? On April 20th, Fanxing held a press conference to officially announce the signing of the contract with Lao Mouzi.
This news caused a great stir in the entertainment industry.
After the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, Lao Mouzi's status is no longer just an ordinary film director, he has many and dazzling halo bonuses.
It is no exaggeration to say that although Lao Mouzi is not necessarily the number one director in China, he is the second child, and no one dares to be the number one.
Compared with Fanxing, the direct commercial benefits brought by Lao Mouzi may actually be inferior to other soft power increases, and sometimes, it is precisely the manifestation of this soft power that is the key to the outside world's evaluation of a company.
Xu Laoguai, the first director of Xiangjiang.
Ning Hao, the most promising new-generation director in the Mainland.
The most popular director of the new generation of action films, Lin Chaoxian.
Feng Xiaoning, one of the leading directors of the fifth generation.
Lao Mouzi, China's number one director.
In addition to slightly inferior directors such as Cao Bo and Chen Hanzhu, the star-studded director lineup is extremely luxurious, and it has further consolidated its leading position in the industry.
Because Huayi, which had outstanding box office performance last year, has been favored by countless people this year, and its stock price has risen a wave. After Fanxing official Xuan Lao Mouzi joined, not many people will discuss Huayi, and it may even affect its stock price.
Cao Xuan could already feel the resentment towards him from the Wang family brothers.
But for now, the most resentful thing is Boss Zhang in the new picture.
"Damn it, you're ungrateful, and there's that guy named Cao. When I got rich, he was farming in Lu Province. Now he's riding on me."
New Picture Company, seeing the scene of the press conference broadcast by the entertainment news, Boss Zhang immediately became a desktop cleaning master, sweeping the cups on the coffee table to the ground, and couldn't help yelling.
The secretary next to him didn't dare to answer, and silently huddled in the corner, watching Boss Zhang output to the air for more than ten minutes, before expressing weakly.
"Mr. Zhang, what should we do now?"
"How the hell do I know what to do!"
Boss Zhang was sitting on the desk, panting heavily. Although he was screaming fiercely, there was really no good countermeasure.
No matter how angry he is with Cao Xuan, Boss Cao's strength and connections are beyond his reach.
The only thing that can be done is to come out and pour a few buckets of dirty water, but apart from clearing the air, it will not hurt the foundation of the family at all, and it may cause crazy revenge.
Lao Mouzi is also quite complicated. He is not his contracted director, but only cooperates with each other. There is no problem in legal principles, but at most he criticizes the other party morally.
But in terms of morality, it's really hard to say who can win this verbal battle.
Boss Zhang was very unwilling. Lao Mouzi had a showdown with him before. After the two had a big fight, Lao Mouzi didn't even answer his phone.
This matter made Boss Zhang very angry. Now seeing Lao Mouzi appearing at the press conference with a smile on his face, praising Fan Xing and Cao Xuan's appearance, the anger in his heart is even more uncontrollable.
Even though he knew that he still had "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" in his hand, Boss Zhang couldn't help posting a weird Weibo post.
With a strong resentment against women, combined with today's news, a fool can see what's going on.
Someone asked if this meant that Lao Mouzi had betrayed him, and Boss Zhang replied.
Some people questioned that Boss Zhang's words were too much. Everyone has his own ambitions. Even if the partnership is broken up, there is no need to say that. Besides, he has everything he has today, and Lao Mouzi has contributed a lot.
In this regard, Boss Zhang counted his support for Lao Mouzi over the years, how much money he lost for a certain movie, and why he didn't take it seriously, and then complained.
Boss Zhang replied vigorously on Weibo, and talked a lot about the inside story. He was an out-and-out villain who was sorry for himself.
Lao Mouzi left, and the two openly feuded!
The media came after hearing the news, and soon a large number of articles unfavorable to Lao Mouzi were concocted, and Lao Mouzi became a treacherous person.
Lao Mouzi, who has not yet escaped from the joy of joining the new club, pointed to relevant reports on the Internet like a bolt from the blue, and angrily said the famous words of Director Chen.
"How can a person be so shameless!"
However, Cao Xuan watched the news on the Internet with great interest: "Director Zhang, he said that you live a luxurious life, love to buy luxury cars, and wear famous brands at home. Is it true?"
