Chapter 228 I still like your rebellious attitude
. To be honest, it is not the first time that Leshi.com has delayed the payment of revenue to Arclight.
At the beginning of last year, the revenue share of "Soul Ferry 2" was more than a month late in the settlement.
But at that time, Liu Jun was in the middle to coordinate, so it was not delayed for too long.
The return cycle of the film and television industry has always been very long, and the capital turnover rate is low.
The capital chain of most film and television companies, including listed companies, is in a state of tension.
This is why some old companies that look very powerful will collapse directly because of the loss of a large-scale production project.
Because the overall process of the online drama project is short, the turnover will be relatively faster, but it will also take more than half a year.
The revenue share of "Forensic Qin Ming" that has not yet been settled is about 12 million, which is equivalent to 30% to 40% of Arclight's current working capital.
So although Meng Bai's words are a bit exaggerated, they are not nonsense.
"Mr. Meng, Arclight Film and Television and our Leshi.com have been cooperating for two years, and we have always had pleasant exchanges. Both the company and I hope to maintain this relationship." Zhang Qi said.
Meng Bai smiled: "Like Mr. Zhang, I also hope to maintain this 'cooperative relationship'. But let's be honest, it has been more than half a year since the end of "Forensic Qin Ming", and during this period, no payment has been mentioned. I think our Arclight has been quite sincere." If
you want to talk about friendship, it's fine. We Arclight have extended the payment period from one quarter to half a year. Isn't this enough for friendship?
Zhang Qi was choked and frowned.
The original smile disappeared, and he said in a calm tone: "Leshi.com is currently in a relatively important period. I hope Mr. Meng can be more tolerant. After all, we have a lot of cooperation in the future, and there is no need for everyone to be too embarrassed about the little things in front of us."
If the other party's first half of the sentence is playing the "emotional card", then the second half of the sentence is faintly threatening.
The subtext is obvious. Our "Green Ivy Series" will continue to be filmed, and Leshi.com is indispensable. As a producer of Arclight, you'd better be sensible and don't make it too embarrassing with our platform's "big party A".
This kind of talk is normal for a platform like Leshi.com. If it were any other company, they might have no choice but to agree.
But it was different for Arclight Films.
Meng Bai leaned back in his chair, tapped the table with his fingers, and said kindly: "Mr. Zhang, the premise for continuing the cooperation is that all the previous problems have been solved, otherwise what are we cooperating for?"
Seeing the other party's indifferent expression, Zhang Qi's face completely sank.
As a platform, which production company is not respectful in front of them? There has never been a time when they were not taken seriously.
He no longer played any "negotiation tricks" and said directly: "If Arclight has this attitude, then I think there is nothing to discuss. The repayment must be in accordance with the overall requirements of the group. If Mr. Meng is not satisfied with anything, he can go directly to our Mr. Jia to talk."
"So what Mr. Zhang means is that Leshi.com does not intend to pay this repayment."
"Mr. Meng, don't misinterpret my meaning. We have never said that we will not pay. It's just that how and when to pay should be arranged according to our plan." Zhang Qi said contemptuously: "Of course, if Arclight is not satisfied with this, it can end the cooperation."
If it were the past, Leshi.com would not dare to be so direct. After all, the content production in the past two years has almost completely relied on Arclight Film and Television.
But now it is different. With the breakthrough of "Go Princess Go", the importance of Arclight in Leshi.com has immediately decreased a lot.
In addition, Boss Jia is now busy with various "capital operations" and has no energy to care about online dramas.
In this way, the original subtle "personal relationship" of Arclight Film and Television no longer exists.
If you want to cooperate, listen to me. If you don't accept it, get out.
This is the true face of a big platform.
However, Meng Bai didn't care about this straightforward warning: "Mr. Zhang means that you plan to give up the cooperation with Arclight?"
"That depends on what Mr. Meng thinks." Zhang Qi said confidently.
He didn't believe that Meng Bai would choose to give up the "Green Ivy Series" because it would be equivalent to the "collapse" of Arclight Film's layout and future plans in the past two years.
However, what surprised Zhang Qi was that Meng Bai didn't seem to care too much about it.
He smiled indifferently: "In this case, there is nothing to talk about. The subsequent development of the 'Green Ivy Series' will be independently taken over by Arclight Film. As for the repayment, everything will follow the normal legal process. I believe that the investors of Leshi will be moved when they hear that they would rather default on more than 10 million in profit sharing than to raise 9.8 billion in acquisition funds."
