Chapter 39: Greed is the driving force

"Shaogong, why do you think you will succeed!!"

In the car, Jin Yu looked at Shao Gong silently, and said with some doubts: "The identity of Brother Benshan is very prestigious in the industry, and he is also a shrewd businessman, unless you are a person in his circle, he will not promote you at all, if you think you are talented, then you are wrong." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He likes talented people, but he prefers to keep those people in his own hands, unless you sign a deed of sale with him to get money from him. ”

"I won't sign the deed of sale. ”

Shao Gong smiled and said, "I know that he has prestige and is also a shrewd businessman, but I also know his weaknesses and what he wants to do. I said I didn't want money for the script of "Liu Laogen", I wanted to find a way out for myself, but he thought that I was a talent who was not easy to control and a potential opponent, so he would rather spend money on my script than give me a chance to climb up. But now I have some fame, now is an opportunity for him, and it is also an opportunity for me, the reason why I worked so hard to make a name for myself before is also to prove to him that I Ouyang Shaogong is a capable person.

When I sold the first script of "Liu Laogen", I was still an unfamous person, and the script had not yet registered the copyright, so I noticed that if this script was to be filmed into a TV series, the screenwriter's signature must be me Ouyang Shaogong, and at that time, Brother Benshan may have despised me, he thought that although I was talented and wanted to climb up, I was at best a nobody, in fact, he had to modify the script slightly, and the screenwriter's signature could be changed. But he holds his own identity and doesn't do anything like that, so a bad move will leave a foreshadowing for the current meeting. Maybe he didn't know, but I was just waiting for this opportunity. So after a while, it's me and him to compete, and Sister Jin just needs to be a spectator. ”

Seeing Shaogong say this, Jin Yu nodded and said, "You just have to be measured." ”

Then the two fell silent again, and the car drove quickly along the highway and stopped at a seafood restaurant.

Looking at the signboard of the restaurant, Shao Gong said to Jin Yu: "I have seen the advertisement of this restaurant on TV, and I heard that they have good hairy crabs here, I don't know if I can taste them today." ”

"Maybe shouting. ”

Jin Hao nodded and smiled: "Brother Benshan is not a stingy person, if he sees you here, he will definitely invite you to eat hairy crabs." ”

"I wish he could eat when he negotiates with me. ”

Shao Gong responded and followed Jin Yu into the restaurant.

The meeting place is in a private room on the third floor, and when the two went in, there were already two people inside, one of whom was the main owner who wanted to see Shaogong this time, known as the artist who came out of Tieling, an excellent entrepreneur, and a bound household in the Spring Festival Gala, Benshan.

The other person is his eldest disciple, Liu Laogen who plays the township chief, Li Zhengchun.

Seeing Jin Hao leading a young man in, Li Zhengchun got up first and shook hands with Jin Hao and welcomed, "Sister Jin, welcome, welcome." Then he looked at Shaogong and said: "This is the screenwriter of our "Liu Laogen", Ouyang Shaogong! ”

"Hello, I'm Ouyang Shaogong. ”

Shao Gong shook his hand, and he arranged for him to sit down, and then called the waiter to let them serve the food. They have booked a private room in advance, and the dishes are prepared in advance, as long as the food is served, all the dishes ordered can be served in five minutes.

When people in the Northeast eat, the level of the dish is not important, and the wine must not be drunk well. Shao Gong watched the waiter put on three bottles of Moutai at once, the corners of his eyes suddenly jumped a few times, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, can you have a bottle of drink, if you don't have a drink, you can have a bottle of beer." ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Zhengchun paused for a moment, looked at the teacher, and saw that he nodded and waved his hand to the waiter, Jin Yu smiled and said: "My little brother is still a child, as soon as you take out the wine, it really frightens him." ”

"Hehe, I'm dizzy with two bottles of beer, and I don't dare to drink liquor. ”

"It's okay, just do whatever you want. ”

Benshan spoke, Shao Gong smiled embarrassedly, and after the waiter brought a bottle of Sprite, he unscrewed the lid and poured a cup for Shao Gong, they wanted to talk about business, Li Zhengchun asked the waiter to go down, and there were only four of them left in the room.

