Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 216 Wang Jinghua Wants to Join the Game
"For such a large investment, we need to introduce external capital?"

"Yes, you are right. Only fools would use their own money to make a movie. And even if we want to be fools, we don't have that much money."

Even though Star Entertainment makes huge profits from every movie, the profit sharing of the movies will take half a year to come.

Before the revenue share of "The Shallows" came in, they had already started "Stone" and invested in "Wulin Waijia". Now they are still relying on the money from selling overseas copyrights to survive.

"So how much should we invest?"

"About 4000 million."

After a pause, Dong Jianqiang continued: "You can ask China Film Group and the cinema chains later to see how much they are willing to pay, as well as our partners. The rest can be sold at a premium. Those coal bosses will be vying for it, and so will the old Li you introduced..."

Zhang Chen’s film share is very popular and it is a sure profit, which is now a consensus in the industry.

So far, Zhang Chen’s movies have never lost money. Although only two have been released, each one has made a huge profit.

"And the second thing is, two days ago I got the investment share of "The Fragrance of Sophora japonica in May", 15%..."

Zhang Chen said 'hmm'.

"The Fragrant Sophora Japonica in May" is a project of Taihe Minzhong, a TV series starring Zhang Guoli.

Zhang Guoli is an evergreen in the film and television industry. No TV series starring him has ever lost money.

Zhang Chen asked them to invest in "Stone", and they were returning the favor.

You see, isn’t that how relationships are built up bit by bit?
"Any more?"

"Yes, Zeng Jia from Rong Xinda found me. They wanted the role of a handsome guy."

In the original book, Brian's daughter and her best friend were so fascinated by a handsome guy they met at the airport that they lost their way and thus revealed their address.

Zhang Chen made some modifications here.

Chinese people are still very cautious when they go out, and they are very vigilant. If a handsome foreign guy rashly approaches them and shows his courtesy, they will definitely be wary.

It would be much more reasonable if we replaced the foreign handsome guy with a Chinese handsome guy.

When fellow villagers meet, both of them are filled with tears.

As information developed in later generations, many such examples emerged.

Many international students are deceived for the first time when they are abroad because of their fellow countrymen.

When you are alone overseas, you will definitely feel close to your fellow countrymen when you meet them, but you may be cheated without realizing it.

This setting can also remind people that when they go out, they should be wary of strangers' kindness and even more so of fellow villagers' kindness. Most people suffer losses at the hands of acquaintances.

"Rong Xinda? How did they know the contents of our script?"

"It can't be hidden. Once it's submitted for review, some information will be leaked. What's more, all the major film and television companies have people there."

"We have one too?"

"of course."

Zhang Chen is not as clear about the ins and outs of this as Dong Jianqiang, and it is Dong Jianqiang who is in charge of the daily management.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Chen finally said, "Refuse them. They must want to give it to Lin Shen, but I don't think Lin Shen is suitable. I envisioned Huang Xiaoming for this role."

"Huang Xiaoming? Well, he is indeed quite suitable..." After Dong Jianqiang put it into his mind, he also felt that Huang Xiaoming was more suitable than Lin Shen.

"But he's currently filming The Condor Heroes, right? Is he available?"

Zhang Chen had forgotten about this. "Then ask them when the time comes. If it doesn't work, find someone else~"

He didn't think too much about it. It just suddenly occurred to him that his 'meaningful yet meaningless smile' was quite appropriate here.

Think about it, when a handsome guy smiles at you, girls will more or less let down their guard.

As for what to do if the acting skills are not up to standard, this problem does not exist at all.

Again, it’s just a small supporting role, very simple.

Even just a passerby can handle it.

Besides, if the role of the daughter can be given to Jing Tian, ​​why can’t the role of the handsome guy be given to Huang Xiaoming?

"Is there anything else? If so, please tell me all at once..." Zhang Chen urged.

Dong Jianqiang immediately said: "There is one last thing..."

He paused after saying this, and realized that Dong Jianqiang was keeping things a secret. Zhang Chen became curious instead: "What on earth is it?"

The former smiled and said, "It's a good thing. Did you know that Wang Jinghua and Cheng Tian broke up?"

"I know. I was the one who caused them to break up."

"what?"

"I asked Xu Qing to tell Wang Jinghua that I will never cooperate with Orange Sky in any form. Wang Jinghua must think twice before joining Orange Sky. If she joins Orange Sky, all artists under her will automatically be blacklisted by me. Even if she is dumb, she will know how to choose..."

"Oh, I see."

"What happened?"

"Yesterday, Wang Jinghua suddenly found me and said that she wanted to cooperate with Xingchen Entertainment to set up an agency..."

"Agency? Like Huayi? I don't agree!"

Dong Jianqiang was surprised, "Why?"

"The reason is the same as before. I told you before why I didn't let Xingchen Entertainment set up a brokerage department.

We are a production company, and creation is our primary life force. We only choose the right actors. But if we set up an agency, we will have to take care of our own people when selecting actors. This is contradictory. In comparison, I think the quality of the film is more important. "

"But that's Wang Jinghua, who has so many big names under her, like Liang Jiahui this time and Chen Daoming later. If they were also our artists, we could make a lot of money just from them."

Dong Jianqiang tried his best to dissuade him. He had always wanted to set up a brokerage department, but was always blocked by Zhang Chen.

