Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 304 All kinds of poaching operations

On such an occasion, it is not appropriate to mention the matter of Xiangjiang Telephone Company. After Tang Huan nodded slightly, he changed the topic and said, "DreamWorks plans to make a TV series about business warfare. Are you interested in participating?"

"I'm very new to this field, how can I participate?" Wu Guangzheng was a little confused, so he joked, "Is DreamWorks looking for sponsorship? It seems that the most important thing for Boss Tang is money."

"Your description is too exaggerated." Tang Huan laughed, "This TV series tells the story of the famous Ningbo business gang and other Zhejiang businessmen at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China."

"So that's how it is..." Wu Guangzheng suddenly became interested. You must know that his father-in-law, the Chartered Ship King, is a leading figure in the Ningbo merchant gang. "Do you have a script? Let me have a look."

"It's just a novel now. I'll send someone to send you a copy tomorrow." Tang Huan smiled slightly.

He gave Hu Yinmeng's mother a lot of ideas, specifically asking her to write novels about some classic Ming dramas in the original time and space.

Now the old lady's work progress is basically a book a year, and the writing style is absolutely sharp, and the various "fighting" scenes in it are even more vividly portrayed. It can be said that to a certain extent, it shows other An insight into the ups and downs of life.

Correspondingly, Hu's mother, who has a spiritual sustenance for writing, has no energy to toss about various family conflicts, and Hu Yinmeng is completely free from troubles.

The story Tang Huan mentioned to Wu Guangzheng was Hu's mother's second novel "To the East is the Sea", which had been published. Although it did not cause any earth-shattering noise, the unique style was still quite popular and the sales volume was good. , Hu’s mother can be said to have found her career direction in her later years.

Tang Huan naturally didn't need to be polite when greeting people on his side. He only needed a few words to deal with it, but heavyweights in the industry like Run Run Shaw must perform well.

In Tang Huan, Run Run Shaw saw the possibility of his business entering mainland China and the Chinese community in the United States; Zou Wenhuai felt isolated and helpless in Hollywood and wanted to find United Artists as a reliable ally; Lei Juekun believed that in the start-up stage Princess Jin should wait and see carefully and contact a powerful producer like DreamWorks...

All in all, no matter how intriguing or even hostile these businessmen were to each other, they temporarily restrained themselves and went to Tang Huan to look for opportunities.

Brothers Jiang Zhiwen and Jiang Zhiqiang from Anle Cinemas were all present. Tang Huan knew that these two also wanted something. Their theaters mainly broadcast western movies, and their profitability is naturally limited by the cost of buying movies, so they focused on it. DreamWorks and Gorgeous Entertainment with Hollywood channels.

"Find a time tomorrow to discuss in detail." Regarding the Jiang brothers' eagerness, Tang Huan said something pointedly, and then repeated it when he greeted Chen Baisheng, the editor-in-chief of "Film Biweekly", which made the other party's face look bright. The color of ecstasy.

The event site was arranged as a dinner party in the form of a combination of Chinese and Western styles. The guests were very free to socialize, eat, drink, and entertain without any delay. At the same time, they avoided the embarrassment of arranging fixed seats. With complicated grievances and grievances, if they get too close, they will inevitably look bored.

As for the performance, it lasted roughly one and a half hours, even if it was interspersed with the banquet, it would not appear lengthy.
Time quickly passed among all kinds of pleasantries, and at eight o'clock in the evening, the event officially started.

The host is naturally Liu Zhirong, the treasure of the station. His status in Media Asia TV is similar to He Shouxin of TVB.

Hearing "Media Asia TV's 24th Anniversary Celebration" on the stage, Fang Yihua, who was sitting alone in another seat, murmured dissatisfiedly, "I really can put gold on my face, obviously I changed my name last year, but The relative relationship of the previous two generations is also involved, obviously for the sake of more than ten years, so as to overwhelm TVB."

"Calm down, there are still many things here, which are worth learning from TVB." Run Run Shaw said calmly, his expression remained unchanged.

After Zhang Delan took the stage and sang "Where can't we meet each other", Fang Yihua couldn't help it again, and said sourly: "This little girl was the four golden flowers of our TVB "Happy Tonight". The factory picked up a big deal."

