"Our offer is between 400 million and 500 million, and the specific amount will not be known until I finish the detailed budget, but I estimate that it will be around 400 million." Graphite said calmly.

"Are you overbidding?" After listening to this, Mr. Ding said lightly.

"Believe me, your investment is worth it, and the market will definitely bring you good returns."

"Oh, can you guarantee our market returns?" Mr. Ding asked rhetorically, his gaze sharp at the graphite.

"Of course I can't make such a promise," Graphite said with a smile, "but if you're worried about inputs and outputs, I have a good idea......

"Oh?"

Ding Bo and Zhang Yaowen flashed a strange light in their eyes, and they seemed to have a strong interest in the idea of graphite.

"What's your idea?" Zhang Yaowen asked with a smile.

"It's actually very simple," Graphite said, "we can lower the offer and share the investment risk with you, but we have to join the box office share later." ”

Obviously, graphite's proposal is full of allure and strong self-confidence in itself. On the one hand, this is equivalent to Naxing's investment in this film in disguise, so it is reasonable to participate in the box office sharing; On the other hand, Warner may cede a large chunk of its profits, but thus reduce the investment risk. How to choose between this depends on Warner's vision and courage.

Graphite knows in his heart that the current production cost of this "Legend of the Snake Demon" is 250 million. Among them, the salary and shooting cost are 170 million, and the post-production special effects are invited by a domestic first-class team, and the cost is 80 million. If Warner decides to ask graphite to redo the special effects, it is equivalent to investing an additional 4 to 5 billion yuan in special effects, then the cost of the entire film will be as high as 750 million, which is equivalent to an investment of more than 100 million US dollars.

If the box office does not exceed 2 billion, then Warner is likely to face losses.

So, the question is, can the "Legend of the Snake Demon", which has been re-processed by Naxing special effects, exceed the box office of 2 billion?

Graphite made a rough judgment in his heart, he thought that it was completely possible to exceed this number, and even go to overseas distribution to make a handful of overseas box office, with his judgment of his special effects effect, he thought that the box office of 2 billion was not difficult, so he proposed - box office sharing.

However, Warner does not know enough about Naxing, although they have seen the special effects of "Cretaceous", but they have never cooperated with Naxing after all, and they are not confident enough, so this is very much in need of Warner's investment vision and determination.

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Ding Bo and Zhang Yaowen naturally know all this, and they are now struggling with whether to invest in full directly or cooperate with Naxing for box office sharing.

Ding Bo pondered for a while, and then said to Graphite: "If you use a share, what is your offer?" ”

Graphite thought for a while and said, "At least 100 million, the box office in the later stage will share 45% of the profit we require." ”

"No, no, the profit share you are asking for is too high, we can only give 35% at most." Ding Bo shook his head and said, "It's hard for our board of directors to approve your plan. It seems that Warner is still conservative, and looking at what Mr. Ding meant, he has already favored the plan of joint investment between the two sides.

Graphite looked at Ding Bo, the eyes of the two sides met for a few seconds, and in the end, Graphite admitted defeat, he lowered his head and thought for a while, as if he was making some decisions and thinking.

After a while, he finally looked up, seemed to have made up his mind, and said with a smile: "Okay, because it is the first time to cooperate, we also express our sincerity, and I agree with your plan." ”

As soon as the words of graphite came out, it was equivalent to the decision-making power of the two sides had already made a decision.

Ding Bo and Zhang Yaowen breathed a sigh of relief, since they watched the "Cretaceous" video, they really wanted to cooperate with Naxing. Warner's film release in the past two years has actually been very smooth, and the box office revenue of several previous big-investment films has been very unsatisfactory, so Warner's stock has been falling and falling this year, and their pressure is actually very great.

Judging from their years of production experience, with the special effects blessing of the "Cretaceous" level, they are very confident that they will make a comeback in the commercial blockbuster "The Legend of the Snake Demon", and they need a huge victory to boost the confidence of the market.

Zhang Yaowen couldn't hold back a little, and glanced sideways at Ding Bo.

Ding Bo nodded slightly, then looked at graphite, and said with a smile: "Okay, then we'll make up our minds." Xiaoshi, then the next special effects are up to you, and the promotion on our side will also be increased, hoping that our first cooperation will be successful. ”

Graphite was also happy, Naxing was able to cooperate with Warner as soon as it was established, and it was still a big order of hundreds of millions, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Karen beside him, and both of them read joy and a little excitement from each other's eyes.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ding, Mr. Zhang, I will cut some special effects for you to promote in two weeks, I believe that the special effects we show are definitely not inferior to Avatar, or even surpass them." Graphite swore to the two bigwigs.

"Heh, as long as you take out the level of the Cretaceous, it is certain that you will surpass the Avatar." Director Zhang laughed.

"No problem."

Graphite promised the two bigwigs again.

