Chapter 469: Zhang Shi Bang’s Great Ambition (Ch 469)

After attending the association’s dinner,

Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan went straight back to the hotel, took a rest, and continued to attend the crew’s shooting progress planning meeting in the afternoon.

At 6pm, in the private room of Mingyuexuan in the VIP Hotel,

There were five tables and more than thirty people toasting cigarettes to each other, chatting and talking, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.

Some of them knew each other before, some didn’t, some were extras, some were group leaders, and some were restaurant owners.

But tonight in this box, they have only one identity, that is, Qi Jia’s friends.

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After rejecting the immoral bribes from several of his friends, Lin Hai drove his newly bought BMW 5 Series to the VIP Hotel alone.

Looking at the Bentleys and Nios everywhere in the parking lot, Lin Hai carefully searched for a parking space.

He didn’t dare to park next to these luxury cars. If he accidentally scratched them, even if he could afford the compensation, it would still hurt.

After finally finding a parking space in the corner with no luxury cars on either side, Lin Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly parked the car.

She looked in the mirror to see if her hair was messy, then sprayed some perfume before getting out of the car.

I walked into the hotel with my eight-way steps, and was led by the waiter to the Mingyuexuan private room.

Lin Hai pulled up the belt around his waist and was about to push the door open when the door to the private room opposite suddenly opened first.

Chen Si flashed out of the private room and happened to meet Lin Hai. He smiled and said hello.

“Director Hai, what a coincidence, I didn’t expect to meet you here.”

“Haha, it’s quite a coincidence indeed.” Lin Hai smiled perfunctorily.

He just wanted to stay as far away from this mean woman as possible. When they first met, she rushed to climb into his bed.

But ever since she hooked up with Bangge, she started to turn her back on him, and repeatedly instigated Bangge to block her scene applications, forcing her to give him gifts and money.

Thinking of the trick the other party had used on him, Lin Hai cursed inwardly.

“What a heartless bitch!”

Chen Si didn’t know what Lin Hai was thinking, so he pulled him and said,

“It just so happens that Brother Bang wants to talk to you about something. Director Hai, please come in and have a seat.”

Hearing this name, Lin Hai had no choice but to follow Chen Si into the private room,

In the private room,

There were three people sitting at a large round table. One of them was a girl with short hair. Lin Hai didn’t know her, but seeing that she was wearing sexy and revealing clothes, he had a rough idea in his mind.

The remaining two men are Chen Si’s boyfriend Jiang Tao who is in name only, and Zhang Shibang, the “local tyrant” who is feared by all the extras in Hengdian.

Seeing Lin Hai follow in, the other two did not react. Instead, Zhang Shibang stood up enthusiastically, took two steps forward, shook his hand tightly, and said,

“Director Hai, it seems like we really have a tacit understanding. I just said I’d treat you to a meal.”

Lin Hai was pushed directly into his seat, wondering what this smiling tiger wanted to do by looking for him.

“Brother Bang, you are too polite. If you need anything, just give me a call. There is no need to spend so much money.”

Lin Hai made a polite remark, but unexpectedly Zhang Shibang climbed up the pole directly and said with a smile,

“In that case, I won’t be polite. I heard that Director Hai and Qi Jia have a good relationship. Can you introduce them to me?”

Lin Hai’s smile froze, but he cursed in his heart.

You are such an ambitious guy, you didn’t even pour me a glass of wine, you didn’t even bother to serve it, and you just asked me for benefits, right?

“Why? Director Hai is not happy?”

Seeing that Lin Hai didn’t say anything, Zhang Shibang twisted his wine glass, looked at him with a smile, and said in a pretentious tone,

Seeing this, Chen Si, who was standing behind him, stepped forward, patted Lin Hai’s shoulder in a coquettish voice, and said,

“Hey, Director Hai, Brother Bang just asked you to introduce him to me, what are you afraid of? Besides, would Brother Bang let you help him for free?

If your crew encounters any difficulties in the future, it will just be a matter of a word from Bangge.”

Lin Hai’s heart trembled, and he looked at the woman warily.

The last sentence is very threatening. Solving the difficulties is just a matter of his words. What about production difficulties? Is that also a matter of his words?

“Brother Bang, you are looking for Qi Jia to recruit extras for Dream of the Red Chamber, right?” Lin Hai asked.

You have to know that for a large-scale costume drama like “Dream of Red Mansions”, the number of extras in a day is two to three hundred people.

Not counting other subsidies such as early-rising fees and haircut fees, the highest pay is 120 yuan for 10 hours.

If there is no overtime, the total pay for that day is 24,000 yuan. If there is overtime, it will be calculated at 12 yuan per hour.

The more conscientious group leaders will take 20% from each person, while the unscrupulous ones will take 40%.

As far as Lin Hai knew, this bastard took 50%, which was equivalent to him taking half of the film pay!

This kind of crazy method of taking commissions has been resisted by extras before.

But it was useless. After Zhang Shibang made a phone call, all the group leaders were afraid to accept their roles anymore. In the end, those people had no choice but to leave.

From then on, no one dared to resist. If you went, you could still get 50%, but if you didn’t go, you would lose even 50%.

Moreover, Zhang Shibang was not a fool. He did not eat alone. He took care of everything from the association to the big crew.

In addition, he only works with big crews and doesn’t care about small crews.

This is equivalent to giving the extras a way out in disguise. Under the threat of sticks and carrots, no one will have the will to resist.

Lin Hai thought he had guessed what Zhang Shibang was thinking, but he saw him shaking his head unexpectedly.

“Did I guess wrong?” Lin Hai thought in astonishment.

Slurp~ Zhang Shibang drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, put the glass down, and said with a smile,

“Not only the extras, but also the five roles I can help with.”

…

Lin Hai left, terrified.

When the door of the private room was closed, Chen Si immediately leaned into Zhang Shibang’s arms and said tenderly,

“Brother Bang, he hasn’t agreed yet, why did you let him go?”

Zhang Shibang held the short-haired beauty in one hand and explored Chen Si’s body with the other hand. Hearing this, he said proudly,

“Why rush? Just wait for his filming location application tomorrow and he will come over and ask me to introduce it to you.”

The short-haired beauty picked up the wine glass obediently, fed Zhang Shibang a sip of wine, and said coquettishly,

“Brother Bang, we agreed that I will be one of the five roles, don’t forget it.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Si immediately sat on Zhang Shibang’s lap, twisted her body, and said in a coquettish voice,

“Brother Bang, and me, you said you would send me to the crew of Dream Record.”

Zhang Shibang kept busy with his hands, laughed lewdly, and said,

“Don’t worry, as long as you behave well tonight, Brother Bang will definitely keep his word.”

Jiang Tao, who was standing by, almost buried his head under the table. He felt the green grassland above his head grow more lush and green. He cursed them fiercely in his heart,

“Xiao Jiang, your suggestion is good. Don’t worry, if this is accomplished, I will not treat you unfairly.”

Zhang Shibang looked at the silent Jiang Tao and suddenly said,

If Jiang Tao hadn’t suggested it, he would never have thought that these five places would be so useful!

As long as he gets these five places, he can sleep with whomever he wants, and he will have leverage over those who get the places.

From now on, these five people, no matter how famous they are, cannot escape from his control, and have to obey him no matter what he asks them to do.

Hearing the other party calling him, Jiang Tao immediately lowered his head and said in a submissive manner,

“Thank you, Brother Bang. I will go through fire and water for you!”

“Yeah, okay~haha.” Zhang Shibang patted Jiang Tao’s shoulder vigorously and laughed wildly.

Jiang Tao was also smiling, but the smile on his face was twisted and cold…