Mother Zhong brought out two benches from the sewing room inside, invited Kang Jianfei and Zhu Jiading to sit down, and then went to make tea enthusiastically.
Zhong Chuhong couldn't help but ask Kang Jianfei: "Are you an advertiser, a novelist, or a tailor?"
Kang Jianfei pointed to the business card in her hand and said, "As I introduced myself just now, I am the owner of a film company and would like to invite Ms. Zhong to make a movie."
"Oh, I forgot." Zhong Chuhong quickly lowered his head to look at the business card, and suddenly said in surprise, "I remembered, you are the playboy in "Happy Ghost", no wonder you look so familiar. Your DreamWorks title is easy to remember
Yes, a boy is fishing on the moon."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Yes, I was the one who shot that movie. There is a movie to be shot this time, and I think Miss Zhong is very suitable for the image of a heroine."
If it were any other girl, she would be surprised and happy when she suddenly heard that the boss of the film company asked her to play the leading role in the movie. But Zhong Chuhong smiled and shook her head: "I can't act. The last time I acted in "Blue Waters and Cold Mountains"
The heroine of "Life and Gold" caused great harm to director Du Qifeng."
Zhu Jiading was left in the cold and had no chance to interrupt. Then he suddenly encouraged him: "Ahong, it's none of your business that Du Qifeng's movie hit the streets. It's the script. I think you did a good job. This is a good opportunity."
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Mother Zhong brought out the tea and echoed: "Yes, Ah Hong, do you want to buy clothes here for the rest of your life? Whether it succeeds or not, you have to give it a try."
Kang Jianfei said very "sincerely": "Ms. Zhong, my company can't compare with big companies like Shaw Brothers, and this movie is also a low-cost movie, so the maximum salary I can give you is 30,000 yuan."
I hope you don’t feel too little.”
"30,000 yuan is enough!" Zhong Chuhong said quickly. Two months ago, Du Qifeng asked her to play the heroine and only gave her a salary of 10,000 yuan. Kang Jianfei now offered her 30,000 yuan, which made Zhong Chuhong feel that she was taking advantage of her, and she felt a little sorry.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Then let's make an agreement. I'll have someone notify you before turning on the phone. By the way, can you leave me a phone number."
"There's a phone number!" Mother Zhong was very active in finding paper and pen, and wrote down the phone numbers of the women's clothing store and home. There are four children in the family, three of whom are still studying. A family of six can make a lot of money from a small shop.
There are some difficulties. Mother Zhong’s biggest wish is that her eldest daughter Zhong Chuhong can make movies and become a big star.
Just when Kang Jianfei thought everything was settled, Zhong Chuhong suddenly said: "Mr. Kang, I have signed a contract with Shaw Brothers. If I go to your company to make a movie, do I need to notify Shaw Brothers?"
Kang Jianfei almost vomited blood when he heard this and asked, "Don't you have no contract?"
Zhong Chuhong said: "I didn't do it before, but when I was filming "Blue Water, Cold Mountain, and Gold", brother Liu Songren interceded for me and I signed a five-year contract with Shaw Brothers."
Kang Jianfei wanted to kill him after hearing this, and said sadly: "Why are you so stupid! Shaw Brothers has lost its ability to play in the past few years. Look at which of Shaw Brothers' movies are the best-sellers. Is it okay to tie yourself to Shaw Brothers?"
It’s ruining your own future.”
When Mother Zhong heard this, she said suspiciously: "No way, it's very rare to be able to sign a contract with a company as old as Shaw Brothers."
Kang Jianfei explained: "Auntie, Shaw Brothers Pictures is the most demanding on contracted artists, and now everyone in the industry knows that Shaw Brothers is dying. In the first few months of this year, the total box office of the 9 movies released by Shaw Brothers
It has not produced more than my "Happy Ghost", do you think Shaw Brothers has a future?"
Mother Zhong didn't know this and said in surprise: "Mr. Kang, are you so great? The money earned by one movie is worth nine Shaw Brothers movies."
