During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 626: The Charm of a Mature Woman

Wei Jin had no idea what was going on this year. The Lunar New Year hadn’t even arrived yet, and the bigwigs in the entertainment industry had passed away one after another.

However, Mr. Shaw, a Hong Kong media tycoon, one of the founders of Shaw Brothers Films and TVB, and a famous philanthropist who died at the age of 107, had a much higher status in the circle than Li Ming of Galloping Pony.

This man, who is honored as "Uncle Six" by countless big names in Hong Kong, can definitely be called the founder of the rise of Hong Kong's film and television industry.

The Shaw Brothers Film Company he founded has been the mainstay of Hong Kong films since the 50s, and even dominated the Hong Kong film industry for a time.

Even after the 80s, with the rise of other film companies such as Golden Harvest and Cinema City, Shaw Brothers was hit and continued to reduce production, and even sold its own cinema chain and completely withdrew from the film industry. However, the wireless television station it controlled still guaranteed Shaw Brothers' voice in the Hong Kong circle.

Because at this time, after more than ten years of development, TVB has become a first-tier brand in the Hong Kong and even Asian television industry.

The TV dramas produced by its subsidiary TVB once became Hong Kong's business card, carrying the memories of countless people.

In addition, the performing arts training classes under Radio Times are also an indispensable part of the development of the Hong Kong film and television industry.

It has trained nearly a hundred celebrity artists, including many superstars in the Hong Kong circle and even the Chinese film and television circle.

If we really talk about influence in the film and television industry, the wireless training class is even more influential than the three major art schools in China.

It can almost be said that he single-handedly supported most of the Hong Kong film industry.

The passing of such a great figure was like an earthquake to the Chinese entertainment industry, especially the Hong Kong industry.

Countless celebrities and artists from the Hong Kong circle have posted messages to mourn, and major media in Hong Kong have also reported on the incident in great detail.

Wei Jin had never met this man. After all, when he rose to prominence, [Sixth Uncle] had already retired behind the scenes and was enjoying his retirement.

If I have to say something, it was just that there was a change in the shares of TVB in 11 and Wei Jin almost made a move, and he had a few phone calls with the old man.

However, in the end, due to Hong Kong's local protection policy and the fact that Wei Jin already had Tudou in his hands, he was not so interested in the TV station and gave up joining the game.

Despite this, Wei Jin still respects Shao Liushu, a senior in the industry.

He was particularly impressed by her enthusiasm for charity.

The charitable funds invested or raised by it have donated more than HK$50 billion to education in mainland China, and various social welfare and charitable undertakings have accumulated more than HK$100 billion.

Over the years, Wei Jin has done a lot of charity and donated at least tens of billions of dollars, but compared to this old gentleman, it is still a bit inferior.

Although there are many conspiracy theories and rumors in the market, speculating that the old man’s charitable purposes are not simple, the donations of over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars are not fake.

Even if it was all raised, it is still a great effort, not to mention that people actually paid a considerable amount of real money.

As the saying goes, we should judge by deeds rather than by the heart. No one is perfect in the world. To be charitable to this extent can truly be said to have immeasurable merit.

And precisely because of this, even the leaders above sent a special condolence message to express their condolences for the passing of the godfather of Hong Kong entertainment and to extend their sympathy to his relatives.

In the past, when those big guys he wasn't familiar with passed away, Wei Jin seldom joined in the fun, and he even ignored people from the Hong Kong circle.

But this time, Wei Jin specially sent people from Jiahe to send wreaths and elegiac couplets to show their respect.

While most of the entertainment industry headlines were dominated by news about Mr. Shao's passing, the audition notice for "Nirvana in Fire" was also released.

"Boss Wei, the competition is very fierce this time. Almost all the young actors and actresses in the TV drama industry have submitted their resumes. Some second- and third-tier actresses are also eyeing supporting roles. In addition, Zhang Xu also said that many artists in the company have ideas."

Wei Jin was not surprised when listening to Chen Zhiming's report.

Since the project was announced, in addition to himself, these days, many people including Zeng Li, Gao Yuanyuan, and even Liu Yifei and Jing Tian have received calls from acquaintances in the circle, trying to find out the news in a roundabout way.

Because everyone can see that this will be a top TV drama project in the industry, and there are really a lot of roles.

The male lead, in particular, can be described as a perfect example of a "male protagonist", and many of the supporting characters are also very distinctive and have highlights.

"Let's arrange for Director Jiang to go over for the audition. We still have to take care of the company's artists."

