Chapter 403 Zhen Zhen VS Deborah

The judges for the finals are:

Liu Heqing, president of Phoenix Daily;

TVB General Manager, Yu Jingwei;
Director of Hong Kong Business Radio, Zhou Cong;
Shaw Brothers Films general manager, Chow Nai-wen;
Zou Wenhuai, general manager of Starlight Pictures.

Needless to say, Liu Heqing knew that this beauty pageant was sponsored by Phoenix Daily, and as the president of the newspaper, he had the best chance to take part.

The son-in-law made some small name for himself in there, but instead of saying anything to him, his daughter Liu Qi Jin asked him to look after Deborah.

The young couple didn't take it seriously, so as a father-in-law, he couldn't make any comments and could only do his job conscientiously.

It's a pity that his daughter asked him to take care of Deborah, but his wife asked him to pay attention to Zhen Zhen.

What should he do? He can only look for other suitable players. If he offends them together, it means he won't offend them together, right?
Speaking of which, Zhen Zhen belongs to Guolian, but in fact, half of Guolian's shares are under the name of Xingguang, so Zhen Zhen's agency contract is with Xingguang Agency, and he is considered a general under his wife's command.

Wang Yuanchao promoted the agent system, which allowed these movie stars to go out and take on advertisements, endorsements, appear on shows, and perform. In addition to their film remuneration, part of their income went to the agency and part went to the star personally.

This has greatly strengthened the control of the management company over the artists. Some artists may not have good box office sales, but they have a good image and temperament, and are very suitable for some image advertisements. Products with spokespersons give the public a better impression than those without spokespersons.

The remuneration at Starlight is already slightly higher than that at Shaw Brothers, and with the addition of movie dividends and now an agent system, the attractiveness of Starlight Pictures to artistes is increasing rapidly.

Even TVB had to follow suit, otherwise no one among the top ten in the beauty pageant would sign a contract with TVB.

For example, Shaw Brothers Films had a serious staff turnover, and many people would rather pay the penalty than leave.

Shaw Brothers had no choice but to improve the treatment of the remaining staff, and this time they decided to use the beauty pageant to discover one or two new talents, in order to show the new talents that Shaw Brothers was really generous.

However, his son-in-law Wang Yuanchao did not even mention the candidate for the championship.

but!

This guy left behind his studies at Yale and flew back from afar. Although he didn't say anything, it already expressed his meaning.

Therefore, Liu Heqing dares to guarantee that this second session is more fair, just and open than the first session.

But what can I say about Wang Ling from the first session? Her strength is there, and she won the Miss Universe title!

This is the first honor for a Chinese person.

Old Liu doesn’t know about Wang Yuanchao’s operations in the United States, and still thinks that Wang Ling has really made it through with her own strength.

Therefore, it is understandable that the son-in-law favors Wang Ling.

Yu Jingwei also had a headache.

Whether it was Zhen Zhen or Deborah, this guy was very envious of them.

He was not the organizer, only a co-organizer. However, he did not believe that Zhen Zhen and Deborah Lee were so popular in Hong Kong without a driving force behind them.

The driving force behind this is Liu Heqing, the president of Phoenix Daily sitting next to him, or the tycoon Wang who was not present?

The operating methods of Phoenix Daily are much more sophisticated than those of the first session.

It’s not that he had not communicated with Liu Heqing, but the other party had always spoken in a very high-sounding manner.

We are all just people who are present. What does it mean if they keep playing Tai Chi with you and saying polite words?
It means that the other party doesn't want to pay attention to you, or that the other party can't speak.

Phoenix Daily is also a beneficiary of the cooperation with TVB. Everyone has widened the gap with the second place.

So, why wouldn't Liu Heqing want to pay attention to him?

That is, this matter cannot be discussed!!

Thinking of the mysterious and elusive Wang Yuanchao, Yu Jingwei had to turn his attention away from Zhen Zhen and Deborah. This guy is not only rich, but also deadly!

If you are sick and people don't treat you, isn't that life-threatening?

It is said that he is the underground president of Hong Kong, and all the societies in Hong Kong obey his orders.

Then Yu Jingwei thought again, who should he vote for?

These two are rivals, equally matched, and each has his own strengths. One is an artist under Wang Yuanchao, and the other is an employee under Wang Yuanchao. Would this guy eat up all the grass in his own backyard?
The family members don’t care?
Old Liu doesn’t care?

Forget it. Old Liu still works for his son-in-law. If he could manage it, it wouldn’t have come to this today.

So who should we vote for?

If the two guys next to you are both your bedmates, it's easy for anyone to be targeted!
It is impossible to predict who will be favored and whose words will carry more weight in the future.

Judging from Wang Yuanchao's personality, this guy is promiscuous and loyal.

Being promiscuous means having many beauties, but being loyal means you have to be loyal once you become his beauties. It seems that no one has ever tried to be unloyal.

Even Lotte, at this age, has no reputation or gossip. This matter is not a secret in the Hong Kong circle, but no one dares to talk about it.

He watched the performance of the host Fei Fei with a smile on his face, but thought in his heart, I'll just find someone I like to shoot with later. No one can blame me if we don't help each other, right?

Who knows, if there's someone he likes, he might be able to win her over because of his favor.

Phoenix Daily insisted on holding a closed training camp before the finals, making it impossible for those who wanted to poach players to do so. All they could do was pick up what others had left over!

He began to review the beauties one by one in his mind, considering their backgrounds and thinking carefully about which one would be easier to win.

Zhou Cong looked at this group of beautiful girls and saw that Commercial Radio was actively participating in them.

