Chapter 8 Gathering talents from all directions
In the simple office of Golden Harvest Film Company, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang sat opposite each other and bowed their heads in contemplation.
Zou Wenhuai was the first to break the silence, "This "Dream Factory" seems to be a Raptors crossing the river, are we going to change our strategy too?"
"There's no need!" He Guanchang thought for a while and responded, "That little ghost guy has just arrived, and there is no one under him, unlike our own company that provides enough film sources, we wait and see what happens, I don't know what Shao Lao Liu's side will do." ”
"The sixth brother is stingy and stingy, he will not change until he dies, that little ghost guy has a deep background, he will not touch the mold. Zou Wenhuai had already inquired and learned that Wang Jie's purchase of the cinema was endorsed by Hong Kong Governor MacLehose.
Shao Yifu in TVB is also discussing the same issue with Fang Yihua.
"Sixth brother, do we also want to learn from DreamWorks Cinemas?" Fang Yihua asked.
"We, Shaw Brothers, are used to the big studio system, the ship is too big, it's not easy to turn around, let's focus on wireless in the future!" Shao Yifu sighed a little helplessly.
Fang Yihua also knew the shortcomings of Shaw Brothers Film Company, but she didn't care about the film industry, and put all her mind on TVB, she then asked: "What is the background of that American named William and King Rothschild, even the governor of Hong Kong escorts him!"
"I asked MacLehose about it, but it's a five-year-old ghost, it is said to be smart and a little scary, both parents are dead, my father is just a relatively rich Chinese-American, my mother is a British nobleman, and the family is powerful, and MacLehose didn't dare to tell me deeply, but I think all this should be a decision made by his old butler Jim, except for the signing of everything is the Jim who came forward. We'll stay away from him!"
On this day in mid-April, Wang Jie invited Cheng Long, Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, and Shi Tian to DreamWorks Film Company as guests through the housekeeper Lao Jim, and at this time, the office of DreamWorks was an old building covering an area of about 200 square meters that Lao Jim bought on the broadcast road, which was less than 100 meters away from Jiayi TV, with three floors, which was enough for temporary use. Wang Jie plans to wait for the establishment of the cinema in Tiu Keng Ridge and then move DreamWorks there.
"I invite you here today to invite you to join DreamWorks. Wang Jie and a few others sat down and spoke in Cantonese.
At this time, Mai Jia had just become a director, and had just finished directing the action movie "A Single Goes to the End of the World"; Shi Tian was relatively famous, having starred in and directed nearly 60 films, and was now an independent actor, wandering around different film companies such as Golden Harvest, Hsu Clan, and Taiwan's Longbow; Huang Baiming was currently mixed in wireless and was a small screenwriter who did not enter the stream; at this time, Cheng Long was still a dragon and tiger martial artist who followed his senior brother Hong Jinbao.
Several people were surprised and delighted when they heard this, and the news of DreamWorks Films and DreamWorks Cinemas had already spread all over the streets of Xiangjiang, and they were like thunder. Mai Jia was the first to ask, "I don't know what our treatment is?"
Wang Jie replied: "Each of you will own 10% of the shares of DreamWorks Films, and I will also give each of you a signing fee of 1 million Hong Kong dollars, of course, you have to sign a contract with me first, if you want to leave DreamWorks in the future, I have the right to repurchase your shares at the current stock price, and you are not allowed to engage in the entertainment industry in any form for ten years after you leave DreamWorks, and if you breach the contract, you will pay me 100 million US dollars." ”
"That's too much liquidated damages!" Huang Baiming questioned.
The housekeeper Old Jim stood up and explained: "The treatment given to you by our Young Master William has never been seen in Xiangjiang, even if you get the top level in Hollywood, the liquidated damages of 100 million US dollars are just the cost of betrayal, and you have each got 10% of the shares, and the company is also yours, there is no need to leave, unless you want to engage in other industries in the future." Old Jim spoke English, Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, and Shi Tian could understand it, Cheng Long was a big white Ding at this time, and Wang Jie translated it to him in Cantonese, which made Cheng Long have a lot of good feelings towards Wang Jie.
At this time, the monthly salary of a white-collar worker in Xiangjiang is only 1,000 yuan, and the signing fee of only 1 million is an astronomical amount for them at this moment, not to mention that there are 10% shares. The four negotiated for a while and signed the contract separately.
In order to celebrate the successful signing of several people, Wang Jie invited the four of them to enjoy a luxurious feast at the Peninsula Hotel, during which Mai Jia asked: "Master William, who is responsible for the specific operation of the company?"
"You can call me Wang Jie in the future, my father is a Chinese-American, so I can also be counted as a descendant of Yan and Huang, I will send an accountant to manage the company's finances, and the four of you are responsible for the filming of the rest, including the filming of the movie. Wang Jie replied.
"Then why is our company called DreamWorks?" Cheng Long asked drunkenly.
"Because the movie itself is a dream!"
Wang Jie stayed in Xiangjiang for half a month before returning to the United States by special plane, "Star Wars" has entered the late stage, and he has to arrange the release in advance.
Before leaving, Wang Jie left four scripts for the DreamWorks "four", of course, all of which were storyboards printed on supercomputers: starring Cheng Long in "Serpentine Trickster", produced by Huang Baiming in "Seven Days of Wrong Feelings", Shi Tian in "Funny Times", and Mai Jia in "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Multi-star" in charge of filming.