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Chapter 557 Go to the Hongmen Banquet! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
In a hotel on a street near the hotel where "Lost in Hong Kong" stayed, Cheng Jiashang, Zheng Zhiwei and a man in his early thirties in a black shirt were eating.

Although his face was not vicious, the occasional ruthlessness in his eyes was enough to show that he was not a good person.

"Ah Hui, I'm sorry to trouble you this time, let me toast you."

Talking and laughing, Zheng Zhiwei poured a full glass of wine and drank it down.

The man named Ah Hui waved his hands and said with a smile, "What's the trouble, it's just a trivial matter."

There was a lot of excitement at the banquet, Cheng Jiashang and Zheng Zhiwei breathed a sigh of relief.

Cheng Jiashang was robbed of "Painted Skin" and missed this series. Now he has made two costume movies in the mainland. Although "Painted Wall" is a small-budget film that hit the box office, its reputation is extremely bad.

The investment in "Four Famous Catchers" has doubled, but the box office is only about the same as that of "Painted Wall", and neither the box office nor word-of-mouth can be earned.

These two films are far from comparable to the "Painted Skin" series.

He thinks he is much better than Wu Ershan, if he shoots it himself, the box office will only be higher.

Among the directors going north now, Xu Ke and Chen Kexin are better than him, and even his apprentice Lin Chaoxian is much better than him.

Zheng Zhiwei doesn't have much grievances, but he is small-minded, and he was hated in disguise in the interview after the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, so he remembered it.

I've been holding it in my heart for several years, and I finally seized the opportunity. Although I can't do anything to the crew of "囧囧 in Hong Kong", it would be great to add some trouble to them.

If it makes them delay the shooting plan, it would be better if they can't catch up with the Spring Festival.

Not long after, a small crew knocked on the door and came in with a flustered expression, whispering something in Ah Hui's ear.

Ah Hui's expression changed, and he put down the wine glass he had picked up again.

"Boss Cheng, Ah Wei, something happened to my brothers and they were all arrested by the police."

After leaving this sentence, Ah Hui left in a hurry, leaving behind Cheng Jiashang and Zheng Zhiwei with unsightly faces.

"They called the police?" Cheng Jiashang asked puzzled.

"Shouldn't be."

Zheng Zhiwei shook his head, those gangsters were blocking the downstairs of the hotel, and whenever they did something illegal, the police had no reason to arrest them.

"Wait, I'll find out soon."

Not long after, Zheng Zhiwei received a call and learned the details.

Zheng Zhiwei said with a sullen face, "It was Tang An who came, and the police department sent a senior superintendent to arrest him personally."

"What? He has so much energy?" Cheng Jiashang's expression was unbelievable.

Although the Xiangjiang Police Department is only a third-level department, it has three divisions and twelve bureaus, which are subordinate departments of the Security Bureau of the twelve bureaus.

But this is a law enforcement department with [-] police officers, and its status is not low at all.

And the senior superintendent is the deputy director of each department of the headquarters or the deputy commander of the division.

Zheng Zhiwei nodded, "It's the Deputy Commander O of the Criminal Department of the Headquarters who brought them here, and officials from the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China are also accompanying them."

Hey!
Cheng Jiashang swears, and puts the cup heavily on the table.

No. 168-200 Connaught Road Central, Shun Tak Center, Xiangjiang's largest film and television production, distribution and audio-visual product distribution company, Hua Guoxing Group.

In a luxurious office, the affairs of the crew of "囧囧 in Hong Kong" were passed on layer by layer, and transferred to the ears of Xiang Huaqiang, the head of Hua Guoxing Group.

This guy was sitting on a chair, with his right hand on the table, and kept nodding his fingers twice.

"It's not that the strong dragon can't cross the river. If that's the case, please invite Tang Dong to come to the Peninsula Hotel tonight for me. All other companies will inform you that all the stars in Xiangjiang will be invited tonight."

