Chapter 297: The sequel to "Sword and Spaceship" to make trouble
A week later, Luo Yi, who had completed all the resignation procedures, came to Hengdian again and entered the sister Tao record company, of course, Yang Qi gave her a relationship, Yang Qi mentioned it to Zhao Lili on the phone, and Zhao Lili agreed after learning about Luo Yi's situation and academic qualifications and performance in school.
The scale of Sister Tao Records is not large, and it is definitely not comparable with the world's top 500 companies where Luo Yi worked before, it is not easy for Luo Yi to enter that large enterprise, but for Sister Tao Records, Luo Yi is definitely an excellent intern, and there is no problem in all aspects, not to mention, there is Yang Qi's face in it.
For Luo Yi, although the scale of Sister Tao Records is a little smaller, because of Yang Qi's relationship, her development prospects here should not be bad.
Moreover, Sister Tao Records has only been established for more than a year, and the development momentum has been very strong, although the current scale is far worse than the unit she interned before, but this is a new company with rapid development, which can train people, and with the continuous growth of the company, her future here should also rise.
Therefore, Zhao Lili welcomed her to join the company, and Luo Yi was also quite satisfied with her sister Tao Records.
With Luo Yi joining Sister Tao Records, within a few days, the national release of "Sword and Spaceship" began to gradually reduce the number of screenings, and the release period of "Sword and Spaceship" came to an end.
At this time, its cumulative box office has reached more than 3.8 billion, and it has basically locked in the box office champion position of domestic films this year in advance.
At this time, the end of the year is approaching, and there is not much time left for other movies, so this year's annual box office champion is that it should not run.
A few days have passed, and "Sword and Spaceship" has finally been fully drawn, and the final box office figure has only increased by more than 20 million, which is still more than 3.8 billion, and has not reached 3.9 billion.
This made a few media sigh, regretting that the final box office of "Sword and Spaceship" did not break the 4 billion mark in the end.
Of course, more media are still rejoicing, with a total box office of more than 3.8 billion, it is already the No. 1 box office masterpiece in the history of domestic films, what is there not to be satisfied with?
Several major film and television companies involved in the investment in this film have all made a profit, such as Zuo Li and Huang Film and Television Group, Star Pictures, Honeycomb Cinemas, Giant Film and Television Group, etc., each of which has a profit of hundreds of millions.
The movie was fully drawn, and on the night when the final box office figures came out, Yang Qi received a call from Xiang Yingxiang's old monster.
On the phone, Xiang Lao Wei seemed to be drinking, and while drinking, he smacked his lips and said to Yang Qi: "Those capitalists are really realistic! Interests are paramount! Seeing that this movie has made them so much money, as soon as the box office figures come out today, they rushed to call Lao Tzu and strongly suggested that I start filming a sequel! They all said that this movie could be made into a series, and their tone was also very bold! They asked Lao Tzu how much he wanted, and said that as long as Lao Tzu said a number, they would invest as much as they wanted! When Lao Tzu was their cash cow?
At that time, Yang Qi happened to come out of the shower, wiping the water droplets on his head with a bath towel in one hand, and talking to him on the phone with a mobile phone in the other.
Hearing Xiang Lao Wei scolding and scolding here, he smiled and asked, "Then did you agree?"
Xiang Lao Wei scolded: "Promise a fart! A bunch of laymen, do they understand movies? They say that they will make a sequel? When the time comes, they may not lose money, and Lao Tzu's reputation will be gone?"
Yang Qi knows that this is reasonable, with the reputation of Xiang Laowei, coupled with the gimmick of the sequel to "Sword and Spaceship", when the filming is completed, even if the reputation is not good, the box office should be guaranteed, and it is difficult to lose money.
But if the word-of-mouth is not good, the audience will definitely scold Xiang Laowei.
In film history, there are only a handful of sequels whose reputation can continue the previous work.
But all sequels, almost all of them are for the sake of making money, and the quality is generally worse than the first part, even if it is the original team, it is difficult to escape this curse.
It's no wonder that Xiang Lao Wei scolded and scolded.
Not long after this phone call, Zhao Lili also called Yang Qi, and Zhao Lili said on the phone: "Yang Qi! Several heads of investors in "Sword and Spaceship" just called me one after another, asking if you are interested in starring in "Sword and Spaceship" The second part, I don't know what you mean, so I didn't promise them for the time being, I'm relaying their meaning to you now, and the people in charge of those companies have promised that as long as you agree to star, the salary is easy to say, and they also said that if you continue to cooperate this time, you can give you a share of the box office! Hmm, Yang Qi! What do you mean?"
"Director Xiang Ying agreed to make a sequel?"
Yang Qi was a little strange, because Xiang Laowei had just told him on the phone that he would not take on the sequel.
Zhao Lili: "Uh, this...... However, you should understand that although the director of "Sword and Spaceship" is Xiang Ying, the copyright of this movie must belong to several investors, so even if Director Xiang Ying is unwilling to make a sequel, as long as a few investors want to shoot, there is still no problem with the copyright, they say that the director is not a problem, and they will definitely find an experienced and well-qualified director! Now, they want to ask what you mean, of course they want the actor of the sequel to be you! So, Yang Qi! As long as you nod your head, the initiative to negotiate the contract this time is in our hands, the company will be able to fight for you to get the best contract conditions, I preliminarily estimate the basic salary, the company should be able to help you win more than 20 million, my idea is to help you fight for some box office share on the basis of 20 million salary, what do you think?"
What do I think?
Yang Qi was a little speechless.
He can understand Zhao Lili's position as a businessman, she runs a company, and she is naturally interested in making money, but Yang Qi can't appreciate her mind, at least on this issue.
"Sister Li, you know I'm going to shoot "Seven Killings" next!"
After being speechless, Yang Qi didn't want to say too much, so he gave her this answer, which naturally meant that he didn't have time to shoot the sequel to "Sword and Spaceship".
But Zhao Lili still wants to work harder, maybe she has not been optimistic about Yang Qi's plan to direct and act in "Seven Killings"!
"Yang Qi! This is really a good opportunity! "Seven Killings" can be postponed a little! But have you thought about it? As long as you take over the sequel to "Sword and Spaceship", this time your salary will be raised, and your value will go up in the future! In the future, if there are other movies to star in you, when we negotiate the contract, we can use the salary and box office share ratio of this sequel to negotiate, otherwise the next time someone asks you to film, how will you talk about the contract? According to the standard of the first part of "Sword and Spaceship"? If we propose a higher salary and box office dividends, people will say that the box office of "Sword and Spaceship" is so high, and your salary is so much, why should the salary increase so much when we take their films?