Chapter 510 - Refusal to invest

No. 1 in the retail list, Li Dong can only think about it for the time being. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huang Guangyu has been dominating the list in recent years, and now his total assets are more than 18 billion, and he has more than Li Dong.

Although Li Dong has developed well in the past two years, if he wants to surpass Lao Huang, don't expect it to be two or three years.

Just thinking about something, Chen Ke knocked on the door and came in, and said softly: "Mr. Li, Miss Yang and her agent are here." ”

"Yang Si?"

"Hmm. ”

Hearing that Yang Si was coming, Li Dong couldn't help but smile and said, "Miss Yang is quite busy, I've called to communicate before, and now it's almost a month, right?"

Chen Ke didn't know if Li Dong was angry or something else, so he hurriedly said, "Then Mr. Li still sees them?"

"See, of course. ”

Li Dong waved his hand and said, "Let them come in, big stars, it's normal to be busy." ”

Li Dong wasn't angry, he just said it casually.

Yang Si made a lot of phone calls to apologize before, she happened to go to Xiangjiang during this time, and she was trapped there and couldn't come back.

Li Dong can also understand, and now the mall is not so eager to need a spokesperson, Li Dong is actually not in a hurry.

The main thing is that there is no money to promote, even if you find a spokesperson and don't advertise on TV and media, even if it is the endorsement of the king and the queen, it is the same, and the effect is not great.

Not long after Chen Ke went out, he led Yang Si and a young man about thirty years old into the house.

Li Dong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Yang Si's agent to be a man.

But he didn't think much about it, got up and stretched out his hand and smiled: "Miss Yang, I've been waiting for a long time." ”

Yang Si hurriedly shook his hand, and then apologized: "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry, I couldn't leave on the Xiangjiang side before, and as soon as the matter over there was over, I rushed back......

Yang Si explained a few words, and Li Dong didn't say much.

Seeing that Yang Si didn't take the initiative to introduce the young man, Li Dong frowned slightly, but quickly soothed his eyebrows and said, "Sit down, let's talk." ”

The three of them sat down in the reception area, and just after chatting a few words, Li Dong saw Yang Si frequently looking at the young man, and couldn't help but smile: "Miss Yang, this is your agent?"

Yang Si's face was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and the young man stopped looking around, got up and bowed slightly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I'm not Miss Yang's agent, let me introduce myself, my name is Zhang Meng."

You may not have heard of me, but I used to be the vice president of Benshan Media.

Last year's Spring Festival Gala sketch "Talking about Things" and the year before last's "Kung Fu" were all planned by my screenwriter, I don't know if Mr. Li has seen it?"

Li Dong was a little stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "Of course I saw it, but I didn't expect it to be Mr. Zhang, fortunately, fortunately!"

Li Dong shook hands with the other party again, and then sat down to look at Yang Si.

Yang Si's face was slightly red, and he said softly: "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to hide your ......."

Zhang Meng next to him took over and said: "Mr. Li, I begged Miss Yang to bring me here, and I hope Mr. Li will not blame me, this matter is completely my idea." ”

Li Dong waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just a little confused, Mr. Zhang should be in the northeast, how can he have time to come to our Jiangbei?"

Although Benshan Media is not famous at this time, it is not small, and it still has some influence in the local area.

Zhang Meng, as the vice president of the company, doesn't seem to have any business entanglements with Li Dong, so Li Dong doesn't understand how this guy could follow Yang Si to him.

Seeing this, Zhang Meng didn't beat around the bush, sat down and told him what he meant.

After he finished speaking, Li Dong was a little relieved.

The relationship is here to attract investment, this guy named Zhang Meng has been a little impatient to continue to be a screenwriter for Lao Zhao recently, and wants to change careers to become a director.

But Lao Zhao didn't do it, the royal screenwriter turned to a director, who will write the script for him in the future?

The script written by Zhang Meng is still very good, not to mention the Spring Festival Gala for two consecutive years, and he has won awards, and his ability is really not weak.

Of course, Lao Zhao didn't say that he wouldn't be a director.

But you always have to be rich to make movies as a director, Zhang Meng is a young man who has just graduated for a few years, where does he get the money to invest.

Lao Zhao didn't mention the investment, and Zhang Meng also understood what he meant.

This guy is a relatively stubborn kind, don't you don't invest, that's okay, I'll go find someone else!

Not long ago, Zhang Meng went out to find investors by himself.

Originally, he had already found a good investor, after all, Zhang Meng was still a little famous, and he was also a well-known comedy director, so there were still people who were optimistic about him.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, and the investor has some problems in his business some time ago, and the funds cannot be put in place.

Yang Si went to Xiangjiang some time ago for this purpose.

She and Zhang Meng have known each other before, and this time Zhang Meng wanted to make a movie, and the first thing that came to mind was Yang Si.

Coupled with Yang's multi-habitat development, after reading the script, the two hit it off, Yang Si didn't even talk about the salary, and directly agreed to Zhang Meng as the heroine.

When the heroine is not counted, Yang Si took the trouble to help Zhang Mengla invest after the investor's funds had problems.

It's a pity that the trip to Xiangjiang was not smooth, the two tossed for nearly a month, and no one was willing to invest.

