Chapter 1367 Antelope and Lion
While Ning Weimin was secretly examining each other, Zhou Fangyuxiong, who was unaware of this, did not expect that he had been despised by a Chinese.
He stood with his elbows on the table and held his chin with his fingers intertwined. Instead, he pretended to be in a superior position.
There was a smile at the end of his eyes and at the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were staring straight at Akira Okamoto, his eyes cold and sharp.
"I have kept you waiting for a long time. Director."
Zhou Fangyuxiong suddenly spoke in a very calm tone.
"I'm sorry, something has kept you waiting for so long. I'm usually so busy that I don't have much time to get involved in such trivial matters. But now that you're here and I've been waiting for so long, I can't see you. On the one hand, it’s always hard to explain. It’s like I’m arrogant and don’t take the fog studio seriously, don’t you think?”
When Akira Okamoto heard this, he thought Ikuo Shufang. Finally a few kind words were said.
I was just about to say "It doesn't matter" to give both parties a step down, but after hearing it, I realized that these words were still mockery, and that was as disgusting as possible.
I wanted to retort a few words, but I didn't have the courage.
Especially when he thought that the man in front of him was a guy with a Yakuza background, a serious person like him was terrified to the core.
The key is that he is also afraid that if he loses his words, he will really quarrel with the other party, which will ruin Ning Weimin's plan and not get the information he wants.
So he had a lot of worries and swallowed the words in his throat, making him look even more weak and humble.
"Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it. I'm very busy."
Ikuo Shufang didn't dare to say a word when he saw Akira Okamoto opposite him being squeezed by him. Feeling quite proud in my heart, my fingers tapped the table with rhythm.
"Sir...Mr. President..."
Okamoto Akira suddenly spoke, his voice was hoarse, he paused for a moment before he could finish his sentence.
“Not long ago, we received a call claiming to be from your agency. Someone claimed that, President, you will be responsible for the current obstruction of our studio’s domestic and overseas filming. Is this true? "
"Hmm, so what if it is? So what if it's not? "
Zhou Fang Yuxiong was still full of interest in playing, and his expression was like a cat that had just caught a mouse.
Faced with this kind of pretentiousness and an attitude of not speaking politely, Akira Okamoto actually wanted to scold him as "Ba Ge Ya Lu".
Because he himself also knew that the question he just asked was pure nonsense.
The combustion system is the biggest evil force in the Japanese entertainment industry, and the grandson in front of him is clearly full of malice.
But there is no way. With his status, he is still unable to insult the other party in person without being responsible.
I can only grind my teeth slowly with my tail between my legs and with patience and caution.
"If this is really the case, then what you do seems unreasonable. I can't figure out why you insist on doing this. We haven't offended you, have we? What's more, we are a studio and are naturally connected to your business. Complementary. We choose artists from your system to star in movies and TV series, which is beneficial to both of us..."
"Well, I know what you mean, but I don't want to talk to you about these entangled things. . In short, I have withdrawn as an artist. It may cause a lot of inconvenience to Wu Studio, but this is my wish. If you want to solve the problem, then you must do what I say..." br>
"Do as you say? Then... what are Mr. President's specific conditions?"
"I won't discuss the specific conditions with you, because you can't make the decision. Didn't I say that? Well. Let you Matsumoto-san negotiate with me. I am very interested in discussing this matter with President Matsumoto, who is known as the "most beautiful woman". Please go back and tell her that I will inform her after booking the hotel. This time I hope she won’t break the appointment.”
“That’s impossible!”
When Akira Okamoto answered decisively, he even stood up with an angry look on his face.
For this kind of thing, don't say that he felt the humiliation of the master's humiliation and his death.
And he knew without even thinking that Ning Weimin, standing behind him, must be angrier than him.
Even if it was a time to show loyalty, he should be furious at this time, without having to consider the consequences of flipping the table.
"Mr. President, I now think that you don't want to solve the problem at all, you just want to insult people. If this is the case, then consider our trip in vain, and we will accept the humiliation you have given us. Fog Studios will never forget this.”
Seeing Okamoto Akira burst into anger uncharacteristically, he waved his fist in the air.
Ikuo Shufang, who had not expected his reaction to be so violent, was startled. His body even moved in his seat, as if he had been hit by the punch.
But at this moment, suddenly, the phone rang.
This sudden interruption not only gave Zhou Fangyuxiong the best cover, but also saved him from the embarrassment of being fierce and angry.
The identity of the caller at the same time also coincidentally gave him the opportunity to continue to show off.
His secretary picked up the phone and immediately turned around to tell Ikuo Shufang.
"President, this is the call from the secretary of Director Sasaki of TBS TV station. He said that he is waiting for your arrival in the restaurant."
Ikuo Shufang looked at his diamond-covered shirt Watch and tell the secretary to reply to the other party, saying that he will go immediately.
