China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 79 Determining the investment share of "Inception"

"I'm guessing what's the relationship between you and Director Chen, Sissi?"

"Classmates, we are still classmates."

Liu Yifei brought Zhang Liangying to meet Chen Dong. In fact, she had no intention of hiding the fact that they were lovers. However, the introduction was interrupted just now, so now she wants to tease the other person.

"Isn't it more than that?"

"Friends, good friends... No, Liang Liang, what do you mean by shaking your head? Well, we are boyfriend and girlfriend."

Although Zhang Liangying had already guessed it, her eyes were still full of surprise when she heard her best friend admit it.

The three of them finally came to a private restaurant that Chen Dong was familiar with and asked for a private room.

When Zhang Liangying learned that Liu Yifei's hit song "Little Lucky" was Chen Dong's birthday gift to her, she looked at Chen Dong with special admiration.

"Director Chen can also write songs?"

"Ahem, I asked a friend to write it. I don't know anything about music."

Speaking of this, he saw Miss Liu next to him staring directly at him with a pair of charming Kazilan eyes. He felt a little guilty after being stared at. He thought to himself that he had lied and this girl had seen through?
  He calmly put a piece of meat into her bowl and said, "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, I don't have any bruises on my face."

Liu Yifei did see some clues, because every time she asked Chen Dong who his songwriting friend was, someone would always think otherwise.

Detective novels happened to be among the weird books that Miss Liu hunted, so at this moment, she was using the knowledge she learned from the book to observe her boyfriend's micro-expressions, hoping to learn something from them.

"Hey, are you a nympho?" Chen Dong saw that Miss Liu didn't respond, so he stretched out his hand and pinched this fragile face. The latter finally reacted and glared at someone fiercely.

The base of his ears has turned red.

Next to her, Zhang Liangying was eating and was fed a mouthful of dog food. Suddenly she felt that the food in the bowl was no longer so fragrant.

But why is it so annoying?

After lunch, the three of them left the restaurant. Chen Dong keenly noticed that they were secretly photographed.

Alas, his car is too conspicuous.

But since they were all photographed, he didn't need to cover up anymore and just took off his sunglasses.

Because he actually can't get used to wearing it.

After sending the two girls to the downstairs of Hongxingwu, Chen Dong drove away.

However, when parting, Chen Dong did not expect that he would receive a gift.

It was not the kiss that Miss Liu was forced to leave on his face before she got out of the car.

It is a peace charm, which Miss Liu went to an incense temple in her hometown to ask for when she returned to her hometown with her mother last week.

Chen Dong didn't have the habit of carrying a peace charm with him, so he hung it in his car, which didn't mean he was letting down the girl.

Before getting off work in the afternoon, Chen Dong habitually checked the news, but ended up eating it all.

Counting the one at the launch conference of "Xiu Chun Knife", this is the third time that he and Ms. Liu have been rumored to have an affair.

The second time was Miss Liu's birthday party. He sang a song "Take You on a Travel", which was also spread by the media once.

However, the three times were loud and clear, and Chen Dong never responded. In fact, he had an idea in his heart that this kind of scandal could happen from time to time. When they are really made public in the future, Liu Yifei's fans will not find it difficult to accept it.

In the first two scandals between them, Liu's mother came forward to clarify. This time, even Liu's mother didn't bother to take care of it.

On the contrary, fans who had experienced the previous two scandals began to clarify for them... After Chen Dong saw these comments, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while.

On October 10, Warner sent a team of 15 people to charter a flight to China.

After more than ten hours of flight, they finally landed at Capital International Airport.

Chen Dong naturally received the news a long time ago and rented ten luxury cars of the same model to pick him up at the airport. Warner's 19-person team includes two vice presidents, which shows that it attaches great importance to this negotiation.

Of course, it also fully demonstrates their optimism for the "Inception" project.

It is impossible for Warner to make such a big move without alarming the media.

