At this time, Wu Jianye handed the contract he had prepared yesterday to Principal Gu and asked him to take a look at it first and then sign the contract if he had no objection!
Principal Gu’s salary is HK$300,000!
This price is already very good for Principal Gu. After all, he is just a newcomer in both the TV and movie fields.
Cheng Long is currently the highest paid film actor in Hong Kong, with a salary of 10 million Hong Kong dollars, not counting his share. As the top star of Golden Harvest, Cheng Long has a share of the box office of the movies shot in Hong Kong!
Next is Stephen Chow, with a salary of 8-10 million, but he does not get a share of the box office. Recently, Chow Sing-chi has been working on setting up his own film company!
Fengge Pictures has no objection to Zhou Xingchi's behavior, because even if Zhou Xingchi establishes his own film company, it can only be established jointly with Fengge Pictures, and Fengge Pictures will occupy a considerable part of it.
equity.
In fact, although there were many Hong Kong movie stars at this time who established their own movie companies, most of them would bring in external funds, some of which were similar to the star studios of later generations.
As for Zhou Yunfa, another one of the two-week cast members, his salary is only HK$5 million, but there is a share of the box office, so it is not certain who has the higher salary between him and Zhou Xingchi!
As for actresses, the highest-paid actresses are now 2 million Hong Kong dollars for Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh. It goes without saying that Anita Mui’s status in Hong Kong needs too much elaboration. In terms of music, only Chow Wai-man can compete with her now, and in terms of movies, it is
Yang Ziqiong, an action actress, can be compared!
It can be seen from the box office between male and female stars that there is still a huge difference between them.
Principal Gu was a little stunned when he saw that Wu Jianye actually offered a five-play contract.
Wu Jianye explained: "This is a series of movies. First of all, the upper and lower episodes will be officially shot next year. If the follow-up response is good, another three will be invested. It is also possible that this character will participate in other movies.
Go in."
Principal Gu nodded and signed his name on the contract without much thought.
After Wu Jianye waited for Principal Gu to sign his name, he smiled and said: "Then you should go home and prepare first. When I go back, I will take you back to the country with me!"
Principal Gu stood up and said, "Okay!"
After saying that, he said goodbye to Wu Jianye, Gong Yin and Huang Xizhao.
After Principal Gu left, Huang Xizhao also told Wu Jianye about ATV's next actions.
In fact, all Huang Xizhao needed to do was report these matters to Jiang Zhiqiang, but now that Wu Jianye happened to be here, Huang Xizhao also hoped to get Wu Jianye's support.
"Director Wu, the current structure of the TV industry in Hong Kong is basically ATV, Wireless, and the cable station established by Wharf this year, and the four Chinese satellite TV stations sold to News Corporation by Richard Li. Naturally, we, ATV, have the highest market share.
, followed by wireless, and finally the cable TV station and Satellite TV Chinese Station!"
In May this year, Wharf Cable TV Company, a subsidiary of the Wharf Group, officially obtained a license. The chairman is Wu Guangzheng, the son-in-law of the charter king. In fact, the cable station had already piloted broadcasts two years ago. It does not use traditional cable (
(ordinary cables in the early days of Li), instead they used optical fibers.
Cable stations adopt a fee system, which is HK$198 per household per month.
The salaried class in Hong Kong generally earns 10,000-20,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, so this 198 Hong Kong dollars is not expensive.
Cable TV can receive programs from 11 TV stations (in addition to self-produced programs, it also receives programs from other local stations through satellite channels).
As for the satellite Chinese station, it was established in 1991. The executive vice chairman is Li Chaoru's second son Li Zekai. The Li Chaoren family and Hutchison Whampoa Group each hold half of the shares. In fact, it is a company owned by the Li Chaoren family.
In July this year, Li Zeke sold 63.6% of the shares of Satellite TV Chinese Network to Murdoch's News Corporation, cashing in more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Although Satellite TV Chinese Network does not seem to be very competitive now, they are backed by News Corporation and have a complete set of capabilities to produce large-scale dramas. They can also provide programs to Satellite TV in a timely manner at low prices. Their potential cannot be underestimated!
