There are still two days left before the premiere of "Love in Paradise" in the United States, and Wang Zijun, who originally planned to go over early, can't leave, mainly because of opening a film company.

Bai Muyang has already selected personnel, and Zhuge Mao, deputy manager of the personnel department of Wang's Film Company, will be transferred to the soon-to-be-established Xinyi City as the general manager.

Zhuge Mao is not surnamed Zhuge , but surnamed Zhu, the ghost knows what his elders thought when they named him, and he actually named him Ge Mao. Zhuge Mao is in his 40s this year, not an old man from Wang's Pictures, but a former manager of a small film company in Taipei.

That film company is called Yonghua Film Company, which was originally a foreign trade businessman who found that movies made money quickly and invested in them. Zhuge Mao was brought in by the businessman to run the company, and he was stunned to turn a small workshop-style film company into a medium-sized old film organization in Taiwan in ten years.

It's just that with the development of Wang's Film Company in recent years, the entire Taiwanese film industry has to follow its footsteps, constantly seeking innovation, change, and investment in film production, and the old-fashioned companies have gradually declined and gone bankrupt.

At the same time, with the prosperity of Taiwan's film industry, Taiwan's underworld has also extended its clutches into the film circle, and making movies is even called the most lucrative underworld income in addition to gambling and "seqin" industry. (At this time, several major gangs in Taiwan did not touch the drug business, and they were even looked down upon by their peers when they were involved in drugs.) Of course, this is the case on the surface, and some gangs still have to reach out secretly. Therefore, Taiwan's film companies, except for a few party-run film organizations, have to have good relations with people on the road. For example, the backer behind Wang's Pictures is the Bamboo Union Gang, and the First Film Agency is close to the Four Seas Gang, otherwise while filming a movie, there will be other gangs coming up to grab actors and equipment, and it will really be impossible to find a place to cry.

And those artists under the control of the gang are even worse, it is good to get half of the salary for making a movie, and if you encounter that kind of ruthless gang, you will be left with one-fifth at most.

In comparison, although gangs in Hong Kong will also use guns to force artists to film, they are always authentic, not as ugly as those gangs in Taiwan.

In another time and space, under the leadership of Chen Qili, the Bamboo Union Gang also ran a gossip magazine first, and the first issue used the actress's nude photos as the cover and the sales increased significantly. Although it didn't take long for its magazine to be banned, it was republished under a new guise, and then used its power to start cooperating with people in the entertainment industry to get involved in the distribution and production of films.

Today's Bamboo Union Gang, under the leadership of Wang Zijun's eldest brother Wang Zirong, began to do business a few years in advance, and has a large number of factories, companies, transportation teams, and construction teams under its control. In addition, Wang Zijun is the king of entertainment in Taiwan, and the Bamboo Union Gang has not entered the entertainment industry again.

However, as far as Wang Zijun knows, Sihai Gang now has a film company, raising some second- and third-rate actors who dream of becoming big stars, and usually makes some low-budget films, as well as Taiwanese "seqin" films that are mainly screened underground in central and southern Taiwan. Occasionally, if you find that an actor in a small company suddenly becomes popular, and there is no strong backer behind him, he will send someone to force the actor to make a film at a low price.

The Four Seas Gang is quite civilized, but what Wang Zijun really hates is those small gangs, which are simply killing chickens and eggs, and scaring many actors so much that they dare not stay in Taiwan anymore, and they all went to Hong Kong.

The Yonghua Film Company run by Zhuge Mao was about to close down due to being squeezed by Wang's Pictures, and was just about to make a desperate gamble to make a big investment, but the general heroine was snatched away by the gang, and the initial investment was directly wasted.

The behind-the-scenes boss of Yonghua Film Company saw that it was not a solution, and it coincided with the rapid expansion of Wang's family, and Suo sold the company in his hand that was about to collapse to Wang's Pictures. And Zhuge Mao, the general manager of Yonghua Film Company, also entered Wang's middle-level management with the company.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Mao was full of ability, and the work at hand was very beautiful, and after being appreciated by Bai Muyang, it only took more than a year to be promoted to the deputy manager of the personnel department of Wang's Film Company.

This time, as soon as Wang Zijun mentioned that he was going to find someone to come over to manage the new company, the first person Bai Muyang thought of was Zhuge Mao. This person is a veteran of running a film company, and he has good ability, and the most important thing is that Zhuge Mao was promoted too quickly in Wang's Pictures, which caused dissatisfaction among many old people in the company.

"Chairman, I'm here!" After Zhuge Mao came to Hong Kong to meet Wang Zijun, he took the initiative to say this sentence, and the rest of the time he was listening to Wang Zijun to understand the situation.

