Chu Xiangqian smiled and shook his head, it seemed that Kumiko and Olivia didn't really plan to go to sleep.

I wonder how to divide the time regardless of the two female ninjas.

Unexpectedly, the heartbeat of the two people in their ears soon made them feel that the two of them checked their surroundings and went back to their rooms obediently.

This time, Chu Qianqian was even happier.

It's not impossible for subordinates to have ideas.

But as long as there is good and bad, in the case of not being able to predict the future, Chu Xiangqian still feels in his heart that as a personal guard, it is better to be obedient.

On the way into the main house, Chu Qianqian commanded the chickadee to fly down from the sky.

Falling outside the room where Kumiko and Olivia lived, the two were seen through the glass, one lying down and sleeping, and the other hiding behind the window, staring at the manor.

Chu Xiangqian was even more satisfied with the two of them now.

After entering the main house, he said hello to Lao Jiang, who was in charge of guarding the door, and Zhang Tianzhi, who was playing chess with Lao Jiang, after Chu Xiangqian went upstairs, he was still thinking about whether to go to Hong Kong Sheng's house to play a friendly match first, and then go back to Lanlan's house?

Unexpectedly, when I opened the door of the Hong Kong student's room, the little girl was not there.

After a little thought, shouldn't this chick sleep with Ehime?

Or, in Lan Lan's house?

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian returned to his bedroom quickly, and sure enough, he saw two figures sleeping soundly on the big bed covered with blankets.

Busy going to the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth, and then climbed into bed with a somewhat obscene smile.

It didn't take long for the bedroom to be full of singing.

Probably worried that in the dead of night, Xiaolan'er and Hong Kong Sheng kept their voices suppressed when they were singing.

And the two sisters alliance, when they played a friendly match with Chu Xiangqian, they could finally make Chu Xiangqian lose.

But the price is that the sisters themselves are tired.

——

The next morning, while eating breakfast, Master Shiniang, Gong Er and others saw that Xiao Lan'er and Hong Kong Sheng did not get up early.

didn't even ask, the two of them also gave Chu Xiangqian a xiaolongbao, and the other peeled eggs for him.

How smart Chu Xiangqian is, he can tell what Shi Niang and Gong Er are thinking at a glance.

However, the two old ladies cared so much about themselves, which really moved Chu Xiangqian's heart.

It's not a mother-in-law, it's already a mother-in-law's style.

But it's right to think about it, in the hearts of Shi Niang and Gong Er, Hong Kong students are almost the same as their daughters.

Waiting for Chu Xiangqian, the master and the others to start breakfast, the master still found an excuse to get up in the kitchen, cook two supplements again and stew them slowly, and wait for Lan Lan and Gangsheng to wake up before eating.

——

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, Chu Xiangqian made a phone call to find Wrinkle Huai, and after inquiring about the filming and preparation of the two films "Millie Girl" and "Roman Holiday", he did not frown.

The filming of "Millie Girl" went well.

The director of this movie is a tool man, and the behind-the-scenes attitude on Hong Kong Island is extremely positive, and the film will basically be finished after a month of shooting.

This speed not only surprised the Mi people in the crew, but even the senior executives of the world looked for Wrinkle Huai and He Guanchang to learn from him.

However, after watching it in the crew for two or three days, people around the world quickly understood that it is basically impossible to work unpaid overtime without complaint or regret by the behind-the-scenes group on Hong Kong Island.

If overtime pay is given, it can also speed up the shooting with quality and quantity, and Hollywood film companies will definitely be willing to pay overtime.

But in fact, even if you give money, there are many foreign grinders in the crew, and even people who deliberately slow down the filming.

Behind the scenes, he is not the leading actor, he is paid.

One more day of work, one more day of money behind the scenes.

And the behind-the-scenes staff occupy 7 or 8 percent of the crew, and many times, the director and producer can't do anything about them.

After all, there are many ways to grind foreign workers, and if they can't catch the handle of these people, the director and producer can only admit it.

So behind the scenes of this group of Hong Kong Islands, the crew of "Millie Girl", as long as the director and actors are handled, overtime has become the norm.

And at this time, the Hollywood actors and directors union is not as powerful as decades later, and the actors are not as pretentious as later generations.

Although they still work 8 hours a day, the actors are still willing to cooperate with the crew when they are given double overtime pay.

However, Chu Xiangqian feels that it may also have something to do with the fact that there are no big-name actors in the crew.

The little actor naturally didn't dare to be a demon.

As for whether overtime pay will lead to overspending on shooting costs, Chu Qianqian invested $2 million in this movie, 1.5 million in Mi Guo Music, and 500,000 in Decca Records.

