When Sun Ziming woke up, he had already taken three shots, and the harsh sunlight shone on the bed through the frosted glass window, baking the blanket a little hot. Rubbing his temples with a faint pain, he found that he had returned to Juanzi's apartment in Yau Ma Tei, and walked out of the bedroom with flip-flops, and Juanzi was sitting at the dining table eating noodles with a peach blossom face.

"Awake? Hurry up and wash up, Uncle Zeng made three phone calls, as if there was an emergency. ”

By the time Sun Ziming had washed up, Juanzi had already cooked the noodles, the authentic taste of his hometown, and the red dried chili peppers floated a layer. After snoring and eating, Sun Ziming remembered that the third brother and the second uncle were coming.

Juanzi said angrily: "They went to Guangzai, they must have done bad things again, and my second sister-in-law still trusts the third brother so much." ”

Sun Ziming didn't dare to say this, he did more than the two of them, and his little wife was brought home. Fortunately, the life-saving call came quickly, and it was Uncle Zeng's.

Sun Ziming replied while pulling the noodles: "It's good, I'll go to Jiahe immediately." ”

……

Half an hour later, Sun Ziming arrived at Jiahe Company, just ten minutes before the start of the meeting. Next to the elevator on the sixteenth floor, Cheng Long was anxiously pacing back and forth, and when he saw Sun Ziming coming out of the elevator, he quickly pulled him a little off, and said in a low voice: "Pan Disheng and Lei Juekun are in Uncle Zou's office, and things have gone back and forth." ”

Sun Tzu Ming was surprised and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Pan Disheng and Lei Juekun did not agree to nominate Wang Zuxing, they wanted to nominate Mai Jia as the chairman of the new Academy Awards. In order to push Mai Bald to the top of the market, Golden Princess is ready to unite with the thirteen independent theaters acquired by Pan Dickson, and the two sides will form a new joint theater chain, which will reach 36 theaters. , a few years ago, the consequences of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers joining forces to kill the Golden Princess broke out, and now Debao has taken the initiative to unite with the Golden Princess Cinema behind Xinyi City, and the situation is becoming more and more uncontrollable.

Don't look at the 65 theaters controlled by Light and Shadow and Golden Harvest, the number is nearly twice that of others, but the theaters of Golden Princess and Debao have been built in recent years, and there are generally two to three big screens. The Shaw Brothers Cinema Line and Golden Harvest Cinema Line taken over by Light and Shadow are basically old cinemas, generally only one to three big screens, and a considerable number of them only have one big screen, and nearly 1/3 of the screening hall has only two or three hundred seats, which is not as good as the three or four hundred seats of others. In this way, the Golden Princess and Debao are united, and their number of screens and seats will be on par with light and shadow and Golden Harvest, and the difference is only in the production process.

As for the Shuangnan Cinema Line of Yindu Institution, it is simply negligible. Don't look at their claim to have 22 cinemas, but in fact the number of seats is less than 3,000, except for the one in Central, which has 348 seats, the others are all small cinemas. And with the decline in the quality of Yindu institutions' films, Shuangnan Cinema Line is preparing to sell several theaters with poor customers, and it is estimated that in two or three years, Shuangnan Cinema Line will no longer exist.

There was an empty office next to the elevator, Cheng Long pulled Sun Ziming in, closed the door, and said in a low voice: "Ziming, I treat you as a brother, you can help me come up with an idea for something." ”

Sun Ziming was worried about the matter of Debao and Princess Jin, and just wanted to refuse, but seeing Cheng Long solemn, he had to nod.

Cheng Long really encountered a headache, he founded Weihe Company in 80 years, as a subsidiary of Golden Harvest, invested and issued by Golden Harvest. After participating in the celebration of the light and shadow company yesterday, Hong Jinbao found him and discussed with him to switch to Debao Company.

