Chapter 723 No distinction between public and private matters
The two girls, Sun and Wu, came back at almost nine o'clock in the evening, which made Chen Feng, the boss, feel a little sorry.
After all, he only cared about having fun outside today, while they were working overtime for him in the company.
Therefore, when Chen Feng waited for them to come back, he said to them from the bottom of his heart: "You don't have to work so hard. Try not to work overtime in the future."
Wu Mengting said with a smile: "A new project has just been launched today, and there are a lot of things to be busy with, so I have to work overtime. Under normal circumstances, we don't work overtime."
Chen Feng asked: "What about the next few days? Do you still want to work overtime?"
Wu Mengting said: "I will definitely have to work overtime for a few days. Only when this new project is officially established and the crew's general framework is successfully established can we relax."
Chen Feng said somewhat unbearably: "Then there's no need to rush, right? We don't have to rush."
Wu Mengting smiled and said: "This is not a question of whether to rush or not, but at the beginning, we need to control the direction. As a producer, I must straighten out some specific tasks at the beginning.
, make arrangements, and make good division of labor and planning. This cannot be done slowly. If I, the leader, slow down, the work of others will also slow down."
Chen Feng shook his head and said, "I'm just worried that you guys are too tired and won't come back for lunch, so you won't get off work until this time in the evening."
"Thank you boss for your concern."
Chen Feng's words were quite heart-warming, and Wu Mengting found them useful. After smiling, she added: "When I straighten out all the work and arrange it in the past few days, I will feel relaxed. Moreover, this job
Work is not very tiring for me either.”
Chen Feng nodded slightly and said, "You just have to know what you're doing. If you can't do it alone, you can hire an assistant to help."
"That's no need. After all, I am the initiator of this new project, and I am also the producer. Some things must be done by me personally. For other things, Xiaorui and my secretary can help me share the burden, which is enough."
Chen Feng nodded, then changed the subject and said: "Qipeng Media wants to participate in the investment in this project. I have already agreed. They will invest 10 million."
Chen Feng nodded: "Yes. She has a good relationship with Tao Yaoyang, and she is also acquainted with me. If she opens her mouth, I will give her a face. Besides, who should I invest in? Even her."
Wu Mengting said: "Xingxing Media requires an investment of 40 million, and it is also related to Tao Yaoyang. Tao Yaoyang's face is too great."
Chen Feng said with a smile: "His reputation is relatively large, but Star Media can give up to 15 million. This is based on the friendship between us last time we cooperated. Don't give more. As for other investment shares, you can check it."
Good. Of course, our company must occupy the majority and dominate the market."
Wu Mengting smiled slightly and said: "What about your personal assistant? She invested 5 million last time, but she doubled her profit. This time she didn't come to you?"
Of course she was talking about Jin Xinyan. She invested 5 million in "The Sapphire Case" last time. After the Sapphire Case was sold, she made more than 2 million without saying anything about the original investment.
After "The Sapphire Case" became a hit, she sold the second round of broadcast rights and made a lot of money. In this way, she, one of the investors, followed the dividends, which was equivalent to doubling her earnings.
But this time when the project "Meet You Again in the Season of Flying Flowers" was approved, Jin Xinyan did not ask Chen Feng to invest again. Chen Feng was also a little puzzled, but in his opinion, it was impossible to invest in her again.
Otherwise, not only Wu Mengting will have objections, but Lu Sijia will also have objections, because this is tantamount to giving money to the other party, and it is also giving money to Jin Xinyan personally, which is tantamount to not distinguishing between public and private.
In addition, Jin Xinyan is now his personal assistant, so it is somewhat inappropriate to participate in the company's investment projects in a private capacity.
In addition, as a woman, you can't feed her all at once, and you can't respond to every request, otherwise it will be difficult to control her, and it may make the other person more greedy.
Therefore, Chen Feng said simply: "She doesn't have to think about it this time. I won't agree to her request."
This answer made Wu Mengting very satisfied, and she nodded with a smile: "Then it's settled. I plan to give the remaining share to the companies of several powerful actors who may be selected, otherwise I may not be able to hire those actors.
A powerful actor."
"That shouldn't be the case. "The Sapphire Case" is so popular right now. I believe there are not many actors in the country who can refuse to star in your second TV series."
"The problem is, I can't give out a few of the most important roles casually, so if I hire these talented actors from outside the company, they will be important supporting roles at most, and their pay will definitely be lowered, so they may not be willing. So.
