The bard joins the entertainment industry

Leisure time is always short-lived. After attending Zhouyi's annual meeting, Chen Shuo went to Beijing to tell He Zhengyang that he planned to postpone this year's album, and then he returned to the crew of "The Condor".

He and Liu Yifei had not started work for more than half a month because of the Spring Festival Gala. The others only had three days off during the Chinese New Year, and they still spent it on the set.

Last year, the crew moved to Xiangshan Film and Television City to film Xiangyang City, Ancient Tombs, Jueqing Valley and other plots.

The two of them left after only a few days of filming. There were too many scenes accumulated. After the two came back, they had to shoot non-stop every day.

Chen Shuo even temporarily handed over his work as an action director and traveled to four places every day in order to catch up with the progress.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we happened to be filming a scene where Yang Guo celebrated Guo Xiang's birthday, so everyone had a great time setting off fireworks.

After being busy, everyone felt relaxed for a while.

On February 27, the 77th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.

Zhang Weiping did not nominate Chen Shuo and Liu Yifei beforehand, nor did he intend for them to participate.

For Chen Shuo, it was intentional. As for Liu Yifei, to be honest, even if her level was applied for, she probably wouldn't have a chance to be nominated.

I simply didn’t want to think about it.

Zhang Yimou asked the two of them if they wanted to participate, but Chen Shuo gave up after thinking about it for a while.

He didn't think he could gain anything by going, so he might as well take care of the things at hand, seize the time to finish filming "The Condor", and then prepare for "Swordsman".

That night, Chen Shuo paid special attention to the award results. Not to mention other things, the two nominations, Best Photography and Best Foreign Language, both won.

Suddenly, there was a lot of excitement at home and abroad.

Reports have begun that Zhang Yimou has become the second director to win an Oscar after Li Yu.

Being able to win the Golden Globe Award was already a surprise to everyone, and they thought there must be no hope this time.

Unexpectedly, although there were very few nominations, the final result was that two nominations were awarded.

After learning the news, Zhou Ping and Jiang Xuerou specially ran to Xiangshan.

After finding Chen Shuo, I first expressed congratulations to him. After all, the Foreign Language Film Award rewards the entire crew, not just Zhang Yimou, but also Chen Shuo and Liu Yifei.

Then he said worriedly: "After winning this award, Director Zhang's reputation can be regarded as the number one director in the country.

With his ability and reputation, he would definitely be able to obtain better resources if he stayed in the United States.

Previously, we hired him as a producer for 5 million and 10% of the share. Isn’t that a little too shabby?

Will he make excuses later? "

He could understand the speculations of the two people, but at the same time, he did not expect that Zhang Yimou would first win the Golden Globe Award and then the Oscar.

He was not sure what Zhang Yimou would choose.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "It's really hard to say this, but boss, don't think in the worst possible way. Just express your blessings normally and wait for Director Zhang to come back.

If he really wants to go back on his word, we will accept it with a smile.

But there is another way. The remuneration will still be given to him, and the share will still be given to him. It doesn't matter if he comes or not, as long as he can put his name on it.

Now that so much capital has been mixed in, we can no longer just withdraw if we want to.

Don't talk about interests, benefits, responsibilities, etc. to Director Zhang. Just talk about feelings and only give benefits.

Then find a solution from Zhang Weiping.

Relatively speaking, he is the one who most wants to turn Director Zhang's fame into profit.

Director Zhang has just finished shooting "Ride Alone, Thousands of Miles" and may not have the heart to start another project anytime soon.

Even if Director Zhang could be persuaded, it would still be at least a year and a half before the project started.

But now, there is a ready-made nest, just waiting for Director Zhang to sit in and lay golden eggs. How do you think he will choose? "

Zhou Ping couldn't help but think thoughtfully after hearing this. It was not that he had never been in contact with Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping. On the contrary, he had been in contact with them frequently during this period.

Zhang Yimou is more like an artist, thinking about how to express his inner thoughts through the form of film art.

Zhang Weiping is a pure businessman. As long as the benefits are big enough, he can do anything.

At the same time, he is also a very cunning person, able to seize the weaknesses of others and then defeat them individually to gain his own benefits.

Jiang Xueju said: "But if this happens, I'm afraid we will have to make huge concessions."

Zhou Ping nodded and said: "This is inevitable. Moreover, if we want to keep this nest at home, I am afraid we will not only have to pay most of the benefits, but also increase more investment."

Chen Shuo acknowledged: "Director Zhang didn't win the award before, so our small crew asked him to be the producer. It can be said that we can relax and prepare better works.

But now Director Zhang's reputation is different. Even if he is just a nominal producer, it can attract a lot of capital to flock to him.

