"Brother, do you think my sister has hope this time?"

Li Xiuxiu sat on the sofa and asked while peeling the small fragrant pears of Xinjiang Province, which are quite in demand on the market.

Li Tang, who was flipping through the script, said casually: "I don't know, it depends on luck." ”

The ex-girlfriend is that kind of hard-working actor, and her talent is average. But as a female number two with few scenes, Li Tang felt that it was enough, mainly to see if she could enter Lou Ye's eyes.

Li Xiuxiu has already learned about the specific situation from his ex-girlfriend, and what Li Tang can help is to fight for an audition opportunity.

"I have faith in my sister that she will be able to do it."

Looking at the former sister-in-law looking like she was cheering herself up, Li Tang smiled and encouraged: "I hope, I also think she is quite suitable." ”

Li Xiuxiu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly climbed down the pole and said, "Brother, can you talk to Director Lou Ye when the time comes." ”

"Don't worry, I'll say what I have to say."

"Hee-hee, I knew that. Brother, with you, then I am more confident. Brother, eat pears! ”

As he spoke, he smiled and sent the peeled fragrant pear to Li Tang's mouth.

Li Tang didn't see it, he opened his mouth and took a bite before catching it with his hand.

The ex-sister-in-law is a reporter in the end, not only can she talk better than her ex-girlfriend, but she is also much thicker-skinned. In fact, the two sisters look quite similar, Li Xiuxiu looks slightly taller than her ex-girlfriend, the skin of the sisters is not white, and Li Xiuxiu is a little darker. And compared with his ex-girlfriend's sickly thinness in order to be on camera, Li Xiuxiu looks obviously stronger and healthier.

Maybe it's love house and Wu, the original body has always regarded her as her own sister. Li Tang, who has fused the memories of the original body, naturally does not have the dirty idea of sisters taking it all in.

Li Xiuxiu was not idle, she peeled two more pears, cut them into small pieces and put them on a plate, carefully inserted toothpicks, and served them to her sister. In the past two days, it has been too enthusiastic, and his ex-girlfriend's voice is a little hoarse, so she eats pears to moisten her throat, so as not to affect the filming when she gets it.

……

On January 16, the box office share of "The Third Man" finally arrived, and according to MK2 statistics, "The Third Man" exceeded $10 million at the box office outside of Chinese-speaking regions. Although this box office result is only in the middle of the box office ranking of all the literary films represented by MK2 this year, it is already a very remarkable achievement to know that this is a Chinese-language film. For this MK2 that pretty Juliet. Ms. Schlamaker made a special call to congratulate Li Tang, and also expressed her desire to continue to cooperate in the future.

In fact, there is a very mature art film distribution system overseas, a special art theater line, and a group of fixed audiences have also been cultivated.

For example, nearly one-third of the more than 10 million dollars at the box office of "The Third Man" came from the North American box office, and then France, Germany, the United Kingdom, including traditional European countries such as Italy.

However, this time, the Japanese market also contributed 120 million yen to the box office, which is equivalent to nearly one million US dollars, which is really unexpected. This is probably related to being in the same Confucian cultural circle, as well as the suspense theme that Xiao Ri was originally keen on.

Compared with monetary income, in fact, the biggest beneficiary is screenwriter and director Cheng Er. The success of "The Third Man" has made the name of this young Chinese director remembered in the field of art films, and perhaps one day he may become a Chinese director with a great reputation in the field of art films, following Lou Ye and Jia Section Chief, including Hou Hsiao-hsien, Yang Dechang and Wang Sunci in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"Uh...... Li, Brother Li, it's too much, right? ”

Seeing the check for five million on the table, Cheng Er, who has always been a veteran of few words, was inevitably short of breath and spoke incoherently.

That's five million! At present, the first prize of the popular two-color ball welfare lottery in Shanghai is only 5 million, which has made countless citizens dream of making a fortune.

Li Tang smiled and said: "My brother is clearly settling accounts, which is calculated according to the proportion of your investment, and also includes the remuneration of the director and screenwriter. In addition, I remind you, you'd better find a more reliable accountant, here part of your labor income, part of it belongs to business income, these personal income tax standards are different, don't be wronged, don't pay less tax. ”

"So?"

Cheng Er didn't know anything about this, he helped people shoot commercials, MVs or something before, and he didn't have the concept of paying taxes at all, or what Party A paid him was after-tax remuneration, although this is unlikely.

"How much tax do I have to pay?"

"About 30 percent."

"So much?"

Cheng Er couldn't help but be stunned, even if it was calculated according to 30 percent, five million would have to pay 1.5 million in taxes, which was enough pain for a person who had no concept of paying taxes.