Kang Jianfei asked Zhong Chuhong: "Ms. Zhong, if you leave Shaw Brothers now, how much liquidated damages will you have to pay according to the contract?"
Zhong Chuhong stretched out a finger and said: "One million!"
When Zhu Jiading saw Kang Jianfei asking about liquidated damages, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Kang, after signing the contract with Shaw Brothers, is it true that Ahong can't film in your company?"
Kang Jianfei said: "That's not true. I haven't fallen out with Shaw Brothers. It's okay to borrow a few people for filming. But," Kang Jianfei turned to look at Zhong Chuhong and said to her mother, "Miss Zhong has become a big star."
I am very optimistic about her potential, so I am ready to sign her and support her. Now I am just testing the waters by making this low-budget film. Alas, it is a pity that she has already signed a contract with Shaw Brothers."
Mother Zhong was anxious when she heard this. She was originally very happy that her daughter could sign a contract with Shaw Brothers. But after Zhong Chuhong finished filming "Blue Water, Cold Mountain", she never received any notice from Shaw Brothers, as if the company had completely forgotten about her.
, this situation makes Mother Zhong very disappointed.
Hearing that Kang Jianfei admired his daughter so much, Zhong's mother hurriedly asked: "Mr. Zhong, what should we do now?"
Kang Jianfei looked embarrassed, but this expression was not entirely fake. In the long run, it would be very cost-effective to spend one million to poach Zhong Chuhong, but the company really doesn't have much cash now.
Of course people have to be poached. Even if they are poached and trained for two years, they can make a lot of money if they are resold as a busker.
Kang Jianfei pretended for a while, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Ms. Zhong, I am willing to help you pay one million liquidated damages, but you must sign with my company. The contract period is ten years. I wonder if you are willing?"
"Yes, of course I do!" Mother Zhong rushed to say. Shaw Brothers filmed a movie and then ignored it, but Mr. Kang was willing to spend one million in liquidated damages for his daughter. Comparing the two,
Naturally it is easy to make a choice.
Zhong Chuhong moved a little, but Zhu Jiading frowned and said, "Isn't ten years too long?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Mr. Zhu, let alone the ten-year contract. When I went to the street and shouted that I wanted to recruit people to make movies, a lot of people were willing to sign the fifteen-year contract. In the film industry, what is lacking most is opportunities. I
Now I can’t guarantee anything else, I can only guarantee to provide Miss Zhong with the opportunity to become famous, and it is a big opportunity. If she continues to stay at Shaw Brothers, she will only be idle for five years. Now Shaw Brothers is reducing production compared to last year, and many
The old stars of Shaw Brothers have no roles to film, and Ms. Zhong, a newcomer, can only sit on the bench. You don’t want her to continue to waste five years of her youth in Shaw Brothers, right?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Kang has spent so much money, and the contract should be longer." Father Zhong also agreed. He felt that Kang Jianfei was very sincere. Father Zhong opened a women's clothing store, and purely for business, Kang Jianfei
After Jianfei spent one million in liquidated damages to sign the contract for his daughter, he would naturally urge his daughter to get back the cost and would not do nothing for months in a row like before.
Zhong Chuhong was annoyed by the quarrel between them. She stood aside and waited for them to finish speaking before she said, "Mr. Kang, can I think about it again?"
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Of course. But I hope it doesn't take too long to consider, because my movie will start shooting within half a month. It's best for Ms. Zhong to give me a reply within a week. If not, we can find someone else."
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Zhong Chuhong was silent for a moment and said, "I'll make a call first."
Kang Jianfei said: "Please!"
Zhong Chuhong did not avoid the crowd. He directly picked up the phone on the counter of the store and dialed it. He changed three numbers before the call was connected: "Hello, Brother Liu, I'm A Hong... It's nothing important, I just wanted to connect."
Let me ask you, if someone is willing to pay a million liquidated damages to hire me to make a movie, should I agree?"
Kang Jianfei was extremely speechless when he heard this, and shouted in his heart: Sister, I'm poaching Shao Yifu, okay? You actually ask a popular TVB student such a question!
