As soon as he got the script, Shi Zhijian immediately made an appointment with Zou Wenhuai.
At noon, Zou Wenhuai arrived at the Maple Grove Hotel near Nathan Road at the agreed location.
Shi Zhijian has fallen in love with this hotel since he last ate here. The environment is good, the food is good, the service is good, and the most important thing is that he has girls to keep him company. All the literati and flirts like to come here to have fun.
Zou Wenhuai has also been admiring this hotel for a long time. He heard that you can drink flower wine here, and the girls are very loose and know how to play many tricks.
However, he is a scholar and a gentleman, and he has always been embarrassed to come to a place like this alone. It is rare that Shi Zhijian invited him here today, so he can have a good experience.
Under the guidance of the beautiful receptionist, Zou Wenhuai arrived at the private room reserved by Shi Zhijian. When he opened the door, he saw Shi Zhijian and his branch lawyer Hu Juncai sitting at the dining table.
Seeing him come in, Shi Zhijian hurriedly stood up and said hello, "I didn't expect Mr. Zou to arrive so soon!"
Zou Wenhuai took off his windbreaker and handed it to the waitress next to him. Shi Zhijian said to the other waitress: "Go and prepare first, my guest is here!"
Turning around, he said to Zou Wenhuai: "Sorry for the poor hospitality!"
After Zou Wenhuai sat down, he looked around and saw no beautiful women accompanying him to eat, drink or do other things. He was a little surprised. Did he remember wrongly that this place was very formal?
Shi Zhijian picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Zou Wenhuai, handed it over and said: "I have prepared the script, you have a look first!"
Here Hu Juncai hurriedly handed the "Myth" script to Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai unbuttoned his shirt cuffs and rolled up his sleeves. Then he sat upright, took the script and read it carefully.
Originally Zou Wenhuai didn't have much hope for Shi Zhijian's script, but after reading a few pages, his eyes gradually became serious and his expression changed from disdain to surprise.
After a while, Zou Wenhuai weighed the script, raised his head and asked Shi Zhijian: "If people in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secret stories, where did this script come from?"
"Bought it!"
"Uh!" Zou Wenhuai almost choked to death at Shi Zhijian's words.
Although he noticed that the script was strange and even felt that the writing style was familiar, he did not expect that Shi Zhijian did not try to hide it at all.
"How much did it cost you?"
"Thirty thousand!"
"Who and where did you buy it from?"
"Ni Frame!"
"I knew this smell was wrong! Apart from the smell of tobacco, the manuscript also smelled of brandy!" Zou Wenhuai threw the script on the table.
He is very familiar with this guy Ni Ji. He was the one who wrote the script for the last movie "One-Armed Sword".
Shi Zhijian picked up the teapot and poured another cup of tea for Zou Wenhuai, "You and I didn't say I couldn't hire a gunman when we made the bet? Besides, I read it and the script is very good!"
Zou Wenhuai rolled his eyes: "No matter how good it is, it's not yours!"
"It's true that I didn't write it, but I provided the story! After all, more than half of the script is mine! Could it be that Mr. Zou doesn't respect intellectual property rights at all?"
Zou Wenhuai said nothing, but proudly adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"In other words, you had no intention of cooperating with me from the beginning and setting up a company away from Shaw Brothers?" Shi Zhijian looked at Zou Wenhuai with straight eyes.
"Although Mr. Shao is a bit domineering, he treats me very well!"
"That's great! Treat you like a dog!"
"What did you say?" Zou Wenhuai was insulted and wanted to get angry, but Shi Zhijian held his shoulders down after pouring the tea.
"Am I wrong? In Mr. Shao's eyes, you are just a wage earner at best, and you will work for him all your life! It is very difficult for you to be on an equal footing with him in Shaw Brothers!"
Zou Wenhuai held back his anger and remained silent.
Shi Zhijian said: "Now that you have lost the bet, you must keep your promise. You and I will cooperate and open a film company! Don't worry, I will hand over the power of the film company to you. You can decide what movies to make. I guarantee it will be better than what you did in Shaw Brothers."
