Chapter 1,368: The End of Benevolence and Righteousness
In order to complete the task assigned to him by Ning Weimin, he contacted the Guo family, the sugar king of Asia, as soon as possible and agreed on a time for both parties to meet and discuss.
In the next week, Okamoto Akira used all the contact methods including letters, telegrams, faxes, and international long distance calls in the name of Fog Film Studio.
He even flew to the headquarters of Kuok Heng Fung Group in Singapore and expressed Ning Weimin's sincerity in person to discuss the matter with Kuok Group.
He also stayed in Singapore for three days, staying in the world's first Shangri-La Hotel, which opened in 1970, just to wait for news about the Kuok Group.
But it is a pity that all his efforts were in vain, and there was no feedback from the Guo family.
In the end, Akira Okamoto returned without success and had to bow and apologize to Ning Weimin again and again.
But despite this, Ning Weimin did not blame him, but waited patiently for another week.
What he was thinking about was that the Guo family had a huge business, which was no longer limited to the sugar industry. It had already been involved in many fields, including heavy asset industries such as grain, oil and shipping.
Although this matter is a big deal to you, it may not be to others, so you might as well give the other party a little more time to react.
In addition, maybe someone wants to beat it and let it dry. This is normal.
Therefore, during this period of time, Ning Weimin did not wait and still made full preparations for negotiations with the Guo family.
In addition to contacting Teresa Teng, who was filming a movie in France, he told the diva in detail about the current complicated situation in a respectful and apologetic manner, and discussed various possible situations that may arise in the subsequent filming of the film.
opinions and reach mutual understanding.
Ning Weimin also relied on his memory to plagiarize the movie "Lucky Star Gongzhao", which was to be released two years later in his previous life, and temporarily "created" an alternative script that was not very good.
At least this is an attitude and one more choice.
If the Guo family demands that the crew be disbanded, he will just come up with a new script with similar themes to make up for it.
This story has nothing to do with the love story between Mr. Guo and Teresa Teng, and the Guo family should not mind.
Then things will be easier to handle.
At that time, as long as he apologizes and relents, and uses the original crew to film a new story, even the issue of compensation will no longer exist. This will be good for both parties, and no one will lose.
But it is quite a pity that although Ning Weimin made the greatest preparations for reconciliation, his patience and good intentions were completely in vain.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Guo family, he, a little fish, really couldn't be put on the table, so he could only bow his head and wait for the slaughter, allowing them to manipulate him.
Maybe people didn't appreciate his apology at all and thought he was not worthy of talking to the Kuok Group.
In short, he actually ignored the olive branch he tried so hard to extend.
On the contrary, various unfounded speculations and rumors about Fog Studios began to flood Japanese sports tabloids during this time.
Many tabloids are spreading rumors, saying that Fog Studios has major financial and casting problems, and that both "Crazy Rich Asians" and "The Black Leather Notes" have stopped filming.
Especially for the movie "Crazy Rich Asians", due to the excessive investment and difficulty in getting the funds, and the difficulties in filming, the film has faced the risk of completely disbanding the crew.
Also, the actors in "Black Leather Notepad" who resigned due to breach of contract also began to complain in the media.
Not only did these people confirm that the filming of this TV series had indeed been suspended, but they also blamed it entirely on the production crew.
Some complained about the chaotic management of the crew, some complained about bullying of supporting actors, and some complained about excessive overtime hours.
Anyway, they said whatever they wanted to tarnish the image of Fog Studios, as if they had been wronged and all breaches of contract were unbearable and forced actions.
Especially this time, I don’t know how many sports tabloids launched a joint operation together, and the situation was much greater than when Kinji Fukasaku and Mieko Harada started trouble.
Of course, it has great influence, and public opinion quickly ferments into an uproar.
There is no doubt that Ning Weimin knew without any investigation that this was definitely Zhou Fang Yuxiong's "burning system" using their influence on the media to continue to take action against Yuwu Studios.
Even the nonsense of those artists is under his direction.
Perhaps this guy lost his temper when he saw Wu Studio's delay in replying, and wanted to use this to put pressure on Wu Studio and force them to surrender quickly.
Of course, it is also possible that the Guo family has informed Ikkio Zhou of Fog Production Company's visit to seek peace, and maybe they blame this guy for not doing things well and making him angry, so they are so impatient to deal with Fog Production Company.
The studio imposes penalties.
Anyway, let’s put it this way, this incident is the biggest scandal in Japan’s entertainment industry recently.
For a time, both Fog Studios and Matsumoto Office were involved in the center of public opinion and became the focus of the entertainment pages of Japanese newspapers.
