China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 609 Job-hopping storm and "Hunting" and "Super Body"

On April 4th, Fanxing held a press conference to officially announce the signing of the contract with Lao Mouzi.

This news caused a great sensation in the entertainment circle.

After the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Lao Mouzi's status is no longer just an ordinary film director, with many and dazzling halo bonuses on his body.

It is not an exaggeration to say that although Lao Mouzi may not be the number one director in China now, he is the second child, and no one dares to be the number one.

Compared with Fanxing, the direct commercial benefits brought by Lao Mouzi may actually be inferior to the increase in other soft power, and sometimes, it is precisely the manifestation of this soft power that is the key to the outside world's evaluation of a company.

Xiangjiang's first director Xu Laoguai.

Ning Hao, the most promising director of the new generation in the Mainland.

The most popular director of the new generation of action movies, Lin Chaoxian.

Feng Xiaoning, one of the leading directors of the fifth generation.

China's first director Lao Mouzi.

Coupled with slightly inferior directors such as Cao Bo and Chen Hanzhu, the star-studded director lineup is extremely luxurious, and it has further consolidated its leading position in the industry.

Because Huayi, which had outstanding box office results last year, was favored by countless people this year, and its stock price has risen a wave. After Fanxing official Xuan Lao Mouzi joined, not many people will discuss Huayi, and it may even affect its stock price.

Cao Xuan could already feel the resentment towards him from the Wang family brothers.

But for now, the most resentful thing is Boss Zhang in the new picture.

"Damn it, you're ungrateful, and there's that guy named Cao. When I got rich, he was farming in Lu Province. Now he's riding on me."

In New Picture Company, seeing the scene of the press conference broadcast by the entertainment news, Boss Zhang immediately became a desktop cleaning master, sweeping the cups on the coffee table to the ground, and couldn't help yelling.

The secretary next to him didn't dare to answer, and silently huddled in the corner, watching Boss Zhang output to the air for more than ten minutes, before expressing weakly.

"Mr. Zhang, what should we do now?"

"How the hell do I know what to do!"

Boss Zhang was sitting on the desk, panting heavily, although he was screaming fiercely, but there was really no good countermeasure.

No matter how angry he was with Cao Xuan, Boss Cao's strength and connections were beyond his reach.

The only thing I can do is to pour a few buckets of dirty water, but apart from clearing the air, it will not hurt the foundation of the family at all, and it may cause crazy revenge.

Lao Mouzi is also quite complicated. He is not his contracted director, but only cooperates with each other. There is no problem in legal principles, but at most he criticizes the other party morally.

But in terms of morality, it's really hard to say who can win this verbal battle.

Boss Zhang was very unwilling. Lao Mouzi had a showdown with him before. After the two had a big fight, Lao Mouzi didn't even answer his phone.

This matter made Boss Zhang very angry. Now seeing Lao Mouzi appearing at the press conference with a smile on his face, praising Fan Xing and Cao Xuan, the anger in his heart couldn't be contained.

Even though he knew that he still had "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in his hand, Boss Zhang couldn't help posting a weird Weibo post.

[When you make friends, don't unilaterally give your heart and soul to each other, so that when they abandon you, they will suffer less damage]

With a strong resentment against women, combined with today's news, a fool can see what's going on.

Someone asked if this meant that Lao Mouzi had betrayed him, and Boss Zhang replied.

[It’s not a betrayal, it’s just that someone blacklisted a friend who has been with him for more than ten years in order to hold on to his new thighs]

Some people questioned that Boss Zhang's words were too much. Everyone has their own ambitions. Even if the team breaks up, there is no need to say that. Besides, he has everything today, and Lao Mouzi has contributed a lot.

In this regard, Boss Zhang counted his support for Lao Mouzi over the years, how much money he lost for a certain movie, and why he didn't take it seriously, and then called Qu.

[Without him, I really would not be here today, without me, Zhang Yimou would have starved to death long ago]

Boss Zhang replied vigorously on Weibo, chatted a lot of inside stories, inside and out, it was Lao Mouzi who was sorry for himself, he was an out-and-out villain.

The old Mouzi left, and the two openly feuded!

The media came after hearing the news, and soon a large number of articles unfavorable to Lao Mouzi were concocted, and Lao Mouzi became a treacherous person.

Lao Mouzi, who has not yet escaped from the joy of joining the new club, pointed to relevant reports on the Internet like a bolt from the blue, and angrily said the famous words of Director Chen.

"How can a person be so shameless!"