Wei Jin didn't worry too much about this matter. Anyway, the final cast list would be placed in front of him, and if there were any unsuitable ones, he would just replace them.

Suddenly, Chen Zhiming remembered something and his tone suddenly became sinister.

“Boss Wei, I heard that Director Wu Ershan has been very active these days and has been in contact with companies like Huayi, LeTV, and Ali.

These companies seem to be quite interested, and they may even leave us aside and reorganize the studio. Do we really not need to do anything?"

In Chen Zhiming's opinion, without Shanhe Media, Wu Ershan would not know where to shoot commercials.

Now that he has grown stronger, not only has he directly rejected the company's arrangements, but he has even contacted other colleagues in the industry while owning shares in the studio. This is nothing short of betrayal!
"Old Chen, when did you become like this?"

Wei Jin chuckled and shook his head, saying seriously: "Even if we count those state-owned enterprises, Shanhe Media is still the undisputed number one in the industry. Since it is the number one, it should have the proper bearing.

Besides, the name [Shanhe Media] is so upright, we should act in an upright way. Since I have already promised him not to interfere, let's not do those dirty things that even ruin our character.

As for whether he really wants to rebuild his studio or even change jobs, that doesn't matter. The original studio funds will be considered as a breakup fee. If we meet in the film market in the future, we can compete head-on. "

Hearing Wei Jin's words, Chen Zhiming was startled, then he slapped his head and said self-deprecatingly:
"Alas, it's my fault. The longer I stay in the circle, the more bad things I've seen. I was unconsciously influenced and my thoughts went astray. I should reflect on myself."

"Well, Lao Chen, you have to understand that the company is a platform, and it can survive without anyone. But some people mistake the platform for their ability. There is still a long way to go, so we will just have to wait and see."

Chen Zhiming nodded thoughtfully: "Mr. Wei is right."

On the 9th, Wei Jin attended the celebration banquet of "New Police Story 2013".

After reaping the box office dividends of the last weekend, the film was taken off the screen and finally grossed 6.01 million yuan.

Although Shanhe Media was not the main controller and was unable to sign a gambling agreement with the theaters, the revenue attributable to the producer was as high as 43 million yuan with only a 2.3% share of the profits.

In addition, as a mainstream movie, the initial quotations for patch advertising and product placement were quite good. Even after deducting the production and promotion costs, the net profit exceeded 1.5 million.

In terms of rate of return alone, this drama absolutely beats countless works in the industry.

Normally, a celebration party for such a high-profit movie would have to be a grand affair, after all, it is also a good opportunity to increase the influence of Wanda Pictures.

However, perhaps taking into account the high box office revenue, Wanda kept a low profile and only the main creative team and producers got together.

Even Jackie Chan himself was unable to attend as he was in Hong Kong.

Including China Film Group, due to various meetings before the New Year, they only sent one vice president.

Although the celebration banquet was small in scale, the atmosphere was quite warm.

Especially Gao Ye, the leading female actor, and Lei Jiayin, the second male actor, raised their glasses frequently at the scene, obviously very happy.

It's no wonder, after all, the box office has exceeded 6 million, even if there is some water, it is a great blessing for the actors. Look, the movie has just been released, and Gao Ye has received a new role offer.

"Are you talking about Han Han's film, 'See You Tomorrow'?"

"Well, Director Zhang is still considering the film contract I sent to the company a few days ago. Isn't this a good opportunity for President Wei to take a look?"

Perhaps because he drank a lot of wine that night, Gao spoke relatively casually. Before they parted, he briefly introduced the project to Wei Jin.

In fact, as a big shot in the circle, how could Wei Jin not be aware of these projects?
Especially for this movie "See You Tomorrow", the producer Bernard has issued a lot of press releases in the past two days.

Perhaps it was because of the box office failure of "A City" last time, which caused Han Han to be mocked by Guo Xiaosi's fans a lot. This time, Han Han learned his lesson.

On the one hand, I personally wrote and directed the film to control the quality;
On the other hand, we brought in investor Berna to try to achieve perfection in areas other than just quality.

As for why Zhang Xu wanted to consider this, it is actually not difficult to understand.

Because the reputation of Tiny Times is so bad, See You Tomorrow, which is also a fan movie, has already left a fixed impression in the minds of people in the industry.

Even if the movie eventually sells well at the box office, if the word of mouth is too bad, it may not be a good thing for film newcomer Gao Ye.