Facing Hua Qiang's confidants, he asked puzzledly, "You mean?"

Xiang Huaqiang said with a smile, "Of course we welcome the No. 11 rich man in the Mainland."

"But, then forget it?"

"Forget it. Zheng Zhiwei and Cheng Jiashang did this. It has nothing to do with us. However, he is a big boss in the entertainment industry in China. He was shocked in Xiangjiang. As the host, of course we have to express it. "

The confidant went down to prepare, and Xiang Huaqiang picked up the A4 papers bound together on the table again.

A director with a net worth of 224 billion, the huge domestic film market deeply stimulates Xiang Huaqiang's heart. .

With such a large piece of cake, no one wants to take a bite.

"Cold War" and "Wind Listener" invested by Eucalyptus and Meiya were big hits at the box office, surpassing any previous gangster film.

4.6 million, 3.6 million, even in the past ten years of Xiangjiang movies, there has never been such a high box office.

Is it by chance?
Or is the movie really good?
If Xiang Huaqiang doesn't believe it, let's just forget about one movie. After two movies exploded, there is only one possibility left.

Hantang Media's publicity ability is strong enough!
It is also a high-quality gangster film. "Eavesdropping 2" has the foundation of the first film, but it only earned more than 1 million points at the box office.

"Reverse War" directed by Lin Chaoxian, who won two film winners in a row, starred Xie Tingfeng and Jay Chou, and the box office was only 1.3 million.

The publisher of the former is Bernard, and the latter is Huayi.

Even the "New Shaolin Temple" invested by Ying Huang, starring Cheng Long, Liu Dehua, and Xie Tingfeng, and distributed by Huayi, Bernard, and China Film, only sold more than 2 million points in China. To lose money.

Except for the films released by Han Tang Media, none of Xiangjiang Films had a box office of more than [-] million.

Cooperating with Hantang Media to open up the mainland market is the way out for Xiangjiang Film Company.

It's just that Hantang Media never used Xiangjiang directors, and almost no Xiangjiang actors participated.

He knew that Cheng Jiashang and Zheng Zhiwei hired people to make trouble.

Xiang Huaqiang didn't stop him, he just waited for Tang An to come to the door, and then he helped Tang An solve it.

"I didn't expect it!"

He sighed. He didn't expect Tang An to be so decisive. He used his official connections to arrest him as soon as he arrived.

But he didn't do it, even if Tang An knew that it was his subordinate's subordinate, so what?
If you can achieve a net worth of 200 billion, will you still hold on to this matter?

It is the right way for everyone to be harmonious and make a fortune together.

Not long after that, the CEOs of Yinghuang, Uniasia, Dongfang Films and other companies all received an invitation from Xiang Huaqiang to have a banquet at the Peninsula Hotel for Tang An, chairman of Hantang Media.

Yinghuang and Huanya are fine, but some people will regret it.

The chairman's office of Meiya Entertainment, Li Guoxing, the chairman of the board of directors, also just got the news.

Although the domestic box office hit of "The Listener" made him a fortune, the producer only got less than 3.6 million out of the 8000 ​​million box office. After excluding the cost of 2000 million, the mainland only earned [-] million.

After Hantang got back the cost of publicity and distribution, there was still a profit of 2560 million.

After working hard for more than half a year, I still took most of the risks, so I didn't earn as much as others.

Li Guoxing wants to enter the mainland market and distribute in the mainland, instead of being like "The Listener", where half of the domestic box office profits are taken away by the distributor and controlled by others.

Originally, he wanted to wait for a day before taking action if the situation was more serious, but Tang An flew to Xiangjiang to settle the matter before today was over.

This time he didn't help, Tang An must be very upset, Li Guoxing was worried about how to deal with it.

Jiang Zhiqiang, who was in the same mood, wanted to co-publish "Chill" with Han Tang, and each took 5% of the publishing fee. As a result, Han Tang took control of the publishing and took away 8% of the publishing fee.

