Chapter 425: Catching a Turtle in a Jar


After Zhou Yan returned to Yanjing, he almost didn't rest and devoted himself directly to the post-production of "Space Traveler".

Every day he rushes to the studio at seven o'clock and doesn't go home until after ten o'clock in the evening.

At noon on the 26th, Zhou Yan came out of the editing room and walked to the cafeteria, when he happened to meet Jiang Mengfei.

Zhou Yan meant that after Jiang Mengfei came back, he could rest directly at home and not come to the studio.

But Jiang Mengfei couldn't stay idle at all. After staying at home for less than two days, he was busy coming to the studio. Now every day is the same as normal work, coming in the morning and going back in the evening.

When he came across a job that he could do, he would help, and he wouldn't force anything that he couldn't do.

Zhou Yan glanced at his arm, "Have you gone for a recheck recently? How is your recovery?"

Jiang Mengfei raised his arm, "I don't feel anything special, and I don't need a recheck. Just go to the hospital to remove the cast soon. Anyway, except for the trouble when sleeping, I don’t feel much at other times.”

“You can’t be careless. You still need to go to the hospital for regular check-ups. It’s a small thing. If you don’t recover well, you will regret it.”

“It’s scary.”

Jiang Mengfei curled his lips and looked like he didn't care, but in fact he also listened to Zhou Yan's words and thought about finding time to go to the hospital for a review in the next two days.

“Eat more high-protein and high-calcium foods.”

“I’ve been drinking spareribs soup every day recently.”

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, “Spareribs Apart from water, most of the soup is fat. After you drink it, it will do nothing but gain weight. Eat some fish, shrimp, eggs, milk, lean meat, etc. In addition to these, you should also pay attention to supplementing vitamins and dietary fiber. "

“I thought bone broth would work.”

"It might be useful if you chew the bones into pieces and eat them in your stomach."

"Well, Kong Chao was kind enough to make bone soup every day during this period. It seems that all his efforts were in vain."

"Leave the bone soup for others to drink, you drink something else."

In fact, they usually have soup in the cafeteria, and most of the time it is bone soup or pork rib soup, even if Not just for Jiang Mengfei, but I also drink bone soup often.

“By the way, Lao Zhou, I read in the news that the Film Music Gold Award has a bonus of 100,000 yuan. Is it true?”

Zhou Yan was stunned by what Jiang Mengfei said, "What's a bonus of 100,000 yuan?"

Seeing Zhou Yan's confused face, Jiang Mengfei smiled and said, "I knew it was fake."

"You Where did you hear it? "

"I saw it in the newspaper this morning, saying that the gold medal has a bonus of 100,000 yuan, and it was announced by the organizing committee. "

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes. Could it be that this news was released by the organizer Shanghai Film Association?

In fact, there is not even a dime for this award. The winner only has an award and a certificate. The medal and certificate are still in Shanghai, and Zhou Yan has not received them yet.

If there really was a bonus of 100,000 yuan, how could the popularity be so low?

One hundred thousand yuan is a lot of money these days. Few movies in the Mainland can spend more than this amount on soundtracks. If those producers knew that there was a 100,000 bonus, wouldn't they be crazy and invest their work in it?

If this news was revealed by the organizer, then the organizer would be doing something unfair.

“Where is that newspaper?”

"It's right at my desk, do you want to see it?"

"Well, show it to me after lunch."

......

After lunch , Jiang Mengfei took a copy of "Yanjing Entertainment News" and gave it to Zhou Yan.

Jiang Mengfei had already placed the news report on the award-winning "Cow Herding Class Spring" at the top in advance. As soon as Zhou Yan got it, he saw the news title - One Hundred Thousand Yuan! The highest prize money in domestic film and music awards!

Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows, the title was quite bluffing.

Don’t mention it, if the bonus is really 100,000 yuan, this amount is indeed the largest domestic music award bonus. After all, there are few domestic film music-related awards, and even fewer can get bonuses. .

Zhou Yan quickly read the content of the news, and then discovered that Jiang Mengfei had not finished reading the news.

A lot of the news in the "Yanjing Entertainment News" was quoted from the "Yanjing Evening News". It was also explained in detail at the end of the report. The original text of the "Yanjing Evening News" mentioned, The bonus issue is indeed what Fang Yongqing, the president of Shanghai Film Association, said.

But Fang Yongqing’s original words were that the first National Film and Music Awards held this year was very successful. They are already preparing for the second one next year, and they have already planned to provide 100,000 yuan to works that win the gold medal next year. bonus.

The word "formulate" is very important.

Zhou Yan believed that these words were most likely said by Fang Yongqing himself, and the Yanjing Evening News would not fabricate such facts.

Fang Yongqing said this with full motivation.

Nowadays, the National Film and Music Awards have attracted a lot of attention, but most of the attention is still on Zhou Yan and "Spring of the Cowherd Class", and not much attention is paid to the award itself.

And Fang Yongqing has now drawn such a big pie, which can arouse everyone's interest, especially the interest of people in the industry.

