King of Capital

Chapter 82 Do you want to revolt? !

Xie Jingxing slept with Jin Xiu. It was a long time ago, two or three years ago, at an alumni association.

He didn't expect to have the chance to see her again, but the temporary decision to cooperate was not out of consideration for old friendship to give face to the senior sister, but more out of profitability and boredom.

Xiao Wang does nothing but hang out with internet celebrities and rarely gets involved in the specific business of Pusi Capital. He spends plenty of time being a mad dog on the Internet.

Xie Jingxing was different. He was very busy, and without any substantial conflict of interest, it was impossible for him to really kill this useless piece of shit.

It's okay to have a few public exchanges to stir up some heat for the sake of novelty, but if it happens too often it becomes very boring and tedious. We are all adults, why should we act like children with cerebral palsy? It would be much better to make money together.

This kind of thing was hard to understand for Concubine Pei, who made money with her reputation. Xie Jingxing was too lazy to explain and just worked hard all night.

After another long struggle at sunrise in the early morning, the collection finally found its position again and had nothing to say. It cried and begged for mercy, saying that she could be a sister to Jinxiu.

“Read Weibo.”

Xie Jingxing said this with a slightly haggard look on his face, then jumped out of bed to take a shower. The blanket was a bit thick and he almost tripped over it.

Princess Pei really cried. She wiped her tears and opened Weibo. The news that a famous male star was reported by an auntie from Chaoyang for taking drugs was clearly at the top of the hot search list. Wang Zhonglei was very efficient. He said it would take two days and the attention was diverted.

Her tears stopped instantly and she felt a chill all over her body. She had just seen this popular male star backstage at an awards ceremony last month.

After absentmindedly reading the news report for a while, Xie Jingxing's mobile phone on the bedside table lit up. It was a message from Wang Zhonglei, saying that Ning Hao hoped to visit him in person in Yunnan to discuss film investment matters.

Concubine Pei subconsciously glanced at the bathroom where the water was running, picked up her phone, thought for a moment, typed and deleted, and finally imitated Xie Jingxing's tone and replied lightly: [Got it. ]

As she uttered these three short and ordinary words, her fingers trembled slightly with inexplicable excitement, her face flushed, and she turned over and got out of bed.

I was grimacing in pain from the excessive movements, and couldn't help but make up my mind that I had to gain weight even if it made me look fat on camera. It was really uncomfortable.

"Prince Wang deleted all the Weibo posts that insulted us."

After getting dressed and having breakfast, Concubine Pei was holding her phone in a happy mood. Her fans' comments on Weibo were all about celebrating the New Year with joy. They boasted that other female stars were afraid of princes, but our goddess was not. The goddess will walk sideways in the entertainment industry in the future...

Xie Jingxing ignored her and was busy setting up a WeChat group chat to discuss the specific investment details of "Lost Flower Road" with Wang Gongzi, Ning Hao, and Wang Zhonglei.

This film will be approved in a few days after the investment is in place, and will probably start shooting in mid-October. The shooting period is tentatively scheduled for three months. Including the post-production schedule, it will be released during the summer vacation next year.

Xie Jingxing and Wang Gongzi, two outsiders in the entertainment industry, seemed to understand what Ning Hao said about the guaranteed share of the theater distribution. In the end, they concluded that the situation was completely different from what they said yesterday. The two of them needed to invest a total of 1.2 million yuan, which only accounted for 70% of the investment share.

The remaining 30% will be shared by the production team including the director, and the investment of 1.2 million is a guaranteed minimum.

Even if the movie loses all its money after its release, the production company represented by Ning Hao will not lose a cent. After deducting the production cost of about 1.2 million from the 30 million, the remaining million is their guaranteed income. If the movie makes money in the end, the production company will also get a % share.

Upon hearing such an awesome investment agreement, Young Master Wang almost burst into a curse. After all, he had thousands of movie screens at home. It was fine if Xie Jingxing treated him like a fool, but even a director, a star, and a beggar wanted to slaughter him like a fat sheep.

You stinking beggar, you rip-off capitalist, you want to revolt?!
Xie Jingxing also looked unhappy. Yesterday they agreed on 300 to 500 million, but today they doubled the amount and even asked for a minimum guarantee.

Wang Zhonglei was caught in the middle and was not accepted by anyone. He really didn't expect Ning Hao to be so bold that he had to play such fancy tricks with the two young masters.

"Sign a guaranteed release."

The voice call conference ended with Xie Jingxing's decision. According to his memory, there was still money to be made in the investment agreement proposed by Ning Hao, but Ning Hao was the first to make a financial move, so he chose self-defense.

He formed a joint venture with Prince Wang, and then brought Huayi in as a "business license" to set up a film and television distribution company. He accepted the guaranteed investment agreement proposed by Ning Hao's producer without bargaining, and in return he thoughtfully gave Ning Hao another guarantee.

The film and television distribution company jointly established by him and Prince Wang is responsible for film distribution. If the final box office of "Lost in Thailand" is lower than 7 million yuan, he will settle the profits with Ning Hao's production company based on the box office of 7 million yuan no matter how much lower it is.

But if the box office of "Lost in Thailand" exceeds 7 million, the distribution company and the production company will split the profits 7% and 3% respectively.

In short, based on the 11 billion box office of "Lost in Thailand" in the original timeline, after deducting the tax rate and theater box office share, there was a net profit of about 4.5 million. Xie Jingxing and Wang Gongzi first took 80% as distributors, and then took 1.35% of the remaining 70 million as investors.

"It sounds like Ning Hao is an idiot."

After Ning Hao ended the voice call, Prince Wang thought for a while before giving his evaluation.

