Chapter 323: Turning Enemies into Enemies [Two in One]
Originally, according to Gao Fei's original plan, after he finished the filming task of "Strange Man Yizhimei", he should have directly and seamlessly entered the crew of "Embroidered Spring Knife".
After all, the script of "Embroidered Spring Knife" was written by him, and for him, there was no need to figure out what the author thought.
It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes.
On the way back to the capital, as soon as Han Li finished talking about what she had heard, Gao Fei understood that he had to put the movie on hold for the time being.
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"Boss, according to the information I got, "Peacock Feather" has basically been confirmed to be broadcast on CCTV next year as a New Year's drama."
"But after selling the first round, they didn't even have a follow-up."
"It's not normal!"
Speaking of this, Han Li's voice paused slightly, and then he shook his head and said:
"Although Zhou Yi's public opinion reputation has declined recently, such a start should be very good for "Peacock Feather".
"Even if it is more difficult to go to the star in the second round, there is no problem with the local station, but ...... I haven't heard anything about it at the moment. ”
After listening to Han Li's words, Gao Fei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
After working together for so long, Gao Fei naturally understood Han Li's surprise.
To use an inappropriate analogy, Han Li is now like a roundworm in Goofy's belly, knowing himself better than he even does.
And this time, Han Li guessed correctly again without surprise.
Sure enough, Gao Fei is indeed very interested in acquiring Zhou Yi!
As for the reason, it is still stimulated by the listing of Huayi.
Originally, Goofy didn't think that far ahead, nor did he think about what the future holds.
But when he saw that Huayi Brothers went public, the Wang brothers soared to 90,000 miles in one day and became behemoths in the industry, and Gao Fei was immediately touched.
To put it mildly, it is called "he can take his place".
To put it bluntly, it's "Those two pieces of waste are fine, why can't I?" ”
You must know that Gao Fei has never felt how great the Wang brothers are.
Therefore, they frequently turn a deaf ear to their solicitations and disdain them.
And now those two guys he didn't look down on have done something that shocked him.
Gao Fei's heart naturally became more and more impatient.
Thinking of this, Gao Fei's face immediately sank and he said decisively:
"Inquire where Lao Yu is, and book the nearest plane ticket."
"I want to see him...... The sooner the better! ”
As Zhou Yi's leading brother and veteran employee, Gao Fei believes that there are some things that he must know about the aftermath.
However, if some things are just a phone call, Gao Fei may not be willing to say it for fear of the aftermath.
Seeing Gao Fei say this, Han Li immediately nodded slightly, turned around and arranged it resolutely.
So an hour and a half later, Gao Fei got on a plane to Hainan.
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February 8, 2010.
9 a.m.
In this day, 10 days have passed since the completion of "Peacock Ling", and it is less than a week before the Chinese New Year's Eve.
Gao Fei, who arrived by plane overnight, finally saw the aftermath in a hotel near Jinhua Building, No. 24 Yilong Road, HK City.
Although I haven't seen each other for half a year, as soon as we met, Gao Fei found that Yu Bo's state was much worse than half a year ago.
At least half a year ago, this stinky guy wouldn't have gone out with greasy and messy hair.
And when he saw Goofy appear in front of him, Yu Bo was immediately stunned.
Looking at his tired eyes, Gao Fei couldn't help but sigh softly:
"Drinking?"
“…… I'm in for a treat! ”
Hearing this, Yu Bo immediately smiled self-deprecatingly.
Seeing this situation, Han Li immediately went down silently to make arrangements.
So a quarter of an hour later.
I saw Gao Fei and Yu Bo sitting on the carpet in the living room with casual faces, and in front of them were a bunch of beers that Han Li bought from a convenience store.
By the way, the living room where the two of them are at the moment is still the hotel suite that Yu Bo set.
And for Gao Fei's way of picking the door, the aftermath did not dislike it.
Because what he lacks now is a friend who can drink with him.
But then again, after the first round of TV dramas was broadcast on CCTV, the TV drama production company did not sell the second round of broadcast rights, which is indeed very rare in the industry.
It was precisely because of this abnormal situation that Han Li was keenly aware that there might be something wrong with Zhou Yi.
That's why there will be a follow-up investigation.
It's just that she is an outsider after all, and some news is actually only known to those parties after all.
As for the aftermath, there is no doubt that one of the insiders is inside.
And when he learned of Goofy's intention, Yu Bo groaned for a moment and didn't continue to hide it from him.
