Chapter 187: Cooperation

It was Wang Zheng who wanted to persuade Gu Daxia again, maybe it would only be useless, and it could be regarded as a lot of effort. But some things are not satisfactory, he is now in the period of being blocked by the treasure island, and it has become difficult to enter the treasure island, not to mention visiting and persuading.

Just as Wang Zheng and Wang Guxian fell silent one after another, there was a knock on the door in the corridor outside the door, and they shouted while clapping: "Brother Zheng, are you inside?"

Wang Zheng, who heard the noise, hurriedly opened the door to watch, and it turned out that Liang Kun was patting the door of dormitory No. 707.

"Kun Tsai, stop shooting, I'm here. ”

Seeing Wang Zheng coming out of the opposite room, Liang Kun didn't have time to be stunned, and hurriedly said: "Brother Zheng, I've been looking for you for a day, and no one answered the phone, Boss Shao has been waiting for you in Building 1 for a long time!"

Building 1 is the office building of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and the dormitory of Dunhou Building is Building 3.

Wang Zheng didn't delay much, and hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Guxian, and at the same time asked her to help bring a message.

"Xiaoxian, now that I am blocked and can't go to Treasure Island, you can first help me bring a message to Gu Daxia, just say that no matter whether I fulfill my promise or not, I will prepare a script for Baolong Company, and please take care of Gu Daxia, and wait for the moment when we cooperate!"

Wang Guxian smiled, nodded and said, "Brother Zheng, don't worry, I will ask my friends over there on the treasure island to convey it to Gu Daxia as soon as possible!"

"Okay, during this time, you should first familiarize yourself with the environment of Xiangjiang, and usually practice Cantonese pronunciation, I will be busy in advance, and I will come to see you when I have time!"

After Wang Zheng finished speaking, he left the No. 708 dormitory, and at the same time pulled Liang Kun, who saw Wang Guxian a little stunned, away.

"Brother Zheng, who was that beautiful girl just now, why haven't you seen it before?"

On the way to Building No. 1, Liang Kun, who came back to his senses, hurriedly inquired about Wang Guxian's identity.

"Xiaoxian is a newly signed treasure island artist from Shaw Brothers, and you will know each other in the future. ”

Wang Zheng didn't explain too much, but asked, "You just said that you were looking for me for a day, is there anything else besides the sixth uncle looking for me?"

Hearing Wang Zheng's inquiry, Liang Kun hurriedly came back to his senses and said, "Sister Zhizhi temporarily flew to the United States last night, it seems that something happened to her younger brother who went to school there, so before leaving, let Brother Zheng not worry, and come back in a few days!"

"Oh, well!"

I drank with Zeng Zhiwei last night and didn't bring a bulky mobile phone, so it's no wonder I didn't see Guan Zhilin this morning.

When I came to the office of Building No. 1, in addition to Shao Daheng and Fang Yihua, there were also Chenlong and an old man with gray temples.

Wang Zheng put away his surprise when he saw Chenlong, and hurriedly apologized to the four people sitting on the sofa and said, "I'm sorry, because I didn't receive the call in time, so the sixth uncle, sixth aunt and two distinguished guests waited for a long time!"

Shao Daheng nodded slightly, and motioned for Wang Zheng to sit down with his eyes, and after he also sat on the sofa, Fang Yihua began to introduce Chen Long and the old man with gray temples to him.

"Chenlong, you must have known Ah Zheng for a long time, so I won't introduce you much. This is Mr. Zou Minhuai, one of the founders of Golden Harvest, and an old friend of Sixth Brother!"

In the eighties, the sixty-year-old man who could let Chenlong follow him was either He Guanchang or Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang had already seen it, without Fang Yihua's introduction, Wang Zheng had already guessed Zou Wenhuai's identity and the purpose of their coming.

"It turned out to be Boss Zou in person, and the boy Wang Zheng had seen Boss Zou!"

Although Zou Wenhuai is not very popular with Shao Tycoon, Wang Zheng still politely performs the etiquette of the juniors, and Zou Wenhuai is undoubtedly a bigwig-level existence in the film industry.

Zou Wenhuai didn't hold it up, he was busy raising his arm and said with a smile: "Director Wang doesn't need to be polite, my name is also like thunder!"

After a few people finished greeting each other, Shao Daheng slowly spoke: "Some time ago, Ah Zheng proposed to me the feasibility of cooperating with Jiahe to make a film, and after some consideration, I felt that this proposal was feasible, so I invited Brother Zou to hear what you think about it." ”

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "This proposal is good, and I am also very much looking forward to cooperating with the Shaw Brothers, but I don't know how the sixth brother is going to allocate investment and box office!"