"It's fate that everyone can sit together. ”

Benshan picked up the wine glass, looked around and said, "Let's have a glass first." After speaking, Erliang's white wine glass was full of a glass of Moutai and drank it all. Immediately, Li Zhengchun and Jin Yu also drank the wine in the glass, Shao Gong picked up Sprite and dried it, and then poured himself another glass, Li Zhengchun refilled the cup of Benshan and Jin Yu with wine, poured himself another glass, and then sat down.

"Alright, let's get down to business. ”

Benshan looked at Shaogong and said: "First of all, I am very grateful to Shaogong's little brother for writing such a good script of "Liu Laogen", although the second part was bought by CCTV, but from this point, it can be seen that Shaogong's talent is completely visible." And I, a person who has always cherished talented young people, called you here today to ask you if you want to worship me as a master and learn how to turn two people -- I heard Jin Hao say that you are very good at singing. ”

"This. ”

Shao Gong thought for a while and said: "I'm good at writing scripts, drawing comics, and singing, and directing and acting are okay, but these are not the basic qualities of a two-person actor, and I haven't thought about learning two-person turns." ”

Hearing him say this, Li Zhengchun looked at the master, and saw that he didn't speak, so he had to look at Shaogong and said: "You kid, this is an opportunity, if you worship the teacher, you are a member of our team, you have made some fame in the entertainment industry, and you are talented, as soon as the master is happy to take you to the Spring Festival Gala, aren't you popular? Do you know how many big stars want to go to the Spring Festival Gala and can't go to the Spring Festival Gala now!!"

"But I really didn't even think about learning how to turn a two!!"

Shaogong himself was also helpless: "My current work is completely different from the two of them, and I am very busy all day, so I can only choose what I am familiar with." ”

"Okay, okay, everyone has their own aspirations. ”

Seeing that he insisted on his own ideas, Benshan stopped Li Zhengchun from talking further, and continued: "It's time to talk about business." Then he looked at Shao Gong and said with a serious face: "I want to buy all the copyrights of Liu Laogen, you can make a price!!, but I am talking about all the copyrights, so after buying this time, Liu Laogen will have a relationship with you again, so you have to think about the price, as long as it is reasonable, I will consider it." ”

Shao Gong nodded, pretended to think seriously, and stretched out a finger.

"Is it a million?? This price is reasonable, I heard that your "Family of Gold Powder" was sold to CCTV at this price. ”

Benshan nodded, asked Li Zhengchun to take out a laptop, opened it and logged in to the bank's webpage. But Shao Gong shook his head at this time, and when Benshan looked at it, he frowned and said, "What do you mean!!"

"Not a million!!"

Shao Gong shook his head, always holding out a finger.

"Do you want 10 million!!"

Benshan asked again.

"It's not ten million. ”

Shao Gong grinned at this time: "It's a hundred million." ”

Poof!!

A hundred million three words exited, so that Li Zhengchun and Jin Yu, who were drinking, suddenly squirted out the wine they drank in their mouths. After hearing this price, Benshan closed the laptop and didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere in the room became solemn for a while.

After a long time, Benshan saw that Shaogong had always put up a finger and did not put it down, and said again: "Young man, don't be too greedy. ”

"No! I have always been greedy for people is the driving force of social progress, how can people make progress if they are not greedy!!

