In the office, the teams on both sides sat on one side, at first they just got to know each other, and then they prepared the teams that needed to be organized, Lu Ze sat in the first place, leaned on the back of the chair in a slightly lazy posture, drank a sip of takeaway coffee, and his hands were not idle, and he flicked the decompression top between his fingers from time to time, which seemed a little boring and redundant.

After all, he is not a practitioner of business negotiations, and he does not have a deep understanding of this knowledge, let alone intervene in this negotiation, the purpose of his existence is only to deter the other party, to win a greater voice for his own side, and in this very harmonious, not sabre-rattling situation, his deterrent effect is basically equal to zero, there is no practical significance.

Lu Zefang's negotiator took the lead in speaking, first thanking the Blue Taiwan side for its willingness to sponsor Universal Brothers Pictures, and hoped that the negotiations could be reached amicably.

This contract is actually very simple, one is to send money to a few people to complete their initial international star-making plan, and the other party is really close to the money, and does not mind the investor stuffing two people.

The details of both sides have been figured out, and there is no need to find too many professionals to judge, for the hard power of Lantai in China, Universal Brothers is very satisfied, and the other party is also satisfied with the answer sheet handed over by Universal Brothers Pictures in film history recently.

After the friendly talks, it was to explain his wishes, and Lu Zefang took the lead in expressing his needs, first of all, the sponsorship fee of 3 million euros, which is about 25 million euros according to the exchange rate of more than 1 to 7 points, and after deducting taxes, it is expected to fall into the hands of the Universal Brothers more than 2.5 million euros.

Lu Ze noticed Director Du Mei's face, there were no emotional fluctuations, as if it had only cost more than 2,000 yuan, and there was no trace of pain in his eyes.

After all, the main funds and advertising costs of a column group will be spent on the invited guests and mentors, plus the cost of stage effects, channel publicity, etc., and the funds are usually in short supply, so Lu Ze has reason to guess that the money that falls on the account of Global Brothers should be the company behind the contestants, and may even have to take out a part of it himself.

After all, money is easy to earn and easy to spend, and channels are rare, Lantai has a channel to go abroad, so there is no need to worry about no one rushing to participate in the competition at his own expense, and Lu Ze does not need to investigate where this money came from, as long as it is legal, he will naturally dare to spend it.

It's just that according to Lantai's urine ability to eat people and not spit out bones, perhaps, not only does the channel require the players to pay for themselves, it is estimated that they also have to earn a part of it, acting as a middleman to earn the difference between the players and the Universal Brothers, this money is not from Du Mei, of course she will not feel distressed.

During the filming, it is not allowed to leave the group without authorization, let alone take on commercial performances without permission, until the closed shooting is completed, and the director approves that they can leave the group, and then they must cooperate with the promotion of the film, and still ensure that they are on call and cannot shirk.

This point, Chinese actors are relatively good at complying with it, and it is rare to hear of any Chinese actor who dares to take on private work when he enters the group, or even play a big name, of course, this is not allowed in the international and domestic markets.

But this must also be clearly written in the contract, no one can say whether there will be such a strange thing in the crew, if it is just a verbal agreement, many artists may have some unhappiness with the director for commercial performances and endorsements, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, that's it.

The third point is that this money is only used for sponsorship, and the film will display the LOGO of Lantai in some scenes as a thank you for sponsorship, but it must be said in advance that this money can only be sponsorship, not investment, and Lantai cannot ask Universal Brothers Pictures to change the script or usurp the director's shooting power on the grounds of investment.

Fourth, the actor's salary is paid by Universal Brothers Pictures, and the specific amount is paid according to the international reputation, not based on the Chinese salary, and cannot participate in the film dividend award.

To be honest, these conditions are very harsh for the champions, it is a competition, and it is a group that only enters by spending money to rely on relationships, but the salary is just a low-income subsistence, and the dividends are not their share.

But the problem is that the price offered by any Western film company is the same, not because Universal Brothers is stingy or regards Asian actors as cheap labor, on the contrary, Universal Brothers is definitely the fairest and most kind company to Asian actors in the entire Western film industry.

