Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 123 Break your legs!

In the simple and bright office, Director Liao was reading the minutes of the meeting just now.

Seeing Chen Shiping saying that the Chinese audience is the best audience, he couldn't help but nodded slightly. This sentence was correct.

The level of tolerance of mainland audiences is unmatched by people from many regions.

At this time, Chen Shiping knocked on the door and came in. Director Liao smiled at him and said, "You performed well just now."

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "I am not representing an individual, so I am naturally more confident."

Liao Dong burst out laughing. After he sat down, he asked, "Are you sure?"

"Eighty percent." Chen Shiping didn't dare to be too confident. After all, no one knew what those people were thinking.

Xiangjiang filmmakers are very good at adapting to the wind, but the current wind is still biased towards the Wanwan market, and the final result is really hard to say.

However, there are dozens of film companies large and small in Hong Kong, and Chen Shiping is not afraid that no one will choose to cooperate with him.

Yindu is not the only left-wing filmmaker.

After reading the minutes of the meeting, Director Liao said, "If I had attended the meeting, the effect would have been better."

"The meaning will be different if you go." Chen Shiping said with a smile: "To be honest with you, I am quite sure."

Director Liao nodded. He is the chairman of Yindu, and his status is different from Chen Shiping. If he comes forward, it will be too formal.

"At first I thought you were just here to cause trouble for Junsheng Films." Director Liao smiled and said with appreciation: "I still underestimated you. You are very flexible and have a broad vision, but you are still a little dangerous. "

Listening to Director Liao's meaningful words, Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows slightly. Feeling that he had other intentions, he couldn't help but ask: "Do you think I'm too risky?"

Director Liao nodded, took out a cigar box and threw it to Chen Shiping and said, "Have you ever thought about what to do in the future?"

Chen Shiping probably understood what Mr. Liao meant, and said with a smile: "I have thought about it, but for now I'd better go through this step before looking at it."

"Okay, let's take a look at the results of this time first."

Director Liao didn't ask any more questions. Chen Shiping was right. What will happen in the future depends on the results of this time first.

While Chen Shiping and Liao Dong were chatting, a group of film company bosses in Xiangjiang were also sitting together to discuss their future.

"What do you think of today's events?" the boss of Hanshan Film Company asked first.

He decided to continue cooperating with Chen Shiping. The New Longmen Inn made him a lot of money, and Chen Shiping had already greeted him in advance, and now he was acting as an eyeliner.

"He didn't make it clear either. I think it's better to wait and see."

"But the mainland may come for real this time. I originally came to Xiaoxiang Factory to co-produce, but now I'm stuck."

"But we don't know the reaction from the Wanwan side yet."

Boss Li of Hanshan Films rolled his eyes and said: "Wanwan only introduces a few movies a year. It's not my turn anyway. I don't care what his reaction is."

As soon as this statement came out, many people fell silent. This is true. The Bay Area market cannot introduce many movies a year, so it is better to co-produce with the mainland.

The box office market of Wanwan is huge, but there are only so many schedules and regions. Excluding local movies and Western movies, Xiangjiang can't get a few movies in a year.

But the mainland is different. Although the co-productions of many film companies cannot be released nationwide in the mainland, they can still make money in a few provinces.

Boss Li from Hanshan took out his cigar, lit it, took a puff and said, "I plan to continue cooperating with the mainland. I just bought a Mercedes-Benz last month."

Many bosses turned to look at him and wanted to punch him to show off, right? It's a bit too much!

However, Hanshan's success has also made many people excited. This is a perfect example. Making money is the way to go.

Although New Dragon Gate Inn failed to be released in Wanwan, the copy sales in the mainland and the box office in Xiangjiang are also very large, and this does not include the Southeast Asian market.

Even if the box office in several Southeast Asian countries is not high, at least several million can be earned.

After a miscellaneous calculation, Hanshan's profit has exceeded that of most film companies present.

I'm a little envious, this is a lot of money.

Boss Li from Hanshan observed their reactions, stood up with a smile and said, "Director Chen will only be staying in Xiangjiang for three days this time. I have to show that I will take the first step."

After he left, the remaining people felt an inexplicable sense of urgency.

"Boss Li is very lucky. Now that he has established a relationship with Chen Shiping, he will make a lot of money in the future."