Shao Gong squinted his eyes and said seriously: "Although I am young, I am by no means a fool, and my brain is very business-minded." You are the big brother of the Spring Festival Gala, yes, and you are also a successful businessman, and I admit it. But you are also an artist, a two-person actor who came out of the Northeast. Although you have unlimited scenery in the Spring Festival Gala, it is only you who have unlimited scenery, and it is not useful to your hometown, and you have always regarded the two-person career as more important than personal honor, so if I guess correctly, after you buy all the copyrights of Liu Laogen, you will definitely open a two-person theater. ”

Seeing Shao Gong say this, Benshan's face became solemn, and Shao Gong continued: "The reason why Liu Laogen's TV series is so popular is because I have added a large number of two-person plots to it, and those are very popular in the Northeast, but now there is no formal enterprise in the whole country except for other regions in the Northeast to do two-person turns, and the people want to watch it but can't see it, so they can only quench their thirst in the TV series."

Therefore, a shrewd businessman like you, and an artist who has special feelings for the two-person turn, naturally grasped the business opportunities from the popularity of the first and second TV series of "Liu Laogen", otherwise you can run a two-person transfer theater called "Zhang Laogen" or "Li Laogen" alone. Just from now that you want to buy all the copyrights of Liu Laogen, I can be sure that you want to use your own starring role in Liu Laogen, take advantage of the good reputation of the TV series, and promote the unique brand of your hometown to the whole country and create an exclusive brand of your own, right??"

“……”

Benshan was silent about Shaogong's words, because he did think so, but after a while, he spoke: "Even if what you say is true, do you think I will accept it if you open your mouth for 100 million? Although starring in Liu Laogen made me really popular, we have a group and a professional team, and we can develop without buying your copyright." ”

"Is that really the case??"

Shao Gong said with a smile: "The first part of "Liu Laogen" was broadcast in 01 year, and the sequel was broadcast in 02, but what about 03 years?

Although many people are looking at the Spring Festival Gala now, many people are going to you, but I said that it was your personal honor, and you have acted in movies before, but the response was mediocre, if it weren't for Liu Laogen's TV series this time, you wouldn't have reached your current popularity.

And the disciples under your command are all talented, they may be fine in the Northeast, but in the whole country, there are a few people who will be able to train them, even if you take them to the Spring Festival Gala to practice, but they are not you, and they are not as popular with the national audience as you. So if you want to turn the two to national promotion, taking advantage of the fact that Liu Laogen is still very hot is the best opportunity. Otherwise, once this trend passes, it will take at least ten years for you to become popular like this. ”

Benshan's eyes were full of appreciation for these words, and he nodded: "I admit that what you said makes sense, and I do think so." But you are too ambitious, although 100 million sounds scary, but for a film and television company, it is just enough to run normally. You want to start a company through me, and I'm still worried about raising tigers and creating a strong enemy for myself in the circle!!"

As he spoke, he saw that he didn't care about peeling off a hairy crab, digging out the crab roe inside and eating it in his mouth, and while tasting the deliciousness, he wiped his hands and said, "It seems that you are insincere, then we will leave, Sister Jin, let's go." As he spoke, he got up and looked at Jin Hao.

Jin Hao, who was a little baffled by this sentence, had no choice but to get up, although she didn't know what Shaogong was going to do, but this was not her home field, so she had to get up and look at Benshan and said, "I'm sorry Brother Benshan, I'm sorry for the interruption." With that, the two of them walked towards the door.

"Wait a minute. ”

Seeing that the two were leaving, Benshan said: "If you don't have 100 million, you will need a few years to open the company." ”

"Up to three years. ”

Shao Gong turned around, looked at him and raised three fingers: "I am confident that I will save enough funds for three years at most to start my own film and television company." ”

"You're so sure. ”

"Of course, there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts, and my habit has reserved several options for myself. ”

Shao Gong said indifferently: "I know friends who also have many entrepreneurs, as long as I make some guarantees to them, it will not be a problem to raise funds at all." I'm sure by the time you have the opportunity to develop a two-person turn in 10 years, I'll have done a great deal. This self-confidence is just like when you refused me to visit and study in your crew, without you, wouldn't I have broken into this circle? and won several awards, I believe that with my talent and unique creativity, many people will value it. But can you really wait for 10 years? Now that you are old, who can say who will be in 10 years!"

