"Zhou Xingchi angrily reprimanded Huayi for not abiding by the contract and refusing to pay 70 million shares!"

According to the reporter's understanding, there is an additional agreement in the contract signed by Huayi Brothers and Zhou Xingchi, which stipulates that if the box office revenue of the film exceeds 500 million, Zhou Xingchi will be paid a certain share according to the proportion of the contract.

At present, the total box office of "Journey to the West" has reached 1.018 billion, and according to the contract details, Huayi will pay Zhou Xingchi about 70 million shares, but the two parties confirmed the contract in the email and did not finally sign it.

Wang Zhonglei, president of Huayi Brothers, told reporters that the box office income in the contract between the two parties refers to the box office income after excluding taxes and theater sharing, and the box office of 1.018 billion yuan received less than 500 million yuan, which did not meet the requirements of the contract!

"Zhou Xingchi was cheated with 70 million dividends, Huayi was blamed by all the audience, and the stock price plummeted by 7% at the opening!"

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Just after the Spring Festival, Hua Yi and Zhou Xingchi had such an incident, which made the film market, which had just been silent for a while, make waves again.

Huayi is a domestic film and television giant, Zhou Xingchi is a top director, and "Journey to the West" has just become the sixth Chinese film in China to break one billion at the box office.

Both sides were in the limelight in the just-concluded Spring Festival, and the disagreement over the box office share broke out, which instantly became a hot topic.

Everyone was just media hype at first, but Zhou Xingchi did not deny it in the face of the interview, and Wang Zhonglei, the No. 2 person in Huayi, also responded positively when he was interviewed.

Things do exist!

Through the speculation and collection of information from all parties, as well as the screenshots of the email released by the Bigao Group, it is basically possible to determine the general course of the matter.

Roughly speaking: Zhou Xingchi and Huayi's email exchange began on July 9, 2012, and the release time of "Journey to the West" was February 9, 2013.

Huayi and Zhou Xingchi have long quarreled over the concept of 500 million box office, and exchanged more than 10 emails, but before the release of the film on January 19, 2013, they had agreed on "box office revenue for theatrical distribution".

Before the release of "Journey to the West" on January 21, 2013, Huayi Brothers sent an email saying, "We basically have no problem with the contract. You can sign it at any time."

On February 6, 2013, before the release of "Journey to the West", Huayi Brothers sent an email saying, "Today is almost noon, and I just learned that Mr. Wang is the last working day this morning, so I am very sorry that there is no way to provide the contract signed by Huayi before the Lunar New Year." After coordination, the signing and approval procedures of other leaders will be completed before the Lunar New Year. ”

On February 9, 2013, "Journey to the West" was released, and the box office was red, but he did not reply to Zhou Xingchi to sign a contract after that.

Judging from the emails revealed by the Bigao Group, that's basically it.

Obviously, everyone understands that this contract has been delayed for a long time and has not been signed.

And Wang Zhonglei insisted that the box office revenue in the contract refers to the sharing data obtained by the distributor, not the box office data.

In just one or two days, Huayi suddenly became the target of public criticism, and the stock price fell by 7% on the first day, although it did crisis public relations, but now the stock price has fallen by 5%.

Zhou Xingchi did not invite a water army, and the media and netizens who denounced Huayi on the Internet were completely spontaneous, and Zhou Xingchi's personality charm and appeal were undoubtedly revealed.

Of course, most of those media are purely trying to make things bigger, so they are all on the opposite side of Huayi.

Under the official Weibo of Huayi Brothers and the Weibo of the Wang Brothers, a large group of netizens left messages, claiming that as long as it is a movie invested by Huayi in the future, they will not watch it.

Others shouted for Hua Yi to return the money, claiming that their movie tickets were for Xing Ye, not for Hua Yi.

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Of course, the major companies are happy to see Huayi's matter, and they can't wait for Wang Zhongjun to be anxious.

Berner Film Group, Yu Dongdu almost laughed out loud.

"God is really helping us, originally I was thinking about how to persuade Wang Zhongjun to work together to make a sequel to "Shocking Demon Thieves", but I didn't expect this to happen now. ”

Chen Yongxiong, the COO of Bernard on the opposite side, also nodded with a smile, "Now Huayi's stock price has been greatly affected, and public opinion is on Zhou Xingchi's side, they urgently need a big news to divert the public's attention, and Huayi should not refuse at this time." ”

In the entertainment industry, the best way to cover up a piece of news is to make a bigger news, enough to divert everyone's attention.

"Shocking Demon Thieves" is a classic movie in Tang An's early years, although making a sequel will not completely cover up this matter, but it can also play a little role.

"In this way, sooner rather than later, Lao Chen, you personally make a plan for me, and I will meet Wang Zhongjun in the next two days. Yu Dong immediately decided.

"Okay, I have a clue too, and I should have a simple plan by tomorrow afternoon. ”

Chen Yongxiong nodded and prepared to leave.

But Yu Dong stopped him again.

"By the way, Lao Chen, are you familiar with Zhou Xingchi?"

Zhou Xingchi?

Chen Yongxiong worked as a program director at ATV, and Zhou Xingchi came out of TVB.

He also worked as the general manager of Uniasia Holdings, but it was Huanyu who invested in "Shaolin Football", not a company.

Zhou Xingchi's character, there are not many friends in Xiangjiang, most of them are people who have intersections in work, and Chen Yongxiong is really not familiar with it.

