Chapter 986 981 Withdrawal

Chapter 986 981. Pulling away

"Did he say he wanted to talk to you about something?"

"No, but it must be about Tiny Times."

"What time did you meet him?"

"He will arrive in the afternoon, and we will have dinner together in the evening."

"Then I'll go there tomorrow morning, and I'll tell you about Tiny Times."

"Okay."

After the chat, Xu Xin closed the Tiny Times website.

This movie is not worth his attention.

But for the film and television industry, it has some symbolic meaning.

For example, putting more attention on adapted books...The adaptation here is not physical books, but popular literature and novels.

For example, it represents the consumption purchasing power of another group.

For the time being, it can be summarized as the group of "original fans", which is a bit of a proof of purchasing power.

With purchasing power, they are valuable leeks in the eyes of some companies.

And most importantly...it is very likely that many people who are waiting to enter the market and waiting for the opportunity, represented by Internet companies, are waiting for LeTV to lead the way.

Ren Zhongjun went to Xu Zhi to talk about this.

What they need is influence, and this influence is brought by Guo Jingming, which has nothing to do with the headwind in a strict sense.

If it weren't for Guo Caijie and Yang Ying, they might have contacted Guo Jingming separately.

Xu Xin doesn't believe that they are moral people who will abide by the rules of this circle.

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on the empty computer screen, gradually lost focus, and began to think.

...

27th, Sunday.

Early morning.

Xu Xin received the box office of "Tiny Times" the next day.

The box office of the next day: 63.2 million.

Seeing this number, Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

Huh...

Not bad.

It's normal.

Usually, a high-quality film, with such a high box office on the first day, will generally continue to rise by more than 20% from the second day as word of mouth ferments and the popularity rises.

A movie that earned 71 million on the first day and 63 million on the second day usually only means that it was popular enough before its release, but the quality was not satisfactory. After the first wave of impulse consumers entered the market, some viewers who were still waiting and watching received feedback and were discouraged by the poor quality.

Even if it made 130 million in two days.

But if the reputation is not good... the box office curve will continue to decline.

The original box office expectation for "Tiny Times" was 700 million.

Now it seems... it should not be achieved.

It was morning when Xu Xin saw this message.

He went to bed early with his two children last night because he had to catch a flight today and could just send the two children to school.

Maybe he slept and his mind was clear.

Or maybe it was because his brain function had just started, and he didn't have so many miscellaneous thoughts in his mind. After seeing this number, a very strange idea was born in his mind...

It's better to be lower.

Otherwise, I don't know how much scolding he would get.

With this thought, Su Meng drove the car to the kindergarten.

"Goodbye, Dad~ Goodbye, Aunt~"

The two children waved goodbye with their schoolbags on their backs.

Xu Xin waved to the two with a smile, closed the car door, and the Volvo drove towards the airport.

...

Before 11 o'clock, he landed in Shanghai.

He didn't go to Nifeng, but went directly to a Huaiyang restaurant according to the address sent by Xu Yang.

It had just rained a few times in Shanghai at the end of May, and the weather was humid. Even if this restaurant was of high quality, it couldn't stop the... musty smell that came from nowhere.

And because he came relatively early, the restaurant seemed very empty.

Only the waiter looked at him in surprise.

Smelling the smell in the air, he thought to himself that... Shanghai was not suitable for him.

He walked into the box and saw two people sitting on the left and right of the table.

He twitched his mouth...

He thought that these two had nothing else, and the style of this capitalist was becoming more and more full.

"Oh, you're here."

Xu Yang greeted him.

"Yeah."

Xu Xin responded, and Xu Zhi handed the menu in his hand to the waiter standing next to him:

"That's all for now. Let's serve the dishes directly. No one else will stay in this room except for the dishes. Let's open the wine first~"

"Okay, Mr. Xu."

The waiter nodded.

Xu Xin asked casually:

"What dishes did you order?"

"Twenty or thirty, enough."

As soon as Xu Zhi finished speaking, Xu Xin rolled his eyes.

"Fuck! The three of us are just having a bowl of noodles each."

Who knew he rolled his eyes, and Xu Zhi also rolled his eyes:

"What? Mimi usually makes you live so hard at home?"

Xu Xin thought to himself that only those who are "hard" know.

Let alone twenty or thirty, even two or three hundred dishes are not as good as a bowl of mutton noodles in clear soup that my wife made for me.

It's just that he really thinks it's unnecessary to make twenty or thirty dishes.

It's not that he can't afford it, nor that he hasn't eaten it before, why show off so much?

But he's not stupid either.

This table doesn't look like it can hold 20 or 30 dishes.

Most likely he was just joking.

He took out cigarettes and passed them around.

In the smoke, Xu Yang asked:

"How is the baby? Is he easy to take care of?"

"Ah..."

Speaking of this, Xu Xin sighed.

"That's really easy to take care of."

"Hahaha~"

Looking at his behavior, both of them laughed out loud.

It should be.

Who told you to get married so early?

