National Tide 1980

In order to complete the task assigned by Ning Weimin, he contacted the Asian sugar king Guo family as soon as possible and arranged a time for the two sides to meet and negotiate.

In the following week, Akira Okamoto used all the contact methods such as letters, telegrams, faxes, and international long-distance calls in the name of the Mist Studio.

He even flew to the headquarters of the Guo Hengfeng Group in Singapore and expressed Ning Weimin's sincerity in person that he wanted to negotiate with the Guo Group.

He also stayed in Singapore for three days and lived in the world's first Shangri-La Hotel, which opened in 1970, just to wait for news from the Guo Group.

But unfortunately, all his efforts were in vain and he did not wait for any feedback from the Guo family.

In the end, Akira Okamoto had to return empty-handed and had to bow to Ning Weimin again and again to apologize.

However, despite this, Ning Weimin did not blame him, but waited patiently for another week.

What he thought was that the Guo family's business was huge and had long been not limited to the sugar industry. It had already involved in many fields, including heavy asset industries such as grain, oil, and shipping.

Although this matter is a big deal for me, it may not be for others, so it is better to give them more time to react.

In addition, maybe they are deliberately trying to hit him, so it is normal to leave him alone.

So during this period, Ning Weimin did not wait and still made full preparations for negotiations with the Guo family.

In addition to contacting Teresa Teng, who was filming a movie in France, he told the singer in detail about the current complex situation with a respectful and apologetic attitude, and discussed with her about various situations that may arise in the subsequent filming of the film, and reached a consensus and mutual understanding.

Ning Weimin also relied on his memory to copy the movie "Lucky Stars" that would be released in two years in his previous life, and temporarily "created" a not-so-excellent alternative script.

This is at least an attitude and an additional choice.

If the Guo family requires the crew to be disbanded, he can just come up with a new script with a similar theme to make up for it.

This story has nothing to do with the love history between Guo Da Shao and Teresa Teng, and the Guo family should not mind.

Then things will be easy.

At that time, as long as he apologizes and gives in, and uses the original crew to shoot a new story, even the compensation issue will not exist. This is good for both parties and no one will lose.

But it is quite regrettable that although Ning Weimin made the greatest preparations for reconciliation, his patience and good intentions were completely in vain.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Guo family, he is a small fish that is not worthy of being put on the table, and can only bow his head and wait for the slaughter, allowing them to control him.

Maybe they don’t care about his apology at all, and think that he is not worthy of talking to the Guo Group at all.

In short, they didn’t even pay attention to the olive branch he tried to extend.

On the contrary, all kinds of groundless speculations and rumors about Fog Studios began to flood Japanese sports tabloids during this period.

Many tabloids are spreading rumors that Fog Studios has major problems with finances and actors, and that "Crazy Rich Asians" and "The Black Leather Notebook" have stopped filming.

Especially the movie "Crazy Rich Asians", because of the huge investment, the funds are always difficult to get, and the filming is full of difficulties, and it is already facing the risk of completely disbanding the crew.

And the actors who resigned from the "Black Leather Notebook" who breached the contract have also begun to complain in the media.

These people not only confirmed that the filming of the TV series has indeed stopped, but also turned the tables and blamed the crew for the suspension.

Some people complained about the chaotic management of the crew, some complained that the crew bullied supporting actors, and some complained about the long overtime.

Anyway, they said whatever they could to discredit the image of Fog Studios, as if they had suffered all kinds of grievances and all breaches of contract were forced actions that could not be tolerated.

Especially this time, it was a joint action launched by countless sports tabloids, and the battle was much greater than when Fukasaku Kinji and Harada Mieko were making trouble.

Then the influence was of course great, and public opinion quickly fermented and was boiling.

There is no doubt that Ning Weimin knew without any investigation that it must be Suho Ikuo's "burning system" using the influence of the media to continue to attack the Mist Studio.

Even the nonsense of those artists was instructed by him.

Perhaps this guy saw that the Mist Studio had not responded for a long time, and he lost his temper first, and wanted to use this opportunity to put pressure on the Mist Studio and force them to admit defeat and surrender.

Of course, it is also possible that the Guo family has already told Suho Ikuo about the Mist Studio's request for peace, and maybe they blamed this guy for not doing a good job, which made this guy angry, so he was so impatient to punish the Mist Studio.

Anyway, let's put it this way, this incident is the biggest melon in the Japanese entertainment industry recently.

For a time, both the Mist Studio and the Matsumoto Agency were involved in the center of public opinion and became the focus of the entertainment section of Japanese newspapers.

