"Xiao Ning, I'll tell you the truth, with the company's current financial situation, it can only support the investment of one movie at most, and it is difficult for me......"

Two weeks after Li Mo handed over the 'plot synopsis' that he had driven out overnight to Ning Hao, in the reception room of the headquarters of the Imperial Capital Mustang Galloping Company, a middle-aged man in his forties with a sturdy figure was complaining to Ning Hao with a look of embarrassment.

On his right-hand side, there is still Ning Hao's script with the fragrance of ink.

…… Judging from the traces on the surface of the script, it seems that it has not been carefully read at all.

"Mr. Li, my investment in this book is really not big, at most 40 million, uh no, the company will pay 30 million, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, their directors, and actors' salaries can be converted into the cost, and ......we will talk about it after the movie is released."

"Xiao Ning, what are you talking about?" After listening to Ning Hao's words, Mr. Li not only did not feel pleased, but changed his face, "The company treats every signed director equally, and will not blacklist you because your last work did not meet expectations, the company has a special script review department......"

Speaking of this, Li Ming also felt that what he said just now seemed to be a little suspicious of wanting to cover up, so he opened his mouth to make up for it: "That's it, Xiao Ning, you leave this script first, I'll take the time to urge the script review side to hurry up and take a look, and when the result is available, let's talk about it in detail, what do you think of this?"

The series of words of 'take time', 'hurry up', 'take a look', and 'wait for the results' were like a swarm of buzzing flies, constantly lingering in Ning Hao's ears.

At this time, Ning Hao's mind seemed to suddenly remember a lot of words hidden in the depths of his memory that he was reluctant to mention.

"You are no longer the genius director when you made the "Crazy Stone" series, and you have messed up two productions of more than 50 million in a row, do you know how much loss you have brought to the company?"

"Are film and television media companies all open charities?"

"The company signed a contract with you to make money, and whoever can make money for the company will get the company's weight, what's so strange about that?"

"I can't see the situation clearly, you deserve to be unlucky!"

…………

"Xiao Ning, Xiao Ning, what's wrong with you?

Li Ming felt that what he said just now was already a rare patience, but what was the situation with Ning Hao's current appearance of neither accepting nor objecting?

If Li Ming hadn't been very sure that the man in front of him was still awake, maybe he would have called an ambulance.

If this guy has a myocardial infarction and hangs in his office, won't his office become a murderous house?

"I didn't ...... It's okay, Mr. Li," Ning Hao shook his head, picked up the script that was put aside and stood up, "Mr. Li, what you just said makes sense, I'...... I'll go back and polish this book well.,When I have the opportunity, I'll ask Mr. Li to take a look.。 ”

"It's okay," to be able to make Ning Hao retreat by himself, Li Ming naturally couldn't ask for it, "Xiao Ning, you still have talent, you were indeed a little impetuous before, and sometimes, it is not a bad thing for young people to encounter a little setback." ”

"Yes, Mr. Li has a point. ”

In the blink of an eye, he had already become a 'young man', even though Ning Hao was in a bad mood, he almost laughed out loud because of this title.

A perfunctory reply, Ning Hao left the reception room with the script.

When he walked downstairs, Ning Hao turned his head and looked at the gilded characters of 'Wild Horse Galloping' on the outer wall of the building with emotion, and a wry smile of relief appeared on the corner of his mouth......

I don't know how long it took, Ning Hao let out a long breath, took out the phone and dialed a familiar number......

"Lao Xu, do you know where Molong Media's office is in the imperial capital? I want to see if I can talk to their person in charge about my script......

………………

After Ning Hao left, Li Ming sat on the sofa in a daze.

If he could, why would he want to treat Ning Hao like this?

But the wild horse galloping is his painstaking efforts for more than ten years.

Li Ming kept telling himself: "Be cruel to Ning Hao, officially in order to make the rest of the company's employees live better." ”

At some point, a white-collar beauty in her thirties walked into the reception room.

She opened a few documents and put them in front of Li Ming, and then called softly: "Mr. Li, these documents need your signature." ”

In the call of the white-collar beauty, Li Ming finally returned to normal.

He was silent for a moment after hastily signing his name on the document brought by the white-collar beauty, and finally made a final decision: "Lifang, if Ning Hao brings the script to ask for the budget of the new film in the future, you can just say that I am not there." ”

The white-collar beauty, that is, Zhong Lifang, the general manager of the wild horse galloping, seemed to have a little disagreement with Li Ming's words, and after thinking about it for a while, she still asked tentatively: "Mr. Li, Director Ning is also the old man of our company, so ...... Wouldn't it be a little ...... Not so good?"

"Old man, are you old enough to be with me?" Li Ming waved his hand and motioned Zhong Lifang not to continue talking about this topic, "Don't talk about "No Man's Land", "The Great Gold Robbery" has made the company lose 30 million, and now he is still asking for investment to make films, how can I not be cautious." ”

"Mr. Li, I still think it's a bit risky to smash most of the company's funds on Wu Yusen's "Taiping Wheel", which is 40 million...... Dollars. ”

As the general manager in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Mustang Gallop, Zhong Lifang seems to be less in favor of putting all his eggs in one basket.

"Wu Yusen's previous works have a basic plate of at least 200 million, not to mention that we don't fully bear the 40 million US dollars, and there are other companies involved......" Li Ming waved his hand indifferently, "I have already decided to invest in "Taiping Wheel", you just need to do the specific things well." ”

"Understood, Mr. Li!"

Zhong Lifang's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to open his mouth and agree.

But there is always a question lingering in her heart: "Is it really a correct decision to reject Ning Hao's script?"

………………

"The decision was certainly the right one. ”

In the small building in the magic capital, Li Mo was arranging his next work plan in the notebook, and at the same time he had a video conference with Zong Shuai.

After nearly 50 days of filming, "Happy Death Day" was completed yesterday.

Although the time is close to July, "Happy Death Day" was originally scheduled to be released in early September, so in Li Mo's opinion, he still has more than enough time on his hands.

If there are no accidents, he will return to the imperial capital in a few days to start the post-production of "Happy Death Day".

As for today's meeting, it can only be regarded as a small episode.

As Li Mo expected, Mustang Galloping really rejected Ning Hao's investment request.

After thinking about it for less than twenty minutes, Ning Hao sent the script of "Heart Flower Road" to Zong Shuai's desk through Xu Zheng's relationship.

Due to the fact that Li Mo has long been instructed, and Molong's current demand for professionals in all aspects is indeed very strong, the negotiation of this cooperation between the two sides is going very smoothly.

After only a round of lightning negotiations, Ning Hao signed a contract with Molong Media - the two sides will spend 40 million yuan to shoot "Heart Flower Road" at a ratio of 75:25.

It wasn't until the contract was signed and handed over to the legal department for the record that Zong Shuai felt that the investment was too smooth, so smooth that he was a little unsure.

"I have also participated in Director Ning's script, as long as the actors don't go wrong, the chance of success is very high. Li Mo said with a smile, "I can see that Ning Hao regards this movie as his hope of turning over, not to mention that his director's salary has also been smashed in, he can't be careless." ”

"I'm relieved when you say that," although through the video, Zong Shuai's feeling of breathing out can still be felt very clearly, "Xiaomo, you ......"

Just as Zong Shuai was about to continue, his cell phone rang.

When he returned to the camera after answering the phone, Zong Shuai's face was obviously not very good.

"Brother Zong, is something wrong?"

Li Mo asked casually.

"That call just now was from Fat Di's brokerage team leader from "Shanshan is Coming"," Zong Shuai hesitated for a moment, and finally continued," she said...... She said that Fat Di wanted to leave the crew......"