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Chapter 429 The Contract Was Not Negotiated

"Boss, I went to follow up on Wang Kai's film contract. The boss has to make a decision on this matter."

Qiao Yinghong started out as a broker. Although she is now the vice president of Ark Culture, she is mainly responsible for the content of the brokerage contract.

This time Fang Xing decided to let Wang Kai play "Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan" in the new play "Langya Bang".

The boss has made the decision, and the rest is naturally for the subordinates to discuss.

Qiao Yinghong heard about this incident, so she followed it up personally, but there was still no progress.

"Wang Kai's contract hasn't been finalized yet? Is it Wang Kai's personal problem, or his company's problem?" Fang Xing was a little surprised. It's been almost a week.

"It's like this. Liu Shijie from Huahuo Media proposed a cooperation plan. He wants to invest in "Langya Bang", and Wang Kai's film salary is 1000 million as an investment. In addition, Huahuo Media also asked for an additional investment of 1000 million. 2000 million investment quota." Qiao Yinghong told Huahuo Media's plan.

Fang Xing frowned after hearing this, but did not answer immediately.

If you only look at the plan proposed by Huahuo Media, it is actually a relatively common model in the entertainment industry.

There are generally no problems with this plan, but there are still minor problems in some details.

Simply put.

Huahuo Media's plan is equivalent to using 1000 million yuan to make an investment of 2000 million yuan.

In the financial market, money can make money.

Just the hand of Huahuo Media is considered a profit.

However, this is not the most critical.

The most important thing is that Wang Kai's 1000 million yuan remuneration is also used as an investment, which should account for the investment ratio of "Langya Bang".

Here, some details are subtle.

Strictly speaking, Wang Kai's 1000 million salary does not belong to Wang Kai.

Because Wang Kai has a management contract with Huahuo Media.

When Wang Kai first signed the agency contract with Huahuo Media, he was just a young [-]th-line actor.

Usually, the contract signed by these 2-line young actors has a 8:8 share ratio with the brokerage company, and the brokerage company gets [-].

A better contract can also be 3:7, and the brokerage company gets 7.

Calculated according to 3:7, out of the 1000 million remuneration, 300 million belongs to Wang Kai.

However, Huahuo Media wanted to use the 1000 remuneration to invest in "Langya Bang".

With Liu Shijie's character, it is impossible for Huahuo Media to play with Wang Kai in this investment contract.

In other words, if the investment in "Langya Bang" made a profit, Wang Kai could only get 300 million in the end.

Of course, if "Langya Bang" hits the street and the investment is in vain, that's another story.

In short, this plan is actually that Huahuo Media uses the remuneration of its artists as investment, and the money earned has nothing to do with the artists.

In fact.

Huahuo Media's doing this has nothing to do with Fang Xing.

Because that is Huahuo Media's own business.

However, it has always been very difficult to get a share of the investment in the project of Ark Culture.

Even a giant company in the film and television industry like Penguin Pictures needs to exchange hard-core resources if they want to invest in Ark Culture projects.

Huahuo Media held Wang Kai in their hands and wanted Ark Culture to accept their investment.

If this is a game of chess, I have to say that Liu Shijie is very good at chess.

Fang Xing thought about it for a while, and said, "How about this. Invite Wang Kai and the person in charge of Huahuo Media to come over, and let's chat face to face and see what they really want."

……

the next day.

Qiao Yinghong invited Liu Shijie, the director of Huahuo Media, and Wang Kai's management team to come over to discuss the contract.

Originally, Liu Shijie was going to let the company take full responsibility for Wang Kai's film contract, and he didn't plan to let Wang Kai come.

When Qiao Yinghong was an agent, she knew the rules of the entertainment agency industry too well, so in addition to contacting Huahuo Media, she also contacted Wang Kai herself.

ten o'clock in the morning.

Qiao Yinghong was in the conference room preparing the contract and materials to be discussed today.

After Fang woke up, Qiao Yinghong leaned close to Fang Xing's ear and reminded, "Huahuo Media probably doesn't intend to let Wang Kai come over to discuss the contract. However, I called Wang Kai. He has a job this morning and can't Come on time, but he repeatedly emphasized on the phone that he will come as soon as the work is over."

Fang Xing nodded, and said, "Ask the front desk, if anyone from Huahuo Media has arrived, and bring them here if they arrive."

Qiao Yinghong pressed the hands-free button of the landline in the meeting room, and then pressed the number representing the front desk: "Xiao Qiao, are the people from Huahuo Media here? Take them to meeting room No. 2."

It didn't take long.

Xiao Qiao at the front desk led four or five people in, they were the management team of Huahuo Media.

The leader is Liu Shijie, director of Huahuo Media.

Although he is the director, he is basically in charge of Huahuo Media's affairs.