After a film company boss finished speaking, the rest of the people couldn't help but think about whether they would have to show sincerity to establish a relationship if they wanted to get close to Chen Shiping.

How to get involved? Money or women?

"I heard that Junsheng's boss Huang is still in the hospital?" Someone suddenly said.

The others looked at each other, thinking of the film company present today, and suddenly understood what Chen Shiping meant by the last words he said at that time.

The key is that their application for co-production is still stuck, which forces them to make a Junsheng movie.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist!

It's better for you to die alone than for all of our companies to lose money together.

More than a dozen bosses then gathered together to discuss a plan to kill Junsheng Films. If they were alone, they would not dare to attack Junsheng Films, but if more than a dozen companies are together, they are still afraid of you!

The relationships behind the bosses of these film companies are also complicated. It is really easy to squeeze out a film company.

On the other side, Chen Shiping went back to the hotel to rest after leaving Yindu. As for Junsheng Film Company, in his mind, it was already a bankrupt company.

Even if the film company bosses don't take action, he still has ways to deal with him.

It would be too easy to kill a small company that has only made a few movies and has few professional talents.

Even the so-called Boss Huang didn't take him seriously. He had dozens of subordinates and he thought he was a nobody.

I don’t know how high the sky and the earth are!

That night, when Chen Shiping was about to rest, the phone in the room rang. It was Dong Liao calling.

Director Liao told Chen Shiping directly that someone gave him a gift.

All the copies of Jun Sheng's new Fist of Fury film were accidentally burned, the crew and crew also ran away, and all the props on the set were missing.

After Chen Shiping chatted with Director Liao for a few words, he hung up the phone, silently mourning for Junsheng Film Company in his heart.

I wonder if they still have the money to make another one.

Millions of dollars invested in a movie were wasted all of a sudden.

The other bosses of Junsheng Film Company probably want to go to the hospital to have both of Huang's legs broken.

Boss Huang must have to pay for all this money alone. The money earned through so many years of hard work will probably be taken out all at once.

Chen Shiping was lying on the bed and felt that the competition methods between Xiangjiang Film Company were so primitive. They relied on these small methods and were not impressive at all.

Could it be that he couldn’t find a distribution company, couldn’t find actors and build a crew? There are so many methods, but you choose such a rough one, and you are not afraid of the other party jumping over the wall.

However, this simple and crude method is the cheapest and most effective.

Chen Shiping is not worried that he will be retaliated against. If he really had the courage, he would not have his hand amputated and go to the hospital.

If he really dares to make trouble, break his legs again!

Anyway, he didn't take action himself, he just took advantage of the situation to deal with a small person when he was doing something big.

Who wouldn’t be tempted by Chen Shiping’s take on the mainland’s billion-dollar market this time?

What's more, it's almost 1997. In the future, Hong Kong movies will inevitably be restricted by the mainland. What's the point of not selling well at this time?

Anyway, it's just a small person killed. If there is no big boss behind the movie company, who will take him seriously?

But the cause of this incident is really because of Junsheng Movies, so it would be good for this company to be a sacrifice.

At this time in the hospital, after Boss Huang found out that the movie was destroyed, he immediately wanted to fight with those who copied it.

But before the call came out, someone took the initiative to call him.

"This matter ends here. People are holding on to the destiny of Hezhao. How many companies' interests are in their hands? You must admit it yourself."

After hanging up the phone, Mr. Huang stared at the ceiling in silence. This time he really made people angry.

And this time it's not a Jianghu matter. There are too many people involved. He will either break his teeth and swallow it, or fight for his life.

After thinking for a long time, he still chose to swallow this breath. He still had a film contract with Zhou Xingxing and a chance to make a comeback!

But before he could think about how to make a comeback, other shareholders of Junsheng Film Company called.

His shares should be taken back as compensation for this loss.

"How dare you add insult to injury!" Boss Huang shouted angrily.

"It's not that we are adding insult to injury. With you in Junsheng, we can't even make any money."

The other end of the phone hung up after saying that. Boss Huang wanted to smash something angrily, but he forgot that his hand was broken.

The bed was fine, but he howled in pain. While calling the doctor, he ordered his younger brother to throw the two martial arts masters from Yuan's class into the sea.

If these two losers couldn't do anything, how could I be so unlucky!