In fact, when the 19-member team set off from the United States, there were already reports in the Hollywood media.

The 19-member team has not yet landed, and the news has already spread back to China...

At this time, the Internet is full of relevant reprints and current drafts.

"Reprinted from the Hollywood Free Press: In response to Warner's sending a luxurious team of 19 people, including two vice presidents, to China, our reporter interviewed Warner Pictures insiders. We received clues that the purpose of Warner's trip was to Conducting a business negotiation with Chen, the youngest director in China..."

"Reprinted from the New York Times: According to the latest clues provided by our reporter, Warner's trip to negotiate with Chinese director Chen Yao is about a movie script called "Inception". The script..."

"After Director Ang Lee, our country's second director may go abroad and go to Hollywood."

"Warner sent a luxury team of 19 people to China, and Director Chen Dong rented ten luxury cars to pick him up at the airport."

"..."

At this time, outside the Capital International Airport, in addition to Chen Dong and his group, there were also a group of busy people and reporters carrying cameras and microphones.

Chen Dong saw that the time was almost up and just got out of the car. He did not accept interviews from media reporters and went straight to the entrance of the passage.

After waiting for a while, 19 people sent by Warner, including Nolan, appeared in his sight.

Chen Dong smiled and took the initiative to shake hands with each other. Of course, when it was Nolan's turn, the two changed the handshake to a hug.

The group of people walked out of the airport in a grand manner and came to an open area, where Chen Dongcai accepted a brief interview.

That night was the reception banquet. Early the next morning, after breakfast, Chen Dong took the company team, a group of nine people, to the five-star hotel where Warner's 19-person team stayed, and went to the negotiation table with them.

At this time, the atmosphere in the meeting room was serious, with a hint of solemnity. Where could there be the joy and laughter on the faces of everyone at the banquet last night?

"Chen, you should know that your Chinese film market is too small. If a project like "Inception" with an investment cost of over 100 million US dollars wants to recover the cost, the bulk of it must rely on overseas box office, and we at Warner have a global number of The issuance resources of the ten countries bear more responsibilities and deserve a greater proportion of investment, not half and half as you said."

The person who spoke at this time was Jason, Warner's vice president in charge of theaters.

"Then according to Mr. Jason's wishes, what proportion of investment can I get?"

"15%."

The corner of Chen Dong's mouth twitched, and he forced a sneer from his teeth: "Haha, Mr. Jason's return offer is not sincere at all."

"I don't know, Chen, what proportion of investment do you want to accept? Don't say 50%, it's simply impossible." The person who spoke was another vice president of Warner, who seemed to be talking red-faced.

"45%... I think what Mr. Jason said is exaggerated, and I am even more opposed to his allocation method of dividing investment shares equally based on market size."

Chen Dong spoke eloquently: "I believe that you are willing to sit here today, which is enough to prove that your Warner team has done a detailed analysis report on the "Inception" project. It should be concluded that this is a high-quality science fiction commercial Blockbusters, as long as they are well-made, it will be difficult to lose money.”

"But according to Mr. Jason's distribution method, I can only get 15%, so why don't I shoot it myself? It is true that my company does not have the resources for overseas distribution, but our country is not a company without overseas distribution resources. I can definitely Find them to cooperate, or cooperate with your overseas distributor after the film is produced, or, I can not film it now and wait a few years to film it again..."

"..."

After two hours of war of words, Chen Dong finally reached this cooperation with Warner Pictures.

The result of the negotiation was that Chen Dong got 30% of the investment share and Warner got 70% of the investment share.

As for how to divide their respective shares, neither party has any special requirements.

Because Warner knows that Chen Dong’s company cannot take 30% of the investment share at all. Chen Dong also knows that although Warner has a big family and a big business, it also has many children to raise, and it is impossible to put all its eggs in one basket, so in their hands The 70% investment share will definitely bring some companies in for redistribution.

(End of this chapter)