Chapter 216: Successful Negotiations
Early the next morning, Chen Sheng got up early to dress, and then he woke up Cai Xing, who was sleeping like a dead pig, today is the day to start negotiations, this is going to be serious.
Chen Sheng came back very late last night, and when he came back, Cai Xing had already arrived at the hotel, just taking this opportunity, the two had a good chat, and after learning that Cai Xing had already said that his mentor had moved, Chen Sheng had this idea, and felt that he couldn't drag it out any longer, so he went straight to negotiate.
When Chen Sheng came back last night, he was already in a hurry, and Cai Xing didn't know what happened to him, and he didn't even know who he went to.
Although Cai Xing felt that it was better to go directly than indirectly, but looking at Chen Sheng's anxious appearance, it could only be like this, since Chen Sheng said that he wanted to negotiate directly, then he would negotiate directly, after all, he was the boss.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Sheng and Cai Xing appeared at the desk of Big Ben Film Company on time, and with them was a chubby British ghost with gold-rimmed glasses.
In Cai Xing's words, this is the genius director Enge, who is known as the "magic hand" in the UK, and this Big Ben Film Company is his company.
Don't look at the name of this company is very earthy, but in fact, it still has some influence in the whole of Europe, otherwise Cai Xing would not have dragged Chen Sheng here.
"Dear Chen, Ah Xing compares you to the most thoughtful director, after I watched the film, I have to say that you are worthy of this title, you must know that I have never boasted much, my most proud disciple was abducted by you, I should hate you to the core."
"No, Director Enge, it was Ah Xing who chose me, not me who abducted him."
"Haha...... Well, you stingy."
"Mentor, why haven't the people from your company come yet? We've been waiting for almost half an hour. ”
"Oh hell, I don't know if they're stuck in traffic or something else today, but it's a damn uncomfortable wait."
Seeing that Enge said this, Chen Sheng and Cai Xing are not easy to have a seizure, they can only wait, the form is stronger than people, what can you do? Whoever told you to get a movie to be released in the UK, if it was a British movie to be released in Hong Kong and Hong Kong Island, that's another matter.
Waiting left and right, waiting for about another hour, the door of the conference room opened, and there were no less than 5 ghosts side by side.
One of them, hook-nosed, somewhat handsome ghostly said: "I'm sorry, gentlemen, I've kept you waiting, I'm the president of Big Ben, you can call me Charlie, these are my assistants." ”
As soon as Charlie spoke, Chen Sheng felt a sense of déjà vu, a sense of pride, and Simon was so confident on his face when he spoke.
Chen Sheng frowned, for this Charlie, Chen Sheng already felt very bad, but if he had a request for someone, what could he do?
"Hello Mr. Charlie, I am Chen Sheng of Dongsheng Film Production Company, I can be fully responsible for the film of "The True Color of Heroes", if you have anything to say Mr. Charlie, let's just say it."
"Okay, dear Chen, I won't beat around the bush, in fact, before negotiating with you, several of our high-level executives have already studied it, and they think that if this film is to be screened in Europe, we can only give a share of 73......"
Charlie didn't say much after he finished speaking, he was observing Chen Sheng, and Chen Sheng was actually a little annoyed the moment he heard Charlie finish speaking.
"The True Color of Heroes" is a classic movie with a box office of more than 30 million in the original Hong Kong history, but here, these ghosts dare to say that they only give a share of seventy-three, and Chen Sheng is certainly not stupid enough to think that they will give him seven.
Working so hard and wasting so much time, you can only get three returns, which is too little, it's a little unreasonable, and generally the same share will be five or five points, which is already a lot.
In fact, although Chen Sheng is not particularly good at negotiating, he always has to do some homework, and he knows some basic common sense, these ghosts are completely bullying people.
"Please, Mr. Charlie, I'm sure you've seen the film too, I don't need to say how wonderful this film is, if you can only give this sincerity, I don't think we need to cooperate."
"Dear Chen, there is nothing wrong with your film, but we also have our difficulties, you must know that you are a new face in the whole of Europe, your whole team may be famous in that small place on Hong Kong Island, but here you are nothing, we are willing to release your film at the risk of Big Ben, I also hope you can know."
"Hey...... Charlie, it's a bit ruthless for us to do this, why don't you just let me be a middleman, how about we four or six? ”
One is Enge's boss and the other is Enge's student, which makes Enge, who is caught in the middle, a little embarrassed, and he can only persuade both sides.