The only news that can be compared with it in terms of attention is the news that Michael Jackson will come to Japan next month and perform in major cities for a world tour.

Even the news of the second Tokyo Film Festival, which will be held at the end of next month, has not received as much attention as this.

As for those outside the Japanese entertainment industry, some are worried, some are disappointed, some are gloating, some are worried, some are pretending to care but are actually trying to find out the truth, and some are genuinely concerned but can't bear to disturb.

There are all kinds of people from all walks of life, and their attitudes are also varied.

Naturally, the number of calls received by Fog Studio and Matsumoto Agency increased every day, including those from reporters, fans, and related companies.

Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko received many concerned calls from people who had in-depth cooperation with them.

Of course, they needed to deal with them patiently one by one to avoid more trouble.

But to be honest, it was different from those subordinates who were exhausted and overwhelmed.

Although Ning Weimin himself was upset by these trivial side effects, he was not worried about the subsequent evolution and final result of this matter.

He was completely calm and could not even get angry.

In addition to asking the people in the agency to confirm the attendance qualifications for him and Matsumoto Keiko at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Film Festival, he also had the leisure to ask the agency to buy several VIP tickets for Michael Jackson's Tokyo concert.

He planned to take Keiko to join in the fun next month and see the live performance of the pop king.

For no other reason, it was because all the bad news at present was completely reasonable.

He had long thought about what kind of despicable means this guy would resort to if he ignored Suho Yuxiong.

Now, as he expected, everything was within his expectations and control.

Although it was disgusting, it was true and false, and this guy could not make any big waves.

Moreover, he had already grasped Suho Yuxiong's handle, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

On the contrary, he felt a little sorry for the tabloids who helped to create momentum and slander and the artists who resigned.

They were completely cannon fodder like sacrifices, and they would definitely not get any real benefits from Suho Yuxiong. They were just lackeys who were afraid of his power and followed the thief.

But as long as the video of Suho Yuxiong's bullying was released, none of them could escape, and they would all become accomplices who helped Suho Yuxiong use public opinion to coerce.

This is like someone else stealing the donkey and they came to pull out the peg, a bunch of idiots.

Even Suho Yuxiong himself was not much better.

In essence, he, who works for the Guo family, is also a little Kara honey with the attribute of a spittoon bucket.

So in order to prevent the situation of rumors from getting worse, the fearless Ning Weimin quickly asked Akira Okamoto to re-release the announcement of the recruitment of actors for "Black Leather Notebook" in the name of Mist Studio in the industry.

At the same time, a media conference was held to clarify a series of rumors.

At the press conference, Akira Okamoto, who represented Mist Studio and Matsumoto Agency, directly admitted that it was true that "Crazy Rich Asians" encountered difficulties in shooting location, but there was no shutdown.

The responsibility for the actors' resignation of "Black Leather Notebook" lies entirely with these actors themselves and their agencies.

Mist Studio and Matsumoto Agency themselves do not have any problems of poor management and financial constraints.

All of this is a completely planned conspiracy. Some bad forces that have been dominating the entertainment industry have been specifically targeting Mist Studio and Matsumoto Agency to spread rumors and slander in order to achieve their ulterior motives, intending to use this to coerce Mist Studio to submit.

In this regard, both Kiri Studio and Matsumoto Agency have decided to fight to the end.

They have decided not only to use legal means to protect their own reputation and interests, but also to sue those media and artists who spread false statements.

And they will immediately start to collect the penalty from the artists who breached the contract and their agencies.

And from now on, these artists who have no artistic ethics and agencies with lack of credit will be completely banned and will never cooperate.

Needless to say, this high-profile counterattack is a loud slap in the face of Suo Ikuo.

Because anyone who has a little brain and a little understanding of the ecology of the Japanese entertainment industry can easily understand the subtext of Okamoto Akira's words.

And through the analysis of the artists who resigned, it was found that Okamoto Akira's remarks were aimed at Suo Ikuo's burning system.

That's not all. Even the tabloids that slandered Kiri Studio, the artists and the agencies behind them were also angry.

They originally thought that they were just fighting back, and no one expected that Mist Studio would dare to fight back, and fight back so fiercely.

It shouldn't have been like this.

In their opinion, there has never been a production company in the Japanese entertainment industry that dared to confront the "Burning Series" head-on.

So they never thought about being responsible for their words and deeds, or even making financial compensation for breach of contract.

Now that Mist Studio is so tough, why aren't they panicking?

