I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 240
"Director Wan, it's been a long time since we had tea together."

In the teahouse, Wang Changtian picked up the teapot and poured tea for Wanqingshan while talking.

"Thank you!"

Wan Qingshan picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then said, "It's been a long time. I've been in the United States most of the time in the past few years, and I haven't had the chance to drink tea with you, Mr. Wang."

Wang Changtian smiled and changed the topic to business.

"Director Wan, you said on the phone before that I bought a stake in Qingshan Media Company,?"

"Mr. Wang, if you want to invest in Qingshan Media Company, of course I have no objection.

However, I am very curious as to why Mr. Wang wants Qingshan Media Company.

Qingshan Media Company and Guangguang have the same business. You still want to invest in Qingshan Media Company. Isn’t it a bit...? "

Wan Qingshan and Zhang Zhao had said before that if Wang Changtian wanted to buy shares, they should talk to him.

So while filming "The Exploding Drummer", Wan Qingshan received several calls from Wang Changtian.

Wan Qingshan didn't think much about it at first, but several consecutive phone calls made Wan Qingshan a little suspicious.

Wan Qingshan was a little unsure about what Wang Changtian was doing. If Wang Changtian wanted to invest in Qingshan Cinema Line, that would be normal, but it happened to be Qingshan Media Company, and he acted very impatient!
Wang Changtian's expression froze, "Haha, Director Wan, I also want to diversify my investment. Although the film and television industry is booming now, the competition is also fierce. If I can invest in Qingshan Media Company, I also want to leave a way out for myself."

Wan Qingshan frowned and whispered, "Mr. Wang, do you mean to personally invest in Qingshan Media Company, not Guangming?"

Wang Changtian nodded, "Yes, but don't worry, Director Wan, although I am an individual shareholder, the cooperation between the companies will continue to deepen."

After saying that, Wang Changtian seemed to be amused by his words, he smiled and said,
"Speaking of which, Enlight and Qingshan Media Company have cooperated deeply in recent years, and the two companies will involve each other in almost every film and television project.

Now people outside are talking about whether Qingshan and Guangguang are going to merge.

I am also grateful to Qingshan Media Company. Without the help of Qingshan Media Company in the past few years, I would have fallen behind.

Therefore, I bought a stake in Qingshan Media Company to provide insurance for our continued cooperation in the future. "

When they first kicked Lu Bing away, Wan Qingshan and Zhang Zhao said that cooperation would bring them light. Since then, Zhang Zhao has attracted light to cooperate whenever there is a project.

In addition, the lighting industry has also developed later, and the film and television investment business has also started, and it has also begun to support Qingshan Media Company, and will also involve Qingshan Media when there are projects.

With the feedback, Zhang Zhao is even more willing to cooperate with Guang Guang!
Therefore, in the past two years, the cooperation between Qingshan Media Company and Guangguang has not stopped.

With more investment in the film and television business, and the booming film industry in the past two years, Enlight Media's profits have increased significantly every year. Even if Huayi and Chengtian invested in Wanqingshan's "Fire", it did not have much impact on the market value of Enlight Media. Big impact.

It can be said that with the help of Enlight's own business and cooperation with Qingshan Media Company in recent years, Enlight got rid of the 'great director' Wan Qingshan.

But he just couldn't get rid of his 'boss' Wan Qingshan. Wan Qingshan was the boss of Qingshan Media Company!

It is also true that Wang Changtian did not look for light on Wanqingshan Lahuayi and Chengtian's investment in "Fire". Even if he was very dissatisfied, he never showed it.

The cooperation with Qingshan Media is very important to the light.

This time he wanted to buy a stake in Qingshan Media Company, and his thoughts were exactly what he said, to diversify his fund management and leave a way out for himself.

Second, deepen cooperation with Qingshan Media!

After Wan Qingshan's thoughts flew for a moment, he smiled dumbly and said, "Mr. Wang, since that's the case, then I have no doubts.

Mr. Wang, take a look at this document. This is the evaluation of Qingshan Media Company by two evaluation companies.

If you have no objection, we will calculate it based on this valuation! "

After Wang Changtian opened it and took a look, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

200 billion!Damn it’s so valuable!
After the financial crisis, the film and television industry has developed rapidly in the past few years. Film and television stocks are soaring. Enlight Media is developing well, so its market value has increased more than ten times, reaching nearly 300 billion.

