Chapter 121: Don't Like Friendship Stars? "Fairy Sword" is also not a friendship star.
A day ago, Mei Zhengyi, chairman of Ali Pictures, invited Li Qing and Chang Renhao to his company's headquarters for an interview on the pretext of inquiring about the progress of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".
Li and Chang naturally know what's going on, two days after "I'm an Actor" was taken off the shelves, the limelight passed, and when it was re-released later, the box office collapsed.
The three have just jointly invested in "Fairy Sword" and "Prequel", and they can get along well, the trend is out of the director team and main actors, the edge is out of the screenwriter, and Ali is out of the publicity resources, which can be called complementary to each other.
Now because of the "Void Proposal", one is not important in the eyes of the two families, and the reason why one is dead to the end has caused one party to lose tens of millions of profits and face, and Ali Pictures, a giant in the entertainment industry, is naturally here to explain.
Sure enough, as the two expected.
Mei Zhengyi just asked about the editing progress of "Fairy Sword", and then changed his tune. He asked: "Chang Dong, the winner of your company's Golden Melody Award, is he going to focus on singing and stop acting in the future?" ”
Here it comes!
Chang Renhao naturally understood the other party's threats and sarcasm, his expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Xiaowu's acting skills are okay, it's a pity not to act, if you have a good script and a good team, it is not a problem to be a 10 billion box office male lead, I am reluctant to spend money in vain." ”
"Really?" Li Qing made a surprised expression at the right time and said, "A drama has a box office of tens of billions? Impossible. ”
"It must be the sum of several dramas, one drama breaks 10 billion, that's bragging." Chang Renhao's face changed slightly, and he continued: "If the conditions are right, it shouldn't be a big problem for a drama to break the box office of one billion. ”
"That's right, Xiaoge has this strength, after all, the "Fairy Sword" series was written by him." Li Qing nodded in agreement.
Listening to the two singing and harmonizing, Mei Zhengyi did not interrupt, took the cigarette handed by Chang Renhao and put it down, and picked up his own cigarette.
Seeing this, Chang Renhao hurriedly walked over, hunched over, lit the fire with one hand and stopped the fire with the other, with a smile on his face.
Li Qing played a round next to him and said: "I know Xiaoge, young man, he values feelings." was greatly helped by Ye Wen in "The King of Crossover Singers", and when he saw Ye Wen's statement, he probably helped as soon as his brain was hot, regardless of the consequences. Now this kind of person is rare in the entertainment industry, and only those who know how to repay their kindness can become popular. ”
Mei Zhengyi said "um", he asked Chang Renhao to sit down, threw a cigarette to Li Qing, and sneered: "It's really rare, I really haven't seen this kind of stunned Qing, I have been playing tricks for more than ten years, and now I am finally popular, and I will act in the future, but I will offend all theaters at the same time, it's rare." ”
"Brother Mei, little brother, I have the cheekiness to call you Brother Mei, is it okay?" Chang Renhao asked.
Mei Zhengyi spread his hands and gestured casually.
Chang Renhao smiled even more and said, "Ge Wu, this kid is still young, Brother Mei, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about him." I am in charge, and when the time comes, I will pick two dramas with a box office of more than one billion yuan and give Alido a 5% share alone. ”
"Chang Dong, money is a trivial matter." Mei Zhengyi was happy at first, he did not deny that Chang and Li just said that Ge Wu can resist the box office, a Golden Melody Award winner still has acting skills, and he is still at the peak age of his busy career at the age of 30, and the box office appeal is not comparable to that of ordinary traffic stars and small fresh meat.
Even if it is a bad movie, it is great for a traffic star to cut 5 or 60 million leeks, and Ge Wu can at least 100 million.
Therefore, he is still very satisfied with the box office profit that Chang Renhao proposed.
It's just that now Ge Wu hasn't officially proven himself at the box office, so he dares to get along with the theater and distributors, and he has to knock and knock.
He continued: "The main thing is that I suffered a small loss this time, and I am not good at dealing with the group company, and I have not settled such a small matter with such a big company, and I can't get over the face." ”
Hearing this, Li Qing finally couldn't help it, where did there be so much, Ali is such a big group company, as for the trouble of finding you Mei Zhengyi because of this matter, besides, you are still at fault.
Li Qing said: "Mei Dong, there is something I want to ask. ”
"You say."
"I came over with Chang Dong to be a peacemaker, I don't know who came to Ye Wen's side to plead?"
"What do you mean?"
"Ge Wu also issued a statement, Ye Wen sent a lawyer's letter, how are you going to get back from her?" Li Qing said curiously.
Mei Zhengyi: "......"
