Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 348 Gathering together

Li Tang's lawyer was introduced by Director Xiao Teng. China is such a big country, so of course you need to find a local lawyer for local matters.This lawyer Zhang is said to be very good at litigating divorce cases.In the memory of Li Tang's previous life, lawyers who were good at divorce cases in the United States were usually very powerful, especially in the economic field.

In fact, what Li Tang wanted to consult was a small case in the eyes of Lawyer Zhang. The main reason was that he did not understand the policy.What Zeng Jia told him was legal and compliant. Today's investment promotion and tax reduction and exemption policies are similar to those used to attract foreign investment in the early stages of reform.

If you want to attract people to invest real money, you must first let them get benefits and make money.This is the same as making a nest when fishing. If you don't want to let go of children, you won't be able to trap the wolf.

As for Li Tang's excuse for not allowing Zhang, a lawyer who specializes in divorce litigation, to serve as the studio or company's legal advisor in the future, he still wants Zeng Jia to find a candidate?
It’s still the same saying: It’s essential to be on guard against others, and you’ll understand by listening at the same time.To put it bluntly, what if people collude together? You can’t just listen to what others say. You must make your own judgment.

When the interests are small, everyone can talk about feelings and loyalty.When the interests are great, they cannot be controlled by so-called emotions and loyalty, and problems must be nipped in the bud.Not letting others take advantage of the situation is also protecting this rare feeling and loyalty.

Of course, Li Tang couldn't let Zeng Jia do what he did for nothing. Maintaining relationships and drawing big cakes were all vain, and everything in life was for profit.

"I asked a lawyer to help draft an investment agreement. You can take a look first." Li Tang threw the agreement directly on the coffee table and said.

"What investment agreement?"

Zeng Jia was stunned for a moment, thinking someone wanted to invest, so she picked up the investment agreement and opened it.But when she saw the most important content of the agreement, she couldn't believe her eyes for a moment. She read it carefully twice. After confirming that it was correct, in addition to being surprised, she felt more relieved.

Zeng Jia has always advocated realizing personal value.What is the measure of personal worth?It’s nothing more than power and money.She has the right now, and she basically has the final say on the current work of the studio.

But she knew that this power was granted to her because of Li Tang's trust in her.In other words, this power has no foundation and can be taken away at any time.But once her shares in the company are clear, she is a partner of the company, and this power becomes more legitimate.

The same is true for money. The 5% shareholding has exceeded her expectations. If nothing else, the studio has made more than 2000 million yuan this year, and the 5% income has exceeded 100 million yuan, which is enough to buy a big house in the capital.

The reason why she said she was relieved was because she felt that she was not with the wrong person.Originally, she thought that even after the company was established, after it achieved results or before the company went public, Li Tang might be able to reward her based on merit and give her some shares, or maybe options.But she never expected that Li Tang would already take her into consideration the moment he agreed to establish the company.

Zeng Jia forcibly suppressed her excitement and smiled: "Brother, if you ask me to invest, I have no money."

Li Tang glanced at her, smiled and said: "You are not asked to pay, these 5% are equity incentives. Once this company is established, if you suddenly tell me that you quit and want to leave, where will I go?" Looking for someone to go?"

"Brother, don't forget that I was the one who encouraged you to start your own business. You won't run away even if you kill me!"

"No, don't be too busy showing your loyalty first. I'm not afraid of ten thousand, I'm afraid of the worst. You said that if someone poached you with equity and a high salary, wouldn't you leave?"

Originally, the conversation between the two was a bit joking, but at this time Zeng Jia shook her head with a serious face and said: "No! Unless you drive me away, I will definitely follow you."

This statement can easily cause ambiguity, especially Zeng Jia's long legs and other things, which were all experienced by Li Tang personally last time. They are definitely genuine and have no gaskets or anything like that.

For a moment, his originally calm eyes became erratic, and he didn't even want to look at the other person directly. He quickly changed the topic and said: "By the way, you don't mind if I become a shareholder in the name of the studio, right?"

The new Shengtang Film and Television has not yet been officially established, so let’s call it that.In the future, Shengtang Film and Television will have two shareholders. Li Tang Studio will hold 95% of the shares in the name of a legal person shareholder, and Zeng Jiazuo, a natural person shareholder, will hold 5%.

