Island Tycoon

Chapter 518
Ye Jingcheng didn't go too deep into Wang Jing to dig up Zhou Runfa's matter, because this issue didn't have much real significance, and the purpose of his coming this time was not to deal with it.

After chatting for a while, Ye Jingcheng changed the subject and said, "How are you doing at Shaw Brothers recently?"

"It's okay." Wang Jing shrugged, and replied indifferently: "It's still the same.""

"Really? I heard that Shaw has cut a lot of employees recently?" Ye Jingcheng asked again.

"Shaw Brothers is reducing the production of films now. Naturally, they don't need so many people. Even if the company doesn't fire them for the excess, those people will choose to find another way out."

This matter was not a secret, Wang Jing knew that even if she didn't tell it, Ye Jingcheng would definitely know about it.Ye Jingcheng asked so many questions just to introduce the following topic.

"En." Putting down the teacup in his hand, Ye Jingcheng asked further: "Then the Shaw Brothers asked you to make a movie, and did they give you 30 as a salary?"

Stepping into this topic, Wang Jing's originally indifferent face turned to a bit sad, and said: "Brother Cheng, you are joking, how could there be 30."

In terms of his career status in Shaw Brothers, he is indeed highly valued by Shao Yifu.However, in the face of this notoriously stingy tycoon, his salary for a movie is only 10 yuan at most, and the director and producer must do the work together.

As for the movies he conceived himself, Shao Yifu was willing to give him an extra share.However, this share is only 5%, and a series of expenses of the theater must be deducted first.

Take his previous 500 million box office "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" as an example. First, half of the box office has to be attributed to the theaters, and then various labor, publicity, production costs, etc. are deducted. 5% of the share goes to him the most. Thirteen to forty thousand.

Even with his fixed director's salary of 10 yuan, the total will not exceed 30 yuan.On the surface, Wang Jing has nothing to say about this, but in his heart he has been thinking about every detail, and even plans to get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible.

One must know that when he helped Ye Jingcheng make his first movie, the director's share was more than this amount.

If Wang Tianlin hadn't kept suppressing him in consideration of face, and didn't want to have gossip about his family's disloyalty, he would have long wanted to switch to another film company, and the best choice would naturally be to join Ye Jingcheng.

First of all, although the current identities of the two are very different, after all, they have established a good relationship earlier. If he goes to join him, he will definitely get some attention.

The second is the preferential treatment given by Qingdeng Entertainment to the behind-the-scenes personnel. Take Li Lichi and Liu Weiqiang as examples. At the beginning, these two people didn't understand anything, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the one who introduced them.

But now?Liu Weiqiang and Li Lichi have already left their studies, and as new directors, they enjoy the same treatment as him. The comparison before and after makes him feel balanced.

"Since you're not happy with what you're doing, why don't you come and help me." Ye Jingcheng directly threw out an olive branch.

In this regard, Wang Jing was not too surprised.Not to mention that his head spins faster than the average person, even if he were an ordinary person, it would not be difficult to understand Ye Jingcheng's purpose from the conversation.

Just now, Ye Jingcheng asked several questions one after another. At first glance, it seemed that he was caring and condolences for him, but in fact it was a test for him, to see if he had any plans to leave Shaw Brothers.

"Brother Cheng, it's not that I don't want to join you, but I'm forced to stay at Shaw Brothers." Wang Jing said in a difficult way.

On the one hand, he really does not want to stay in Shaw Brothers, and hopes to develop in other companies.On the other hand, he needs to take Wang Tianlin's face into consideration, lest anyone gossip in front of their family.

Yu Gong, it was Shao Yifu who appreciated Wang Tianlin back then, and the latter had his current identity and status.

In private, the Wang family once lost money to the bottom of the flyover because of the queen mother's bad gambling. It was also Shao Yifu who paid for it.

First, take out a sum of money to relieve them, so that their family can at least have a place to stay.In addition, he also came forward to settle those usury loans, so that they could buy more time to repay their debts.

Therefore, if it is not necessary, Wang Jing does not want to be called ungrateful.

It's not that Ye Jingcheng can't understand this. No matter what you owe others, you must never owe favors.

Favor is said to be valuable, but sometimes it really doesn't help much.The most important thing is that when it is returned to the other party, it is likely to bring all kinds of troubles.

Take Wang Jing and his son as an example. They still chose to stay in Shaw Brothers. Apart from repaying the favor, they also suffered from the concept of moral kidnapping.