And they chatted about the topic of children for a while, until the waiter put two wine dispensers and wine cups on the table, Xu Xin noticed that Xu Zhi's glass seemed to be filled with colorful things instead of tea leaves.

"What are you drinking?"

"Tea, what's wrong?"

"What?"

"You don't drink, why are you asking so many questions?"

"?"

Under Xu Xin's puzzled expression, Xu Yang held back his laughter and glanced at the direction of the door. After making sure it was closed, he said:

"Er Nao has hooked up with someone you wouldn't expect recently. Every time he is treated like a sponge, his body is very weak~"

"Oh?"

Xu Xin became interested:

"Find a girlfriend?"

"..."

Xu Zhi was speechless.

"Who?"

"Who is that? You just listen to his nonsense."

"Hahaha, right, right, that's nonsense... Sanjin, don't ask. Haha, you don't deserve to know about this kind of thing."

"..."

He thought that you guys are playing more and more extravagantly.

But he was too lazy to ask.

It's nothing more than a little celebrity or something like that.

This kind of thing... He doesn't do it himself, but he certainly won't stop others from doing it.

It's too saintly to demand others by your own standards.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The atmosphere in the circle is like this. If someone really wants to change it, those who hope to get ahead by unspoken rules may not agree.

Why do you block our way to progress?

Shaking his head, he said directly:

"Sister Mo's script is Luc Besson's script. Did I tell you?"

"I did. The investment is not small...more than 200 million."

"It's a Hollywood script, and the pay and other things are based on the standards there, which are definitely different from those in China. This 40 million is also a small production in Hollywood."

After Xu Xin explained, he began to sort out the general direction of the story for the two of them.

Luc Besson obviously would not agree that his script would flow into anyone's hands in the form of an electronic version.

Even investors have to follow the rules.

After telling the story in general, Xu Zhi nodded slightly:

"It sounds good, will Mimi play the role?"

"I don't know. She has been promoting the film these two days, and the film is also being prepared. She will audition when she is free in a few days. This kind of casting is decided by Luc Besson himself, not just anyone who wants to play the role."

"Oh~ OK. If she wants to shoot... you have to go to the United States to accompany her?"

"Of course, I will wait for the children to have a holiday. The children miss their mother every day."

So, the topic changed from "gossip" to movies.

They talked about serving dishes.

It seems that Xu Xin really knows his childhood friend well enough.

It's not too much.

And the taste is also OK.

So we talked while eating.

We talked about the recent events of Nifeng and Yuntu...

In fact, since the beginning of the year, Yuntu has been on a very smooth road.

It has been on the right track.

It has the strength to share a big piece of the pie in this circle.

Naturally, more people want to eat this pie.

This phenomenon also proves from the side that the strategy Xu Xin formulated for Yuntu is completely correct.

It's just that there are more people now... resources are a bit tight.

But this situation is exactly the most normal.

If everyone in this circle can eat well, then no one will be willing to use hidden rules to get to the top.

"Oh, yes, Sanjin, let me tell you something."

"What?"

"You have a good relationship with that little girl named Nazha?"

"......?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

Looking at Xu Zhi with a puzzled look:

"Don't you remember her?"

"Yes, I remember, the little model Misora ​​back then. She sat next to you, and you hugged her all night."

"Hahahahaha..."

Xu Yang on the side burst out laughing.

Xu Xin also looked at a helpless look.

What words come out of your mouth, how can they be so despicable.

I called hugging her?

That's called protecting, okay?

But he didn't explain, just joking, and nodded directly:

"Just tell me what happened."

"Tangren invited me to dinner a few times. It means to push her."

"......?"

Xu Xin was stunned.

Looking at Xu Zhi, he seemed to have heard something out of the ordinary:

"Lao Cai? Invite you to dinner? Push Nazha?"

"Yeah."

"Are you sure you're not talking nonsense?"

He looked incredible.

Tangren and Shishi had such an ugly quarrel, and they kept on biting each other... Although Shishi never broke up, who in the circle didn't know that the two sides had broken up?

Now that Shishi is in the double only group, can Tangren still find Xu Zhi?

"Not only her, but also Hu Qiao, and that... Guo... I forgot his name. It's those people from "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". I don't know where she heard that Shaanxi is going to start developing TV drama resources, and she has been in contact with them frequently during this period."

"Uh... did she ask you?"

"Yes."

Xu Zhi looked helpless:

"At first, I was a little puzzled. I thought, doesn't she know about our relationship? But... I can see that Tangren is a little bit stuck. Think about it, they have been silent for the past few years. I also learned about it. As a film and television production company, they only make one drama a year, and each drama is still the same old faces. They only use their own people and want to invest all their assets... How can this road work? And Li Guoli is going to retire, did you know?"

"I don't know, I haven't paid attention to them for a long time. Since Shishi came here, even Yang Mi doesn't pay much attention to them."

