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Chapter 387 Chen Heizi! Don’t even think about it!
"Ugh"

Chen Shiping stood on the side of the road and sighed deeply.

I just got scolded by my boss, but I didn't blame him.

But this matter must be dealt with seriously.

To put it simply, he was just accepting some benefits. To put it more broadly, he was accepting money from a Hollywood company. Who knows what he would dare to do in the future?
Corruption has always been a big problem since ancient times.

It is normal for there to be corruption in a large group.

Under normal circumstances it is not that serious and can be handled normally.

But the film importing department is different. It is a key department. What if someone plays tricks and imports some movies with obscure bad tendencies?
Damn it, this situation must be dealt with seriously!

Whether it is for the development of the group or for the sake of gaining a good reputation, severe punishment must be imposed.

The most talked about topic in the past two years is anti-corruption. China Film Group must respond when problems are discovered and deal with them seriously!

But Chen Shiping will not take the lead, so this matter has to be done by Director Tong.

That’s what the leader meant. Isn’t Director Tong very busy recently?

Just let him come and investigate thoroughly!

He will be leaving next year anyway, so it doesn't matter if he is a little tough on the group. There won't be any problems if Chen Shiping takes over then.

After Chen Shiping got into his car, he said to the driver, "Go home, and then go to the airport."

Go to participate in the cross-strait and Hong Kong film art exchange meeting.

Starting next week? No problem, check the preparations!
Anyway, I'm not staying in the group!

At this time, Director Tong was also having a headache.

He didn't want to take over the matter reported by Han Laosan.

Who knows how many people will be involved.

He will be gone next year. If this matter is brought up at this time, I will get no credit if I handle it well, but I will be blamed if I don't handle it well.

Can't the handover be smooth?
President Tong seriously suspected that Chen Shiping asked him to manage the establishment of Guangying Group just for this reason!
He looked at Han Lao San and said, "These things have been found out a long time ago, right?"

"No, no, we just found out." Han Laosan said confidently.

Director Tong looked at me with an expression that said, "Do you think I believe it?"

Grandma has legs!
I knew Chen Heizi wasn't that kind!
At the last minute, he dug a hole for him!

If this matter is not handled properly, it will be difficult to move up in the bureau in the future.

Grandma has legs!
Grandma's legs!!!

Director Tong really wanted to curse, he looked at Han Lao San and said, "Where's Chen Shiping?!"

"Mr. Chen is on a business trip, so I'm not too sure." Han Laosan explained.

On business trip?

He also said that it was not a trap prepared for him in advance!
Holy shit! I started checking last year, what a coincidence, how could I find out now?

What a coincidence that Chen Shiping is on a business trip!
Director Tong looked at Han Lao San unhappily and said, "It's okay, just get out!"

"Okay." Han Laosan slipped away quickly.

He was also thinking about going on a business trip. What if Director Tong asked him to investigate?
Han Laosan thought for a while and decided to check out the pilot reforms of cinema chains in various places.

Well! That’s it!
Han Laosan returned to the office and ran away within ten minutes.

On the other side, Director Tong was wondering whether he should suppress the matter and wait until Chen Shiping came back.

He really doesn't want to do this.

When so many people are found out, someone will definitely come to plead for mercy. Will you agree or not?
This matter can be said to be small or big, and the intensity is difficult to grasp.

Director Tong thought about it and decided that it might not be possible to push it away, so he decided to just deal with it as a small matter.

After he made the decision, he suddenly received a call from the General Administration.

After Mr. Tong answered the phone, he hummed a few times and his face turned grim.

Chen Heizi! You are not a human being! You even reported it to the General Administration!

He has no chance to make a big deal out of a small matter!
Director Tong felt so depressed that he wanted to cry as he sat in the chairman's chair.

What do I want to do, to be the chairman of the board?
A few years have passed and I've been sitting here like Maitreya Buddha every day. It's not easy to do something and I'm still cheated by Chen Heizi!
There is no justice!

What a damn thing!
It’s just that I took away your position as chairman!

Who made you so young?
Director Tong cursed in his heart dozens of times, and the anger in his heart could not be relieved at all. He was thinking about setting a trap for Chen Shiping!
There are so many problems within the group!
At this time, Chen Shiping had already boarded a plane to Guangzhou.

The view outside the cabin was nice and the sunshine was beautiful, which made him feel much better.

It is normal for such a large group to have some parasites.

Chen Shiping thought for a while, then closed his eyes and dozed off.

When he got off the plane in Guangzhou, he met a colleague.

