Sitting on the dusty floor on the seventh floor of the century, Hawke watched a few renovation consultants leave.

Looking around the room, thinking that this would be his studio for the next four years, Hawke had a deep sense of unreality.

Fang Zheng just came in after answering the phone, and was not surprised to see Hawke sitting on the ground casually, and sat directly on the steps next to him and said, "The Youth Choice Award is over there for you to prepare an acceptance speech." ”

There are still three days before the voting window closes, and the organizers have no scruples about notifying them, thinking that even if there is an accident on the day of the award, the organizers will force Hawke to take the award.

"Okay. Hawke nodded, the awards he cared about suddenly felt less important, and the whole transformation process was less than a month.

"Recently, the relationship between the company's personnel has been more delicate, so I usually pay attention to it. Fang Zheng closed the door and lowered his voice and said, "You just finished the promotion of "The Imperial Ring" today, and help you sort out what happened during this time. ”

From the release of the movie on the 21st of last month to April 14, Hawke has not been idle, except for the fact that the proportion of people who support him every time "The Ring" is promoted, the proportion of people who come to support him is more and more terrifying, and the news is fragmentary.

The premiere of "Swordsman" was polarized by film reviews, some people say that this movie is a milestone in the history of Chinese martial arts, and the theme is extremely sublimated;

What "Swordsman" exploded at the box office two days ago, doubling the killing of "The Emperor Ring", and the acting skills of several leading actors killed everything in seconds;

As a result, in less than half a day, the wind turned around, and "Swordsman" became the object of everyone's attention, and "The Emperor Ring" was shocked at the box office on Sunday.

In short, "The Emperor Ring" won 210 million box office in three weeks after its release, and Mr. Zhao moved Hawke's office from the third floor to the seventh floor with a wave of his hand.

"You know everything else, the key time point is the 31st, that is, the Sunday on the third day of the release of "Swordsman". Fang Zheng explained, "Sky Pictures, which is responsible for scheduling films, found that there were five million box office accounts that did not match, and they insisted on our company, accusing each other of hiding the money from each other, and the argument was too fierce and finally accidentally exposed." ”

It's no wonder that the overwhelming promotion of "Knifeman" that morning came to an abrupt end at noon, and Hawke, who instinctively rested in the afternoon, was once again temporarily pulled to Mango Entertainment to do an interview with "The Emperor Ring" 2.0.

After such a big incident, it is understandable that "Knifeman", which was already attacked and said to be obscure, suffered another heavy blow, and the box office plummeted on Sunday.

Not only that, but after Sunday, major theaters coincidentally reduced the number of films scheduled for "Swordsman", which was made up by "The Emperor's Ring".

"Have you found out what the problem is?" asked Hawke, five million is a small amount for a large company, but it can't be reconciled to five million in a day, what if the analogy is a month?

Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "Both sides deny it, if you want to check the detailed accounts, you have to go to court, considering the cooperative relationship or choose to settle it privately." ”

It's weird.

Whether it is the century or the sky, even if you want to buy the box office, you can go to the account, and if such a large amount of accounts is not right, if it is really the company's doing, Hawke will doubt the IQ of the company's directors.

In the same way, if a few big names want the box office, they can pay millions of dollars out of their own pockets to charter the venue, even if they are ridiculed, it is in line with the rules, for example, Qin Tianyu did this last year, and it has no big impact except for being ridiculed.

Hawke suspected that this was Qi Meng's handiwork, after all, she-no, if Qi Meng did it, would she still be poked out?

So what the hell is going on with these five million?

"There is no need to think much about it, and both sides have decided not to pursue it further. Fang Zheng pulled Hawke back from his thoughts and said, "After this incident, the five-year cooperative relationship between Century and Sky has almost broken down, and the subsequent cooperation of the cinema chain needs to find someone else, which will inevitably be another struggle." ”

Just when Hawke thought that this matter had nothing to do with him in a short time, Fang Zheng said: "The "Knife Ke" company invested 150 million, which is nearly 200 million for publicity, and only won 90 million box office in two weeks, plus the account accident funds were checked, the investment in other projects can only be suspended, and the funds that have been approved have also been greatly reduced, and in the end, only 10 million was left to "Fairy Sword". ”

"Not only that, but the investment restrictions will increase after the fund verification is completed, so "Fairy Sword" must be filmed this year, and the best case scenario is to prepare for two months to start filming immediately. ”

"Two months, sixty days?" Hawke confirmed repeatedly, fearing that he had misheard.

Fang Zheng nodded: "Well, the time is urgent, but if you don't shoot this year and don't have funds next year, don't say that you don't have time, besides, after the official announcement of "Fairy Sword" some time ago, the several TV crews you interviewed selected roles, and now you have no place to go back if you want to regret it." ”

Hawke frowned slightly and said: "But this fund is not enough to support the special effects and actors' salaries." ”

Not only that, where can you get the cost of building the venue for Xianxia dramas?

