Chapter 426 Rumor
After talking about "Assembly Number", the rest is just small talk.
Xu Kun talked about his experience in Thailand in the past two months. Feng Xiaogang heard that Xu Kun had received threatening calls and couldn’t help laughing: "I have also received threatening calls, and the caller was Cui Yongyuan. "
This should be about the time when "Cell Phone" was released.
Feng Xiaogang then talked about some things that happened within Huayi recently.
"The company recently received a script. It was a spy drama called "The Wind". Zhongjun meant it was for Deputy Chen Guo, but I always felt that it was unreliable. Lao Chen has a way of being a producer, and he is also so-so as a director. But after all, this is a spy movie. How can he capture the energy in it?"
"Do you want to do it yourself?"
"I'll let you fight for it."
Feng Xiaogang waved his hand domineeringly and said: "It's good for Lao Chen to be a producer. I don't think he needs to worry too much about the director - you After filming "Operation Kunpeng", it's too late to film "The Wind" at the end of the year."
When filming "Assembly", the two of them worked very well together. Why did they suddenly have a conflict?
Xu Kun asked tentatively: "Do you have any objections to Director Chen?"
"No, I just think that everyone can divide the work and cooperate. There is no need to squeeze onto a single-plank bridge - Huayi has both of us. It’s enough for two men to film a movie.”
It turned out that I was afraid of being squeezed out of my ecological niche by Chen Guohui-this kind of thing happens a lot among actresses, but I didn’t expect that directors also have similar hidden feelings. Sexual competition.
To be honest, Xu Kun didn’t really want to do this.
But now that Feng Xiaogang had spoken, he couldn't just say nothing. He thought about it and said, "How about I read the script first? I have to see if it's suitable before I can decide whether to fight."
"That's for sure, but this book is really good, and the overall rhythm is very good. If I hadn't been planning to return to my old profession, I would have picked up this book myself."
The two chatted for a while, and then met the time It was almost done, so we went to a nearby restaurant to have lunch together.
Perhaps because he felt that he had nothing to hide from Xu Kun, in addition to the two of them, Qi Min was also brought to the dinner this time.
After dinner.
Xu Kun had no other plans in the afternoon, so he simply returned to Huayi, logged into Huayi's internal website through his computer, found Feng Sheng's script and started reading it.
But after reading the beginning, he discovered that this was not a script, but a novel that had not yet been adapted.
I checked it online and found that it was just published in October this year. The author is Mecca.
The story is based on the historical background of the Anti-Japanese War, when Japan supported Wang Jingwei to establish the Wang puppet regime.
It tells the story of five people, Gu Xiaomeng, Li Ningyu, Wu Zhiguo, Jin Shenghuo, and Bai Xiaonian, who were suspected of being undercover agents of the anti-Japanese organization and were forced to accept the review of Takeda Hayabusa, the head of the Japanese military secret service.
After experiencing a series of thrilling psychological battles, the anti-Japanese organization member "Old Ghost" finally died heroically for the cause of national liberation.
This story is the same as Xu Kun's "Operation Kunpeng". The rhythm is very coherent and compact, but it feels like two extremes.
One is to highlight the word "cool"; the other is to make people feel depressed throughout the whole process.
Purely speaking from the perspective of a creator, Xu Kun admits that "The Wind" is better than the script he created, but how can the box office of such a drama be guaranteed?
Xu Kun is a layman, and he clearly knows that box office is the basis for his current livelihood - maybe as an actor, you can choose something that is aimed at awards, but as a director, you have to be based on commercial value.
"The Sound of the Wind" is a good book, but it is not very suitable for me, at least it is not suitable for me now.
But how to reject Director Feng?
Xu Kun thought for a moment and pressed the call bell on the table. Huang Bin quickly opened the door and walked in: "Director Xu, what are your orders?"
"Director Feng Are you still in the company?"
"Wait for me to ask."
Five minutes after Huang Bin left, he came back and reported: "Director Feng left with you at noon. Never returned to the company.”
EMMM~
I understand everything.
Since Feng Xiaogang was not here, Xu Kun did not plan to stay in the company anymore. He ordered Huang Bin to print a copy of the novel and prepared to go home.
