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110 Chapter 109, Refused to guarantee the bottom line

With remorse, Li Qing finished watching the follow-up plot of "Yanjing Meets Seattle". However, the more he watched, the more he regretted it, especially when the hero and heroine reunited in the finale, the background music "Encounter" sounded, and Li Qing Qing was completely dumbfounded.

"This song... is going to be popular!"

"Such a good plot, such a good song, and the popularity of actress Qin Yaqian...and the good reputation accumulated by Shen Qiushan's "Old Boy" and "Undocumented Crime"..."

"Hold the grass!!"

Li Qing scratched his hair with both hands in frustration, he was really going crazy, he wanted to give himself a few mouthfuls, with such an awesome configuration, he actually signed an ordinary distribution contract.

"Did I lose my mind when we were talking about cooperation?" Li Qing frowned, walked back and forth in the office twice, and then quickly grabbed the landline on the desk: "I'm Li Qing, help I'll take Mr. Xu."

"Hey, Mr. Xu, I want to apply for a guaranteed release quota, maybe [-] million, or [-] million... Shen Qiushan's new movie, starring Qin Yaqian, yes, the quality of the movie is very good, okay, then Mr. Xu, please arrange it as soon as possible... "

Mr. Xu's full name is Xu Guoxiong, and he is the vice president of New Power Film and Television. He is Li Qing's immediate boss in charge of publicity and distribution. Li Qing must consult Xu Guoxiong for projects that exceed his personal authority. What Xu Guoxiong himself said was not a high-level meeting.

Putting down the phone, Li Qing checked the time, hurried out of the company, and went straight to Shen's Films.

at the same time.

Shen Qiushan, who completed the post-production of "Yanjing Meets Seattle", finally let out a sigh of relief. Right now, he is leaning on the sofa in the office, drinking tea, thinking about the promotion of the film. However, as the producer of the movie, of course he can't let it go completely. After all, how much the movie can sell at the box office determines his final income.

The phone rang, Li Qing called.

"Director Shen, are you at the company?" Li Qing's voice was a little hurried.

"Yes, yes." Shen Qiushan replied.

"Okay, I'll be there in half an hour and I have something to discuss." Li Qing hung up the phone immediately after finishing speaking.

"Here, what's the situation?" Shen Qiushan was at a loss.

It was said to be half an hour, but in 25 minutes, Li Qing arrived at Shen Qiushan's office.

"What's wrong with Mr. Li? Is there something urgent?" Shen Qiushan made a pot of tea for Li Qing.

"Chu Feng's "A Woman Like a Flower" was released by Starlight Media with a guarantee of 6 million yuan. Does Director Shen know about this?" Li Qing said.

"6 million guaranteed release?!" Shen Qiushan was startled: "I really don't know about this."

"Director Shen, let me tell you the truth. Originally, the release of "Women Like Flowers" was also what our new power was going to do, but Xingguang snatched the distribution right with a guaranteed price of 6 million yuan, and our new power and Xingguang have always been at odds. relationship, I believe Director Shen is also aware of this." Li Qing said again.

"Well, I heard it." Shen Qiushan nodded, still puzzled, because Li Qing went around for a long time and didn't get to the point: "Mr. Li, if you have something to say, let's just say it."

"To put it simply, our new power will promote a work on the Chinese Valentine's Day show to overwhelm the arrogance of the stars. I think Director Shen's "Yanjing Meets Seattle" has potential, so I plan to increase the promotional efforts." Li Qing The voice paused, looked at Shen Qiushan and said: "However, Director Shen's publicity budget is obviously not enough."

"Boss Li means you want me to pay more for publicity?" Shen Qiushan smiled and shook his head: "I really have no money."

"No." Li Qing waved his hand and said seriously: "I mean, we can re-sign a guaranteed distribution contract, and the publicity fee will be paid by our new power. As the main work of the Qixi Festival, our publicity The intensity will naturally far exceed the current contract."

