After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 127 The storm is coming and the wind is blowing all over the building
Li Mingyang still wanted to give it a try. He had Zhen Zhidan as his martial arts director, he had the golden signboard of Sugar Man, Liu Shishi was very popular, and Cai Yinong was supporting him.

There's no reason not to succeed.

"Director Li, you should be content with what you have. President Gong has given you a lot. He even invited Mr. Ba and Zhen Zhidan. Haha, with just these two projects, one hundred million is a lot for Huayi. Two hundred million, you can't imagine that." Wang Dajun said with a smile.

"What? You want to kick me out halfway through the filming?" Li Mingyang said with a smile.

"Director Li, that's not true. We have calculated this as well. We don't care how much money is invested in this variety show, but let's forget about your TV series," Gong Yu advised.

"We looked at the financial statements. Halfway through filming, we spent only over 30 million yuan, and the final total will be over 60 million yuan. Are you planning to spend 140 million yuan to invest in a TV series?"

Tianyu's vice president raised his hand to stop Li Mingyang from speaking, and continued, "If you want to film the Four Great Classics or Jin Yong's martial arts novels, I have no objection. Even if the filming is terrible, it can still make a profit overseas. But I don't think it's worth investing more than 100 million yuan in an original script that only has a script and no audience base."

This is usually the case.

People in the entertainment industry will lower the price to less than 100 million before negotiating.

Or compromise and shoot a big IP.

But Li Mingyang can't do that. He is the director. Whether he lowers the price or compromises, it is a sign of lack of confidence.

If the director is not confident, how can he give confidence to the investors?

"If I said I wanted to make a Jin Yong martial arts film, or reduce the cost to less than 100 million, would you say I haven't thought about it yet and don't know what I want to make? And then you would deny me? And then ask me to compromise and follow your ideas?"

"You understand naturally, which is the best." The vice president of Tianyu was too lazy to pretend, "We are not interested in your TV series, so we are not interested in bundling it."

Li Mingyang glanced at everyone present, and finally looked at Gong Yu, the representative of the largest investor, "So this is what you mean?"

"I don't think the TV series is necessary. We just need to make Running Man a success. Don't worry, you are still the boss of Running Man, and you will get every cent you deserve. We are not Sohu and Youku, who will refuse to pay you even if it is written in black and white." Gong Yu paused and said with a smile, "If you still insist on filming that TV series, you can use the money earned from Running Man to film it."

“So you want to withdraw your investment from the TV series?”

"That's just small money, there's no need to withdraw, but we won't participate."

"You invited Zhen Zhidan and Ba Ye, so they will no longer participate in my TV series, but will participate in your new plan?"

"The fact that you can figure this out proves that I didn't make a mistake in choosing you. Running Man will need Director Li to take care of it more in the future."

Gong Yu laughed, took out a cigar from the cigar box and handed it to Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the cigar.

Just when Gong Yu thought Li Mingyang had compromised, Li Mingyang broke his cigar, stood up, put his hands on the table, turned to look at Li Yanhong who had remained silent, and said, "I became a running man because of the promise I made at that time. Since you don't welcome me, I'm leaving now. Is that another way of fulfilling my promise?"

The air suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Baidu's CEO Li Yanhong.

a long time.

Li Yanhong nodded.

Li Mingyang pushed hard, causing the long table to tremble slightly, and then he turned and left.

In the short few seconds when he reached the door, he was still thinking about where he lost.

When his hand turned the door handle and it made a clicking sound, he suddenly understood why he lost.

It’s not because of how powerful Huayi is.

The problem lies with yourself.

He is a film director, a talented director who became famous at the age of 20.

He can afford to lose...

But they can't afford to lose, or don't want to lose together...

Being able to afford to lose is also a sin...

Walking out of the conference room and into the European-style corridor with a mixture of light and dark, Li Mingyang's thoughts suddenly went back to the day when he was driven away by the penguin.

"All big companies are really the same..."

Arriving at the magnificent hall, Li Mingyang looked back at the way he had come and suddenly grinned, a very cruel smile.

In the eyes of capital, any kindness is a sign of weakness.

In that case, let’s start over!
Li Mingyang took out his cell phone, found Wang Changtian's number and dialed it.

……

At noon the next day, Boss Zhao brought a group of people to Mingyang Entertainment.

The two parties conducted the final meeting to discuss the film remuneration, remaining remuneration, withdrawal of investment, salary, reimbursement, and the agreement signed at that time...all the terms were checked one by one, and the accounts were very detailed.

Gong Yu said that TV dramas were small investments and that if the negotiations failed, no matter what, there couldn't be any loss.

In the end, Baidu not only does not have to pay the remaining film remuneration,
He was also required to pay an additional 70,000 yuan for food and accommodation.

“That’s fucking disgusting.”

Li Mingyang took a look at the audit report, picked up a pen, and signed his name on it. From then on, the filming of Running Man had nothing to do with him.

However, the amount he received from this project was far less than the expected 1800 million, only 561 million.

Of course, this is not all. There are also 5 points of advertising revenue sharing, including the advertising revenue sharing of Mango TV and the advertising revenue sharing of iQiyi.com.

If the final advertising fee totals 100 million, he can still get another 5 million.

But it’s not that easy to get this money…it’s not that we won’t give it, but we will delay it.