Faced with this sentence, Benshan was silent again, but when he watched the two of them about to walk out of the door, Benshan finally couldn't help but say, "Sit back, we can talk again." ”

"What's there to talk about!!It's just a choice. ”

"Hmph, if I deliberately block you, do you think you can get mixed up in this circle??"

Benshan snorted coldly: "The water in this circle is very deep, connections, money, fame, and power are all indispensable, as long as I want to, I can block you in the circle." I know a lot of directors and celebrities, and I have that strength. ”

"I admit this, especially for a newcomer like me, I will block it if you do it. ”

Shao Gong always had a smile on his face: "But I said that I am used to leaving myself a few more routes to choose from, so some of my connections are not in the mainland, but in Hong Kong and Taiwan." Although you have the right to speak in the mainland, who knows you over there in Hong Kong and Taiwan! So although you go to block me, I can also tell you that when I become big in the future, you and your team will not have a chance to leave the Northeast, and I am sure that you will not be able to get out of the Northeast. Also the hairy crabs were delicious, thank you for your hospitality. ”

After speaking, Shao Gong had already opened the door of the private room, and half of his legs had already stepped out.

"Come back, 100 million is too expensive, how about 50 million. ”

Benshan spoke again: "Although I want to use Liu Laogen to open a theater model, but you will ask for 100 million yuan, I still have to buy land to build a theater, and make my own publicity packaging, and when my theater is built, Liu Laogen's enthusiasm has already passed." ”

"You still despise me. ”

Shao Gong turned to look at him and said: "There are no theaters in other cities at all, but there are many in the Northeast, and many theaters are almost in the stage of bankruptcy, as long as you spend some money, you can even bring the theater to buy, and then decorate it a little It doesn't cost much in total, and your name is well-known in the Northeast, and the province will support you if you want to set up a theater." There are many cross talk theaters in Beijing, some of which are almost finished, you can also collect their venues for some money, with your reputation, coupled with the support of your connections, I believe that there will be a lot of Liu Laogen's big stage across the country, which is a long-term benefit, once it is on the right track, it is not a hundred million that can be measured. You said that Liu Laogen's anger will affect you, and I admit it, but what if I can make you go to the next level!"

Upon hearing this, Benshan said with some interest: "Let's hear it." ”

"Actually, it's very simple, what's the use of you being well-known all over the country alone, although Liu Lao has your disciples participating in the performance, but I believe that those are just some particularly good, and you have many other disciples who have not participated in the love performance. ”

Shao Gong turned around and walked to him, and said with a smile: "So if you want to really develop, you also need to pull your team, only if they are recognized by the people of the whole country, you will have more confidence, I have two scripts that are not less exciting than Liu Laogen, as long as you shoot it, the popularity of you and your team will not only go down within three years, but also go to the next level." At that time, I believed that Liu Laogen Grand Theater had blossomed everywhere, and the theater was completely in line with business with its popularity, and I still have ten sketch books here, which can ensure that your program in the Spring Festival Gala will become more and more popular. If you offer 100 million, those will be yours, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

"Do you have those, do you have them with you? I want to see them?"

"Naturally, I brought it, and Liu Laogen's copyright book was also brought with me!!"

Shao Gong smiled, took out a copy of the script and a few sketches from his satchel and put them on the table, "Please read it casually." ”

"You're not afraid that I'll run away with my things. ”

As long as I don't sign the copyright transfer form, you can take it and run, but when you start filming or acting them, we can meet in court. Anyway, I'm a newcomer now, and maybe I'll be even hotter in a lawsuit with a big name like you!"

"Then what if I find someone to deal with you!!"

"It's okay!"