But now Qingshan Media Company has 200 billion before it is listed. After listing, it must not exceed the light immediately.

After Wang Changtian suppressed his surprise, he thought about it and felt that 200 billion was still low. These companies only evaluated the development prospects and the film market, but missed one person.

Qingshan Media Company's film production business and film distribution business are among the best in the industry.

There are also two directors under the banner. Wu Ershan's first film grossed nearly 1 million yuan, and Cheng Er's "Border Storm" last year also grossed more than [-] million yuan.

More importantly, the boss Wan Qingshan, this is what the evaluation company did not take into account.

If Qingshan Media Company is in trouble, Wan Qingshan will naturally help Qingshan Media Company. Just take out a movie and let Qingshan Media Company take the investment, and the business will start immediately.

Calculated this way, 200 billion is really low!

Wang Changtian put down the document, thought for a moment, and said, "Director Wan, how many shares can you let me buy?"

"5%, there is no way, Mr. Wang, I have to bring in other people, so I can only give up so much."

"5% is enough. No matter how much it is, I won't have the money to invest in shares." Wang Changtian said with a smile.

Wang Changtian feels that Qingshan Media Company’s estimate of 200 billion is low, and Penguin with deep pockets will naturally feel that it is too low, so he has no objection.

They didn't talk much. After Wan Qingshan finished talking to Wang Changtian, he called Penguin Pony, originally wanting to make an appointment to talk.

But on the phone, after Xiaoma learned that the valuation was 200 billion, he directly asked how many shares he could buy.

After knowing that he could buy 10% of the shares, he immediately arranged for someone to go to the capital to sign a contract with Wanqingshan without saying a word.

As for Chen Yumo, Wan Qingshan only told her to come over and sign a contract.

He didn't want to ask Chen Yumo to pay. Chen Yumo's 5% was completely transferred from him, so what kind of money would he receive?

Then, while Wan Qingshan started working on the post-production of "Exploding Drummer", he was also busy preparing for the listing of Qingshan Media Company.

By mid-July, the post-production of "The Exploding Drummer" was completed. Wan Qingshan, who was only the director, had done all the things he needed to do. After handing over all subsequent matters to China Film, he immediately flew to Los Angeles.

The discussion on the listing of Qingshan Media Company has basically been completed. The rest is almost all about the underwriting brokerage company and Zhang Zhao. When the time comes, he will just come back and sign a few documents.

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In order to win the Oscar for Best Actor, Leonardo really went all out. He not only lost 40 pounds, but 53 pounds, and he was almost out of shape.

Some media had previously photographed him looking emaciated and reported it.

'Leonardo has a terminal illness? '

The title and photo caused a sensation. In the end, Leonardo finally said that he lost weight for the new movie and was not terminally ill, and the outside world stopped.

Leonardo was very anxious because of the bright future that Wan Qingshan mentioned before. When July arrived, he called Wan Qingshan, and called him every few days.

When Wan Qingshan came back, he immediately summoned the crew that had been prepared and asked Wan Qingshan to shoot quickly.

Wan Qingshan dragged it out for a day and spent 5000 million US dollars after tax avoidance and [-] million US dollars to buy Apple stocks, and then followed Leonardo to Vermont.

When Wan Qingshan came to Vermont and met the cast and crew, he was stunned for a moment.

He was not there during the actor's audition, but he didn't know that Leonardo actually pulled his screen lover, the heroine of "Titanic" Kate Winslet, to play a doctor with little room for development.

What surprised Wan Qingshan even more was that Leonardo actually roped in "Captain America" ​​to play a supporting role in a transvestite costume.

Now "Captain America 1" is in theaters, and the global box office has exceeded expectations. The Captain America actually plays a transvestite!

Although he was surprised, Wan Qingshan didn't bother to think about it. Anyway, this 'Captain America' is almost as thin as Leonardo, so it just fits the role.

"Dallas Buyers Club," shot very quickly.

Leonardo and "Captain America" ​​often figured out the roles after receiving the script, made sufficient preparations, and acted with ease.

That is to say, some harassment from the media affected the filming, but nothing else affected the filming progress.

There are many reasons for media harassment!
Wan Qingshan and Leonardo are collaborating to compete for Oscars. It has been rumored for a long time, so the popularity is not low.

Leonardo's previous slimming down for the movie has made the outside world full of curiosity and expectations for the movie. This is another trend.

