British 1986

Chapter 422 The powerful Luc Besson and his new project

After playing with Xiao Huang's head for a while, Allen looked at the pile of documents on the table and felt a headache.

But these documents were all accumulated during his business trip for more than half a month, and they still needed to be reviewed and signed by him in person.

Sighing, Allen reluctantly picked up the top document.

This is the approval for bonuses for outstanding employees in the first half of the year. I casually looked at the amount and found that it was a bit more than the previous amount, but the family has been recruiting people, servants, and various employees.

This half-year outstanding employee bonus is not only awarded to domestic servants, but also to employees in external companies, leadership personnel, etc. Anyway, the conditions are very broad and a lot of people are affected.

The half-year bonus is not much, only two thousand pounds, but it can be worth one or two months' salary of some employees. The purpose is to let those employees or servants who work honestly know the difference between their place and the outside world. Likewise, their boss is an aristocratic gentleman. Although there are many rules, there are also many rewards. As long as you work hard, Master Allen will not treat you badly.

If you add the purchasing power of the pound, such as the leaders of other foreign factories, such as those in China, this money is not a small amount of money for them.

Two thousand pounds converted into more than 20,000 Chinese dollars, which can be worth their salary for several years.

However, this amount of money is not the same as the bonus that all employees receive at the end of the year. It is usually given out half a year. Compared with the bonus that all employees receive, the amount is much larger, but the number of winners is relatively small.

In this way, in Allen's company, as an ordinary employee, if you work for a long time, you will be given additional seniority subsidies.

Even if you are an ordinary employee, even if you are not doing your job well and want to change jobs,

I wanted to change jobs in the first half of the year, so I looked at the calendar. Oh well, it’s time to get the half-year bonus. Although I don’t know if I can get it, at least I have something to look forward to. What if I get it? Wouldn’t it be a shame to resign now?

Then wait, wait, wait until the bonus is issued in August, and as expected, you didn’t get the bonus. Will you quit at this time?

In four months' time, all employees will receive year-end bonuses. It would be a bit of a loss to leave at this time.

Let's stay a little longer until all employees receive their year-end bonuses, vomit. It's time to issue bonuses to outstanding employees in the second half of the year.

In the blink of an eye, a year passed. When I turned around, I saw that the seniority allowance had been increased again. It felt like a big loss to leave now.

So this kind of money is not much, but it can give everyone a reward that they can look forward to, and Allen likes it very much.

This can greatly reduce the turnover rate of the following companies.

As soon as Shuashua signed her name on the document, there was a knock on the study door.

"Enter."

Luc Besson heard Allen's voice and walked into the study quietly. What he saw was Allen sitting among several piles of documents, who could barely see clearly, and the man lying on the pile of documents. That big fat bird.

"Well"

Seeing Allen so busy, Luc Besson subconsciously prepared to leave.

"Boss, why don't I come back when you're not busy?"

"no, I'm fine!"

Allen was happier than anyone else when he saw someone coming. It felt like he was in school when he was a child and someone suddenly came to the class to look for him.

In this case, no matter what the matter is, you can't let the person get away. This is reasonable to be lazy!

"What's the matter? Sit down and talk."

Allen first stretched out his arms, pulled the unprocessed documents aside to make a clear space, then placed the newly signed documents on the newly vacated space, and then picked up the little boy who was asleep again. Huang, put Xiao Huang on his lap, and then looked at Luc Besson with a smile.

Since he hadn't seen this guy for a while, Allen felt that Luc Besson seemed to have gained weight again.

He trimmed his beard very beautifully. If most people had a beard like this, they would look rough and beautiful.

But Luc Besson has a bit of a sullen personality. He has a restrained yet unrestrained personality that is unique to the French. He trims his beard very neatly. His beard looks like it is painted on his face, which looks weird. of.

I don’t know what this guy has been doing lately. Anyway, Allen hasn’t heard from him for a while.

"Boss, I have been in France for a while, and I just came back a few days ago. Yesterday I met Butler Hut, and I heard the butler said that you were back. I wanted to talk to you."

Luc Besson held something like a document with both hands and wanted to put it on Allen's desk, but he hesitated.

