Chapter 374 It's Just a Springboard
"Huh? Why don't you leave?"

Wang Jing and his team didn't stay for long. After reporting some things, they left on their own initiative.

The main reason is that such a high-end office always gives them an inexplicable sense of oppression.

The kind of restrained feeling where you don't even dare to move your hands, for fear of breaking something and not being able to pay for it.

So after finishing the discussion, several people said goodbye decisively, but Guan Jiahui, oh no, now she changed her name to Guan Zhilin, stayed in the office.

Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, Li Changhe asked in surprise.

"Why should I leave? I'm your secretary now!"

"You are a big boss, you can't go back on your word."

"You said before that if I help you build and renovate the villa, you will let me become a regular employee."

Guan Zhilin said angrily at this time.

After listening to this, Li Changhe smiled.

Well, even though I was just fooling her at that time, she did work seriously. Her work attitude was pretty good and she kept a close eye on it every day.

"You want to be a secretary so much?"

"Alright, you will be my spy at Planet Movies from now on, help me keep an eye on Wang Jing and the others."

"But now, you need to be trained first."

Li Changhe then stood up, walked to the desk and picked up the phone. A moment later, Catherine walked in.

"boss"

"Catherine, take her to get a work badge, then arrange for her to stay with you and teach her for two days."

What Li Changhe has formed now is not just Catherine as a single secretary, but an entire secretarial team with Catherine as the main member, including several of his bodyguards.

"Understood, Boss!"

"Miss, please follow me!"

Catherine looked at Rosamund Kwan, and although there was some surprise in her eyes, she still spoke seriously.

"Ah? Do you really want to learn it?"

Guan Zhilin was a little nervous. She just wanted to find a reason to stay, but now Li Changhe seemed serious.

"Go and learn for a few days. Just treat it as a way to gain experience and see what a true business elite looks like. Catherine is a very capable business woman. You should learn more and broaden your horizons."

"It's very helpful for the character of Ayu."

Li Changhe said to Guan Zhilin with a smile.

A Yu is the heroine of "The Rise of the Gambler King", but she is different from the traditional heroine. She is not the emotional line of the protagonist, but a fuse.

According to the setting, A Yu is the heir of a gambling king's family. He comes to the city to find suitable inheritors of gambling skills, train them to become gambling kings, and then let them participate in the God of Gamblers competition.

This positioning is actually the same as the positioning of the golden finger in online novels. On the one hand, it is mysterious, and on the other hand, it promotes the development of the plot and constantly leads to new stories.

Therefore, Ayu’s identity is very high-end. She is not just a simple urban girl. Her subsequent appearances will be in a gorgeous queen style.

However, Guan Zhilin is definitely not able to act like a queen now, so Li Changhe asked her to follow Catherine to broaden her horizons and learn from her, which can be regarded as a kind of training for her.

"Okay!"

Guan Zhilin was somewhat helpless, but she still followed Catherine out.
Meanwhile, in Kowloon, inside a cramped apartment.

Tsui Hark, wearing big shorts and a small vest, walked out of the house, came to the refrigerator, took out a can of beer, opened it and started drinking it.

At this moment, the door opened and Shi Nansheng, dressed in elite professional attire, walked in after get off work.

"came back?"

Seeing Nansun Shi come in, Tsui Hark asked softly.

"Ok!"

Shi Nansheng nodded, took off his coat, and changed his shoes.

"You have nothing to do at home, go out for a walk too!"

"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it?"

"Forget it, I don't have much appetite!"

Tsui Hark shook his head.

Shi Nansheng saw it all, felt pain in his heart, and sighed helplessly.

Those newspaper media really turn their backs on you every once in a while. The more highly you praised them some time ago, the more harshly you criticize them now.

The reason is that the horror films shot by Tsui Hark are somewhat cult. In today's era when the atmosphere is still somewhat conservative, "No Gate to Hell" contains a plot about cannibalism.

Not only did the movie flop, it also drew abuse from the Hong Kong film media.

Under such circumstances, Siyuan Pictures naturally did not dare to let him continue filming, and gave Tsui Hark a vacation on the pretext of letting him rest.

"Um. About Planet Movie, I haven't asked you yet?"

Tsui Hark hesitated for a moment, but still asked Nansun Shi.

Shi Nansheng shook his head: "No news to me yet."

"But are you really into the Planet movie?"

Nanshen Shi asked Tsui Hark again, to be honest, she had no interest in Planet Movies, mainly because she had heard some information.

"You feel bad?"

Tsui Hark asked curiously at this time. As a senior executive of ATV, Shi Nansheng had more information channels than Tsui Hark.

Shi Nansheng frowned, then said seriously: "I heard that Planet Films is indeed owned by Xiao Baosheng, but it is very likely that Xiao Baosheng set up the film company in order to raise a canary."

"Planet Films has signed an actress, a girl under 18 years old, very pretty, and she was previously sent to TVB's actor training class for training."

