On September 28th, in the large conference room of Chenguang Film and Television, thirteen figures sat around the conference table. Each person had their own name tag in front of them. These thirteen people were members of the board of directors of Chenguang. They laughed softly.
While chatting, the atmosphere was pleasant and harmonious.
Sitting at the top was a fat man, at least over 200 pounds, with a friendly smile. He was Chenguang's chairman, Yang Lei, and Li Lan's husband.
At this time, Li Lan was sitting under his left hand.
"Okay, then our meeting has officially begun. Director Lin, give us a report on this month's operations." Yang Lei said with a smile. The first impression anyone sees of him should be words such as good people and boldness.
Director Lin’s name is Lin Tao, a board member and deputy general manager of Chenguang.
Most of these thirteen people hold some concurrent positions and are veterans of the company. A few are independent directors and do not participate in the actual management of the company.
"Our company's revenue this month mainly comes from the following sectors... Film and television peripheral income... There are three movies released this month, one in physical theaters and two in online theaters. Among them, the physical theater movie "Passing By You"
The box office of "The World" has exceeded 100 million, and the total box office is expected to reach about 300 million. The two online movies... have a total box office of 24 million, of which "Going Home" has a total box office of 17.2 million. As for expenditures,
We currently operate three projects..."
"The report is over." Lin Tao finished speaking calmly and forcefully and sat down.
Before Yang Lei could speak, a director sitting third from the left said dissatisfiedly: "That means we are losing money again this month, right? I remember that the total investment in "Passing By" was 1.6 billion
, Xuanfa spent tens of millions more, when the box office comes in, will we be able to make a profit?"
"The Elf King, which was released last month, had an investment of 130 million and a box office of 30 million. Chairman Yang, we are not investing in you to make you lose money."
This director is one of the independent directors, named Wang Yu, and he looks quite angry at this time.
There was silence in the conference room. Some people closed their eyes to relax, some looked around as if their minds were wandering away from the world, and some looked worriedly at Yang Lei and Li Lan. The atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.
Yang Lei had the age-old smile on his lips, lowering his head to play with his pen. Li Lan showed a gentle smile on his face, and turned to Wang Yu and said, "So what does Director Wang think went wrong? Do you have any suggestions?"
"I am an investor and you ask me? You have been losing money for more than a year. How much has your market value shrunk? More than 20 billion! Let me tell you, there are problems with the projects you invested in, and now you are actually giving it to a twenty-year-old director.
Is there such a thing as investing 50 million in a project?" Wang Yu pointed his finger at the table and said with great momentum.
"Yes." Li Lan nodded calmly.
"Here, let's talk about it, everyone, if a twenty-year-old director with no professional training is given an investment of 50 million to develop a project, do you think this is nonsense?"
Someone nodded secretly.
"What do you think Director Wang should do?" Li Lan leaned back on the chair, crossed her slender legs, and smiled, unhurriedly, with a faint smile in her willow-leaf eyes.
Beauty is in the bones but not the skin. This woman in her forties never seems to be inelegant for a moment. Her temperament has penetrated into her bones. In the huge conference hall, except for a thin middle-aged man sitting on Yang Lei's right hand with his eyes closed,
At this moment, everyone's aura was suppressed by her.
"Remove him! Replace him with an experienced director. Isn't Director Liu, who has worked with us before, temporarily out of business? Let him come." Wang Yu scolded Fang Qiu.
"Substitute? It's not impossible, but the current script was changed by Lin Juan himself. Only he knows what effect he wants. Others may not be able to shoot it well. If it is replaced by Director Liu, the original script will be handed over to him
, how about letting him shoot according to his own ideas?"
"That won't work. We have to turn on the camera now. How can we have time to make changes? Besides, Director Liu is very experienced. He can shoot anything. Will he be inferior to that young boy?"
"But Lin Juan would have some objections to this." Wang Lan lowered her head and pressed the ballpoint pen in her hand.
"What's wrong with having opinions?! For a young director, is his opinion important? He dares to have opinions! Besides, isn't he a contracted artist of our company? Don't we pay him a salary? He should do what he should do to contribute to the company
Yes!" Wang Yu knocked on the table loudly and spoke domineeringly.
"I understand." Li Lan raised his head with a smile, looked at Wang Yu and said, "You are here to pick the fruit after taking a fancy to Lin Juan's script. Director Wang, have you read the script to Director Liu?"
Wang Yu's face turned ugly in an instant: "So what if I've seen it? Will Director Liu not be as good as that young man? Besides, Director Liu also promised that if he is given this project and invests 100 million, he will sign the contract
Our company, isn’t this bad? Can you safely throw 50 million to a kid who has never made a movie? Do you expect this movie to make money?”
"I just didn't plan to make money from this drama. What's wrong? Isn't it possible?" Li Lan put down the pen and the smile on her face gradually faded.
"Listen, is this ridiculous? You are irresponsible to investors! You..."
"Director Wang, let me remind you that what you have done is already revealing business secrets." Li Lan said calmly, then she scanned the audience, and her face gradually darkened at this moment.
"Everyone sitting here has invested in Chenguang Film and Television from a very early stage. Over the years, we have grown Chenguang from tens of millions to tens of billions. Everyone sitting here should have made a lot of money over the years. Director Wang, if
You think Chen Guang is dying, okay, I will take over your shares, is there any problem?"
"You!!" Wang Yu's face turned red, but it was impossible for him to sell his shares. Although the overall stock price of the entertainment industry has declined in recent years, everyone knows that this is only temporary, and the entertainment industry in the future will be
An essential part of the business sector.
Hard cap? That is also impossible. Compared with the background, the relationship behind this woman Li Lan is very solid, and Yang Lei is not a simple character.
"It seems you're fine." Li Lan said calmly.
Yang Lei curled his lips, and what came to mind were the scenes where Li Lan said this to him over the years, these people are really Shi Lezhi, I don't even dare to offend her!
"Dear directors, I, Li Lan, am not an unreasonable person. I wonder if you have watched "Going Home". Lin Juan invested 10,000 yuan and shot this movie alone with his mobile phone. We have distributed a total of
More than 800,000 yuan has been invested in promotion fees, and now the box office is 17 million, and the total box office is expected to be around 50 million, a revenue of 5,000 times."
"This is a talented director. The current project has been adapted by him. Director Liu, who originally rejected our invitation, found a way to take over the project. This all illustrates Lin Juan's ability."
"Our company needs a great director. He has this potential. Let me explain it more clearly."
"No one can try to steal the project from him today. I originally invested 50 million in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" just to give him a chance to practice. Even if he loses money, I will still invest in it again. As a young man, just
You should give it a few more chances."
"Okay, I've finished talking. Now who is in favor and who is against?"