Chapter 1478 1580. A gentleman’s word

Chapter 1478 1580. A gentleman’s word

Before cooperating with Fanxing, the public's comments on Huayi were very negative, basically saying that Huayi could not do anything, even its old business of making movies.

This is certainly due to the guidance of public opinion by the behind-the-scenes mastermind, and it is also related to the fact that Huayi has not done much recently.

As a former top entertainment company, Huayi's actions in the past year can be said to have disappointed the public. On the one hand, a large number of first-line artists left, and on the other hand, the company's newcomers were not outstanding.

The quality of the works launched was also mediocre, and the audience's original expectations for Huayi were very high, which also led to the audience's evaluation of Huayi being more harsh than other entertainment companies. Therefore, this gap also caused a wave of online comments that looked down on Huayi.

Because the public opinion guided by the behind-the-scenes mastermind has actually been an idea that has been accumulated in the hearts of many people for a long time, it just serves as a fuse to ignite this powder keg.

However, after Huayi announced its cooperation with Fanxing, the direction of public opinion began to change.

Boss Wang was really happy and a little sad when he saw this scene. He was happy because the company's situation finally began to improve, and he was sad because this was clearly the treatment Huayi had received before.

You know, a year ago, Huayi was still a golden signboard in the circle, and countless companies, TV stations, and artists rushed to cooperate with Huayi. But in just one year, Huayi's signboard has dimmed and its glory is gone.

Boss Wang sometimes reflects on why he is not as good as Nie Wei.

Why did Huayi develop so smoothly when Nie Wei was there, but it was not smooth after he took over.

For a moment, Boss Wang even suspected that Nie Wei was able to predict and calculated that Huayi was going to go downhill, so he took the opportunity to leave the company. Of course, this idea only flashed through his mind. After all, it was too absurd, and he knew the reason why Nie Wei left the company best.

However, the recent disasters also made Boss Wang suddenly realize that it was unwise to compete with Fanxing, and he should seek more cooperation in the future.

At this time, Fanxing was busy preparing for the welcome party for HELLOGIRLS.

However, the girls' welcome party was a little special. It was not as simple as finding a bunch of reporters to do an interview. Nie Wei gave the cover of the February issue of Fanxing's fashion magazine to several girls.

While shooting the cover, a large interview was conducted, and the total length of the girls might occupy a quarter of the pages of the February issue of the fashion magazine. This was Nie Wei's gift to the girls.

After receiving this news, the members of HELLOGIRLS were also very happy.

This kind of monthly cover of the top magazine is the most sought-after top resource in the circle, and countless first-line stars have to fight for it. Now it falls on their heads for nothing, which is like a pie in the sky.

The key is that this incident can also show how much the company values ​​them.

For this cover shoot, even Zhou Duoduo, who had not returned to the team for a long time, was called back to shoot this magazine together. It was during the holiday period, and the school was delayed due to the problem of influenza, so Zhou Duoduo readily agreed to the company's request.

But Zhou Duoduo also made a small request to Nie Wei: "Brother, will you come to our welcome party?"

"I won't go. The company has already arranged it. After you finish shooting the magazine, you will accept an interview. Then the company will prepare a big meal for you. In fact, we wanted to invite some fan representatives, but you are aware of the current situation. It is better to avoid such gatherings."

"Besides, if I go to dinner with you, will you eat well?" Nie Wei said with a smile.

No matter how friendly he is, no matter how low his status is, the relationship and gap between him and the girls' status will still give the girls a sense of oppression.

In this tense state, it is estimated that no matter how delicious the food is, it will taste like chewing wax when it is put into the mouth.

"Who said you were asked to have dinner with us? You were visiting us during the magazine shoot." Zhou Duoduo patted Nie Wei's arm and joked, "You still want to have dinner with a bunch of little girls like us. You are so pretty, aren't you afraid that your sister-in-law won't let you go back to the room after dinner?"

"Haha, a bunch of little girls." Nie Wei looked at Zhou Duoduo with 'contempt'.

Su Qing, who was watching TV in the front hall, heard a burst of fighting sounds coming from the corridor, and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know how Nie Wei bullied Duoduo again."

