The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 577 A powerful gambling agreement
""1942" has high reputation but low box office. The [-] ​​million yuan has not reached the passing mark and the cost has not been recovered yet."

"'The Grandmaster' became Wang Sunglasses' first mainland movie with a box office of over [-] million, and Zhang Ziyi was well received."

""Zodiac" has become a big winner during the Lunar New Year, and the box office is expected to hit [-] billion."

""Blood Drops" failed miserably. It turns out that young actors cannot carry the banner."

"2013 is about to come, and the biggest expectation for the Chinese New Year is the return of Stephen Chow."

"In the first issue of the new year of "Cahiers du Cinema", "Parasite" was named the number one film in 2012."

""Sight and Sound" has released the top ten films of the year, and "Parasite" ranks first."

"The production of "Dalian by the Sea" went smoothly, and the official Weibo fans reached 200 million."

……

The 2012 Lunar New Year holiday is earlier than previous years, starting at the end of November.

The first movie to be released was the 2012D version of "3". This movie, which has already been screened, actually received more than 2 million in box office. I have to say that mainland audiences really support good movies.

Then there is "1942". This movie is not funny, the subject matter is very heavy, and it is completely different from Xiaogang Pao's past movies.

When Xiaogangpao was interviewed by reporters, he said that this was a movie that he had always wanted to make. It was not a comedy, but a movie that wanted to bring some thinking and inspiration to the audience.

Although Xiaogangpao is not a film and television professional, he is obviously no longer satisfied with making funny films. He wants to make more profound movies.

Then there are movies like "Big Shanghai", "My Husband Is Unreliable", "Zodiac", "Blood Drop", "The Grandmaster" and so on.

Among them, the one with the best reputation should be "The Grandmaster". This movie shows Wang Sunjing's ability, and he is equally good-looking when he makes action movies.

The highest-grossing movie is Cheng Long's "Zodiac". The box office of this movie is expected to hit [-] billion. This makes Cheng Long very excited and even has some incorrect ideas. He thinks that the people in the mainland still like his type. movie of.

After "Zodiac" became a hit, Cheng Long contacted Lee Sing-yew several times to discuss ideas for new movies. He wanted to continue making movies on this theme.

Lee Sheng Yew knew very well that Cheng Long's kung fu comedies were outdated, but such words were hurtful, and Cheng Long might not necessarily believe them.

He didn't try to persuade him. He just followed Cheng Long's words and echoed a few words without making any comments.

In this way, 2012 passed and 2013 came.

The crew of "Dalian by the Sea" had one day off, and it was New Year's Day.

However, Li Shengyao had something to do and needed to return to Yanjing. He had to leave the crew for about three days.

……

At 2013:1 pm on January 2, 9, a crescent moon hung in the night sky over Yanjing, and beams of light from the ground rose into the sky, connecting heaven and earth.

The lights are bright and the cars are flowing.

There are people everywhere, and it’s a prosperous scene.

In the banquet hall on the [-]th floor of the Binhai Hotel, hundreds of celebrities from the Chinese entertainment industry are here. The male celebrities are wearing suits and leather shoes, and the female celebrities are wearing long skirts and high heels.

There are many handsome men and beautiful women, and the stars are shining brightly.

Li Shengyao is one of them.

This is the celebration banquet of "Weibo Night".

The popularity of smart phones has added many entertainment activities that were not available before. The traffic of forums such as Tianya and Maopu has significantly decreased.

Compared with previous years, Weibo’s influence has actually declined a lot.

However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Weibo has a lot of female users. It is still a hype place for celebrities, and a promotional place that they cannot give up.

Therefore, celebrities are still very generous. The "Weibo Night" held at the beginning of each year is just an uninfluential pork-sharing award with a lot of messy awards.

People in the industry don't take it seriously at all, but celebrities still come to receive awards.

Li Shengyao, Lao Mouzi, and Brother Kaizi also came over. Naturally, they would not accept the awards, but would just come to show off.

At this time, Li Shengyao was one of the core members of the banquet hall.

Two months ago, when "Dalian by the Sea" was first launched, many people on the Internet criticized Lee Sheng-yao because of Pan Yueming's incident.

However, it turns out that it is difficult for netizens to do one thing consistently.

The vast majority of people just follow the trend.

As time goes by, the news between Pan Yueming and Dong Jie becomes less and less popular. In contrast, the impact on Lee Shengyao becomes less and less.

"Dalian by the Sea" continues to release various Reuters photos and news, relying on the promotion of Luhan fans, its reputation is getting better and better.

Nowadays, there is almost no news about slandering Li Shengyao. There are more praises from Luhan fans for "Dalian by the Sea".

