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Chapter 294 Great minds think alike (Subscribe!)

"Director Chen, each country has different national conditions. The European and American tiered box office sharing formula may not be suitable for us in China..."

There was no need for Chen Dong to refute this, as others rushed to fight back:
"Why is it inappropriate? What's inappropriate?"

"The tiered profit-sharing method is clearly a win-win profit-sharing method, and it has been tested in foreign markets. Mr. Wu is making a mountain out of a molehill by raising it to a national issue."

"Yes yes yes..."

Suddenly, the offensive and defensive situation reversed, and it was the theater representatives' turn to not know how to defend themselves.

But none of them rashly agreed to Chen Dong's proposed tiered profit-sharing.

At this time, Ye Ning stood up and said, "We, the cinema chain, cannot give a positive response to Director Chen's proposal for the time being. How about this? Let's go back and discuss it, and then arrange to discuss this matter at the next meeting. How about that?"

Chen Dong had no objection, but just as he was about to speak, Zhang Weiping spoke first, "Boss Ye, when is the next meeting? I think we should set a time now."

The reason why Zhang Weiying jumped out again at this time was because he discovered that the tiered box office sharing could also be used for "The Flowers of War".

Then, Ye Ning discussed with the theater representatives for a while, and finally decided to get together again during the National Day.

No one raised any objections, so the meeting ended.

"Director Chen, your last move of cutting off the source of the trouble was really ruthless. It caught us off guard."

"Mr. Ye, you are too polite. I am here to provide a win-win option for everyone."

Ye Ning did not comment. "There is a watershed in the tiered profit sharing. How do you think this watershed should be determined, Director Chen?"

"Mr. Ye wants to listen, so I will briefly talk about my opinion."

"All ears."

"I think that given the current film market environment, 5 million can be a watershed."

"Oh, and how will the box office revenue sharing change?"

Although he knew that Ye Ning was trying to gather information about him on behalf of the cinema chain, Chen Dong was not afraid of them knowing his thoughts and told them everything: "Assuming that the box office of a movie is 8 million, then the first 5 million will be divided at a ratio of 45:55, and the remaining 3 million can be appropriately reduced by the film company."

Ye Ning thought about it, and suddenly looked at Chen Dong meaningfully and said, "Director Chen, if Zhang Weiping hadn't done this, would you have proposed this tiered revenue-sharing formula to the theaters?"

"hehe."

Chen Dong smiled but said nothing.

The reason why he didn't explain was that since he was already suspected, it would be futile to explain.

……

Wanda Group.

Office of the Chairman.

After Lao Wang hung up the phone with Ye Ning, he kept repeating three words: "Interesting, interesting..."

Just then, a young man walked in without knocking on the door.

"Dad, are you chanting?"

Old Wang looked embarrassed when he heard this. He looked at Xiao Wang who walked into his office without knocking and said unhappily, "Remember to knock next time. Do you understand the question of courtesy?"

"Know it."

Lao Wang was somewhat helpless when he heard such a perfunctory answer. "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Dad, I want to start a business, so I came to you for advice."

"Tell me what you want to do first."

"Didn't I say that I want to start a business?"

“Starting a business must have a direction, right?”

"No."

"No?"

"Yes, so I'm here to learn from you."

"Get lost, you bastard. I think you are here to make fun of your father."

Wang Sichong saw that Old Wang seemed to be really angry with him, so he had to get up and run away. But when he was about to reach the door, he stopped again and turned back to ask, "By the way, Dad, I just heard you keep talking about something interesting. What is it that makes you, the chairman of Wanda, find it interesting?"

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

"It's okay, I'm just curious."

"It doesn't hurt to tell you..."

Old Wang then told his son again what Ye Ning had told him.

"I have long wanted to meet this legendary Chinese director, but unfortunately I have never had the chance."

"How difficult is this?"

Wang Si Chong met his father's gaze, patted his butt and walked towards the door, saying as he walked: "Let me go meet Director Chen for you."

Lao Wang: “…Get lost!”

……

Dongcheng Pictures.

After returning from the General Administration, Chen Dong plunged into the post-production room again.

Although the investment in "Nobody" was not high, only 60 million, one-third of which was the director's salary he gave himself, but Chen Dong had high expectations for the box office of this film.

But at this moment, an employee came to the post-production room: "Director Chen, a guest has come and is looking for you."

"guest……"

Chen Dong asked, "Who is it?"

"He said his name was Wang Sichong."

"Wang Sichong... Why did this guy come to our house?!"

Chen Dong murmured something in a low voice, then came to the reception room with confusion.

As soon as he entered the door, a young man who was sitting inside immediately stood up.

"Hello, Director Chen. I'm Wang Sichong. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"Mr. Wang, you are too polite. Dongcheng Pictures and Wanda Cinema Line hold each other's shares. I heard that Mr. Wang transferred his shares in Wanda Cinema Line to you. So, Mr. Wang can also be said to be a shareholder of Dongcheng... Then why bother you?"

"Director Chen is right. Then I will come here often in the future?"

"Haha, you are always welcome."

"Thank you, Director Chen. Actually, you are still my idol. If you don't mind, you can just call me Xiao Wang. Calling me Young Master Wang is too strange, and I'm not used to it."

Chen Dong was stunned. He didn't expect that this young master would take the initiative to lower his status so much.

But he did not immediately call the other party "Xiao Wang", after all, both parties were not familiar with each other yet.

However, as they chatted, Chen Dong discovered that Xiao Wang came to visit him on purpose without any special purpose, he just came to make friends with him.

Oh, maybe he was somewhat influenced by his father.

Because he also brought two greetings from Mr. Wang to Mr. Chen.

"Director Chen, I just heard that you are doing the post-production of "Nobody". Can I come and have a look?"

“Oh, you’re still interested in movies?”

Wang Si Chong thought about it carefully for a while and said frankly: "I think I might be more interested in the process of how a movie is made."

Chen Dong smiled faintly, patted Wang Si Chong on the shoulder, stood up and said, "Okay, then I'll take you to have a look."

"Thank you, Director Chen."

After all, it was his first visit, so Wang Si Chong took the initiative to say goodbye and leave after visiting the post-production room.

What Chen Dong didn't expect was that after returning, this guy actually posted a post on Weibo:
[Today I had the honor to visit my idol, Director Chen Dong, at Dongcheng Pictures, and witnessed a small part of the production process of the movie "Nobody", which benefited me a lot... Oh, by the way, I think that the tiered box office sharing is applicable in Europe and the United States, and it is also applicable in our country! ]

After get off work, Chen Dong saw Xiao Wang's Weibo post and not only gave him a big thumbs up, but also left a comment: "Great minds think alike!"

(End of this chapter)