"Hahaha, it can be seen that Chai Shao is also an artistic youth, and he is from our circle."
Chen Bei did not directly confront Chai Shao, but instead said this in a sarcastic tone.
In this world, the term "literary youth" is still a positive term. Chai Hua nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Yes, they also say that I am more artistic, and I also like to make friends with people in the entertainment industry. To be honest, I have watched the movie "Crazy Diamonds" three times. It is really good."
"I admire you, Mr. Chen, very much. I heard you were interested in raising funds, so I rushed over. Your sincerity is beyond words."
Chen Bei sneered in his heart and thought to himself, don't try this on me.
Are you admiring my talent? You're clearly just coveting my company's body!
Pfft! Vicious!
"This round of financing is open to the public. We certainly welcome insightful people like Chai Shao who want to contribute to China's entertainment industry."
"But, Mr. Chai, do you understand our financing requirements? If you become our shareholder, we can only give you the right to dividends. As for the internal management and development direction of the company, you have no right to interfere."
You can be polite in words, but you should make things clear in advance.
If Chai Hua really accepts this condition, then Chen Bei may consider it.
Of course, Chai Hua could not accept this condition. He first asked people to hint at it indirectly, and then asked the Municipal Cultural Bureau to set up such a plan. His purpose was not just to get the right to dividends.
To be frank, he really doesn't care about the company's dividends.
"Haha, Mr. Chen may not know me very well. Let me introduce myself first. I have some connections and contacts in Beijing and have a small business."
"Let me put it this way. Even if I do nothing every day, there will be a lot of money coming in. At least a mere 100 million or 200 million, I don't care."
"I invested in an entertainment company because I wanted to do something in the entertainment industry. For example, make a couple of movies, or make one or two people famous. You know what I mean, right?"
Of course Chen Bei understood what the other party meant. He just wanted to have a certain say in the company.
Chen Bei thought about it and said:
"Since you're already a shareholder, it's fine if you want to support a few people. It would be unkind of me to refuse."
"But I don't want others to interfere with the company's future development direction."
Chai Hua raised his eyebrows. From what Chen Bei had just said, it could be seen that this matter could actually still be discussed.
What I just said is not Chai Hua’s ultimate goal, but still his temptation.
Now that Chen Bei was easy to talk to, he decided to come clean.
He stood up and poured Chen Bei another cup of tea. He smiled and said:
"Of course, we are very clear about our level in the field of art, and we will not interfere with the company's development direction."
"Our requirements are actually not high. There are only two points. First, we hope to appropriately promote some promising talents. As for the second point, we hope that there will be a minimum annual output of films for the company."
Chen Bei listened to the other party's two requests, thought carefully for a while and said:
"So, you have to make a few films every year, right? Even if you don't have a suitable script, even if the films you make might be bad?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Chen, you're joking. With you in charge of the company, we are still confident in the quality of the film."
"Don't say that, Mr. Chai. I know my own limitations. Sometimes, whether or not you can get a good script really depends on luck."
"I do have some opinions on this matter. I can't produce high-quality films every year. I have to consider my personal reputation and the company's reputation."
"If I think the script is not good and the film will be a bad one, I won't shoot it. I can't joke about my artistic life."
Chen Bei does have a huge number of good scripts in his hands, but no matter how many there are, there will always be a day when they are all used up.
Besides, why did he push himself so hard?
Chai Hua continued to explain:
"Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly enough. I hope the company can produce a certain number of films every year. It doesn't necessarily require you to do it yourself, but I hope that at least some of the actors in the company will participate."
Chen Bei shook his head again. He could understand that the investors wanted the company's employees to work more, so that it would seem that the company would make more money.
But this situation does not hold true in the film industry.
When it comes to movies, you can’t make money just by shooting more. You need to produce high-quality ones!
"That's unlikely. With all due respect, money is a good thing, and actors want to earn more. But if too many bad movies are made and the box office flops, it will prematurely end the artistic careers of these actors."
"They rely on me for their livelihood, so I have to be responsible for them. In this industry, no one wants to be labeled the king of bad movies."
"Hahaha, so Mr. Chen is worried about the box office. Then you don't have to worry about it at all. I can guarantee that as long as you can make it, the box office will be absolutely no problem!"
Chai Hua said this calmly and confidently, then picked up the teacup with an attitude of sitting on the Diaoyutai.
Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be joking, Chen Bei was not happy at all. Instead, he said with a serious expression:
"What do you mean? Can you manipulate the box office?"
Chai Hua put down the teacup, with a confident smile on his face, and said proudly:
"It's hard to say if the box office results will be outrageous, but we can still make sure that the box office isn't too bad."
"Let me be frank. If some films are released, they will normally do very poorly at the box office. But we can manipulate them to make the box office look good."
"But the extra box office revenue belongs to us."
"Also, I heard that you have conflicts with some people in the industry, and some awards are targeting you. We can help resolve these issues as well."
"You may not understand our power. This is really nothing to us."
"Please believe that choosing to cooperate with us will bring you many benefits."
"Once you make an excellent film, with our help, it is not impossible for you to create several Chinese box office legends."
"Look, as long as you cooperate with us, you will gain both fame and fortune. What are you still hesitating about?"
"During this process, all you need to do is make a good movie and help us a little bit. Why not?"
"Teacher Chen is a smart person. I don't need to explain some things too clearly. I think you can understand what I mean."
Of course Chen Bei understood what Chai Hua meant!
He originally thought that Chai Hua came here because he saw that Guokr Entertainment was profitable and planned to seize it by force.
Now it seems that I was too naive.
I am on the first floor, and these people are on the fifth floor!
Their real purpose is to launder the money in their hands!
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