At the beginning of the new year, "Cahiers du Cinema" and "Sight & Sound", two of the world's most influential film magazines, both ranked "Parasite" as the number one film of 2012. All parties once again praised Lee Sung Yew, saying that Lee Sung Yew It is the Chinese film and television industry and the pride of Asian films.

This is what happened at this time. Li Shengyao was surrounded by a circle of people, and the stars were shining over the moon, which was extremely dazzling.

Lu Han also came over, EXO was a big hit in the mainland, and there was a performance on Weibo night.

Their group may be the group with the most fans in mainland China, but in terms of status in the entertainment industry, they are almost at the bottom.

At this time, there were more than a dozen people in this group, huddled in a corner, chatting awkwardly.

Among them, Lu Han should be the one who gets the most attention. After all, he acted in director Li's movie, and actors passing by would nod to him.

This made everyone else in the group envious, especially Zi Zi. He knew that he had missed the opportunity and the company originally planned to push him out.

But Li Shengyao looked down on him.

Zhuizi looked at Li Shengyao in the director circle at this time, his eyes full of expectation, hoping that Director Li would look at him a few times.

He thinks that he has the best external conditions and the best future in the entertainment industry.

Not only was the signer staring at Li Shengyao, there were also many people staring at him, all wanting to go over and chat with Director Li.

Many people have planned to take advantage of Lee Sing-yew's visit to the toilet and recommend themselves to the toilet.

Directors are relatively popular, especially the director next to Li Shengyao. Lao Mouzi, Kai Zige and others left one after another to talk to the producer about business.

There was a brief vacuum around Li Shengyao.

"Da da da!"

There was a burst of rapid footsteps, and someone trotted forward and quickly came to Li Shengyao's side.

"Director Li, good evening."

The voice is very special, not sweet, not sweet, but has a coquettish tone that makes people tickle.

A pork-sharing party like Weibo Night will not be missed by those with high power. Formal awards are difficult to win, so small awards become very important.

She wore a purple backless dress today, with white flowers on her chest, and two ropes on her shoulders. She probably went into battle in a vacuum and only used breast tape.

It would be nice to have the two ropes on the shoulders break.

Li Shengyao glanced at Da Mi Mi's career line and nodded, "Okay."

Then an ordinary-looking woman with ear-length short hair came over. This woman was in her thirties, also wearing a long skirt. She looked very confident. She was probably not a celebrity, and Li Shengyao was not impressed.

"Hello Director Li, I am Da Mi Mi's agent, my name is Zeng Jia."

Zeng Jia used to be Zhou Xun's agent, and later became Da Mi Mi's agent. In 2010, Da Mi Mi terminated its contract with Rong Xinda and established Da Mi Mi Studio. Zeng Jia still followed Da Mi Mi.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Da Mi Mi Studio was renamed Jiaxing Media Co., Ltd. in 2014. Zeng Jia was the major shareholder and Da Mi Mi was the minority shareholder.

After several years of intensive assistance from Da Mi Mi, Jiaxing Media finally successfully went public, with the company's highest market value reaching 65 billion.But after all, it was not a company that really wanted to make a business. After the company went public to make money, it gradually went down the road.

Later, Da Mi Mi terminated their contract with Jiaxing.

Li Shengyao's mind quickly flashed with relevant information about Jiaxing, and then he smiled and chatted with the powerful Zeng Jia.

"Director Li, your "Parasite" has become famous overseas. Those of us in the Chinese film and television industry are so honored. I know you don't drink, so I'll toast you three glasses."

Da Mi Mi then fetched three glasses, poured three glasses of red wine, then raised the glass and drank three glasses at once.

It is said that stars in the film and television industry must know how to drink, and some people can even drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.

Now it seems that this rumor is likely to be true.

After drinking three glasses of red wine, her face turned a lot red, and her neck, collarbone, and career line were all stained with a blush. Her body was warm. She seemed to be a little drunk, and leaned towards Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao's shoulder felt soft.

Zeng Jia then drank three glasses of wine as well. This woman also wanted to get closer to Li Shengyao, but unfortunately her arms were so bruised.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, "If you guys have anything, tell me, let's go inside."

There are many rest rooms in the banquet hall, which ordinary young stars are not eligible to use, but Li Shengyao is different. He brought Da Mi Mi and Zeng Jia to the rest room together, and then closed the door.

"boom!"

The door was closed, blocking out the noise outside.

Li Shengyao sat down, and Da Mi Mi followed suit. She sat next to Li Shengyao, and she could still feel the softness on his shoulders.

Zeng Jia was a discerning person and knew that she had almost hurt Director Li's hand, so she sat beside him.

"Director Li, I also want to toast you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity of "Gong Lock Heart Jade"."

Li Shengyao owns shares in Yu Zheng Studio. Although he does not participate in the management of the studio, if we look closely, he can be regarded as the studio owner.

