[Outside the white clouds and green mountains, the setting sun reflects the sky, fishermen sing on the riverside, and evening lanterns are hung on the boats.--Fishing fire on the riverside]
Ye Ming said very definitely: "This money is not meant to be saved. Sometimes, the money that should be spent must be spent, otherwise, it will not be beautiful.
There is an old saying in China: if you are willing to give up, you will gain something.
Don’t think that the audience are all fools. A movie must have large-scale publicity. Even a sequel to a classic movie with a broad audience base like the Star Wars prequels will cost a lot of money to promote, not to mention
It’s us people. So don’t worry about it.” This is not wrong. Promotion actually plays a large part in the movie.
If we talk about the box office of a movie, the quality of the movie takes the first place, then basically the promotion takes the second place. As long as the promotion is good, then in such a thing,
At least the movie's box office performance on the first day will definitely not be too bad.
As for the subsequent box office, it depends on the performance of the movie itself. The quality, schedule, actors, etc. will affect part of the box office. Therefore, in Hollywood, basically one-third of a movie
The investment is used for publicity, even if there is a small amount, four points is one, which is basically a bottom line.
If it is less, it is basically certain that at this time, basically even if this movie is not a blockbuster, it is not far away from being a blockbuster. Therefore, Rob Cohen will immediately
He nodded and said: "That being said, of course I understand this, but didn't Madoff send a financial supervisor to our crew?
Therefore, at this time, the remaining 20 million yuan must be used for promotion. This guy has his own opinion. It seems that he does not want to use so much money for promotion. A movie
Isn’t it released? In his opinion, there is a chance of more than 20 million to recover the cost, which is quite good. Stop, he may say that he will oppose this matter."
This is actually what Rob Cohen is most worried about.
In fact, even the producers Alexander and Rob Cohen are not very worried. After all, Alexander is a person in the entertainment industry. He is actually quite familiar with some things in the entertainment industry.
If the more than 20 million yuan invested is used for publicity, there will be no objection.
Because it is impossible for him to have an opinion. If he really has an opinion in a situation like this, then Universal has to pay part of the publicity expenses for such a matter.
of.
Therefore, Alexander will definitely not object, but the financial supervisor sent by Madoff is not from the entertainment industry. Therefore, he does not know much about some things in the entertainment industry. The 20 million is
He looks at the problem with his own professional perspective. His professional perspective means that he has to look at it from the perspective of accounting. Twenty million is considered as some of the cost recovered by the crew. Therefore, this is almost half of the cost of the crew.
The investment can be recovered. Therefore, in such a situation, Madoff is quite powerful to his employer.
Since such a thing is said to be powerful for the employer, then in such a matter, the financial supervisor, who is an employee of Madoff, will naturally object to all the money being used for publicity.
Ye Ming snorted and said: "What qualifications does a small financial supervisor have to dictate to the crew? You don't have to worry about this. You should spend money on whatever you want, such as newspapers, television, etc."
Yes, there is no need to be stingy with money to build relationships. As long as the procedures are legal, I guarantee there will be no big problem. As for Madoff, I will talk to him about this matter."
With Ye Ming like this, Robert Cohen is actually truly relieved.
After all, in a situation like this, as long as there is a guarantee like Ye Ming, let alone Madoff's financial supervision, even if Madoff himself comes in person, then in a situation like this
Well, actually you have to be a little more cautious.
Ye Ming found Madoff's financial supervisor. After reading the information, he found out that this guy was called Donald. He was a middle-aged man in his forties. He looked like he was wearing black-rimmed glasses and was an honest accountant.
Such supervision.
Among young people, people like this are almost otaku-level watch hands. Generally speaking, people like this probably have that kind of characteristic: they are stubborn, not easy to change, and, don’t know
Understand the changes around you, always think that you are right, and if you have done your own thing well, then the rest is actually not a big deal.
But is this really such a thing? In fact, it is not like this at all. At this time, in fact, even if you are a financial supervisor, you must have a good relationship with the crew, otherwise, it will
He was ostracized by the crew. But this Donald was basically ostracized by the entire Fast and Furious crew. But Donald didn't want to think about whether he had done something wrong as a result. Rather, it made him think that the entire crew
Intentionally or unintentionally, they are all targeting themselves, right? At a time like this, doesn't it mean that the entire crew is basically a group of people who work together to defraud their employer's money?
Therefore, Donald is basically vigilant about the entire crew of Fast and Furious. Regarding such a matter, Ye Ming does not care about it at all. As long as Donald does not come to provoke him, then in this matter
At that time, he actually didn't care how Donald dealt with the Fast and Furious crew.
Moreover, I also have a financial supervisor on the crew, so when it comes to a matter like this, more generally speaking, this question is about whether the financial supervisor you dispatched will take care of the problem.
It was obvious that the financial supervisor sent by Ye Ming was able to get along well with the crew.
Even if the crew said they would not give the financial supervisor any face, they at least wanted to give Ye Ming some face, right? But this Donald did some things that were indeed very excessive.
Therefore, at this time, Ye Ming found Donald, which surprised Donald. Although basically his relationship with the entire crew was not very good, but after all, he did not pay attention to the crew at all.
