Chapter Five Hundred and Tenth Refusal to Invest

? First in the retail list, Li Dong can only think about it for the time being. "Tian Lai Novel WwW. ⒉

Huang Guangyu has been dominating the rankings for the past few years, and now his total assets are over 18 billion, even a fraction more than Li Dong.

Although Li Dong has performed well in the past two years, he can't count on Lao Huang if he doesn't have two or three years.

Just thinking about something, Chen Ke knocked on the door and came in, softly said: "President Li, Miss Yang and her manager are here."

"Yang Si?"

"Um."

Hearing that Yang Si was coming, Li Dong couldn't help laughing and said: "Miss Yang is quite busy, I have called and communicated with her before, it has been almost a month now, right?"

Chen Ke didn't know whether Li Dong was angry or something else, so he hurriedly asked, "Then, does President Li still see them?"

"See you, of course."

Li Dong waved his hand and said, "Let them in, big stars, it's normal to be busy."

Li Dong wasn't angry, he just said it casually.

Yang Si made a lot of phone calls before to apologize. She happened to go to Xiangjiang during this period, and she was stuck there because of something, and she couldn't come back.

Li Dong can also understand, and now that the mall doesn't need a spokesperson so urgently, Li Dong is actually not in a hurry.

The main thing is that there is no money for publicity. Even if you find a spokesperson, you don't advertise on TV and the media, even if it is the same as the endorsement by Tian Wangtian later, the effect is not great.

Not long after Chen Ke went out, he led Yang Si and a young man about thirty years old into the room.

Li Dong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Yang Si's manager to be a man.

But he didn't think much about it, he stood up and stretched out his hand with a smile, "Miss Yang, I've been waiting for a long time."

Yang Si quickly shook hands with him, and then apologized: "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry. I couldn't leave Xiangjiang before. As soon as the matter over there is over, I will rush back..."

Yang Si explained a few words, but Li Dong didn't say much.

Seeing that Yang Si didn't take the initiative to introduce the young man,

Li Dong frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed his eyebrows and said, "Sit down, both of you, let's chat."

The three sat down in the reception area, and just chatted for a few words, Li Dong saw Yang Si looking at the young man frequently, and couldn't help laughing: "Miss Yang, this is your manager?"

Yang Si's face became a little embarrassed when he heard that, the young man stopped looking around, stood up and bowed slightly: "Sorry, Mr. Li, I am not Miss Yang's manager, let me introduce myself, my name is Zhang Meng.

You may not have heard of me, but I used to be the vice president of Benshan Media.

Last year's Spring Festival Gala sketch "Speaking of Things" and the year before last "Kung Fu" were all planned by me as a screenwriter. I wonder if Mr. Li has watched it? "

Li Dong was a little dazed at first, then smiled and said: "Of course I saw it, but I didn't expect it to be Mr. Zhang. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Li Dong shook hands with the other party again, then sat down and looked at Yang Si.

Yang Si blushed slightly, and said softly: "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you..."

Zhang Meng next to him took over the conversation and said, "Mr. Li, I begged Ms. Yang to bring me with me. I hope Mr. Li will not blame me. This matter is entirely my own idea."

Li Dong waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little confused, Mr. Zhang should be in the northeast, why do you have time to come to our Jiangbei?"

Although Benshan Media is not very famous at this time, it is not too small, and it still has some influence in the local area.

As the vice president of the company, Zhang Meng didn't seem to have any business entanglements with Li Dong, so Li Dong didn't understand how this guy came to him with Yang Si.

Seeing this, Zhang Meng didn't beat around the bush, sat down and explained his reason for coming.

After he finished speaking, Li Dong felt a little relieved.

The relationship is here to attract investment. This guy named Zhang Meng has recently become a little impatient and continues to be a screenwriter for Lao Zhao, and wants to switch to a director.

But Lao Zhao quit. The queen screenwriter changed his career to become a director. After that, who will write scripts for him?

The script written by Zhang Meng is still very good. Not to mention that he has been on the Spring Festival Gala for two consecutive years, and he has also won an award. His ability is really not weak.

Of course, Lao Zhao didn't say he wouldn't be his director either.

But if you are a director, you must have money to make a movie. Zhang Meng is a young man who has just graduated a few years ago. Where did he get the money to invest.

Old Zhao didn't mention investment, Zhang Meng also understood what he meant.

This guy is quite stubborn, you don't want to invest, that's fine, I'll find someone else!

Not long ago, Zhang Meng went out to find investors by himself.

They have already found investors. After all, Zhang Meng is still a little famous, and his father is also a well-known comedy director, so there are still some people who are optimistic about him.

Unfortunately, there was an unexpected situation. Some time ago, the investor's business had some problems, and the funds could not be in place.

Yang Si went to Xiangjiang some time ago, and it was also for this matter.

She and Zhang Meng knew each other before, this time Zhang Meng wanted to make a movie, the first thing that came to his mind was Yang Si.

Coupled with Yang Si's multi-dwelling exhibition, after reading the script, the two hit it off immediately. Yang Si didn't even discuss the salary, and directly agreed to be Zhang Meng's heroine.

Being the heroine is not counted, but Yang Si went to great lengths to help Zhang Mengla invest after the investor's funds had problems.

