Chapter 120 Large-scale poaching
Zhou Xingchi has recently had a feeling of being swept away by many years of depression, since signing in Dongyi, he first opened a "Fierce Ghost School", with a box office of more than 10 million, which is regarded as his official debut from the film industry, and then took over the "God of Gamblers" "Gambling Saint", the company let himself be the protagonist, from the double protagonist of "Fierce Ghost School" and Zhang Xueyou to become his own leader, and invited Wu Mengda, who is also a wireless artist, to set off for himself, and even Zhang Le, the girlfriend of the company boss, was put into this movie as the protagonist.
During the filming of "The Saint of Gambling", Zhou Xingchi couldn't wait to wake up with a smile in his dreams, although the salary was only 200,000 yuan, which was not high, but as long as "The Saint of Gambling" was a hit, Dongyi would increase his salary in the next movie, and TVB finally saw his achievements in the movie, and the 6-year main drama "Metropolis" actually gave himself a heavy supporting role, the villain male number two.
You must know that the starring role of this drama is a wireless veteran, Golden Horse actor Yang Yan, Brother B, Qiu Guan Zheng Shaoqiu, who once set a daily salary of 15,000 US dollars, Sister B Wang Mingal, and countless B drama stars, the lineup is comparable to 2 years of "Yang Jiajiang", playing Zheng Shaoqiu's son in such a TV series, the villain male number two, before the change, at least it must be a male artist at the level of B Five Tigers, Zhou Xingchi couldn't imagine that he could appear as the starring role in this kind of major drama, and he could give him a trick with a few lines, is enough to ⊥ him ecstatic, and the reason why he can have this qiē is because "The Saint of Gambling" was a big hit during the Spring Festival, and after "God of Gamblers", a movie that belongs to him and a title that belongs to him is presented to everyone.
Although the box office of 12 million in a single week is not as good as "Flying Dragon" and "Eight-Star Annunciation", it has made Dongyi and Xinbao laugh, and the investment in the two major plays of Golden Harvest and Golden Princess has exceeded 10 million, and the original planned cost of "The Saint of Gambling" was 6 million, and Liu Zhenwei only used more than 4 million after filming, in terms of return, it has far exceeded the two big-investment movies, and the box office of "The Saint of Gambling" in the second week has increased significantly compared with the box office of other films.
So he was very busy during this time, and after filming "The Saint of Gambling", he returned to the wireless studio to shoot "Metropolis", and he also had to schedule the next "Gambler", Zhou Xingchi used his busy work to tell himself that his current opportunity is not a dream, but real.
However, unlike Zhou Xingchi, who was excited and happy at this time, Liu Zhenwei was scratching his head, he is now in charge of Dongyi Films, so he naturally wants to repay Huo Dongjun who is willing to give him a chance, and the first thing after taking over is to sign all the artists who have film contracts but have not signed brokerage contracts, whether it is Zhou Xingchi, Qiu Shuzhen, Lin Huimei, Lan Jieying, all of them have become official artists of Dongyi Film Artist Department, except for Zhang Xueyou, an amphibious and well-known artist in the music and film industry, Liu Zhenwei can't do it, Several other artists who have been praised by Dongyi have all been held in his hands.
Liu Zhenwei's idea is very clear, that is, the company's popular stars naturally have to be in the hands of Dongyi Company, but he didn't expect that the current Hong Kong film industry is no longer the film circle when he was in charge of Century Pictures.
During the period when he took over, Xinbao Cinema Line was opened, and Chen Rongmei did not set up a film company to make movies, only did cinema business, and lacked film sources.
Chen Rongmei has been popular with Zou Wenhuai during this time, and she is like the godfather of a new generation of cinemas in Xiangjiang, after all, his Xinbao Cinema is more free than Jiahe Cinema, Golden Princess Cinema, and Debao Cinema, and he has nothing to do with film production, but the two sides are just cooperating to release it, which makes those companies that have been squeezed out by the three major cinema chains and share Ah feel quite relieved.
But it's not easy to get on the Xinbao Cinema Line, Dongyi Company can get the golden period of the Spring Festival file of the Xinbao Cinema Line, because Dongyi Company is the first to express its intention to cooperate with the Xinbao Cinema Line, and the opening work "God of Gamblers" prepared for the Xinbao Cinema Line won the Hong Kong movie box office record in one fell swoop, so that Chen Rongmei's Xinbao Cinema Line has the pride and confidence to separate the three major cinema chains from the beginning of its opening, and there is such a relationship, Dongyi Company's films are naturally taken care of, but other companies are different. If you want a movie to be on the prime time of Xinbao Cinema, it depends on whether there are stars and how much investment there is.
In other words, if these independent production companies want their movies to appear in the prime time of Xinbao Cinemas, they must have something more attractive than other companies' films? What can be the most attractive, of course, is the actors, so many companies have begun to look around for opportunities to let those red stars open their own plays, the first is Zhou Runfa, but Zhou Runfa's recent schedule is almost occupied by several major companies, even if those companies want to grab Zhou Runfa's schedule, they don't dare to conflict with Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, Yongsheng and other companies.
And "The Saint of Gambling" became popular with Zhou Xingchi, those companies immediately saw the wind and made the rudder shift the target, Zhou Runfa was in the arts, and he had an appointment with Yongsheng of the Xiang family, he didn't dare to provoke, Zhou Xingchi of Dongyi naturally didn't care, a newcomer, he should be able to do it with more salary.
So during this time, Liu Zhenwei saw a lot of the bosses of the film companies who wanted to invite Zhou Xingchi to play, and at first everyone was smiling and talking about the salary and scripts at the table, but Liu Zhenwei, as the general manager of Dongyi, directly rejected many of the scripts of those companies, and didn't even show Stephen Chow.
He means that the stars brought out by Dongyi Company can't just start a play and mess up the signboard, but this idea is equivalent to cutting off the financial path of many film companies.
So, some people began to contact Zhou Xingchi privately, offered a salary of two million, asked him to attend a high-end cocktail party, and asked him to cross the sea to Macau to sigh the world, Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi talked a few times, Zhou Xingchi also said that he would not breach the contract in private, and he must wait for the company to help him choose a good script, but there are too many companies that are eager to make quick money, and the chips are getting bigger and bigger, Liu Zhenwei is almost unable to hold on, so he called Huo Dongjun.
"Having said so much, you haven't said which company is going to poach Ah Xing? And in the end, you are opening a ghost bargaining chip, which makes you feel that you can't hold it?" Huo Dongjun asked after listening to Liu Zhenwei talk about the recent situation of the company on the phone.
Liu Zhenwei smiled bitterly on the phone: "Jun Shao, someone will pay 12 million in liquidated damages, and he is even willing to ask a well-known lawyer to fight a lawsuit for Ah Xing, let him get rid of Dongyi and get rid of me, a vampire, and promised him three plays a year, the ministry will be the male lead, and the partner and director will be chosen by him, if it is you and me, even if there is an expression on his face, his heart will move." ”
"In the end, a company on the side, open a big benefit to come out, dig Dongyi, an artist who has just become popular?"
"Yongsheng. ”