After a few drinks of beer, Yu Bo was stunned:
“…… Zhou Yi is finished! ”
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In other words, Zhou Yi is actually very different from other domestic film and television companies.
Although it is not a screenwriter-centric system within Zhou Yi, the screenwriter's right to speak is indeed on par with that of the director.
Even many times, many projects are initiated by the screenwriter team before the director participates.
Because Jiang Xuerou started with the pumpkin creation center as the team.
By the way, the name Pumpkin Creation Center still comes from Jiang Xuerou's son "Little Pumpkin".
However, although Jiang Xuerou is a woman, as the initiator of the Chinese Martial Arts Literature Society, she has always been fascinated by the martial arts world of "being happy in life and having no regrets in death".
In her opinion, martial arts is the common language of Chinese people around the world. And we have always firmly believed that what we can best export in reverse is the martial arts spirit of the alliance of blood.
It is precisely for this reason that after the establishment of Zhou Yi, Jiang Xuerou has always been obsessed with making martial arts films worthy of conscience.
The script of the early "Xiao Shiyi Lang" was exchanged for a crooked suite.
It can be said that Zhou Yineng has today's achievements, and Jiang Xuerou has indeed worked hard.
It's just that although Jiang Xuerou is talented, Zhou Yi's funds for starting a family were provided by her husband, after all, the cost of filming a TV series is not a small number.
Because of this, Zhou Yi's financial and personnel rights have always been in the hands of his husband, and Jiang Xuerou is mainly responsible for content production.
Originally, this was a good structure, after all, the mom-and-pop shop was already very good to be able to do this.
It's just that how many couples keep saying that they want to grow old are mostly halfway in the end.
As a result, what was not a problem became a big problem.
Because Zhou Yi's boss Zhou Ping draws blood from the company all the year round for other investments, the boss Jiang Xuerou and several screenwriter teams have always had a lot of opinions.
So when "Seven Weapons: Peacock Feather" was filmed, the interior of Huyi was already in turmoil.
As for the later "feeding door", it is actually just an introduction.
And although the scandal last time seemed to be gradually calming down, the contradictions within Zhou Yi were far more serious than everyone imagined.
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Speaking of this, Yu Bo paused, and revealed another piece of news that Goofy didn't know.
I saw him smile helplessly and wryly:
"Don't look at the "Water Moon Cave Sky" we filmed back then, which exploded, but now that I think about it, it's better not to shoot it!"
"Just for this drama, the company has been fighting a lawsuit for 5 years, and I don't know when it will be a head!"
Originally, the aftermath of this kind of ugliness should not be said to the public, but Zhou Yi saw that it was about to disappear, and he didn't bother to maintain the aftermath anymore.
After all, those two bosses don't care, so why should he, a wage earner, be so concerned!
After listening to Yu Bo's words, Gao Fei realized that the lawsuit he was talking about was actually with the agency distribution company.
And not with one, but with two agencies at the same time.
As for the origin of the matter, it is simple.
Because Zhou Yi's connections and reputation have not yet been established in the early days, many times although the TV series has been filmed, it has not been able to sell it.
So in this case, they can only hand it over to the agency distributors in other provinces, although the price they give is certainly not as good as that of the TV station, but it can more or less recover a little cost.
Not to mention, although this method seems to be a little aggrieved, Zhou Yi's early TV series, such as "Qinghe Love" and "Martial Arts History" and other TV series, met the audience through this method.
Otherwise, judging from the business ecology of the industry at that time, no matter how well Zhou Yi's TV series was filmed, the TV station would not accept it.
Because they have "stable" and "reliable" partners.
This is also why, even though Zhou Yi has successively produced popular TV series such as "Qinghe Love", "Martial Arts History", "Love Through Time and Space", "Li Wei as an Official", "Young King", "Xiao Shiyi Lang" and other popular TV series, but when the production of "Water Moon Cave Sky" is completed, it is still necessary to entrust professionals from all over the world to distribute it as an agent.
There is no other reason, just because the relationship between Zhou Yi and the TV station is not in place!
Of course, this phenomenon used to be very serious, but now it is much better.
However, it was not the conscience of the TV station that found it, but because there were too many classic TV series in the early years, so they naturally didn't cherish it.
However, as more and more film and television talents flock to the film industry, there have been fewer and fewer high-quality TV series in recent years.
In this way, it is natural that things are scarce and expensive.
It's just that although the bad rules of TV series agency distribution are really angry, it is not because of this unspoken rule that really makes Zhou Yi and the agency distribution company go to court.