It's a pity that the trip to Xiangjiang was not smooth, the two tossed for nearly a month, and no one was willing to invest.

Who told Zhang Meng to shoot literary films, the box office of literary films has been terrible in recent years, and there are very few people in Xiangjiang who are willing to invest.

In addition, Zhang Meng is still a rookie, and Yang Si is also a rookie in the film and television industry, who would want to invest in a movie made by two rookies.

In the end, Zhang Meng was forced to do nothing, and Li Dong couldn't delay for too long, so Yang Si hurried back to Jiangbei.

After she told Zhang Meng the reason for her return, plus the fact that the Hurun List had just come out a few days ago, Zhang Meng's eyes went blind when he heard that Yang Si was going back to see Li Dong, a business tycoon.

After all kinds of begging, Yang Si couldn't refuse, so he had to take this guy to a distant place.

After the two finished talking, Li Dong asked curiously, "What is the name of the movie you are going to make?"

""The Piano of Steel"!"

"What?"

Li Dong looked confused, he had never heard of such a ghostly name.

With this name, I still expect others to go to the movies, wash up and sleep, anyway, Li Dong is not interested when he hears it.

After thinking about it carefully for a long time, Li Dong was sure that he had never heard of this movie. He didn't know if it died before it was released, or the box office was dismal after it was released, and he hadn't paid attention to it.

Seeing this, Zhang Meng repeated: ""The Piano of Steel" is the piano of the piano."

Li Dong nodded perfunctorily and said, "The name is good, and Director Zhang is indeed full of literary style."

Zhang Meng was a little embarrassed. When talking about investment, Li Dong said that he was full of literature and art, so it was obvious that he wanted to refuse.

Yang Si who was next to him also heard it, and quickly interjected: "President Li, why don't you read the script, Zhang Meng's script is still very good, I read it a few times, and the writing is very good."

When Zhang Meng heard this, he quickly handed over the thick stack of scripts in his hand.

Li Dong didn't refuse either, and simply flipped through a few pages after taking the script.

Although he is not good at such things as scripts, he can still understand them. He simply sketched the picture in his mind.

Li Dong nodded first, then shook his head again.

Seeing him shaking his head, both Zhang Meng and Yang Si's hearts rose.

After about ten minutes, Li Dong put down the script and said with a light smile, "It's well written and very touching."

Zhang Meng's face changed slightly, and Yang Si also said cautiously: "Mr. Li, don't you like it?"

Li Dong smiled and said: "It's not that I don't like it, but I don't know much about this industry. Let's put it this way, although I don't know much about the film and television industry, Director Zhang just said that this time I will shoot a comedy film. But comedy films As far as comedies are concerned, I read the script, and there is some humor, but the main thing is sensationalism.

You are talking about comedy, so I will watch the story with the sense of substitution of comedy.

But at the end, I found that I didn't laugh, this..."

Although Li Dong didn't speak clearly, Zhang Meng and Yang Si were not fools, so they naturally understood what he meant.

There was a struggle on Zhang Meng's face, and he said after a long time: "Mr. Li, if you think it's inappropriate, I can change the script appropriately. Moreover, the investment of this film is not high. Yang Si and I can spend two million. You Just invest another three million is enough.

With a total investment of 5 million, I dare not say that it is a big profit, but I am still sure that the box office will make back the cost. "

Fortunately, Li Dong didn't know the box office of the movie "The Piano of Steel" before his rebirth, otherwise he would definitely be sprayed in the face.

It also made a lot of money. This movie was actually shown in the previous life, but Li Dong didn't know it.

At that time, the total box office of this movie was only more than 6 million yuan. After deducting the theater revenue, the film with a total investment of tens of millions was a complete loss.

Of course, the heroine at that time was not Yang Si either.

It has been 11 years since the movie was released. In five years, the movie almost died, and I don’t know where Zhang Meng found the bad guy who invested in him.

Although Li Dong didn't know what happened later, he watched a lot of movies.

He dare not say that he has seen all those domestically produced movies with big box office, but he has watched dozens of them.

As far as Zhang Meng's script is concerned, Li Dong is not optimistic about it.

Although the investment is only three million, three million is still money, and Li Dong doesn't know him, so why give money to him to spoil it.

A director who has never been a director, a star who has never acted in a movie, and a script that is not optimistic, isn't it clear that he is losing money.

Three million, with this money, Li Dong might as well open a store for Yuanfang, which is worse than this one.

Seeing the eager faces of Zhang Meng and Yang Si, Li Dong drank a cup of tea and said with a light smile: "Well, you put the script with me first, and I will read it slowly later. Then I have to find someone to read it." , After all, I have never done this line.

Today is mainly for discussing matters with Ms. Yang, Director Zhang, how about our matter next time? "

Hearing what Li Dong said, Zhang Meng was full of disappointment, nodded his head and said nothing.

He is not a fool, Li Dong said so, just tactfully refusing.

If you continue to entangle, you will only hate Li Dong, and it will do no good. Zhang Meng doesn't want to entangle anymore.

Yang Si next to her sighed softly, although she was a little disappointed, but she was used to being rejected these days, so she didn't think about it any more.

In addition, Li Dong still had to discuss business with her, so Yang Si raised his spirits and waited quietly for Li Dong to speak.