Wang Zijun roughly said about the new art city, saw Zhuge Mao frowning a little, and said with a smile: "Do you think it's a bit stupid for me to take out 50 million Hong Kong dollars to make a full investment, but I only take forty percent of the shares?" ”

Zhuge Mao shook his head and said, "Chairman Guan, you have been in business until now, and you have never done anything stupid. I guess you have other plans, but I just didn't figure it out for a while. ”

"Hehe," Wang Zijun smiled, this Zhuge Mao had a cold poker face, and he couldn't imagine that he would also make a sycophant, "I'll give them a few shares so high, as long as I fancy their ability to make movies." Moreover, the four of them are definitely not of one mind, and it is impossible for them to unite to overthrow me. ”

Zhuge Mao asked: "What if the company grows bigger, and outsiders buy the shares in the hands of three of them?" The person who bought the shares became the largest shareholder of the company, and the company was forcibly acquired. ”

"Hey, how stupid would I be? I invest in the entirety, and the rules of the company are naturally my final say. When the share contract is signed, it is natural to add a clause that if they want to sell the shares in their hands, they must sell them to me. Otherwise, those shares are automatically returned. Wang Zijun said with a smile.

Zhuge Mao said: "So what I want to do is to help you firmly control everything in the company and balance the relationship between the four shareholders? ”

"Not exactly," Wang Zijun said, "Among the four of them, they don't have any intention of fighting for power and profit, they just want to make movies and make money." As for whether there will be dissent in the future, as long as you control the company's personnel, I am the chairman of the board of directors, and the company will naturally have to listen to me, and they will not be able to turn the sky upside down. I invite you to come, the most important thing is to develop the company, like Wang's Film Company, not just an ordinary film production company. ”

"I see." Zhuge Mao's expressionless face suddenly showed a smile, he understood what Wang Zijun meant. Wang Zijun not only regards New Art City as a satellite company of Wang's Pictures, but is ready to build it into Wang's Pictures in Hong Kong, and drive all Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest to the sea.

If this is done, he Zhuge Mao will also become Hong Kong's Bai Muyang and become a pivotal figure in the Hong Kong film industry.

Of course, there is another point that Wang Zijun didn't say explicitly, but Zhuge Mao could also guess it. That is, when the company grows to a certain scale, he can attack the four shareholders, force them away, and take back the company's equity. Perhaps, he will be able to get a share of these shares at that time.

In other words, Wang Zijun is really not as insidious as Zhuge Mao thought. He didn't think about swallowing up the shares of a few people, otherwise he would just do it himself, he could make the movies made by Xinyicheng, why make it so complicated?

Wang Zijun invested in Mai Jia and Teddy Robin, firstly, so as not to find others and add a competitor to himself in the Taiwan film market; The second is to let them help themselves make money, Wang Zijun is happy.

I have to say that this Zhuge Mao is really black-bellied, and he didn't even start doing things, so he made the decision to help Wang Zijun get back the company's shares.

Wang Zijun continued: "Regarding the film production, you don't have to worry about it for now, those shareholders are very capable. You first put up the company's shelves, and you choose all aspects of the personnel yourself. Of course, I will also recommend a few talents for you. ”

"Okay." Zhuge Mao nodded and said.

After instructing some more things, Zhuge Mao said goodbye and left, Wang Zijun threw him a bunch of keys and said: "This is the key to a villa in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, you can take your family over to live." However, I will not give you the villa, but hope that you will one day buy it from me in Hong Kong dollars. ”

"I'll do my best." Zhuge Mao solemnly put away the key.

After Zhuge Mao left, Wang Zijun began to worry a little about whether this person was competent.

Although Bai Muyang is a little lacking in film business ability, his vision is not long-term enough, and he likes to ask about everything, he has an advantage, that is, he has strong communication skills, and the company's internal staff, from managers to ordinary employees, are obedient to Bai Muyang. Therefore, Wang's Film Company will develop rapidly in just a few years after Wang Zijun personally established the development plan.

Bai Muyang is an extremely capable resource integrator, and the energy of the whole company can play the greatest role in his hands without excessive consumption.

But what about this Zhuge Mao? Wang Zijun didn't know about his management ability, but he heard Bai Muyang say that it was extremely strong. But the cold face and stingy words are obviously not people who are good at communicating with people, but give people a cold and uncomfortable feeling.

Whatever, there is no doubt about employing people, and no suspicion is needed. Since Bai Muyang strongly recommends it, let this Zhuge Mao do it for a period of time first, and if it doesn't work, he will be replaced.

Wang Zijun naturally won't see that the newly established company is all Zhuge Mao's team, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng will go in to take important positions, and Tsui Hark will also bring a few people he knows, and Wang Zijun will also transfer a few Zhang Enxiu's subordinates from Taiwan to take charge of financial power, lest the new art city is all Bai Muyang's family.

The next day, when Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, Shi Tian and Teddy Robin saw the equity contract, they didn't think much about it. Their minds are now making movies to make money, Wang Zijun invested 50 million, and giving them 15% of the shares for nothing is already an unexpected joy. The clause in the contract that prohibits the private sale of shares is just Wang Zijun's caution in their opinion, after all, they do not have absolute control after investment, and it is normal to have this kind of worry.

A few people who signed the contract with a signature pen were signed, and the new art city was established.

(To be continued)