Chapter 147: Trouble Comes to the Door
Not long after Le Zhenghong left, Fan Wei and Wu Siyuan came one after another. Prior to this, Wei Xiong had already told Fan Wei about the situation on the phone, so he was not surprised that Wu Siyuan would be the president of Wei's Cinemas. What's more, he brought it up himself.
After discussing some specific details, it was finally decided to establish Wei's Film Distribution Company, with Wu Siyuan as the president and Wei's Cinemas Co., Ltd. under it, which accounted for 90% and 10% of the shares respectively, and Wu Siyuan served as the president.
The establishment of the Weishi Film Distribution Company was proposed by Wei Xiong, and it was one of his followers. Wu Siyuan, an old Jianghu, has been in the movie for so many years, and as soon as he heard it, he basically guessed Wei Xiong's plan, and while feeling Wei Xiong's ambition, he also agreed with a smile.
Although in this way, the company's operating costs will definitely increase to a certain extent, but people should take a long-term view. What's more, the major shareholders are so confident, and he, a small shareholder, naturally has no reason to dismantle the stage, and he has just started to cooperate and get out of harmony, but no.
It took a few days for Weishi Film Company to complete the acquisition of Siyuan Pictures, and at the same time, Weishi Film Distribution Company was officially established downstairs of Weishi Film Company, after which Wu Siyuan took over all the affairs and resources related to the cinema chain from Fan Wei.
How could there be no rumors of such a big movement, and the outside world knew that Wei Xiong was not willing to be an ordinary film company that was only responsible for making movies, but kept up with the three major theater chains, began to set up his own theater company, and invited Wu Siyuan, a general......
"Hmph, Wei Xiong's ambition is really not small, not only to set up his own theater, but also to bring Wu Siyuan under his command." Zou Wenhuai put down the newspaper, his face was a little unpleasant. It's not because Wei Xiong formed a theater chain, in fact, he has long guessed that Wei Xiong is not a person who is willing to be contained.
It's because of Wu Siyuan, he and Wu Siyuan can be regarded as old friends, Golden Harvest is preparing to enter Hollywood Several 'big productions' starring Cheng Long, Wu Siyuan has made a lot of efforts in them. And Wu Siyuan's Siyuan Pictures is not a satellite company of Golden Harvest.
But he also gave a lot of support and help, but this time for such an important matter, Wu Siyuan didn't reveal any news to him in advance, which made him feel betrayed. It's just that he doesn't want to think about it, Wu Siyuan is not his subordinate, why should he tell him.
Siyuan was so silent this time, which is indeed a bit unkind. But that's not what we're concerned about now. If what this newspaper says is true, then by mid-July, the Westster Cinemas line will be in use, and we will have another formidable opponent by then. ”
Shaking the cigarette ash into the ashtray, He Guanchang continued: "The box office of "God of Gamblers" has exceeded 23 million in the first two weeks, and the box office of the final painting should be similar to "The True Color of Heroes", and it may be exceeded if it is not good. At that time, Wei's momentum will definitely be higher. ”
"And Wei's is now filming two dramas, if these two dramas can continue the box office of the first two films, it will be really big."
At this time, Zou Wenhuai's face was a little gloomy than just now, a few years ago, Jiahe was almost out of breath by Xinyicheng, and even had to cooperate with his old rival Shaw Brothers to fight together. finally waited for the Shaw Brothers to stop production, and the prestige of the new art city was not as good as before.
He originally thought that the opportunity for Golden Harvest to turn over finally came, but he didn't expect to appear again, although Wei's only made two movies, no one dared to question its huge potential in the future, including him, he even felt more pressure than when he faced the new art city.
"I also know Wei Lao, I didn't expect him to be such a traditional person, and he actually gave birth to such an extraordinary son, not only a musical genius, but also so good at making movies, I really underestimated him before. It seems that we have to make some preparations in the next summer file. ”
He Guanchang nodded thoughtfully: "I am afraid that the competition in this year's summer file will be very fierce, and the new art city has "Dao Ma Dan" starring Lin Qingxia and Zhong Chuhong and "Dragon and Tiger Fengyun" starring Zhou Yanfa, I heard that those in the new art city are very optimistic about "Dragon and Tiger". ”
"Debao also has "Royal Senior Sister". And Wei's is "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Truant Dragon", in which the male protagonist of "Truant Dragon" is a children's program host that Wei Xiong poached from TVB, although I don't know the specific situation, but I think it's unreliable. ”
Hearing this, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but show a hint of ridicule on his face: "Young people are young people after all, it's too easy to be proud and complacent, and they actually let a children's program host with little filming experience play the leading role?" Hehe, he really has a bit of a stone into gold ability. ”
He Guanchang smiled: "So I think we should focus on "A Chinese Ghost Story", this drama is played by Wei Xiong himself, and his fame will definitely attract many fans to the cinema." This alone is a huge threat to films released at the same time. ”
"According to the information I have received, Weishi has reached an agreement with Debao that "A Chinese Ghost Story" will premiere on June 27, which happens to be Friday, but there is still more than a month to go, and the date may change, and our film schedule can be determined by the situation."
