Chapter 037, Boycott
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With enough sincerity, Wang Jing found Liang Chaowei. The five-year long-term contract of wireless is equivalent to five years of hard labor, and it may be required to sign a long-term contract again, the salary of the first film on Wang Jing's side is 120,000, as long as the performance is good, the subsequent films will start from 200,000 and gradually increase to a million or even more salary, in the face of the temptation of such a super fierce drug, it is so fragile and powerless.
Liang Chaowei thought about it for two days, and finally agreed to Wang Jing's invitation, and he invested 400,000 yuan, and Liang Chaowei personally came forward to buy back his half-year contract in wireless. At this time, he realized that he just didn't do anything, he had to pay 400,000, if he did something, how much would wireless earn?
The shelf of Phoenix Culture has been set up, and after signing Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, and signing Liang Chaowei, a popular student, Feng Meiji finally has a job.
Even Guan Zhilin, one of the three beauties in the Hong Kong film industry, was instructed by Mo Fei to Wang Jing to agree in a flicker, and after ending the previous film contract, she switched to Phoenix Culture in the coming year. Guan Zhilin's acting skills will be forgotten by everyone sooner or later, but she is indeed one of the most beautiful in the vase, and she is also a box office weapon when the packaging is in place.
And the first signed singer under Mingjiang Music also surfaced at this time, which surprised everyone. It turns out that the actor who speaks Cantonese in the movie for half his life is the company's contracted singer, and he has acted in several movies and released a few albums in Taiwan, so he hides it really deeply.
For such a situation, Feng Meiji likes it the most. The more the company signs a powerful artist, the more it shows that her choice is right, and now it seems that it is indeed right, and this boss should be right.
In the two weeks after the release of "Peace Hotel", the box office in Hong Kong exceeded 30 million, although it did not reach the box office height of "Sky Trap" in the same period, but the film's crazy ability to attract money is already very obvious.
On the same day, the film was also released in North America for a week, and the box office was also impressive, giving a result of 13 million US dollars, which also gave the film great confidence in the European film market.
The most encouraging in this matter is, of course, the three artists who have newly signed to Phoenix Culture. Both films are big sellers, and they are far more popular than other films in the same period, the better the film sells, the greater the influence it will cause, and the more popular the actors will be, which is a principle that will never change. And Phoenix Culture is the company that can do this, which can bring greater exposure to actors and allow more audiences to see their performances.
Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda came to be able to act, and they have heard a lot of deeds about Mo Fei in the company these days, and they have been less stimulated. only knows that he has to perform well, and then he can get the appreciation of the director and Mo Fei, and then arrange more scenes for them.
Liang Chaowei is different, he plays the leading role in wireless, and there are many scenes arranged for him. Seriously, when he walked into Phoenix Culture, he was still worried about whether his choice was correct, but after hearing the news of the big sale of "Peace Hotel", that heart calmed down, and what he had to do in the future was to try to play every role well, that's all.
Feng Meiji asked whether to consider signing a long-term contract with the company's artists when she participated in the company's internal meeting for the first time, because there are too few artists in the company now, and losing one is a big loss, and you need to use a contract to tie the artist to the company.
Originally, Feng Meiji had just arrived, and the first suggestion should have been passed if it was not a big problem. But Mo Fei knew that wireless caused a small civil strife because he wanted to force the artist to sign a long-term contract, and the roots of Phoenix culture were too shallow to withstand such a toss, so he could only veto Feng Meiji's proposal.
And suggested: "Now that the company is start-up, the first thing we should do is to have a good relationship with the artist, and signing a long date makes the artist panic, which is not beneficial to the company's future development, so I think it is better to sign a contract first." Through a period of cooperation, let them see their future glory, and then take the initiative to sign a long-term contract, so that the relationship can be stronger and stronger. ”
At this point, Feng Meiji is completely determined to stay in Phoenix Culture. It is impossible to veto her first proposal after coming to the company, which is not something that ordinary bosses can do. Others will at least agree on the surface, and then secretly persuade or even obstruct it, but it is a fair veto, which is the bearing that people who really want to do great things should have.
