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Chapter 215
Xiao Qiang didn't say anything.
Xu Conggang, standing next to him, was eager to try. "Boss, now that everything is clear, how about we go and catch them?"
"After all, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a kid."
Xiao Qiang twirled the gold ring on his thumb, "I need to think about it."
Xu Conggang was immediately anxious. "What else is there to think about? Boss, I told you from the beginning that there's no one smarter than us. We're incredibly knowledgeable about the entire Hong Kong film industry, and when this ad came out, we were all shocked."
"Now that I think about it, it makes sense. Boss, it's only natural that these ads weren't created by just one person. It's even more reasonable that anyone who could come up with all these advertising channels must be very intelligent."
"After all, we're all high school graduates. Compared to those who graduated from junior high school, skipped a grade, went to university, and stayed there to teach, our brains are definitely not as good."
Xiao Qiang was originally thinking, but was bombarded by Xu Congfang's bombardment of words.
This also instantly interrupted his original train of thought.
He frowned, "What do you mean?"
Xu Conggang rubbed his hands in anticipation, "Go grab Liang Qiurun and Jiang Meilan right now. No, bring them over."
"Boss, think about it. If we can get these two top students to work for our company in the future, with their intelligence, I even think we will not only dominate the film industry in the future."
"It's not like we can't try our hand at other industries."
Before the person was kidnapped, Xu Conggang was already making big promises for Xiao Qiang.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Qiang frowned, holding a somewhat cautious attitude.
"If we have such a powerful person, we can get in touch with the film industry, the financial industry, and even the shipping market, boss."
These people have a low level of education, so they cannot come into contact with the brainy people in the financial industry. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the financial industry is more profitable than the film industry.
Xiao Qiang was still somewhat hesitant, but after hearing what Xu Conggang said, he was completely overwhelmed.
"You're right. If such a powerful person can join us, it will definitely be a good thing for us."
"However," Xiao Qiang mused, "When you go find Liang Qiurun and Jiang Meishu, you can't treat them like Miss Li. You have to treat them as guests of honor."
Xu Conggang immediately understood what the other party meant. He nodded, "I know."
Li Wenjuan saw Xu Cong was about to leave, so she immediately shouted, "Are you going like this?"
Xu Conggang had already walked to the door when he paused, "What else is missing?"
"You just need to bring me along," Li Wenjuan said with a smile, "Without me, it would be almost impossible for you to bring Liang Qiurun and the others here."
Xu Conggang was still a little hesitant.
Xiao Qiang glanced at him and said, "Take Miss Li with you."
Only then did Xu Conggang nod.
When Li Wenjuan followed Xu Conggang out, she felt a bit unreal. To be honest, she really didn't expect that she could escape from the hands of these big guys in one piece.
When she reached the downstairs of Xiao's Film Studio, she looked at the azure sky, took a deep breath, and didn't speak.
Liang Qiurun came over with big strides, "Li Wenjuan."
Li Wenjuan hadn't expected to run into Liang Qiurun at the entrance of Xiao's Film Company. She was stunned for a moment, "Director Liang."
Liang Qiurun looked at her and asked, "Are you okay?"
Li Wenjuan shook her head, "It's okay."
What's the answer?
"This is Director Liang, right?"
As soon as Xu Conggang opened his mouth, He Ping took a quick step towards him and threw him over her shoulder.
Before Xu Conggang could react, he fell to the ground with a thud. He screamed and groaned, "It hurts so much, it hurts so much."
The gangsters following him immediately came over to fight He Ping, but in less than half an hour, all three or four of them were knocked to the ground by He Ping.
The kind that you can't even climb up.
Xu Conggang clutched his waist, leaning against the wall, shaking with anger. "Where are you from? Do you know who we are? You even dared to hit Xu Conggang. Are you tired of living?"
He Ping glanced at Liang Qiurun and saw that Liang Qiurun didn't say anything. She knew she had done nothing wrong. She said coldly, "Not only do I dare to hit you, I also dare to kill you."
