Chapter 97: Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high

Before the banquet began, Harvey went to Tang Feng's room again and informed everyone to go to the banquet hall, where he prepared a sumptuous dinner.

When several people saw him coming, they all left in hiatism, leaving the entire space to Tang Feng and Harvey.

Harvey didn't know that he had been betrayed at this time, and said with excitement on his face: "Hurry up, people are almost here." ”

"Haha, if I didn't hold this banquet, I really didn't know that my popularity was so good!"

"Before the buffet started, almost everyone who was invited came, and thanks to the fact that I chose the location in this hotel, there is no room for so many people in a smaller place. ”

"Hey, Sean, what's wrong with you?"

"Why are you looking at me with this expression?

Tang Feng smiled and continued to look at Harvey teasingly with playful eyes, "Dude, how long are you going to hide it from me?"

Harvey asked curiously, "What? I don't have anything to hide from you?"

Tang Feng saw that he still refused to admit it, so he immediately turned his face and said in a serious tone: "If I heard it right just now, they said that it was because they took a share of the movie that they would help us release the movie." ”

"That's not what you said!"

"Harvey, do you remember what you said?"

"Miramax is the best independent film company in New York?"

"You have the best distribution channel other than the three?"

"Now that I think about it, I'm really stupid enough to be fooled by you and believe your words. ”

"Give you such a high share, and treat you like a brother!"

Harvey's expression was wonderful, but he probably knew that he was in the wrong, and he had always been shrewd, he didn't see the smile in Tang Feng's eyes, and thought he was really angry.

"Oh no, damn it!"

"These guys, why did they even tell you about this?"

"I'm sorry, Sean, but to be honest, I didn't mean to lie to you. ”

"Well, well, I'll admit I was exaggerating, but that's understandable, right?"

"When it comes to business, in order to strive for more benefits, of course I will say that I am the best, and everyone will say so!"

"However, I didn't delay the release of the movie, and it was even much better than you expected, you have to admit this, right?"

"Your original plan, wasn't it four theaters, and in the end, we were thirty-five theaters, and the whole country was screened!"

"Oh, please, don't you always have this expression, okay, it makes me look bottomless......"

Harvey explained while peeking at Tang Feng, seeing that he still had a straight face, he was really anxious, "Hey, brother, you won't really be angry with me because of this, right?"

"I lied to you at the time, I really didn't have that much ability to release your movie nationwide, but then I really died!"

"Do you know how hard I went into convincing those guys to get them to do their best to help?"

"Let's not talk about that, let's just say that I got 18% of the box office share from you, and in the end I only had 8% left, and the rest was shared with them!"

Tang Feng glanced at him, "So, you are still a hero, should I thank you well?"

Harvey's eyes widened: "Of course! If I hadn't sacrificed myself at a critical moment, how could I have ......?"

He was impassionedly defending himself, but he found that Tang Feng's eyes were not good, so he immediately coaxed down, and hurriedly said flatteringly: "Please, my good friend, did I count me wrong this time?"

"Big deal, big deal......"

Harvey looked hesitant, as if he wanted to make a promise, but he couldn't make up his mind, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, in order to make up for my mistakes, all the movies I will release to you in the future will only have an 8% distribution fee, so it will always make you happy, right?"

Tang Feng nodded with satisfaction, then put on a smiling face, and said teasingly: "Well, this is about the same, there should be no moisture." ”

It wasn't until this time that Harvey didn't know that Tang Feng was waiting for him, and he looked cold before, and he did it on purpose to show him.

Harvey, who had just come to his senses, immediately stopped doing it, and shouted angrily: "Damn, why did I fall for you!"

"No, everything I said before is null and void!"

"Give me at least 12%, otherwise there won't be much profit!"

Seeing that he was snorting again, he turned his face again, and simply rejected his request, "No!"

"It's 8%, do you want to regret it? Don't even think about it!"

Whether it's a friend, a lover, or a loved one, it's actually the same.

The more you care about the other person, the more you are at a disadvantage.

If Tang Feng dared to talk to him like this a few months ago, Harvey wouldn't even throw him off.

But after this period of getting along, Harvey has recognized Tang Feng, an old brother who is almost half his age, and even to some extent, he is more attentive than Bob.

As for Tang Feng, he has long regarded Harvey as one of his most important friends, except for Charlie, who is still in college, almost no one can take his place.

