Chapter 547: The Huayi Brothers' Poaching
Of course, it was the second daughter who rested, but Lin Yuquan did not, and now there are too many tasks that he needs to deal with, so whenever he has free time, he must hurry.
After the end of the annual summary meeting of Shuguang Films, Lin Yuquan was either on vacation or busy with other things during this time, and the movie and TV scripts that Shuguang Film was preparing to produce this year have not had time to watch until now, although there is no need for him to intervene, Ding Value, Qiu Qingyi and others can also do a good job, but with or without his intervention, the result is completely different, he is not only a successful director, but also the controller of Shuguang Films, who can not only give good revision opinions, but also have full authority to decide the shooting of film and television dramas.
This is Ding Value, Qiu Qingyi and others can not do, especially the latter point, for the needs of the company's operation and development, the management must strive to be safe when making decisions, and dare not take risks easily, so it will inevitably appear a little conservative, but sometimes it is necessary to take risks, and the safety at this time is an invisible restriction.
However, management is only management after all, and without his permission, they will never dare to do it drastically, because the consequences are often unbearable for them, and he is different as a big boss, as long as he wants, he can build it according to his own wishes.
For example, "Step by Step" and "Love Defense", if he didn't intervene, then these two dramas would only get decent funding and decent attention from Dawning Films, but after he personally intervened, these two dramas immediately jumped to Dawning Films' blockbuster productions this year, and they will receive the greatest support in all aspects.
And because of this. After receiving his instructions, Qiu Qingyi arranged the script creation of "Step by Step" regardless of the cost, and not only invited Feng Li, the screenwriter of "Love Through Time and Space", Wang Lizhi, the screenwriter of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "The Female General of Yangmen", and Tong Hua, the author of the original novel, to co-write the screenplay. In order to race against time and ensure quality, we also booked a luxurious room for three people in a five-star hotel not far from the company to provide the best creative conditions.
As for other scripts, there is no need to think too much about whether they have shooting value, Lin Yuquan looks at the scripts mainly to determine the investment amount of each film and television drama, and determine which ones are worth focusing on. In terms of films, "Du Lala's Promotion", "A Gentleman's Makeover", "People in Embarrassment", and "The Piano of Steel" are all works with low production costs, among which "People in Embarrassment" and "Du Lala's Promotion" have the highest commercial potential. Obviously, it should focus on creating, especially "People in Embarrassment", with the huge success of movies such as "Crazy Racing", "Old Boy", "No Man's Land" and so on, what Dawning Films has to do is to make every effort to ensure the quality of the work. Let it become the new pearl of dawning film comedy film.
In terms of TV series. "New Three Kingdoms" is not mentioned, "Love Defense War" is also not mentioned, the rest of the works, well, it seems that all of them should be focused on, whether it is "Borrowed Gun", or "Snail House", "The Beautiful Times of Daughter-in-law", "Tie Pear Flower", "My Brother is Shunyo", "Happiness Knocks on the Door", he likes it very much. Just considering the subject matter, "Borrowed Gun" and "Iron Pear Flower". Oh, by the way, there is also that "Jasmine Sinking" that needs to invest more money to focus on.
In this series of works, including "People in Embarrassment", "Gentleman's Makeover", "Step by Step", "Love Defense", "Bicelon Shen", including five works have not yet determined the director, in this regard, Lin Yuquan really does not have the time and energy to think about it himself, he only needs to make a final decision, but the director of "People in Embarrassment", he has an idea, and it is obviously a good idea to let Ning Hao direct, yes, just do it, call him tomorrow morning.
In Kyoto in January, the weather is exceptionally cold, if it is not necessary, people like to stay at home, Ning Hao is like this, since he was busy with the filming and post-production of "Nightclub", he is now in addition to participating in the script creation of "Du Lala's Promotion", more is conceiving his new work, he wants to shoot a completely local, but also completely own film, unlike the previous films, all of which have borrowed from Western films to a certain extent.
In the quiet space, the sudden ringtone of the mobile phone was extremely harsh, Ning Hao, who woke up from his contemplation, grabbed the mobile phone on the desk, and what caught his eye was an unfamiliar number without remarks, and after connecting with a little doubt, he immediately said softly: "Hey, hello!" ”
"Hello, Director Ning Hao, I'm Wang Zhongjun, I didn't bother you when I called, I don't know if it's inconvenient to talk now?" A hearty voice rang on the phone.
"You are Wang Zhongjun of Huayi Brothers, Chairman Wang?" Although he had basically confirmed the identity of the other party in his heart, Ning Hao still asked out loud, he would call him, also called Wang Zhongjun, except for Wang Zhongjun of the Huayi brothers, he couldn't imagine that there would be other people, but Wang Zhongjun obviously seemed strange to call him.