"So let's find a more reliable accountant, otherwise if it is calculated according to the comprehensive income tax, you should pay 45% tax." Li Tang explained to him.

In view of the experience of the previous life, it is impossible to evade taxes in Lao Mei. There is a saying that taxes and death are unavoidable.

Therefore, Li Tangda carefully studied the relevant domestic tax rates from the beginning. Although the current domestic tax system is still very imperfect, he does not dare to take risks, and it is always right to pay taxes honestly.

"Good!"

After some consideration, Cheng Er carefully put away the check. After all, with such a large amount, he didn't worry about letting Li Tang's studio deduct taxes or something on his behalf.

Not only Cheng Er's side, but also Xiaopang, Xu Guangtou, and Jiang Qinqin's side have to be compensated, but they all helped for free at the beginning, so they can't make money by themselves. According to the number of scenes, everyone wrapped a big red envelope, and everyone was happy.

It's still the same sentence: Brothers settle accounts. Especially Xiaopang and Jiang Qinqin, they must be more clear, otherwise they will not become ducks.

Jiang Qinqin's side has few scenes, so it means 100,000 yuan. Because she had said hello in advance, she also knew that the movie was making money, and replied with a "thank you" text message.

Fan Xiaopang called 500,000 yuan over but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, it is estimated that this girl is busy filming and can't take care of it for the time being, and with her Ma Daha character, she may not always care about her bank account.

On Xu Guangtou's side, as soon as Qian called, the phone called.

"Brother, get rich?"

"I made a little money, it's almost the New Year, everyone is meaningful."

Xu Guangtou agreed to help, in addition to his relationship with Li Tang, mainly because he liked this script and had the mentality that he couldn't play a supporting role if he couldn't play the protagonist. It's not that I haven't thought about the reward, but Li Tang has no money and can only give up. I didn't expect to smash such a big red envelope this time, which inevitably made him itch.

In his "simple" cognition, no matter how generous Li Tang is, since he can send him a red envelope of 200,000 yuan, it means that he has earned at least two million or more.

"I've been in Hainan for a few days, but I'll be back next week. When you get together in Chenguang, how can Nong see it? ”

"Oh, big guy, I'm really sorry. I'm going to the capital in two days, and I may not be back until the Chinese New Year. After the Spring Festival, I'll arrange the felling? ”

"Okay, brother, I'm welcome, thank you."

It is said that the economic base determines the superstructure. Maybe even Xu Guangtou himself didn't realize that his attitude towards Li Tang was inadvertently a lot more polite.

The ex-girlfriend had already reported to the crew, and Li Tang packed up here and flew to the capital.

As usual, Zeng Jia came to pick up the airport and drove a brand-new Buick GL8 business car, and the driver was still the original Master Shen Linshen.

"Teacher Li!"

As soon as Li Tang got into the car, the little fat who had been waiting in the car threw himself into his arms.

"Why are you here too?"

Li Tang hugged him, he hadn't seen him for more than two months, and Xiaopang had obviously lost weight again, if he hadn't worn a lot of clothes in winter, maybe he would have been a little awkward.

At the same time, he set his eyes on Zeng Jia in the passenger seat.

Zeng Jia turned around and explained with a smile: "Bingbing said, I want to give you a surprise." ”

"It's just that I finally met once, and people want to surprise you!"

Xiaopang keenly felt that Li Tang's response didn't seem to be as enthusiastic as he imagined, and couldn't help but pout his lips to express his dissatisfaction.

"Alright, let's go home and talk about it."

In front of Zeng Jia and the driver Master Shen, Li Tang couldn't wipe his face a little, and pressed Xiaopang to the seat next to her and asked her to sit down honestly.

Xiaopang was holding back her stomach, such as her hard work when filming, almost every day she was crying and about to dry up her lifelong tears. It's a pity that he was suffocated by Li Tang's words.

"Humph!"

Chubby was very upset and didn't look over.

Zeng Jia, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked funny through the rearview mirror, and just had time to ask her to report to Li Tang about her recent work.

At present, the most important task of the studio is nothing more than to recruit people and find office space. Recruiting people is because it is the end of the year, and most people at this time almost have to go home for the New Year, and it will be difficult to recruit for a while. However, Zeng Jia suggested that in addition to some important positions, such as finance and publicity, you need to find a few experienced people, and it is best to recruit some college students with the right majors for other positions. On the one hand, the salary is cheap, and on the other hand, it is observed and cultivated in practice.

Although Li Tang's answer was still "You can watch it." But Zeng Jia noticed that he actually listened very carefully, which also made Zeng Jia realize that he might also belong to the kind of object that was observed and cultivated in his heart.

But in any case, Li Tang Studio is the best platform she dreams of being able to fully display her ideals and ambitions.