When Yu Zheng was preparing for "The Heart of the Palace", he discussed with Lee Sheng Yew which actress to use. He recommended a big actress, but Lee Sheng Yao had no objection.

Da Mi Mi spoke, then raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp.

She then burped, then put down the wine glass, covering her stomach in embarrassment, "Director Li, I drank too much."

"It's okay, there's no need to drink anymore, I know what you're thinking."

Da Mi Mi sat next to Li Shengyao, and when he opened his eyes, he could see the beautiful scenery on the mountain peak.

When he returned to Yanjing from Dalian, the first thing he did was to visit his children, and then to feed a few women. When he participated in "Weibo Night", he always walked with his hands on his waist. Later, he walked at the awards night and now I saw a lot of beauties at the celebration party, but I was really tired during the day.

Even if I see a beauty, there is no fluctuation.

He was thinking about eating some mutton and sirloin at night, or drinking medicinal wine, so that he could recover tomorrow.

At this time, he saw the beautiful scenery of great power, which made him slightly excited.

High power should be genuine and soft, not like high technology.

Da Mi Mi noticed Li Shengyao's gaze and was not angry. There was still a hint of pride in his eyes.

Zeng Jia was very excited when she saw it.

"Director Li, we are looking for you this time to ask you for financing. This is the development plan of our studio."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zeng Jia took out a plan.

Li Shengyao took the plan and opened it to read.

The power put pressure on Li Shengyao and whispered at the same time: "Director, our studio wants to make a fortune and become bigger and stronger. We have already started to select scripts and actors. We want to build a film and television drama brand and produce My own film and television series.

I can guarantee that we are definitely not playing tricks, we are serious.

And we have long-term plans. We will strive for good results and then go public. "

Li Shengyao felt the touch on his arm and nodded in agreement, "I have ideas and ambitions."

Zeng Jia and Yang Mi were very happy when they heard this.

It was Zeng Jia's idea to transform from a studio to a formal film and television company. She wanted to be a giant in the film and television industry, and she wanted to be a capital in the film and television industry.

However, the initial funds were not enough. The establishment of Yu Zheng Studio inspired Da Mi Mi. She planned to find someone to invest. After much deliberation, she first thought of Li Shengyao.

As we all know, Li Shengyao never loses money when investing in movies and TV series, and his business vision is terrible.

If Lee Sheng Yew is willing to invest in their studio, then he doesn't need to produce a work to cause a small shock in the film and television industry, and those TV stations will pay more attention to their TV series.

"Many people come to me for financing. Nine out of ten people have similar plans. They all say that they need to carefully select scripts, select good actors, and go public. I haven't agreed to any of these. Why should I agree to you?"

Li Shengyao's next words stunned Da Mi Mi and Zeng Jia.

Da Mi Mi glanced at the wine glass, not sure if he wanted to drink a few more glasses.

Zeng Jia reacted faster, "Director Li, I completely understand your concerns, but please believe us, we are sincere, and we will fight for this plan... We are willing to sign a betting agreement."

"Betting agreement?"

"Yes, you invest one billion and own 50.00% of the shares. If our company cannot make a profit of [-] million within five years, and if our company cannot be listed within ten years, then all the shares belong to you. Da Mi Mi and I owe you one billion. "

Hearing this, Li Shengyao narrowed his eyes and looked at Da Mi Mi, "Do you agree?"

Da Mi Mi opened his mouth slightly, looked at Li Shengyao blankly, and didn't reply for a while.

"This……"

Da Mi Mi did not want to agree to such a gambling agreement. She knew that there were many gambling agreements in the entertainment industry, and most of them resulted in the failure of celebrities and the profits of capitalists.

However, when I met Li Shengyao's gaze, I saw that he was calm and composed, exactly like the posture of a superior person.

She thought about how she had been working hard for almost ten years since her debut and finally became popular with "Gong Lock Heart Jade", but the resources were still insufficient.

Don’t look for her in dramas, and don’t look for her in movies.

Looking at Li Shengyao again, I thought that all the stars were surrounding Li Shengyao in the hall.

If she wanted to discuss something with Li Shengyao, she would rush over.

She doesn't want to live such a life, she wants to become capital.

"I agree."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, but no, the maximum is [-] million. You are the only artist in your studio now, and everything has to be started from scratch. You are not worth a billion, but [-] million at most."

The gambling agreement remains unchanged. "

Zeng Jia and Da Mi Mi looked at each other and said, "Director Li, can we discuss it again? I will give you a confirmation letter tomorrow."

"can."

Zeng Jia then left holding the wine glass.

"boom!"

The door was closed, cutting off everyone outside.

Da Mi Mi didn't leave. She leaned against Li Shengyao and said, "Director Li, I'm so tired. Can I lend you a shoulder to lean on?"

(End of this chapter)