Chapter 259: Investors
At this time, Mingdai hung up the phone and walked towards Yan Jiaxue.
"Director, did you call me?" Didn't you miss her role?
Yan Jiaxue held his mobile phone and scratched his head a little irritably: "Investors may want to come to the set to take a look later, I'll tell you in advance."
"Investor?" Mingdai, who was confused, caught a glimpse of the complicated emotions on Yan Jiaxue's face, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Is there something wrong with this investor?"
Yan Jiaxue was shocked at first, thinking that there was something missing.
Seeing Ming Dai's inquiring gaze, he realized that Ming Dai should just guess, and immediately waved his hand with a smile:
"What could be the problem? This investor is quite famous in the circle, a super rich man! Investing in us, a small crew of no more than 100 million, is a matter of sprinkling water!"
The more relaxed Yan Jiaxue said, the more suspicious Ming Dai became.
I didn't pay attention to it before and didn't notice it, but now that I think about it carefully, I feel more and more that something is wrong:
"No, Sister Bai hasn't been on the set for two days, and she would come to the scene every day to stare at it, which is unreasonable."
Mingdai's tone is not a question, but an affirmation.
Even Yan Jiaxue had to be annoyed by Ming Dai's excessive sensitivity, so he couldn't hide it if he wanted to.
I had to hold on and say, "It's okay! It's really nothing! Don't worry!"
Ming Dai made a small face: "Director Yan! We're all part of the crew, if there's any problem, let's talk about it, and let's solve it together?"
Yan Jiaxue's mind didn't bend so much, and he subconsciously replied, "Saying it doesn't mess up the army's heart...... Uhhh
Mingdai knows!
"Tell me then, okay? Isn't this movie still my investment?"
When talking about the salary of this movie, Ming Dai took the salary + dividends.
It just so happened that at that time, Ming Dai received a few honorarium for business promotion, and she had a little money to spare, so she simply invested all the millions into the movie, plus the box office dividends she talked about, Ming Dai now has a total of 5% of the box office dividends, and she is more or less a minority shareholder of "Twin Lotus".
It's just that this news is tightly covered, and except for a few high-level leaders such as Yan Jiaxue Baige, no one else knows.
Therefore, when Ming Dai mentioned box office dividends, even Yan Jiaxue couldn't say a word of refusal.
After thinking for a moment, he still sighed and said:
"Then I'll tell you, don't tell anyone just yet."
"Don't worry, I won't say it."
"Isn't the total investment of our movie 70 million? Only 10 million of them were invested by me, you, and several other small shareholders, and the remaining 60 million was invested by an investor named Wang Lei. This Wang Lei is a wealthy man brought in by Bai Ge with great efforts, and he is very famous in the circle, and he has been seen in many film investment projects."
Speaking of which, Yan Jiaxue also mentioned the other film investment projects of the investor surnamed Wang, all of which are well-known successful movies, which is enough to see the unique vision of Wang Lei's investor.
So all along, Yan Jiaxue and Bai Ge were very relieved, and they didn't think that there would be any problems on this.
Mingdai: "...... Is something wrong now?"
Yan Jiaxue rubbed his hair in annoyance: "Aren't all investment funds in batches? The original plan was to give 20 million in the early stage, 30 million during the shooting, and the last 10 million during the publicity period...... Now the expenses of crew preparation, machinery and equipment, and advance wages have been almost spent on the 20 million that have arrived, and the 30 million in the medium term should be given according to the time, but the investors have not moved."
Yan Jiaxue thought that this movie would encounter many difficulties, but the difficulties he envisioned would appear after the filming of the movie before its release, and even if there would be bad reviews in the early stage of the release, he was fully prepared!
But he never thought about it anyway, now that the filming has just begun, the good crew is about to collapse!
After listening to this, Ming Dai also realized the seriousness of it.
"Could it be that there is something wrong with the investor's funds?"
"Bai Ge and I are also suspicious, but Bai Ge hasn't inquired about anything in the past two days, but the investor is today
suddenly said that he wanted to come to the crew to take a look and give another 30 million. And I always felt that he didn't have any good intentions on this trip."
The problems that Yan Jiaxue has encountered recently are not as simple as those covered in today's few sentences.
Seeing that the funds are stretched, the attitude of the investor is vague, and there is always a bit of a deliberate hanging of Qiao, even if he says that he wants to come to the set to inspect in person, Yan Jiaxue is still difficult to feel at ease.
However, seeing Ming Dai's eyebrows frowning slightly, with a worried look, Yan Jiaxue didn't want her to worry.
So he deliberately said in a relaxed tone, "Sure enough, I don't know that I can't put my eggs in one basket!" Don't worry, I'll ask Bai Ge to contact other investors again in the next two days, and I can't always let the initiative be in the hands of one person, right?"
Mingdai knew it wasn't that simple.
She is not really eighteen years old, she has been in the entertainment industry for ten years in her previous life, and Ming Dai has also seen a lot of warm and cold feelings, such as halfway through filming, there are not a few investors who directly default and run away.
After all, film and television projects are known as "nine losses and one gain", that is, nine out of ten projects are losses, and only one can be earned.
Ming Dai thought that for Yan Jiaxue, compared to the fact that the investor's capital chain was broken and there was no money to continue investing, the investee was not optimistic about the temporary decision to withdraw his investment...... I'm afraid the blow will be even greater!
I just don't know what this Wang Lei investor thinks.
So Ming Dai also concealed her worries, and deliberately said in a relaxed tone:
"Well, it's a big deal that I asked Sister Su to suggest Azure Entertainment to participate in the investment, didn't they all say that I was a little blue princess?"
Everyone knows that Weilan now attaches great importance to Mingdai, a rising star, and strongly holds Mingdai as the meaning of the future blue signboard, and it is really not difficult to invest tens of millions of dollars to make movies for Mingdai.
It's just that correspondingly, Ming Dai will definitely lose her current freedom to take on the show, and the company will interfere more strongly in her career planning.
Yan Jiaxue also understands the rules behind it, but no one has broken it.
Yan Jiaxue raised his eyebrows: "Then the future may depend on you, little princess!"
Ming Dai put her hands behind her back and puffed up her chest proudly: "It's easy to say! Well said!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, and the little worry about investment seemed to dissipate.
In the afternoon, Ming Dai finally met this mysterious investor, who is also said to be a well-known wealthy man in the circle, Wang Lei!
The man looks to be in his forties, with dark and yellow skin, slightly chubby, smiling like Maitreya, seems to believe in Buddhism, his neck and hands are covered with precious small leaf rosewood beads, and he is also playing with two walnuts in his palms.