Chapter 245 Fraudster
Dong Peiyu took a long time to calm down before slowly sitting down.
This was the first time she had encountered such a thing as losing money while making a movie.
Looking at Hu Xiaoxiao's extremely young face, he is not very old and has little life experience. He made such a loss in his first venture into the film industry. There is a 99% chance that he was cheated.
A young girl is inexperienced in the world, what can she know?
The most hateful one is of course that deceitful old man!
Dong Peiyu turned her gaze to Zheng Pingxin with deep wariness, as if she was looking at a scammer.
The old men in this circle are the best at deceiving people.
However, the box office issue must be resolved. While the film is still online, resolving it sooner will earn more box office revenue. We can't just sit and watch it lose money, right?
After the three of them discussed it, they reached a unanimous opinion that they should change the issuing company immediately.
But now that the contract has been signed, getting back the distribution rights is another big problem.
Dong Peiyu looked at Zheng Pingxin on the left: a loser who was holding the team back.
Then she looked at Hu Xiaoxiao on the right: he was naive and gullible, which made her feel uneasy.
After looking around, she felt that it was most appropriate for her to handle this matter herself, as she had many connections in this circle.
Dong Peiyu took the contract and said to Zheng Pingxin, "I can help you negotiate with the publishing company, get the distribution rights back, and find a new company to distribute it. However, you must redo the contract with Xiaoxiao."
"You say, and I'll do it." Zheng Pingxin said.
After Dong Peiyu asked Hu Xiaoxiao about his investment ratio and dividend ratio, she said to Zheng Pingxin, "You must give Xiaoxiao another 20% of the dividend. You can't just sit there and do nothing and take all that profit for nothing, right?"
Zheng Pingxin didn't care about the dividends at this time. As long as the film could be released normally, he would be satisfied. "I'll do whatever you say."
"What do you mean by 'just do whatever I say?' I want all the profits, are you willing to give them to me?" Dong Peiyu had a very bad impression of Zheng Pingxin and sneered, "Do you think you're the only one with talent? Do you think you're unappreciated, a hidden gem? Who in this industry doesn't have some talent? Only you can do it? Look at you, can you do it? One movie flopped and you didn't learn your lesson, two movies flopped and you still haven't learned your lesson, and now you're on your third movie!"
Zheng Pingxin's face turned red after being scolded by Dong Peiyu. His hands and feet were awkward and he lowered his head and dared not say a word.
"Sister Dong," Hu Xiaoxiao called softly. Dong Peiyu glared at her and scolded Hu Xiaoxiao as well, "Who wouldn't pick up gold if it fell on the ground? Now you know why his script looks good, but no one wants to act in it, right?"
Hu Xiaoxiao nodded silently, understanding.
Dong Peiyu checked her watch. It was getting late, and the sooner this matter was resolved, the better. She immediately contacted a lawyer and worked with Zheng Pingxin to renegotiate the profit-sharing agreement.
Zheng Pingxin now did whatever Dong Peiyu told him to do, without uttering a word. After signing the agreement, he followed Dong Peiyu to the issuing company to negotiate with the person in charge.
In order to successfully regain the distribution rights, Dong Peiyu found an acquaintance from a film company to act as an intermediary to help mediate.
The distribution company had been pessimistic about "The Mirror of Love and Lust" to begin with, and after checking that it had only grossed NT$100,000 after ten days, they agreed to terminate the contract to save face for the middleman. However, all the ticket sales for "The Mirror of Love and Lust" had already been paid back to the distribution company. In other words, Zheng Pingxin and Hu Xiaoxiao wouldn't receive a cent from those ten days' box office revenue.
Dong Peiyu, on behalf of Hu Xiaoxiao, agreed, and Zheng Pingxin could only nod, so the contract was successfully terminated.
Dong Peiyu immediately contacted a film company under Shanhai Films. Taking the film and her reputation from so many years in this circle, she found the manager in charge of distribution at the film company to discuss the distribution.
After rounds of negotiations, we finally finalized the distribution contract before dark and will start scheduling the film tomorrow.
Hu Xiaoxiao had originally wanted to go with Dong Peiyu to negotiate a contract, but Dong Peiyu declined, telling him to go back and wait for news. "You're a big star, so you need to behave like one. You can't get involved in everything. Even if you do, you should sit back and cross your legs. Leave the front-end work to me, your agent..."
In short, big stars must have style and should not do menial work, otherwise they will appear to be of low taste and not impressive enough.
Isn't it the case that we spend a lot of money to hire an agent just to do these odd jobs and rough work?
When Hu Xiaoxiao heard this, wasn't this what she had always wanted, the leisurely life of a big star who just had to film movies and not have to worry about anything else?
Big stars should just focus on looking good outside. It would be a loss of status if they run around everywhere!
Hu Xiaoxiao returned home happily, ate snacks, and called from time to time to find out about the progress.
As she got to know the company better, she also realized that Dong Peiyu had mobilized a lot of connections, worked hard herself, and run around a lot in order to change the issuing company. It was not easy for her to get the money.
Seeing Ji Jiren working so hard, Hu Xiaoxiao thought about it and called Aunt Dan who was resting at home and ordered a pot of traditional Chinese soup from her.
By the time the soup was ready, it was already dark, and Dong Peiyu had signed a new publishing company. Hu Xiaoxiao filled a thermos with soup and ordered a table of delicious dishes to reward Dong Peiyu.
Dong Peiyu arrived at the restaurant Hu Xiaoxiao had booked, entered the private room, and as soon as she sat down, she showed the new contract to Hu Xiaoxiao. She said, "I've had them make all kinds of promotional posters overnight. They'll be posted in cinemas and on the streets tomorrow morning to drum up popularity for 'The Mirror of Love and Moon'. Shanhai Cinema has agreed to schedule the film for tomorrow, but it depends on how the tickets sell. If they sell well and the attendance is high, they'll add more screenings. We've also been in talks with Baoguang Cinema. They checked the attendance for 'The Mirror of Love and Moon' and thought it was pretty good, so they agreed to add more screenings. As for Ji's Cinema, the distribution company personally went to talk to them. Coincidentally, there haven't been any outstanding films lately, so they've given it some screenings as well."
As for the other smaller theaters, they'd have to continue working on the film tomorrow. A fly's leg, no matter how small, is still meat. The more theaters it can be opened to, the more revenue it can bring in. She would work with the distribution company on promotion and marketing, trying to boost the box office as quickly as possible.
Time is money. We have already missed the golden period of the first ten days and cannot delay any longer.
Seeing that Dong Peiyu's makeup was smudged and her lips were dry and chapped from running, Hu Xiaoxiao quickly scooped a bowl of traditional hot soup for her, "Sister Dong, have some soup first."
Dong Peiyu smelled it and found it had a faint scent of coconut milk. "Five-fingered ginseng soup?"
He took it and took a sip, nodding his head in approval. "Five-fingered ginseng chicken soup. This soup is cooked properly. It doesn't seem like a standard soup that a restaurant can make."
"I asked Aunt Dan to help me make it. Aunt Dan is the best at making soup." Hu Xiaoxiao said.
Dong Peiyu said, "I also like to make soup when I have free time. I'm going to ask Auntie Dan for some advice sometime. I've watched the show 'Auntie Dan Makes Delicious Soup' and learned a few tricks from her."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
