The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 330 Director Li, Let's Work Together
The exchange with Han Sanping ended, it was almost eleven o'clock, Li Shengyao went to the "Seven Swords" premiere celebration banquet to say hello, chatted with Tsui Hark, Li Ming and the others, and then left.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left, several people chased after him.

"Director Li, let's talk together."

Wu Kebo, Zhang Weiping, Wang Changtian, Yu Dong, and Wang Zhonglei all came.

Many celebrities and entertainers saw it and looked over to please them.

For Li Shengyao, who is in the C position, he naturally respects him even more.

Seeing this, Li Shengyao smiled and nodded.

Not long after, a group of bigwigs came to the China World Hotel not far from China Film International Studios, ordered a private room, served tea and some snacks, and sat down around a table.

Wu Kebo hurriedly said, "I'm here to treat you today, so you don't have to compete with me."

Wu Kebo was so generous, the others nodded meaningfully.

He noticed everyone's eyes and felt depressed.

Orange Sky invests a lot in the TV drama market, and the director and producer welcome this big benefactor very much.

But in the film industry, he found that even if he waved the money, people ignored him.

It's hard for him to get in.

The upcoming blockbusters this year include Cheng Long's "Myth" and several films for the Lunar New Year.

"Myth" is mainly invested by Yinghuang and Shanghai Film.

As for the few Lunar New Year movies, he only invested 500 million in "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles".

The 500 million was not given to him by Zhang Weiping, but the island country Toho came forward and gave him 500 million shares.

But "Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles" is a literary film, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to make a big breakthrough in terms of box office.

Cheng Tian wanted to brag, but he had no materials.

He could only try his best to follow Wang Changtian and others, hoping to get some investment shares in good movies, so that Orange Sky's end-of-year summary meeting would be better.

After the big guys sat down, Yu Dong took the lead and said, "Director Li, is "Extreme Escape" still short of investment?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "There is no shortage, it is enough now."

Yu Dong obviously did his homework a long time ago, "Director Li, "Extreme Escape" has a total investment of 4000 million. How much share do you give to other companies?"

"500 million, including 500 million for TVB and 1000 million for China Film."

Yu Dong nodded, and then poured a cup of tea for Li Shengyao, "Director Li, isn't it only 500 million? We all want to cooperate with you eagerly."

The others all looked over. At this moment, they seemed to belong to the same camp, so they were naturally quite imposing.

If someone from other entertainment circles looked at them like this, they would probably be nervous.

Li Shengyao smiled and shook his head, "Mr. Xu, if there is an opportunity, I would naturally be willing to cooperate, but the total cost is only 4000 million, and I have already allocated 500 million. Isn't that enough?"

Wang Zhonglei went on to say at this time: "Director Li, logically speaking, it is indeed enough, but we are not ignorant people, we know how to take money to jump around, we all have plans, and we will not let you suffer."

Wu Kebo felt that there was something in Wang Zhonglei's words. Isn't he the one who only has money?
Zhang Weiping followed suit and nodded, "Director Li, let's go over there and chat alone."

When the other people saw it, they all gave way.

There are two rows of sofas and a coffee table in the box.

Li Shengyao and Zhang Weiping sat down side by side.

Zhang Weiping said directly: "Director Li, how about we make a deal?"

"Tell me."

"You give me 500 million investment shares in "Extreme Escape", and I will give you 1000 million investment shares in "Curse of the Golden Armor". How about it? Interesting enough."

He paused for a moment, and then said: "This movie has Fa Ge, Gong Li, and Jay Chou. It is aimed at the beautiful country and the Southeast Asian market. It will definitely make a lot of money."

After saying that, Zhang Weiping looked straight at Li Shengyao.

"Golden Armor in the City" has been approved, and Zhou Runfa, Gong Li, and Jay Chou will be invited as popular stars, and the scene is very grand.

Among them, Zhou Runfa's salary is 4000 million, and he has to prepare a car worth 50 US dollars.

The total investment is about 5000 million.

After reading the investment budget sheet, Zhang Weiping recalculated six times, and it was still the same number.

This means that a box office of about one billion is needed to recover the cost.

This is too difficult.

"Hero" is the pinnacle, with a total box office of 5000 million US dollars worldwide

"House of Flying Daggers" is much less. Although it was released in a beautiful country, it only has a box office of 1000 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office of all countries is about [-] million.

Zhang Weiping is not sure whether the people in Pretty Country still like to watch such blockbusters in ancient costumes.

If there is no high box office in the beautiful country, it is impossible to recover the cost.

Thinking of this, he didn't even want to invest.

Later, he found other messy big water pipes and tricked them into investing in Lao Mouzi's blockbuster.

Now that it's almost finished, he then thought of Lee Sheng Yew's "Extreme Escape". The cost of this movie is only 4000 million. Judging from the box office trend of "Let's Punch, Dad" and the current word-of-mouth of Director Li, it should be no problem to recover the cost .

Maybe you can make a small profit.

From the perspective of investment options, "Extreme Escape" is obviously more suitable.

He wondered if he could use "Curse of the Golden Armor" to fool Li Shengyao.

