Chapter 324: Foresight
In addition to not giving in to each other in official affairs, Zeng Lizhen and Liang Jiashu are also very powerful in private, and the next day from Wei Jiahui's mouth, Lin Youlun even heard about such a thing.
After Xiao Wei jumped ship, Fang Yihua promoted Zeng Lizhen and Liang Jiashu to be the production directors of film and television dramas, and Zeng Lizhen, who was promoted and raised, paid out of her own pocket to hold a promotion banquet in a hotel on Broadcasting Road, and Liang Jiashu, who was originally holding a promotion banquet at a restaurant in Kengkou, suddenly pulled a large group of people to Zeng Lizhen's hotel to "step on the field", and he chartered the private room next to Zeng Lizhen's promotion banquet to celebrate.
The soundproofing effect of this hotel is very average, the two sides are only separated by a board, and soon the two of them will evolve from the initial celebration to the partition fight, this side is loud and noisy, and the other end is bound to be more lively.
The two sides were equal in number and fought on equal footing, Zeng Lizhen immediately announced that she was going to hold a lottery after the release, and the jackpot was a video recorder. As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the private room suddenly became lively, and Liang Jiashu also heard the movement next door, and immediately reacted-for-tat, announcing that the jackpot on his side was a five-day paid vacation plus a bonus, plus a round-trip ticket to Japan!
Such an attractive reward immediately overwhelmed Zeng Lizhen, Zeng Lizhen was not to be outdone, and automatically increased the lottery by several thousand yuan.
As soon as the next door heard that Zeng Lizhen had added money here, Liang Jiashu immediately took out tens of thousands of yuan to draw a lottery, and it was so loud that it seemed like the building was going to be demolished, Zeng Lizhen said to his subordinates at that time: "I want to be happy, and I want to shout loudly to the people next door, seriously, who has that mood?" ”
Wei Jiahui was born as a screenwriter, and his level of storytelling is naturally not bad, and the whole thing came out of his mouth as if he had experienced it himself.
Lin Youlun frowned after hearing this. Didn't speak.
Wei Jiahui thought that Lin Youlun was struggling with Zhou Haimei's affairs. took the initiative to come up with an idea and said: "If Mr. Lin really wants to find Zhou Haimei to act in this play." In fact, it's also simple, as long as you say hello to Zeng Lizhen in advance, you will definitely not say that you will not let people go. ”
Lin Youlun will soon become a director of TVB, although he promised not to touch the control of TVB for ten years, but it is not difficult to predict what will happen after ten years. Shao Yifu's children have no intention of inheriting the wireless business, and ten years later, Shao Yifu will be over 90 years old, and Fang Yihua will also be in his 70s. They have all reached the age when they should retire, and Lin Youlun was only in his early thirties at that time, once Shao Yifu really quit, Lin Youlun is the most likely person to take over the wireless.
As long as Zeng Lizhen has a little foresight, it is impossible to refute Lin Youlun's face at this time.
Lin Youlun was noncommittal about this, and Wei Jiahui didn't ask any more, he could see that Lin Youlun seemed to have other plans for this matter.
The facts quickly confirmed Wei Jiahui's speculation, and the day after Shao Yifu and Lin Youlun signed the equity swap agreement, some media took photos of Lin Youlun and Fang Yihua and Feng Meiji, the director of the artist department, having dinner together at the Western restaurant of Clear Water Bay TV City.
Lin Youlun's move immediately attracted a lot of speculation in the media. Because the day before, a source inside the wireless also revealed to the media. The equity swap between Shaw Yifu and Lin Youlun is only a signal of the in-depth cooperation between the two parties, and this transaction has no substantial impact on the management structure of the two companies.
These words are also tantamount to telling the media that wireless is still Shao Yifu's wireless, and Jiayi is still Lin Youlun's Jiayi, and the equity swap between the two parties is just a gesture to prove that Shao Yifu has limited ambitions for the film industry, and Lin Youlun will not be more interested in the TV industry in the short term.
In the news photos, Fang Yihua and Feng Meiji are sitting side by side, and Lin Youlun is sitting opposite the two, it seems that there is a big matter to discuss, which will inevitably arouse speculation. When the reporter took pictures, Lin Youlun was expressionless, and Feng Meiji just smiled faintly at the camera, but Fang Yihua looked at the camera and smiled, and when the three of them were asked if they had something to talk about, Fang Yihua said on the spot: "I didn't talk about anything, just have a meal." ”
At the beginning, there was speculation from the media that it might be that Lin Youlun was planning to shoot a new film and fell in love with a certain artist from wireless, so he invited Fang Yihua and Feng Meiji to come out for dinner and negotiate, but this statement was quickly denied by wireless.
Film industry analysts also believe that at least 9 of the films that Lin Youlun is currently participating in investment are still in production or have not yet been scheduled for release, including "Strange Heroes in Disguise", "Men in Black", "Resident Evil" and other big productions, as well as "Smiling Proud Jianghu: Undefeated in the East", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a well-known martial arts movie, and "Die Hard", "Mission Impossible", "Speed of Life and Death", "Speed and Excitement". It is expected that from the end of this year to the first half of 88, these movies will be released one after another, and during this period, Lin Youlun should not invest in new films.
