""Hurricane Rescue" has a global box office of 283 million US dollars, and it is the most profitable movie in China."

"The mainland box office of "Hurricane Rescue" is 210 million, second only to "The City Full of Golden Armor" and "Hero", ranking third at the mainland film box office."

""Rush Hour 3" is launched, and Cheng Long will start a series of movies."

"The box office of "Wounded City" in the first week was 25 million, which did not meet expectations."

"The box office of "Tens of Billions of Big Movies" was 13 million in the first week, and the director was drunk on the street."

"Lee Shengyao: I'm going to take a break for a while and then think about new movies."

"Crazy January, "007: Casino Royale", "Twin Thieves", "Talented Men and Women", "New Loyalty", "Happy Birthday" are about to be released."

……

At 8 p.m. on January 9, 2007, the snow had melted in most parts of Yanjing, but it was still very cold, with only a handful of pedestrians on the streets and fewer vehicles.

On the seventeenth floor of the International Trade Building, the lights are brilliant and the stars are shining.

A group of men and women in suits and long skirts, holding goblets, elegantly show their best state.

However, when raising a glass of wine, most eyes will turn to the corner of the hall.

There sits the focus of the night, Lee Shengyao.

He was also wearing a suit, and was sitting at a small table at this time, with Cheng Long, Han Sanping, and Wang Changtian and others sitting next to him.

The global box office of the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" was 283 million US dollars, and the money distributed to the producer was about 90 million US dollars.

After removing the cost, Fenghua accounts for 50%, Zhongying 30%, light 10%, and Chenglong 10%.

The three achievements are 21 million US dollars, which is more than 100 million yuan - yuan.

China Film has invested in so many movies, when can it make more than 100 million.

This made Han Sanping excited.

This celebration banquet was held by China Film to show China Film's attitude.

At this time, a group of big men were sitting there, and many celebrities in the vicinity were watching, hoping to show their faces, but most of them didn't dare to go over.

It can be seen that the bigwigs are talking very happily, in case they go over and ruin the atmosphere, wouldn't it be a bad thing?

Han Sanping has been secretly observing Li Shengyao, seeing that he is in a good mood, he is also very happy, and he thinks that he will have a good chat with Li Shengyao next.

After a while, the big guy seemed to be talking about the same and dispersed.

Li Shengyao brought Chen Hao over this time, he noticed that Chen Hao was chatting with a group of actresses, and got up to go over to say hello.

At this moment, there was a sound of clattering footsteps.

Listening to the sound is the sound of two pairs of high heels stepping on the ground, one left and one right, very neat, people who don't know think it is military training walking together.

The sound of two pairs of high heels, one left and one right.

The person on the left is Li Lianhua, and the person on the right is Zhu Bingbing.

Li Lianhua wore a blue long dress, revealing her back and arms, it looked okay.

At this time, Zhu Bingbing has gradually begun to walk the carpet star design, wearing a well-cut red long dress, embroidered with a big peony flower on the skirt, which has a unique charm.

Li Shengyao saw it in his eyes, chuckled, and did not speak.

Zhu Bingbing is still much younger and thin-skinned, she is reluctant to tear her face publicly, and her pace has slowed down.

And Li Lianhua's footsteps were much faster, and she came to Li Shengyao first.

"Director Li, congratulations, this time "Hurricane Rescue" is a global box office hit, and you are the most successful director in our mainland."

Li Shengyao and Li Lianhua filmed "Extreme Escape" together, although the two did not communicate in depth.

And Li Lianhua is not the one Li Shengyao likes.

However, she is a good actress and acts very hard.

Lee Shengyao likes to act as serious people.

"After the award, I just make commercial films and make a little money."

Li Lianhua chuckled and leaned a lot closer to Li Shengyao.

However, Li Shengyao did not accept the offer, he is not the kind of person who has to taste any flavor of wild vegetables.

He only eats good enough and appealing enough food.

"Director Li, I want to go to Fenghua."

Seeing that Li Shengyao was not close, a trace of disappointment flashed in Li Lianhua's eyes.

