost will become very high, I heard that the Zong family stopped production because of losses, it seems that the problem is here, now he has a dream factory, and he is also qualified to poach people, and the system is rigid and the talent is his first goal!
"Alas, I don't think the company's processing method is feasible, if you add money, others will use more money to poach them, and the company will suffer!"
Wang Zifan raised his head in surprise, thinking to himself, this kind of talent can't be left to the Wei family, and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Cheng Xiaodong!"
"What?"
"Cheng Xiaodong!"
"Oh!"
Wang Zifan knew that Cheng Xiaodong had directed "A Chinese Ghost Story", but he wasn't sure if it was the one in front of him, so he said tentatively: "Your father is the famous director of the Cheng family?"
Cheng Xiaodong smiled: "It turns out that you have heard of my father!"
Wang Zifan was relieved and invited: "Mr. Cheng, are you interested in joining DreamWorks?"
Cheng Xiaodong said unexpectedly: "I joined DreamWorks?"
Wang Zifan said: "Yes, don't look at our company is very small now, but we will produce at least five films a year, as a martial arts instructor, you also have a chance!"
Cheng Xiaodong said modestly: "I'm just a martial arts instructor, I can't be a director!"
Wang Zifan said with a smile: "No one is born to be a director, you can study hard, and I believe that you started learning very early, as long as you want, you can direct a film independently next year!"
"But ......" Cheng Xiaodong still has some concerns and feels that it is too hasty, but it is indeed his dream to be a director.
"Don't worry, I'm not a human trafficker, if you're not satisfied, you can resign and find another job, I won't stop you!"
"Then I'll be respectful and obey my fate!" Cheng Xiaodong saw that Wang Zifan was full of sincerity, so he readily agreed, he has been a martial arts instructor for ten years, and he will not achieve anything if he does it for another ten years, and being a director is the only way out.
Mai Dangxiong ran over and said, "Mr. Wang, the equipment has been debugged!"
Wang Zifan asked, "Can you still put those films?"
"It's all right!" Mai Dangxiong's face turned bitter.
Wang Zifan instructed: "You have to watch all the war movies, especially the films on the Asian battlefield of World War II, not only to watch, but also to take notes and write down your experience, I will watch it tomorrow!"
Mai Dangxiong was dizzy, he just didn't want to be a student to go to the underworld!
Xiao Ruoyuan and Chen Baixiang gave a look that couldn't help them, learned a lesson, and hid far away!
Wang Zifan invited the confused Cheng Xiaodong to join DreamWorks, according to the production process, "The Bitter War" has begun to enter post-production, and you can contact the theater to screen it at any time.
The relationship between actors, directors and Shaw Brothers is a contract system, where the company's production department formulates scripts and provides them to the director for shooting, and the director is also allowed to write and direct himself, but the fundamental problem is in profits, Shaw Brothers has never been willing to share dividends with directors and actors, but only a salary system, no matter how outstanding the film's box office performance is, or failure, the consequences are borne by the company independently.
This kind of non-allowing directors to share the results together, the relationship between Shaw Brothers and the director has greatly weakened the enthusiasm of directors, such as Xu Guanwen once asked for the implementation of outsourcing methods, and shared the box office results with Shaw Brothers, which was rejected by Shaw Brothers, this kind of thing also happened to the big directors Li Hanshen, Zhang Che and others, but Wang Zifan is not interested in these so-called big directors, and he can't make a lot of money by making movies, and he has to be an ancestor to dig it up.
In addition, Shaw Brothers adheres to the studio production method, basically shooting in the studio and set, in order to control the production quality and process, which is a manifestation of strength in the early stage, but it appears rigid in the later stage, with the gradual popularity of Golden Harvest's on-location shooting, breaking through the Shaw Brothers' large studio system and production model, and now Shaw's biggest advantage has also disappeared.