"Do you believe it?"
Xu Conggang shuddered when he saw the murderous intent in He Ping's eyes. This woman had really seen blood on her hands.
After realizing this, Xu Conggang suddenly felt a little scared. He said fiercely, "What are you doing? What do you want to do? You're always fighting and killing people. What do you think of the Hong Kong Security Department?"
He Ping calmly asked him, "Then what did you think of the Hong Kong Security Department when you kidnapped Li Wenjuan?"
Xu Conggang was suddenly speechless.
He was about to say something when Xiao Qiang came out from behind him and said, "Cong Gang."
"Don't be rude."
Xiao Qiang had a certain leadership quality about him, and he walked with a square step, looking quite imposing. When he shouted, Xu Conggang immediately took two steps back and whispered, "Brother, I got beaten up at my doorstep."
Xiao Qiang looked at Liang Qiurun with a threatening look in his eyes, "Mr. Liang, won't you give me an explanation?"
Normally, if an ordinary person was looked at like this by Xiao Qiang, he would probably be terrified.
But this person was not someone else, but Liang Qiurun.
Liang Qiurun was born to put pressure on others. Facing Xiao Qiang's oppressive gaze, he looked back calmly, "I thought Boss Xiao would give me an explanation."
"After all, Comrade Li Wenjuan's disappearance at her doorstep is no small matter."
"Don't you think so, Boss Xiao?"
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and even the air became a little quieter.
Xiao Qiang's expression was awkward for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself. He laughed heartily and said, "Mr. Liang is not an ordinary person. Why don't we go upstairs and talk?"
Liang Qiurun, "Let's talk about it another day?"
"After all, we just found Comrade Li Wenjuan. Whether it's my family, the Qiao family, or the Security Department, we all need to take care of the aftermath."
"Once this matter is resolved, I will naturally come to see Boss Xiao."
Xiao Qiang stared at him for a long time before slowly saying, "Okay, after all, Miss Li is a benefactor of our Xiao Film Company, and so is Mr. Liang."
"We at Xiao Films have always treated our own people as guests of honor."
"Isn't that right, Miss Li?"
This is both a threat and a warning.
Li Wenjuan understood what he said, and she smiled. "Yes, I am a guest of honor at Xiao Films."
"Similarly, Mr. Xiao will also be a guest of honor at our Li Garment Factory in the future. I just wonder if Mr. Xiao is willing to let me treat you the same way you treat me?"
The smooth and sophisticated Li Wenjuan now had a bit more edge.
There was only one reason why she did this: her allies had arrived.
Xiao Qiang didn't expect her to say that. He looked at Li Wenjuan for a long time and said, "I will definitely visit the Li Garment Factory some other day."
Li Wenjuan, "I'm waiting."
Liang Qiurun took Li Wenjuan away just like that.
Xu Conggang looked at their backs as they left, feeling somewhat unwilling, "Brother, are you just going to let them leave like this?"
Xiao Qiang asked him, "Do you have a better idea?"
"Leave them here."
Xu Conggang said subconsciously.
"The opportunity was missed." Xiao Qiang murmured, "We made a mistake from the beginning."
"What?"
Unfortunately, Xiao Qiang's voice was too low, so Xu Congfang didn't hear it.
"Change your attitude towards Liang Qiurun and Li Wenjuan from now on."
"Why?"
Xu Conggang looked confused.
Xiao Qiang finally realized where he was wrong. He should never have listened to Xu Conggang's advice. Otherwise, perhaps things between them wouldn't have come to this.
"Why, why?"
"Shouldn't you show some respect to the God of Wealth?" Xiao Qiang practically roared, "Xu Conggang, you bastard! I shouldn't have believed your lies from the beginning."
Xu Conggang said weakly, "Brother, everything I did was based on your consent."
That’s why Xiao Qiang is even angrier, okay?
