Chapter 37, Boycott
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Wang Jing found Liang Chaowei with enough sincerity. The five-year long contract on TVB is equivalent to five years of hard work, and he may be asked to sign a long contract again. Wang Jing's first film paid 120,000 yuan. As long as he is done, the subsequent film will gradually increase from 200,000 yuan to one million or even more. In the face of such a super powerful temptation, he is so fragile and powerless.
After two days of consideration, Liang Chaowei finally agreed to Wang Jing's invitation. Could it be that Liang Chaowei invested 400,000 yuan and bought back his half-year contract with Wireless. Only then did he realize that he had to pay 400,000 yuan if he did something, how much would Wireless make?
The airs of Phoenix Culture have been set up. After signing Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, they signed Liang Chaowei, the popular young actor. Feng Meiji finally had work to do.
Even Guan Zhilin, one of the three most beauties in Hong Kong film industry, was tricked by Mo Fei to agree. After ending the previous film contract, she turned to Phoenix Culture the next year. Guan Zhilin's acting skills will sooner or later be forgotten by everyone, but she is indeed one of the most beautiful in the vase. Packaging is also a box office weapon. How could she not be taken back?
The first signed singer under Mingjiang Music also surfaced at this time, which surprised everyone. It turned out that the actor who spoke Cantonese for half his life in the movie was the signed singer of the company. He had acted in several movies and released several albums in Taiwan, and he hid it very deeply.
Feng Meiji likes this situation the most. The more powerful the company signs an artist, the more it means that her choice is right. It seems that it is true now, and this boss should follow the right one.
In the two weeks after "Peace Hotel" was released, the box office in Hong Kong exceeded 30 million. Although it did not reach the box office level of "The Trap of the Sky", the crazy money-making ability of this film is already obvious.
On the same day, the film was released in North America for a week and the box office was impressive. It gave a score of 13 million US dollars, which also gave the film great confidence in its launch in the European film market.
The most inspiring thing about this matter was of course three new artists who signed up for Phoenix Culture. Both films were sold well, and they were far more popular than other films of the same period. The better the films were sold, the greater the influence they caused, and the more popular the actors would be. This is the truth that will never change. Phoenix Culture is a company that can do this, which can bring greater exposure to actors and allow more audiences to see their performances.
Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda came to act. These days, they have heard a lot of deeds about Mo Fei in the company, and they are still less stimulating. They only know that they have to perform well before they can get the appreciation of the director and Mo Fei, and then arrange more dramas for them.
Liang Chaowei is different. He plays the leading role in TVB, and there are many dramas for him. To be honest, when he entered Phoenix Culture, he was still worried about whether his choice was correct. However, after hearing the news of the big sale of "Peace Hotel", his heart calmed down. What he had to do in the future was to try to play every role as well as possible, that's all.
When Feng Meiji attended the company's internal meeting, she proposed whether to consider signing a long-term contract with the company's artists, because there are too few artists in the company now, and one loss is a big loss. She needs to use a contract to tie the artists to the company and not leave them.
Originally, Feng Meiji's first arrival, and if the first suggestion was not a big problem, it should be passed. But did he know that Wireless had to force artists to sign a long contract that caused a small civil storm. The roots of Phoenix Culture were too shallow, but they could not withstand such troubles, so they could only quash Feng Meiji's proposal.
And it was suggested: "Now that the company is starting a new company, the first thing we must do is to have a good relationship with artists. Signing long-term dates will make artists panic, which will not be beneficial to the company's future development. So I think it is better to sign a department contract first. Through a period of cooperation, they can see their future glory and then take the initiative to sign a long-term contract, so that the relationship can be more stable and reliable."
At this point, Feng Meiji is completely devoted to staying in Phoenix Culture. Could it be that she could veto her first proposal after coming to the company? This is not something that an ordinary boss can do. Others will at least agree on the surface, and then secretly persuade or even obstruct, while May she veto it openly, which is the demeanor that people who really want to do big things should have.
