In the car, Wang Xiaobai looked at the time and said, "We will arrive at the hotel in forty minutes, and you only have forty minutes." ”

The man suddenly became nervous, and forty minutes was not a short time, but it was not a long time.

He sorted out his thoughts, and his expression gradually calmed down: "My name is Tian Peng, I am a director, what I want to invest in you today is a domestic animation adapted from "Journey to the West", this story tells the ......"

He began to tell the outline of the story, Wang Xiaobai's eyes lit up, and he didn't expect that there would be a chance to pick up the leak.

"This animation has been produced intermittently for two and a half years, by more than a dozen domestic film companies and 78 individual investors, and a total of 55 million has been invested, but due to the long production cycle, individual investors can no longer afford to invest, and those dozen film companies are no longer willing to invest in us...... Mr. Wang, we need your investment very much to complete our semi-finished product...... Mr. Wang, believe me, it only takes a few million for us to complete an epoch-making domestic animation. By the way, this is a semi-finished product of ours, please take a look at it......"

He took out his mobile phone and called up a video, intending to play it to Wang Xiaobai.

Wang Xiaobai interrupted directly and asked, "How much investment do you need?"

"Five million, no...... Three million! For three million, we can complete all the subsequent productions. Tian Peng gritted his teeth and said, for fear that the price would be too high and scare Wang Xiaobai away.

Wang Xiaobai said: "If I give you 10 million, what can you give me?"

"I promise that once this movie is released, it will definitely make you a small profit......" Tian Peng said through gritted teeth.

Wang Xiaobai said: "Do you think I am short of millions?"

"If you invest 10 million, I can call the shots and give you 20%, no, 30% of the film copyright, not only the right to share the revenue of the movie box office, but the overall copyright. Tian Peng gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision.

If according to normal business activities, Wang Xiaobai invests 10 million in a film with a total investment of 65 million, that is, only shares. But the current situation is different, no one in the anime film directed by Tian Peng is willing to continue to invest in it, it is like an unfinished building.

It is best to be capped, but if it can't be capped, it can only rot here and slowly grow gray.

So although he is a director, he is only a very small investor in the whole film, so he can get the dominance of this movie.

Wang Xiaobai said: "Yes, I will give you 15 million, but I want half of the copyright." ”

"Really?"

Tian Peng was overjoyed, he didn't care about half of the copyright requested by Wang Xiaobai.

Don't look at what he said about how much profit this movie will bring to Wang Xiaobai after it is released, but as long as you are not stupid, you know that this is a lie and a fool of investors. Obviously, Wang Xiaobai was fooled, and he was fooled very thoroughly.

Tian Peng is very excited, this movie took him eight years ago to start all kinds of settings, and it took two and a half years to complete 80% of the work, but now there is no money. Now for him, making this movie well is the biggest success, and whether he can make money or not is secondary.

"When will the movie be completed?" Wang Xiaobai asked.

"It will be done next year!"

"I'm going to see this movie released this year, and it must be released during the Spring Festival at the latest. But you have to make sure that you can't shoddy things in order to catch up with the schedule, let alone unfinished things. "Wang Xiaobai's attitude is very tough.

"I promise, it will never be shoddy, let alone unfinished, if Mr. Wang doesn't believe it, you can write this article into the contract, or you can send someone to supervise it. "Tian Peng is very sincere in terms of production.

Wang Xiaobai said: "That's not necessary. ”

Soon, a group of people arrived at the hotel, and Tian Peng left directly, not even eating.

He was going to catch the fastest flight back to tell his production team the good news, and he was also going to the sea of stars to sign an investment deal.

In the hotel, Wang Xiaobai, Ling Yan'er, Chu Tiange, Wang Bo, and Liu Yiqian were eating.

Wang Xiaobai was on the phone: "Wenya, someone named Tian Peng will come to you in a few days...... Yes, about investment...... An anime ...... You don't care about this, you just need to follow my instructions, give him 150,000 funds, and get 50% of the copyright of "The Return of the Great Sage". By the way, when talking about this cooperation, ask that Tian Peng, if he is willing to take his team to join the sea of stars, and the treatment will be as high as possible...... Okay, I'll talk about it when I get back. Hung up. ”

After hanging up the phone, Ling Yan'er asked, "Xiaobai, what kind of anime do you really want to invest in?"

"You think I'm joking?" Wang Xiaobai asked rhetorically.

"Aren't you afraid that your money will go down the drain? Don't you know, domestic animation is not good at all, none of the anime released in the past few years has a box office of more than 100 million, and the most one is still one three years ago, and it is only more than 60 million. This Tian Peng is good, the production budget of an animation is more than 60 million, he really thinks it's not money. ”

Ling Yan'er grumbled.

Chu Tiange also followed: "Xiaobai, in this matter, I will stand on Yan'er's side. That Tian Peng looked honest, but the chicken thief was very good, and there was no truth in what he said. The clip I showed you looks good, but I guess it must have been made specifically to fool the investment, and when it is released, it will be good to have this half of the level. ”

"The king may be dazzling......" Wang Bo is also not optimistic.

Liu Yiqian was the oldest and more considerate, and said with a smile: "It's time to pay a tuition." ”

"You're not optimistic about this project?"

He asked.

A group of people looked at him, and their eyes said it all.