She then stated her purpose.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he paused for a moment, and then understood what was going on.

Li Lianhua could be regarded as Huayi's first sister for a while, but later Zhu Bingbing Weekly News joined Huayi successively, and her position was in jeopardy.

Especially the film and television resources, which directly robbed a lot of Bingbing.

If it weren't for Li Shengyao cooperating with her and she acted in "Extreme Escape", then Li Bingbing's resources would be even more ugly.

And Zhu Bingbing's side can be said to be a blockbuster.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable that Li Bingbing wants to go to Fenghua.

After all, Fenghua now looks at a lot of actresses, but none of them are in the climate.

Sun Li can be alone in the TV drama market, but she is also not good in the film industry.

Other actresses are either not good at acting or are not popular enough to play the heroine of the movie.

If Li Bingbing goes to Fenghua, maybe he can get more movie resources.

However, in Li Shengyao's previous life, Li Lianhua was a famous "party girl" in Hollywood for a while.

This is not derogatory, it can only be said that Li Lianhua is really working hard in order to become famous, she is a very ambitious person.

And Li Shengyao knows very well that his next movies will focus on the international market, and there are not many movies that meet Li Bingbing's role.

As for the cooperation with Hong Jinbao, Wu Whale's upcoming "Raid 2", as well as the prepared "Fallen" series, the focus is on the male protagonist and the female protagonist are not very important.

The youth movie cooperating with Wanwan is even more unsuitable for Li Bingbing.

In this case, there are a lot of projects on his side, but there are not many suitable for Li Bingbing.

Li Bingbing came to Fenghua, and he didn't have any role.

As for resource replacement, it is completely unnecessary.

At this time, the mainland's traffic economy has not yet risen, and the time for artists to make a lot of money has not yet come.

The artist's commission is worth a few bucks.

When they returned to China, Li Shengyao cut off these traffic and divided them into four or six points, which made a lot of money.

There is no need for him to exchange resources with other film and television companies for the sake of a special artist.

"Regarding this matter, you can go to the company's brokerage department, where there will be more detailed considerations."

When Li Lianhua heard this, she knew Li Shengyao's attitude, but she was still a little unwilling.

"Director Li, my brokerage share can be fifty-fifty."

With Li Bingbing's current status, the brokerage should be about seventy-three, or eighty-two, and she will take the lion's share.

This is a direct five or five points, but it has lost a lot, and it is full of sincerity.

However, Li Shengyao doesn't want to do useless work, rather than letting Li Bingbing change jobs in the future, it is better to refuse now.

"I have watched a lot of Fenghua projects, but in fact, there is no movie suitable for you, you are not happy in Huayi, and you are not happy when you are in Fenghua."

Li Shengyao continued: "You wait a minute, maybe Huayi will have a good project for you." ”

In his previous life, Zhu Bingbing would soon leave Huayi.

The big and small kings recognized the reality at this time, and Li Bingbing was the most obedient artist.

So he gave Li Bingbing all his might.

"The Wind" helped Li Bingbing win the Golden Horse Award, and there must be a lot of transactions in this.

In those years, Huayi was called Taiyi by netizens, and only the big and small kings knew how many interests were related to this.

Li Lianhua thought that this was Li Shengyao's words to shirk, and she was disappointed.

"Director Li, I don't need to play the heroine, just take me with your movie, and I will find a way to fight for other resources."

"Forget it, this won't do you any good, you settle down, and there will be a way to live in the future."

Li Shengyao's tone was more serious, "Do you think it's necessary for me to lie?" ”

Li Lianhua was stunned when she heard this, thinking of the past contact with Li Shengyao, and then nodded suspiciously, "Okay, I know, thank you for your words." ”

"Director Li, you can find me in any movie, any role."

Li Shengyao smiled, "No problem." ”

Li Lianhua then left, and a moment later, Zhu Bingbing came over.

"Director Li, what are you talking about with her?"