As a result, before I finished typing the novel, I received a call from Lao Jia.
The old man on the other end of the phone was mumbling, and it took him a long time to explain the purpose of the call - LeTV was going to increase capital and expand shares again.
This time Xu Kun's shares will probably be diluted to about 3.4%, and Tang Ren's shares will also shrink to 6.9%. Although Xu Kun also knew that Lao Jia couldn't help himself, he still couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.
He and Tangren did not get their shares for free.
I helped LeTV create two hit variety shows, and also attracted sixth-generation directors and resources from South Korea; Tangren helped with the matchmaking and bought a lot of them at low prices from Hong Kong Island. Copyright of old movies.
I can’t say that this credit accounts for half of LeTV’s development, but at least it can be said to be very important - but in the eyes of the people behind LeTV, it is still like meat on the chopping board, leaving them alone Take whatever you ask for.
Xu Kun also knew that he couldn't afford to offend the other party.
But if he keeps doing this, he will never contribute to LeTV again in the future.
Fortunately, none of the scripts he had received before, except for "How a Bad Guy Was Made," were negotiated through LeTV.
And "Bad Guy" is not a good thing, at most it is just a gimmick to attract young traffic.
As for Korean Wave…
Now that SM and LeTV have established a stable relationship, Xu Kun cannot break it off even if he wants to, so he can only let it go for the time being.
After thinking about it, Xu Kun called Cai Yinong again and asked her what she thought about this matter.
As a result, Cai Yinong has not received the notice from Lao Jia. As soon as he heard that Tang Ren's shares were to be reduced again, he couldn't help but complain.
"Director Xu, this is not an option."
She finally tried to encourage Xu Kun to step forward: "Do you think this will work? I will go to the capital in two days, and you will take me with you. Mr. Jia and I will have a closer look.”
Xu Kun was not stupid. How could he be instigated by her? He immediately countered General Yijun and said, "You have more shares than me. You should take me to find Lao Jia - or I might as well entrust you with full authority. After all, Lao Jia and I are friends, and there are some things that are hard to say."
Cai Yinong was immediately discouraged when he heard Xu Kun's words.
However, she insisted on coming to the capital in the end, saying that she had other things to deal with.
Are you trying to help Yang Mi negotiate a gambling agreement?
Then she values Yang Mi quite a bit.
Speaking of Yang Mi, it seems like it's her turn tonight.
Just when he was wondering if there were any of these, Huang Bin had already printed the novel, so Xu Kun ordered again: "You stay and have a good meeting with the people from the publicity department to see how the company formulates the publicity. The process, send it to me early tomorrow morning - uh, at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."
As he ordered, he walked out with the script. By the time he finished speaking, he had already walked out of the office suite into the corridor.
As soon as I looked up, I saw a familiar and tired face.
Hey~
What a bad luck, why did you meet this old fairy again?
Xu Kun originally wanted to pretend not to see it, but Liu Xiaoli took the initiative to greet him and said hello in a somewhat reserved manner: "Director Xu, when did you come back from Thailand?"
"You just came back. In a few days.”
As the saying goes, don’t hit the smiling person. Although Xu Kun didn’t have a good impression of Aunt Liu, In fact, Aunt Liu didn't offend him directly, so she casually asked him, "Aren't you always by your daughter's side? Why, "The King of Kung Fu" has been filmed?"
"No, There is an advertising contract that requires me to return to Beijing to coordinate it - I will be flying back to Sichuan soon.”
Liu Xiaoli said listlessly. She has seen what it is like to have no backer and offend people at the same time - Huayi didn't use any off-site tricks at all, just a few advertisements made the mother and daughter exhausted. .
“Oh.”
Xu Kun nodded and said, “If you are busy, I won’t delay your schedule.”
With that said, Be prepared to dodge.
As a result, just when she was about to miss her, Liu Xiaoli suddenly asked: "Director Xu, how did you predict the CD crisis in the United States?"
Um?
Xu Kun originally thought that her attitude change was due to the recent lessons she had received, but looking at the burning look in her eyes now, this change was actually due to her prediction of the CD crisis.
To put it bluntly, it’s still because of the United States.
(End of this chapter)