"Mr. Yu, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you still have the same demeanor!"
In addition to the Huayi group, Yuan Hua also met many acquaintances at the scene, such as Bona's Yu Dong, who led the team this time, naturally because "Operation Mekong" won two nominations - Best Feature Film and Best Art.
This Yuan Hua still has the impression that "Operation Mekong" won the best feature film in his previous life.
This award is not low in gold content, it is almost a heavyweight award that is second only to the best director and best actor and actress in attention.
In addition to "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" and "Old Cannon", the films nominated for this award are "Blood Battle on the Xiangjiang River" and "July and Ansheng".
Yu Dong laughed loudly and said, "Mr. Yuan, don't be joking. Those of us who are about to be shot to death on the beach by you, what kind of charm is there?"
Yu Dong's words are a bit self-deprecating, but they are not moaning out of nothing. This year, the projects controlled by Bona are actually very dismal, and they are almost as good as Huayi.
For example, "The Teacher Is Crazy", "Contract Men and Women", "The Night Is Alluring", "One Thought Ignorance", "When Will the Bright Moon Come?" Among all the films that Bona served as the main producer this year, one of them broke the box office. None of the billions.
Although some films that Bona participated in or released are similar to "Riding the Wind and Waves", "Bomb Disposal Expert", and "Slaying the Wolf. Greedy Wolf" are not bad, but among those film capitalists, Bona does not take the lead, and at most earns a little. Relatively speaking, the income of the issued money is limited.
This situation is really much worse than last year! You should know that last year, among the film projects that Bona mainly voted for, six of the seven films had a box office of over 100 million, and there were two films with a box office of over 1 billion - "Macao 3" and "Operation Mekong". Even the lowest-grossing movies have 88.29 million.
The performance has fallen so sharply, thanks to the fact that Bona has delisted now, otherwise the stock price would have dropped so much that I wouldn't even know it!
But Bona has only been delisted from the US stock market, and is currently seeking to be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Anyway, such a dismal performance this year will cast a haze on Bona's return to the A-share market. Naturally, Yu Dong will not be too upset. beauty.
Some people are happy and some are worried. Bona's performance this year has plummeted. On the other hand, Huazhang Film and Television is booming like Japan and Fangzhong, ushering in the peak moment since its establishment, which naturally makes Yu Dong feel bad
The corner of Yuan Hua's mouth twitched: "Haha, Mr. Yu, you really know how to joke."
Yuan Hua knew well that Yu Dong acted miserably in front of him, not because he wanted to win his sympathy. After all, everyone is a capitalist, and it is useless to play this game
He just wanted to use this topic to draw out the following to ask Yuan Hua to make concessions. The subtext is nothing more than saying that our Bona performance is so poor this year, or Mr. Yuan still has a high hand, so hurry up and let "Operation Red Sea" start shooting!
In fact, according to common sense, "Operation Red Sea" should have been turned on at this time. In the previous life, "Operation Red Sea" was released on February 16, 2018, and there are only five months left.
Even if it starts tomorrow, this movie will definitely not be able to catch up with next year's Spring Festival! Then we can only settle for the next best thing and postpone the release until next year's National Day file. Anyway, the best time for the main theme movie is the National Day file!
The reason why "OPERATION RED SEA" has not been launched yet is very simple, that is, the interests have not yet been negotiated.
Yuan Hua is willing to act, but his asking price is not low - 2000+20%. Yu Dong felt that the asking price was a bit high. He would rather increase Yuan Hua's basic film salary to 50 million, but the box office share can only be 10% at most.
However, in the previous life, "OPERATION RED SEA" was the annual box office champion, with a total box office of 3.651 billion, and the film studio's share was about 1.34 billion, 10% or 134 million.
Yu Dong only added 30 million to Yuan Hua, but he lost 134 million in the box office share. There is still a gap of almost 100 million in the middle. How could Yuan Hua agree?
