Wu Chenggang frowned when he returned home. He has been working on TV stations in recent years and is not familiar with the current situation in the film industry. Fortunately, he has several old friends who make movies, and as soon as he gets home, he calls to ask.
The news I received made Wu Chenggang even more frustrated. It turned out that the movie was released in Lisheng Theater and would offend Jiahe and Shaw Brothers. It would be difficult to invite stars and behind the scenes of filming under the two companies in the future.
Zhou Mingfang came out with the child in her arms, and when she saw her husband frowning, she asked, "What's wrong?"
Wu Chenggang sighed and said, "It's not A Fei's business! He advised him not to rush to make movies, but he just didn't listen. Now, the Lisheng Cinemas is renovating, and the movie he made cannot be released, and he will lose more than 400,000 yuan!"
Zhou Mingfang advised: "Don't worry, think of other ways, maybe you can find a cinema to be released. At worst, you can take samples to those independent cinemas and display them one by one. There will always be a few that will agree to be released."
Wu Chenggang said: "Those independent cinemas are either luxurious theaters like Li Stage, and they are not willing to show A Fei's small productions. Or they are neighborhood theaters and rural theaters. They can't sell a few box offices even if they are slaughtered. This method cannot be achieved."
Zhou Mingfang made an idea and said, "Why go to Shaw Brothers and Jiahe to ask?"
"That's all," Wu Chenggang sighed in a low voice, suddenly raised his head and said, "Hey, isn't that Huang Song doing distribution in Jiahe? Do you still have his phone number?"
"What bad idea is coming up!" Zhou Mingfang's face changed. Huang Song was lovers of her back then, but Zhou Mingfang knew that the other party had a wife when she was pregnant. After Huang Song's wife learned about the relationship between the two, she brought people to the door and beat Zhou Mingfang to abortion.
Wu Chenggang rescued him at that time and offended Huang Song's wife. The woman's brother was the boss of Jiulong City, so he had to hide in the Doujingling Mountains to live.
Although "Happy Ghost" is a movie by Kang Jianfei, Wu Chenggang is even more anxious than Kang Jianfei himself. Now he is in a hurry to seek medical treatment, so he thinks of asking for his ex-boyfriend.
Wu Cheng thought about it and felt it was inappropriate, so he said awkwardly: "Then forget it, I'll think of other solutions."
Seeing him feeling distressed, Zhou Mingfang couldn't bear to say, "Oh, I'll call him to try it out, I don't know if he has moved."
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The next morning, after Zhou Mingfang took his daughter Wu Ruixue to the bus to school, he went to find Kang Jianfei with Wu Chenggang.
After arriving at Kang Jianfei's house, only Hu Juncai and Wen Bixia were at home.
Wu Chenggang asked, "Where is A Fei?"
Hu Juncai shook his head and said, "I don't know, I went out early in the morning and didn't ask him what he was going to do."
Wu Chenggang asked: "Where is the sample of "Happy Ghost"?"
Kang Jianfei was afraid of something unexpected, so he made two copies of the movie, one locked at home and the other was taken out to do business.
Hu Juncai smiled and said, "A Fei took one, and the other one is still there. I am about to take it to help him find a cinema. Maybe I can get things done."
"What do you know?" Hu Juncai urged, "Take the sample up and follow me."
Hu Juncai said happily: "Cousin, have you found a way?"
Wu Chenggang had no time to explain to him and said, "Don't ask so much!"
Hu Juncai did not ask any more, took out the locked movie sample and went to Jiahe Company with Wu Chenggang and Zhou Mingfang.
Half an hour later, the three appeared in the distribution department of Jiahe Pictures.
Zhou Mingfang's ex-boyfriend Huang Song is a small boss in the distribution department. She is almost fifty years old and looks quite calm. After seeing Zhou Mingfang, Huang Song sighed slightly: "I haven't seen you for more than ten years. A Ruan, you are still so beautiful, but it's a pity..."
Zhou Mingfang's face was as cold as frost, and interrupted him and said, "Mr. Huang, we are here to discuss the film today."
Huang Song was a little embarrassed by Zhou Mingfang, and touched his nose and said, "Then go watch the movie first."
Several people entered a screening room, and a projectionist from Jiahe was responsible for the screening, while Hu Juncai was always by the projector, fearing that the film would be dropped.
Hu Juncai was stubborn and had no brains to do things. Kang Jianfei said that he would keep the film well, but he would not dare to leave for a moment, for fear of losing the copy.
Huang Song joined when Jiahe was first established. Although he is not a veteran, he is also considered an old man. He has always been responsible for the film distribution business and has a great appreciation for movies. There are several independent company movies released by him.
Huang Song initially gave Zhou Mingfang face and decided to take time to watch the film. When "Happy Ghost" was first screened, he was quite disdainful, but after watching it for half an hour, Huang Song's expression began to become serious. He vaguely felt in his heart that this comedy ghost film with novel content would likely be a big hit as long as it works well.
After the film was finished, Wu Chenggang couldn't help but speak, "Mr. Huang, this movie is not bad, I think it's fully qualified to be released in Jiahe Theater."
Although Huang Song predicted that "Happy Ghost" would be a big hit, he looked embarrassed and said: "To be honest, I wasted my time watching A Ruan today. What do you say about this movie? A ghost movie is not like a ghost movie, a comedy is not like a comedy, and the whole one is not like a four-size, so it is difficult to sell the box office."
