At the café at the date place, the atmosphere became a little weird.

Yin Tianyou didn't quite understand why Wang Jie would require his collaborators to have the condition of "ambition". For many people, the most fearful thing about cooperating with others is that the other party is too ambitious, which can easily cause trouble, and even in the end, for the sake of interests, unscrupulous means, ignoring the friendship of mutual cooperation, and parting ways.

Wang Jie looked at Yin Tianyou's strange expression, and understood what he was thinking, so he took a sip of tea and explained: "In China, many media companies only want to make a good movie, and then make a big deal in China, and never think of going out, let alone operating this as a brand." I'm not against making quick money, but domestic dramas must have a future and must go out, which is the goal and task I set for myself. I don't allow mistakes in my team, and I don't allow my partners to be short-sighted. So, I'd rather do it slowly than rush it. I'd rather find an ambitious partner than work with a bunch of short-sighted guys. “

After Wang Jie said this, he looked at Yin Tianyou again, "Now you understand what I mean, why did I find you-"

Yin Tianyou touched his chin, "Looks like I'm really lucky—though, how do you see I'm ambitious?" “

"It's very simple, you didn't come all the way here for sightseeing, did you?"

"But I'm from Korea—"

Wang Jie shrugged, "So what? Don't forget, you are also Chinese, and you are a conscientious Chinese! Wang Jie said solemnly.

Yin Tianyou smiled bitterly: "It seems that you know me better than myself." “

"After doing business for a long time, it is inevitable that you will be more accurate in looking at people."

"Since you trust me so much. So, let's work together! Yin Tianyou stretched out his hand.

Wang Jie smiled. Hold it.

……

Although it was the first brief contact, Yin Tianyou and Wang Jie both had a good impression of each other.

But cooperation isn't something that can be done with a handshake. There are still a lot of procedures to go. Among them, Yin Tianyou and Wang Jie have different opinions on the selection of actors.

According to Yin Tianyou's thinking, if you shoot any big production in South Korea, you will invite a popular star to take on it, and the so-called popular star here is the most popular during this time, rather than considering how popular he was and how his acting skills were before. No way, South Korea is the grave of many idol stars, no matter how popular you were back then. If you don't have any new works for two years in a row, fans will forget about you. It can be said that Korean movie fans are the most loyal and affectionate fans. But in the end, there is more affection and less loyalty. Among them, there are idol predecessors like Ahn Jae-wook, who used to be popular all over Asia when he starred in "Star Dreams", but now, because he has not had a work for a long time, he is almost forgotten by people. Another example is An Qixuan. He is also a top superstar in the music industry, but with the rise of new forces in South Korea, he has no choice but to go abroad to develop, such as RAIN who is in military service. Now his popularity has also dropped significantly......

In short, Korean idol stars can't jump into the process of becoming popular and then becoming dull. Therefore, filming in South Korea, as long as the production is big enough. In order to ensure the ratings, some popular superstars will be invited to join, such as last year's poor script. "The Inheritors", which has no features, but the mentally handicapped plot still can't resist the charm of Lee Min Ho, which is popular in South Korea and overseas.

In contrast, filming in Chinese mainland and filming big productions, the first consideration is whether the actor is suitable for the role and what the acting skills are, and will not specifically consider the actor's recent popularity.

Why do it?

After careful analysis, most of the Korean actors are singers, what are the models, they have not experienced formal acting training, and everyone fights for luck and understanding; Mainland actors are all from formal acting universities, and everyone fights for acting.

Therefore, when selecting the actors of "Langya Bang", the protagonist Yin Tianyou is very fond of a Hong Kong actor surnamed Zheng, who has starred in a Qing court drama in the mainland, is very popular, and his acting skills are also good. The most important thing is that this person is older and has a sense of vicissitudes.

But Wang Jie likes a Xiaosheng surnamed Hu in the mainland, who used to be very popular, and he was purple when filming Xianxia dramas, but he had a car accident during the filming of Jin Yong's drama, and his face was injured, and his popularity declined after recuperating for a while. But in Wang Jie's opinion, these are all trivial things, the important thing is that this person's acting skills are good, both in character and image, which are very close to the male protagonist of this play.

