Chapter 20 body contract

Among the bosses of film companies in the 1930s and 1940s, several of them either promoted their wives as stars, or married stars as their wives or daughter-in-laws. Zhang Shankun, the boss of Xinhua Film Company, married Beijing opera actress Tong Yuejuan, and established the "Xinhua" film company with her. Tong Yuejuan naturally became the pillar of "Xinhua"; Liu Zhongliang and Liu Zhonghao, the owners of Guohua and Guotai Film Brothers married two of their most famous actresses, Fenghuang and Wang Danfeng, as daughter-in-laws; Shaw Brothers Tianyi Film Company lost its signature actress immediately after Hu Die switched to Star Company. Chen Yumei, who was also an extra, made her famous.

These marriages were all based on realistic considerations. The film companies at that time were not large in scale, and it was not easy to cultivate stars with box office appeal. As long as one or two stars, especially female stars, left, it would be a serious blow to the company.So, isn't there a contract?In fact, the binding force of the contract is very limited. Once the star is determined to leave, and the power of the poaching company is strong enough, it will be very difficult to keep them. What's more, there is Wang Danfeng who never signs a fixed contract with any film company. The existence of the female star of the contract.Now, there is only one way, which is to introduce the family model into the company's management, accepting the role of sons and daughters, or simply marrying female stars into the door.

Zhou Xuan is the goddaughter of the Liu brothers. Shao Zuiweng married Chen Yumei for the purpose of "marrying Chen Yumei and making her famous. In the future, Tianyi Company will not be afraid that there will be no protagonist." The heroine of the company will never be poached by the second film company." In the eyes of outsiders like us today, all this is simply unimaginable. Does a company rely on in-laws to maintain it?In fact, although the entertainment industry has been evolving, it has evolved from a pianist who bought an orphaned girl to grow into a singing girl, or a troupe owner bought a child from a poor family as an adopted daughter and employee, all the way to the film company in the 1930s and 1940s, until today Those solemn brokerage companies and artists have changed in style, but the most primitive personal relationship model inside has not changed. The struggle between control and being controlled has always existed. Artists must be obedient and cannot be easily poached or job-hopping, and the contract is also Well, emotions are all means of control, if the control of the contract is not enough, emotion is used as a supplementary clause.Therefore, during the years when Qiong Yao and his wife ran the film company, they often regarded their female stars as goddaughters.In addition to the warm and touching scenes, there are uncomfortable considerations.

Of course, the cost of such control and wooing is too high, even if it is just an emotional cost, especially in the case of a relatively large brokerage company or film company.The physical relationship has thus become a more common means of control, and it has always existed as a hidden contract from Hollywood in the wild period to the present.Therefore, the unspoken rules between the boss and the male and female artists are not entirely for physical pleasure. For the artists, it is a way to express their loyalty. For the boss, it is another way to exercise control Means, in addition to the contract on paper, there must be a physical contract, the latter may be more reliable.One day, if the two parties become rivals because of their interests, they will be more or less concerned about old love or privacy exposure, and will not easily transform into murderous black widows.

Those men and women who have devoted themselves to the entertainment industry with career ideals, have they taken into account the attachment, control and being controlled in this close personal relationship?But is it better elsewhere? "Even if you shave your hair and become a sister-in-law, let's make a relationship, it's still a relationship in the world-you can't leave people!" Zhang Ailing said so.