China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 117 Excellent work, betting against shares, happy death day
From the broadcast to the end of July, the ratings of "Goddess Dragon" fluctuated slightly around 4%.

Whether the final average ratings will exceed 4% will still be a suspense.

But for Xingchen Film and Television, whether to exceed or not to exceed, the price difference of the episodes is about [-].

The difference between the two TV stations combined is only about 90.

It doesn't have a particularly large impact on overall earnings.

What Lu Pingan valued was not the money, but the experience gained through the issuing company.

With this experience, I believe that the next time the company releases works, it will be able to maximize the advantages of publicity, schedule and profit.

The ratings have basically been confirmed, and Lu Pingan took the time to have dinner with the deputy directors of the two TV stations.

During the dinner, they all asked Lu Pingan about his TV series plans.

This time "Goddess Dragon" was a small hit, which is an achievement for both of them.

Political achievements are sometimes not too much.

The audience also had higher expectations for Lu Ping An's TV series.

So they both set their sights on Lu Pingan, wanting to come to a place close to the water first.

Lu Ping'an's answer is the same: he is still revising the script, and he is not sure when it will be done.

TV dramas are going to be done, but not now.

But now, I can't do it myself, but I can take over the distribution business. In the future, there will be a lot of gold in the market, and there will be no shortage of business.

As far as the two deputy directors are concerned, they don't care whether the show is yours or not, as long as the ratings are high.

After several successful cooperations, Lu Pingan will really make his own self-made drama at that time, and he will be able to get a good price as much as possible.

After eating, Lu Pingan returned to Beijing to continue the post-stage liver.

During the period, Dong Xuan called and said some words of thanks.

The Goddess Dragon fires Dong Xuan and Qiao Zhengyu, Dong Xuan's career has officially started, and the future may be better than the original time and space.

She said that she has received so many film appointments and announcements recently that she couldn't pick one.

Then he changed the subject and wanted to meet him and ask him to help the staff.

Lu Pingan agreed, and at the same time made a request for her to wear the costume of the goddess dragon.

Didn't say anything about the new show that night, just did what had to be done.

She left early the next morning.

Lu Pingan wishes her a smooth journey.

On August 8rd, "Goddess Dragon" ended, with an average rating of 3%, and a small profit of 4.05 million in the first round, after tax.

On the same day, Lu Ping'an's post-work was also completely completed.

Lu Ping'an + Zhang Yifan, Lu Ping'an was in charge of editing, Zhang Yifan was in charge of color grading, and finally added the soundtrack that had been prepared a long time ago. It took a total of just over a month.

The final score after the completion of the film is 101%.

Lu Pingan got his third super reward in a thrilling manner.

[Time Cage: The host can use the time cage to randomly obtain a movie with a score of 9.2 or higher in the time and space before the host travels, and there will be no rewards after the obtained movie is finished (this item reward can be used in conjunction with the next super reward, and the item has a time limit of six moon)】

This is really amazing!

Lu Ping'an looked excited.

After absorbing all the reward information, he knew.

This is to get a masterpiece before 2000 out of thin air!

After the reward is drawn, all information about the work in time and space will be erased without any impact.

And there's more than one!
For example, within 6 months, he got another super reward. Once stacked, he can randomly draw twice!
This is a work with a score of 9.2 or more!
Lu Ping'an couldn't help thinking, if he got "Farewell My Concubine", the great poet would be in danger!

But after being excited, Lu Pingan thought about it carefully, and this thing is actually not that good.

After all, getting a good work and shooting it are two different things.

What if you encounter a bad adaptation?

As a Chinese, Lu Pingan is not suitable for some films.

And there is no reward after the filming is over.

If you want to increase the chance one more time, you need to consume a super reward.

Each Mega Reward is unique, consume them for just one movie?
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a good deal.

Lu Pingan thought about it, and decided to let it go.

Anyway, the statute of limitations is 6 months, so take your time.

The domestic film business is settled, and in the future it will first hit the Berlin Film Festival next year.

After the arrangement, Hollywood Wattsberg also called again to urge the next movie.

"Chain Saw 1" made a lot of money, which made Wattsberg regret it, so it is obviously impossible for "Chain Saw 2" to be as 1-[-] as "Chain Saw [-]".

Of course, Lu Pingan can also cooperate with other companies in the form of a share, but the problem is that in Hollywood, without acquaintances, doing so would really be extremely risky.

Therefore, we still have to cooperate with Summit, but the mode needs to be changed.

Lu Pingan didn't want to work part-time to earn a small amount of money, so this time in the past, he was going to directly talk about buying shares, and formally regard the summit as his base in Hollywood.

Xiang Guoqiang has prepared several plans, and there will always be one that Watts likes.

. . . . . .

"It's a pity that there is no sun today~"

Santa Monica, the same hotel.

Yu Feihong slumped on Lu Ping'an's body, looking at the continuous rain outside the window with so much emotion.

The weather on the west coast today is not very good, and the expected sunset did not appear, which made Yu Feihong a little disappointed.

So she pinched Lu Ping'an's nose after sighing, "It's all your fault for coming so late."

"Isn't it busy?"

Lu Pingan put aside her hand.

There is no seriousness in the woman's attack, and her nose is almost broken.