The only news that can rival it in terms of attention is the news that Michael Jackson will come to Japan next month to perform a world tour in major cities.
Even the news about the second Tokyo Film Festival to be held at the end of next month cannot match the attention it has received.
As for people outside of the burning department in the Japanese entertainment industry, some are worried, some are disappointed, some are gloating, some are worried, some are pretending to care, but in fact they are probing the truth, and some are truly caring, but cannot bear to disturb them.
Various aspects, various characters, and attitudes.
Naturally, Fog Studios and Matsumoto Office received more and more calls every day, including from reporters, fans, and related companies.
Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko even received many concerned calls from people with whom they had in-depth cooperative relationships.
Of course, you need to deal with them patiently one by one to avoid more troubles.
But to be honest, it is different from those subordinates who are exhausted and exhausted.
Although Ning Weimin himself was upset by these trivial side effects, he was not worried at all about the subsequent evolution and final outcome of the matter.
He was completely calm and composed and could not even get angry.
In addition to asking the firm's staff to confirm the qualifications for him and Matsumoto Keiko to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Film Festival, he also asked the firm to purchase several VIP tickets for Michael Jackson's Tokyo concert.
Next month, he plans to take Qingzi to join in the fun and catch a glimpse of the King of Pop's live performance.
Not for anything else, just because all the current bad news is completely reasonable.
He had long thought about what kind of despicable methods this guy would use if he ignored Ikuo Shu Fang when he became angry.
Now, just as he expected, everything was within his expectation and under his control.
Although it's quite disgusting, it can't be fake, and it can't be true. This guy can't make huge waves.
What's more, he already had a handle on Zhou Fang and Ikuo, so there was nothing to fear.
On the contrary, he felt a little pity for the tabloids who helped create slander and the artists who resigned.
They are just cannon fodder like victims. They will definitely not get any actual benefits from Shu Fang Ikuo. They are just afraid that his power will become a thief.
But once the video of Zhou Fangyuxiong's bullying is released, none of them can escape, and they will all become accomplices who help Zhou Fangyuxiong use public opinion to coerce him.
This is just a bunch of stupid people stealing donkeys and pulling out the prongs.
Even Ikuo Suho himself wasn't much better.
In essence, as he works for the Guo family, he is also a little Karami with the attributes of a spit bucket.
Therefore, in order to prevent the rumors from getting worse, the undaunted Ning Weimin quickly asked Okamoto Akira to re-release the casting announcement for "Black Leather Notepad" in the industry in the name of Fog Studios.
At the same time, a media conference was held to clarify a series of rumors.
At the press conference, Akira Okamoto, who represented Fog Studios and Matsumoto Office, directly admitted that "Crazy Rich Asians" encountered difficulties in filming the location, but there was no shutdown.
The responsibility for the resignation of the actors in "Black Leather Notepad" lies entirely with the actors themselves and their agencies.
Fog Studios and Matsumoto Office themselves do not have any problems of mismanagement or financial constraints.
All of this is completely a planned conspiracy. It is a rumor-mongering act carried out by some unscrupulous forces that have been dominating the entertainment industry to achieve their ulterior motives. They specifically target Wu Studio and Matsumoto Office.
The intention was to use this to coerce Fog Studios into submission.
In this regard, both Fog Studios and Matsumoto Office decided to fight to the end.
Not only did they decide, they would also use legal means to protect their reputation and interests and sue the media and artists who spread false statements.
And we will immediately start demanding liquidated damages from the defaulting artists and their agencies.
From now on, we will completely block these artists with no artistic ethics and agencies with bad credibility, and will never cooperate with them.
Needless to say, this high-pitched counterattack was a resounding slap in the face of Ikuo Suho.
Because anyone with a little bit of brainpower and a little understanding of the ecology of the Japanese entertainment industry can easily understand the subtext of Akira Okamoto's words.
And through the analysis of the performers, it was found that Okamoto Akira's speech was aimed at Shubo Ikuo's burning type.
Not to mention this, even the tabloids, artists and the agencies behind them who slandered Fog Studios are impatient.
They originally thought it was just a Taipingquan fight, but no one expected that Fog Studios would dare to fight back, and fight back so fiercely.
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
In their understanding, there has never been a production company in the Japanese entertainment industry that dared to challenge the "Burning Series" head-on.
So they never thought about being responsible for their words and deeds, or even paying financial compensation for breach of contract.
Now that Fog Studios is so tough, why aren't they panicking?
It can only be said that I am aware of my suffering.