Zou Wenhuai nodded: "It's best to stagger the release date of "Best Lucky Star" by a week, and we can also have a premiere, the success of "The True Color of Heroes" and "God of Gamblers" is of course the popularity of the film, but the premiere also played a good role in publicity. ”
"Such a good thing, how can a yellow-mouthed child be beautiful. In addition, Aaron also has to urge, "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" has been filmed for almost three months, and it has been seriously overscheduled and overrun. And this year's summer file is obviously not enough with only one "Best Lucky Star". ”
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Wei Xiong had long known that the news of the theater would spread sooner or later, so when he saw the newspaper report, he didn't care, and he wasn't in the mood to care about it now, because he encountered a little trouble, to be precise, it was not him, but the crew of "Truant Dragon".
said that this afternoon, the crew of "Truant Dragon" was filming normally, and suddenly a group of people broke into the crew and wanted to collect protection money. There are 8 people in this group, and they don't bring guys, but they all look like they are flowing, and some of them have dyed their hair, and they look like they are on the road.
Wang Jing usually looks obscene, but he is a little tough when he encounters something. saw this group of people break into the crew and come forward to negotiate, but as soon as this group of people opened their mouths, they asked for 200,000 yuan. With such a lion opening his mouth, how could Wang Jing agree, and when he refused, the group of people made a move.
Wang Jing and several other crew members were injured in the conflict, including the actor Zhou Xingchi, fortunately they were only external injuries and should be able to recover after a few days of rest, and a camera was smashed. When Wei Xiong arrived at the hospital, it was already more than an hour later.
"Do you know who did it?" Looking at Wang Jing, who was lying on the bed with gauze wrapped around his left arm and on an intravenous drip, Wei Xiong asked with a blue face.
Wang Jing's left arm was cut by a fragment of the camera, the wound was seven or eight centimeters, and more than 20 stitches were stitched.
Wang Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know, they didn't say it, but I don't think they came to collect protection money, but like they deliberately made trouble." ”
Deliberately causing trouble? Could it be that who takes care of the underworld people to disgust themselves?
Wei Xiong thought about it, he didn't have an enmity with anyone, if he had to say that he might retaliate against him, it seemed that only Ni Zhen and Huang Jinsen were there. Needless to say, Ni Zhen has already started a war with him in the newspaper, but a scholar like Ni Zhen probably doesn't have the courage to do such a thing as looking for revenge from the underworld.
As for Huang Jinsen, he should lock Zhao Yazhi's 'cheating' object on him. He put himself in Huang Jinsen's shoes and thought that if his wife wore such a big green hat for him, he would definitely go crazy, and it would be understandable to do some crazy things later.
Could it really be that Huang Jinsen found someone to do it? A cold light flashed in Wei Xiong's eyes, if it was really Huang Jinsen, he would definitely make him pay.
"Bell bell ......" At this moment, a bell rang, and Wei Xiong took the eldest brother from Hu Zhiqiang's hand: "Hey, which one?" ”
"Hello Wei Dacai, my name is Chen Yaoxing, you may not know it, but the 'Tiger of Wan Chai' Wei Dacai should have heard of it."
The Tiger of Wan Chai? Wei Xiong glanced at Wang Jing, his mood had already been judged, and he asked in a deep voice, "I don't know what Mr. Chen is looking for me?" ”
"That's the case, this afternoon I have a few younger brothers under my hands who are ignorant, and they went to Mr. Wei's crew to collect protection money, and I heard that they also injured a few people, so I specially called to apologize to Mr. Wei. Besides, I've already repaired those little bunnies. ”
Wei Xiong's face had completely sunk: "Since the people under his hands are not sensible, then forget it, I don't know if Mr. Chen has anything else?" ”
"Well, I recently opened a film company, and I haven't started work yet, mainly because I don't have a good script, and it just so happens that Mr. Wei is a strong player in this area, so I want to cooperate with Mr. Wei, but I will invest 1 million in all Wei's new plays, as long as half of the share."
"That's it, it's inconvenient to say on the phone, I'll set up a table at the Fuming Hotel tomorrow night, that is, I apologize to Mr. Wei, and talk about things by the way."
If you want half of the 1 million, why don't you just grab it? Wei Xiong sneered and said, "Then Mr. Chen will inform me of the time when the time comes."
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Handing the big brother back to Hu Zhiqiang, Wei Xiong lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and said to Wang Jing: "It was the 'Tiger of Wan Chai' Chen Yaoxing who did it." ”
"I didn't expect anything to happen to him." Wang Jing's face suddenly appeared: "It should be related to movies, and now many gangsters have opened film companies." ”