0137 Kidnapping
The entertainment industry is a money-burning industry in any era. Qin Lei sat there in a wild language, which could not be stopped by at least 10 million Hong Kong dollars according to the estimates of Zhu Hongbin and Lawyer Chen.
You should know that in 1979, a Hong Kong film invested a few million yuan and was considered a very high-end production. If you invest ten million yuan to create a variety show, no one would believe it if you say it.
However, there is no way to do this, because Qin Lei wants to find some celebrities to be mentors, especially some famous singers, such as Xu Guanjie, Luo Wen, and Lin Zixiang. If everyone does not give enough benefits, they will not be able to invite them. Even if some people give them a lot of money, they may not come to be mentors for others. Therefore, the tens of millions of investment that Qin Lei and the others expect may even be a bit conservative.
Just as Qin Lei and the others were studying the details of "Millions of Good Voices", a rough man in a suit was indeed disdainful in a mansion in a luxury house in Xiangjiang.
"What a shitty little grass film industry, you dare to make such a big noise without even praying to the Xiangjiang Wharf. You really treat yourself as a cross-river dragon!" The man took a sip of the red wine in his hand, and a trace of disdain flashed across his face, "Even if he is cross-river dragon, he will have to carry it for me to go to Xiangjiang."
"Boss!" A bald man standing aside, who was also wearing a suit and was also a little inappropriate, said with a smile: "Do you need someone to teach that mainland?"
"Bastard! How many times have I told you? We have started to become a regular person now. Don't ask me to call me boss!" Kill the red wine in my hand, and the man looked up at the other party: "Let Xiaoqi find that woman. Without rules, there is no square. Since we have come to our territory and want to make money, we must abide by the rules here."
"I understand." The bald young man laughed, looking at the relaxed look, it seemed that he did not do much the same thing.
"Hey!" The bald young man who had not waited for the door to go out, and his boss said again: "You should calm down when you ask Xiaoqi to take action. Let's start doing the right thing. Don't you win people with virtue like you did before, do you understand?"
"Haha! Boss, you are really good at joking." The bald young man grinned.
"Damn it! When will I joke with you?" The boss in the suit said angrily: "I am speaking seriously and be convinced by virtue."
"Okay, okay! I will convince people with virtue. I will tell Xiaoqi to let him convince people with virtue." The bald young man shook his head and smiled.
"Fuck! A bunch of A Dou who can't help him." The suit boss curled his lips and said disdainfully.
Although Qin Lei had never been to Xiangjiang, he was mentally prepared for the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang in the 1970s and 1980s. After all, there were so many rumors in the future that a certain star was held on the set with a knife, and a certain boss filmed the bullet and script in front of the stars for filming. So Qin Lei was actually mentally prepared. It is precisely because of this that he also set up a trading company while running a film and television company, just to cultivate some of his own personnel. When his company cultivates a certain well-known star in the later stage, he will not be coveted.
However, Qin Lei really didn't expect that he had just started, and he didn't have any other stars in his hands. Even if he didn't have a decent artist, he would still be in trouble.
Moreover, his "millionaire voices" are still under the idea. Although Qin Lei asked the company to recruit personnel these days and even held an actor training class, to be fair, it was just a small fight.
Because in Xiangjiang, it is really not a particularly surprising behavior to hold an actor training class. As long as you have made one or two movies and want to continue to develop, most film and television companies that want to develop will find ways to cultivate their true team!
After all, for a film and television company, actors are the fundamentals. Unless they are those who just want to make quick money and cheat some investment, they will find ways to sign some newcomers as reserve artists, and setting up a training class is one of the simplest operations.
This kind of operation is a very common behavior in Xiangjiang. It is precisely because of this that not only Qin Lei, Zhu Hongbin and lawyer Chen did not realize that there was something wrong with this. After all, everyone is doing this kind of thing, and it is not going to other companies to grab people. Who would have thought that this would attract people to worry about it.
