Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 508 If you can’t stop it, let it go as soon as possible and make a good relationship

Chu Qianqian smiled and shook his head. It seemed that Kumiko and Olivia didn't really intend to go to bed.

I was just thinking about how to allocate time between the two female ninjas.

Unexpectedly, he soon felt the heartbeats of the two of them in his ears again. The two of them looked around and actually returned to their room obediently.

This time Chu Xiangqian became even happier.

If your subordinates have ideas, it's not impossible.

But there are always good and bad things, and when it is impossible to predict the future, Chu Xiangqian still feels that as a personal guard, it is better to be more obedient.

On the way into the main house, Chu Xiangqian commanded the tits to fly down from the sky.

Falling outside the room where Kumiko and Olivia lived, they saw two people through the glass, one lying sleeping, and the other hiding behind the window, staring at the manor.

Chu Xiangqian was even more satisfied with the two of them now.

After entering the main room, he greeted Lao Jiang, who was in charge of guarding the door, and Zhang Tianzhi, who was playing chess with Lao Jiang. After Chu Qianqian went upstairs, he was still thinking about going to Hong Kong students' room to play a friendly match first, and then Go back to Lanlan's house?
Unexpectedly, when I opened the door of Hong Kong Student's room, the little girl was not there.

After thinking about it for a moment, I secretly wondered if this girl and Ehime were sleeping together?

Or, in Lan Lan's house?

Thinking of this, Chu Qianqian walked back to his bedroom very quickly. As expected, he saw two figures sleeping soundly on the big bed covered with blankets.

He hurriedly went to the bathroom to take a shower and brush his teeth, and then climbed into bed with a somewhat obscene smile.

Before long, the bedroom was filled with the sound of singing and opera.

Probably because they were worried about disturbing others in the dead of night, Xiao Laner and Hong Kong students kept suppressing their voices when they sang.

When the two sisters formed an alliance and played a friendly match with Chu Xiangqian, they were finally able to make Chu Xiangqian lose.

But the price is that the sisters themselves are exhausted.
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Early the next morning, while eating breakfast, the master, his wife, Gong Er and others saw that Xiao Laner and Hong Kong Sheng had not gotten up early again.

They didn't even ask. One of the two of them helped Chu Qianqian pick up steamed dumplings and the other peeled eggs for him.

Chu Xiangqian was so smart, he could tell what Master Niang and Gong Er were thinking at a glance.

However, Chu Xiangqian was really touched by the two old ladies caring about him so much.

She is not the mother-in-law, but she is already acting like a mother-in-law.

But it's right to think about it. In the hearts of Master Niang and Gong Er, Hong Kong students are almost the same as their daughters.

When Chu Xiangqian and the master and others started to have breakfast, the mistress still found an excuse to get up in the kitchen, cooked two tonics again and simmered them slowly, waiting for Lan Lan and Hong Kong Sheng to wake up before eating.
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At around 8 o'clock in the morning, Chu Qianqian made a phone call to ask about the filming and preparation status of the two movies "Millie Girl" and "Roman Holiday", and he frowned.

The filming of "Millie Girl" went very smoothly.

The director of this movie is just a tool man, and the attitude behind the scenes in Hong Kong Island is extremely positive. The movie has been shot for one month and is basically about to be completed.

This speed not only surprised the Americans in the crew, but also the senior executives of Lianlianqiu, who all looked to Wrinkle Huai and He Guanchang for advice.

However, after watching the set for two or three days, people at Universal quickly understood that it was basically impossible in the United States for the Hong Kong team to work overtime for free without any regrets.

If overtime pay can be paid to speed up filming while maintaining quality and quantity, Hollywood film companies will definitely be willing to pay overtime.

But in fact, even if you give money, there are still many people on the crew who are working hard, or even people who deliberately slow down the filming speed.

The people behind the scenes are not the main actors, they are getting paid.

One more day of work means one more day's worth of money behind the scenes.

And the behind-the-scenes staff account for 7 to 8% of the crew. Many times, directors and producers have nothing to do with them.

After all, there are many ways to manipulate foreign workers, and if they can't catch these people, the director and producer can only admit it.

So with this group of people behind the scenes in Hong Kong, the crew of "Millie Girl", as long as they have the director and actors, working overtime has become the norm.

Moreover, at this time, the Hollywood Actors and Directors Guild was not as powerful as it would be a few decades later, and actors were not as pretentious as later generations.

Although they still work 8 hours a day, the actors are still willing to cooperate with the crew when they are given double overtime pay.

However, Chu Xiangqian felt that it might also be related to the fact that there was no big-name actor in the crew.

Little actors naturally don't dare to act like monsters.

As for whether overtime pay will lead to cost overruns, Chu Xiangqian invested US$200 million in this film, American Music invested US$150 million, and Decca Records invested US$50.

