Chapter 185: The Light Behind the Darkness
Ten minutes later, Yuan Mei led Gao Ying to Sun Ziming's study. Without waiting for him to open his mouth, Gao Ying did not hesitate to pick up a bunch of car keys and put them in her bag. Sun Ziming put the check next to him back in the drawer and joked: "You are the smartest girl I have ever met, this car is not for you, I will borrow you for the down payment." β
Gao Ying also joked: "If I find that you are not worthy of my following, I will leave the company immediately, of course, this car belongs to you." β
Grandson Mingha smiled and motioned for her to sit down and talk, and asked Yuan Mei to help her make a cup of tea. Yuan Mei made tea a little weirdly in his heart, and if he wanted to replace it with the three of them, even in private, he didn't dare to talk to Sun Ziming like this.
"Ah Ying, we are alumni, and we will work together in the future, I don't have much to say, but there is one thing to remember."
mentioned the matter at work, Gao Ying resumed her respect in the workplace, and said, "You said." β
Sun Ziming is also very satisfied with this clear attitude of public and private, the assistant is the person who follows him at all times, and some things must not be seen or heard.
"You just need to take care of my business, my private affairs have nothing to do with you."
Gao Ying also breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't have to deal with personal matters, and there was no personal attachment. The man in front of him, who is younger than himself, is not a good stubble, and the two bigwigs in Xinyi'an downstairs are playing cards. Today, the owner of the nightclub called the two bigwigs downstairs brothers, and stood behind him like a follower.
"It's okay, let's go down and play. Ah Ying, do you bring enough money? They're crazy enough to have fun, do you want me to lend you some? β
Hong Kong people are good gamblers, and Gao Ying is no exception, and said with a smile: "I brought 10,000 yuan, and when I lost, I will find a place to sleep." β
Sun Ziming smiled, this is really a woman with strong self-control. If you want to replace Yuan Mei and Liu Jialing, if you don't lose all the money on your body, you will never get off the table, how can you set a standard of 10,000 yuan for yourself?
"Let's go, I'm also the one who gets off the table if I lose 100,000 yuan, a small gamble can be pleasant, and a big gamble will hurt my money and spirit."
The two agreed, and Sun Ziming took out the money from the drawer and followed the two downstairs. Sun Ziming is not addicted to gambling but he doesn't want to be an alternative, the only way is to follow these people and sometimes fool around, and he is the same as Guang Tongchen everywhere.
After gambling at the villa for one night, the next day everyone went to Lamma Island for two days of carnival, although they didn't win a single heavyweight award. Gao Ying is also completely integrated into this collective, and there are small filths inside, but the interests of the company cannot be harmed. There are also small fights in the company, but they will consciously limit themselves to work. This is the common vitality of a rapidly growing company, unlike when she was in TVB, working hard at the same time, she also had to watch out for the open guns and hidden arrows of her colleagues.
Early Monday morning, after Sun Ziming sent Juanzi and Yang Guozhong back to Beiping, before he could pick up the teacup when he entered the office, Gao Ying led Uncle Zeng in, helped him make a cup of tea, and went out lightly.
"Ziming, Uei has called, and Mr. Shinyuki is going to entertain us, at the Peninsula Hotel where they are staying."
Sun Ziming picked up the teacup, carefully took a sip of tea, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know the bottom line?" β
Uncle Zeng shook his head, that Nobuyuki was too shrewd, and Uejing didn't dare to inquire at all. Commissions are a good thing, but if you want to exchange them for freedom, it's not worth it.
"Uncle Zeng, you prepare a gift for me, I have no experience in this matter."
Uncle Zeng nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll arrange it." Let Yuan Mei and Liu Jialing accompany us, there are two women at the table, and the atmosphere will be better. Gao Ying, bring it with you, this girl has good potential, and she should be able to stand alone in the future with more exercise. β
"Okay, let's take it with us."
When Uncle Zeng went out, Sun Ziming had just finished reading a newspaper, and Uncle Zeng came back within two minutes.
"Ziming, the troublemaker has found out."
Sun Ziming raised his head and looked at it, and asked in a low voice, "Who?" β
"He Guanchang, the money that Pan Di gave birth to. Some people saw that Ho Guanchang was in Macao some time ago, and frequently invited people to eat and play. β
Yes? Sun Ziming looked at Uncle Zeng in astonishment, He Guanchang He has seen it twice, although it doesn't have a good impression, but it won't be so dirty, right? This is a big taboo, in case the reporter knows the truth, not only himself, but even Jiahe and Debao will be implicated.
"It's nothing, he's neither a star nor a big boss of the company, who will stare at him when he's full?"
This is the kind of person who comes forward to do dirty work. Even if someone sees it, they don't pay too much attention. If Uncle Zeng hadn't been alert, he wouldn't have paid attention to him.
"Ziming, do you know the income composition of other film companies, a very important piece is money laundering, and the current market is half to one percent."
Sun Ziming nodded, drank tea and motioned to Uncle Zeng to continue, these things were known to him as soon as the studio was established. At the beginning, the conflict with Chen Huimin was because people wanted to borrow light and shadow to bleach.
"He Guanchang was born in Heshenghe, and personally discovered Li Xiaolong and Cheng Long, and he is Anita Mui's godfather."