"The loss outweighs the gain." Zhang Chen's attitude was very firm. Seeing Dong Jianqiang's disappointed face, he felt a little bit reluctant and slowed down his tone: "Besides, we can't make trouble for Wang Jinghua.

She has a very strong personality, and you have seen how bad the conflict between her and the Wang brothers is now. If she really comes to Star Entertainment, they will definitely end up parting ways.

Think about it, are you good-tempered or am I good-tempered?

No one is a good person, so when put together, there will inevitably be friction until one of them has its edges smoothed out.

Why bother?
Now we can still sit down and drink tea together, but if we really became colleagues, we would be like fire and water. "

"Is it as exaggerated as you say?"

"Believe me, I am both a director and a screenwriter. My eyes are very sharp. I can see the essence through the phenomenon. Do you understand?"

"cut……"

After a few jokes, the unpleasant atmosphere disappeared.

In fact, not allowing Wang Jinghua to come to Xingchen Entertainment is really for everyone's good.

With Zhang Chen's temper, he definitely can't get along with Wang Jinghua. This is determined by their roles.

Wang Jinghua definitely wants to get involved in Zhang Chen’s movie. Will Zhang Chen agree?

The two are bound to clash.

OK, for the sake of the overall situation, it doesn't matter if I compromise this time and use the actors under her.

Didn’t Feng Xiaogang have to use Fan Jiuyi against his will?

But once compromise happens, it will happen countless times.

There are contradictions, they are just temporarily suppressed and will explode one day.

The longer you suppress it, the more powerful it will be when it explodes.

The feud between Wang Jinghua and the Wang brothers didn't happen overnight.

However, what Dong Jianqiang said made sense. Artist management is indeed a way to make money. What's more, his films have been of great help to Wang Jinghua. She made a lot of money, but he didn't get any benefit at all, which is a bit of a loss.

"How about this, you ask her to meet up in the next two days, and we can talk about this matter face to face..."

Dong Jianqiang thought that things were turning around, so he quickly agreed.

The meeting time was actually scheduled for that evening. I don’t know whether it was Wang Jinghua or Dong Jianqiang who was anxious.

Anyway, no time is wasted.

Wang Jinghua arrived first, and in order to make the atmosphere more harmonious, she also called Xu Qing.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang from Xingchen Entertainment.

Zhang Chen and his group had not arrived yet, so Wang Jinghua and Xu Qing were sitting in the private room chatting.

"Did Zhang Chen say whether the other roles in Taken have been decided?"

Xu Qing shook her head. "When he was with me, he basically didn't talk about anything else..."

Just do it~
Fan Binbin: At least I am better than you. During the halftime break, we talked about some things in the circle.

“When will the movie be released?”

"I know this. It seems to be the end of September, aiming for the November slot."

Wang Jinghua nodded, this was almost the same as he guessed.

The hottest summer season is given to "The Stone", so "Taken" will either be released on National Day or during the Chinese New Year.

But there is "The Promise" for the New Year. "The Promise" is a giant movie with an investment of 3.5 million yuan. It is currently the largest in China and also a key project of China Film Group in 05. It is unlikely that China Film Group will release "Taken" and "The Promise" at the same time.

That leaves only eleven gears left.

But Eleven also has "The Myth", but I think Zhang Chen is not afraid of it. He dared to release his first movie at the same time as "House of Flying Daggers", so he should not take "The Myth" seriously.

Wang Jinghua didn't say anything else. The box gradually became quiet and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Xu Qing made small talk: "Sister Hua, why did you think of cooperating with Xingchen Entertainment?"

Wang Jinghua rolled her eyes at her: "Others may not know, but don't you know?"

Sister Hua thought to herself, Zhang Chen asked you to convey the message, but you are still pretending not to know.

Xu Qing grinned awkwardly. She was just trying to make conversation, but she didn't expect to make the atmosphere even more awkward.

Just at this moment, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang walked in.

"Sister Hua, Sister Qing, what do you want to talk about?" Zhang Chen sat down familiarly.

"We didn't talk about anything, just my history of success, and happened to talk about my leaving Huayi..."

"Then I might as well listen to it..." Zhang Chen acted very interested.

Wang Jinghua thought that this was a good opportunity to bring it up so as to save everyone from embarrassment.

"Originally, the Wang brothers and I had a falling out over our ideas, and later they simply stopped doing face-saving projects. They didn't want to use any of my actors in their new film, so I had no choice but to consider leaving...

But what should I do after I get out? I have a bunch of actors waiting to start work. I can't do it alone. I must have a platform.

It just so happened that I met Wu Kebo by chance. Orange Sky had funds and Japanese channels. Most importantly, he also promised me that he would acquire Jinyingma Film and Television to complete the production process.

Later I thought about it, he has the funds and production capabilities, and I have stars, we complement each other perfectly, so why not work together to keep each other warm.

Then came the matter of my staying at Orange Sky. Everything had been almost settled, but when I took him to meet Director Zhang that day, I realized another side of this person: he was boastful and ambitious.

Fortunately, I haven't signed a contract with him yet, so everything is still in time. Then I thought of you, Director Zhang. Xingchen Entertainment has first-class creative ability in the industry, and all my actors are first-class. Why don't we join forces? Maybe we can have better development..."

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(End of this chapter)