Li Shengyao smiled, Zhu Bingbing spoke a lot more casually, this woman has no culture, but she is very confident, "What's the matter with you?" ”

"Don't be so stingy, let's hear it."

"Talking about you, talking about your belly is thick again, can't it be pregnant?"

Bingbing rolled her eyes.

She then sat down and pulled a chair for Li Shengyao, right next to her.

"Director Li, I have something to talk to you about."

"You say."

Li Shengyao didn't sit on the chair pulled by Zhu Bingbing, he pulled another chair and sat opposite Zhu Bingbing.

"Huayi wants to renew my contract, but I don't want to renew my contract with them, it's boring."

The brokerage contract between Bingbing and Huayi expired in June this year.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, after the contract with Hua Yi expired, Zhu Bingbing would build a studio alone.

Her resources have dropped a lot all at once.

filmed "Contract Lover", "Jingwumen", "Apple" and other movies, which are not comparable to before.

Someone as smart as she must have thought of this a long time ago.

But she did it anyway, it should have been a little inflated at this time.

She also invested in some TV series on her own, such as "Kim Taipan", which was completely to satisfy her own Mary Sue plot.

To sum up, except for one "Guanyin Mountain" that helped her get the queen of the Eastview Film Festival, there was some splash, and the other film and TV series roles were not important, or they were not brilliant, which was not interesting.

In the past few years, Zhu Bingbing has mainly relied on walking the red carpet and constantly maintaining the heat.

Li Shengyao still admires her for her courage and strategy.

"What's the matter with me?"

"I want to set up my own studio, not only movies, I will also invest in TV series, there are so many good books over there in Fenghua, can you sell one to me?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "We don't have many books now." ”

He wrote down all the Korean dramas that he copied, but it was obviously not enough.

Now he has asked the people in the TV drama department to go to the starting point, and Jinjiang is looking for some people who were very famous in his previous life.

For example, "Shanshan is Coming", "A Smile is Alluring" and so on.

Taking advantage of the fact that the copyright price has not risen sharply now, he wants to buy the copyright and let the company's people shoot it later.

"Then can you let me act in a Fenghua drama, we signed an agreement, and I will act for free."

Zhu Bingbing knows very well that setting up a studio by himself will definitely annoy Huayi.

At this time, she must do something impressive, otherwise, many people will definitely hack her at that time.

She wants to play a good enough work.

In this way, it will be able to stand on its feet.

Li Shengyao's mind flashed a work that was very suitable for Zhu Bingbing, but he didn't say it immediately, smiled, and then shook his head, "There are many Fenghua artists, I will play for you, and the people below will be unhappy." ”

"Oh, Sister Chen Hao and I are fellow countrymen, and you and I can be regarded as half fellow countrymen, so you can help."

Ji Bingbing's voice was a little lower, with a somewhat coquettish tone, and he reached out and patted Li Shengyao's thigh.

She is at the peak of her appearance at this time, radiant and radiant.

The palm of his hand seemed to be electrified, and when it slapped on Li Shengyao's leg, he felt a little paralyzed.

Li Shengyao was calm on the surface, but he secretly recited the sentence "Amitabha Buddha", found that it still didn't work, and recited the sentence "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable".

When the paralysis subsided, Li Shengyao stood up, "Needless to say, come up with something real, otherwise don't talk to me." ”

"What do you want?"

Seeing that Li Shengyao was leaving, Zhu Bingbing immediately got up and followed.

Li Shengyao turned around and looked over, swept his eyes, and saw a white flower.

He suddenly had an impulse, a thought.

In his previous life, this actress who dominated all Chinese entertainment, what did he do to be interesting enough?

Let her dance "nobody", let her sing "Conquest" on his knees, or let her make him breakfast?

"I haven't thought about it yet."

"Then you think quickly, I'm fine."

Ji Bingbing answered domineeringly.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he stopped, he thought of Cheng Cheng, looked around, and then lowered his voice, "Then you can give me a child." ”

While he was in a daze, Li Shengyao strode away.

……

Li Shengyao went over to say hello to Chen Hao and her female companion, chatted a few words, and then left.