In the end, it was Yin Tianyou who agreed with Wang Jie's opinion, in Jean's opinion, he was not familiar with this market, but Wang Jie has been in business for so many years, and he knows the Tao more clearly than himself, and the selection of actors is the same, in addition to having a vision, he must also know the roots.

After the cast of "Langya Bang" was confirmed, Yin Tianyou began to be busy looking for a lawyer to draft the contract together.

The laws of the mainland are different from those of Hong Kong, and everything has to be started all over again.

The contract was very simple, with the two companies of Noon Sunshine Pictures and Tianyi Media Co., Ltd. co-producing and producing the costume drama "Langya Bang", and then the specific details of the cooperation, including the amount of investment, profit sharing, and some trivial provisions in the future.

Yin Tianyou is not very good at fiddling with these, so he handed over this legal matter to a Shanghai law firm to deal with. That firm is very famous, and Andy introduced it to Yin Tianyou. It can be said that from Hong Kong to the mainland, Yin Tianyou has not been touched by Liu Dehua's light, after all, the current Liu Tianwang's connections in the mainland and the market have been very skilled.

Almost four or five days passed.

finally waited for the law firm to prepare the official documents, but Yin Tianyou received a call from South Korea, it turned out that the Cannes Film Festival in France was about to open, and as the protagonist of the selected works, Yin Tianyou needed to go to France.

Walking the red carpet?

Yin Tianyou shook his head, he was very surprised that his film could be shortlisted for Cannes, but as for whether he could win the award, Yin Tianyou had no confidence at all.

But the red carpet still has to be walked, according to the words of the entertainment industry. This is called "gilding", and of course for many "carpet stars" who like to walk the red carpet. This kind of event is a must-attendance.

Because Yin Tianyou put the base of his entry into the mainland in Hong Kong, he has no company in the mainland. So in order to get rid of the work at hand, Yin Tianyou had to rush back to Hong Kong overnight to deal with the company's affairs.

Fortunately, with Jin Qitai, a good friend, not long after Yin Tianyou arrived in Hong Kong, he has completed some important company follow-up procedures, and the funds for the new film "Journey to the West Sequel" will also be in place a week later, so it can be said that everything is beyond Yin Tianyou's expectations.

Another three days passed.

Just when Yin Tianyou was about to fly to Cannes, France, Wang Jie from the mainland called and said that the cooperation contract was ready. Just wait for Yin Tianyou to officially sign.

Hearing this, Yin Tianyou knocked his head, he was so busy that he was dizzy, how could he forget about it. Cooperation is not just lost to the lawyer, you also need to sign and draw the pledge yourself.

Briefly explaining his situation, Yin Tianyou told Wang Jie that he was going to Cannes and that he had to hurry up if he wanted to sign a contract.

Wang Jie smiled and said I will accommodate you, I will go to Hong Kong.

Yin Tianyou thought he was just talking casually, but he didn't expect to hang up the phone for 13 hours. He received a call from Wang Jie again, Wang Jie said, I am in a hotel near Hong Kong International Airport, how is it. When are you leaving?

……

"Okay, I'm leaving, you can go back and rest early." Yin Tianyou hurriedly put the documents into the public bag. While saying to his old friend Kim Qitai.

"You can rest before you go out."

"Can't wait, I'm flying to France in the afternoon." Yin Tianyou said. patted Kim Qitai on the shoulder and left the office building in a hurry. Yin Tianyou's car rushed directly to Hong Kong International Airport.

When he hurried to the hotel near the airport. An eyed man in a black suit walked up to the door and asked, "Is this Mr. Yin?" ”

Yin Tianyou nodded, "Where is Mr. Wang?" ”

"Mr. Wang is waiting for you at the café, and specially asked me to come to the door to greet you."

Yin Tianyou nodded, looked at his watch, there were still three hours to get on the plane.

"Then hurry up." Yin Tianyou said, let the man lead the way, and walked towards the café.

Walking into the café, Yin Tianyou saw Wang Jie sitting in a inward seat on the left, and he was also carrying a briefcase, and it seemed that the contract was ready.

"I'm sorry to make you run so far." Yin Tianyou walked up and stretched out his hand to Wang Jie.

