"Okay, Mr. Jiang~" Li Xiaole smiled, took out the outline script of "Let the Bullets Fly" that had been prepared for a long time from the drawer, but there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, because he understood that no matter how the box office of "The Sun Also Rises" this time, Jiang Wen was finally interested in talking to him about cooperation, and the most important step in the formation of the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly" was being completed.

Two weeks later, although nearly 10 million publicity expenses were invested, "The Sun Also Rises" still did not improve at the box office, and the total box office was just over 12 million, far from expectations, although China Film Group only invested 10 million in the early stage, but the best publicity expenses of the second studio exceeded 14 million, and it is almost certain to become the film with the largest loss in China Film investment this year.

As the director of the second studio who trusts him, Li Xiaole, who made this terrible decision, together with Jiang Wen, became the target of everyone's common accusations at the group's weekly meeting.

"I really don't understand, what is the reason for the additional publicity budget if the box office performance is so unsatisfactory? Accompany more money? ”

"This is definitely one of the worst projects in our group this year, and Mr. Li obviously has a serious lack of experience in dealing with the project."

"It's unreasonable, it's really unreasonable, the art film weishenme wants to use so much money to promote?"

Shi Dongming, Liu Xiaoheng, Fu Guocang and other ten board members spoke one after another, expressing their incomprehension of the investment in this project.

Han Sanpin, who presided over the group meeting for the first time, also felt a little headache, but he was silent, as if he was thinking about something, he had just been promoted to the chairman of the group, and his current situation was also very delicate.

In the past, Xie Yang and Yan Jie controlled everything in the group, and the ten members of the board of directors were relatively peaceful, but now he, a person with a shallow foundation, took over as chairman, and each of the ten directors here is his senior, even a teacher, and the relationship between the two sides is also in a stage of reconstruction.

Now Yan Jie's own retreat to the second line, Yan Fusheng was investigated by the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the whole group knew that this was a good thing that he Han Sanpin did, and many people rejoiced, but more often Yan Jie's old department was resentful, and they hated Han Sanpin for cutting off their financial routes and destroying their roots.

At present, for him Han Sanpin, the most important thing is to stabilize the turbulent hearts of the group, and stability is the most important.

"Director Li, do you have any report for this project?" Han Sanpin coughed lightly, looked at Li Xiaole in a stern tone and asked.

"No, I just made what I thought was the right decision." Li Xiaole looked unrepentant, without the slightest intention of bowing his head.

"Director Li, let me remind you, although the second production now has 1. You have the right to allocate 800 million production funds at will, but it does not mean that this is your personal property, and the loss-making group of the project must be held accountable to you. After Han Sanpin reminded him, he asked Li Xiaole with his eyes.

The two have a deep relationship, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding between friends in adversity, and Li Xiaole certainly knows what this Han is always expressing.

Now in this situation, everyone in the group knows that they are Han Sanpin's cronies, and the most afraid is that Han Sanpin, the newly appointed chairman, is nepotism, if Mr. Han maintains himself here today, then it will chill the hearts of other people present, so he also nodded to Han Sanpin, which means: "Mr. Han, come on, I understand." ”

"Haode, now I announce that in accordance with the group's regulations, the full responsibility for the loss of this project lies with Director Li, and the evaluation is poor, and it is recorded in the file." Han Sanpin said solemnly.

Everyone at the scene looked at each other, and they were surprised for a while, they didn't expect Han Sanpin to be so ruthless, and to be so ruthless to Li Xiaole, who he relied on the most, and the evaluation was poor, which is equivalent to saying that Li Xiaole's bonuses for the whole year this year have been lost...... This year, he filmed "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and as the production director, he has an 8% profit commission...... This money is at least 10 million yuan!

The atmosphere at the scene immediately stabilized, everyone was suppressed by Han Sanpin's iron-fisted policy, and everyone wondered when they made a mistake.

"Eh~ Mr. Han, this is not like this." Jiang Wen, who had been coaxing the cow next to him and was reluctant to bow his head, finally spoke up at this time, stood up and stared at Han Sanpin, and said in his thick voice:

"I'll be honest, this matter is not the business of Director Li, I forced him to take out the money, you have to deal with it, you should deal with me, I take advantage of the cheapness, and let Director Li bear the responsibility, I think this matter is unfair."

This statement made the gloating people next to him anxious, and they all shouted: "Mr. Jiang didn't say what you said~ You are an artist, you are only responsible for art, and the budget is the responsibility of the factory director." ”

"Mr. Jiang, let's be honest, if you change the factory to release your film this time, the box office will not be so bad, this is not only a budget problem, but also Director Li's lack of experience, young people, will always make mistakes, you can't take the responsibility on yourself, how can young people grow up like that?"

