Zhu Mei lied to Liao Shi.
In fact, no one on the crew, including Shui Qingshan and Shen Huan, said anything about "the highest bidder gets it."
But Zhu Mei couldn't pass her own test.
It was clear that only about 3 million was needed to film "Love Letter". Zhu Mei also used her reputation and vision as a guarantee, but in the end Liao Shi did not agree.
From that moment on, the generous and generous Senior Brother Liao in Zhu Mei's heart no longer existed.
Even if she comforted everyone before, saying that Liao Shi had given her a shooting plan for the next film and she could turn around no matter what, this was false.
Regardless of whether the movie "Love Letter" is a success or a failure, she will never cooperate with Liao Shi again.
Oh, it’s not that absolute, it’s just that when she makes movies in the future, she will cooperate with whoever offers good conditions. Liao Shi will be treated as an ordinary collaborator.
Now that "Love Letter" has achieved unprecedented success, Zhu Mei has jumped from a second-tier director to a quasi-first-tier director.
As long as "Love Letter" achieves the good box office it deserves in China, Japan and South Korea, Zhu Mei will become a truly first-line director, second only to the top five directors.
At that time, only a few major film companies will be vying to cooperate with her, and no one will refuse this great director.
Therefore, Zhu Mei had enough capital to directly reject the olive branch offered by Liao Shi.
If you had known that I was rich today, how could you have treated me like this then
At this time, Zhu Mei was very lucky. Although she had wavered, most of the time she insisted that "Love Letter" was a rare and good movie, so she supported going to Tai Chi Country.
What she has to do at this moment is to let "Love Letter" be released nationwide and in Japan and South Korea to get the fruits of victory that it should have won!
Liao Shi was definitely not the first to come to her. When she was in Tai Chi Country, Shanhai.com and Yunxing Entertainment, as well as several second-rate film companies, all contacted Zhu Mei.
But at that time, she was thinking about the final grand prize and wanted to wait a little longer.
Now that the grand prize has been obtained, and it is an unprecedented number of grand prizes obtained at the same time, Zhu Mei must look at the conditions and decide as soon as possible.
No matter how popular "Love Letter" is, there is a time. After this time, the effect will definitely be much worse.
It's funny to say that although Liao Shi talked for a long time, he didn't give any actual conditions at all. He just emphasized that the senior brother would not treat the junior sister badly, which was actually of no use.
At present, the conditions given by the three major film companies are similar.
They are all released on a total of 1,000 screens, 70% of which are in first- and second-tier cities. If the box office exceeds 50 million yuan in the first week, then an additional 500 screens in second- and third-tier cities will be added in the second week.
The number of screens, 1,500, ranks among the top ten in the history of all literary and artistic films.
And the share ratio they gave is also sincere, which is 35%-38% of the total box office.
Usually the producer's share of the total box office is only about 33%, but now the distributor has given up 2-5 percentage points, which is a huge benefit.
If it sells for 100 million, there will be millions more in share.
Zhu Mei knows that this is actually the routine of the three major film companies. They have a specific corresponding system, and each grade of film corresponds to what kind of profit-sharing cooperation model.
Now for "Love Letter", I am afraid that it is the standard of literary films second only to director Hao He.
And their operational strength and publicity capabilities are definitely not comparable to those of second-tier film companies.
Even if Xuanwu Film is the second-tier number one, it can't compare to the three major film companies.
However, in fact, the one with the best conditions is not the three major film companies, but Shanhai.com, which has been in contact with Zhu Mei in Taiji Country.
Zheng Rongrong has seen the popularity of "Love Letter". She is even the only one among the big names in the domestic film and television entertainment industry who has watched "Love Letter" in person, so she can better understand the charm of "Love Letter".
On the night when "Love Letter" won five awards, she sent a WeChat message to Zhu Mei and set out Shanhai.com's conditions.
Shanhai.com guarantees that "Love Letter" will be released in China for at least 4 weeks with a total of 2,000 screens in first-, second- and third-tier cities.
If the box office of "Love Letter" does not reach 100 million yuan, then Shanhai.com will directly give the crew of "Love Letter" a share of the net box office profit of 40 million yuan.
If the box office of "Love Letter" exceeds 100 million, then Shanhai.com will calculate the share based on 35%.
This condition is the most generous, and it guarantees that the income from "Love Letter" will be at least 40 million.
The only thing we have to worry about now is whether the operation, distribution and publicity capabilities of Shanhai.com will work.
If their publicity and distribution capabilities are poor, even though there are so many screens and such a long running time, the influence and box office will not be good.
However, Zhu Mei felt that she should have confidence in Zheng Rongrong.
Because her father is Zheng Qian!
It’s Zheng Qian, the richest man in China!
She has such a profound background and has devoted her energy to this industry. A film as important as "Love Letter" should be her first step in breaking down barriers and entering the film industry.
Under such circumstances, no matter how much money Zheng Rongrong spent, she still wanted "Love Letter" to have a good start.
As long as "Love Letter" has a good start, it means that Shanhai.com's distribution network has a good start.
After much deliberation, Zhu Mei, who already had a preference in her mind, called Shen Huan directly in the evening.
Shen Huan also worked very hard. The day after he returned from Tai Chi Country, he went to school and didn't even have a day off.
After receiving a call from Zhu Mei and hearing Zhu Mei talk about the latest progress of the release, Shen Huan on the other side of the phone didn't speak for 5 minutes.
But Zhu Mei believed that Shen Huan was thinking and it must be useful.
Ever since she saw the original Chinese version of "The Gift from Room No. 7" in Zhang Zaiyun's hand, she firmly believed that Shen Huan's vision must be very accurate in the film industry.
"Then Shanhai Internet Cafe!" Shen Huan finally made a decision and her tone became firm: "Aunt Mei, we choose Shanhai Internet Cafe!"
"Why?" Zhu Mei couldn't help but ask.
"We are all newcomers to the film industry, so I believe in Zheng Rongrong's unwillingness to admit defeat." Shen Huan said, "She doesn't like others to say that she is Zheng Qian's daughter, so she will definitely work hard on her career. Under the leadership of such a person, Shanhai.com will definitely be full of energy and hard work, so let’s accompany Zheng Rongrong to fight hard!”
"good!"
Zhu Mei smiled and hung up the phone.
It seemed that Xiao Huan was more courageous. He hesitated for a long time, but couldn't make up his mind at all.
Since "Love Letter" was produced through hard work, why should we worry about any disappointments in its release
Under such circumstances, it is strange that "Love Letter" can still capsize!