Chapter 26: Corruption
When he is not involved in filmmaking, Zhou Zhen's working time is only half a day.
He doesn't meddle in trivial matters, he only controls the direction.
For him, the importance of social activities goes far beyond the meaning of the work itself.
The management of the company can be replaced by others, but no one can replace him in social socialization.
Xiao Lian is a little pitiful in front of Bai Xiuzhu, she wants to let Bai Xiuzhu every day, and she is bullied all day long in bed.
When Bai Xiuzhu can bear it, she can only help on the side, and only when Bai Xiuzhu can't bear it anymore can she get wet with rain and dew.
But that was only in front of Bai Xiuzhu, in front of outsiders, the aunt's wife who was carried in by the prime minister's son was also the top of society.
Holding Zhou Zhen's arm and leaving the office, Xiao Lian learned Bai Xiuzhu's set, her eyes did not squint, no one was in her eyes, and she looked at the world.
When I went out and saw Sun Cimei, who was dressed beautifully, the hand holding Zhou Zhen's arm immediately tightened.
But he still has to pretend not to care about Sun Cimei, and there seems to be only Zhou Zhen in his eyes.
Zhou Zhen didn't reveal it, laughed secretly in his heart, and enjoyed her grinding.
Sun Cimei originally earned less than five silver dollars a month, but now she earns twenty a month. This time the movie was a big hit, and Zhou Zhen directly sent him another red envelope of 200, she is no longer the little pitiful she used to be.
If in the future life, if you earn hundreds of thousands, or even millions, to give out 200 red envelopes, you will be scolded as a ruthless capitalist.
But this era is normal, many actors, actors, are money-making machines.
For example, Wang Hanlun, one of the four major female movie stars in the twenties and thirties, has a monthly salary of only twenty silver dollars.
When it came to Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Xuan's generation, it was slightly better.
"Kim Dong ......"
"Is there something wrong?"
"We're going to Suzhou tomorrow, let's say goodbye to you first."
Zhou Zhen said with a smile: "Make a good movie, I will go to Suzhou in a few days to get through the upper-level relationship." ”
"I'll shoot with my heart."
Zhou Zhen nodded, smiled and nodded with her, and walked out of the company with Xiao Pian.
After leaving the company, Zhou Zhen didn't take the car, and walked to the big world with Xiao Lian, and the two guards followed behind him with loaded guns.
Xiao Lian stopped pretending after going out, her body relaxed all of a sudden, and hung on Zhou Zhen. "Young master, Sun Ci is beautiful and beautiful, you are not tempted?"
This is fortunate to meet Xiao Pian, if he meets Bai Xiuzhu, Zhou Zhen's old waist will be pinched again.
Zhou Zhen smiled: "In my eyes, you are more beautiful than her." ”
Xiao Lian glanced back and forth, and whispered, "But she has big breasts ......"
Well, this is the most inferiority complex of Xiao Lian, she is really not big.
Bai Xiuzhu's is not too big, but it is still medium-sized, and hers is a little stronger than A.
Because of this, Bai Xiuzhu often laughed at her, making her feel inferior.
Zhou Zhen said with a smile: "Big is good, small is small, this is innate, don't be jealous of others." ”
The two chatted all the way to the big world, and met the guards outside the door of the Haha Mirror Pavilion, which was sealed.
Inside the venue, there were twelve haha mirrors around the division, each of which pulled people into a different image, and Mrs. Kim was smiling very happily inside.
"Oops, this haha mirror is fun, it makes people ugly."
Zhou Zhen walked in and said with a smile: "Mom, the magic capital has a different style than the capital, so let's have some fun this time." ”
Seeing her son come in, Mrs. Jin became more and more happy, and pulled Zhou Zhen to stand in front of a landscape that compressed the portrait only half a meter high, and laughed.
Because there were no outsiders, Mrs. Kim didn't hold it up, and she smiled very easily. "It's a mirror, if people look like this, they will scare people to death."
A beauty like Bai Xiuzhu doesn't like this kind of haha mirror, so she came here to hang out in order to accompany her mother.
Seeing Zhou Zhen coming in, he quickly occupied the position beside him. While Mrs. Jin was talking to Jiang's mother, she whispered: "I met the wife of the American consul just now, and the news that my mother came to the magic capital will spread soon." ”
Zhou Zhen said: "Then you will hold a dance party between women, my mother has traveled with my father in Europe for many years, not only understand the European and American customs, but also proficient in two foreign languages." Holding a dance party, I'm afraid it's more familiar than you. ”
"Is it just between women?"
Zhou Zhen nodded. "When we get back to the capital, I'll hold another ball."
After having dinner with his mother, Zhou Zhen left a few women here to watch the play and went to Lu Dujun's Mansion as a guest.
His second aunt also gave Zhou Zhen an invitation on her birthday today.
Because it is my aunt's birthday, Bai Xiuzhu doesn't have to attend, Zhou Zhen can take Xiao Pian over, and it is not rude not to take a woman to go.
In fact, this is a different way to receive gifts, but Jin Quan's status is higher than him, so you can just give some gifts.
Lu Dujun is an old man who has been with the president for a while, but he made a few wrong moves, and now he doesn't rely on four or five.
He firmly controlled the military affairs in the Demon Capital and Yuezhou regions, and now he can get by.
For this old fritter, Zhou Zhen can only respect it, and cannot offend.
