Chapter 0503: Negotiating, Playing Tricks on Each Other
After Li Wenxing took the Shaw Brothers delegation to visit the headquarters building of Superstar Pictures,
The two sides negotiated cooperation on the investment and filming of the film "Tomb Raider", which kicked off on the spot.
Unfortunately, the negotiations quickly reached an impasse,
The two sides were deadlocked, and continued to negotiate, but there was still no progress, so they had to suspend the talks and make an appointment to talk again tomorrow.
Then, tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow after tomorrow, one talk is three days.
It's not just Li Wenxing who is testing Shaw Brothers' bottom line, Shaw Brothers is also testing Li Wenxing's bottom line.
Although the negotiations lasted for three whole days, there was no real substance.
Because every time it comes to a critical moment, Fang Yihua will repeatedly ask where the selling point of "Tomb Raider" is, and make it clear that Shaw Brothers has no confidence in the prospects of this movie.
Of course, Li Wenxing could see that she just wanted the Shaw Brothers staff who accompanied the delegation to take the opportunity to learn from it.
is very simple logic, with Li Wenxing's attention to "Tomb Raider", anyone can see that this movie must be outstanding.
In case the movie really sells, if the Shaw Brothers can learn the essence of it, they can make another "Tomb Raider" on their own.
Before this, the script that Li Wenxing sent to the Shaw Brothers was only a rough story, and the Shaw Brothers didn't see the flowers after studying it for a few days, and it was useless to just look at the script.
In fact, the real storyboard script doesn't even have Li Wenxing himself, it's all in his head.
And even if he had, he would definitely not give it to Shaw Brothers.
Even if you don't have to worry about Shaw Brothers leaving him alone and going to shoot it yourself, with Li Yiquan here, Uncle Shao will not be so brainless.
But he's afraid of trouble, so it's okay not to give the other party a script, why give it?
What's more, you still have to have a basic sense of defense against others, and you can't just give the other party a chance to mess around because you believe that the other party won't mess around, right?
At the same time, after that, it is useless to wait for the movie to really come out and become a box office hit, and then study why it will be a big hit.
If you really want to study other people's movies, you can study the results, so will the Shaw Brothers still fall into the current field?
However, there is an excellent learning opportunity right now, because if Li Wenxing wants to convince Shaw Brothers to join the film, he must first explain to them the selling point of the film.
How did it do it at the box office? And what makes it so appealing.
If this movie is really a big hit in the future, and the people of Shaw Brothers have listened to Li Wenxing's summary at this time, it will be completely different.
It's like:
There was a warrior who said that he was going to slay the dragon, and then the villagers desperately prevented him from going to die, but the warrior told him about his dragon slaying skills in order to win the trust of the villagers.
Then, the warriors really succeeded in slaying the dragon.
Is it still far from the day when the villagers who have also mastered the dragon slaying skills will slay the dragon?
The truth is just that, Li Wenxing not only understands this truth, but also understands Shaw Brothers' thoughts.
It's just that even if Li Wenxing sees Shaw's thoughts, he doesn't mind, he still has to talk about what he should say.
But then again, even if he talks about dragon slaying skills, is it really useful? The simplest example, is it possible that two people who can drive the same car have the same driving skills?
Can Shaw Brothers make another copy of Tomb Raider? No, never,
It is impossible for anyone, including him Li Wenxing, who is himself a copycat, how can he carry out a second copycat?
It's amazing that Shaw Brothers can be a successful copycat, make another plausible adventure action movie, and make a small profit.
However, a cottage is a copycat.
Of course, Li Wenxing will not go to the copycat "Tomb Raider", he has too many good movies to copy, and he can always be 'original'.
As for Shaw,
If they go to the cottage, they are destined to not be able to surpass the original, and even because they deliberately go to the cottage, they will be restrained by the things that flash in their minds after his explanations.
And it's inevitable,
Because of the lack of cognition, as well as the short-sightedness of vision, and even the demand for interests, they will definitely be in a hurry to engage in copycats.
Instead of really sinking into it, I can use the things I have learned to polish and create my own things.
This is also destined to be useless, and his explanation is also in vain.
To tell the truth, from the perspective of idealists, Chinese films need more talents, and Li Wenxing doesn't mind this kind of stealing.
If any of the people sitting at Shaw Brothers really succeeded by luck and walked out of their own way,
Li Wenxing will definitely send his sincere congratulations, because by then, he will become a copycat.
And the other party is the real original master, maybe he will go back and humbly learn from the other party.
The problem is that his 'selflessness' is destined to be of little use, and it can be regarded as flattering and throwing it to the blind.
Therefore, after talking about all the highlights of "Tomb Raider" several times, and even making a systematic summary for them,
On the fourth day of negotiations, no, before the conversation began, Li Wenxing directly apologized and went on a business trip to Teluhai City (Harmony), and his return date was uncertain.
Immediately afterwards, he directly threw out three documents, which were contracts prepared in advance by his side to the lawyer.
The first contract is the five-five-year investment sharing cooperation between the two parties, and the second contract is the nineteen-year investment sharing cooperation;
The third contract is a bit ruthless, just asking Shaw Brothers to assist Superstar Pictures in filming, and then pay the corresponding remuneration according to Shaw Brothers' actual efforts.
Then, Li Wenxing turned around and left, left the Shaw Brothers and the others there, and left the company directly and went to Teluhai City.
Well, before leaving the company, Li Wenxing also hung up a phone call to Wang Mingjin and asked her to go to Jiahe to talk about cooperation, but it was "Erica" that she was talking about.
Who doesn't know how to do tricks?
What if I want to steal the teacher?
The more you steal, the more confident you will be in this movie, and at the same time, the more confused you will be.
Confidence and confusion are not contradictory, it is to feel that this movie is likely to be a big hit, but at the same time, I feel that I have not learned the essence,
Then I wonder if what I heard before was just a fool? Is it true or not? Maybe it's true? Ah, I'm not sure.
Hey, if you really want to think like that, that's exactly what you guys want.
When you are still holding the flag like this, you will find that the buddies are actively contacting Jiahe,
You must be panicking, what if this movie will become popular? You missed Li Xiaolong, missed the Xu brothers, and now you want to miss Li Wenxing?
Presumably, when the time comes, you should seriously consider which contract to sign, right?
The first contract, fifty-five open, is too risky, 30 million Hong Kong dollars of investment, what if the movie is not popular?
The third contract, the employment agreement, is just to help with the filming, which is too worthless, when did Shaw Brothers fall to the point of working for someone else?
As a result, there is only a second contract to choose from, an investment of six million, which is not much, even if it really loses in the end, it can be accepted, and at the same time, it can also eliminate the possibility of Jiahe taking advantage, which is just right.
Hmph, it's beautiful, if you really choose a second contract, then buddy really thank you.
Because of the fifty-fifty share of the first contract, it's really stupid, even if "Tomb Raider" is filmed badly, buddy can operate him to a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars, and when the time comes, half of the proceeds will be distributed to you, buddy still has to be distressed to death?