The corners of Wang Xiaobai's mouth rose and said, "Do you want to make a bet?"

“……”

All of a sudden, everyone fell silent.

Wang Xiaobai is easy to bet, and the bet is very big, for example, a certain No. 4 person in the company, after two bets with Wang Xiaobai, caused a direct economic loss of nearly 10 million, which is very terrifying.

"Sister Qian, try this dish, it tastes good......"

"Well, it's good, come on, Tiange, you've been losing weight lately, eat more vegetarian ......"

"Brother Bo, help me serve a bowl of soup. ”

"Okay. ”

The four of them chatted energetically, completely leaving Wang Xiaobai aside, making him very helpless, what did I say, it was cold all of a sudden?

Although everyone was fooled, they also began to drum in their hearts, Wang Xiaobai is so optimistic about this movie, can it really detonate the box office?

The Academy Awards are about to be awarded, Tian Peng got the contract of Xingchen Dahai, as for Liu Wenya's proposal to acquire his studio, although he did not agree on the spot, he has already revealed his temptation. Whether it can succeed depends on how much money Wang Xiaobai is willing to spend.

The news reached Wang Xiaobai, and Wang Xiaobai directly gave instructions, no matter how much money you want, you must collect it.

Wang Xiaobai acquired them, not just for the follow-up animation plan, but to use them as a special effects team. Although his films don't use special effects, it doesn't mean that they haven't been used all the time. Instead of spending money and looking at other people's faces at that time, it is better to cultivate one yourself in case of emergency.

Even if you don't need it yourself, you can help others do it.

Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone?

Although Liu Wenya did not understand, she could only carry out the order, so the two sides started formal negotiations.

Tian Peng seems to be in order to improve the morale of the team, perhaps out of the promotion of the movie, he released the news to the media on the second day after signing the contract, saying that "The Return of the Great Sage" has received an investment of 15 million from Wang Xiaobai, and is talking with Xingchen Dahai about the acquisition of the studio, which made "The Return of the Great Sage" and his studio a big limelight.

As a result, a new round of criticism of Wang Xiaobai by the media began.

Jiangcheng Daily is still on the front line,Directly wrote an article saying that Wang Xiaobai couldn't stand the criticism from the outside world,Began to make a mess,First made a 200 million investment plan,Invest in TV and movies in a mess,Now it's even more stupid,Actually began to touch the messy Guoman market。

In this regard, Jiangcheng Daily even claimed that "the continuous success made Wang Xiaobai completely inflated, thinking that everything related to him must be linked to money." But this investment in "The Return of the Great Sage" is bound to be a suicidal act. According to the original development route, Xingchen Dahai can become a lone wolf under the three major film and television companies, but Wang Xiaobai's eagerness and great success will directly ruin the company's bright future. ”

This point of view of Jiangcheng Daily has also become the attitude of the vast majority of the media, and they have severely criticized Wang Xiaobai, saying that he is arrogant, that he is blindly confident, and that he is killing himself.

Wang Xiaobai was silent as always, because the Academy Awards were about to start.

June 14, Heung Kong Cultural Center.

A red carpet of several hundred meters, both sides are crowded with fans and media from all over the country, looking forward to it.

Every time a group of guests comes up, it will cause a burst of lightning and thunder, like the scene of a powerful catastrophe.

Wang Xiaobai and his entourage are not very high-ranked, probably in the middle.

A group of five people walked the red carpet together, and the momentum was quite strong.

Ling Yan'er held Wang Xiaobai's left hand, Liu Yiqian held his right hand, and Wang Bo and Chu Tiange served as the left and right protectors, looking particularly miserable.

It was still Liu Yiqian who said authentically and grabbed his younger brother's arm, and the scene of the left protector Wang Bo looked even more miserable.

Several people didn't mean to take pictures and rub the red carpet, that is, they stayed in the shooting area for more than ten seconds, let the reporters take some photos and left, ignoring the voices of the photographers shouting "Xiaobai, look here" and "Yan'er look here" throughout the whole process.

Reporters are not surprised, the group of people in the sea of stars is notoriously uncooperative with the media.

Fish begins to rot from the head.

Sometimes it's embarrassing to go too fast, because occasionally you meet some people you don't want to meet, such as now, although Wang Mou appeared a few minutes earlier than them, he has been hanging around on the red carpet in order to promote the new movie. finally walked to the end of the red carpet, and was still chatting with reporters, three sentences and two sentences were inseparable from the new movie, and the other sentence was to pull Wang Xiaobai and continue to touch porcelain.

"Xiaobai, you're just in ......"

"Xiaobai, how confident do you have in this Academy Awards? Do you think your work can continue to impress the judges and win the pedestal trophy?"

"Xiaobai, it just so happens that Director Wang is also here, do you have anything to say to Director Wang?"

From afar, the reporter asked Wang Xiaobai all kinds of questions.

Wang's fat face was also full of evil smiles, as if he was looking forward to Wang Xiaobai coming over for an interview.

But who knows, Wang Xiaobai didn't squint, and left in front of everyone?!

Wang's face darkened suddenly, but he didn't expect Wang Xiaobai to give no face at all, and he didn't even say hello!

"Xiaobai, please wait......"

"Say a few words......"

Everyone shouted, but Wang Xiaobai turned a deaf ear.