Feng Meiji couldn't help but secretly praised in her heart that she was old enough to do things and could also be able to make plans. Only with such a boss can she have a future. If she had passed her proposal to sign a long contract with an artist, she might have worked in Phoenix Culture for a while, but it would definitely not be too long. Now she would have to sell herself to Phoenix Culture.
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With Feng Meiji, the capable general, he signed a contract with Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, and even the beauty Guan Zhilin is about to join. No matter what, it is a great thing.
But things in the world are often unexpected, and there will always be villains in the fortune. Fate carries the shiny little shovel and digs a small hole for you from time to time, which will cause you to trip up if you are not careful. If you fall down lightly, you will chew on the mud. If it is severe, it may be a damaging muscle.
The "May Strategy" theory, which has been in trouble for more than a week, has now completely heated up. Some boring artists who are idle and have no show to shoot have spontaneously established a social group organization called the "Hong Kong Film Artist Protection Society" to specifically target Mafia.
In just three days, the organization had grown to more than 300 people, and artists continued to join in. The scale was unprecedented in Hong Kong film history.
Members of this organization appeared in groups at the entrance of Princess Jin and Jiahe’s theater, holding a sign of “Refusing to watch “Peace Hotel” and protecting movie artists” in their hands, shouting neat slogans, causing great trouble to the audience who went to watch the movie.
This incident soon appeared in almost all newspapers and magazines. Wireless also conducted special tracking reports and interviews on this matter. The reporter used extremely inciting and inducing language to bring the opponents' momentum to a higher level.
At the same time, this incident has also attracted widespread social attention. Why did you refuse to watch "Peace Hotel" and still protect movie artists? Is there any plot and content of this film that hurt Hong Kong filmmakers? Or did this film have any accidents during the filming process?
Then the rumors began to spread, and the streets and alleys, the company's construction sites were discussing this matter, as well as the "Peace Hotel", which had nothing to do with this matter.
"Hey, do you know, the recently released "Peace Hotel", I heard that something happened during filming, and an actor's legs were broken by a wheel."
"No, you're a rumor. I have a friend who knows a member of the Hong Kong Film Artist Protection Society. It is said that when the filming of that film, they used real swords and guns. Many actors were seriously injured, but the director did not allow the actors to treat the injuries and wanted any real effect. The film was too bloody, and the whole movie was full of the blood and tears of the actors, so it was boycotted to watch."
All kinds of gossip spread, and of course there will be people who have watched that movie and those who really understand the truth stand up and say justice.
"What, do you know about movies? If a movie was filmed like that, the director would have been taken to jail long ago. How could he wait until the movie was released?"
Someone else argued: "What do you know? The investor of that film is called Mo Fei, the person who sold more than 900 million yuan in "The Trap of Stealing the Sky". It is said that he is a powerful person. The inspection department dared not mess with him at all, so he had to release it."
"Will you die if you don't talk nonsense? Is there any basis? I'll just talk nonsense here. I've watched that movie twice. It's indeed a little bloody and violent, but it's definitely not as terrifying as you said. That movie is not only released in Hong Kong, but also in the United States and Europe. Do you think that no matter how powerful a person is in Hong Kong, can he control the inspection departments of Europe and the United States? Why do people also release it? You people all day long know that rumors are spreading. You are said to be like this by you. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. At least you have to watch it before you can evaluate it. You really can't talk with you."
What is even more surprising is that after everyone talked about it for two days, they began to go to the theater to watch the movie. Is it because of why someone resisted it? Is it as terrifying and bloody as the legend? Some people who have even watched it once will go back and watch it again? Is there any special plot that they have not noticed or missed?
A boycott activity not only did not play a good role, but instead allowed more people to go to the theater to watch that movie. This is something that the initiators of the boycott movement would not have thought of even death.
Chapter completed!