Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

Hong Kong directors probably really don’t understand Chinese history. The historical films they made are like the second-rate martial arts novel "The Feast at Hongmen", and all the large-scale themes he dealt with are like "Red Cliff", with two episodes, just like TVB!

What’s even more speechless is that the movie "The Crossing" was also forcibly split into two episodes!

If you split it, why don’t you keep it secret? There were many rumors before the movie was released!

Even the money-making is so insincere, do you think the mainland audience are really stupid?

Objectively speaking, The Crossing is not a bad movie, at least it has a grand scene, Director Wu... Forget it, frankly speaking, Wu Baige really doesn’t understand history!

That was 1949, the year when the entire Chinese nation almost made a choice between cutting off their own meridians!

There are too many choices!

Then Wu Baige wrapped everything in the panacea of ​​love and packaged it for the audience.

He transformed into a pacifist, declaring in the trailer that "rather than giving my life to war, it is better to give it to love"!

There are probably two more wealthy brothers between Wu Baige and Lao Mouzi!

When The Crossing: Part 1 was released, Wu Baige was interviewed and said that he made this movie to tell everyone that Chinese-language movies are not just urban romance movies!

He is right, but if the interviewer Lu Yu asked Director Wu, "How long have you not watched a movie?", it might have a more brilliant comedy effect!

Who told you that Chinese-language movies are only urban romance movies?

He is still living in the era when Feng Kuazi dominated mainland movies!

The failure of The Crossing once again proved that directors with the halo of big directors are really not as good as some new directors, and made mainland investors understand a truth: it is best not to spend money casually for big investments, as it is really possible to lose everything!

Lay's guaranteed 600 million to release The Crossing, and the CEO who lost money in the first part was dismissed.

The Wang brothers of Huayi were even so angry that they cursed Wu Baige as a bastard and a liar in the office!

Some people even said that the second part was so good, why didn't they do a good job of publicity?

Damn! Does publicity and promotion cost money?

What if it is like the last part, the audience doesn't buy it, and the loss is even greater!

Even if Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye Kyo, Nagasawa Masami, Kim Sung-woo, and Tong Dawei, the top actors from China, Japan, and South Korea, the plot is too bad, and the box office will still not be too prosperous!

Since then, there is really no domestic movie that dares to let so many first-line big names join.

No, there was another movie "Legend of the Gods" in 2016, which is a terrible movie!

Director Wu's movie has been released for a week, and the box office failure is foreseeable!

Even if countless water armies are hired to give five stars on professional movie websites such as Douban and Time, and whitewash it strongly, it cannot change the absolute fact that the reputation is very bad!

When Gu Zhongyu just came back from the Golden Horse Awards, a reporter asked him about his opinion on "The Crossing". He bluntly said that Wu Baige was not suitable for shooting blockbusters. First of all, the target audience of the film was problematic. Passersby thought it was a disaster romance, just like "Titanic". In the end, it was just a romance, and a slow-paced romance. The love scenes were too awkward and dragged out. The box office of the film was likely to fail.

It was indeed as he said. The box office of "The Crossing" was only over 100 million in the first week of its release. It was estimated that the final box office would not exceed 200 million. Compared with the huge investment of 400 million, it was a huge loss!

After this incident, Wu Baige could no longer survive in the mainland film and television industry. No big investors would invest in him anymore, and he could only shoot low-cost independent films.

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“Tsk tsk tsk, you are amazing! You dared to throw a tantrum at the Golden Horse Awards. Now I am here to interview you. What did you feel at that time?”

Still in that old hot pot restaurant, Yang Mi and Gu Zhongyu were sitting opposite each other at the table eating mutton. The temperature in Beijing in December was already very low, so it was perfect to eat some hot pot at this time.

“I feel like a pill! Whoever awards this crappy movie will be unlucky! I didn’t leave on the spot, which was enough to give face to the Golden Horse Awards!”

“Then you really won’t go to the Golden Horse Awards in the future?”

“No! I won’t go even if I’m beaten to death!”

“It’s a pity that Xixi won nothing this time.”

Yimi stirred the sauce in the bowl, and she was actually a little gloating in her heart.

Originally, she was a little worried when she saw Liu Yufei being nominated for the Best Actress this time, fearing that the Golden Horse judges would be blind and really give her the award.