Director Sasaki is the top leader of TBS. Such an invitation obviously means that Shu Fang Ikuo's social connections are superior to Ning Weimin's.
Especially now that Ning Weimin has a deep cooperative relationship with TBS TV station, this is not a good thing, because it is very likely that Zhou Fangyuxiong will use this to blackmail Wu Studio, or target him. to cause further damage.
As expected, Shufang Ikuo was committing such a bad act, and his words quickly made Okamoto Akira change his mind.
"Director, as far as I know, the TV series "Black Leather Notepad" that your Fog Studio is filming is planning to cooperate with TBS, right? Now that you have no actors, what should you do? What to do? Of course, you can recruit actors from other agencies and continue filming. But the question is, what if there is a problem with TBS's broadcasting time after you finish filming? Haha, your backers. It's the deputy director of Kaga Shinichiro. Believe me, he can't help you. I'm really looking forward to seeing other countermeasures you can find..."
Okamoto Koji didn't speak for a while. Ning Weimin also had a headache.
Ikuo Zhou Fang seemed to have grasped one of their little tails.
In fact, it stands to reason that the food chain of the entertainment industry does not come from this. It should follow this order from top to bottom.
Media platforms such as TV stations, movie theaters, newspapers and magazines are of course the first level.
Then there are the second-tier echelons such as the five major film studios, Dentsu Advertising Company, and many program production companies.
A management company like an artist’s should belong to the third echelon, and it would be impossible to go above or below.
If you offend the production company, you will still get some good results from you. Who will reward whom?
The hostility between artist management companies and production companies is like workers challenging capital.
But the reality is that the Burning Department has a monopoly on most artists in Japan, just like an independent artist union.
Capital is still afraid that workers will unite and go on strike.
If there is a real commotion, these workers don't care, they can endure hunger for a day and it will be over, but the capitalists will suffer heavy losses.
Especially when the workers have reached an agreement with the capitalist market users, not only to go on strike, but also to boycott and refuse to buy.
You can imagine how miserable this capitalist must be.
No gain in blood!
I’m afraid I might even want to jump off a building.
So Okamoto Akira, who was still filled with indignation, moved again.
Fortunately, he was still calm and held back his subconscious reaction. He only twitched his neck and did not look back at Ning Weimin, otherwise the secret would have been exposed.
"Mr. President, are you threatening me?"
"No." Shu Fang Ikuo shook his head, "This is just a suggestion and advice for you, Mr. Factory Director!"
Okamoto Akira sighed several times in a row with a bitter face, and his tone became softer again.
"What do you want? Why do you have to embarrass us? With all due respect, we, Fog Production, are just a new film production organization. We have never offended you. We have never had any relationship with you. You mean to be an enemy. Even the price we give to your artists is very generous. We can have a win-win relationship. But why do you insist on doing things to the extreme and forcing us to this point? Now I really don’t understand why a big shot like you would hold on to us. Even if you ask us to bow our heads and admit our mistakes, you should clearly inform us of our guilt, right?”
Seeing that deterrence is effective, This time it started shaking again. He took out a small bottle from the drawer, poured five or six pills into his mouth and chewed them. It seemed to be some kind of tonic that pays IQ tax.
He bit and swallowed and said, "This is the right attitude. From your standpoint, you are right to say this. However, the consequences of this matter are serious, and you cannot completely make the decision on specific matters. Let me tell you. What's the use? I advise you not to ask. Go back and persuade your Matsumoto-san to come and see me."
Okamoto Akira saw him making such a request again. He couldn't help but grit his teeth in anger.
After thinking about it, in order to achieve today's goal, he tried his best to suppress his emotions and not respond so tit-for-tat.
“I am the director of Fog Studio, and I can make the final decision on all issues related to filming. In fact, you can tell me if you have any requests. Maybe you don’t know, but Matsumoto-san I just focus on acting, and I have always been responsible for the management and operation of the entire studio.”
“Ha, that’s not a small tone.”
Seeing that Akira Okamoto still didn't understand the situation, Ikuo Suho couldn't help but sneer again.
"Okay, since you said that, I'll be blunt. What I want is for you to stop filming the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" and dismiss the crew. You will not be allowed to shoot such a movie again in the future. Do you understand? "
"What? Stop filming? But... why? We are just making a movie. Why are you so dissatisfied with this?" Baga! Aren’t you asking questions knowingly?”
“I...I really don’t understand...”
"You're still pretending to be stupid, aren't you? You're not the director, so I want to ask you, how did you get the project approved for this movie? Who wants to make it? Why did the heroine want Teresa Deng? Why did you want to make something like this? Cinderella story? Who are you insinuating? Do you want me to say it myself? You dare to provoke such a wealthy family? You are seeking death. Why are you pretending to be innocent? >Shou Fang Ikuo's barrage of accusations completely stunned Okamoto Akira, and he was completely speechless.
To be honest, he was actually a little unjust, because he really didn't understand the inside story of this matter.