, this requires the investment share as a bargaining chip to make the other party’s company agree.”
"Who are you going to choose for the male lead? Our company currently only has three male actors, and they all seem a bit inappropriate."
Chen Feng has read the script of "Meet You Again in the Season of Flying Flowers". The male protagonist is a handsome uncle in his thirties and a middle-aged Confucian scholar.
First of all, the actor He Hongpeng who plays the male lead in "The Sapphire Case" is not suitable. Not only has he just starred in "The Sapphire Case", but also because he is tall, heroic and masculine, so he is not suitable to play a Confucian scholar, and his age is also inappropriate.
As for the two young boys, Gong Yi and Zhang Hang, they are not suitable in terms of age, and they do not have the bookishness and the free and resolute temperament of the male protagonist.
Wu Mengting said: "I basically designed the male lead based on Qi Jie's model, but Qi Jie and Yang Ziying have already collaborated on two TV series, so it would be inappropriate to do another one, and his current salary is not even higher than Yang Ziying's.
If there are too few, it would be uneconomical to invite them.
The three male artists currently signed by our company are obviously not suitable to play this role. But we cannot give out the role of this male protagonist casually. I think it is better to follow the casting method of "The Sapphire Case" and we will make it public.
Just recruit."
"Wouldn't this take more time?"
"It's time to spend some time. After He Hongpeng was signed by us, he has skyrocketed. Before starring in "The Sapphire Case", he was just a soy sauce character at best and had no reputation, but now he can barely do it.
She has reached the second tier, has signed three commercial endorsements, and has made a lot of money for our company."
"Okay then, you make the decision on this."
"Then I'll let the news out tomorrow. There should be many actors coming for interviews. Why don't you go sit in and help with the interviews."
"I won't go. I believe in your vision."
It can be said that Chen Feng has no interest in work now. Besides, this is a male lead, not a female lead, so Chen Feng lacks motivation.
"Okay then, I'll ask Uncle Zhao (Zhao Guoqing) and Hu Rui to help check it out."
Wu Mengting did not force Chen Feng to work.
"Okay, you should be tired too. Go up and take a shower and rest early."
Chen Feng didn't want to talk about work with Wu Mengting anymore, so he urged her and Sun Xiaorui to go upstairs to rest.
"Okay, let's go upstairs. You should go to bed early."
After saying that, Wu Mengting went upstairs quickly. When Sun Xiaorui was about to go upstairs, she finally said something to Chen Feng: "I'll get up to make breakfast tomorrow. What do you want to eat?"
After Chen Feng thought for a while, he said: "Let's make braised noodles. You watch and do it."
The braised noodles made by Sun Xiaorui are quite good.
"Okay." Sun Xiaorui agreed and quickly followed him upstairs.
Chen Feng sat downstairs for another half an hour and then went upstairs. Of course he didn't have the energy to go find Sun Xiaorui at night.
What's more, Sun Xiaorui worked all day today and even worked overtime. Chen Feng couldn't bear to torment her anymore.
The next day, shortly after Chen Feng got up, Sun Xiaorui also got up.
After Chen Feng finished exercising and took a shower, he ate the braised noodles that had just been cooked. There were a lot of spices in them, including mushrooms, fungus, dried five-spice, pork, and cabbage. These were not ready-made and had to be freshly prepared.
Then he realized that making braised noodles was very troublesome.
Sun Xiaorui is also a bit stubborn, so she can't help but get some spices.
However, Chen Feng didn't say anything. He ate a large bowl of braised noodles and was very satisfied.
The two women went to work after breakfast. Chen Feng did not stay at home today, but went to East Lake Jinyuan again with some taste.
Zhang Jingwen said yesterday that she had nothing to do these days and didn't want to go back to her parents' house, so she just stayed here.
Chen Feng drove here familiarly and went upstairs carrying some cooked food and braised food he bought on the way.
He bought these things with the intention of eating them at Zhang Jingwen's place at noon. Anyway, Sun and Wu would stay at the company to eat at noon, so there was no point in eating at home alone.
And Zhang Jingwen doesn't know how to cook. She only has some rice noodles and eggs where she lives, and she always orders takeout when she wants to eat here.
Chen Feng had already contacted Zhang Jingwen before coming here, and she had no intention of going out. If nothing unexpected happened these days, she would stay here, doing yoga except for watching TV shows.
She was a little happy that Chen Feng could come over to accompany her.
