Mei Zihan was a little stunned.
Qin Ling had previously told him that the two of them worked hard to stir up the topic and increase the popularity, and maybe this "One Billion Heist" could be changed. As a result, Mei Zihan had already signed a contract for the talent show, "The Billion Robbery" hadn't been changed, and "Three Days of Love" and "My Eighteen-Year-Old Boyfriend" had been changed.
This is different from what you said!
Mei Zihan decisively called Qin Ling.
"You don't need to watch me, your movie will definitely have to be changed." Qin Ling sighed helplessly. People are not as good as heaven, and the situation is stronger than people. What can I do
There are only so many good schedules in a year, and their low-budget urban movies can reap good box office even if they are released for a weekend. Then why choose this kind of schedule to face such a big production head-on
Anyway, the movie will not be released. At worst, it will be delayed until Valentine's Day in February next year. I will miss this Qixi Festival. Anyway, Qin Ling also had a lot of stock, which he could afford to consume.
"Changing the file, why do you want to change the file?" Mei Zihan became more and more depressed the more he heard it, isn't it just a big production, what's the big deal? Could it be that every time he encounters such a big production in the future, he has to back away and make jokes, this is not his style at all.
"This is not something we can decide. We have already received the salary and the film is over. How the film should work is a problem for the investors and the film company." Qin Ling couldn't help but retort, "Since you treat you If you have such confidence in the movie, it doesn't matter if you wait a little longer."
"There are so many movies released in a year, and there are always a few big productions coming out. If you keep waiting, how long will you wait?" Mei Zihan was unmoved at all, "A lot of things, if you don't take the initiative, you will simply wait Not coming."
Before meeting Jiang Ying, Mei Zihan had already been in the entertainment circle. He waited for seven or eight years, but did he get a good script
"Since you've made up your mind, you can go and talk to your company." Qin Ling couldn't help but sarcastically, he didn't understand, isn't it just to change the file? Is there any need to make such a fuss? It's not like the movie isn't showing anymore.
"Of course I will go and tell my company, watch it, my movie will definitely be released on this Valentine's Day." Mei Zihan was firm, and then hung up the phone.
This is not a question of whether to change gears or not, but a question of movie concepts.
Mei Zihan thinks that her movie is very good and can be released at this time, and the audience has been waiting for a long time, so it will be broadcast at this time as promised. If it is because of problems with the movie itself, or force majeure such as policies, Mei Zihan thinks it is completely fine, but if it is just because he will encounter a big production and is afraid that he will lose the box office and change the file, that is not a deal. He took the initiative to admit defeat, which was not Mei Zihan's style at all.
Even if I want to lose, I have to wait for me to fight with others seriously.
After Mei Zihan finished talking with Qin Ling, Liu Tianyi walked over.
"The company may need to hold a meeting. Let's go there quickly. It's probably about the release of "The Shit Shoveler." Liu Tianyi sighed helplessly.
Everyone has a herd mentality. Now that the company sees "Three Days of Love" and "My Eighteen-Year-Old Boyfriend" changing files one after another, the company must also be thinking about changing files.
"If you kill him, you won't change the file." Mei Zihan had a rare rebellious mentality. Everyone felt that it should be changed, but he felt that it should not be changed.
What are you afraid of
"One Billion Heist" itself felt that it was not as good as "Operation Enemy" and changed the file, which proves that it is not so terrible.
"There are no absolutes in this world. Let's see when we get to the company." Liu Tianyi wasn't too worried. He had seen many such things.
Representatives from Qunyu Entertainment, Tianshan Entertainment, and the marketing company almost all arrived.
Sure enough, the key issue of this meeting was whether to change the file of "The Shit Shovel Officer".
"I don't think there's any problem with the current schedule." Director Yang Xingge was the first to put forward his opinion, "From the very beginning, our film promised to be released on Valentine's Day, and now it's only the last step. If we change the file now, we must It will disappoint the audience."
"But other movies have already started to be released earlier or later, so there is no need for us to fight head-to-head, right? I am very optimistic about our movie, so I hope it will have a more suitable schedule, a better box office, and better results. effect." said the representative of Tianshan Entertainment Company.
"Our movie has been shot, and most of the previous marketing has passed. Even if it is released earlier or later, we will meet other movies. Since other movies have given up the Valentine's Day schedule, then only ours is left. "The Shit Shoveler" and "The Billion Robbery", only the two of us are left with a cake, maybe we can achieve better results than before, why change it?" Mei Zihan interjected.
"But they have enough to eat a cake, so why would they give us the extra?" The person who spoke was a person from Qunyu Entertainment Company. Mei Zihan had never met him before, so he must be the newcomer to the company. Representative of a wave of power.
"Actually, I did a market survey. Among the urban love movies released in the past few years, there are very few with a box office of over 100 million. Nowadays, couples no longer only choose love movies to watch. "One Billion Robbery" The intensity of marketing and guaranteed prices alone are several times that of ours, and their fare premium can reach the point where a ticket is only 9.9. In this respect, we have no advantage at all.” The representative did not know from I took out a stack of materials somewhere, and it looks like it can bluff people, "Actually, I doubt where Mr. Mei Zihan's confidence in this movie comes from. If I remember correctly, this should be Mr. Mei Zihan It's your first time acting as the male protagonist in a movie."
A company actually demolished me like this
Before Mei Zihan could get angry, another representative of Qunyu Entertainment also jumped out.
