Section 36: Billion
"How many have you looked for?"
"I ran three this morning. ā
The three companies are reluctant to release it in a row, and it seems that they are really struggling with this movie......
After hearing this number, Duane was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Lend me your mobile phone." ā
Shu Yu is a very qualified female driver, and her hands did not take off the steering wheel at all, but said: "I am in the pocket of my suit and take it myself." ā
Du An's nose was touched, a little skeptical that Shu Yu didn't think of himself as a man: where would a woman say something like "take it yourself" to a man, isn't this encouraging the other party to take advantage of herself?
Fortunately, Duane was very regular, and he put his hand into the pocket of Shuyu's suit in a proper manner, took out his mobile phone, and then took out a black phone book the size of a half palm from the pocket of his jacket lining, flipped it open, and after finding a phone on it, he dialed the number with Shuyu's mobile phone, held the mobile phone in his right hand and put it to his ear, supported the edge of the car window with his elbow, and looked out the window.
The protective railings on both sides of the road sped backwards, and passers-by on bicycles on non-motorized lanes disappeared into the windows in the blink of an eye, and the next moment appeared in the rearview mirror.
The phone also went through.
"Hey, Mr. Qi, it's me, Duane...... Well, I'm back...... Where are you now?...... Are you free today, there's something I want to talk to you about...... Okay, then I'll be over in the afternoon. ā
After Du An's finished speaking, he stuffed the phone back into the pocket of Shuyu's suit.
Shu Yu looked at the road in front of him and asked, "Who?"
"Qi Sheng. ā
Duane said: "Their company has the ability to distribute, I'll see if I can get through to him." We have to fly to Beijin today, you can find someone to buy a ticket. ā
Shu Yu remembered: Qi Sheng of Pony Film and Television had seen their open-air screening of "Chainsaw" in Shanghai, and it was also because of Qi Sheng's relationship that "Chainsaw" was finally released, and there was a series of things that followed.
Shu Yu asked casually, "How did you have his phone number, and he contacted you later?"
"More than a month ago. ā
More than a month ago......
At that time, the perjury incident was at its hottest.
Shu Yu suddenly pursed his mouth, and for the first time in his drive, his eyes left the road in front of him, and he glanced at Du An fiercely, and three words popped out between his teeth.
"Bastard. ā
Pony Film and Television, Qi Sheng, False Testimony Incident, Du An......
She knew that this bastard had a way at that time!
ā¦ā¦
Pony Film and Television is headquartered in the capital city of Beijin.
It was already evening after Nanyang took the afternoon plane to Beijin, and the two of them found something to eat casually on the road, contacted Qi Sheng again, and took a taxi to Qi Sheng's house.
Qi Sheng's home is located in the sunshine city of Dongcheng, opposite the Gongti, and the geographical location can be described as unique. Duan asked the driver about the housing prices here, and the average price of more than 10,000 yuan made him grin - Nanyang is the provincial capital, and the economic level is quite high, but now the housing prices are only more than 3,000, which is more than three times that of Beijin.
At the same time, Du An also appreciated the ability of Beijin's brother.
āā¦ā¦ Don't be too expensive, how can you say that we are also at the feet of the Son of Heaven, expensive is expensive, at this price, if you want me to say that it has to go up! If you don't double it three or four times, I'm sorry for this place! How good is this land, it's almost to the Forbidden City after two steps...... Hey, I said, where did you two come from? Are you here for a business trip or a tour?" The driver said spittle, and Du An asked, and this brother couldn't wait to reply with seventeen or eighteen sentences, and from time to time he glanced at Shu Yu sitting behind him from the central rearview mirror.
Duane looked out the window, looked at the wide road, a tall building that seemed to be competing in a race, and his face was a little melancholy, "Nanyang is here." ā
He is a bit of an introvert, and he can't cope with Beijin's brother's enthusiasm, and he can't help but regret why he asked such a sentence just now, and at the same time he is a little envious of Shu Yu's cleverness - she has already closed her eyes and pretended to be sleeping.
This brother's mouth can't stop at all.
"Nanyang, ah......"
Gora grew in a long tone, and then seemed to think of something, and suddenly paused, "I went to it a few years ago, I have climbed the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Purple Mountain or something, not bad, not bad." Said well, but with a disapproving look on his face, "By the way, how much is the house price in Nanyang now?......"
Finally arrived at the place, Du An, after paying the fare, quickly pulled Shu Yu, who was pretending to sleep, out of the car.
Beijin's brother is too good, and his brain is almost dizzy all the way, until he sits on the sofa at Qi Sheng's house, and Duane's ears still seem to have hundreds of ducks quacking.
"The hospitality is not good, there is only tea at home, make do with it. ā
Qi Sheng took out three cups of fruit tea, sat opposite the two of them after putting them on the coffee table, looked at Du An with a smile, and added: "Needless to say, the evaluation is like this, anyway, my craft is like this." ā
This bald and thin bamboo pole obviously still has some grudges against being stunned by Du An's combination punch in Shanghai.
Duane took a sip of fruit tea and looked at the surrounding environment: the room as a whole was mainly black and white, elegant and generous, and the living room was very spacious, forty or fifty square meters, with several sofas and coffee tables placed in a staggered manner, potted plants on the four corners, and a 42-inch LCD TV hanging against the wall.
Duane took another sip of fruit tea, his expression calm, and licked his lips, as if he was reminiscing about the taste of fruit tea.
