In this society, where there is money, there are people, and people will really do anything for money. You will meet two types of people in the bar. One is the women who are stationed in the bar. They are also one of the commodities of the bar, and their purpose is to attract customers.
There is another group of people who dress fashionably and elegantly, and appear to come from well-off families, but they may actually earn less than a few hundred yuan a month.
They are in the bar just to hook up with rich people, like those in Xiang Zhijun's circle. A few thousand or tens of thousands of dollars thrown to them is enough for them to spend for a long time.
Some people are lucky enough to get a good breakup fee.
For girls like this, they don’t care who they sleep in the bed with the next day. They only care whether the other person has money.
Zhang Shu has seen many people of the second type. Sometimes one weirdo is not scary, but what is scary is that there are too many weirdos and they are too rampant, making people who originally followed the rules feel that they are abnormal.
In the 21st century when Wu Changyun lived, this kind of thing was no longer uncommon. Some people made videos to make ugly faces, to attract attention, and such things were pushed to the forefront by various platforms.
There are so many things like this, so even though Wu Changyun has become rich, he still maintains self-discipline because he doesn't want to become like this. Money can become anything in the hands of those with bad intentions, which is actually very scary.
Wu Changyun doesn't want his descendants to live in such an absurd environment, that would be too terrible.
"Are you willing to say these words again in court?" Wu Changyun asked.
Zhang Shu was a little hesitant, mainly because his father's job had stopped and he didn't know what to do in the future.
If I provoke Xiang Zhijun again, I heard that Xiang Zhijun is the youngest son of the Xiang family and is very valued in the family. It will be difficult to offend him.
"Um."
Zhang Shu nodded. It was really uncomfortable to be caught in the middle.
As long as Zhang Shu testifies, Xiang Zhijun's actions can be proven, and that's enough.
The fear is that Zhang Shu changed his words in court, or was influenced by the Xiang family.
Wu Changyun was not entirely on the defensive during this period. The Film Association held another meeting, and this time the attendees were more important than last time, including many industry leaders.
"I called you all here today for one thing."
Wu Changyun glanced at the crowd, and there was a person among them with his head down. That guy was Director Xiao of the Sky: Children of the Light Film Company. Previously, Sky: Children of the Light had always been under the association, but this time they only sent an unimportant person to the scene.
"The association wants to jointly sanction a company."
Except for the top companies, representatives of other companies were also surprised that the association has such regulations but rarely uses them.
"Regarding Sky: Children of the Light Film Company, they are suspected of using real-life filming methods to produce Category III films, and these four films have not been censored and have been released without authorization. For this reason, on behalf of the association, I have issued joint sanctions against Sky: Children of the Light Film Company."
As soon as Wu Changyun knew about Sky: Children of the Light, he sent a director over to listen to the association's measures. The director of the Sky: Children of the Light film company is Xiang Zhijun, and it is also the Xiang family's property. However, Wu Changyun's reaction was slower than expected.
"Before the investigation and rectification, the films of Sky: Children of the Light Film Company are prohibited from being shown in the company theaters within the association," said Wu Changyun.
"This! President, aren't you going to kill us like this?"
Director Xiao stood up and said that if their film had no channels for theater release, then there would be no point in making it. If it couldn't be released, the company would be finished.
The association does have such influence, and now 99% of Hong Kong's film companies have joined the association.
Of course, this is not about how strong one person's appeal is. There is an advantage for everyone to join the association. The real regulatory department is of course the government, but because Hong Kong's film industry has a long history of development, and various rules and inside stories are difficult for outsiders to understand at once.
The Hong Kong Film Association plays the role of a middleman, and this middleman's position is not ordinary.
From the perspective of ordinary people, the Film Association is just a messenger.
There are two situations here. If the industry is in chaos due to close scrutiny from above, the association will be the first to get wind of the situation and impose sanctions on the film company. This is like giving its own people a shot in the arm, allowing the higher-ups to see their determination to rectify the situation, and everyone can save face.
If the market is calm recently and the authorities want to encourage it, the association can also find some relatively strong companies to support, so that it can also earn investment and dividends.
No matter how you look at it, the association is a very important organization for filmmakers.
Now Wu Changyun says he wants to sanction Light Children. As long as there is no majority opposition present, the sanctions will really come.
No one sitting in the association spoke, including Siyuan, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, and these three companies had no objections.
After the sanctions were issued, Sky: Children of the Light was in big trouble. They had already started preparing for the Lunar New Year holiday this year, but now there are no theaters to show the film.
Several investors in their film have special relationships with the Xiang family. If the film project is shelved, they will face a problem: how to buffer the investors' money and the money borrowed from the bank?
Sky: Children of the Light held a shareholders' meeting. Because Xiang Zhijun was arrested, everyone spoke freely at the meeting.
"I told you that little bastard from the Xiang family would cause trouble sooner or later. Now look, what should we do?"
One of the shareholders, named Liu, who was quite old, spread his hands on the table and asked.
"Be more careful with your words. There are people from the Xiang family here. Don't forget your identity."
"Who am I? Even Xiang Zhihua has to call me uncle when he pounces on your mother. Who do you think you are?"
In his early years, the shareholder surnamed Liu worked for the oldest predecessor of the Xiang family. Now that he is old, he has also received "rewards" from the Xiang family.
"Don't be impatient. Who wants to see this happen to the young master?"
Someone tried to smooth things over, but it wasn't very effective. After all, when it comes to money, it can be solved with just a few words from anyone.
At this time, someone knocked on the door and came in. It was Xiang Luojun and his secretary.
"Dear shareholders, has the meeting produced any results?" Xiang Luo Jun asked.
The people present were generally older than Xiang Luojun, but they all put on a sour face when they saw this guy, and no one responded.
"No, your brother should at least give us an explanation."
"Everyone, please disperse."
He waved to Luo Jun and said.
"What do you mean by disbanding? What will happen to our money? I invested more than three million. Who do you think I am?" The shareholder surnamed Liu shouted. Without the old predecessors like them, the Xiang family would not be in its current state.
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