Now that Gu Zhongyu has made such a scene, if things go wrong, many mainland actors will be implicated and will not be able to win the Golden Horse Awards in the future!

But Yang Mi doesn't care. She has never pursued artistic pursuits too high. As long as she can make money and get less criticism, Golden Horse Awards... can she eat or what?

"Let's talk about business. Have you read the agreement I sent you before? What do you think?"

Yang Mi, who never comes to the temple for no reason, asked Gu Zhongyu out. Of course, it was not just for a meal.

I came here today to listen to Gu Zhongyu's ideas.

Yang Mi has made a lot of money this year with the two sequels of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" and "Tiny Times". Naturally, Jiahang, where she works, has also risen with the tide. Now it is one of the hottest emerging forces in the entertainment industry and has attracted the attention of many capital bosses.

Now, capital has come to the door.

In the previous Jiahang, Yang Mi had the smallest share among the founders, accounting for only 15%. It was not because she had no money to invest, but Zeng Jia suggested that she hold fewer shares.

The reason is also very sufficient, because Yang Mi is a star in front of the stage. If the company becomes popular, it is a good thing to make profits. However, if it is involved in a scandal by accident, it will be a "catastrophe" for this joint-stock company!

If the company wants to grow and develop in the future, it will inevitably absorb the funds of the big bosses.

The big bosses have to tie a "safety buckle" for themselves, and Yang Mi has to make some compromises for the overall situation, so she gave out this 15% stake.

That is, Yang Mi "unconditionally trusts" Zeng Jia, so she agreed to make such an equity distribution.

After establishing Jiahang Media, Yang Mi relied on her fame and resources to attract some small investments, and also recruited a group of newcomers. With the help of Gu Zhongyu, the grass-roots team finally got on the right track.

But at this time, Zeng Jia had a new idea.

She introduced the head of a famous investment company to Yang Mi, saying that the other party was willing to inject a large amount of funds into Jiahang to help its development, and the condition was to complete a gambling agreement.

The content of this agreement is as follows.

If Jiahang Media, where Yang Mi works, can create a net profit of more than 300 million yuan in two years and prove its ability, the other party will pay tens of billions to buy back nearly 20% of Jiahang's shares and become Jiahang's "financial sponsor."

But if Yang Mi can't do it, she will have to "compensate" the other party with 300 million yuan, including high interest.

The temptation is great and the risk is high. Yang Mi herself is a little hesitant, but Zeng Jia persuades her that this is the best way for the company to rise rapidly, and she should sign it immediately!

"Directly refuse!"

Gu Zhongyu answered this question without thinking for almost a second. Only he from the future knows how badly this gambling agreement will pit Yang Mi!

"This is obviously a pit for you! Let's not talk about whether you can succeed by working hard. In the past few years, you have to work without a bottom line to make profits for Jiahang. Let me ask you first, how many movies do you have to shoot for a profit of 300 million yuan?"

When he said this, Yang Mi put down the hand that was holding the chopsticks and sighed rarely.

It seems that Zeng Jia has already discussed this with her.

In her previous life, Yang Mi took on 10 dramas in one year just to fulfill the gambling agreement!

She also went to the public to show her presence.

For example, she attended the promotional conference while hanging on water, filmed in the water during her period, and ate raw beef and dirt in "Real Men". She was not pretentious at all.

She said that the first place she was fighting for represented Jiahang's fighting state, and it can be said that she was building momentum for the company everywhere.

In addition, in the process of filming TV series, Yang Mi also sacrificed her own acting path for Jiahang.

For example, Jiahang asked her to bring new people into the group for each drama and forced her to sign a contract.

"Love in the Stars" and "Eternal Love" have Di Lieba~

"Swords of Legends", "Love in the Stars" and "The Interpreter" have Zhang Yunlong~

Gao Weiguang is "Legend of Fuyao", "The Interpreter" and "Swords of Legends"~

Of course, the most impressive one is "Eternal Love", which has nine artists!

If these are all Yang Mi's default choices,

But when Zheng Xiaolong and other well-known directors approached Yang Mi to film a drama, Zeng Jia secretly turned them down.

Why?

