Chapter 546 Wang Baoqiang, who wants to be a director!
"Is there no reply from Zhao Wei yet?"
Early in the morning on the 12th, Tang An called Zhao Jun to ask about the termination of the contract with Zhao Wei.
"I already called her yesterday afternoon, and the conversation was not pleasant. I thought she wanted to consider it, but I called her four times this morning and no one answered." Zhao Jun answered truthfully.
"No one answered?"
Tang An was a little surprised. No matter if he wanted to negotiate terms or something, he wouldn't refuse to answer the phone. You could even let your agent deal with it.
Tang An thought for a while and said, "Forget it if she doesn't want to talk. I'll let the legal department prepare it. Don't worry about it for now. The filming of "囧" will start in a month, and it won't be long before the Spring Festival. Let's prepare this film first. The preparations for "Interstellar" cannot be left behind."
"What if she comes to contact me again later?" Zhao Jun asked again.
"As of five o'clock this afternoon, if she is willing to resolve the matter peacefully, forget it. Otherwise, if she is forced to terminate the contract, I will have to spit out the two million!" Tang An said solemnly.
"Okay, Chairman, I understand." Zhao Jun nodded and went back to work.
Tang An then made a phone call and asked the legal department to prepare.
After staying in the company for a while, Tang An and others left the company and went to a hotel in Haidian District, where they met Wang Baoqiang in the box.
He was rejected before, but now he is asked to continue starring in "囧". Even though Tang An is much higher than him in terms of status, he still has to give people a step down and give them enough face.
"Baoqiang, Mr. Song, hello." Tang An and Wang Baoqiang greeted his manager Song Ze.
The two of them also said hello quickly.
"Hello, Mr. Tang."
After a few words of greeting, they took their seats. Tang An did not talk about business directly and just chatted casually.
"When I last saw you in Baoqiang, you were still in Huayi. Now you are your own boss. How is it? Is the company going well?"
Wang Baoqiang said quickly, "The company is not bad. It's because of your success, Mr. Tang, that you have set an example for me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone it alone."
Tang An smiled and said, "What you said doesn't mean that if I didn't leave, you wouldn't have started your own company."
"I really don't know if I have the courage. After all, it would be very difficult to do it by myself." Wang Baoqiang said.
Next to him, Song Ze also answered, "You don't know, Mr. Tang. When I persuaded him to go it alone, he hesitated for a while."
Tang An smiled and said, "It's good to be cautious, but when it's time to take risks, you still have to go all out."
To be honest, Tang An still admires Wang Baoqiang. From a grassroots person to a big star and a successful capital, he can be regarded as an absolute success in any industry.
And he is smart enough, not like a character.
You may be innocent at first, but after staying in the entertainment industry for a long time, people will eventually mature.
The divorce case with my wife is a classic, and it would be impossible for an ignorant person to do it.
Later, after he failed to get the investment share of "囧", he had two movies in front of him.
There is a Sino-Korean co-production "The Bad Guy Must Die" produced by Feng Xiaogang with an investment of over 100 million, and there is also "Detective Chinatown".
"The Bad Guy Must Die" had higher investment and higher salary, so he finally chose "Detective Chinatown" and participated in the investment.
After chatting casually for a while, Tang An also got down to business.
"Guardian, I guess you know what's going on this time. The leading actor in "Hong Kong" is none other than you. How about I give you 5% of the investment share?" Tang An looked at him with a smile.
"Dr. Tang, you came to me because you think highly of me. I accepted the role of "囧 in Hong Kong"." Wang Baoqiang agreed without much thought.
The next step is to negotiate the price. The salary is 7 million, which is the same price for Xu Zheng. When he signed the contract with Xu Zheng, he had just filmed "Modern Times" and the salary was not high. The director's salary was 8 million, and the actor's salary was 7 million. In total,
15 million, and the dividend is 5% of the domestic box office production share.
Wang Baoqiang did not worry too much about the salary. Xu Zheng received 7 million, and he could not exceed this amount at most.
With a 5% investment share, if the box office exceeds 1 billion, plus a salary of 7 million, the movie can earn nearly 20 million.
This is not counting other benefits after the film's success. There is no reason not to accept it, especially since I just came out of Huayi and I don't have any particularly good resources.
Tang An had negotiated the contract, and Wang Baoqiang had to sign it with the crew, so they had dinner together at noon.
After the dinner, Wang Baoqiang and his manager Song Ze took the car back to his newly established company.
After sitting down, Wang Baoqiang said, "Old Song, Director Tang personally invited me this time. It seems that he should pay more attention to me. If "囧" is successful, I want to try to make a movie by myself."
Song Ze asked someone to pour two glasses of water over and said in surprise, "You're making a movie by yourself, are you right?"
At this time, there had not yet been a large-scale upsurge of actors, singers, hosts, writers and other people with some achievements in various fields turning to directors. Wang Baoqiang's words made Song Ze puzzled.
Wang Baoqiang took a sip of water and continued, "I finally understand. Actors have no status. In "囧", I only had 5% of the investment share in addition to the salary, while Xu Zheng's director share was 5%, and his studio has 30
% investment, even if he only owns 30% of the studio’s shares, that’s still a 9% share. If the box office reaches 1 billion, he can earn at least more than 40 million.”
"I make my own movies, and the cost of a comedy doesn't have to be too high. Asking Director Tang to distribute it is better than taking the movie myself and getting a small salary!"
There is no doubt that everyone wants to make more money. Xu Zheng can earn so much from actor to director. Wang Baoqiang also has this idea in his heart.
Song Ze smiled and didn't take it seriously. Is the director that good? He probably didn't even know the models of cameras.
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Early in the morning on the 13th, Tang An got up early.
I am not too busy during this period. I go to bed early and get up early every day. I can also go for a run in the morning. Sometimes I go to the international championship golf course next door.
Of course, he doesn't know how to play ball.
The first game of the NBA Finals started today. Playing golf is better than watching a basketball game. In the first game, it seemed that James was beaten up by Du Xiaoshuai and lost.
After walking around for a while, the driver, bodyguard, and secretary were already waiting at the door.
As soon as she saw Tang An coming back from outside, secretary Zhou Li rushed up to greet her, with a worried look on her face, "Chairman, something happened!"
"What's wrong? Come in and talk." Tang An wiped his sweat and asked them to go inside first.
"What's going on?"
"Chairman, someone on Weibo suddenly broke the news that we wanted to unilaterally breach the contract and change actors because of Zhao Wei's excessive salary. Moreover, the person who broke the news claimed to be an employee of our company."
Zhou Li immediately opened the tablet and handed it to Tang An.
"An internal employee of our company broke the news? That's interesting." Tang An smiled and took the tablet.