"roll!"
"I don't want to hear you talk."
*
Li Wenjuan was taken to the Little White Building. When Jiang Meishu saw her for the first time, she rushed over and asked, "Sister Wenjuan, are you okay?"
He took her hand and looked her up and down.
"fine."
Li Wenjuan admitted, "They were afraid I wouldn't cooperate, so they just blindfolded me and tied my wrists when they took me there. Other than that, they didn't do anything out of line with me."
Jiang Meishu breathed a sigh of relief, "Can you tell me the details?"
Li Wenjuan nodded and told the whole story.
Jiang Meishu was a little surprised. "So you involved Liang Rui and Jiang Nanfang?"
"Did they believe it?"
"They believed it." Li Wenjuan coughed lightly. "Not only that, they also believed my suggestion and kidnapped you and Director Liang."
Jiang Meishu, "..."
Jiang Meishu took a long time to utter, "Why do I feel that the leader of Xiao Films is not very smart?"
Otherwise, how could I believe Li Wenjuan, who is talking nonsense?
Li Wenjuan coughed lightly and said, "I noticed it too."
"When I was with them, I found that they all looked tough on the outside, but were actually idiots on the inside."
"They blindfolded me and tied my wrists to take me to Xiao's Film Studio. When we got there, they not only unblinded me but also let me go."
"You know what? My first reaction? Wasn't this unnecessary? If anyone was smart and really wanted to kidnap me, they wouldn't have brought me to Xiao's Film Company."
"Otherwise, wouldn't all this be in vain?"
Li Wenjuan's words were recognized by Liang Qiurun, who nodded and said, "I didn't expect them to be so bold as to bring you directly to their base camp."
At that time, Liang Qiurun had already started to investigate the surrounding area, the place where Li Wenjuan might be kidnapped. In the end, after asking people, he set his sights on Xiao's Film Company.
What he didn't expect was that just when he arrived and was trying to figure out how to get in, Xu Conggang brought Li Wenjuan downstairs, openly and respectfully.
Liang Qiurun was in a very complicated mood at that time.
What's even more complicated is that He Ping beat up Xu Conggang, but Xiao Qiang let them go.
Jiang Meishu was a little confused by all this. "Is Xiao Films really an honest company?"
Chen Jinshan, who had hurried back from outside after receiving the news, hummed and said, "It's considered a half-honest company."
"Didn't I lose money on a lot of movies in a row? Xu Conggang even asked me if I wanted to work at Xiao's Film Company."
"I even asked him at the time, isn't he afraid that my box office poison will spread to Xiao Pictures?"
"Do you know how Xu Conggang answered me?"
"How did you answer?"
"Xu Conggang said, if you hadn't said it, I would have forgotten."
Everyone, “…”
"Aren't they the bosses of the film industry? They are said to be the ones who do all kinds of evil."
This was Jiang Meishu's first reaction to the giants in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. It was not her fault, but what happened to those Hong Kong artists in later generations was really too unbelievable.
"Who said that?"
Chen Jinshan was stunned for a moment. "That's not the case. They are just a little overbearing and shameless, but they are not evil."
"Jiang Jiang, why are you asking these questions?"
Liang Qiurun discovered something and asked in a low voice.
Jiang Meishu, "I'm thinking about how to avoid him. If I can't avoid him, what should I do?"
Liang Qiurun, "What do you think?"
Jiang Meishu whispered, "Can we afford to offend each other?"
Liang Qiurun said, "We can. Hongtai's market is not in Hong Kong, so we don't have to be afraid of him. As for you, just return to the mainland in advance."
From this perspective, Xiao Films cannot hurt them.
"But what about Mei Xin? And Sister Wen Juan and the others."
Liang Qiurun, "Unless we close the door, we can't prevent it."
Or they may withdraw from the Hong Kong market.
Jiang Meishu murmured, "I'm unwilling to accept this."
