"Qin Dong, why?"

Lu Chuan looked at Qin Hong in disbelief, before he supported himself to shoot "Nanjing, Nanjing", and in the past five years, Xingmei Group has more than once reported that it is going to withdraw its investment, and Qin Hong has come forward to keep the project.

80 million cash, thrown into a huge risk and a long life of the project, you can imagine how much pressure exerted by Xingmei and various shareholders.

In this way, Qin Hong did not let these pressures be transferred to Lu Chuan, and completely protected the crew from the outside world, otherwise the movie would have been aborted halfway.

But now why did he refuse to invest when he read the script, Qin Hong was very interested when he revealed his thoughts before.

Lu Chuan couldn't figure it out.

Qin Hong sighed in his heart, and said with a little regret, "You also know that the group's business centers in the past two years have been placed on the theater line, and it is preparing to step up the construction of cinemas. ”

Lu Chuan didn't know what was going on, he was still fighting, "Dong Qin, including the cost of publicity, I only need a cost of 80 million, and it will be released in the summer next year, and then I can return the funds to invest in the construction of the theater." ”

The corners of Qin Hong's mouth twitched, "only" 80 million, as if "Nanjing" also said so.

Qin Hong sighed, "Now that the film market is developing so fast, a movie theater's revenue for a year cannot afford to delay, and all major theater chains are increasing the construction of theaters, Xingmei must maintain the advantage of being the largest theater chain in China." ”

Lu Chuan still didn't give up, "Then we can borrow from the bank, and there should be no problem with half of the loan." ”

Qin Hong shook his head and stopped Lu Chuan, who was still going to say something.

"Director Lu, do you know that the theater company under the group is going to go public?"

"I've heard of it. Lu Chuan said in a sullen voice, not knowing what this had to do with his movie.

"Since the successful listing of Huayi, Berner and Guangxian are preparing for listing, and it is estimated that it will be the next two years, and the listing of our cinema chain is inevitable. ”

"Since we want to go public, we must give results, and it is necessary to speed up the steps of building a cinema, which is also the requirement of all shareholders. ”

Lu Chuan has nothing to say now, Xingmei must focus on listing, if the funds are spent elsewhere, and even the scale of the largest cinema chain in China is overtaken, the impact on the listing will be huge.

After all, the first and the second are completely different.

Although he always felt that something was wrong, Lu Chuan couldn't figure it out, so he had to leave.

Came with confidence and returned disappointed.

Qin Hong looked at Lu Chuan's lost back and sighed.

What he said about speeding up the construction of movie theaters in order to go public is true, and it is also true that the group is not optimistic about Lu Chuan's movie, after all, he has just lost a lot of money.

But as the chairman of the group, it is not impossible for him to forcibly promote a project.

As for the 80 million, it is not a big problem for Xingmei.

In these groups in the entertainment industry, the market value and cash flow of Berner and Guangxian are really not as good as Xingmeiduo, and Huayi was far inferior before it went public.

Qin Hong glanced at the phone on the table, picked it up and dialed it out, and hung up after saying a few words.

He admires Lu Chuan, but first of all, he must ensure the interests of the group!

......

On Sunday the 26th, Huayi held a celebration press conference for the box office of "Chinese Partner" at the Hilton Hotel, which was renovated last year, near the diplomatic office building in Chaoyang District, not far from the company.

Now Tang An, who is 120 million yuan, will not hold a celebration press conference, if it weren't for publicity, he would want to wait for the break of 400 million, and even surpass "Transformers 2" before celebrating.

But in order to build momentum for the movie, there is no way.

That's how Tang An is, other movies break 50 million to celebrate, 80 million to celebrate, break 100 million and celebrate, a movie has to celebrate every few days.

At the press conference, Wang Zhongjun, Tang An, Zhao Jun and the leading actors of the crew all appeared, and some photos of the cinema began to flash on the big screen behind them.

There were queues to buy tickets to enter the venue, and there was a long queue in the waiting hall of the theater.

There are clips of the audience applauding at the end of the movie in the screening hall, and there are also videos of the audience outside the filmmaker being interviewed.

The period is interspersed with data, 27.5 million on the first day, 118.5 million in the first week... So far, it has exceeded 300 million in 16 days.