The main reason is that his personality is a bit homely and lazy.

In the past, when he took the path of directing, one was to make money, and the other was

Just to pick up girls.

The profession of director is very popular in France and Italy.

It's very classy. If you're making a literary film, it would be even more classy.

Just pick any attractive young and beautiful girl, go to the Script Guild to buy a more "in-depth" script, then find a few lighting, scene notes, stage managers, etc., rent some photography equipment, and you can start work. .

and

There is no need to find a sponsor. France has special project sponsorship funds for young directors. As long as the project is reasonable, you can apply for filming funds, which is a very preferential treatment.

In the past, Luc Besson became famous just by messing around like this, and later he even went to Hollywood.

After he became famous, although young French directors could not receive sponsorship funds, he did not lack investors. He was the type who had never made a blockbuster but had never stopped making small money.

Since then, Luc Besson has been a bit of a loser. He makes a movie every year to satisfy investors, makes a little money, and then just hangs out for a year.

But since joining Allen's staff, everything has been different.

Originally, when Luc Besson first started here, he followed his previous habit of making one film for a year.

But unexpectedly, the troublemaker Cameron came!

Although Cameron is not a career-minded type, he has started to let himself go a little bit since his divorce.

In order to get the title he dreamed of, he devoted himself to making money for Allen in the hope of being praised by Allen. In this way, Cameron was very motivated. Compared with him, Luc Besson's behavior was like this. It seems more salty.

When he was on vacation in France some time ago, he even heard that Cameron was applying for another US$200 million in funding to make a blockbuster film!

The inspiration came from a French spy TV series they watched when they were on vacation in France.

this.

It is unbearable!

The fight has already reached our doorstep, so we can’t just raise the white flag, right? If Luc Besson doesn't have any explanation, then he will really become a pure Frenchman and will only surrender?

So, after more than a month of silence, Luc Besson also brought his new script "The Return of the King" and prepared to apply for funding from Allen to make a movie and a blockbuster!

"Oh? Bring me the script."

Allen didn't have time to listen to what Luc Besson told him about the love-hate relationship between him and Cameron. He crossed his fingers and asked for his project plan, ready to take a look.

"The Killer and the Girl"

This is the subject of the project plan.

Looking at this name, Allen always felt inexplicably familiar.

When I read the plot synopsis, I saw that a killer with strong action ability but relatively low emotional intelligence was involved in an emotional entanglement with a little girl.

Uh. Isn't this "This Killer Isn't Too Cold"?

This film has a lead. Don't mention anything else. Just by looking at his name, Allen knows that this film will make money, and it will make a lot of money!

Damn it, why are these two directors planning to make this kind of film?

One is a spy movie, the other is a killer, ugh.

It seems that raising a director is similar to raising a child. You can't just raise one.

It is necessary to raise two, so that they can be competitive and compete with each other, so that they will have motivation. If one is raised alone, there will be a lack of motivation, just like Xiao Huang, who only sleeps and eats.

Hey, thinking of this, Allen hugged Xiao Huang and stroked his head again. When he moves to a new house, he will also set up a matching eagle room on the roof of the building. Then he will get a few more female snowy owls to serve as little wives for Xiao Huang. , and also put more burdens on Xiao Huang to make him busy.

In Luc Besson's new movie, the actor is still his favorite leading actor - Jean Reno. In this regard, he is very similar to Cameron, and the same is true for Cameron's movies now. Yes, there is also a royal actor under his command - Arnold!

I have raised these two directors under me, and they have some things in common whether it is their mentality or the way they do things.

As for the heroine, Allen saw that familiar name. The young actress he used to like very much, Natalie Portman, was the heroine when he was filming "The Bad Seed".

Unexpectedly, the little girl has grown up now. Looking at the photo in his hand, if he didn't tell her name, Allen almost wouldn't recognize that this was the little girl back then.

I still remember that when she was cast as the heroine, Allen specially asked Patrice to go to the United States and invite her parents to be supervisors on the set. Later, he thought her parents were in the way, so he asked someone below to take her parents on a trip, and he also took the Little Rabbit had lied to her, and she didn't know if he would remember what happened when he was a child again when he saw her again. When he thought about how many years had passed in the blink of an eye, Allen smacked his lips, feeling a little disappointed.

