The next day, the ban of the film and television department came unexpectedly.

CCTV, which is also the son of the film and television department of China Film, took the lead in issuing an internal document to prohibit CCTV from playing Li Lin's songs, and "The Family of Gold Powder", which was originally being replayed, was also cut off.

Subsequently, Mango Channel, Zhijiang Station and other local satellite TV stations have vaguely issued words about not mentioning Li Lin in variety shows.

Some keen reporters knew that another blockade was coming.

"What the hell is wrong with him? Why was it suddenly blocked? ”

"Who knows? Could it have something to do with Finkelstein, the president of Universal Films? ”

"Maybe yes, the film and television department will not want anyone to impact the Chinese film and television industry, Li Lin's move is to lure the wolf into the house, and he deserves to be banned."

There is no report, although the reporters are itching, but in the face of the ban of the film and television department, no one dares to report, newspaper sales are important, but the film and television department is more important.

Only on the Internet did this sudden ban make a fuss.

"Blocked? What's going on? How could Li Lin suddenly be banned by the Film and Television Department, and what did he do? ”

"Oh my God, Li Lin has been banned, will we not be able to hear his singing in the future."

"Protest, protest against the ban on Li Lin by the Film and Television Department."

Li Lin's fans are posting on the bar, on the official website, and posting everywhere to say wrongs, but no one will come out to say anything, even Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun and others are salty.

The ban of the film and television department is a great disaster for any star.

"Li Lin."

Qi Xiangdong came to Li Lin's office worriedly, "The TV series we applied for was rejected. ”

"I just submitted it and it was rejected. The reason is that the script has a tendency to be violent. ”

"I suspect they didn't read the script at all."

The script he submitted was a youth idol drama, and there were no scenes of fights throughout the audience, but the film and television department rejected it. Whether it's the reason or the time, it's so weird, have you ever seen a script rejected just after it was submitted? The film and television department has made it clear that it is blocked.

"It's a priority review, and that's a good thing." Li Lin took a sip of tea with a smile, in the past two days, he suddenly became obsessed with green tea, "The film and television department, which has always been slow in review, has suddenly become so fast, it seems that they attach great importance to us." ”

"The problem is that our script has been dismissed."

"Then move the script and the investment to the new company. As for the artists in the company, just let them go out to take on the show, although the film and television department banned me. But they won't ban so many stars at the same time. ”

Killing chickens and monkeys is not killing all the chickens.

For the film and television department, the star is a chicken, but this chicken is also a captive chicken. It's a lot of kills at once. Other chickens will inevitably die of rabbits and foxes, and if so many people are banned at one time, fans will also make a fuss.

"Okay!" Qi Xiangdong was a little helpless, so he could only deal with it like this, but this could only be dealt with temporarily, if it was a long-term past, the company's hearts would be scattered.

On the third day, Finkelstein, the president of Universal Films, finally called back. Sue sù that he can cross-share, and the two signed the contract without the witness of a reporter.

"Mr. Lee. It seems that your journalists do not welcome us to cross-stake with you. Finkelstein smiled and said, "Do you want to come to Hollywood?" We are very welcome. ”

Li Lin's situation, how could Finkelstein not find out!

"I don't bother you with this." Li Lin also smiled, "The two companies have cross-shareholding, and the next step is intimate cooperation, I have a plan here, are you interested in investing together?" ”

"What's the plan?" Finkelstein asked with interest.

"A big movie, a $100 million investment."

"Name."

"World of Warcraft."

What the!

Finkelstein stood up suddenly, "You're actually going to make World of Warcraft?" The one from Blizzard? ”

"Yes." Li Lin nodded reservedly, "Are you interested in cooperating?" ”

"You're crazy!"

Finkelstein looked at Li Lin in shock, "Do you know how grand the background of "World of Warcraft" is? How many Hollywood companies want to shoot "World of Warcraft", but how many companies shy away from it? ”

"Do you think that Hollywood companies are just letting go of this mountain of gold? What's even more unbelievable is that Blizzard would actually hand over the adaptation rights of "World of Warcraft" to you, are they crazy? ”

Is World of Warcraft any good? Of course, the famous "World of Warcraft" in Europe and the United States is a coveted gold mine, but how to dig a gold mine? Not a $100 million investment will do? What happens if you smash it? What if you can't dig a gold mine and bury yourself?

All kinds of problems lie ahead, making Hollywood studios cautious.

Hollywood's film companies are big, but their appearance is not as glamorous as people think, a film company, especially Universal, produces more than a dozen movies every year, most of which are loss-making, a small part of the capital preservation, and even fewer of them are big hits.

