Mai Jia is very worried that if the development continues like this, Xinyi City will soon exist in name only. Everyone is doing their own thing and no one is interested in others. So what is the point of being the second shareholder of the company?
At this moment, the daughter of the Lei family knocked on the door. She found Mai Jia and asked about investing in the sequel to "A Better Tomorrow".
Mai Jia knew that the eldest lady must have come here on her own initiative. If she had asked the boss in advance, she would have gone directly to Shi Nansheng. The father and mother must have given this face.
However, Maijia rolled his eyes. He couldn't get any advantage anyway, so he might as well add trouble to the other side to prevent them from being too proud.
Therefore, Mai Jia cordially received the young couple and exaggerated the market potential of the sequel to "A Better Tomorrow". He also told Miss Lei that Tsui Hark's studio was established with the support of big bosses.
What he meant between the lines was to encourage Ms. Lei to directly approach Tsui Hark Studio for the project, set up a crew, and invest in the filming herself.
Although Ms. Lei has just graduated and is not familiar with politics, she is more or less educated at home. She originally only wanted to participate in the investment in the sequel, and she would be satisfied if she could get 10% or 20% of the share.
Now that she was deceived by Mai Jiayi, although she didn't forget about it and really decided to start a project on her own, her appetite grew unknowingly.
Even if the investment amount is 20% as a starting point, 30% is not hopeless, Ms. Lei thought.
Mai Jia felt comfortable, but Tsui Hark and his wife were sitting on the wax.
The next day, Shi Nansheng sent Miss Lei away, returned to the studio, and looked at each other with Tsui Hark.
"Who is causing trouble?" Tsui Hark has a bad temper. He would be so angry that he would bang the table.
"It's useless to think about this now. The key is to see what Sun Dahai thinks." Shi Nansheng comforted Xu Hark while thinking about how to coordinate a solution.
Some people act for fun, and Sun Dahai also plays for money when he invests in making movies. They are not short of money at all, okay? Tsui Hark and his wife understand this very well.
When preparing for the filming of "A Better Tomorrow", Sun Dahai tried every means to increase the filming costs and increase the income of the actors and crew, which made Shi Nansheng dumbfounded.
Although he did not attend the "A Better Tomorrow" celebration held not long ago, he proposed to distribute huge bonuses to all the crew members.
It's a pity that if Tsui Hark and the others want to use money, they need to go through New Art City's account. If this proposal hadn't been rejected at the internal meeting of New Art City, the Hong Kong film and television industry would probably be shocked.
If a film is a hit at the box office, it is very common for investors to throw out red envelopes. The main crew members all participate, and red envelopes of HKD 666 or HKD 888 are the most common.
The main cast and crew members are likely to receive big red envelopes, ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. If you meet a generous donor, a celebration party, including red envelopes, food and drinks, can cost you two to three hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars.
However, if Sun Dahai had his way, he would have to give out a huge red envelope of two million Hong Kong dollars!
Apart from anything else, the current Hong Kong film market seems to be booming, with hundreds of films being shot a year. However, one-third of film investors dare to say that the final profit of the films they invested in exceeded HKD 2 million.
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Tsui Hark strongly agreed with Sun Dahai's idea at the time. Shi Nansheng carefully considered it for several days and felt that Sun Dahai's move was a good way to build a brand and set a benchmark.
It's a pity that during the company discussion, Maijia rejected it on the grounds of grandstanding and disrupting the market.
Not only did Mai Jia feel unhappy after seeing the success of "A Better Tomorrow", she was also worried that such a precedent would set a bad example. In the future, after the company's other films become popular, should we give red envelopes? How big of a red envelope is appropriate?
Woolen cloth?
Sun Dahai didn't care much when his proposal was rejected. He estimated that the box office of "A Better Tomorrow" in Hong Kong exceeded 40 million Hong Kong dollars. According to convention, the revenue in foreign markets will be similar to that in Hong Kong.
In other words, this movie can ultimately earn HKD89 million. After excluding costs and channel fees, the net profit of HKD40 million is stable.
"A Better Tomorrow" is a three-party investment, with Sun Dahai and New Art City (Tsu Hark Studio) each taking 40%, and Ren Kuanxi getting the remaining 20%.
Although most of the proceeds from the film will be received in the next one or two years, the dividends that have already been received are enough to double the initial investment of the three investors.
Sun Dahai himself received nearly 8 million Hong Kong dollars. He originally wanted to propose a bonus of 5 million Hong Kong dollars, but later thought it was too eye-catching, so he changed it to 2 million.
Ren Kuang supported Sun Dahai. As soon as Sun Dahai finished talking to him, he issued a check for 400,000 Hong Kong dollars. Unexpectedly, it got stuck at Xinyi City.
Tsui Hark and his wife never expected to be stuck. The bonus must have come from the studio, it just had to go through New Art City's account.
The reason Maijia found cannot be said to be unreasonable. Everyone has small thoughts. In the end, neither party could convince the other, so they had to vote.
According to the rules set by the Seven Monsters of New Art City, the proposer did not participate in the voting, so Tsui Hark and his wife could only watch everyone vote. The final result was one vote for, two votes against, and two abstentions. The proposal of Tsui Hark and his wife was rejected.
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Even so, Tsui Hark and his wife can use their own money to push this matter forward. But since it has been voted on by the company's upper committee, if they do this again, they will completely break up with the other five people.
Tsui Hark and his wife thought about it again and again, and finally endured the situation. However, they still partnered with Sun Dahai and Ren Kuai and privately distributed a total of 1 million Hong Kong dollars in red envelopes at the celebration party.
The total bonus amount is less than half of the original plan, which is to save face for Xinyi City. If it ignores it and still sends out 2 million Hong Kong dollars, it will be a naked slap in the face.
Sun Dahai didn't understand these messy things inside New Art City. In his previous life, he was not in the film and television industry. He was as busy as a dead dog every day. In addition to financial news from various countries, he would not even watch the Spring Festival Gala and the Oscars.
, why would you care about these things?
When Shi Nansheng stuttered and said that there was another company that also wanted to participate in investment, Sun Dahai actually didn't care at all. If no one is fighting for a good project that can make money, then there is a problem.
Sun Dahai asked with great interest, wanting to know who Sheng Sheng wanted to get involved. Then he found out that it was Lei Juekun's youngest daughter who was also going to start a business.
After Sun Dahai knew the background of the visitor, he didn't say anything more. The father of the daughter of the Lei family was the big financial backer behind Tsui Hark and his wife. No wonder they couldn't stop them and even took the initiative to ask Sun Dahai for sex.