"Where, hehe, anyway, my wife is clamoring to come to Hong Kong to shop, just by the way." Wang Jie stood up with a smile, shook hands with Yin Tianyou, and looked at the man with glasses next door, "Okay, it's none of your business, bring Mr. Yin a bottle of black coffee, no need to add sugar." ”

The eyed man went as promised, and at this time, Wang Jie turned his head and said to Yin Tianyou: "Although we have only met a few times, it seems that you don't like to put sugar in coffee." ”

Yin Tianyou nodded, "That's right, it feels weird to drink coffee and put sugar." I can't help but have a good impression of Wang Jie in my heart, this is a person who observes subtlely.

Wang Jie smiled: "In the words of Haruki Murakami, people who drink coffee without sugar are cool. ”

Yin Tianyou smiled, looked around, and said, "Why, you won't stay here, will you?" Although it is bustling here, it is inevitably noisy. ”

Wang Jie smiled, "You misunderstood, it's not because it's prosperous that you live here, it's because this hotel has my shares." ”

"Speaking of which, it can be regarded as a fertilizer that does not flow into the fields of outsiders."

"Hehe, sort of, come on, coffee is here." Wang Jie took the waiter's coffee and put it in front of Yin Tianyou, Yin Tianyou owed slightly, thanked him, and then said, "The coffee is here, let's get down to business." ”

"It's good that you're in such a hurry again." Wang Jie said and opened the briefcase, "I have brought all the specific signing materials, you can take a look." ”

As he spoke, Wang Jie handed the clip to Yin Tianyou.

Yin Tianyou opened the folder, took out the pieces inside, and then flipped through it roughly. After about ten minutes, he put the pieces away, put them back in the folder, and nodded: "When I heard that you were looking for a partner, I felt very interested in your project." Now that I see these concrete numbers, I feel more confident. Well, let's talk about the price. ”

"Well, smart people should be more efficient in communicating with each other." Wang Jie paused, "I have already talked to you about my future plans for this project, and you have also seen the specific figures here." As far as we are concerned, we need to invest at least 30 million to serve as the production fee in the early stage, and about 40 million will be added in the future, with a total investment of about 80 million, which is already a large investment for a TV series. However, these are only the production costs, if you add the publicity costs in the early and later stages, it will cost about 30 million, then it is 110 million investment. This, can you accept? After Wang Jie said this, he looked at Yin Tianyou with burning eyes.

A TV series with an investment of over 100 million yuan, this is definitely a big gamble.

You must know that the highest episode of domestic TV dramas sells 1 million, and 30 episodes are only 30 million, plus the advertising costs when it is broadcast, it is very difficult to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to make a profit, unless this drama is very rebellious......

Yin Tianyou didn't hesitate at all, "No problem." I can afford it at this price. ”

Wang Jie smiled, "In this case, we can continue to talk about the distribution of income." According to what I just said, half of the 110 million will be paid by our film company, and the other half will be paid by your Tianyi Media, but in terms of later profits, we are not divided into two or five accounts, to be precise, you can only take forty percent, and we account for sixty percent. ”

Yin Tianyou: "How do you say this?" ”

Wang Jie: "It's very simple, because this drama will be broadcast in the mainland first, and our company has a wide range of publicity contacts in the mainland, as well as a broadcast platform, your Tianyi Media is a new company, and it won't help at all, so in terms of future revenue, you can only take forty percent, I calculate it according to the invisible value, I hope you can understand." ”

Yin Tianyou nodded and expressed his approval, after all, the mainland is people's land, whether it is brand image or brand effect, these are invisible assets, and it is understandable to divide the profit by two percent. However, Yin Tianyou will not suffer so easily, and said with a smile: "As you said, if this "Langya Bang" is screened in South Korea by then, can our company account for sixty percent?" Is it necessary to split the screening in Japan or Thailand? ”

Wang Jie paused for a moment, as if he didn't expect Yin Tianyou's head to turn so fast, thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, I can't always let you suffer, this is not the reason for doing business - according to what you said, if this drama is released in your land South Korea, you will account for sixty percent of the profits, and we will split the account fifty-five in other countries." Hehe, that's always okay, right? ”

Yin Tianyou nodded, "I think this is a fair suggestion for both parties." ”

Wang Jie: "You are very cunning. ”

Yin Tianyou: "You're not bad. ”

The two looked at each other and laughed. (To be continued.) )