Chapter 502 Director Wang, I heard that you are planning to make a co-production
Hearing this, Wang Shu shook his head helplessly.
When the stall owner saw Yang Wei coming, he came over with a smile and said hello.
Compared to Wang Shu, the stall owner is obviously more familiar with Yang Wei.
Wang Shu took one look and knew that Yang Wei was here for a long time.
The two of them were eating barbecue and drinking wine. Yang Wei asked in confusion: "Shuzi, why do you suddenly want to come here?"
Wang Shu clinked his wine glass with him and replied: "It's been a long time." I didn’t come here anymore, but I suddenly wanted to come.”
Actually, Yang Wei knew that Wang Shu was a nostalgic person, otherwise he wouldn’t have given him much support.
Smiling and joking: "I won the Oscar, and suddenly I felt emotional and wanted to come back here to see it?"
Seeing Wang Shu not speaking, Yang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, He said in a deep voice, "I met Liang Shan in Hengdian."
"She is now in Hengdian, still playing a small role."
Wang Shu's heart did not rise and fall when he heard Yang Wei talking about Liang Shan.
He and Liang Shan have never been together, let alone in love.
To put it into detail, it was just that he was young at that time and Liang Shan was tall. The hormones in his body exploded and his lower body wanted to sleep with her.
Later I saw the sleepy person chatting and laughing with the acupuncture point, and it was just that the blood was high for a while.
Looking back now, it was indeed impulsive.
Liang Shan was neither his girlfriend nor his, she just rushed towards him because she wanted to sleep with her lower body.
Really, clown.
"It's just a small role. Should I help her?" Wang Shu asked back.
Although I was impulsive at the time, I was beaten after all.
Therefore, Wang Shu handed over the word after cooperating with China Film, Shanghai Film, Guangwang and Huayi in Beijing.
Since then, Acupuncture has been unable to survive in the Beijing film and television industry, and now Wang Shu doesn’t know where he has gone.
In a society governed by the rule of law, a place of excellence, it is naturally impossible for the great director Wang Shu to beat him up again because of this matter.
Although it is easy to beat the opponent, it is embarrassing if it is spread out.
Relatively speaking, it is a better choice to use the energy you can use to destroy the other party's job.
"I don't mean that." Yang Wei sneered, "I just happened to know about this matter, so I told you."
Wang Shu shook his head and said: "Since it has been several years, let's let it go Let's go."
"We have never been together, there was no relationship at all, and now there are only some memories left."
Yang Wei nodded and said nothing more.
The two no longer talked about Liang Shan, but recalled the past.
Suddenly, Yang Wei's cell phone rang. He took it out, took a look, and chose to answer it.
“Hello, Sister Wang.” Yang Wei.
"Yang Wei, I heard that you are having barbecue with Director Wang now?" Wang Jinhua asked with a smile on the phone.
Yang Wei glanced at Wang Shu after hearing this. Although he didn't know how Wang Jinhua knew this, he still answered truthfully: "Yes."
"Is Director Wang nearby? ? Did he hear me?" Wang Jinhua asked immediately after hearing Yang Wei's answer.
Yang Wei looked at Wang Shu after hearing this, and Wang Shu immediately said, "Sister Jinhua."
Wang Jinhua heard Wang Shu's voice and immediately smiled and said: "Director Wang, I'm really sorry, this is not an appointment. You haven't had time to eat, so you called Yang Wei."
"Don't get me wrong, it wasn't Yang Wei who told me that you were having supper with him, but I happened to know about it. "
"Haha." Wang Shu laughed twice and asked, "Sister Jinhua, didn't you call me specifically to talk about this?"
"Haha." Wang Jinhua heard this and asked, "What? For a director as big as Director Wang, couldn't I just call here specifically to show my face in front of Director Wang?"
"Sister Jinhua, just say it if you have anything to say." Wang Shu was speechless.
"Haha." Wang Jinghua smiled and immediately stopped talking nonsense and said, "Director Wang, I heard that you are planning to prepare a co-production?"
Wang Shu was speechless when he heard this. .
He asked why Wang Jinhua had to call Yang Wei to find him at this time. It turned out that he only mentioned the Sino-US co-production at noon, and Wang Jinhua found out in the blink of an eye.
China Film and Wanda are planning to cooperate with him, and they will definitely not talk about adding competitors to themselves.
The rest are people from the Film and Television Bureau
But it’s not absolute.
At that time, besides Han Sanping, there were other people from China Film Group.
Although Han Sanping is the boss of China Film, China Film is, after all, formed by the fusion of eight major state-owned enterprises. There are many connections among them, and not all of them are aligned with Han Sanping, and they may spread the news.
But no matter what, the news seems to have been kept secret. Wang Shu couldn't help but joked: "Sister Jinhua is very well-informed. She didn't even mention the things we just talked about at noon. How do you know it so soon?"
“Haha.” Wang Jinhua laughed twice, and did not explain how she knew it, but said, “Since Director Wang has said that he wants to make a co-production, how is it possible that there is not even a single character in his horoscope?”
