Chapter 127: Longing for Life!
Li Mu didn't expect Lu Cheng to agree easily, and looked embarrassed: "It seems that Huayi is not very optimistic about the box office of our drama!"
Lu Cheng waved his hand again and again: "On the contrary, we have great expectations for this. ”
"Then I don't know what Huayi's final assessment of the box office is, 100 million, or 200 million?"
"This ..........." Lu Cheng glanced at the colleague next to him, and he didn't quite understand the purpose of Li Mu's words.
Li Mu didn't care either, and changed his words: "Why don't we sign the sharing ratio with the final box office, right? If it is less than 500 million, you will take seventy percent according to what Director Lu said!"
"Between 500 million and 800 million, according to what I said, the issuance cost will be apportioned, and the issuance share will be divided equally, how about it?"
There was a commotion in the conference room, not only Hua Yi was shocked by Li Mu's words, but Shi Ran and Liang Hongfei were also dumbfounded, this doesn't seem to be the plan discussed before, right? And the most important thing is that 500 million! Not 100 million or 200 million, even if they are confident in the box office, they don't think it will exceed 500 million!
You must know that although there are more and more movies breaking 100 million in the box office market, there are no more than 20 movies that really reach more than 500 million in a year!
Among these 20 films, the least investment is more than 30 million, and the total investment of "Crazy Stone" is only how much?
"Really?" Lu Cheng whispered to his colleagues for a while, and couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, in fact, they calculated this share by one percent more, just to leave room for bargaining, but they never expected Li Mu to propose such a plan.
500 million? Don't be funny, you want to get 500 million box office with such a small investment? Is it really the film market to pick up money?
Li Mu tapped lightly on the table: "Wait, I haven't finished talking yet, if the box office exceeds 800 million, you only take 40% of the theater, we will bear all the distribution costs, and the distribution share will be ours, how about it?"
"This .........." said that it was impossible to think that the box office exceeded 800 million, but suddenly hearing Li Mu say this, no one present dared to agree, after all, it was a matter of hundreds of millions of funds, even if there was only a chance of five decimal places, it was not up to them to call the shots.
"Okay, young man, I'll give you a chance!" a majestic voice suddenly came from the speaker in the conference room.
Li Mu was shocked and turned his head to look at the camera on the wall of the conference room.
Lu Cheng said to Li Mu with a little embarrassment: "This is our Chairman Zhao, the chairman of Huayi." ”
The big boss spoke, and Lu Cheng and their efficiency was also quite high, and they discussed some details for a long time, and the two sides signed an agreement.
After Li Mu and his entourage left, Lu Cheng came to the chairman's office.
"Come on, sit down!" a man in his mid-fifties with a Chinese face turned from the back of the boss's chair with a pipe in his mouth.
Lu Cheng smiled bitterly: "Dong Zhao, this, the last one........... It's really out of line!"
"Why do you think that small-budget comedy can really reach a box office of 800 million?" Zhao Dong asked rhetorically.
"Naturally, it's impossible, but, in case ..........." Lu Cheng cautiously glanced at Zhao Dong.
Zhao Dong shook his head and said, "You, you're still too young, have you forgotten why I let the unrelated Fengyue withdraw the gear?"
Lu Cheng was stunned and said in a trembling voice: "Could it be ..........?"
"That's right, this time Light and Shadow Media has been sharpening its sword for three years, and [The Strange Case of the Old Demon Capital] is clearly going to fight with us, and it must be right that Fengyue has nothing to do with it, and Director Feng's new film is still being filmed............ If this young boy can really get 800 million at the box office, what if the distribution share is given to him? Won't we make back this money in the stock market alone? The most important thing is that the leading film of Light and Shadow Media was defeated by a small-budget movie!
"If he doesn't get ..........."
"If the box office exceeds 500 million, he is qualified to talk to Huayi, if he ........... The box office is over 800 million, so bring him to me!"
Lu Cheng walked out of the office and found that his back was wet, and it could be seen that the pressure brought to Zhao Dong by Light and Shadow Media this time was also very great.
He is very conflicted now, he wants "Crazy Stone" to defeat the "Old Demon Capital Strange Case" and successfully suppress the counterattack of Light and Shadow Media, but he is also afraid that "Crazy Stone" will really break through the box office of 800 million, and then he may become a negative teaching material in the industry and be criticized!
"Preferably, both films are under 800 million, and then the crazy stone wins!"
...........
The schedule is set for June 10th, which can be regarded as the front station of the summer file, there are not too many strong films released in this schedule, and it happens to be the end of the college entrance examination, which is still quite good overall.
Otherwise, Huayi and Light and Shadow Media would not have been aiming at this schedule.
After a full count, there is only one month to run publicity, because of the award of the college student film festival, "Crazy Stone" has gained a high degree of attention among the student group, but just so, it is definitely impossible to break through the 800 million box office.
Whoever let Li Mu's cowhide have been blown out, the next propaganda must be desperate!
In just half a month, Li Mu and Guo Tao, Liang Hongfei and Liu Huabing were divided into two ways, and the cities with the highest box office basically ran all over the city, sometimes running to two or three cities a day to record programs, and they were tired and thin after a lap.