Cao Xuan watched the news on the Internet with great interest: "Director Zhang, he said that you live a luxurious life, love to buy luxury cars, and wear famous brands at home. Is it true?"

Lao Mouzi sighed: "It's not that I don't have money. I will definitely improve the life of my family. If this is considered a luxury, then I have nothing to say."

Cao Xuan nodded when he heard the words, whoever earns money doesn't buy some good things, his boss Zhang lives in a villa, he can't let Lao Mouzi eat chaff and swallow vegetables, he is hard and simple.

Even this is used as black material, which shows that it is inexplicable, or that there is really not much in hand.

It may also be to cause netizens to hate Lao Mouzi, but the crux of the problem is that Boss Zhang himself is richer...

Cao Xuan didn't quite understand his operation, but the other words were obvious. He wanted to tarnish Lao Zhang's reputation and earn another wave of sympathy points for himself.

"But……"

Cao Xuan looked at Lao Mouzi: "If I remember correctly, it seems that he voted for "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" alone."

Lao Mouzi nodded: "Boss An Lejiang has other investments, and he is not very optimistic about this subject, so he later decided to withdraw the investment.

Later, he also recruited a few small investors, but he took the bulk of it himself. He said that even the house was under pressure. Although the actual investment was not as advertised as 6 million yuan, it did put most of the funds on it. "

It is also because of this that Boss Zhang attaches great importance to movies, interfering unscrupulously in Lao Mouzi's filming, and finally driving Lao Mouzi into a hurry.

"In this case, if he keeps pouring dirty water on you, he won't be afraid of affecting the box office, and he will pay for it to death."

"It could be marketing, but it could also be pure stimulation."

Lao Mouzi sighed and talked about his old partner: "He is very bad-tempered, self-willed, self-centered, and often does not consider the overall situation. He will only consider gains and losses when he is finished."

Cao Xuan thought so too, who can point to Han Sanye's nose and scold a mountain eagle, you can count on his calmness.

Previously, during the filming of "Three Shots Surprise", there was a dinner party. Boss Zhang was very disdainful of a certain director and belittled him in various ways. very dissatisfied.

It is said that Boss Zhang pointed fingers at Lao Zhao in public. Although Lao Zhao was not the so-called "King of the Northeast", he was still a man of dignity, so he left the table angrily on the spot.

Lao Mouzi spent a long time trying to calm down Lao Zhao's mood by coaxing left and right.

There are many similar situations, so Boss Zhang's dog temper cannot be reasoned by ordinary people.

However, Fanxing had already targeted him in various ways, and it was impossible for Cao Xuan to make the big director he had just signed feel like a dog.

Boss Zhang splashed dirty water, but he is not innocent.

Soon, famous newspapers in Beijing published an exclusive interview with Lao Mouzi and his family, which was then pushed to the headlines by Penguin Weibo.

In the interview, Lao Mouzi responded to Boss Zhang's various statements, and he has been wronged over the years.

It is said that he is ungrateful, and he is an old schemer who was not promoted by Boss Zhang.

Long before the cooperation between the two parties, he has become the leading director in the mainland with films such as "A Lawsuit by Qiu Ju", "Raise the Red Lantern" and "To Live".

Boss Zhang gave Lao Mouzi a lot of support, but without him, Lao Mouzi could still thrive.

On the contrary, if Boss Zhang didn't have Lao Mouzi, it would be hard to say that he would have the current glory.

So when it comes to being ungrateful, it really doesn't make sense. His old planner doesn't owe Boss Zhang anything.

On the contrary, Boss Zhang still owes him a lot of remuneration and income.

Movies such as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" paid far less than what Lao Mouzi paid.

That's all, after all, the contract signed at that time also gave a certain amount of remuneration. It's not that Boss Zhang broke his promise, but Boss Zhang may be a bit stingy.

If it was Cao Xuan, a special bonus might be granted as a reward and appeasement to the director.

If this is legally acceptable, but the following
I really owe money.

The accumulative remuneration of "Three Shots Surprise" has yet to arrive at 1500 million yuan, and the same is true for the remuneration of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

The former, Boss Zhang, told him to raise funds to shoot "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", and it would be delayed for a while. The latter, because it was a literary film, didn't make much money, and Lao Mouzi didn't feel too embarrassed to mention it, but Boss Zhang didn't know it at all.

In the past, Lao Mouzi might have dealt with it in private, but now that Boss Zhang is ruthless, he doesn't have to keep his face anymore and just speak out.

The matter cannot be ruled out by law.

