Chapter 22 Invitation
"Girl, when will your sister and Ningning come back?"
"My sister didn't say it." Tianbao winked and made a face, then took advantage of Aunt Liu's turn, quietly leaned over, took away the dish in front of Shen Chong, and said, "Sister Ningning said it will probably be until the end of the month."
"Why did you go so long?" Aunt Liu picked up the bowl and gave Li Tang a soup, complaining: "Shenzhen丨The conditions are not good. She always runs outside in hot weather. When she comes back, she will definitely be dark and thin."
"Yuan Yuan is young, what's wrong with suffering a little more?" Li Tang was a little presbyopic. He sat sideways at the dining table, lifting the newspaper far away, and said while looking: "She is much better now than we were at that time. The company has air conditioners and a private car when going out. What are you worried about?"
"The conditions are good, that's because your daughter is more capable than you. When I got married to you, there were air conditioners on the market. Can you afford it? You can't even afford a broken fan." Aunt Liu quarreled with him and said, "She is now a director of Jardine Mahjong. She has to go to newspapers frequently and is dark and thin. How can she go out to meet people? Don't look at it, eat A Chong, come and have a bowl of soup first."
Chen Chong put away the magazines spread on the dining table, took the bowl full of soup, and said with a smile: "I'll go to Shenzhen in two days to see if I'm not busy with work, I'll bring Yuanyuan back."
"I want to go too"
"If you want to film a TV series, how can you have time to run around?" Chen Chong used a spoon to dig Tianbao and said, "Do you know what the first precept for becoming a big star is?"
“What is it?”
"You can't help yourself." Chen Chong took a sip of the soup and said, "You have to listen to the boss, the director, the agent, and the media reporter. In short, except for eating and sleeping, the other time is not yours."
"I'm not a big star now, Teacher Gan said he wanted me to play a small role."
"It would be even worse if you are not a big star. In addition to listening to the people I said just now, you also have to listen to the assistant director, listen to the screenwriter, listen to the drama, listen to the big star, listen to the supporting role of the little star, listen to the small star, listen to the younger roles older than you. In short, even the time for eating and sleeping is not yours."
Tianbao struggled between filming TV and going out to play. He looked at Chen Chong with suspicious eyes and said, "I don't believe it, brother-in-law, you lied to me again."
"If you don't believe me, just try it." Chen Chong snickered and said, "If you don't believe me, ask my dad. He has been in the film factory for so many years and knows more than me. I will lie to you, dad won't lie to you."
When Tianbao was born, Great Wall Film Studio was already in a state of stagnation, and the Li family moved to Guantang, so she didn't understand movies like Li Kaiyuan, so she turned her head and asked Li Tang: "Dad, is what my brother-in-law said true?"
"It's true." Li Tang said in a muffled voice: "Acting is very hard. Don't go to H. Just study your homework at home honestly."
"I don't want it." Tianbao has reached the rebellious period of youth, and subconsciously resisted his parents' authority and argued: "Sister IvIa is also a big star, so she doesn't have to listen to others and do whatever she wants.
Chen Chong looked at it secretly and found that Li Tang and Aunt Liu were calm and had no reaction to Tianbao's words. He felt relieved and said, "When you go to H and try it, you will know if it's hard."
Then he changed the topic and asked Aunt Liu: "Mom, how is the business in the store recently?"
"Since the weather gets hot, there have been a lot fewer customers." Aunt Liu was devoted to the hot pot restaurant. After more than a year of operation, she was no longer Wuxia Amon. She stopped her chopsticks and said, "The hot pot is still too single. I am planning to conduct diversified management. Ahe's dumplings are well made and very popular. Some customers have bought some homes to cook after eating hot pot. They have to buy dumplings manually. The efficiency is too low, the cost is high, and it is not hygienic. I was wondering whether it can be made with machines, make more, and sell them separately. Do you think it is okay?
"This idea is good. Sister Zang's dumplings do taste good. You can make them bigger." Chen Chong agreed and said, "Mom, why don't you open a branch and set up a Suo Food Factory that specializes in dumplings?"
Aunt Liu still maintained a cautious attitude. He hesitated and said, "I just wanted to make some dumplings in the store, but I didn't want to start a factory."
However, she has made a lot of money this year, and she has become more confident and trusted Chen Chong. She asked: "A Chong, how much does it cost if she set up a factory?"
"It doesn't cost much, either." Chen Chong did not study this and said: "Japanese food machinery is very famous. I know a lot of people there, why don't you go and ask first?"
"Then you go and inquire. If it is not expensive, I will try opening a factory."
Tianbao rolled his eyes and said, "Mom, do it well, and then like my sister, I will also build a listed company. At that time, I will have a listed company's mother and a listed company's sister, so I will do whatever I want."
The crowd laughed loudly, and Li Tang said a rare joke: "Your mother and your sister are not chicken, fish, meat and eggs, what market is there?"
"Dead old man" Aunt Liu patted him gently, then smiled and said to Tianbao: "Even if your sister and I are on the market ten times, it is not as useful as your brother-in-law. If you want whatever you want, please flatter him as soon as possible and listen to him carefully."
"Brother-in-law, come and eat a piece of Buddha's hand ribs." Tianbao was very attentive to pick up food for Chen Chong and said, "Brother-in-law, I'm your half-tight butt, so I'll take good care of me in the future."
Chen Chong endured it again and again, but still couldn't help it. He laughed so hard that he even squirted out the rice in his mouth...
After dinner, Li Tang called Chen to rush to his study, then took out an invitation and said, "A Chong, the merger of Great Wall and Phoenix has been completed. The new company plans to officially list on August 1st. This is a post to ask you to cut the ribbon."
Finally finished, the efficiency is really inefficient...
Chen Chong took it and opened it and looked at it. He saw that the signature above was "Hong Kong United Pictures Co., Ltd.", so he asked: "Are you not going to use the two brands of Great Wall and Phoenix?"
"No need." Li Tang sat at the desk, put on reading glasses, and said, "I quarreled for more than ten days about which name to use for the new company, and finally decided to use the new name."
Chen Chong shook his head secretly, the golden signboard that had been around for decades, just say no, but the brand awareness is too weak
Last year in Beijing, Shen Chong participated in the plan to merge Great Wall and Phoenix, but only made some suggestions in general. As for specific matters, he did not participate in any of them, and he kept paying attention but never interfered. First, both of them were state-owned film companies. Rampantly intervening, it could easily touch the sensitive nerves of the mainland. Second, although the two companies were half-dead, they had a long history and complex internal personnel relations. They each had their own small plans. If they intervened, they would not get much benefit, but they would easily attract a lot of trouble.
"Who is the general manager? Is it Fu Qi or Chen Jingbo?"
"None of them are Wuzhaodi from the mainland, and Fu Qi and Chen Jingbo are the deputy general managers."
Chen Chong was surprised. He was not surprised that Fu Qi and Chen Jingbo failed to become general managers, but that he was surprised that Wu Zhaodi had airborne to Hong Kong to become the boss of a new film company.
Unlike last year when he was in Beijing, Chen Chong now knows the information of mainland filmmakers. Wu Zhaoti has a family background and is a scholar living in the United States. He was born in Pittsburgh and returned to China at the age of five. He has filmed classic red movies such as "Sisters on the Ice", "Plain Guerrillas", and "Heroic Children". After buzzing, he served as the leader of the film review team. He is proficient in business, politically strong, and proficient in English. He is a super heavyweight.
It seems that after his trouble, the mainland has paid much more attention to the Hong Kong film market than in his previous life.
Chapter completed!