Northern Hebei, Tangshan City, Tangshan Oriental Hotel, a wine party in the evening has just ended.

On the 30th anniversary of the earthquake in 2006, Tang Shantou led the filming of a commemorative film "May People Be Long", hoping to record the scars and suffering brought by the earthquake to the people of Tangshan in an artistic way, as well as a series of changes experienced by Tangshan in the post-disaster reconstruction.

But the response was mediocre, with little attention other than some state media reports.

So Tang Shantou wanted to find an influential director of commercial films to make a mature commercial film, which was a commemoration and could also promote the city.

After counting, Ma Xiaogang, who made a well-known and so-called main theme movie like "Assembly Number", has become Tang Shan's first choice.

After several months of negotiations, today Huang Zhongjun and Huang Zhonglei officially reached a cooperation under the coordination of Zhang Peisen, deputy director of the Film Bureau.

"Big brother, 60 million, this money is too easy to come by. ”

Huang Zhonglei, who was a little drunk, couldn't help but sigh.

Even if Huayang is already the largest private film company in China, it will land on the GEM in the second half of this year, and if everything goes well, both of them will have a skyrocketing net worth.

But 60 million cash, just sent out like this, this big sum is also staggering.

Huang Zhongjun shook his head, "60 million is nothing, which is nothing for a city's annual financial revenue of tens of billions." ”

"The government still has money, and it would be nice if there were more projects like this. ”

"Dreaming, where are so many good things. ”

That's what he said, but the excitement in Huang Zhongjun's heart is not much stronger than Huang Zhonglei's.

After several months of negotiations, under the coordination of the film bureau, Huayang got the best quality project since the establishment of the company.

The film invested 120 million yuan, Huayang invested 54 million yuan, China Film invested 6 million yuan, and the remaining 60 million yuan was sponsored by the Tangshan government.

15% of the 60 million miles, that is, 9 million, is as an investment, and the remaining 51 million is a sponsorship.

It's just a paid sponsorship.

Huang Zhongjun invented a new word, and now in retrospect, he can't help but admire his wit.

The 51 million, which does not participate in the film sharing, is sponsorship.

However, they participate in the profit share in the same proportion.

It's a profit share, not a box office share.

If the income of the film just recovers the cost, then Tang Shantou will be able to get back his 9 million, that is, 15% of the investment, and the other 51 million will not be able to get back.

If the cost is recovered and there is still a profit of 10 million, Tang Shantou can get 4.25 million in the same proportion, and the 51 million still can't be taken back.

Only when the income is subtracted from the cost, there is still a net profit of 120 million, and Tang Shantou can get the same 51 million share from the 120 million profit as the sponsorship, and Tang Shan's own 51 million yuan of the recovered cost still can't get it.

The cost can't be recovered, it is considered to be sponsored to the movie, but this cost makes money, and the profit generated is still Tangshan's, which is paid.

Paid sponsorship, that's what it's all about.

This is not much different from Bai Zhi, and Tang Shan's request is only that "Aftershock" be renamed "Tangshan Earthquake".

This is not a thing, if the name can be sold for money, Huang Zhongjun will ask Huang Zhonglei to change his name tomorrow.

If you come to one every year, you have to wake up laughing from your dreams.

However, Huang Zhongjun still advised, "Zhonglei, in two days, you will go to Uniasia, Yinghuang, and Modu Film Group and sell half of the investment share." ”

"Okay, I'll talk. ”

Huang Zhonglei nodded, although as long as there is an income of 70 million, the cost can be recovered, and the 50 million loss is Tang Shan's sponsorship.

But after all, it is a movie about the aftermath of the earthquake, and to be honest, they don't have much confidence, and they sell half of the share, at least to ensure that they will make a steady profit.

The two brothers are also very excited to get this most cost-effective investment in the history of movies, and as a senior wine lover, Huang Zhonglei also proposed to drink two more glasses.

Huang Zhongjun readily agreed, but at this time the mobile phone rang.

"Hey. ”

"What?"

Before he could say a word, Huang Zhongjun suddenly elongated his voice, making Huang Zhonglei next to him a little inexplicable.

Hanging up the phone, Huang Zhongjun's face was cloudy and unpleasant, and it was not good-looking.

"What's the matter, big brother, what's wrong?" Huang Zhonglei hurriedly asked.

"Happy Blue Ocean, Henan Culture Group, Hubei Film Company, and West Sichuan Film Company, four companies have established a joint venture distribution company. Huang Zhongjun said bad news with a gloomy face.

"These four companies want to come in and get involved?"

What's the big deal, Huang Zhonglei is a little strange, "But the total market share of their cinema chains is only eight or nine points, which is far worse than the cinema line of Wanda, didn't Wanda hear that it is also going to enter the film and television production and distribution business." ”

Huang Zhongjun said, "This new company called Huaying Joint Distribution also has a shareholder. ”

"Which other?"

"Li Qian!"

"What?"

"Li Qian?"

Huang Zhonglei also immediately raised his voice and changed his face.

"How can this be, how did he go with these companies, Guangxian?"

