Chapter 434: Internal Conflict
On July 25th, "Summer Lucky Star" was released for two weeks, and the box office exceeded 30 million, but Zeng Zhiwei didn't feel excited at all, the box office was so hot, why should he draw the film, this is what he can't understand, there is his investment in the film, one day less, he will earn more than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, this money is enough for an ordinary person to work for ten years, and he directly found Wang Zichuan here in anger and asked what happened!
Chen Farong took three cups of tea, and when he saw Zeng Zhiwei's face flushed and his neck thick, he immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"Zeng Li, Mr. Wang is in a meeting."
Zeng Zhiwei reprimanded: "Get out of the way, I have something important to discuss with Mr. Wang, and I will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars a day of delay, can you afford to pay it!" ”
Chen Farong let go aggrievedly, she was annoyed, she had just joined the company for more than a month, Zeng Zhiwei was also a production manager, a high and powerful position, and she was one of the people she could not offend, but Zeng Zhiwei's attitude made her unacceptable, and Mr. Wang had never murdered her.
Zeng Zhiwei waited for Chen Farong to get out of the way, snorted coldly, opened the door and went in directly, and sure enough, he saw Wang Zichuan discussing something with Chen Baixiang and Wang Jin in a low voice.
Wang Zichuan looked at Zeng Zhiwei who suddenly broke in unhappily, and broke in without even knocking on the door, it seems that Zeng Zhiwei must be taught a lesson this time, it is always bad to get carried away.
Wang Jin smiled: "Zeng Li is also here!" ”
Zeng Zhiwei ignored Wang Jin and asked directly: "Mr. Wang, why did the theater line paint "Summer Lucky Star", I investigated, the attendance rate is still above seventy, and the box office exceeds 1.6 million per day, why should such a good film be painted!" ”
Chen Baixiang frowned tightly, the painting of "Summer Lucky Star" was ordered by Wang Zichuan, but the execution process was he, the theater manager, Zeng Zhiwei questioned Wang Zichuan in front of him, which was tantamount to humiliating him, and immediately said unhappily: "This is the result of the discussion of the board of directors of the company......
Zeng Zhiwei shifted his gaze to Chen Baixiang. New and old hatreds came up together, and they angrily rebuked: "Can the company's board of directors ignore the company's interests? I've been mixing for so many years, and I've never seen a company draw a film with such a high attendance, do you know that this decision will cost the company a lot? ”
Wang Jin glanced at Wang Zichuan and sneered: "Where did he get so angry? ”
Chen Baixiang saw that Wang Zichuan was about to speak, and hurriedly stopped him, this time Zeng Zhiwei committed his rebellion, he went from the second-in-command of the original company to the manager of the theater chain, and his status had dropped a lot, although he was willing. But I usually care a lot about what other people think.
Zeng Zhiwei is a good production manager, and the authority of the production manager is half a point higher than that of the theater manager, but it does not mean that he Chen Baixiang wants to bow to Zeng Zhiwei, a working man.
Chen Baixiang smiled coldly and said word by word: "I repeat, the things decided by the company's board of directors will not be changed, whether you obey or disobey, you can't change the facts." ”
"Why!" Zeng Zhiwei decided to occupy the commanding heights of reason. Asked loudly: "Even if the board of directors does this, there must be a reasonable reason, otherwise how can we explain to our employees!" ”
Chen Baixiang said disdainfully: "It's so righteous and awe-inspiring, don't think I don't know." The film does it because of your investment. ”
Zeng Zhiwei said confidently: "Even if there is my investment, but the film also has the investment of Tengfei Entertainment, I account for 15% of the share, but the company accounts for 25%. Do you know how much money the company loses in a day? ”
Wang Jin winked at Wang Zichuan, as if he regarded the conflict in front of him as a farce. The mood of schadenfreude is fully revealed.
Chen Baixiang sneered: "Don't forget that Golden Harvest accounts for the majority of the film, and no matter how much we earn, we don't make as much as Golden Harvest!" Also, after the summer vacation, we and Golden Harvest are rivals, and we will continue to release "Summer Lucky Star" as a rival! ”
Zeng Zhiwei looked angry, he was very disgusted with these portals, Hong Kong film industry has Chen Baixiang's theories, free film talents have lost space, big brothers in the film industry like Hong Jinbao, they have to tie up a cinema chain, needless to say that he was Zhiwei, full of talent, and he has to work for others.
"Hong Kong films can't develop with talents like you......"
"Enough, have you made enough trouble!" Wang Zichuan glared at the two of them angrily, "This is not a place for shrews to scold the street, what are your identities?" A production manager of Tengfei Entertainment, a manager of Oriental Cinemas, look at what you look like now! ”
Zeng Zhiwei opened his mouth and stammered, his face was red, his original intention was to question Wang Zichuan, but he was interrupted by Chen Baixiang like this, but he didn't know what to say, especially Wang Zichuan's angry appearance, he saw it for the first time.
