Chapter 1038 - It's Not a Clever Tongue (Part II)
Hong Kong Light and Shadow Group is a giant in Asia, directly or indirectly controlling more than 3,000 cinemas, eight television stations and 11 commercial radio stations in East and Southeast Asia.
Wang Jinghua started his own business as a boss, but he never wanted to be an enemy of such a behemoth, even if Yuan Mei aggressively blocked her company, he did not make any futile counterattack. She thought about taking her artists to join the competitors of Light and Shadow such as Golden Harvest, Huayi, Bona, and even Japan's Kadokawa Films, but that was the last choice, and it was by no means the best choice.
Holding the exquisite white porcelain teacup in his hand for a while, Wang Jinghua finally said his bottom line, "Mr. Sun, do you think it is possible for Shibi Company to join the Light and Shadow Group?" ”
Well? Sun Ziming drank the last small cup of earth tea and looked at the shrewd woman in front of him playfully.
"Miss Wang, you must have other options, such as cooperating with Golden Harvest and Huayi. I'm sure that with your abilities and connections, they won't turn you away. You have spent so much time to see me, I am afraid that you still take a fancy to the strength of light and shadow, and want to use our strength to create another starlight agent.
But why should I promise you? Could it be that I spent my time and resources just to develop a competitor for Starlight? ”
"No, Mr. Sun, it is not in your short-term interests to let Shibi join the Light and Shadow Group, but it is very much in your long-term interests."
Wang Jinghua's short sentence, without too much explanation, also made Sun Ziming's heart move.
Although Starlight Brokerage has developed very well under the management of Yuan Mei and Li Xiuman, it is too deeply entangled with the interests of Light and Shadow Company. Producers, brokers, and theaters are natural enemies of each other, and sooner or later they will be independent in the long run.
In particular, the relationship between the interests of the brokerage company and the company's headquarters is even more chaotic. If it weren't for the starlight brokerage company, it would have been able to give the light and shadow company a lot of commercial benefits; The light and shadow company can help the brokerage company to become a popular artist, maybe the two sides have already quarreled, which makes Sun Ziming annoyed.
Although Sun Ziming didn't ask too much about the specific situation, he also knew that all shareholders, including Uncle Zeng and Wang Fatzi, had invested in those projects brought by Yuan Mei, even Li Zhi and Li Yingai were no exception. Wang Fatzi and those with vested interests all know that the brokerage company and the production company are tied together, which is only a special period in the development stage, but the huge interests have made them want to extend this period indefinitely.
What's even more troublesome is that because of the different positions, Sun Ziming can already see the crisis very clearly - the light and shadow company is no longer as brave as it used to be, which is also the bitter fruit of his own brewing. More than ten years ago, in order to gain a foothold in Hong Kong, he relied on bringing everyone to make a fortune to win people's hearts, but now, everyone's income outside the movie exceeds the movie itself. When everyone is accustomed to making a lot of money easily, making movies has become their side hustle, how can they still rack their brains to film like they did at the beginning?
For the sake of long-term development, Sun Ziming has the intention to separate the brokerage company and let the film company return to the film itself. However, even if he said his word within the Hong Kong Light and Shadow Group, he could not forcibly divide the two departments against everyone's wishes.
Anyone who is an agent will observe what he says, not to mention that Wang Jinhua has prepared countless sets of plans for today's meeting, and has scrutinized all possible details. Now seeing that Sun Ziming has moved, Wang Jinghua knows that he is not far from success.
In the eyes of people like themselves, wealth is pure wealth, a guarantee and tool for a better life, but in the eyes of big people like them, wealth is no longer wealth but control and influence. By agreeing to merge the company into the Light and Shadow Group, he can maintain the influence of this big man on his company, and he can contain the Starlight Brokerage Company, which is already big, which is actually beneficial to him.
But what Wang Jinghua didn't expect was that as soon as Sun Ziming groaned slightly, he began to issue an eviction order, "Miss Wang, let's talk about this." Jiadai, send Miss Wang. ”
"Hi", Kayo Sato bowed slightly, signaling that Wang Jinghua could leave.
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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the Spring Festival, and Sun Ziming returned to Hong Kong around the Lantern Festival after spending the New Year in his hometown. As expected, even if "Infernal Affairs 2" has the joining of the two superstars Leung Jiahui and Wu Yijiang, and chooses to be released during the Spring Festival, the box office in Hong Kong is only 32.08 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not as good as Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" alone.
When the box office in other cities was summarized to the Hong Kong headquarters one after another, Wang Fatzi and Liu Weiqiang, who were lucky, were completely disappointed, the first part could win a total box office of one billion, and the sequel was barely able to even exceed 300 million, only getting 300 million and 7 million. However, Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" got a total box office of 470 million in Asia, continuing his usual high box office. The film critic's evaluation of "Infernal Affairs 2" is simply four words 'dog's tail continues to mink'!
Although at the company's annual meeting, Wang Fatzi and Chen Jiashang summarized the reasons for success and the lessons of failure, Sun Ziming knew very well that the light and shadow company had begun to decline. These directors in the conference room are either exhausted or not on the movie.
has half of the theaters in the country, the best behind-the-scenes team, except for "Kung Fu" and "Infernal Affairs 2", none of the films have entered the top ten at the box office, these people are embarrassed to sit here? Huayi Brothers and Bona Films, without half of the company's conditions, can still compete with Golden Harvest and Debao, which makes Sun Tzu, who is used to killing all sides in Hollywood, embarrassed?
After the meeting quietly, he returned to his simple office, Sun Ziming smoked a cigarette and once again moved the idea of separating the brokerage company. If Yuan Mei is allowed to continue like this, I am afraid that these people in the company will be completely wasted.
After smoking a few cigarettes, Sun Ziming finally made up his mind and called Yuan Mei into the office.
"Ah Mei, how is your affair with Wang Jinghua?"
Yuan Mei, who had just finished distributing red to everyone two days ago, felt nervous for a while, the big guy was dissatisfied with the results of the film company, and began to want to separate the brokerage company.
"She still doesn't want to come back, and she's been holding on."
Sun Ziming frowned, and said unhappily: "Ah Mei, do you really want to kill them all?" ”
"Brother Ming, I"
Yuan Mei squeaked for a while, then stiffened his head and said, "Brother Ming, starlight and light and shadow are inseparable." If you are hard-hearted, the company's hearts will be scattered. ”
People's hearts have long been dispersed, Sun Ziming sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Mei, do you know what will happen to the company in the end if it goes on like this?" ”
Yuan Mei didn't dare to defend herself, in the past ten years, she has used the resources in her hands to help shareholders make a lot of money. It is precisely these easy-to-come riches that make people in the company, from directors to artists, no longer focus all their attention on their work, and even the TV station has such signs.
"Alright, this is the end of the matter between you. I want to see if Wang Jinghua has the ability to change some habits in the company. ”
"Yes", Yuan Mei had no choice but to agree to stop, and she began to have a sense of crisis in her heart, Wang Jinghua's slut is really clever, how did she convince the big guy?