They subsidize loss-making movies with the profits of big-selling movies.

At the end of the year, a profit of more than $100 million is considered a big deal, and some film companies even continue to lose money, such as MGM.

The famous MGM, whose market value once exceeded 10 billion, has lost money every year, and the owner has changed wave after wave, and they empathize with the world, because they have just been sold to Coca-Cola by Vivendi.

This is also the reason why Hollywood is becoming more and more enthusiastic about comics, novels and films, and more and more keen on series.

Compared with series, comics, and novels, the script of a film world without any foundation is more likely to lose money.

Li Lin now said that he wanted to shoot "World of Warcraft", and he would invest 100 million, and he suddenly felt that cross-shareholding with the Gold Group was a wrong choice.

If Li Lin fails, Universal Movies will definitely be dragged down, its performance in the stock market will definitely decline sharply, and its parent company Coca-Cola will definitely scold him angrily.

He knew that the parent company, Coca-Cola, also planned to use the opportunity of cross-shareholding with the Gold Group to hype up the shares of Universal and his own.

For example, if you have a stake in Huaxia's 'monopoly' entertainment paradise and Huaxia's 'hottest' online game company, you don't need to disclose your earnings or financial statements, and just such good news can raise the stock price slightly, and the board of directors of Coca-Cola will get huge benefits from pulling it up this time.

What, you say manipulating the market? It's just a fine, it's not that it hasn't been fined, and it's still unknown whether there is a fine, and the CSRC is not a god, so everything can be found out clearly.

"I don't know if they're crazy or not, but they have faith in me, I know." Li Lin raised his wine glass and looked at Finkelstein, "How about it, Mr. Finkelstein, cooperate with us to dig this gold mine together!" ”

"Who's the director?" Finkelstein calmed down, whether it is incredible or not, let's evaluate the film market first, when the publicity fee for "Blair the Witch" exceeded 50 million US dollars, some people said that the artist was crazy and invested more than 50 million US dollars in the promotion of a movie "Blair the Witch" that was bought back for millions of dollars, which is incredible.

But as it turned out, the craftsman made the right choice, and the $50 million publicity fee pushed "Blair the Witch" to 130 million in the United States and 250 million worldwide.

Then the craftsman made a lot of money in the disc market, and even made "Blair the Witch" into a series, making money one after another, until the "Blair the Witch" series was completely rotten and then threw it away.

"The director hasn't decided yet, but I'm optimistic about Cameron or Peter. Jackson. Li Lin said with a smile: "The former is the king of the world, and the latter is the father of the Lord of the Rings. ”

"Originally, I didn't think it would be possible to invite them, but with Universal Movies, I believe in your strength."

If it's them, it's easy to do! Finkelstein thought about it, whether it was Cameron or Peter. Jackson, they are all very capable of directing, coupled with their fame and the name of "World of Warcraft", they may be able to become popular before filming.

But.......

Finkelstein's pale blue eyes rolled, and he sighed and said, "It's not please." ”

"Really?" Li Lin just smiled, "Since this is the case, then there is no way, it seems that I can only cooperate with the new line. Jackson has a very good relationship with New Line, and maybe they can get Peter. Jackson. ”

"Don't ......."

Finkelstein instinctively shouted to Li Lin, "The new line is a fart, it's just a small independent producer, and it's not comparable to our Universal Movies at all." ”

"And since we have cross-shareholdings, if there is anything good that should think of us Universal Movies."

"We took the cooperation you said." Finkelstein said quickly: "You invest, we are responsible for the crew, distribution, publicity, and we will account for 30% of the box office." ”

"Are you dreaming?" Li Lin pointed at Finkelstein and scolded: "If you want 30%, why don't you rob the bank?" Robbers are not as black as you. ”

"10%, no more."

Without waiting for Finkelstein to be happy, Li Lin sent him to hell with a word, "You will take care of everything from the crew to the distribution in the United States." ”

"God, you slave owner, 10% of it will be done for us from the crew to the release, you are too dark, at least 15%."

"11%, do you want to love it?"

"Let's do more, we also have a lot of promotional expenses for Universal Movies, 19%."

"12%, if you don't agree, we'll find a new line."

"The new line is a fart compared to our Universal Movies, 18%."

"13%, you global is also investing."

"Of the $8 million investment, we need a 17% share."

"Take a step back, 15%."

"OK, 15% is 15%." Finkelstein had a smile on his face.

"But I've got to arrange for my actors to come in, don't say you can't get the Screen Actors Guild." (To be continued......)