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467 【Contract Disruption】

"Mr. Tang morning!"

"Mr. Tang is early!"

"Good morning, Mr. Tang!"

“…”

Tang Shuxuan walked into the elevator with an old cloth bag on her back, and the employees inside the elevator greeted her.

Although she served as the vice president of film and television at Oriental DreamWorks and was in charge of filming of film and TV series at DreamWorks, Tang Shuxuan's outfit is still simple. She has black-framed glasses and short hair, and a little rustic and outdated jacket. At first glance, she thought she was a native girl from the countryside.

After reaching the fourth floor, half of the people in the elevator went out. Before the elevator door was closed, Tang Shuxuan vaguely heard an employee outside talking: "Did you read today's newspaper? "Love Saint" and "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldier" were banned by the Taiwan News Bureau."

"It's true or false. Didn't it mean that Mr. Kang has a strong relationship in Taiwan?"

"What's the hard way? The backers of the black and white have all fallen."

"Mr. Kang is really right. He insists on letting Phoenix TV cooperate with the G-G party, and now even the Taiwan market is going to be lost."

"He himself came from the mainland, of course he was heading there."

“…”

The elevator slowly rose, and the discussion outside finally disappeared, and the few remaining employees in the elevator lowered their heads. Because Tang Shuxuan's face was very bad at this time, no one dared to jump out and get out of trouble.

The news in the newspapers has become more and more outrageous in the past two days. It is just a matter of saying that DreamWorks was completely banned. There are even rumors that the Taiwan authorities have banned Kang Jian from entering the country.

Repeating lies ten thousand times is the truth, and the news of the storm can make people believe it, not to mention that the two movies, "The Sage of Love" and "The Flag Soldier of the Provincial and Hong Kong", were indeed frustrated in Taiwan's review.

Although there is no panic inside DreamWorks, rumors are already spreading. The heads of various departments have repeatedly refuted the rumors and cannot control the employees' mouths.

Screenwriter Department of DreamWorks TV Production Department.

Wen Ruian, who has only been officially joining DreamWorks for a week, has also felt that the working atmosphere around him is a little wrong these two days.

Look, early in the morning, Li Yizong, who was in the screenwriter department, was talking about the new news that "Love Saint" was banned. Several screenwriters who had never even been to Taiwan were having a lot of chats.

When they heard footsteps outside the writing room, the screenwriters immediately adapted the conversation and began to discuss the plot of the script of "The God Chef".

"Mr. Kang's plot is really well designed. I think "The God Chef" can add this scene..."

"Hey, this seems to be really good, and it must be very funny to write it out."

“…”

The director of the screenwriter department walked around the writing room, learned about everyone's progress of the script, and said some encouragement and urging words. He answered a job call in the middle and went out.

After the beginning of the game, the screenwriters started talking nonsense again. As Li Yizong spoke, he suddenly asked Wen Rui'an: "Xiao Wen, I heard that you were deported from Taiwan?"

Wen Rui'an is editing the script of "The Four Famous Captains in the Capital". The filming of this drama will start in two days. At this time, when he heard Li Yizong's question, his face suddenly became gloomy.

The fact that he was deported from the Taiwan authorities has always been a joke that Wen Rui'an was worried about. No unit in Hong Kong dared to publish his novels because he was afraid that he would offend the Taiwan authorities and almost failed to get a work visa in Hong Kong.

Wen Rui'an held back and said with a blank expression: "What's the Taiwan authorities afraid of? It's just a tiger made of paper. Didn't my novels be lifted in Taiwan at the beginning of the year?"

Li Yizong wanted to say something else, but suddenly the director of the screenwriter department came in and called Wen Rui'an and said, "Mr. Wen, Mr. Xu is going to film "The Four Famous Captains" in advance. You can modify and organize the scripts of the previous episodes first. I will take the scripts before getting off work in the afternoon."

Wen Rui'an nodded and said, "Okay, it will be done before 4 pm."