Wu Chenggang's heart sank and begged humbly: "Mr. Huang, why don't you give me a chance to try out "Happy Ghost" in midnight. If the reaction is not good, we will naturally not say more. If the audience responds well, please ask Jiahe to free up a few theaters."
Huang Song sighed: "Brother, you used to be in the film industry and knew that theaters were not easy to arrange. Now Shaw Brothers Theater has 16 theaters, and Shaw Brothers movies are not easy to arrange every day. Although Jiahe Theater has 19 theaters, most of them are left for our own movies to be released, and the rest are also for famous independent film companies like Siyuan Pictures. Your movie is not easy to make!"
Wu Chenggang had already plucked up the courage to come to ask his wife's ex-boyfriend for help. Now, when he heard that there was no hope, he vomited and said softly: "Then I'll bother Mr. Huang today, say goodbye!"
Zhou Mingfang hurriedly followed her husband, and Hu Juncai also snatched the sample from the projectionist. Just as they stepped out of the projection room, they suddenly heard Huang Song say, "How about this, I'll buy the movie."
Wu Chenggang turned around in surprise and asked, "Buy it? Do you mean to buy out the movie directly?"
Huang Song said with a generous expression: "Yes, it seems difficult for you to do it. I will buy the movie by myself so that you can also pay less."
Wu Chenggang asked: "How much do you plan to spend to buy it?"
Huang Song stretched out two fingers: "Two hundred thousand."
Hu Juncai couldn't help but interrupt and said, "I want to buy out if I have 200,000 yuan? Ah Fei spent more than 400,000 yuan on filming a movie!"
When Wu Chenggang heard this, he was speechless to Hu Juncai. He naturally had to bargain when talking about business. This guy actually revealed his foundation as soon as he came. He really won’t be able to make trouble!
Wu Chenggang said to Huang Song: "Mr. Huang, this movie belongs to my cousin, and I can't explain the price to him."
Huang Song said "congratulationly": "Everyone is old friends, so just 300,000 yuan. It is difficult for me to buy a bad movie for 300,000 yuan. Maybe I will be scolded by the manager. It would be good if you pay less than 100,000 yuan."
"No, I won't consider it if it's less than 600,000." Wu Chenggang turned around and left after he said that.
Huang Song sighed and said, "Oh, I was sorry for A Ruan back then. Whether it was okay, I bought it for 500,000 yuan by myself, which is to compensate me for the harm I had done to A Ruan back then."
When Zhou Mingfang heard Huang Song discussing business, he mentioned himself with one "Aruan" on the left and one "Aruan" on the right, and finally couldn't help but get angry and said, "Who is surnamed Huang, stop pretending anymore. Do you think I don't know who you are? You are so old that you are bargaining for an excuse to use a woman as an excuse, what are you!"
Huang Song was exposed by Zhou Mingfang on the spot, and he opened his face awkwardly, coughed twice and said, "Anyway, I will pay up to 500,000 yuan. Do you like to sell it?"
Wu Chenggang thought to himself that if he could sell 500,000 yuan, A Fei would have made tens of thousands of yuan, which would be better than not being able to be released and accompanied by a slim body. He comforted his wife and said to Huang Song: "Mr. Huang, the movie belongs to my cousin's nephew. I am not qualified to sell it, but I will tell him the price he offered by Mr. Huang."
Huang Song shook hands with Wu Chenggang with a smile and said, "Then I will respect you!"
"Goodbye!" Wu Chenggang took Zhou Mingfang's hand and left.
The three of them returned home with the film, and Kang Jianfei was tilting on the sofa to chew the apples peeled by Wen Bixia.
Wu Chenggang asked, "A Fei, where have you been this morning?"
Kang Jianfei glanced at the movie sample in Hu Juncai's hand and said, "I looked for boss Lei Jue Kunlei, but I worked hard all morning but didn't see anyone else. Where are you?"
Wu Chenggang told them about their experience in Jiahe, and then advised: "A Fei, I think it's good to sell 500,000 yuan, at least you have made tens of thousands."
Kang Jianfei asked back, "Cousin, if this movie is really so bad, would anyone named Huang spend 500,000 yuan to buy it?"
Wu Chenggang smiled bitterly and said, "I know your film is good, but what's the use of not being able to show the theater?"
"Cousin, you can call the man named Huang now and let him keep the 500,000 yuan for shit to eat." Kang Jianfei said angrily.
Kang Jianfei knew what Huang Song had made a big idea. He just wanted to spend 500,000 yuan to buy everything about "Happy Ghost", including the copyright of the interlude and theme song. Even when the screening is released, the director of "Happy Ghost" may become another person, and the production company will definitely be named Jiahe Pictures. Everything afterward has nothing to do with Kang Jianfei and Oriental DreamWorks.
Jiahe has done a lot of things like bullying the small by bullying the small, and other big companies are quite good at it. Even in the entertainment industry thirty years later, there are frequent incidents of grabbing movies, scripts, and songs in the entertainment industry.
A new director, singer with little influence, and working with big companies and big stars, his works become someone else's. You have no place to deal with it yet. Get out of here with some money!
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Chapter completed!