He Guanchang hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Wen Huai, are you sure?" As soon as this news reached Nakano, Light and Shadow was about to take root in the Japanese market. The quality of the filmmaking of the light and shadow company is not inferior to that of our Golden Harvest. ”

Zou Wenhuai smiled bitterly in his heart, his subordinate is good at everything, but he is a little greedy and narrow-minded.

"Do as I want, without Shaw Brothers competing with us, we have to find another opponent, otherwise the company will slack off. Don't forget, that's how the Shaw Brothers fell. ”

He Guanchang was stunned, at the beginning, Shaw Brothers was also a dominant team, but as a result, he became more and more harsh on employees, and his style became more and more conservative and bureaucratic. In the end, let Wen Huai take his group of Shaw Brothers veterans and overturn the behemoth to the ground.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

After many years of subordinates and partners, Zou Wenhuai continued to think about a cigar. Now that the table is up, he has to force Lao He to withdraw from Debao and tie Pan Disheng to death in Debao, so that this table has three legs. Yongsheng? Sun Ziming will definitely support it, that is his natural ally, and this table has four legs. As for Tsui Hark's group of independent filmmakers, that's the fifth leg.

If you can really see Chinese movies and Hollywood go hand in hand in your lifetime, it is not in vain that you have struggled in this industry for so many years! I'm sixty-three, and money doesn't mean much anymore, so doesn't Uncle Six start doing good deeds anyway? I don't have much money for him, and I don't have him to be unsympathetic, the property must be given to his daughter, so I can only fight for the industry for most of my life, and leave this little thing.

Zou Wenhuai, who was full of thoughts, asked the assistant to wake him up when it was time for lunch.

"Chairman, Mr. Wang Zuxing is here, and he said that you asked him to come."

Zou Wenhuai looked at the wall clock in the office, and then ordered: "Call him in, book a table for me in the tea restaurant downstairs, and we will go down to eat later." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Wang Zuxing came in, Zou Wenhuai got up to shake hands with him, and personally made him a cup of tea. The Academy Awards were not so much founded by Cinema Fortnight as it was by him. Without his efforts, the Academy Awards would really be just like Sun Ziming said, just the self-entertainment of "Biweekly".

Wang Zuxing took the hot tea and sat on the sofa with a little mixed tastes. I worked hard to get the Academy Awards, and I already became famous, but I didn't know that it had nothing to do with me in a blink of an eye. I also know that Director Sun is right, in order for the Academy Awards to develop, it must become a non-profit award. But this day really came, why are you so sad? It's like raising a daughter with hard work, and then marrying another woman in a blink of an eye.

Well, since the change of president and editor-in-chief, the magazine has become a place where shareholders compete for power and profit, and it has lost the professionalism and enterprising spirit when it was founded. If President Li is still in charge of the overall situation, the Academy Awards will definitely still be in the society, and they will definitely become non-profit awards, which will not be so scandalous.

After cleaning up his feelings, Wang Zuxing put down the teacup, took out a stack of materials from his briefcase, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zou, this is some information about the situation of the Academy Awards in the past few years, and I will hand it over to you now." ”

Zou Wenhuai took the materials and put them on the coffee table, and "Biennial Weekly" had already informed the Hong Kong Film Associations of the transfer decision through their lawyers. He is the president of the Producers Guild, and it makes sense that he will take over temporarily until a new Academy Awards president is elected.

Taking a sip of Longjing tea, Zou Wenhuai asked with a smile, "Zu Xing, how is President Li?" The last time I saw him in the park with a child, he didn't seem to be in good spirits. ”

Wang Zuxing sighed: "Since the shareholders were ousted the year before last, he has never been happy. He originally wanted to start a new film magazine, but who wanted to invest in it? With his little manuscript fee and savings, he can live a good life, but if he really wants to run a magazine, it is difficult to rent two offices. Besides, the professional film magazine already has a "Bi-weekly", and if it runs a new one, how can there be market sales? ”

Zou Wenhuai pondered for a long time and asked: "Zu Xing, if a movie magazine only relies on the sales of the magazine itself, not sponsorship and the like, can it survive?" ”

Wang Zuxing shook his head, "Bi-Weekly" is facing social elites, senior white-collar workers, and professional fans, so the requirements for printing quality are quite high, and the cost and selling price are also high, so the sales volume has not been high.

If it weren't for some brands running ads, they wouldn't have survived at all. Of course, if the Academy Awards are still in "Biweekly", then it is another matter, with millions of profits every year, the magazine can live well.

"Can I understand that the profits of the Academy Awards are the main source of income for Fortnightly?"

Wang Zuxing nodded heavily, now that there is no income from this piece, the magazine will be struggling, President Zhong and they are in a hurry like ants on a hot pot, and they are public relations and advertising everywhere.

As expected, these situations were the same as he and the little guy had guessed. Zou Wenhuai thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "What if the major film companies have to put some promotional advertisements in your magazine every time they make a new film?" For each blockbuster with a budget of more than a certain amount, allow your reporters to follow and cover it? ”

Wang Zuxing was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Impossible, they will give priority to mainstream media and entertainment newspapers and magazines such as "Ming Pao" and "Sun Daily", and ordinary fans will not pay attention to professional magazines like "Double Weekly". ”

Zou Wenhuai smiled, there is nothing impossible about this, as long as the Academy Awards go to the film industry, this is possible.

"Zu Xing, accompany me to lunch, I still have some things to ask you."

