In Northern Hebei, Tangshan City, Tangshan Oriental Hotel, a drinking party has just ended in the evening.
On the 30th anniversary of the earthquake in 2006, Tangshan took the lead in the filming of a commemorative film "May We Live Longer", hoping to use an artistic way to record the scars and suffering caused by the earthquake to the people of Tangshan and the Tangshan people.
Shantou has experienced a series of changes in its post-disaster reconstruction.
However, the response was mediocre, with almost no one paying attention except some official media reports.
So Tangshan wanted to find an influential commercial film director to make a mature commercial film, both as a commemoration and to promote the city.
After several rounds of counting, Ma Xiaogang, who had made a well-received and well-known theme movie like "Assembly Number", became the first choice of Tangshan.
After several months of negotiations, today Huang Zhongjun and Huang Zhonglei, under the coordination of Zhang Peisen, deputy director of the Film Bureau, officially reached a cooperation.
"Brother, 60 million, this money comes too easily."
Huang Zhonglei, who was a little tipsy, couldn't help but sigh.
Even though Huayang is already the largest private film company in China and will be listed on the GEM in the second half of this year, if everything goes well by then, both of them will have a skyrocketing net worth.
But giving away 60 million in cash like this is such a big deal, it’s also staggering.
Huang Zhongjun shook his head, "It's only 60 million. It's nothing to a city's annual fiscal revenue of tens of billions."
"The government still has money. It would be great if there could be more projects like this."
"Dreaming, there are so many good things."
That's what he said, but the excitement in Huang Zhongjun's heart now is not much stronger than that of Huang Zhonglei.
After several months of negotiations, and with the coordination of the film bureau, Huayang got the highest quality project since the company was founded.
The investment in this film was 120 million, with Huayang contributing 54 million, China Film Group investing 6 million, and the remaining 60 million was sponsored by the Tangshan government.
15% of the 60 million, or 9 million, is used as investment, and the remaining 51 million is sponsorship.
It's just a paid sponsorship.
Huang Zhongjun invented a new word. Looking back now, he can't help but admire his own wit.
This 51 million does not participate in the movie share, it is sponsorship.
However, they participate in profit sharing in the same proportion.
It's profit sharing, not box office sharing.
If the film's income just recovers its cost, then Tangshan will be able to get back 9 million, which is 15% of its investment, and will not get back the other 51 million.
If the cost is recovered and there is still a profit of 10 million, Tangshan can get an equal proportion of 4.25 million, but the 51 million will still not be recovered.
Only when there is still a net profit of 120 million yuan after subtracting costs from revenue, can Tangshan get a 51 million share of the 120 million profit, which is the same as the sponsorship. And among the recovered costs, Tang Shan still cannot get its own 51 million yuan.
Arrived.
The cost cannot be recouped, so it is considered as a sponsorship to the film, but the cost has made money, and the profit generated still belongs to Tangshan, so this is paid.
Paid sponsorship is what it is.
This is not much different from giving it for free, and Tangshan's request is just that "Aftershocks" should be renamed "Tangshan Earthquake".
This doesn't matter. If names can be sold for money, Huang Zhongjun will ask Huang Zhonglei to change his name tomorrow.
If I were to play one every year, I would laugh out of my dreams.
However, Huang Zhongjun still warned, "Zhonglei, in two days you go find Huanya, Yinghuang, and Modu Film Group to sell half of your investment share."
"Okay, I'll go talk."
Huang Zhonglei nodded, although as long as there is an income of 70 million, the cost can be recovered, the loss of 50 million is Tangshan's sponsorship.
But after all, it is a movie about the aftermath of an earthquake, and to be honest, they don't have much confidence. Selling half of the movie will at least guarantee a guaranteed profit.
The two brothers were very excited to have made this the most cost-effective investment in the history of the movie. As senior red wine lovers, Huang Zhonglei even suggested going for two more drinks.
Huang Zhongjun readily agreed, but at this time his cell phone rang.
"Hello."
"What?"
Before he could say a few words, Huang Zhongjun suddenly stretched out his voice, which made Huang Zhonglei next to him a little confused.
After hanging up the phone, Huang Zhongjun's face looked uncertain and unsightly.
"What's wrong, brother, what happened?" Huang Zhonglei asked quickly.
"Happy Blue Ocean, Henan Cultural Group, Hubei Film Company, and Western Sichuan Film Company, four companies jointly established a distribution company." Huang Zhongjun said the bad news with a gloomy face.
"These four companies want to come in and get involved?"
What's the big deal? Huang Zhonglei was a little surprised, "But the total market share of their theater chains is only eight or nine points, which is far behind Wanda. Didn't I hear that Wanda is also going to enter the film and television industry?"
Production and distribution business.”
Huang Zhongjun said, "This new company called Huaying Joint Publishing has another shareholder."
"Which one else?"
"Li Qian!"
"What?"
"Li Qian?"
Huang Zhonglei also immediately raised his voice and changed his expression.
"How could this happen? Why did he get involved with these companies? Where is Guangxian?"
"I don't know yet. I just know that Li Qian united with these companies to set up a hair styling company. It seems that it is for the purpose of hair styling for his own movies."
