my crew is not human

Chapter 595 The Public Wrath

In the days that followed, Li Xianyun started formal negotiations with Baike Company.

On the one hand, the two parties recruited experts in the field to conduct a formal asset assessment of Baike Company, and on the other hand, they fought for every inch of land and started a war of words over the application of AI face-swapping technology.

And as time went by, Baike Company backed down step by step—they got news from Comey Company, it seemed that the other party's research and development had a big problem, and they were constantly releasing bugs. It is said that there is sadness in the company now. Emotions, thinking that their design ideas were wrong from the beginning.

In this case, the technology of Yisheng Media is still unique.

The increase in capital chips is a concession for Baike.

In the end, the two parties reached an agreement that Yisheng Media will invest 30.00 million yuan to formally become a shareholder of Baike Company, obtaining [-]% of the shares and corresponding director seats.

At the same time, Yisheng Media will hand over the exclusive overseas authorization of AI face-swapping technology in China to Baike Company for operation, but Baike Company still has to pay a corresponding licensing fee every year. This money cannot be saved, but the price is much cheaper.

The exclusive license agreement is for five years. Within five years, Yisheng Media shall not invest in any similar American film and television company without the permission of Baike Company. This is a restriction on Yisheng Media.

But at the same time, the external financing and operation of Baike Company must also be controlled by Yisheng Media.Whether it is the future film and television cooperation plan, industrial mergers and acquisitions, or other related peripherals, it must be approved by Yisheng Media.

To put it bluntly, the two sides restrict each other and forcefully bind each other. As long as we don't engage in petty tricks, we can develop together.

For this reason, Baike Company also cruelly cut off some other relations, including the divestment of some companies, and put all the focus on the headquarters of Baike, and Li Xianyun also completely cut off the possibility of cooperation with other overseas film and television companies in the film and television business. Most of the overseas business can only take the line of visiting customers.As long as the two parties cooperate happily, the contract will automatically be renewed after five years.

Only this kind of deep binding can make both parties work together to run the company well.

As for the [-] million yuan, it's a trivial matter, the price is not expensive in the first place, even if it is more expensive, it doesn't matter.

The bigger the company, the more important it is to control the issue.

This meeting lasted for about half a month. As an overseas industry merger and acquisition, this kind of efficiency is relatively high. The rest is a bunch of processes and small details, which are usually handed over to the people below.

After the talk, Li Xianyun spent a few days in Hollywood, then hurried back to China.

The first thing to do when I go back is to see Sun Shi.

Damn.

What a devastation.

Returning to the company with a bruised nose, a swollen face and a exhausted body, Li Xianyun sat on a chair almost exhausted, ignoring the surprised gazes of all the staff in the company: "Fuck! This bitch is getting more and more crazy."

Jiang Yuanyuan walked in with her head down, not daring to look at Wu Qing in the corner of the boss's eyes: "There is bad news."

"Which film failed again?" Li Xianyun asked.

"No. Some people have sued you from above, saying that you are influencing the industry, exploiting all employees in the industry, and squeezing the blood and sweat of the lower classes..."

Li Xianyun answered angrily: "Don't talk about those adjectives, who complains? Who do you complain to?"

"Some well-known big directors, producers, and entertainers are coming to the Film and Television Industry Association."

"Big director? Oh, yes." Li Xianyun nodded.

Li Xianyun's Yisheng Studio first destroyed the producer's job, and secondly affected other related staff, especially the director.

A famous director has a very high status, sometimes even higher than a star.

But with Li Xianyun, their value has been greatly reduced.

Li Xianyun does not allow the creation of bursts of inspiration, and emphasizes the preparation, splitting and rehearsal.

This is a good thing for new directors, especially those who come out of school. What they are best at is talking on paper.

But it's not good for the big directors-fuck, when did I do this before?
Directors who can work by drawing a stickman, even directors who don’t even have a script, make films entirely on the spot.

It's all right now, the workload during the shooting period has been greatly reduced, and the workload of the preparatory work has skyrocketed. The key point is that the work is not very expensive.If you dare to lose your temper and let go of the pick, you motherfucker, the work ahead of you will be tantamount to giving away for nothing.

