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Chapter 492: The Advantaged Party Becomes the Disadvantaged Party

As Li Yu's filming got better, the speed became very fast.

Except for a few actors like Yan Kuan who are not famous for their acting skills and require Li Yu to spend more time training them, the rest of the veteran actors and actresses are very easy to take care of.

After entering November, the filming of "Tian Khan" was officially completed.

As soon as Li Yu announced the completion of filming, Wang Jing called Li Yu and said that his "Joy of Life 2" would also be completed in another month.

Li Yu was silent at that time.

The Hong Kong Super Boy competition is really not exaggerated, the speed is really too fast, even Li Yu can only look up to him.

Li Yu discovered that he was really destined to be a hard worker.

It feels good to draw pie in the sky, but he has experienced the pain of having to go to the crematorium to fulfill his promise.

He is a director who keeps his promises, not an unscrupulous director who only paints pie in the sky for people but does not deliver the pie.

He had told Fan Xiaopang before that after finishing "Tian Khan", he would make a science fiction movie - "Ready Player One".

In order to stabilize Hu Ge, he also said that he might personally direct "The Disguiser", which was adapted from "The Spy in Beijing".

There are two projects waiting for Li Yu to do right now.

These two things haven't even started yet, and Wang Jing is planning to give Li Yu a third thing.

On the phone, Wang Jing hesitated for a long time, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

They are all smart people, and are veterans who have been struggling in the world of fame and fortune for many years.

To use a famous saying, as soon as he sticks his butt out, you know what posture he is going to use.

Li Yu smiled and asked Wang Jing: "Director Wang, given our friendship, do you need to be so reserved? Just say what you want to say. You've been hesitating for so long, which is a bit awkward."

Wang Jing thought, nonsense, if this matter was so simple, would I have hesitated for so long?
When it comes to the important issue of interest distribution, Wang Jing doesn't understand where Li Yu's bottom line is.

Without Li Yu's instruction, he really didn't dare to speak.

What if the talks fail and both parties are unhappy? Will he and Li Yu still be able to cooperate in the future?

“No, what I have to say is very important, and the shareholders in my company are forcing me to talk to you.

I'm in a state of being caught in the middle now. Let me tell you. I'm afraid that I'll have an unpleasant experience with you.

We really enjoy working together, and I don't want anything to happen that would upset either of us.

If I don’t tell you, I won’t be able to report to the shareholders of the company.”

Wang Jing sighed and looked to be in a dilemma.

Li Yu felt like laughing for some unknown reason.

Is it really?

Wang Jing is the core figure of the company. Can those shareholders suppress Wang Jing?
Li Yu didn't believe it anyway.

The reality is that the shareholders asked Wang Jing to talk to Li Yu, and Wang Jing actually wanted to talk to Li Yu.

So there was the scene just now. Wang Jing used the pressure from shareholders as an excuse and pretended that he went to talk to Li Yu because he had no other choice.

Li Yu chose to see through it but not to speak it out.

Many things in society are like this. It’s enough to understand them in your heart. Once they are exposed, they are meaningless.

"In order to make things easier for you, please tell me what the shareholders of your company want you to discuss with me."

Li Yu is very worldly-wise.

This is exactly what Wang Jing wanted Li Yu to say.

With Li Yu's words, even if what he said made Li Yu unhappy, he could put the blame on the shareholders and have a way out.

"The thing is, Joy of Life 1 was a huge success, and our company's shareholders told me about it.

Obviously we are the ones who put in the most effort, and the filming team and the post-production team are also ours..."

Wang Jing stopped talking here. Because he had said so much, smart people could understand what he wanted to say.

What’s more, Li Yu is a smart man among smart people.

If Li Yu didn't understand, then there was only one possibility, that Li Yu deliberately chose not to understand.

However, Li Yu did not choose not to understand.

He understood what Wang Jing meant.

Not only did he understand, he also knew that this was what Wang Jing wanted to say, but he just said it in the name of a shareholder.

Wang Jing’s words can be summed up in one sentence: he has put too much effort into "Joy of Life" and deserves more money.

After deducting investment and marketing costs, the final profit of "Joy of Life" was probably over 100 million.

As the copyright owner and the largest investor, Li Yu took away less than half of the more than 100 million yuan.

The remaining half or more will be shared by Wang Jing's company and other investors.

From this perspective, Wang Jing has indeed become Li Yu's employee.

He does the most work, but earns far less money than Li Yu, who makes money by lying behind the scenes.

Before Li Yu could respond, Wang Jing started talking again: "Before the filming of Joy of Life 2 started, the shareholders of the company had already told me about this matter and asked me to talk to you.

At that time, I was thinking, you should leave the profitable project of "Joy of Life" to us, and we can talk about other things slowly after the third season.

Now that the second season is almost finished, it will be the third season soon.

Our demands are not high, just give us a little more share."

Wang Jing's tone and wording were very cautious.

It should be okay to ask Li Yu to make some concessions and give up some of his interests, right?
Once it happens once, there will be a second time, a third time, and countless times.

After a few more talks and by forcing Li Yu to back down a few more times, he would be able to get on even ground with Li Yu, or even 40-60.

Li Yu was silent for a long time, then asked, "It seems that the shareholders of your company have forgotten something important.

The film and television copyright of "Joy of Life" is owned by our company. I am not the only director in our company. We have a more professional team than yours.

If I want, I can write the script myself and hand over the "Joy of Life" series to the director of our company.

Our company makes more money by doing this.

Your company doesn't have the opportunity to film "Celebrating Yu Nian", so there's no need to feel wronged. "

"..."

Wang Jing was a little confused.

Li Yu doesn't play by the rules at all.

He had speculated that his request was not excessive. He only asked for a slight increase in the share, not an outrageous request.

He thought Li Yu would agree to his request, but he didn't expect Li Yu to be so stubborn and refuse to give in even a step.

I thought I was at an advantage, but in an instant I became at a disadvantage.

He found that the reality was exactly as Li Yu said.

He needs Li Yu and "Joy of Life" more, but Li Yu doesn't need him that much.

"Joy of Life" has been proven by the market and is capable of making big money.

Li Yu cut the biggest piece of the pie, but the pie left for him is also worth tens of millions! Isn't this much more than what he makes from making bad movies?

If Li Yu really decides to write the script himself and hand over "Joy of Life 3" to the director of Hualiu Company, he will suffer a huge loss. Not only will he fail to meet the requirements, but he will also lose a big project that can help him earn or million yuan in the next two to three years.

Wang Jingdu regretted it. He shouldn't have made those requests to Li Yu.

(End of this chapter)