Now that the two sides have fallen out, it is normal for the situation to drag on for a year or two.

After signing, Boss Zhao waved his hand, signaling his men to leave, until only two people were left in the office.

Boss Zhao took out two contracts from his briefcase.

It was the 1.5 million contract and additional contract that Boss Zhao gave him last month.

"Baidu is Baidu, Huace is Huace, and we are us." Boss Zhao smiled bitterly, "In fact, when you gave me the mobile hard drive, they were already plotting against you, but we each serve our own masters, so I didn't say anything." "Boss Cai didn't say anything either."

It was when she was reconciling the accounts just now that Li Mingyang realized that President Cai didn’t come that day, not because she was kept in the dark, but because of Running Man and she had already left.

"She also has her own difficulties. Wanmei and the Shanghai circle are pursuing her very closely. She wants to make money but doesn't want to lose the initiative, so she can only endure it," said Boss Zhao.

“I don’t want to sign this contract.”

"They are not good people, and you are not a pushover either. If you want to win back, you can't do it without money."

"That's not what I meant." Li Mingyang took out a bottle of mineral water from under the table and placed it next to Boss Zhao. "Old Wang is right. Favors in the entertainment industry must be repaid."

Boss Zhao unscrewed the bottle cap and put it aside. "I was the one who invited Mr. Ba. Do you know how I negotiated for him?"

Li Mingyang shook his head.

He has always been curious about the matter of Mr. Ba. Zhen Zhidan changed his nationality when he was short of money. As long as the money is in place, everything will be fine.

But it’s different for Ba Ye, he is the best martial arts director in the world and his reputation spreads far and wide.

Even the film industry may not be able to hire him.

Being a producer of a TV series is such a low status.

Boss Zhao took a sip of water to moisten his throat, then slowly explained the reason.

It turned out to be because of the movie "Once Upon a Time in China" directed by him.

The investment in this film is as high as 2000 million US dollars...

At first, Mr. Ba really didn't want to take over this movie. After all, he was gambling with his own honor. If it failed, he would end up like Old Wu in Red Cliff.

But Zuoshandiao would not let him go and forced him to shoot, saying that it didn't matter whether he could make money or not.

Mr. Ba had no choice but to take on this hot potato and became a director to shoot "Once Upon a Time in China".

Nowadays, almost all big productions shot in China end up losing a lot of money.

But for the industrialization of domestic films, China Film Group is strongly promoting big productions behind the scenes, and once a film is chosen, there is no choice but to do it.

As the leading figure in action movies, it was only a matter of time before Mr. Ba was found.

He had been pretending to be sick for a long time, but last year he couldn't shirk his responsibility anymore and had to come out.

As a big production, the most important thing is the box office. If the box office is not ideal, it will be both embarrassing and damaging to the company's reputation.

Although it’s not to the point where there are no movies to shoot, it’s embarrassing.

Su Qi'er's movie-watching session was not ideal, and Baye needed to make up for it as much as possible, and Baidu was willing to help, so the two sides hit it off.

So Mr. Ba came down to earth and became a producer in the television industry.

In Baye's opinion, anything is fine in the TV industry as long as his movies don't go wrong.

"I know what you mean, Boss Zhao. You mean that as a film director, I can afford to lose in the television industry," said Li Mingyang.

"As long as you can figure it out."

Li Mingyang glanced at Boss Zhao. To be honest, this Boss Zhao looked much more easy-going than Cai Yinong...but he was able to turn the tide under Old Yu's control and remain standing. In terms of means, scheming, and background, ten Cai Yinongs would not be his match.

The two looked at each other for five seconds, and Li Mingyang stacked the two contracts together and returned them to Boss Zhao.

"You know I'm on your side."

"I understand. You were not sent by Lao Yu to test me."

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "I also want to get along well with others, but if I don't retaliate when someone bullies me, then I am definitely not Li Mingyang. I know it myself and everyone knows it, so there is no point in testing. You can take back the contract, but I owe you a favor for telling me so much today. When I defeat Huayi, I will definitely accept your request if you ask me."

Boss Zhao shook his head. He really couldn't understand why Li Mingyang was so hostile towards Huayi.

Huayi has so many stars in its hands and too many cards.

Li Mingyang has already used his trump card, Running Man, and that spy game is really not a good project.

The same resources are enough to create a more profitable and higher-quality project.

Why bother to get into a dead end?

There is no way to make it in the film industry.

You can still be successful in the television industry. You have money and connections.

"Okay, I wish you good luck before the end of the year."

After bidding farewell to Boss Zhao, Li Mingyang returned to his office to continue conceiving his "Spy Playing House".

If you want to play it safe, then of course you should choose "Go Go Squid!"

But young people are just playing around and their upper limit is too low.

Apart from making some money, there is no benefit to him.

"Being in the same classroom together" cannot compare to a bouquet of flowers, and even less can it compare to the upcoming masterpiece TV series "Love Apartment".

Want to turn the tables!
Let’s do an action drama!

Want to go further!
You must get up from where you fell!
The original drama is about as picky as it gets.

By the way, should I incorporate Demon Slayer, Jujutsu, Under One Person, and One Punch Man into it?

Forget it... it's too complicated, and I can't remember it clearly...

The fighting in the spy game is already pretty ridiculous...

(End of this chapter)