The next morning, Chen Feng went to Fengmang Film and Television Company. He was the boss of this company after all, and he hadn't shown up in almost a month.
When I came back from abroad this time, I went to show my face and show my presence.
Wu Mengting is still supervising the production and filming at Hengdian, and she will not be back for about ten days. Lu Sijia basically has the final say in the company now.
Including the last time Lu Sijia led a new TV series project, it was also a costume romance drama, adapted from a best-selling novel of the same name on a novel website.
After Sun Xiaorui asked Chen Feng for his advice, she read the novel seriously. She liked it very much and thought it could be filmed. Then she asked Wu Mengting for her advice. Wu Mengting also let her decide by herself, so Sun Xiaorui was there
Vote yes on this project.
With Sun Xiaorui's support, which was tantamount to Chen Feng's tacit approval, Lu Sijia quickly approved the project.
After the project was officially approved, she took the initiative to inform Wu Mengting of the matter and communicated with her.
Wu Mengting was not a stingy person, but she had known about this matter through her subordinates in the company early on, so she was calm and never took the initiative to find Lu Sijia.
When Lu Sijia officially approved the project, she did not call to object.
Until Lu Sijia called her and took the initiative to tell her about it, she only said that she would only choose whether to support it after reading the original novel and the script.
In the field of drama production, especially in the field of costume dramas of the same type, Lu Sijia still respected Wu Mengting, so he immediately sent her the electronic versions of the novel and script, as well as the project planning document.
In this way, Lu Sijia, the general manager, has given Wu Mengting enough face.
And Wu Mengting did not disappoint her. It only took her two days to read the original novel and script, review the project plan, and then vote in favor.
Therefore, these days Lu Sijia is mainly busy with various preparations for this costume drama that he is leading.
The first step is to raise funds and set up the crew.
This drama has a budget of 100 million yuan, and Lu Sijia personally serves as the director or producer. It can be said that she is completely in charge of the entire project.
As the leading party and one of the investors, Fengmang Film and Television only invested 10 million. There are already two other investors, namely Star Media and Yuedong Entertainment, each investing 15 million.
The total funding is only 40 million, less than half of the budget.
The reason for this situation is that the leader of this project is not the already famous Wu Mengting, but Lu Sijia.
Although Lu Sijia has previously participated in the production of popular dramas such as "A Dream of Immortality" and "Please Advice for the Rest of My Life", she is not a completely independent producer.
Moreover, these two popular dramas cannot compare to hit dramas like "The Sapphire Case".
Also, the investment budget this time is a bit too high. One hundred million yuan is not a small amount, it can be considered a large-scale production.
In addition, and more importantly, Lu Sijia, on behalf of Fengmang Film and Television, only contributed 10 million, which was only 10% of the budget. However, he still insisted on leading the project. The director and other creative staff had to make the final decision from Fengmang Film and Television or Lu Sijia.
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Finally, there is the issue of investment income distribution ratio.
As the initiator and leader of this project, Fengmang Film and Television invested 10 million in funds, but the investment in the novel copyright was only about 2 million, but in the end they had to take away 30% of the income.
This is a rigid rule. Even old friends like Star Media can only share the remaining 70% of the profits with other investors, but they have to provide almost 90% of the funds.
Based on these factors, except for two peer companies, Star Media and Yuedong Entertainment, which participated in investing in this project, the other peer companies are not very enthusiastic about this project.
"They are mainly worried that my project will not make money. The other thing is... they don't really trust my production ability."
In Lu Sijia's office, after reporting her work to Chen Feng, she expressed her bitterness about the "The Girl in the Boudoir" project.
Finally, Lu Sijia begged Chen Feng: "Boss, why don't you approve the company's additional investment of 10 million yuan, or slightly reduce the company's income distribution ratio."
Chen Feng shook his head and refused ruthlessly: "The maximum is 10 million. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about your project."
"You're not optimistic, but you still agreed to invest 10 million in it?" Lu Sijia asked, somewhat speechlessly.
Chen Feng smiled and said: "When I say I'm not optimistic, I mean that this drama may not be a big hit, but it shouldn't be difficult to recover the cost. I only agreed to invest 10 million for your sake, otherwise,
I definitely won’t shoot. I’ll just give you some practice.”
