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Chapter 98 The impulse of the new film

When Huang Ze received the jewelry sent by Pan Disheng's secretary, he was also surprised, "What's going on?"

"Our President Pan asked them to send it over, saying thank you to President Huang."

"Oh I see."

This must be because the advertising effect is too good.

Huang Ze declined it several times before accepting it.

If you don't accept it, it will make it awkward for everyone to meet each other in the future.

Is it so good to make others feel that they owe you something?
If you can't repay this favor, you will keep losing money and eventually become enemies.

Besides, no one cares about this little money, and pushing it back and forth seems so narrow-minded.

After thanking Pan Disheng's secretary and seeing him off, when it was almost six o'clock, Huang Ze put the watch directly on his wrist and went home with the necklace that was obviously worth a lot of money.

I asked the Filipino maid at home.

Gong Xing hasn't returned home yet.

"Quite busy." Huang Ze sat directly in the living room and waited.

As for what she was going to do, she did tell me last night.

Pan Disheng also said this when "In the Mood for Love" premiered.

Someone was sent over by VOGUE magazine from France.

I want to take some photos of Su Lizhen's style for the magazine.

Gong Xing also asked for his own opinion.

What can Huang Ze say?
"VOGUE" is one of the world's top fashion magazines.

Founded in 1892, it has almost become a genuine century-old brand.

Even if it is a branch in France.

But what is France’s place in the fashion world?
When it comes to luxury goods, the United States is somewhat inferior and is a nouveau riche, while old Europe is the old money.

Being published in this magazine would even be beneficial to the status of In the Mood for Love in Cannes, France.

It was a win-win situation, so she was allowed to go.

I just didn't expect to shoot so late. I glanced at my watch and said, "It's already half past six. Are the French so hardworking? They're still working overtime? My goodness, where is your fine tradition?"

It seemed like he heard himself complaining.

After a while, Gong Xing came back with Su Lizhen's hairstyle.

Seeing Huang Ze on the sofa, he sat next to him and subconsciously touched his hair, "How did you come up with this hairstyle? It takes four or five hours to do it. Thinking back to the time when I was filming, it was a nightmare. I had to get up at five o'clock every day. I felt like I could fall asleep in a chair."

"It's just this once. From now on, I can sleep until I wake up naturally." Huang Ze opened the necklace box and put it on Gong Xian's neck. "This is a gift from Pan Disheng. The advertising effect is good. This one belongs to you, the movie queen!"

"By the way, you should go to the company starting tomorrow. You said you were going to learn Cantonese before, so you must have learned it almost by now, right? How can I not go and keep an eye on it!" Huang Ze emphasized, "I only trust my own people."

"You feel so insecure?" Gong Xing smiled. "What about your children? What will you do after you die?"

"That depends on the kids."

"Where are three?"

"The one with the strongest capabilities will manage the largest and strongest company, and the remaining two will be divided into companies in other industries, or they can be given cash directly."

"Don't you treat everyone equally?"

"Haha." Huang Ze shook his head, "How to keep it even?"

"People are always greedy. How can we make it completely fair? The market capitalizations look similar, but the industries are different, and some people will be unwilling to accept it." "If all the company's equity is distributed equally, it will be even worse."

"One monk carries water to drink, but three monks have no water to drink."

"A triangle is stable, but the three people have equal equity, which is the most unstable structure in the business world. It's even worse than four people. Sooner or later, others will take advantage of it."

"I don't want that to happen to my money."

"I heard there are trusts abroad?" Gong Xing said.

"Just forget it." Huang Ze smiled, "First of all, we don't need to put our current assets into a trust, even if they increase to a certain level in the future."

"Do you really think that everyone else is a good man or an honest person? You let your own descendants take care of your assets and let professional managers take care of them?"

"They invest your assets to support their own assets, so isn't that a transfer? If you ask them, it's a failed investment. After all, it's normal for investments to fail."