In fact, this Satellite TV Chinese website was the predecessor of Phoenix Satellite TV.
Huang Xizhao now regards Satellite TV Chinese as ATV’s biggest rival in the future!
"I want to increase the number of ATV satellites, establish more channels, and cover more areas!" This is Huang Xizhao's plan.
Of course, Huang Xizhao then introduced the details of his plan to Wu Jianye in detail.
After listening to this, Wu Jianye said: "I think your plan can be implemented. The company has not asked for ATV's interests in these years. I think ATV has accumulated a lot of cash in these years, right?"
Huang Xizhao showed a proud smile. Since ATV's star promotion, its influence has been rising steadily, and its advertising revenue has naturally increased several times. "Now ATV's cash can be used to withdraw 12 billion Hong Kong dollars at any time!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "You can discuss this matter with Jiang Zhiqiang. I personally have no objection. Since ATV wants to become bigger, I also hope that ATV can become the first choice for Chinese Americans around the world to watch TV in the future!"
Seeing that Wu Jianye had no objection, Huang Xizhao immediately said: "Okay, I will discuss it with Mr. Jiang in the next two days!"
Although Huang Xizhao is already 67 years old at this time, as ATV develops better and better, Huang Xizhao's spirit is getting better and better. He naturally hopes that ATV can become the best Chinese broadcaster in the world under his leadership. TV station!
After finishing his ATV trip, Wu Jianye's business in Hong Kong was basically completed.
After returning to the villa in Repulse Bay, Wu Jianye sent someone to pick up Zhou Huimin. After a break, Zhou Huimin had returned, and his popularity remained high.
Wu Jianye spent the next two or three days at the Repulse Bay Villa, during which he received Zheng Yutong, Li Chaoren, Uncle Li, Liu Luanxiong and others.
Zhou Tao and Yan Wen also came a few times, but they came with their families, so it was considered a family gathering!
On this day, Wu Jianye received Zhao Fei and found out from Zhao Fei that he and Guan Hu had finished the audition for the theater and selected several good students.
However, since it was decided to use Principal Gu, Wu Jianye asked Zhao Fei to save the information of these students first, and wait for him to see after the meeting. If there are suitable ones, they can stay in Tangting Culture, but it is impossible to participate in this movie. .
Zhao Fei also knew that Wu Jianye had signed a contract with an actor from Xiangjiang as the leading actor in the new movie. Although after chatting with Wu Jianye before, Zhao Fei heard that Wu Jianye did not want the movie to use Xiangjiang actors. The actor, but after knowing Wu Jianye's thoughts, he didn't say much.
In the past two days, it was Principal Gu who really lived like a dream.
After ATV signed the contract with Wu Jianye, Principal Gu returned to his home and told his parents the news.
Principal Gu's parents naturally knew about Wu Jianye, but they didn't expect that their son would become the leading actor in Wu Jianye's new movie.
This surprised them very much, but after the surprise, they were delighted!
The incident two years ago made them very worried about their son, but they didn't expect that after their son came out, he really changed his mind. He never touched the things before, and instead worked seriously.
This made the old couple extremely happy.
At the same time, this news was soon known to media reporters in Xiangjiang!
The Chosen Son!
After they found out that Principal Gu had become the leading actor in Wu Jianye's new movie, Principal Gu, who was supposed to be unknown, instantly made the front pages of major newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong.
And the title is exactly the words ‘The Chosen Son’!
However, there were many famous people, and the Hong Kong media soon investigated the background of Principal Gu, and his previous disgraceful history was naturally discovered.
Naturally, the four-character comment "The Chosen Son" was no longer available, and various appalling headlines were immediately added to it.
"The Chosen One turns out to have a criminal record!"
"Director Wu Jianye, I was deceived by his handsome appearance!"
"How did the Chosen One hide the fact from Director Wu Jianye? He got the male lead in his new movie!"
Various reports emerge one after another.
This completely confused Principal Gu, who had only been happy for two days. He did not expect that things would happen so quickly!
At this time, he felt uneasy and didn't know how to deal with these things.
What I'm more worried about is losing this opportunity!
In this mood of worrying about gains and losses, he received a call from Wu Jianye.
