Chapter 497 I’ve Advised You Long Ago

"Teacher Xudong, please sign your name for me..."

Backstage, Zhao Liying took out two "Collected Works of Shen Xudong"...

Shen Xudong smiled - he is a fan again!

but…

"Collected Works of Shen Xudong"?

When he opened the book, he couldn't help but slapped his face: "Where did you buy it?"

"Xinhua Bookstore! One book costs 12 yuan!"

"I have never published an anthology..."

"It's never been released...you mean...this is a pirated version?"

Zhao Liying is not a fool, she heard the implication of Shen Xudong's words...

"It's okay, I'll sign one for you... By the way, do you like that novel?"

""Zhu Xian", I like "Zhu Xian" the most!"

"...Very good..."Zhu Xian" game is already in internal testing..."

"I heard they wanted to make a TV series?"

"Well, it's being planned..."

Zhao Liying was about to say something more when Feng Xiaogang walked in and coughed...

She understood immediately and left the room.

She had worked in sales and as a secretarial before, so she knew a lot about people and sophistication!

"Xiao Shen, thank you!"

"...What's the matter? You came to me because you think highly of me!"

Feng Xiaogang immediately said: "What does it mean to be worthy? Who doesn't know Shen Xudong's name? You can easily praise a director with a box office of 100 million yuan..."

Shen Xudong: "Luck, luck... The movie "Stone" was recommended by Huang Bo. He liked the script. The crew had no money, so I voted..."

"So, you still have the vision..."

"The main thing is that it's cheap and I can afford it. If it exceeds 20 million..."

Feng Xiaogang suddenly changed the subject: "Harvey quit "The Banquet"!"

"I just..." Shen Xudong was about to be modest. Hearing the news, he was immediately surprised: "What? He really quit?"

Feng Xiaogang looked bitter: "Well, he said he was not optimistic about it and asked for a return..."

Shen Xudong: "Did you say either $1 million... or return the goods?"

"It's 500,000 US dollars...he's not even willing to pay 1 million!"

Shen Xudong was silent for a moment, and then complained: "Uncle Feng, I told you a long time ago that Harvey is unreliable, why don't you listen? He also returned "The Promise" in this way, but "The Promise" With China Film and Television, Warner has secured the distribution rights..."

""The Promise"?"

Shen Xudong thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, "The Promise", he just didn't want it... He didn't say how much it would cost to sell it to him... He didn't even ask for a deposit..."

Well, from this perspective, at least in Harvey's view, the market performance of "The Banquet" will be better than that of "The Promise"!

It's almost the same. In the Japanese market, although the box office of "The Promise" exceeds that of "The Promise", the DVD sales of "The Banquet" completely surpassed that of "The Promise"...

"Let's not talk about "The Promise"," Feng Xiaogang continued with a grimace: "...Harvey has already signed the contract, who knew he would dare to break the contract..."

"He came from the bottom and doesn't care about reputation at all... Besides, he has a high status in the North American independent film industry. His reputation will not be affected by cheating a few foreign filmmakers and foreign film companies. On the contrary, many people admire him even more because of it. he…"

You are capable of tricking foreigners, you are awesome!

It’s the same all over the world…

When Feng Xiaogang heard what Shen Xudong said, he became anxious: "Don't you say that foreigners are very contractual!"

"Do you believe it?" Shen Xudong was speechless: "What 'Westerners regard contracts as an indispensable spiritual belief for people.', 'Why do we say that "Westerners have more contractual spirit"? It is worthy of reflection by the Chinese!'," It's just nonsense, just to fool people..."

Propagate all day long that Westerners have a spirit of contract. The spirit of contract has integrated into the lives of everyone in the West, affects their moral judgment, and fundamentally protects people's social status. Therefore, the spirit of contract has also become the spirit of Westerners. An important part of the world...', 'Chinese people love to take advantage of loopholes, are thieves, and lack the spirit of contract'...

The key is that those who wrote these things are all Chinese, and they also have a lot of professors and experts...

This kind of subtle propaganda...

Those who are riding horses will not hesitate to cut off their feet to fit the shoes in order to join the Western-dominated system!

Does China have no spirit of contract? That's because China doesn't value contracts!

Because China talks about a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold!

After a pause, Shen Xudong asked: "What should we do now?"

"The Chinese Army said...sell it to him!"

Also, if you don’t sell it to Harvey, who else can you sell it to?

Up to now, "The Banquet" has been to all the film festivals that should be attended, and all the business negotiations for the film have been discussed. It is very difficult to find a buyer again.

Chinese-language films are inherently difficult to sell, and it becomes even more difficult if they have a reputation for returns. If it hadn't been sold to Harvey, the North American copyright might have been lost and the loss would have been even greater.

Litigation? Sue him for breach of contract!

It lasted at least more than a year. The Weinstein Films didn’t care about time. How could the Huayi brothers not?

They borrowed nearly 100 million for "The Night Banquet"!

In the current situation, the US$5 million that Harvey originally mentioned has become US$1 million instead of US$500,000. In other words, "The Banquet" will cost at least US$12 million more!

Originally, excluding domestic and foreign publicity fees, the box office would have exceeded 60 million to recoup the cost.

With Feng Xiaogang's appeal, 60 million is not a problem. Now add 12 million US dollars, which means at least 140 million...

This is...a bit difficult!

"I told you a long time ago, but you don't believe it!" Shen Xudong comforted: "In the future, you must be more careful when doing business with foreigners..."

Feng Xiaogang wanted to say a lot of things, but finally condensed them into one word: "...Alas!"

…

In fact, mainland film producers, especially the Huayi Brothers, have also cheated foreigners. This is true for "Big Shot" and "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" - Colombia wants overseas copyrights, but the Huayi Brothers want the mainland rights, and the investors are all Colombia!

A real grievance...

From these two movies, the Huayi brothers made a lot of money - not only from distribution fees, but also from fame!

Huayi's investments in several movies were very small, but they were promoted as the main investors and frequently interviewed by the media, which caused their intangible assets to grow rapidly in the past few years, but they were unable to invest much in actual investment. money.

Colombia also suffered miserably and even got Chen Guofu involved!

——Chen Guofu was previously the president of Columbia Greater China, and later joined Huayi...

From this perspective, it can only be said that there is a win or loss for each other.

…

In the evening, while having dinner together, Feng Xiaogang suddenly remembered something: "Do you like that Zhao Liying?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "...I can't talk about it. I just feel that in the current entertainment industry...or in the future, there will be fewer and fewer people like her from a background like her!"

"how to say?"

"Everyone knows that money comes quickly in the entertainment industry. In the future, there will be various second-generation people in our industry..."

Hearing this, Feng Xiaogang shook his head: "Actually, being an actor still has no social status... In ancient times, they were called actors. What is an actor? They were for the entertainment of dignitaries. It is the same now. Back then..."

Director Feng said a lot of things that he couldn't write down... I don't know where he heard them from. They were all bed stories of famous people, and there were even details...

Shen Xudong was a little speechless: "Where did you hear about it?"

"...There must be rumors about this kind of thing... As long as the powerful take a fancy to you, you have to follow it even if you don't want to. What do you call this? This is an actor! Do you think really rich people will send their children into the entertainment industry? ?”