In mid-March, Oriental Entertainment announced with great fanfare that it would increase its support salary, and the high-salary program instantly attracted the attention of countless filmmakers, and there was an endless stream of people who came to interview, and fresh blood was to join every day, not only Golden Harvest, Xinyicheng, and Kuo's three major companies, but other small and medium-sized film companies could not escape Ye Tian's clutches, at the beginning of March, Oriental Entertainment was still a small company with only a dozen employees, and in March, Oriental Entertainment became a large production company with 200 members, with salaries and bonuses alone, and spent 1.537 million Hong Kong dollars that month. While Ye Tian was pleasantly surprised, he also felt that Yali Mountain was big and accelerated the production plan.

In April, Oriental Entertainment had three dramas started filming at the same time, the first is "Plan A", this movie was produced by Ye Tian himself, and Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, and Yuan Yi were invited to co-star, because Cheng Long had a tough attitude, and Jiahe knew that he was at a loss, and finally pinched his nose and admitted it, and contributed to the set, Ye Tian also guarded against them, and the important positions of the crew were all from Oriental Entertainment, and Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao served as action directors.

The second play is "Happy Ghost", this movie has been brewing for several months, and it is planned to be directed by Zeng Zhiwei, starring Anita Mui, Zhou Huimin, Li Saifeng, and a happy girl group, and there are extras from the school in the film, all of whom are young and beautiful girls.

The third movie is "Lucky Stars", which is also the sequel to "Five Lucky Stars", because of schedule problems, Ye Tian made an appointment with Hong Jinbao.

"Money everywhere!"

"Alas!"

Ye Tian lamented, the three movies cost him more than 18 million Hong Kong dollars, Cheng Long's salary in "Plan A" is 3.5 million, Hong Jinbao is 1.8 million, Yuan Chu is 800,000, the three brothers combined, more than 6 million, two-step film multiplied by 2, a discount. In the end, the asking price is 10 million, which is indeed a friendship price, if the market price is calculated, just the salary, Ye Tian will have to pay a price of 20 million, Rao is so, Oriental Entertainment funds are still a little tight, "Wonderful Plans Five Lucky Stars", "Huang Feihong" profits are not to mention, Ye Tian also withdrew more than 5 million from the Far Eastern Bank in the name of the director, and now there are only more than 2 million left in the company's accounts.

Knock knock

Knocked a few times. The door opened automatically, Zeng Zhiwei led Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao in, and Ye Tian got up to greet him.

Zeng Zhiwei smirked: "Senior brother, Ah Long, I have found it, you can talk slowly." ”

Ye Tian motioned to the sofa: "Sit casually, Ah Wei, you can stay too." ”

"Okay!" Zeng Zhiwei turned around and sat down, don't look at his usual giggling and not being serious, but in front of Ye Tian, he behaved quite regularly. knows how to respect and humility, and knows how to advance and retreat, which is also one of the reasons why Ye Tian reuses him.

As soon as Cheng Long sat down, he couldn't wait to say, "Tianzai." You're looking for us, is the movie going to start? ”

"The funds have arrived, and they are ready to be turned on at any time!" Ye Tian motioned to the other party to be calm, and then said, "Before you turn on the machine." Let's talk about the schedule first, the senior brother wants to shoot "Lucky Star High Photo", and you want to shoot "Plan A". I was caught in the middle, torn between a rock and a hard place. ”

Hong Jinbao glanced at Cheng Long and said with a smile: "Then let's shoot "Plan A" first." ”

"Wonderful Plans Five Lucky Stars" was a big hit, Hong Jinbao was very happy, but the sequel "Lucky Stars" was invested by Oriental Entertainment alone, which made Hong Jinbao feel disappointed, and he wanted to make another profit, but Ye Tian didn't give him a chance, he knew that "Plan A" was very important to Cheng Long, so he gave in a step.

Cheng Long didn't show a happy look, and said: "Tianzai, I can shoot "Plan A", I'm afraid "Fuxing Gaozhao" is a bit of a problem, this movie is produced by Oriental Entertainment, and now Golden Harvest and Oriental Entertainment Alas, last weekend, my godfather also found a script and asked me to be the leading actor." ”

Ye Tian looked at Hong Jinbao, he had expected this, Jiahe reluctantly accepted Cheng Long's filming of "Plan A", and he was already very reluctant, how could he let Cheng Long continue to act in "Lucky Star Gaozhao", not to mention Cheng Long, it was Hong Jinbao and Yuan Di, I am afraid that Zou Wenhuai would not be willing.

The first one to oppose was Zeng Zhiwei, who was quite dissatisfied with Cheng Long's retreat, and frowned: "Ah Long, this is your fault, the funds for "Lucky Star Gaozhao" have been put in place, but you boycott the show, what do you let us do?" ”

Cheng Long couldn't say that he agreed to shoot "Plan A" in the name of participating in "Lucky Star High Photos", in order to cover up, and he didn't plan to shoot "Lucky Star High Photos" at all, he thought that Ye Tian understood, so he didn't explain, and now that Golden Harvest has promised him to star in "Plan A", there is no need to use "Lucky Star High Photos" as a cover.

