Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 129 Entrepreneurs are worse than pigs and dogs!
Even if Huayi was slow to realize it, he now knew about "In Time".

Because China Film Group is recruiting partners for "In Time".

The cost has been planned to be 1 million yuan, which will be in control of China Film Group, but that doesn't mean China Film Group will have to pay all the money. It won't recruit co-investors, and that's not how movies are made.

China Film anticipated that the industry would be pessimistic about science fiction blockbusters, but it didn’t expect it to be so pessimistic!
I contacted several companies, but they all said the risk was too high and they didn't dare to invest.

From the preparation period to now, it has been China Film Group and Li Qiutang personally who have been paying for the project.

After Wang Zhonglei learned about this, he had to reconsider his relationship with Li Qiutang.

He still didn't want to give up Li Qiutang, but "In Time" was too risky and he didn't want to do it.

However, Wang Zhonglei should have expected it. With Li Qiutang's intelligence, he should have known that Feng Xiaogang was behind this.

Call it jealousy or competition from colleagues, Feng Xiaogang doesn't want to see Li Qiutang at Huayi anymore.

Huayi also took the opportunity of "In Time" to meet Feng Xiaogang's requirements to some extent.

But as the helmsman of the largest private film company in the country, the Wang brothers always hope to have it all.

To meet Feng Xiaogang's requirements, but at the same time not wanting to lose Li Qiutang.

Feng Xiaogang's emotions, after all, are a matter of resource allocation. Doesn't he feel that Li Qiutang has risen too quickly and has stolen his limelight at Huayi? Doesn't he think that Li Qiutang, who is less than 25 years old and has made blockbusters like "The Whistleblower", is just wishful thinking for her to want to make a sci-fi blockbuster with an investment of over million yuan?

Li Qiutang didn’t say much about this matter. If you don’t invest, I will turn around and go to China Film.

Huayi didn't want to see Li Qiutang's attitude. If Li Qiutang had another quarrel with Feng Xiaogang, Huayi felt that the matter could still be handled.

He left so quietly that it was hard to tell what he was thinking.

Li Qiutang was recruited by Wang Zhongjun. Within the company, Wang Zhongjun has more face than Wang Zhonglei. It was Wang Zhongjun who came to see Li Qiutang today.

Wang Zhonglei is in charge of production business and the company's external statements, so he is bound to brag and act pretentiously, but Wang Zhongjun tends to be more realistic.

This was also the reason why Li Qiutang was more willing to talk to Mr. Wang.

But Wang Zhongjun's frankness this time still surprised Li Qiutang. He actually told Li Qiutang directly: "Don't worry about what Xiaogang says. Let's just talk about our business. Although Huayi Temple is not big, it can still accommodate you and Xiaogang."

"I also watched the PPT you brought back to the company for "In Time". You should also understand the company's decision. It's really that your story is too explicit. You basically scolded everyone."

Li Qiutang nodded, admitting that it did take courage to tell such a story, but this was not enough to convince Li Qiutang.

"You know Xiaogang, he's a very sharp-tongued person. Why are you arguing with him? We'll continue filming. I'll take care of Xiaogang's situation. He listens to me."

But Li Qiutang has thought it through during this period and realized that Huayi is certainly a company that can give him enough support and is now at its peak.

If Li Qiutang stayed, I believe Feng Xiaogang would not be able to do anything to him, and he was not afraid of Feng Xiaogang.

But now, I’m afraid this kind of thing will happen for the first time.

Once the chain of suspicion is formed, the relationship between the two sides can never go back to the way it was before.

Moreover, Li Qiutang also has his own plans. He wants to start his own business and start his own company!

As the saying goes, money is a person's courage. Li Qiutang has more than 2 million US dollars floating overseas. This 2 million US dollars gave Li Qiutang courage and made him feel that he should make a move. This 2 million US dollars floating overseas, if not brought back, Li Qiutang would feel uncomfortable, and he would have to pay a considerable management fee every year.

Li Qiutang started his business in an upright manner and there is nothing he cannot say openly.

Wang Zhongjun heard this and advised him not to start a business: "Starting a business is not a job for humans, it's for pigs and dogs!"

Wang Zhongjun was not really trying to scare Li Qiutang. Entrepreneurs are indeed worse than pigs and dogs.

Li Qiutang had run his own small company in his previous life and knew the hardships of starting a business.

Wang Zhongjun went from advising him not to get angry with Feng Xiaogang to advising him to be cautious in starting a business.

"It's not easy for you to earn money from filming these past two years. You can spend it on eating, drinking and having fun by supporting your parents. Why do you want to start a business?

"Let's not talk about signing the contract now. I'm telling you as an old entrepreneur that you really shouldn't start a business. You don't lack investment for making movies now, so why would you start a company?"

When he was having fun, Wang Zhongjun started to curse: "You also know that Huayi is going through the listing process. These people who play with capital are more evil than each other. There are many tricks involved."

But Li Qiutang was determined to start her own business, and Wang Zhongjun couldn't persuade her to change her mind.

At the same time, Li Qiutang raised one thing: "I am no longer in the company. If the company wants to take back my shares, I have nothing to say, so that others will not say that I am taking advantage of the company."

This request was rejected by Wang Zhongjun. Firstly, he was not such a stingy person. Secondly, he wanted to maintain his relationship with Li Qiutang through the original shares. If she was not in the company, then she was not in the company. But as long as Li Qiutang still held 220 million original shares of Huayi, Huayi would still have a story to tell.

Seeing that Li Qiutang had no intention of renewing her contract with Huayi and even started to start her own business, Wang Zhongjun couldn't possibly hinder her from making money.

But he still half-jokingly said: "From now on we will cooperate with each other in a public-to-public manner."

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "It's also a different way of cooperation."

At this point, Wang Zhongjun added: "Let's not tell anyone about the non-renewal. When reporters ask about it, we can just say we have changed our cooperation method."

"That's no problem." Li Qiutang didn't get along with Feng Xiaogang, and he didn't have any deep hatred with Huayi. He didn't want to make the breakup too ugly. It was just a matter of saying a few words, no big deal.

The breakup was settled, and Li Qiutang even joked, "We are now working together as a company. Mr. Wang, would you like to invest in In Time? We are currently recruiting partners."

Wang Zhongjun also joked: "Then bring your plan to my office."

The two chatted and laughed, then went their separate ways without further ado.

Li Qiutang said that he was not trying to fool Wang Zhongjun by starting a business, he really wanted to do it himself.

Although the conditions in all aspects are not very mature - as I said, things will not wait until you are fully prepared before you can do them - the basic conditions are already in place.

Starting a business is a natural thing.

His money is floating overseas, and starting a business is a good way to bring the money back.

Li Qiutang first registered a company called Haitang International in Hong Kong, and then established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Yanjing called Autumn Pictures.

Why go through the Hong Kong channel?
Because foreign capital cannot invest in the mainland's film and television industry, and Hong Kong capital is not considered foreign capital, it is convenient for Li Qiutang's $2 million overseas to return to the mainland through Hong Kong channels.

And the first project of Autumn Pictures is "In Time"!
(End of this chapter)