"That's right, I am, Director Ning Hao, is it convenient for you to speak now?" Wang Zhongjun smiled heartily.
"Of course it's convenient, in fact, if you can receive a call from Chairman Wang, even if it's inconvenient, it's convenient." Ning Hao smiled and said, his expression was extremely calm, he is a tycoon-level figure in today's Chinese film and television industry, if it is an ordinary actor and director facing Wang Zhongjun, it is inevitable to be nervous and cramped, but he is different, not to mention that he has become an influential and famous director in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, he is often in contact with Lin Yuquan, in terms of status, how can Wang Zhongjun be compared with Lin Yuquan.
"Director Ning Hao is polite, I actually hoped for such an opportunity to talk to you a long time ago, but I was worried that I would disturb you rashly, when "No Man's Land" was released before, my family and I went to the cinema to watch the movie, the movie was so good, my children liked it very much." Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.
"Thank you, it's a wonderful appreciation for me." Ning Hao said with a smile.
"If I'm not mistaken, Director Ning Hao, you just finished filming a movie called "Nightclub", is the new movie now decided?" Wang Zhongjun's voice rang on the phone.
Could it be that the other party is going to find himself to direct the Huayi brothers' movie, hearing Wang Zhongjun's words, this thought flashed in Ning Hao's mind. However, there was no pause: "Yes, I just filmed "Nightclub", and the new movie is still being conceived." ”
No matter what Wang Zhongjun's purpose is. Ning Hao didn't think there was any need to hide this, so he said it directly.
"Oh, really? Director Ning Hao, is your new film still ready to be invested and produced by Shuguang Film in the future? To be honest, I especially hope to have an opportunity to cooperate with Director Ning Hao, I wonder if Director Ning Hao, have you ever thought about handing over the new movie to our Huayi Brothers? Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.
Really, is it? The corners of Ning Hao's mouth turned up slightly, and he chuckled: "Thank you very much Chairman Wang for your attention to me, but my cooperation with Shuguang Film is very pleasant." There is no intention of leaving for the time being. ”
"Of course I know this, and I also know that you and director Lin Yuquan have a very close relationship, but that doesn't mean you can't cooperate with other film companies, does it? Dawning Films can give you support in the production. Our Huayi brothers can also give, and in terms of salary, we will also directly give you the same treatment as Xiaogang. Wang Zhongjun said slowly.
"Oh, what kind of treatment?" Ning Hao asked with a smile. Human. He couldn't help but be curious.
"The basic salary of 2 million, in addition, will be bundled with the box office of the movie, and the specific share will be agreed according to the situation of the film, and if you set up a studio, we will also provide you with the basic operating funds of the studio, of course, if you don't like this way, we will also give you a high salary. Guaranteed above 10 million. Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.
Ning Hao grinned, with a thick smile in his eyes: "Chairman Wang, you shouldn't know my directing salary for Shuguang Films. When I filmed "No Man's Land" last year, my salary was already 8 million plus 8% of the film profit share, and now my salary has risen to 10 million plus 10% of the film profit share, to be honest, I don't think the Huayi brothers will definitely pay me higher than I am now, what do you think? ”
"10 million plus 10% of the movie profit share." Hearing Ning Hao's words, Wang Zhongjun's heart shook, I have to say, this is indeed a very amazing director's salary, but in the end, it is a tycoon in the film and television industry, and he has long expected the difficulty of persuading Ning Hao, he quickly regained his calm, and he did not shake his confidence, in order to persuade Ning Hao to join the Huayi brothers, he prepared a killer feature.
"Is Director Ning Hao dissatisfied with the remuneration? If you are willing to join Huayi Brothers, our Huayi Brothers can also give you such a filming remuneration, and will also pay for the daily expenses of your studio, not only that, but we have also specially prepared a generous signing fee, presumably Director Ning Hao also knows that our Huayi Brothers is starting the listing process, and it will be listed this year, at the latest next year, as long as Director Ning Hao is willing to join our Huayi Brothers and sign a cooperation agreement for five films, we will give you as much as Bi Gang 3% of the original shares, If everything goes well, the market value of this part of the shares should be worth hundreds of millions after listing, and this is also the sincerity of our Huayi Brothers. ”
Wang Zhongjun said in his chest, but as soon as he finished speaking, his whole heart suddenly rose, killer, killer, there is no doubt that this is his last resort to persuade Ning Hao.