Initially, people in the industry were not very interested in this award, but now that they heard that the gold medal may receive a bonus of 100,000 yuan next year, they are naturally eager to try.

I just don’t know how likely it is that the cake painted by Fang Yongqing is real.

One hundred thousand yuan is not a small sum of money. Can the Shanghai Film Association come up with it?

And this 100,000 yuan is only the bonus for the gold award. They can't just organize a selection and only give bonuses to the gold award, but not a dime to the other awards, right?

The other prizes added up must be at least tens of thousands of dollars.

Coupled with the money spent on the ceremony itself, it is very normal for one selection to cost tens or millions.

If there are any dinner parties or other activities, the cost may be endless.

The Shanghai Filmmakers Association certainly cannot afford this money themselves, so if they want to achieve this goal, they can find sponsorship.

Zhou Yan looked at the newspaper and pondered for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Zhang Youan.

Zhang Youan was in Shanghai at the moment. He received a call from Zhou Yan and said with a smile, "Did the post-production of "Space Traveler" encounter any problems?"

"No, I have something to ask."

"What?"

"I saw the news today. Fang Yongqing, president of the Shanghai Filmmakers Association, explained We are going to hold the second national film and music competition in 2020, and will provide a bonus of 100,000 yuan to the gold medal winner. Does this matter have anything to do with you?”

Hearing Zhou Yan’s words, Zhang Youan laughed, “Yours. The sensitivity is really high, you can all guess this from us.”

“So, it really has something to do with you?”

"It's relevant, it's not relevant either."

"Stop playing riddles with me and tell me the situation directly."

"This was done by Mr. Tang, in the name of the Tomson Group We plan to donate 200,000 yuan to the Shanghai Filmmakers Association to help them organize the second national film music selection.”

“Isn’t that what Sister Feng meant?”

“Mr. Xu said, no. What she means.”

Zhou Yan pondered, "The Tomson Group only sponsored 200,000 yuan, and the Shanghai Filmmakers Association spent half of the money on the gold medal bonus? Isn't this unreasonable?"

"Because besides this In addition to the 200,000 yuan, there is also another 300,000 yuan sponsored by Yaowen Real Estate," Zhang Youan said with a smile.

Hearing about Yaowen Real Estate, Zhou Yan twitched his lips. He didn't expect that this matter could involve his father.

The boss of Yaowen Real Estate is none other than his father Zhou Yaowen.

Real estate is not their family’s main business, so the scale of Yaowen Real Estate is not large. Zhou Yan also mentioned it before when Zhou Hong heard his song.

Suddenly, Zhou Yan felt a little sorry for the 300,000 yuan.

Because he believes that spending three hundred thousand on such an award is really meaningless. "Okay, I understand."

......

After calling Zhang Youan, Zhou Yan called his brother Zhou Hong.

After the call was connected, Zhou Yan told Yaowen Real Estate’s sponsorship of 300,000 yuan, and then asked, “Do you know about this?”

“Well, of course, Yaowen Real Estate and Tomson I was the one who promoted the group cooperation.”

“Isn’t this a waste of money, and I also dragged Mr. Tang into it?”

Zhou Hong said with a smile, “This is really true. It wasn’t us who dragged Mr. Tang in, but he dragged us in. When I was chatting with Mr. Tang a few days ago, he mentioned this and said that there were no decent awards related to film and music in China. The Filmmakers Association has organized a national film and music selection, which is too shabby. I want to invest some money to help.”

“Since he mentioned it, I would like to suggest that we invest some money together. , to express one’s feelings.”

"Why did Mr. Tang suddenly mention this?" Zhou Yan asked doubtfully.

“It’s easy to understand. We played a role in what happened to him in Xiangjiang before, so now he hopes to have closer cooperation with us. In addition, after all, Tomson has to go to Shanghai Development is also a contribution to local publicity. It is only 200,000, which is not worth mentioning compared to the policies given to them by Shanghai. In addition to economic development, Shanghai has always wanted to make some achievements in cultural development. If this award can be achieved, the publicity effect will definitely be good."

Zhou Yan nodded secretly, looking at it this way, Mr. Tang's price-performance ratio of 200,000 yuan is indeed very high.

“I was originally worried that you spent this money just for me.”

“Of course it’s for you, but it’s not just for you. If it’s just for you, We can spend the half a million elsewhere.”

"Well, half a million is enough for me to take a lot of shots."

"Actually, after our two families gave us half a million, the Shanghai government was also planning to allocate some more money to the organizers, plus the filmmakers If the association can raise one to two million from its own money, next year’s Film and Music Awards will definitely be much more lively than this year.”

“Having money will naturally attract many people in the industry.”

"You can argue and continue to win the gold medal next year."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "If I win the gold medal two years in a row, it will not be a good thing for this selection."

If the biggest award is awarded to one person for two consecutive years, it will definitely arouse criticism and make people question its fairness, especially when two companies, Tomson and Yaowen, sponsor 500,000 yuan.

Under the current situation, it is impossible for Zhou Yan to win another award next year.