It can only be said that the current activities of Chinese actors in the international arena are in a state of inadequacy, the older generations are no longer taking on the play, and the small ones are not famous, so they can only make a lot of money at a loss.

First of all, you have no international fame, no hard fans, let alone any box office appeal, no matter how good you are in China, you are still an eighteenth-tier artist outside, don't say anything about domestic box office appeal, it is not possible for other people's movies to be released in China, it is completely meaningless to refer to your box office appeal ability in China, unless you are sure to be released in China, you will be temporarily given some dividends, otherwise it is like taking so much in China?

The last project intention is because this contract is only a contract between Universal Brothers and Blue Terrace, although you have to sign another contract with the artist at that time, but the salary and structure have to go according to the contract with Blue Channel, and if the actor is dissatisfied with these terms, he can also choose to withdraw, and Universal Brothers Pictures will not pursue his breach of contract.

In other words, everyone can understand, that is, the contract is like this, whether you like to act or not, if you don't act, I won't let you lose money, but you have to give me the sponsorship fee that should be given.

In good conscience, this contract is indeed a bit overbearing, and it doesn't treat Lantai and those contestants on an equal footing at all, but Lu Ze thought carefully about the contestants, and indeed went out to make movies to mix with the level of subsistence, if it wasn't for filming in Universal Brothers, the subsistence would not be earned, and the iron still needs to be hard, Lu Ze just helped the contestants speak, and he couldn't find a suitable reason.

Secondly, his own conditions have just been said, and there is still a lot of room to talk, relatively excessive requirements, just to ensure that his own interests can be maximized after negotiation, Lu Ze knows the details, understands where the bottom line of Global Brothers is, in fact, the minimum contract is actually very fair, but it is in an angle of taking money to help you do things, far less aggressive than now, but it still depends on the strength of the negotiation team of Lantai, whether it can talk about that step.

Now, Lu Ze just regrets that he didn't resist Mickey's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and agreed to this drudgery, he can't ask for a lower contract standard, otherwise he will slap himself in the face, but if the level of the negotiation team in Lantai is not good, maybe they have put themselves in a disadvantaged position, and then they are not demanding, so if it spreads, Lu Ze will be more or less evaluated by people inside and out.

sighed secretly, took out his phone and sent a text message to Mickey: "Don't ask too much, let them be a little more lenient." ”

The message quickly replied: "I understand, but you also have to know that if we don't be tougher, many people will get an inch, and they will definitely not dare to blow up your hair with you, but if you use your patriotic enthusiasm as a hole card and give you a soft knife, will you eat this trick?" I don't have a little foundation in Huaxia, and I definitely don't have as much benefit as you get from being there, so I can only ask you, yes, you are from Huaxia, but this is just an ordinary business negotiation, far from involving the country's position, if the preferential contract to the other party is considered patriotic, then this love is too narrow, it is better not to come to the penny, otherwise, this is more like a charity, and it can't be called your feedback to the Huaxia film industry. ”

Lu Ze didn't reply, he also knew what Mickey meant, put away his phone, and just heard what Du Mei said next.

"The contract of more than 20 million yuan can't be made with a mouth, just in the presence of Mr. Lu, we analyzed it one by one, first of all, let's discuss the first article, the sponsorship fee of three million euros, first of all, the film is divided into upfront funds, Post-funding, as well as publicity funds, if we let us take out 25 million to give to the crew, it may be more difficult for our project team, after all, all aspects of the funds are very scarce, I want to discuss with you, can our sponsorship costs be classified as the use of publicity funds, such as publicity in the Chinese market, or marketing, after all, we are a publicity channel, with a large number of publicity contacts, if more than 20 million publicity funds by our professional team to do, such a large amount of funds will play a very good effect。 ”

Sure enough, after Universal Brothers Pictures showed their swords, Du Mei's gang also showed their minions, and suddenly, Lu Ze had no desire to listen to it anymore, and withdrew from the patriotic point of view, calmly looking at the hypocrisy and grievances of both sides.

After taking the last sip of coffee, he got up under the gaze of everyone and left the conference room, he had already played the role of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and now there was no room to show it anymore, it was better to leave, so as not to get more headaches the more he listened.

