Chapter 319 Signing Ceremony and Ip Man

There is no need to worry too much about the artists under Golden Harvest at the moment, the main thing is the future.

But in general, the revenue from artist management is not very high for Golden Harvest.

Golden Harvest is now an omni-channel film and television group company that covers the entire upstream and downstream of the film and television industry, and artist brokerage is not that important.

When Liu Zhou first started signing artists, they were Zeng Li and Qin Hao, which was also to give them a place to rely on.

But later, as Liu Zhou's career grew bigger and bigger, he was able to obtain more and more business and film and television resources. In order to avoid wasting them or letting outsiders get away with them, he gradually began to sign contracts with other artists.

During this stage, all major companies will sign people, which is also a common phenomenon in the industry.

However, although Golden Harvest has become the top film and television company in the industry, the number of signed artists is still only in the single digits.

Now, Huayi has signed contracts with nearly three-digit artists.

They are the ones who truly cast a wide net, and their income accumulates over time, and when it all comes together it's very considerable.

This is also the reason why artists in the circle are so yearning for Golden Harvest. Golden Harvest would rather have nothing than have someone of poor quality, and will provide sufficient resources to support every artist they sign.

The reason why Liu Zhou did not sign artists on a large scale like Huayi was that he knew that popular artists could not be retained in the future, and unpopular artists would not be of much value.

So instead of spending this time on it, it would be better to make more movies or TV series.

Even Liu Zhou was considering splitting out the brokerage department completely after Jiahe went public, setting up a dedicated brokerage company and letting it be responsible for its own profits and losses.

In this way, Golden Harvest can focus on the production and distribution of film and television, and get rid of the troubles with the actors.

However, at this stage, entertainers are still needed to liven up the scene. Not only investment institutions but also stock investors fall for this.

As long as your company has more popular artists, they will be more optimistic about your company.

So at this stage, Liu Zhou needs to retain his artists, and at the same time, he is very welcoming to the joining of Zhou Gongzi and Liu Yifei.

Both of these people have a lot of entanglements with Huayi, and Liu Zhou feels that he seems to be really in conflict with Huayi.

Since his debut, he has been having overt and covert grievances with Huayi.

However, even though it would offend Huayi, Liu Zhou would not have any concerns and still agreed to accept Liu Yifei and Mr. Zhou.

These two people are currently among the most popular female stars in mainland China. Their joining can greatly enhance the momentum of Golden Harvest.

The face of Huayi and the Wang brothers is not worth mentioning compared to the increase in Golden Harvest’s valuation and stock price.

The two sides had never gotten along well, so it was impossible for Liu Zhou to damage his own interests just to save their face.

"Does Mr. Zhou really want to join Golden Harvest? Don't use Golden Harvest as a bargaining chip to stimulate Huayi.

I could have ignored her behavior in the past, but this is a critical period for Jiahe. If she continues to do this, I will not be polite. "

"I have had in-depth discussions with her. She really wants to join Golden Harvest. She can even pay the penalty for breach of contract with Huayi herself."

"Golden Harvest is so popular now that even an actor as famous as Mr. Zhou is thinking of joining at his own expense."

"Our Golden Harvest has acquired Summit Entertainment, which has greatly increased its appeal to celebrities and artists in the industry, and is particularly attractive to popular actors."

"Since Mr. Zhou is really willing to join Jiahe, we can't take advantage of him. We should pay the penalty."

"Okay Mr. Liu."

"As for Liu Yifei, it's fine for her to join, but there is a prerequisite, which is for Liu Yifei's mother to resign as her agent.

Don't let her interfere in Liu Yifei's career anymore. If she is worried, she can just be Liu Yifei's assistant and take care of her life."

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Zeng Jia smiled and said:

"This is a good idea. Her mother is such an amateur. She ruined Liu Yifei's good hand.

If she refuses to agree to this condition, then there is no point in letting Liu Yifei join in, and she may even have to clean up her mess."

"Then just reply to her like this first and see what she says. If she agrees, we can discuss Liu Yifei's contract with her in detail. If she doesn't agree, there's nothing to discuss."

"Ok."

“By the way, Liu Ye and Hu Jun’s contracts will expire next year, and they will both join Jiahe at that time. I plan to hold a grand signing ceremony.