But in fact, Chu Xiangqian had planned to make this movie for US$100 million.

For the remaining 300 million dollars, Wrinkle Huai and He Guanchang tried their best in this month, but they managed to get less than 200 million dollars.

Although the filming cost exceeded 100 million due to overtime pay, the overtime pay for employees was just enough to make the accounts more beautiful.

The director and actors cannot predict how much box office this movie will have.

In fact, if you are willing to make more money, you not only have a positive attitude, but also have a high enthusiasm for work.

In contrast, the preparations for the crew of "Roman Holiday" are really overwhelming.

It's been over a month, and there's still no sign of construction starting.

Chu Xiangqian only thought that Elizabeth Tai was a difficult woman, but he didn't expect that this woman would cause so many troubles.

A series of stupid things have long made people around the world extremely dissatisfied.

Fortunately, the producer of this movie is also Chu Xiangqian, and the executive producer is Wuxianhuai.

The people at Universal could only stay angry, but they couldn't really kick Taylor away.

And Wrinkle Huai is worthy of being the boss who made Jiahe glorious for 20 years. I heard that Taylor now has a good relationship with Wrinkle Huai.

From the phone call, Chu Xiangqian learned that Wrinkle Huai's method to deal with Taylor was simple.

This woman is a famous jewelry addict. A South Sea pearl necklace worth 1 pounds, which is 1.6 Hong Kong dollars, makes Taylor settle down.

Chu Xiangqian shook his head after hearing this.

He secretly thought that if Wrinkle Huai told him this, he would not need to buy a pearl necklace. There are many such pearls in the warehouse of Novice Village.

And I had naturally heard a lot about Hollywood big names being difficult to maintain in my previous life.

In many acting contracts, contracts that originally only required a few dozen pages would eventually become hundreds of pages.

The dozens of extra pages are filled with various requests made by the leading actor.

And all these requirements are now included in the contract to prevent the crew from disowning them.

The most speechless thing is that in one story, the leading actor’s dog had to be serviced by a dedicated person, and the dog had to buy a first-class flight to join the set with the leading actor.

I heard that the director thought it was about the dog, so he couldn't bear it and changed the lead actor.

Chu Xiangqian comforted and praised Wuxianhuai, and then said that the necklace would be reimbursed.

Then I hung up the phone and planned to drive into Los Angeles and go to the studio to see how the filming of "Millie Girl" was going.

There is also the specific preparation progress of "Roman Holiday".Then I thought about the $25 salary Taylor promised to film "Roman Holiday". Should I offer one or two red pearls or gold pearls to sell to Taylor?

After all, this woman must be the right buyer.

Even if she can't afford it, or is reluctant to buy it, there are plenty of wealthy people in Hollywood who are willing to pay for her.

But this is certainly not an opportunity to sell pearls.

After Roman Holiday was released, it received critical acclaim and good box office success.

There are more rich people who are willing to spend a lot of money for Taylor.

When the time comes for the auction, the red pearl, which should have cost over 10,000 pounds, might be auctioned for 30 pounds or [-] pounds, which is about a million dollars.

The more I thought about Chu Xiangqian, the more I felt that the first thing to start with was a Hollywood female star to make Red Pearl famous.

Then they took out gold pearls, silver pearls, pink pearls, and brown pearls and sent them anonymously to the auction.

Maybe the price of pearls, especially South Sea pearls, will increase a little bit.

And there are not many colors of pearls, but there are many levels of sizes.

There's a lot of room to maneuver here.

Around 9 o'clock, Chu Qianqian went back to the room to change clothes. He saw that Lan Lan and Hong Kong Sheng were still sleeping soundly, so he simply didn't wake them up.

He put on his suit and tie, put on his shoulder holster, checked the revolver, and put it in the holster.

With the help of the chief and deputy police chief of the town, not only Chu Xiangqian obtained the concealed carry permit, but Zhang Tianzhi, Yuan Hua, Tony and Zhou Billy only waited for one day to obtain the concealed carry permit issued by the town.

Although it is a certificate issued by Santa Barbara County, it is still legally valid in Los Angeles.

In the event of a dangerous shootout, with the documents, the lawyer has many ways to deal with the Los Angeles prosecutor.

When he arrived at the Universal Studios office building in Universal Studios at 11 a.m., not only was Wrinkles waiting for him, but General Manager Mike Hellman and several senior executives were also there to greet him.

After asking, I found out that Mike planned to strengthen cooperation with Chu's Films in Hong Kong Island. He hoped that Hong Kong Island could send some behind-the-scenes people with good skills to work.

To put it bluntly, they took advantage of Hong Kong's willingness to endure hardships and low remuneration behind the scenes, and planned to reduce the cost of filming around the world.

