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Chapter 589: The King Doesn't See The King! (Second more please subscribe!)
"Zhou Xingchi angrily reprimanded Huayi for not abiding by the contract and refusing to pay 7000 million yuan!"

"According to the reporter's understanding, there is an additional agreement in the contract signed by Huayi Brothers and Zhou Xingchi. The agreement stipulates that if the movie's box office revenue exceeds 5 million yuan, Zhou Xingchi will be paid a certain percentage according to the contract.

At present, the total box office of "Journey to the West" has reached 10.18 billion. According to the contract details, Huayi will pay about 7000 million to Zhou Xingchi, but the two parties confirmed the contract in the email, but did not sign it.

Wang Zhonglei, president of Huayi Brothers, revealed to reporters that the box office revenue in the contract between the two parties refers to the box office revenue after deducting taxes and theaters. "

"Zhou Xingchi was defrauded of 7000 million dividends, Huayi was criticized by all the audience, and the stock price plummeted by 7% at the opening!"

Just after the Spring Festival, Hua Yi and Zhou Xingchi had such an incident, which made waves in the movie market that had just been silent for a while.

Huayi is a domestic film and television giant, Zhou Xingchi is a top director, and "Journey to the West" has just become the sixth domestic Chinese film with a box office of over one billion.

Both parties made a big splash in the just-concluded Spring Festival stalls, and now the differences in box office splits broke out, which instantly became a hot topic of discussion.

At first, it was just media hype, but Zhou Xingchi did not deny it in the interview, and Wang Zhonglei, Huayi's number two, also responded positively when he was interviewed.

Things do exist!

This is the real hammer. Through the speculation and data collection of all parties, as well as the screenshots of the emails released by the Bigao Group, it is basically possible to determine what happened.

大致就是：周星池和华宜的邮件往来从2012年7月9日开始，而《西游降魔》上映时间为2013年2月9日，可以看出周星池并非因为看到《西游降魔》票房高才要求分红的。

Hua Yi and Zhou Xingchi had disputes about the concept of 5 million box office for a long time, and there were more than ten emails between them, but before the film was released on January 2013, 1, they had reached an agreement on "box office revenue from theater distribution".

Before the release of "Journey to the West" on January 2013, 1, Huayi Brothers sent an email saying, "We basically have no problem with the contract. You can sign it at any time."

Before the release of "Journey to the West" on February 2013, 2, Huayi Brothers sent another email saying, "At around noon today, I just learned that this morning is the last working day of Mr. Wang, so I am very sorry that there is no way to provide Huayi's signature before the Chinese New Year. The contract is completed. After coordination, the signing and approval procedures of other leaders will be completed before the lunar calendar.”

On February 2013, 2, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was released, and the box office was very popular. After that, Zhou Xingchi did not reply to sign the contract.

Judging from the emails disclosed by the Bigao Group, this is basically the case.

Obviously, everyone understood that the contract had been delayed for a long time without being signed.

And Wang Zhonglei insisted that the box office revenue in the contract refers to the share data obtained by the issuer, not the box office data.

In just one or two days, Huayi suddenly became the target of public criticism. The stock price fell by 7% on the first day. Although it did crisis public relations, the stock price still fell by 5%.

Zhou Xingchi didn't invite the sailors either. The media and netizens who denounced Huayi on the Internet were completely spontaneous. Zhou Xingchi's charisma and charisma were undoubtedly revealed.

Of course, most of those media are purely trying to make things bigger, so they are all on the opposite side of Huayi.

On the official Weibo of Huayi Brothers and the Weibo of Wang Brothers, a large group of netizens left messages, claiming that they would not watch any movies invested by Huayi in the future.

Some clamored for Huayi's money back, claiming that their movie tickets were for Master Xing, not Huayi.

The major companies are of course happy to hear about Huayi, and they can't wait for Wang Zhongjun to burn out.

Bernard Film Group and Yu Dong almost burst out laughing.

"It's true that God is helping us. Originally, I was thinking about how to persuade Wang Zhongjun to cooperate with the three parties to make a sequel to "You Now You See Me". I didn't expect this to happen now."

Bernard COO Chen Yongxiong also nodded with a smile, "Now Huayi's stock price has been greatly affected, and the public opinion is on Zhou Xingchi's side. They urgently need a big news to divert the public's attention. At this time, Huayi will not refuse .”

In the entertainment industry, the best way to cover up a piece of news is to create a bigger piece of news, enough to divert everyone's attention.

"Now Now You See Me" is Tang An's classic movie in his early years. Although making a sequel won't completely cover up this matter, it can play a role to some extent.

"In this way, sooner rather than later, Old Chen, you personally make a plan for me, and I will meet Wang Zhongjun in the next two days." Yu Dong said decisively.

"Okay, I probably have an idea, and I should be able to come up with a simple solution before tomorrow afternoon."

Chen Yongxiong nodded and was about to leave.

But Yu Dong stopped him again.

"By the way, old Chen, are you familiar with Zhou Xingchi?"

Zhou Xingchi?
Chen Yongxiong worked as a program director at ATV, and Zhou Xingchi came from TVB.

He also worked as the general manager of Uniasia Holdings, but it was Huanyu who invested in "Shaolin Soccer", not a company.

With Zhou Xingchi's character, he doesn't have many friends in Xiangjiang, most of them are people who have similar work, and Chen Yongxiong really doesn't know him well.