"Ziming, it's not that I'm ungrateful, it's really that the interests are too great, my senior brother didn't say it yesterday, I don't know what to do! The box office of "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" I filmed last year was 35 million in Hong Kong and more than 160 million in other cities. ”

Sun Ziming really didn't know about it, and asked in a low voice, "How much?" ”

Cheng Long gestured with a finger and said indignantly: "9.46 million." ”

Yes? Sun Ziming looked at Cheng Long with his mouth open, this is a real industry insider! I really didn't expect this bastard to make so much money, this should be the first in Hong Kong, right?

"Aaron, you can't be unsatisfied, right? Fa Ge is more popular than you, and the income of a single film is not as good as you! ”

Cheng Long shook his head, knowing that he didn't make it clear, and continued to explain: "Last year, the box office of my senior brother's "Oriental Condor" was only more than 29 million, and the box office in other cities was more than 80 million, and he got more than 13 million. Just because my brother didn't use the name of Baohe (a subsidiary of Jiahe, established in 1980), he used Baoxiang (Hong Jinbao's sole proprietorship), and I used Weihe, there was a difference of more than 4 million in the middle! Moreover, my brother has a box office share, but I don't! ”

Sun Ziming thought about it, and the trick is easy to figure out, the difference is not in investment, but in the box office. After refilling a cigarette with a cigarette butt, Sun Ziming asked in a low voice: "Do you want to refer to our company, personal investment of 30% plus box office share, and other trivial matters are handled by the parent company, right?" ”

"Yes."

Cheng Long's answer was neat, but Sun Ziming seemed ridiculous, and no company would agree to such a request. If Cheng Long is the kind of Hong Jinbao who has excellent directing ability and can pull out a group of people, then there is nothing to say, but you can't direct without anyone yourself? "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" can't be counted as yours, it can only be said that you are under your name, and the director is Zeng Zhiwei!

Without the support of the parent company, can you take over the world with one Cheng family class? Camera, behind-the-scenes, screenwriting, post-production, all of which can only be done by large companies. Unless a year or two later, a large number of outstanding behind-the-scenes personnel begin to form their own companies and teams, will usher in the spring of independent production.

However, after a short spring, Hong Kong films ushered in a real winter, and the reason for this was the crazy shoddy filming under high profits.

Cheng Long was unconvinced: "I'll ask the director, it's a big deal to give him a share of the box office."

Sun Ziming couldn't help but laugh a few times before he teased: "Do you know the market of Brother Jing?" For the company's film, his studio invested 30%, and the director and screenwriter team shared 5% of the box office. For a film made by a foreign company, it is 3 million plus 5% box office share. That way, you earn more than you do, and you don't have to invest a dime. ”

Cheng Long then remembered that because the light and shadow company raised the status of directors, the value of Hong Kong's first-class directors is now close to that of top stars. People like Wang Jing and Li Yusen who have box office guarantees have surpassed top stars like themselves.

"Do you know what Sanmao is doing more than you? Just because he is both the leading actor and the director, and he has a complete set of people under him, Zou Wenhuai will agree to him take a share of the box office. "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" you just put on the name of a director, in fact, Zeng Zhiwei is leading, except for more than a dozen people in Cheng's class, the rest of the crew are from Jiahe. If I were Zou Wenhuai, I would not have given you the amount of investment, and I would have agreed to give you a share of the box office. ”

Cheng Long was stunned when he heard this, and Sun Ziming had no choice but to explain to the bastard again: "Let's put it this way, making a movie is like gambling, and before the box office is released, no one knows whether to win or lose." The company is different from the individual, how many people do you Weihe feed, and how much do you have to feed? ”

Sun Ziming pointed to the tables, chairs and benches in the office, and joked: "These are all asking for money, your Weihe company doesn't even have an office except for a name, and you still want to bargain with Jiahe?" Aaron, it's not that I underestimate you, if you set up your own film company and don't want three movies, you can lose money and go bankrupt! ”

Cheng Long shook his head and said he didn't believe it, he has a large number of fans in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and Japan, how can he go bankrupt?