The heroine of the movie is Leonardo's best on-screen couple Kate Winslet, and Leonardo and Knightley broke up more than a month ago, which is another hot topic.

Also, 'Captain America' became popular due to the global sales of 'Captain America', which is still a trend.

The four hot spots gathered together so quickly that within a few days after the filming started, the media got wind of it and followed!

Fortunately, the laws here prevent the media from doing things like the Chinese media, which include intruding on the set and filming secretly in the hotel.

They can only spend money to bribe the crew and get some information within the crew.This had an impact on the filming schedule, but not much, so the filming progress was considered normal. At the end of September, "Dallas Buyers Club" was completed.

After the movie was finished, Wan Qingshan went to the airport and took a flight back to China under Leonardo's "come back soon" look.

This time, Wanqingshan landed directly in the capital.

After landing, Wan Qingshan was picked up by Chen Yumo, who had been staying in the capital during this period, and got into the car.

"How are you preparing?"

When Wan Qingshan flew to Los Angeles to film a movie, he handed over the listing of Qingshan Media to Zhang Zhao.

However, there were some things that Zhang Zhaozhen couldn't handle, so he had no choice but to call Chen Yumo.

There were too many phone calls, so Chen Yumo simply came over to deal with the company's listing because he had nothing to do recently.

"Everything is ready. Once you sign the contract, the brokerage can start."

After saying that, Chen Yumo let go of Wan Qingshan's arm, turned around and sighed,
"Qingshan, I really didn't expect these people in finance to be so ruthless. Your estimate of 250 billion is already too high.

But they went a step further and said they could reach 300 billion.

But the cost is a bit high. On the surface and privately, I might have to give them [-] million! "

Wan Qingshan opened his mouth in surprise. He knew that people in finance have always used sickles to cut leeks, but he didn't expect it to be so cruel!
300 billion. According to the current profits of Qingshan Media Company, it will take nearly 100 years to earn 300 billion!
"With such a high price, does that guarantee a successful release?"

"The brokerage firm made a guarantee to ensure the success of the issuance. They collected [-] million, and a large part of it was used to jointly ensure the success of the issuance with several major institutions."

"Tsk, tsk, these people's scythes are really powerful, then let's go with what they said and set the price at 300 billion!"

Although Wan Qingshan marvels at how powerful the brokerage is, he will not make money without making money. 300 billion, 15% of the outstanding shares, is 45 billion. Even if the brokerage fee is removed, there is still more than 30 billion!

More than 30 billion!No wonder so many companies are trying their best to go public, not counting how much money they can get from selling their shares later.

By going public, the company can earn profits for decades, which is much faster than making money through industry.

Arriving at Qingshan Media Company, Wan Qingshan signed several contracts. Then, he handed his luggage to Chen Yumo to take home, and he headed to China Film.

When Wan Qingshan came to Han Sanping's office, Han Sanping's first sentence made Wan Qingshan a little confused.

"You are back!"

"Director Han, what, did something happen to the movie?"

"Nothing happened, but if you don't come back, it won't be easy for me to arrange for the movie to be released."

Wan Qingshan immediately understood what Han Sanping meant and said quickly, "Director Han, we agreed before that I don't have time to promote the release."

"Qingshan, that's what I said, but you got two thousand five hundred US dollars and 20% of the box office director's fee, so you should do something.

Do you know that just because of your directing fee, people in the industry are saying that China Film Group does not regard money as money? "

Wan Qingshan curled his lips, didn't China Film Group always treat money as money?

"Director Han, my current director's fee is this price. I just finished shooting a movie in Hollywood and I got this price as my director's fee.

And I mentioned my director's fee in advance. I'm not like some people who clamor for an extra director's fee halfway through the filming of the movie and shout out the price! "

Wan Qingshan is filming in Hollywood, but he doesn't know anything about domestic affairs.

Before, I knew that if word got out that Wan Qingshan had received such a high director's fee, it would have a bad impact, so Han Sanping kept it a secret.

But you can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever.

In August, word spread about how much director's fee Wan Qingshan received for filming "The Exploding Drummer", and then the circle was shocked.

Twenty-five million U.S. dollars, that’s 500 million Chinese dollars, plus 6000% of the box office share. What a fucking money grab. The director’s fee for this movie alone exceeds the annual profits of many major companies.

With such a high director's fee, if the movie does not have a box office of [-] million, it will be a loss.

There are [-] million, and that means working for Wanqingshan. The box office needs to go up to [-] billion to make money.

