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Chapter 502 Director Wang, I heard you were planning to film a joint film

Upon hearing this, Wang Shu shook his head helplessly.

When the stall owner saw Yang Wei coming, he also walked over with a smile and greeted him.

Compared to Wang Shu, the stall owner is obviously more familiar with Yang Wei.

Wang Shu took a glance and knew that Yang Wei came here many times.

The two of them were eating barbecue and drinking wine. Yang Wei asked in confusion, "Shuzi, why do you suddenly want to come here?"

Wang Shu clinked his glasses with him and said, "I haven't been here for a long time. I suddenly wanted to come here."

In fact, Yang Wei knew that Wang Shu was a nostalgic person, otherwise he would not have given him much support.

He smiled and joked, "Is it because you won the Oscar that you suddenly felt emotional and wanted to come back here to take a look?"

Seeing that Wang Shu was silent, Yang Wei heaved a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice, "I met Liang Shan in Hengdian."

"She is in Hengdian now, and she is still playing a minor role."

When Wang Shu heard Yang Wei talking about Liang Shan, he did not feel any emotion.

He and Liang Shan had never been together, let alone had any feelings for each other.

To put it in detail, he was young at that time, Liang Shan was good-looking, his hormones were erupting, and his lower body wanted to sleep with her.

Later, I saw the sleepy person talking and laughing with Xuetou, and I just got angry and excited for a while.

Looking back now, I was indeed impulsive.

Liang Shan was neither his girlfriend nor anyone related to him. She just rushed forward because she wanted to sleep with him.

Indeed, clown.

"Just play a supporting role, why should I help her?" Wang Shu asked back.

Although I was impulsive at the time, I was beaten up after all.

Therefore, after Wang Shu worked with China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Guangguang Film Group, and Huayi Film Group in Beijing, he passed on the message.

After that, the former hole boss could no longer make it in the Beijing film and television circles, and now no one knows where Wang Shu has gone.

In a society ruled by law and the best place, it is impossible for Wang Shu, a big director, to beat up the other party because of this incident.

Although it is easy to beat up the other person, it would be embarrassing if it gets out.

Relatively speaking, using the energy you can use to destroy the other party's job is a better choice.

"That's not what I meant." Yang Wei smiled awkwardly, "I just happened to know about this, so I told you about it."

Wang Shu shook his head and said, "Since it has been several years, let it be."

"We've never been together, so we didn't have any feelings for each other in the first place, and now there are only some memories left."

Yang Wei nodded and said nothing more.

The two no longer talked about Liang Shan, but recalled the past.

Suddenly, Yang Wei's cell phone rang. He took it out, took a look, and chose to answer it.

"Hello, Sister Wang." Yang Wei.

"Yang Wei, I heard that you are having barbecue with Director Wang now?" Wang Jinhua asked with a smile on the phone.

Yang Wei glanced at Wang Shu after hearing this. Although he didn't know how Wang Jinhua knew this, he still answered truthfully, "Yes."

"Is Director Wang right next to us? Did he hear me?" Wang Jinhua asked after hearing Yang Wei's answer.

Hearing this, Yang Wei looked at Wang Shu, who immediately said, "Sister Jinhua."

When Wang Jinhua heard Wang Shu's voice, she immediately smiled and said, "Director Wang, I'm so sorry. I asked you to have dinner but you didn't have time, so I called Yang Wei."

"Don't get me wrong. It wasn't Yang Wei who told me that you were having supper with him. I just happened to know about it."

"Haha." Wang Shu laughed twice and asked, "Sister Jinhua, you called me specially, didn't you just want to talk about this?"

"Haha." Wang Jinhua asked, "Why? Director Wang is such a big director, can't I just call here to show my face in front of him?"

"Sister Jinhua, just say what you want to say." Wang Shu was speechless.

"Haha." Wang Jinghua smiled and said without further ado, "Director Wang, I heard that you are planning to co-produce a film?"

After hearing this, Wang Shu was even more speechless.

He wondered why Wang Jinhua called Yang Wei to find him at this time. It turned out that he had just mentioned the Sino-US co-production at noon, and Wang Jinhua knew about it in the blink of an eye.

China Film Group and Wanda, which are planning to cooperate with him, will certainly not tell anyone about it and add competitors to themselves.

The rest are people from the Film and Television Bureau.
But it's not absolute.

At that time, there were other people in China Film besides Han Sanping.

Although Han Sanping is the boss of China Film, China Film is, after all, a fusion of eight state-owned enterprises. There are many connections among them, and not all of them are in agreement with Han Sanping, so it is possible that the news will be leaked.

But no matter what, the news was not hidden. Wang Shu couldn't help but tease: "Sister Jinhua is well-informed. We just talked about this at noon, and we haven't even started talking about it yet. How come you know about it so quickly?"

"Haha." Wang Jinhua laughed twice, but did not explain how she knew. Instead, she said, "Since Director Wang has already said that he wants to make a co-production, how could there be no clue about it?"