But Ning Weimin must understand what's going on.
At this moment, standing behind Akira Okamoto, he was like an enlightenment, and the whole story was completely clear.
It turns out to be Malaysia’s sugar king family!
No wonder why the crew encountered such a big setback in Singapore!
No wonder, why even the Singapore government has changed its attitude 180 degrees!
In addition to the Sugar King family taking action, there would be no other reason, and no one else has such great financial power.
In all likelihood, the Sugar King family did not want the emotional history between their eldest son and Teresa Teng to be exposed, and they were worried that they would be criticized, so they exerted such brutal pressure.
Holy shit! I really can't blame others for this, I can only blame myself for being careless and not thinking well.
I made a movie just thinking about using Teresa Teng’s influence to make money, but I ignored the feelings of the Sugar King family.
At the beginning, he only asked Teresa Teng for her opinion, but he did not ask the Sugar King family if they were willing.
Especially when he went to Singapore for filming. Isn’t this just a slap in the face to get a slap in the face?
Originally limited by the current era, messaging is not so convenient.
Now that it's fine, he just has to pat the front door of someone's house and let the loudspeaker notify him.
He couldn't bear it even if he was alone.
Why don't you give him some color to see if he's still the Sugar King? That's the Rock Sugar King.
Yes, Ning Weimin now understands what it means to be self-inflicted, and he has lost his wits due to profit.
Hey, I unexpectedly made myself such a behemoth enemy.
It's too late to regret.
Perhaps this is proof that my diaosi mentality is still deep-rooted.
Before this, he always felt that his life was far from that of such a world-class rich man, and there would be no intersection easily.
His behavior is like a troll in the Internet age, arbitrarily arranging other people’s opinions and making sure that they are too embarrassed to share his views.
The result... No, I actually got into a fight.
His current situation, to put it bluntly, was like an antelope that was overestimating its capabilities and wanted to challenge a lion.
It is true that occasionally an antelope stabs a lion to the ground, but in 99% of cases, the lion ends up rubbing the antelope as a snack.
"Okay, let me talk to the factory director. Just give me a reply now. Can you decide and agree to this condition?"
While Ning Weimin was thinking about it in his mind, It might as well be that Zhou Fangyuxiong started shouting again.
He probably saw that Akira Okamoto was frightened, so he couldn't help but start to show off his power and force him again.
"Asshole! Why don't you speak? Didn't you say you can make the decision! I'm waiting for your answer."
"If you dare to ignore me, then you are going against me, okay! You are very powerful What a courage!"
"I'm telling you now, as long as you dare to start filming, not only will no artist from the Burning series participate, but all the sports tabloids in Tokyo will kill your crew. Every artist you hire will have their dirty stuff dug out and made into special loops. You have to be prepared.” TBS will sue you for breach of contract. Even if you finish filming, you won't get any good ratings. Go back and think about it with your pig brain."
"Also, you, President Matsumoto, are not married. He's a pretty guy, right? I heard he runs a restaurant, right? It seems to be quite famous recently, and he has opened several branches for his palace cuisine. I will take some time to look after his restaurant. It will be more famous and lively, so don’t forget to thank me then!”
Akira Okamoto was completely horrified at this time, "he couldn't even talk".
Although he still doesn't quite understand why Zhou Fangyuxiong did this, how much trouble Ning Weimin caused.
But if you are targeted by this guy, your life will definitely be difficult, at least you will be exhausted in a short time.
He couldn't bear this kind of responsibility, so he quickly tried to reiterate, his voice changed a little with anxiety.
"Mr. President, you..."
"Shut up! Idiot! Either agree or get out! I have no patience anymore! Don't waste my time anymore!"
Ikuo Zhou almost slapped the table and shouted these words.
He was so happy. Akira Okamoto, who was already frightened, was almost pissed by him.
However, for Ning Weimin, he couldn't help but feel contempt in his heart.
No one who has ever suffered from hemorrhoids would be able to yell like this grandson.
What the hell is the leader of the entertainment industry? It turns out he is a reckless idiot!
Following that, Ning Weimin couldn't help but glance at the lawyer's handbag beside him, and managed to suppress a smile on his lips.
Hmph, today’s goal has been achieved.
Obviously he is just a guy who pretends to be powerful, and he doesn’t even know that he has fallen into a trap.
There is a kind of courage called stupidity, such as Mi Heng, Xu Shu’s mother, and the person in front of me.
It seems that the Sugar King family's vision is bad enough. It was not easy to find someone to be their agent in Japan, but they chose such a clown with not many brain cells.
Okay! Just jump around!
Don’t look at you having fun today, be careful about making lists in the future.
I can’t defeat Asia’s Sugar King, but I can deal with such a bastard like you—just sprinkle some water.
Oh, he has lived for more than forty years, and he has lived such a stubborn life. I really doubt that this grandson is genetically modified.
(End of this chapter)