"I don't know for the time being, I only know that Li Qian united these companies to set up a hairstyle company, and it seems that it is estimated that it is for his own hairstyle. ”

"This Li Qian, his ambition is really not small, it was not easy to see him at the beginning, but he didn't expect to get rid of the envy so quickly, he did it alone, and he also cooperated with the theater chain. ”

When Li Qian announced that he wanted to support young directors and look for suitable projects, they guessed that Li Qian's purpose was not so simple, and it was likely that he wanted to start his own company and invest in movies to be the boss.

But in an instant, Huang Zhonglei thought of the worse consequences that this incident might cause, and he hurriedly said, "Now Li Qian has brought the theater chain in, this is luring wolves into the room." ”

Film and television companies and cinemas have always been on opposite sides, and the two sides have had several disputes over the division of one or two points, but they are not as radical as Zhang Weiping.

In fact, these local film companies have not produced commercial films for a long time, and at most, the films they participate in need of more support and will allocate a little investment share to them, but that's all.

If this allows the theater chain to find an opportunity to enter the film and television industry, then the pressure they will face will be too great.

Huang Zhonglei thought of this, not to mention Huang Zhongjun, and he thought further.

"If only that's it!"

"Big brother, what do you mean?"

"Today, Li Qian can cooperate with several theaters and get more benefits, what about directors such as Ma Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou, Cheng Kaige, and Xu Ke, they see that Li Qian has tasted the sweetness, will they follow suit, fund the film themselves, and jointly distribute it with several theaters. ”

Huang Zhongjun said, his face became extremely ugly.

"This..."

Huang Zhonglei reacted and realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Probably not. ”

"Why not, Li Qian earns twice as much as Guang Xian per movie, you don't see Ma Xiaogang and other directors as well?

If Li Qian cooperates with other theaters and earns more, who dares to guarantee that other directors will not move this thought!"

This is the worst thing, the theater chain only has screening resources, and lacks the ability to film and television production and publicity, even if you want to start a company, you can't find a suitable project.

However, this happens to be what big directors have, and their films are not worried about publicity, and countless media and audiences have paid attention to them as soon as they are released.

The two complement each other!

Huang Zhongjun's face became more and more ugly, "Even if they didn't think so far, who can guarantee that the theater chain will not go to them and spend a lot of money to buy them." ”

In order to invite Ma Xiaogang to make a film about the earthquake, the Tangshan government did not hesitate to sponsor 50 million, which is enough to see the influence of the big director.

Once Li Qian's model is successful, other theaters will definitely target Ma Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou.

There are more benefits, and you can turn over and become your own boss, who can not be impressed.

The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became, Li Qian's unintentional move made Huang Zhongjun scold his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

The two did not stay in Tangshan for much and immediately returned to the capital.

At about 10 o'clock in the evening, they had already met with Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Zhang Weiping, and Xingmei's boss Qin Hong in a private club.

"Li Qian, this is a broken rule!"

Huang Zhongjun's right hand formed a fist and slammed it on the table, and a hat was directly buttoned up to Li Qian, defining the matter.

The four company CEOs did not deny it, and when they learned the news, they also thought of a deeper impact, and their hearts were no better than Huang Zhongjun.

Especially Zhang Weiping, the whole new picture is completely supported by Zhang Yimou, without Zhang Yimou, there would be no new picture, and the dependence is much stronger than that of any company.

"You can't let him do it!"

Zhang Weiping can be said to have offended all the theater chains, and scolded half of the people in the circle, he can't imagine if Yimou is bewitched, for more interests and the temptation of being his own boss, then how he will stay in the film industry in the future.

"This is to break the rules of the entire industry, and he must be suppressed, and he can't be started with this!"

Zhang Weiping said sharply, and looked at Wang Changtian again as he spoke, "I don't know how Wang always does it, even a young man can't do it!"

Wang Changtian didn't expect that on this occasion, Zhang Weiping was still looking for trouble in public, and "Wounded City" was named and ridiculed, and the new hatred and old grudges were added together, and a pair of small eyes were already full of coldness.

Seeing that Wang Changtian was about to have a seizure, Huang Zhonglei hurriedly played a round.

"Mr. Wang, don't be angry, Mr. Zhang, he doesn't know that you and Li Qian haven't signed any contracts, in my opinion, Li Qian has been planning for a long time, this person is too thoughtful, when I saw him in Donghua, I realized that it was not a good type. ”

Although Yu Dong has also been scolded by Zhang Weiping for many years, he has been grudging for a long time, which can be regarded as a feud, but at this time he still came out to play a round.

Qin Hong also persuaded on the side.

As one of the four major TV communication giants in that year, he circled between hundreds of TV stations across the country, and I don't know how many difficulties and suppressions he encountered from various provinces of optoelectronics, TV stations, peers, and media.

But in the end, he also killed all the other three giants in one fell swoop, monopolizing the TV communication industry, and making the programs produced by Guangxian spread to more than 300 TV stations across the country.

Getting angry is the most useless thing, you can only let the other party see your gaffe, but the happier you will be.

Only by completely defeating the other party is the best counterattack, even if this counterattack will be a few years later.

Wang Changtian borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and did not have a seizure, but Zhang Weiping was a little disdainful and looked down on him more and more.

But the business is important, and there is no unforgiveness.