After the main conditions were negotiated, the other terms were much better, and there were basically no major problems.
To sum up, the contract was signed for five years, two years less than Chen Guowa, and the position was art director.
On the same level as the director of the production department!
During the contract period, you are not allowed to participate in any other company's film shooting, unless Huayi agrees.
Originally Wang Zhongjun wanted to sign a directing contract, just like after Chen Guofu left, Hua Yi and Gu Changwei also signed a contract to serve as artistic directors, but like Feng Xiaogang, he was not responsible for the operation of the film and signed 5 films at a time.
This is the original difference between them and Chen Guoji. The whole project belongs to Chen Guoji, and he is the producer and supervisor.
As for Feng Xiaogang and the others, they just make movies and only have editing rights.
The operation of the entire project, including later publicity and distribution, was negotiated between Chen Guoban and the distribution and publicity departments.
Now Tang An has signed such a contract. He has the final say on his projects and Chen Guowu cannot interfere.
In short, Tang An not only works, but also talks and signs!
As for Feng Xiaogang, he was just working. All transactions, equipment purchases, etc. had to be signed by Chen Guobo.
It’s just that he has much more say than the average director!
The one who is more awesome than him is Zhang Yimou. He doesn’t even have a contract and can leave at any time if he wants. Zhang Weiping can only stare!
After 16 years of cooperation, we have never signed a contract, not a single word. We just signed a "memorandum of agreement" before starting the project.
Brothers can become enemies, father and son can turn against each other, it's not bad that they can persist for so long!
If Tang An terminates the contract, he will have to pay 3 million liquidated damages!
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Next, Tang An met with Wu Bo again and put forward some very harsh conditions, but the two parties broke up unhappy.
It can be regarded as giving the other party a step down, without rejecting it outright.
Once the destination is figured out, it’s time to start the next project.
Two days later, Tang An drove to Huayi for work with a large stack of scripts!
I originally prepared two scripts, but now that I have signed the contract, I chose one of them.
In the first film, no matter what, most of the actors used Huayi's best.
And not only did the movie become popular, but the actors became famous as well!
Tang An finally chose one of Huayi's original movies, an ensemble drama.
"The Wind"
The cost is not high and there are many outstanding characters.
Everyone has a part and everyone is happy!
Hello, me, everyone, that’s what’s really good!
He doesn't plan to change the actors anymore. It's almost impossible to select actors from Huayi who are better than the original ones.
Yingda, Wang Zhiwen, and Duan Yihong are not from Huayi, so just let them get in touch.
When we arrived downstairs in Huayi, Chen Guofu was already waiting in the lobby.
Tang An quickly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Mr. Chen!"
"Mr. Tang, we will work together from now on!"
Chen Guofu held hands with Tang An with a smile on his face.
"I'll have to trouble Mr. Chen to take care of me more from now on. I'm good at making movies, but I know nothing about management!"
Tangshan smiled slightly, also hinting that he would not interfere with the production department's affairs.
"If Director Tang has any requests, just come to me directly!" Chen Guofu laughed.
But he lowered his voice and said, "But there are many people in the company who don't welcome us!"
"Mr. Chen, are you worried about this too? You are here whether you like it or not. Do your part and let others say what they want!" Tang An said without caring.
It is impossible for the actors not to welcome me, probably Feng Xiaogang and a few vice presidents of the production department.
Feng Xiaogang can also earn a lot of money from one film. In addition to the director's salary, the share is about 10%-15% of the producer's share.
It’s not 15% of the box office share, it’s actually not a lot.
However, Wang Zhongjun gave him a sum of original shares, and it seems that nearly 200 million was cashed out after the company went public in 2009.
Chen Guofu will definitely win over Tang An. After all, he is new here. There are several deputy directors under him, and there are four or five director studios in the company, which is enough to give him a headache.
He glanced at the briefcase in Tang An's hand and said casually, "Is Mr. Tang's new movie ready?"
"The script has been finished, and I'm still busy drawing the storyboards!"
"Oh, what type is it?" Chen Guofu asked curiously.
"It's a spy movie, and there are relatively few of it in China right now!" Tang An didn't hide it either.
"Director Tang is really unexpected. The themes he chooses every time are so special!" Chen Guofu said with a wry smile.
"People have to try a little more. Maybe I will make a movie of every type in the future!" Tang An said with a smile.
"You young people are still clever and dare to try boldly. I haven't picked up the guide tube in several years!" Chen Guofu sighed slightly.
After watching "Terror Cruise", Chen Guofu once thought about taking some time to return to his old career and make another classic horror film that surpassed "Two Eyes".
However, in the end, no action was taken.
The two went upstairs to the company's large conference room.
Knock the door and go in.
"Director Wang, I'm here to report!"
"Haha, Mr. Tang is here, come in quickly!"
Wang Zhongjun, who was sitting in the main seat, immediately stood up and pulled Tang An to sit in the second seat from the lower left!
Others also stood up.
Tang An sat down and greeted Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting on his left, "Hello, Mr. Wang!"
Wang Zhonglei was smiling and seemed quite friendly, "Welcome, Mr. Tang, I have always looked forward to working with you!"
Tang An glanced around and saw that almost all the senior executives of Huayi were here, including the first-line stars.
Sitting opposite were Chen Guobo, Feng Xiaogang, Artist Agency Director and Vice President Liu Tao, Publishing Department Director Su Wenjie...
On Tang An's side, sitting in that order were Wang Zhonglei, Tang An, Financial Director Ding Qi, Publicity Department Director Zhu Mo...
It is easy to see from the seating arrangement that the director of the production department, Chen Guofuo, and the two directors Feng Xiaogang and Tang An have the highest status after the Wang brothers.
Everyone else can be replaced by someone else. Even the position of director of the artist management department vacated by Wang Jinghua was filled by Liu Tao, president of Zhongqian Entertainment, in a short period of time, with the title of vice president added.
Although he is not very famous, Running Man is a project he developed in cooperation with Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV.
As Huayi Brothers, whose main business is film and television production and artist management, the status of the distribution department and publicity department is relatively low, with the financial director in the middle!
Of course, the company's other major shareholders, such as Jack Ma, did not appear.
Everyone said hello, and Wang Zhongjun, who was sitting at the head, spoke.
He introduced Chen Guofu's resume in Baodao and Colombia, as well as Tang An's three past films, and boasted a few words.
"First of all, let us welcome Mr. Chen and Mr. Tang to join us. From today on, Mr. Chen will be the director of the production department of our company, and Mr. Tang will serve as the art director!"
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
Everyone knew about it in advance, and there was no surprise about it. They all applauded and congratulated!
"Today is just an internal meeting for us to get to know each other. In two days, I will hold a special press conference at the China World Hotel to welcome you two!"