Sun Ziming crossed his fingers to calculate for him, the preparation of the filming crew, behind-the-scenes production, etc., and said the most: "There are also publicity, distribution channels, and sharing negotiations, can you handle these?" ”

Cheng Long was still not convinced, it was okay to spend money to hire someone to do these things, Sun Ziming laughed helplessly, and explained: "Why does Uncle Zeng take 15% of my company's shares, and 5% is non-dilutable?" Just because he is behind Uncle Shao Liu, he can handle these things. If you look at our company, except for me and Lao Du, the rest of the directors, screenwriters, photographers, makeup artists, etc. are all from TVB. Think about it, can you pull this group of people out of Golden Harvest? ”

Sun Tzu knew what Cheng Long wanted to do, it may be that the success of himself and Hong Jinbao stimulated this guy who refused to admit defeat and wanted to stand on his own and go it alone. This can't be said that he is wrong, the point is that now, those excellent behind-the-scenes are unwilling to leave the big company. And this group of people who want to start their own business are reluctant to give others treatment. When I wanted to dig up Sister Zhao and them, didn't I also drop huge bonuses in public one after another, which attracted a group of talents?

'Knock knock' someone knocked on the door, Cheng Long twisted the door lock with an unhappy face, and several young people saw Cheng Long in their office, and quickly apologized and prepared to find a place to wait.

"Come back, keep an eye on Uncle Zou's office. The two bastards are gone, come and let us know. ”

"Yes, Brother Long."

Sun Tzu Ming saw Cheng Long's style, and then thought about him to fans and people of similar status, who were very close to the people, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again. It's right to step on people in this circle, but you can't step on people whose identities are very different from yourself, you are the boss of the company, and you still smile at the tea girl!

However, Sun Ziming can't say these words, maybe in the circle except for his wife, that is, Hong Jinbao and their senior brothers can advise.

"Aaron, I advise you, don't do those things. At the very least, don't do these things until there's a lot of behind-the-scenes work in the company. You follow the model we used to shoot "Sharp Moments" and ask for a share of the box office. ”

Cheng Long's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly in a low voice: "You mean, in another two or three years, when all the work can be outsourced, you will do it again?" ”

Sun Ziming nodded gloomily, this thing can't be stopped by anyone. Perhaps only by improving the treatment and status of all kinds of technical personnel step by step like their own company, otherwise everyone will set up their own doors sooner or later. At that time, as soon as funds from Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea pour in, there will be unprecedented madness, with stars frantically taking over films, crazy rushing behind the scenes, screenwriters only writing works that follow the trend, and finally shooting Hong Kong films to death.

Cheng Long was startled by the chaos of the end times described by Sun Ziming, he was going to eat this bowl of rice for the rest of his life, did this really happen?

Sun Ziming started smoking again, and Cheng Long leaned next to him, wanting to hear what he was talking about. With Sun Ziming's success, he has a tendency to move towards a god stick in his circle of friends.

"Zhilu said, why did I take the initiative to befriend Uncle Zou, but I can't get along with Pan Disheng? I just want to unite people who really want to make movies to control the abnormal development of Hong Kong films, and our excellent behind-the-scenes staff can't support such a large amount of filming. More than 110 films were filmed in Hong Kong last year, how many bad movies do you see? Now there are Southeast Asia and Taiwan to digest, and no matter how bad the film is, there are people who want it, what if it is 200 or 300? ”

Cheng Long screamed in surprise and asked in a low voice, "You can't get along with Pan Di because of this?" ”

Sun Ziming nodded with a hesitant face and replied: "That guy is a person who makes quick money, as long as the movie market changes, he will slip away." I don't like people who squeeze in when making money, don't hesitate to spoil the market in order to make money, and pat their butts and walk away at the least. Aaron, we will only make movies, this bowl of rice will be eaten for a lifetime! ”

Cheng Long pointed outside and said unhappily: "He gave my senior brother a good treatment, this is to make the market worse?" ”