Find a fart field, and you have to apologize to others.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Qing pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and said: "Could it be because Ye Wen only sings and doesn't act, and has no business dealings with you, and the other party is very popular and has a rising momentum. ”
"You, you, you." Mei Zhengyi pointed at Li Qing and couldn't speak, he was almost choked to death by the other party's tirade, why didn't he hear that the chairman of the trend was so hurtful, and he was so able to say it, every sentence was stabbed in his heart, and the truth hurt people.
Chang Renhao was silent on the side, he naturally knew this truth, but unfortunately the size of the edge was a little smaller after all, if these words were said by him, that person would be offended to death.
Li Qing walked over and patted Mei Zhengyi on the shoulder and said, "Mei Dong, let's talk about a charter." ”
Call~
Mei Zhengyi slowed down for a while and said: "Doesn't Ge Wu want to 'act in friendship', then don't act in "Fairy Sword" if you are invited." ”
"It's not good, Brother Mei, Xiao Wu in "Prequel" is the male lead, and there is a plot line with "Fairy Sword". Chang Renhao said.
Mei Zhengyi lit a cigarette, took a puff and said with a smile: "He doesn't play the male lead in "Prequel", isn't there no plot involvement?" ”
Hearing this, Li Qing was overjoyed, my good man, this is not the same as Ge Wu's kid's wishes, he originally wanted to play the wine sword fairy, and he hit it crookedly, it can be regarded as no loss.
He was just about to grit his teeth and agree, when he saw Chang Renhao, who had a black face, speak.
"Mei Dong, I'm in charge, just raise the box office account sharing I just said to 10%, and that's it."
"Chang Dong, face is sometimes more important than money, if I don't make a statement, the people under my hands will not be very obedient in the future." Mei Zhengyi did not hesitate this time and directly opposed it.
Seeing that the situation was stiff again, Li Qing gave Chang Renhao a look, and hurriedly spoke: "Then let's do it, let Ge Wu have a long memory, just let him play the wine sword fairy, anyway, this kid liked to play the old man in variety shows before, this time let him play a middle-aged man." ”
"Wine Sword Immortal? Not very impressed, yes. Mei Zhengyi agreed, and without waiting for the two of them to speak again, she directly found an excuse to go out.
Leaving Ali's gate, Li Qing called Chang Renhao to his car and asked the driver to buy a box of cigarettes by the way.
"Dong Li, Xiao Wu finally played the male lead, or he wrote the script himself." Chang Renhao sighed and said.
", didn't he tell you, he just wanted to play the wine sword fairy, but I rejected it at that time." Chang Renhao touched his stomach and smiled, cool, this trip means that there is nothing to lose.
"I didn't hear him." Chang Renhao levied it, so the result is acceptable, as for his own smile to Mei Zhengyi, a trivial matter.
"It's true, you can ask."
"Forget it, it's definitely true that you say that."
"Chang Dong, will you pay back the 10% box office share?"
"Give it a fart."
Hahaha......
The hearty laughter of two old men came from the car.
After a while, the laughter gradually disappeared, and when the younger one told the older one to Ge Wu, he only said the result, not the process.
"Hey, Chang Dong, you have a lot of worries for that kid."
"He also carried the black pot for me, each other."
……
In the afternoon of the same day, after Li Qing returned to the trend media, he held a small-scale high-level meeting and told him about the change of roles in "Prequel".
Liu Xijian did not express his opinion on the change of roles, but asked about something else. The statement released by Ge Wu this time, by the way, even Han Jianfa also got in, and now the two pillars of the edge have offended all the theaters at the same time, and all movies related to these two people in the future will inevitably be rejected, which will indirectly affect the prospects of the edge, these two people are still shareholders of the edge of the film and television, they should be held accountable, at least have to lose some money.
"Chairman Liu, a long-term strategic partner, don't worry so much, look farther. In addition, the winner of the Golden Melody Award who is less than 30 years old, a few songs from last year, and now often climb to the top 20 of music websites, this kind of singer's fan appeal and box office harvesting ability are not worth mentioning compared to this little trouble, I believe that the theater side will not be too targeted. Li Xiaohan said.
As the loyal ironcore of the chairman, he also talked about Ge Wu with Li Qing, and talked about the views of several high-level leaders, knowing that Li Qing would not delve too deeply into this matter, so he naturally took the lead in expressing his support.
"Convinced?" Liu Xijian sneered, "I still believe that Chengwen can have a box office appeal of 1 billion, and no one supports the company." ”
As soon as these words came out, the other shareholders in the conference room didn't answer, who doesn't know that the trend star Liu Chengwen has a chaotic private life, gambling, and a good face has grown into a dog.
