I haven't been a boss for many years

Chapter 86 Great Wall Film Company

downstairs.

"call……"

Da Bohao was standing in front of the car smoking a cigarette.

Zhang Guobin didn't have much conversation with Wen Bixia, went downstairs through the hall, declined the landlady's breakfast invitation, and walked out of the apartment door.

"Snapped."

Da Bohao threw away the cigarette butt and stomped it out.

"Bingo."

He opened the car door and yelled.

"Let's go."

"Go to the Great Wall Film Company."

Zhang Guobin stepped sideways into the back row of the car, folded his suit and sat down, and said softly while leaning on the seat.

"Shuangnan Cinema Line" is a large-scale theater chain jointly formed by the theaters of the three film companies Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian. There are [-] theaters in total, all over Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. Among them, Great Wall has the deepest political background. , holds the right to speak for Shuangnan Cinemas, and the "Central Plains Production" and "Yindu Organization" established after the event are essentially also conducted by Great Wall.

The main purpose of the establishment of Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian is actually to fight for the propaganda front of the motherland. The reason for its establishment comes from a sentence from Prime Minister Zhou. Xinlian has been affected, and its development has almost stagnated, but the assets of the theaters that were deployed dozens of years ago are still there. Now that the domestic turmoil is over, the Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian are all active again.

In the mid-60s, there were four major Mandarin film companies and four major Cantonese film companies in the Xiangjiang film industry. Among them, Great Wall and Phoenix accounted for two of the four major Mandarin film companies, and Xinlian was one of the four Cantonese film companies. , Guangyi, and Overseas Chinese compete.Of course, at the moment, the four major Mandarin languages ​​and Cantonese are all the old names of the rivers and lakes. Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers Duo Li, New Art City, DreamWorks, and Baohe made a strong breakthrough.

If Zhang Guobin wants to cooperate/negotiate conditions with Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian, one must be the production level of DreamWorks, and the other is the banner of Heyihai.

Wen Bixia and Lin Biqi are new actors discovered by Zhang Guobin and Li Dawei during the filming of "Pretty Girl" by DreamWorks. The filming style of "Happy Ghost" needs to be rediscovered by several female protagonists. On the contrary, the male protagonist is directly played by Liang Chaowei, a white-faced Xiaosheng. If he is not worthy of the title of "beautiful boy with electric eyes", he should play tricks in DreamWorks.

What about a fifteen-year contract?

As long as there is filming every day, a job, a family to support, a starring role, and extras, Ah Wei has no complaints, let alone dissatisfaction.

In these fifteen years, as long as the last five years are successful, it is enough for Zhang Guobin and Liang Chaowei.

In addition, there are two female characters in "Pretty Girl", and the character image is not good.

Zhang Guobin did not let Zhu Baoyi play the role, so as not to lose the popularity of passers-by.

The goddess image that was finally established,
First Fairy Sister,

Going to play prostitutes and drug addicts is just ridiculous.

When my boss Zhang can't afford other movies, or when my boss Zhang doesn't spoil his wife?Since she is her woman, resource risks must be controlled!It is better not to shoot if there is a risk!

Although, right now, Hong Kong audiences are not harsh on female images, but the big boss's women don't have to worry about filming!
Zhu Baoyi doesn't sell character designs either, she just makes her love public and publicizes her fairy sister, but she doesn't set up a memorial archway for jade girls.

In Wen Bixia and Lin Biqi's "Shuangbi Combination", Lin Biqi is the heroine of "Pretty Girl", and Wen Bixia is only a supporting actress. That's because the film style of "Pretty Girl" needs a rebellious, stubborn, paranoid female lead, and Lin Biqi Born in Kowloon Walled City, due to family disharmony, she had no interest in studying since she was a child. She is a little girl in the number gang.

Zhang Guobin found Lin Biqi and said only one word, and Lin Biqi agreed to appear in the movie.

"Pretty Girl" is the only movie she starred in in her life, and it has created two records that are hard to break: one is the youngest actress of the Academy Award, who was only seventeen years old when she won the award, and she was not yet an adult; The queen who has the least number of actresses has only made one movie so far, which is the one that won the award that year.

Wen Bixia was born in Tiao Jingling's family of veterans of the Republic of China. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother was doing odd jobs. When she heard that there was a movie going on and she could be the heroine, she immediately agreed.

Like Liang Chaowei, he signed a [-]-year sales contract, and now he is a signed artist of DreamWorks. During the filming period, he moved from school to the artist's apartment, and like Li Lizhen, he temporarily lives in the apartment.

The [-]-year contract is now the basic contract of DreamWorks. After shooting three works with a box office of tens of millions in a row, DreamWorks has the confidence to set this kind of contract.

Exceptions are made for Cheng Long, Sammo Hung, Zhou Runfa, etc. For newcomers such as Liu Dehua, Liang Jiahui, Zha Zhahui, it is recommended to add another five years...

"Squeak." The Mercedes-Benz and three Camrys parked in Causeway Bay, at the gate of the Great Wall Film Company.

Zhang Guobin pushed open the car door, turned his head to look at Da Bohao and Lawyer Chang, Da Bohao then turned his head and told his younger brother: "You guys stand guard at the door."

"Yes, Brother Hao."

Hippo, pony and six horse boys guarded the car.