The two parties had big differences and could not reach an agreement for a long time, so Yuan Hua proposed a second plan later, that is, Yuan Hua only got a basic salary of 20 million yuan, and he could not get a share of the box office, but Yuan Hua should also participate in the investment. Get 30% of the investment quota.
You know, the estimated total investment of Operation Red Sea is as high as 500 million. Even for Bona, this is not a small sum, so Yu Dong also needs to introduce other capital to share the risk. A lot of money is enough to make Boehner hurt.
In the past, it was purely for nothing, but now Yuan Hua is willing to spend 150 million yuan in real money to participate in the investment, at least it can be regarded as sharing the risk.
It is a good thing for one more person to take risks, but if it is Yuan Hua who is going to invest, that is another matter! After all, the movie project he is optimistic about has not lost money so far!
Gu</span>Even he wants to get involved, which means that there is a high probability that this project will not be compensated, so Yu DongAnd he was reluctant to give 30% of the investment to Yuan Hua.
Normally speaking, if the actor's asking price is too high, Bona, as the owner, can completely replace him.
But Yu Dong was unwilling to kick Yuan Hua out directly. After all, Yuan Hua was guaranteed a box office right now, and he was almost the most popular movie star in China!
Even if the "The Richest Man in Tomatoes" is not considered soy sauce, the total box office of the movies Yuan Hua has participated in has exceeded the 17.5 billion mark so far, and the box office of the starring movies has reached 8.706 billion.
Yu Dong even often thinks that Yuan Hua doesn't seem to live in the same world as other people, he lives alone in the winner's world.
A career is all about moving from one success to another, from one brilliance to another brilliance, and is destined to write a rich and colorful stroke in the history of Huaguo film.
Nowadays, movies in which Yuan Hua plays the leading role can basically make more than ten or two billion box office casually. Even if it is a youth film, it can earn 1.69 billion at the box office, which has greatly broken the box office record of domestic youth films, leaving people speechless.
Now the ghost knows how many crews would dream of bringing Yuan Hua in, as long as he is willing to come, no matter what conditions can be negotiated, but Yuan Hua dismisses them all.
Now that there is finally a film Yuan Hua is willing to talk about, it is naturally impossible for Yu Dong to kick him out directly.
Moreover, Yu Dong is more afraid of Yuan Hua's other identity, that is, the helm of Huazhang Film and Television.
Previously, the cooperation between Bona and Huazhang Film and Television was quite pleasant, and "Quick Brother" also made Bona a small profit. If Yuan Hua is kicked out now, the relationship between the two companies may not be the same as before, and it will be even more difficult to cooperate in the future, so he must be cautious.
Besides, in fact, Yuan Hua's asking price did not say that it was completely beyond Yu Dong's psychological expectations, so there is no need to continue the discussion, and now basically it can still be discussed.
However, with the development of time, it seems that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to Dongfang, because Bona's performance this year has not improved, but Yuan Hua's career is getting more and more prosperous and more and more sought-after!
If Bona's performance is similar to last year, then Yu Dong can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and continue the tug-of-war with Yuan Hua, but seeing that this year is almost at the end of the year, Yu Dong can't handle it anymore!
"Mr. Yuan, that Is it true that "Operation Red Sea" can no longer be discussed?"
Yuan Hua shook his head, and said firmly:
"Mr. Yu is really sorry. Our side has already made a concession and offered more favorable conditions. There is really no room for further concessions!"
Taking advantage of the opportunity of presenting this award, Yu Dong tried out Yuan Hua's attitude by beating around again. Seeing that Yuan Hua still had no intention of letting go, Yu Dong immediately sighed in his heart, gave up unrealistic fantasies, and took the initiative to give in:
"Mr. Yuan, otherwise "Operation Red Sea" will be based on your conditions. The 30% investment share is completely ok on my side, so I will treat it as a friend of Mr. Yuan. What do you think?"
Of course Yuan Hua was overjoyed, and immediately stretched out his right hand with a smile and said:
"Of course that's good, then I wish us a happy cooperation."
Yu Dong shook hands with him in a complicated mood: