I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 136 Doubt

Speaking of the glorious era of Hong Kong film and television, stars such as Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Zhou Yunfa and Zhou Xingchi will immediately appear in the minds of the public!
But that's only on the surface. Anyone who knows a little bit about Hong Kong's film and television industry knows that when Hong Kong's film and television industry was in its glory days, Wrinkle Huai was the character that couldn't be ignored.

After working in Shaw Brothers for many years, he relied on the "satellite company" to attract a group of big-name stars. In more than ten years, he developed Golden Harvest into one of the three major film and television companies in Hong Kong with influence throughout Southeast Asia.

The 'satellite company' move will have a profound impact on the future development of the entertainment industry. The star studio model of later generations in the mainland can be said to be a replica of the 'satellite company'.

When Hong Kong Island's film and television industry was at its most prosperous, it was also when Hong Kong Island was at its most chaotic.It can be said that the people who were famous at that time were basically ruthless people.

Now, although Wrinkle Huai has changed from a meat-eating evil tiger to an old man with a kind face.

But the sharp eyes under the glasses indicate that although the evil tiger is old, it still has the ability to hunt and eat meat.

Because it was Wang Changtian who took the lead, Wan Qingshan and Wrinkle Huai didn't talk much after they got to know each other, and Wang Changtian and Wrinkle Huai were allowed to talk.

Wang Changtian's previous valuation of Wuxianhuai and his daughter's shares in Jiahe was very accurate. When negotiating the price, Wuxianhuai asked for 4000 million Hong Kong dollars. Calculated according to the exchange rate, it was about 5000 million yuan.

Even if Wang Changtian is anxious to buy the shares of Wrinkle Wai, it is impossible not to make a counter-offer at all, but to counter-offer [-] million Hong Kong dollars as soon as he opens his mouth!

Wang Changtian was in a hurry to buy, and Wrinkle Huai was probably also in a hurry to sell.

Wrinkle Huai was not so angry at the price of [-] million Hong Kong dollars that he chased Wang Changtian away. He just glanced at Wanqing Mountain, and then calmly bargained with Wang Changtian.

Wan Qingshan was confused by Wuxianhuai's look. It wasn't his price, so why was Wuxianhuai looking at him?

Wan Qingshan didn't know that Wan Qingshan was largely responsible for Wan Qingshan's eagerness to sell Jiahe's shares.

"The True Meaning of Love" and "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness" are both distributed and released on Hong Kong Island by Anle Film and Television.

In order to squeeze out other theater chains in Hong Kong, Jiang Zhiqiang arranged for both movies to be released only in Anle Cinema.

Then - both movies were huge hits on Hong Kong Island, which resulted in the box office of the movies shown at Golden Harvest Cinemas being pitifully low during the same period. The producers were losing money, and Golden Harvest Cinemas was also losing money.

Previously, due to the financial crisis in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong Island's economy was in a downturn, and the film and television industry was also in a downturn.

Finally, the impact of the financial crisis passed, and the big event in 2003 came, and Jiahe's losses became even more serious.

If Li Huanggua later bought shares, Jiahe would not be able to survive.

I thought that even if the theater chain could not make money in the past two years, it could still maintain its capital.

Unexpectedly, Wanqingshan suddenly appeared. Two movies caused Golden Harvest Cinema to lose money in the past two years.

Although it was only a small loss, compared with the previous financial crisis and the major events in 2003, it is not worth mentioning.

But for wrinkles, the impact is particularly big!

This was like a straw in the scale. After surviving the financial crisis and the major incident in 2003, he could no longer withstand the pressure, so he thought of selling Jiahe quickly and retiring.

Because Wuxianhuai was eager to sell, Wang Changtian and Wuxianhuai talked for only one day, and they negotiated the price from 4000 million to 2000 million Hong Kong dollars!
"Mr. Zhang, the box office of "The Promise" yesterday was more than 500 million, but the box office dropped every day for three days after it was released. This shows that what we do has played a big role, doesn't it?"