Because the studio is solely owned by Li Tang, it means that Li Tang controls 95% of the shares.To put it bluntly, all the profits created by Li Tang Studio before, including the dozen or so houses in Wangjing that were just bought, have nothing to do with the current company shareholder Zeng Jia.

Zeng Jia noticed Li Tang's evasive eyes and realized that what she just said could easily lead to misunderstandings. She was inevitably a little disappointed for a moment, but was soon overwhelmed by the sense of accomplishment at work.As long as he signs this investment, he is completely tied to Li Tang, and the career goals he originally planned have been achieved ahead of schedule.

Compared with career achievements, what is a little emotional loss?What's more, she has always been a pessimist. She often warns that God is fair and that all good things cannot be taken away by one person.If she was asked to choose between career and love, she would choose career without hesitation.

At this moment, he immediately smiled and said: "Don't tell me, I am still thinking about the dozen or so houses that seem to have nothing to do with me!"

"That's easy. I can give you a house now, but you have to exchange a certain share. How about that?"

Although it was a joke, Li Tang was somewhat probing.

However, Zeng Jia was not ambiguous at all, she just curled her lips and said "cut": "I won't change it!"

Li Tang used the studio to invest in the house. On the one hand, he also considered the future development and interests on the other hand.

For example, if Li Tang uses his studio to invest in shares, the biggest advantage is that he uses the studio as a "wallet" and does not need to pay taxes on future dividends and dividend income.In addition, reinvesting dividends in the future can also effectively avoid corporate income tax and personal income tax.

Of course, there are gains and losses. For example, if the equity transfer occurs in the future, the studio will have to pay 25% corporate income tax. If Li Tang still wants to transfer the money to his own name, he will also have to pay 20% personal income tax.

However, equity transfer is still far away for Li Tang. Unless the company develops to the scale of Huayi Brothers, cooperation between capitals may occur.

So he explained this deep-seated reason to Zeng Jia.In fact, Zeng Jia, not to mention Zeng Jia, knew all this. After all, he had been in charge of the studio for such a long time, so he still knew some basic equity structures, taxes, etc.

When he saw Zeng Jia signing his name on the last page of the agreement without hesitation, Li Tang couldn't help but said, "Are you going to stop taking a serious look at it?"

Zeng Jia raised her head and said plausibly: "Didn't you just say that you were afraid that I would leave before giving you this equity incentive? You even gave me the equity, and I was afraid that you would dig holes in this agreement!" "Uh..."

Well, you are right!

Zeng Jia has a strong execution ability. On the same day, he invited the staff responsible for investment promotion from the local development zone to come over and start discussing various preferential policies.

The negotiation went smoothly, but in the final analysis it was because of Li Tang's star power.

Shengtang Film and Television was soon established, so Li Tang's title was changed from the original head of Li Tang Studio to the chairman of Shengtang Film and Television, and Zeng Jia naturally became the director and general manager.

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On this day, people gathered together in the reception room on the third floor of the company.

Director Xiao Teng said with envy: "Li Tang, you are really big. Don't forget your brother if there are any good opportunities in the future!"

He watched Li Tang rise step by step with his own eyes. When he first came into contact with Li Tang, on the one hand, it was because of Senior Lu’s reputation, and on the other hand, he felt that his acting skills were good and he had just won the Huabiao Film Newcomer Award. , maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

But after getting in touch with him later, I found that Li Tang was indeed a good person. He would not deliberately flatter him, he would speak honestly, and he would never boast like others. On the contrary, Director Xiao Teng was willing to be friends with him.

From Li Tang's perspective, everyone is similar, with selfish and hypocritical sides.Although Director Xiao Teng also had this or that problem, at least he was quite honest with him, so Li Tang was willing to make him a friend.

From the beginning, the two of them were fair-weather friends and gradually developed into good friends like Wu Jing and Xu Guangtou.

At this time, Li Tang didn't mind hearing Xiao Teng's sour words. He knew that Di Gebiang was particularly envious and jealous of Zhang Baibai.

Indeed, ever since he learned that "Metro to Spring" was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, director Xiao Teng has often reflected on how a small-budget film that he didn't even think highly of could be successful with Li Tang's participation. Can it be shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival?

Although it is only a screening unit, you must know how many domestic directors dream of participating in overseas exhibitions, let alone the three famous European ones.