Because the big boss of Huahuo Media is not in the film and television industry, but in the cold chain meat business. He has the name of the president, but he never cares about the company's affairs.

"Mr. Fang, hello, hello." Liu Shijie was very enthusiastic. As soon as he came up, he stretched out both hands, grabbed Fang Xing's hand and shook it several times.

After all, he was born as a broker, and Liu Shijie's communication skills are indeed strong.

At least when they meet, they smile and shake hands warmly, which really makes people feel very comfortable to get along with.

"Sit down, sit down."

Fang Xing withdrew his hand, asked the Huahuo Media team to sit down, then looked at Qiao Yinghong, and motioned for her to take charge of the discussion.

Qiao Yinghong took out a contract, handed it to Liu Shijie, and said, "Mr. Liu, this is the film contract that our company prepared for Mr. Wang Kai. Please read it first."

Liu Shijie opened it and glanced at it, mainly looking at the value of the salary.

Fang Xing thought it was troublesome, so he didn't intend to suppress Wang Kai's salary, so he directly wrote 1000 million in the contract.

This price is Wang Kai's current market price.

In fact, if Fang Xing wanted to reduce the salary, a [-]% discount should be acceptable.

However, the director of Huahuo Media in front of him has too many ideas, and the more he drags, the more troublesome he is, so he simply follows the market price.

After Liu Shijie read the contract, he closed it, crossed his fingers, looked at Fang Xing with a smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Fang, I don't know my idea of ​​investing in the "Langya Bang" project. What do you think?"

He is very clear that Fang Xing is the one who decides the Ark culture, so when he talks, he only looks at Fang Xing.

However, Fang Xing did not answer his words.

Qiao Yinghong maintained a smile and replied: "Mr. Liu, the investment for "Langya Bang" has been in place, and there is no shortage of money at present. If there is a project that needs investment in the future, we will find another opportunity to cooperate."

Liu Shijie lowered his head with a thoughtful expression, then raised his head after a while, and said, "Mr. Fang, our company is very sincere in cooperating with Ark Culture."

Qiao Yinghong shook her head again and replied: "I'm really sorry, the investment for "Langya Bang" has been finalized."

In fact.

The investment in "Langya Bang" is still being discussed, but the film and television investment companies that want to invest range from Ark Culture to film and television bases.

Therefore, "Langya Bang" does not lack investment at all.

Liu Shijie put away his smile and said, "Boss Fang, in Shangyanshang, there is another S-level big production, and he also wants us, Ah Kai, to play the male lead, and the salary offered is higher than the contract.

"Moreover, this S-level project agrees to the investment of Huahuo Media.

"So, if Ark Culture is not convenient for cooperation, we may have to choose another crew."

The S-level big production he said is indeed true.

This matter is not a secret in the industry. "Furong Tent Warming the Spring Night" even revealed to the outside world that Wang Kai was going to play the male second.

A week ago, Fang Xing heard from Liu Yonghe, director of the company's brokerage department, that Liu Shijie from Huahuo Media was very good at making money.

Now it's obvious.

According to the profit standards of the previous four TV series of Ark Culture, they are basically more than three times the profit.

Take three times the profit to calculate.

If we really cooperate according to Liu Shijie's plan.

Then, after "Langya Bang" makes a profit, the 2000 million investment in Liu Shijie's plan will get a return of 6000 million.

However, out of the 2000 million investment, 1000 million is Wang Kai's salary.

This is equivalent to Liu Shijie earning 1000 million with only 6000 million.

This method has a higher rate of return than Ark Culture's filming of dramas.

If the return rate of "Langya Bang" is more than three times, then he will earn more.

A profit of 6000 million yuan for a project, for a small company like Huahuo Media, which only has one profitable artist, is simply a classic operation case.

Moreover, Liu Shijie did have a card in his hand.

Because it wasn't just Ark Culture that was looking for him to talk to, but "Furong Tent Warming the Spring Night" was also urging him to sign a contract.

Moreover, "Furong Tent Warm Spring Night" does not exclude investment.

Chen Wenhan reserved this project. The initial investment was 1 million yuan, and later stars brought capital into the group, which gradually increased to 1.2 million yuan.

If Huahuo Media's investment is accepted, the total project investment will rise to 1.4 million.

Qiao Yinghong pondered for a moment, then said: "Mr. Liu, we sincerely invite Mr. Wang Kai to appear in "Langya Bang", and if the drama becomes popular, it will be good for your company and Mr. Wang Kai. Can't we simply get paid to participate in the show? ?”

Liu Shijie shook his head and apologized: "I'm really sorry, our company is not as rich and powerful as Ark Culture, and our business pressure is very high, so we need to make more money.

"I'm not afraid to tell the truth, the remuneration offered to us by "Furong Tent Warm Spring Night" has already reached 1200 million.

"If your company doesn't accept my cooperation proposal, then I can only choose "Furong Tent Warm Spring Night"."