The director of the screenwriter department said: "Don't be too rush, just sort out the scripts of the first three episodes first." After saying to Wen Rui'an with a happy face, he said to other screenwriters with a stern face, "I will write the script of "The God Chef" carefully. This is a TV series planned by Kang Jianfei. If anyone spreads rumors and hears me, I will directly take the salary this month and leave!"

After the screenwriter's director turned around and left, the screenwriters looked at each other in a tacit understanding and stopped mentioning the ban on DreamWorks by Taiwan.

DreamWorks is a little better, but Oriental Entertainment is really panic.

At this time, Pan Yingzi's office was sitting in Zhong Zhentao and Alan Tam. They started chatting again when they heard Pan Yingzi's secretary reminding someone to wait outside. Alan Tam took the lead and said, "Ms. Pan, my economic contract with Oriental Entertainment Company is signed once a year, and it will expire in two months this year. I want to cancel the automatic renewal."

Pan Yingzi no longer went around in circles, but said with a smile: "The two don't have to believe the rumors outside. If you don't say that DreamWorks cannot be completely banned by the Taiwan authorities. Even if DreamWorks is really banned, it will not implicate the contracted actors of Oriental Entertainment. You can still take on films outside like before."

Stars like Alan Tam and Chung-tao who don’t have to worry about filming have signed up with Oriental Entertainment just to increase their chances of starring in DreamWorks movies. Now DreamWorks are going to be banned by the Taiwan authorities. What are they still staying at Oriental Entertainment? If it is a film contract from other companies, you can make more money without an agency.

Moreover, like Zheng Shaoqiu, they both have huge popularity in Taiwan, for fear of being implicated by DreamWorks and losing the Taiwan market.

Zhong Zhentao and Alan Tam communicated with each other with their eyes. The former asked very directly: "Ms. Pan, my agency has more than half a year left. If I terminate the contract early, I don't know how much liquidated damages will be paid?"

Pan Yingzi's smile was a little reluctant. She used the dragging technique and said, "It seems that the two of you are determined to leave. Let's do this. Give me three days to give you an answer."

Alan Tam and Zhong Zhentao didn't want to have a frustration, and said, "Then let's say goodbye first."

"Let's go!" Pan Yingzi smiled. As soon as the two left the office, she immediately put away her smile and called Zeng Bolin.

More than ten minutes later, Kang Jianfei called back and asked, "What's the urgent matter for beloved Ah Zi? Brother Fei, I'm filming."

"It's time, you're still joking," Pan Yingzi said angrily, "from yesterday to now, seven celebrity actors have requested to terminate the contract."

"Who are there?" Kang Jianfei asked.

Pan Yingzi said: "Jin Zhentao, Alan Tam, Chen You, Tian Niu, Xu Guanying, Cheng Peipei and Hui Yinghong, all of these seven people are very popular in Taiwan. They must have wanted to separate themselves from DreamWorks as soon as possible."

"Chen You and Hui Yinghong are also going to terminate the contract?" Kang Jianfei asked in surprise. Although Chen You and Hui Yinghong have never been promoted to the top stars, they are also actors who have been praised by DreamWorks for a long time. They have to film at least three DreamWorks scenes a year, and the film contracts have almost never stopped.

Pan Yingzi analyzed: "Chen You seems to be joining the film company with Zhong Zhentao. As for Hui Yinghong, I guess it's Jiahe who is poaching people."

This makes sense. The competition at DreamWorks is too fierce. No matter how hard Kara Hui works, she cannot surpass Lin Qingxia and Zhong Chuhong. There are very few actresses signed with Jiahe. Kara Hui has been the leader of the actress once she was.

Moreover, Hui Yinghong's mentor Liu Jialiang has also opened a film company under the support of Zou Wenhuai, and Hui Yinghong has been guarding Liu Jialiang in the past.

Kang Jianfei was silent for a few seconds and suddenly said, "If you want to leave, go away. It is hard to find a three-legged toad. There are actors with two-legged legs everywhere. As for the penalty for liquidated damages, it will be based on the contract."