"I looked at the structure of his company. The entire film company seemed to be serving that little girl. The director he recruited at the beginning was Wang Jing, who was originally just a small screenwriter for TVB."

"This is clearly an operation to fool that little girl. They chose a newcomer in the film and television industry, saying that they were promoting her, and set up a low-cost crew to trick her into being a canary." Shi Nansheng said softly at this time.

When Tsui Hark heard this, he frowned.

Then he shook his head gently: "Ashi, the news I heard is slightly different from yours."

"Ok?"

"I also heard about the girl you mentioned. She is Guan Shan's daughter. I heard that Planet Films paid three million to sign her."

"The girl was given a 2 million contract, and Guan Shan was given 1 million to help him make a movie, because at that time her daughter needed a guardian's signature to sign the contract."

"That is to say, this alone cost three million, and the filming of 'The Rise of the Gambler' is said to have cost nearly two million."

"That's about five million dollars in total."

"If you're talking about five million just to promote a little girl, then why doesn't he bring money into the crew? If five million is used for a low-budget movie, more than five movies can be made. Even if he plays the leading role in Cheng Long's movie, Golden Harvest will agree to five million."

"On the other hand, if it's just for the purpose of raising a canary, wouldn't it be better to just give the five million to this little girl instead of fooling around with these crews?"

"To be honest, Ash, I think you think it's a bit too simple. Planet Company is not that simple."

"I heard that, apart from other departments, the screenwriting department is very complete and has a large stockpile of high-quality scripts. This doesn't seem like a company that simply raises canaries."

Tsui Hark also has his own information channels, and what he found out was actually quite different from what Nansun Shi was looking for.

"So, you've already decided to go to the Planet Cinema?"

Nansun Shi asked Tsui Hark softly.

Tsui Hark sighed.

"There are no other good options at the moment. Wu Siyuan is a good person, but he is too weak."

"His company can still maintain operations by making low-budget movies, but it can't afford big investments."

"But I think the Hong Kong film market will definitely be a big-cast, big-production model in the future, because the film market has always expanded in this way."

"Wu Siyuan can't handle this method."

Nansun Shi nodded. She believed in Tsui Hark's judgment, just as she believed that he possessed extraordinary talent.

Even now, it seems that Tsui Hark is not doing as well as she is.

"Planet Films may be able to come up with the money, but it's hard to say about other aspects, such as the cinema chain. Planet Films also has to solve this problem."

“If you don’t have your own cinema chain, you will suffer a lot if you only rely on others.”

Shi Nansheng spoke again in a low voice at this time.

Without cinemas, there will be great restrictions on filming and profit sharing. Even if a movie is well-made, without enough screenings and broadcasting time, the box office will not be high.

Therefore, in Hong Kong Island, if a film company wants to grow bigger, it must have its own cinema chain.

Tsui Hark nodded: "I know, so for me, the Planet movie is just a stepping stone. We can go and see if we can get the funds to seriously shoot two serious movies."

"As long as we have some success, we will be qualified to negotiate with other film companies in Hong Kong."

Tsui Hark spoke seriously to Nansun Shi at this moment.

After hearing this, Shi Nansheng's eyes lit up. Yes, this was the kind of man she liked, not so short-sighted.

At this moment, the phone at home rang.

Shi Nansheng walked over and answered the phone.

Most of the calls at home are from people looking for her.

"Hey"

"Hello, is this Miss Shi?"

Wang Jing's loud voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Yes, I am, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm Wang Jing from Planet Films. I'd like to invite Miss Shi and Mr. Tsui Hark to dinner tonight. Are you two free?"

Wang Jing asked loudly at this time.

"Of course I'm free. Director Wang, just tell me the address."

"Okay, then let's go to Jumbo Seafood Restaurant. I've already booked a room and I'm looking forward to your visit tonight."

After Wang Jing finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

After Shi Nansheng hung up the phone, he turned and looked at Tsui Hark.

"I got a response to your question. It's from Wang Jing from Planet Films."

"Let's go to Jumbo Seafood Restaurant tonight."

"Jumbo Seafood?"

"Do you think that this is the boy who invited us over?"

Xu Ke asked suspiciously.

Shi Nansheng was a little surprised after hearing this. Xiao Baosheng asked them out?

is it possible?
Although Shi Nansheng is somewhat famous, it depends on who she is with. To ordinary employees below, the senior management of ATV is still somewhat well-known.

But for top figures in Hong Kong like Bao Zeyang, her so-called "senior level" should be completely insignificant.

Therefore, Shi Nansheng felt that the probability of Bao Zeyang inviting them was not very high.

But since Tsui Hark asked this, she couldn't refute it.

"Never mind, just take a shower and clean yourself up, we'll be there in a bit."

"Yes, I will right away."

Tsui Hark nodded excitedly and went to tidy himself up.

(End of this chapter)