Overturning Hogwarts

August 1991, 8, Hong Kong.

"What work arrangements do I have in the next few months?"

Early in the morning, Zhang Rui appeared in the company office and asked his work secretary, a young woman with a good appearance and figure.

Li Cheng is just a life assistant and bodyguard. He only stays with Zhang Rui when he goes out. When working, naturally beautiful women are more eye-catching.

"This month you have two films that require guest appearances, namely... "Warrior in Golden Armor Part 9" will be filmed independently by the company in September, and you will still be starring...October...December..."

The beautiful secretary had a pair of dark circles under her eyes, and she was reporting her work seriously, but her eyes were glaring fiercely at the back of Zhang Rui's head, and she was gesturing with her little fist to hit him.

After all, at three or four o'clock in the morning, when you are sleeping soundly, you are woken up by your boss's phone call, and you force yourself to get up to go to work despite your sleepiness. It would be unpleasant for anyone.

Don’t you know that lack of sleep is the biggest natural enemy of beautiful women?

Damn capitalist!

"Let me put all my business activities on hold first. The "Armor Warrior" project will also be suspended until I get through..."

Zhang Rui was sitting in his office chair and suddenly spun half a circle, just in time to see his secretary punching his head.

"Ah, yes, there are mosquitoes! I'm swatting mosquitoes."

The beautiful secretary was caught in the act and quickly changed her fists to waving, as if she was actually driving away mosquitoes.

Zhang Rui didn't bother with the other party's little moves. After all, what he did was unethical.

But who makes him the boss?

Of course, stick to your own schedule first.

……

It can be said that Zhang Rui's company works entirely with him as the core.

The film and television production department is responsible for filming children's TV series starring Zhang Rui and communicating with local TV stations.

The main product of the toy factory is also the peripheral products of the TV series. In other words, the TV series produced by Zhang Rui are advertising the products of the toy factory in advance.

Game production, taking advantage of the popularity of film and television dramas to produce games with corresponding themes.

The sales department is responsible for the sales channels of various products.

……

As soon as Zhang Rui canceled his work plan, the operation of the entire company was unable to proceed.

There was also an explosion in the company conference room.

"Master Rui, why did you suddenly cancel the subsequent work?"

"Yeah, if we don't make "The Brave Warriors 2", what will we show it to the TV stations?"

"The upgraded product of "Warriors in Golden Armor" has been developed a long time ago. If it is not produced, will the factory have to shut down?"

"Without the broadcast promotion of "Warrior in Golden Armor," even if the product is produced, it won't be able to sell as many copies."

……

Heads of various departments raised objections one after another.

Although the company's income is nothing to Zhang Rui, who has other financial resources.

Just like the piece of land that came with the toy factory when it was purchased, it is now worth a sky-high price, much more than the entire company.

There are other types of investments that I won’t go into detail one by one.

Otherwise, why would Zhang Rui not take two million pounds seriously?

You have to remember that this was only 1991. If two million pounds were converted into Hong Kong dollars, it would be almost... well, it was quite a lot anyway.

But we can't just stop all the company's business. There are so many people in the company, so we can't just get paid for free, and the landlord's money doesn't come from strong winds.

"I have already considered this. Let's use "Barbara" to replace "Warrior in Golden Armor". This is also a project that has been studied for a long time."

In the past, Zhang Rui was the leading actor, so the films were mostly boys' children's dramas. Now that Zhang Rui will be away for a while, he can film such dramas starring girls.

"Can "Barbara" work? Does anyone really like to watch such a silly plot?"

"And we can't find a child star like you, Rui Shao, who has guaranteed ratings to star."

Everyone in the company has a blind trust in Zhang Rui. They feel that as long as Zhang Rui stars, the TV series will be a hit, and the sales of corresponding toys and games will also be high.

This is proven by the facts of the past few years. Any movie starring Zhang Rui will do well at the box office; any TV series starring Zhang Rui will be a hit; any project Zhang Rui invests in will make a lot of money...

There are various opinions about this.

Some say that Zhang Rui has an expert behind him and can do calculations; some say that Zhang Rui has a unique vision and is a business wizard; some say that Zhang Rui has a deep background and is from a certain family; and some say that Zhang Rui is blessed with great fortune. , what are you doing to be popular...

In fact, it is because Zhang Rui is a reborn person and knows what can be popular and what can make money.

It is obvious that he will do whatever he can to succeed, but outsiders only look at the results and think that he can succeed in whatever he does.

This also gave him a layer of mystery, which frightened some people with evil intentions.

"I have already decided to film "Barbara."" Zhang Rui made the decision directly.

"If there are no suitable young actors, go find them. I invited you here to solve problems, not to find faults."

The decision-making power of the entire company lies in Zhang Rui's hands. When he makes the final decision, everyone can only follow his plan.

After adjusting the work plan, Zhang Rui raised a new topic.

"I plan to shoot a TV series with the theme of little wizards and magic. Let's put the plot aside for now. Props R&D team, do you have any good design plans?"

This is actually the main purpose of Zhang Rui coming to the company today.

After failing to find Diagon Alley, Zhang Rui obtained the key information to enter Hogwarts - September 9st, platform nine and three-quarters of King's Cross Station.

Zhang Rui planned to disguise himself as a new little wizard and sneak in, so he would naturally need some equipment. He happened to have a toy factory of his own, and the R&D team was responsible for designing props (toys).

"Little wizard? Does the little wizard need armor? Does he also need to transform?"

This is not a warrior in golden armor, so what kind of body has he changed into.

"Does the wizard use a giant sword or a sickle? A blow dart or a hand crossbow?"

They said it was magic, but you want to fight.

“I can make a crystal ball that lights up and add some music.”

That's a music box, asshole.

……

Even if Zhang Rui is dissatisfied with the designers of the R&D team, he will not interrupt directly and can only complain in his heart.

After all, this industry is all about creativity, which means brainstorming and unbridled ideas, and the designer’s imagination cannot be limited.

Moreover, the image of the wizard was also very different at this time, and it was not just a kind of holding a wand and riding a broom.

"Ahem, everyone has good ideas."

Seeing that everyone's creativity was getting more and more deviated, and they even wanted to design Gatling for wizards, Zhang Rui had to speak.

"Let's start from the perspective of wands and magic. How can we design such a long and short wooden stick to produce magical effects?"

After all, I am most likely a Muggle. If I don't use magic all the time, it will easily arouse suspicion, so I have no choice but to use a fake wand to deceive others.