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, the online momentum is not as big as before. It's not that I didn't mobilize everyone. It's because of the previous promotion of "The Promise" on the Internet that no one is interested in this kind of news!"

As soon as the words fell - 'Dong Dong! '

Hearing the knock at the door, Wan Qingshan lowered his voice and said to the phone, "Mr. Zhang, I have something else to do here, so I won't talk about it for now!"

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I will definitely do my best."

"Okay, okay! Goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan stood up and walked quickly to the door and opened the room.

"Director Wan, Wuxianhuai and I have negotiated a price of HK$2000 million.

If we continue to talk, it is estimated that it will only be reduced by 2000 to [-] million at most.However, it may take a while.

I'm worried about the long nights and dreams, so I plan to close the deal for HK$2000 million.

Director Wan, on your side, I will compensate you for the extra part you gave me at the price of [-] million Hong Kong dollars. Director Wan, look at you, do you have any objections? "

Wan Qingshan was not polite to outsiders when it came to money, so he agreed immediately.

"Mr. Wang, what can I say about this? I have to thank Mr. Wang for helping me save millions."

"Haha, Director Wan, it's settled then. I'll go and confirm the price with Wuxianhuai later and sign the preliminary agreement. The people below will do the rest." Wang Changtian said with a smile.

"No problem, Mr. Wang, I will ask my people to stay together and assist Enlight Media."

Wang Changtian knew in his heart that Wan Qingshan said he was assisting, but in fact he was keeping an eye on his people, fearing that they would play tricks.

"Haha, I don't have a problem with that. If you have someone who can guide you to help, things will definitely be handled faster.

Director Wan, then I'll go find Wuxianhuai here. "

After Wang Changtian left, Wan Qingshan went to Yu Ying and the lawyer he hired to ask for a few words, then went back to his room to pack his things.

After Wan Qingshan packed up his things, Wang Changtian and Wrinkle Huai came back from their talk.

Later, Wang Changtian gave a few words to the people of Enlight Media in front of Wan Qingshan, and then returned to the mainland with Wan Qingshan.After returning to Shenzhen, Wan Qingshan thought that there would be nothing to do in the capital for the time being, so he spoke to Wang Changtian and went to Chen Yumo's house.

As soon as he arrived at the door of Chen Yumo's house, Wan Qingshan's cell phone rang. Ye Xuan called!
"Director Wan, can I ask you something?"

Listening to Ye Xian's strange tone on the phone, Wan Qingshan replied with some confusion, "Of course, just ask, I will tell you everything."

"Okay, Director Wan, did you know that the higher-ups would issue policies to limit the proportion of foreign capital in theaters' shares, so you urged me to resign?"

Wanqingshan's heart suddenly trembled!
Just because he recruited people like Ye Nian, Wang Changtian suspected that he had connections above, and now Ye Nian also suspected that he knew this policy in advance.

"Fuck, other people use their foresight to do things without success. How come you come to me and do one thing, and you are suspected by two people in a row!"

After Wan Qingshan cursed in his heart, he replied in a very helpless tone, "Manager Ye, if I had known, I wouldn't have been treated so badly when I first debuted.

I was anxious to urge you to resign because the Qingshan Cinema Line was really short of people at that time. "

"Uh, Director Wan, don't mind. The main reason is that just after we resigned, the higher-ups issued a policy that Warner Bros. would withdraw from the Warner Wanda Cinemas chain. So my brothers and I thought that Director Wan, you had known about it for a long time, so we... ,,,"

As soon as Ye Xuan's voice fell, another voice came from the phone, "Director Wan, it's not Brother Ye who wants to ask, it's us who want to ask, so Brother Ye made this call. Director Wan, don't blame Brother Ye. .”

"Yes, Director Wan, we want to ask!"

"Director Wan, it's mainly because we think it's too strange."