"What did Director Wu say?" Principal Gu's mother asked worriedly.
Principal Gu put down the phone and said with a complicated expression: "Director Wu didn't say anything, he just asked me to go to ATV!"
Mother Gu became more and more worried and said, "Are we going to replace you?"
Seeing his mother's worried look, Principal Gu comforted him: "It's okay. I have my hands and feet now. Even if Director Wu replaces me, it won't be a big deal. The worst I can do is go back to the tea restaurant and work as a waiter, and I won't starve to death."
my own!"
Mother Gu said sadly: "Although I know this truth, but seeing that such a good opportunity is gone, I still feel a little unworthy of you!"
Principal Gu forced out a smile and said: "It's okay. What happened before was indeed my fault. Now it may be my punishment. It doesn't matter. I'll be fine!"
Dad Gu said happily: "It's good if you think about it this way. The incident has already happened and we have been punished. No matter what happens again now, we can't blame others. It was what we did wrong before, but
No matter what, dad will support you!"
Principal Gu nodded and said, "Thank you, Dad!"
Mother Gu also knew that things had reached this point, and it was useless to say anything else. She said: "Okay, you'd better go there quickly, and don't get angry with Director Wu when you get there. He really wanted to use it before.
Ours, now we have our own problems, we can’t blame others, and I heard that they invested nearly 200 million Hong Kong dollars in this movie, so I must have a lot of concerns!"
Regarding Wu Jianye's new movie, the media here in Xiangjiang have always reciprocated. It's not that they have dedicated people to go to the country to collect news, but Fengge Media released it.
This is actually a promotional method for new movies in Hong Kong.
After saying goodbye to his parents, Principal Gu walked out of his home.
But when he walked to the gate of the community, he saw that many reporters were already surrounding him. When they saw Principal Gu walking out, they immediately surrounded him.
"Gu Zai, previous reports said that you concealed your previous experience from Director Wu. Is this true or false?"
"Gu Zai, are you going to ATV to terminate your contract with Wu Jianye now?"
"Has Director Wu ever told you how to deal with this matter of yours?"
.......
This group of reporters did not dare to interview Wu Jianye in such an unscrupulous manner, but that did not mean that they would let Principal Gu go. At this time, Principal Gu's matter suddenly became the biggest news in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong. Naturally, everyone was unwilling to let this news go.
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"Excuse me, please give way, please give way!"
At this moment, two big men in black suits suddenly walked in from outside the crowd of reporters, opened the crowd, and came to stand next to Principal Gu.
"Gu Sheng, Director Wu, let us come and pick you up!"
At this time, Principal Gu suddenly faced so many reporters. Just when he didn't know how to deal with it, he saw the person sent by Wu Jianye and nodded immediately.
Without saying a word, he followed the two men in black and got into their car.
The reporters who stayed behind did not expect that Wu Jianye would send someone to pick up Principal Gu at this time. They were stunned at first, but this matter is obviously not over yet.
So many people immediately went to ATV to get first-hand information.
Principal Gu, who was sitting in the car, asked nervously: "Did Director Wu ask me to go over and tell you something because of something this time?"
"Sorry, we don't know either!" the man in black said with a smile.
Principal Gu saw that their attitude was quite acceptable, so he didn't feel so panicked. Maybe it was because his parents' comfort just now had an effect.
At this time, Principal Gu had already come out of the initial disappointment, and his heart had become a lot more magnanimous. As he just said at home, since things have developed to this point, he only needs to do his best.
That part is fine.
But the only thing that made Principal Gu dissatisfied was that when they were driving to ATV, the reporters who caught up with them were also following behind. Some of them were brave enough to even drive their cars side by side with the car they were riding in.
, and many reporters stuck their heads out to take pictures!
When the car arrived at ATV, Principal Gu's car drove directly into the parking lot of the ATV building, while the reporters' cars could only park outside.
After getting off the car, Principal Gu walked into the ATV building and saw many of his former colleagues in the corridor, but now these colleagues looked at him in a complicated way.
With his head lowered, Principal Gu came to Huang Xizhao's office and saw Wu Jianye and Huang Xizhao already sitting there!