Li Xiuxian's face changed slightly when he heard this, he was really worried about Zhou Xingchi's contract recently.

In Hong Kong, if you ask who the hottest star is in the past two years, I believe that the vast majority of filmmakers will publicly recommend 'Chow Xingchi' and 'Lau Dehua'. Liu Dehua is undoubtedly a star influenced by Lin Xiaozhi's butterfly, although his contract with the entertainment company expires this year, he himself has long made it clear to the outside world that he will no longer sign a long-term contract with any film company, and only accepts the invitation of the head of the department. In addition, he has a good personal relationship with Lin Xiaozhi, the boss of Media Asia, but it also caused him a lot of trouble.

And he accepts it regardless of whether he is good or bad, not only took over two blockbusters from Media Asia, but also lowered his price to take over a lot of films from other film companies, relying on an iron-like spirit, he has shot seventeen movies in the past two years, and relying on diligence has also saved some film companies from being dissatisfied with not being able to recruit him, and it also indirectly led to his failure to be like another period of history, and finally under the threat of the underworld, he gave up renewing his long-term contract with any film company in order to protect himself from a brokerage company affiliated with an international record giant. and set up his own film company, Tianmu.

Zhou Xingchi is undoubtedly another star who has been influenced by Lin Xiaozhi's butterfly, because of Lin Xiaozhi's intervention, he has forged his reputation as a comedy king in advance, and the two have formed a good fate. Last year, Lin Xiaozhi, who took a stake in Li Xiuxian's Universal Pictures, originally went to Zhou Xingchi's contract, and once wanted to bring Xingye, the future king of comedy, under his command. In the middle of the year, before his contract expired, he offered Zhou Xingchi two different contracts, one was to sign him for three years with 20 million, and the other was to sign him with a fixed salary of 3 million to sign a shooting contract for six films, and guaranteed that he could get 6% of the box office dividend of each film in the city.

These two contracts are not superior, but Xing Ye became famous too quickly and too hot. After receiving the cold confrontation of Zhou Yunfa who did not film for a year, Yongsheng, who gradually changed his business strategy, successively opened a big contract of 4 million and 5 million for him in order to invite him to film. Yongsheng showed an inevitable momentum to 'Zhou Xingchi', and heard that Xiang Qiang had personally hosted banquets to entertain him several times, and it was estimated that he had made some conditions that made him difficult to refuse, but as his agreement with Universal Pictures was about to expire, he has been silent in the face of the attraction of Media Asia and Golden Harvest.

Even Media Asia and Golden Harvest are not sure what kind of big contract they need to use to sign Zhou Xingchi, Li Xiuxian's Universal Pictures is so good, and it is also a luxury to be red-eyed.

If it weren't for Lin Xiaozhi's control, he also invested more than 10 million yuan to participate in their company's film shooting, and discovered a star master who made a lot of money for Magnum. Otherwise, now that the cost of film shooting is getting higher and higher, it is still unknown how many days Universal Pictures will last.

Although Lin Xiaozhi guessed his mind wrongly, one sentence really made Li Xiuxian silent for a long time. Lin Xiaozhi is naturally not untargeted, although his contract with Zhou Xingchi expires this year, there is still a priority to renew the two-year semi-overlord agreement. Lin Xiaozhi also knew about this, and had hinted more than once that he didn't want to use this kind of method, which was not too legally binding, but easy to completely dissipate his relationship with Zhou Xingchi's master and apprentice.

Seriously, Lin Xiaozhi still understands Li Xiuxian's mood better, his Huanya family has a big business, one less signing Zhou Xingchi, and a bunch of actor-level stars such as Liang Jiahui, Liu Qingyun, and Wu Zhenyu are held in the palm of his hand. But Li Xiuxian finally had the good fortune to discover an emperor superstar in order to make money from him, but as a result, he was like a boiled duck ready to fly, and it was inevitable that he was a little unbalanced in his heart.

This passage is just to remind that Universal Pictures is now also a satellite subsidiary of Media Asia, and Lin Xiaozhi is not willing to ruin his reputation in order to keep a star.

Before 10 a.m., the number of people who came began to increase. Sammo Hung was the first to come, and Brother Sanmao's still bold temperament did not change because he entered Golden Harvest, and he got together with Lin Xiaozhi as soon as he came, and the most talked about was his pseudo-science fiction movie "Resident Evil". It's just that he is a person from Golden Harvest after all, and Chen Xunqi and the others became a little restrained as soon as they came, because they couldn't figure out what Lin Xiaozhi was thinking, so naturally he couldn't speak as openly as before, and dared to ask him about his business philosophy and views on Hong Kong movies.

After ten o'clock, another group of people came in a hurry. Huang Baiming, the new president of Xinyicheng, came, and Xu Ke and Gao Zhisen came with him, and when they saw the three of them coming, Lin Xiaozhi responded with a smile: "I said why did you three come together......

Huang Baiming saw that they were all acquaintances, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, they are all acquaintances, but I also have to admire Lin Sheng's courage!" ”

Mecca was recently transferred by Lei Qizheng to serve as the president of the Golden Princess Group, and Lin Xiaozhi has received news that Lei Qizheng has begun to operate the listing of the Golden Princess Group. Although Mecca was transferred to the Golden Princess Group as the president, he was administratively one level higher than himself, and his relationship with Mecca for most of the past six months has also eased under the mediation of Lei Qizheng, but the contradictions accumulated over the past few years can be dissipated overnight. So although Mecca was still pressing himself after his ascension, Huang Baiming felt more comfortable than before.

