Chapter 299 This relationship must be maintained
In mid-to-late October, Luo Runbo rushed to Beijing from Hong Kong Island with a team of lawyers, and then Pei Wencong notified several units to come for final negotiations. Once the negotiations were completed, the relevant cooperation agreements would be signed immediately.
Director Xiong followed Director Gao and the local representative of Chang'an to the Capital Hotel as agreed. As soon as they entered the door, they saw the teams from the other two companies.
"Alas~"
Director Xiong sighed and felt very lonely.
After a few days of mutual competition, the situation seems to have become clear.
Not only are Beijing and Shanghai wealthy and powerful, they also offer good conditions in terms of land and capital. More importantly, their transportation and film and television infrastructure are far better than Chang'an.
Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theatre Academy are first-class film and television schools in the mainland, while Beijing Airport and Shanghai Airport are the largest aviation ports in the mainland.
What are the advantages of Changan in comparison?
It seems that only the two words "Chang'an" are closer to "The Lone Soldier Looking Back at Hometown" and "The North Wind Flying"!
"Everyone, cheer up. Even if someone else wins this time, they still need our cooperation. Don't let them look down on us."
Indeed, even if Beijing and Shanghai took the lion's share, when filming a movie, it always had to be shot in Chang'an. Moreover, there were no deserts in Shanghai and Beijing, so a lot of location shooting had to go to the west.
A few hundred kilometers north of Chang'an is the Mu Us Desert, which has excellent shooting conditions. No matter what, we have to give Chang'an some benefit.
After the big boss in Changan spoke, Director Xiong and others immediately straightened their backs, with expressionless faces and cold eyes, just like terracotta warriors, each of them exuding a sense of toughness.
After entering the conference room, Director Xiong discovered that in addition to the three film studios and local people, there was also a foreign-funded enterprise from Lijiaopo.
Wu Jinyuan's expression was not much different from that of Director Xiong and others. She was cold and smiling, as if she had lost eight million.
Pei Wencong and Luo Runbo arrived on time. After a round of polite greetings, Pei Wencong asked Luo Runbo to show him something.
"Thank you for your attention to us these days, so today we would like to show our sincerity. This is a $3 million promissory note from Standard Chartered Bank, which is also the first investment we plan to make after our cooperation."
Director Xiong looked at the pieces of paper in Luo Runbo's hand and couldn't help but swallow his saliva quietly.
He was not a bank employee, but he knew about the "bank draft" because it appeared too frequently in Hong Kong and Taiwan police and gangster films in the 1970s and 1980s.
Although a bank draft is just a credit certificate, it can be used to withdraw cash unconditionally from the bank, which is no different from cash.
Wu Jinyuan's expression suddenly became even colder.
Because she has been negotiating with the mainland to shoot a movie recently. If "Homelander" cannot be shot, she can shoot a kung fu movie or an urban movie. However, she used the broadcasting rights introduced by Lijiaopo TV series to offset the investment funds for the cooperative filming.
In fact, they just bring in a few TV series, and then take out movies and TV series, and finally broadcast them in Southeast Asia, making profits from both ends, and almost not taking up the company's working capital.
In Wu Jinyuan's view, for someone like Pei Wencong to invest real money, it was just a low-end game, not much different from being an amateur.
But in the eyes of other people at the scene, this behavior was full of "sincerity".
They sign the contract and get the money right away. Tell me if they are honest or not!
Someone off the court asked with a smile: "So, Mr. Pei, it seems that you have already decided where to invest this money?"
Pei Wencong smiled and said, "Yes, we have decided to build a film and television city in Chang'an. We hope to hire Xie Jin as the film director of "Homesickness" and we are also going to make "North Wind Flying" into a TV series."
"Buzz~"
Director Xiong's mind was buzzing with confusion, and he even suspected that he had heard it wrongly.
But when he saw that the other people around him were all surprised and happy, he knew that a nugget of gold really had fallen from the sky and happened to hit his group of people on the heads.
Everyone in the conference room was very surprised by this result, so someone couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Li, are you sure you want to build the film and television city in Chang'an? I always feel that the conditions in Beijing or Shanghai are better."
Pei Wencong smiled and said, "I thought so at first, but then I went to see the Terracotta Warriors and Horses and was really shocked."
"I think after our film is shown overseas, there will definitely be people looking for the Chang'an City of their dreams, so it makes sense for us to build our film and television city in Chang'an.
In addition, we examined other conditions such as location, labor costs, war horses, props, etc., and felt that Chang'an also had its advantages.
Of course, this cooperation involves two works. If you are willing, you can cooperate with each other, but the basic quotation must be based on the quotation of Changan Film Studio. "
Director Gao from Changan immediately stood up and said loudly: "No need to cooperate, we can complete the filming ourselves."
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Except for the people on Changan's side, everyone glared at Director Gao.
But Director Gao was not afraid at all and glared back with his eyes wide open.
Pei Wencong hurriedly said: "Let's take a break and continue the discussion later. I hope that we can complete this cooperation in a friendly, peaceful and smooth manner. Of course, it must be done as soon as possible. Time is money!"
During these days in the mainland, Pei Wencong also learned some of the mainland's social customs. He felt that the following families were about to quarrel, and it would be better for him, an "outsider", to avoid them for the time being.
Sure enough, as soon as Pei Wencong and others left, the meeting room became a mess.
"What were you doing just now, Old Gao? Fighting among yourselves in front of foreign guests? Aren't you afraid of being stuffed to death by eating alone?"
"Hehe, who wanted to eat alone a few days ago? Did you forget?"
Director Gao is not stupid. He knows that he cannot have the whole thing to himself, but he must make his attitude clear first and take advantage of the momentum of the foreign investors to get more. Otherwise, the other two companies will think that cooperation is a must!
As it is now, Chang'an Film Studio will definitely take the lion's share, but the director is from Shanghai Film Studio, so the actors will naturally have to cooperate.
This is not uncommon in mainland China. For example, "Du Shiniang" starring Pan Hong was actually produced by Jilin Film Studio.
After some arguments and discussions, the three parties came up with a general outline that afternoon. As for the other details, they were left to study slowly behind closed doors.
But no matter how you study it, Changan Film Studio is the big winner who made the most money.
After signing the letter of intent, there was naturally a friendly banquet.
Director Xiong was of a low rank and had to wait for a long time before he had the chance to toast Pei Wencong.
"Thank you Mr. Pei"
"Okay, okay. By the way, Director Xiong, I heard that your imitation Ming Guang armor is pretty good. I talked to my friend about it a few days ago. If it is exported as a work of art, it will still have a good market. At least I will put one at home to protect my house."
"Oh, there are definitely common imitations of this, but..."
"Of course it's normal. Museum collections cannot be exported. I understand that. I understand that. It's just normal business behavior. The export volume may be hundreds or thousands of sets."
"Don't worry, Mr. Pei. I will report it immediately. I will report it immediately."
A shadow suddenly flashed through Director Xiong's mind, and he seemed to understand that what happened today might not be a gold nugget falling from the sky.
Director Xiong found Director Gao and whispered, "Director, we may have underestimated someone this time. Otherwise..."
Director Gao narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Since they haven't said it explicitly, then we shouldn't disturb them openly, but we must maintain this relationship."
"I understand, but how are we supposed to protect them?"
"What does he like?"
"It seems like he likes cultural relics. Yes, antique cultural relics."
"Tsk, we don't have anything else in Chang'an except antiques. I'll find someone for you. You can contact him and then tell the finance department that I approved it."
(End of this chapter)
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