Chapter 161 The Butler
However, the treatment given by Qiao Feng is really great, and in terms of development prospects, Qiao Feng Company is undoubtedly much better than their own studio.
It’s not that they are not confident, but that Qiao Feng has too strong screenwriter skills and every movie is a big hit. No one who is a director doesn’t want to work with Qiao Feng and shoots the films written by him.
Xu Ke is no exception. He also thought, as he said, watching Qiao Feng sell his films again at the box office, there is nothing that is not envious, jealous, or hateful about New Art City.
"Nan Sheng, I think Afeng is right, so you can join in. Moreover, with the support of Lei Juekun, you can set up a studio and the films you shoot can only be released on Princess Jin. However, the company that joins Afeng has Jiahe and Shaw Brothers. In this way, everything can be arranged as much as possible. Another thing is that Princess Jin has poor distribution capabilities overseas. Not to mention overseas, it will take several months and half a year for Princess Jin to release them in the Taiwanese market. Both Jiahe and Shaw Brothers are much better than Princess Jin."
Lin Qingxia was persuading Shi Nansheng, and Wu Yusen was also persuading Xu Ke: "I think Mr. Qiao's conditions have been given enough sincerity. With such conditions, I think even if you set up a studio by yourself, you won't get better than this. Not to mention that after you set up a studio, you need to rely on Lei Juekun to invest. Do you think Boss Lei will allow you to shoot movies according to your preferences? I think definitely not, but what Mr. Qiao said will be written into the contract. When you have a favorite subject, he will find investment for you, but he can't find investment for himself. Based on this alone, I think you should all agree."
"Okay, Wu Yusen, I pulled you into Xinyi City last year and you didn't want to go into it. This year, you still want to pull me away. Do you think you are worthy of Huang Baiming and the others?" Xu Ke lowered his voice and said.
"Haha, I didn't want to go to you last year, but you know that I don't like to keep filming comedy, so if you can't reach an agreement, you can't go. But you said, "Didn't you also have conflicts with them and have to do it yourself?" Wu Yusen chuckled and refuted.
"You..." Xu Ke had nothing to say to refute, but the facts were the case. Last year, he advised Wu Yusen to approach Xinyi City, but this year he was about to leave.
"Okay, don't talk about anything else, let's talk about today's one first. Are you willing to give me a sentence? You should understand Mr. Qiao's sincerity." Wu Yusen said back to the topic.
"This...I want to think about it." Xu Ke said after pondering.
Qiao Feng said almost everything he should say, and Lin Qingxia and Wu Yusen helped to be the lobbyist, so he stopped talking about it.
After a while, both sides stopped talking. Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng looked at each other and understood what each other meant. Xu Ke smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, Mr. Qiao, Nansheng and I will go back and think about it. Can I give you a reply tomorrow?"
"Okay, it's okay, Mr. Xu and Ms. Shi think slowly, and don't worry." Qiao Feng said with a smile.
After dinner, Qiao Feng and Lin Qingxia returned to her residence, and Lin Qingxia asked curiously in the car: "You just value Xu Ke so much? You even called me and Wu Yusen as lobbyists. I remember when you pulled Wu Yusen, you made a bet with him on the set, and that time I met by chance."
Qiao Feng chuckled and shook his head and said, "I'm wrong. I don't value Xu Ke, but Xu Ke is a very good director. Among Hong Kong directors, I think there are only a few directors such as Wu Yusen. When it comes to box office, I think at least he can rank in the top three. But compared to Xu Ke, I value Shi Nansheng more. I don't need to say how powerful your good friend is. "
"Nan Sheng, it's really amazing." Lin Qingxia nodded.
Compared to Xu Ke, Qiao Feng attaches great importance to Shi Nansheng, and this is true. There are many good directors in Hong Kong, including Qiao Feng, Wang Jing, Wu Yusen, Chen Jiashang, and Cheng Xiaodong is also determined to end his contract with Shaw Brothers and join Qiao Feng's agency. These are all very good directors. Qiao Feng does not lack directorial use, but he lacks management talents, but his agency, and the DreamWorks Special Effects Specialty Company opened in the middle of last year also lacks management talents.
It is natural for recruiting such people, but what Qiao Feng wants is to recruit someone who can do well after recruiting, so it is naturally the most suitable one in the circle.
Shi Nansheng is the management talent of a film company that Qiao Feng is most familiar with.
Why is it said that Lin Qingxia and Shi Nansheng have a good relationship than Xu Ke who has worked together twice? Because Xu Ke became a director in 1977 and 1978, and became a film director in 1979, and became a well-known director in 1981.
As for Shi Nansheng, she and Lin Qingxia met very early.
In 1971, Shi Nansheng was admitted to the university to study computer science and statistics. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong to join a public relations company to work.
During this period, TVB held a Miss Universe beauty pageant, and needed a girl who knew a few foreign languages to do the show. As a result, Shi Nansheng was selected by the editor to become the host of the show.
In this way, Shi Nansheng worked as the host on Wireless. Although he did not sign a contract with Wireless, many programs on Wireless have hosted them.
Lin Qingxia was just famous at that time. When the movie was promoted in Hong Kong, Shi Nansheng's public relations company participated in the promotion, and the two met at that time.
Afterwards, Shi Nansheng went to Jiashi Propaganda Department through a friend's introduction. Not long after, Jiashi went bankrupt and went to Lidi again.
When Shi Nansheng arrived at the beautiful place, he decided not to do publicity work, but to do administrative work, that is, management work in the TV production department.
It was not until the founding of Xinyi City that she followed Xu Ke to Xinyi City.
Shi Nansheng can be said to have nearly half of the rise of New Art City. You should know that the newly created New Art City didn’t even have a director at the beginning, so it was the first entrepreneurial film made by Wu Yusen in Jiahe who was invited by friendship.
Mecca, Huang Baiming, later, often said that they were just empty-handed, except for the boss, just a young girl. Later, they hired some people when they made money in their first film.
But I was still a strait team. After making money from filming, several bosses directly divided the money in proportion. When they were creative, they asked Lei Juekun for funds to make movies. After making money, they divided the money.
Apart from leaving tens of thousands of dollars in the company account, there is no other funds left for the next shooting.
It means that the entire company is a company with no coordination, management, or planning at all.
When Shi Nansheng first saw this situation, he said that the company was not running for a long time. Later, Shi Nansheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he helped manage, coordinate and budget. She was in charge of everything in the company, and filming was done by Mecca, Huang Baiming, Xu Ke and others.
At first, I really couldn't stand it and help. Until 1982, one day Huang Baiming told Shi Nansheng that she had her account in this month's company, and Shi Nansheng really joined Xinyi City.
Then the new art city took off.
It can be said that the New Art City can become one of the Hong Kong film giants that are three-legged with Jiahe and Shaw Brothers. Half of them are the other six talented in the seven-member production team. In addition to the money sold by the film department, the remaining half is entirely coordinated by Shi Nansheng's management.
This is what happened so far. Qiao Feng also knows what happened in the original time and space. Shi Nansheng helped her husband Xu Ke to manage the film studio soared, which led to popular films such as Huang Feihong and Smiling Proud Wanderer. Hong Kong Cable TV applied for the TV management rights, Zhicai Group launched a cable network, and Zhonglu Smart Audio and Video Publishing were all led by Shi Nansheng.
Later, he served as vice chairman of China Asia Variety Show Group, served as a senior consultant for Oriental Film Production, managing director of Wanyu Attractive Film, etc., all of whom are senior officials in the film and television industry.
This person's ability in the film and television industry, or in company management and coordination has been proven over decades.
Chapter completed!