Chapter 551 Are You Embarrassed to Ask for a Debt?

At the beginning of July, just when Li Ye was about to leave school, Director Xiong from Chang'an Film Studio suddenly came to Beijing University to find Li Ye.

"Oh my, brother, I'm lucky I came in time. If I was one day later, we would have missed it. It's all my fault. I've been so busy these two months, running all over the country."

Director Xiong was obviously overwhelmed by the heat. He grabbed the front of his open shirt and pretended to be a fan, but the sweat on his face still flowed down his neck and soaked his white vest.

Li Ye brought him a cup and poured him a glass of cold boiled water.

"Brother Xiong, you have to complain to the studio too! Since our movie was released, you have been running around outside for almost two months, right? Can't you let someone else take a break?"

Since the release of "Homesick Lonely Army", Director Xiong has been coordinating and handling various trivial matters outside. When he saw Li Ye last month, he complained that he "passed by the door without entering" and was full of complaints.

But today Director Xiong did not complain, but laughed softly and said: "Change someone? There are a group of people lining up to replace me, humph, they wishful thinking.

Brother Li Ye, was it easy for us to plant trees and water them in the past two years? Now it's time to bear fruit. I'm not bragging to you, if I don't get a deputy factory director position at the end of this year, it will be unfair."

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Okay! Li Ye was careless. "Homesick Soldiers" took more than two years from the early preparation to the shooting and release. Now the box office is booming, and it's time for everyone to enjoy the results and reward according to their merits.

"By the way, brother Li Ye, there are two more things,"

Director Xiong picked up the glass of water that Li Ye poured for him, drank it down, and then said: This time the factory asked me to visit Beijing and brought a batch of gifts to your literary club,

but this day is unfortunate, it just happened to be the school holiday, do you think I should unload it at school now? Or should I find a place to store it and send it over next semester? "

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "It's better to store it at school! There are still a few students in the literature club who haven't left yet, and there are still teachers who stay in the school. "

Director Xiong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll have someone unload it for you right away. There's also a little gift for you. I'll have the car deliver it to your home later."

"Brother Xiong, don't be so polite all the time. We've known each other for a long time."

Li Ye said that he didn't need to be polite, but in fact he was not polite at all. Over the years, Director Xiong has brought him a lot of good things, and they are formal channels with invoices. It would be a fool not to accept them.

However, when Li Ye and Director Xiong left the dormitory building, they saw a fully loaded 130 truck.

Li Ye swallowed his saliva: "Brother Xiong, is this what you said. A visiting gift? ”

It’s not that Li Ye was making a fuss, but there were too many gifts.

In the past, Director Xiong sent some local specialties to the Lone Army Literary Society on a quarterly basis, which was just a matter of a few baskets.

But this time it was a whole car, and it was not just specialties, but also a lot of liquor, canned food, malted milk, etc. Li Ye even saw dozens of boxes of Pengcheng Red Bull.

If this thing is charged with bribery, it can reach the standard of "huge amount".

Li Ye couldn't help asking: "Brother Xiong, tell me the truth, you came to me today, is there something?"

"Hey, brother, you are a smart man, I won't hide it from you,"

Director Xiong said frankly: "It's just these few days! Overseas audiences have written a lot of letters to the factory, saying that our movies have a good response in the local area, and film festivals in several countries have invited us to participate in the exhibition.

The overseas box office data that Mr. Pei sent us is also very amazing,

So the factory always urges me to ask, can the overseas dividends that were agreed upon at the beginning be studied? "

"Overseas dividends? Study? "

Li Ye was a little surprised.

At the beginning of filming, "Homesick" was decided to be released in the mainland and overseas at the same time, so there must be overseas box office.

Because Li Ye's "North Wind Flying" sold the copyright three times, it was widely spread by many people, so Chang'an Film Studio originally proposed to share part of the overseas box office.

The mainland has no overseas publicity channels for the time being, so Chang'an Film Studio did not have much hope at the time, just trying to get something.

After all, no matter how well the mainland sells, it is still RMB, and Pei Wencong has invested so much foreign exchange , it needs overseas box office to recover.