Fang Xing listened on the sidelines and remained silent.

Seeing Liu Shijie's tough attitude now, Fang Xing sized him up for a while and asked, "Is this cooperation plan your company's idea? Or is it your own idea? Does Wang Kai know about this?"

Liu Shijie kept smiling and replied: "I mean what the company means. I am fully responsible for Ah Kai's work arrangements."

Fang Xing nodded slowly, shook his head and said with a light smile, "Let's be honest. My original intention was to find the original cast of "The Pretender" to film "Langya Bang", but I can't make a scene without a certain actor. degree.

"Since we can't reach an agreement, let's get together and break up. I also wish you a happy cooperation with other crews."

Saying this sentence is basically equivalent to talking about it.

However, at this time.

Xiao Qiao at the front desk led another person to the door, and it was Wang Kai who had just rushed over from business activities.

Wang Kai only brought one assistant with him, and just as he walked to the door of the conference room, he heard what Fang Xing said.

He froze for a moment.

A week ago, during the audition, he and Fang Xing had a very pleasant chat.

At that time, Fang Xing's attitude was very clear, the role of "Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan" belonged to him.

Moreover, he and Fang Xing had acted as brothers in "The Pretender", filmed together, and later promoted the show, and got along with each other for almost half a year.

The two of them can be said to have a very close relationship, and he understands Fang Xing's character.

Since he was said to be the role of "Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan" during the audition, it is impossible to go back on his word.

Wang Kai was stunned for a moment, and hurried into the conference room, trying to say: "Director Fang, I really like the script of "Langya Bang", can you give me another chance?"

Fang Xing sighed, and said, "The contract is not settled, let's discuss other matters in private."

Qiao Yinghong also looked at him, raised the film contract in her hand, and said, "This is the contract, do you want to see it?"

Wang Kai wanted to go over to get the contract, but Liu Shijie got up, pressed his shoulder, and said, "A Kai, the contract is not agreed, let's go back first."

The team of Huahuo Media took Wang Kai away, and the negotiation failed.

after the meeting.

Fang Xing notified the crew to find another actor to audition for "Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan".

The preliminary preparations for "Langya Bang" have almost been completed, and it will be launched in two weeks.

It is impossible for this project to delay the work of the entire crew because the contract of an actor cannot be negotiated.

Moreover, the schedules of other actors have already been finalized, if the start of the film is postponed because Wang Kai's contract cannot be negotiated, this will cause problems with other actors' schedules.

Therefore, no matter whether Wang Kai's contract can be negotiated or not, the production crew must start on time.

If Wang Kai can't act, he has to find other actors to replace him.

The role of "Prince Jing Xiao Jingyan" does require certain acting skills, but it is not particularly difficult to play. There are many actors in China who can play it.

Of course, in terms of remuneration and image, it may not be as suitable as Wang Kai.

……

During lunch break.

Fang Xing's cell phone rang, it was a WeChat message from Wang Kai.

Wang Kai: Director Fang, do you have time to say something?
Fang Xing: Yes.

After the message was sent, the other end initiated a voice call.

After Fang Xing connected, he took the initiative to say: "This time the contract has not been negotiated, so don't be emotional. There will definitely be opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Wang Kai sighed and said, "I probably know what's going on. In fact, I really want to act. It doesn't matter if the salary is lower."

Fang Xing complained: "Your Mr. Liu wants too much, does the boss of your company care about things? He listens to everything?"

Wang Kai replied helplessly: "Actually, the big boss of the investment company is not in the film and television industry, but the big boss of the cold chain meat business. He invested in starting a company, but he never asked about the company's affairs. Mr. Liu is in charge."

"Is that so..."

Fang Xing did not expect that the big boss of Huahuo Media was an amateur.

However, this situation is quite common in the entertainment industry.

This boss is considered lucky, the company produced an entertainer who can make money, otherwise the money he invested would probably be in vain.

After the chat, Fang Xing thought about it seriously, and then asked his assistant to invite Qiao Yinghong over.

"Boss, are you looking for me?" Qiao Yinghong knocked on the office door.

"Go check the background of Huahuo Media and see if you can contact the boss of Huahuo." Fang Xing arranged a job for her.

Qiao Yinghong said with a smile, "Wait a minute."

As she spoke, she turned and went out, and came back not long after, put a piece of information in front of Fang Xing, and said, "I checked the background of Huahuo Media a long time ago, the company has been registered for less than two years, and the background is very simple.

"The boss who invested in Huahuo Media is in the cold chain meat business, and to put it jokingly, he sells pork.

"Of course, this boss has a big business. Investing in the film and television industry is out of interest. He probably didn't intend to make money from it at the beginning."

Fang Xing flipped through the information and said, "Then contact Boss Tao and ask him to have tea."

(End of this chapter)