As soon as he went out, he went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and turned around to go to the recording hall to chat with his old acquaintances, but found that an unexpected figure was standing in front of him.

"Fourth brother?"

"Why? I still don't recognize your fourth brother? You kid is also interesting, come to your fourth brother's territory, and I have to let your fourth brother come and invite you, your face is really big." ”

"Where, didn't I hear that you were busy with meetings in the past two days, and I didn't dare to disturb you, delaying your work is delaying the work of several stations, if I was looking for you to talk about homely things and many units could not operate normally, I would make a big mistake. ”

"Hahaha, don't talk to me so weirdly, come and get to know Lantai's Director Zhao and Director Meng, two, this is my junior brother, my Jiu'er, I don't need to introduce him, right?"

The fourth senior brother Liu Xingbang was followed by two people, about fifty years old, and their bodies were slightly bloated, seeing that the fourth brother introduced himself to Lu Ze, he shook hands with Lu Ze enthusiastically.

"Teacher Lu, young and promising...... Not more than thirty this year?"

"In the 34th year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the teacher will never dare to be a teacher, and he has to learn more from the two directors, who are not old and have little knowledge, and I also ask the two directors to give advice. ”

"Look at Lao Meng, when we are as big as Mr. Lu, the achievements we have made are far less prominent than Mr. Lu's, I don't dare to teach, I can only say that there are more exchanges, more contacts, and I also hope that Mr. Lu can share some valuable experience of foreign TV stations, and we will also learn more and add more spiritual entertainment projects to the audience. ”

"The two teachers are right, we can come and go more and move around more, this is my business card, smile, smile......"

The change of nickname in a few words made the two directors very happy, took Lu Ze's business card with both hands, and didn't stay long, said goodbye to the fourth brother and Lu Ze with a smile, and turned to leave, while the fourth brother took Lu Ze and walked into his office in Lantai.

He lit a cigarette and threw the cigarette case to Lu Ze, the fourth brother sat on the master's chair and began to boil water, Lu Ze looked around the office, the decoration was very simple, not gorgeous, the most conspicuous thing may be the huge bookshelf that is two meters high and five meters wide.

"What kind of tea do you like to drink?"

"Forget it, fourth brother, since I came to you, my mouth has not been idle, I have been drinking tea, I have to drink half a bucket of water this day, I haven't exercised much, and my feet are swollen. ”

"There are too many words, let you pick and choose, how much you drink is your business, I can't send you two taels of tea. ”

There were only a few kinds of tea on the tea table, Lu Ze picked and chosen, and finally handed him a box of Longjing.

"Your kid's eyes are pointed, and you still say that if you don't drink, you will choose the best if you drink, right?"

"This has just passed Qingming, and it's time to come down after the fry, and I'm sorry for my mouth if I don't drink some Longjing, right?"

"Haha, why aren't you so poor with others, when will you leave?"

"Let's go in two o'clock, God, look at Master and Mother Song. ”

"No, it's eight o'clock tomorrow morning, the fourth brother will send you, drink with me tonight." ”

He didn't look up, poured boiling water into the teapot, but his words had a kind of majesty that was difficult to refuse, in the past, people who said the same thing were like this, that is, Lu Ze stood in front of the fourth brother, otherwise he would be like this.

"It's really not good, go to the imperial capital tonight, go and ask the master to say goodbye, see Lao Song's mother tomorrow morning, I should go back at noon, if you want to change it, it's more than just one change, it's troublesome, and the things on the British side are also urging, it's really busy." ”

"I'm so busy that I don't have the time to have a drink with the fourth brother, right? Okay, then I won't keep you, just tell the master, lest I have to take a plate and complain about me, saying that the old nine are here, and they will give people some water to drink and take them away." ”

"Fourth brother, don't worry about me, if I wasn't really busy, I wouldn't go to Master's place to stay overnight, and when the British side is done, we can drink as much as we want." ”

"Okay, it just so happened that the master told me two days ago that he would send it to him when the dragon well came down, and now I will save myself from the express delivery, now I will put it at the front desk, and you will go downstairs and take it away, just twenty pounds, don't give it all to the master, the old man is easy to secret, and there are for the second brother, the sixth and eighth brothers. ”

"Poof!How much?"

“......”