ryethenovel Chapter 151 Box Office Betting
Chapter 151 Box Office Betting
"Taylor Swift, also known as Meimei."
Seeing the text message Chen Feng sent again, Bai Yaru finally confirmed that he had read it correctly. It was the most popular international superstar Queen Meimei at the moment.
If she were to collaborate with a domestic queen like Luo Ziyi, she might be a little nervous, but it would certainly not affect her performance. After all, whether it was Luo Ziyi or Tong Mengying, she had seen them often and was familiar with each other.
But if it was to collaborate with an international superstar like Taylor Swift, then Bai Yaru would really feel a little unsure.
"Brother Feng, is it really Meimei?"
Chen Feng frowned slightly and asked, "It's her, what? Is she stage frightened?"
Bai Yaru said frankly: "A little bit, I'm afraid that I will be too nervous and it will affect my performance."
"What is there to be nervous about? Isn't she just a star? She is also a human being. She just wants to be more famous. Just keep your mind normal. In addition, practice the English song well. With her as your guest singer, you can enter The second round was not a big problem.”
"Okay, then I'll get to know that song well over the next few days..."
Chen Feng replied "Yeah" and threw the phone aside. In fact, he could understand Bai Yaru. It was normal to be nervous. After all, not everyone was as shameless as himself, but being nervous was nervous. He didn't want Xiao Bai to be nervous. Because Taylor Swift made a mistake in her performance, it was simply not worth the loss, so I can only hope that the other party can put down the burden and maintain a normal mind.
After arranging the guest singers, Chen Feng remembered that it was already January, and the Spring Festival would be here in more than twenty days. He had not asked about the movie recently.
Thinking of this, he simply drove to Xinghai Building, went to Zhang Hai directly, and asked about the movie.
"Brother Zhang, where is the movie now? Has the post-editing been completed?"
Zhang Hai looked at the boss and was speechless, "If you ask me later, I guess the movie has already been released."
Chen Feng looked embarrassed for a while and said with a wry smile: "Sorry, I've been so busy recently that I forgot about it."
"Yes, I understand." Zhang Hai nodded, then returned the topic to the movie, and said calmly: "The post-production work has been completed a long time ago, and it even passed the review last week and obtained the release license."
"Huh? Okay. Originally I was a little worried about missing the Spring Festival schedule. Now it seems that the only problem left is to cooperate with Shadow Line. Zhang Lan is in charge of this aspect. How is the negotiation with her? Where can I find it? A theater chain?”
"You have to ask her this question. I'm just a director."
"Okay, Brother Zhang, you have to work first. I'll call her tonight to check on her progress."
"I'm not busy, so what should I be busy with?" Zhang Hai couldn't help complaining: "With such a good script as Sword of the Immortal, but now I can't film it, I'm really itching."
Chen Feng laughed twice, "Haha! Don't be afraid of being late for a good meal. It's almost the Spring Festival. I'm going to give you a holiday. It will be the same for next year's filming. Besides, don't you have nothing to do now? Why don't you take advantage of the time? Go to Tianjing Film and Television Academy someday to see if there are any good talents, so that we can start filming as soon as possible next year, otherwise the issue of actors alone will delay a lot of time."
Zhang Hai's expression lit up, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that? Then I'll go there now. I'll run over there more in the next few days and see my former mentor." After saying that, he picked up the car keys on the table. Just walked outside.
Chen Feng looked at the other party's back and smiled and shook his head. He thought that Zhang Hai was really fast and resolute in his work. As for work-related matters, he would do it immediately as soon as he thought of it. This was quite in line with his taste.
. . .
"Sister Lan, how are you talking about the release of the movie?" After dinner, Chen Feng called Zhang Lan as soon as possible.
"It's okay. I've already contacted all the well-known domestic colleges and universities, but the negotiations on box office sharing are not ideal."
"Can't we agree on the share? How much do they want?"
"Sixty percent, their theater company will take 10%, and the remaining 50 will go to the theaters that join below."
"Sixty percent?" Chen Feng couldn't help but exclaimed: "Isn't it usually more than fifty percent? Why is it so high?"
Zhang Lan on the other end of the phone gave a wry smile, "Because they are not optimistic about the movie and think it is risky to release it. So they ask for a high share ratio."
"Is this so? Does every theater chain have this attitude?"
"No, I've been to seven of the eight major cinemas. There is one Baida cinema that I haven't discussed yet, but we have made an appointment to meet tomorrow."
"Okay." Chen Feng nodded, and then said: "If Baida also requires such a high ratio tomorrow, then Sister Lan, just sign a betting contract with them."
"Betting contract? How much do you predict the box office will be?"
Chen Feng roughly estimated in his mind the box office of "Jiao Tu" and immediately said: "Three hundred million. If the box office does not reach 300 million, we will pay them 70% of the theater chain's share. If it reaches 300 million, We pay fifty percent.”
Hearing this number, Zhang Lan exclaimed: "What? Did I hear it correctly? Three hundred million? Are you too confident in this movie? If it is less than three hundred million, then we will not be able to recover the cost."
"It's okay. The cost of this movie is not high anyway. The worst is that we'll lose money. Just test the waters. Listen to me and bet 300 million tomorrow."
"Okay, I really don't know how you can be so confident. According to the method you said, their Baida Cinemas will 100% agree."
"Just agree. If we can't reach an agreement, Sister Lan, you're telling me. I'm sorry to bother you."
. . . . . .
She had been listening to the conversation between the two on the sofa, so when she saw Chen Feng hang up the phone, she immediately asked: "Are you so confident in this movie that you think it can win 300 million? "
Chen Feng looked at her and said in surprise, "Have you heard everything?"
"Well, I think the risk is a bit high, 300 million. Although domestic movies now often have a box office of more than 1 billion, they are all big productions, both the director and the lineup are very strong."
"Our lineup isn't bad either. Isn't it because of you? Besides, it's more interesting to use a small person to make a big difference, isn't it?"
Zhao Qinghan smiled bitterly, "I'm not the lead actor, and apart from me, they are a little less well-known, so I'm a little worried."
"Don't worry, don't worry." Chen Feng said a few words of relief, and then said with confidence: "This is our company's first movie, whether it is successful or not, it doesn't matter. But I believe that this movie will definitely give people A surprise for everyone.”
Seeing how confident he was, Zhao Qinghan didn't know what to say. He just hoped that the box office of "Journey on the Road" would reach 300 million. . .