Chapter 383 No One Follows

An Avatar observation meeting turned into a shocking gambling game, which caught everyone off guard.

Tong Gang kept Li Chen after the meeting.

"Are you crazy today?" Han Sanping asked rudely when he saw that there were no outsiders around.

But Director Tong didn't say anything.

Poor old Han, he has never been right in estimating the box office.

Whether it was "The Promise" back then or even "Mei Lanfang" later, Lao Han always overestimated it.

The only thing he underestimated was Avatar.

"Sanping, let's listen to Li Chen's opinion first."

Han Saping sat down patiently. Li Chen's bet today involved his China Film Group as well.

If all the films jointly produced by China Film Group and Rongchen Pictures are divided according to 41% in the future, China Film Group will be in big trouble.

It's simply a disaster.

"Li Chen, do you really think that "Avatar" can exceed 10 billion?" Tong Gang said gently.

Li Chen smiled and said, "It's very likely."

"When Cameron's Titanic was released in 97, there were less than a thousand screens in the country, but it took in 3.6 million."

"In 02, when Zhang Yimou's Hero was released, it grossed 1500 million yuan on more than 2.5 screens across the country."

"This year, the number of screens nationwide has grown to more than 6200, four times that of 02."

Tong Gang and Han Saping looked at each other. They didn't expect that Li Chen had such a thorough grasp of the data.

"Of course, the number of films today is not comparable to that of the past."

"But once Cameron arrives, do the two leaders think anyone dares to squeeze into the same schedule with him?"

“So no matter how many films there are, it won’t affect Avatar, as long as the bureau reveals that Avatar has a release date.”

"I dare say that 99% of producers will adjust their schedules to avoid Avatar!"

"I am no exception!"

"Another reason is the ticket price for Avatar. Whether it is 2D or IMAX, the ticket price for Avatar, which is three hours long, is absolutely unprecedented."

Li Chen's words made Tong and Han feel unsure.

According to Li Chen's analysis, the minimum box office revenue for "Avatar" is 10 billion.

Tong Gang sighed softly: "I wonder when our domestic film industry will be able to reach the level of the United States."

Although Li Chen knew the answer to this question, he kept silent.

"By the way, Li Chen, how are the people who were specifically trained doing?" Tong Gang placed his hopes on Li Chen again.

Now it seems that Li Chen is ahead of the curve.

Perhaps this group of people are the pioneers of the domestic film industrialization.

"The second group will leave in June, and the first group will return home at the end of the year."

"So how do you plan to arrange for these people to return to China?"

"Let me keep it a secret for now. You will know Director Tong by the end of the year."

"You kid, you even started a Tai Chi fight with me. Never mind. I'll just wait and see."

After separating from Tong Gang, Han Saping pulled Li Chen aside and started talking to him.

"Do you really think this Avatar can make a billion?"

Li Chen said with a smile: "Didn't I just say that it is entirely possible in theory?"

“As for whether it can reach one billion, no one can say for sure.”

"How dare you make such a boast?" Han Sanping was stunned.

Li Chen smiled confidently and said, "I always believe in my own judgment. Don't you believe it?"

Han Saping was completely speechless, and became angry again when he thought of something.

"Chen Kaige from Huabiao is here. You really keep your word. You said you wouldn't come, so you won't come."

If Li Chen came to Huabiao, it would definitely be a good story.

Two generations of Palme d’Or gather at the Huabiao Awards.

Chen Kaige and Li Chen both won the Outstanding Director Award for "Mei Lanfang" and "The Sound of the Wind".

In the end, it was Chen Kaige and Yu Miao who went on stage to receive the award.

Chen Kaige also recited a poem in public, which was full of patriotism. He once again made clear his attitude to all walks of life that he would not change his nationality, which is called not losing his identity.

See, this is the poet's character.

After hearing this, how should Li Lianjie, Gong Li and others deal with the situation?

However, the poet did practice what he preached. It seemed that he never invited Li Lianjie and Gong Li to appear in his later films.

Huang Bo's "Bullfighting" was shortlisted for the Venice Horizons section.

The reputation of "Crossing the Guandong 2" is obviously not as good as the first one, which hurt Hou Hongliang a lot.

I didn’t expect that Noon Sunshine now has to compete with Rongchen Pictures.

Li Chen returned to the villa and contacted Yu Miao to let him release the news from the meeting.

Sina Entertainment News

"The Avatar viewing meeting gave birth to a shocking gambling agreement, and Rongchen Pictures, a leading upstream production company, launched a 10 billion gambling with the eight major cinema chains."

The film and television industry was like a thunderclap.

The first person to be startled was Zhang Weiping.

In the past, this kind of thing was always Mr. Zhang’s forte.

But no one is as stupid as Li Chen.

Zhang Weiping was still in a daze when he received a call from Rongchen Pictures.

I heard Yu Miao say that he hopes Zhang Weiping can also join this gamble.

Zhang Weiping shook his head like a rattle.

Not to mention that he hasn't seen "Avatar", even if he had, he wouldn't dare to gamble.

Although he also wanted to increase the share ratio, he didn't want to be so hasty.

If he loses, he is back to square one. It was not easy for him to raise the ratio from 41 to 43 in the first place!

Just after Yu Miao hung up the phone, the theater called again and invited him to join the gambling agreement.

Zhang Weiping refused without even thinking. Do you think I'm a fool?

This is actually exactly what Rongchen Pictures and the theater chain want.

"Boss, as you expected, Xiao Ma, New Picture, Huayi, Shanghai Film Group, and China Film Group all rejected your bet agreement."

Yu Miao was also puzzled. The boss was simply seeking his own death by doing this.

Only a fool would join.

This result is exactly what the eight major cinema chains hope to see.

Even if Li Chen wins by chance, other producers should not be jealous.

We strongly invited you to join us, but you refused.

Li Chen also achieved his desired goal.

If you want to increase the profit sharing ratio in the future, don't tell me that the producers will all prosper together.

Don’t ask me, Rongchen Pictures, to be the leader.

But he remembered that two years later, Zhang Dapao's film "The Flowers of War" caused the eight major cinema chains to increase their share of the box office.

In the end, the General Administration stepped in to act as a peacemaker, and the two sides agreed to split the profits 5% for amounts below 45 million, and 41% for amounts above million.

Li Chen's move stunned everyone.

The eight major cinema chains felt they had gotten a great bargain and all shouted: See you on Monday!
Early that morning, many media outlets were waiting downstairs at Rongchen Pictures.

It feels like the leader of the martial arts world convening a martial arts conference.

Yang Siwei, Yu Miao and others wanted to persuade the boss again.

Unfortunately, no matter how much they said, it was useless after Li Chen made his decision.

Yang Siwei didn't give up and called Liu Yifei again.

"Yifei, please persuade the boss. He won't listen to us, but he will listen to you."

"This time is different from the past. None of the other producers agreed to join."

"Boss, this is simply a heroic act!"

As a result, Liu Yifei directly replied: "He is really wrong, and I will continue to make mistakes with him!"

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(End of this chapter)