In the end, everyone smashed the huge ice sculpture engraved with the words 323500000.

Yesterday Saturday, "Chinese Partner" once again received 15 million box office, and the total box office also rose to 323.5 million, which is only one step away from the Chinese film box office champion of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".

Then came the usual impressions and reporters' questions, all of which were commonplace.

In these days when the movie was released, I don't know how many times I asked almost all the topics I could find.

Almost all of them are questions about whether they have the confidence to break 400 million and surpass "Transformers".

By the way, it has been 24 days since the release of "Transformers 2", and it has taken 11 million box office in five days, with a total box office of exactly 399 million, and tomorrow it will become the first 400 million-level movie in the mainland.

The other questions were to make himself respond to Lu Chuan's criticisms, and Tang An only left one sentence for this.

"Everyone has a different opinion about movies, and there are still people in this world who don't love money, and it is natural that the movies I make will not satisfy everyone. ”

"As long as I make a movie that most of the audience likes, in their understanding, there is no such thing as what Director Lu said, I can only say that everyone understands in different directions, and I can't help it if I have to understand it this way, I can only say that his thoughts are different from most audiences. ”

There was a wave of sarcasm in secret, Tang An didn't say much, and the press conference lasted for more than two hours before it ended.

"Congratulations, Director Tang!"

"Congratulations to Director Tang, another movie with a box office of 300 million!"

"Director Tang's total box office must be 1 billion, it's only been a few years, it's really embarrassing!"

"It's all 1.1 billion, Tang An only used 6 movies to get a box office of 1.1 billion, it's amazing!"

"Come on, come on, everyone toast Director Tang, and salute our director with the highest total box office in China!"

......

After receiving a round of compliments and greetings, Tang An drank three glasses in a row, confessed to everyone, and came to Wang Zhongjun's side, beside him was Qin Hong, chairman of Xingmei.

"Wang Dong, Qin Dong. Tang An and each of them had a drink.

"Congratulations to Director Tang, this year's box office champion is stable!" Qin Hong took a sip with a smile.

After a few idle words, he got down to business.

"Director Tang, when is the new film expected to start, I'm so ready to prepare. Qin Hong looked at the two of them and asked.

Tang An pointed to his head and said with a smile, "I already have a rough idea in my head, and I will start writing the script first after a week of rest after this busy time, and it is estimated that it will take a while." ”

Qin Hong smiled, "I'm very much looking forward to this cooperation with Director Tang." ”

Wang Zhongjun next to him also smiled, "With the addition of Qin Dong, I can't ask for it." ”

Tang An joked, "Dong Qin, I am a big production this time, and the production cost is at least 200 million, so don't be stingy when the time comes." ”

"Haha, of course, I'm relieved to hand over the money to Director Tang!"

......

Tang An smiled and chatted with them, of course, he made the investment in Lu Chuan's new film.

With his current status, it is too cheap to talk to a Lu Chuan, and he loses his identity.

It just so happened that he was estimated to leave Huayi in his next movie, and brought Xingmei in, he and Wang Zhongjun each gave 5 points of investment, and also let the other party jointly distribute it.

Between Tang An and Lu Chuan, they knew how to choose with their eyes closed.

Although the 10% investment share and the issuance fee of up to 4% are not much profitable, they are definitely a booster for the soon-to-be-listed Xingmei Cinema Line.

Even if the investment and issuance is a head office, and the listed company is only a cinema branch, it is also a great benefit, after all, it is called Xingmei.

Wang Zhongjun did not refuse to let the investment share of 5 points and half of the distribution fee, after all, the production cost alone is more than 200 million, and the publicity fee may be 300 million.

Xingmei controls the largest cinema chain in China, and Qin Hong also promised to fully support the distribution after the release, and all its cinemas will screen Tang An's movie around the clock.

As for Tang An, the whole Lu Chuan was just incidental, and he didn't expect that Lu Chuan's movie, which was originally released in 12 years, would start preparations now.

After all, he may have to leave Huayi at the end of the year, and if Wang Zhongjun is unhappy and wants to do something, there is still a star beauty here.

For Xingmei, the most important thing next year is the launch of the cinema, and Tang'an's project is very important to them.

Lu Chuan will wait a few more years, anyway, "South View" was filmed for five years, and "The King's Feast" was originally a 12-year film.