"This Li Qian is really ambitious. I thought he was not simple at first, but I didn't expect that he would get rid of Guang Xian so quickly, go it alone, and even cooperate with theaters."
When Li Qian previously announced that he wanted to support young directors and find suitable projects, they guessed that Li Qian's purpose was not that simple. He probably wanted to start his own company, invest in movies and become the boss.
But in an instant, Huang Zhonglei thought of the worse consequences that this incident might cause. He quickly said, "Now that Li Qian has brought the theater chain in, he is inviting the wolf into the house."
Film and television companies and theaters have always been on opposite sides. The two sides have had several disputes over one or two points of sharing, but they have not been as radical as Zhang Weiping.
In fact, the film companies in these places have not produced commercial films for a long time, and the most is Huayang. The films that Bernard and the others are involved in need more support, and a small investment share will be allocated to them, but that's all.
If this allows theaters to find an opportunity to enter the film and television industry, the pressure they will face will be too great.
Huang Zhonglei has thought of this level, not to mention Huang Zhongjun, and he has thought even further.
"If only this was enough!"
"Brother, what do you mean?"
"Today, Li Qian can cooperate with several theaters and get more benefits. What about directors such as Ma Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou, Cheng Kaige, and Xu Ke? Seeing that Li Qian has tasted the sweetness, will they follow suit and fund their own films and jointly
Released by several theaters."
Huang Zhongjun said, his face became extremely ugly.
"this..."
Huang Zhonglei reacted and realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Probably not."
"Why not? Li Qian earns twice as much as Guang Xian for each movie. Do you think Ma Xiaogang and other directors are not jealous of him?"
If Li Qian cooperates with other theaters and earns more, who can guarantee that other directors will not stop thinking about it!"
This is fatal. The theater chain only has projection resources and lacks film and television production and publicity capabilities. Even if it wants to start a company, it cannot find suitable projects.
However, this is exactly what great directors possess. Their films do not worry about publicity issues and attract countless media and audience attention as soon as they are released.
The two complement each other perfectly!
Huang Zhongjun's face became increasingly ugly, "Even if they don't think so far, who can guarantee that the theater chain will not go to them and spend a lot of money to buy them off."
In order to invite Ma Xiaogang to make a movie about the earthquake, the Tangshan government did not hesitate to sponsor 50 million yuan, which is enough to show the influence of the great director.
Once Li Qian's model is successful, other theater chains will definitely focus on Ma Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou and the others.
There are more benefits, and you can become your own boss. Who wouldn't be tempted?
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Li Qian's unintentional move made Huang Zhongjun mentally scold his ancestors for eighteen generations.
The two of them did not stay in Tangshan for long and immediately returned to the capital.
At around 10 o'clock in the evening, they had already met with Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Zhang Weiping, and Xingmei's boss Qin Hong in a private club.
"Li Qian broke the rules!"
Huang Zhongjun made a fist with his right hand and slammed it on the table. He placed a hat directly on Li Qian's head, finalizing the matter.
The four company CEOs did not deny it. When they learned the news, they also thought of the deeper impact, and their hearts were no better than Huang Zhongjun's.
Especially Zhang Weiping, the entire New Picture is completely supported by Zhang Yimou. Without Zhang Yimou, there would be no New Picture. The dependence is much stronger than any other company.
"We must not let him do it!"
It can be said that Zhang Weiping has offended all the theater chains and criticized half of the people in the circle. He cannot imagine how he will be able to work in the future if Zhang Yimou is bewitched for more benefits and the temptation of becoming his own boss.
The film industry is here to stay.
"This is a violation of the rules of the entire industry. He must be suppressed and cannot start this way!"
Zhang Weiping said sternly, and then looked at Wang Changtian, "I don't know how Mr. Wang did it, even a young man can't do it!"
Wang Changtian did not expect such an occasion. Zhang Weiping would also make trouble in public. In addition, "Shangcheng" was named and ridiculed. New and old grudges were added together, and a pair of small eyes were filled with chills.
Seeing that Wang Changtian was about to have an attack, Huang Zhonglei quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Mr. Wang, don't be angry. Mr. Zhang doesn't know that you and Li Qian have not signed any contract. In my opinion, Li Qian has been planning this for a long time. This person is too thoughtful. When I met him in Donghua
At that time, I realized that it was not a good thing."
Although Yu Dong had been scolded by Zhang Weiping for many years and had a long-standing grudge, which could be regarded as a feud, he still came out to smooth things over at this time.
Qin Hong was also advising from the side.
As one of the four major TV broadcast giants at that time, he dealt with hundreds of TV stations across the country, and encountered various difficulties and suppressions from various provincial optoelectronics, TV stations, peers, and media.
But in the end, he killed all the other three giants in one fell swoop, dominating the television communication industry, and allowed Guangxian to produce programs on more than 300 TV stations across the country. Wang Changtian is also a very tolerant person.
Getting angry is the most useless thing. It will only make the other person see your gaffe, which will make them happier.
Only by completely defeating the opponent is the best counterattack, even if this counterattack will be a few years later.
Wang Changtian borrowed the donkey from the slope and did not have an attack, but Zhang Weiping became a little disdainful and looked down upon him more and more.
But business matters are important, and I won’t be unyielding when I have the advantage.