Hong Jinbao pondered for a while and asked, "How is the script?" ”

Cheng Long said: "It's still a kung fu movie, and there are heavy traces of imitating "Young Master Long". ”

Hong Jinbao frowned and said, "Let you make your own follower film?" ”

"Obviously, Golden Harvest wants to occupy your schedule, the film will not be a blockbuster, and it will also have an impact on your popularity, Aaron, you should think about it, I won't let you suffer." Ye Tian patted Cheng Long on the shoulder, said a few nice words, and then changed his attitude and said lightly: "Originally, I wanted Li Lianjie to play this role, but the Wei family planned to make a joint venture with us, and they specified that Li Lianjie should be the leading actor." ”

Cheng Long had a calm face, he was sandwiched between He Guanchang and Ye Tian, the taste was very uncomfortable, he promised He Guanchang, he offended Ye Tian, and promised Ye Tian to offend his godfather.

Hong Jinbao changed the topic and said: "Tianzai, is the Dian family looking for your joint venture film?" ”

"Yes, what is "North and South Shaolin"!" Ye Tian nodded, he didn't take it to heart, it was a bad movie.

Hong Jinbao exclaimed, the situation was still so tense last month, Oriental Entertainment recruited troops, Zou Wenhuai and Wei Yifu met frequently, Ye Tian really had the means to turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands for rain, and Wei Yifu actually made a joint venture with Oriental Entertainment, and the alliance must have been in vain.

At the beginning of the year, "Huang Feihong" and "Shaolin Kid" were released one after another, and the box office exceeded 20 million, with "Huang Feihong" taking the lead, "Shaolin Kid" sold more than 26 million box office, higher than "Best Partner", Li Lianjie became popular again, Shaw Shaw just wanted to get a piece of the pie, the script of "North and South Shaolin" is very similar to "Shaolin Kid", Shaw is only willing to pay 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Ye Tian asks for 2 million, The gap between the two is 40 times, and the two companies are engaged in a tug-of-war over Li Lianjie's salary.

Cheng Long's face was several times, Ye Tian's cold expression was quite scary, and there was a feeling that Zou Wen was angry.

Zeng Zhiwei persuaded: "Ah Long, this movie is really great, it's just a cameo, you don't give this face, it's too bad for friends, everyone can shoot the movie without it, how did Golden Harvest treat you, did you forget?" ”

"I'll think about it again." Cheng Long's tone was loose.

Hong Jinbao vacillated between Golden Harvest and Oriental Entertainment, with an ambiguous attitude, which had a great impact on Cheng Long and Yuan Di, they even thought about following Hong Jinbao to leave Golden Harvest, and when discussing in private, they decided to wait and see for a while, they still don't understand the potential of Oriental Entertainment, if it rises as quickly as New Art City, plus they have a friendship with Ye Tian, they choose to change jobs, but these are based on Oriental Entertainment becoming a movie giant.

Ye Tian faintly understood Hong Jinbao's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Then shoot "Plan A" first!" ”

Hong Jinbao clapped his hands and said: "It's decided." ”

Cheng Long secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at present, he does not plan to turn his face with Golden Harvest, and looks forward to the day when Golden Harvest and Oriental Entertainment will live in peace, so that he can use Golden Harvest to voluntarily go to Hollywood to make films, and borrow Ye Tiancai to consolidate the local market.

Ye Tian got up and poured a few glasses of water, thinking in his heart that Hong Jinbao, the two movies "Lucky Star Gaozhao" and "Plan A" are both money-absorbing weapons, especially in the Japanese market, if he remembers well, the box office adds up to more than 6 billion yen, and Oriental Entertainment can get 3 billion yen, with this money, Ye Tian can do a lot of things.

"Lucky Star" is impossible, you can consider "Summer Lucky Star", thinking of "Summer Lucky Star", Ye Tian made a decision, the film will start filming in the second half of the year, counting Hong Jinbao's investment, plus Zeng Zhiwei, this kid is very loyal, give some sweetness, Hong Jinbao and Zeng Zhiwei are both masters who spend money like running water, Ye Tian is not worried about the amount of investment between the two.

After negotiating the schedule, Zeng Zhiwei was sad and said with a wry smile: "You guys are filming "Plan A", I have nothing to do." ”

Ye Tiandao: "I still want to ask you, do you want to do "Happy Ghost"? ”

Zeng Zhiwei said: "Of course I think about it, I'm the director!" ”

Ye Tiandao: "I plan to hand over my drama to others, and you concentrate on supervising the production of "Lucky Stars"!" ”

Zeng Zhiwei's face became even more bitter, and he said disappointedly: "You want me to be a producer? ”

"The eldest brother is the director, you are the producer, I am the producer, and I will give you a remuneration of 200,000 yuan." slapped a face, naturally wanted to give a sweet date, Ye Tian smiled: "In the second half of the year, I plan to shoot the third part of "Five Lucky Stars", are you interested in investing?" ”

"Of course there is!" Zeng Zhiwei reacted faster than Hong Jinbao, quite excited, the last time he invested in "Five Lucky Stars", he made millions of dollars, so violent, he directly let him leave Xinyicheng to join Oriental Entertainment.

Hong Jinbao opened his mouth, feeling that what he wanted to say could not express his heart, and finally gave a thumbs up.

Cheng Long praised: "Tianzai, you are righteous enough!" ”

Ye Tiandao: "After filming "Lucky Stars", let's shoot "Summer Lucky Stars", shoot two this year, and we won't shoot next year, if we shoot too much, it will be easy to fatigue the audience, let's stop here today, by the way, start filming "Plan A" on the weekend." ”

"No problem!" Cheng Long couldn't help but clap his hands, full of energy.

After talking about business, Hong Jinbao insisted on having a treat, but before Ye Tian could react, he was carried out by Cheng Long and Zeng Zhiwei, and after eating a meal for four or five hours, he went back when he was drunk, and naturally Zhao Yuzhi complained about it. (To be continued.) )