Huayu started from the fairy sword

In the afternoon of the same day, Cao Jun received another appointment from Huang Zhongjun and went to Huayi Group.

A studio of 300 square meters in Huayi Group.

In other words, this set of studios overlooking the CBD with floor-to-ceiling windows was shared by Huang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang. In terms of the number of works placed, Huang Zhongjun far outnumbered Feng Xiaogang.

In fact, Huang Zhongjun has only been painting for a few months. Ever since Huayi went public, he and Feng Xiaochang opened up this studio together, and started painting in his spare time. Unexpectedly, the more he painted, the more addicted he became.

After "Assembly" scored 2.5 million at the box office, today's Huang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaochang rarely talk about work when they meet, but instead paint in the studio, as well as various metaphysical topics and where to go for leisure.

"Huang Dong, what do you need from me?"

When Cao Jun came in, Huang Zhongjun was looking intently at his new work all afternoon: four horses with minimal lines and no coloring in the lake green background.

"Xiao Cao, you are here, please help me to see which one of my works is the best?"

Seeing Cao Jun coming in, Huang Zhongjun insisted on asking Cao Jun to express his opinion on which painting he likes most in the studio.

Cao Jun has no research on art, so he casually said, "This horse has the best artistic conception."

Huang Zhongjun proudly said: "I think so too. Others may think it's unfinished after seeing it, but this is what I want."

After a brief exchange with Cao Jun, Huang Zhongjun stared at the opposite canvas again, with a cheap plastic basin filled with paint in his left hand and a brush with a width of about 5cm in his right hand. He painted on the canvas carelessly. He asked Cao Jun cautiously: "Xiao Cao, when will your contract with the company expire?"

Cao Jun replied: "Next year in July."

Huang Zhongjun turned his head, pretending to be surprised and asked, "Five years so fast?"

Cao Jun also thought it was fast, five years seemed like a blink of an eye, and said with emotion: "Yes, Huang Dong, it has been five years before I know it."

Huang Zhongjun sighed, and asked: "Xiao Cao, you have been in our Huayi for five years. In these five years, I have always regarded you as my own, as our own brother, and have never treated you badly."

"Is it okay not to go? You can make a request or make a price. As long as I can satisfy you, I will do my best to satisfy you."

Cao Jun definitely wanted to leave. He felt that only by leaving Huayi could he make further progress, and then he replied with apology: "Mr. Huang, I'm sorry, it's not about money. I just want to change the environment. Besides, Century Film and Television Company , was founded by my father, and as my son..."

Although Huang Zhongjun also understands Cao Jun's choice, he still doesn't want to give up Cao Jun's cash cow, and has always been reluctant to let Cao Jun leave Huayi, especially after the release of "On the Journey".

Although Huang Zhongjun has always been a hands-off shopkeeper, he basically doesn't pay much attention to the company's small affairs. Most of the time, he is either enjoying the art exhibition with the head of Ali, or playing golf with the boss of Tencent. He is almost busy. .

However, in the past two years, Cao Jun has won hundreds of millions of box office results in the film market with his two films "A Little Thing of First Love" and "On the Journey". It is hard not to attract his attention.

Especially the movie "People on the Journey", which has been really popular recently. Although its box office is far inferior to some Hollywood blockbusters due to the cast and subject matter, the popularity and discussions it has aroused on the Internet are completely unimaginable. No less than Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone".

Moreover, he has directed two small films in succession, both of which have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. Huang Zhongjun has to admit that Cao Jun is a director of commercial films with great potential.

Of course, what Huang Zhongjun was interested in was not the [-]-[-] million box office. For Huang Zhongjun today, [-]-[-] million is really not a big amount. What he was interested in was actually Cao Jun's potential as a director.

After all, these days, the number of directors who can make money by making movies can be counted on one finger in the entire Huaguo mainland of Nuoda.

It can be said that at present, mainland directors who can make money by making movies are definitely rarer than the national treasure panda.

In addition, someone once reminded Huang Zhongjun that if you know that a star will fall sooner or later, you should find the next star while it is still shining.

Therefore, after learning of Cao Jun's intention to leave Huayi, Huang Zhongjun quickly signed Wang Xiaoming, hoping that Wang Xiaoming would make up for the impact on Huayi caused by Cao Jun's departure from Huayi.

However, what Huang Zhongjun didn't expect was that Cao Jun was not only Huayi's No. [-] film and television brother, but also the No. [-] singer in the Mainland, and now he has evolved into a major director of commercial films, which he did not expect at all.

There is another very crucial issue, which is the issue of the film director. Everyone knows that Huayi has always relied heavily on Feng Xiaogang. To put it bluntly, Huayi cannot be listed without Feng Xiaogang.

Huayi was able to go public, Feng Xiaogang's credit is definitely not inferior to their brothers.

It was precisely because of Feng Xiaogang's achievements in movies over the years, especially the excellent box office results, most of the time, Huang Zhongjun and his younger brother Huang Zhonglei coaxed Feng Xiaogang, for fear that he would not be happy in Huayi.

Therefore, Huang Zhongjun has been looking for newcomers and cultivating capable directors, hoping that one day they can become commercial film giants like Feng Xiaogang.

For example, Lu Chuan, who filmed "Kekexili" and "Nanjin Nanjin", is a film director trained by Huayi.

However, compared with Feng Xiaogang, Lu Chuan is still far behind, and there is no way to compare with Feng Xiaogang.

Lu Chuan is not very self-motivated now, he only wants to be a female star all day long, and he doesn't want to be a movie at all. He really can't compare with Feng Xiaogang, a model worker who makes a movie every year.

As a director, Cao Jun may be the same as Lu Chuan, and he has no way to become the next star to replace Feng Xiaochang, but at least now, Huang Zhongjun has seen Cao Jun start to shine, and he continues to shine.

Feng Xiaogang is of course a chicken that can lay golden eggs, but it is very dangerous to position any director as a money-making machine. He may make money today, but not tomorrow.

Therefore, after Huayi went public, Huang Zhongjun is leading Huayi on the road of transformation, not to mention finding the next Feng Xiaogang, at least he can not rely so much on Feng Xiaogang.

Obviously, Cao Jun is the best candidate.

But Cao Jun was still stubborn and didn't give Huang Zhongjun any hope. If he said he wanted to go, he must go, and he would never choose to stay.

Seeing that Cao Jun had made up his mind to go, Huang Zhongjun didn't want to keep him anymore, he couldn't help but sighed, and patted Cao Jun on the shoulder: "Xiao Cao, I hope you can come back occasionally after you leave the company .”

Cao Jun replied with a smile: "Huang Dong, of course I will come back, and we will continue to cooperate in the future."

Speaking of cooperation, Huang Zhongjun finally smiled again, because he thought that Cao Jun's "People on the Journey" really made him a lot of money.

Although the Huayi Brothers' investment share can only rank third, second only to Century Film and Television and China Film Group, but the box office of "People on the Journey" is so good now, earning [-] to [-] million, there is no problem.

After leaving Huayi Group, Cao Jun was going to go home.

Just when Cao Jun was hesitating whether he should go back to Ziyu Villa or Dongshan Villa, his cell phone rang.

Cao Jun picked up his phone and saw that it was Zeng Li calling.

Zeng Li on the other end of the phone asked softly, "I'm almost in the capital, are you home?"

Cao Jun replied with a smile: "Of course I am, when will you arrive?"

"It shouldn't take more than half an hour!"

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at home."