In a hotel on a street near the hotel where "囧" lives, Cheng Jiashang, Zheng Zhiwei and a man in his early thirties wearing a black shirt were eating.
Although his face is not evil, the occasional ruthlessness in his eyes is enough to show that he is not a good person.
"Ah Hui, I'm sorry to trouble you this time. Come and let me toast you."
While talking and laughing, Zheng Zhiwei poured a full glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
The man named Ah Hui waved his hands and said with a smile, "What's the trouble? It's just a trivial matter."
There was so much excitement at the table as people served cups and lamps. Cheng Jiashang and Zheng Zhiwei breathed a sigh of relief.
Cheng Jiashang's "Painted Skin" was robbed back then and he missed out on this series. Now he has made two costume movies in the mainland. Although "Painted Wall", a low-budget movie, was a box office hit, its reputation was extremely bad.
The investment in "Four Famous Catchers" has doubled, but the box office is about the same as "Painting on the Wall", with no box office or word-of-mouth success.
These two movies are far from comparable to the "Painted Skin" series.
He thinks he is much better than Wu Ershan, and if he shoots it himself, the box office will only be higher.
Among the directors in the north, Xu Ke and Chen Kexin are all better than him, and even his apprentice Lin Chaoxian is much better than him.
Zheng Zhiwei doesn't have any big grudges, it's just that he is petty-minded, and he was criticized in disguise for the interview after the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, so he still holds a grudge.
I have been holding this in my mind for several years, and I finally took the opportunity. Although I can't do anything to the crew of "囧 in Hong Kong", it would be great if I could give them some trouble.
If it causes them to delay the filming plan too much, it would be best if they miss the Spring Festival schedule.
Not long after, a young man with a flat head knocked on the door and came in. He looked a little panicked and said something in Ah Hui's ear.
Ah Hui's expression changed and he put the wine glass down again.
"Boss Cheng, Ah Wei, something happened to my brothers and they were all taken away by police."
After leaving these words, Ah Hui left in a hurry, leaving behind Cheng Jiashang and Zheng Zhiwei who looked unhappy.
"Did they call the police?" Cheng Jiashang asked in confusion.
"It shouldn't be."
Zheng Zhiwei shook his head, those gangsters were blocking the downstairs of the hotel, and whenever they did anything illegal, the police had no reason to arrest them.
"Wait a minute, we'll find out soon."
Not long after, Zheng Zhiwei received a call and learned the specific situation.
Zheng Zhiwei said solemnly, "Tang An is here, and the police department sent a senior superintendent to arrest him personally."
"What? He has so much energy?" Cheng Jiashang looked in disbelief.
Although the Hong Kong Police Force is only a third-level department, there are three divisions and 12 bureaus above it, which are subordinate departments of the Security Bureau within the 12 bureaus.
However, this is a law enforcement department with 30,000 police officers, and its status is not low at all.
Moreover, the senior superintendent is the deputy director of each department in the headquarters or the deputy commander of the division.
Zheng Zhiwei nodded, "It was Deputy Commander O of the Criminal Department of the headquarters who brought people here, and he was accompanied by officials from the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China."
grass!
Chengjia Shang cursed and put the cup heavily on the table.
No. 168-200, Connaught Road Central, Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong's largest film and television production, distribution and audio-visual product distribution company, Hua Guoxing Group.
In a luxurious office, things about the crew of "Embarrassed in Hong Kong" passed through layers of communication and reached the ears of Xiang Huaqiang, the co-founder of Huaguoxing Group.
The underworld boss sat back in his chair, put his right hand on the table, and tapped his fingers twice.
"It's not that a strong dragon can't defeat the river. In that case, please invite Mr. Tang to come to the Peninsula Hotel for a gathering in the evening. All other companies will notify you and invite all the stars in Hong Kong tonight."
On the other side, Hua Qiang’s confidant asked in confusion, “What do you think?”
Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said, "Of course we welcome the eleventh richest man in the Mainland."
"But, then let's forget it?"