“Unless your descendants can always have the ability to deal with professional managers and prevent them from playing tricks.”

"But the trust must be placed in European and American countries, right? It's good enough that our skin color is not confiscated by all means."

"By the way, why are you asking this?" Huang Ze tilted his head and looked at Gong Xian, then looked at his belly, "Did you win the bid?"

"Not yet." Gong Xing rolled his eyes slightly, "Who said he always hits the target?"

"Oh my god, this is intolerable."

"Come on, come into the house with me."

……

Within a few days, the preparation work for "As Tears Go By" was completed rapidly, and the opening ceremony of the filming began.

After all, it was the first movie invested by the company other than the boss, so Huang Ze went there to give him face.

After the worship was over, because the main focus of the filming was on Liang Jiahui's role, the leading actress and the second male lead came over to greet Huang Ze.

"Director Huang, I really loved your movie In the Mood for Love." This is Zhang Manyu, who is still quite young.

"Haha, keep going. Director Wang and I both think you are very talented!" Huang Ze said, "I've seen your movies. You have some weaknesses in your dialogues, but your body language is very strong. If possible, play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, and try to say less lines. You have the potential to become a movie queen."

"Director Huang, what about me?" Zhang Xueyou smiled and shook hands with Huang Ze.

You have the potential to become an emoticon.

It'll crush you to death.

Complaining in his heart, Huang Ze said honestly, "I think your singing talent is better than your acting talent, work hard!"

As he spoke, Huang Ze patted the other person's shoulder.

Affirmation from a world-class superstar!

After saying hello, Huang Ze went to watch Wang Jiawei's filming.

Then, I saw this guy took out a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on.

"Didn't you say that the lighting during filming damaged your eyes? This is your first time as a director, why are you wearing sunglasses?"

"You didn't learn it from me, did you?"

Huang Ze had the face of an old man on the subway looking at his phone, but after watching him for a while and seeing that he didn't have the indecisiveness to bother the actors, he didn't bother with him and drove back home.

……

After returning home, Huang Ze, who had just watched a start-up ceremony, could no longer suppress the urge to shoot a new film.

Sitting at the desk, with one hand supporting his chin and the other hand spinning a pen, he was thinking about what kind of film he would make next.

First of all, it’s a commercial film!
Um, this is certain. I have considered it before. Let’s change our mindset.

Secondly, even if I am making a commercial film, I have won two of the three major European awards, so I have to maintain my status.

Make people feel that he is worthy of being Director Huang, he is so cool!
Commercial films can also be very interesting.

It would be even better if it was a film that could be praised by directors all over the world.

If you just want your peers to praise you, it's not easy. If you don't make some significant innovations, others will always think that your commercial films are tacky.

Leave them speechless.

Also, the cost cannot be too high. Even if Warner will buy it, they will definitely try to lower the price because you have not proven yourself in commercial films.

Business is business. When it comes to personal relationships in Hollywood, don’t be too naive.

Considering the worst case scenario, it should be within two million US dollars. After all, this is probably the price Warner paid for the first two films.

You have to ensure that there is a 99% chance that you will not lose money.

The purpose of making a movie is to make money. What's the point of making it if it doesn't make money?

Finally, have your own role.

Huang Ze thought about it and decided that it would be better for him to put his own name as the leading actor, starring Jerry Huang, which would be more conducive to the North American box office.

The North American box office is good, and I can take a small step towards becoming an international director.

But due to acting issues and the fact that he also has to be the director, this so-called protagonist would not even have twenty minutes of screen time.

It's destined to be an ensemble drama.

The supporting roles must also be brilliant, each with their own characteristics.

Well, it would be best if there is more than one protagonist, at least three of them, to form a protagonist group. Although I am the protagonist, I don't need much acting skills to carry the burden. The difficult parts can be completed by others, and I can concentrate more on being a director.

"Have it!"

(End of this chapter)