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"Mr. Qin, why don't you sign Xu Shan directly? He made all the decisions on this contract by himself."

After watching Xu Shan and his wife Tao Caihong leave, Zheng Xue asked if he didn't understand.

Qin Dong shook his head when he heard this and did not speak directly.

Xu Shan is a very shrewd person, as you can tell from the fact that he has never signed a contract with a big company. He has his own plans, and even other big companies look down on him, let alone signing a contract with a company they have just created.

And Qin Dong feels that with this contract, five movies will be enough.

Five movie contracts, with a salary of 40 million.

The first part is 2.5 million, the second is 5 million, the third is 8 million, the fourth is 10 million, and the fifth is 14.5 million.

The reason why Xu Shan agreed simply was because the two scripts of "A Man on the Road" were good, and the second reason was that the contract amount was very high.

With Xu Shan's current status, the first two movies cost 1.5 million, which is his current net worth in the film industry.

But now, someone has offered him such a contract, which has directly elevated him to the level of a first-line star in the film industry.

Even on average, the salary for each film is 8 million, which is a status quote that Xu Shan currently cannot reach.

In a word, the remuneration is appropriate and Xu Shan makes a lot of money, but Qin Dong feels that he makes even more money.

"Let's go back."

Half of the great work is done, and the remaining half is just waiting.

But Qin Dong didn't have to wait too long. On August 16, Qin Dong received a call from Lao Liu.

He quickly took the people out, and the target was hit.

China Film is composed of the former China Film Company, Kyoto Film Studio, China Children's Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Company, China Film Equipment Company, Movie Channel Program Center, Kyoto Film Development and Video Technology Factory, Huayun Film and Television Disc

Co., Ltd. and other eight units were formed in February 1999. It is the only company in mainland China that has the right to import films, and it is the film company with the largest output in China.

"Old Liu."

At the door of China Film Studio, Qin Dong saw Lao Liu's figure and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Well, stop talking and go in first."

Old Liu nodded and took the lead to walk in, introducing as he walked:

"I'll see Gao Liang, the head of the China Film Distribution Department later. Please be polite when the time comes. We'll see if this happens or not."

Qin Dong nodded silently.

It took so long for Lao Liu to make any move, which shows that it took a lot of time.

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"Senior executive."

After registering at the front desk downstairs and waiting for a long time, Old Liu took Qin Dong to see the real owner and quickly smiled.

"Director Liu, come and do it."

Gao Liang looked to be in his thirties or forties. When he saw Lao Liu, he stood up and invited him.

After all, he is also the director of the directing department of the Huaxia Artists Training Institute, so he still needs to be given face.

Lao Liu turned his head and gestured to Qin Dong.

Qin Dong quickly took out the script, budget and other planning documents from his briefcase, and handed them over with both hands:

"Director Gao, I am Qin Dong, Master Liu's apprentice. I'm sorry to trouble you this time."

Gao Liang smiled when he heard this:

"Everyone, please sit down. I'll read the script first."

The company is big, and the competition is also big. If you encounter a movie that makes money for the company, whoever exploits it will be the one who made the contribution. It doesn’t matter to ordinary employees, just hang out day by day. Anyway, the money is the money, and the job is iron-clad. But if you are determined to do something,

It's different for ambitious people who get up.

Gao Liang thought that he was just forty years old and still very young, and he still wanted to climb a few more steps, so even if Lao Liu had to drag a lot of connections to find him, Gao Liang would still have to read the script. If it was really a mess,

Then any relationship is not easy to work. After all, the relationship that led to him after all the twists and turns is not hard in the first place, and it doesn't matter if you don't give him face.

The room became quiet, and Qin Dong waited anxiously.

This silent suffering is like waiting for judgment.

"From now on, I want to control the destiny of others."

In this moment of suffering, Qin Dong made up his mind that he would dominate others in the future, instead of being dominated by others and waiting for others to judge him like he is now.

From now on, he wants others to flatter him and compliment him. Qin Dong is really annoyed by these trivial matters.

From running the procedures to build a company, begging others to discover your movie, and then...

These days, even recruiting actors has to be accompanied by a smile, and you have to think of ways to fool them one by one. Starting a business in the initial stage is really tiring.