Liu Songren, who played Chen Jinnan in Zhou Xingchi's version of "The Deer and the Cauldron", has the same status in TVB as Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhou Runfa and others. Zhong Chuhong met him during the TVB audition last year. At that time, Zhong Chuhong's straightforward performance left a lot of impression on Liu Songren.
I was deeply impressed, so when Du Qifeng was casting for "Blue Water, Cold Mountain, and Gold" some time ago, Liu Songren recommended Zhong Chuhong to be the heroine.
Liu Songren on the other end of the phone was silent for a while before asking: "Which company wants to poach you?"
Zhong Chuhong said: "Oriental DreamWorks, Mr. Kang came to see me personally."
Liu Songren said solemnly: "Purely from a friend's point of view, I suggest you go there. If you stay at Shaw Brothers, it will be difficult to develop significantly in a short period of time. Since Oriental Company is willing to spend 1 million liquidated damages for you,
It means they are very optimistic about you, and Director Kang is very good at filming."
Zhong Chuhong said: "He said he wanted to sign a ten-year contract."
Liu Songren said: "It is normal to sign a contract for ten years. If Dongfang Company spends one million liquidated damages to only sign you for three to five years, I would suspect they have ulterior motives."
"Oh, I understand, thank you, Brother Liu!" Zhong Chuhong hung up the phone and found that everyone was looking at her.
Since Zhong Chuhong was covering the receiver just now, the people next to her had no idea what was being said on the phone.
Mother Zhong asked: "Daughter, what did Mr. Liu say?"
Zhong Chuhong said: "He suggested that I agree."
Kang Jianfei's favorable impression of Liu Songren greatly increased and he said with a smile: "That Mr. Liu is a sensible person."
When Mother Zhong heard that even Liu Songren suggested that her daughter sign with Oriental DreamWorks, she immediately lost all her last doubts and just urged Kang Jianfei to sign the contract quickly.
Kang Jianfei also wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible and immediately took Zhong Chuhong back to the company. Zhu Jiading was afraid that Zhong Chuhong would suffer a loss, so he shamelessly wanted to follow him and help Zhong Chuhong check when he was about to sign the contract.
After taking the two of them back to the company, Pan Yingzi actually bought the car back. It was so fast.
Seeing Kang Jianfei coming back with Zhong Chuhong, Pan Yingzi was surprised and said: "Isn't this the most beautiful Hong Kong sister last year?"
Kang Jianfei said: "One million liquidated damages, Ahong will be a member of the company from now on."
"One million! You are really willing to give up." Pan Yingzi looked at Kang Jianfei in surprise, then at Zhong Chuhong, subconsciously thinking that Kang Jianfei wanted to spend money to pick up girls.
Now Oriental DreamWorks only has a few million in cash, but Kang Jianfei actually spent 1 million to sign an actor, and he is a newcomer who has only made one blockbuster movie. Pan Yingzi thinks Kang Jianfei is crazy!
Kang Jianfei said: "Sister Azi, you are the manager of the artist department, you are responsible for handling the contract. By the way, we also need to communicate with Shaw Brothers. It would be better if we can spend hundreds of thousands to buy the artist contract. If we can't agree, let's talk about it."
It’s not too late to pay liquidated damages.”
Pan Yingzi sighed: "You know how to give me problems."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Those who are capable should work harder."
While the two were talking, Zhong Chuhong was observing the new company curiously. Compared with Shaw Brothers, Oriental DreamWorks is simply a baby, and its office space is incomparably smaller.
Zhu Jiading said to her in a low voice: "Ah Hong, you'd better be careful. This man named Kang probably has other motives for spending so much money on you for filming."
Zhong Chuhong said disgustedly: "Why are you like this? It's shameless to speak ill of people behind their backs."
Zhu Jiading said helplessly: "I am caring about you, be careful and I won't make a big mistake."
Zhong Chuhong sighed and said: "I'll say it again, Mr. Zhu, I'm not familiar with you, so don't always point your fingers at my affairs."
"Okay, I won't say anything anymore." Zhu Jiading was afraid of offending his crush, so he had to change the topic, "Tonight's movie..."