,,,,,

The voices of several people sounded out one after another, making Wan Qingshan smile.

"This Ye Nian is really good at it!"

After Wan Qingshan muttered in his heart, he narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It's okay, it's normal for you to have this suspicion. If you feel that I have cheated you and you want to return to Wanda, you can ask me to resign and pay you the salary you deserve." I will pay for everything."

After Wan Qingshan said this, no sound came from the phone for a while.

After a while, Ye Nuan's guilty voice sounded.

"Director Wan, we don't have this idea. We are just too curious, so we asked you. Don't mind."

"Don't worry, I don't mind, but I don't want any of you to be unwilling to do anything at Qingshan Cinema.

So, I put these words here. If any of you want to resign, just tell me and don’t force yourself. "

"Oh, Director Wan, we know." Ye Xuan sighed.

"That's it, if you need anything, please contact me!"

After hanging up the phone, Wan Qingshan murmured helplessly, "You must do less of this kind of thing in the future, otherwise it will definitely cause big trouble over time."

In the following days, while Wan Qingshan accompanied Chen Yumo, he experienced the role of Yuan Xiang in his dreams!

The leisurely life makes Wanqingshan, which has been busy some time ago, feel a little reluctant to leave.

In the middle of the process, Sun Yao called and said that the script of "Awkward Spring Festival Transport" was written, and Wan Qingshan just asked Sun Yao to fax it over.

Also, Zhang Weiping invited Wan Qingshan to attend the premiere of "Riding Alone, Thousands of Miles", but Wan Qingshan refused.

The box office of "The Promise" has been getting lower day by day since its release. Five days after its release, which is the day before the premiere of "Ride Alone, Thousand Miles", the single-day box office of "The Promise" dropped to 300 million!

Then - "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" came out. After Wan Qingshan saw it on the Internet, he quickly called Li Yancheng and asked him to stop hacking "The Promise" on the Internet!
Chen Kaige has the arrogance of a poet. The methods used to smear "The Promise" on the Internet are basically saying that the movie is incomprehensible and a waste of money. Faced with these slanders, Chen Kaige may not care much.

But "A Murderous Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" will make Chen Kaige break his defense!

Wan Qingshan remembered that Chen Kaige sued the producer of "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun".

Wan Qingshan was worried that Chen Kaige was so angry that he didn't know what he would do, so he asked Li Yancheng to stop slandering "The Promise".

As soon as Wan Qingshan asked Li Yancheng to stop smearing, Zhang Weiping called and invited Wan Qingshan to attend the premiere of "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles".

After Wan Qingshan refused to attend the premiere, Zhang Weiping did not try to persuade him. Instead, he talked about "A Murderous Case Caused by a Steamed Bun"!
After chatting with Zhang Weiping for a few minutes, Wan Qingshan hung up and was about to go drink water.

As soon as he received the water, his eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed, "Could this be Zhang Weiping's doing?"

When Zhang Weiping talked about "A Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" just now, it was called schadenfreude!

However, when he praised Hu Ge, the producer of "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun", there was a hint of pride in his tone!
Immediately, Wan Qingshan thought for a moment.

This is not the era of self-media. Who would take such a thankless effort to create "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" must be Zhang Weiping!

"No wonder, no wonder Zhang Weiping is so afraid that "The Promise" will surpass the hero, but there is no news in his original life that he took advantage of "The Promise".

It turned out that he had done something, and it was known to everyone as "A Murderous Case That Induced Steamed Buns", but he hid it deeply enough! "

This incident surprised Wan Qingshan for a while and then he forgot about it. It had no impact on him anyway.

As "A Murderous Case That Caused Steamed Buns" became more and more popular on the Internet, the box office of "The Promise" collapsed, and the news that Chen Kaige was going to sue Hu Ge was making a fuss.Because of the calls from Zhang Zhao and Fan Bayi, Wan Qingshan flew back to the capital.

(End of this chapter)