Chapter 345: Double drama, investment in trouble (Ch 345)

After New Year’s Day, Peng Yuchang also moved from Yanghe to Huhai and officially joined the studio.

Boss Yang convened a company-wide meeting and officially announced the gambling agreement that Qi Jia had signed with him before, which had been completed ahead of schedule.

The news did not attract much attention online, but it caused a stir in the circle.

Many people did not expect that within just three years of his debut, Qi Jia had already completed the transformation from actor to capitalist.

Although Yang Mi did not specify the amount of the bet with Qi Jia, judging from Qi Jia’s current share of Yang Mi’s company,

This number will definitely not be lower than a few small goals.

For a time, all the capital in the circle was jealous, thinking that Yang Mi was really lucky to have signed Qi Jia. Isn’t this definitely finding a hen that only lays golden eggs?

As for Jiaxing, after hearing the news, he became so jealous that his face turned hideous.

Because of this, Zheng Jia and Zhao Ruorao had a big quarrel in the office. Some employees learned from the vague quarrel between the two that Qi Jia was forced to leave because of Zheng Jia.

After the news spread, Jiaxing was immediately pushed into the spotlight and condemned by the entire Internet. The company’s image and stock price plummeted.

Some media wanted to interview Qi Jia, but he rejected them all and was too lazy to respond because he was really busy!

First, I accompanied the crews of “Assassination of Novelist” and “Shock Wave 2” on a roadshow across the country for a few days.

Soon after, “I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend” and “The Bad Kids” were also scheduled to be released on January 15th.

After the post-production of “I Don’t Want to Be Friends with You” was completed, the leaders of Mango TV watched it and thought it was very good.

In addition, Qi Jia has been very popular recently, so he decided to pay 7 million per episode.

The total price was 168 million yuan, buying the exclusive online broadcast rights and the first-round broadcast rights for TV stations.

After deducting the production cost of 40 million, 6% VAT, 12% additional taxes (based on VAT) and 25% corporate income tax,

The remaining distributable profit is a total of RMB 85.0128 million.

Among them, Qi Jia accounted for 30%, and the final distribution rounded up to an integer, which was about 25.5 million.

Although it seems that the profit is not much, there will be income from the second and third rounds of broadcasting rights. In addition, this drama also promoted Zhuang Dafei, so it can’t be considered a loss.

So, Qi Jia, who had just finished his movie roadshow, first flew to the Mango TV headquarters and went to promote the show with the crew of “I Don’t Want to Be Friends with You”.

Then he immediately flew to Beijing and toured the Kiwi Building with the crew of “The Bad Kids”.

Beijing International Airport,

As soon as he got off the plane, Qi Jia received a call from Chen Yuwen.

“It’s not going very smoothly. It feels like the three of them have united.

Except for your role as the male lead, they all want to get involved in the rest of the roles.”

On the other end of the phone, Chen Yuwen didn’t joke around as usual. He spoke directly, with a sense of fatigue in his words.

She met with three investors today to discuss script investment, but she didn’t expect that after talking for a whole morning, she couldn’t close the deal with any of them.

Qi Jia had heard about the three investors’ demands before, but he did not agree.

He originally thought that if things didn’t work out, he could just talk to one or two of them, but Chen Yuwen told him that the three companies had actually joined forces.

My goodness, in order to deal with him, they even came up with an offensive and defensive alliance!

“Then let’s not talk about it. Let them regret it later.”

“You should prepare the crews for “Ink Rain and Clouds” and “Fragrance Comes” first.” Qi Jia said.

The total production cost of these two films is 260 million. It should be no problem if he and Boss Yang chip in.

At worst, I can just be a little more frugal. It’s not like we don’t have the conditions now, it’s just a little difficult. But it’s impossible to compromise with capital.

Who knew that after he finished speaking, Chen Yuwen smiled bitterly and said,

“Have you forgotten that the filming of ‘A Small Shop at the Edge of the Clouds’ will start next year, and the production cost will be 100 million, which you will finance alone.”