One billion Chinese coins is equivalent to more than 5000 million US dollars. With Wan Qingshan's global appeal, even if it is a literary film, his movie can easily achieve that, but there is a prerequisite, it must be a Hollywood movie.

Li Bian also has box office appeal around the world, but the Chinese-language movie he shot before only grossed over US$6000 million at the global box office.

From the moment Wan Qingshan received such a high director's fee, it was clear that this movie would lose money, and it would be a blood loss!

This matter was rumored in the industry, and it was not until Han Sanping said to the outside world that Wan Qingshan could make a movie in Hollywood for this price, that the noise stopped.

But if you calm down on the surface, you won’t calm down in private!
Actors have nothing but envy that Wan Qingshan can get such a high director's fee, but some directors are different.

Some time ago, Feng Xiaogang said angrily to the media, "The investment in some movies is really fucked up. The director takes 80% of the investment of hundreds of millions."

This is clearly referring to Wan Qingshan, because "Exploding Drummer" fits this situation. With an investment of 6000 million, Wan Qingshan took away more than [-] million.

At that time, Wan Qingshan received a call from Li Yancheng telling him about this. Within a few minutes, Wang Zhongjun called to apologize.

Although Wan Qingshan told Wang Zhongjun that it was okay, he didn't take it to heart, but he was also annoyed in his heart.

Han Sanping looked stunned. Wan Qingshan said that unlike some people, he knew he was talking about Feng Xiaogang.

Wan Qingshan's shocking directorial fee made Feng Xiaogang jealous, otherwise he wouldn't have made a fuss about it in front of the media.

At that time, Feng Xiaogang was filming "[-]". He was so enamored with Wanqingshan that he felt unbalanced and asked for an additional director's fee, even calling for a director's fee of [-] million.

This matter has been spread in the industry. At that time, everyone thought it was too ugly for Feng Xiaogang to be popular. It was like being filmed and adding director's fees. What kind of talk!

"You guys, forget it, I won't talk about it anymore."

"Qingshan, I really need your help in promoting the movie.

I asked Fox to distribute "Breaking Drummer" globally, and this time China Film Group can get a share of the global box office.

For domestic publicity, it’s okay if you don’t come, but you have to help in North America and Europe.

If you don't come, the box office will definitely be greatly affected. It's fine if the movie loses a little, but if it loses too much, it won't be easy for me to handle. "

Wan Qingshan thought for a while, "Director Han, I can go to the North American promotion, but I really don't have time to go to the European promotion.

The movie I just finished shooting has not yet been completed in post-production. After the movie is finished, I have to prepare for the new movie. "

Han Sanping frowned and said helplessly, "Okay, forget about the European promotion, just focus on the North American promotion. Fox will contact you then."

Now that the matter was over, Wan Qingshan immediately asked about the business. He didn't come to China Film for "The Exploding Drummer" this time.

Han Sanping had asked him to talk about movie promotion before, and he said casually that he wanted to rectify the high pay of artists.

The Yin-Yang contract has not yet been revealed, and it needs to be rectified, which makes Wan Qingshan a little worried, so he wants to get some information from Han Sanping.

"Director Han, what did you mean when you said you were going to fix high pay?"

"In the final analysis, this matter is still because of you."

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, because of him!He didn't make any yin and yang contract!
At this time, Han Sanping's voice continued to sound.

"Your directing fee for "Breaking Drummer" was reported by the media after being circulated in the circle for a few days.

Fortunately for you, you spend 100 million for charity every year, which gives you a good reputation among the audience.

But as this matter spread on the Internet, some people revealed that celebrities are paid very high salaries. Many people are paid tens of millions for a movie.

In addition, the celebrities on this year's Forbes Celebrity List all have incomes of hundreds of millions. It appears online that when celebrities earn so much money, how much tax do they pay?There is a voice that actors making so much money are meaningless to society.

The impact is not good, so we need to rectify the high pay. "

Wan Qingshan was a little speechless, he thought he was going to get serious.

It turned out to be coping, but I guess it was just a matter of doing it on the surface, and what to do in private.

After leaving China Film, Wan Qingshan stayed in the courtyard for two days and then flew back to Los Angeles to prepare for the post-production of "Dallas Buyers Club".

However, the next day, as he was about to go out to work on the post-production of "Dallas Buyers Club", by chance, Colombian Koch actually came to his door.

(End of this chapter)