Just said to Bingbing, it's fun.

It's a response to a past life.

Yan pressed Huayu, claiming to be a wealthy Fan Ye, and he was still deflated in front of him.

As far as Bingbing's current situation is concerned, she has not helped Li Shengyao's career in any way.

He really couldn't think of anything that Bingbing had, it was what he wanted very much.

Li Shengyao soon found out that Zhu Bingbing had left, he didn't care, and was about to sit down to rest, when Han Sanping came over with a wine glass.

Han Sanye needs performance in the past two or three years, and his previous investments have been very bad, which makes his position in China Film precarious, but fortunately, "Hurricane Rescue" has brought him enough income.

For Li Shengyao, he really admires it.

"Director Li, are you satisfied with this celebration banquet?"

"I'm very satisfied, Director Han has worked hard."

"Hey, what do you and I say about hard work or not, I still owe you a favor."

Han Sanping paused, and then said: ""Let's punch, Dad", as well as the final payment of "Extreme Escape", I have urged it several times before, before the Lunar New Year, the major theaters should be able to settle it for you." ”

The box office share of the movie was slow to arrive, and the theater received the tickets, but it was more than a year before the production company was paid.

This time Han Sanping came out, and the domestic theaters should give him face.

Li Shengyao just needs money, after all, "Hurricane Rescue 2" must have invested more.

He raised the glass and touched it with Han Sanping, "Director Han, my side is water, don't be surprised." ”

"Everywhere, you know you don't drink."

Han Sanping raised her glass and took a sip of wine.

"Director Li, did you cooperate with Wanwan in "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" to be screened on Valentine's Day?"

Chai Zhiping has already filmed "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".

The heroine is still Chen Yanxi, and the male protagonist is Chen Bailin.

She had wanted to screen it for a long time, and she suppressed Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao wants to be screened on Valentine's Day or Qixi Festival.

It was finally decided to be screened on 14 February 2007.

There are a lot of movies in February, like "The Disciple", "Wonderful Night at the Museum", "Love Call Transfer" are all screened on those days.

"Well, do you need more help from Director Han then?"

"I'll try my best to give 30% of this movie a first-day schedule, and if the effect is good, I'll raise it later."

Compared with the star-studded "Disciple", "Love Call Transfer", and "Wonderful Night at the Museum", which exploded in the beautiful country.

"The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" can be said to be nothing, and there can be 30% of the film schedule on the first day, which is already very face-saving for Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao is naturally not a person who knows what to do, he raised the glass again and touched a glass with Han Sanping.

Seeing this, Han Sanping's eyes flashed with a hint of relief, Director Li has become the most successful commercial film director in China, but he still respects the elderly, he then said the purpose of this trip, "Director Li, what is the number of "Hurricane Rescue 2"?" ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say now, but this time I'm afraid there won't be so many investment shares, the first part makes money, and the company in the second part of the beautiful country will definitely ask for cooperation." ”

Regarding the investment allocation of the second "Hurricane Rescue", Li Shengyao still hopes that Fenghua can account for 50% of the profit dividends, and the copyright belongs to Fenghua.

The other fifty percent of the profits were divided, and one percent of them was given to Cheng Long, which was regarded as a reward for him to play the second part.

One percent goes to China Film, and three percent goes to Hollywood production companies.

Such a distribution seems to have given a lot of benefits, but Hollywood may not be willing to do so.

After all, big Hollywood companies are used to eating big heads.

Especially if the first film is in the later stage TV, streaming media, and discs have a high income.

Hollywood companies will definitely be greedy, and they will definitely demand a share of the copyright.

This is a more troublesome thing.

And if Li Shengyao does not agree, and there is no profit to be distributed, then it is not certain whether he can pass the trial.

After all, the villain of "Hurricane Rescue" is an immigrant, and it is easy to make a fuss about this.

"Hurricane Rescue 3" has changed the villain, and Li Shengyao feels that it should have something to do with immigrants \ Mumu.

