After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 119: Adding fuel to the fire and taking advantage of the situation

"Her!" Manager Qiao lowered his head and thought for a while, "Director Li, you know I'm not the kind of person who gossips behind people's backs, but this Zhang Wei is a little bit eccentric and has a weird temper. She has affected the unity of the crew and messed up three projects. Now she has been demoted to the Finance Department..."

"I think she's a nice person. It's settled. On July 1st, have him come to Hengdian Mingyang Entertainment to find me."

Nice guy? Are you sure?
Seeing Li Mingyang's firm attitude, Manager Qiao smiled and nodded.

After Li Mingyang left, he went to the Finance Department and called over Zhang Wei, who was busy doing accounts and had been demoted two levels.

"Just now, Director Li Mingyang came to the company and asked you to help. Don't mess around this time. Be honest and do whatever he asks you to do."

Zhang Wei rolled her eyes and said, "No."

"If you don't go, do you still want to be demoted? Mr. Gu really appreciates him. One sentence from him is worth ten of mine! Just control your temper."

Zhang Wei returned to her seat and continued to settle accounts.

"I've already agreed. If you don't want to go, just resign!"

"Resign if you want to!"

Manager Qiao's face turned cold and he said unhappily, "If you resign, you will lose your equity incentives. If you want to get back what belongs to you, you should do your best this time and don't mess it up again. You know what? I'll say one thing for you. You almost didn't even become a vice president."

Zhang Wei hesitated for a while and nodded helplessly.

……

After leaving Youku, Li Mingyang drove back to the apartment and took out the account book.

Although his share of the movie box office revenue has not yet been paid, he is not short of money.

The accounts in the entertainment industry are very complicated.

If we simply calculate the revenue and net profit, even for Guangguang and Huayi, the accounts are shockingly low.

The combined annual revenue of the two may not be as good as that of Yanbei Wanda Plaza.

It is far less than the monthly revenue of a popular online game.

The entertainment industry is a world of fame and fortune.

Besides money, the most important thing is fame.

If you are famous, there are so many ways to make money.

Laymen generally believe that a TV series or film can only be successful if the stars can make a lot of money through commercial performances.

In fact, directors make more money, but more low-key.

The domestic film market is director-centered.

It is generally recognized that film directors and actors have box office appeal.

Taking Hong Kong as an example, the shareholders behind major film and television companies include film directors.

After a movie is successful, as long as the director launches a new project, people will give him money in large quantities. It is impossible to stop him and he has to refuse it.

Although the movie he will start shooting on Children's Day next year, it doesn't even have a name.

But Wang Changtian's words "the billion-dollar director has Zuo Shandiao as his endorsement" caused an uproar in the industry and also made Li Mingyang's fame rise to a new level.

Guangxian has signed many agreements and received a lot of investment.

This money cannot be made public for the time being because there is not even a project name, but it will not affect its use.

Li Mingyang had no money, so he went to ask for it.

In total, he took 5 million yuan, and he also borrowed 2 million yuan from Lao Gu, 2 million yuan from Wang Wei, 500,000 yuan from the stingy man, 1 million yuan from Boss Zhao, 500,000 yuan from Xinli, and 500,000 yuan from Huanrui...

I borrowed 20 million...

Li Mingyang doesn’t have many assets, but his fame in the entertainment industry is his asset.

Others don’t care how many houses, cars, or savings you have.
Others will only look at how much your fame is worth.

Just like Zhou Jielun and Mars Brother in the casino, they lost 300 to 400 million in one night, but they only needed to sign a contract and the casino would send them home, because the casino knew that as long as they squeezed them hard enough, they could easily make the money back.

The money of film investors can be defrauded, but the borrowed money must be repaid.

When Jing Tian saw his IOUs, her eyes almost popped out of her head in shock.

Originally, Li Mingyang planned to lend him 50 million.

But Jing Tian was worried and kept persuading him not to borrow again, so he had to give up.

Excluding the redemption of the car, food, clothing, housing, transportation, necessary expenses of the company, etc.

Plus the three million that was cheated out of Lao Jia.

By the end of the year, there was more than 2200 million yuan available for investment on the books.

After spending an afternoon calculating the accounts, we maximized our profits.

He plans to change the shooting order, shooting Running Man first and then Spy Playing House.

Li Mingyang picked up his phone and called Gong Yu, "Mr. Gong, I've thought about it and decided that it's better to resolve a feud than to create one. Let's go with Huayi! I plan to film Running Man during the summer vacation. What do you think?"

"You're right to think so. Do you have a plan? Bring it here. I'll submit it."

"We'll discuss the plan tomorrow... The production cost is not low, and there are many things required behind the scenes. Can it be done before the summer vacation?"

"With money, anything is possible. Where are you now? I'll come find you."

"I still have to contact other people. Tomorrow, tomorrow."

"Okay, come to Baidu tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Li Mingyang called Wang Changtian again and asked him to borrow the filming team.

Wang Changtian was a little surprised when he learned that Li Mingyang was going to shoot Running Man first. "Aren't you going to shoot Spy Game first? Why did you suddenly change the shooting order?"

