Leisurely time is always short-lived, after attending Zhou Yi's annual meeting, Chen Shuo went to Jingwen again and told He Zhengyang that he planned to postpone this year's album, and he returned to the crew of "Condor".

He and Liu Yifei have not started work for more than half a month because of the Spring Festival Gala, and the others have at most taken three days off during the New Year, and they still spend it in the crew.

Last year, the crew had moved to Xiangshan Film and Television City to shoot plots such as Xiangyang City, Ancient Tombs, and Valley of Despair.

The two left after a few days of filming, and the scenes accumulated too much, and after the two came back, they had to shoot non-stop every day.

Chen Shuo even handed over the work of action director temporarily, and ran in four places every day, just to catch up with the progress.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it happened to take advantage of the scene where Yang Guo gave Guo Xiang a birthday, so that everyone set off a burst of fireworks.

After being busy, everyone felt relaxed for a while.

On February 27, the 77th Academy Awards were held at the Hollywood Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, USA.

Zhang Weiping did not nominate Chen Shuo and Liu Yifei beforehand, nor did he plan to let the two participate.

For Chen Shuo, it was deliberate, as for Liu Yifei, to be honest, even if her level is reported, I am afraid that there is no chance of nomination.

I just don't want to.

Zhang Yimou asked the two if they were interested in participating, and Chen Shuo gave up after thinking about it.

He doesn't think that he can get anything by going, it is better to take care of the things in front of him, hurry up and finish filming "Condor", and then prepare "Sword Rain Jianghu" is the right thing.

That night, Chen Shuo paid special attention to the results of the awards, not to mention the others, the two nominations, the best photography and the best Chinese, all won the awards.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of boiling at home and abroad.

began to report that after Li Yu, Zhang Yimou became the second director to win the Oscar.

It was already a surprise to everyone that they could win the Golden Globe Award, and they thought that this time it would definitely be hopeless.

Unexpectedly, although there were few nominations, the final result was that two nominations won one after another.

After learning the news, Zhou Ping and Jiang Xuerou deliberately ran to Xiangshan.

After finding Chen Shuo, he first congratulated him, after all, the Foreign Language Film Award rewards the entire crew, not only Zhang Yimou, but also Chen Shuo and Liu Yifei.

Then he said worriedly: "After winning this award, Director Zhang's reputation can be called the first director in China."

With his ability and fame, if he stayed in the United States, he would definitely be able to obtain better resources.

Before, we asked him to be the producer with a share of 5 million and 10%, isn't it too shabby?

Will he make excuses after that? ”

He can also understand the speculation of the two, and at the same time, he did not expect that Zhang Yimou first won the Golden Globe Award and then the Oscar.

As for how Zhang Yimou would choose, he didn't know how to choose.

After a deep sigh, he said: "It's really hard to say this, but boss, don't think about the worst, just express your blessings normally, and then wait for Director Zhang to come back."

If he really wants to regret it, let's accept it with a smile.

But there is another way, the remuneration is still given to him, and the share is still given to him, it doesn't matter if he comes or not, as long as he can put up a name.

Now that so much capital has come in, it's no longer like we can withdraw if we want to.

Don't talk about any interests, benefits, responsibilities or anything on Director Zhang's side, just talk about feelings and only give benefits.

Then find a way from Zhang Weiping's side.

Relatively speaking, he is the one who most wants to turn Director Zhang's fame into benefits.

And Director Zhang has just finished filming "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", and I am afraid that he will not have the heart to start another project in a short time.

Even if Director Zhang can be convinced, by the time the project starts, it will take at least a year and a half.

And now, with a ready-made nest, just waiting for Director Zhang to sit in and lay golden eggs, how do you say he will choose? ”

Zhou Ping couldn't help but think about it when he heard it, it was not that he had no contact with Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, on the contrary, he had been in contact with him very frequently during this time.

Zhang Yimou is more like an artist, thinking about how to express his inner thoughts through the form of film art.

Zhang Weiping, on the other hand, is a pure businessman, and as long as the benefits are big enough, he can do anything.

At the same time, he is also a very cunning person, able to grasp the weaknesses of others and then break them individually to gain his own advantage.

Jiang Xuesoft said: "It's just that in this way, I'm afraid we have to make great concessions." ”

Zhou Ping nodded and said: "This is inevitable, and if we want to keep this nest at home, I am afraid that we will not only have to pay most of the benefits, but also increase more investment." ”

Chen Shuo recognized: "Director Zhang didn't win the award before, and our small crew, inviting him to be the producer, can be said to be relaxed and prepare for better works."

But now Director Zhang's reputation is different, even if he is just a nominal producer, it can attract a lot of capital.

