At that time, Feng Nan spoke a lot of nonsense, and she made herself sound very powerful. She was born in the Feng family of Zhongnan Industry. Her grandfather was a member of the revolutionary army in the early years. She had deep friendships with several big figures in the imperial capital.
It was because of these words that Dong Mingsheng believed in her without a doubt.
She mentioned the movie she was going to shoot, and spoke with great confidence, so Dong Mingsheng withdrew his investment in "Beijing Events". Not only did he offend Lin Xiwen, but even after withdrawing his investment, he discovered that there was someone behind Jiang Se.
If after the release of "Beijing Great Event", it is really as Feng Nan said, the total domestic box office will be around 700 million.
After all, this movie cost more than 200 million yuan to make. Excluding the share of theaters and cinema chains, and various miscellaneous expenses, the profit is really not that much. Dong Mingsheng can still understand some of it.
However, when "Beijing Great Event" was finally released, the domestic box office reached 2.3 billion, and the global box office total was nearly 3.8 billion.
The people who invested in this film made a fortune. When Dong Mingsheng heard the news, he regretted it so much that he couldn't sleep for several months. Whenever he thought about it, he would fly into a rage.
He listened to Feng Nan's words in the beginning, which caused him to offend many people by withdrawing his investment temporarily. Now, Huatou Development is restricted in every way. Over the past year, things have not been going smoothly. Many of his promising projects have always been blocked. He also broke up with his old friend Lin Xiwen.
On the contrary, Feng Nan did not play the role he should have at all.
The reason why Dong Mingsheng was willing to cooperate with her and listen to her long speeches was because of Feng Zhongliang. However, he heard that Feng Nan and Feng Zhongliang were having a big fight and had even moved out of the Feng family. The relationship between the grandfather and grandson was extremely bad.
There was also news that she was not on good terms with Zhao Junhan, the heir of Jianghua Group. At that time, he speculated whether there was some problem in the cooperation between Zhongnan Industrial and Jianghua Group. He took this opportunity to withdraw, but Feng Nan still wanted to deceive him into investing with the same words.
Dong Mingsheng suppressed his anger and knocked on the table, with an undisguised look of sarcasm and suspicion on his face.
Feng Nan also knew that no matter how many assurances she made to him at this moment, they would all be false. Dong Mingsheng was a typical person who would not give up until he saw the rabbit. She had been prepared for this trip to persuade him.
She pushed the folder in front of her towards Dong Mingsheng and narrowed her eyes:
"Boss Dong, take a look at this."
Dong Mingsheng took the things over and opened the folder, which contained two contracts. Feng Nan was too lazy to beat around the bush with him:
"These are two contracts. Why don't we make a bet and sign a betting agreement? The standard for this bet will be "Revenge."
She paused for a moment, and watched Dong Mingsheng pick up the contract and flip through it nonchalantly. She guessed in her heart that this old man must not agree with what she said. She held back her anger and continued:
"I know why I made a wrong estimate for 'Beijing Grand Event'. Maybe you have some misunderstanding about me. I would like to ask you to give me another chance. I will bet with you on 'Revenge'. If you invest 5 million in 'Revenge', I promise that I will give you more than five times the return afterwards."
She raised her right hand, spread out her five fingers, and looked calm:
“If the box office gives you more than five times the return, you can invest in the remaining films.”
When Feng Nan said this, Dong Mingsheng became interested: "What if the box office is not as good as you expected?"
"Impossible!" Feng Nan said firmly.
Dong Mingsheng didn't know where her confidence came from. After she finished speaking, she felt that her tone was a little too sure, which might make Dong Mingsheng suspicious, so she softened her tone:
"If the box office fails and the profit is less than five times, I will pay you out of pocket. You can also decide on the investment in the movies you want to make afterwards. If you don't believe me, we can write it down in black and white in the contract."
Having said that, Dong Mingsheng naturally did not refuse her outright. Instead, he thought about it for a moment.
His attitude actually proved that he was moved. Dong Mingsheng was an investor, and such a bet would be beneficial to him. The success of "Revenge" showed Feng Nan's ability. If the box office of the movie really returned more than five times as she expected, the deal could still be done.
If Feng Nan had not been very confident in "Revenge", and knew that in a few years "Revenge" would become a well-known Chinese movie in recent years with a low cost but high box office and good reputation, and win many awards, Feng Nan would not have made such a bet with Dong Mingsheng.
As expected, Dong Mingsheng and Feng Nan finally signed the gambling contract. But even though he signed the agreement with Dong Mingsheng with full confidence, Feng Nan always felt angry when he thought about it.
In the more than three years since her rebirth, everything has been going wrong for her, and she wants to regain the audience's attention with "Revenge".
She thought about it. The original total investment for "Revenge" was more than two million, less than three million, and there were many difficulties during the filming.
Feng Nan had read an interview with the original director Li Li, in which he mentioned some of his experiences during the filming. She probably remembered the plot of "Revenge" very clearly. It was similar to "Devil", which later won many awards, both of which were stories about a mother's revenge for her child.
The heroine in "Revenge" is a police officer. Her husband cheated on her and divorced her early years, leaving behind an only daughter.
However, the daughter died unexpectedly at the hands of a young boy.
The heroine was furious and launched a revenge campaign.
Plot Feng Nan remembers that she has repeatedly recalled and recorded some of her experiences during the filming. She also decided to increase her investment in "Revenge" and try to make the show perfect.
She recalled some comments from famous film critics when she watched "Revenge" in her previous life, so she made some changes to "Revenge", thinking that it would be more in line with the audience's taste.
The difficulties that he remembered from making "Revenge" before his rebirth will not be encountered again. Feng Nan believes that after the film is released, it will be no problem to get back five times the income.
Although the early stages of filming for "Revenge" could not be compared with "Devil," Feng Nan believes that the final success of "Devil" is inseparable from the male lead Liu Ye.
He has superb acting skills and portrayed the devil Luo Shen in the play vividly. It was also his first transformation work and an important turning point in Liu Ye's acting career.
It was also closely related to the fact that he had filmed Zhang Jing'an's "Rescue Operation" in his early years, which made him famous internationally.
So when "Demons" participated in the French Film Festival, although Liu Ye won the Best Actor Award at the French Film Festival and further entered the international film circle, the heroine in the play did not become popular for a long time. When people talked about the movie "Demons", in addition to Zhao Rang's success, they only remembered Liu Ye. (To be continued)