"Come out, I'm going to take a shower."

"Stay a little longer."

"It's going to leak"

After taking a shower, Yu Feihong took out the script and continued discussing with Lu Pingan on the bed.

Recently she changed the script, she felt that before filming "Love Has an Afterlife", she had to use a project to practice her hands, so she has the current "I Love You Goodbye", which is adapted from the novel "Wine Red Ice Blue".

I have some impressions of this film Lu Pingan, and I remember all the kiss scenes between Yu Feihong and Huang Jue throughout the whole process.

Yu Feihong asked again at this time: "Why don't you come to be the hero?"

"I don't know how to act."

"I don't want to be with anyone else."

"Then delete these kissing scenes."

"Deleting it is not good."

"Then use a stand-in, borrow a seat."

"It's not that real."

"The technology is in place, and everything can be photographed for you."

"I still want you to act."

Still not tired enough!
For this kind of problem, Lu Pingan's solution is the same as the previous few times.

That is to do her!
After messing around all day, Yu Feihong was ready to return home the next morning.

Due to the delay of Lu Pingan's side, the original half-month holiday was only left for one day.

That's enough. After relaxing, we can talk about business.

Came to the summit and met with Watts.

The first is about the split between "Chain Saw 1" and "Source Code".

Lu Ping'an's total income from the two films was around 5100 million, pre-tax.

Among them, "Chain Saw 1" accounted for the bulk, because the global box office was finally fixed at 1.28 million, many of which were divided.

The disc of "Chain Saw 1" has also begun to be released, and the income is expected to be good.

In terms of money transfers, Watts is still reliable and did not set up difficulties for him. Now 70% of the money has arrived, and was injected into the stock market by Xiang Guoqiang a few days ago.

This laid a good foundation for the subsequent negotiations.

Then the two sides chatted about "Chainsaw 2".

Lu Pingan also directly put forward his own ideas.

"I want to invest in your company."

After hearing this, Watts was not surprised.

In fact, using shares to absorb Lu Pingan was one of the plans he had prepared from the beginning.

The shareholders also hope to recruit Lu Pingan as a partner. In this case, at least the copyright of "Chain Saw" will not be divided as before.

Then flicker and flicker to achieve complete binding.

So this negotiation can be regarded as a two-way rush.

Only in the specific share negotiation link, the two sides have a lot of differences.

Ping An didn't want to take only a small amount of shares, at least 30%, that is, own most of the rights.

Minority shareholders + directors, as well as project leadership, are very safe.

No matter how much, such as more than 50%, he would not dare to take it. After all, this is Laomei.

And if you really want to take full control, you will definitely not spend so much money on a single film production company. The theater chain is the best choice. The theater chain is different from the production company. One is an entity, and the other is a cultural industry. The degree of protection different.

Therefore, the investment in Peak can be understood as just using a shell to give Lu Pingan a foothold in Hollywood.

Zenith is not on the market now, and has only produced a few profitable films so far, of which "Chain Saw 1" only accounted for [-]%.

So the valuation is not high.

If Lu Pingan really wants to invest in shares, it can actually be done with a cost of 2000 million US dollars.

But Watts and shareholders are more hesitant.

This is all expected. Taking shares is not just about giving money, it has to show more value.

However, Lu Pingan would definitely not want to directly take out the copyright of "Chain Saw".

So he directly proposed another plan: "Watts, let's make a bet. If I can still make more than 5 times the cost of the next movie at the box office, let's do it according to the current conditions, how about it?"

"You mean "Chainsaw 2"?"

"of course not."

Lu Pingan said confidently, "It's a brand new story, a comedy, with a bit of suspense."

Wattsberg didn't ask Lu Pingan's confidence to engage in comedy in Laomei, but directly asked: "How much does it cost?"

"No more than 500 million."

When Watts heard it, he remembered the time of "Chain Saw 1".

At that time, Lu Ping'an's tone and demeanor were exactly the same as now.

He was thinking that there is a high probability of losing this bet.

But it doesn't matter if you lose, you can make money anyway, and the price is only to give 30% of the company's share, and you can get a lot of money.

The two parties can also be completely bound and make money together.

If he wins the bet, Lu Pingan will have fewer chips. A director who has failed in Hollywood, and he is also a Chinese, there are not many choices in Laomei.

So left and right are good for the company.

So he nodded after discussing with the rest of the shareholders.

Things are basically finalized, and the next step is detailed negotiations.

It took two days to finalize the agreement, with the condition that at least half of the new project's peak share.

Watts, who had suffered a lot, became a little smarter this time.

In the end, after a day of tugging, Lu Pingan gave 4%, plus box office dividends.

Calculated, if the global box office exceeds 7 million, the actual profit he gets can already be close to [-]%.

In this regard, Watts, who has read the script, feels that the actual production of this film may not cost 400 million yuan. According to the quality of the script, the profit must be no problem, but can the global box office exceed [-] million US dollars?He still can't believe it.

Lu Pingan expressed satisfaction with his attitude.

If you suffer more, your words will carry more weight in the future.

As for whether a film worth less than 500 million can reach [-] million?
"Happy Death Day" is not something to be taken lightly.

On August 8th, Lu Pingan began to enter the project production stage.

(End of this chapter)