Zhang Guobin, Shi Chang, who is carrying a briefcase, and Da Bohao, who is carrying a video tape, step into the New Great Wall side by side.Since they had contacted Great Wall Company in advance in the name of the company and agreed on a meeting time, a female receptionist in a gray suit was already at the front desk, leading the three of them up the elevator all the way to the fifth floor of Great Wall Company, the general manager's office.

"Great Wall Film Company" was originally established by Zhang Shankun, Yuan Yangan and others who summoned some old Shanghai commercial filmmakers. At that time, a group of old Shanghai businessmen immigrated to Xiangjiang with money. Zhang Shankun became the director of Great Wall Films with the support of the Shanghai faction. .

However, the Great Wall Film Company encountered a financial crisis not long after its establishment. Zhang Shankun and Yuan Yangan had disagreements over the development of the company. In addition, "Zhang Shankun"'s pro-Taiwan attitude played a role. It didn't take long for Zhang Shankun to leave the Great Wall Film Company with a group of people. Yuan Yangan insisted on the leftist line , at the helm of Great Wall Films.

With the help of Great Wall Movies, Yuan Yangan became bigger and bigger, and with domestic support, he transformed himself into the helm of the leftist theater chain. He was the mainstay of Chinese-language movies in the 50s, and now he is also a big shot in the film industry, at the age of seventy-five.

When Zhang Guobin saw the old man with a cropped head, black-rimmed glasses, and an old Shanghai literati look, he immediately recognized Yuan Yangan, and smiled and shook hands: "Mr. Yuan, good morning."

"The younger generation has admired Mr. Yuan's name for a long time, and you are lucky to meet him once."

Yuan Yangan took Zhang Guobin's palm, raised his left hand unconsciously, arched the eye bridge on the bridge of his nose, looked at him carefully, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is famous far and wide.

"Next time you want to see me, just make a phone call. You don't need to send a special letter to make an appointment. It's strange."

"What did Mr. Yuan say, it's annoying the younger generation." Zhang Guobin greeted with a smile.

Yuan Yangan asked him to sit down and asked his subordinates to pour tea.

A male assistant is pouring tea.

Zhang Guobin tapped his fingers on the tabletop and kowtowed in salute. Da Bohao and Lawyer Chang were standing on the left side with their hands tied, carrying things.

"Da da da."

The sound of tapping fingers kept ringing.

The assistant poured the tea and served it.

"Please."

Zhang Guobin picked up the tea, took a sip, and praised with a smile while holding the teacup: "Old Yuan, good tea."

"Mr. Zhang is really polite."

Yuan Yangan smiled slightly, sat on the sofa in the main seat, picked up the teacup as well, tasted it for a while, and then said: "Since Mr. Zhang has expressed his intention in the company letter before, can the director team of Great Wall review the source of the film first?" quality?"

"Mr. Zhang's previous films have never been screened on the Great Wall, please forgive me."

"Of course." Zhang Guobin turned his head to look: "Ah Hao."

Da Bohao straightened his expression and looked solemn. He stepped forward with the video disk in hand, and mentioned, "Mr. Yuan! Check the goods!"

"Ahao!" Zhang Guobin raised his voice and shouted again, Mrs. Thurley, inspect the goods, it is indeed an inspection, don't act like an illegal transaction!
It must be the same as the underground transaction of the society that the film company watches the samples. If you know it, you watch the film. If you don’t know it, you think the box has white powder.

The male assistant next to Yuan Yangan took a step forward, grabbed the position precisely, and turned sideways to block the sight of Da Bohao and Yuan Yangan.

Zhang Guobin looked up and saw that there was a layer of calluses between the male assistant's tiger's mouth, white and hard, firm and firm, and the skin had not faded at all.

Not only has the firearm been used for a long time, but it has not been put down recently.

Zhang Guobin narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking from the bottom of his heart, and remained calm.

Yuan Yangan laughed: "Haha, Mr. Zhang, your subordinate is really interesting, but what he said is right. The comrades from the director team are next door. You can submit the source of the film for review first. Let's drink two cups of tea. It's almost time."

Yuan Yangan lowered his head and glanced at his watch, concerned about the time.

"OK." Zhang Guobin leaned gently on the sofa chair, nodded slightly to express his agreement.

He didn't raise his legs during the whole conversation today, and his body language was very solemn.

Because, the result of today's talks will determine whether he can embrace the big tree, whether DreamWorks can break through Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers' blood-sucking strategy, and get rid of the restraint of theaters.

This level is very important to DreamWorks and Zhang Guobin!
Regardless of the fact that Shuangnan Cinemas is just a cinema chain, Shuangnan Cinemas’ “political needs” are greater than “commercial needs”, and it is different from pure commercial capitalism. It has two models with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Shuangnan Cinemas As long as he approves his movies, he will never suck blood from him commercially.

This is the difference between the overall view of society and capitalism, and the essence of doing business is equivalent exchange. What does Zhang Guobin want to exchange for?
What is he worth?
"call……"

Zhang Guobin picked up the teacup, exhaled, and gently blew the tea in the cup.

He is ready!
It's OK to use money, business, or anything.

just give it a chance

give a future,

just have to!

Anyway, with his sizing up of the situation and his judgment on the current situation, there must be an opportunity, and it depends on whether he can seize it...

"Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhang speaks Mandarin very well." Yuan Yangan suddenly asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)