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Chapter 286 Zhang Weiping’s purpose, Chen Dong’s two choices for Liu Yifei (please subscribe!)
"Mr. Zhang, what exactly do you want to see me for? Can you tell me now?"

Naturally, Zhang Weiping no longer concealed anything, "Director Chen, I, Mr. Zhang, am a straight man, so I won't make any detours with you."

Chen Dong nodded, did not answer, and signaled Zhang Weiping to continue.

"That's right. Director Chen is both a director and the boss of a film and television company. I don't think I need to say it. You should also know very well that with the application of new production technology and labor costs, especially the doubling of the salaries of star actors, , so that the cost of making a movie now has increased by an unknown amount compared to before..."

Although Zhang Weiping hadn't finished speaking yet, Chen Dong already roughly knew what he was planning.

He seems to be trying to put pressure on theater chains again and adjust the box office sharing ratio between producers and theater chains.

The reason why it is again is because Zhang Weiping did this once when "Hero" was released at the end of 02.

And that time it was successful in raising the bill-sharing ratio with theaters from the original 41:59 to 43:57.

Now, Zhang Weiping wants to imitate his example and once again snatch a share of the cake from the theater chain.

The bargaining chip in his hand right now is Lao Mouzi's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", but he also knows that today is different from the past. It is obviously a bit unrealistic to force the theaters to back down with "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". Therefore, Zhang Weiping is planning to unite with the production companies that belong to the upstream of the film to attack the theaters, so that the probability of success will be higher.

But there is nothing I can do but continue to lobby others.

At the same time, he couldn't help but have a somewhat unfavorable premonition about putting pressure on theaters this time.

Although Chen Dong knew that Zhang Weiping might be a big loser, he was still a little shocked when he heard that it was 2 percentage points.

Zhang Weiping saw that Chen Dong agreed happily, and wanted to persuade him to take charge of this matter with him.

Chen Dong didn't know how true or false Zhang Weiping's words were, but he was right about one thing, that is, if he really forced the theaters to revise their box office split again, even if it only required an increase of 0.5%, It will be of great benefit to upstream film production companies like them.

Of course, this does not mean that Chen Dong is not optimistic about this pressure at all. Again, even if it can increase by 0.5 percentage points, it will be profitable for their upstream companies.

After Zhang Weiping confirmed that Chen Dong agreed, he naturally did not hide this matter from him. He smiled mysteriously, stretched out two fingers and said: "This time we will unite with the upstream companies and ask the theaters to give up at least another 2 percentage points. profit."

Chen Dong was young but not brainless, so he could not agree. He quickly refused on the grounds that he was about to go to the Venice Film Festival to judge the shortlisted films.

"What a little fox!"

Although Chen Dong's Dongcheng Pictures releases a small number of movies every year, it relies on quality to win. Especially in the past two years, it has surpassed state-owned film and television giants such as China Film and Shanghai Film and Television to take the lead.

In addition, Zhang Weiping took the initiative to take the lead in this matter, and he did not need to be the leader. Of course, Chen Dong was willing to support it.

Having said that, Zhang Weiping was so concerned about promoting this matter that he even did not hesitate to offend the entire theater chain again. If he said that he had no selfish motives, even a dog would not believe it.

After all, the increase from 41 to 43 and from 43 to 45 are both increases of 2 percentage points, but the cake now has increased many times compared to that of the past. The interests represented by the two percentage points are also very different. Cinema lines How could it be possible to make such a big concession?

It's just that when Zhang Weiping persuaded Chen Dong, he lied and said that famous production companies such as China Film, Huayi, Enlight, Bona, Orange Sky, and Shanghai Film had already agreed.

"Mr. Zhang, I would like to ask, how much profit do you plan to let the theater chain distribute?"

So he was also Zhang Weiping's first target this time.

Zhang Weiping couldn't help but curse in his heart when he saw Chen Dong refuse so decisively.

As for his real purpose, it's not hard to guess. He clearly wanted to maximize the profits for "The Thirteen Hairpins" when it was released.

You must know that when filming this movie, Zhang Weiping rejected everyone's investment and borrowed 600 million from the bank alone.

Come to think of it, he is under quite a lot of pressure now. I even had doubts about my original ambition of easily earning 10 billion box office.

That’s why I had to focus on box office splitting again.

Otherwise, with Zhang Weiping's character, he would only take over this matter for himself when he is full.

When returning, Chen Dong deduced the cause from the result in the car, which almost touched Zhang Weiping's heart.

"Does a meeting take so long?"

After returning home, faced with his wife's inquiry, Chen Dong truthfully recounted Zhang Weiping's visit to him.

It is true that he promised Zhang Weiping not to spread the word about this matter, so as not to let people in the theater get wind of it and take some countermeasures in advance, but he also did not promise to keep it secret from the people next to him.

"Ah, hubby, you also agreed?"

After hearing this, Liu Yifei's eyes were slightly worried, but she was not worried about whether this matter would succeed.

Instead, she was worried about whether her husband would have a quarrel with the theater chain because of this. After all, in her world view, the theater chain was also a giant.

Chen Dong saw through his wife's inner world at a glance, held her hand and comforted her: "It's okay, don't think of it as some conspiracy theory, this is just a simple business war."

"Really?"

"of course it's true."

Then Chen Dong talked about how he met Director Paul at the premiere of "The Hunger Games" and how he invited Liu Yifei to play the role of Ada Wong in "Resident Evil 5".

Of course, as long as Liu Yifei is willing, he can reserve a role for her in "The Day the Comet Comes".

As for the character design not being consistent, that’s okay. He is the screenwriter and can modify it at any time.

"Husband, which one do you want me to play?"

"It's up to you. I won't make the choice for you this time, but even if you choose my "Comet", you won't be able to play the heroine." As for why you can't play, it is naturally because this role has some artistic scenes.

Liu Yifei couldn't make up her mind for a moment and was a little entangled.

This is because she listened to Chen Dong's description of Ada Wong in "Resident Evil 5". It was obvious that this role was more suitable for her, but at the same time, it was her husband's movie.

Chen Dong waited for a long time, but did not wait for his wife's reply. Instead, he waited for a call from Wang Changtian.

"Hey Mr. Wang."

"Haha, where is Director Chen?"

"Home..."

"Director Chen, we are preparing to ring the bell for listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange next weekend. If you have time, you are welcome to come and support us."

Chen Dong thought that the other party's call was related to Zhang Weiping's visit to him, but what happened?

(End of this chapter)