Wang Zuxing looked at his watch and said with a smile: "Then I'll scratch it." ”

……

After the two finished lunch, they returned to the office, and the assistant made two cups of Tieguanyin and went out again.

"Zu Xing, I won't tell you, Director Sun Ziming came to me in the morning. He made a suggestion to ask President Li to return to the mountains and start a professional film magazine as a subsidiary of the Academy Awards Committee. ”

Before Zou Wenhuai finished speaking, Wang Zuxing asked angrily: "What about our magazine?" You can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, can you? ”

Zou Wenhuai smiled: "Don't worry, wait until I finish." Bi-weekly has rotted and become a mercenary magazine. We are ready to accept the backbone of your magazine, and as for the president, editor-in-chief, etc., we don't want it. The magazine wants you to support yourself, and the Academy Awards Committee allocates a part of the profits to you every year to fund your dispatch of journalists to Taiwan and the mainland. ”

Wang Zuxing breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the people working in the society can keep their jobs, as for those moths, it has nothing to do with him. No wonder the old man asked about those things in the morning, as long as the magazine was a subordinate magazine of the committee, the film shooting of those film companies would be open to the reporters of the magazine. The magazine can run a gossip newspaper for ordinary fans, and it can walk on two legs and use the profits of the newspaper to support the operation of the magazine.

For film companies, without those messy entertainment reporters, they don't have to worry about plot leaks and paparazzi revelations, let alone the rumors and rumors of the gossip media with no bottom line. For the movie itself, it will also get a free opportunity to promote, which can be regarded as a reward.

Thinking of this, Wang Zuxing said excitedly: "Mr. Zou, this magazine will be the most commercially valuable magazine in Hong Kong!" ”

Zou Wenhuai also breathed a sigh of relief and put down a huge stone in his heart. The judging of the Academy Awards needs such a professional film magazine, and professional means high and low. In this commercial society, what cannot generate commercial value is always not sustainable.

Wang Zuxing, who let go of his worries, accompanied Zou Wenhuai to chat, and unconsciously let the rhythm and content of the conversation be controlled by the old fox.

"Mr. Zou, this won't work. I know that we Hong Kong people have a problem, they don't look down on mainlanders at all, how can they agree to mainland films to participate in it? ”

Zou Wenhuai smiled slyly and asked in a low voice, "What if the mainland market is gradually opened to us?" What about allowing us to cooperate with mainland film companies to make films? ”

Wang Zuxing opened his mouth wide, and his magazine played it to them! The light and shadow company announced that it would not participate in the judging of the Academy Awards without the participation of Taiwan and the mainland, and the company decided to give up this hot potato. Today, President Zhong asked him to hand it over, just to make the film industry infighting, in an attempt to profit from it. It turned out that people had premeditated it, and they just wanted to force the magazine to give up its dominance!

Zou Wenhuai saw Wang Zuxing's stunned look, and then remembered President Zhong's phone call in the morning, and knew that this guy thought of himself and Sun Ziming too insidiously.

"Okay, I'm not going to leave you sitting. Go talk to President Lee, and if you accept our invitation, after the Academy Awards are reformed, I will suggest to the committee that you should start this magazine. ”

"Hey, Mr. Xie Lu Xie Zou."

Wang Zuxing said goodbye excitedly, and he could still hold back his excitement in Jiahe, and returned to his broken car, smiling so much that he couldn't close his mouth. Zou Wenhuai's suggestion is that it must be! The four major film companies, Golden Harvest and Light and Shadow have all agreed, and Debao's second largest shareholder is He Guanchang, will he disagree? As for Xinyi City, Wang Zuxing didn't feel at ease, with a three-to-one advantage, Mai Jia and the golden princess behind him were not happy, so they had to pinch their noses and admit it. There are other associations, with the approval of the Producers Association, which of those wage earners whose future is in the hands of the boss will jump out and oppose it?

Unlike Wang Zuxing's excitement, He Guanchang, who solved the problem of the ownership of the Academy Awards, had a headache for the relationship between various associations. The Directors Guild, the Actors Guild, the Photography Guild, the Screenwriters Guild and the like seem to be equal to the Producers Guild, but in fact, they are more or less under the orders of the Producers Guild. Just like Cheng Long is both a member of the Directors Association and a member of the Actors Association, who does he want him to vote for, and he still doesn't do it?

If you can't make everyone equal, the Academy Awards will be controlled by large companies and become a profit-making tool for major companies! If it is really as Sun Ziming said, according to the Hollywood system, how can the bosses of the film companies agree? No one will voluntarily give up power!

Hey, Sun Ziming, this guy, put the problem out, but threw it to himself an old guy to solve it, it's hard for him to say every day that he should be kind!

After thinking about it for a long time, Zou Wenhuai didn't come up with a proper solution, and it happened that his other old buddy Liang Feng came to him for a banquet.

"Ah Feng, do you have anything you can do?"

Liang Feng is Zou Wenhuai's other arm, good at company management and operation, he doesn't think this is a problem.

"Give me your 60-year-old Kweichow Moutai, how about a consulting fee?"

"Get out! That was prepared by my daughter for my 70th birthday, so hurry up and say a way. ”

The two old friends laughed, and Liang Feng smiled: "Leave it to time, we just need to get the framework out and further improve it, that's the business of the younger kids." You're not God, what the hell are you doing? Let's go, the banquet of the Light and Shadow Company is almost over, I want to see what tricks that little guy wants to do today. ”