Lao Mouzi sighed: "It's not that I don't have money. I will definitely improve my family's life. If this is considered a luxury, then I have nothing to say."
Cao Xuan nodded when he heard the words, whoever earns money does not buy some good things, his boss Zhang lives in a villa, he can't let Lao Mouzi eat chaff and vegetables, he is hard and simple.??It will be released at that time to help Lao Mouzi share the firepower.
If he is willing to make sacrifices and reveal a son, daughter, etc., it is estimated that Lao Mou's life will be left alone.
It's a pity that Boss Cao is not a self-sacrificing character
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Cao Xuan took a glass of water for Lao Mouzi, and Lao Mouzi got up to take it, and after being polite, Cao Xuan asked.
"Director Zhang, what are your plans for the next new movie?"
Lao Mouzi held his teacup in his hand and shook his head: "For the time being, I have to focus on the later stage of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". There is currently no plan for a new movie."
"The company still has a few good notebooks, which I have been holding on to. If you want, you might as well take a look."
"OK."
Lao Mouzi's eyes lit up. The quality of Fanxing's scripts has always been outstanding in the industry. He may not care much about the scripts saved by other companies, but Lao Mouzi is still somewhat interested in Fanxing's scripts.
Cao Xuan nodded, went to the next bedroom, and took out a few scripts from the safe in the dark wall.
Lao Mouzi was taken aback: "The script is in the office, is it safe?"
Cao Xuan smiled: "This is not a top-secret document. Let the FBI blow it up with explosives. Don't worry, the safety index is still quite high."
It's not Cao Xuantuo, his office is definitely the first level of protection in the company, the monitors at the door and corridors are on duty 24 hours a day, and someone comes to patrol every half an hour.
The doors and windows are made of security materials, and the lock is the most difficult combination lock to crack at this stage. The safe in the house is more anti-theft than some banks.
It is not an exaggeration to say that even if the FBI comes, they will have to scratch their heads. Ordinary thieves simply do not have this ability.
If he really had the ability, he wouldn't come to steal a few scripts. After all, the value of this thing is hard to estimate, and if the key is stolen, there is no place to sell it.
If anyone dares to shoot, don't you just wait for Cao Xuan to catch him?
Lao Mouzi also thought about it, who the hell is free to steal the script, as long as you keep it secret, basically there will be no theft accidents.
Shaking his head, he flipped through the several scripts in front of him, with different themes, including literary films and commercial films.
The first thing Lao Mouzi watched was "Super Body", one of the two commercial films, but he put down the book in five or six minutes.
Picked up the historical theme "Manjianghong" again, this time I read it more carefully, but frowned slightly.
"Yue Fei is not easy to shoot."
Cao Xuan smiled and said nothing, Lao Mouzi finished the book without saying a word, picked up the other three books, and the results became slower and slower.
Especially the "Hunting", almost clinging to it: "This book is not from China."
"Director Zhang has really good eyesight."
Cao Xuan gave a thumbs up: "I have bought foreign notebooks and kept them in my hand all the time, so I dare not take them out to take pictures easily."
"I remember that there was a similar case in China, and he was also wronged."
"Old man Wang Kangfu has complained for half a century, but his case is more about the judicial aspect, and no conclusion has been reached so far. If it is adapted, it will be too sensitive, and it will go against the whole idea of ??the movie."
Lao Mouzi nodded. The town or small mountain village in which the story is set can also be fictionalized, and the time can even be blurred and set in the background of the Republic of China to facilitate review.
But if there is a prototype character, many things are unclear, and it is troublesome to adapt such an inconclusive case.
Lao Mouzi looked at the notebook in his hand, and the more he read it, the more he liked it. He bluntly said that he would take it back and study it, and Cao Xuan readily agreed.
He actually hoped that Lao Mouzi would make commercial films, but a good commercial film book is indeed too rare, and it would be good to let Lao Mouzi play his old skills, and win honor for Fan Xing.
Put away the remaining few scripts, after thinking about it, Cao Xuan left "Super Body" again.
He intercepted this notebook from Hollywood, intending to try to impact Hollywood.
The only hesitation now is who in the company can support this book.
He personally prefers Fan Xiaopang, but the latter's time in Fanxing is running out. From the company's point of view, Liu Tianxian and Da Mimi are the best candidates.