Because this lawsuit is the agency distribution company sued Zhou Yi.
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The aftermath of the dispute is not very clear about some of the details.
But as far as he knows, it seems that because his boss has lost money in other places and needs money, he has done the business of selling two goods.
As a result, Hunan Beauty International Film and Television Communication Center and Hunan Ziyu Culture Communication Co., Ltd. naturally did not agree.
As a professional company, they know better than anyone that if they eat both, it means that they don't have to eat both.
So this lawsuit has been fought since 05 until now.
So far, all the litigation fees of both parties have been higher than the agency issuance fees agreed at the beginning.
Therefore, even if Zhou Yi is not in charge, the boss Zhou Ping has been stiff.
And this is actually not the first time Zhou Ping has done this kind of thing, and the early "Xiao Shiyi Lang" was also accused for the same reason.
It's just that there was really no room for quibble in the contract, so Zhou Yi could only pay 300,000 yuan.
Hearing this, Gao Fei and Han Li couldn't help but glance at each other tacitly.
For a moment, both of them understood who to talk to first.
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After changing a few bottles of Erguotou to get the aftermath drunk, a little drunk Gao Fei brought Han Li, whose eyes were fiery, out of the room.
However, compared to Han Li, who was in an excited mood, Gao Fei was a little embarrassed.
Like many fans of Zhou Yi Drama, Gao Fei has always been full of resentment about the cheap and weird costumes of Zhou Yi Drama.
Even sometimes Gao Fei suspects that the crew directly rents a batch of ready-made costumes from Hengdian to use, and the final effect is probably better than Zhou Yi's own design.
At the beginning, Gao Fei couldn't understand why Zhou Yi did this, and once thought that it was caused by Zhou Yi's special aesthetics.
But now that he thinks about it, why didn't Zhou Yi want to use the exquisite costume like Tang Ren?
But after all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.
Although there have been many hits, the boss's repeated blood pumping still makes Zhou Yi have no chance to grow after all.
But then again, in this case, Zhou Yi can still frequently produce classics, which is no one!
It's a pity that now this legend in the industry is coming to an end.
After leaving the hotel, Gao Fei and Han Li did not return to Beijing immediately, but temporarily found a hotel in Haikou to stay.
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That night, in a hotel suite.
According to the news she heard during the day, Han Li quickly sorted out an acquisition plan. And although she has had a hard day, she is still full of energy at the moment.
After handing the plan to Gao Fei, Han Li suddenly couldn't help but smile and sighed:
"Boss, if we miss this opportunity, I'm afraid there will never be a second time in our lives."
Hearing this, Gao Fei also nodded approvingly.
Indeed, who would have thought that the husband and wife who once swore an alliance would now want to drag each other to die together!
If it weren't for the style of Boss Zhou Yi and his wife, who would rather hold the company and die together than let the other party have a better time, Gao Fei would not have had this opportunity to intervene.
You must know that in the domestic costume drama market, for a long time, almost all of them were TVB, and Tang Ren and Zhou Yi were divided into three parts of the world.
So much so that Hairun and Jin Yingma, who are known as one of the "eight major institutions" of private TV drama companies, often subconsciously avoid the costume drama track when setting up projects.
It can be said that if there is no accident, companies like Zhou Yi and Tang Ren are not for sale.
According to Gao Fei, with the gradual recovery of the domestic film and television drama market in recent years, it is not that there are no investors in China who have proposed acquisition offers to Tang Ren.
But neither Cai Yinong nor Li Guoli was tempted.
Because they know in their hearts that in the domestic entertainment industry, there is a fund of 100 million yuan and a film and television company worth 100 million yuan, which are completely two levels of treatment.
Therefore, when money reaches a certain level, it is actually just a number, and if there is no other social attribute to support it, such a rich person can only be called a local tyrant.
Of course, if someone directly buys Tang Ren at a premium of 100 times, then Cai Yinong and Li Guoli are estimated to agree immediately.
After all, judging from Tang Ren's current profitability, even if the two of them work to death, they may not be able to earn one hundred billion.
It's a pity that so far, there seems to be no such fool in the country.
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The next day, according to the plan discussed last night, Gao Fei and Han Li first found Jiang Xuerou, who was anxious.
Because Zhou Yi's finances and personnel are controlled by his husband, so now after tearing his face, Zhou Yi's daily operations can be said to have come to a complete standstill.
For this reason, when Gao Fei and Han Li appeared in front of her, Jiang Xuerou was very puzzled, after all, they did not announce any shooting plans for the new drama.