When it came to the office space, Zeng Jia suddenly said to the driver Shen Lin: "Master Shen, drive a little slower to the front 798." ”

At this time, the car was driving on the airport expressway, and when he heard the name 798, Li Tang's heart suddenly moved. In the memory of his previous life, he knew that there was a famous 798 art district in Beijing, and as a promising young man who loved art, he had gone to see art exhibitions and art exhibitions many times, and also went to the small theater there to listen to concerts and watch avant-garde drama performances.

The theaters, art centers, and office buildings converted from old factories are similar to those in Brooklyn, New York, which have been converted into science and technology innovation centers.

Sure enough, after a while, the speed of the car slowed down, Zeng Jia pointed to the black factory building on the left and said: "Brother, this is the third radio equipment factory in Beijing, but everyone is used to calling it 798." Because the benefits are not good, it has long been discontinued. There are a lot of factories and office buildings for rent now, and I came here some time ago to take a turn, and there are quite a few artists' studios here. And it's easy to get around, so I thought ......"

Before Zeng Jia's words fell, Li Tang interrupted: "Can you go down and have a look now?" ”

Shen Lin hurriedly said: "Yes, just go down from the North Fourth Ring Road in front, turn to Jiuxianqiao Road and go back again." ”

"Then let's go down and have a look."

The traffic of the 798 factory is indeed very convenient, adjacent to the airport expressway, just stuck in the middle of the North Fourth Ring Road and the North Fifth Ring Road under construction, and the Jiuxianqiao Street next to it is quite lively.

The factory area of 798 is very large, but the roads inside are full of potholes, and the street lights are also on and off, lining the black and old factories on both sides, which is a completely dilapidated scene.

Xiao Pang, who was still angry with Li Tang, also stretched his neck and looked curiously outside the car at this time, and after a while, he pouted and said, "What kind of broken place is this?" ”

Zeng Jia looked a little embarrassed, she mainly considered the cheap rent and big place at the beginning. If you rent an office of thirty or forty square meters in an office building in the city center, you may be able to rent a small building here for the same price.

The main thing is that since last year, because of the cheap rent, it has attracted many artists' studios to settle here.

In these years, the so-called artists have just one word - poor! It seems that there are many places where there are painters' villages and so on.

However, it should be noted that Beijing has always been known as a "cultural center", and artists' studios, galleries, and cultural media companies have not yet formed a large settlement center in Beijing, and they are all scattered everywhere.

The venue is large enough, the rent is cheap enough, and the transportation is convenient enough, maybe it can spontaneously form a landmark center with the theme of culture and art.

Besides, even if it can't be an art center, the rent here is cheap anyway, so you can find a new place after the studio start-up stage.

Zeng Jia didn't speak, but Shen Lin, who usually doesn't talk much, said: "There are not only 798 here, but also 708, 709, and 718 factories." In the past, when the benefits were good, everyone was envious. Not anymore, almost all the workers have been laid off, and they are only able to collect some rent. ”

In the end, Shen Lin sighed deeply, he was also a laid-off worker, and it was inevitable that he would be touched by the scene.

Fortunately, it was almost there.

"Master Shen, pull over and stop at the small building in front." Zeng Jiadao.

The car stopped, Zeng Jia got out of the car, and pointed to the small building next to him: "Brother, this is it, this is the office building in the factory, with a total of three floors, a total area of almost 400 square meters, including the area in front of the door can be parked......"

Li Tang has a rare impression of this area, because it had already been developed when he came here in his previous life, and he only remembered that the large factory with a zigzag roof diagonally opposite was the most famous local art center in the entire 798 Art District.

How can there be a reason not to take such a good location, without waiting for Zeng Jia to finish his introduction, he asked directly: "How much is the rent?" ”

"Well, the rent per square meter here is six cents per day, and in total, the whole building costs almost 120,000 a year."

Zeng Jia was afraid that Li Tang would think it was too big, so he said: "Of course, let's rent a floor for the time being, about 40,000 yuan." ”

Li Tang looked at the small building noncommittally, raised his legs and walked to the intersection next to the small building, there were no street lights here, it was dark, but he could vaguely see that there was a long row of factories behind the small building.

"Where's the rent here?"

"Huh?"

Zeng Jia looked at the row of black and sloppy factories not far away, estimated to be five or six hundred square meters, stunned, shook his head and said: "I haven't asked about this, but it must be cheaper than the office building in front." ”

Li Tang nodded and said, "You ask the factory tomorrow, if the price is right, the small building in front and the row of factories in the back will all be wanted." And the longer the lease term, the better, and it is best to sign a contract for ten or twenty years. ”

That being said, the factory is certainly not a fool, and it is estimated that it would be good to sign for ten years.

(End of chapter)