"Well, if you want to go ahead, go ahead. Han Han is more reliable than Guo Xiaosi."

After some consideration, Wei Jin gave his own judgment.

Fans of Han Han's works are relatively mature and rational, which is completely different from Guo Xiaosi's group of brainless fans.

Moreover, I have some impression of Wei Jin in this movie "See You Tomorrow".

Although the word of mouth is not very good, it is much better than Tiny Times and the box office results are also more impressive.

For Gao Ye, it is also a good movie resource.

"Okay, now that President Wei said so, I feel relieved."

After parting with Gao Ye, Wei Jin asked Lao Zhu to drive to the Yanjiao villa. Unexpectedly, he received a call from Huang Bai on the way.

"What's wrong? It's only been a week since we last met. You can't be missing me, right?"

"Hey, Lao Wei, you are really the worm in my stomach. I really miss you. How about giving you some help?
Next year I will step up my game and schedule 10 or 8 movies. Don’t worry, I can handle it.”

"Get lost, if you have something to say, just say it."

Having known each other for more than ten years, Wei Jin and Huang Bai have become as close as iron magnets and speak to each other very casually.

Huang Bai on the other end of the phone obviously didn't care and started talking about business.

"Old Wei, Old Xu came to talk to me about Lost in Hong Kong this afternoon."

"and then?"

Wei Jin was not surprised at all that Xu Zheng wanted to use the original team. This was indeed the best solution.

"Well, I just want to ask, are you really not going to interfere?"

"Well, the copyright has been given to him. According to the agreement, he is in charge of all the specific operations. I will not interfere."

"Okay, I feel relieved with your words."

"Ok?"

Wei Jin was still confused when he heard Huang Bai continue to explain:

"I didn't reply to him today. I just wanted to talk to him about converting the film remuneration into investment, or even making additional investments to participate in the profit sharing."

Hearing this, Wei Jin remained silent.

Huang Bo’s idea is very good. With his status as the Golden Horse Award winner and his ability to carry the box office, he is indeed qualified to discuss the profit sharing.

But who is Xu Guangtou? And who is Ali?

No matter how important Huang Bai is, how could he be allowed to get involved when his share of the profits is not that much?
But Wei Jin found it difficult to say this, because Huang Bai's tone was full of determination, and it was obvious that he had already thought it through.

All I can say is, wish him good luck.

In a villa in Yanjiao, Zeng Li had just come out of the shower and blow-dried her hair when she heard the door open with a click.

Turning his head, he saw Wei Jin, who was wearing a double-breasted windbreaker, opening the door and coming in. So he walked over slowly, squatted down skillfully, and changed his slippers for him.

"Thank you, Sister Li."

Looking at Sister Li's face as beautiful as a lotus blooming in clear water, Wei Jin's mouth corners slightly raised, and he couldn't help but put his arms around her waist.

Although she has given birth to a child, Zeng Li has the habit of exercising every day and still maintains a good figure.

As Song Yu of the pre-Qin period described in his poem “Deng Tu Zi’s Lustful Ode”, “If you gain one pound, you will be fat; if you lose one pound, you will be thin.”

The two of them hugged each other tenderly. Zeng Liqiong's nose twitched slightly as she smelled the alcohol on Wei Jin, so she supported her body with her hands, looking a little unhappy.

"Why are you drinking again? I know you can drink a lot, but you have to take care of yourself."

After all these years of getting along, Zeng Li no longer had any other requirements for Wei Jin. No matter how many women there were outside, she could remain calm.

But after hearing that Li Ming had heart problems due to drinking at social events, he was worried and really didn't want Wei Jin to touch the drink again.

"Don't worry, Sister Li. I know what's going on. I can't bear to leave your mother."

Wei Jin held the beautiful woman's shoulders with both hands and acted like a good boy. At this moment, he realized that Zeng Li was wearing such thin clothes.

Perhaps because there was heating in the house, Zeng Li was only wearing a black gauze silk nightgown.

The white neck and the skin as white as snow under the collar are faintly visible.

A ribbon is tied around the soft waist, narrowing abruptly, making the tall snow-capped mountains even more impressive.

The charm of a mature woman is undoubtedly revealed at this moment. How can Wei Jin, who is slightly drunk, resist it?
So Wei Jin immediately lowered his head and kissed the beauty's soft and elastic red lips.

"Hmm~"

As the saying goes, the phoenix flute sounds, the jade pot shines, and the fish and dragons dance all night.

(End of this chapter)