If both Zhou Gongzi and Liu Yifei can confirm their participation, then let them also participate in the signing ceremony and hype up this matter thoroughly."

"Boss Liu, does Mr. Hu also want to join our Jiahe?"

Liu Ye knew that she was going to join Zeng Jia, and the two sides had already started contacting each other, but Hu Jun really didn't know about it.

"That's right. He said that after Wang Jinghua joined Chengtian, things were fine at first, but now her relationship with Wu Kebo has become a little strained.

Besides, they couldn't provide any decent resources all day, so he didn't want to waste time there any more."

In fact, Mr. Hu was not signed with Cheng Tian, ​​but with Wang Jinghua.

All the artists that Wang Jinghua brought over from Huayi were signed with her, not Cheng Tian.

However, Wang Jinghua has no ability to develop projects at all, and the resources of his artists mainly depend on Cheng Tian.

Although Wang Jinghua's Shiba Culture Company also has shares in Chengtian, there is still a layer of separation.

It was fine at the beginning, but now Chengtian has completely established his foothold and will definitely be like Huayi and will not allow any independent factions to exist within the company.

Moreover, they want to depend on me but don't let me interfere in the company's affairs. Isn't that sucking your blood?
Wu Kebo would certainly not allow this. First, he closed the door of the company's resources to the artists of Shiba Culture Company.

Therefore, conflicts between him and Wang Jinghua inevitably arose.

Wang Jinghua is indeed a good agent, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people following him.

But he is just an agent and cannot produce film and television resources on his own. This is her biggest shortcoming.

Except for Chen Daoming, the resources of the other artists under her declined sharply after she joined Chengtian. By the second decade of the new century, they even slowly declined.

Hu Jun and Xia Yu are typical examples.

The two were very popular at the beginning of the new century, but they were rarely seen afterwards.

In this life, Hu Jun had a similar experience after following Wang Jinghua to join Chengtian, but because of the rise of Liu Zhou, his situation was much better than in history.

Hu Jun and Liu Zhou had known each other when Liu Zhou was in college. When his play "Duds" was performed, Hu Jun even came to show his support.

Later, Liu Zhou's career gradually improved, and he had more interactions with Hu Jun.

He was invited to play Lu Jianxing in "The Swordsman" directed by Liu Zhou, and was again invited to play Lu Wenzhao in the second part.

Then he was invited to star in the big project "Red Cliff", and finally in the "Painted Skin" which was a hit during this year's Spring Festival, he was invited to play Pang Yong, and the role of Pang Yong was further strengthened.

It can be said that after joining Cheng Tian, ​​Hu Jun actually had no shortage of resources, but they were provided by Golden Harvest. However, Hu Jun was also very clear-headed. The main reason why Golden Harvest gave him resources, in addition to the fact that he might be suitable, was because of his friendship with Liu Zhou.

But this friendship cannot always benefit one-sidedly, otherwise sooner or later this friendship will be worn out.

So the best way is to join Golden Harvest and make the relationship between each other closer, so that the friendship can last long.

Moreover, Hu Jun was grateful to Liu Zhou for helping him all the time. Besides, he really didn't like the atmosphere of intrigue in the place all day long.

Therefore, no matter from which perspective, joining Golden Harvest is a very good choice. Perhaps the only one who feels a little sorry is Wang Jinghua.

But he couldn't let her delay his career, so he asked Wang Jinghua to be his agent, and the original purpose was to help him develop his acting career.

It's just that the two of them became friends later on, but public is public and private is private, they can still be friends.

As for their working relationship, Hu Jun felt that there was no need to keep them together, and he also needed to consider his future career.

So Hu Jun contacted Liu Zhou directly and expressed his desire to join Golden Harvest.

Liu Zhou certainly welcomes this, as Hu Jun is quite popular now.

Liu Zhou thought that since there were so many popular actors wanting to join, he might as well hold a grand signing ceremony to maximize the influence.

"Mr. Liu, do I need to prepare for this signing ceremony?"

"Yes, I'll leave this to you. Just schedule it after the Spring Festival. By then, not only will the contracted people have to make an appearance, but the artists under the company will also need to be present, so you have to arrange their schedules."

“Do you need a guest?”

"No, please invite more media reporters."

After explaining these things, Liu Zhou looked at Zeng Jia, who had been with him for six or seven years.