Zhong Chuhong refused before he could finish his words: "Sorry, I'm not free tonight!"
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Pan Yingzi started filming in Shaw Brothers at the age of fourteen and has been working on the Shaw Brothers studios for more than ten years. She was once one of the "New Twelve Golden Hairpins" highly praised by Shaw Brothers, so she is basically the senior executive of Shaw Brothers.
I know everyone.
Having Pan Yingzi talk to Shaw Brothers will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.
Zhong Chuhong is also the fourth Hong Kong sister. She only acted in one movie and failed. No one expected her to become popular in the future. Although the liquidated damages were stated to be one million yuan, Pan Yingzi only spent
I bought Zhong Chuhong’s contract for 350,000 yuan, of which 50,000 yuan was a kickback from Pan Yingzi...
Shaw Brothers made a lot of money from this deal. Zhong Chuhong was signed only two months ago. Apart from being the heroine of a street movie, Shaw Brothers did not invest any resources in her. She was sold for 30
Ten thousand, it's just free money.
As for Pan Yingzi's 50,000 yuan kickback, Kang Jianfei didn't know, but he could guess a little bit. Unless he got actual evidence, Kang Jianfei would just turn a blind eye. After all, Pan Ying
Zibang Company saved hundreds of thousands, so it didn't matter if they took a fortune from it.
Kang Jianfei's haphazardly fabricated "Three Minutes Hero" has not yet started filming, but an advertisement for the premiere of "Mr. Zombie" has been published in "Oriental Daily".
The content of the advertisement is: "Mr. Zombie", the new masterpiece of "millionaire director" Kang Jianfei, will premiere at the Golden Princess Theater on June 25. Only 1,300 premiere movie tickets will be sold to the public.
After that, he introduced the movie "Mr. Zombie" in detail, saying that it includes emerging teenage star Li Saifeng, veteran Shaw Brothers' Twelve Golden Hairpins Pan Yingzi, and the great director Kang Jianfei himself starring. It is the first film in Hong Kong film history.
A fantasy kung fu movie. In the film, Kang Jianfei, who captured three gangsters on the street, will display his real kung fu in battle, giving the audience a brand new visual enjoyment.
Moreover, there will be other programs to entertain the premiere before the movie is released. Director Kang Jianfei and many film production staff will present various exciting programs to the audience, and Director Kang will also perform his real Kung Fu live!
There are programs to watch and movies to enjoy, and the ticket price for each premiere is only 30 yuan to 50 yuan. What are you still hesitating about? It’s better to take action than to call your home phone number and book the premiere in advance.
Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last, don’t miss this opportunity...
As soon as this advertisement came out, many film companies laughed at Kang Jianfei, saying that he was crazy about money. Many people also felt that the ticket price was too expensive. Nowadays, Hong Kong has the best theaters, the best time slots, the best schedules, and the best
The ticket price for a seat is only about 14 yuan, while the late-night ticket price in some bad theaters is only 5 yuan.
Kang Jianfei held such a shabby premiere, the highest ticket price was 50 yuan, it was a money grab!
But what was unexpected was that the limited number of 1,300 premiere tickets were booked for more than 120 people on the day the advertisement was published, and more than 180 tickets were pre-sold the next day.
Many of the people who booked tickets were not there for the movie, but wanted to watch Kang Jianfei's live Kung Fu performance...that was real Kung Fu for killing people on the street!
Before the advertisement in Oriental Daily was published, Kang Jianfei had already sent invitations to more than 200 newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong. Each invitation came with a ticket to the premiere of "Mr. Zombie".
There are free movies to watch, so the media must have sent reporters to attend.
By the time Lei Juekun, Li Mowen, and many filmmakers in Hong Kong reacted, the premiere of "Mr. Zombie" had already become a hot topic.
The media is still willing to chase reports on new things, especially some entertainment and movie magazines, which are all discussing what a movie premiere is.
Lei Juekun was reading the newspaper and cutting a cigar, and smiled at Li Maowen: "This kid seems to be in the limelight again. He really dares to sell movie tickets for 50 yuan a piece!"
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