Shao Daheng said lightly: "Since the cooperation is proposed by Ah Zheng, it is better to listen to his advice first." ”

Zou Wenhuai nodded lightly when he heard this, and turned his gaze to Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng had already prepared for this, cleared his throat and said: "Then I will talk about my suggestions first, and ask Sixth Uncle and Boss Zou to supplement the shortcomings." The opportunity for this cooperation was mentioned by Brother Long, I wanted to tailor a script for him, but because it was the first time to cooperate, in order to save the run-in period, I wanted to use Golden Harvest's film "Plan A" to shoot a sequel, one is to reduce the run-in period with the family class, and the other is to make full preparations for the next play. ”

After talking about the cooperation opportunity, Wang Zheng continued: "The sequel will be invested and filmed by Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Brother Long's Weihe and my Zheng Fei Xingwei, and the four companies, and it turned out to be invested together, so Brother Long and I will not be paid." As for the distribution, after deducting the cost of their respective theaters and the cost of renting the theaters, my opinion is that the investment and distribution are all divided into 55 accounts, Shaw Brothers and Zheng Fei Xingwei are divided into 50% for one unit, and Jiahe and Weihe are divided into the remaining five layers for one unit, and how to distribute them after that will be discussed privately by you. ”

Seeing that Shao Daheng and Zou Wenhuai did not put forward any opinions, Wang Zheng continued: "What I said above is the distribution of the local box office in Xiangjiang, and the distribution of the overseas box office is also divided in half, but the overseas box office is no longer divided after the sum, but by region. ”

After talking about the overseas box office allocation, Wang Zheng went on to say the last piece of advice, which is especially important to him.

"As mentioned earlier, "Plan A" originally belonged to Golden Harvest, and after the sequel came out, it also belonged to Golden Harvest, because the second drama was created by me personally, so the copyright only belongs to Zheng Fei Xingwei, and Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Weihe only have the right of first refusal, not the right of copyright. ”

Copyright ownership is particularly important to Wang Zheng today, and it may dislike Shao Daheng to bring it up in front of Zou Wenhuai, but in order to move towards independence as soon as possible and quickly accumulate capital, he must act early.

Xiangjiang's local box office allocation, overseas box office distribution and three suggestions for copyright made Shao Daheng and Zou Minhuai ponder, Wang Zheng did his homework for this, the Southeast Asian box office is only owned by Shaw Brothers, and on the surface it seems that Golden Harvest suffers a loss, but Golden Harvest's overseas box office focus has never been in Southeast Asia, and Shaw Brothers does not value Europe and the United States, but has become their largest overseas box office.

After pondering for a long time, Zou Minhuai broke the silence first, and he smiled slightly: "I think Director Wang's suggestion is very in place, in addition to the box office equalization, I am also willing to share the profits of the videotape in half with the sixth brother!"

Shao Daheng smiled faintly and said, "Thank you, Brother Zou, then make a distribution clause according to Ah Zheng's suggestion." After a pause, he said to Wang Zheng: "Ah Zheng, the sequel script must be written as soon as possible." ”

Wang Zheng smiled slightly, and suggested: "It's better for Uncle Sixth and Boss Zou to discuss the details again, wait for me for a while, and I'll write the script out for everyone to see!"

After listening to Wang Zheng's words, the expression on Shao Daheng's face was unwavering, but Zou Minhuai felt a little incredible, and asked in a daze: "I heard it right, Director Wang meant to write it now?"

It's no wonder that Zou Minhuai will react, movies in the 80s, there are few scripts before filming, and the director of each drama only has a general story framework before filming, and often after the filming is completed, the story is very different from when it was first conceived, let alone a complete script, which only exists in Hollywood.

Seeing Zou Minhuai's surprised face, Wang Zheng explained with a smile: "Because Brother Long mentioned the possibility of cooperation to me a long time ago, I made a story draft for the sequel earlier. ”

After listening to Wang Zheng's explanation, Zou Minhuai was relieved, if he learned what Wang Zheng said, it was just an excuse not to want to be too high-profile, and he didn't know what kind of expression he would change.

Half an hour later, Wang Zheng handed over the written script to Shao Tycoon for a look, and the tycoon nodded lightly after reading it, and passed it to Zou Minhuai at the same time.

"Amazing, the sequel story is not only perfectly connected with the first part, but the back of the story is also grander than the first one, Director Wang is worthy of being one of the most powerful screenwriters in Xiangjiang!"

As the producer and executive producer of "Plan A", Zou Minhuai was full of praise after reading the script.

Shao Daheng also showed a smile on his face, and said: "Since Brother Zou has no opinion on the script, then come to Shaw Brothers Cinemas as soon as possible to sign the distribution documents, and this movie can be launched as soon as possible." ”

Zou Wenhuai laughed when he heard this: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's better to sign the document today, what does the sixth brother think?"

Shao Daheng was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Zou Minhuai to be so refreshing, he was not verbose, and hurriedly asked Fang Yihua to prepare the documents.

The decision of the two bigwigs, Wang Zheng and Chen Long, who have been acting as a soy sauce party, do not have the slightest opinion.