The young and inexperienced agent has now become the shrewd and capable head of the brokerage department of Golden Harvest Group and an influential figure in the industry.

Zeng Jia is indeed growing very fast. He manages the brokerage department of Golden Harvest Group in an orderly manner and perfectly coordinates the development of the entire group.

"Zeng Jia, you have been with me for seven years, right?"

"It's been more than seven years. I followed you in March of 01."

Zeng Jia was a little surprised at the change in Liu Zhou's address, but his expression did not change at all.

"It's been seven years in the blink of an eye. You should be considered one of the earliest people to follow me. Your contribution to Jiahe's current scale is not small.

When Golden Harvest goes public this time, every executive will have shares, including you."

At this moment, Zeng Jia's expression could no longer remain calm, and joy suddenly appeared on her face.

Of course she knew that the executives had shares, but she was still a little unsure whether she had any.

After all, the agency department she was in charge of was not the core department of Golden Harvest Group. Even if Liu Zhou refused to give it, she had nothing to say.

But now Liu Zhou has clearly told her that she can also get shares in the group. How can she not be excited?
You have to know that this is the company's shares before it goes public. Even if it is only one point, it will make her a billionaire immediately after the company goes public.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu. In fact, if it weren't for your support, I would still be just a small broker in Rongxinda Company."

"Don't be modest. This is the result of your own hard work. So the next period of time will be the most critical period for the company. Don't let us down."

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. There will be absolutely no problems on my end."

"Well, I believe you can do it, so go ahead and get busy."

"Okay Mr. Liu."

After Zeng Jia left, Liu Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief.

What he said to Zeng Jia just now was not empty talk. He would not treat the old people who followed him unfairly.

Not only Zeng Jia, but also Zhong Lifang, who has left Golden Harvest to work for Sina, will have shares.

Afterwards, Liu Zhou called Zhang Zhao and asked him to come to his office.

Liu Zhou didn't waste any words and asked directly:
"Mr. Zhang, how much money do we have in Jiahe's account now?"

Zhang Zhao hesitated for a while and replied:

"Excluding the funds reserved for various projects, the 50 million invested in the Moon project, and the funds to maintain the company's operations, there is less than 30 million left to be used."

"Okay, Summit Entertainment needs another 20 million US dollars. If that's the case, I'll let Zhoushan Capital lend another 20 million US dollars to the company."

Liu Zhou cashed out his Penguin shares for $2.2 million and spent $ million to acquire the Golden State Warriors.

Then he lent $100 million to Golden Harvest Group to acquire Summit Entertainment, and Liu Zhou still had $80 million left.

Liu Zhou originally wanted to use the 80 million US dollars to buy back Penguin shares, but now it seems that he has to withdraw another 20 million.

"By the way, do we have any movies released during the Lunar New Year holiday this year?" Liu Zhou asked.

"No, the original plan was to release Ning Hao's No Man's Land during the Lunar New Year holiday, but it failed the review and needs to be revised."

"Then let Ning Hao revise it and release it as soon as possible. Don't keep delaying it. If you need me to step in, just tell me directly."

Historically, "No Man's Land" was banned. The ostensible reason was that the whole film was full of bad guys, there were no good guys, it failed to convey positive ideas, and it violated the reality of life. The characters were too gray and the story was too dark.

Therefore, if we want to get "No Man's Land" into theaters, we must hurry up.

In fact, the apparent reason is indeed one of the reasons why the Review Committee rejected "No Man's Land", but this point can be resolved.

In history, wasn't it that after the impact of that incident disappeared, "No Man's Land" was successfully released thanks to Han Shanping's mediation?

This time Liu Zhou brought Han Shanping along as he didn't believe that the problem couldn't be solved.

"Okay Mr. Liu."

"Mr. Zhang, since we at Golden Harvest don't have any films competing in the Lunar New Year holiday this year, it just so happens that our Hong Kong branch has produced a very good movie.

It can become a key project for Golden Harvest and be released during the Lunar New Year holiday."

"Oh, which movie is it?"

No one in the company disagrees with Liu Zhou's vision. Since he is optimistic about a movie, the movie must have its unique features and the final result should not be bad.

""Ip man"!"

""Ip man"?"

"Yes, this is it. You can go check it out first. We can't miss such an important period as the Lunar New Year holiday. Ip Man won't let us down."

(End of this chapter)