At this time, the contract signed by Zhou Xingchi to TVB is commonly known as a full agent contract!

That is, the TV station pays them a fixed basic salary every month, and then if they do programs and TV series, they will be paid according to fame, even if they shoot advertisements and make endorsements, it is the same, saying that stars are actually more like cash cows for companies!

Of course, among all the cash cows, Zhou Xingchi is the one who does not create too many benefits, so even if the contract is about to expire, the company has no intention of taking the initiative to renew the contract, and seems to be waiting for his own meaning, that is, an employee who can be given up at any time!

For this reason, Meng Chao also took advantage of a loophole, so he didn't have to help Zhou Xingchi fight a lawsuit and pay liquidated damages, but waited for his contract to expire automatically to poach the future king of comedy!

Meng Chao, who is familiar with Xingye's development route, knows that there will be no problems in this half a year, because Zhou Xingchi's real turning point in his life only began when he participated in Li Xiuxian's "Thunderbolt Pioneer", as for in 1986, our Xingye was just a piece of gold that no one found to resemble a stubborn stone!

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After negotiating the contract of the star master, Meng Chao continued to make persistent efforts and found a number of popular actors and singers in the entertainment industry to discuss cooperation.

But if you are already famous, it is naturally impossible to directly sign a full broker contract to Meng Chao, because it is not easy for people to become famous, so it is naturally impossible to plunge into Meng Chao.

Even in order to avoid receiving a movie that is not conducive to development, they even refused to sign the head contract directly to Meng Chao, and the two sides only determined the intention of cooperation, that is to say, when Meng Chao has a suitable role, he can negotiate with them, and after reading the script and talking about the price, both parties can accept it, and then sign the head contract!

The meaning of the contract is that the contract is limited to one film at a time, and the relationship between the two parties ends when the film is filmed.

This kind of partnership is short-lived for both parties, and even if something happens to each other, they can be charged to the minimum, but for the film company, the head of the actor is like the relationship between the adoptive father and the adopted son, and the raised actor may be someone else's child at any time, in this case, what is coveted is only the popularity of the other party, and it is naturally impossible to give all the resources!

For Meng Chao, the actors and singers who signed several full-agent contracts are naturally the objects that the company will support in the future, for example, Zhou Xingchi's classmates are scheduled to sign a five-year long-term contract, after signing, Meng Chao will fully praise the red star to become the king of comedy after Xu Guanwen, and the star will also bring enough profits to Genesis Film Company in the past five years!

Naturally, those famous actors who are only willing to sign a contract are not useless, at least when Meng Chao needs their popularity or has irreplaceable roles that need them, they can also come in handy!

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Overall, Meng Chao still gained a lot from his trip to Xiangjiang.

After returning to Yanjing, Meng Chao rushed back to Genesis Film Company after a day of rest, ready to watch the rough film of "The Wrong Car" after editing. "Mr. Meng, this is an invitation letter from Jiahe Company to you!"

After arriving at the company, Meng Chao first got an invitation letter from the crew of "Mr. Zombie", inviting Meng Chao to go to the cinema under Golden Harvest Cinema Line to watch the premiere of "Mr. Zombie" the night after tomorrow.

When this incident was in Xiangjiang, the secretary invited by Meng Chao had already sent a text message to explain it, and even the reason why Meng Chao did not continue to stay in Xiangjiang for a few more days was to rush back to watch the premiere of this movie!

In the secretary's opinion, after all, this movie is a movie supported by Golden Harvest Cinemas and Hong Jinbao's big brother team, even if the current Meng Chao is still a big gap compared with Hong Jinbao, so such an important invitation naturally has to be notified to Meng Chao in advance.

That's right, this zombie movie that should have been released last year and was a box office hit is a very popular movie in the parallel world, even after devouring his memory, Meng Chao himself likes it very much, but in this world, the start of filming of this movie has been shelved!

The reason is very simple, originally this zombie horror movie with comedy elements has not been favored by Golden Harvest Cinemas, especially in the past few years, Hong Jinbao's big brother himself starred in the same type of movies "Ghost Fighting" and "Scary" The box office is quite average, just over 10 million!

In the face of the Chinese market of more than one billion people, two movies starring first-line stars like Hong Jinbao have a box office of just over 10 million, which can already be called a step into the ranks of hitting the streets!

So it is exactly like this, the filming of "Mr. Zombie" has not been agreed by Golden Harvest, and the boss Mr. Zou Wenhuai is not optimistic about this type of film, but after the box office success of "Happy Ghost" last year, Mr. Zou Wenhuai changed his mind in an instant!

He felt that "Mr. Zombie" was not inferior to "Happy Ghost", maybe the audience's tastes had changed in the past two years, so he changed his mind and invested 3 million in the ninth uncle Lin Zhengying and director Liu Guanwei, but he didn't expect that when the whole crew was halfway through the drumming, the funds had been used up, so he was forced to add another 2.8 million to the budget, and finally the movie cost 5.8 million to finish!

This made Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang very unhappy, but they were not happy, since the movie was finished, it was natural to arrange for the release, so they still made enough pomp and circumstance, and invited many influential figures and media in the film industry to participate, Meng Chao's Genesis Film Company was so strong last year, it was naturally among the inviters!

"Great, this movie has finally come out, the film industry is getting more and more lively, and even Uncle Nine is involved."

Looking at Meng Chao's expression of talking to herself, the female secretary felt very strange, few of these main creators of "Mr. Zombie" don't seem to be famous, can such a movie really succeed? Why does boss Meng Chao value this movie so much?

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Yanjing, Chaoyangmen.

The premiere of "Mr. Zombie" was finally held on March 16, 1986, but tonight the weather was not beautiful, it was drizzling, and the rain was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, and many media reporters were waiting outside the theater with umbrellas!

In fact, this movie did not cause much of a sensation, otherwise Golden Harvest Cinema Line is currently the number one cinema company in China, so when the new movie of its satellite film company is released, media reporters still have to give face, especially many people who received invitations like Meng Chao are even more like they can't shirk!

However, unlike Meng Chao's extremely optimistic about this movie and the mentality of the protagonists Lin Zhengying and Qian Xiaohao, these reporters are not optimistic about this "Mr. Zombie" at all, although Meng Chao's previous "Happy Ghost" successfully drove the movie with comedy and horror elements, but the discerning people can see that the success elements in it lie in a few young and beautiful actresses and a funny and relaxed plot, rather than working ghosts!

And "Mr. Zombie" focuses on zombie films, which is originally a genre film that has never become popular, and it is naturally normal to not be taken seriously!