Wang Jin sneered and said: "Everyone is at the same time, they are still friends, why quarrel for some interests, it would be good if there was something to explain." ”
Wang Zichuan's face was gloomy, and the more Zeng Zhiwei looked at it, the more frightened he became, and he said weakly: "I just came here to ask, and I didn't mean to quarrel." ”
Wang Jin explained: "Zeng Li, this time we didn't deliberately target you, Golden Harvest set a trap, we can't just jump inside, and the film "Summer Lucky Star" is clearly written by the producer, Golden Harvest Pictures!" ”
Zeng Zhiwei asked: "In the first two months, our cooperation with Golden Harvest was not very good, Tengfei Entertainment's films were released in Golden Harvest, why did we Tengfei Entertainment want to close the film of Golden Harvest. Kill? ”
Chen Baixiang sneered: "At the beginning, it was Golden Harvest who begged us to cooperate, and he held the dead hole of the Oriental Cinema Line in his hand, but now the situation has changed, Golden Harvest not only relieved his breath, but also launched a counterattack, can we sit idly by and ignore it?" ”
Zeng Zhiwei asked, "Why didn't I see it?" ”
Wang Zichuan said lightly: "Do you know the film "Police Story" made by Jiahe? ”
"Yes!" Zeng Zhiwei nodded, and began to regret that he was too reckless just now, not only could not recover the loss, but also offended Wang Zichuan and Chen Baixiang.
Wang Zichuan continued: "Although the script of "Police Story" was written by me, Golden Harvest added five or six names to it, such as the director, producer, starring, and planner are all Golden Harvest people, and the honor naturally belongs to Golden Harvest when the film is released. ”
Zeng Zhiwei said blankly: "What does this have to do with "Summer Lucky Star"? ”
Wang Zichuan squinted at Zeng Zhiwei and said proudly: "Since Jiahe has made a good calculation, of course I have to cooperate." ”
Zeng Zhiwei said tentatively: "Ah Chuan, you won't vacate the schedule for "Police Story", right?" This...... This is too confused, we haven't had time to take precautions, why should we cooperate, wouldn't this be a slap in the face! ”
Wang Jin sneered and said, "Are we so confused? What Agawa means is to defeat "Police Story" with dignity. The more powerful the promotion of Golden Harvest, the more difficult it will be to end at that time, but our Tengfei Entertainment will be in the limelight. ”
Zeng Zhiwei suddenly realized, it turned out to be the idea of fighting, so it seems that this is a disguised decisive battle between Tengfei Entertainment and Golden Harvest Pictures, Golden Harvest won, everyone will think that Golden Harvest is old and strong, and the power is still there, if Tengfei Entertainment wins. Everyone will think that Golden Harvest is declining, and Tengfei Entertainment will be the leader of the Hong Kong film industry in the future.
Chen Baixiang said: "This time we can't lose Tengfei Entertainment, the higher the box office, the more gimmicks there are, so we chose to be in the summer file, and the schedule should be at least one month, and it is also a helpless move to draw the film "Summer Lucky Star", and the same is true for Golden Harvest." ”
Zeng Zhiwei's expression changed, and he lamented in his heart, why was he so unlucky. The good-end film was sandwiched between the time of the decisive battle between Tengfei Entertainment and Golden Harvest Pictures, which had hoped to break through the box office of 50 million, but now it can only receive 30 million.
Wang Jin comforted: "We just discussed how to meet the film "Police Story". ”
Zeng Zhiwei reacted and exclaimed: "Do we have a big production of Tengfei Entertainment recently?" "Police Story" is no ordinary film. Ah Long fought for half his life, and I think the box office will never be inferior to "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother". ”
Zeng Zhiwei disagrees with the practice of patting his ass and leaving after taking advantage of this time, and the "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" and "A Chinese Ghost Story Sequel" released in the summer are blockbusters invested by Tengfei Entertainment. The bulk of the income naturally goes to Tengfei Entertainment, especially on the other side, where Golden Harvest Pictures has pit Wang Zichuan and Hong Jinbao a lot of money. Now that it is Wang Zichuan's turn to sit in the village, Golden Harvest will definitely not get any benefits, which means that Golden Harvest Cinemas has been working for Tengfei Entertainment for half of the summer.
When it was time to repay the debt, Tengfei Entertainment suddenly said to Jiahe that he would not play, everyone did their own thing, it was always a bit inauthentic to do so, Zeng Zhiwei was sad for Zou Wenhuai, he had done it under Zou Wenhuai before, and he still had feelings for Jiahe.
Chen Baixiang said: "You don't have to worry about this! The film is ready. ”
"What film?" Zeng Zhiwei thought about it for a while, he is the production manager of Tengfei Entertainment, what films are waiting to be released in the company, he knows best, except for Lin Zhengying, a zombie film, that is, "The Saint of Gambling", which was completed last month, Xu Ke's "Sword and Horse" and Li Xiuxian's "Police Pioneer" are all filming, which is impossible.