Much more comfortable!”
Zou Wenhuai looked at Shi Zhijian: "Then what do you want?"
"You make money! You film, I make money, and by the way, I help promote my company! Everyone is happy, isn't that great?!"
"Huh? Why does it sound like I'm helping you work?"
"You're thinking too much!" Shi Zhijian patted Zou Wenhuai on the shoulder, "What you have to consider now is how to leave Shaw Brothers, how to set up a company, and how to get ahead hand in hand with me!"
"Establishing a company is not something that one person can do. In addition to having money, you also need talents!"
"I've thought about this too, so besides you, I've also invited a few other people over tonight!"
Just when Zou Wenhuai didn't understand what Shi Zhijian meant, there was a knock on the door.
Shi Zhijian glanced at his watch, raised his head and said, "The time is just right, they are here!"
Immediately, the private room door opened, and four of Zou Wenhuai's best friends from Shaw Brothers, He Guanchang, Cai Yongchang, Liang Feng and Chen Ziqiang, poked their heads in and walked in.
When they saw Zou Wenhuai sitting there, the four of them were immediately surprised and said: "Great, it's true! Mr. Shi said that you planned to break away from Shaw Brothers and asked us to plot something big today. We didn't believe it at first, but now we do!"
"Believe a ghost!" Zou Wenhuai finally understood. Shi Zhijian made a game tonight, and he accidentally fell into it.
It is estimated that even if he doesn't agree to leave Shaw Brothers, it won't work. As soon as the news about today's party gets out, there will be rumors outside. Then he will not leave Shaw Brothers on his own initiative, but will be fired by Boss Shaw.
"Mr. Shi, you are really powerful!" Zou Wenhuai didn't know what it felt like to say this.
Shi Zhijian stepped forward and put his arms around Zou Wenhuai's shoulders: "You are out of touch when you say this! Isn't this all for you? I spent a lot of effort to get you on board this big ship of mine."
Zou Wenhuai rolled his eyes, feeling like he was on a pirate ship.
Shi Zhijian called everyone to take their seats, and asked Hu Juncai to take out the new film company's plan and handed it to everyone to read.
He Guanchang and others have been very unhappy at Shaw Brothers for a long time. They are also extremely disappointed with the management system of Shaw Brothers and feel that it is difficult to get ahead in Shaw Brothers.
Now Shi Zhijian raised his arms in the name of Zou Wenhuai, and these "rebellious guys" immediately gathered over.
I looked through the plan and saw that the content was very simple. Shi Zhijian would use the money to support Zou Wenhuai and others in starting their own businesses.
Future Film Company was established, with Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang as the company leaders, and Shi Zhijian as the consortium behind the company to provide financial support.
The company's shares are divided into 40 and 60 shares. Shi Zhijian holds 60% of the shares but does not participate in the company's operations.
Zou Wenhuai and others together occupy the remaining 40% and are responsible for the company's operations.
The key point is that if the company encounters huge decision-making problems, Shi Zhijian has the right to exercise the "removal power" of the largest shareholder, recommend new leaders to come to power, and lead the company to continue to develop.
Zou Wenhuai and others don't have much objection to this. After all, they don't have to take any money, which means they don't have to take any risks. But if the company makes money in the future, in addition to their usual salary, they can also get a 40% dividend for free, which will make a lot of money.
Already.
Seeing how happy they were, Shi Zhijian felt even more happy. Being able to capture so many film talents at once was something worth celebrating.
"By the way, do you have any suggestions for the name of the company?" Shi Zhijian asked everyone.
"It's better to call it Chunqiu Film and Television."
"Dadi Film and Television."
"Future Film and Television."
Everyone came up with ideas and suggestions.
Shi Zhijian said: "Jiahe, how is it?"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned, and for some reason there was a very kind and familiar feeling deep in their hearts.
"This is a great name!"
"What a great name!"
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.
Zou Wenhuai was even more stunned, feeling that this name made his soul tremble.
"In this case, the name of the company has been decided, and it will be called Jiahe!" Shi Zhijian made the final decision.