Chen Yongxiong thought for a while and said, "That's not what you have ever dealt with, what does Yu Dong mean?"

Yu Dong nodded and said, "With Zhou Xingchi's temper, if Wang Zhongjun really doesn't give that share, don't think about cooperating in the future, if Zhou Xingchi's film wants to be released in the mainland, you must find a new partner, and I will contact him after a while." ”

One billion box office, it is not a series, except for Tang An in China.

If Wang Zhongjun was really short-sighted and lost his cooperation with Zhou Xingchi for the 70 million, then Yu Dong would have died of laughter.

In addition to Huayi, these are the only companies that can release billion-level blockbusters in China, and Yu Dong certainly doesn't want to miss it.

Like Yu Dong, Wang Changtian of Guangxian Media also has the same plan.

Guangxian Media has been making small fights in recent years, and almost all of the investments are small and medium-cost films, and there are almost no movies with a cost of more than 100 million.

It's not that Wang Changtian is reluctant to give up money, it's just that the risk is too great.

If there is a box office guarantee of Zhou Xingchi, not to mention the cost of 100 million, he will dare to fight for 200 million!

Pony's Li Ming is the same, his Ning Hao is restless, the studio has changed its name to Bad Monkey, and several shell companies have been established.

Wu Yusen, another big-name director under it, is finally going to start a big-budget series since "Red Cliff", but who will have too many movies that can make money.

LeTV Zhang Zhao, Wan Daye Twist, Ah Li Zhang Wall... At this time, several major film and television companies in the mainland were all like sharks smelling fishy, ready to move, ready to take a bite of Zhou Xingchi's fat.

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Huayi Brothers Group, the party Wang Zhongjun is also worried about this matter.

70 million in cash, which is a big amount for any film and television company, of course he doesn't want to throw it away like this.

But he didn't expect that this incident had already caused a lot of impact, the stock price plummeted by 5 points, and Huayi's brand was also badly affected among netizens.

Although netizens are forgetful, after a while, there will be big news coming out, which will make them forget about it immediately.

But for a listed company, the corporate image is still very important.

On the one hand, he wanted money, and on the other hand, he wanted to erect a positive image, but Wang Zhongjun was entangled to death.

"Big brother, now that the impact has been done, even if we count the 70 million to Zhou Xingchi at this time, the adverse impact is still there!" Wang Zhonglei persuaded.

"Don't worry, I know it. ”

The idea of repaying the money just flashed in Wang Zhongjun's mind, and he was determined not to let go before, but now he admits that he was wrong, isn't this a slap in the face!

Although it is not a problem to slap yourself in the face by yourself, as long as the benefits are enough, let alone send it to the door to slap your face, even if you kneel down and call your father, it is not a problem.

Obviously, the current price is not enough for Wang Zhongjun to slap himself in the mouth.

"Zhonglei, the critical public relations can't be stopped, the situation can be controlled, it can't continue to spread, announce everything according to the contract, and let public opinion be on our side!" Wang Zhongjun said in a deep voice.

simply stubbornly to the end, the contract did not state, and this matter could not be relied on him, and it was reasonable to say anything.

Even if the follow-up cooperation with Zhou Xingchi is yellow, it will be a few years later.

If Zhou Xingchi's new film can be released next year or later during the Spring Festival, Wang Zhongjun will weigh it.

But Zhou Xingchi is now sharpening his sword for a few years, and he doesn't know when the next movie will be, so he simply takes the 70 million in his hand first.

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Tang An didn't expect that the contradiction between Zhou Xingchi and Hua Yi would be announced in front of the public now.

But there's nothing surprising about what will happen sooner or later.

Wang Zhongjun's share of more than 500 million box office revenue is simply hanging Zhou Xingchi, and when the box office didn't come out before, he couldn't sign a contract every few days.

As soon as the box office came out on the first day, more than 500 million was a certainty, so I stopped mentioning it, and I didn't reply to the email sent by Bigao Group.

At present, the contract has not been signed, and the terms and conditions have played with words, and it is actually a normal thing to put it in the mall.

It's not called a pit man, it's much more complicated than this in the mall.

For a few months, Bigao Group did not even sign the contract that had been negotiated, the terms were vague and not indicated, and a large part of the responsibility lay on the senior management of Bigao Group, who was responsible for signing the contract with Huayi.

To paraphrase a line from Zhou Xingchi in "Domestic Lingling Paint": I thought our relationship was based on feelings, but I didn't expect it to be a business.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Tang An left the company and came to a hotel in Xicheng District.

Everyone wants to strive to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi in the next movie, and Tang An is of course no exception.

Even if his next movie has a three-year cycle, the box office of more than 3 billion is enough to make people excited.

Other companies were still thinking about when and how to contact Zhou Xingchi, but Tang An directly called Zhou Xingchi and made an appointment to talk.

Time waits for no one, and who knows when it will be good to talk to others.

When you decide whether to eat back pot meat or braised pork at night, someone else's ordinary stir-fried pork with green peppers is ready.

There are other people, by the time you make the fried meat with green peppers, you have already fried the egg fried rice and eaten it.

Or, someone can finish a bowl of noodles in three minutes faster.

There are even people who skip dinner at all and work overtime while you eat to get the job done.

This is the first time Tang An has met Zhou Xingchi, and the first time the two have met without seeing Wang.