But Zhou Yan doesn't care. If the National Film and Music Awards can be implemented, he will also be happy.

Of course Zhou Hong also understands the reason. When he decided to sponsor, he had thought of this issue before, and he was also worried that his sponsorship would affect Zhou Yan's award next year.

But later he also figured out that even if they didn't sponsor it, it would be basically impossible for Zhou Yan to win the award next year.

But it doesn't matter, Zhou Yan will be recorded in history as the first person to win this award.

The brothers chatted for a while, and Zhou Hong suddenly said, "By the way, the things you encountered in Xiangjiang before will have results soon."

Zhou Yan didn't understand for a moment. He wondered, "What happened?"

"Xiao Jiang and the others were beaten."

"Is there going to be a result? What kind of result?"

"I will tell you the specific results after the dust has settled, which will be in the next few days."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes. Zhou Hong took the initiative to bring up the matter, and now he is selling it to him again. Guanzi.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

"Well, it won't be long."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan was still thinking about Jiang Mengfei He was very curious about what result his brother would give when they were beaten.

The current situation in Xiangjiang is special. It is impossible for the Zhou family to reach out to Xiangjiang for this matter. This is very detrimental to the Zhou family.

……

Chen Zhaoji has been very proud of himself in recent days.

A few days ago, he was still worrying about how to revive his business. Now he is already looking forward to becoming the leader in Pengcheng's catering industry in the future.

A few days ago, a friend told him that a catering company in Pengcheng had recently gone wrong and wanted to sell several of its restaurants at low prices.

The sales of these restaurants are very good. If the owner of the company hadn't lost money in gambling and lost his capital chain, it would be impossible to sell the restaurant.

As soon as Chen Zhaoji heard that there was such a good thing, he hurriedly went over and bought these shops.

At this time, his father Chen Yongde learned that his son was going to Pengchengpan Restaurant, and thought it was unreliable and stopped him.

Chen Yongde has been in the world for so many years, and he doesn’t believe that there is such a thing as pie in the sky.

But later, when he couldn't resist, Chen Yongde still asked Chen Zhaoji to come over, but he only gave Chen Zhaoji the money to buy a store.

When Chen Zhaoji first arrived in Pengcheng, he was a little uneasy because his father had repeatedly told him before leaving.

But after arriving, he found that his father was completely overly worried.

The purchase of the restaurant went very smoothly. After he paid the money, the restaurant was in his hands.

At this time, he began to regret not bringing more money, otherwise he would have ordered more than one restaurant.

The restaurant he owns is indeed very good. He basically doesn’t need to take care of it. It makes a very considerable amount of money every day. Not surprisingly, it will be able to recover its capital in one or two years, and it will be profitable from now on. .

Seeing that the restaurant in his hands was selling less and less, Chen Zhaoji was so anxious that he called his father every day and asked him to come and inspect it in person.

Chen Yongde couldn't bear his son's daily grind, so he decided to come and see for himself.

However, Chen Yongde was cautious. He let his son come back first, and then went himself.

It’s not that he thinks this trip will be very dangerous, it’s just that he has been in the world for so many years, and he understands the principle of being careful when sailing a boat that lasts ten thousand years.

Even if there is a problem here in Pengcheng, at least it is guaranteed that the father and son will not be wiped out.

But Chen Zhaoji did not have such sensitivity. He did go back first, but as soon as his father went to Pengcheng, he followed behind.

When Chen Yongde saw his son, his eyebrows stood up in anger.

“Why are you here?!”

Seeing his father’s face full of anger, Chen Zhaoji didn’t take it seriously, “Dad, you are just too careful, what could happen? Mr. Hu’s capital turnover is limited. The only requirement for selling a store now is cash, and the prices charged by these stores are not cheap. If there is a trap, how can Mr. Hu still sell it so expensive?”

Of course not Chen Zhaoji? Fool, if these stores sell them very cheaply, he would not dare to buy them.

It was precisely because these stores had market prices, or even a little more expensive than the market prices, that he felt reassured.

Although Chen Yongde was angry, he had no choice but to hope that nothing would happen this time.

Actually, what my son said was right. This time, the other party selling the hotel was in a hurry, and there was nothing suspicious about it.

He also conducted a private investigation and found out that Mr. Hu’s background was very clean, and something did go wrong some time ago.

"I have contacted Mr. Hu. He still has two stores to sell. Let's go and have a look later."

"Dad, what are you looking for? Just buy it. If you sell more slowly, don't let others snatch it away. There are always people bidding. The store I bought also paid an extra 50,000, and Mr. Hu agreed "Give it to me."

"It's ridiculous. You just put the store down without checking it. Is there anyone doing this business? If the package this time is in the last two stores, then you will lose it." It’s in a trap.”

“Okay, let’s go to the scene and take a look.”

Chen Yongde nodded, “That’s it…”

Bang!

As soon as he opened his mouth, the door of the guest room was suddenly knocked open, and several people with loaded guns rushed in. (End of this chapter)

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