However, what surprised Changan Film Studio was that Pei Wencong agreed to give 10% of the profit to Changan Film Studio, which made people call "Boss Pei generous".

But today Director Xiong suddenly said something about "research", so some people are greedy and think 10% is too little?

In fact, Pei Wencong is a standard businessman, not very generous, and Li Ye is generous,

But no matter how generous Li Ye is, he can't indulge some people's bad habits!

So Li Ye smiled and said: "Why, someone in your factory thinks 10% is too little?"

"No, no, no, brother Li, you are wrong," Director Xiong said quickly: "It's not that it's too little, it's that I'm afraid that it's too much and people won't recognize it.

It was originally agreed that the bill would be settled at the end of June, but it's the beginning of July and there is no movement. I wanted to find Mr. Huo Renqiang to test the waters, but he was on vacation these days,

So I thought about asking you to help ask, brother, when to remit the money? ”

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Li Ye was stunned for several seconds before he said with a smile: “Brother Xiong, you can formally ask the Hong Kong side about this matter! Huo Renqiang is on vacation, so there should be others staying behind, right? ”

Director Xiong sighed and said, "It's really embarrassing to ask him directly! A few days ago, our factory held a meeting, and everyone said that Boss Pei was righteous. He has invested tens of millions of dollars in Chang'an City."

"To be honest, brother, two years ago, when our Chang'an Film Studio met with Beijing, Shanghai, Bayi and Jilin Film Studios, they all looked up at us, and then we could only roll up our sleeves~"

"But now you go and ask, who dares to look down on our Chang'an Film Studio? In the future, the mainland film studios will not be the four majors, but the five majors."

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Director Xiong said a lot of things, but the theme was the same - because of Pei Wencong, our Chang'an Film Studio is proud.

In the 1980s, the film and television industry in the mainland was very underdeveloped. There was only so much funding a year, and the ability to shoot only a few movies, and everyone lived a tight life.

But Chang'an Film Studio suddenly had investment from foreign tycoons, and suddenly became strong.

"Well, I won't hide it from you, brother. In just these two months, our company has made more money than the previous ten years. We didn't invest much money in this movie!"

"Mr. Pei has given us such a great favor, and now we have to ask for overseas money. We really can't open our mouths!"

"And"

Director Xiong looked at Li Ye and whispered: "I'm telling you the truth, brother, the other companies are eyeing Mr. Pei! If we don't know what's good for us, we will..."

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Looking at Director Xiong who was hesitant, Li Ye seemed to see those small suppliers who would supply large companies decades later.

Obviously, he was a creditor by right, but he could only smile and watch the other person's face, and even spoke softly when asking for money, cautiously for fear of offending the financier and replacing himself as a supplier.

Doesn't Chang'an Film Studio want the 10% overseas dividend now?

No, at this moment, the filmmakers in the mainland are still very upright!

They were afraid that their peers would steal Pei Wencong, the wealthy man, so they wanted to test the waters through Li Ye without hurting the relationship.

"Homesick Lonely Soldier" opened up the Chang'an Film Studio, and they also hoped to have the second and third films.

Other film studios must have the same idea. Maybe they have promised many preferential conditions at this time. Otherwise, why would the Hong Kong side, which always follows the rules, suddenly postpone the agreed overseas dividends!

"Brother Xiong, I will ask about this for you later, but I think! No matter who we cooperate with in the future, we still have to stand up straight."

"Oh, I know you are a good friend, and you have to do this."

Director Xiong happily put his arm around Li Ye's shoulders, but obviously didn't listen to Li Ye's words.

Yes, the status of film investors is very special, not to mention Pei Wencong, a righteous man?

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Two hours later, Li Ye called Aqiang.

"Is this Mr. Huo?"

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The other end of the phone was silent for five seconds before Aqiang's voice rang nervously.

"I'm Huo Renqiang, are you Mr. Li?"

"I'm Li Ye, Aqiang, what's wrong with you? Why do you sound like that?"

Boss, aren't you scared? Why are you calling me "Mr. Huo"? In gangster movies, this is the rhythm of getting a box lunch!