Chapter 241: Charity
April 5, 1984, Yuen Long Public Secondary School, Au Tau, Yuen Long, Hong Kong.
Early this morning, there were already a lot of media reporters here, making the otherwise quiet campus seem a little noisy. Of course, most of these outsiders are still very qualified, and they deliberately lowered their voices knowing that it was the time of class.
Yuen Long Public High School's principal, Yuan Liang, although he agreed to the request of Ran Feng Group to go to the school for filming in order to get the promised large amount of sponsorship and for the sake of free publicity of the school, his face still looked a little dark when he looked at the bustling crowd that suddenly poured into the campus.
"Headmaster, it's not a way to go on like this!" Zhu Rong, the director of education, stood beside Yuan Liang, completely unable to see the usual rigidity and harshness, and his face was full of anxious looks for the school and Yuan Liang.
"Director Zhu, you will go to Director Lin and Producer Shi later, and discuss it with them, we are a school here, and the students are still in class, so I want them to pay attention, and suddenly there are so many unrelated personnel, how can we still work, it's not like words!"
After Yuan Liang listened to Zhu Rong's words, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he turned his head and said cautiously: "You should do it now, not only to solve the impact of the crew on the school's teaching, but also to ensure that the crew of Ranfeng Group can operate normally, and must not affect Mr. Jiang's sponsorship of our school." ”
After Yuan Liang finished speaking, regardless of Zhu Rong's somewhat ugly face, he walked slowly towards the office building with his hands behind his back.
"Damn! there's something embarrassing, and you just know how to push it to me. There is no benefit, and it must be done well, what kind of bullshit is this. Zhu Rong complained with grievances, "One day, Lao Tzu will be the master of the house, and I must let you have a good taste!"
Why did Zhu Rong complain in his heart, thinking that this matter was not easy to handle?
At the end of the day, it's about money.
In order to obtain the filming rights of Yuen Long Public High School, Jiang Ran promised Yuan Liang that he would sponsor 500,000 Hong Kong dollars to the school every year in the future.
Not all at once, but every year in the future.
The reason why Jiang Ran did this is that, on the one hand, there will be no shortage of film shoots in schools in the future, and with the support of Yuen Long Public High School, it will be very convenient to have problems in this regard in the future.
On the other hand, Jiang Ran is now a well-known and successful person in Hong Kong, no matter how one says it, so it is very necessary to invest the necessary money and energy in charity.
Investing in education can not only bring fame to Jiang Ran himself, but also facilitate the future filming and framing of Ranfeng Group, and Jiang Ran will certainly not reject it.
What's more, through such a long-term charitable sponsorship, it can also save the filming cost of Ran Feng Group in Yuen Long Public Secondary School in the future, so why not.
Although in the eyes of Ranfeng Group and Jiang Ran, such a long-term sponsorship fee is not a loss, but for Yuen Long Public High School, this is indeed a very rare windfall, which needs to be firmly grasped.
It is precisely for this reason that Yuan Liang is of course very cooperative with the framing and filming of the Burning Feng crew in the school, and it can basically be said that he has unconditional support for all requests. And he did this only to make sure the sponsorship was made as soon as possible.
In this case, the whole school is a little stammered with Ranfeng Group, and Zhu Rong can imagine how aggrieved he will be when he goes to coordinate with director Lin Jiawen and producer Shi Nansheng.
Although he thought so, Zhu Rong still had to move his steps and find Shi Nansheng and Lin Jiawen, who were discussing the arrangement of the start-up ceremony.
"Shi Producer, Director Lin, are busy. Zhu Rong said hello without words.
Lin Jiawen and the others are busy now, but after seeing Zhu Rong, they still asked with a smile, "Director Zhu, is there anything wrong?"
When the two saw Zhu Rong smiling and rubbing his hands, they knew that the other party must have something to do with him at this time.
Zhu Rong grinned dryly, and then said with a bitter face: "Producer Shi, Director Lin, that's the case." There are too many people who have come to the school with your crew today, and now it has affected the normal teaching work of the school, and the teachers and students have already reported to the principal, you see this ......"
Zhu Rong said with an embarrassed expression on his face, and then explained eagerly on Lin Jiawen's slightly discolored face: "Of course, this is not to say that our school does not support the work of Director Lin and your crew, but it is indeed a little too noisy now." ”
Although Lin Jiawen is now a well-known director in Hong Kong, his temper and personality have not changed much, and he speaks very directly.