As long as the box office of "Lost in Thailand" exceeds 7 million, this idiot can only get million after deducting the production costs. Just think about it and you will know that there is no hope of getting a share of that little money. It is equivalent to a senior employee who gets a fixed salary + a little bit of option dividends.

Wang Zhonglei heard Mr. Wang's comments and thought to himself, you two look more like idiots. The 7 million yuan guarantee seems to be the first domestic distribution agreement with such a high guarantee. Ning Hao would be an idiot not to sign it. "Investment is always a game of risk and greed."

Xie Jingxing exited the voice call and educated Concubine Pei that he also took the risk of the butterfly effect causing the box office of the movie to fall short of the original timeline expectations. Of course, if he made money, he would make a big profit.

He holds 1.2 million of the million investment shares, and Xiao Wang holds million. The latter is responsible for film distribution and obtains the right to follow-up investment in the next round of "Bu Du" milk tea brand.

Ideally, the final result should be an investment of 1.5 million, a net profit of million, and a cycle of one year. The risk-to-investment ratio should be acceptable.

"Honey, should we find a good producer to keep an eye on Ning Hao?"

Pei Fei put down her phone thoughtfully and said, "He wouldn't deliberately make a bad movie, but if he doesn't make it with his heart..."

"Young Master Wang will go back and find someone to keep an eye on it. With Wang Zhonglei helping to look after it, there won't be any problems." Xie Jingxing said nonchalantly while chewing a bun with his mouthful of white teeth.

If Ning Hao cheated him with the intention of retiring and running away after doing this job, then he would be willing to admit defeat and sincerely submit. The last example of the entertainment industry cheating investors like this was in Hollywood and Wall Street, and then people in Hollywood died.

He thought for a moment and said, "Register this film and television company under your name, and let your mother be listed as an investor in "Lost in Thailand". I will pay for the money, and I will cover the losses in the end. Any profits will be yours."

"...This isn't a good idea." Concubine Pei said hesitantly, half-truthfully.

Roughly speaking, if it makes money, I can make at least hundreds of millions. I don’t want to lie.

However, there are even more bloody examples of celebrities being cheated when they partner with their sponsors to do business. Some of them may even be cheated without using the name of business.

The worst example she knew was that a second-tier female star in the circle was kept by a sponsor. The sponsor said that he would give her a courtyard house in Beijing worth three or five hundred million yuan, but in order to avoid taxes, she had to register a company for various messy reasons.

Later, the financier ran away. The second-tier female star was visited by creditors and found out that the courtyard house was bought with a loan. The financier also cashed out a sum of money with the loan for the courtyard house, and owed a huge debt of more than 400 million yuan in total.

Concubine Pei was very self-aware. She saw with her own eyes how Xie Jingxing dug a deep hole for a big director in the circle during a meeting, and she was instinctively wary.

"Liu Qiming went to Beijing to talk to Wang Zhonglei. Your agency contract ended early, and you left to set up your own studio. I had already discussed this with your mother that night."

Xie Jing Xing changed the topic, paused for a moment and continued: "So from now on, either I will support you, and you can decide how much money you need each year."

"Either you have to be self-reliant, or I will give you money to connect you to various resources, and you can continue to work and become a big star."

"Last time I gave you that set of Harry Winston jewelry, but you were worried that you weren't famous enough to wear it on the red carpet and it wouldn't look good if you wore the same jewelry as others. So we can buy custom jewelry ourselves. The same goes for filming movies and TV shows. If the director thinks you're not famous enough, we can become investors ourselves."

"This movie is just the beginning..."

Xie Jing Xing looked at Concubine Pei, whose eyes were red again, and couldn't help but jokingly said, "Your mother also asked me what name to give to my newly established personal studio. How about 'Crying'?"

"Not nice."

Concubine Pei pursed her lips and shook her head, her high ponytail swaying back and forth, dancing happily in the sunshine.

Xie Jing Xing glared at her with disdain: "That's called 'no brains'."

"...Actually, 'crying' is okay. Artists are all emotional after all." Concubine Pei's high ponytail, which was simply tied behind her head, swayed more and more happily.

Xie Jingxing stared at Gao Mawei in a daze, lost in thought. Concubine Pei earned a lot in the first few years after entering the industry, but her expenses were also very high, so she didn't save much money. Now, in the past two years, her average annual income from film remuneration + endorsements after paying taxes is about 40 million. With his subsidy, she has saved more than 50 million.

Half of the money is spent on buying a house and fixed income financial management, and the remaining half is "kept" by her mother.

It is unrealistic for Kujiji Film and Television Culture Studio to expect Concubine Pei to pay for it herself. The investment project of "Lost in Thailand" will not pay back until next year. It is foreseeable that the studio's account funds will be pitiful, but it is enough for her to buy some luxury goods for daily consumption.

Xie Jingxing sighed inwardly, which was hard to describe. If it was his own company, it would be normal for him to just leverage and get some cash, but Concubine Pei... the biggest leverage she had ever used in her life was probably buying a luxury villa... asking her to really run the studio as a commercial company would be no less difficult than killing her directly...

Celebrities in the entertainment industry seem open-minded only when it comes to the private parts of their pants; they are more conservative than each other when it comes to money.

"I'll give you an additional 20 million in cash to add to the studio's account. Don't let your mother touch it. I'll see if there are any good projects you can invest in later." Xie Jingxing came back to his senses and said.

Concubine Pei hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "If we open a studio on our own, we don't have enough connections. It will affect our future acting and announcements. Otherwise, let my mother be the executive, and I will find an agent."

"...It's a good idea." Xie Jingxing was very pleased. The IQ of his collection was back online!

(End of this chapter)