If someone fires you on the spot, what you make still belongs to someone else!

The directors spend [-]% of their energy on rehearsals, [-]% of their money, [-]% of their energy on filming, and [-]% of their money—and then say nothing on the set!
This means that if you don't want to suffer, you have to bow your head.

How can the big directors have a good temper?

A lot of people have been cheated for this, and you can't do anything about it.

And that's just one more thing.

The other is that income also falls.

Because it is all on paper, this means that the demand for the director's execution is low and the demand for imagination is high, and the great director itself is all-round, not only has artistic conception, but also has rich experience in actual execution.

This also means that Yi Sheng's shooting method has led to a low barrier to entry for directors. Many newcomers and even cross-industry professionals are capable. In a sense, the value of art direction exceeds that of directors.

It also made Yisheng Studio gradually no longer favor famous brand directors.

To put it bluntly, they can't keep up with the situation.

As a result, the director's salary also plummeted.

In the past, a great director with a level of tens of millions, now it is polite to give you one million.Are you not convinced?There are plenty of people who can do your work.

no way.

Because this is equivalent to turning film-making into writing a novel-the filming stage cannot be modified at will, so the director's talent is very important, and it is not easy to go wrong.Now it can be modified at will, and newcomers can also play a role. If a newcomer director makes a wrong judgment and sees that the rehearsal effect is not good, the cost of the loss is extremely limited.

Then the value of the director will naturally decrease.

This made many big directors very angry.

If you want power, if you don't have power, if you want money, if you don't have money, if you want to cheat, let alone who you can cheat, after all, the production rights are also grabbed by others.

The result of monopoly is inevitable exploitation.

Regardless of whether the big directors were worth their worth before, at least now, like the producers, their prices have fallen sharply.

Under such circumstances, domestic gold medal producers, famous directors, famous photographers who have also suffered from it, and big-name entertainers (the prices of entertainers have also been lowered, and even their coffee positions have been lowered. Now outside investment People use Yi Sheng's standard to measure your celebrity status. It doesn't matter whether you recognize it or not. This is the case here. Otherwise, I told the boss that I was looking for a first-line artist, but the boss used Yi Sheng's as a reference and said Ya is a third-tier, am I dead or not?), in short, as long as they are not Yi Sheng's people, they all have great opinions on Yi Sheng Media.

No, a group of people began to jointly sue.

Hearing this, Li Xianyun was delighted: "Complain to the Film and Television Industry Association? Are they going crazy?"

Huaguo's film and television industry association is just a decoration, and basically has no influence on the film and television industry, which is not like the United States.

American Directors Association, Actors Association, Screenwriters Association, especially the Animal Protection Association, the insurance industry, etc., have a great influence on film and television companies. Without their support, American film and television can hardly move forward.

But in the country of Hua, I'm sorry, it's completely useless.

Li Xianyun didn't even join the film and television industry association. If the film and television industry association is used as the standard, he can only be regarded as an outsider now.

Jiang Yuanyuan said: "But the Film and Television Association can sue to a higher level. In any case, it is a fact that the existence of Yi Sheng has indeed made the living conditions of many practitioners in the industry decline."

"Cut, industry changes are inevitable. Some jobs will be destroyed and new ones will be created at the same time. The emergence of online shopping has led to a downturn in the physical industry. Why didn't they kill Teacher Ma? Teacher Ma opened his mouth and said Created millions of jobs, not to mention how many he destroyed."

"Ms. Ma's condition is not very good recently."

"But it's not because of this reason, but because he's drifting away, and he even thought about it... Forget about mentioning him, let them make trouble, we just need to be ourselves."

Jiang Yuanyuan thought for a while and said, "Boss."

"how?"

"I think I still have to remind you that you are a little weak in the upper circle of relationships. And some of them have some energy."

Li Xianyun smiled: "You are right, Yuanyuan. But the reason why I dare not touch this piece is because I know that it is a double-edged sword, which can hurt others as well as myself. And I...I Be sure to solve these problems in my own way.”

(End of this chapter)