Compared to Boss Huang who was wailing in pain, Chen Shiping slept soundly that night and made a phone call to the mainland after having breakfast in the hotel.

Those who gave gifts last night should give gifts in return today.

The co-production projects that are stuck can be successfully passed today, and we cannot delay the brothers' studios from making money.

When Zhonghe received a call from Chen Shiping, they knew that the matter was progressing well, and they were already considering whether to increase the factory price of the co-produced film.

There is a film studio that is not developing well and has sold its factory logo for tens of thousands of yuan, which is simply a bargain price!

A unified standard must be set!

Raise the price first, then change the cooperation model later, and standardize co-production bit by bit.

After Chen Shiping made the call, in the afternoon, the film companies received a call that the co-production procedures were OK and the process could be followed normally.

These bosses all had mixed emotions after receiving the call.

It was really easy for Chen Shiping to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

But the strange thing is that there is no problem with the procedure, why do we still need to go through the process? !

There is something else going on here!

It seems that we still need to continue the discussion with Chen Shiping yesterday, how to make a co-production and what kind of movie to make. We really need to renegotiate it.

That day, these company bosses gathered together again, but the number was not as large as yesterday. Many people still did not want to be dominated by the mainland and wanted to wait for the trend.

These bosses got together and contacted friends in the mainland through their respective connections to inquire about the specific situation, but the responses they received after calling were similar.

Either they don’t know anything when asked, or they say that this matter was explained by the superiors and they don’t know the specific situation.

Things are back to square one, and now we can only discuss with Chen Shiping how to coordinate the production.

Still in Yindu the next day, Chen Shiping met these people again, but this time the bosses of these film companies were obviously much more enthusiastic.

Everyone wants to know a specific standard and how to achieve future co-productions.

However, Chen Shiping did not give any guarantees or conditions. He just collected their opinions and said he would go back for a meeting to study.

"What about our current projects?" Some people are very concerned about the current projects, and some have signed contracts with actors and directors. If it continues to be delayed, I don't know how much money will be wasted.

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "Until specific standards are set, everything remains the same, but one thing has changed. The factory-marked price is now unified at 100,000."

When they heard that the factory price had increased, these people were not surprised at all. They had already been mentally prepared for this. Moreover, it was not much more than 100,000 yuan, which was completely within the acceptable range.

Someone else asked: "When will it pass the review?"

"It will be quick and it won't affect everyone's shooting."

Chen Shiping said that he would sort out the opinions collected today and leave.

There are various opinions above, but he has no right to decide. He still has to go back to the mainland and leave it to the leaders for a meeting to decide.

However, the above requirements are also quite strange. Some companies do not want to use people from mainland studios, some companies hope that the employment ratio will be controlled within a certain range, some hope that the leading actors must be actors from Hong Kong, and some hope that mainland studios will also To invest.

In short, there are various suggestions, and Chen Shiping can only wait to decide what standards to use.

But overall, this time it was still very fruitful. Although there were not many big companies, there were quite a few satellite companies from Jiahe. Xinyicheng also wanted to see if the co-production could continue its life.

There are even more other small companies, such as Xu Ke's film studio, which is here this time. He applied for a co-production film adaptation of "Swordsman".

When Chen Shiping saw that Xu Ke was going to adapt Swordsman, he felt that the appearance of his own butterfly had changed a lot of things.

Originally he was supposed to film Once Upon a Time and New Dragon Inn first, but now he has adapted Swordsman ahead of schedule.

Chen Shiping felt that he had acted lightly, otherwise Xiaoao Jianghu would not have left any room for Xu Ke and would have been harvested by him!

When Chen Shiping felt that he had gained a lot, Zhou Xingxing was on the verge of tears. Was the movie he had finally finished shooting just gone?

There was also a tribute to his idol Bruce Lee in the movie, but it was just gone? !

Who can I talk to to reason with you?

Also helpless is Zhang Min. It's easy to make a movie, but it's better to work with Zhou Xingxing, who is currently the most popular, and it's just gone.

It's all Mr. Huang's fault! No, that Chen Shiping should be blamed!

Chen Shiping, who was about to return to the mainland after walking out of Yindu, couldn't help but sneeze, suspecting that Boss Huang was scolding him behind his back.

Damn it, look for someone to break his legs too! Cut off all three!

(End of this chapter)