What's more, if Zhang Weiping can be persuaded to get Director Zhang involved on a deeper level, it will be even more attractive to those people. "

"Is there any way to guarantee our sovereignty?" Zhou Ping pondered: "As long as we can take the lead on the surface, it doesn't matter if we lose a little bit in terms of interests.

After all, as long as we have fame, our starting point is not at the same level as others. "

Jiang Xuerou thought for a while and said: "Let's grab a point, follow closely around a center, and follow the leader.

Let's settle down with Zhang Weiping first and let him use our nest to lay eggs.

Then try your best to give benefits to Director Zhang, and don’t care no matter how much you sacrifice. "

Zhou Ping immediately understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Okay, let's do it like this. Let's settle it down with Zhang Weiping first, and let Director Zhang get more involved together.

After gaining his support, we will contact Director Zhang and increase his production fee to 10 million, and then give him a 20% share, or even more, to ensure his interests.

Anyone who wants to participate must agree to this condition.

As the first person and capital to propose this condition, Director Zhang will definitely support us in becoming the leading party.

Even Zhang Weiping had to sit in the back row. "

There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. What's more, it's not Zhang Yimou's enemy. He has no reason to kick out a person who benefits him and replace him with someone who is demanding of him.

The main reason why Zhang Yimou agreed to Chen Shuo to become the producer of "Jian Yu Jiang Hu" was to try out how much profit the share of the profits would bring to him.

It turns out that Zhou Ping gave him 10% of the profit, which made him willing to try.

Now, if the share is directly increased to 20%, his interests will be more protected, and it will also increase his capital for future negotiations. What reason does he have to refuse?

As for whether this will disrupt the market and allow others to target him and Zhouyi Film and Television, there is no need to consider it.

As the same saying goes, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Why should you refuse when it comes to making money?

Once the idea was decided, the three of them began to take action. Zhou Ping was responsible for contacting Zhang Weiping and pulling him into a common front.

Zhang Weiping had no reason to refuse his proposal. After thinking about how he could escape without hesitation, he agreed to Zhou Ping's request without hesitation.

After he told Zhang Yimou, Chen Shuo called Zhang Yimou again and told him about the 10 million production fee and 20% commission.

After only a moment of hesitation, Zhang Yimou agreed, but he was also worried that the 20% share of the total revenue of the film would give people the impression of being too greedy, which would be detrimental to future cooperation.

The total revenue sharing of the film producers was changed to net revenue sharing, which means that we share the risk with everyone.

Seeing him like this, Chen Shuo suggested again: "In this case, let's just increase Director Zhang's share to 25%.

It is up to us to make this proposal. When the time comes, Director Zhang will show humility and take the initiative to reduce the share to 20%. I believe the investors will be grateful to Director Zhang for his generosity. "

Zhang Yimou was stunned for a moment, then laughed and scolded: "I didn't expect you to be a bad student too.

But it's a good idea, just do as you say. "

"The rest is left to our boss, Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhang. I believe that with their abilities, they will not let us down."

When Zhang Weiping learned that Chen Shuo and Zhou Ping had given Zhang Yimou such a huge share, his face twitched involuntarily.

If he really did this, how much of a share would he have to give to Zhang Yimou in the future?

After giving so much, how much can you have left?

But there was nothing he could do about it. He couldn't take the initiative to ask Zhang Yimou to give up his commission, right?

I can only think about it secretly, thinking about how to tell Zhang Yimou that I will only pay him the salary first, and put the share in the company to make money.

In this way, although he said he was given a share, the money was actually still in his hands.

As long as Zhang Yimou's living needs can be met and he is not short of money, he will not ask for the money to be divided so clearly.

With the decision made, he and Zhou Ping began to discuss with other investors.

Those who can accept this request are partners; those who cannot accept it can only say sorry.

Five days after the award ceremony, Zhang Yimou returned from the United States with his people.

At the Prancing Horse Building, Zhang Weiping first held a grand celebration party to congratulate Zhang Yimou on winning the Academy Award.

Suddenly almost everyone in the entertainment industry came to attend and congratulated him.

Relatively speaking, this kind of collective honor will most likely go to the director.

After all, without a director, this work would not have been born.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Ping, Zhang Weiping and a group of investors re-reached a share agreement.

Zhang Yimou used himself as the producer and his own reputation as an investment, and received 20% of the net profit share.

At the same time, he will also receive a salary of 10 million.

As the leader and an investment of 20 million, Zhou Yi received 15% of the share.

Star Picture received a 10% share of the investment of 10 million.

The other investors jointly received 55% of the investment amount of 70 million.

Of course, these shares are net income shares after deducting costs.

In the end, the total investment in "Jian Yu Jiang Hu" was 100 million, reaching a level that Chen Shuo and Jiang Xuerou had never dared to imagine before.

However, with Zhang Yimou here, no one believes that this drama will not make money.