"Have you ever thought about what to do in the future if Shaw suddenly announces the suspension of production and you don't pave the way in advance?" Ye Jingcheng made a hypothesis.

"Stop production! Impossible!?" Wang Jing looked in disbelief.But by his uncontrollable expression, it can be seen that this question caused him to be emotional.

"If Shaw Brothers really plans to stop production, then I will have to find another way out." Wang Jing said embarrassingly.

He understood Ye Jingcheng's meaning, which also meant to solicit him, but this time he was thinking from his standpoint, to put it simply, he was required to put down a deposit before Ye Jingcheng would give him this way out.

Similarly, these words also express another meaning, that is, Ye Jingcheng needs him now, if he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity...

I really have to wait until the Shaw Brothers ceased production before coming to him.At that time, Ye Jingcheng might not accept him. Even if he was forced to join Qingdeng Entertainment, the emphasis on his personal ability might not determine his position.

With Wang Jing's ghostly character, he had already guessed seven or eight of Ye Jingcheng's thoughts.It's a very simple question, Wang Jing has done the same thing before.

That is, on the surface he is still a member of the Shaw Brothers, but behind the scenes, he has an extra part-time job with Ye Jingcheng.

Just like how he secretly wrote a script for Jiahe to sell money because he wanted to help the Queen Mother pay off her debts. This is what he did.

This method is not new, nor does it mean how clever it is.But for Shaw Brothers, Qingdeng Entertainment, and Wang Jing, it is indeed a good compromise.

When Ye Jingcheng chose the director for "The True Colors of Heroes", he also hired Wu Yusen who was helping Golden Harvest as a part-time job. Wu Yusen even changed his name specially for insurance.

In fact, this matter was not concealed at all, at least Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang knew about it.But they knew that Gui knew that they really couldn't deal with Wu Yusen's behavior too strongly.

What's more, Wu Yusen's reputation has risen, which will also help their producers...?
Speaking of Wu Yusen, fortunately Ye Jingcheng had no intention of recruiting the king of pit kings.When John Woo became famous for his violent aesthetics in "The True Colors of a Hero", Golden Harvest tried to invest in several films of this type.

At that time, Woo Yusen's title of "King of the Pit King" was finally revealed, and he repeatedly asked Zou Wenhuai to apply for additional funds for the filming.The result was an investment of nearly 500 million before and after. Wu Yusen gave such an answer: "This film is only halfway through."

It is conceivable that Zou Wenhuai was so distraught at that time that he almost hung up Wu Yusen and whipped him.Originally a movie with a budget of 200 million, but he increased the payment to 500 million, and even told him that only half of it was shot.

Doesn't it mean that a movie needs at least 1000 million before and after?Rao is Qingdeng Entertainment, which pays attention to the quality of movies. The movie with the highest investment only spent a total of 500 million yuan.

Could it be that Wu Yusen really has Ye Jingcheng's ability?Or that he can guarantee the movie's box office?Therefore, within two months of Wu Yusen's debut, he didn't even have a chance to shoot a follow-up movie, so Golden Harvest was put in the cold again.

Of course, it cannot be said that John Woo's ability is really that embarrassing, but the films directed and produced by him can only be appreciated from an artistic point of view.

On the contrary, Wang Jing, who focuses on commercial films.In terms of reputation, reputation and international influence, it is definitely not as good as artists like Wu Yusen.But he can at least create benefits for himself, and give an explanation to the boss behind the scenes.

"Then... alright." For Ye Jingcheng's assignment to him as a part-time job, which was not a serious business, Wang Jing agreed after a little hesitation.

What's more, it's only three things, Ye Jingcheng recruited him twice.If he ignorantly refuses, it will really refute the other party's face.It is conceivable that the future relationship between the two parties will only go further and further away with time.

"Your first job." Ye Jingcheng handed the script to Wang Jing casually.

Wang Jing's promise was already what he expected, even if Wang Jing didn't really change jobs, it wouldn't make much difference to Ye Jingcheng.

The news that Shaw Brothers is about to stop production is not something he made out of nothing, but that he recently learned through investigation that Shaw Yifu is diverting funds from Shaw Brothers Films.

As for the motive, Ye Jingcheng roughly had two guesses.