It can only be said that they know the pain.

As a result, the situation escalated, and people in the Japanese entertainment industry all regarded this press conference as a declaration of war from Mist Studio and Matsumoto Office against the Burning Series.

They are all paying attention to how Suoh Suo and his Burning Series will react.

And watching the excitement is not afraid of big things, now even mainstream newspapers have begun to join in, treating the dispute between Mist Studio and the Burning Series as social news to dig deep into the inside story.

Naturally, the public was also attracted by these newspapers, and continued to pay attention, eating melons with relish.

It seems that even the brilliance of Michael Jackson's concert has faded a little.

As for the Guo family, the master behind Suoh Yuxiong, there is no action for the time being.

For Ning Weimin, there is actually nothing to worry about.

Although the current situation will inevitably offend the other party, this is the result that Ning Weimin least wants to see.

But to be honest, his state of mind is much more stable now than when he first knew that he had offended the Sugar King Family.

He is no longer afraid.

That's right, although the antelope cannot beat the lion, it is another matter if there is a river between them.

Besides, Kang Shude has told him many times that it is better to lose things than to lose heart.

That's right, in this world, there must be all kinds of difficulties on the road to the top.

Although the fearless people are likely to fail, the fearful people will never succeed.

Yes, in this world, there will always be someone who is richer than you and can kick you away.

However, if you occupy a small piece of territory first, he must at least listen to your opinion and even allow you to talk about the conditions... He can't be a character who can't even talk about the conditions!

Yes! That's it!

In this world, in addition to some peace that is negotiated, there are always some peace that is fought.

Since soft doesn't work, then use hard.

Now the enemy is in the open and he is in the dark.

Even though he was targeted by the Asian Sugar King first, this is not the information age. How could the Guo family know more about him than he knows about the Sugar King family?

He was prepared to beat the opponent's unpreparedness, and he could predict the future layout of the Guo family. Relying on the information gap, he was not completely powerless to fight back.

As the saying goes, if you dare to pull down the emperor, you must resist.

If it doesn't work, then let's fight to see who is shameless and whether the Guo family will regret not accepting the toast.

Tsk! If he is really given a few more years of wretched development, he will wait until after 1998.

Then who will be weak and who will be strong, and who will look at whose face, it is still uncertain.

In the final analysis, no matter what, since things have come to this point, we still have to speak with strength and use our brains to decide the outcome. It is useless to look ahead and behind.

Ning Weimin has completely let go of all his unrealistic fantasies.

He was even a little excited to meet the challenge of a higher level.

Because not everyone has the courage and ability to tease a tiger, and few people have the courage to fight against a tiger after provoking it, or even care about continuing to touch its butt.

What he is doing now is basically comparable to Wu Song, which is enough to be proud of.

So Ning Weimin not only informed the "Crazy Rich Asians" crew in France, but also the plot of the script remained unchanged.

All he needed was to change Zun Long's family background and personality to a wealthy Chinese family settled in Europe and the United States.

He also made some financial adjustments and preparations for the possibility of a direct fight with the Guo family.

In fact, he was not very interested in using speculation to accumulate money faster, but was just seeking stability.

But now the sense of crisis is different, he can only use all means to strengthen himself and strengthen his strength as much as possible.

For this reason, he advocates cash is king.

Not only did he revalue the properties and real estate that had been mortgaged under the name of Matsumoto Keiko through Sumitomo Bank, but also increased the loan by 10 billion yen.

And almost completely cleared all the stock assets that were already few in Matsumoto Keiko's name.

Finally, with the liquid cash of the agency and the studio, a total of 15.2 billion yen was collected.

Even he himself used a similar method to revalue the earliest mortgaged Huiwentang Bookstore and the warehouse near Tokyo Port, and increased the loan by 4.7 billion yen.

At the same time, he continued to reduce the stock account and gave instructions to Sagawa Kenichi to cash out more than 9 billion yen.

In the end, 14 billion yen was collected, which was considered to be enough cash to prepare for any eventuality.

So far, the cash assets that Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko can control have reached 80 billion yen, not counting the operating income that their companies continue to generate every month.

But at the same time, it must be stated that their debt figures are absolutely the highest in Tokyo.

If their overseas assets and real estate under their names are not counted, Ning Weimin already owes Sumitomo Bank 51.7 billion yen, and Matsumoto Keiko also owes 12.1 billion yen.

All together it is more than 60 billion yen, which is almost 500 million US dollars. The interest alone is more than 3 billion yen per year, which is a huge pressure that not everyone can bear.