Both of them, including Zhu Hongbin and Lawyer Chen, overlooked a very special issue, that is, Yao Xiaocao's identity.
Regional discrimination is actually present in any era. Sometimes it may be just a roll of eyes, which makes people feel unhappy, but sometimes it may be a good excuse.
In recent years, the film and television industry in Xiangjiang has become more and more developed. Various film and television companies are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain every year. Everyone knows the principle of too many wolves and less meat. No steamed bun shop hopes that there are people selling buns next to it.
However, you can't say that I can only dominate the entire Xiangjiang River. No one except me can do this. Let's not talk about whether you have the ability to drive everyone out. Even if a certain film and television company has such a great power, it will not be willing to do such things. After all, it's like a real towering tree. It won't care about a few grass growing under the tree. Only those who are grass will worry about other weeds competing for their nutrients.
But if these weeds want to remove other weeds, they must have a legitimate reason. Otherwise, you will get involved with whoever you don’t like. The final result is that everyone starts to dislike you. After all, no one will like to get along with a psychopath.
At this time, Yao Xiaocao's identity as a swimming in the water became the best attack point. If you are a foreigner, you come to us to grab our business. On the contrary, you are not low-key and you are also high-profile. It is natural to take it for granted that you don't like it!
Although this xenophobic practice will make people feel shameful, it is somewhat of a reason. Even if others don’t like it, they will never come out to meddle in other people’s business. After all, doing so will not only be beneficial to them, but it may also make people feel that you are helping outsiders to suppress local people. At that time, more xenophobic people will unite to suppress you.
"Brother Qi, that person! It seems to be named Yao Xiaocao, the boss of Xiaocao Film and Xiaocao Entertainment!" In the van, a young man with long flowing hair took the photo handed over by his younger brother next to him and said to the girl outside who was walking on the sidewalk with a little girl.
"Who is that girl?" The young man called Brother Seven looked outside and said.
"I don't know! Maybe it's her daughter!" The younger brother next to him said, "Brother Da Biao only said that we had tied that woman. Do you think you should take action when she is alone or take it all in the big and small now?"
"Bang!" The long-haired man called Qi Ge reached out and patted his younger brother's head, and then said with some dissatisfaction: "When did the boss say he had tied up that woman? What the boss said was to ask us to invite Miss Yao for tea."
"Yes, yes! That's what it means." The younger brother scratched the place he had just photographed by the other party, and then said with apologies.
The seventh brother ignored the other party and said to himself: "This girl is probably just a cover. I guess there is a Kaizi behind her command. Maybe the young one is their illegitimate son."
"Brother Seven! That's a girl!" the younger brother reminded.
"Bang!" Another slap on the little brother's head, and Brother Qi said dissatisfiedly: "Of course I know that it's a girl, and I'm not blind!"
He scratched his head aggrievedly again, and the little brother said, "Then should we tie it or not?"
"Why not tie it? The big and small ones are tied together. We can charge two more money for a deal, why not?" The seventh brother's eyes shone, but after a slight pause, he seemed to realize something and raised his hand and slapped the little brother next to him again: "Bah! I have told you how many times, we are not kidnapping here."
"Yes, yes, yes, brother Qi, whatever you say, is what you say!" the younger brother said, covering his head.
"Hmph!" Snorting coldly, the seventh brother looked around through the car window again, and after confirming that there were no people around, he spoke directly: "Drive!"
The driver in front immediately drove the car toward the two women who were talking and laughing by the road. At the same time, the man who was called one skillfully took out a black hood from his pocket and put it on his head. Then he said seriously: "You should be careful when you do it later. If you break the meat ticket, it will be worthless..."
It was already afternoon for Qin Lei to find that Yao Xiaocao and the other two were tied up. At that time, Qin Lei and Zhu Hongbin were studying the details about the "Million Voices". Neither of these two people had any experience in large-scale variety shows. Although Qin Lei did not have any, he could learn from it, so he could still propose a lot of indirect things to let the two people prepare. As a result, someone suddenly sent a package to the front desk and said it was for their boss!