It can’t be blamed that Fang Yihua is always jealous. It’s really because Zhang Delan is so popular now. In the first half of the year, the sales volume of the album including the song "Where We Can't Meet" has broken through triple platinum. It is definitely one of the top ten Chinese hits this year. , which shocked countless people's jaws.

"Since the Cantonese music scene is gaining momentum, TVB's Huaxing Records Company might as well increase its efforts in operation, and not just limit itself to the production and distribution of records by its own TV artistes." Run Run Shaw slowly gave instructions, " So far, DreamWorks' strategy of going hand in hand has been very successful."

"That's exactly what I mean." Fang Yihua nodded approvingly, "TVB already has a draft for a rookie singing contest, and I'll have someone continue to improve it so that some potential newcomers can be tapped and signed. I'll see if I can poach some singers."

The two of them were chatting with Xiao Jiujiu here, while Zou Wenhuai was frowning slightly and occasionally glanced at Cheng Long who was chatting and laughing with Tang Huan in the distance.

"When did A-Long become so familiar with Boss Tang?" Zou Wen asked He Guanchang beside him suspiciously.

"I've heard Aaron brag that he met Tang Huan the year before last, so it's not intentional, it's quite natural." He Guanchang smiled relaxedly, "I just stopped by and listened. It turned out that Aaron was chasing Mi Xue, a popular artist in DreamWorks recently, which made Boss Tang worried and unhappy."

"Look at the cheerfulness of Aaron's smile, as if being reprimanded." Zou Wenhuai glared at He Guanchang, "Since "Junior and Brother" set a box office record in Hong Kong, Aaron has obviously become more ambitious. Last year's "Killer" He performed mediocrely in Hollywood and Xiangjiang, although this year's "Cannonball Run" has not yet been released, but both he and Xu Guanying only played insignificant supporting roles, so it is inevitable that they will feel resentful."

"Don't worry, Aaron is still very loyal, especially with me and his father-son relationship, everything is safe." He Guanchang quickly comforted Zou Wenhuai.

"Can loyalty resist the temptation of the check?" Zou Wenhuai snorted disapprovingly, "Don't forget, how Aaron jumped to Jiahe's side in the first place, and this Boss Tang is famous for being generous. "

"Okay, I will try my best to keep Aaron and Tang Huan at a distance." He Guanchang resignedly promised.

Zou Wenhuai's expression slowed down, "Aaron still has time to chase after the head of DreamWorks, it seems that he still has too much free time, doesn't he have an idea for a movie called "Master Dragon", where is the script? , procrastinating and not hurrying to move."

"Aaron has not been idle recently. He has supervised a movie." He Guanchang said here, after thinking for a while, he realized that Cheng Long's nostrils were indeed upturned during this period, and he was not very good at being a human being. It should be beaten, so He sighed and reassured, "In short, I will keep an eye on Aaron, there will be no mistakes, and the script must be brought out as soon as possible."

It is understandable that Zou Wenhuai is so nervous. Those who poach the wall must be afraid of being poached. His own financial resources are not as good as Tang Huan's. The only countermeasure is to do a good job of prevention and kill possible signs in the bud. status.

Just as he let out a sigh of relief, Zou Wenhuai turned his eyes and his face became gloomy again.

He Guanchang looked puzzled, thinking that his old partner was too angry that his entry into Hollywood was not going well. Was this something he saw that made him unhappy?

After following the direction to find the past, He Guanchang's heart skipped a beat, and he saw Lei Juekun talking with Xu Guanjie attentively like a corporal.

"Tonight's trip is really right. I guess only Tang Huan has the ability to gather all kinds of people together, and some undercurrents will be exposed naturally." After Zou Wenhuai finished speaking coldly, he fell silent.

He Guanchang smiled wryly, but was also speechless for a while.He understands that, unlike Cheng Long, the Xu brothers who have received higher education and graduated from university can be said to be very knowledgeable, and they have rules in how they do things, so they are not so easy to fiddle with.

Of course, Tang Huan didn't know that there would be so many intrigues at his family's dinner party, but he happened to see Lei Juekun's series of actions to win over Xu Guanjie.

Regarding this, Tang Huan secretly laughed, this is due to historical inertia.I remember that in the original time and space, New Art City used a high price of 200 million to poach Xu Guanjie from Golden Harvest. Look at the current situation, if there is no accident, it will still be staged as usual.

