Island Tycoon

Chapter 521 Movie Fever

The next day.

The "Oriental Daily", which has always been used to making big news, is competing to be used as news by newspapers and magazines of all sizes.

Because this result is too unexpected, as the "Oriental Daily", which has always been "fearless of power", it is conceivable how much energy is hidden behind it.

However, the "Oriental Daily" with such great strength, because of an unexpected fire last night, almost completely burned down the newspaper office and even the studio.

Even the cause of the fire has not been found out yet, but it is impossible for it to burn by itself for no reason, right?Therefore, there are many opinions about the cause of the fire from the outside world.

Some people think that it was caused by the competition among peers, and some employees were instigated to initiate the arson, and the people behind the instigation of this incident are likely to be from large media such as Ming Pao, Peninsula Daily, and Xinbao.

Some people think that a certain article in the previous "Oriental Daily" directly or almost caused damage to the interests of some people, so they find opportunities to retaliate.

However, the area covered by suspects is larger. "Oriental Daily" has always adhered to the practice of 'offending more people, but calling people less'.

Personally speaking, like Fok Yingnan, Bao Yugang, Zheng Yutong and other tycoons, "Oriental Daily" has reported negative news about them.Even many groups and families have been used as news by "Oriental Daily".

Such as the Li family, the Ho Tung family, the Hui Aizhou family, and the Luo Wenjin family are collectively known as the "Four Great Aristocratic Families" on Hong Kong Island.Among them, apart from the Xu Aizhou family, the other three top families have all been reported.

Therefore, in the case of the "Oriental Daily" being set on fire, most people feel that they are most likely to be retaliated against. The individuals or families mentioned above have enough wrist power to get the "Oriental Daily".

Finally, after the "Oriental Daily" newspaper office caught fire, the president quickly came forward and issued an announcement, announcing to the public that the fire this time was purely accidental. An employee accidentally touched a power switch, causing a short circuit in the wires. resulting in a fire.

Are you kidding us?
This announcement has just been sent out, and it immediately attracted doubts from many insiders.But what people say is their business, they just need to stand aside and gloat.

The "Oriental Daily" made such a response, which is completely showing that it wants to make a big problem into a small one.But the actual reason...

The reason why they didn’t choose to make things big is that the decision makers didn’t want the police to intervene in this matter, or they felt that it was better for them to handle it themselves than to let the police intervene, so that they could use more methods.

No matter what it is, it's fine, in short, after three or four days of trouble, it gradually calmed down.

As the instigator of this incident, Zhang Ziqiang has already traveled abroad with several horses, and each of them has a big ocean horse in his arms and enjoys it in every possible way.

It was because of their additional tasks that Ye Jingcheng gave them an extra sum of money to enjoy themselves.

When Ye Jingcheng and Zhang Ziqiang met alone, they didn't say clearly how to deal with this matter. They just asked him to eliminate the reports and voices that were unfavorable to him, and at the same time, he was testing Zhang Ziqiang's ability to handle affairs.

According to what Zhang Ziqiang did at the beginning, he broke the hand bone of the young man who was in charge of writing the article, and he had met the conditions to hand over to Ye Jingcheng.In this way, even if the golden-threaded young man's hand bones can be dismissed, he will not dare to write articles that are not good for Ye Jingcheng.

As for other people, if they wanted to see that scene happen, they wouldn't have the guts to do so.

However, this has always been lacking, and the deterrent is always the employees of "Oriental Daily".If the boss behind the scenes sends a word, he can find someone who is not afraid of death.

In this regard, Zhang Ziqiang believes that the plan needs to be improved.Don't look at him as a gentleman on the outside, he is scarier than being stunned.In the future, he dared to fill his body with bombs and go to Li Jiacheng alone to get a ransom, which shows his personal courage.

The most important thing is that he is not really in a daze, his brain is still spinning when he is acting, and his thinking is not aimed at the present, but the policy of the overall situation.

The task Ye Jingcheng entrusted to him, Zhang Ziqiang completed it very thoroughly, without leaving any clues.

It's a pity that Ye Jingcheng is the only one in Hong Kong Island, probably because such a genius with superior intelligence can only use his abilities when committing crimes, otherwise he can also act as his right-hand man in business.