"Of course it's "The Saint of Gambling"!" Wang Jin said proudly: "Although I follow my film, but add a lot of creativity, yesterday we watched Mao. film, very funny, can completely fight in the ring with "Police Story". ”
Zeng Zhiwei didn't think so, a gambling film with a small cost of 3 million, and he still wanted to fight in the ring with the big cast directed and acted by Cheng Long!
Chen Baixiang complained: "Ah Chuan, it would be good if you didn't write "Police Story", Jiahe is still honest and obedient. ”
Wang Zichuan was speechless, I don't write it, naturally someone writes, I remember that the first "Police Story" was released in 85, he deliberately wrote the script in 84, so as not to crash, and it turned out to be like this, "Police Story" evolved into a Golden Harvest trump card, and also became the most powerful opponent of Tengfei Entertainment.
Wang Jin said with a smile: "Now movies are like this, good ideas often think of a piece, I heard that there is a screenwriter in Golden Harvest who said that Ah Chuan plagiarized his idea, and also took out another script of "Police Story", and the similarity reached seventy percent. ”
Zeng Zhiwei seized the opportunity to ease the relationship between the two parties, and echoed: "I also heard that the screenwriter found Aaron ......"
Wang Zichuan's heart beat faster, he hadn't heard anyone mention this matter, and asked, "What did Ah Long say?" ”
Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile: "What else, that screenwriter is just a newcomer, he was severely reprimanded by Aaron, the plot of the script he wrote is very similar to "Police Story", but the plot arrangement, lines and phrases, and action descriptions are not the slightest novelty, I guess it should be where this newcomer screenwriter listened to the plot of "Police Story", I wanted to get a little cheap, but I didn't expect to be kicked out of the company." ”
Wang Zichuan instructed Zeng Zhiwei: "You go and put that screenwriter ...... Forget it, let him join Tengfei Entertainment. ”
Wang Jin frowned and said, "What do we want this kind of person to do?" ”
Wang Zichuan said: "I plan to write a sequel and let Cheng Long play it, "Plan A" sold 3.5 billion yen in Japan, and "Police Story" should not be much worse. ”
Chen Baixiang worried: "Even if the screenwriter is okay, Golden Harvest asked Cheng Long to star in our film of Tengfei Entertainment?" ”
Wang Zichuan smiled confidently: "They will." ”
Zeng Zhiwei was very Meng Lang just now, but now he is very embarrassed here, and sneered: "Then I'll go back first." ”
Wang Zichuan motioned to Zeng Zhiwei to wait for a while, and asked, "Is there a problem over there in the training class?" ”
Zeng Zhiwei said with a smile: "Gao Zhisen has always been busy, and I rarely go over." ”
Wang Zichuan was dark and kind, and said with a seeming relationship: "Ah Wei, since joining Tengfei Entertainment, you have made a lot of contributions, I have all these in mind, you don't have to worry about some small things, and the training class will be handed over to Gao Zhisen to be responsible." ”
Zeng Zhiwei broke out in a cold sweat, and he was unhappy with Gao Zhisen in his heart, it would not be that he showed his merit in front of Wang Zichuan and wanted to monopolize the power, so after thinking about it, he replied: "There is nothing wrong with this, but Mr. Gao is busy writing the script, and I am afraid that he will not have time to care about this." ”
Wang Zichuan smiled: "Then I will take over personally, I have nothing to do during this period of time." ”
Zeng Zhiwei's expression was obviously disappointed, he would not be stupid enough to snatch the control of the training class from Wang Zichuan, and said helplessly: "Since Mr. Wang is willing and has time, let's hand over the matter." ”
"Well, you go back!" Wang Zichuan waved his hand.
Chen Baixiang said with a smile: "Ah Chuan, Zeng Zhiwei's face was not good just now, you should be careful that he holds grudges." ”
"He didn't dare!" After getting along for so long, Wang Zichuan also knows a little bit about Zeng Zhiwei, all his belongings are in his own hands, and now he doesn't dare to disobey his will, and when the 'Square Agreement' ends, the funds arrive, and everyone shares together, it is too late for him to be grateful, how can he hold a grudge.
Wang Jindao: "Ah Chuan, before making "God of Gamblers", I wanted to go to Japan. ”
"What are you doing, aren't there Li Jianzhi and Wen Xi over there?"
Wang Jinthief smiled: "They called to invite me, the Japanese branch is already on the right track, and I plan to shoot a film in the near future...... Film, I'll go and enjoy it. ”
Wang Zichuan sneered: "Don't go into battle in person, otherwise Uncle Tian will have to break your legs." ”
Chen Baixiang was puzzled: "What did you say?" ”
"Nothing! It's nothing! Wang Jinsong smiled sneeringly, and after getting permission, he hurriedly slipped away.
Chen Baixiang frowned and said, "This Ah Jin is getting more and more wrong!" ”
"That...... I'm going to go out later! Wang Zichuan said that Chen Baixiang did not know the truth about the matter of the Japanese branch, otherwise he would definitely oppose it with his self-considered upper-class personality. (To be continued......)
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