Huayu Tianxian: This director is such a hypocrite!

8 month 15 day.

Feiye Studio, the same meeting room as yesterday, the same people as yesterday.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Ye Chong took out his enamel mug again, yawning as he looked around.

Inside the meeting room with its white walls and red tables, the subordinates all hung their heads, none of them showing any energy.

Ha, you're overestimating yourselves by trying to outmaneuver me with this kind of "relay race" strategy. What about you guys?

"Ha~ You're all up so early?" Chen Zhixi's voice came from behind, equally exhausted.

Last night's celebration banquet got a lot of people drunk, and the next day Ye Chong dragged them all out of bed one by one.

"Wake up, wake up! The meeting is about to begin!"

Ye Chong looked around and saw that almost all the senior executives were present.

They call themselves high-level executives, but they're really just the leaders of the production team.

"Today's meeting is mainly an expanded meeting. Feiye Film and Television Media Company's application is already in the process of being processed."

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.

The transformation of a studio into a company means that film production will no longer be small-scale operations, but rather a mature model with a well-established system and standardized processes.

Could it be that another film is about to be approved?

Ye Chong's next words confirmed this.

"The company's next projects are the ancient fantasy drama 'The Little Fairy' and the military drama 'My Regiment'."

A celestial being descending from the heavens? Is this the celestial being I'm thinking of?

In Lin Gao's mind, an image of Stephen Chow dressed in women's clothing with a skull-like face appeared.

"The movie 'The Legend of the Stone'".

"The Legend of the Stone Seeker?"

"The Tale of the Stone Seeker!"

"We'll talk about that later." Ye Chong looked at Chen Zhixi, who nodded and took over the conversation.

"Regarding the restructuring." Chen Zhixi opened the document, his cold voice echoing throughout the conference room.

"From now on, Fei Ye's films will be divided into four groups based on behind-the-scenes: the director group, the production group, the post-production group, and the screenwriting group. Each of these four groups will receive one percent of the profits! The percentage can be adjusted according to the actual situation, but will not exceed eight percent. We call this the 'profit share incentive policy.'"

"What?"

Holy crap!

"Really?!"

One by one, the people behind the scenes stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, looking around in bewilderment. Seeing that everyone had the same expression, they all turned to look at the person in the main seat.

Ye Chong's gaze swept around, and what he saw was: fervor, worship, and faith!

That was his goal.

Wealth can move people's hearts; if you add a little bit of authority to the benefits, won't that win people's hearts?

"That's true. In Fei Ye's future films, five percent will be reserved for behind-the-scenes work."

"Yes!"

"That's awesome!"

The meeting room was in an uproar. Ye Chong and Chen Zhixi exchanged a glance, but neither of them stopped the discussion.

After everyone quieted down, Chen Zhixi continued, "We have established an editorial department and a publicity department. Ye Chong will be in charge of the editorial department for the time being, and I will be in charge of the publicity department."

After Chen Zhixi had been speaking at length for more than ten minutes, everyone's attention was once again focused on the person in the main seat.

Ye Chong didn't hide anything and directly pulled out the project proposal to read aloud.

"The Legend of the Stone Seeker tells the story of Stone Seeker, who was born an old man and ages in reverse. It's a feature film, an award-contending film, and will likely be nominated for Cannes or Venice. The project budget is 400 million yuan. This time, we won't use China Film Group for publicity and distribution. In terms of publicity, once we win an award, the publicity will be much more effective. As for distribution, we'll make some DVD copies and communicate directly with the cinemas."

After a pause, Ye Chong put down the project proposal, his expression becoming even more serious: "The Nameless Ones was a great start. It was a small-budget production, but it at least made a name for itself commercially. The Stone Seekers is an award-winning film, representing the company's foundation and brand."

After speaking, he glanced at everyone at the conference table again. "Any questions are welcome."

When was the filming taken?

Chen Zhixi tapped the table, and without looking up, said, "The 'Flying Fairy from Heaven' will have to wait for President Ye's..."

Chen Zhixi glanced at Ye Chong, who rolled his eyes and remained silent.

"We'll have to wait until President Ye talks about recruiting a big-name director to the company, which will probably be around the middle of next year."

"A famous director?"

Who is it?

"Don't worry about who it is." Chen Zhixi clicked his tongue, opened the file and continued, "The Legend of the Stone Seeker will have to wait until President Ye comes back from his trip to Meilika before it can start. Anyway, everyone get ready. If you want to find something to do, you can go to 'Bright Sword'. It's not our production team, but we are the investors, so it's just a matter of a word."

After speaking, Chen Zhixi looked at everyone and asked, "Any more questions?"

"That's all."

"OK!"

"Okay, meeting adjourned."

"Meeting adjourned!"

Ten minutes later, only Ye Chong, Lan Sheng, and Chen Zhixi remained in the conference room.

"What are your thoughts? Do you believe Director Lin will accept your invitation and sign with Fei Ye?"

Lan Sheng, who was drinking goji berry tea, paused, turned to look at Ye Chong, and asked, "Director Lin? Which Director Lin?"

"Lin Yufen!"

"Her?" Lan Sheng frowned.

He had heard of Lin Yufen. She graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and later worked in Shanghai and Hong Kong, where she became well-known in the television drama industry.

Yi Fei just finished filming "Chinese Paladin 1", which she co-directed with Li Liguo.

"Having her direct 'The Little Fairy' was definitely a great idea!"

"The idea is good, but can we really hire enough people?"

The two looked at Ye Chong, who rolled his eyes speechlessly. "I don't have any superpowers, I don't even know if I can get him here!"

"cut!"

Ye Chong was exasperated and quickly changed the subject: "How are the box office results for Lu's movie and our movie?"

"Hmm..." When it came to serious matters, Chen Zhixi became much more serious: "The online controversy is being suppressed by someone."

Ye Chong frowned. Chen Zhixi brought this up first, could it be...?

"If no one cleans up their mess, just based on the fact that they lost to us by four million in box office revenue, I'll tear them apart!"

"Phew..." Ye Chong breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought Huayi Brothers would cut 10 million in losses to inflate box office figures.

"Where are the reviews? On Douban."

"One-sided!"

"Um?"

Across from Ye Chong, Chen Zhixi's eyes began to ignite with a gossip-loving glint.

"You know what!"

"I have no idea."

"Slap!" Chen Zhixi slapped Ye Chong lightly, her excitement undiminished. "Famous film critics Zhang Feng and Li Ming are actually arguing with Lu!"

"Is that so?" Ye Chong's eyes widened. No wonder Sister hope was so excited!

They were warned by someone from GD. Although Ye Chong stopped directly attacking people, Wang Jinghua's online army did not stop!

Now, with the addition of two film critics with large followings, the plagiarism accusation... is pretty much confirmed!

Just as the siblings were excitedly enjoying the gossip, Lan Sheng seemed to remember something: "Oh right, your new assistant director, Director Shi, asked me last night to tell you to come back to school sometime; something really good is coming!"

"Great news?"

Ye Chong lowered his head and pondered.

This is great news. They still want me to go back to school. Surely it's not going to be about investment shares again?

You should know that the last youth film support fund, a mere five thousand yuan, only yielded 0.1% of the share!

Unfortunately, the Beijing Film Academy did provide funding, and Ye Chong did accept it. Given the ongoing rumors at the time, Ye Chong had no choice but to finalize the contract with the school.

"Could it be a research grant? Or a stage play? It can't be a guaranteed admission to graduate school, can it?"