Chapter 609: Job-hopping incident and "Hunting" and "Superbody"

On April 20, Fanxing held a press conference to officially announce the contract with Lao Mouzi.

This news caused a big sensation in the entertainment industry.

After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lao Mouzi's status was no longer just that of an ordinary film director. He had a lot of dazzling halo bonuses.

It is no exaggeration to say that although Lao Mouzi is not necessarily the number one director in China now, he is the number two director and no one dares to claim the number one.

As far as Fanxing is concerned, the direct commercial benefits brought by Lao Mouzi may actually be inferior to the increase in other soft power. And sometimes, it is the manifestation of this soft power that is the key to the outside world's evaluation of a company.

The number one director in Hong Kong is Mr. Xu.

Ning Hao, the most promising new generation director in Mainland China.

The most popular new-generation action film director Lin Chaoxian.

Feng Xiaoning, one of the leading directors of the fifth generation.

China's number one director Lao Mouzi.

Coupled with lesser directors such as Cao Bo and Chen Hanzhu, the star-studded lineup of directors is extremely luxurious and further consolidates its leading position in the industry.

Huayi, which had outstanding box office performance last year due to Feng Pants, has been favored by countless people this year, and its stock price has also risen. After Fanxing officially announced that Lao Mouzi has joined, not many people will discuss Huayi, and it may even affect its stock price.

Cao Xuan could already feel the resentment the Wang brothers had for him.

But for now, the one I resent the most is the new boss Zhang.

"Damn you, you are ungrateful, and that guy named Cao, when I made my fortune, he was still farming in Lu Province, and now he is riding on my head."

New Picture Company, after seeing the scene of the press conference broadcast by the entertainment news, Boss Zhang immediately became a master of table cleaning, swept the cups on the coffee table to the ground, and couldn't help but curse.

The secretary next to him didn't dare to reply. He huddled silently in the corner and watched Boss Zhang speak to the air for more than ten minutes before expressing weakly.

"Mr. Zhang, what should we do now?"

"How the hell do I know what to do!"

Boss Zhang was sitting on his desk, breathing heavily. Although he screamed fiercely, he really didn't have any good countermeasures.

No matter how angry he is with Cao Xuan, Boss Cao's strength and connections are beyond his reach.

The only thing that can be done is to throw a few buckets of dirty water, but apart from relieving the anger, it will not damage the foundation of the family at all, and may even lead to crazy revenge.

Lao Mouzi is also quite complicated. They are not his contracted directors, they are just cooperating with each other. There is no legal problem. At most, they are criticizing each other morally.

But in this moral aspect, it’s really hard to say who will win in this war of words.

Boss Zhang was very unwilling. Lao Mouzi had a showdown with him before, and after the two had a big fight, Lao Mouzi stopped answering his phone calls.

This incident made Boss Zhang very angry. Now that he saw Lao Mouzi appearing at the press conference with a smile on his face and praising Fanxing and Cao Xuan, he could no longer hold back the anger in his heart.

Even though he knew he still had "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in his hands, Boss Zhang couldn't help but post a weird Weibo post.

[When making friends, never unilaterally show your heart to each other, so that when others abandon you, you will be less hurt]

His strong tone of resentment, coupled with today's news, any fool can see what's going on.

Someone asked if this meant that Lao Mouzi betrayed him, and Boss Zhang replied.

[It’s not a betrayal, it’s just that someone put a friend who has been a friend for more than ten years on the blacklist in order to hold on to his new girlfriend.]

Some people questioned that Boss Zhang's words were too much. Everyone has his own ambitions. Even if the team is disbanded, there is no need to say this. Besides, he has everything he has today, and Lao Mouzi takes the most credit.

In this regard, Boss Zhang cites his support for Lao Mouzi over the years, how much money he lost on a certain movie, and how he didn't take it seriously and then complained.

[Without him, I would indeed not be here today. Without me, Zhang Yimou would have starved to death long ago]

Boss Zhang responded enthusiastically on Weibo and talked about a lot of inside stories. He said that Lao Mouzi was sorry for himself and was an out-and-out villain.

Lao Mouzi ran away, and the two Zhangs openly feuded!

The media rushed after hearing the news, and soon a large number of articles that were unfavorable to Lao Mouzi were produced, and Lao Mouzi suddenly became a treacherous person.

Lao Mouzi, who had not yet recovered from the joy of joining the new club, was like a bolt from the blue. He pointed to relevant reports on the Internet and angrily said the famous saying of Director Chen.

"How can people be so shameless!"

Cao Xuan watched the news on the Internet with great interest: "Director Zhang, he said that you live a luxurious life, like to buy luxury cars, and all the clothes you wear at home are famous brands. Is it true or false?"

Lao Mouzi sighed: "It's not like I don't have money. I will definitely improve my family's life. If this is considered a luxury, then I have nothing to say."

Cao Xuan nodded when he heard this. Whoever makes money can't buy some good things. He, Boss Zhang, lives in a villa. He can't let Lao Mouzi eat chaffy vegetables. It's hard and simple.

Even this is used as black material, which shows that it is inexplicable, or that there is really not much handle on it.