Several other supporting roles have not been selected yet. This plan only provides a specific story outline and a rough estimate of project funds.

Cameron wanted 100 million U.S. dollars at that time, and Allen gave him a budget of 200 million U.S. dollars. Now it is Luc Besson, and this old boy is a bit petty. If it’s not enough, add more.

Allen frowned, turned to the front again, and read the summary of the story.

Luc Besson's new movie, although it also has gun battles and can be considered a blockbuster, the scenes he used are not big. What special effects are there? Only the exploding building at the end needs some special effects. The rest seems to be nothing. Places where money can be "wasted".

"Okay, can you do the preliminary preparations? When are you going to shoot?"

Throwing the plan to Luc Besson, Allen asked him when he planned to start work.

"The sooner the better!"

"Um?"

Looking at Luc Besson, who looked "hard-working and strong", Allen pointed at him and said with a smile: "Don't put too much pressure on me. I let you use my money to make movies, so that you can make money for me." , instead of making you angry, besides, besides the people Cameron is planning to take away from the crew now, I will also use them in a few days, so you can wait here and finish the preliminary preparations!"

"Yes, yes, I understand. I'll go over there first, boss."

Seeing that Allen didn't get angry, but still quarreled with him a few times, Luc Besson quickly stood up with a very correct attitude, admitted his mistake honestly, and then prepared to run away. When he faced Allen alone, he often He felt a lot of pressure, and now that the business was done, he didn't want to stay here any longer.

"Go!"

"Huh?"

"Um?"

As the study door opened, two questions came from Luc Besson and Huth at the same time.

Just as Huth was about to knock on the door, Luc Besson opened the study door from the inside. The two faced each other. Luc Besson reacted first, bent down, and said hello to Huth with a smile. , then took a step back and made way for Butler Huth to go first. After Huth came in, Luc Besson nodded to Huth again before walking out and closing the study door.

"Master, something happened."

Huth watched the study door being closed, and remembered Luc Besson's attitude towards him just now, and smiled in his heart. Then he turned around, walked to the desk, and said softly to Allen.

"What's wrong? I just came to see me because Luc Besson has a new project. I'll take a look at the other documents now!"

Allen thought Hu Te was coming over to urge him to do his homework. No, he was reading a document. When he saw Hu Te coming over, he quickly picked up another document and was about to read it.

"It's not this, it's the call from Rex at the police station."

Hu Te looked at Allen dumbfounded. He didn't smile either, but patiently explained a few words.

"Something happened at the police station? What happened?"

Allen thought about it for a moment. In the past few days, Rex had been asked to arrest people, but it was just a small role. Rex, a fool, couldn't even handle this, right?

"Well, Rex didn't make it clear on the phone. He said he needs you to come over. He encountered some special circumstances and he couldn't handle it."

"???"

Allen's eyes lit up when he heard about the special situation. Isn't this a play on the young and the old?

Tsk tsk

Where is this place now?

This is Wales!

What kind of audacious dog would dare to come to Wales to look for trouble?

In the past, Allen had speculated that this little teacher was so courageous because of someone's instigation. Unexpectedly, now that he saw it, it was indeed the case!

"Let's go! Prepare the car and call the superiors. I want to see who is so bold as to ask people to bring weapons. Go quickly!"

At times like this, Allen was particularly excited. Finally, someone came out looking for trouble. Wasn't he just trying to get someone killed? !

PS: Tomorrow, that is, from early morning to the end of the month, in the last three days, monthly tickets will be doubled. If you have tickets, please give me some.

I’m really busy this month. I have to go on a blind date, and it’s the holidays in two days. I have to go back to my parents to see them. During the National Day, my cousin will get married again, or marry far away. In the past few days, Cousin Tian also specially sent me some flowers, and also specifically told me that she was going to marry far away, so she asked me, my cousin, and my family to go with me to support her appearance, so that she would not be bullied by her family in the future. I had to go there during the National Day. One trip, everything is full of things