A few people on the other side were chatting, and they seemed to be in a good mood. From time to time, the sound of teacups colliding sounded very crisply.

There is a mixed smell of tea and pastry in the air, surrounding it.

Li Shengyao glanced at Zhang Weiping and secretly smiled in his heart.

It's not that he is unaware of the excellent domestic box office performance of "Curse of the Golden Flower", which only received 650 million dollars.

Facts have proved that the audience over there is getting more and more tired of such ancient costume blockbusters.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero are really exceptions.

Under such circumstances, the total investment of "Golden Flowers in the City" was more than 3 million yuan, but the total box office was only in the early [-] million yuan, which was a huge loss.

"Mr. Zhang, "Curse of the Golden Flower" is a blockbuster movie. I've always been cautious about such movies. Why don't you talk to Wu Wenhui and see what he thinks?"

For Lao Mouzi's sake, Li Shengyao didn't directly say that the movie would lose money, he simply pushed it out.

Hearing this, Zhang Weiping understood what Li Shengyao meant.

In fact, not only Li Shengyao, but also Wang Zhonglei and Wang Changtian did not want to invest. The cost was indeed too high and the risk was too great.

Now it seems that Li Shengyao is also not easy to fool.

But he still wanted to save it.

"Director Li, "The Golden Armor in the City" is a movie about court battles in the Tang Dynasty. It is adapted from our classic drama "Thunderstorm". It will definitely be popular after it is released."

"Mr. Zhang, I congratulate you on making a lot of money."

Seeing this, Zhang Weiping could only leave with a sullen face.

After a while, other people came to talk to Li Shengyao one by one.

Wang Zhonglei said that they can help Lee Sing Yew get a higher ranking.

Wang Changtian said that the distribution of Guanghua has advantages, and the distribution of Fenghua is now focused on big cities, and they can help to make efforts in third-tier cities.

Yu Dong said that he could pull Li Shengyao into "Confucius" and "Huo Yuanjia" together. His rhetoric was similar to that of Zhang Weiping.

Only Wu Kebo said that brother is rich, and if you want money, you are right to find me.

Li Shengyao rejected them all.

"Confucius" also lost a lot of money. Zhou Runfa's 4000 million salary is just nonsense. Unless he plays the God of Gamblers, he will not have much box office appeal in the mainland.

"Fearless" performed well in the North American DVD market and should be able to recoup its costs.

But it doesn't matter to Lee Shengyao, he has that money, it would be nice to save it to buy a house.

"Director Li, you are really uninterested."

Wang Zhonglei and the others stood up. They were not satisfied with the result, and their faces were not very good-looking at this time.

It looked as if they wanted to fight.

Li Shengyao smiled, these people just wanted to put pressure on him.

They alone are not enough.

Of course, he can choose to give up a little investment share, so hello me, hello everyone.

But once, will it be like this in the future.

Could it be that Li Shengyao will give them face when these few people get together in the future?

No benefit, face is bullshit.

"Everyone, the tea is good. Thank you for your hospitality. Next time, I will invite everyone to drink tea. It is too late now, so I will leave first."

He then ignored the faces of the others and strode away.

The things that should be dealt with are almost done, he plans to go south to Star City tomorrow, and then prepare to officially film "Extreme Escape".

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After Li Shengyao left, Zhang Weiping slapped the table, "This guy is really dishonest, everyone, I'm not alarmist. The more popular his movies are, the more difficult our life will be."

Wang Zhonglei nodded, "Old Zhang, it depends on whether "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" can block "Extreme Escape" during the Lunar New Year."

Zhang Weiping rolled her eyes, "Aren't "If You Love" and "The Great Sage of Love" also in the Lunar New Year file?"

"If Love" is lead by Yanjing Hongsheng Investment Co., Ltd., and Guangguang also has a share, while "The Great Sage of Love" is Yinghuang and Huayi.

Wang Zhonglei chuckled, "I don't have a problem here, let's work together to beat "Extreme Escape"."

With the rise of Li Shengyao, Feng Xiaogang was the first to be threatened. Naturally, he did not want Li Shengyao to become bigger and stronger.

Wang Changtian thought for a while, "Okay, let's work hard together."

He just said a word. In fact, regarding "If You Love", Guangguang invested 300 million yuan, and he can't make the decision.

And even if you can make the decision, in the end it’s not about the quality of the movie, it’s not that if you want to block it, you can block it.

He didn't pay much attention to it.

Zhang Weiping was very excited. He remembered that when he was a child, a classmate would not give him melon seeds. Later, he took his classmates to the playground to play, and he secretly scattered all the melon seeds on the ground.

He was such a person, and then Zhang Weiping and Wang Zhonglei went to the sofa to chat in a low voice, and made several plans.

After the show ended, Wang Changtian took out her mobile phone, called Li Shengyao, and told what happened just now, "Director Li, I really didn't intend to target you, I will cooperate with you with sincerity."

"Okay, then 500 million. When the time comes, where Fenghua can't get it, Light will make up for it."

"Hehe, what a joke, I just like to cooperate to make a fortune, and I hate people who break the rules the most."

I have something to delay, I will post another chapter at [-] pm.

(End of this chapter)