"It must be that Duoduo that girl went to tease Nie Wei again." Zhou Jianguo said with a smile.

Shu Chang, who was listening to the conversation between the two elders, was also secretly happy, and at the same time, he made up a story in his mind. Zhou Duoduo wanted to trick Nie Wei, but ended up being tricked instead...

Thinking about it, Shu Chang was amused by the story he came up with.

"What are you thinking about so happily?" Su Qing heard Shu Chang's laughter and asked curiously.

"Mom, it's nothing, I just remembered a joke I had before, and I told you." Shu Chang took Su Qing's hand and responded wittily.

Nie Wei could guess why Zhou Duoduo asked Nie Wei to visit the studio.

After entering the company, the artists always want to find a backer, not to be domineering, but just for a sense of security. In Fanxing, the thickest thigh is undoubtedly Nie Wei.

It just so happens that Nie Wei's sister Zhou Duoduo is in the team. With such a relationship, the girls think of Nie Wei as the thigh they can hug.

And Zhou Duoduo herself also hopes that Nie Wei can take care of her group, so she invited him this time.

I think that the boss visited HELLO GIRLS on the first day of work after joining the company. If this news spreads, some people in the company who want to do something small will have to think twice.

"Then it's settled. You come to visit us on the day of our magazine shoot, but don't stay too long. Half an hour will be enough. If you stay too long, we can't let go."

"What do you mean it's settled? Did I agree?" Nie Wei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Is there a forced decision on such a thing?

"Oh, just half an hour, just consider it as supporting your sister's career." Zhou Duoduo ran away with a smile. She was not afraid that Nie Wei would not go. In the past, when she bothered Nie Wei with such trivial matters, Nie Wei was the same. He said he would not go, but his body was often honest to be there.

Zhou Duoduo ran away. Nie Wei sighed helplessly and took out his mobile phone to call his secretary Yuncai.

"Please make time for me next Saturday morning."

A few days passed, and the public opinion against Huayi gradually disappeared. The man behind the scenes seemed to take into account the cooperative relationship between Fanxing and Huayi and finally stopped.

It's just that Huayi's market value has fallen recently, and many people have sold their shares. Boss Wang doesn't know how many of these shares have been secretly absorbed by the man behind the scenes.

He is also absorbing shares, but due to financial difficulties, the effect in this regard is not high.

The man behind the scenes is now like a sword of Damocles hanging over Boss Wang's head, which may fall at any time. This makes Boss Wang feel uneasy and hopes to get out of the predicament as soon as possible. Therefore, in addition to restarting the production of the fourth part of "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", he is also actively contacting Ms. Rowling, hoping to put the next sequel of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" on the agenda as soon as possible.

In addition, the classic sequel directed by Feng Xiaopao is also a key project of Huayi in the future. What bothers Boss Wang is that Feng Xiaopao is not easy to deal with. In order to let Feng Xiaopao shoot the sequel of the classic work, he promised a lot of things.

The new movie has a high production cost, and there are top actors and so on. It is really difficult for Boss Wang to come up with these now.

"I can only continue to appease him." Boss Wang thought with a headache, because Feng Xiaopao is not such an obedient person, and Huayi can't withstand any turmoil now.

In order to appease Feng Xiaopao, Boss Wang immediately visited him with gifts just after the fifth day of the Chinese New Year.

Xu Fan opened the door and was a little surprised to see that it was Boss Wang, but after coming to his senses, he immediately welcomed Boss Wang into the house enthusiastically, poured tea, and served various fruits and dried fruits.

As for Feng Xiaopao, he had a cold face, and he almost wrote the five big words "I don't welcome you" on his face to show Boss Wang.

"Brother, I know you must still blame me in your heart."

"Boss Wang, you really think too much, I don't blame you, I still thank you, didn't you give me a chance to rest?" Feng Xiaopao replied, but his tone was somewhat sarcastic.

After all, he has been looking forward to this big-budget movie for a long time, just waiting for Boss Wang to fulfill his promise.

But what is the box office of "Crazy Alien" like now? Let alone making 400 million, even if it doesn't lose 400 million, it would be a blessing. Naturally, the 400 million production cost he expected was also wasted.

