Chapter four hundred and eighty fourth talk collapsed
The cast of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has nearly a hundred members, and if you include the temporarily hired extras, the number will be well over a hundred.
Even if calculated based on 100 people, a total of 200 lunch boxes are needed for two meals a day. Originally, at 30 yuan per box, the basic daily meal cost was 6,000 yuan. Now it has jumped to 55 yuan, which is 11,000 yuan, and an additional 4,500 yuan is required.
The scenes involved in this movie are basically all in the Lion Rock Film and Television Base. Without going out on location, the crew will need to stay for at least more than a month, which means that it will cost more than ten or two hundred thousand!
Honghua Catering is quite a shady company. You must know that according to yesterday’s box lunch, it only cost 15 yuan at most in the mainland. If the quantity is large, you can get a discount. Its profit itself is very good.
Prices in Xiangjiang are high, but not to this level.
Wan Xiaoquan, who was sitting next to Lu Chen, couldn't stand listening at first: "What are you..."
Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Lu Chen.
Lu Chen's expression remained unchanged, he nodded and said: "If the quality of the food can be guaranteed, then we can accept the price of 55 yuan, but we will not pay for the lunch boxes at noon."
Manager Jiang obviously didn't expect that Lu Chen was so easy to talk to. He was so open-minded, but Lu Chen actually agreed so easily.
With his cunningness, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Really?"
Lu Chen raised his fingers and tapped on the table, and said calmly: "I'm not kidding."
"That's great!"
Manager Jiang suddenly showed a proud smile, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes, and continued: "In addition, the lunch money is the lunch money, and you have to add more money to deliver the meal."
Is Honghua crazy?
At this time, even Chen Wenqiang showed anger: "Manager Jiang, isn't this against the rules?"
Societies also have their own rules, especially those that are whitewashed nowadays. Even if they engage in bullying and domination, they must abide by the rules. Otherwise, they themselves will be the unlucky ones who cause public outrage.
Manager Jiang said loudly before that he nearly doubled the price of the lunch box, and Lu Chen agreed, but now he actually wants to pay for the meal. It is simply a naked extortion.
There is something wrong with the taste here!
Manager Jiang glanced at Chen Wenqiang meaningfully and said: "Brother Qiang, the rules are set by everyone. Don't you understand in this circle? This is the current rule of our company."
He looked at Lu Chen as if he were looking at a fat sheep: "Young Master Lu, you are a big star who is making a lot of money every day. You will definitely make a lot of money when you come to Xiangjiang to make movies, and you will be worthy of our hard work."
Money?"
"hehe"
Lu Chen smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"I don't like trouble. If money can solve the problem, then I don't mind spending some money to avoid disaster."
"But that doesn't mean I'm afraid of trouble. Since your company doesn't have the sincerity to cooperate, there's no need to send lunch boxes in the future. I believe our crew won't be left without food because of this."
To be honest, the main reason why Lu Chen chose to come to Hong Kong to start his film career was because of the new film support policy introduced by the Hong Kong government. With the help of this policy, he could easily enter the domestic film market and gain a foothold in Hong Kong.
Treasure Island, Macao and Southeast Asian countries, the benefits are self-evident.
However, shortcuts are not easy to take. Lu Chen really did not take the gangs and societies in Xiangjiang into account at that time, because this kind of problem basically does not exist when making movies or TV series in China.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, and Lu Chen is not considered a strong dragon, so he is willing to spend more money in exchange for peace. As long as "A Chinese Ghost Story" is successfully filmed and released, he will naturally make back exponentially whatever he has paid.
But the greed and shamelessness of the other party were far beyond Lu Chen's expectations, and he was eager to make more and more money, which made his patience completely disappear!
Without Zhang Butcher, do we have to eat pigs with hair on them?
Nonsense!
Hearing Lu Chen's categorical refusal and a 180-degree turn in his attitude, Manager Jiang's smile suddenly froze on his face, looking quite ridiculous.
But Lu Chen didn't give him a chance to speak. He stood up and said, "Uncle Qiang, see you off."
Being so merciless, Manager Jiang became furious. A strong man who had been standing behind him immediately stepped forward, glared, raised his finger and shouted at Lu Chen: "Why are you talking to our Manager Jiang? Don't be so shameless.
ah!"
Gangs and societies are gangs and societies, and the factor of violence has long been hidden in the blood. Moreover, it is impossible to do this kind of monopoly business without strong force.
The people brought by Manager Jiang are actually thugs. If you are good to me and everyone is good, they are naturally just decorations, but now when they fall out, they will show their strength!
The hairy arms were black and thick, and the long carrot-shaped fingers were about to poke Lu Chen's face. His stern scolding was 100% intimidating to ordinary people.
However, Lu Chen is not an ordinary person, and he is not alone.
There was no need for Lu Chen to respond. Wan Yong, who was sitting next to Lu Chen, suddenly took action, grabbed the other person's finger like lightning, and pulled it upward with force!
"ah!"
This tall and sturdy man let out a scream involuntarily, startling everyone present.
Under the severe pain, he instinctively raised his leg to kick Wan Yong, but Wan Yong's right foot kicked his knee first, causing him to lose his balance and fall heavily to the ground!
This was the result of Wan Yong's mercy. If it was a life and death fight, this man's finger bones and patella would have been broken into several pieces by now.
Wan Yong let go of his hand and stared at the other thug who was about to make a move with his sharp eyes.
No one doubts that if this guy makes any changes, he will definitely be met with a thunderous counterattack by Wan Yong!
Manager Jiang was also frightened. After a while, he came back to his senses and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, if the business is not done, benevolence and righteousness remain. Let's wait and see!"
These two sentences were a bit incoherent, but no one found them funny.
The people at Honghua Catering went away in despair, and Wan Xiaoquan, Chen Wenqiang and others were not at all happy either.
Everyone knows that the real trouble is yet to come, and the other party will not let it go.
Lu Chen looked at Lao Jia and said, "During the initial cooperation negotiations, your Jiayang Pictures was guaranteed. Now that something like this has happened, I want to know what your boss means."
Compared to Lu Chen Studio, Jiayang Pictures is the leader.
Using local snakes to deal with local snakes is naturally the best choice. Lu Chen is not afraid of trouble and will not easily take everything on himself. Otherwise, why would he need a partner?
Under his intense gaze, Lao Jia felt a lot of pressure, and beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Master Lu, we at Jiayang Pictures will give you an explanation."
Lu Chen nodded: "That's the best."
But in his heart, he was very unfavorable about Jiayang Pictures, because it was impossible for Honghua not to know about the existence of Jiayang Pictures, and this manager Jiang came here to slap him in the face.