From Becoming Penguin's Major Shareholder to Building an Entertainment Empire

Note that this book is a slow-burn novel, and it will become increasingly exciting as the story progresses.

It starts from 2002, beginning at the Beijing Film Academy, and starting with the H...

Chapter 388 First Agent

However, Wang Jinhua is indeed quite remarkable.

In 1997, Sister Fa had about 100 artists under her tutelage, but she did not become arrogant or domineering, nor did she deliberately make things difficult for her artists.

On the contrary, she has a very good temper and rarely gets angry. She treats artists like her own family, always thinking of them and doing many things herself.

She inquires about everything from major matters like artists' contracts, salaries, endorsements, and commercial performances, to minor details like how many assistants an artist has each day, the hotel they stay in, and even the temperature of their bathwater.

Hu Jun once said of Sister Hua: "Sister Hua would fight for everything for us actors. People say that being her actor is the most comfortable. She does everything. Sister Hua is a person worthy of respect."

Indeed, when Wang Jinghua first established her company, although it was her own, she and the newly recruited agents received a fixed salary from the company.

The difference is that her salary was slightly higher, around five thousand yuan. Later, after she made Hu Jun, Li Lianhua, You Yong and others popular, she started to receive an annual salary from the company.

The rest of the money was spent on the actors in the company. A boss who is willing to spend money on his artists is naturally very popular with them.

Besides these, Sister Hua also has her own "great wisdom" in training actors. It is precisely this great wisdom in training that has made many of her actors very famous.

Guo Xiaodong once attended a press conference. Before going on stage, he was hunched over. When Sister Hua saw this, she immediately went up to him and reminded him to stand up straight and try his best to hold on for the next half hour without hunching over.

Before she became famous, Zuo Xiaoqing used to take her heavily made-up artistic photos to various film crews. When Sister Hua saw them, she bluntly said, "These photos are too heavy and don't suit you at all. You are more suited to a simple and natural image like yourself, which gives people a friendly and approachable feeling, like a girl next door."

It was Sister Hua's insightful guidance that earned Zuo Xiaoqing the reputation of "Oxygen Goddess" in the industry.

Then there's Li Lianhua, who was scolded the most by Sister Hua, but it was precisely Sister Hua's angry scolding that made Li Lianhua win her first "International Best Actress" award. From then on, her acting career became more and more popular, and her fame grew.

After winning the award, Li Lianhua ran to Sister Hua's house with the trophy in her hand. Overwhelmed with emotion, she couldn't find a way to express her gratitude, so she hugged and kissed Sister Hua's son, Dong Zijian, repeatedly.

It is said that Li Lianhua wanted to turn down director Zhang Yuan's film "Going Home for the New Year" that year, but it was a film that Sister Hua had worked hard to get for her.

But Li Lianhua was young and impetuous, and looked down on these art films at all. She took the script to Sister Hua and complained that the role was too rustic and she didn't want to act in it.

Upon hearing Li Lianhua's words, Sister Hua immediately became furious: "Do you still want to be an actress? If not, you might as well go home, get married, and have children while you're still young!"

When Li Lianhua saw that Sister Hua was angry, she was so frightened that she didn't know what to say. Before this, she had never seen Sister Hua lose her temper. After being scolded, she had no choice but to obediently continue acting.

As a result, she won the "International Best Actress" award for this film.

There's also Guo Jingfei. When he first signed with Sister Hua, he was arrogant and proud. Later, Sister Hua told him, "Brother Jingfei, as an actor, you have to be patient and avoid being arrogant and impatient. Take it one step at a time, and one day you will become famous."

Finally, in 2019, Guo Jingfei won the "Best Supporting Actor Award" at the Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Awards for his role in "All Is Well". At the awards ceremony, Guo Jingfei expressed his special thanks to his agent and boss, Wang Jinghua, saying that it was Wang Jinghua's careful guidance that made him so successful.

There are far too many examples like this. Sister Hua's wisdom is not only reflected in training artists to be actors, but also in parting ways with them. This is true wisdom.

Sister Hua knows all too well that sometimes artists in the entertainment industry are not in control of their own lives, and everything is ultimately about "profit".

She knows that the coming together and falling apart of interests is commonplace, so she never hinders the development of artists. In all her years in the industry, there have been very few times when artists have broken ties with her.

Hao Lei wanted to develop independently and become her own boss, so Sister Hua encouraged her to set up her own studio. Sister Hua also helped Hao Lei with some problems she encountered in her work later on.

The two "Bingbing" actresses she personally cultivated back then were unwilling to follow her and were determined to stay with Huayi Brothers.

Hua Jie's attitude was also very magnanimous; she never complained about the two of them. As a result, when Li Lianhua renewed her contract with Huayi Brothers, she said with shame, "Of course I feel guilty towards Hua Jie, but I believe she is definitely not a petty person, and our relationship and feelings will not be affected by this."

Besides nurturing stars, Sister Hua has also mentored many well-known agents in the industry, such as Li Xue.

She once commented on Sister Hua like this: "I think Sister Hua's place is like the Whampoa Military Academy. The team of agents she has trained over the years is no less than the stars she has trained."

Furthermore, all of her apprentices maintained good relationships with Sister Hua after leaving. With her way of dealing with people, it would be difficult for her not to succeed.

She is someone who pays attention to everything and is meticulous in everything she does. She has unique insights into each artist and the artists she has trained all have good reputations. She is a very capable person.