And everyone who knows it knows that Zhang Baibai's being shortlisted this time is equivalent to getting a ticket to the overseas film industry, and he can even become a familiar face in Europe. If there is a chance in the future, he can definitely do it again. further.You must know that the leading figures of the so-called sixth generation of directors who are famous today: Chief Jia, Zhang Yuan, Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai and others all came here step by step.

In fact, he has also been transitioning into the film industry in the past two years, and has successively made two art films. Unfortunately, let alone participating in overseas exhibitions, he can't even make a splash at home.In desperation, he could only go back to tinkering with his TV series.

Especially now when he saw Zhang Baibai and Liu Fendou with their expressions full of excitement and longing for their upcoming trip to Venice, the sour water in his stomach kept pouring out.

Li Tang ignored his sarcastic words and said with a smile: "You are doing well in this drama now. I must praise you!"

At this time, Beijing Satellite TV is broadcasting the urban idol drama "You Must" directed by Xiao Teng, starring popular niche actor Chen Kun and Ziwei Gelin Xinru, as well as Beijing entertainment actor Ding Zhicheng. It is said that the ratings are quite good.Just yesterday, Li Tang heard the little girl in the company talking about the plot of this drama.

Li Tang only watched a few episodes occasionally, and he always wanted to support the works directed by his friends.Otherwise, we won’t be able to chat next time we meet, which would be embarrassing.

To be honest, the plot and acting skills are quite average. That is to say, Chen Kun and Lin Xinru are very popular now, so they can naturally drive the ratings.However, he was attracted by the second female lead in this drama named Yang Xue.To be precise, it feels like déjà vu.

After thinking for a long time, he remembered that there was a Chinese actress who looked almost exactly like her in "Independence Day 2" that he had watched in his previous life. He thought it was the same person at first.But then I thought about it and it seemed impossible. After all, it was a movie made 14 years later. How could a woman not change at all after 14 years?
The most important thing is that he was deeply impressed by the name of the actress in "Independence Day 2" at that time, so he chose the English name "Angel Baby".Think about it, how could a serious person choose such a name?

But having said that, Director Xiao Teng is still doing quite well in the TV industry. From his first famous work "New Romance Era" to now, several TV series have good ratings.

But this guy was obviously not satisfied with his current results. Hearing Li Tang mention his TV series, he just snorted lightly and turned back to chat with Wu Jing.

Speaking of Wu Jing, he actually came here on crutches today.Not long ago, while filming the martial arts TV series "Golden Silk Rain", my knee was accidentally hit by an axe.

Although action actors will inevitably encounter bumps and bruises when filming, take Kung Fu Emperor Li Lianjie for example. When we worked together on "Hero" last time, Li Tang heard that he was covered in injuries.It's just that Wu Jing's injury was more serious this time, his kneecap was broken, and he would need to recover from the injury for at least half a year.

But this guy is in very good spirits recently, and the reason is that he is in love again.Li Tang also knew the girl, the ethnic minority girl named Yaqi when she and her ex-girlfriend and Xiao Pang were filming "Youth Out".The two met when they were working together on "The King of Shaolin" at the beginning of the year. It was almost the same as when he was filming "The Master of Tai Chi". They saw each other right and then came together.

Compared to the noisy and angry Zhang Baibai and Liu Fendou, Li Tang prefers to chat with the quiet Diao Yinan.Of course, this quietness is relative, that is, not ostentatious, always looking very stable.And compared to Zhang Baibai and Liu Fendou, who are both crooked and crooked, Diao Yinan is definitely a handsome guy.Last year, he even starred in the art film "Tomorrow" directed by Hong Kong director Yu Liwei. This film was also shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section of this year's Cannes Film Festival along with "The Little Seamstress".

Still the same sentence: Circle is very important!
Yu Liwei is Chief Jia's old partner. In addition to the quality of the film itself, Chief Jia must have contributed a lot to being shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival.

We happened to be talking about this movie at this time. Li Tang regretted that he didn't stay in Cannes for long and couldn't see the movie. He even joked with Diao Yinan that he should just become an actor instead of a screenwriter because of his good looks. , a perfect uncle style, little girls will definitely like it.

Diao Yinan shyly said that he was just helping out at that time and that he still liked writing.Then we naturally chatted about a script he is currently writing...

　I don’t know what happened today. I originally had a lot of material, but something didn’t feel right as I wrote it. I don’t know what I was writing. Maybe it was because I wasn’t focused enough.

　　
　
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