My movie scares global audiences to tears

Chapter 49 Eternal Films' Sweet Dates and Sticks
"Hello."

Song Qi reached out to shake Tian Xiaojun's hand, and asked doubtfully, "Boss Tian came to see me, what's the matter?"

"I'm your fan."

Tian Xiaojun said with a smile: "I have watched "Jaws" and "Deep Cold" at least five times, and they are very good. I am here this time just to get to know each other. If you are free, we can go out and have a chat." , let’s talk together, is it convenient for me to know?”

He spoke straightforwardly, Song Qi looked at him, thinking secretly.

He and this President Tian have never met each other before, and in the end he was going to invite him to dinner. There must be something wrong with it.

After pondering for a while, he nodded and said, "It just so happens that we are going to have dinner too. If Mr. Tian doesn't mind, let's go together!"

"it is good!"

Tian Xiaojun nodded unceremoniously, and asked with a smile: "Then just take my car and go!"

He stretched out his hand to greet him, and the driver drove his speeding business sedan over.

"No, I have a car."

Song Qi picked up the key and pressed it, and a hoarse horn sounded from the corner of the parking lot.

Pony took the key and ran over, and after a while, drove a small car over.

Tian Xiaojun looked at the small car that was almost half the length of his own car, was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, I'll just follow behind."

Several people got into the car respectively, and the pony drove in front, heading for the restaurant.

In the car, Xiao Ma glanced at the rearview mirror, shook his head and said, "Brother Qi, I don't think this Mr. Tian seems to be a good person!"

Song Qi also felt this way, rubbing the bridge of his nose when he heard this, "Just wait and see what happens!"

Soon, the two cars arrived at the door of a Yangxiezi hot pot restaurant one after the other.

"It's cold, eat something warm, can Tian always eat spicy food?"

Song Qi greeted Tian Xiaojun who got out of the car and looked at him.

"sure, no problem."

Tian Xiaojun was very calm, with a smile on his face.

Song Qi and the others entered the store first, and when they were waiting for the reserved information at the bar, the cashier saw Song Qi, suddenly startled, pointed at him and opened his mouth wide, yelling "ahhh", but couldn't say his name.

Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Song Qi reminded her: "Big octopus."

"Ah! That's right! You are that big octopus! Ah bah... no!"

The cashier blushed excitedly and said, "You are the hero in that big octopus movie!"

"Yes, it's me."

Song Qi asked with a smile: "Can I get a discount for brushing my face?"

"hey-hey!"

The cashier smiled embarrassedly: "I'm just a part-time job."

"I know, to tease you, as much as you want."

Song Qi smiled, and followed the waiters to the box.

"Director Song is really famous!"

Tian Xiaojun sat down and made a joke.

"We come here often, and it's not surprising to recognize me."

Song Qi didn't bother to be polite to him, so he got straight to the point and asked, "President Tian, ​​what do you want from me? Just tell me straight!"

"Haha! Director Song Qi is really quick to talk, so I won't talk nonsense."

Tian Xiaojun smiled, and then said seriously: "Actually, I am here this time to invite you to join Eternal Pictures."

Hearing the word "Join" in his mouth, Song Qi frowned.

It's okay to cooperate, join?

After taking a sip of tea, Song Qicai smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Tian, ​​for your love, and also thank you for the attention of Eternal Pictures, but I have already established my own film and television company, and I have no intention of joining other people's team at present."

"Hey! Director Song, don't rush to refuse, let's talk first!"

Tian Xiaojun smiled and said: "You may not know much about our Eternal Pictures, let me tell you about our Eternal Pictures first!
The predecessor of Eternal Pictures was the second branch of Modu Film Studio, and it has been 78 years since the restructuring.

Over the past 78 years, Eternal Films has produced a total of 1829 films, trained three super directors, 67 first-level directors, 33 actor kings, 62 actress queens, and countless related practitioners.

In terms of film and television production, Eternal Films is definitely among the top companies in China..."

Song Qi looked at Tian Xiaojun's eloquence, and exchanged glances with Xiao Ma helplessly.

After Tian Xiaojun finished explaining, Song Qicai said again: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tian, ​​I really don't have this idea."

Tian Xiaojun's smile remained unchanged: "Why don't we talk about treatment?"

"..."

Song Qi was speechless, but Tian Xiaojun thought he had acquiesced, and said with a smile: "Our Eternal Pictures has a special talent training mechanism. For talents with great potential, we will have special funds and teams to assist them. Make achievements.

If you join Eternal Pictures, we will invest one billion yuan in you every year. You can use the money to shoot works or invest in yourself. The company will fully respect your choice, and except for some basic requirements, no There will be too many harsh constraints on you, and it is still very humane. "

One billion a year... Hearing this condition, Song Qi was somewhat moved.

The concept of investing in yourself is very broad. Buying yourself a luxury house and car, cultivating your aristocratic temperament and social circle in the upper class all belong to the category of investing in yourself, which is equivalent to giving him [-] million flowers a year.

After all, it is Eternal Pictures, it is really rich and powerful!
But unfortunately, Song Qi still shook his head: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tian, ​​I still want to try to start my own business."