As the original author, emeritus screenwriter and protagonist, Hawke can only receive a nominal one-dollar salary, but what about the others?

Fang Zheng motioned to Hawke to be calm and said: "I've been busy with this for the past few days, Xinghai, that is, Zheng Shuyi's company said that if she is allowed to play Lin Yueru, she can accept a salary cut, and if she is allowed to participate in the sharing, she can invest four million, and Mr. Zhao of the company has relented and agreed to let non-century actors play the leading roles." ”

"Barclays made a condition, if your starring costumes use them [Silk Road] main line antique revision, in addition to sponsoring three million, they will also provide some filming locations, such as the island that their boss bought near the European Federation. ”

"But that's not enough. Hawke said, "Also, who will play Zhao Ling'er?"

Fang Zheng replied with a [don't be surprised] expression: "Originally, the company liked Qi Meng, but Qi Meng rejected this role last week and recommended Yang Shanshan. ”

How did the two of them get involved?

I can't help but be surprised, maybe he came from a different world, in his heart Zhao Ling'er has always been that white moonlight, Qi Meng's refusal is a little unreasonable.

Does the girl really believe that the "Four Little Flowers" in the post on the Petal Forum have lowered their value for acting in TV series? Or is it that "Knife Guest" has been scolded miserably recently, and she doesn't want to mix in the showbiz?

Fang Zheng said with a smile: "In the past few weeks, Qi Meng has been scolded too badly by the audience in "Swordsman", Yang Shanshan comforted her several times, and also made a statement in an interview that 'I hope the audience will give us a new generation of actors more time', and the two have become friends after coming and going. ”

Looking at Fang Zheng's calm expression of "this is the way it is", Hawke's heart turned upside down.

He didn't believe a word!

But as far as the result is concerned, the eldest lady Qi Meng didn't want to rob the role of this friend who sent charcoal in the snow, and recommended Yang Shanshan as the protagonist as a reward.

"Yang Shanshan's external salary is 2 million, and the company's self-made dramas can be lower. ”

Hawke listened with a pain in his flesh.

At this time, he regretted very much that he invested the money he earned in Director Meng's variety show "The Voice" in May, and the other part of the income was invested in Huo Dad's company, and he couldn't take it out for the time being.

Not having a penny is where he is now.

Fortunately, it is not without good news.

"I just finished talking with Longmen Pictures yesterday, I'm sorry that I couldn't get you too much salary due to the conditional contract of the first part of "The Emperor Ring", the latter two will start shooting at the end of the year, shoot back-to-back, and release the second part at the end of next year. Fang Zheng said, "Longmen agreed to advance the salary, totaling seven million. ”

The upper limit of the salary of 2 million per sequel filming is a condition attached when the contract was signed last year, and there is no way to increase it to 7 million in the end, and "The Ring" has taken the initiative to make concessions.

"If the company allows it, everything that can be invested will be invested. Hawke immediately accepted the fact that the money did not go through his pocket, "In addition, I asked Mr. Zhao what requirements he had for cameos and friendship performances in "Fairy Sword", and if he could find artists outside the company. ”

"Sword and Fairy" means a lot to Hawke, and he can't help but care.

Su Yao, who previously promised to make a cameo, plus the friends she has met in the entertainment industry in the past few years, can save as much as she can.

"In addition, the company does not have a director in terms of TV dramas, so I went to ask Director Jiang to see if there are any recommended candidates. ”

When the two of them were sitting on the floor, you and I were calculating the money, and the assistant Xiao Lu ran up in a hurry.

Xiao Lu took out the tablet, pointed to the [Hawke Personal Studio] website that had just been built a few days ago, and said: "Brother Ke, Brother Zheng, someone just anonymously sponsored a project fund through the official website channel, checked the background data, and the money has——"

Xiao Lu said with an incredulous expression: "Ten million." ”

After the artist establishes a personal studio, the project cooperation channel will be opened, but most of these are arranged on the surface, and the [support us] button is almost an ornament.

"Have you found the source?" asked Fang Zheng calmly.

In the last century, due to the rumors of accounting problems, everyone has to be careful.

Five million almost knocked "The Knifeman" to hell, and if something goes wrong with this million, Hawke can say goodbye to his acting career.

"It was an anonymous offshore foundation, and although the name was not shown, the fund had an extremely high credit rating. Xiao Lu said hurriedly.

"Send a message to confirm if the other party has made a mistake, if not-" Fang Zheng turned his head to look at Hawke, both of them feeling a little incredulous.

The five million Hawks of the century can't be controlled, and his 10 million earth-shattering gift is simply inexplicable.

Someone really sent a pillow when I was sleepy!