Chapter 1126 Risk-sharing in the entertainment industry
No matter how great a person is, it is impossible for him to eat alone.
Back in the capital, Haiyan found Ye Ming through a trustee, and the person who came to intercede was actually Wang Yan's husband Wang Zhicai. This surprised Ye Ming. He and Wang Yan were either cooperating or cooperating.
We are still beautiful, but we haven't seen each other for a long time.
Of course, the relationship with Wang Zhicai is also very good. One of the two most luxurious houses in Wangfu International is occupied by the Wang family, and the other one is in the hands of Ye Ming himself. Therefore, the relationship between Ye Ming and Wang Zhicai is indeed
Pretty good.
Although the two people don't have much contact, they are always acquaintances.
This time Wang Zhicai came to the door, and Ye Ming personally invited him into the office. After sitting down, Ye Ming said happily: "Mr. Wang has a chance to come to my place. He is really a rare visitor. We haven't seen each other for a while. Recently, Wang
Where do you always get rich?"
Wang Zhicai waved his hand with a smile and said: "To get rich, what kind of talent do you want to get? I mean, Mr. Ye, you have been doing well recently. Even I, a bad news watcher, can still pay attention to you."
A running man. Also, those courtyard houses you acquired are making a lot of money now, right?"
In fact, the courtyard houses in the capital were not that valuable at first, at least around 1997. But two thousand years later, the capital city announced the protection of courtyard houses, which means that the courtyard houses in the protected area do not have to worry about being demolished. This is more or less
A guarantee.
Therefore, the price of courtyard houses is getting higher and higher, and the more the price increases, the more no one takes action. This is a strange circle of real estate. Wang Zhicai is very knowledgeable about such a thing. After all,
He himself is in real estate.
As for how many courtyard houses Ye Ming has in his possession, he doesn’t know them very well anyway. However, the courtyard houses introduced to Ye Ming by his company include more than four units, among the five largest courtyard houses in Nanchizi Street. Two of them are from Ye Ming.
Ming. This is how you can see Ye Ming's advanced singing.
If it were just relying on the courtyard house, Ye Ming could definitely make a success of himself in the real estate industry.
Ye Ming is not proud. Compared with a wealthy man like Wang Zhicai, his few yards are not good enough. Of course, it is hard to say with the company.
At this moment, Ye Ming said with a smile: "Do you find it interesting to receive such compliments when we meet?"
Everyone was now friends, and Wang Zhicai nodded and said: "Forget it, I don't think it's interesting, like this. I came here today for the TV series of Haiyan. He asked me to help him express a favor. I hope your company's
Sun Li can lower her salary to accept their TV series because they think that only Sun Li can play that role well. As for other things, I still don’t know much about your industry."
Obviously, Wang Zhicai is not a very good lobbyist. Therefore, in a situation like this, he just stated his request directly without beating around the bush. It would be easier if Ye Ming agreed to this matter.
.But if it is said that Ye Ming does not agree to such a thing, then in such a situation, things will become more embarrassing, and everyone will become very embarrassed.
Therefore, in fact, for a matter like intercession, it is also a matter of euphemistically testing what is better. Wang Zhicai did not say this, but directly stated his purpose. Ming Xuan was very interested in agreeing or not.
It's up to you, Ye Ming. Anyway, I have already brought the words to you.
At this moment, Ye Ming was a little curious and sent Longjing tea over. Then he said: "Mr. Wang, I don't understand this matter. If real estate or other matters have anything to do with you, then it's nothing. But
This literary circle is unlikely to have anything to do with you. I haven’t heard that you like literature? Why would Haiyan ask you to be a lobbyist?"
This issue is of great concern. It is even possible that Haiyan has hired Zhao Baogang, Wang Shuo, and even the leaders of the Writers Association as lobbyists. But on such an issue, it is possible to find
A real estate developer seems to have no connection with the literary circle, or even the entertainment circle.
Wang Zhicai's only connection with the entertainment industry is probably his celebrity wife Wang Yan. For the rest, no matter how you look at it, you don't believe that Wang Zhicai and Haiyan have any relationship as friends.
Wang Zhicai tasted the Longjing tea and the acacia leaves, which was also a pleasure, and then said: "This is indeed an accident. The reason why Haiyan and I met is because we are both members of the Beijing Enterprise Salary Increase Association.
An association of famous entrepreneurs in Haiyan. I heard that the crew did not have enough money. Therefore, if Sun Li was hired, there would basically be no money for filming this TV series.
This is the opportunity to make things clear. I think you should think about it carefully. As for Haiyan and I, of course, Mr. Ye, if you want to go, it will be very easy, even according to your instructions.
There is no need for reputation or review, you can directly announce that you have been invited to join the membership."
Feelings, this is how things come about. Needless to say, the Capital Entrepreneurs Association, ordinary bosses cannot enter this circle. They must be recognized as successful in the industry, and only by stepping up can they get an invitation from the Entrepreneurs Association.
and approval.
After all, everyone relies on this circle to make a fortune. If the status of the friends is not very good, if one is a millionaire and the other is a multi-millionaire, then in this case, the chance of becoming friends is actually small.
.
Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together. This is actually what is said.
Hearing such an explanation, Ye Mingcai said with an expression of sudden realization: "No wonder, I can't contact you about such a matter. Haiyan has no money. This matter doesn't seem to be as simple as you said, right?
After all, I heard that Haiyan is a successful entrepreneur. He is not only a director of Jinjiang, but also the chairman of Kunlun Hotel. This fully shows that Haiyan is not a very rich man who is short of money. You
Now it is said that Haiyan is short of money. This is a topic that I really cannot understand clearly."