In addition, Lao Mouzi also poured out bitterness, telling how Boss Zhang interfered with his creation and all kinds of unscrupulous marketing these years.

For example, in "The Golden Armor in the City", Xiao Zhou was imposed by Boss Zhang, and the number of scenes has increased greatly compared to the original version.

Because of the replacement of Xiao Shenyang and because of his style, "Three Guns Surprise" did not match other actors, so he was forced to change Lao Zhao's apprentice class.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" also wanted to intervene in the heroine, so he stopped after getting angry.

The publicity is even less particular. "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" is said to be the story of Lao Mouzi and his first love, and "The Golden Flower" has been hyping his old relationship with Gong Li.

Lao Mouzi is not a star, so he hates this kind of scandal about himself.

In addition, there is another thing that makes him most angry, which is the copyright of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins".

This movie was adapted from Yan Geling's novel. Considering his own fame, Lao Mouzi was afraid that someone would make a TV series version of the popularity, so he intends to buy all the rights to the film and television.

Yan Geling was very particular, and gave Lao Mouzi the copyright of the TV series at a relatively low price, eliminating his worries.

Lao Mouzi was particularly moved, and agreed with him to transfer the copyright to Yan free of charge after the movie was released.

As a result, Boss Zhang sold the TV copyright in private at a sky-high price, which caused Yan Geling a big loss, and also made Lao Mouzi lose face in front of his friends, and even earned him the reputation of cheating his friends for nothing.

Lao Mouzi was very aggrieved, and said in an exclusive interview: "I really wanted to buy the copyright back, but it was too late. This made me very sad and I felt sorry for my friends."

An eloquent interview has reversed Lao Mouzi's reputation. After all, his reputation and popularity are still good.

In fact, some people said very early on that Lao Mouzi's bad films in these years were mostly due to Boss Zhang, and the two literary films during that period had a pretty good reputation.

As a result, Boss Zhang made money, and Lao Mouzi got the infamy of "King of Bad Movies".

Many fans of Lao Mouzi hate Boss Zhang extremely, and many people in the industry say that if Lao Mouzi doesn't leave Zhang for a day, his life will be ruined.

Boss Zhang also wanted to say that Fan Xing was not just kidding around, and he was making a fuss by grabbing his sore spots.

To be honest, Fanxing has had quite a few verbal fights in the past two years, but it is rare to see someone as easy to bully as Boss Zhang.

The main reason is that he has no friends, and there are not many people in the circle who are willing to come out to speak for him. On the contrary, there are still many who are willing to add insult to injury.

Lao Zhao publicly stated: "Boss Zhang is no good. If I were him (Lao Mouzi), I would also join Fanxing."

Song Dandan also said: "I said before that I will not act in director Zhang's movies in the future, mainly because of the one (boss Zhang) who is against it. Now that director Zhang is out, I take back the words of not cooperating."

Even Gong Li, who claimed to have broken up because of Boss Zhang, rarely came out to speak out this time, but she did not target him, but she also said.

"It's good that Yemou left that (new picture), I wish him all the best in the future."

Everyone pushed the wall down, and Boss Zhang immediately became the target of everyone shouting and beating him.

Lao Mouzi also formally initiated a lawsuit against him.

At the same time, artists such as Little Yellow Duck also initiated the lawsuit. They hoped to leave the new screen and join Lao Mouzi.

Boss Zhang is fighting lawsuits and calming public opinion. He is so busy that he can only say a few harsh words.

"I didn't apologize to him (Old Mouzi), we'll see you in court."

"There is no discussion about the ownership of the artists of New Picture. They are the children of New Picture. Zhang Yimou is at most a midwife."

Cao Xuan didn't push too hard. After all, the two sides didn't have a deadly enmity. As soon as Boss Zhang stopped, Lao Mouzi took care of the rest.

Right and wrong, own judgment!
But speaking of it, although Lao Mouzi has torn his face this time, he still saves face, especially "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", he only talked about copyright when he was full of resentment.

It didn't affect the word-of-mouth of the movie, and it left Boss Zhang with a way out.

If he really tells all the inside story of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" without any scruples, it will definitely affect the box office.

Regardless of whether he is responsible for his own work or just can't bear it, Cao Xuan still appreciates this approach.

After all, he is Lao Mouzi's "boss" now, and he still hopes that the new employees will have a better character. If he encounters a big devil who will kill him all, he will inevitably murmur.

Although there was some turmoil, fortunately, the transition was smooth and Fan Xing was not hurt.