The young and beautiful Fan Bingbing hurriedly ran past him carrying a bag.

Chen Shiping took a quick look and didn't take it seriously, he was just a small actor.

Fan Bingbing, who was running over, always felt that the person who just passed by seemed a little familiar. She looked back while running, but only saw a back.

Fan Bingbing, who was in a hurry to catch the bus, didn't think much about it and continued walking.

On the other side, Chen Shiping got in the car sent by Zhuying Group and left the airport.

A vice president of Zhuying Group sat in the car and said to Chen Shiping with a smile: "Mr. Chen, you have to give me some good guidance this time."

"It's not really guidance, we just communicate with each other. Zhuhai Film Studio has been doing pretty well in the past two years, and the film cooperation with Hong Kong has been developing very well." Chen Shiping replied with a smile.

The Zhuying staff smiled and said, "By the way, do you want to go and take a look at the cinema chain? Our two companies have been cooperating since 1994, and this is the first time that Mr. Chen has come to inspect it."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Okay, let's go check out the digital cinema."

China Film Group and Zhuhai Film Group jointly established a cinema chain, with each holding half of the shares.

This cinema chain must be included in the digital cinema upgrade.

Originally, Zhuying wanted to swallow up this cinema chain by some means, but because of the problem of upgrading to digital cinema, it held back.

After a while, Chen Shiping and his friends arrived at the cinema and looked at the sign hanging at the door.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is being screened here?"

The people from Zhuying smiled and said, "Yes, there just happened to be digital projection, so they chose this place."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a look."

The cinema manager led them in. There was no one in the huge theater yet, and it was estimated that no one would come to see this show again.

The cinema manager smiled and introduced it to Chen Shiping: "This screen is really big, but the projection effect is very clear, and there is no need to change copies, which saves time and effort. The audience also likes this hall, and it is usually difficult to get a ticket."

Chen Shiping nodded, touched the seat and said, "The seat is not bad, it's all soft."

The cinema manager smiled and said, "Last year, we upgraded all the hard seats in our theaters. Now they are all soft-padded seats."

"Good, how much is the ticket price?" Chen Shiping asked the key question.

"thirty."

"Thirty? That's too high."

Chen Shiping sighed, but didn't say anything else.

He thought thirty was too high, but the cinemas thought it was too cheap and they all wanted to raise the price to forty or even fifty.

Chen Shiping also knew that this was uncontrollable, and it was already difficult to keep prices within a reasonable range.

If he doesn't control it, the ticket price will rise to sixty or more!

After walking around the theater, Chen Shiping said with a smile, "Let's go out and take a look. Ticket sales and service are also very important."

As he said that, he walked out. When he arrived at the ticket hall, many audience members were queuing up.

Chen Shiping observed for a while and found that the audience could still accept the ticket price of 30 yuan.

Many people bought drinks after buying tickets. People here are still rich. If it were in inland cities, no one would be willing to buy drinks after buying tickets.

Thirty is still expensive.

Chen Shiping watched for a while and then went to queue up to buy tickets alone.

The cinema manager was winking at the ticket seller frantically in the back.

Be nicer!

The ticket seller was very busy and had no time to look at him.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was so popular that everyone was buying tickets.

Chen Shiping waited in line for ten minutes before it was his turn.

"A copy of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Chen Shiping said as he took out his wallet to pay.

"No tickets, no seat selection, fifty."

The ticket seller quickly issued tickets and then shouted to the back, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is sold out!"

After saying that, he hung up a sold out sign.

"Isn't it thirty?" Chen Shiping asked with a frown.

The conductor looked at him and said, "Do you want it? No one wants it."

Chen Shiping's temper flared up all of a sudden. Just as he was about to say a few words, the person in the queue behind him squeezed up and handed him a hundred-dollar bill.

"I want it, give it to me!"

Chen Shiping: “.” Damn it, someone is snatching fifty-one?
He turned his head and saw that it was a girl wearing a hat and sunglasses.

While he was stunned, the ticket seller had already taken the money and gave the ticket to the person.

The girl was happy for a moment after getting the ticket, then turned to Chen Shiping and said, "Sorry, I really want to see Wo. Wo. Wo."

The girl stammered, she recognized who was in front of her.

She held the ticket and said nervously, "I'll give it to you. It's my treat!"

Chen Shiping frowned and looked at her and recognized who she was.

I met Fan Bingbing at the airport.

He shook his head and said, "No, go and see."

At this time, the ticket seller couldn't help rolling his eyes. He didn't want to pay, but he was being pretentious when others treated him.