As a result, the situation escalated, and people in the Japanese entertainment industry all regarded this press conference as a declaration of war between Fog Studios and Matsumoto Office on the combustion system.
Everyone is paying attention to how Shu Fang Ikuo and his burning element will react.
And watching the excitement is not afraid of big troubles, now even mainstream newspapers have begun to join in, treating the dispute between Fog Studios and the Combustion Department as social news to dig deeper into the inside story.
Naturally, the public's attention was attracted by these newspapers. They continued to pay attention and ate the melons with relish.
It seems that even at Michael Jackson's concert, the brilliance has weakened a bit.
As for the Guo family, the mastermind behind Zhou Fang Yuxiong, there is still no action for the time being.
For Ning Weimin, there is actually nothing to worry about.
Although if things turn out like this, they will definitely offend the other party completely. This is the outcome Ning Weimin doesn't want to see.
But to be honest, his state of mind is much more stable now than when he first knew that he had offended the Sugar King family.
Not to mention how scared I am.
Yes, although the antelope cannot defeat the lion, it is another matter if there is a river between them.
What's more, Kang Shude has told him many times that it is better to lose things than lose one's heart.
Yes, in this world, there must be various difficulties on the road to the top.
Although a fearless person is likely to fail, a fearful person will never succeed.
Yes, in this world, there will always be someone who is richer than you and can kick you away.
However, if you occupy a small territory first, he must at least listen to your opinions and even allow you to negotiate the conditions... He cannot be a character who cannot even negotiate the conditions!
Yes! That’s it!
In this world, apart from some peace that is negotiated, there is always some peace that is fought.
Since the soft one doesn't work, let's use the hard one.
Now the enemy is in the light and he is in the dark.
Even though he was targeted by the Asian Sugar King first, this age is not the information age. How could the Guo family know as much about him as he does about the Sugar King family?
He is prepared to defeat the opponent's unpreparedness, and he can predict the future layout of the Guo family. With poor information, he is really not helpless in fighting back.
As the saying goes, if you fight hard and dare to pull down the emperor, you have to resist.
If it doesn't work, let's try to find out who is shameless and see if the Guo family regrets that they refused to eat the toast and drank the fine wine.
Tsk! If only we had given him a few more years to develop, and waited until after 1998.
Then who is weak and who is strong, and who will depend on whose face, is still uncertain.
In the final analysis, after all, since things have come to this point, you have to rely on your strength to decide the outcome, and it is useless to look forward and backward.
Ning Weimin finally thought about it and gave up all his unrealistic fantasies.
He was even a little excited to take on the challenge of leapfrogging.
Because not everyone has the courage or ability to tease the tiger's beard, and few people have the courage to confront the tiger after irritating it, or even care to continue touching the tiger's butt.
What he is doing now is basically comparable to Wu Song, which is enough to be proud of.
Therefore, apart from Ning Weimin informing the "Crazy Rich Asians" crew in France, the plot direction of the script remains unchanged.
All he needs to do is change Zunlong's family background and personality to that of a rich European and American Chinese family.
He also made some financial adjustments and preparations for the possibility of direct confrontation with the Guo family.
In fact, he no longer had much interest in using speculation to amass money faster, he just wanted stability.
But now the sense of crisis is different. He can only use all means to strengthen himself and strengthen his strength as much as possible.
For this reason, he believes that cash is king.
Not only did Sumitomo Bank revalue the properties and real estate that had been mortgaged under Matsumoto Keiko's name, it also increased the loan by 10 billion yen.
And almost completely liquidated all the stock assets that Matsumoto Keiko had in her name.
Finally, adding in the cash flow from the office and the studio, a total of 15.2 billion yen was collected.
Even he himself used a similar method to revalue the Eibundang Bookstore and the warehouse near the Tokyo port that were first mortgaged, and increased the loan by 4.7 billion yen.
At the same time, he continued to reduce his position in the stock account, issued instructions to Kenichi Sagawa, and cashed out more than 9 billion yen.
In the end, I collected 14 billion yen, which was enough cash just in case.
At this point, the cash assets that Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko can control have reached 80 billion yen, not counting the monthly operating income that their companies continue to generate.
But at the same time, it must be stated that their debt figures are definitely higher than those of Tokyo.
If their overseas assets and real estate properties are not included, Ning Weimin already owes Sumitomo Bank 51.7 billion yen, and Matsumoto Keiko also owes 12.1 billion yen.
All together, there are more than 60 billion yen, almost 500 million US dollars. The interest alone has to pay more than 3 billion yen every year, which is not a huge pressure that ordinary people can withstand.