For the secret praise in his words, Lin Xiaozhi just smiled slightly. Of course he has the courage, otherwise he would not have sent invitations to several opponents such as Jiahe, Xinyicheng, and Yongsheng at the same time.

He first greeted Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen, and then nodded to Xu Ke. For his seemingly cold performance, Xu Ke did not have any dissatisfaction. It's rare for the old monster to show a smiling face in front of people, "Ah Sen is helping me get a new book of "Huang Feihong 2", Huang Sheng met him on the road. ”

In the first half of the year, Media Asia invested 50 million yuan, and the "Black Man" that he was asked to shoot was completed at the end of last month. This movie was shot very seriously, and it took almost five months to get it done, and Lin Xiaozhi also supervised the post-production, and it could be done in early December at the latest. However, whether "Black Man" will be released in the market at the end of December, or whether it will be left for the Chinese New Year at the beginning of next year, Lin Xiaozhi has not yet figured it out.

Gao Zhisen and Huang Baiming are both good at writing scripts, especially witty jokes. He heard his old friend mention himself, smiled and waved his hand: "I'm just helping to moisten the pen, don't blame me for ruining your book, Director Xu Keda......"

In fact, the script framework of "Once Upon a Time 2" was written by Li Huimin, a well-known Hong Kong TV drama producer, and Zhang Tan, who was only responsible for revising and adding a few paragraphs to the main line, which is not wrong.

Three newcomers came at once, and they were all one of the best in the circle, Li Xiuxian and several people also surrounded them, everyone politely said a few words and was just about to sit down, when they heard the voice of the waiter not far away, everyone looked sideways, and four more people came together, three of them were present and everyone knew each other, it was Zeng Zhiwei, Xu Guanwen and Deng Guangrong. And another man who looked to be about thirty-five or sixteen years old, except for Lin Xiaozhi and Chen Qiang, only Sammo Hung was slightly surprised when he saw him, obviously knowing this person.

Xu Guanwen grinned: "Fortunately, Boss Shao was accommodating, otherwise I wouldn't be able to ask for leave today!" ”

The Xu Brothers Pictures can produce one or two movies a year, which are all highly prolific, and the four Xu brothers have their own jobs, for example, he Xu Guanwen is also the best gold medal emcee and host in Hong Kong, and after encountering ATV's poaching, even Zeng Zhiwei and Shen Dianxia were poached, Shao Yifu could only pull down his face and personally invite the more free Xu Guanwen to TVB to help support a scene.

Zeng Zhiwei is a self-acquaintance, although he has a big mouth, he is very popular in the circle, said hello to everyone, and went straight to his old friends Xu Ke and Huang Baiming.

"I didn't expect everyone to come so early, Lin Sheng doesn't blame us for coming late, right?" Deng Guangrong smiled heartily, but he could see some silver threads on his head when he was middle-aged.

In the past year, he has not had a good life, his Ying Zhijie Film Company recognized as the golden double gun - Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei because he is reluctant to invest money to make blockbusters for himself, and the other is always complained by him that the film can win awards but does not make money, seeing that the contract signed with Ying Zhijie will expire at the beginning of next year, he has no intention of renewing it, and the intention to leave is already obvious.

Seventy percent of the box office income of the Shadow Hero now depends on this golden double gun, and if the two of them leave, the Shadow Hero will immediately exist in name only.

Lin Xiaozhi glanced at him and sighed in his heart, although Deng Guangrong is selfish, he is also a bright and upright man, and his decline represents the vast majority of local grassroots filmmakers in Hong Kong. They came from humble backgrounds because they entered the industry by a momentary opportunity, or once made a lot of money, or achieved the fame of stars. It's a pity that he always looks at the past and doesn't look forward, can't grasp the progress of the times, and can't keep up with the development of Hong Kong films.

When the time comes, if you can, you can help......

A decision was made in his heart in an instant, Lin Xiaozhi waved his hand and answered him, but the person looked at the man who was standing aside and just smiling silently, and he found that everyone else was glancing at this person from time to time, obviously waiting for him to introduce. didn't hesitate at the moment, nodded at him and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Liang Qiuhao, the director of Sing Tao Daily." Liang Sheng, thank you for your face today! ”

Although Liang Qiuhao is not well-known in the industry, when it comes to his mother-in-law, Hu Xian, I am afraid that few people in Hong Kong do not know him. That's right, his wife Hu Ningxiang is the daughter of Hong Kong newspaper queen Hu Xian. This time, Lin Xiaozhi personally sent an invitation to Hu Xian, but unfortunately the newspaper queen was in Australia and couldn't come back, so he sent his son-in-law to accept his invitation to Wenhua.

"It's an honor to receive the invitation of Lin Dong, media and entertainment have never been separated, although I am only in charge of the personnel of Sing Tao Newspaper, but to be able to communicate with so many celebrities in the entertainment industry, I believe it will also help our work in the future!"

I have to say that the son-in-law of the newspaper queen, who is said to be from a family of lawyers, has some self-cultivation, at least when they met for the first time, he left a good impression on many people.