Who let Zhang Meng make a literary film, the box office of literary films has been miserable in recent years, and there are very few people in Xiangjiang who are willing to invest.

In addition, Zhang Meng is still a newcomer, and Yang Si is also a newcomer in the film and television industry, who is willing to invest in a movie made up by two newcomers.

In the end, Zhang Meng was forced to have no choice, and Li Dong couldn't delay it for too long, so Yang Si hurried back to Jiangbei.

When she told Zhang Meng the reason for her return, and the Hurun list just came out a few days ago, Zhang Meng's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard that Yang Si was going back to see Li Dong, a business tycoon.

Under all kinds of begging, Yang Si really couldn't refuse, so he had to take this guy to a distant place together.

After the two of them finished saying this, Li Dong was a little curious: "What is the name of the movie you want to make?"

"Piano of Steel!"

"What?"

Li Dong looked confused, he had never heard of this name.

With this name, he still expects others to go to the movies, wash and sleep, anyway, Li Dong was not interested when he heard it.

After thinking about it carefully in his mind for a long time, Li Dong was sure that he should have never heard of this movie, and he didn't know if it died before it was released, or if the box office was dismal after the release, and he didn't pay attention to it.

Seeing this, Zhang Meng repeated: "The Piano of Steel is the piano of the piano. ”

Li Dong nodded perfunctorily and said: "The name is good, Director Zhang is really full of literature and art." ”

Zhang Meng was a little embarrassed, when talking about investment, Li Dong said that he was full of literature and art, didn't he make it clear that he wanted to refuse.

Yang Si next to him also heard it, and hurriedly interjected: "Mr. Li, why don't you take a look at the script, Zhang Meng's script is still very good, I read it a few times, and the writing is very good." ”

When Zhang Meng heard this, he hurriedly handed over the thick stack of scripts in his hand.

Li Dong did not refuse, took the script and simply flipped a few pages.

Although he is not good at scripts, he can still understand them, and he has a simple sketch of the picture in his mind.

Li Dong first nodded, then shook his head.

As soon as they saw him shaking his head, Zhang Meng and Yang Si's hearts were raised.

After almost ten minutes, Li Dong put down the script and chuckled: "It's well written, it's very touching." ”

Zhang Meng's face changed slightly, and Yang Si also said cautiously: "Mr. Li, don't you like it?"

Li Dong smiled: "It's not that I don't like it, but I don't know much about this industry." Let's put it this way, although I don't know about film and television, Director Zhang just said that this time I want to make a comedy. But comedy is comedy, I read the script, there is some humor, but the main thing is sensational.

You're talking about comedy, so I'll read the story with a sense of comedy.

But at the end, I realized that I wasn't laughing, this ......"

Although Li Dong didn't speak thoroughly, Zhang Meng and Yang Si were not fools, so they naturally understood what he meant.

Zhang Meng showed a trace of struggle on his face, and said for a long time: "Mr. Li, if you think it is not suitable, I can change the script appropriately." And the investment in this film is not high, Yang Si and I can come up with two million, you only need to invest another three million.

With a total investment of five million, I don't dare to say that I made a lot of money, but I am still sure that the box office will earn back the cost. ”

Fortunately, Li Dong didn't know the box office of the movie "Piano of Steel" before he was reborn, otherwise he would definitely spray him in the face.

also made a lot of money, this movie was actually released in a previous life, but Li Dong didn't know it.

At that time, the total box office of this movie was only more than 6 million, minus the theater share, and the movie with a total investment of tens of millions was a mess.

Of course, the heroine at that time was not Yang Si.

It has been 11 years since this movie was released, and in five years, this movie almost died, and I don't know where Zhang Meng found the wronged boss who invested in him in the end.

Although Li Dong doesn't know what happened later, he has watched a lot of movies.

He didn't dare to say that he had seen all of those domestic big-box office movies, but he had watched dozens of them.

As far as Zhang Meng's script is concerned, Li Dong is not optimistic about it.

Although the investment is only three million, three million is also money, and Li Dong doesn't know him, so why give him money to spoil it.

A director who has never been a director, a star who has never acted in a movie, and a script that is not optimistic, doesn't this show that he is losing money.

Three million, Li Dong has this money, it is better to open a store in the distance, it is better than this.

Seeing Zhang Meng and Yang Si's eagerness, Li Dong drank a cup of tea and said with a light smile: "That's it, you put the script here for me first, and I'll read it slowly when I get back." And then I'll have to find someone to take a look, because I haven't done it before.

Today's main purpose is to talk to Miss Yang, Director Zhang, how about our next conversation?"

Hearing Li Dong say this, Zhang Meng's face was full of loss, and he nodded and didn't say anything more.

He is not a fool either, Li Dong said this, but he was just politely refusing.

If he continues to entangle, it will only harm Li Dong, and there is no benefit, and Zhang Meng doesn't want to be entangled anymore.

Yang Si next to her sighed lightly, although she was a little lost, but she was used to being rejected these days, and she didn't think much about it.

In addition, Li Dong still had to talk to her about business, Yang Si refreshed himself and waited for Li Dong to speak.