Chapter 354 Li Yis words came true, Cao Zhenqun complained with tears
When Li Yi was filming "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
"Carrying the Burden" has already been released in North America.
Although the final box office did not exceed 100 million US dollars, it still achieved a box office of close to 80 million US dollars.
It can be said that this movie has exceeded expectations.
The movie was a hit, but Cao Zhenqun couldn't be happier.
Although it has not yet reached the final time for the movie's box office profits to be distributed, Cao Zhenqun already has a very bad premonition.
Because the financial statements provided by Damien Pictures about "Moving forward with a heavy load" clearly show a loss!
Yes, the accounts of "Moving forward with a heavy load" predictably suffered huge losses!
In fact, after Li Yi publicly raised the disadvantages of cooperating with Hollywood film companies, Cao Zhenqun had already anticipated that it would be impossible to make money from this investment.
But the arrow had already been shot, and it was too late for him to take it back.
Therefore, he can only settle for the next best thing and just hope to get back the principal invested.
However, he underestimated the attitude of Hollywood film companies towards outside investors.
In other words, they underestimated the appetite of Damien Pictures.
The box office was so high, but there was a loss on the books!
Damien Pictures' meal was much uglier than he imagined!
Because according to this report, he would never get a penny of dividends.
Because the movie's box office accounts are divided, the publicity and distribution budget must be deducted first, then the distribution company must take the distribution share, and finally it is time to divide the accounts.
But the problem is that Damien Pictures directly suffered huge losses on its books.
As the final dividend payment date set in the contract is getting closer, paper cannot cover the fire.
Cao Zhenqun can no longer be described as extremely anxious.
You must know that the money does not belong to him alone, and the company does not belong to him alone.
What should we do? Of course we must deflect the conflict!
Therefore, he immediately thought of Li Yi!
In fact, his hatred for Li Yi can be said to be endless.
On the one hand, Gao Le Film and Television is losing ground, and even Ping Xiaosi has abandoned Gao Le Film and Television. "Moving forward with a heavy burden" was so miserably cheated by Damien Pictures.
On the other hand, Li Yi is blooming steadily, and even set a box office record for Chinese-language movies.
This made Cao Zhenqun jealous and separated!
Although his reason told him not to provoke Li Yi again, he really had no choice.
The investment in "Moving forward with a heavy load" is an investment of over 100 million. Once he loses all his money, it will not only be a simple investment failure, but also a loss caused by his personal decision-making mistakes, which makes him unable to
Talk to those shareholders.
Although he is the boss, the chairman, and the largest shareholder, it does not mean that he can do whatever he wants.
In fact, this is not the most serious thing. The shareholders are dissatisfied with him, but he is still sure to appease them. However, if this matter breaks out, Cao Zhenqun will definitely become the laughing stock of the industry.
As for Gao Le Film and Television, which is controlled by a boss who has no vision, others should think more carefully even if they want to cooperate with Gao Le Film and Television.
However, because of Li Yi, he couldn't cover it up even if he wanted to.
Therefore, he must take the blame. If this is a conspiracy jointly planned by Li Yi and Damien Pictures, then once this is confirmed, it will not only make Li Yi infamous, but also whitewash his "eagerness for quick success" and "ignorance".
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This is the most ideal situation, but can it get worse than the current situation?
The key is, the more Cao Zhenqun thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was inseparable from Li Yi.
Thinking of Davis Damien's eager attitude towards Li Yi at the North American premiere of "Carrying the Burden", he thought even more.
Could it be that Li Yi and Davis Damien really teamed up to deceive him?
With this thought, he immediately couldn't hold it in anymore, because it was not impossible.
In fact, for many things, if you extrapolate from the results you have thought of, open your mind and make up your own mind, then any thing may be correct.
For example, the more Cao Zhenqun thought about it, the more he felt that he had been tricked by Li Yi in this matter.
The grievances between Li Yi and himself are well known.
Therefore, his motive was very obvious. Of course, he automatically ignored it. Everything was because of his initiative.
So at that time, Davis Damien personally came to Li Yi to cooperate. It was fine that Li Yi didn't cooperate, but why did he want to spread the news?
It must be intentional!
He is targeting himself.
Also, why did Li Yi refuse to cooperate with Davis Damien when the prospect of adapting "Carrying a Heavy Load" is so good?
Even if he doesn't cooperate with Davis Damien, there is absolutely no need for Li Yi to give up the rights to adapt this short film.
He didn't believe that Li Yi was really doing it because so-called Hollywood film companies like to deceive foreign investors.
Therefore, all this must have been designed by the other party.
Yes, at the time of the negotiation, was five million U.S. dollars very high?
It’s not high at all! There are so many companies in Hollywood interested in this project, why did Li Yi agree to sell the rights so quickly?
They must be targeting me, Cao Zhenqun!
This is the truth!
Damn it!
Cao Zhenqun kept making up his own mind.
But many things have been ignored. For example, five million US dollars to purchase the adaptation rights. If we extrapolate from the box office of 80 million US dollars, then five million US dollars is indeed not expensive.
But the problem is that he forgot that no matter how high the box office is, you must be able to get dividends. Moreover, who can predict the box office size?
He even ignored it. He brought it to his door by himself. If he didn't use his mind, who could trick him?
But at this moment, Cao Zhenqun completely ignored these problems.
Of course, the most important thing is that he is eager to divert the conflict, and passing the blame to Li Yi is undoubtedly a very good choice.
Look, Li Yi actually teamed up with a Hollywood film company to steal money from domestic companies. What is this? He's cheating!
In this way, all his previous worries were thrown out of the sky. At this moment, Cao Zhenqun had lost his mind. He was burning with anger and jealousy. In addition, being defrauded of such a large amount of money may bring
The consequences made him unable to control so much!
So Cao Zhenqun took the risk.
He revealed that Li Yi's words came true. "Moving forward with a heavy burden" was cheated by Hollywood companies. The box office of "Forward with a heavy burden" in North America was as high as 80 million US dollars, but the book ended up with serious losses. Damien Pictures used Hollywood-style accounting traps
Investors money!
Cao Zhenqun even used this to advise domestic film companies to be more careful when cooperating with Hollywood film companies.
In the end, he accused Damien Films of "fraudulent" cooperation. He suspected that someone colluded with Damien Films and outside the industry to deliberately target Gao Le Film and Cao Zhenqun!
It also revealed some so-called "insider information".
He took the initiative to find Davis Damien, and it was said that it was Davis Damien who took the initiative to find him, Cao Zhenqun, and that led to the follow-up.
Although Cao Zhenqun did not mention him by name, everyone would directly think of Li Yi!