The market in Hong Kong has just begun. Jiang Meishu will be reluctant if it ends like this.
However, Xiao Films was like a wolf cub, always keeping an eye on the pork belly in their hands.
This puts Jiang Meishu in a dilemma.
Li Wenjuan, "My original purpose was to muddy the waters."
Jiang Meishu said, "I know."
"So I'm trying to find a compromise."
Seeing her like this, Liang Qiurun felt a little distressed, "If it really doesn't work, just put it aside for now."
"Anyway, they've given us enough time, so we can just treat it as a period for both sides to test and observe each other."
Jiang Meishu nodded, because she couldn't think of a better way.
There was no movement on her side, and she was a little nervous at first, but she didn't expect that Xiao's Film Company had become quiet, which made Jiang Meishu a little puzzled.
It was not until Qiao Jiahui spoke that she realized that Qiao's second sister had used Qiao's father's connections to ask Qiao's father to warn Xiao Qiang, and only then did the situation quiet down for a while.
But as the movie "Contract" came to an end, by mid-March all the box office revenue of "Contract" had been released.
A total of 212 million was sold.
It directly broke Hong Kong's box office record in the past decade.
This immediately set the entire Hong Kong film industry in a frenzy, and the previously dormant Xiao Pictures became eager to try again.
However, this time, Xiao's Film Company changed its previous method and actually sent visiting invitations to Jiang Meishu and Liang Qiurun.
This is a bit surprising.
After a period of silence, Jiang Meishu had already thought of a solution. "Lao Liang, agree to meet with them."
"But we need more people, muddy the waters, and make sure they don't know who came up with the idea."
Liang Qiurun thought for a moment and said, "Then call Chen Jinshan, Qiao Jiahui, Li Wenjuan, and the three Qiao sisters."
Jiang Meishu, "Okay."
She looked through the information and research on Xiao's Film Company and murmured, "I have an idea."
Since Xiao Pictures has not committed any serious crime, let's find a way for both parties to cooperate.
Moreover, it's not just about cooperating with them. Jiang Meishu wants to involve people from all walks of life.
This was inspired by Li Wenjuan.
March 23rd was the day Jiang Meishu and Liang Qiurun agreed to meet with Xiao Pictures.
After Jiang Meishu saw that everything was ready, she went to the meeting place. When she arrived, Chen Jinshan, Qiao Jiahui, Li Wenjuan, and even the three Qiao sisters were there.
"Meilan."
As soon as she arrived, Li Wenjuan came to greet her, "Have you thought of a solution?"
Jiang Meishu hummed, raised her eyes and looked around, "Are they here?"
"Here I come."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qiang came over and said, "Miss Jiang, I wonder why you asked us all to come here?"
Jiang Meishu forced herself to cheer up. She smiled and said, "Hasn't Mr. Xiao always wanted to work with the person behind the indenture advertisement?"
"I asked the two children at home and they agreed to cooperate, but they also had conditions."
When Xiao Qiang heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed, "Oh? I wonder what the conditions are?"
Jiang Meishu and Liang Qiurun walked over together, with He Ping following on her right, so there was no blind spot in the whole view.
Xu Congfang on the opposite side saw this and couldn't help but feel a pain on the skin on his back, even though it had been a month since he was last thrown over the shoulder.
But as soon as he saw He Ping, he would feel physical pain.
Jiang Meishu said, "My children think that both parties can cooperate, but they need to set up a separate film company."
As soon as these words fell, Xiao Qiang frowned slightly, "Aren't you coming to our Xiao Film Company?"
Jiang Meishu shook her head. "If we don't come, Xiao Films will dominate the market, and there's no guarantee for people like us."
"So we need to set up a separate company with multiple parties participating and controlling it to achieve the effect of mutual checks and balances."
She laid all her cards on the table.
There was no fool present, so of course they understood it instantly, except for Xu Conggang.