Chen Yongxiong thought for a while and said, "Then I haven't had any dealings with him. What does Yu Dong mean?"

Yu Dong nodded and said, "With Zhou Xingchi's temper, if Wang Zhongjun really doesn't give that share, he won't be able to cooperate in the future. If Zhou Xingchi's movie wants to be released in the mainland, he must find a new partner. After a while, I will Get in touch with him."

A box office of one billion is not a series, it is the only one in the country besides Tang An.

If Wang Zhongjun was really short-sighted and lost his cooperation with Zhou Xingchi for the sake of the 7000 million, then Yu Dong would almost die of laughter.

In addition to Huayi, these are the only companies that can release billion-level blockbusters in China, and Yu Dong certainly doesn't want to miss them.

Like Yu Dong, Wang Changtian of Guangxian Media also had the same plan.

For the past few years, Guangxian Media has been doing small things, almost all of its investments are small and medium-budget movies, and there are almost no movies with a cost of more than [-] million yuan.

It's not that Wang Changtian doesn't want money, it's just that blockbuster movies are too risky.

If he had Zhou Xingchi's box office guarantee, let alone a cost of [-] million, he would dare to give it a go at [-] million!
The same is true for Xiaoma's Li Ming. Ning Hao's subsidiary has become restless, the studio has been renamed Bad Monkey, and several shell companies have been established.

Wu Yusen, another big-name director under his banner, is finally going to start a big-budget series after "Red Cliff", but who can think of too many movies that can make money.

LeTV Zhang Zhao, Wanda Ye Tuo, Ah Li Zhang Qiang. At this time, several major film and television companies in the Mainland are all like sharks smelling fishy, ​​ready to move, ready to take a bite of Zhou Xingchi's fat.

The Huayi Brothers Group, the party involved, Wang Zhongjun, is also troubled by this matter.

7000 million in cash is a huge sum for any film and television company, so he certainly doesn't want to just throw it away.

But he didn't expect that this matter had caused a lot of impact, the stock price plummeted by 5 points, and Huayi's brand was also affected badly among netizens.

Although netizens are all forgetful, if some big news comes out after a while, they will be able to forget about it immediately.

But for a listed company, corporate image is still very important.

While asking for money, he also wanted to establish a positive image, which entangled Wang Zhongjun to death.

"Brother, the impact has already been caused, even if we count the 7000 million to Zhou Xingchi at this time, the adverse impact will still be there!" Wang Zhonglei persuaded.

"Don't worry, I know what to do."

The idea of ​​paying back the money just passed in Wang Zhongjun's mind. He insisted on not letting go before, but now he admits that he was wrong. Isn't this a slap in the face!
Although it's not a problem at all to slap yourself in the face, as long as the benefits are enough, let alone sending it to your door, even kneeling down to call Dad is not a problem.

Obviously, the current price is not enough for Wang Zhongjun to slap himself.

"Zhong Lei, crisis public relations can't stop, control the situation well, it can't continue to spread, announce to the outside world that everything will be done according to the contract, and let the public opinion be on our side!" Wang Zhongjun said in a deep voice.

Simply put it to the end, the contract didn't specify it, and this matter can't be blamed on him, and it makes sense everywhere.

Even if the follow-up cooperation with Zhou Xingchi ends, it will be a few years later.

If Zhou Xingchi's new film will be released next year or later during the Spring Festival, Wang Zhongjun will still weigh it.

But Zhou Xingchi has sharpened his sword for several years now, and he doesn't know when the next movie will be, so he simply takes the 7000 million in his hands first.

Tang An didn't expect that the conflict between Zhou Xingchi and Hua Yi would be made public now.

But sooner or later things will happen, and there is nothing surprising.

Wang Zhongjun's share of more than 5 million box office revenue was simply hanging on Zhou Xingchi. When the box office didn't come out before, he couldn't sign the contract every few days.

As soon as the box office on the first day came out, the over 5 million was a certainty, so I didn't mention it anymore, and didn't reply to the emails sent by Bigao Group.

At present, the contract has not been signed, and the terms and conditions have also been played with words. It is actually a normal thing to put in the mall.

This is not called cheating, the market is much more complicated than this.

For several months, Bigao Group did not even sign the negotiated contract, and the terms were vague and not specified. A large part of the responsibility lies with the senior management of Bigao Group who is responsible for signing the contract with Huayi.

To paraphrase a line from Zhou Xingchi in "Domestic Lingling Paint": I thought our relationship was based on feelings, but I didn't expect it to be a business.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Tang An left the company and came to a restaurant in Xicheng District.

Everyone wanted to work with Zhou Xingchi on the next movie, and Tang An was no exception.

Even if his next movie has a three-year cycle, the box office of more than 30 billion is enough to make people excited.

Other companies were still thinking about the timing and how to contact Zhou Xingchi, but Tang An directly called Zhou Xingchi and made an appointment to talk.

Time waits for no one, who knows when to talk to someone.

When you are deciding whether to eat twice-cooked pork or braised pork at night, someone else's ordinary stir-fried pork with green peppers has already been prepared.

For some people, when you cook the fried pork with green peppers, you have already finished frying the fried rice with eggs.

Or, someone soaked a bowl of noodles in 3 minutes and ate it faster.

There are even some people who simply skip dinner and work overtime while you are eating to get the job done.

This was Tang An's first meeting with Zhou Xingchi, and it was the first time the two of them, who hadn't seen Wang, met.

(End of this chapter)