Not even to mention the company's next shooting plan, even the second round of broadcast rights of "Peacock Feather", Zhou Yi can't care about sales now.
And once pirated discs are rampant, then even if Zhou Yi wants to sell them at the price of cabbage, I'm afraid no TV station is willing to ask for them.
However, Jiang Xuerou is still an elder in the circle after all, so she has also heard about Gao Fei and Tang Ren co-filming a TV series in the name of the studio.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuerou thought that Gao Fei was for the same purpose, so she immediately sighed with tired eyes:
"Ah Fei, if you want to talk about cooperation, I guess it will only disappoint you, Zhou Yi has no plans to shoot a new drama recently."
It's just that to Jiang Xuerou's surprise, after listening to her words, Gao Fei couldn't help but leave disappointed, but sat down with a smile on his face.
"Sister Rou, you misunderstood, I didn't come to you today to talk about cooperation."
But seeing him suddenly smiled, he looked puzzled, Jiang Xue said softly:
"I'm here to talk to you about a takeover!"
As soon as these words came out, Rao is Jiang Xuerou was already exhausted because of the company's affairs, but she still couldn't help but stand up in shock immediately.
"Acquisition?"
After muttering a few times subconsciously, Jiang Xuerou, who came back to her senses, didn't know why, and suddenly her face turned red and said:
"Ah Fei, although Zhou Yi is down, it's not something you can buy!"
She couldn't say where this anger came from, but when Jiang Xuerou heard the word acquisition, she couldn't stop feeling angry in her heart.
Seeing this, Goofy was not surprised.
Because last night, he and Han Li had already done all kinds of rehearsals for Zhou Yi's situation.
According to their speculation, among the two bosses and proprietress of Zhou Yi, the most difficult to solve should be Jiang Xuerou.
Because she poured the most effort into Zhou Yi, it was basically impossible for her to agree to the acquisition plan without great external pressure.
So the two decided to get Jiang Xuerou first.
Otherwise, if they negotiated with Zhou Yi's boss Zhou Ping, then Jiang Xuerou, who was under much less pressure, would be even more unlikely to agree to be acquired.
At that time, even if Gao Fei is rich, they can only eat a pot of raw rice.
Facing the angry Jiang Xuerou, Gao Fei's face was not moved in the slightest, and he pointed directly to the office outside, and then did not hide the sarcasm on his face, and sneered:
"Whether I'm qualified to buy it or not, you'll find out later."
"But, Sister Rou, if you really want Zhou Yi to be good, you should understand that being acquired now is Zhou Yi's only way to survive."
"Otherwise, those employees outside won't be wasting time with you two as a couple...... For three months at most, even if they can't see hope, they will leave Zhou Yi without hesitation, even if they are reluctant. ”
Speaking of this, I saw Gao Fei's tone becoming more and more cold and said in a cold voice:
"When Zhou Yizhen scores and falls apart, your hard work will really be in vain!"
"You'd rather die with Zhou Yi than sell it to me, is this what you want to see?"
As Gao Fei's words fell, that word and sentence suddenly stabbed Jiang Xuerou's heart like a sharp knife.
Immediately, I saw her sit down with a pale face, and the whole person looked a little lost.
Although Gao Fei's words were very polite, Jiang Xuerou knew in her heart that what he said was indeed right.
If she insists on not selling, then the final result will indeed be as Gao Fei said, and the two of them will die together with the entire Zhou Yi.
She had no doubts about the outcome.
Because that's what Jiang Xuerou thought before she saw Gao Fei - she would rather ruin Zhou Yi than let that bastard occupy her brainchild.
That's a defilement, a naked defilement!
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuerou suddenly felt a little powerless.
So I saw her silently lower her head, and after quietly wiping away a tear from the corner of her eye, she raised her head again with a firm look in her eyes, and looked directly at Gao Feidao:
"The company can sell it to you, but I have a request."
Hearing this, both Gao Fei and Han Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts.
However, Gao Fei also knew that now was not the time to be happy, so he immediately said with a straight face that did not change his color:
"What requirements?"
I saw Jiang Xuerou, who had been maintaining her demeanor before, suddenly gritted her teeth from the bottom of her heart at this moment:
"I want that bastard to get out of Zhou Yi completely!"
"He is Zhou Yi's tumor!"
"Never, never, don't let Zhou Yi have anything to do with him again!"
"Deal!"
Hearing this, Gao Fei immediately replied with a solemn face!