"Zhang Yimou... Hasn't he been cooperating with Zhang Weiping all the time? The two of them have a conflict?"

"It's also normal, one is a businessman, the other is a director with artistic pursuits, and the two are fundamentally different... It's a miracle to be able to work together for 16 years!"

Shen Mengxi nodded: "The two of them broke up, and it's completely out of play!"

"Tell me about it?"

"Part of it is because of the money, the sharing of "Three Guns", Zhang Weiping has been dragging it out and not giving it to him..."

"How much?"

"It seems like 15 million..."

15 million...

Ning Hao, a few of them didn't know what to say...

Not because it's too high, but... It's too low!

Those here, even Guo Fan, directed "My Girlhood", after the big hit, because he is a rookie director, the basic director of up to 8 points of the account, that is also 12 million income, to "The Heartbreaker", although it has not yet been released, but his studio has invested 20%, if the box office exceeds 100 million, you can activate the basic account of 5 points...

Not to mention Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and Yang Qing.

"Lucky Key", director Ning Hao's account sharing is close to 30 million...

Zhang Yimou, such a big-name director, only 15 million accounts?

"Why is it only 15 million?"

Shen Mengxi shrugged: "... I don't know, maybe there is a problem with the partner..."By the way, I added: "He has been working with Zhang Weiping for so many years, and it seems that the total income is only 11 million..."

Ning Hao glanced at Xu Zheng, then at Yang Qing, Guo Fan...

The four of them were collectively silent...

Mengxi is now doing projects, and several of its directors are working with the company in the form of a studio for a long time.

The project is shared, the studio makes the film project well, the company is responsible for investment and distribution, and the final income is shared proportionally.

This is the same as the Hollywood producer, and the Hollywood producer work system is like this - the producer finds a good project, the studio is responsible for investment, distribution, and the profit is divided proportionally.

There is a little difference, the current projects are basically proposed by the Mengxi screenwriting team and Shen Mengxi himself, so the studio accounts for 25% of the highest...

But if the studio brings its own projects, it can account for up to 50%...

To do business, appropriate concessions are a must!

Shen Mengxi knows very well that even if he can pull for a while by relying on his feelings, it is impossible to bind everyone.

Of course, it is impossible to get used to them, and you can't make people pampered and arrogant.

Xu Zheng sighed with emotion: "I really didn't expect that a director as big as Zhang Yimou would be owed salary..."

"Listen to me," Shen Mengxi waved his hand: "After listening to what Zhang Weiping did, if you were Zhang Yimou, you would also leave!"

Shen Mengxi continued: "Not only is the salary in arrears, Zhang Weiping sold the TV adaptation rights of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" behind Zhang Yimou's back!"

"Didn't share his money?"

“... This is not the key, the key is that Lao Mouzi bought the copyright through the new picture, he has a good relationship with Yan Ling, and Yan Ling sold him the movie and TV copyrights at a low price, he promised at the time that after the movie is finished, the TV series copyright will be returned to Yan Ling, he is worried that the TV series will be released before the movie, which will affect the movie, and after the movie is finished, the TV series copyright will not be repaid to Yan Ling, and he can also return to Yan Ling. ”

"Zhang Weiping sold the TV rights behind his back... This... Isn't that an unrighteousness to him?"

"More than that," Shen Mengxi sneered: "The jade ink of "Thirteen Hairpins", Zhang Yimou wants to use Nini, Zhang Weiping designated that Han Xiting... Because of Zhang Yimou's insistence, Han Xiting played Yichun, but Zhang Weiping said that the heroine of the next drama must use her, which touched Zhang Yimou's bottom line!"

"Why?"

Shen Mengxi was speechless: "... What, why, and why?"

"Does that Han Xiting have any background?"

“... How do I know, Zhang Yimou doesn't want to say more!"

Ning Hao cared about another question: "The next play, what play?"

"It's not decided yet..."