Lu Sijia said unconvinced: "Are you so unconfident in me? The original novel of this drama is very well written and has a large fan base. In addition, the script of this drama was written by several screenwriters from our company.
I worked overtime and worked hard to write it, and it has been praised by several well-known screenwriters in the industry."
Chen Feng shook his head and said: "Whether a drama can be popular, the quality itself is of course the most important. But good quality TV dramas may not necessarily be popular. The first is a matter of material selection and review, and the second is the right time, place and people. It all depends on luck.
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Lu Sijia defended: "There must be no problem with the source material and review. This is a costume romance drama, just like Meng Ting's previous "The Sapphire Case" and the current "Flower Season". I think the right time, place and people are the same.
There is no shortage. Our company is booming now, so we must strike while the iron is hot and launch a few more movies and TV series that the audience will like."
Chen Feng really wants to say, can you compare with Wu Mengting? She is really knowledgeable. She is a well-known Internet writer and has her own aesthetic. More importantly, she has already released a hit drama "The Sapphire Case".
As for the right time, right place and right people, haven’t you heard of the principle of prosperity and decline?
Of course, Chen Feng didn't want to hit her too hard, so he said: "Whether you believe it or not, my intuition is usually very accurate. Anyway, I am not optimistic about your project. 10 million plus the two million you bought for the novel film and television rights
, a total investment of 12 million yuan is already the largest amount I have granted you. Because any more, there is a possibility of loss."
Lu Sijia was completely speechless.
Although Chen Feng didn't want to hit her too hard, these words still hit her.
After being silent for a while, Lu Sijia still gritted her teeth slightly in dissatisfaction and said: "Okay then. I will find a way to raise other funds myself. I will definitely make a hit drama, even if it is not as good as "The Sapphire Case"
I don’t think there will be much difference between it and "Heshan Ling". If it becomes popular by then, what will you say, boss?"
Chen Feng smiled and said: "If it becomes popular, to be more specific, if the revenue of this project company exceeds 10 million, I will give you an extra two points of share ratio."
In their company, as a project leader, you are entitled to a profit share. For example, in the last "Sapphire Case", Wu Mengting, as the project leader and producer, was entitled to a profit share, and now she has been divided into at least four to five hundred
All in all, her revenue sharing ratio is 2.5%, which is not very high in the industry, but it cannot be considered low either.
Although Lu Sijia, as general manager, has the company's dividends promised by Chen Feng, which is quite a lot in a year, she certainly doesn't have the sense of accomplishment and the ability to convince the public that Wu Mengting earns money with such dignity and dignity.
If she can succeed with this project, her prestige in the company will be raised to a higher level, and she will be able to slightly suppress Wu Mengting, her "subordinate".
"This is what you said, do I take it seriously?" Lu Sijia immediately stared at Chen Feng with a serious face.
Chen Feng nodded: "I said it, and I keep my word. If you can make this TV series earn more than 10 million for the company, I will give you a 4.5% profit share."
Lu Sijia said with some dissatisfaction: "Okay, just wait and see. I don't believe this TV series can't make tens of millions."
Chen Feng corrected him: "Wrong. What I just said is that the company's income will exceed tens of millions. However, as an investor and sponsor, our company only accounts for 30% of the investment income in this project. In other words,
You have to at least make this show bring in around 40 million."
When Chen Feng said this, it was true that Lu Sijia suddenly felt a little more pressure. If this project failed, she would be embarrassed. She would not be able to have the face to compete with Wu Mengting for the right to produce TV series in the future.
But at this time, Lu Sijia couldn't give in, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, 40 million is 40 million. I think this project should be achievable."
"The Sapphire Case" has brought more than 200 million yuan in revenue to their company so far. There is no reason why she can't earn more than 40 million yuan from this project.
"As long as you have confidence. Maybe my intuition is wrong. Well, you can continue working. I'm leaving."
After Chen Feng finished speaking, he stood up and left immediately.
"Would you like to have dinner together at noon?" Lu Sijia called from behind.
Chen Feng waved his hand back without looking back: "Forget it, I'll go home and eat."
Lu Sijia felt depressed for a while, this guy Chen Feng really didn't give him any face.
Although she no longer has any thoughts about Chen Feng, they are from the same hometown after all, and they still have a relatively trusting superior-subordinate relationship. As a result, Chen Feng's current boss can only contact him once every ten and a half months at most, and he may not be able to see each other for even a month.