"I haven't written a single word of the spy play script, so I'm sure I'll have to adjust the shooting order!"

"You're not going to cheat Tang Ren, are you?" Wang Changtian put down the tea in his hand and couldn't drink it anymore. "A TV series is not a movie, it doesn't matter whether it's written or not. Tang Ren's two fairy swords were written and revised while filming. Mr. Cai won't mind."

"I have something to remind you. You are no longer the unknown student you used to be. You still need to pay attention to the impact of some things."

"whats the matter?"

"Did you borrow money from those film and television companies?"

"Yeah, is there a problem? It's okay, isn't it? Isn't that what we all do?"

"That's fine, but you shouldn't take the money from the video company. They are essentially the opposite of us. You have to remember that you are first and foremost a member of the industry."

It's like you've never done it before, and you're the one who did it the worst.

Being both a referee and an athlete, he was screwed by people in the circle.

Well, now you don't have a chance.

"I see. Gong Yu from Baidu asked me to meet him to discuss the Running Man plan. Do you want to get together?"

"I don't have time to worry about that. Don't think too much about this variety show. Just grab all the benefits you can get and focus on the TV series. Variety shows are tools to make money, and the biggest winners are always the platforms and TV stations."

I chatted with Wang Changtian for a while and learned that the audit would take place at the end of the month.

Li Mingyang said congratulations and hung up the phone without waiting for Wang Changtian to curse.

Then Li Mingyang called Cai Yinong again.

When Cai Yinong heard that they would not be filming Spy House during the summer vacation, she flew into a rage on the spot, and Li Mingyang even heard the sound of a teacup breaking.

"Li Mingyang, do you think I'm easy to bully? I'm ready, and you're telling me you don't want to shoot anymore!"

"Gong Yu is in a hurry. I need to shoot Running Man first. Didn't you sell your share of Spy Play to Gong Yu? If you agree, I will sell you half of my share of Running Man."

"How much?" Cai Yinong became interested.

"Five points, two million."

“How can it be so expensive!”

"Huayi is also involved. They are 15. I estimate the total investment is around million."

"How much is Baidu?"

"It won't be lower than 55. They are the main investor."

Cai Yinong thought about it and agreed to the extension, but two million was too much, and she was only willing to pay one and a half million.

Li Mingyang hung up the phone directly.

Then he called Sohu. When Zhang Chaoyang heard that Running Man would be filmed in advance, he was very happy. His originally lazy voice immediately became excited.

"Director Li, my dear Director Li, you finally came to your senses. There is no time when we can't shoot TV series! Running Man is the most important thing. Don't worry, I will definitely help you make a good publicity plan this time and make it beautiful."

"No need, Baidu will take care of it."

"Every profession has its own specialty. Baidu just took advantage of the search engine bonus, but in fact it is nothing. For news, you still have to look to Sohu."

The low-level programmers on the Internet are all miserable and can’t even speak clearly.

However, once you enter the middle level of the Internet, you will start to brag, all of which is learned from working with PPT.

"That's what you say, but Baidu is the largest investor. If you work so hard, won't people laugh at you?" said Li Mingyang.

"It's just a little more. When I come back and buy out their shares, I will be the largest investor." Zhang Chaoyang said happily.

Outsiders say he is stingy, but actually he is not, he is just waiting for an opportunity.

Running Man is a perfect opportunity. The crazy number of clicks is definitely a powerful tool for attracting traffic, which is even more terrifying than Diaosi. In addition, the country is now determined to crack down on the chaos of piracy in the video industry.

If you don’t take action now, wait until later.

This time he let everyone know that he, Zhang Chaoyang, is very generous, but you just don’t understand.

"I'm afraid that won't work. Gong Yu has bought all the shares of other video websites." Li Mingyang said in an instigative way.

When Zhang Chaoyang heard this, he was stunned. Then he realized that he had been fooled by Gong Yu and those bastards.

Li Mingyang definitely had no good intentions when he told him this, but he really couldn't tolerate this.

"This Gong Yu is still the same as before. Okay, I'll hang up first. I have to get busy."

What are you busy with? Got Gong Yu!

He wanted to invite Li Yanhong to dinner and have a good chat.

There are five production companies for Running Man, including Huaguang Entertainment, Sohu, Huace, and Qinglou Brothers.

Made a phone call.

Test Wang Changtian's attitude, sow discord between Gong Yu and Zhang Chaoyang, introduce the difficult Cai Yinong, and borrow "Mistress Mie Jue" Zhang Wei.

With so many people involved, without him to control it, Running Man would definitely collapse.

Li Mingyang happily picked up the lighter and lit it occasionally.

He borrowed so much money just to take advantage of the information gap, develop Running Man at a low cost, and then take back the copyright of Running Man from others.

I don't ask for it all to myself, but I want to have the lion's share at least.

Now that Huayi has entered the game, the filming costs will definitely explode.

Gong Yu got the biggest share and he will definitely not let it go.

“Since I can’t get the copyright, I can only make a fortune.”

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(End of this chapter)