In this way, Lin Youlun's purpose of meeting Fang Yihua is even more confusing, and there are even rumors that Lin Youlun is going to start filming a TV series in the near future, but there is no direct evidence to prove it.
However, inside the wireless, there have been some rumors recently.
Zhou Haimei had just returned from the set and was directly called into the office by Zeng Lizhen.
"Ah Mei, what do you think of Sister Zhen to you?" As soon as Zhou Haimei sat down, Zeng Lizhen said earnestly.
Zhou Haimei chuckled in her heart, she always felt that Zeng Lizhen had something to say, but she still replied stubbornly: "Sister Zhen treats me very well." ”
"The company is preparing to shoot a new drama called "The Great Era" recently, you should have heard of it, right?" Zeng Lizhen asked seemingly casually, but Zhou Haimei's heart was raised.
On the night when she met Lin Youlun and Zhou Yimin in the Western restaurant, Zhou Haimei called Zhou Youmin and told her about her difficulties, and Zhou Yimin also promised to help her explain to Lin Youlun. Two days later, no one informed Zhou Haimei to join the group, and Zhou Haimei felt that this matter had nothing to do with him, but who would have thought that Zeng Lizhen suddenly asked about it.
Zeng Lizhen should have heard something, and Zhou Haimei felt that if she lied, she would be easily recognized.
After some contradictions and struggles, Zhou Haimei still decided to tell Zeng Lizhen the truth, but hid the part where she met Lin Youlun in the western restaurant, and only said that the crew of "The Great Era" once came to look for her, but was later rejected by herself.
Zeng Lizhen breathed a sigh of relief here, what Zhou Haimei said was basically consistent with the news she heard, and she couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, "Ah Mei, I know that you refused to appear in this drama because of Liang Jiashu, this love Sister Zhen has written it down, but this time the situation is a little special, do you know who is the person behind the filming of the drama "The Great Era"? ”
"Isn't it a sorghum tree?" Zhou Haimei knew very well who this person was, but she deliberately pretended to be confused.
"Him?" Zeng Lizhen snorted coldly, "You can't help but be able to afford Liang Jiashu, "The Great Era" tells a story of family grievances set in the stock market, the Hong Kong stock market is now bleak, do you think Liang Jiashu has the courage to risk the world's condemnation to put this kind of theme on the screen?" ”
"It's not the Liangjia tree, who is that?" Zhou Haimei's eyes widened.
"Lin Youlun!" Zeng Lizhen told Zhou Haimei the answer, and then sighed faintly, "I inquired in many ways and learned that it was Mr. Lin's intention to ask you to make this film, and now you refused, Mr. Lin was very unhappy, and then someone took the opportunity to provoke and said that it was my idea." Miss Fang talked to me once today, probably thinking that I was asked to cooperate with the filming of the drama "The Great Era", I asked, the role they were going to play for you at the beginning, but they haven't found a suitable candidate yet......"
Zeng Lizhen didn't say any more, but the implication was that she hoped that Zhou Haimei would continue to play this role.
Zhou Haimei was also in a complicated mood at this time, she didn't expect things to come full circle, and then returned to the original point, and now it was Zeng Lizhen who asked her to go, could she have other choices.
After Zhou Haimei left, Zeng Lizhen sat alone in the office, but what she thought about was what Fang Yihua said to her before.
In the future, when the producers select artists, they must first go through the artist department in charge of Feng Meiji, and Fang Yihua's explanation for this is to prevent conflicts between various producers competing for actors, and at the same time, to make more adequate and reasonable use of artist resources.
But no matter what, this is a restriction on the power of the producer, and Zeng Lizhen even feels that the high-level decision is essentially to cut off the connection between the producer and the artist.
In other words, the higher-ups have already shown dissatisfaction with her fight with Liangjiashu.
TVB's high-level filming battles have been going on for a long time, whether it is Shao Yifu in the past or Fang Yihua now, they all turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, because no matter how much trouble Zeng Lizhen and Liang Jiashu make, it is impossible to put the contradictions on the table publicly, and the result of the two factions competing with each other and fighting for ratings is that TVB's overall drama level continues to improve, and it is wireless that ultimately benefits.
In Zeng Lizhen's view, this decision will never be made by Fang Yihua, let alone Shao Yifu's request, and the only possibility is Lin Youlun, who has newly become the director of TVB.
Because of Zhou Haimei's matter, Lin Youlun felt unhappy, so he proposed to restrict the power of producers to use artists.
Zeng Lizhen only thought of the inducement of the matter, and the main reason was that Lin Youlun had more than 20 years of memories in his mind, and TVB flourished and declined in the new century, one of the reasons was that Zeng Lizhen and Liang Jiashu had internal friction, which caused some excellent screenwriters and artists to leave, and the most difficult thing was to hurt the vitality of TVB.
Feeling this, Lin Youlun suggested limiting the power of the producer. Resources such as actors and screenwriters must be grasped in the hands of the company to prevent the battle between producers from expanding and shaking the foundation of wireless.
Since it is a measure that is beneficial to wireless, Fang Yihua is of course willing to give Lin Youlun his face. (To be continued.) )