Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 217 The Bottom Line, Ye Ning's Changes
Is it so easy to get money from a bank?

Of course, it's easy to make money. People in the real estate sector are having a blast, and now Lao Wang is quite smug.

There's a saying that goes something like this: when you owe a small amount of money, you're anxious; when you owe a large amount of money, the creditor is anxious.

They'll owe you more, because they're afraid you'll die. Even if the King of Hell comes, they'll still beat you.

Chen Shouzhe certainly wouldn't borrow money from a bank, so he persuaded the bank that came to inquire to turn back.

I thought he had run into some trouble and needed money, so I was thinking of lending him money and hopefully getting involved in his company.

Want to eat fart.

However, finance is inseparable from banks. No matter how much money there is, if it doesn't go through banks, it becomes black money.

Why is the film and television industry so corrupt?

Look at Bollywood next door. Their film industry is just like Hong Kong before it returned, or even worse. Nine out of ten Bollywood stars and artists are addicted to marijuana.

Despite repeated crackdowns in China, these things still exist; it's impossible to eradicate them completely.

Emperor Entertainment in Hong Kong is relatively cleaner. He wouldn't dare touch other film and television companies, especially that family. They came from that kind of background, so who knows where their money came from?

It's best to have clean money go through the bank first, and then it ends up in your own pocket.

The bank is happy when you deposit money in it, and even happier when you borrow money from it.

After politely declining the bank's offer, Chen Shou returned to his office. His assistant was already making tea for Ye Ning. Upon seeing him arrive, the assistant stood up and went out.

"What brings you here?"

"It's been a long time since I've been here. It's not far, so I came over to sit for a while."

"Are you sure everything is alright?"

"It's nothing," Ye Ning said.

"That's good. We're on good terms, so don't let anything else get involved." Chen Shou smiled.

"I didn't expect you to hate Huayi so much. I should have listened to you."

"Don't overthink it. You've chosen this path, so just keep going. Others are just scenery along the way. You're so much older than me, how come you've suddenly become so indecisive?"

"I've been pretty idle lately."

"Hahaha, Huayi's general manager has nothing better to do. It seems Huayi is doomed soon." Chen Shou laughed loudly.

"It took me more than a year after joining Huayi to realize that this company is truly bound tightly by Feng Xiaogang," Ye Ning sighed.

"Let's not talk about this. I don't want to know about that company. I've never been optimistic about it from the beginning. Now that it has fallen behind, there's no way it can catch up. So what if it has so many celebrities? Wasn't Manager Wang the same way back then?"

Ye Ning knew who Chen Shou was referring to as Agent Wang. She was Wang Jinhua, the former top agent in China. Back then, she left Huayi Brothers with a bunch of artists to move to other companies. In the end, she had fewer and fewer people, because the business had grown too big and it was no longer a game for their group of privileged kids.

Before, a group of people could do whatever they wanted inside the walls. But when the walls collapsed, the more dazzling world outside came in. Without the protection of the walls, how could they still have fun?
Suddenly, Chen Shouzhe remembered that Huayi had announced a movie last year in an effort to save their stock.

"Fang Hua, you weren't involved?"

"Yes, I am involved. Filming is still ongoing."

“You scared me. I thought you had been marginalized.”

“The entire Huayi Brothers only has Feng Xiaogang left as a director. The other directors haven’t produced any significant achievements. The film market today is no longer the era where making a movie could boost stock prices. With your film’s box office breakthrough, many listed companies no longer have the ability to use this method to increase their stock prices, unless the film’s box office can break 3 billion. 3 billion, who else in the country besides you can do that?” Ye Ning sighed. “Don’t say that. Maybe a film will break the record this year, and breaking 5 billion is not impossible,” Chen Shou chuckled.

"Fifty billion, you broke that mark yourself?"

"That's possible. I plan to shoot two movies this year, and at least one of them will be released, right?"

"Comparisons are odious. Anyway, I'm not going to say anything more. I mainly came here to take a look around and also to see you. Remember to treat me to dinner when you come back from your Oscar celebration." Ye Ning said as she stood up.

"No problem. If we win an award, we'll bring our wife and kids to the racecourse later."

"I heard you bought horses again."

"No, it was a gift from someone who knew I didn't have any other hobbies. It was just a horse worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to cater to their tastes."

Everyone knows that Chen Shouzhe loves animals, especially horses. The two Shire horses that Yang Shoucheng gave him were his favorites, so when they tried to give Chen Shouzhe gifts, they always gave him good horses.

Xi'an Film Studio also sent him a few camels; how could a pet park not have camels from his hometown?

The zoo area is confirmed to be demolished in a few years, and we'll be moving to Beihe. It's already been arranged, and we won't be within the capital's jurisdiction anymore.

After seeing Ye Ning off, Zhong Lifan strolled over for a cup of tea.

"Is there something wrong with him?" Zhong Lifan asked casually while sipping her tea.

"It's nothing, at least not business. Putting aside his position as the general manager of Huayi, we're friends in private," Chen Shou said.

“Be careful, Huayi might use this to their advantage. The general manager came to our company, is it to discuss cooperation? Guangxian's stock market is still sluggish because of the termination of cooperation with us, so don’t underestimate our company’s influence,” Zhong Lifan said, putting down her teacup.

"There's such a saying? Hahaha, it's okay, let them use it. Anyway, we're not cooperating. If reporters ask, just say so directly. There's no need to save face for them," Chen Shou laughed as he realized what was going on.

"Are you really going to fight Huayi to the death?"

"Otherwise, because we released a comedy film during the Lunar New Year season, we have been suppressed and slandered ever since. It's been so many years, how could we let them go?"

"Then you should be careful."

"Don't worry, they won't dare to do anything reckless now. Times have changed."

"Ye Ning made a bad move. Oh, and by the way, Tao Le has been laid off."

"When did this happen?"

"I just found out too. He's been with Huayi for over a year now, but he can't bring any change to Huayi. He only got his current fame because of you. He's only thirty years old when he leaves the company, and he doesn't have enough connections or resources at all."

Where is he working now?

"I don't know, but he is capable. If he leaves Huayi, he might be able to make good use of his abilities in other companies."

"Ah."

Chen Shouzhe nodded without saying anything. Everyone has their own ambitions. Chen Shouzhe didn't stop him from leaving back then, and it's even more impossible for him to come back now. The other management members disagree with him; they are the ones who least want those people to come back.

Zhong Lifan would not agree either. She currently receives the highest salary and also gets company performance bonuses. Last year's income was the envy of countless people; she had real money in her hands.

Chen Shou is preparing for Oscar. These days, The Richest Man in Xihong City has hardly made any money at the box office, barely managing to scrape together a few million a day.

　Okay, another chapter got blocked. It probably won't be back until tomorrow. I'll add another chapter first.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)