Chapter 74: Rumors in the Circle
Don't look at Lang Jun and don't dare to offend the military commander, but that's because the military commander is too awesome. Moreover, the bureau seat of the military command is ranked No. 1 in the domestic political arena, directly responsible to the elders, and can speak to No. 1. Coupled with the particularity of the intelligence secret services, which are self-contained, how many people can afford to offend?
There is still an election for the renewal of the elders! However, there is no such thing as a change of military command.
But Lang Jun is not easy to mess with. The patrilineal Lang family and the maternal Li family are both very well-born.
Langli Group is a well-known super group company in China.
Zhou Yi was able to beat Lang Jun at the beginning, first of all, he also had a big background, and he took advantage of it, so people couldn't do anything about him.
For no reason, Zhou Yi can't beat people! You can't rob other people's women.
But with Lang Jun's background, he can't afford to offend the military commander, and others can't afford to offend him either!
He is a wolf that eats meat, not a sheep that eats grass.
Zhou Yi naturally understands this, and will not look down on others just because he took advantage of it at the beginning.
"Lang Jun, that guy is really ruthless." Zhou Yi smiled.
"Boss Zhou knows Boss Lang?"
"We used to be alumni of a high school. He's a senior. β
"I see."
Of course, Zhou Yi will not talk nonsense about his own affairs with others.
In fact, if this kind of thing is put on him, he will do it even more excessively. If someone dared to treat Tang Yan like this, he would flip the table on the spot, and a phone call would be made, guaranteeing that the other party would be "in a car accident" that night, and even the corpse would not be human.
There is also no shortage of executioners in the reserve of the military command youth group.
Even a hacker who is proficient in the on-board computer can control the opponent's car accident.
Zhou Yi has a lot of relationships!
If you have money and connections, what can't you do? And they do things, and it is estimated that others will not be able to find traces if they want to.
Even if you don't use such drastic means, their gang of people will crucify a person to investigate, what ** can't be found?
It's too easy to kill a person, unless you're really innocent, but how can that kind of person offend someone?
It can only be said that Lang Jun's methods are still too gentle, and they can be regarded as good-tempered.
Even if Zhou Yi and Lang Jun don't deal with each other, they don't think he has gone too far.
In fact, if Lang Jun hadn't had too much background, Zhou Yi would have used those methods against him a long time ago. However, Zhou Yi had scruples at that time, just like Lang Jun has scruples now, and he will definitely not put Boss Wei to death.
The older you get, the more scruples you have, and you have to mature. No one can do as much as they did when they were young.
The events of that year have passed, and Zhou Yi will naturally not look for a future account now.
If Lang Jun wants to compete in the mall, then compete in the mall.
At this time, everyone was eating snacks and dried fruits, chatting and feeling emotional.
"So! We are mixed in the circle, and we must distinguish clearly, who can be offended, and who cannot afford to offend, otherwise we don't know how to die. In particular, it is important to distinguish what is yours and what is not. β
"You can only take your share, and you must not take what you shouldn't take."
"There are some women that you can't touch, so don't think about it at all. Of course, if you think about it, it may be fine, and you are not guilty of adultery, but if you really put it into action, even if it is just talking, it will still invite disaster! β
Everyone nodded, and Boss Wei was a good example.
In fact, what Zhou Yi thought was: This kind of pretending to slap my face should happen to me! Who is the main character?
"Actually, there are a lot of this kind of things in the circle, and it's quite common."
"Huh? What else? β
"Let's not talk about Boss Lang. In fact, the Miss Zhuo of your company is even more black! β
"Huh?"
Zhou Yi was stunned: What does this mean?
"Hey! You're the boss, don't say you don't know! Producer Zhang smiled.
"I'm not pretending I don't know. I usually have to attend classes, and I don't care about the company's business, and there are some specific things that I really don't know. β
"Tell me about it!" Takamatsu and others were very interested.
They are very curious about Zhuo Qinglian, the beautiful assistant to the chairman, and they really don't know much.
Could it be that this well-informed producer Zhang actually knows something?
"Then I'll talk to you." Producer Zhang is very good.
"Our producer Zhang is the gossip king in the circle!" Its actors are naturally popular.
"Haha!" Everyone laughed.
"Didn't your company be poached some time ago?"
"yes!"
It is said that Miss Zhuo warned the bosses of those companies on the same day, telling them to stop quickly and not to be bored. There are a few bosses who are probably well-informed, and they know that Miss Zhuo's ruthless methods, so they stopped on the same day. β
"But there is another company that doesn't believe in evil, that is, the boss of the chime, known as the smelly and hard chime king in the circle!"
"What's wrong with him?" Zhou Yi was curious.
"Boss Wang refused to let go, not only dug up several female stars of your company, but also fell in love with several screenwriters of your company."
"Oh!"
"This angered Miss Zhuo of your company. That Boss Wang came home at night and was almost hit by a car and died! β
"Huh? And what's going on? Really? I don't know yet! Zhou Yi was surprised.
"Of course it's true. Can I talk nonsense about this kind of thing? It is said that at that time, it was the two cars that scratched each other, but the other party obviously did it on purpose. They also lost thousands of dollars to Boss Wang! But what can you do with that money? Buying a coffin? β
"At that time, they pointed at Boss Wang and didn't say anything."