After that, he continued, "I didn't find Director Wang for any other reason. I just set up my own studio and have a lot of actors under me. I want to ask for an opportunity to audition in the future."

Saying that he wanted an audition opportunity was just a polite way of saying it; his purpose was obviously to get the role, but he couldn't say it directly.

When Wang Jinhua joined Orange Sky, it was indeed a huge event.

But Wang Jinhua and Wu Kebo are destined not to pee in the same pot.

Chengtian’s development path is exactly the same as Huayi’s. Since Wang Jinhua has fallen out with Huayi, she will inevitably fall out with Chengtian.

Ever since Wang Jinhua joined Orange Sky, she has always been in control of the artists in her hands and never let Wu Kebo interfere, so that Orange Sky 18 is like a "country within a country".

Although Wang Jinhua only holds 25% of the shares of Orange Sky Entertainment, she has absolute control over Orange Sky . Even the major shareholder Wu Kebo's request to check the accounts was rejected by her.

Therefore, Wu Kebo was always worried that Wang Jinhua would leave again and empty Orange Sky, so he established the "Orange Sky 19" agency company in an attempt to divide Wang Jinhua's power.

As a result, Wang Jinhua became more convinced that Wu Kebo's Orange Sky was exactly the same as Huayi, and she refused to let Wu Kebo interfere in Orange Sky 18, and tried her best to keep a firm grip on her artists.

Eventually, they parted ways.

Afterwards, Boss Wu also sued Wang Jinhua.

Orange Sky 2007 was established in March 3 with a registered capital of 1000 million yuan. The shareholders are Orange Sky’s Wu Kebo and Wang Jinhua.

Boss Wu holds 75% of the shares, Wang Jinhua holds 25% of the shares, and Boss Wu is the legal representative of the company.

In the lawsuit, Wu Kebo stated that after Orange Sky 18 was established, Wang Jinhua actually controlled the company's operations and management and did not distribute dividends to him.

Orange Sky 75 has so many big-name artists under its banner, and Boss Wu is the major shareholder with a % stake.

It stands to reason that he is the one who makes the most money, but he doesn't even get any dividends.
Not only did Wang Jinhua not get any dividends, but she also took a large number of artists with her this time, causing serious damage to Orange Sky, which already had a weak foundation.

Boss Wu naturally couldn't swallow this humiliation, so he took Wang Jinhua to court.

Today, Wang Jinhua has set up a studio with director Zhang Li.

After establishing the studio, Wang Jinhua gradually realized that domestic entertainment is different from Hollywood.

In Hollywood, the separation of film studios and artist agencies is possible because of the separation of powers among film companies, artist agencies, and trade unions.

The mid-20th century was the golden age for the development of Hollywood film studios.

At that time, larger film companies expanded rapidly and mastered the entire industrial chain from film production to distribution and theatrical screening.

However, this situation did not last long.

In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of U.S. Department of Justice v. Paramount Pictures, ruled that Paramount Pictures' practice of fixing prices and monopolizing film distribution violated the Sherman Act, thus ending the era of film companies dominating the production, distribution and screening of films.

At the same time, directors, actors, and screenwriters have gradually broken away from the employment relationship with film companies and can freely choose film companies and sign contracts with them based on different projects.

However, the weak freelancers soon discovered that they did not have much bargaining chips when negotiating with powerful production companies.

Negotiations often result in job opportunities being obtained at the expense of accepting unequal terms.

For example, in the 1930s, the big Hollywood studios often signed long-term contracts with actors.

These long-term contracts have onerous terms and the actors cannot terminate them.

At that time, signing a contract with a Hollywood studio was tantamount to signing a contract to sell oneself.

So in the mid-to-late 20th century, industry associations representing writers, directors, and actors began to exert the power of collective bargaining.

They all have a common negotiating partner - the American Association of Television and Film Producers.

Since 1982, the federation has become the most important industry organization representing more than 350 production companies.

The various Hollywood unions negotiate a basic contract for their members with the Producers Association.

If the conditions are not favorable enough, the major trade unions will not hesitate to launch a collective strike to put pressure on the other party.

At the same time, all union members are prohibited from signing any agreement with the employer outside of the union's general agreement.

Of course, it is difficult for individuals to obtain more favorable terms than this general agreement.

After years of development, the role of the union is no longer just to help actors get better contracts. It includes everything from the most basic negotiations, interests and working environment, to helping actors recover their wages, providing actors with relevant legal protections, and even helping actors find jobs.

Since then, film and television companies no longer sign long-term agency contracts directly with actors, but instead allow actors to sign project contracts independent of the film and television companies based on different film projects.

This model not only effectively reduces the company's costs, but also expands the range of actors to be selected for each film.

Therefore, both films and actors in Hollywood flourished, creating a new golden age for Hollywood.

In contrast, the domestic film industry model is similar to the era before 1948 when Hollywood film companies dominated the film industry.

A single artist management company would find it difficult to survive if it could not compete with the film company that oversees all the films.

(End of this chapter)