What's more, if Zhang Weiping can be said to be moved and Director Zhang can be involved at a deeper level, it will be more attractive to those people. ”

"Is there any way to guarantee our sovereignty?" Zhou Ping pondered: "As long as we can dominate on the surface, it doesn't matter if we lose any interests."

After all, as long as we have fame, our starting point is not at the same level as others. ”

Jiang Xuerou thought for a while and said, "Let's grasp a point, follow closely around a center, and follow the leader."

Let's settle down with Zhang Wei first, and let him borrow our nest to lay eggs.

Then try to give the benefits to Director Zhang, and don't care about the benefits of sacrificing more. ”

Zhou Ping instantly understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "Okay, just do it, settle down with Zhang Weiping first, and let Director Zhang get involved more deeply."

After gaining his support, let's contact Director Zhang again, increase his production fee to 10 million, and then give him 20% of the share, or even more, to ensure his interests.

Whoever wants to participate has to agree to this condition.

As the first person and capital to put forward this condition, Director Zhang will definitely support us to become the dominant party.

Even Zhang Weiping has to go to the back row. ”

There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, not to mention, this is not to make Zhang Yimou an enemy of anyone, he has no reason to kick out a person who gives him benefits, and exchange it for a person who is demanding of himself.

Zhang Yimou agreed to Chen Shuo to become the producer of "Sword Rain Jianghu", the main reason was to try how much benefit the sharing could bring him.

Originally, Zhou Ping gave him 10% of the benefits, which already made him willing to try.

Now, if the share is directly adjusted to 20%, then his interests are more protected, and it also gives him increased capital for future negotiations, what reason does he have to refuse?

As for whether this will disrupt the market and let others target him and Zhou Yi Film and Television, there is no need to think about it at all.

Or is it that sentence, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, things to make money, why refuse?

The idea was certain, and the three of them began to act, and Zhou Ping was responsible for contacting Zhang Weiping and pulling him into the common front.

Zhang Weiping had no reason to refuse his proposal, and after thinking about how he could leave the nest, he agreed to Zhou Ping's request without hesitation.

After he told Zhang Yimou, Chen Shuo called Zhang Yimou again and told him about the 10 million producer fee and 20% commission.

Just a little hesitation, Zhang Yimou also agreed, but he was also worried that the 20% total revenue share of the film company would give people the impression of being too greedy and not conducive to future cooperation.

changed the filmmaker's total revenue share to net revenue sharing, indicating that the risk is shared with everyone.

Seeing him like this, Chen Shuo proposed again: "Since this is the case, then we might as well directly increase Director Zhang's share to 25%.

This proposal is up to us, and when the time comes, Director Zhang will show humility and take the initiative to reduce the share to 20%, presumably the investor will be grateful to Director Zhang for his generosity. ”

Zhang Yimou was stunned for a moment, and then scolded with a smile: "I didn't expect you to learn badly."

But that's a good idea, just do as you say. ”

"Then the rest will be handed over to our boss, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhang, I believe that with their ability, they will not let us down."

When Zhang Weiping learned that Chen Shuo and Zhou Ping had given Zhang Yimou so much of his share, his face couldn't help twitching.

If you really do this, how much share do you have to give Zhang Yimou in the future?

After giving so much, how much can you have left?

But he can't do anything about it, he can't take the initiative to let Zhang Yimou give up the commission, right?

I can only think about it secretly, thinking about how to tell Zhang Yimou, first only give him a salary, and put the part in the company to make money.

In this way, although it is said that it is a share, in fact, the money is still in his hands.

As long as Zhang Yimou's living needs can be met and he is not short of money, presumably he will not ask for the money to be divided so clearly.

With a decision, he began to discuss with other investors with Zhou Ping.

Those who can accept this request are partners, and if they can't accept it, they can only say sorry.

Five days after the award ceremony, Zhang Yimou returned from the United States with people.

In the Prancing Horse Building, Zhang Weiping first held a grand celebration to congratulate Zhang Yimou on winning the Academy Award.

All of a sudden, almost everyone in the entertainment industry came to participate and congratulated him.

Relatively speaking, this kind of collective honor, in most cases, will be substituted for the director.

After all, without a director, there would be no birth of this work.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Ping, Zhang Weiping and a group of investors re-reached a sharing agreement.

Zhang Yimou used himself as a producer and his own fame as an investment to obtain a 20% net revenue share.

At the same time, he will also receive a salary of 10 million.

Zhou Yi received a 15% share as the leader and an investment of 20 million.

Star Picture received a 10% share with an investment of 10 million.

The other investors jointly received a 55% share with an investment of 70 million.

Of course, these shares are net revenue sharing after removing costs.

In the end, the total investment of "Sword Rain Jianghu" is 100 million, reaching a level that Chen Shuo and Jiang Xuerou could not have imagined before.

However, with Zhang Yimou, no one believes that this drama will not make money.

(End of chapter)