This is also what Sun Tzu knows about the Dao, but then he doesn't know the Dao. He Guanchang was not only born in harmony with Shenghe, but also had a close relationship with the other two major associations.
"Hmph, we were careless, we always thought that the other party would not spend money to buy tickets (canvassing), but people don't need to buy tickets at all. He Guanchang is doing ghosts behind his back, and nine times out of ten it is the meaning of those community film companies. β
Sun Ziming stopped drinking tea, handed a cigarette to Uncle Zeng, and lit it thoughtfully.
"You mean, our presence has blocked their way to their wealth? It's not like that, the club makes movies mainly for bleaching, and it shouldn't care too much about the benefits. β
Uncle Zeng shook his head and said in a low voice: "But we won the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, how can we hide this matter from others, how can we hide it from him?" Hong Kong's cinema chain, we will account for 1/3 in the future, if we don't give up part of the film scheduling rights, how can He Guanchang and those people pull up the box office? If there is no box office, how can you sell the film to other cities? Half to 10% of the income from the money laundered by the association alone cannot support a company. I guess they want to demonstrate and then show goodwill. The purpose is to let us cinema in the future and schedule films for them. To know that the Hong Kong box office is the vane of other cities. β
understood, they wanted to take the voting rights of the Academy Awards and trade with the film scheduling rights of their own company's theaters. If you cooperate, there will be no more scenes from a few days ago at the Academy Awards in the future, and your company will be able to get a few pieces of good pork.
Uncle Zeng sighed, he still hadn't been able to fight those old foxes, but people might not be very comfortable.
"Uncle He, this person is good at scheming, Hong Jinbao just had the intention of being self-reliant, and he picked up Cheng Longlai."
Sun Ziming added with a smile: "The disadvantage is that it is easier said than done, and I am always excited and out of control, so I can only help Zou Wenhuai come up with ideas, and I can't be a home." β
Uncle Zeng also smiled and nodded, there was already a rumor from Debao Company, and Hong Jinbao had a big quarrel with him. The big fat man made him so angry that he gave up the investment rights of "Tomb Raider" in a fit of rage.
The two smoked for a while, and Sun Ziming also knocked on the table for a while, and finally calculated the pros and cons.
"Uncle Zeng, after winning the theater, we still come according to the original method we discussed. It's not a good film, and it can't enter our theaters. Of course, Debao also needs to raise the standard appropriately. β
Uncle Zeng also agreed, grievances are grievances, business is business, this is the person who does great things. But who's going to run the mess?
"When Brother Jing was in TVB, didn't he help Uncle Tian Lin arrange films? Let Brother Jing take the lead, select a deputy from the current theater manager, let the deputy do the specific work, and he will be responsible for supervision. β
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After Uncle Zeng left, Sun Ziming also began to read the newspaper, focusing on Gao Ying's red circle.
Hey? The more Sun Ziming looked at it, the more strange it became, the results of the Academy Awards did not arouse much doubt from the mainstream media, and the newspapers were full of 'controversial but basically fair and reasonable' voices. Do you really think that "Autumn Fairy Tale" is comparable to "The Story of Ah Lang"? The box office of the two is not a star and a half?
The puzzled Sun Ziming picked up the phone, let Gao Ying in, and asked in a deep voice: "Ah Ying, you are a reporter." Tell me, why did no reporter disagree with the results of this review? β
Gao Ying replied: "Social background! Hong Kong's upper middle class and above like to let their children study abroad. The editor-in-chief of the entertainment section of major media also belongs to the social elite, and most of them have studied abroad, so "Autumn Fairy Tale" is more influential than "The Story of Ah Lang" among the social elite. β
Only then did Sun Ziming suddenly realize that the right to speak in this society is in the hands of intellectuals. "Autumn Fairy Tale" was a box office fiasco, but it was more resonant with them than "The Story of Ah Lang".
After figuring out this layer, Sun Ziming couldn't help but maliciously guess that He Guanchang's old fox probably also saw this, so he dared to spend money to invite guests to win over the judges. , no one who can squeeze into the upper class is good at stubble, calculating people's hearts, and one is more accurate than the other. It is estimated that when he invited guests, he talked to people about the life of studying abroad in a foreign country, provoking people's emotional tendencies.
Awesome! If it weren't for He Guanchang's weakness in character, it is estimated that the achievements would not be limited to the shareholders of the two film companies, so simple. No wonder, he held shares in Debao, and Zou Wenhuai also turned a deaf ear.
I was just in my early twenties, and I took the initiative to distribute the shares to everyone. It's easy to give him the impression that he, a hairy boy, wants to do big things, and values reputation more than profit. That's why I set up this bureau, and I want to embarrass myself first, and then mention the matter of cooperation. It is estimated that Pan Disheng's genius also persuaded the old treacherous guy to convince him, one contributed money and the other contributed strength, and the partnership pitted himself!
After thinking about the cause and effect, Sun Ziming didn't bother about it anymore, but felt comfortable. As long as those judges don't join forces to make ghosts out of personal interests, it means that everyone still has certain principles.
"Oh, you go to the banquet in the evening. Dress well, now you're not a journalist, pay attention to the faΓ§ade. β
Gao Ying happily agreed, and went out and was distressed again.