Shao Gong continued to say indifferently: "Wang Jinshan has heard of it? It is the general who fought in the Battle of Ganling, my grandfather was his personal guard, the two are friends of life and death, the granddaughter of Lieutenant General Han Huaizhi, I call her sister, Li Desheng, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the State and the current vice chairman of the National Committee, I call him uncle, he and my grandfather have been fighting devils in Shanxi for several years, so although you call your brothers over, I only need to call my uncles and uncles, and they will come over in military vehicles to invite them to tea."

As you just said, in this circle, connections, fame, money, and rights are all indispensable, I now have my own connections, and some fame, and the military relationship is at least stronger than yours, even if the money is not yours, I can raise it from my uncle and uncle, so you can watch it! ”

Saying that, Shao Gong took the copy of the script and the sketch, those Benshan took a few looks, the sketch was indeed creative, and the full-time artists who were in the same way as his queen were not too much, and the two scripts called "Country Love" and "Country Love 2", Benshan determined that its excitement and uniqueness were no less than any of the first and second parts of "Liu Laogen".

As he gets older, he becomes more fond of the art of his hometown, but it is too aggrieved that it can only be popular in the three northeastern provinces. That's why he wants to make the two-person transfer known to the whole country through his efforts, so that the people of the whole country can go to the theater to watch the two-person turn.

He admitted that Shao Gong had a point, he missed the trend of Liu Laogen, and it did take ten years to reach his current popularity. And the script in that kid's hand can indeed keep him so popular for at least three years.

Ten years is too long, and now he just wants to fight for the day. He wants to take advantage of his energy and enthusiasm to let the two-person transfer theater develop in China as soon as possible, so that even if he goes, he can be worthy of the master who trained him at the beginning, worthy of his hometown, and worthy of the art of Northeast China.

Seeing him hesitate so much, Shao Gong said in his ear: "Uncle Benshan, who said that if I rise, you will have many enemies! As long as we sincerely want to cooperate, maybe we can become business allies!"

Provoked by this sentence, Benshan finally couldn't bear it, slapped it on the table, and made some teacups and bowls vibrate, and said in a resolute tone: "100 million is 100 million, Lao Tzu is not nothing, this thing is done." ”

"In this way, you save trouble, I save trouble, and everyone saves trouble......"

Zheng Chun, take out the copyright transfer contract and ask him to sign it. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm used to collecting money first. ”

Shaogong's words made the corners of Benshan's mouth twitch a few times again, and he turned on the computer and entered the bank's webpage and said angrily: "Boy, I'm not afraid that you will run away, tell me your settlement passbook account number." ”

"No problem. ”

Then, Shao Gong said the account number, Benshan began to transfer, ten minutes later, a text message came to his mobile phone, which clearly said that his account had 100 million money transferred in: "The money has arrived, now start handing over the copyright!!"

"Hmph, I've got the contract ready. ”

Benshan took the contract in Li Zhengchun's hand, which was clearly written, completely bought out all the copyrights of Liu Laogen, and now there are more copyrights for sketches and "Country Love", Li Zhengchun went to redraw two contracts, and he came back about an hour later, and Shaogong still signed his name on it.

Now that the business is done, Shao Gong and Jin Yi don't plan to stay longer, so they are about to leave, but Shao Gong is really reluctant to look at the hairy crabs on the table, so he said to Benshan: "Uncle Benshan, don't you eat these hairy crabs!"

"Hmph, don't talk about hairy crabs, even if you give me Yunnan Baiyao, you can't make up for the trauma in my heart. ”

"Well, don't waste such a good thing. ”

Shao Gong shouted out the door at the top of his voice: "Waiter, pack." ”

Ten minutes later, Shao Gong led two large bags of hairy crabs in his hand and left the restaurant with Jin Yu. Then Shao Gong looked at the sunshine in the sky, excitedly held the hairy crab packaging bag to the sky and said: "Now, I am finally qualified to open a film and television company!!"

"Alright, let's go. ”

Jin Yu patted his head: "Look at what you can bear, I only know today, what is called a lion's big mouth." ”

Then the taxi stopped in front of them, and the two got into the car and left directly.

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