Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 245: Divide New Art City

"Mecca, what do you mean?!"

"The best partner is an IP series created by the whole company. Now you use it to mix with others and ruin the reputation. What on earth do you think? Ah!"

After the summer vacation, the struggle room of Xinyi City.

During the most glorious period of New Art City in 82, seven of New Art City's main creators were gathered in this narrow working room. Blockbuster movies such as "Fragrance" were all written by seven people in this struggling room, discussing bit by bit, and polishing the scripts.

But now, Tsui Hark and his girlfriend Shi Nansheng have established a film studio.

Although everyone is still working for Princess Jin in name, and when New Art City needs it, he will return to New Art City to help with acting or filming movies, but everyone has parted ways after all.

And they were not the only ones who chose to leave.

Eric Tsang and Robin, not long after Tsui Hark left, they both gradually came out of the struggle and left New Art City.

Now within this struggling room, the only three shareholders who are still holding on are Huang Baiming, Mecca and Ishida.

Listening to Ishida's complaints, Mecca is really one head and two big.

On the contrary, Huang Baiming sat in the corner and remained silent.

Look at his silent expression. After scolding Mecca, Ishida couldn't help but turned his head and said: "Bai Ming, don't just talk about him here, you should also say a few words to him. He has lost a lot this time." , but it’s for the benefit of all of us in Xinyi City!”

When his name was called, Huang Baiming raised his head, glanced at Mecca, then at Ishida, and murmured softly.

"I think that's not a bad thing."

When the words came out, not only Ishida, but also Mecca was stunned.

After a long while, Ishida frowned and said, "Bai Ming, what do you mean?"

Huang Baiming raised his head, looked at the two of them, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "If you ask me, what everyone wants to shoot now is different. The failure of "The Best Lucky Star" this time can be regarded as proof of our previous Formulas won’t work anymore. I think taking this opportunity, it’s better for everyone to take pictures of what they want and take the opportunity to find a way out for the future.”

"You also want to follow that bastard Tsui Hark's example and divide the family?"

This time Ishida didn't say anything, but Mecca became completely angry.

"At least I didn't go to film Jiahe."

Although Huang Baiming is the smallest shareholder among the three, since Mecca made the mistake first, he naturally dares to fight back without giving in.

And this sentence immediately left Mecca speechless, and there was complete silence in the struggle room.

After a long time, Ishida finally spoke slowly.

"What Bai Ming said is quite right. We can't continue like this."

Mecca turned his head and glared at Ishida, but Ishida waved his hand.

"Xinyi City is still there, so of course we are still here. It's just that everyone has different opinions on filming, so there's no need to forcefully work together to study it. Moreover, the three of us are shareholders and we will do it separately in the future. If we still have to do it together, It’s not appropriate to pay for it, so why don’t we separate our respective accounts, and everyone can shoot whatever they want from now on, as long as they can be responsible for their own profits and losses.”

"I agree."

Before Mecca could speak, Huang Baiming directly voted in favor.

His "Happy Ghost" series has a small investment but a big return. Calculating it carefully, it makes at least no more than "The Best Partner".

And if we look at the equity alone, he holds the smallest share among the three people. For a film like "The Best Partner", he put in the same effort as everyone, but in the end the money he received was the least among the three. Yes, he was naturally dissatisfied.

Yes, that's right. Ishida and Mai have a strong friendship and take good care of him. Especially Ishida has told Huang Baiming many times that he is willing to give him more money. But the problem is that this money is neither a legitimate bonus nor a proper dividend. Then What kind of?
Do Ishida and Mecca take pity on him?

He has also made money-making movies, and he has also contributed to New Art City's movies!
Now that things have come to this, separation has become the best way.Three people, two people agree, as for the only remaining Mecca, his opinion, does that matter?

Looking at Ishida and Huang Baiming, Mecca sat back on his chair dejectedly, waving his hands and shaking his head.

"Whatever you want, do it."

As these words came out, at this moment, although the signboard of Xinyi City was still there, in fact, it was completely gone in name only.

This production company that once competed with Golden Harvest with the "Best Partner" series has completely lost its momentum.

……

The news of the internal split in Xinyi City was not concealed for long, and soon spread to the outside world.

There hasn't been much fluctuation in the Golden Princess Cinemas. After all, the three of them only said that they would be responsible for their own profits and losses separately, and they didn't say that they would completely disband Xinyi City. As long as they can still produce movies, will they be the signature of Xinyi City? , it is not important to Golden Princess Cinema.

What's more, even if New Art City disappears completely, they still have Tsui Hark's film studio, as well as a large number of new wave directors headed by Tsui Hark, and there is no shortage of film sources for Princess Jin.

And what about Jiahe?

When they heard the news, they naturally celebrated.

Coupled with the participation of Zeng Zhiwei, Gao Zhisen, Li Lizhen and others, Jiahe has unintentionally become the biggest beneficiary of the civil strife in Xinyi City. After hearing the news, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang both had their mouths curling up in sleep. All rising.

Of the three companies that once competed with Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers has ceased production and closed down, and Xinyi City exists in name only. The only ones that can still be considered a threat at the moment are Debao Pictures and Zhangyang's Yingyang Entertainment, which jointly cobbled together the Deyang Cinema Line.

In front of Shaw Brothers, in front of Xinyi City, Jiahe has not fallen, and in front of Deyang, Jiahe has no reason to fall.

At this point, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are extremely confident.

If Shaw Brothers could receive the news of the dissolution of New Art City, Zhang Yang would naturally receive it as well.

However, compared to Shaw Brothers' focus, Zhang Yang's focus is on another matter.

This thing is poaching.

On the day he received the news that the three people in Xinyi City were split, Zhang Yang called Big B and asked him to help organize a banquet.

Among the people invited to this banquet, in addition to Big B, there was another Lin Lingnan who was born in Hetu like Big B, and his brother, Lin Lingdong.

Regarding Lin Lingdong, Zhang Yang did not go around in circles. First, he directly offered a higher price than New Art City, and then expressed his willingness to support Lin Lingdong in filming his own movie and the script written by his brother Lin Lingnan.

With such favorable conditions and the persuasion of his brother Lin Lingnan, Lin Lingdong did not hesitate for too long before nodding his head and agreeing.

The turmoil in Xinyi City seems to be limited to the three shareholders, but in fact, how can this kind of high-level turmoil not affect the military morale of the people below? In the past, Lin Lingdong stayed in Xinyi City because of Xinyi City. Yicheng was willing to support him, and now that Zhang Yang was also willing to support him and offered more generous terms, there was no need for him to hang himself on a tree.

In just three hours of meal time, the two parties settled everything.

However, when the party was about to break up, Zhang Yang added another condition to the contract.

That is, I hope that Lin Lingdong can come to the crew of "John Wick" immediately to help Zhang Yang arrange the stunt scenes.

Lin Lingdong naturally nodded in agreement to this small request.

And as Lin Lingdong nodded, Zhang Yang's heart couldn't help but get hot.

Director Wu Yusen, cinematography by Liu Weiqiang, plus special effects hosted by Lin Lingdong.

The performance of "John Wick" may be even better than Zhang Yang expected!

(End of this chapter)