After a long time, Gao Liang read the script and budget before speaking:

"It's a very good script. This is a commercial film. No wonder you want to work in China Film and Television."

"Young man has great ideas. Director Liu has been busy working for you for many days, looking for people everywhere."

Upon hearing this, Qin Dong showed a grateful smile to Lao Liu.

The highlighting is intentional. Some things can reveal a person's quality. Then he was silent for a while, tapping the table with his hand and thinking deeply. After a while, he continued to ask:

"With a cost of 10 million, if you want to invest the entire amount and shoot it yourself, you can even find two leading actors."

"With the 15% share, how much China Film will invest in subsequent publicity will have to wait and see your finished film."

Qin Dong frowned, but nodded immediately:

"Okay, everything will follow Director Gao's request."

This 15% is not stated clearly, that is, it is calculated based on the box office, plus 53% of theater points, which is equal to 68% removed.

Qin Dong can only get 32%. After deducting taxes, based on the cost of 10 million, the total box office will be 45 million, so Qin Dong can maintain his capital.

Gao Liang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, looked at Lao Liu and said:

"You are a very good student and do things straightforwardly. Then sign the contract."

Qin Dong did not bargain, which made Gao Liang very happy. If he really made money, it would be all his fault.

Qin Dong signaled to Zheng Xue who was following him, and then asked Gao Liang:

"Director Gao, my movie is mainly about the Spring Festival transportation unique to China, so the movie must be released during the Spring Festival. I don't know when..."

Gao Liang thought for a while, took out a document from the table and looked at it:

"There are a lot of movies around the Spring Festival, including many blockbusters at home and abroad."

"See for yourself, are you sure you have to choose this time period?"

Gao Liang looked at the list and the leading actors, frowned immediately, and finally gave up, throwing it directly to Qin Dong. This was not a confidential document.

As for the schedule, China Film Group can arrange it, but you will be responsible for the consequences.

After Qin Dong took it, he opened it and came to Lao Liu so that he could see it. While looking at it, he read:

"Cameron's [Pandora] on December 3."

"[The Spy Next Door] on January 12, and [Confucianism] starring Zhou Fafa on January 28."

"February 4th [Xiuchun Feiyuwei] starring real bullets."

"February 5 [Future Enforcer] directed by Tsui Hark, starring Andy Lau."

"February 9 [Beggars] directed by Yuan Heping, starring Zhao Wuzhuo and Zhou Junjue."

"February 14th [Soldiers and Generals], starring Jack Cheng and Wang Lihong."

"There are also [Flower Field Happy Events 2010] [Love in the City] and [Koshihikari Treasure Box] later."

Old Liu's eyes widened when he saw this, and he turned to look at Qin Dong:

"Do you think it has to be released during the Spring Festival? How about pushing it to next summer?"

I couldn't help but see Liu's expression. I didn't know it until I saw it. After watching it, I realized that there were a lot of blockbusters in the two months before and after the Spring Festival. I looked at the names of the directors and the names of the leading actors. It was a newcomer, a low-cost film, and the leading actor was also better than these movies.

It was relatively unknown, so why should a movie like this be competing with these films? Lao Liu was very worried, so he wanted to persuade Qin Dong to change his mind.

Qin Dong frowned, staring at the movies on the file and thinking about it. He just shook his head and continued to think.

New Year's Eve in 2009 falls on February 13, 2010 in the Gregorian calendar.

Looking at the names of these movies and the directors and starring actors displayed on the file, Qin Dong found that these movies were very similar to some of his movies from the Earth era, and he knew it well. He recalled the box office data and reputation of these similar movies when they were on Earth.

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At this time, it is meaningless to look at the cost, only the box office, because the box office is there. Even if some high-cost movies fail, people still get a considerable box office, so other movies will inevitably have less box office. This is objective

law.

At this time, Chinese cinema was just getting started, and the number of big screens was still very small.

【Pandora】Forget it, you must avoid it, there is no need to fight.

[Soldier Bear General] [Embroidered Spring Flying Fish] [Koshikoshi Treasure Box] and [Love in the City] all have exceeded 100 million, and the first two are around 150 million.

[Confucianism] More than ninety million.

These three movies, "Happy Event in the Flower Field", "Future Law Enforcer" and "Beggar", only had a box office of about 50 million, and their reputation was not good.