The manager of the cinema was so crazy at this time. He ran over and rubbed his hands to explain to Chen Shiping: "Mr. Chen, this is a preview. The film company requires 50 tickets. Usually, it is 31!"

Chen Shiping laughed but said nothing. He looked at him and said, "When will the film producers be qualified to set the price?"

The cinema manager said to Chen Shiping somewhat awkwardly: "Mr. Chen, let's talk in the office. It's too noisy here. I will explain it to you."

"Okay, let me see how you want to explain it." Chen Shiping turned cold and walked inside with his hands behind his back.

Fan Bingbing was holding the ticket at the ticket window. He felt that he had bought the ticket, but he did not seize the opportunity.

I felt that I was quite lucky because she bought the last one.

Now she regretted buying it.

Alas. I hope he doesn’t know me.

Fan Bingbing suddenly laughed at himself and wondered who he was and how others would recognize him.

Forget it, let’s go to the movies.

At this time, Chen Shiping had already arrived at the manager's office.

The cinema manager poured Chen Shiping a cup of tea, glanced at Zhuying's vice president, and seeing that he had no suggestions, he reported everything truthfully.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is very popular, but there are very few preview screenings. Which cinema chain would not want to get it?

With more people competing for it, the film company will naturally offer conditions.

The fifty-dollar ticket price is their condition.

There is nothing we can do about this at the cinema.

And they also want to make more money.

After listening to this, Chen Shiping asked, "Is this also the case for other theaters?"

The cinema manager nodded and said, "It's the same in other cities. Some ticket prices are even higher than ours. I heard that in Shanghai, the prices are between 60 and 81 yuan per ticket."

Chen Shiping tapped the table without saying anything.

The cinema manager was so nervous that he didn't know what to do.

The vice president of Zhuying said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, there is nothing we can do about it. The ticket prices for previews are high by default. The normal ticket prices are still well controlled."

Chen Shiping glanced at him, nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I hope the normal ticket price is not like this."

The cinema manager immediately assured: "It's really 30 yuan at ordinary times, and the price will never increase!"

The deputy director of Zhuying laughed and said, "That's right, we will definitely not raise the price casually. Mr. Chen, let's go to the movies, it's about to start."

Chen Shiping didn't bother about it any further. He really needed to investigate the matter.

If the cinema chain secretly raises prices but the ticket prices reported are normal, then there will be a big problem!
But we can’t check it now. We’ll send someone to investigate secretly later.

Chen Shiping came to the entrance of the theater and turned around and said, "Aren't there no tickets? How can we watch it?"

"We have tickets!" the cinema manager said immediately.

Chen Shiping looked at him and said, "You didn't take it back from the audience, did you?"

"No! Absolutely not!" The cinema manager couldn't help wiping his sweat. It was really hot that day.

Fan Bingbing, who had just come out of the bathroom, felt that fate was favoring him again.

Isn't this a coincidence?

At this time, Chen Shiping glanced at the cinema manager and said, "Forget it, let's not make any special arrangements."

"I have a ticket! Let me show you!" Fan Bingbing suddenly appeared and handed over the ticket he had just grabbed.

Chen Shiping looked at her and said, "Go and see it. I've seen it twice."

He just wanted to see the effect of digital projection, and movies had no appeal to him at all.

Fan Bingbing said "oh" and took back the ticket, feeling that the opportunity was so hard to seize.

Chen Shiping glanced at her and asked, "Are you Fan Bingbing?"

Fan Bingbing was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise: "Do you know me?"

"I saw you at the airport, wearing the same outfit." Chen Shiping said with a smile, "Thank you for the ticket, take a good look."

After saying that, Chen Shiping looked at Zhuying's vice president and said, "President Liu, let's stop here today."

"Okay, let's go eat. Our chairman really wants to talk to you."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Okay."

Fan Bingbing watched Chen Shiping leave, hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and said, "Director Chen, I'm a fan of your book, can you sign it for me?"

Deepen the impression!
If I am remembered, I will soar to the sky in the future!

Chen Shiping stopped and looked at her and said, "I haven't met a book fan in several years."

Fan Bingbing also felt that it was a bit ridiculous, as he had never read his book.

But I have to continue acting.

"I especially like the love letters you write."

Having watched the movie is like having read the book!
Fan Bingbing lowered his head and pretended to look through a book in his bag. After a while, he raised his head and said embarrassedly, "I was in a hurry when I came here and forgot to bring the book. Can I have your contact information?"

As she spoke, she handed him the pen, took off her sunglasses, and stared at him with blinking eyes.

Please~~
(End of this chapter)