"Wait!"
Zhang Qi's face suddenly changed, and his original confident expression disappeared.
He called out to Meng Bai, looked at him and said, "Mr. Meng, are you kidding? The film and television development rights of the 'Green Ivy Series' are jointly held by Leshi.com and Arclight. Without Leshi.com's authorization, Arclight is not qualified to independently develop projects."
"Mr. Zhang doesn't seem to have read our authorization contract carefully."
Meng Bai said calmly, "As early as before the first "Psychological Crime" project was established, the contract clearly stated that if the series of projects cannot continue due to Leshi.com's reasons, Arclight Film and Television will unconditionally take back the film and television adaptation rights of the entire 'Green Ivy Series' and all subsequent projects."
"What?!"
Zhang Qi's brows were instantly wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character, with an expression of surprise and confusion on his face.
How could it be possible? Which platform doesn't hold the copyright firmly in its hands? How could anyone sign such a stupid contract?
He didn't believe it a million times in his heart, but reason told him that Meng Bai couldn't fool people about such a thing, because it would be easily exposed.
Zhang Qi looked at his subordinates on the side, who understood what he meant and immediately sent a message to have all the contracts with Arc Light Films for the past two years sent over.
But before he could send the message, Liu Jun, who had been sitting silently on the side for a long time, said: "Don't bother to look at it. This contract was signed by me at the time. President Meng is right, there is indeed this clause in it."
"You..."
Zhang Qi almost spit out a mouthful of blood, and barely managed to hold back the curse.
Liu Jun didn't care about his expression, and continued: "According to the contract, because the platform owed us the revenue share, the main responsibility is on us. The relevant authorization will be taken back by Arclight Films, and we can continue to cooperate with other platforms in the future."
Now the other executives around couldn't help but look sideways, are you really one of us?
Meng Bai also quietly gave Liu Jun a thumbs up.
Sure enough, it has to be you!
But in this way, no matter how things develop in the future, this brother's days at Leshi.com may not be easy.
But it's not bad. Everyone can just pack up and leave together, and Chen Jing won't have to keep talking about the lack of a manager in his ear every day.
Meng Bai imagined that he could go out and hang out anytime in the future. On the other side, Zhang Qi took a deep breath and slowly calmed down.
Although he hadn't seen the specific content of the contract, he could see from the other party's attitude that there should be no loopholes.
Losing the conditions to control Arclight Films, he had a soft spot in the hands of the other party, and the situation on the field was reversed at two levels.
Now, Meng Bai has become the party with the initiative.
It is said that these elites all have some Sichuan opera background. Seeing that he has lost his advantage, Zhang Qi immediately regained his smiling expression.
"Haha, Mr. Meng is really joking. We have been working together for such a long time and have a tacit understanding with each other. Why should we have different opinions as a family?"
He was arrogant at first and then respectful. It is funny to think about it.
"Haha, Mr. Zhang, I still prefer your rebellious look just now. How about recovering?"
"You..."
Meng Bai did not care about Zhang Qi's ugly face at all, and continued: "Now that we have come to this, there is nothing to hide. I believe you all know Leshi's financial situation better than me. Even if the payment is settled, will there be extra resources to continue to develop the next project?"
LeTV Pictures has a total of 11 film projects to be launched this year, including the big-budget "The Great Wall" and "Lord of the Rings".
At the same time, it is also necessary to meet the "2.2 billion in 3 years" profit requirement required for sufficient mergers and acquisitions, and the demand for funds is extremely huge.
The "Green Ivy Series" in cooperation with Arclight Film and Television has a larger production scale than the previous one.
Although the results are very good, the revenue brought is mainly in the traffic data, and the essence is that Leshi.com is burning money.
Under this situation, it can't support the continued development.
This is why Leshi.com attaches so much importance to "Go Princess Go".
The same profit effect, one requires an investment of tens of millions, and the other only a few million.
Even if we know that the success of the latter is not so easy to replicate, who can not like it.
Zhang Qi naturally understood that what Meng Bai said was indeed the truth.
"So, Mr. Meng is really not going to cooperate with our Leshi.com?"
"It depends on what Mr. Zhang thinks."
The same words were sent back intact within a few minutes.
Only the parties involved can appreciate the subtlety of the taste.
(End of this chapter)
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