"Forget it, this matter was done by Zheng Zhiwei and Cheng Jiashang and has nothing to do with us. But after all, he is a big boss in the entertainment industry in China. He was shocked in Xiangjiang. As the host, of course we have to express our gratitude.
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The confidant went down to prepare, and Xiang Huaqiang picked up the A4 papers stapled together on the table again.
The director with a net worth of 22.4 billion, the huge domestic film market deeply stimulated Xiang Huaqiang's heart...
With such a big piece of cake, no one would want to take a bite.
"Chill" and "The Wind Listener" invested by Eucalyptus Le and Meiya were huge box office hits, surpassing any previous police and gangster film.
460 million, 360 million, even among the Hong Kong movies in the past ten years, there has never been such a high box office.
Is it an accident?
Or is the movie really good?
Xiang Huaqiang didn't believe it, so just forget about one movie. Two movies in succession were huge hits, leaving only one possibility.
The publicity capabilities of Han and Tang Media are powerful enough!
It is also a high-quality police film. "Overheard 2" has the foundation of the first film, but it only received more than 100 million points at the box office.
"Reverse War" directed by Lin Chaoxian, who won two Best Actors in succession, starring Xie Tingfeng and Jay Chou, only had a box office of 130 million.
The issuer of the former is Bernard, and the latter is Huayi.
Even "New Shaolin Temple" invested by Yinghuang, starring Cheng Long, Liu Dehua, Xie Tingfeng, and distributed by Huayi, Bernard, and China Film, only sold more than 200 million points in China. If it hadn't been a big hit in Southeast Asia, it would have been
You have to pay for it.
Except for the movies released by Han and Tang Media, no Xiangjiang movie has a box office of more than 300 million.
Cooperating with Hantang Media and opening up the mainland market is the way out for Xiangjiang Film Company.
It's just that the media in the Han and Tang dynasties never used Xiangjiang's famous directors, and almost no Xiangjiang actors participated.
He knew that Cheng Jiashang and Zheng Zhiwei hired people to cause trouble. They were still his people, the younger brother of one of his subordinates.
Xiang Huaqiang didn't stop him, he just waited for Tang An to come to him on his own initiative, and then he helped Tang An solve the problem.
"I didn't expect that!"
He sighed. He didn't expect Tang An to be so decisive and use his official connections to arrest the person as soon as he arrived.
But it wasn't him who did it. Even if Tang An knew it was his subordinate's subordinate, so what?
If you can achieve a net worth of 20 billion, will you still hold on to this thing?
The right way is for everyone to be harmonious and prosper together.
Soon after, the CEOs of Yinghuang, Huanya, Oriental Film and other companies received invitations from Xiang Huaqiang and hosted a banquet for Tang An, chairman of Hantang Media, at the Peninsula Hotel in the evening.
Yinghuang and Huanya are fine, but some people are going to regret it.
In the Meiya Entertainment Chairman's Office, Chairman Li Guoxing also just received the news.
Although "The Wind Listener" was a hit at the domestic box office and made him a fortune, the producer only received less than 100 million out of the 360 million box office. Excluding the 80 million cost, he only made 20 million in the mainland.
After the Han and Tang Dynasties recouped the publicity and distribution costs, they still had a profit of 25.6 million yuan.
After working hard for more than half a year, I still took most of the risks and didn't earn as much as others.
Li Guoxing wants to enter the mainland market and do mainland distribution, instead of being like "The Wind Listener" where half of the domestic box office profits were taken away by the distributor and controlled by others.
Originally, I thought of waiting for a day before taking action when the situation became more serious. However, before the day was over, Tang An flew to Xiangjiang to resolve the matter.
This time he didn't help, Tang An must have been quite unhappy, and Li Guoxing was worried about how to deal with it.
Jiang Zhiqiang of Yue Music was in the same mood. He wanted to jointly publish "Chill" with Han and Tang Dynasty, and each would get 5% of the distribution fee. As a result, Han and Tang Dynasty decided to take control of the distribution and took 8% of the distribution fee.