Because Zeng Jia felt that "there was no benefit," she turned down the offer for Yang Mi without authorization, and even wanted to turn down "Eternal Love" at the beginning, because she felt that the traffic of this kind of drama would not rise, and it was Yang Mi who took it through a third party and crossed the agency.

But Zeng Jia still made a request, "You can take it, but you must bring enough people!"

So "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" became the "big pot stew" of Jiahang Media, but it also allowed Yang Mi to finally earn 300 million within one month before the expiration of the agreement and complete the bet.

But after years of hard work, she only got 14 million in dividends.

As for why Yang Mi got such a small dividend, there are different opinions. There are rumors that Zeng Jia stuffed a lot of her relatives into the company, thereby diluting Yang Mi's shares.

So Gu Zhongyu felt that Yang Mi, this woman, was actually not as smart as she looked on the outside.

"There are so many people who signed gambling agreements, but how many of them really got good results? Do you think others are stupid and give you money for nothing?"

"Wang Xiaofei's mother, Zhang Lan, who was once a big shot in the business world, didn't she give away the South Beauty that she had raised with her own hands because she lost in the gambling agreement?"

"I'll just gamble this time, plan it in advance, and don't you have your help? I won't touch it again after I succeed in getting ashore, isn't that enough?"

After hearing so much from Gu Zhongyu, Yang Mi was also shaken, but she still couldn't refuse the temptation that was delivered to her door, and wanted to find a compromise.

Haha!

Can people who have tasted the profits of selling DP still earn money from selling cabbages honestly?

"First of all, I won't help you complete the gambling agreement!"

Gu Zhongyu directly stated his attitude. He couldn't give Da Mi Mi any illusion that he could help, otherwise the relationship between the two would sooner or later collapse because of interests!

The requirements this time were met, so what about next time?

People are always greedy, not to mention Yang Mi. He must stick to this position. Lending money, giving scripts, and introducing resources are all fine, but this loophole must not be opened!

"And what you should do now is not to sign some gambling agreement! Instead, you should buy back the shares!"

"Buy back the shares?"

Yang Mi was confused. I am looking for a sponsor because I am short of money. You are asking me to buy back the shares with my own money?

Seeing that she did not understand what he meant, Gu Zhongyu patiently explained.

"Let me ask you, how many shares do you hold in Jiahang now?"

"15%! Don't you know that?"

"Then do you read the company's annual financial and tax reports and equity changes, as well as the relevant information changes of shareholders carefully?"

"Uh... this..."

Speaking of this, Yang Mi had a headache. The average level of education of celebrities in the entertainment industry is nine leaks, and she is no exception. She can be full of strength when filming or appearing in variety shows, but if she is asked to look at those complicated digital reports, her head will be as big as a bear!

This is why she has to hand over the specific operation of the company to Zeng Jia and others. She does lack relevant management capabilities.

In fact, it is not just Da Mi Mi. Most of the actors who have their own companies in the circle do this.

Wang Baoxiang's property was almost completely transferred by his agent, but he still didn't know it. Isn't it because he was sure that his education level was too low and he had no experience in financial management!

Therefore, the domestic entertainment industry can be said to be the most common industry of family workshops. If it is a capable relative, basically they will be arranged to hold an important position in their own company. When Li Binbin became famous, he found his sister Li Xue as soon as possible, just to make him feel at ease!

"I knew it..."

Gu Zhongyu sighed with regret, wiped his mouth and said: "Believe it or not? Zeng Jia may have arranged or is arranging a bunch of her relatives and friends to enter Jiahang, and other shares of the company, even if they are not in her name, may just be indirect shares. You have actually been sidelined a long time ago!"

"No... No way? Why would she do this?" Yang Mi couldn't believe that her former good sister would do this to herself.

"Nonsense! Of course it's for money!"

"I've given them a lot! And I'm one of the founders of the company! If they kick me out, will they be able to play well in the entertainment industry?"

"So they tricked you into signing this gambling agreement first, squeezed your value, and waited a few years until you were old and ugly, and new people were almost up, and then they naturally didn't need you anymore!"

Yang Mi was silenced.

She calmed down and thought about it carefully. Indeed, except for the work related to filming and bringing in new people, Zeng Jia rarely let her intervene in the operation. On weekdays, he just casually told her about the financial matters and left it at that.