"Director Zhu, the members of our crew have been trying their best to control it, but during the filming of the movie, some noise is unavoidable. When Mr. Jiang promised to sponsor your school, we all agreed to it. You yourself patted your chest and said that filming wouldn't affect the school's teaching. ”
Lin Jiawen's snatching made Zhu Rong's face extremely embarrassed, and he stood there with his mouth open, not knowing how to speak.
The proverb that eats people with a short mouth and soft hands can be widely spread, and there is naturally a reason for it.
After listening to Lin Jiawen's words, Shi Nansheng felt angry for no reason, and immediately pulled Lin Jiawen to prevent him from speaking again. Lin Jiawen also knew his shortcomings, and stopped under Shi Nansheng's stopping.
"Director Zhu, don't be surprised!" Although Shi Nansheng was dissatisfied in his heart, he still apologized to Zhu Rong and hurriedly remedied: "Director Lin is an urgent person, and he has no other meaning. ”
As the producer of the film, Shi Nansheng knew that if the crew wanted to successfully complete the filming in the school in the future, the cooperation of the school leaders was absolutely indispensable.
Although Shi Nansheng knew that the other party had shown extraordinary enthusiasm and cooperation during this period of time because of Jiang Ran's sponsorship fees, it was unlikely that she would turn her face, but she was not arrogant and thought that she and others could offend the other party at will.
To be honest, this is the first time Shi Nansheng and Lin Jiawen have cooperated, and she didn't know that Lin Jiawen was such a character, so when facing Zhu Rong, after seeing Lin Jiawen speak, she took the initiative to hand over the power to speak to the other party.
It's just that Shi Nansheng didn't expect that as soon as Lin Jiawen opened his mouth, he offended the school's teaching director to death. This made Shi Nansheng very depressed and unhappy at the same time.
Isn't this a problem for the crew and the group?
Shi Nansheng's words eased the embarrassment on Zhu Rong's face a little, and he waved his hand with a smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay." I also know that it is a little difficult for you to run such a large crew without noise at all. But please also understand the difficulties of our school. ”
"Oh, are you in any trouble, are you in any difficulty?" As soon as Zhu Rong's words fell, a man's voice suddenly came from the side.
"Mr. Jiang, you're here!"
"Mr. Jiang!"
As the voice in his ears sounded, Zhu Rong saw Lin Jiawen and Shi Nansheng both get up and greet a young man.
Needless to say, it was Jiang Ran who arrived.
"Director Lin, Sister Shi, you're welcome!" Jiang Ran walked to the side of a few people, waved his hand to Lin Jiawen and Shi Nansheng, and then looked at Zhu Rong, "Is there anything wrong with the crew?"
"Mr. Jiang, this is the school's director of teaching, Director Zhu Rongzhu. Shi Nansheng first introduced Jiang Ran, and then told Jiang Ran about the problems mentioned by Zhu Rong.
After listening to Shi Nansheng's explanation, Jiang Ran said to Zhu Rong with a slightly apologetic smile: "Director Zhu, I'm very sorry, because of the crew's affairs, it has caused trouble to the school."
"However, what Director Zhu said is indeed a matter worth noting. In the final analysis, the school is a place for students to learn, and it is really not good to be too noisy. Since we Ranfeng Group borrowed the school for filming, we have to pay attention to these things and not affect the normal teaching of the school. ”
Jiang Ran said and looked at Shi Nansheng and arranged: "In this way, in addition to starting the film today, in the future, the crew will not arrange reporters to come in during the filming at the school." For interviews, a certain amount of time will be allocated every day. ”
"Sister Shi, you go and coordinate with the media reporters. ”
After telling Shi Nansheng, Jiang Ran then turned his head and instructed Lin Jiawen, "Director Lin, you also have to explain to the crew members here, we should be as quiet as possible during the filming at school." Even if it increases some costs, we must not affect the normal teaching of the school. ”
When Zhu Rong saw Jiang Ran's arrangement, he felt extremely comfortable, and said with a happy face: "Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your understanding!"
"Where, that's what we're supposed to do. Jiang Ran said modestly.
"I and Ranfeng Group are very happy to support the education in Hong Kong, which is also the original intention of sponsoring your school. If it is for the sake of film and economic interests, it is against the purpose of the school and the group. ”