This is indeed something that can be seen directly from the surface. Maybe Ye Ming doesn't know much about other writers. It's hard to say whether they are rich or not, but like Haiyan, this guy is a rich man, and he says it is his own.
The crew has no money, so someone has to believe in this.
Since Wang Zhicai accepted this lobbyist, he would naturally know the inside story of this very well.
At this moment, Wang Zhicai said very seriously: "Hai Yan is indeed rich and a rich man, but there is a difference between his money and his company's money, or even his investment in TV series.
The money from his own company is naturally his own money, and the money from her filming the TV series is not an investment by one person, so at this time, it is not his money alone.
In fact, I don’t understand, doesn’t Haiyan have any money himself? Why doesn’t he invest by himself? If he invests by himself, then I don’t think there is any need to worry about investment issues when it comes to a problem like this.”
This is actually an important reason why Wang Zhicai is rather skeptical. After all, when it comes to a problem like this, it is more in line with the character of a businessman to invest money and take charge of the matter.
Ye Ming understood this. He also understood why Hai Yan said that his crew was not very rich.
Therefore, at this time, Ye Ming took the initiative to explain: "If you say it this way, then I think I should have started to understand why Hai Yan said that he was not all right, that is his TV series
If he invests jointly with others, then such a thing is actually not a big deal. In other words, this is a smart choice."
Wang Zhicai said with some confusion: "Why is this happening? According to my understanding, Haiyan is actually a very controlling person. When filming TV series, it is not like Haiyan's own style at all."
Hai Yan is the kind of person who acts resolutely. He is actually quite decisive in what he says and does. But this time, what he did was indeed a bit unreasonable. Friends who were familiar with him were a little surprised.
Ye Ming shook his head and said: "This is called risk sharing. In the entertainment industry, this is a very normal thing. This is different from real estate. You can say that you are guaranteed to make money without losing money. As long as you find your own
The relationship is established.
But in the entertainment industry, no one can guarantee that the works they produce will be profitable. No matter how great the actor is, even if he is powerful, even Coppola, if he invests in his own movies, he is looking for trouble.
"
Wang Zhicai was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Ye Ming to give such an answer. Coppola? Maybe Wang Zhicai is not very familiar with the entertainment industry, but he knows Coppola.
Wang Zhicai said with some surprise: "It is possible for Coppola to fail. His Godfather trilogy is considered one of the benchmarks of Hollywood movies. Will such a great director fail?"
Classics among Hollywood classics, The Godfather trilogy, and Coppola's works. Wang Zhicai likes these three movies very much, so he still has a certain understanding of Coppola.
Ye Ming nodded and said very definitely: "That's right, one of the four greatest directors in Hollywood, one of the same famous directors as Lucas and Spielberg.
From this point of view, we can say that Coppola is great in movies."
Wang Zhicai believes that a director like Coppola should never fail.
Ye Ming used indisputable facts to break Wang Zhicai's idea.
Ye Ming said very firmly: "There is indeed a failure, and this failure is Apocalypse Now. Coppola was ambitious and wanted to film Apocalypse Now independently, so in the end he almost bankrupted his studio. It is said that he lost money
It cost hundreds of millions of dollars, probably close to it, if not hundreds of millions.
Therefore, Coppola is relatively unlucky, but also relatively lucky. If an ordinary director fails like this, he will definitely be unable to recover.
But Coppola has his own great work, which is what you call The Godfather. His first two Godfathers both won Oscars, which is unique in Hollywood.
Because both the movie and its sequels have won Oscars, until now, only this movie, The Dog, has done so.
Because there are such great works, even Coppola, who failed in Apocalypse Now, still has the same opportunity to make a comeback. This opportunity is The Godfather 3."
This is the real origin of the Godfather trilogy. At this time, Wang Zhicai also said with some doubts, "I have heard of Apocalypse Now. It is also regarded as the conscience of Hollywood in China. It is a good work.
, if there must be something bad about it, it is that it takes too long. If you are interested in watching a work like this, then only die-hard Hollywood fans can do this.
. I haven’t finished watching it, but I think Apocalypse Now was really well shot.”
Ye Ming hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "That's right, what you said is right, Apocalypse Now is indeed good, but it has a fatal flaw, that is, Coppola's own sole proprietorship, even if the movie is a hit
, the one who makes money is Coppola himself. Do you think people in Hollywood will give this opportunity to make money to Coppola alone? Therefore, many people are not willing to see this movie make money, which is why Coppola
One reason for failure.
As I said, no matter how great a director is, he will not invest in a movie alone. He must attract several investors who endorse him. This is the secret to success. If it fails, everyone will lose money together, but there are
As for those investors, when your movie is being distributed and you are doing peripherals, these people are your advocates. This is how everyone makes money. Coppola forgot this in Apocalypse Now, so
That’s why he became so unlucky.”
When Ye Ming said this, Wang Zhicai said with a look of realization: "If you put it like this, it would be almost the same as us doing real estate and looking for bank loans. The risks are shared. By the way, your company
The movies you produced are all solely funded by yourselves, and I haven’t seen you invest in them, but they seem to be relatively successful.”
The movies produced by Ye Ming's company are not only successful, they are extremely successful. According to Ye Ming's own words, this is inconsistent with logic.
Ye Ming said with a smile: "Look, there is nothing wrong with me investing in this movie myself, but I am not the only one in our company. With the backing of Quantum Fund, our company has made money. Quantum Fund and other investors
They won’t lose money. If we lose money, they won’t be able to make any money. That’s why it’s not wrong for me to be a sole proprietor, but there are people behind me. There is a big difference between having a backer and not having a backer.”