Feng Meiji couldn't help but secretly boast in her heart, she was old enough to do things, and she could also calculate to her heart, and with such a boss, she would have a future in the future. If Mo Fei approved her proposal to sign a long-term contract with the artist, maybe she would still work in Phoenix Culture for a while, but definitely not for long, and now she is going to sell herself to Phoenix Culture.
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With Feng Meiji, a capable general, and the signing of Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, even Guan Zhilin, a great beauty, is about to join, no matter what, it can be regarded as a great thing.
But things in the world are often unexpected, and there will always be villains in the luck. Fate carries that snowy little shovel on its back, and from time to time it will dig a small pit for you, so that if you are not careful, you will be tripped and fallen, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the mud, and if you are heavy, you may be hurting your muscles and bones.
The "Mo Fei threat theory", which has been making trouble for more than a week, has now completely heated up, and some boring artists who are idle and have no filming have spontaneously set up a social organization called "Hong Kong Film Artists Protection Society" to do something against Mo Fei.
In just three days, this organization has grown to more than 300 people, and artists continue to join, which is unprecedented in the history of Hong Kong films.
Members of this group appeared in droves at the entrance of the theater where Princess Jin and Jiahe lived, holding signs reading "Refuse to watch "Peace Hotel, protect film artists" and shouting neat slogans, causing great distress to the audience who went to watch the movie.
The incident soon appeared in almost all newspapers and magazines, and TVB also made a follow-up report and interview on the incident, and the reporter used extremely inflammatory and seductive language to bring the opponents' voice to a higher level.
At the same time, this incident has also attracted widespread social attention, why refuse to watch "Peace Hotel", and under the banner of protecting film artists, does the plot and content of this film hurt Hong Kong filmmakers, or did this film have any accidents during the filming process?
Then the rumors began to spread, and the streets and alleys, the company's construction site, were all talking about this matter, and the "Peace Hotel" that had nothing to do with this matter.
"Hey, do you know, the recently released "Peace Hotel", I heard that there was an accident during filming, and an actor broke his leg by a wheel."
"No, no, this is gossip, I have a friend who knows a member of the 'Hong Kong Film Artists Protection Society', it is said that when the film was filmed, real knives and guns were used, and many actors were seriously injured, but the director did not allow the actors to treat their injuries, and they wanted any real effect. That film was so bloody, and the whole movie was full of the blood and tears of the actors, so it was boycotted to watch. ”
All kinds of gossip is spreading, and of course there will be people who have seen that movie and people who really understand things to stand up and speak fairly.
"What, do you understand movies or not, if a film was made like that, the director would have been dragged to prison a long time ago, how could it be possible to wait until the film was released."
Another person argued: "What do you know, the investor of that film is called Mo Fei, the person who sold more than 900 million yuan for filming "Sky Trap", it is said that he is a powerful person, and the electrical inspection department does not dare to provoke him at all, so it can only be released." ”
"Don't you talk nonsense that you will die, is there any basis, just talk nonsense here. I've watched that film twice, it's indeed a little bit bloody and violent, but it's definitely not as terrifying as you say, that film is not only released in Hong Kong, but also in the United States and Europe, do you think a person is powerful in Hong Kong, can he manage the electrical inspection departments in Europe and the United States, why are people the same? You people, you know all day long that there are false rumors, a good movie is said by you like this, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense, at least you have to watch it before you can evaluate it, and you really can't talk about it. ”
What is even more surprising is that after everyone talked about it for two days, they all began to go into the theater to watch this movie, to see why someone would boycott it, whether it was as terrifying and bloody as the legend, and even some people who had watched it once would go back to watch it again, whether there was any special plot that they hadn't noticed and missed.
A boycott not only did not play a good role, but allowed more people to go into the theater to watch the movie, which the initiators of the boycott would never have imagined.
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