On the one hand, Shao Yifu wanted to raise sufficient funds for the final fight with his TVB copyright.On the other hand, from Shaw's continuous reduction in production, it can be seen that Shao Yifu is indeed planning to give up Shaw.

Wang Jing took the script and saw the four big characters "Fight Back to School" written on it. Before reading the content, Wang Jing first imagined and speculated through the fatality of the movie.

When he was about to open the script, he stopped and looked at Ye Jingcheng, and said with evasive eyes: "Brother Cheng, just give me the script, and I won't be afraid that I will take it back and ask Uncle Six for credit."

"Will you?" Ye Jingcheng squinted his eyes and asked Wang Jing, "Don't talk about how much bonus he will give you, I will give you 100 million director's salary, I believe you will settle the account yourself."

A very real problem made Wang Jing not know how to answer the question.This end has Ye Jingcheng's promise of 100 million remuneration, and depending on the situation, there will be continuous director dividends.

As for the other end, it was Wang Jing who handed over the script to Shao Yifu in exchange for a clear loyalty.

However, this loyalty may not be worth too much money, or Shao Yifu will increase the 5% dividend allocated to him to 10% for the sake of his contribution to the script.

But according to the previous calculations, even if the film breaks through 30 million box office, his income will only increase from less than 60 to [-] to [-], which may not even be half of Ye Jingcheng's salary.

I am afraid that if I find a three-year-old child to decide, I will know which side to choose.

Of course, Wang Jing didn't struggle between the two, nor did he plan to betray Ye Jingcheng, what he just said was just a subconscious sentence.

The key to the relationship between him and Shaw Brothers is because of Wang Tianlin.Without Wang Tianlin as the pivot, he and Shaw Brothers would just have a paper contract, and he would have quit long ago.How could he say that in order to show his loyalty, he deliberately betrayed his own future.

Putting away some thoughts that shouldn't be there, Wang Jing began to read the script of "Play Back to School", and was quickly attracted by the content inside.

Now Wang Jing, as a director, has not yet made a qualitative decision on the films he is good at.However, he personally prefers comedy films, not only because they are low-investment, have selling points, and have a wide audience, but also have high box office results.

Naturally, as long as the box office movie is high, the dividends that fall to him will be more.

However, comedy films also have a lot of themes, such as the use of tricks to form a selling point, such as a kind of urban humor, the action comedy exclusive to Chenglong, and many other less funny methods.

Wang Jing is currently looking for a development that suits him. The premise must be the audience rather than self-entertainment. Secondly, there will not be much overlap in the types of funny, or his own unique development path.

Until now, the fog that had been blocking his vision has completely dissipated, and he finally found a path suitable for his own development, just like the script of "Play Back To School".

He can use an extremely exaggerated funny, including a series of micro-expressions and body language, as a key selling point of a movie.

Wang Jing suddenly felt lucky, fortunately, she didn't get mad just now, and then refused Ye Jingcheng's solicitation for him.Otherwise, it is trivial to miss an opportunity, and undoubtedly lose a development direction.It's really waiting for him to figure it out by himself, and he doesn't know when he will be able to get the hang of it.

"Brother Cheng, did you write this script?" Wang Jing asked weakly.

"Well, what do you think?" Ye Jingcheng nodded slightly.

"I feel like this script is specially designed for me, but this type of film has extremely high requirements on actors. It requires actors to embellish with exaggerated acting skills, and at the same time make the characters in the film come alive."

Wang Jing asked: "Brother Cheng, have you found a suitable candidate?"

"You should remember Xingzi, right?" Ye Jingcheng asked.

"Him? Can it work?" Wang Jing frowned.

I usually don't know Zhou Xingchi very well, so I don't know Zhou Xingchi very well.However, from other people's mouths, he still knew that Zhou Xingchi's behavior was not good.

For such a bad gambler, let him think of the bad gambler Queen Mother, how miserable the family was at that time.Now I heard that he wants to make a contract with Zhou Xingchi, no matter in his heart or on the surface, he is not willing.

"Is it okay, you can try him when the time comes, and you'll know." Regarding this, Ye Jingcheng had nothing to say.At least the current Zhou Xingchi has made a lot of changes.

"That's fine."

Since Ye Jingcheng is the investor behind the scenes, he is willing to give Zhou Xingchi a chance.Wang Jing had no reason to push back. Let's see how he behaves at that time. If it doesn't work, he will definitely let Ye Jingcheng be replaced.

(End of this chapter)