……

In June 1, interest rates on the Hong Kong Island stock market were further raised, and questions about the future of Hong Kong 6.5 were also brewing. The U.S. dollar hit a new low of 1:7.8 against the Hong Kong dollar, and the exchange rate on the black market even exceeded [-]:[-] .

Citizens who almost kept Hong Kong dollars on hand quickly completed currency exchange through their own channels. At the same time, banks, finance companies and other financial companies once again raised the handling fees for various businesses.

The Hong Kong government once again introduced policies on the property market. Unfortunately, at this time, a large number of citizens can no longer afford it, so they don't care about the development of the property market.

Affected by a series of factors, more and more companies and enterprises have chosen to close down or even declare bankruptcy.This has also led to an increasing number of unemployed people at the lower level, but there is only one industry where the number of employees has not decreased but increased.

That is the up-and-coming film industry, whether it is a practicing actor or a behind-the-scenes responsible for the crew, the increase rate is at least [-]%.

Once people are in trouble, they often hope for a chance to soar to the sky, and the same is true for those who have devoted themselves to the film industry.In the film industry at this time, the threshold for entry is actually not high, the only difficulty is whether you can get out.

Most of the people who join the film industry firstly want to relieve the pressure of life. The salary of the film crew is basically paid on the same day, so that they can do as much as they want every day, and they don't have to worry about running out of food at home.

Secondly, these people all have certain fantasies, and those who choose to join the film crew to play tricks may regard Zhou Runfa as the object of fantasies at this time.

Thinking that they are blessed with the potential to be valued by the big boss, if this happens, wouldn't they become the next Zhou Runfa?

Thinking about Zhou Run's current film salary, the minimum guarantee is 100 million for the next film, plus the dividends for the actors behind, how will they still worry about their lives?I can't even count the money.

Let's talk about those who choose to be behind the scenes of the crew and have a more 'pragmatic' personality.In fact, the idea is similar to the former one. In some entertainment news, apart from reporting the high salaries of stars, they also report which director gets how much.

Huang Baiming is a vivid representative, and even his past has been brought out for nothing.

For example, how depressed he was when he was in New Art City, until he was appreciated by Ye Jingcheng later, he got 30 yuan as a director for the first film, and now he has opened his own company. Ten thousand shares.

Therefore, most of the people who are willing to be behind the scenes belong to the category of "big ambitions", and secondly, they feel that they are "quite literary", and they are only short of a chance to be appreciated.

In fact, these people have a fluke mentality, just like people who like to buy lottery tickets.

Even knowing that the probability of winning the first prize is extremely low, there may even be an inside story.But knowing that the bonus is as high as 500 million, they still can't help but try, thinking that the goddess of luck will land on them.

"Line up and come one by one."

"You fill in the information first, then hand it over to the front desk, and come back for an interview after receiving the notification."

"You're going to interview now? Who do you think you are?"

……

People such as Qingdeng Entertainment, Golden Princess, Golden Harvest, including the half-dead Shaw Brothers, seem to be welcoming a wave of refugees during this period, and people who come to the company for interviews come one after another.

Among them, Qingdeng Entertainment is the most popular. Although the conditions for the artists and behind-the-scenes personnel recruited by Qingdeng Entertainment are more stringent than those of other major film companies, more than [-]% of the people who have devoted themselves to the film industry still list it as the first goal. .

It's all because of Ye Jingcheng's reputation, and the company has always advocated the promotion of newcomers.Just when the media exposed Zhou Runfa's contract termination, isn't this a huge opportunity?

Green Lantern Entertainment...Or Ye Jingcheng would always find someone to replace Zhou Runfa after Zhou Runfa left?Even if it's not their turn this time, maybe next time, next time, next time...

Those who came to sign up for the exam all believed in the concept of 'the immortal will have a bright future'.Anyway, it's good no matter what, as long as you can enter Qingdeng Entertainment smoothly, your chances of getting a job will always be greater than those of other companies.

At this time, a fat man with a script in his hand came to the front desk from inside the company, and immediately attracted the attention of dozens of people waiting for interviews.

Just by looking at his appearance, he knew that this fat guy's position in the crew was not low, and looking at the script he was holding, could it be said that the crew was about to start a show, but there were still a few people missing?