This kind of banquet was very tiring, so after it was over, Tang Huan left without staying too long, and Lu Xiaohu sent him to Lin Qingxia's residence.

Since he was going to film in Xiangjiang, Tang Huan simply bought a high-end apartment for Lin Qingxia as his place to stay.

No matter when or where, a woman will always feel more at ease when she has fixed assets such as a house.

Tang Huan is well aware of this, so he has always been very considerate in this regard.

However, after meeting, Lin Qingxia deliberately behaved coldly, with occasional resentment flashing in her eyes.

Tang Huan didn't take this as disobedience, he knew in his heart that after Lin Qingxia arrived in Xiangjiang, he discovered that Tang's officials were as ridiculous as the ancients, and he was naturally dissatisfied.

However, this kind of small emotion can only be said to be a kind of tonic, and it can't cause any disturbance.

It can be said that Lin Qingxia and Hu Yinmeng are both literary young women, but the latter is a maverick type, while the former is a romantic Qiong Yao type.

Tang Huan can give Lin Qingxia this kind of emotional experience, and occupy the other person's body and mind. This makes Lin Qingxia, who has been taught very strictly since childhood and accepts death in emotions, has no other choice but to play a small temper.

This is also true. After rolling on the sheets gently twice, Lin Qingxia returned to the state of being obsessed with Tang Huan when she was in the United States.

"How is it? Compared with movies, are you used to shooting TV dramas?" Tang Huan asked about Lin Qingxia's work situation with concern.

"It's true that I'm a little uncomfortable with the working style and language, but Azhi always took good care of me on the set, so it didn't hinder me at all." Lin Qingxia replied lazily.

"The princess concubine in the play, and the sisters outside the play, it's a good story." Tang Huan chuckled.

Lin Qingxia pinched Tang Huan's thigh softly and asked subconsciously, "What is your relationship with Azhi?"

"The question you raised is difficult for me to answer." Tang Huan sighed, "Then I can only give a demonstration and explain it."

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The next day, the first person to come to visit Tang Huan was Chen Baisheng, which shows how urgent his mentality was.

As early as 1977, when he was still a civil servant, he worked as a volunteer editor for the bi-weekly magazine "Big Close-up", which was founded by Tang Shuxuan, and it was also the foundation of the "Film Bi-weekly" founded in 1979.

At that time, he also had an identity as the chairman of the Firebird Film Association, so he got to know Yang Yuping and others, and participated in the preparation of the first Xiangjiang International Film Festival in 1977.

This event is of a trial nature, with a budget of only 11 Hong Kong dollars. One can imagine how shabby it is, but it is the first international film festival in Southeast Asia.

It can be seen from this that Chen Bosheng is quite experienced in the film field of Xiangjiang.

Because at the Baodao Golden Horse Awards in recent years, Xiangjiang films have become stepmother's children and have been disappointed many times. Therefore, hosting Xiangjiang's own professional film awards has been mentioned more and more by Xiangjiang film professionals.

However, this kind of move to challenge the Baodao Golden Horse Award would only be done by a scholarly person like Chen Baisheng.

Without official support or funding from financial sponsors, it is not easy for Hong Kong filmmakers to set up their own professional award-winning film industry.

You know, until now, there has not been a formal film industry association in Xiangjiang.

When Chen Bosheng was looking for external help, he would naturally not miss DreamWorks, and Hu Yinmeng's attitude was not as indifferent as other companies, but he made it clear that he could introduce it to the boss.

With this enthusiasm, Hu Yinmeng's goddess halo became more and more dazzling in the Xiangjiang cultural circle.

After receiving Tang Huan's promise to "discuss in detail tomorrow" at the banquet last night, Chen Baisheng was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night, so he rushed to meet him early.

"This is a Hong Kong filmmaker with ideals. Unfortunately, in front of the capital, he does not have any right to speak. In the original time and space, Hong Kong films prospered for ten years, and then they became beautiful fireworks that only remain in memory. The initiator of the Academy Awards—— "Film Biweekly" cannot escape the fate of bankruptcy."

Tang Huan sighed secretly, and then said: "You can get all kinds of support from me, including funds, but I still have to talk about some requirements. Are you willing to listen?"

(End of this chapter)