"It is precisely because this is the first time that Mei Zihan plays the leading role in a movie, the fans' expectations are so high, and the audience's curiosity about Mei Zihan has also reached its peak. I don't think there is anything to worry about in this regard. Before the filming started, our company did an overall investigation and data analysis.”
"But the company's survey and data analysis, as I remember, is not professional enough. The company's marketing department has been replaced by more than half of the people, so I also have legitimate reasons to question whether your last data analysis is really reasonable."
The representative of Tianshan Entertainment didn't speak. He had heard that Qunyu Entertainment had led wolves into the house, and the two groups were fighting vigorously. Didn't expect that the meeting would be so tense
Mei Zihan was a little dumbfounded.
Reality is indeed more dramatic than novels and TV dramas.
This kind of quarreling in front of people from other companies only appeared in those mindless TV dramas he had filmed before, but he didn't expect it to be shown in front of Mei Zihan now.
Mei Zihan winked at Liu Tianyi, what is the situation.
Liu Tianyi gave Mei Zihan a look to calm down, anyway, it's none of your business, so you just stay there.
Isn't it simple
Qunyu Entertainment saw that the market was developing so well, and Mei Zihan was such a famous brand, and wanted to expand the company's scale, so it introduced a large amount of funds. Although the other party was a layman, he hired a professional team and quickly won a lot of votes in the company's board of directors.
Mei Zihan was the former chairman of Qunyu Entertainment Company who made great efforts to get the company, so he was naturally divided into factions. There are only so many resources in a company, Mei Zihan got the best one, but the other group of people can't support their artists if they want to, so they suppress the power of the original company director by suppressing Mei Zihan.
This situation is also very common. Many stars were hidden because they were on the wrong team.
The struggle in the meeting room became more and more intense, Mei Zihan and Yang Xingge were a little restless.
"The company was originally in the business of TV dramas, and I can understand that it wants to make movies. But movies can also be done slowly. The budget of "Shit Shovel Officer" has far exceeded what was mentioned in the first planning book Amount. After several additions later, I remember that the company’s investment in it has reached 40 million, which is a full 10 million more than the original 30 million. It is precisely because of this movie that our company’s capital flow has been hindered , and it is precisely because of this that funds are introduced, isn’t it?”
The extra 10 million investment is mainly for special effects.
Alice was made by CG. In order to make it more realistic, more money was spent on special effects. Of course, 50 cents special effects is not impossible, but so much has already been invested in the early stage, and it doesn’t matter if you invest more. Although the money has increased, the proportion of the share is also increasing, isn’t it
"In addition, I also heard that the company intends to use "The Shit Shovel Officer" to nominate Mr. Mei Zihan for the best actor. The resource exchange and capital flow involved in it may be more. Our team has analyzed it and it is not true. I think this movie has this value, if we can change the file now, maybe it can make the box office higher and the loss less."
"I don't think "The Shit Shoveler" will lose money." The representative of Tianshan Entertainment finally spoke, "The production cost of this movie is only 70 million, plus the company's marketing and promotion, the box office is only 400 million. Definitely make money."
"But they are all romantic comedies, and the highest box office is less than 600 million."
"That was several years ago, and the film market is now much bigger than before."
"Since the film market has expanded, why hasn't this record been broken?"
Both sides come and go, not giving an inch.
No wonder a foreign funder was able to gain a firm foothold in the company so quickly, and even began to suppress the original board of directors. It seems that the level of fighting is not bad.
A representative of others said that many people were speechless.
These people in the entertainment company are not afraid of fighting with others for hype, but for this kind of obviously financial professional, everything depends on the data to speak for the team, it is tantamount to a scholar meeting a soldier.
Isn't the VAM agreement the first thing these guys came up with? How many directors and actors have they cheated
"Speaking of which, what you are worried about is only the financial problem." Mei Zihan couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Since you are worried that the company will lose money, how about I buy half of the investment in this movie, I always have the right We can talk now."
Don't hold back when it's over.
Liu Tianyi just realized that Mei Zihan's mood was a little off.
Mei Zihan seemed to be indifferent, but he actually had his own scale in his heart. Apart from Jiang Ying, no one can change Mei Zihan's decision.
If you want Mei Zihan to learn to be flexible and learn to consider the overall situation, it is better to expect Mei Zihan to give up the yellow waste in his mind.
But who made Jiang Ying love this bite
"Do you want to buy the company's investment share in the film?" The representative gave Mei Zihan a strange look, "Now that the film is released, how can it be given to you at the cost price?"
"You tell me the number."
"50 million, I will give you half of the company's investment share. Installments are not accepted, and it will be paid in one lump sum."
Even if it is a first-line star, it is impossible to spend 50 million in one go. How much a celebrity is worth and how much money he can spend are completely different things. This is obviously the lion's mouth wide open.
It's really dark, the total investment of the film is only 70 million, half of the company's original investment share, it should only be 20 million.
In this way, if Mei Zihan wanted to make a profit for a movie that could return 400 million yuan, he would need at least 500 million at the box office.
"I remember that the verbal agreement is also valid. Okay, 50 million is 50 million!" Mei Zihan agreed without hesitation.
Last time, he borrowed 50 million from Jiang Ying to invest in "Big Devil". Now that "Shit Shovel Officer" is available, what are you waiting for
As soon as Liu Tian looked at Mei Zihan with gleaming eyes, he let out a groan in his heart.
He bet that what Mei Zihan is thinking about now is definitely not about whether he can change the file, but about repaying the debt physically.
The author has something to say: Mei Zihan: Jiang Ying, can I ask my cousin to advance the red envelopes for the next twenty years
Jiang Ying: ... probably.