When he came to the Overseer's Mansion, Zhou Zhen was welcomed to the main courtyard. It was bustling with people, and gifts were piled up in two rooms.
Zhou Zhen greeted the people he knew well, entered the main hall, and after paying his birthday greetings, he was led by Lu Gongzi to a clean courtyard next door to the Overseer's Mansion.
This Lu Gongzi is the guy who once pulled out a gun and pointed it at the golden velvet head and made him pay a lot of ransom money to let him go.
In the face of golden velvet, he dared to be arrogant, but in the face of Zhou Zhen, he had some stammers.
It's not clean here, Lu Gongzi arranged a troupe composed of pure women to sing at this time, but there are only a few audiences, all of whom have relatively high identity backgrounds.
In the main room facing the stage, there are several tatami mats that look like stepping beds, separated by white gauze in the middle, and each bed faces the stage, and they can talk to each other.
Seeing Zhou Zhen coming in, they saluted one after another, and soon, they arranged for two little girls who were not yet adults to serve him.
Watching them swallow clouds and spit fog one by one, chatting about national affairs, Zhou Zhen was actually very tired in his heart.
The state does not stop prohibiting drugs, it is these people who are engaged in sabotage.
Smoking a big banquet is a trend in this era, and a famous noble son who lost the Northeast in history is a big banquet ghost.
But Zhou Zhen couldn't see this, so he could only chat with the two little girls, watching the boring babbling on stage.
These two little girls are specially arranged by Lu Gongzi, and they naturally look like flowers and moons, and they have never received guests.
Men in this era like such minors, such as the concubine that Golden Velvet likes, who was only fourteen years old and was taken in by him.
I don't know, how can they do it!
Lu Gongzi was busy for a while, and when he was free, he came to the front of the tatami where Zhou Zhen was lying. Seeing the two Qingqi massaging Zhou Zhen, he didn't move his hands and feet, and asked, "Jin Dong is not satisfied with them?" Do you want to change two? ”
Zhou Zhen smiled and shook his head. "They're good, it's just that I'm not used to being in public."
Lu Gongzi smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, there is no one in the backyard at this time, do you want me to arrange it?" ”
"Watch the play, watch the play......" Zhou Zhen diverted the words.
Lu Gongzi refused to give up, talked a few more words, and couldn't help asking: "Now it is rumored outside that Jin Dong's movie can make millions of dollars, is this true?" ”
Zhou Zhen did not deny it, and said: "It's also lucky, but the current one is only 200,000." ”
Lu Gongzi smiled: "This is just the beginning, this movie can make money for at least two years." ”
"A trickle of water flows."
Lu Gongzi hesitated for a moment and said: "This movie is so profitable, my heart is also moved, but I can't grasp the links here and hope for Jin Dong's advice." ”
Looking at his attitude, Zhou Zhen knew that he was careful.
But Zhou Zhen doesn't care, he doesn't stay here all his life. patted the little girl who helped him press his leg, and Zhou Zhen sat up.
"The threshold for making a film is not high, you can shoot with a camera, a projector, and a few rolls of film. However, it is easy to get started, and it is easy to eat mixed rice, so if you want to make a lot of money, you have to keep one thing in mind. ”
"Jin Dong, please speak directly......"
Zhou Zhen smiled. "That is, we must treat the audience as an uncle, and we can't treat the audience as inappropriate."
"What do you mean by that?"
"If you treat the audience as an uncle, you will think about how to please the audience, and your requirements for movies will be higher. If the quality of your movie is high, the audience will naturally like to watch it.
However, if you only want to rely on movies to coax some money to spend, and the movies are not good, naturally no one wants to watch them.
In the past, the box office of movies was only tens of thousands, but I have increased it dozens of times all of a sudden, and I have such a thought. ”
Lu Gongzi asked, "There should be some tricks, right?" I've heard from several directors that they can't make your movie. ”
Zhou Zhen said with a smile: "This is a trivial matter, if you want to learn, arrange a few people to come over, follow my crew to make a few movies, and learn everything." ”
Lu Gongzi immediately smiled, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you so much Jin Dong." ”
Zhou Zhen waved his hand absently. "It's a trivial matter, but it's not enough to worry about it."
"Then I won't disturb Jin Dong to watch the play first, I'll set up a table alone when I go back, and then have a good chat." Lu Gongzi got up and saluted, and said to the two little girls: "You serve Jin Dong well, if he is not satisfied, I will tear down your yard when I go back......"
Hearing his words, the two girls trembled, and hurriedly snuggled up to Zhou Zhen's side and served carefully.
It's a pity that they are too young to do it!
After coming to the magic capital for more than two months, Zhou Zhen has a relatively good understanding of the situation in the magic capital.
Although this Lu Gongzi is a little arrogant and a gentleman, he is not a bad person.
As long as he doesn't cause trouble for himself and wants to make a movie, he warmly welcomes him.
Because the more people who participate, the stronger they will be!
At this time, he saw Huang Chujiu, led by an adjutant, into the courtyard, asked the people who served, sent the adjutant, and walked straight to Zhou Zhen's position.
Zhou Zhen hurriedly sat up, the two tender cabbages were too heart-wrenching. He was the first to say hello. "Boss Huang, what's wrong?"
Huang Chujiu smiled and clenched his fists and said, "Didn't you say that a high-level boxer came last time to tell you that today I just picked up two strong men from the United States from the port, and I think it will satisfy you." ”