"This is impossible, what I Chen Sheng auctioned would never be sold so cheaply." Chen Sheng's stubbornness also came up, these ghosts are really too much, so it seems that they didn't come before, they were really delaying time, and they were definitely deliberate.
"Then we can only say I'm sorry, our bottom line is also three seven, four or six is simply impossible." Charlie's attitude is also very tough, I don't know why, he can't get used to Chen Sheng's unconvinced attitude.
The more Chen Sheng was like this, the more he wanted to crush him.
Chen Sheng picked up Cai Xing and was about to leave, but at this time, the door of the entire conference room was opened.
"This gentleman, please don't go yet." A slightly old ghost guy with a slightly bulging belly walked in.
"Jeffrey, you don't seem qualified to enter here!!" Charlie said dissatisfied, the entire board of directors, just this Jeffrey likes to disagree with him, but fortunately, his equity is not as much as Charlie, so Charlie can still suppress him.
"I'm sorry Mr. Charlie, I think he's qualified to stand here from now on." A tall, handsome young man stepped out from behind Jeffrey and spoke.
"Who are you?" Charlie asked rhetorically.
Chen Sheng was almost confused by this situation, but when Simon came out, he could no longer describe it as surprised.
"Simon ......"
"Was it a surprise for me to appear, Master?" Simon said with a grin, very satisfied with Chen Sheng's expression.
"What the hell is going on? Can anyone at Big Ben Movie Studios come in now? ”
"Charlie, I forgot to tell you I'm sorry, the person who really can't enter this conference room is you, this Mr. Simon Warner has just successfully acquired 20% of the company's shares, plus my shares, and now the two of us have surpassed you, and the board of directors has just met, and I have officially taken over the position of president of the company, so I'm sorry Charlie."
"What? Simon Warner? You're the heir to Warner Bros." Charlie's face was like ashes at this moment, even if he bought back the shares of the rest of the company, it was useless, because behind the other party stood the Warner family, fighting for money with Hollywood studios.
Unless this guy is stupid.
"You guy, you shouldn't have put a little abacus on my master, otherwise you are still the president of Big Ben, and you can only blame you for offending the wrong person."
After Simon finished speaking, Jeffrey asked the security guard to escort Charlie's gang away before sitting down again.
"Dear Chen, according to what you just said, we will split the account of this film, when I watched the film before, I already thought that this film was very good, but I didn't expect Charlie to hit you with a small abacus." Jeffrey said with a smile, like a Buddha Buddha.
However, Chen Sheng didn't dare to treat him as a Buddha, he cleaned up his old rival with a smile, and next to a bigger tree, this kind of person, Chen Sheng didn't like to contact very much.
However, he still said: "Mr. Jeffrey, don't worry, our film will never make the company lose money, if the company doesn't make enough 10 million euros, I won't take any of our share." ”
"Alright, we're done!!" Jeffrey looked at Simon's reaction and saw that he didn't react, so he said on his own.
Then the two signed this agreement, which is considered a gambling agreement, in fact, Chen Shengfang's 10 million euros was just casually said, but now that he said it, he can't go back on it, so he can only sign it.
At this moment, he has already begun to pray, hoping that the film "The True Color of Heroes" can be a little more powerful, since it can be so classic in the previous life, then in this life I hope to be able to get a good start in Europe for Dongsheng.
After talking, Chen Sheng, Cai Xing, and Enge were about to leave the company, when a tall figure ran quickly behind him, and at the same time shouted: "Master, you wait for me......"
Chen Sheng and the three of them stopped, and Simon behind them caught up......
"Master, why don't you wait for me......"
"Don't think that if you help me, I will accept you, I also signed a gambling agreement with them, so it is not considered to take advantage of your favor." Chen Shengdao.
"I knew that Master would be like this, so I didn't stop it, Master really wants to learn from you, you just accept me!" Simon continues to carry forward his stalker-by-the-job approach.
"I'm an ordinary person, what can you learn from me?"
"Nono, Master, you are not an ordinary person, I have already investigated you, I was just a small martial artist before, and now it only took a year to change the role and become a martial arts instructor, director, screenwriter, and boss. And you've done all of this very well, and you've made movies that have broken your local box office records several times, can such a person still be called an ordinary person? ”