If so, it is an opportunity for them.They can be interviewed at another time. If they can enter the crew and be favored by someone with a little weight, then they will skip the interview.

These people are waiting and watching, while they are ready to go.Just wait for this fat guy to say something, even if they only need a few extras, they will still rush forward without the slightest hesitation.

"Producer Zheng." The secretary in charge of recruiting materials at the front desk politely stood up and greeted the fat man.

As soon as the words that the fat guy was the producer came out, many applicants looked at this side without hesitation, and even stretched their ears to listen to the conversation between the secretary and the fat guy.

"I don't have dozens of extras over there. The image needs to be suitable for local ruffians. You can check to see if there are any suitable ones." The fat guy's producer is actually Zheng Fangshi.

Ye Jingcheng specified that he was in charge of the filming of "The Lame Man", so he has been doing preparatory work during this time.It's just that the scenes in "The Lame Man" are very large, and a large number of extra actors are needed.

Just relying on special actors who have a contract with the company can't satisfy this point.In order not to delay the progress of the follow-up filming, he just wanted to finalize the number of characters as soon as possible. In addition, there are a few third and fourth characters left vacant, and he also needs to be selected from these people.

Zheng Fangshi whispered to the secretary for a while, and then Zheng Fangshi pushed behind the other party.

And the secretary, who had already understood his thoughts, immediately announced to everyone: "Now the company has a movie that is about to start filming, and there are still dozens of tricks to pretend to be local ruffians. Is there anyone who wants to try it?"

The applicants present fell into a brief silence when they heard the news.

"me!"

"What are you? Stutter and get the hell out of here."

"Look at me, I'm already a complete rotten boy."

……

After the silence, the candidates ushered in a round of explosions.Some of the first few interviewees simply gave up the interview opportunity.

"Don't worry, come one by one." The secretary reassured everyone.

Then he handed over the decision-making power to Zheng Shi, and Zheng Zheng, just like ordering soldiers and ordering generals, kept nominating the crowd with his fingers: "You, you, and you..."

The people who were selected came from the crowd excitedly, while those who were not selected were still full of anticipation. In the end, Zheng Shishi selected twenty or so people from the crowd.

The rest of the people who were not selected by him were very frustrated and disappointed. They didn't expect that it was not a good thing to look decent these days, at least it was not their turn to play the role of bad guys like this.

"Everyone follow me to the set, stay if you perform well, and disappear automatically if you don't perform well." Zheng Shishi made a big move, motioning everyone to follow him and leave.

Before Mr. Zheng took a few steps towards the gate, he noticed a very 'prominent' woman.

Why do you say she stands out? Because among the dozen or so women present, the size of their breasts is at most hills of different heights. How can it be said that it is the Himalayas among the mountains like this woman? .

Of course, Zheng Fangshi pays attention to this woman, not because he has crooked thoughts about her, at least not in the first place.But on the character list of "The Lame Man", there is just a need for a "turbulent" female character.

The script's introduction to this character is very simple, that is, the scale of the chest is bigger than a person's head.

When Zheng Shi saw this, he was extremely depressed and speechless. Did he secretly wonder if he had little knowledge, or was he deliberately making things difficult for the character?Where is there someone whose chest is bigger than a head.

It's just that he has seen it today, and there are actually people with such conditions.This milk can feed at least ten or eight children, right?
"Miss, what's your name?"

"My name is Ye Zimei, what's the matter?"

"It's like this. The company's new drama is missing a female character. Don't mind if I put it bluntly. This character has a characteristic, that is, it needs to be on a scale like yours..." Zheng Fangshi drew it out of thin air. After two circles, Bubing didn't continue talking.

But from the look in his eyes towards the opponent's chest, the latter has been instantly understood. After saying "Oh", Ye Zimei looked at her own conditions, and asked proudly: "Then is this role important?"

"If you really want to say it, female number two." Zheng Shishi replied.

Wow, envy and exclamation came from the scene.

Especially the dozen or so women, not to mention the number two, even the number three or four roles, may not necessarily fall into a newcomer, let alone they are not even considered newcomers.But that can't be helped, who made this character so distinctive, and they themselves don't have that condition.

"Okay, I do."

(End of this chapter)