However, at Director Wang Yu's repeated request, they immediately processed the procedures to cancel his membership.
"Director Wang, your membership has been terminated. If you wish to rejoin in the future..."
"I'm not joining anymore, goodbye! ...beep beep beep"
The Directors Guild staff were a bit confused.
Soon after, other directors called, requesting to cancel their memberships.
In less than an hour, the Directors Guild had received requests from more than thirty directors to terminate their membership.
The Directors Guild staff were now in an uproar.
"President, something terrible has happened!"
The staff immediately reported the situation to the chairman.
Directors Guild President Zhao Tianming was leisurely reading the newspaper with a cup of tea in his hand when he heard the staff's urgent report. He couldn't help but frown: "What's the big deal? Why are you in such a panic? What kind of behavior is this!"
The staff member caught his breath and hurriedly said, "President, you don't know, more than thirty directors have already called to request the cancellation of their memberships!"
"What?!" Zhao Tianming nearly dropped his teacup. His eyes widened in disbelief as he asked, "How could this happen? Why did they cancel my membership?"
The staff member said, "We didn't know why so many directors were resigning from their memberships at the same time. After asking around with some of the directors we knew, we finally found out the reason."
Zhao Tianming asked, "What's the reason?"
"Because of Star Shine Cinema."
"Star Cinema? Do they have that kind of power? To get so many directors to resign their memberships at the same time?"
"Yes! Their offer is too high!"
Zhao Tianming, unaware of the situation, asked, "What kind of bargaining chips?"
He explained the whole story in detail, especially when he talked about how Star Shine Cinema was recruiting directors and assistant directors for their new films with 300 million and 200 million yuan respectively. He was very excited and wished he could be hired himself.
After hearing this, Zhao Tianming's face turned ashen.
He never expected that Star Shine Cinema would be so generous, using such high director fees to attract talent, and even openly rejecting directors from the Directors Guild.
"These directors are truly blinded by money!" Zhao Tianming slammed his fist on the table in anger. "Don't they know that the Directors Guild is their backer? Without the Directors Guild, how can they survive in the industry?"
The staff member whispered, "But Chairman, the current situation is that those directors don't care about any of that. They only see the immediate profits. Three hundred million or two hundred million in director fees is no small amount. Who wouldn't be tempted by such conditions? Moreover, Star Shine Cinema is recruiting at least 20 directors at the same time. With such a large number and top-notch benefits, how can those directors resist the temptation?"
Zhao Tianming was silent for a moment, then said, "Go tell those directors that it's easy to revoke their membership, but it won't be so easy to rejoin in the future. Tell them to think it through before making a decision."
Staff member: "President, we have already spoken to them, but they don't care at all and don't want to join again in the future."
"What!?" Zhao Tianming was stunned.
Are they crazy?
However, another staff member soon came over to report the situation.
"President, this is bad. As of now, the number of directors who have applied to resign from their membership has risen to more than 100."
"More than a hundred?!"
shock!
Shocking!
Zhao Tianming remained silent for a long time, his body trembling with anger.
To everyone's surprise, Star Shine Cinema made their Directors Guild's statement against Star Shine Cinema invalid with just one move!
No, this can't go on. We need to find someone to salvage the situation.
Otherwise, more directors will resign from their memberships, and the Directors Guild will become an empty shell, existing in name only!
The situation is now beyond his control.
Zhao Tianming paced back and forth in the room, pondering a solution.
Suddenly, a thought struck him and he came up with an idea.
He picked up the phone and dialed a number: "Hello, is this Lao Zhang? This is Zhao Tianming. There's something I'd like to discuss with you..."
Old Zhang is a big shot in the film industry and has a good relationship with Zhao Tianming.
Hearing Zhao Tianming's tone, he guessed what was going on: "President Zhao, is there some trouble over there?"
"Yes! Old Zhang, you're truly a brilliant strategist. Here's the thing..." Zhao Tianming briefly explained the situation, then said, "Old Zhang, what should we do? You have to help me!"
After listening, Old Zhang remained silent for a while, then said, "Chairman Zhao, I understand your difficulties. However, there's nothing I can do to help. Who wouldn't be tempted by a director's fee of hundreds of millions? To be honest, I've even considered resigning from my association membership to apply for a director's job at Star Shine Cinema. Directing this one film would make me financially independent for life!"
"ah?????"
Zhao Tianming was so angry he wanted to hit someone.
What is all this about?
You were the helper I was looking for, but even you want to quit your membership?
"Old Zhang, you're not joking, are you!"
Old Zhang: "I'm not joking. By the way, how did you guys get into this mess with Star Shine Cinema Group?"
"This whole thing was caused by Liu Zhengqi's new film, 'Tianmen Long Blade.'" Zhao Tianming recounted how Director Liu Zhengqi had approached him and then asked the Directors Guild to boycott Xinghui Cinema.
After hearing this, Old Zhang said, "You guys went to suppress Xinghui Cinema first, no wonder they're like that."
"Old Zhang, what should we do now?"
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