But in fact, Chu Xiangqian had planned to make this movie for $1 million before.

The remaining 3 million, Wrinkle Huai and He Guanchang tried their best to use various methods in this month, and they were greedy for less than 2 million US dollars.

Although the shooting cost exceeded 1 million because of overtime pay, the overtime pay of employees can also make the accounts more beautiful.

The director and actors can't predict how much box office this movie can have.

In fact, he is willing to make more money, not only with a positive attitude, but also with a high enthusiasm for work.

On the other hand, the preparation of the crew of "Roman Holiday" is too stretched.

It's been more than a month, and there is no sign of starting.

Chu Xiangqian only thought that Elizabeth Tai Hao was a difficult woman before, but he didn't expect this woman to break things so much.

A series of moths have long made people around the world extremely dissatisfied.

Fortunately, the producer of this movie is also Chu Xiangqian, and the executive producer is wrinkled.

The people of the world can only get angry on one side, but they can't really kick Taylor away.

And Wrinkle Huai is worthy of being a big guy who can make Golden Harvest brilliant for 20 years, and I heard that Taylor has a good relationship with Wrinkle Huai now.

From the phone, Chu Xiangqian learned that Wrinkle Huai's way to deal with Taylor was very simple.

This woman is a well-known jewelry maniac, and a South Sea pearl necklace worth 1,000 pounds, or 16,000 Hong Kong dollars, made Taylor settle down.

Chu Xiangqian shook his head after hearing this.

Secretly said if wrinkle Huai told himself about this, where did he need to buy a pearl necklace, there are many such pearls in the warehouse of the novice village.

And in my previous life, I naturally heard a lot about the difficulty of serving Hollywood brands.

In many starring contracts, contracts that would have taken only a few dozen pages to complete will eventually become hundreds of pages.

And the extra dozens of pages are full of various requests made by the leading actors.

And these requirements are all in the contract, so as not to be rejected by the crew.

The most speechless thing is that in a story, the dogs of the leading actors must have special services, and they buy to take the first class cabin and follow the leading actors into the crew.

I heard that the director also thought about the dog, so he couldn't bear to change the starring role.

Chu Xiangqian comforted and praised Wrinkle Huai, and said that the necklace would be reimbursed.

Then I hung up the phone and planned to take a car into Los Angeles to see the filming of "Millie" on the set.

There is also the specific progress of the preparation of "Roman Holiday".

Then I thought that Taylor promised to shoot "Roman Holiday" for the $250,000 salary, should he take out one or two red pearls, or sell gold pearls to Taylor?

After all, this woman must be the right buyer.

Even if she can't afford it, or is reluctant to buy it, there are rich people in Hollywood who are willing to pay for her.

But this is certainly not an opportunity to sell pearls.

After the release of Roman Holiday, it received unanimous praise and a good box office.

There are more local tyrants who are willing to spend a lot of money for Taylor.

When the time comes, the red pearls, which should have been more than 100,000 pounds, may be auctioned for 200,000 pounds, or about 1 million dollars.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I should first open up the fame of Red Pearl from Hollywood female stars.

Then take out gold pearls, silver pearls, pink pearls, and brown pearls, and send them to the auction anonymously.

Maybe the price of pearls, especially the pearls of the South Seas, will be speculated little by little.

And the color of the pearl is not much, but there are many levels of size.

There's a lot of room to maneuver here.

At around 9 o'clock, Chu Xiangqian went back to the house to change clothes, and saw that Lan Lan and Gangsheng were still asleep, so he didn't wake them up at all.

I changed into a suit and tie, put on my shoulder holster, checked the lower revolver, and put it in the holster.

With the help of the town's chief and deputy sheriffs, not only did Chu Xiangqian get a concealed gun license, but even Zhang Tianzhi, Yuan Hua, Tony and Zhou Billy only waited a day to get the concealed gun license issued by the town.

Although it is a certificate issued by Santa Barbara County, in Los Angeles, it still has the force of law.

In case of danger and a shootout, with the papers, the lawyer has a way to get the Los Angeles prosecutor.

Arriving at the Universal Studios office building at 11 a.m., not only was the wrinkled arms waiting for him, but even the general manager, Mike Heilman, was greeted by several high-level executives.

When I asked, I found out that this guy Mike planned to strengthen cooperation with Hong Kong Island's 'Chu's Films', hoping that Hong Kong Island could send some technical personnel to work behind the scenes.

To put it bluntly, he took a fancy to the advantages of Hong Kong Island's willingness to endure hardships behind the scenes and low pay, and planned to reduce the cost of filming around the world.

It is said that Chu Xiangqian should agree with both hands, but he knows it very well in his heart, unless the behind-the-scenes staff comes to Hollywood to apply for a job.