Similar to Li Guoxing's worries, Jiang Zhiqiang did not think that Tang An was a curious and temperamental person.
He has a certain understanding of the CEOs of major domestic companies. Looking at the things Tang An has done, he is definitely not an easy person to talk to.
And young people are easily impulsive.
After thinking about it, Jiang Zhiqiang called Song Dai, the chairman of Yindu Institution.
All major and medium-sized film and television companies in Hong Kong have received invitations from Xiang Huaqiang and will gather at the Peninsula Hotel to hold a welcome banquet in the evening.
At the same time, almost all famous celebrities in Xiangjiang have received invitations to receive a big shot.
Both men and women dress themselves up beautifully.
I came to Xiangjiang and shocked the entire Xiangjiang entertainment circle.
The protagonist Tang An is now in this ordinary hotel, listening to Xu Zheng's report on the recent situation.
In fact, he knew what happened as soon as he got off the plane. Two idiots, Zheng Zhiwei and Cheng Jiashang, approached Xiang Hua Qiang's subordinates to cause trouble.
Tang An didn't take it to heart at all. He made a special trip just to have a look. Anyway, he had to go to Baodao to attend the Golden Horse Awards in two days, so he just thought it was a drop-in.
I asked about the progress of the movie again, and it turns out that the filming will be completed in about three or four days. There are still more than two months until the movie is released, so there is enough time for post-production.
After chatting about the movie, it was getting late, so Xu Zheng proposed to treat Tang An to dinner...
This is an ordinary hotel. The food provided is only packed lunches, so we can only find a restaurant outside.
"I said Director Xu, you are getting more and more stingy. You just let everyone stay in such a small hotel." Tang An joked with a smile.
Xu Zheng said helplessly, "Director Tang, isn't this to control costs? I can only make everyone suffer."
If Xu Zheng was a director, he wouldn't care how much money the producer spent.
But now he is also one of the investors, and in addition to the investment share, there is also a profit share. He must control the costs. It is all his own money.
"Haha, let's go and have a meal. I'll treat you all to a nice meal. You've all worked hard during this time."
"Baoqiang, why are you in a daze? Let's go." Seeing that Wang Baoqiang was in a daze, Tang An patted him on the shoulder.
"Oh, it's okay, I'm thinking about what to eat later." Wang Baoqiang smiled honestly.
During this period, Wang Baoqiang has been secretly paying attention to Xu Zheng's work, which is of course the director's work.
He is not a professional, but if he wants to make movies, in addition to learning theory, it is also necessary to observe how other directors make movies.
To control costs, Wang Baoqiang remembers one more thing.
However, before everyone left the conference room, a crew member brought this pretty young woman in professional attire over.
"Hello, Mr. Tang, I am Mr. Xiang's secretary. Mr. Xiang will summon various film and television companies in Hong Kong to meet you at the Peninsula Hotel tonight."
Xiang Huaqiang?
Tang An squinted his eyes, then nodded, "I understand, when?"
The young woman smiled sweetly and said, "The hotel will send a motorcade to pick you up. The car will arrive in about an hour."
"Okay, I understand."
"Thank you for your compliments, I'll leave first." The young woman left after delivering the invitation.
Tang An smiled at everyone and said, "Come on, there is a free meal now, so get ready. We will meet downstairs in an hour."
Xu Zheng was a little worried and said, "Dr. Tang, this person is not good."
Tang An waved his hands and said, "What are you afraid of? Even if it's a Hongmen Banquet, you have to go meet them for a while and see what they want to do."
An hour later, a convoy headed by Rolls-Royce Phantoms and several Mercedes-Benz S600s parked in front of the hotel.
The ostentation is quite big, but the Peninsula Hotel also has a helicopter transfer, so there is nothing surprising.
Tang An took everyone in the car and went to the "Hongmen Banquet" to meet with Hong Kong's film and television tycoons.
ps: The previous chapter was blocked and is being modified to apply for unblocking.