He even shouted, "We are such a big tree in Xiao's Film Industry. If you don't hold on to it and set up your own film company, isn't that giving up the near for the far?"
Jiang Meishu smiled, "My Liang Rui said that if you don't agree to this condition, the cooperation between the two parties will collapse."
The attitude is very tough.
This made Xu Congfang lose his memorial immediately. He looked at Xiao Qiang for help, but Xiao Qiang ignored him and was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.
"Can you elaborate?"
Jiang Meishu hummed, "Currently, we have five parties. The first party is led by Chen Jinshan, the second is led by Qiao Jiahui and his family, the third is led by Liang Qiurun, Liang Rui and Jiangnan, the fourth is led by Li Wenjuan, and the fifth is Xiao's Film Company. To be frank, it's you, Boss Xiao, who is the lead."
Xiao Qiang raised his eyebrows, "Go on."
Jiang Meishu, "Based on the five of us, we will establish a new film company, independent of Chen Jinshan and Xiao's Film, but not separated from you."
This was a bit confusing, Xu Conggang didn't understand it, and his eyes were a little confused.
The others nearby became interested and said, "Be more specific."
"The newly established film company is based on Director Chen Jinshan. He has the final say on what films the company will produce. Boss Xiao, using Xiao Pictures as a framework, provides Director Chen Jinshan with all the connections and locations he needs to make films."
"And I, Liang Qiurun, Liang Rui, and Jiang Nanfang are responsible for advertising and promotion for the New Film Company."
"As for Li Wenjuan and Qiao Jiahui, they are the investors and are responsible for coordinating all work."
"As for the newly established film company, if it makes a profit, dividends will be distributed according to the shares held by the five parties."
As soon as Jiang Meishu finished speaking, the scene instantly became quiet.
Everyone is considering the feasibility of this. You know, Jiang Meishu's move is equivalent to binding everyone into it.
Moreover, not only did it become independent from Xiao's Pictures, but it also got Xiao Qiang, the boss of Xiao's Pictures, involved.
"What about me?"
Xu Cong had just arrived here and listened for a long time, but didn't hear his name, so he asked subconsciously.
Jiang Meishu looked up at him and said, "You should ask your boss if Boss Xiao is willing to transfer some of his shares to you."
"So that you can participate too."
Xu Conggang looked at Xiao Qiang eagerly. You know, he had been following Xiao Qiang since he was young.
Xiao Qiang did not answer directly, but asked Jiang Meishu, "How much share does each of our five parties hold?"
Jiang Meishu, "This is what we will discuss next. First, we will consider the investment ratio, and second, we will consider the importance of the parties to the company."
This is an interesting point.
"So who is the most important?"
Jiang Meishu was not at all nervous, "Director Chen Jinshan, he is the soul of the company." No matter what, Jiang Meishu was determined to tie Chen Jinshan into their film and television company.
"Next is you, President Xiao. You use Xiao Films as a foundation and pave the way for the newly established film and television company. You are naturally an indispensable pillar."
Xiao Qiang felt relieved after hearing this flattery.
"Then your son and your brother are also very important." He said bluntly, "Their advertising planning plays a decisive role for the new film and television company."
Jiang Meishu did not deny it. She hummed and said, "They do have this function."
"But the Qiao family is also very important. They are responsible for the investment money. Without money, our company cannot open."
Xiao Qiang wanted to kick the Qiao family out, "I can also invest money."
Xiao's Films has never been short of money.
After hearing this, Qiao Jiahui sneered, "You are the only one who has money. We in the Qiao family have no money."
"Boss Xiao, let me tell you, my position in there is much more important than yours."
"And I got involved earlier than you. You know, I was involved in this hit movie called "Selling Body Contract" from the beginning to the end."
"You want to kick me out, but that's not possible."
"Not to mention that I'm already a veteran, just based on my relationship with Brother Qiurun and my sister-in-law, they won't kick me out."
"Isn't that right, sister-in-law?"
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