Li Mu couldn't help but think that before the Chinese New Year last year, he thought that he could slow down the pace this year, but he really responded to that sentence, people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and sometimes people are passively pushed away.
"By the way, Mango Satellite TV, the longing for life sent an invitation, named Mr. Li to participate, you see .........." Shi Ran said with a wicked smile.
Liang Hongfei gloated and laughed: "I think it's okay, isn't he familiar with Mango Satellite TV!"
When Li Mu heard the life he longed for, he couldn't help asking, "Is it Teacher Heluohe's program?"
"Yes, it's a very popular show, this season has been broadcast for several episodes, and the popularity is quite high, if you participate in the recording now, it should be able to be broadcast at the end of June, and it will still be of great help to the publicity!" Shi Ran reminded.
"You've said that, so what else can I do? I can only die generously!" Li Mu spread his hands, and his face was loveless.
Shi Ran scolded with a smile: "Come less, it's not that you are bragging about it, you still have 800 million, and you are not afraid of being blind!"
"People, what is the difference between no dream and salted fish!"
"Virtue!"
.............
Soon Li Mu contacted the program team, and then was told that the filming location of this season of "Longing for Life" was in a small village in Xiangxi, and he could only go there by car.
So Li Mu and Guo Tao got on the "thief ship" of the program team, and were told in the car that they had the right to order.
"Oh, that's how it's fun to co-author, okay, I see!" Li Mu dialed the number of the mushroom house.
"Hey, mushroom house? Yes, we are today's guests, what? How many people? That's a lot, you can prepare a table of banquets, if you want to eat, let's have some random home-cooked food, chopped pepper fish head, braised pork, pickled pepper chicken offal.......... That's all for it, I guess you don't have any!"
Guo Tao couldn't hold back when he heard it next to him, is this going to be a guest or a bandit, good guy, order a dozen dishes, and I'm not afraid that Heluo will drive you out.
"Okay, you guys come first, and you'll have everything when you come. "On the other end of the phone.
Li Mu was stunned for a moment when he heard this voice, why did he change people? And it was not Heluo's voice.
"I suddenly had a bad feeling!"
Guo Tao inadvertently glanced at the camera, thinking that this kid's sense of variety shows is much stronger than himself.
"Yo, this place is good, it's similar to my hometown when I was a child. After getting out of the car, Li Mu dragged his luggage.
"You didn't grow up in the city when you were a kid. Guo Tao dismantled the stage.
"When I went back to the city, I was in the third grade of primary school, and I grew up in the countryside when I was a child.
"What is there to be proud of, just you, when I was a child, it was disgusting to people, and I was honest if I beat you twice, and now I will call it a bear child!"
"Haha~~~"
Li Mu and Guo Tao walked nonsense, followed the photographer's guidance, and came to the courtyard of a two-story building in the center of the small village.
"Teacher He, you have a chic life!" Li Mu teased.
Heluo was also happy: "Hey, it's you, I said who is so unruly, and he will directly let us have a whole table of banquets!"
Can we talk about it today?
"Yo, Senior Brother Guo Tao, why are you here, we haven't seen each other for a long time!" Mr. Huang hugged Guo Tao and sighed.
There were two children next to him, a man and a woman, who were a little overwhelmed.
It looks like these two are still acquaintances?
"Come, let me introduce it to you, this is Peng Peng, an actor, and this cute little sister is Zifeng, who has played the daughter of Teacher Huang, and is now acting while going to school. Mr. He, as the host, began to control the scene.
"This is Li Mula, who is also studying and practicing art at the same time, Crazy Stone recently won two awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the College Student Film Festival, right?"
Peng Peng was at a loss, but Zi Feng suddenly covered his mouth and exclaimed, "It turns out that you are Li Mu?"
Li Mu shrugged: "Then what's not?"
Zi Feng was a little embarrassed when she saw that everyone's eyes fell on her: "My mother has been educating me with Brother Li Mu, saying that she is very talented, and it only took three months to review and I was admitted to CUHK, oh, by the way, there is also that college entrance examination full score essay!"
He Luo teased: "Li Mu, you can do it, after so many periods of longing for life, it is the first time that Zifeng worships someone like this!"
Li Mu scolded with a smile: "You can pull it down, I am the child in the parents' mouth, it is estimated that Sister Zifeng has long wanted to kill me in her heart!"
"Haha~~~"
After laughing, Peng Peng took Li Mu and Guo Tao up to the second floor to place their luggage.
When he came down, Li Mu chuckled in his heart, and the "aunt smile" on the face of He Luo and Teacher Huang standing in the courtyard showed that they were uneasy and kind.
"Since the two of you are here and have ordered so many dishes, wouldn't it be a pity not to experience the life of the countryside?"
Li Mu sneered: "What, in fact, I'm not taboo, it doesn't matter what I eat, it's really not good, I still have a few packs of instant noodles in my bag!"
"Haha~~~"
He Luo laughed, and couldn't help but give Li Mu a thumbs up, it is also "acting", why are some actors obviously acting very well, but when they are on a variety show, they are completely like transparent people, and they can't feel their existence?
To put it bluntly, variety shows are different from acting, what you want is a state of relaxation, when acting, the actor is acting with the characters, but in variety shows, you are just yourself, and what is tested at this time is the ability to adapt.