Qi Jia was stunned when he heard this. He had been so busy recently that he had forgotten that “A Small Shop at the Edge of the Cloud” was scheduled to start filming on June 1 next year.

Zhang Jiajia did not ask for copyright fees, but chose a 25% profit share.

If we add this 100 million, then the box office share of more than 200 million he earned from “I’ll Wait for You at the End of Time” this year,

In addition, the variety show “China in Classics” earned more than 100 million yuan, which was basically all invested.

There is only about 100 million left on the books, which sounds like a lot, but this money is not only needed to maintain the daily operation of the studio,

We also need to cooperate with the promotion of subsequent movies and TV series, so when you add it up, it’s actually not much at all.

After talking about investment with Qi Jiacai,

After adjusting his expression, Chen Yuwen walked into the meeting room with a smile.

Seeing her coming back, one of the six people sitting in the conference room, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, spoke up.

“Mr. Chen, has Mr. Qi agreed? As long as you nod, the money will be deposited immediately.”

The other two also spoke up and agreed.

“Yes, yes, Mr. Chen, we don’t ask for much. We just need a good second male lead. The first male lead will definitely go to Mr. Qi Jia.”

The three people who spoke up represented three investors, Maochang Entertainment, Huayi Brothers and Siba Media.

Among them, the largest one is Maochang Entertainment. The person who spoke first was the representative sent by Maochang Entertainment. His name is Ma Ruiguang.

The film that Maochang wants to invest in is “Dream of Red Mansions” and is willing to invest 200 million yuan, but the prerequisite is to get the leading female role and the second male role, and the film will account for 60% of all the profits.

Huayi Brothers and Siba Media are interested in “Ink Rain and Clouds” and “Fragrance Comes” respectively.

The conditions were similar to those of Maochang, except that Siba wanted all the female characters in “The Fragrance of the Past”, because their company started out as a girl group and had no male artists.

Chen Yuwen sat down, smiled and said,

“I’m sorry to have wasted your time. We still need to consider your request. Let’s stop here for today.”

He said he was considering it, but everyone present could tell that he was refusing to invest.

Ma Ruiguang’s face changed, and he said with a fake smile,

“Mr. Chen, are you sure you’ve made up your mind? As far as I know, your funds are limited, and if Dream Record is to be well-made, the minimum investment cannot be less than 300 million. If you accept the conditions, I can increase the investment to 300 million, and the conditions remain unchanged.”

Huang Xuan, a representative of Huayi, also said, “It’s the same for Huayi. We can discuss the investment for Ink Rain and Clouds later.”

Among the three companies, Lin Yu, the representative of Siba Media, the smallest one, rolled his eyes around for a while, hid aside without saying a word, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Chen Yuwen glanced around and took in the expressions of the three people. She smiled and said,

“I know everyone is anxious, but don’t worry. We are just considering it, not saying we won’t accept investment. Please go back and wait for a while. We will notify you after we have considered it.”

Seeing that Chen Yuwen was determined, Ma Ruiguang’s face suddenly darkened. After a long silence, he stood up and said coldly,

“Haha, then I’ll wait for your consideration.”

After saying that, he left with his assistant. Huang Xuan and Lin Yu looked at him.

Since the big brother had left, I might as well leave. So they all stood up and left the meeting room together.

After leaving the parking lot, Ma Ruiguang said to the other two,

“Don’t worry, Qi Jia is playing hard to get. We must not give in. As long as we persist, he will definitely surrender.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Ma, we all understand.” Huang Xuan and Lin Yu nodded.

After Ma Weiguo left, Huang Xuan sighed and said to Lin Yu beside him,

“Boss Lin, how about having dinner together?”

Lin Yu shook his head slightly. “Thank you, Mr. Huang, for your kindness. I have something else to do in the company. Let’s do it next time.”

Huang Xuan didn’t think much after hearing this, and got into the car with his assistant and left. Now only Lin Yu and his assistant were left.

“Boss Lin, please wait here. I’ll go get the car now.”

“No need.” Lin Yu waved his hand and said to his assistant, “Let’s go back again.”