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Over time, Lu Sijia was really worried that the relationship between the two would become indifferent, which was not good. She didn't want to lose her job now.
It's a pity that Chen Feng didn't give her the opportunity to curry favor with him, or to deepen the relationship with him.
After Chen Feng left Lu Sijia's office, he went to Sun Xiaorui's office, and then asked her to take him around several departments, showed his face, met several department heads, and said a few words.
In this way, after the company inspection was completed, Chen Feng went back first.
The car drove to the front door of his house in Hongshuwan, but he saw a red Ferrari blocking the door of his house.
After Chen Feng honked the horn, the door of the Ferrari opened, and a beautiful woman in fashionable clothes walked out from the driver's seat and walked directly towards his car.
Chen Feng stared at her for a while. She was about 27 or 28 years old. She walked with a swaying grace and had a graceful and charming charm, but Chen Feng really couldn't remember who she was.
She must have never seen her before, otherwise Chen Feng would not be unimpressed by such a woman.
After seeing her walking in front of him, Chen Feng put down the car window, looked at her and asked, "Who are you? Why did you park the car in front of my house?"
The woman smiled slightly, opened her red lips, and said softly: "I am the original owner of this villa No. 8. Later I sold it to Tao Yaoyang, but I didn't expect that Tao Yaoyang sold it to you again."
When Chen Feng heard what this woman said, he must have known Tao Yaoyang, so he couldn't help but open the car door and got out of the car, stood in front of her, and said in a slightly polite tone: "Then you came here on purpose.
Are you looking for me? What's the matter? You're not going to buy this house again, are you?"
The woman covered her mouth and smiled softly when she heard this. Those green-white fingers looked white, tender and delicate. They were really pretty.
"Brother Chen, you are really smart. You guessed it right. I really want to buy back this villa. I sold it to Tao Yaoyang at a low price. I only paid him 10 million. Of course, it was still a rough house at the time and I hadn't had time to decorate it.
. Now I want to buy it back, you can give me a price, and if it’s suitable, I’ll buy it.”
After hearing what she said, Chen Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Tao Yaoyang originally sold him 22 million. At that time, Chen Feng felt that he had taken a big advantage.
In fact, according to the real estate market conditions at that time, the price of Villa No. 8 was at least 25 million. Tao Yaoyang did not cheat him, but actually got him a lot cheaper.
But the problem is that Tao Yaoyang only bought it for 10 million!
Even if he spent some money to renovate it later, it would only be five or six million at most, maybe even only two or three million.
In just a short time, he had made millions, even 10 million, in one hand.
"When did you sell it to Tao Yaoyang?" Chen Feng couldn't help but ask.
The woman smiled softly and said: "Three years ago, my family immigrated to live abroad. After staying alone in China for a while, I felt bored, so I discounted the assets here and went to live abroad.
But after living in China for three years, I felt that it was better in China, so I wanted to come back and live again. Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself just now. My name is Jennifer. This is my English name, and my Chinese name is Dai Sixian.
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Saying that, Dai Sixian stretched out her green and jade-like little hand towards Chen Feng gracefully. Chen Feng shook her hand out of politeness, and felt that the little hand was soft and boneless, with a little warmth, and it was very comfortable to hold.
Of course, after just a brief feeling, and only two or three seconds, Chen Feng took the initiative to let go of her hand.
"Mr. Chen, do you think you can part with this house? If you are willing, I can offer the market price of 25 million, is that okay?"
Dai Sixian has a soft voice and a gentle tone.
Chen Feng just hesitated for a moment and then refused directly: "I'm used to living here, not to mention it's too troublesome to find a new house and move. I think it's better for you to find a new house, such as those newly built houses, as long as you have the money
, it’s more, it’s better than the old house here, right? And this house has been renovated, so it may not be the style you like.”
Dai Sixian said a little aggrievedly: "But I just like this place. I personally selected and bought this place. I had already prepared the decoration design drawings, and I was just waiting for the decoration to be completed before I moved in. However, due to some accidents,
, I had to rush to go abroad, so I sold this place at a low price. I am a very nostalgic person, and I want to buy this house again and live in it myself. It doesn’t matter if I decorate it, I will definitely redesign and decorate it after I buy it back.”