Tian Xiaojun was finally a little surprised: "Start a business? In the current film and television industry, how can there be a chance to start a business?"

"Always give it a try!"

Song Qi smiled.

"Naive..."

Tian Xiaojun shook his head, and then explained: "I'm a bit blunt, don't mind, I just want to say that today's film and television industry is a game of capital, almost no one can start from scratch, this is determined by the market environment."

He looked at Song Qi, and said seriously: "You have experience in three films, you should know this, why do you Xinyu Film and Television can invest and earn all the money by yourself, but why do you want to bring in so much investment? Joint production ? If you have money, you need everyone to make it together, or you will be fucked, that’s how the market is.”

Seeing his serious face, Song Qi suddenly asked: "Then if I insist on trying it myself, will Tian always mess with me?"

"meeting."

Tian Xiaojun is very calm: "I'm straight, don't mind, but the market cake is so big, if a newcomer comes up, it means that there is an extra mouth to grab the cake, even if Eternal Pictures doesn't deal with you, other film and television companies will do the same. you."

"..."

Tian Xiaojun's directness made Song Qi a little confused. Is this the way big companies communicate?

"I'm talking about an extreme situation. Blindly suppressing newcomers is not a virtuous circle of business, so our goal of Eternal Pictures is to make the cake bigger and let everyone have a cake. This requires a lot of people who are as good as you, Director Song. If more filmmakers join in, we will join forces to achieve win-win cooperation and become bigger and stronger!"

Tian Xiaojun smiled and was very confident: "As the saying goes, leaning against a big tree is a good way to enjoy the shade. We Eternal Pictures will never treat our people badly. If you choose us, you will definitely not regret it. I guarantee it with my career!"

Song Qi was silent. Tian Xiaojun was a master negotiator, he used both kindness and force when he spoke, even dismissing and hitting him, so that he didn't know how to say no.

"Is Mr. Tian with a contract?"

he asked.

As if expecting him to ask this question, Tian Xiaojun smiled and took out a standard contract and handed it to Song Qi.

After a quick scan, Song Qi's expression changed. After a long time, he shook his head with a smile and said, "Mr. Tian, ​​I'm sorry, but I still can't join Eternal Pictures. Everyone has their own ambitions. I hope Mr. Tian will not force him."

This time, Tian Xiaojun was really surprised: "Do you feel dissatisfied with any terms? This is just a standard contract, and the details can still be discussed."

"No need."

Song Qi shook his head: "I've already made up my mind, let's eat!"

The treaty in this contract is quite overbearing, not only the director's final editing rights must be taken away, but also all content copyrights and surrounding copyrights of the work must be taken away.

After signing the contract, he completely became a pure wage earner, but with a higher salary.

Song Qi knew very well that Tian Xiaojun's so-called ability to negotiate was nothing more than the salary and the amount of special funds. He didn't want to discuss any of these copyrights.

Copyright is the most valuable thing, how could Song Qi agree to such an overlord contract?

Tian Xiaojun was silent for a while, then put away the contract with a smile, and stopped mentioning it, and started chatting happily with Song Qi and the others.

He is cheerful, good at self-deprecating, and also likes to joke. The few people chatted while eating, and the atmosphere quickly returned to joy.

Not only that, Tian Xiaojun also took advantage of the restroom, went to the bar to buy the bill, and bought a [-] membership card so that Song Qi and the others could come and spend when they were free.

The two parties bid farewell at the entrance of the hot pot restaurant. Xiao Ma watched Tian Xiaojun's car leave and asked worriedly, "Brother Qi, will you sign the contract?"

"Of course not." Song Qi replied without thinking.

Hearing this, Xiao Ma became even more worried: "If you don't sign, will this guy mess with us?"

"Ugh!"

Song Qi sighed: "We will definitely do it, it depends on whether we can hold on."

"Not afraid!"

Xiao Ran cheered on: "We don't steal or rob, what can he do with us?"

Song Qi smiled and did not explain.

If only society were this simple.

Song Qi's expected blow came soon, and it came faster than he expected.

A few days later, Xiao Ma got the news that Xinyu Film and Television seemed to be in some trouble with the payment facility.

The theater chains that were originally scheduled to settle and pay at the end of the month suddenly changed their minds, saying that they had difficulties in capital turnover and could only settle with commercial acceptance bills.

A commercial acceptance bill is a bill of exchange issued by an enterprise with credit as an endorsement. To put it bluntly, it is an IOU. The bank does not recognize it at all, and it is basically impossible to spend it in the market.

The originally promised cash turned into a commercial acceptance bill overnight, and I knew with my ass that someone was doing something behind it.

As for the person who caused the trouble, if nothing else, it was Eternal Pictures.

Except for Eternal Pictures, there are not many companies with such influence that can influence so many theaters to change their faces together.

The 1 yuan membership card was obviously a sweet date given by Tian Xiaojun, and this wave of cash turning into a business contract is naturally a big stick.

Song Qi didn't expect Tian Xiaojun to be so decisive and ruthless in his attack. After this move, things were really tricky.

(End of this chapter)