1979 Golden Age

Chen Qi met with film producers from more than 20 countries in one day.

In the end, in order to save time, we simply called all the small countries together for discussion. Anyway, they could not form a competitive relationship with each other. Their market size is small, and the purchase price is basically fixed.

Some are thousands, some are ten thousand, and the highest is only twenty thousand.

At the end of the day, the film purchase agreement was finalized for a total of US$400,000, with Singapore and Malaysia (Singapore and Malaysia) offering the highest price of US$150,000. Singapore and Malaysia have always been the recipients of Chinese-language films.

However, the three major players targeted by Chen Qi, South Korea, Japan, and the United States, have not yet reached final agreement.

He knows how big this type of kung fu movie is in these countries, and he doesn't want to sell it cheaply. For example, "Shaolin Temple" has a box office of 3.6 billion yen in Japan, ranking seventh in South Korea, and reviving theaters on the verge of bankruptcy in Thailand...

Of course, the film producers themselves don't know. They just think that Chen Qi wants to be ruthless. It all depends on how to communicate and finally get a price that is acceptable to both parties.

night.

Chen Qi still hasn't gone back and is still in Fu Qi's hotel.

It was cold in Berlin in February. The two of them were wrapped in clothes and chatting on an upstairs terrace, looking at West Berlin that was completely different from the daytime.

Colorful lights are on in the big shopping malls, the streets are busy with traffic, soft music is playing in the cafes, some foreigners are wearing thick clothes, some are wearing thin clothes, laughing and joking on the street, showing an enviable mental state...

In the parlance of later generations, this is called relaxation.

In fact, Chen Qi is very annoyed by this word. If a person wants to truly feel relaxed, there are only two ways: to have money and not have to work, or to be completely useless.

“There’s good news for Hong Kong!”

Fu Qi opened his mouth and said with a smile: "The box office of "Tai Chi" officially exceeded that of "Modern Bodyguard". Theirs was 13.86 million, and ours was 13.96 million, exceeding 100,000!"

"Can you keep it?"

"The boom period of both films has passed. I estimate there is still room for growth of several million. We will have no problem winning the first place. It will be difficult to break 20 million."

These days, theaters schedule five shows every day from morning to night. A large theater with more than a thousand people is expensive. If the audience is too small, showing one show may not be enough to cover the electricity bill. Although the leftist theater chain has its own cinema, if the audience does not reach a certain standard, it will also withdraw "Tai Chi".

"This is our best result in more than ten years, Xiao Chen, thank you very much!"

"You're too polite, I didn't do anything."

"No, no, you have helped us a lot. At least we have more funds."

Fu Qi was deeply moved.

Left-wing films work together to keep warm. When the theater chain makes money, they keep part of it as daily expenses, and the remaining income will support Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian. Therefore, "Tai Chi" became a big hit, and everyone benefited.

Chen Qi thought for a while and said: "Uncle Fu, you have a complete industrial chain in Hong Kong. You can produce, distribute, and screen. You also have your own studio and dormitory. The resources of the three companies are too scattered. Why not integrate them together and transform How about becoming a big company?”

"I have thought about this issue, but merger is not easy and involves many aspects. I have been trying to win the support of the central government, but the central government does not agree, so everything is in vain..."

Fu Qi looked at him and said seriously: "Xiao Chen, your idea of ​​making a movie to earn foreign exchange for export is very bold, so bold that many people cannot accept it. I only want to say one thing, you are doing everyone a favor. If you have anything to say, I will definitely No problem."

"That's good, I'll give you a favor first!"

Chen Qi paused and said, "I am causing trouble and causing trouble outside. I will definitely be punished when I return home. I am counting on you, uncle, to rescue me."

"Haha, I thought you were not afraid of anything, but I didn't expect you would be afraid sometimes... Don't worry, we are duty-bound!"

…………

"Deng Deng Deng!"

"Deng Deng Deng!"

In the evening, Fang Yurong came to the hotel again. She had run countless times that day. When she went upstairs, she saw that Li Wenhua and Li Lianlian were back, and the most important grandson was still not there.