After being silent for a while, the shareholder surnamed Zhang broke the silence and asked Liu Xijian and his son how much they still had left to reduce their holdings in the name of "improving their lives".
Li Xiaohan also asked by the way, why the first-line actor and the shareholder of a company with a market value of 100 billion would sell stocks to improve his life.
"I'm not optimistic about the success of sharp film and television, I think it will drag down the trend." Liu Xijian's face was slightly pale and said.
The others were about to express their opinions, Li Qing interrupted, he asked everyone to continue to discuss the change of roles, the list said several, he didn't nod, and when Li Xiaohan proposed Song Changhao, Li Qing praised the male protagonist of "Fairy Sword".
In the end, the role was decided.
The next day, that is, the day when Li Xiaoyao memorized the lines alone, and Jiu Jianxian told Zhao Ling'er a story. The stock trading volume of Trend Media suddenly expanded, from about 200 million yuan per day on weekdays to 1.1 billion, an increase of 8%, which wiped out the decline since Liu Xijian and his son announced the reduction of their holdings.
On the third day, at the opening of the morning market, the stock price rose by inertia, soaring to 3%, and then slowly falling, and finally closed with a slight decline of 0.45%, with a turnover of 1.5 billion.
On the fourth day, two first-line stars of Trend Media publicly announced that they would not renew their contracts, and their stock prices fell by 3%.
On the fifth day, a photo hit the hot search, Liu Chengwen's villa exterior wall was splashed with paint, with the word "pay back" written on it, the stock price of Trend Media plummeted, and the market rumored that Liu Xijian and his son reduced their holdings of stocks in order to repay gambling debts, and there was a large gap in funds, and the stocks could only be counted if they were all sold.
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At nine o'clock in the morning on January 12th, Hengdian, the crew of "Prequel" held a start-up ceremony, the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur, and the ground was densely populated with red whips and golden pieces of paper.
The crew, which was supposed to be lively, didn't have much to chat with even when waiting for the props team to install the equipment.
Think about it, anyone who knows that the company that has been rising steadily has major changes in a row is still bad news, and it is not in a good mood.
Ge Wu can't do anything about this, he really wants to take Wang Mu's electric horn and roar twice, the sharp drop in trendy stocks has something to do with you, the stock price has risen, and I haven't seen you pay you more.
But this is not his turn as an outsider, although they get along well, but if you think about it, it will be two companies after all.
"Brother Wu, Chang Dong's phone."
Just when he was thinking about whether to let Wang Mu say a few words to everyone, Guo Fei walked over with his mobile phone.
"Didn't you tell the fourth brother not to call me during filming?"
"Having said that, he still wants you to pick it up."
Ge Wu took the phone and said sorry to Wang Mu, walked to the side and asked, "Fourth brother, what's the matter." ”
"Let Wang Mu shoot someone else's scene first, Li Dong should send someone else to the set to star, you go back to the magic capital first." Chang Renhao spoke slightly faster than usual, and his tone was more resolute.
"Okay."
Ge Wu didn't hesitate much, and touched the director's studio, just as Wang Mu had just hung up the phone, nodded to him, and signaled that he could leave.
"It doesn't seem like a small matter." Ge Wu said in his heart, he didn't go directly, and whispered to Wang Mu, "Director Wang, no matter what happens, "Prequel" must be filmed well." ”
"I understand."
Ge Wu asked Guo Fei to buy a plane ticket, go back to the magic capital alone, and leave the assistant on the set.
Halfway through, I kind of knew what was going on.
I don't know who poked out the capital injection, XX will send a letter of inquiry, asking the trend media to announce the specific details as soon as possible, and the market rumors that Li Qing is suspected of transferring the assets of listed companies, and the stock once again fell to the limit.
He was a sharp shareholder, and he had to go back and sign all kinds of papers.
"What's this called?"
Ge Wu felt that the trend was a wake-up call for him, and there were some things that should be done according to the above regulations, and they must not be opportunistic.
Li Qing's original intention was to stabilize the stock price, and he announced it at the time when "Fairy Sword" was filmed, but he didn't expect that all kinds of bad news would come together in the recent period, and the stock price would react so much.
After getting off the plane and getting into the sharp car, he looked at the stock price of the trend, which fell from a high of 11 yuan 6 yuan last week to 7 yuan 8.
This is a long time for the company with a stable market value of 100 billion yuan in the main business, and it may fluctuate for a few months in the past, and it is difficult to make a difference, but now it has fallen by more than 30% in a week.
Back at the company, the sharp employees are almost the same as before, still busy, and they will greet him with a smile.