Otherwise, if you send someone over, after a long time, there will inevitably be rumors that you will work with Universal Pictures to squeeze Hong Kong people.

It is better to release the people directly and let the people behind the scenes decide for themselves whether to go to Hollywood or return to Hong Kong Island to work after the filming.

And Chu Xiangqian knows very well in his heart that Chinese Americans are very difficult to mix in Hollywood.

As soon as he heard that Chu was releasing people, Mike and other high-level executives of the world were naturally overjoyed, but they were anxious.

But Chu Xiangqian is not a fool, just think about it, 99 out of 100 people behind his company want to work in Hollywood.

This thing can't be stopped at all, so it's better to be generous.

But there may not be one who really dares to take the initiative to make this request.

The reason is very simple, the Chinese are cautious in their character, even if they are technical masters, they will take into account that they do not have any works that they can do in Hollywood.

Technology is not necessarily better than the behind-the-scenes personnel in Hollywood, if you really resign and come to Los Angeles, will you really be able to stand firm?

Only when one or two successful films participated in the filming will someone have the confidence to resign and apply for a job at Universal.

And the success of the 'Chu's Films' co-production in Hollywood, the talents on Hong Kong Island are basically at their own disposal.

Some of them have gone, but more talents have come.

Moreover, film practitioners on Hong Kong Island will regard 'Chu's Films' as the best choice to enter Hollywood.

So Chu Xiangqian didn't care at all if anyone changed jobs.

Besides, after one or two successful movies supervised by himself, he can also invite powerful ghost photographers and other behind-the-scenes actors.

However, if the Chinese Gang can gain a foothold in Hollywood, it will be a good thing in the long run.

These people working in Hollywood will inevitably be discriminated against and excluded, and they will naturally be grouped.

But the huddle is actually of little use, as long as Chu beckons forward, these people will inevitably gather under his account again.

Of course, in case there is really a technical master, Chu Xiangqian will not only not have to pull people under his hands, but will help the other party develop better as much as possible.

After listening to Chu Xiangqian's explanation, Wrinkle Huai suddenly felt that he couldn't compare with his boss in terms of the overall situation.

As for the lie that the Chinese like infighting, Chu Xiangqian has always scoffed at it.

Foreigners fight inwardly, no less, in the final analysis, everything is because of interests.

And he is already one of the major shareholders of Global, and he is originally from the perspective of capital.

Chinese behind the scenes, Chinese actors, directors or something, no matter how hard they fight, they will not be able to get along with themselves.

On the contrary, they will spontaneously get close to themselves because they can help them support.

Then he became a worker under his own hands, or a tool man who helped him make money and cheer.

Maybe to a certain extent, Chu Xiangqian didn't want to see a mess of harmony.

Sure enough, after Chu Xiangqian stayed in the crew for a day, when he was about to take the car back to the ranch at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Wrinkle Huai reported in a low voice, "Boss, I asked all the employees on Hong Kong Island in the plot.

9 Cheng shook his head directly, saying that he was not ready. It probably means that I know that I don't have that ability.

Although the remaining few hesitated, no one agreed. I think I want to study for a while longer, or one or two crews. ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled and nodded, "It's normal for people to go to high places. Since we are bound to co-produce more movies with Universal in the future.

In fact, it is impossible to stop being poached, in this case, you, the general manager, should take the initiative to encourage everyone to break into Hollywood.

The more Chinese there are, the louder our voices will be. The more talent film companies on Hong Kong Island can attract.

Among the first and second batch of people who came to Hollywood, some succeeded and some failed. The more people who have scruples in their hearts, the more they will be.

And the real daring to take risks is actually a minority, as long as our employee benefits at the time of Hollywood co-productions are not less than Hollywood pay.

Needless to say, most people will still stay in our company with peace of mind. When these talents are out of action in Hollywood, they will return to work in the crew on Hong Kong Island.

Just thinking about it, I can guess that in the future, our company's films will definitely be able to crown Hong Kong Island and even Southeast Asia. ”

Wrinkles nodded after thinking about it, but the boss's trick of borrowing chickens and laying eggs is wonderful.

As for the brain drain, it's a big deal to poach people from other film companies on Hong Kong Island.

I don't believe that if I can participate in the opportunity to co-produce films, I won't be able to recruit people.

Moreover, the movies on Hong Kong Island, because of the audience's viewing level, have contributed to the technical requirements for photography, which are much lower than those on Hollywood's side.

As long as it is not a movie that shoots awards, many aspects of commercial films pay more attention to the plot and cool points.

The level of the people behind the scenes does not necessarily have to be equal to Hollywood.

(End of chapter)