The entertainment industry: My 99 future timelines!

Wang Jing's brows were furrowed into a knot.

He turned to the side and whispered in Li Xu's ear, "Director Li, the box office requirement is a minimum of 30 million, and they also want to be the first to receive a share of the box office profits. Even with Miss Liu involved, this pressure is outrageous."

"If we were to sell the overseas rights, although the minimum guarantee could be reduced by ten million and the box office revenue sharing would be proportional, the price at which we could sell the overseas rights for this film would most likely not be too low, so we have to be cautious."

Wang Jing is the producer and must assess all the risks.

Sell ​​the overseas distribution rights, guaranteed at 20 million!

Not for sale! A minimum of 30 million is guaranteed!

In 2007, for a theatrical film, a box office of over ten million was considered quite good.

Twenty million is a number that requires a relatively successful box office to reach.

As for the 30 million yuan box office, it is almost certain that it will be among the top ten domestic box office charts this year.

After all, "Crazy Stone," which was hailed as the biggest dark horse among low-budget films last year and ranked ninth in the annual box office of domestic films, making Ning Hao an instant sensation, had an investment and promotion cost of about four million yuan, but the final box office was only more than 2500 million yuan, still far from thirty million yuan.

Although he couldn't hear exactly what Wang Jing was saying.

But both Shen Ao and Liu Yifei knew that the issue he was discussing with Li Xu was definitely related to the China Film Investment contract.

Shen Ao immediately lowered his voice and said fiercely, "Damn it, these damn big shots from China Film Group really dare to ask for money. Li Xu, I think we should just go directly to those coal mine owners and get investment. At worst, we can just give them a few supporting roles. Are you in?

Upon hearing this, Li Xu did not answer immediately.

He lowered his head, his gaze wandering, and began to think.

The 30 million box office target is indeed an enormous number at present.

But let's not even mention that in the next ten years or so, there will be many movies that can gross over 100 million or even several hundred million in a single day.

Even the statement that the mainland film market next year will be greatly boosted by the huge success of the 08 Olympics, with the national population feeling particularly excited and the box office entering the eve of a major boom.

Even Wang Yuelun, the husband of Hunan TV host Li Xiang, is a director who only knows how to make music videos. Next year, he will be able to make a standard bad movie called "Perfect Imperfection", which is extremely simple in production, has no professional team such as screenwriters and directors, has a low budget, and has an extremely low rating on Douban.

Through its "cheap comedy" style and its ambiguous relationship with Li Xiang, the film attracted audiences, who couldn't help but buy tickets to see it in theaters, resulting in a box office of 50 million.

As a future world-class super director, Li Xu, though not yet at the peak, is confident that his abilities far surpass those of Wang Yuelun, the MV director.

With this in mind, Li Xu finally made his decision.

Looking at the China Film Group approval team members who were waiting for the results, he raised his eyes, his gaze confident and firm: "Director Yang, I'll choose 30 million as the minimum guarantee!"

"I don't think the overseas distribution rights for this film are worth only this much!"

Upon hearing Li Xu's words, Wang Jing, Shen Ao, and Liu Yifei exchanged glances, their eyes filled with worry and tension.

Upon hearing this, several executives from China Film Group couldn't help but shake their heads and chuckle.

"Great, that's definitely young people for you—full of energy and confidence!"

"A minimum box office guarantee of 30 million. If we fail to achieve this, China Film Group will have priority in sharing the profits. I will report this condition to our Chairman Han. I believe Chairman Han would be very willing to support outstanding young directors like you, Director Li."

Director Yang of China Film Group stood up with a smile on his face and chuckled as he spoke.

He neither confirmed nor doubted Li Xu's confidence, nor did he believe that Li Xu's first film could achieve such outstanding results, after all, even Ning Hao couldn't do it.

But he didn't care whether Li Xu's decision was impulsive.

For him, as long as China Film Investment doesn't lose money, that's all that matters.

"Thank you, Director Yang. I look forward to the good results."

Upon hearing what Director Yang of China Film Group said, Li Xu replied in a deep voice.

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Two hours later.

After the talks concluded, Li Xu and Han Sanpin of China Film Group finally met for the first time.

Without much conversation, aside from a few words of encouragement, Li Xu signed a three million yuan investment contract with China Film Group.

I walked out of the China Film Group building.

The afternoon sun was a bit too bright.

It wasn't until he got into the car that Shen Ao finally began to revert to his usual carefree personality.

He slammed his fist into his thigh and growled, "Damn! Awesome! Li Xu, a guaranteed contract for 30 million, you actually dared to sign that? You're fucking awesome!"

Wang Jing also breathed a long sigh of relief.

He loosened his tie, a relieved smile spreading across his face. "Director Li, although I really want to say that signing this contract is very risky—achieving the 30 million box office guarantee will be extremely difficult—but... I believe in the quality of our film!"

"And we can do some publicity and hype while filming this movie. I think our movie has a lot of hype potential."

"Whether it's Ms. Liu's astute investment or Director Li's self-directed and self-acted project, especially with you two playing the male and female leads respectively, there's no need to deliberately create scandals. Just come up with something ambiguous, and you'll definitely be able to firmly attract the audience's attention!"

Liu Yifei listened to these words without speaking, but she also did not refute them.

At this moment, she was just staring intently at Li Xu, her attention entirely focused on his reaction.

"We'll talk about this hype later."

"With the three million yuan pre-investment from China Film Group, plus the six and a half million yuan that has already been received, our film now has enough funds for production. All that's left is the post-production marketing and distribution costs."

"Next, we need to prepare to start filming. After all, China Film Group has provided the funding, and policy support will follow. Countless eyes in the entire film and television industry are watching us. If we succeed, we will be on top of the world. If we fail, the consequences will be dire."

Li Xu rubbed his temples.

The sharpness he displayed during the negotiations has completely subsided, leaving only his focus on the film itself.

"So, junior Li Xu, we can't lose."

"We are the male and female leads of this movie, so we naturally bear the heavy responsibility of carrying the banner of this movie's box office success."

"If it's necessary for me to cooperate with the publicity during the filming process, I don't mind creating some rumors, since they're all fake anyway."

After Li Xu finished speaking, Liu Yifei suddenly interrupted.

Wang Jing and Shen Ao remained silent upon seeing this.

Neither of them were blind, so naturally they could see Liu Yifei's feelings for Li Xu. Otherwise, Wang Jing wouldn't have said those things earlier. But no one could know what Li Xu, the "male lead," was thinking.

"Alright, Senior Yifei, we'll talk about whether this is a publicity stunt or not later."

"If it were truly necessary, we could do that for the sake of box office revenue, but at least for now, it's not necessary."

Li Xu glanced at Liu Yifei, his expression unchanged, and spoke calmly.

As soon as Li Xu said this, the atmosphere among the group immediately fell silent.

Liu Yifei remained silent, only responding with a soft breath, it was impossible to tell whether she was saying "hmm" or "humph".