"Guaranteed release?" Shen Qiushan was taken aback, he really didn't expect Li Qing to mention this suddenly, but soon Shen Qiushan guessed the reason, probably after the entire film "Yanjing Meets Seattle" was sent to New Power , Li Qing watched the film and felt that the previous distribution contract was a bit of a loss.

"How much guarantee does Mr. Li think of?" Shen Qiushan asked with a smile.

"Two hundred million." Li Qing stretched out two fingers and smiled lightly: "If Director Shen agrees, then your new movie will already be profitable before it's released."

Shen Qiushan smiled, did not speak, but poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip as if he was thinking about something.

"Director Shen, with the guaranteed release of our new power, the total box office of your film will increase by at least 20%, I can guarantee this." Shen Qiushan did not express his opinion for a long time, but Li Qing said again.

"Mr. Li, I am a person who is afraid of trouble. Now that the contract has been signed, let's execute it according to the original contract." Shen Qiushan finally spoke.

"It's not troublesome at all, just sign again." Li Qing narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Qiushan: "Unless Director Shen is not satisfied with the 2 million guarantee."

"Well, it's indeed a little less." Shen Qiushan nodded, and said lightly: "Mr. Li, don't waste time on the contract. I recognize the release ability of New Power. As for the guaranteed release, we can talk about it in the next play." .”

Li Qing frowned, he is a smart person and naturally understood the meaning of Shen Qiushan's words, 2 million is not a little less, but a huge gap with Shen Qiushan's price, that's why he said such words.

At the same time, Li Qing suddenly remembered the situation more than ten days ago, in this office, because the film was not finished in the later stage, he showed that he did not want to cooperate, while Shen Qiushan "helplessly" proposed that the producer should be responsible for the publicity. At this moment, Li Qingfan suddenly realized that the cooperation plan of paying fees was such a helpless choice for Shen Qiushan that day. Perhaps, he planned it that way from the beginning.

"It seems that director Shen is quite ambitious." Li Qing said with emotion.

"It's true that you are not young, as for ambition..." Shen Qiushan smiled lightly: "Let's let nature take its course."

"I'm curious about the price in Director Shen's heart? I think it should be a price that New Power cannot offer, otherwise, Director Shen would not directly persuade him to leave." Li Qing said seriously.

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight, so as not to keep Mr. Li in trouble." Shen Qiushan opened his palm and waved it in front of Li Qing's eyes.

"[-] million?!" Li Qing was startled, and then gave Shen Qiushan a thumbs up: "Director Shen really has a lot of ambitions, if "Yanjing Meets Seattle" can break through the siege on the Qixi Festival and win [-] million box office, then Director Shen will surely testify to the Tao~!"

"Wish is always good, but God knows if it will hit the street again." Shen Qiushan poured another cup of tea for Li Qing: "Come, President Li, drink tea."

Li Qing nodded, took a sip of tea, and sighed: "The [-] million guarantee company will definitely not agree, but if the new power is up to me, I really want to gamble with Director Shen!"

"Oh? So, does Mr. Li think we will win?" Shen Qiushan asked with a smile.

Li Qing shook his head: "[-]-[-], [-]% chance of winning, but if I have chips, I'm still willing to bet with Director Shen once."

Shen Qiushan smiled lightly: "Yes, next time we have a chance, let's gamble together!"

"Yeah." Li Qing nodded: "Now I'm looking forward to the box office performance of "Yanjing Meets Seattle" after its release, it will definitely surprise everyone!"

Shen Qiushan drank tea, smiled without saying a word.

"By the way, Director Shen, which day do you choose for the premiere?" Li Qing asked again.

"It's up to you to arrange this, after all, Li is always a professional." Shen Qiushan said lightly.

"Then the 15th, that day is Friday, the premiere will be held in the afternoon, and a large-scale screening event will be arranged in the evening. Let the word of mouth fly for a while, and the official release will be on Saturday the 16th. The box office may explode that weekend. .” This was an arrangement that Li Qing had thought up before.

"Okay, that's it." Shen Qiushan nodded, since he spent the money announced, he didn't want to worry too much about these things.

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(End of this chapter)