Chapter 698 Shootout

"This is the information I got from the headhunting company. They recommended 3 people, all of whom have held positions in film companies before, and their business ability is completely fine. The rest, you, the chairman, need to make a decision."

Robert put several documents in front of Jiang Hao.

The headhunting company appeared very early, and it appeared in the United States in 1926. After decades of development, it is now very mature.

Jiang Hao looked through these files one by one, and only read them once, and remembered all the information of these people.

The people selected by Robert are really good. They are not very old. The oldest one is in his 40s this year. "Let's find a place to meet them and listen to their opinions."

The meeting was arranged in an ordinary cafe, and Jiang Hao asked for a private room. Someone saw this situation and heard that Jiang Hao and the others were a new company that had just been established and did not even have an office location, and expressed great disappointment.

Jiang Hao doesn't care either, finding someone is a two-way street, you can look down on them, and they can naturally look down on you.

At this moment, Jiang Hao was sitting in front of a man in his forties. His name was Connor, and he was the last one among the interviewees. He was a little thin, but his eyes were very shrewd.

"Mr. Connor, you were the deputy general manager of Warner's film department before, why did you leave your job?" Jiang Hao asked.

Connor shrugged, "Warner's film business has shrunk severely, and it has been losing money for many years. Ten years ago, Warner produced more than 40 films a year. Five years ago, there were about 10 films. Last year, there were only 2 films. Many people, although not including me, but I couldn't see hope, so I left voluntarily."

Jiang Hao asked some more professional questions, and Connor answered them one by one. Jiang Hao was quite satisfied with Mr. Connor's answer. He was not rigid but principled. He started from the bottom step by step and understood all the business of the film company. , is indeed the talent I need.

"If you join our company, how would you like to be treated?" Jiang Hao asked.

"I hope to get a part of the equity, and a basic salary of no less than $1,000." Connor said.

Jiang Hao and Robert looked at each other, and then Jiang Hao said: "I can start the equity incentive mechanism for you."

Obtaining shares through direct investment is completely different from enjoying the equity incentive mechanism. I won’t go into details here. In short, the latter does not need to pay money, but there are many restrictions, and there are time limits. You can only get dividends if you can’t trade. It is a way for the company to retain core personnel.

Of course, this is mainly based on the agreement between the two parties at the beginning, and there are also those who meet the conditions to get real shares.

Jiang Hao's promise is to increase the shareholding for a period of 5 years, and get a maximum of 5% of the shares. This part of the shares can be distributed as dividends. After working for the company for 8 years, he can get 5% of the real shares. This part of the shares comes from Jiang Hao.

Connor is very satisfied with this condition, and Robert has no objection.

The three stood up and shook hands,

In this way, the three giants of Hall Company gathered together.

There are still many things to do next, starting to form a company, Jiang Hao made a decision, and rented an office in the Rockefeller Building, which is now one of the most luxurious office buildings in the United States. When he saw the company nameplate posted in the Rockefeller Hall, Jiang Hao I still feel very satisfied.

No matter how small the business is, as long as you do it with your heart, you will gain a sense of satisfaction.

Jiang Hao completely left it to Connor and Robert to recruit staff. After all, both of them are professionals. His task is to get money, and keep getting money out.

On Jiang Hao's side, he has already started to put film shooting on track.

In the conference room, Chairman Jon Hall is sitting at the main seat, General Manager Connor, Legal Director Robert are sitting on both sides, Human Resources Department, Finance Department, Administration Department, General Affairs Department, Marketing Business Department, Film and Television Production Department, The director of the performing arts department is here.

These department heads were all recruited by Connor and Robert. They are all experienced in the industry, and they can work quickly when they come here.

Jiang Hao said: "The establishment of the company is completed, and I am going to shoot the first film. The film and television production department will start project preparation and form a shooting team."

This is a big project, and it is the main body of film production. It is their job to choose the shooting location, prepare props, equipment, etc.

"The Performing Arts Department is in charge of finding suitable actors. Let me first say that the leading actor of this film has been confirmed. Monroe is the heroine, the three little raccoons are the protagonists, and I am the male protagonist. Other actors need to be found temporarily. This is Your job."

"The finance department is responsible for all current business accounts, and I don't want the accounts to be confused." Finance is a very, very important item in filming. If you don't keep an eye on it, a lot of money will be spent inexplicably.

This is Jiang Hao's career, and it is impossible for him to enrich others' personal pockets.

"The General Business Department is in charge of the logistics. The Marketing Business Department has an important task for you. I have made a list here. In our movie, there will be many products and locations. Go and talk to them about the need for advertising plants. If they don’t need it, talk to another one.”

Ad placement is a kind of hidden advertisement. For example, the car in 007 is a major item of ad placement. Why the 007 car is always photographed so cool is not the reason for the placement of advertisements by those big car manufacturers. It often costs tens of millions of dollars in advertising to get Bond to drive your car, which is not a small fortune.