It was the same as Li Guoxing's worry. Jiang Zhiqiang didn't think Tang An was a curious person.

He has a certain understanding of the bosses of major companies in the country. Looking at the things Tang An has done, he is definitely not a talkative person.

And young people are easily impulsive.

After thinking about it, Jiang Zhiqiang dialed the phone number of Song Dai, chairman of the Bank Supervision Organization.

All the major and medium-sized film and television companies in Xiangjiang have received Xiang Huaqiang's invitation, and they will gather at the Peninsula Hotel to hold a welcome banquet in the evening.

At the same time, almost all the famous celebrities in Xiangjiang have been invited to receive a big person.

No matter men or women, they all dress up beautifully.

Coming to Xiangjiang, the entire Xiangjiang entertainment circle was shocked.

And the protagonist Tang An is now in this ordinary hotel, listening to Xu Zheng's report on the recent situation.

In fact, he knew the matter from the moment he got off the plane. Zheng Zhiwei and Cheng Jiashang, two idiots, approached Hua Qiang's subordinates to make trouble.

Tang An didn't take any little things to heart, and made a special trip just to take a look. Anyway, he had to go to Baodao to participate in the Golden Horse Awards in two days, so he took it as a drop in.

I also asked about the progress of the film. There are still three or four days before the film can be completed, and there are still more than two months before the film is released, so there is enough time for post-production.

After chatting about the situation of the movie, it was getting late, so Xu Zheng proposed to invite Tang An to dinner. .

This is an ordinary hotel, and there is only box lunch for food, so I can only find a restaurant outside.

"I said Director Xu, you are getting more and more stingy, so let everyone stay in such a small hotel." Tang An joked with a smile.

Xu Zheng said helplessly, "Director Tang, isn't this to control costs, I can only wrong everyone."

If Xu Zheng was a director, he wouldn't control how much the film studio spent.

But now he is also one of the investors, and in addition to the investment share, there is also a profit share, so he must control the cost, it is all his own money.

"Haha, let's go, let's go to dinner. I'll treat everyone to a good meal. I've worked hard for you all during this time."

"Baoqiang why are you in a daze, let's go." Seeing that Wang Baoqiang was in a daze, Tang An patted him on the shoulder.

"Oh, it's okay, I'm thinking about what to eat later." Wang Baoqiang smiled honestly.

During this period of time, Wang Baoqiang has been secretly paying attention to Xu Zheng's work, of course the work of the director.

He is not from a major. If he wants to make movies, in addition to learning the theory, it is also necessary to observe how other directors make movies.

To control costs, Wang Baoqiang remembered one more thing.

But before everyone left the conference room, a crew member brought this pretty young woman in professional attire over.

"Hello Tang Dong, I am Mr. Xiang's secretary. Tonight, Mr. Xiang has called various film and television companies in Hong Kong to welcome you at the Peninsula Hotel."

Xiang Huaqiang?
Tang An narrowed his eyes, then nodded, "I see, when?"

The young woman smiled sweetly, "The hotel will send a motorcade to pick you up, and it will arrive in about an hour."

"okay, I get it."

"Thank you for your favor, then I will leave first." The young woman left after delivering the invitation.

Tang An smiled at the crowd, "Come on, there's a free meal here, let's get ready, we'll meet downstairs in an hour."

Xu Zheng said worriedly, "Director Tang, this visitor is not kind."

Tang An waved his hands and said, "What are you afraid of? Even if it's a Hongmen Banquet, you have to meet them for a while to see what they want to do."

An hour later, a team of Rolls-Royce Phantoms and several Mercedes-Benz S600s stopped at the entrance of the hotel.

The ostentation is quite big, but the Peninsula Hotel also has helicopter transfers, so there is nothing strange about it.

Tang An took everyone into the car and went to this "Hongmen Banquet" to meet the film and television bigwigs in Xiangjiang.

PS: The previous chapter was blocked, and the application for lifting the ban is being revised
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