There was also a director who was usually not used to seeing Jiang Wen and slapped the table directly, pointed at him and shouted: "Jiang Wen! In the end, Li Xiaole is the factory director, or you are the factory director! Now we are the accountable factory director! You don't have a say! ”

Seeing that the scene was chaotic, Li Xiaole hurriedly dragged Jiang Wen back to the bench, Jiang Wen was reluctant, but he felt that Li Xiaole's little hand was amazingly powerful, and he couldn't twist him, and he could only look at him in surprise when he was pressed back to his seat by Li Xiaole.

"Teacher Jiang, Han is always trying to win people's hearts, if you roar, my money will be punished in vain." Li Xiaole whispered in his ear.

Jiang Wen was stunned for a long time before he realized that Li Xiaole was singing on stage for Han Sanpin, and he was doing it too much, and finally tilted his head to look at him and said in a deep voice:

"This time, I owe you Lao Jiang, let you carry it, I'm sorry for you, and I'll pay you back in the future." After saying that, he closed his eyes and stopped making a sound.

Anyway, Li Xiaole still lost a lot of money for him Jiang Wen, and this kid still looked very willingly well-behaved, which made Jiang Wen feel even more uncomfortable, more uncomfortable than his own loss, he actually knew in his heart that Li Xiaole didn't like this kind of cunning person very much, but he still couldn't get over it with being so good to himself.

Li Xiaole saw his performance in his eyes, and smiled in his heart, this is the effect he wants, although Jiang Wen is very wise, but after all, he is still engaged in art, and he doesn't know financial skills, the 10 million Han Sanpin was punished for him openly, and secretly there are many ways to become flowers and send them to him, how can a leader of Han Sanpin's level really let himself suffer a loss?

And Jiang Wen didn't know that he was not helping him by funding him, but actually tricking him...... Knowing that his movie failed at the box office, he chased the distribution funds the most, and he was definitely generous to others this time, if only Jiang Wen knew the truth, I was afraid that I would cry and laugh.

After this little farce, the scene finally quieted down, after Han Sanpin punished Li Xiaole, the meeting went very smoothly, and Han Sanpin also gave various instructions without scruples, and no one dared to refute it on the spot, at most he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

The topic soon turned to the next quarter, and the new projects of China Film Group came up, and each studio proposed its own projects and budgets, hoping to get the production funds issued this year.

"Last year and this year, the film market improved, and the leaders of the bureau also greatly strengthened the support of our group's local films, "Shaanxi River Wind" directed by Feng Feng, and "Understanding People and Confused Things" directed by Li Yongjian, we think they can be filmed, and the funding must be in place in time......

Han Sanpin announced the news that made everyone happy one by one, making everyone feel that although Xie Lao and Mr. Yan were gone, the group was still leaving.

But although everyone was happy, they all looked at Li Xiaole, very curious about what this Li Crazy will shoot next quarter, a 320 million box office "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" has given him enough capital to make greater requirements, will he shoot a big-budget movie this time?

"This time, the project applied by the second studio is "Let the Bullets Fly", and the model adopts the director responsibility system......"

Han Sanpin glanced up at Li Xiaole when he read the project proposal, and his stiff face, from the tips of his eyebrows, to the corners of his mouth, clearly showed the turbulence in his heart.

"Mr. Han......" Han Xiaoli looked at him stunned, and gently reminded him, and everyone at the conference table looked at him blankly and waited for his later words.

Han Sanpin reacted this time, coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment, and then read: "The project applied by the second studio is "Let the Bullets Fly", and the model adopts the director responsibility system, and the director Li Xiaole has an investment of 110 million yuan in the production of this project, all of which adopt the director's personal financing model. ”

"110 million ......?" Everyone present was stunned, and then they collectively fell into silence.

The so-called director responsibility system means that the studio cooperates with the group with an independent production organization, and the director of the studio finances and produces the film by himself, and China Film Group is responsible for distribution, and obtains the 3:7 sharing of the theater chain and taxes, and the final director gets the share ratio of 37% of the total box office.

According to the regulations of China Film Group, the top Grade A production is within the range of 20 million to 50 million, for example, the production cost of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" is 45 million, which is already an unprecedented big production.

110 million production costs...... So does it mean that this director Xiao Li has to bear the box office risk alone? No...... Now Li Xiaole is the director of the second production, and has the right to apply for the highest grade A distribution specifications, and the cap of the grade A specifications is 40 million distribution funds.

In this way, the total investment is 150 million, and the box office must be at least more than 300 million to recover the investment, although according to the history of the box office of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" is over 300 million, this is not a desired and unattainable goal, but the theme of this movie is indeed a Western film of the Republic of China that has never been seen in mainland films, and no one can predict the audience's reaction to this film, which is simply gambling......