Chapter 410: A Plan to Return to Li

Many people in the room guessed that there must be an important person present at this necessary meeting today.

But no one expected it to be a Ling leader.

The old man shook hands with several big directors one by one.

It is obvious that Xiao Gangpao and Lao Mouzi have met this leader before.

This is Li Chen’s first time.

When shaking hands with Li Chen, the old man smiled cordially and asked, "When will the filming of 'Panda Vientiane Island' begin?"

With just these few words, many people present were enlightened.

Whether it is theaters or several leading production companies.

I have recently read the novel "Panda Vientiane Island".

I just feel that the novel itself is nothing special.

But the implications are universal.

The panda, the guardian of Vientiane Island, is exactly in line with the national philosophy.

To put it simply, it means loving peace, protecting the ecological balance, and not offending others unless they offend me.

Everyone present even had some people suspecting that "Panda Vientiane Island" was a monster version of "Avatar"!
In China, once there is policy support, the market is only one step away from exploding.

The era of sky-high film pay is coming, and the capital war is about to begin.

Director Wang and Director Tong saw the old man off, and the meeting got down to business.

The old man's presence was just a gesture, to shake hands and make some pre-war mobilization.

The specific matters will be led by the General Administration.

Rongchen Pictures and Huayi are the two companies mentioned most times by Director Tong.

Especially Rongchen Pictures.

After Huayi went public, it also made a series of big moves.

Wang Zhongjun spoke with high spirits: "Huayi will release eight major dramas this year, in addition to Director Feng's If You Are the One 2, which is still in the process of writing the script."

“The other seven have all completed post-production.”

It's a lot of words and sounds like a work report.

"Love in the City" starring Xie Tingfeng at the beginning of next month is invested by Huayi.

Not only that, Huayi recently spent a large sum of money to sign a former HOT member. What was his name? Li Chen couldn’t remember it for the moment.

I only remember that man acted in a TV series with Dong Jie.

He also took advantage of the fact that Zhang Ziyi was deeply involved in the Pomo Sect and the Xiaosan Sect.

She helped Li Qiaoqiao snatch the role in "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" from her.

It seems that it is taking an international route and its goals are no longer limited to the domestic market.

Li Chen felt drowsy while listening and wanted to leave as soon as the meeting was over.

As a result, he was stopped by the theater representative Ye Ning, Lao Mouzi and Xiao Wang.

Han Saping sighed inwardly, this kid is more popular than him.

He told his secretary to ask Li Chen to come find him later, and he went back to China Film Group first.

Ye Ning and Wang Zhonglei saw that Zhang Yimou obviously wanted to say something to Li Chen in private, so they tactfully chatted with him on the side.

"Director Zhang, you're not going to settle scores with me later, are you? I was only discussing the matter at hand in "Three Guns" and I definitely didn't mean to target you."

Li Chen laughed and blocked Lao Mouzi's mouth first.

"Oh, I know, I don't blame you." Lao Mouzi said with a wry smile.

"What do you want?"

"There are too many people here. If you are free in the evening, let's sit down and talk."

Zhang Yimou's words perked up Li Chen. Could it be that the old man had come to his senses?

"Okay, let me ask the driver to take you to the Chang'an Club first, and I'll be there soon. No one will disturb you there."

After a brief consideration, Lao Mouzi nodded in agreement.

Wang Zhonglei and Ye Ning walked up and said with a smile, "What is Director Zhang talking to you about, Director Li?"

"How come even Mr. Wang is gossiping?"

Wang Zhonglei laughed and said, "Who wouldn't be interested in the gossip about you two?" "Mr. Wang is right, Director Li. The 1 billion bet against you has embarrassed our eight major cinema chains." Ye Ning joked.

In fact, the losses of the eight major cinema chains are negligible.

Because the increase in these two points only applies to Rongchen Pictures, the annual loss for each cinema chain is only about one million.

Smaller cinemas may even just charge a few hundred thousand.

It’s just that this time the eight major cinema chains were collectively convinced of Li Chen.

The scene of a 10 billion gambling game is no different from that in Wang Jing's "God of Gamblers".

"Then you can just reduce the screening rate of "Avatar"." Li Chen was unyielding.

Ye Ning laughed out loud. Only a fool would reduce the screening rate of "Avatar".

It turned out that Wang Zhonglei didn't leave because he wanted to meet Li Chen.

Although it was agreed last time that "Charlotte" would not be released at the same time as "Earthquake".

But he heard that the post-production of "Inception", "Passengers" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light" have been completed one after another.

If Li Chen releases these three dramas during the summer vacation, both sides will suffer.

"Boss Wang, this is a bit too much."

"How about you help me choose which time slot I should release these three dramas in?"

Li Chen looked at Wang Zhonglei expressionlessly.

Damn it, you occupied the summer vacation schedule, and Jiang Wen occupied the Lunar New Year schedule.

If Li Chen remembers correctly, "If You Are the One 2", for which he is still writing the script, will also be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

You Huayi are allowed to act like hooligans, but I, Li Chen, am not allowed to make a feint.

Wang Zhonglei seemed to have already thought about how to answer this question.

"Director Li, there are plenty of good schedules for May Day and National Day."

"Of course, even if you really want to enter the summer and New Year's blockbusters, I can't stop you."

"But at least don't release it on the same day like "Storm 2" and "The Tomb of the Assassin", right?"

"No matter what, Yifei is also a shareholder of Huayi!"

Damn, he didn’t mention Tang Yan or Yang Mi, but only mentioned his wife. It seems that Wang Zhonglei knew his weakness.

"I understand what Mr. Wang means. I will handle it appropriately."

"Then I'm relieved. Director Li, Mr. Ye, please chat."

Looking at the smug looks of Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun.

Li Chen and Ye Ning joked, "Boss Wang didn't have the confidence to discuss the schedule with me before."

"That's right. Huayi is now very wealthy and powerful. Several of your artists are shareholders of Huayi, including Yifei. Huayi is naturally confident."

After chatting with Ye Ning for a while, Li Chen called Han Sanping and decided to go to China Film Studio to find him later.

Arrived at Changan Club.

Without outsiders around, Zhang Yimou no longer hid anything.

Just speak frankly and openly.

This time, "Three Guns" can be said to be the Waterloo of his life.

This is even more of a blow than the one that "The Promise" dealt to Chen Kaige back then.

At least "The Promise" is indeed a big production with a big cast.

"Three Guns" is really not good enough.

If the three words "Zhang Yimou" were not put in front, how many people would go to the cinema to watch that circus troupe?

"I keep thinking about what you said to me recently. I wonder if you still remember it?"

"Remember, I told you that if you are not happy with the new screen, you are always welcome here. The conditions are negotiable."

Zhang Yimou breathed a sigh of relief.

I had a big fight with Zhang Weiping that day, but Zhang Weiping was still dragging his feet on paying his director's fee.

It also made him see clearly this partner who was always the brother who spoke and the brother who kept silent.

You can talk about anything, just don't talk to him about money.

(End of this chapter)