"Where is Chen Qi? Where is Chen Qi?"

"Where have you been? Do you know there are foreign affairs regulations? How can you travel casually?"

Fang Yurong was always entangled with a bad premonition, which made her a little hysterical. Li Lianjie looked at her inexplicably and said, "It's not even possible to go shopping. I can still go shopping in the United States. Is West Berlin better than Washington?"

"Don't tell me this, where is Chen Qi!!!"

"Mr. Fu had something to do with him, so he kept him here."

"What's the matter?" "How do I know?"

Li Lianjie didn't like this woman, so he rolled his eyes and left.

Fang Yurong was getting more and more crazy, but she couldn't go to Fu Qi's troubles. She had an intuition that the grandson must be doing something stupid like digging ancestral graves and kicking down widows' doors!

Li Lianjie sneaked into Li Wenhua's room, locked the door, and asked: "Director, what on earth is Brother Qi doing? Why is he doing business with foreigners without telling others?"

"Shh!"

Li Wenhua motioned him to keep his voice down. Anyway, he had seen it during the day, and said: "We are talking about the overseas copyright of "Tai Chi". This is China Film's job, and we don't have this right. Fang Yurong is from China Film, so be strict with your words. !”

"Then why not let others do it?"

"I don't even look down on China Film and Television, what do you expect them to do..."

Li Wenhua, who was rarely surly, said: "China Film has always been impoverished internally and generous externally. To put it nicely, it is called overseas distribution. In fact, most of them are half-sold and half-given. As long as the film is released, it will be considered as completing the task, and it does not care about anything else." .

What they are most willing to do is to introduce foreign films, screen them across the country, and use capitalist films to dig into the pockets of ordinary people.

Xiao Chen did exactly the opposite, using socialist movies to rip off the wool of capitalism! "

"His!"

Li Lianlian took a breath of Li Zhi, half understanding, but it was a very awesome behavior.

Fang Yurong waited all night, but felt sleepy and confused for a while.

It was morning when I opened my eyes. Everyone said that Chen Qi was back. He got up early and left again.

Fang Yurong was even more angry. She felt like a fool who was deceived by these people. She wanted to continue looking for Chen Qi, but there were still some activities in "The Return of the Swallow" and she had to accompany him.

It made her want to scold the film bureau, couldn't they send a few more people?

…………

the other side.

Weinstein came out of the hotel in the afternoon after eating and drinking. He was fat, unkempt, and looked dirty.

He calmly came to Chen Qi again to perfect his "strategy."

The key point of this "strategy" is to use a high price as bait to repeatedly pull and drag the other party... So he has to constantly give the other party a sense of expectation and make the other party feel that they can sign the contract in the next second, but the result is that they will not sign.

When he arrived at the place, he saw Chen Qi and smiled: "Chen, how did you sleep yesterday?"

"It's okay, but the hotel room is a bit small."

"European hotels are like this. I discussed with people from the American company overnight yesterday, and they were full of praise for my decision. They mainly believed in my vision and believed that "Tai Chi" can bring new breakthroughs to the company.

Don’t worry, the contract is already being prepared and you’ll see it soon!

I came here specifically to talk to you, so as not to make you anxious..."

"How many more days will it take??"

"They will come from the United States and talk to you in person. Then you can sign it. It will be easy to fly to Berlin... You can't even wait for a few days, right?"

"Well……"

Weinstein observed the other party, and as expected, Chen Qi showed an expression of eagerness, expectation, and worry on his face, which seemed to be very entangled.

He was confident that if Chen Qi showed intention to refuse, he would give a symbolic deposit, initial an unequal agreement, raise the other party's expectations again, and then continue to delay.

"..."

Chen Qi struggled for a while, then showed an apologetic look, and sighed: "I can really wait a few days, and I really want to have an in-depth chat with you. But there is a Chinese saying, just give up when you are good, so as not to have long nights and dreams. .

I'm really sorry, I've already sold it! "

"What!!!"

With a cat-and-mouse mentality, Weinstein was admiring the change in the other party's demeanor when suddenly he was dumbfounded and shouted out of control: "Did you sell it?!"