Now Xu Zheng couldn't bear it anymore: "This thing is not only interfering with creation, it simply treats Zhang Yimou as a tool!"

"This is called putting himself in the wrong position, Zhang Weiping was originally a drug seller, just an investor, and the media boasted that Erzhang opened up the road to Chinese blockbusters, he really thought that he was also a hero!"

"That..."

"Wait for "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" to be released, anyway, I didn't sign any contract... By the way, I'll tell you something!"

Shen Mengxi suddenly lowered his voice.

"What's the matter?"

"Ah Mou has two sons and two daughters! Three of them were born at the age of fifty!"

"Damn, awesome!"

"Lao Ji Fu Fang, unlimited energy!"

"I used to hear that Zhang Yimou was very energetic, and when he was making a movie, he watched it every day after filming, and pulled the staff together to discuss, the kind that could make the screenwriter and actors fall asleep..."

Speaking of which, everyone's excited...

Men, you don't care about size, but you must have energy!

Of course, you can't be too delicate, otherwise, you will only attack the periphery, and the inner layer will still be brand new.

......

Shen's mother's private restaurant is called Shaanxi Weiju, and the top dish is stewed soft-shelled turtle with ginseng qi...

The cauldron was stewed, and several people each served a bowl of soup and chatted while drinking.

Shen Mengxi said the purpose of this gathering: "Director Tong told me a few days ago that I would shoot a main theme work..."

"The main theme?"

"Well, I thought it was okay, I always wanted to count the stars and play!"

"What are you going to shoot?

Shen Mengxi shook his head: "It's too political, it's boring, and I can't shoot it well! If I want to shoot, I will start with the times and small people, this is the outline I wrote, you see..."

Saying that, he sent the outline of the five stories of "My Motherland and Me" to the four directors...

Ning Hao's eyes lit up: "... Are you taking a picture of each of you?"

"That's right, five stories, corresponding to five eras - me and my motherland!"

"Interesting..."

Shen Mengxi nodded: "It's good to be interesting, which one to shoot, you pick your own, the story, find a screenwriter to write, let's talk about it first, five stories, the longest can not exceed 30 minutes..."

Ning Hao spoke first: "I'll come to this "Hello Beijing"!"

"On the eve of my country..."

Guo Fan asked: "Let's listen to the dragon... Was it an atomic bombing?"

"Yes!"

"Then I'll come!"

Yang Qing looked at a few clips: "Return... I'll shoot it. ”

It's almost all picked, and there is still the big proposition of "Reform and Opening-up", that is-Hello Xiaoping...

Shen Mengxi thought for a while: "Hello Xiaoping, give it to Zhang Yimou!"

"Zhang Yimou also wants to participate?"

"Of course, this is a gift film, and Ah Mou has always been very grateful to Xiaoping, if he hadn't taken office to resume the college entrance examination, Ah Mou would still be a worker in the eighth cotton spinning factory!"

"National Day release?"

"Yes, the gift film, of course, it will be released on National Day!"

Xu Zheng was anxious: "Then my "Thai Embarrassment"..."

"Work hard, just use the actors of "Thai Embarrassment", Huang Bo and Wang Baobao, it's really not good, you can do it yourself. ”

"Aren't you going to shoot?"

"I'll forget it, let's hang up a producer... By the way, whoever you want to use, no matter that actor, report the name, I'll help you find it, if they don't want to, I'll find Tong Gang..."

This is a tribute film, in addition to the basic shooting costs, the director's salary and actor's salary are negligible.

Otherwise, even if the box office is one billion, it will not be enough to return to the cost.

Speaking of this, Shen Mengxi thought of something, looked at Ning Hao, and then said: "By the way, you can cut "No Man's Land" again, add some content, and the ending will be a little sunny, giving people a little hope, and then I will submit it for review..."

"Can it be done?"

"It's not a big problem, there's nothing wrong with passing the review, I'm wondering when it's the right time to release it..."