On the small side, there are also a lot of advertising placements. Take beverages as an example, whether to drink Pepsi or Coca-Cola, you can negotiate with the two companies, and whoever places the advertisement will drink whoever.

In Jiang Hao's movie, there are many places where advertisements can be placed, from beverages to home appliances, as well as where Monroe works, whether it is McDonald's or KFC, and even the cake shop where Monroe stopped. Pick one you're willing to spend money on.

Hall Films is like a car, everyone is a part, playing their part, and Jiang Hao is that driver, responsible for going in the right direction.

Although the film industry in New York has declined, it is still the second largest film base in the United States. It is still very easy to form a shooting team. All equipment is rented. As long as you have money, you can get everything. There are countless people looking for opportunities, just like Monroe, there is never a shortage of actors here, as long as there is money.

"Boss, is this the budget statement?" The treasurer handed the bill to Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao looked at it item by item, the director's fee was 200,000 US dollars, and the actor's fee was 10,000 US dollars. Jiang Hao's price was too inhumane. He only shot less than three minutes in it, and he was paid 10,000 dollars.

The heroine's salary is 100,000 yuan, Monroe is a pure newcomer, too high is not good.

Three pet raccoons, each with a salary of 50,000 US dollars, they are all Jiang Hao's pets, and they have been registered with the government before, and the salary will eventually fall into Jiang Hao's hands, hehehehe.

Jiang Hao is Chiguoguo's money laundering, laundering the cash from previous drug sales into legal assets. You must know that even in later generations, film money laundering is also a major item in the money laundering business.

The rest of the actors, such as Monroe's teacher, the villain who attacked Monroe, the man who led the dog in the morning, etc., each only have a salary of a few thousand to a few hundred dollars, while those extras, who cost tens of dollars, are all paid. Yes, credits are not listed separately.

The big items are renting props and shooting machines, and film is the biggest expense in it. Now it is 1955, and there is still a certain market for black and white movies. For example, "Some Like It Hot" shot by Marilyn Monroe in 1959 used black and white film. To be honest, Jiang Hao always felt that this was his biggest regret. If he used color film, he didn't know how beautiful Monroe would be.

But now color film is indeed very expensive, basically three to five times the price of black and white film. No wonder in the 1960s, many directors still used black and white film, but they couldn’t afford it.

However, Jiang Hao has already made up his mind that all his future films must be in color, without any regrets.

Jiang Hao ticked off the color film, and said to the supervisor: "With color film, our actors don't pay much for this film, so we can save it and put it into the film."

"Good boss."

The financial director went out, and the head of the film and television production department came in again, "Boss, this is the candidate for the assistant director we selected, as well as the list of actors, stage managers, set designers, lighting engineers, sound engineers, stylists, hair stylists, stunt personnel, and assistants." , arrangement and editing will be hired after the filming is finally completed."

"Boss, we have found two assistant directors for you. They both have filmed before, have rich experience, and even filmed independently, but now that the film is in a recession, they can't find investors, and they know there is a chance to shoot. , would love to come and work.”

The director of the film and television production department left, and the director of the marketing business department came in again, "Boss, we have found more than a dozen companies, and we have already negotiated with three of them, earning 24,300 US dollars in advertising revenue.".

It is really difficult to shoot a movie. The director needs to manipulate all kinds of resources, and then produce a work of art. It is really not easy to make a film that can reach the level of work of art. This is why those great directors can That's why it's called a master.

Fortunately, Jiang Hao has a super memory ability, has been with the crew, and has plenty of physical strength, which can be manipulated completely.

Seeing that it was already in the afternoon, Jiang Hao talked to his secretary and was about to drive home. When the car was driving into a street, Jiang Hao suddenly saw a man in a suit rushing out of the alley next to him.

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly there were several gunshots from behind, and the man in the suit running in front fell down with a plop, then tried to get up, fired two shots behind him, and continued to run forward.

Seeing this situation, the people around screamed and ran around. Jiang Hao braked quickly to avoid hitting pedestrians running around.

But at this moment, the man in the suit had already run in front of Jiang Hao's car, and Jiang Hao saw three or four people rushing out of the alley, all with guns in their hands, shooting at this side frequently, the man in the suit hurried Hiding behind Jiang Hao's car, using the body to avoid bullets.

"Snapped!"

"Wow!"

A glass on the side of Jiang Hao's car was shattered.

Jiang Hao subconsciously lowered his head to dodge. At this moment, the rear door was opened, and the man in the suit quickly climbed into the back seat of Jiang Hao's car, held his pistol against Jiang Hao's neck, and said in a sharp voice, "Hurry up and drive!" , drive out of the city, hurry up, or I'll shoot you dead."

"Squeak~~"

Jiang Hao stepped on the accelerator hard, and the car rushed out at the fastest speed. Behind them, those people raised their guns and shot at the car. Many gun holes were shot in the car's buttocks, but they failed to stop the car from escaping quickly.