For example, singing is a special favor from the boss to the commercial radio station. In this way, the radio station can also broadcast it, which increases the audience. Not everyone can watch TV.

There were also performances by singers during the show. The head of Diamond Records, Deputy General Manager Zheng Donghan, was recommended by Commercial Radio.

Because of the agent system, singers, in addition to getting a salary from commercial radio, can also go to record companies to release records, and take on advertising endorsements and performances. All of this business is in the hands of Wang Danfeng, who has a bunch of agents under her who are running business everywhere.

Plus, the big boss has monopolized the New Year's Gala, the biggest stage in Hong Kong. If you want to be famous, if you are not an artist under him, unless you have a very high popularity among the people, you will not have a chance to show your face. The big boss has so many artists under him, and they all want to show their faces. It's all about fame and fortune!
Deborah had worked at Commercial Radio, and he and Zhen Zhen had no connection, so he could only vote for Deborah.

I hope this girl will remember his care for her.

He just didn't understand how the boss's wife could tolerate this?

Deborah is still her assistant! Not the boss's assistant!
But this also shows how powerful the boss is, as he even asks his wife to help him find beauties.

Zhou Naiwen of Shaw Brothers Films can be said to be the most aggrieved judge present.

Shaw Brothers was forced to retreat step by step due to Starlight's lavish spending, just like Dianmao in the past, making it difficult for Shaw Brothers to cope with it.

Even he is jealous!
His former deputy, Zou Wenhuai from the other side, now leads the way in terms of income.

The boss, Uncle Liu, was finally forced to give everyone a raise, although it was a little bit each time, but it was still a lot. But Uncle Liu was still unwilling to give up the dividends, because when the company lost money, everyone could still get a salary, but when it made money, they had to get dividends, which Uncle Liu felt was unreasonable.

But Starlight Pictures won’t reason with you!

Not only their own artists, but many behind-the-scenes talents have begun to turn to Starlight.

Many outside collaborators, such as screenwriters and composers, also give priority to working with Starlight.

There is a saying in the Hong Kong industry now: first-rate talents go to Starlight, second-rate talents go to TVB, and third-rate talents go to Shaw Brothers.

This made the boss so anxious that he asked him to come forward and advertise his company at the beauty pageant, recruiting talented people with high salaries!
There is no way to sign a contract during the competition, but there will be comments and scores from the judges. When they give the comments, they can take the opportunity to recruit talents at high prices. Whether they will be successful or not is another matter. Everyone in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia who watches TVB knows that Shaw Brothers has invested a lot of money.

This is what it means to buy a horse bone at a high price.

As for how many to buy in the end, we’ll talk about it later.

Maybe you can't buy even one.

Think about it, Bruce Lee's "The Green Hornet" was so popular in Hong Kong that he even invited Bruce Lee back to discuss cooperation. Of course, it was announced to the public that Bruce Lee came back to visit his relatives and take a vacation.

However, the boss refused to agree to the salary request of such a Hollywood talent.

In the words of his boss, he hadn't proven himself in Hong Kong. Even when The Green Hornet was a big hit, Bruce Lee wasn't the main character. He couldn't even act in the United States, and he was still being picky about Shaw Brothers' offer. Is Shaw Brothers a garbage dump?
So does Zhou Naiwen have a headache? Isn't he aggrieved?
He couldn't see Zou Wenhuai on the other side of the judges' panel, but his smile must have been more genuine than his own.

Can it?

Although Zou Wenhuai was sitting next to him, Zhou Naiwen was also sitting next to him.

After so many years of hard work, the status that I didn’t achieve at Shaw Brothers was fully realized at Starlight!
They are more than equals!

He will soon own shares in Starlight and become a shareholder. Zhou Naiwen has worked hard for Shaw Brothers for so many years. Even if he has made great contributions, he has also worked hard. Does he have shares in Shaw Brothers?

He had arranged for people to keep an eye on Shaw's every move, and even had spies inside Shaw. He had been in Shaw for so many years, and his connections were not something that could be easily filtered out! As long as he gave people some extra benefits, Shaw's information would be completely dug out.

Sixth uncle is too stingy. Although his brothers and sisters can support their families, who doesn’t want to live a better life?
Zhou Naiwen invited a Chinese Kung Fu actor from Hollywood, but Uncle Six refused to give him commensurate treatment.

But the other party’s request was, well, even Zou Wenhuai felt it was a bit high.

The salary is US$10000, and he has the right to modify the script and make action design decisions.

A film salary of US$10,000 is equivalent to 60,000 Hong Kong dollars!
In the whole Hong Kong, no one except the six big movie stars of Starlight has received such treatment!
The income from a film, even with dividends included, would not reach $10,000. It really would not reach that, not even half of that.

[Since there are no box office hits, the dividends are of course very few, but it sounds good and there are dividends]

Historically, Zou Wenhuai's Golden Harvest was embroiled in lawsuits, and the fact that they were able to sign Bruce Lee for two films for US$15000 was a fight of their own and they had no choice.

Fortunately, it was successful, which led to the subsequent legend.

But now, Zou Wenhuai's star power is developing better than Shaw Brothers. He really doesn't have the courage. If Bruce Lee comes in with this salary, won't the balance of star power be broken?

Back to the beauty pageant, he must support Zhen Zhen. Zhen Zhen is a general under the Starlight system. If Zhen Zhen wins the championship, it will have a huge impact on the box office and the company's performance. It will also affect everyone's pockets to some extent, right?
(End of this chapter)