Pan Yingzi said worriedly: "The loss of leaving is acceptable, but I am afraid that more and more people will leave will be killed. I have to kill this trend."

Nowadays, all the celebrities who are more famous are big names. As for second- and third-tier stars, they really don’t dare to leave. They can’t afford the penalty for liquidated damages and no one will help them pay. That contract is not just a matter of talking about it.

"I will do it, you don't have to worry about this. Okay, I'm going to be busy soon, bye!" Kang Jianfei hung up the phone after saying that.

Pan Yingzi listened to the busy voice and said angrily: "This bastard, I won't say a few more words if I make a call."

Kang Jianfei was still in the mood to flirt with Pan Yingzi on the phone, and the situation in Taiwan became increasingly confusing. The newspapers in Hong Kong spread the unfavorable news about DreamWorks, which must be the cause of the eight major Taiwanese film manufacturers, but it was impossible to find out which one or which one took action.

The negotiations between Yu Kanping and China Film also reached a deadlock. First, China Film Lion made a big statement and actually wanted a distribution of 80 yuan and a theater company (China Film has both distribution and theater business); second, China Film has a favorite of "Love Saint", but this movie has signed a contract with scholars and Long Xiang, and the two companies behind it are of course unwilling to give in vain.

Of course, the negotiations have to be slowly grindled, but DreamWorks can't wait now, because after "The Love Saint" and "The Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldier", DreamWorks "Happy Ghost 5", "Best Bad Friend", "Public Servant" and other films are all prohibited from being sold into the Taiwan market due to failure in political review.

The situation is completely developing in a direction that is not conducive to DreamWorks, which is also the real reason for the uproar of Oriental Entertainment. You should know that when Ye Zhiming's Binbing Film Company cooperated with left-wing theaters, the Taiwanese authorities not only banned the films of Binbing Film Company, but also banned Ye Zhiming's jeans brand from being sold to Taiwan, causing the Binbing Jeans Empire with a market value of hundreds of millions to collapse instantly.

With the usual urinary nature of the Taiwan authorities, if DreamWorks is to be banned, then the Phoenix Taiwan, Fengxing Records and Oriental Entertainment, under Kang Jianfei, will all be banned. How dare Alan Tam and others leave their agency contracts at Oriental Entertainment? If Oriental Entertainment is banned, these contracted artists may also be blacklisted.

Kang Jianfei ended today's shooting early, contacted Yu Kanping by phone, and asked, "How are you talking to China Film?"

Yu Kanpinghui reported: "The box office share was about 70, and the opponent never let go. However, the most troublesome thing was the distribution rights of "Love Saint". China Film promised that if the movie was handed over to them for distribution, they would be responsible for the work of the Tong News Bureau and allow the movie to pass the review smoothly, but Long Xiang and the scholars were dragging the distribution contract and refused to let go."

Kang Jianfei didn't take Yu Kanping seriously because of his headache. He was happy after hearing his report and asked: "In other words, as long as the "Love Saint" is handed over to China Film Distribution, then the so-called ban on DreamWorks by the News Bureau will be lifted?"

"It can be said that China Film should be able to do the work of the News Bureau," Yu Kanping said in a difficult situation, "but scholars and Long Xiang are unwilling to hand over the distribution rights of "Love Saint"."

Kang Jianfei said with a funny look: "Old Yu, you are too straightforward. What is the difference between scholars and Long Xiang or not? The copy of the movie is here. Is it enough to just hand over the copy to China Film for release?"

Yu Kanping said: "But this is a breach of contract! The more popular "Love Saint" will be sold in Taiwan, the more money we will compensate scholars and Long Xiang!"

Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "If I don't lose money, they can bite me? If you want to sue, just fight slowly. After the lawsuit is over, the "Love Saint" will be screened for many years. And we shouldn't have a headache about this kind of thing. Since China Film has attracted the right to distribute "Love Saint", they should make efforts to solve it."

Yu Kanping was silent for a while before saying, "I'm afraid this is not good..."
Chapter completed!
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