But it can be expected that the grievances between Lao Mouzi and Boss Zhang have not yet been resolved, and there may be a few more lawsuits and "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in the future.

However, Cao Xuan didn't care too much, as long as Lao Mouzi took an opportunity to break through the matter of having more children in advance, and clear up the remaining poison, he would be completely invincible.

Cao Xuan even thought about seeing what big news happened inside Fanxing, and then released it to help Lao Mouzi share the firepower.

If he is willing to make sacrifices and reveal a son, daughter or something, Lao Mou's life will probably be left alone.

It's a pity that Boss Cao is not a self-sacrificing character...

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Star Building, Office
Cao Xuan took a glass of water for Lao Mouzi, Lao Mouzi got up to take it, and after being polite, Cao Xuan asked.

"Director Zhang, what are your plans for the next new movie?"

Lao Mouzi held his teacup in his hand and shook his head: "For the time being, I have to focus on the later stage of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". There is currently no plan for a new movie."

"The company still has a few good notebooks, which I have been holding on to. If you want, you might as well take a look."

"Okay."

Lao Mouzi's eyes lighted up. The quality of Fanxing's scripts has always been outstanding in the industry. He may not care much about the scripts saved by other companies, but Lao Mouzi is still somewhat interested in Fanxing's scripts.

Cao Xuan nodded, went to the next bedroom, and took out a few scripts from the safe in the dark wall.

Lao Mouzi was taken aback: "The script is in the office, is it safe?"

Cao Xuan smiled: "This is not a top-secret document, let the FBI blow it up with explosives, don't worry, the safety index is still quite high."

It's not Cao Xuantuo, his office is definitely the first level of protection in the company. The monitors at the door and corridors are on duty 24 hours a day, and someone comes to patrol every half an hour.

The doors and windows are all made of security materials, and the lock is the hardest combination lock to crack at this stage. The safe in the house is more anti-theft than some banks.

It's not an exaggeration to say that even if the FBI came, they would have to scratch their heads. Ordinary thieves simply don't have this ability.

If he really had the ability, he wouldn't come to steal a few scripts. After all, the value of this thing is hard to estimate, and if the key is stolen, there is no place to sell it.

If anyone dares to shoot, don't you just wait for Cao Xuan to catch him?
The old Mouzi thought the same thing, who the hell is free to steal the script, as long as you keep it secret, basically there will be no accidents of theft.

Shaking his head, he flipped through the several scripts in front of him, with different themes, including literary films and commercial films.

"Dear", "Hunting", "Super Body", "Heart Labyrinth", "Manjianghong"

The first thing Lao Mouzi watched was "Super Body", one of the two commercial films, but he put down the book in five or six minutes.

I picked up the historical theme "Manjianghong" again, and this time I looked at it more carefully, but my brows were slightly frowned.

"Yue Fei is not easy to shoot."

Cao Xuan smiled and said nothing, Lao Mouzi finished the book without saying a word, picked up the other three books, and as a result, he read more and more slowly.

Especially the "Hunting", almost clinging to it: "This book is not from China."

"Director Zhang has really sharp eyesight."

Cao Xuan gave a thumbs up: "I bought foreign notebooks and kept them in my hand all the time, so I dare not take them out to take pictures easily."

"I remember that there was a similar case in China, and he was also wronged."

"Old man Wang Kangfu has complained for half a century, but his case is more about the judicial aspect, and no conclusion has been reached so far. If it is adapted, it will be too sensitive, and it will go against the whole idea of ​​the movie."

Lao Mouzi nodded. The town or small mountain village in which the story is set can also be fictionalized, and the time can even be blurred and set in the background of the Republic of China, which is convenient for review.

But if there is a prototype character, many things are not clear, and it is troublesome to adapt such an inconclusive case.

Lao Mouzi looked at the notebook in his hand, and the more he read it, the more he liked it, and he bluntly said that he would take it back and study it, Cao Xuan readily agreed.

He actually hoped that Lao Mouzi would make commercial films, but good commercial film books are indeed too rare, and it would be good for Lao Mouzi to use his old skills, and win honor for Fan Xing.

Putting away the remaining few scripts, after thinking about it, Cao Xuan left "Super Body" again.

He intercepted this notebook from Hollywood, intending to try to impact Hollywood.

The only hesitation now is who in the company can support this book.

He personally prefers Fan Xiaopang, but the latter's time in Fanxing is running out. From the company's point of view, Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi are the best candidates.

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ps: The chapter was released yesterday...

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