He also knew the key point, and he couldn't blame Boss Wang.

But that's it, Feng Xiaopao was holding his breath, he couldn't blame this, he couldn't blame that, could he blame himself?

Seeing Director Feng's attitude, Boss Wang knew that if he didn't come up with some solid stuff, he wouldn't be able to communicate smoothly today.

"Brother, Nie Wei lent me 400 million."

"I know, I heard that you 'sold' that idol group in exchange for 400 million? Are you going to give me this money to make a new movie? Let me tell you, I don't want it." Feng Xiaopao mercilessly ridiculed Boss Wang's deal.

The fact that 400 million was exchanged for the contract of HELLOGIRLS is no secret in the company, and there are even rumors on the Internet.

However, HELLO GIRLS fans are happy to see this happen. Their support far outweighs their opposition, so nothing happened. At most, Huayi was mocked by fans in the comments, but most of them were not painful and had no lethality. After all, fans just said things casually based on happiness.

And this matter has mixed reviews among employees within the company.

Some people think that Boss Wang made a heroic move to give Huayi a glimmer of hope, while others think that Boss Wang is too cold and does not cherish his employees.

Feng Xiaopao obviously belongs to the latter.

He seems to be carefree, but in fact he is a very emotional person who attaches great importance to feelings.

"Brother, it's not me who sells it, but they want to leave." Boss Wang smiled bitterly, and then explained this "misunderstanding" to Feng Xiaopao.

"You understand now, those kids are very generous, Huayi is too shallow to accommodate them, so I just let them go."

"That's how it is, have those girls forgotten how good Huayi was to them?" Feng Xiaopao's attitude changed. He is a sentimental person, and the word he hates most is "betrayal".

Boss Wang quickly agreed and let Feng Xiaopao calm down.

After this incident, the relationship between the two was not as stiff as it was at the beginning. Whenever Feng Xiaopao got angry, he let out most of the anger in his heart.

However, when he thought that the new movie he had worked so hard to prepare for a long time would not be filmed for a while, he was obviously still in a bad mood.

At this time, Boss Wang continued the previous topic and said, "I have already allocated the use of these 400 million. I will add another 100 million to "Mojin: The Lost Legend". In addition, I plan to invest another 200 million in the sequel of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". The remaining 100 million will be used as funds for the company's daily operations."

Feng Xiaopao was puzzled. Why did you, Boss Wang, tell me this? Although he is also one of the bosses of Huayi, he doesn't care about anything at all and never asks about the company's investment. He only cares about his own movies.

"Ah, you can arrange it." Feng Xiaopao replied perfunctorily, thinking that since you are not making a movie for me anyway, I don't care how you use it.

He didn't ask Boss Wang to give him the 400 million to make a movie. Feng Xiaopao still knows what is important and urgent. Huayi is in urgent need of the 400 million for emergency. The new series of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" are also sure-win businesses, which are definitely safer than investing in his new movies whose performance is unknown.

Huayi can no longer withstand the blow now, so this safe strategy is the most correct.

Seeing Feng Xiaopao's indifferent sweetness, Boss Wang smiled and said, "I promised you to make a movie with the box office revenue of "Crazy Alien", but the estimated revenue of this movie may not be optimistic, but we can change the promise. How about I use the box office revenue of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" to make a movie for you?"

"Really?" Feng Xiaopao was originally slumped on the sofa, and he sat up straight after hearing this.

"Of course, a gentleman's word is hard to go back, and you can rest assured this time. I am still confident that "Mojin: The Lost Legend" will have a good box office." Boss Wang said with a smile.

"I am more confident than you, hahahaha, then I will wait for your good news. It's just right that I will study my new movie script carefully during this time. I promise that this movie will not disappoint your expectations." Feng Xiaopao was happy, and his face was flushed.

The "Mojin: The Lost Legend" series of movies is basically a sure win, unless the director shoots it very badly or the script is very outrageous.

But this is a work adapted from a novel. As long as it does not deviate too much from the main line of the novel, it will definitely not cause a significant decline in reputation.

Anyway, Feng Xiaopao has already started looking forward to the arrival of funds for his new movie, so that he can show his talents then.