At the beginning, Tang Feng was very angry, although he didn't show anything on the surface, but he was very uncomfortable in his heart.

But then I thought about it, I really couldn't blame Harvey for this, after all, they had just met at that time, and it was normal to play some tricks in negotiations.

Moreover, things turned out quite well, so before Harvey came, his anger was gone.

Doing so was just a little temper, and when he thought of what he was bragging about at the time, Tang Feng hated it so much that he had to take the opportunity to get it back.

In fact, this is also normal, this kind of little temper he also has a hair on Harvey, just like everyone else, the closer the relationship, the more accounting.

If it were someone else, he would never be like this, but he really regarded Harvey as a brother.

There is no purpose, no premeditation, and it is not a trick, it is just a simple desire to be angry.

This mentality has nothing to do with maturity or not, as well as age and identity background, it is just a normal reaction of normal people, and usually only happens to people close to them.

In psychology, it seems to be called unipolar thinking.

Anyway, Tang Feng felt that as a close partner, Harvey had deceived him at the beginning, so he should be angry with him, so he had to let him.

Tang Feng didn't expect that he just wanted to scare Harvey and make him anxious, but this uncompetitive guy actually directly left the old bottom and took the initiative to reduce the issuance fee.

After getting angry, he was also entangled, "Hmph, this is an unexpected gain." ”

"But why do you feel a little unbearable to do this, or give him a little more?"

"No, wouldn't that be cheaper for him, at least not this time. ”

"Forget it, looking at his poor decay, let's go up 2 points......"

So, just as Harvey was regretting his stupidity, he heard a heavenly voice again, "Okay, for the sake of your face that you didn't mess things up, I'll give you a little bit of a boost." ”

"10%, no more!"

"Before you came, I had already made an agreement with them that we would make a few films together. ”

"In order for them to help me as much as possible, I've promised almost 5% of the box office in addition to the normal distribution fee. ”

Harvey, who had just reacted, was momentarily stunned, "What? You want to make a movie with them, and you will give an extra 5% of the distribution fee?"

"Oh my God, I heard you right, you see that you are usually a shrewd person, how can you do such a stupid thing?"

Expecting him to have this expression, Tang Feng smiled proudly, and then explained: "Actually, we have formed an alliance, and things are like this......

It took a long time for Harvey to figure out what was going on, and after knowing that several companies were united, he not only did not object, but also shouted excitedly.

"Well, it's a good idea, so that we're still making independent films, but using their strengths to our films. ”

"Although they are given an extra share, as long as you can teach your people, it is still worth the tuition. ”

As soon as he said this, Harvey suddenly opened his mind, leaned over to Tang Feng's side with a wicked smile, and whispered, "Sean, there are a lot of reporters downstairs." ”

"There's a newspaper, there's a magazine, there's two TV stations, and there's a paparazzi if you want. ”

"I said, are we taking this opportunity to send out the news of several alliances?"

"Hey, hey, when this news reaches the ears of those big guys, it will definitely scare them into sleeping!"

Tang Feng glared at him, "You're really stupid, now we're on the cusp of the storm, just like them." ”

"If they really do this, they will definitely hate us, and if we don't release our movies at that time, won't it be a big loss?"

Harvey smiled: "You still don't know this country, that's why we have to do this, only by burning the fire more vigorously, can we really burn them, so that they don't dare to underestimate us anymore." ”

"Brother, don't worry, at least I can guarantee that the next movie will be released in several small theaters. ”

"And with "Killer Tragedy" at the bottom, as long as you don't shoot too badly, you will get only a lot more films!"

"What's more, now that this is the case, do you still think that the three major theaters will release our movies?"

Tang Feng asked, "Can you be sure that the other theaters will really be like you said?

Harvey replied confidently, "Yes!"

"I just talked to the owners of the two theater chains, and they hated the big three this time, and they said they would protest with us. ”

"Their relationship with the three major ones has always been on the same page, and this time because of the misleading three majors, they have also carried a lot of infamy. ”

"So, they will definitely give us more films as I said!"

Hearing his words, Tang Feng weighed it for a while, and then said with a smile: "Since that's the case, then why don't we add some blockage to them?"

"Let's go, let's go down now, and add another firewood. ”

"Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, haha!"