Ordinarily Chu Xiangqian should agree with both hands, but he knew very well that unless the behind-the-scenes staff came to Hollywood to find jobs themselves.

Otherwise, if you send people here, over time, it will inevitably come out that you are working with Universal Pictures to squeeze the people of Hong Kong.

It would be better to just release him and let the people behind the scenes decide whether to pursue a career in Hollywood or return to work in Hong Kong after the film is finished.

And Chu Xiangqian knew very well that it was very difficult for Chinese Americans to get along in Hollywood.

Upon hearing that Chu Qianqian was released, Mike and other Universal executives were naturally overjoyed, but Wrinkles Huai was anxious.

But Chu Xiangqian is not a fool. If you think about it, you will know that 100 out of 99 people working behind the scenes of his company want to work in Hollywood.

There's no way we can stop this, so we might as well be more generous.

But perhaps no one dares to take the initiative to make this request.

The reason is very simple. Chinese people are cautious in their nature. Even if they are skilled in technology, they will still consider that they don’t have any good works in Hollywood.

Skills are not necessarily better than those behind the scenes in Hollywood. If you really quit your job and come to Los Angeles to make a career, will you really be able to establish a foothold?
Only after one or two successful films will someone have the confidence to resign and apply for a job at Universal.

However, the movie co-produced by Chu Films in Hollywood was successful, and the talents on Hong Kong Island were basically left to their own choosing.

Some people left, but more talents came.

Moreover, film practitioners in Hong Kong will regard "Chu's Film" as the best choice to enter Hollywood.

So Chu Xiangqian didn't care at all whether someone changed jobs.

Besides, after one or two of the movies I produce are successful, I can also hire powerful ghost photographers and other behind-the-scenes people.

But if the Chinese Gang can gain a foothold in Hollywood, it will be a good thing in the long run.

When these people work in Hollywood, they will inevitably be discriminated against and excluded, and they will naturally form groups.

But there is actually not much use in grouping together. As long as Chu calls forward, these people will definitely gather under his account again.

Of course, if a technical master really emerges, Chu Xiangqian will not only not insist on pulling people under him, but will try his best to help the other person develop better.

After listening to Chu Qianqian's explanation, Wrinkle Huai suddenly felt that his overall view was incomparable to that of his boss.

As for the lie that the Chinese like to fight among themselves, Chu Xiangqian has always scoffed.

Foreigners fight among themselves, no matter what. In the final analysis, everything is because of interests.

And I am already one of the major shareholders of Universal, so I am originally from a capital perspective.

Chinese behind the scenes, Chinese actors, directors, etc., no matter how hard they fight, they will never be in trouble with themselves.

Instead, they will spontaneously get close to themselves because they can help them provide support.

Then he became a worker for himself, or a tool to help him make money and support himself.

Perhaps to a certain extent, Chu Xiangqian didn't want to see a harmonious atmosphere.

Sure enough, after Chu Xiangqian stayed on the set for a day, when he was about to take the car back to the ranch at around 5 p.m., Wrinkle Huai reported in a low voice, "Boss, I asked all the employees in Hong Kong Island in the plot.

9% shook their heads and said they were not ready.It probably means that I know I don’t have that ability.

Although the remaining few hesitated, no one agreed immediately.I guess I want to study for a while longer, or maybe one or two crew members. "

Chu Qianqian smiled and nodded, "It's human nature for people to go to higher places. Since we will definitely co-produce more movies with Universal in the future.

In fact, there is no way to stop people from being poached. In this case, you, the general manager, should take the initiative to encourage everyone to break into Hollywood.

The more Chinese there are, the louder our voice will be.Film companies on Hong Kong Island can attract more talents.

Among the first and second batch of people who came to Hollywood, some succeeded and some failed.The more people will have scruples in their hearts.

And there are actually only a few people who dare to take risks. As long as the employee benefits when we co-produce in Hollywood are not lower than the wages in Hollywood.

Don’t even think about it, most people will still stay in our company with peace of mind.When these talents run out of opportunities in Hollywood, they return to Hong Kong to work on the crew.

Just thinking about it, I can guess that in the future, our company's movies will definitely be the best in Hong Kong Island and even Southeast Asia. "

Wrinkle Huai nodded after thinking about it. The boss's trick of using chicken to lay eggs was extremely clever.

As for the brain drain, the worst case scenario is poaching people from other film companies on Hong Kong Island.

I just don’t believe that if I have the opportunity to participate in a co-production, I won’t be able to recruit people.

Moreover, for movies on Hong Kong Island, the technical requirements for photography are much lower than those in Hollywood due to the viewing level of the audience.

As long as you are not shooting a movie that is competing for awards, in many aspects, commercial movies pay more attention to plot and excitement.

The level of people behind the scenes does not necessarily have to be equal to that of Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)