She and Chen Feng were both like this now, and they slowly began to accept him physically and mentally.
Previously, she even thought about officially becoming a lover with Chen Feng, but Chen Feng ruthlessly rejected her.
For this reason, after she had a cold war with Chen Feng for a while, she finally had to contact him and bow to him because of the popularity of "The Sapphire Case".
This is somewhat of a broken pot, or it can be said that the sunk costs she has paid before are too high. If she really breaks up with Chen Feng like this, her losses will be huge. Of course she is not willing to give in, and can only continue to invest.
Hope to get my money back.
It is based on this mentality, coupled with the fact that her competitor Zhang Yuxi became famous because of "The Sapphire Case" and her reputation has soared. Of course she also wants to catch up, so it is necessary to hug Chen Feng's golden leg.
When she saw that Chen Feng actually brought cooked food this time, including her favorite pork head meat and fried chicken legs, she suddenly felt flattered.
You must know that Chen Feng had never given her anything before, and he was so cruel to her that he now bought her some cooked food and brought her over. She was a little touched.
When Chen Feng came over and saw that she was still wearing a tight-fitting yoga suit, he was very satisfied. Yesterday it was light gray, and today it is light purple, which is very eye-catching.
Seeing that there was a yoga mat on the floor in the living room, Chen Feng was even more satisfied and told her not to worry about him and she could just continue practicing yoga.
Zhang Jingwen didn't think much at first, so she continued to play yoga music on her mobile phone, and then did yoga in the living room.
Her yoga level is relatively average, and some of her movements are not very standard or in place, but Chen Feng, who is sitting on the sofa beside her, looks at her very seriously and appreciates her.
Slowly, Zhang Jingwen felt Chen Feng's increasingly fiery gaze, and then she realized that she couldn't continue doing yoga, and she quickly stood up from the yoga mat with a red face.
"What's wrong?" Chen Feng asked quickly, "Aren't you going to continue doing it?"
"I won't do it anymore." Zhang Jingwen shook her head and said with shame, "It's almost done. I'll go change my clothes first."
When she met Chen Feng yesterday, she was wearing yoga clothes that were somewhat seductive, but today she really wanted to do yoga so she put them on. Who knew that Chen Feng liked them so much.
"What clothes do you want to change?" Chen Feng quickly stood up to stop him, "There are only two of us here, and it looks good for you to dress like this."
Hearing what Chen Feng said, although she was still a little shy, she could still bear it. After all, with the current relationship between the two of them, there was actually no need for her to be ashamed.
"Okay then, I'm going to have a drink of water first, do you want it?"
"Okay, pour me a cup of hot water."
"There is no hot water, can Evian do it?"
This woman must have never done any housework, and the place where she lives doesn't even have boiling water.
"Okay." Chen Feng agreed reluctantly.
Zhang Jingwen quickly brought two bottles of water, gave one to Chen Feng, and then sat down not far from him and raised her head to drink the water.
"I heard from Sister E that many investors want to participate in the company's new projects. Are they confirmed?"
After drinking the water, Zhang Jingwen immediately asked Chen Feng.
"Xingxing Media has been finalized. I don't want to worry about anything else. Mengting will be responsible for making all decisions."
"Then can I participate in the investment in the name of the studio? I don't want more, just five million."
Chen Feng looked at her with a smile and said, "Your family is so rich, do you still need to invest and make money yourself?"
Zhang Jingwen said: "My family has some money, but I personally don't have much money. Five million is already my entire savings."
"Forget it." Chen Feng shook his head, "I have already agreed with Mengting that she will be solely responsible for this project. I cannot go back on my word, nor can I introduce you, a well-connected person, to participate in this project regardless of whether it is public or private. Do you really want to
If you want to vote, just ask her yourself."
Seeing Chen Feng refuse without thinking, Zhang Jingwen felt a little uncomfortable, so she said, "Didn't Jin Xinyan invest five million in "The Sapphire Case" last time? She can do it, why can't I?"
"Oh, you even know this?" Chen Feng looked at her pretending to be curious.
Zhang Jingwen pouted: "What don't you know about this? Jin Xinyan often hangs around the company."
In fact, it was her agent Wang Yue'e who inquired and told her. It was Wang Yue'e who suggested investing in new dramas. Of course, she herself was very willing. After all, the TV dramas invested and produced by Fengmang Film and Television have not suffered any losses so far, but have made huge profits.