"But the meaning is obvious, if you don't let go, you won't have the luck next time. The next time the money is estimated to be on his grave. β
"This kind of thing is just an ordinary traffic accident, it's useless for you to call the police, and the police can't file a case. This is a matter for the transportation department. β
"Boss Wang was scared, so he let go."
"Haha!"
Everyone laughed, because the matter involved the top management of their own company, and no matter what Takamatsu thought, it was difficult for them to say anything.
Zhuo Qinglian is Zhou Yi's assistant, he must be very familiar with each other, and he is intimate, what can you say?
Besides, Zhou Yi himself is here! Who knows if he did it?
He said he didn't know, so he really didn't know. Don't be silly.
Everyone is a smart person, thinking so in their hearts, but not saying it. It is pure fool's two hundred and five to say it.
In fact, this matter really has nothing to do with Zhou Yi.
At that time, he didn't know about the company's screenwriters, nor did he know about their poaching, so of course he wouldn't act impulsively. However, with Zhou Yi's understanding of Sister Zhuo, it is absolutely not surprising that she can really do this kind of thing.
Producer Zhang seems to be a little envious of Takamatsu!
"In fact, you follow this kind of strong boss, you do have a future for development, and you didn't change jobs at the beginning."
"Hey, hey! We didn't even think about changing jobs. Like us, it's useless to jump. β
"You don't have to be arrogant, at least they are all second-line, work hard, and you can go up."
"Then borrow a producer's auspicious words."
"By the way, your company is also making low-budget films now! Has Boss Zhou figured out which theater it will be released in? β
"I really didn't think that far ahead, Sister Zhuo will arrange it, don't need my heart."
"Actually, the Taj cinema chain in our circle has developed quite well recently, so you can consider it."
"Taj Cinemas?"
"How does the name sound like Thai?"
"It's Thai. The boss is a Thai overseas Chinese! β
"Oh? Where did it come from? Zhou Yi was curious.
"It is said that the boss's surname is Lin, and their family can be related to the king of Thailand!"
"The King of Thailand? I remember that the king of Thailand is also our Chinese. β
"Yes. What a coup d'Γ©tat back then! That was in times of war, too early. β
"But since then, the Thai royal family has become our Chinese Shang family."
"This Boss Lin is also from a big Thai family, and he is a relative of the King of Thailand, a relative, and a family member of a favorite concubine of the King of Thailand."
"Oh! That's right! Producer Zhang is really well-informed, and even knows this kind of insider information. β
"Actually, it's not a secret in the circle! A lot of people know about it. β
"They are coming to our country now?"
"Yes. Taj Cinemas is what they invested and built in our country, after all, now that the film and television industry is developed, everyone wants to come in and invest. They are not good at making movies, so they want to be safe, they did not invest in film companies, they invested in theaters, I heard that it is in cooperation with our domestic Fangda Real Estate, it is a strong alliance, the momentum is very strong, and it has developed very well recently. β
Everyone nodded, quite interested.
In fact, Zhou Yi has some understanding of some rules in the circle.
Since he has entered this industry, of course, he has to prepare the necessary homework.
Most of the rules of the Chinese film and television industry in today's world are the same as those of Hollywood in the United States, that film companies cannot buy theaters by themselves.
The owner of a film company cannot be the owner of a theater company at the same time.
They are two systems and cannot be involved in each other.
The reasons for this are complex, not only related to the chain of interests and anti-monopoly law.
But what exactly happened, Zhou Yi had no interest in studying history at all.
He just needs to know that there is this result, and he can't change anything anyway.
It's like selling things in a supermarket, with very few private labels, and basically they don't produce their own.
And the producers don't go to the supermarkets themselves.
The basic principle is similar, involving the large division of labor in society and the anti-monopoly law in terms of vertical integration, which can be understood a little.
In this respect, the laws of this world are harsher than those of the past!
In a certain way, this method also prevents the film company from switching left hand to right hand money laundering, which affects the order of the industry too much.
In that case, you don't say what the box office is, it's how much?
Moreover, if the production and screening are the same company, if a large company uses blockbuster films and bad films to be forced to bundle sales in its own theaters, it will greatly affect the interests of small producers and small exhibitors, and it will damage the order of the industry.
If bundling is not allowed, how to consider the scheduling of your own movies? Should I support my own boss?
Isn't it a loss of money to make bad movies? Even less profitable.
What's more, the cinema chain operates with heavy assets, a long payback period, and a low gross profit margin, so the cinema chain is a good channel, but it is not a good business, and the film distribution company only needs to reach a cooperation intention with the existing cinema chain.
There are various reasons for this.
In the previous life, the kind of dirty things such as buying box office, stealing box office, and laundering money in the Chinese entertainment circle that made their own movies and released them in their own theaters are not available in this life, at least they have some restrictions.
Or people won't be so open-minded.
There are some explicit rules that everyone still has to follow.
Of course, it is not without the problem of box office fraud now, but at least the producer has to pay the cost to the theater, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Sometimes it's just a matter of face.
Naturally, this kind of behavior will not be infinitely amplified, and it has indeed been effectively curbed.
And in order to support niche films, each cinema company in Huaxia has to set aside a small number of fixed theaters every year to support small-scale zuΓ² and literary films. Of course, whether to comply with it or not, how much to take out, depends on the specific situation, not a dead rule.
Zhou Yi is very clear about these situations.