It may also be that he wants to arouse netizens' hatred of Lao Mouzi, but the key question is not that Boss Zhang himself is getting richer...

Cao Xuan didn't quite understand his operation, but his other words were still very obvious. He wanted to ruin Lao Zhang's reputation and earn another wave of sympathy points for himself.

"But……"

Cao Xuan looked at Lao Mouzi: "If I remember correctly, he seems to have voted for "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" alone."

Lao Mouzi nodded: "The boss of Anlejiang had other investments, and he was not very optimistic about this subject, so he later decided to divest.

Later, he also attracted a few small investors, but he still took the majority of the money himself. According to the public, he even invested in the house. Although the actual investment was not 600 million as advertised, most of the funds were indeed invested in it."

It is precisely because of this that Boss Zhang attaches great importance to movies and interferes unscrupulously in Lao Mouzi's filming, eventually driving Lao Mouzi into a panic.

"In this case, if he keeps throwing dirty water on you, he is not afraid of affecting the box office and will pay for it himself."

"It may be for marketing purposes, but it may also be purely stimulating."

Lao Mouzi spoke sadly of his old partner: "He is a very bad-tempered, self-willed, self-centered person. Most of the time, he often does not consider the overall situation. He will only consider the gains and losses after he is done."

Cao Xuan thought about it. If someone can point at Mr. Han and scold the mountain eagle, how can you expect him to be calm?

Previously, during the filming of "Three Guns", there was a dinner party where Boss Zhang was very disdainful of a certain director and belittled him in various ways. During this period, Zhao, the crew member, did not agree with him or defended him for a few words, which caused Boss Zhang to complain.

Very dissatisfied.

It is said that Boss Zhang pointed fingers at Lao Zhao in public. Although Lao Zhao was not the so-called "King of the Northeast," he was still a respectable figure and left the table angrily on the spot.

Lao Mouzi spent a long time trying to calm down Lao Zhao by coaxing him from left to right.

There are many similar situations, so Boss Zhang’s bad temper cannot be reasoned by ordinary people.

However, Fanxing had already taken various measures against him for his actions, and it was impossible for Cao Xuan to make the big director he had just signed feel bad about him.

Boss Zhang throws dirty water, but he is not innocent either.

Soon, famous newspapers in Beijing published an exclusive interview with Lao Mouzi and his family, which was then officially pushed to the headlines by Penguin Weibo.

In the exclusive interview, Lao Mouzi responded to various claims made by Boss Zhang, saying that he has been wronged over the years.

To call him ungrateful, it’s not like Boss Zhang brought him up.

Long before the cooperation between the two parties, he had become the mainland's leading director with films such as "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Alive".

Boss Zhang gave Lao Mouzi a lot of support, but without him, Lao Mouzi could still thrive.

On the contrary, if Boss Zhang did not have Lao Mouzi, it would be difficult to say that he would be as successful as he is now.

Therefore, it is indeed unreasonable to say that he is ungrateful. He, Lao Mouzi, does not owe Boss Zhang anything.

On the contrary, Boss Zhang still owes him a lot of remuneration shares and profits.

The benefits paid by movies such as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" are far less than what Lao Mouzi paid.

That's all. After all, the contract signed at that time also provided a certain amount of remuneration. It's not to say that Boss Zhang is treacherous, but Boss Zhang may be a bit stingy.

If it were Cao Xuan, an additional bonus might be granted as a reward and appeasement to the director.

If this can still be justified legally, but what follows

I really owe money.

The cumulative remuneration of "Three Shots" has not yet been paid, which is 15 million, and the same is true for the remuneration of "The Hawthorn Tree".

The former was told by Boss Zhang to raise funds to film "The Thirteen Hairpins", but it was delayed for a while. The latter was a literary film and did not make much money, so Lao Mouzi was too embarrassed to mention it. However, Boss Zhang pretended not to know at all.

In the past, Lao Mouzi might have dealt with it privately, but now that Boss Zhang is so merciless, he no longer has to keep his face and speak out directly.

We do not rule out using the law to resolve the matter.

In addition, Lao Mouzi also poured out his bitter experience, telling how Boss Zhang interfered with his creation and various unscrupulous marketing these years.

For example, in "The Golden Armor", Xiao Zhou was forced by Boss Zhang, and the number of scenes was greatly increased compared to the original version.

"Three Guns" because it cast Xiao Shen Yang, and because his style didn't match the other actors, he was forced to switch to Lao Zhao's disciple class.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" also wanted to interfere with the heroine, but he stopped it after getting angry.

The promotion is even less particular. "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" is said to be the story of Lao Mouzi and his first love, and "The City of Golden Armor" has always been about his old relationship with Gong Li.

Lao Mouzi is not a celebrity, and he hates the scandals surrounding himself.

In addition, there is another thing that makes him most angry, which is the copyright of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".

This movie is adapted from Yan Geling's novel. Considering his own fame, Lao Mouzi was afraid that someone would take advantage of the popularity and make a TV series version, so he intended to buy all the film and television rights.

Yan Geling was very particular and gave the TV series rights to Lao Mouzi at a relatively low price, eliminating his worries.
To be continued...