After saying that, he then added, "I have no other intention of finding Director Wang. I just set up my own studio now and have a lot of actors under me. I want to get an opportunity to audition in the future."< br>
Saying that I was asking for an audition opportunity was just a polite way of saying it. The purpose was obviously to get a role, but I couldn’t say it directly.
Wang Jinhua joined Chengtian with great momentum.
But Wang Jinhua and Wu Kebo were destined not to pee in the same pot.
Chengtian's development path is exactly the same as Huayi's. Since Wang Jinhua fell out with Huayi, she will definitely fall out with Chengtian.
Since Wang Jinhua joined Chengtian, she has always controlled the artists in her hands and never let Wu Kebo interfere, so that Chengtian Shi8 is like a "China".
Although Wang Jinhua only holds 25% of the shares of Chengtian Entertainment, she has absolute control over Chengtian Shiba. Even the major shareholder Wu Kebo wanted to check the accounts, but she refused. .
Therefore, Wu Kebo was always worried that Wang Jinhua would run away again and hollow out Chengtian, so he established the "Chengtian Shijiu" brokerage company in order to divide Wang Jinhua's power.
As a result, Wang Jinhua became more convinced that Wu Kebo's Chengtian was exactly the same as Huayi, and she became more and more unwilling to let Wu Kebo interfere with Chengtian's collection, and tried her best to hold her artists firmly in her hands.
Finally, we parted ways.
Afterwards, Boss Wu also sued Wang Jinhua.
Chengtian Shiba was established in March 2007 with a registered capital of 1,000W. The shareholders are Wu Kebo and Wang Jinhua from Chengtian.
Boss Wu holds 75% of the shares and Wang Jinhua holds 25%. Boss Wu is the legal representative of the company.
Wu Kebo claimed in the lawsuit that after the establishment of Chengtian Shiba, Wang Jinhua actually controlled the operation and management of the company and did not pay dividends to him.
Chengtian Shiba has so many big-name artists, and Boss Wu is the major shareholder accounting for 75% of the shares.
It stands to reason that he is the one who makes the most money, but he doesn’t even get any dividends.
Not to mention the dividends, Wang Jinhua took away a lot of artists when he left this time, which made his background even worse. Chengtian, who was not very full, was exhausted.
Boss Wu naturally couldn't swallow this, so he took Wang Jinhua to court.
Now, Wang Jinhua and director Zhang Li have established a studio.
After establishing the studio, Wang Jinhua gradually understood that domestic entertainment is different from Hollywood.
In Hollywood, the separation of film companies and artist management companies is possible because the three powers of film companies, artist management companies, and labor unions are separated.
The mid-20th century was the golden age for the development of Hollywood film companies.
At that time, through rapid expansion, larger film companies mastered a complete industrial chain from film production to distribution and theater screening.
However, this situation did not last long.
In 1948, in the case of "U.S. Department of Justice v. Paramount Pictures," the U.S. Supreme Court held that Paramount Pictures violated the Sherman Act by fixing prices and monopolizing film distribution. regulations, thus ending the era of unification in which film companies controlled the production, distribution and exhibition of films.
At the same time, directors, actors, and screenwriters have gradually broken away from their employment relationships with film companies and are free to choose film companies according to different projects and sign contracts with them.
However, the weak freelancers soon discovered that they did not have much bargaining chips when negotiating with powerful production companies.
Negotiations often result in job opportunities at the expense of accepting unequal terms.
For example, in the 1930s, major Hollywood studios often signed long-term contracts with actors.
These long-term contracts have harsh conditions and the actors cannot terminate them.
At that time, signing a contract with a Hollywood studio was tantamount to signing a contract of betrayal.
So in the mid-to-late 20th century, industry associations representing writers, directors, and actors began to exert the power of collective bargaining.
They all have a common negotiating target - the Federation of American Film and Television Producers.
Since 1982, the Federation has become the most important industry organization representing more than 350 production companies.
The various unions in Hollywood will negotiate a basic contract with the Producers Federation for their members.
If the conditions are not favorable enough, the major trade unions will not hesitate to launch collective strikes to put pressure on the other party.
At the same time, all union members cannot sign any agreement with their employer other than the general union agreement.
Of course, it is difficult for individuals to obtain more favorable terms than this master agreement.
After years of development, the role of trade unions now goes beyond the simple purpose of helping actors obtain better contracts, from the most basic negotiations, fighting for interests, and fighting for working environment, to helping actors recover their remuneration, and providing actors with relevant Legal protection, even helping actors find jobs, etc.
Since then, film and television companies no longer directly sign long-term brokerage contracts with actors. Instead, they allow actors to sign project contracts based on different film projects independently of the film and television companies.
This model can not only effectively reduce the company's costs, but also expand the scope of actors selected for each film.
As a result, both films and actors are blooming in Hollywood, creating a new golden age for Hollywood.
In comparison, the model of the domestic film industry is similar to the unification era of Hollywood before 1948 when film companies controlled films.
An independent artist management company cannot survive against the film company that manages the film.
(End of this chapter)