In fact, Donald is quite concerned about the crew. Naturally, he knows that in such a situation, Ye Ming is the biggest name in the entire crew. This is something that is recognized by the entire crew.
Therefore, when he saw the cornstarch coming to his door, Donald immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Ye, I don't know what's wrong with you coming to my place?"
At this time, Donald was actually quite strange. Basically, he and Ye Ming would not be involved in any relationship. If there must be a relationship, it means that his employer Madoff and Ye Ming are the same.
They are the investors of this movie. The rest basically has no big relationship. Therefore, Donald was quite puzzled about Ye Ming finding him, but at this moment, he also felt
Mr. Du is a little uneasy.
Because during the entire filming process of the crew, Ye Ming didn't pay much attention to him as the financial supervisor. But at this juncture, it happened that Ye Ming really came to the door directly. This Donald was not surprised.
Where are the ghosts?
Ye Ming took a look and said: "Mr. Donald, I heard that you are a little worried about the more than 20 million yuan in our account being used as promotional expenses. Therefore, you don't want us to do it like this.
Is this true?"
After listening to Ye Ming's words, Donald felt a cold sweat on his back. This was really a sign of bad intentions. It seemed that in such a situation, Ye Ming was deliberately targeting him.
Therefore, Donald said without even thinking: "Mr. Ye, I misunderstood you at this time. In fact, as for other things, there is nothing non-negotiable on this issue. But these 20 million are ours."
If you take out the profits directly, there will indeed be something inappropriate."
After hearing this suddenly, I also felt that this kind of thing should be similar to the same problem, which is relatively reasonable, but in fact, this depends on the specific situation in Hollywood.
After all, on this issue, other movies have spent a lot of money to promote it, but you are a little-known movie that is not very well-known by your Hollywood colleagues. If it is
If there is not enough publicity on the release, then at this time, it is really far away from being a hit on the street. At this time, 20 million is too much to promote a movie, especially for a big Hollywood A-level production.
In fact, it is not a price that is too high.
Ye Ming didn't make any sense at all. In his opinion, as long as he could confirm that Fa Donald was indeed in the way, and the crew used 20 million to promote it, then this would be enough. Therefore, Ye Ming
Ming immediately waved his hand and said: "Since at this time, if you have any prejudices about this matter, you can go back and there is no need to come here in the future."
Donald was stunned for a moment and then said: "I came to the set because of Mr. Madoff's commission. Do you have the right to drive me away? Don't say it's you. Even the director Rob Cohen, even the producer Alexander,
None of them have this right." Strictly speaking, Ye Ming does not have such a right. After all, this is the financial supervision sent by Madoff, and it represents Madoff, not Ye Ming's supervision. At this moment
Ye Ming snorted and said: "You are a person who won't cry until you see the coffin. Since it's you, Yang Di, who said it, then I will help you." Then, Ye Ming took out his mobile phone and dialed
Mr. Madoff’s phone number. This is not the phone number held by Madoff’s secretary. Although most of the phone numbers Madoff left were actually held by his own wooden comb. If you have any questions, please contact Madoff directly.
Secretary, the busy secretary will convey it, and then Madoff will decide how to handle it.
But the phone that appeared at this time was actually the phone held by Madoff himself. This was not Madoff’s office phone, but a kind of personal phone. Of course, the person who really knew this phone would
There are really not many, but none of them are Madoff's partners, and Ye Ming is also the boss of Huihuang.com. In terms of wealth, he is actually qualified to know Madoff's phone number. For example, Bill Gates
Not much is known about Zuckerberg's personal phone number, but if Zuckerberg wants to know this phone number, it probably won't be that difficult. After all, the two of them are on the same level.
Therefore, it would be very easy for Ye Ming to get through to Madoff's personal phone number at such a time. Of course, relatively speaking, Madoff also knew Ye Ming's personal phone number.
Although Ye Ming and Madoff are not friends.
But at a gathering with some investors in the United States, the two of them had met.
Therefore, when Madoff saw Ye Minglai's arc, he was startled for a moment, thinking that he had no business doing it, but carefully, he wanted to launder money and invested in Fast and Furious. This movie version is
It’s not just about making money, but it’s about laundering his own money first. This is what Madoff cares about most.
Ye Ming of Huihuang.com seemed to be one of the investors of Fast and Furious. So after Madoff answered the phone, he smiled and said in a very kind voice: "Dear Ye, I don't know what's wrong with you.
, I actually remembered to call the old man."
Ye Ming is very direct. After all, this is in the United States and he is dealing with Americans. If he is calling a compatriot like Wang Zhongjun, then at this time it is estimated that Ye Ming may just say hello first. Anyway, before getting down to business.
If you want to make some small talk, this kind of problem is indeed very common in China.
But in the United States, there is no such trouble. If you make a phone call, you can say whatever you want.
Ye Ming said directly: "Actually, it's not a big deal. Didn't you send a financial supervisor to the crew? I don't like this person named Donald. I want to use the two thousand dollars on the crew's books."
As a movie promotion, people in the entertainment industry actually do it this way. If you want to have a good box office, you must do it this way. But Donald doesn't agree with it, so I think
It’s better to get rid of him, lest he stay on the set and cause trouble.”