Qi Sheng, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly felt like a great enemy, his whole person tensed, and his eyes shot tightly like a falcon - he clearly remembered that when he was in Shanghai, Du An's demeanor and movements were exactly the same as now, and then this guy just sold him a movie that cost 200,000 yuan to 2.2 million yuan - the saddest thing is that he hasn't been able to buy it yet!
Every time he thinks of this, Qi Sheng can't wait to open the window and jump down from here - five million, just pay five million, a movie with a profit of more than 100 million will belong to their Pony Film and Television! Not to mention that the annual sequel profit of this movie is an incomparably solid and stable growth point, but he refused just because of five million!
If it weren't for the fact that he, Li Ming and Zhong Lifang were an inseparable iron triangle, and the three of them had the absolute right to speak on the board of directors, he would have stepped down because of this matter a long time ago.
But Qi Sheng's nervous spirit did not bring him any psychological advantage, and Du An's first words stunned him again.
"I have a film to release that won't go below 1 billion at the global box office. āļ¼
Qi Sheng's pupils dilated suddenly, Shu Yu's hand shook, and the cup almost slipped out of his hand.
"Ahem......"
may have choked on saliva, Qi Sheng coughed non-stop, and it took a long time to calm down.
It's really hard to prevent.
Du An smiled, "Mr. Qi, are you always so tired and tired? I look uncomfortable, but now it's easy." ā
Qi Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: Relax fart!
If Duane continued to say all kinds of reasons to convince him, and made him believe that the movie that Duane was going to make would have a box office of 1 billion, he would definitely think that Duane was farting, but after Duane's punch so fiercely, he suddenly died down, which made his heart stir.
What if there really could be 1 billion?
Qi Sheng thought so.
People are always greedy,Can't help but think about something impossible to happen,For example, buy lottery tickets - the huge purchase amount of each issue of Fucai shows how greedy people are,It also shows how mentally retarded human beings are when greed rushes to the brain.
Now to believe that Duane's new movie can have a box office of 1 billion is like buying a lottery ticket. The only thing that is more reliable than buying lottery tickets is probably that Duane has a miracle precedent of creating a box office of nearly 500 million at a cost of 200,000.
Who's to say he can't replicate this miracle again?
How Qi Sheng hoped that Du An's would say more and give him more confidence now, but Du An's didn't say anything, just reminisced with him: "Mr. Qi, although I didn't accept your help at that time, I have always been very grateful, and this time I came mainly to express my gratitude." But, you see, as the saying goes, great grace is not grateful, so I didn't buy anything this time......"
Qi Sheng was absentmindedly talking to Du An, Shu Yu listened to it for a long time, and didn't hear anything else, but he heard about the incident they had more than a month ago.
It turned out that when the forgery incident first broke out, Qi Sheng took his lawyer to Nanyang to find Du An.
At that time, according to the lawyer's judgment, the key points of the false testimony incident were in two aspects: first, whether Ruixing Film and Television agreed to invest in Du An's status as a "graduate of the Chinese opera directing department", and second, the nature of the investment.
According to the provisions of the Criminal Law, the crime of fraud is the act of defrauding a large amount of public or private financial resources by fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession. If Ruixing Film and Television insisted that they were misled by Du An's "Chinese Opera Director Graduate" to agree to invest in him, and the 200,000 yuan invested did go to Du An, then Du An would be guilty of fraud, unless there is something wrong with the nature of this investment - this is also where Qi Sheng intends to make a fuss.
After the lawyer brought by Qi Sheng saw the contract signed by Du An and Ruixing Film and Television, Jian yƬ Duan insisted that this investment was Ruixing Film and Television's own capital, and he Duan was just a part-time worker, in that case, he would at most get a crime of disguising the seal of an enterprise and institution, and he would be sentenced to 3 years at most, and 1 year according to the usual practice.
The lawyer was very excited at the time - the Chinese film and television industry is developing fast and hot, just because it is too fast, so many legal guarantees have not kept up, such as the capital nature appraisal of the 200,000 investment of Ruixing now. Now this lawsuit has attracted the attention of the whole country, if this lawsuit can be brought down, then it will definitely promote the improvement of the law in the film and television industry, and he will also leave a strong mark in history, and he can become a well-known barrister in the country.
It is a pity that Duane rejected them and took the first path.
āā¦ā¦ Qin Gang kept complaining to me later, saying that you caused him to lose the opportunity to become a barrister. ā
Qi Sheng said absentmindedly, and he didn't smile for a moment.
Shu Yu also now knows that there is such a complicated and tortuous scene here.
Duane waved his hand, "It's all over, let's not talk about it." Okay, that's all for today, Mr. Qi, you also have to rest, and we'll leave. ā
That's it?
Shu Yu didn't understand: Except for blowing a 1 billion box office cow, didn't the release matter be talked about at all?
But Duane stood up, his left arm still bent in a half-circle, and his palm propped up at his waist.
Hurry up, don't speak, don't look strange on your face.
Shu Yus understood this body language in seconds, so she cooperatively pulled her hand over, and the two walked out like a little couple.
"Walk slowly. ā
Qi Sheng sent them outside the door and waved his hand to them without smiling.
Just as Du An's two took a step and were about to leave, Qi Sheng suddenly said: "Lu Fanghe, the deputy manager of our company's distribution department, seems to be planning to resign this month." ā
Then he muttered to himself: "Those theater owners only look at money and don't talk about conscience, their tails are about to rise to the sky, and no one will give face, this Chinese theater is going to be cleaned up." ā
With that, he closed the door.
It's done.
PS: I'm really sorry to wait for more friends.,There's a lot of work today.,This chapter is more difficult to write.,It's been written until now to rush out.,It's the 15th.,There are two more on the 16th.
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