The film and television company and the agency were originally next to each other. Although the real boss was Yao Xiaocao, in fact, the company's employees rarely met each other. All the company's business and decisions were basically decided by Zhu Hongbin and Lawyer Shen. At this time, the two and Qin Lei discussed things in the conference room. They had originally told the people below not to disturb them, but the person who delivered the package specifically reminded that there were very important things in it and needed to hand them over to their boss immediately. The girl at the front desk didn't know if it was really important, and she didn't dare to make a decision, so she came over with the box.
Zhu Hongbin didn't want to care about it at first, after all, the other party didn't say who he was. He for no reason, so he sent a package without saying who it was sent. He wanted to send the front desk away and waited for time to read it. As a result, Qin Lei's good letter was sensed and he felt the things in the box, but the next second he was stunned.
There were no human organs or time bombs in the box, but only a pair of women's shoes and a photo were white. Qin Lei was not sure who the shoes were, but Qin Lei in the photo recognized it as Yao Xiaocao.
Qin Lei immediately called the person back, opened the box and saw the photo, with a number written on the back.
"Is this... kidnapping?" Lawyer Chen's expression was a little solemn: "Do you want to call the police?"
"No!" Before Qin Lei could speak, Zhu Hongbin said directly: "There is no need to ask for a ransom, and the police will not accept it. Even if it is accepted, it will not pay attention to it. In that case, it will anger the kidnappers! The boss might as well contact the person on the road and see if I can mediate it, but I have to spend some money!"
Zhu Hongbin also has some background, so he is used to using the rules of the world in this kind of thing.
There are many former tycoons in the world who like to be so-called middlemen after washing their hands. When you meet something, you can tell you a goodbye to help you. For example, the kidnapping is nothing more than money. Many kidnapped rich people do not say that they can’t afford to pay, nor do they say that they don’t want to get the money, but they are worried that the other party will tear up the tickets after paying the money. Therefore, there is such an intermediary. If the relatives of the rich are kidnapped, you may not be able to get the people out if you look for the police. Even if the criminal is caught, the hostages may be torn up. But it’s different for you to find these middlemen. You won’t have to ask for less money, and you may even have to ask for more, but people will definitely send them back to you.
As the saying goes, money will eliminate disasters, so many rich people would rather find these people in the world than find the official to deal with the reasons why they really encounter something.
However, the other party just finished saying the words but was interrupted by Qin Lei, "Okay! You don't have to worry about this!"
When the two of them heard Qin Lei’s words, they immediately stopped talking!
Both of them have some speculations about Qin Lei's identity, because of the relationship between "My dad is Li Gang". Although there is no evidence that Qin Lei did it, he still has some doubts. Now that something has happened, Qin Lei has signed in so decisively and said that they don't have to worry about it. It is obvious that he has his own way.
Although the two of them are not good at making movies and starting companies, they are usually good at observing their expressions, and they are not afraid at all when they see Qin Lei's expression at this time. At this time, what he shows is more anger!
That's right! Qin Lei was really angry at this time. Although Yao Xiaocao had not been with him for a long time and the two had no substantial relationship, since Qin Lei handed over the company to the other party, he recognized that the other party was his own! At this time, someone dared to touch Yao Xiaocao, which made it clear that he didn't give him face. At this moment, Qin Lei couldn't help but start to reflect on himself. Has he been too low-key these days, so he mistakenly thought that he was particularly easy to bully?
OK! The other party only wrote a phone number on the photo, and did not specify the reason. Qin Lei thought he had really encountered a kidnapping. What he hated the most in his life was kidnapping women and children. Especially after learning about his life after rebirth, Qin Lei's opinion on such a person was to be punished by law before rebirth. However, now he thinks it would be better to let God forgive them. In order to enable them to get God's forgiveness faster, Qin Lei doesn't mind sending them to see God himself!
Chapter completed!