Prior to this, although he had the intention to poach Ning Hao to join, Huayi Brothers' financial strength was really different compared to Shuguang Films, and Ning Hao at that time did not reach the height of Feng Xiaogang, so it was difficult for him to be willing to offer very attractive conditions to attract the other party to join.
But after the box office of "No Man's Land" exceeded 300 million, the situation has changed dramatically, and now Ning Hao seems to be a big director of mainland commercial comedy who can compete with Feng Xiaogang.
There is no way, today's Shuguang movies are too strong, movies, TV series, artist agents, movie theaters, Huayi Brothers are backward in all aspects, the only thing that is stronger than Shuguang Movies is music, but other people's Shuguang system also has Shuguang Network, Shuguang Publishing House, Shuguang Games, Shuguang Film and Television Base, the two sides are not at the same level at all, and more importantly, the other party has Lin Yuquan, the existence of that makes Huayi Brothers have no possibility of confrontation.
In order to be recognized by investors, Huayi Brothers must do their best to strengthen all aspects of strength, obviously, without destroying the situation controlled by him, the capital strength can not be strengthened in a short period of time, the most effective measure is to continue to enhance the star card held in hand, and there is no doubt that Ning Hao is such a weighty star card. Because of this, Huayi Brothers gave the other party 3% of the original shares.
"I am very grateful to the Huayi brothers for the sincerity they gave me, I have to say. It's a condition that's hard to refuse, but I refuse it anyway. Ning Hao shook his head without the slightest hesitation.
"Why?" Wang Zhongjun hurriedly asked, he was really in a hurry this time.
"There are actually many reasons, just one point, Huayi Brothers wants to go public, isn't Shuguang Movie going to be listed? I believe that as long as I stay at Dawning Films, I will also get the original shares. In that case, why should I go to Huayi Brothers? Ning Hao chuckled.
"Dawning Films will naturally go public, but can you get 3% of the original shares? I'm sure. You will definitely not get more original shares than in our Huayi Brothers. Wang Zhongjun said immediately.
"That's right, I won't get more shares than Huayi Brothers, but the overall market value of the Shuguang system is comparable to Huayi Brothers? A single Shuguang building is much more than the total assets of Huayi Brothers today, if you talk about the value of shares. Presumably, I won't get less from the Dawning Movie than I did from joining Huayi Brothers. And it is obvious that the overall strength of Shuguang Film is significantly stronger than that of Huayi Brothers, what choice will you make if you are Chairman Wang? Ning Hao had a deep smile in his eyes.
Wang Zhongjun was silent for a moment, everyone knows the truth that it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, if you can't get more benefits from it, naturally no one is stupid to choose to abandon a big tree.
"Besides, I don't think that joining Huayi Brothers will be beneficial to my directorial creation. As far as I know, within the Huayi Brothers. Even if Feng Xiaogang has to compromise because of the company's commercial operation, on the one hand, he can add more advertising placement, and on the other hand, he desperately compresses the production cost, but Chairman Wang, do you know how we do Shuguang Films? On the one hand, we can do without advertising placement, and on the other hand, we can improve the production if we can reasonably improve, and do our best to improve the quality of the film, so that the results can be imagined. From the perspective of commercial operation alone, Huayi Brothers' approach is naturally understandable, but as a director, I personally prefer a film company like Shuguang Films, which is both human and sincere to the film. In order to completely dispel Wang Zhongjun's thoughts, Ning Hao continued, but he didn't say the most important reason in his heart, and he didn't need to say it.
Wang Zhongjun can only be silent, he naturally knows what Ning Hao said, and he also understands the contradiction between advertising placement and director's creation, but there is no way, film investment is an extremely cruel industry, Huayi Brothers has survived and developed better and better for more than ten years, all because Huayi Brothers is a professional commercial company, insists on pursuing maximum profits, and never emotionally.
Therefore, knowing that advertising placement will be harmful, Huayi Brothers also has to do it, because if there is no advertising placement, the film will not make money, and Huayi Brothers will have closed down a long time ago.
Why can Shuguang Film do that, because Shuguang Film has the existence of that person, and that person can provide sufficient capital for Shuguang Film to be emotional, maybe it will stop when Shuguang Film has a major loss one day, and it will become a company with a strong business atmosphere like Huayi Brothers.
He himself can't do it, he couldn't do it before, and he can't do it in the future, because after going public, the company's stock price depends on the financial report, profit, profit, or profit.
"Yuquan, Wang Zhongjun of the Huayi brothers called me and planned to poach me to go to the Huayi brothers."
On the morning of the second day of Las Vegas time, when Lin Yuquan called Ning Hao, he first heard such a surprising news from Ning Hao before he could express his intentions. (To be continued.) )
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