That's the downside of fame.

When the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" was made, it was still possible to take advantage of the fact that big Hollywood companies didn't care about making a profit.

If you want to continue to make money in the beautiful country in the future, you must at least find a partner with sufficient weight.

He then told his plan.

When Han Sanping heard this, she was silent, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Just like Li Shengyao said, if you want to make a beautiful knife, you must give up some of your benefits, otherwise, people will not let you enter at all.

In this way, the space left for Zhongying is much smaller.

It's not that Li Shengyao is stingy, but there is indeed no extra investment share.

Li Shengyao didn't say much, and sat quietly.

He is willing to leave a single line for China Film, precisely with the attitude of "being a man and leaving a line, and seeing each other in the future".

However, this success is actually a lot, just like Cheng Long's red, 7 million US dollars, nearly 60 million people - yuan.

This year, the films invested by China Film, except for "Hurricane Rescue", all other films are lost, where do they make money.

He believed that Han Sanping could understand him.

After a while, Han Sanping raised her wine glass, "Director Li, I have received your wishes, no matter what movie it is, Fenghua needs it, China Film will definitely vote, you can decide how much." ”

"Okay, nice to work with."

Li Shengyao then raised his glass and touched a glass with Han Sanping.

Han Sanping followed and said: "Director Li, Hollywood companies are rich and powerful, where are they willing to only account for three parts of the red?" I'm afraid it's not going to be easy for you this time. ”

"Let's see, and then bargain."

Li Shengyao has some ideas, but there is no need to tell Han Sanping.

Han Sanping sighed, he leaned back in his chair, "Director Li, Zhongying has money and no land to spend." ”

"Don't worry, there will be good projects, and in two or three years, there will be new development in the mainland film market."

This year's "Crazy Stone" is a start, Xu is bald in the back, Ning Hao is up, and comedies in the mainland will explode.

When the time comes, it will be very profitable to make comedies.

Judging from "People in Embarrassment", mainland audiences prefer noisy comedies.

Baoqiang, Xu Guangtou, and Huang Bo are all people who can be wooed.

These people are ambitious and will not be willing to work for him.

But everyone can cooperate.

When Han Sanping heard this, she shook her head with a disappointed face, "The current movies in the mainland are not very good, they don't have the ability to do this." ”

"If there are more directors like you, where will I worry about money and nowhere to spend."

He was suddenly paused, "I want to invest in a big project, the director is John Woo, what do you think?"

Big project, John Woo, isn't that "Red Cliff"?

Lee is not sure if the film can be invested.

The two parts of this film have a box office of more than 500 million in the mainland, plus the overseas box office, the production company should not lose money.

"I haven't read the script, I don't know how they're going to shoot it, and I'm not sure."

"Hey, Director Li, do you want to come to film, isn't Cheng Long going to shoot "Rush Hour 3", I'll leave this big project to you to shoot, don't say 200 million, 300 million is fine."

"Red Cliff" is said to have two scripts, one was written by Lu Wei, who wrote "Farewell My Concubine", and the other was written by John Woo's people.

John Woo saw Reed's script and threw it away on the spot.

Later, there was a draft of the reed script on the Internet, and it was indeed written in a mess.

As for John Woo's version of "Red Cliff", it doesn't work either.

Li Shengyao filming, there must be a good story, he is not Wang Sunglasses, he can play with light and shadow.

Without a good story, he won't touch it.

"Director Han, I'm too young to shoot big projects."

Hearing this, Han Sanping nodded, and didn't say anything more.

Li Shengyao was also thinking about what to do next, he stared at the glass intently, and suddenly had an idea, a movie about alcoholics.

That is, whether to copy "The Hangover", if you don't copy it, Hollywood will shoot it in two years.

This movie has no cost, no big scenes, and it should be done in four months.

Cheng Long filmed "Rush Hour 3", and he filmed "The Hangover", isn't it just right?

Do you really have to take a break for a few months, wait for Cheng Long to finish filming "Rush Hour 3", and then think about new movies?

(End of chapter)