Mr. Ding then called someone from their legal department to start drafting the contract, and Karen was responsible for carefully checking the terms with them, both parties were familiar with each other, so there were not too many twists and turns, the contract was quickly printed, and the legal representatives of both parties signed and sealed to take effect, because Naxing's official seal was not brought, so just go back and stamp the official seal, and the contract will immediately have legal effect.

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Signed.

"Xiaoshi," Mr. Ding enthusiastically stretched out his hand to graphite and said with a smile: "I wish us a successful cooperation and a big box office hit." ”

Graphite stretched out his hand and shook Ding Bo a few times, and said, "Happy cooperation!" ”

"Huh? Shouldn't we have a drink at this time," Zhang Yaowen suddenly clapped his hands on the side and said, "Well, you guys wait, I'll go get the wine." ”

With that, Zhang Yaowen walked to a corner of the office, where there was a wine cabinet, Director Zhang took out a bottle of champagne in the refrigerator of the wine cabinet, took out four goblets on the wine cabinet shelf, and walked back to the coffee table.

Director Zhang quickly opened the champagne and poured a glass for everyone.

"Come on, come on," Zhang Yaowen raised his glass and said with a smile: "For today, for the success of our cooperation, let's have a toast together!" ”

Everyone echoed and toasted.

"Okay, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

But just then, the door was pushed open from the outside in, and a man walked in.

A woman.

A beautiful woman.

When Graphite looked back, he recognized this woman at a glance, it was Qin Yu! Qin Yu herself looked even more beautiful than on TV, and she walked in from behind the mahogany door like that, like a person suddenly entering reality from a dream.

Graphite couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, feeling a little strange, he was a fan of Qin Yu, but Graphite felt that he was not as excited as he imagined, he was definitely not a fanatical star chaser, at this time he was more like a viewer, standing in the perspective of appreciation to appreciate a beautiful work of art.

But now, this beautiful work of art has come out of the glass cover to his reality and life.

It's just that in an instant, he immediately realized that Qin Yu was actually the same as other women, there was nothing special, the only difference was that she might be prettier than other women, and she looked more pleasing to the eye.

He quickly withdrew his gaze, but stumbled upon Karen's.

The moment Karen came in, she was secretly observing graphite, and the moment their eyes met in the air, Karen's eyes flowed, and she conveyed a rather meaningful message to graphite, as if to say,——Hey, the lover of your dreams has arrived."

Graphite curled the corners of her mouth helplessly, and a shallow smile floated, like self-deprecation and like laughing at her gossip.

"There's a guest?" Qin Yu was stunned at the door for a moment and blurted out. Her voice was very good, like a yellow bird in spring, and she found that there were two young people in the room besides Mr. Ding and Director Zhang, who she hadn't seen, so she blurted out a question.

"Qin Yu, come." Zhang beckoned to her, "Let me introduce to you, these two are our new partners, Mr. Graphite and Mr. Pan." ”

Qin Yu walked forward generously and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Shi." Hello, Mr. Pan. ”

"Hello, Teacher Qin Yu." Graphite also smiled and bowed.

Unexpectedly, Karen next to him suddenly came out with a smile and quipped: "Teacher Qin Yu, you don't know, our Mr. Shi is your fan, when he came in just now, he also told me that he wanted to ask you for an autograph and a group photo." ”

Hearing this, Qin Yu couldn't help but look at Graphite, with a Mimi smile on his face, "Oh? ”

Graphite couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, fortunately he was wearing a nano mask on his face at this time, otherwise he would have made a big red face, but even so, he still felt uncomfortable, and smiled shyly: "Hehe, I didn't expect to really meet it, oh yes, the TV series you filmed is really good, I like the role you played, really." His embarrassment and discomfort were not because of Qin Yu's beautiful face, but because Karen directly said what the two of them said in private.

But his performance at this time, in the eyes of outsiders, is completely in line with the kind of performance that a fan performs when he sees an idol, nervous, shy, and uneasy, he doesn't need to act, it is completely natural.

Director Zhang and Mr. Ding couldn't help laughing when they saw this, and Qin Yu also smiled and looked at the graphite a few more times.

Although Qin Yu didn't know who Graphite was, when she came in just now, she saw Graphite talking happily with Director Zhang and Mr. Ding, and she guessed in her heart that this person must not be simple, and at this time, this person's performance can also see that he really likes his acting skills and works, and there is no fraud at all, and this person also looks young and handsome, and he is warm and sunny, so he can't help but have a good impression of Graphite.

Women are the ones who please themselves, and Qin Yu is no exception, after all, she is also a person, a woman, and a young and beautiful woman, there is a fan who is young and sunny and handsome, and her identity does not seem to be low, who doesn't like it?

Director Zhang and Mr. Ding couldn't help but say, "Mr. Shi, I can't see that you are still a fan of Qin Yu." ”

"Indeed," Graphite had no choice but to admit that at this time, talking about other things would make Qin Yu unable to come to the stage, and his EQ would not be so low, "Teacher Qin Yu, can I take a photo with you?" He can only beat snakes and stick with sticks to experience the taste of being a fan again.

Qin Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled, and said generously, "Of course you can." ”

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