"Yes, Li Guoli is going to retire this year. I heard that their director group is a little unruly. Because the company only makes one film a year, all the directors are stuffed in at any time. In the TV series... no one agrees. And people outside don't want to deal with them, thinking they have too many things to do. If you want to find their director, you have to go to some actors from Tangren... Now there are more actors than animals, who cares about them? Look, they are said to have opened four crews at once this year. It looks like they are working hard. "

"Four crews?"

Xu Xin thought about it and understood:

"They want to go to Shaanxi TV?"

"Yeah. Yes. I have been in contact with them, and the meaning of the words is cooperation. And the person they are looking for is still from Shanghai Film Studio, but Yuntu's business cannot be extended to TV series for the time being, that is Shaanxi TV's business. Lao Xue meant that I should do it, and I didn't want to see her at first, but suddenly I remembered the little girl you hugged..."

"..."

Xu Xin's mouth twitched again.

I thought to myself that you really deserve to be cheated.

Your girlfriend in college has a good eye.

"Yes? Yes, bring her here."

"Don't mess around."

Xu Xin shook his head like a rattle.

Although he also knew that what Xu Zhi said was not a fantasy, but a reality.

Tangren's business model of internal development and internal digestion is almost equivalent to "elimination" in this era.

Now, all TV stations have realized that their own TV series are more advantageous than acquisitions.

This was brought up by Hunan TV.

Although this is only a small part, but... the problem is that Tangren is famous for self-entertainment. For the same work, Tangren and you have clearly marked the price and entertained yourself. But other companies are forming alliances and uniting.

Hu Yan is not omnipotent.

There are only a few people coming and going in Tangren, and the works launched are not so sophisticated that there is no rival in the entire circle.

It is inevitable that the road will become narrower and narrower.

Thinking of this, he pondered for a moment and said:

"Tangren can actually cooperate. For the TV series they push, we will handle it in a fair and impartial manner. If it's good, come, if it's not, leave. The satellite channel we hold is the biggest advantage. But for artists and directors, we can open the door to convenience. It's all about ability. The TV series platform made by the factory and the station really needs a group of people now, and those people are not bad. Especially the director of "Startling by Each Step", named Huang... Huang what's his name, is really good. Yang Mi has a good personal relationship with her. Whether it's Nazha or..."

When talking about Hu Yan, long-lost memories hit him again.

Thinking of the message he sent "She fell asleep", he couldn't help but have a smirk on his lips.

But it was more of an indifferent mentality:

"Hu Yan, the appeal of Tangren's group of people in TV series is not bad. Since you want to cooperate, just give it a try."

"Okay."

Seeing that he said so, Xu Zhi nodded and agreed directly.

Xu Xin also took advantage of this momentum and said:

"Let me talk to you two about "Tiny Times."

"Go ahead."

Seeing Xu Zhi nod, Xu Xin asked:

"Do you still want to invest in the third part?"

"Just tell me what you want to do. I guess Ren will come to see you this afternoon for this matter. Tell me your ideas."

Xu Xin naturally wouldn't play any tricks with these two people.

What's more, he came mainly for this matter.

So, he expressed Wang Sicong's ideas in his own tone.

Then he said:

"Once the box office of this movie comes out, the reputation is also there, which will damage our value a bit. Do you understand what I mean?"

Before Xu Zhi spoke, Xu Yang nodded:

"Indeed, that movie really doesn't look good. Er Nao, if you have finished Memories of Youth, let's think about how to talk to LeTV. They want to shoot the third part, let them play it by themselves."

"Hmm..."

Xu Zhi still didn't respond.

Xu Yang thought he was reluctant to part with it, so he added:

"Ah, how much money is there? That little money is not enough to be scolded~"

He must have been a little pretentious when he said this.

But Xu Zhi didn't care. Instead, he glanced at him and laughed:

"You know nothing."

Then he looked at Xu Xin:

"I was just thinking...why don't we just forget about the second part."

"......?"

"???"

As soon as he said this, both of them were stunned.

Looking at the surprised eyes of the two childhood friends, Xu Zhi, who hadn't drunk a drop of wine, shook his head:

"I also know that the movie is bad...but I didn't want to make it too much. Didn't you know the three golds at the beginning? 40 million for two movies, how much is one? I just took it as a fun shot. As a result, the box office is so high now...it is indeed worth being happy, but the problem is that I have also seen the reputation, and I am not proud of it."

Speaking of this, he spread his hands:

"It's not the money that matters, it's just a memory. I really think the novel is good... but the filmed thing... ah."

After a sigh, he shook his head:

"Nifeng is also my hard work. Because of this, it has a bad reputation and it's not worth it. So... just give it to LeTV if it wants it. It depends on what he wants in exchange, how about it?"

"..."

Xu Xin looked at his childhood friend in surprise.

He looked at him for a long time...

But he didn't say anything.

Only after reacting, he took out a cigarette.

Throw one to him and one to Xu Yang.

He looked at Xu Yang by the way.

Xu Yang didn't care anymore and shrugged:

"It doesn't matter."

Seeing this, Xu Xin nodded:

"Okay."

He agreed too.

The three said they would leave and left immediately.

Without hesitation.

Without mercy at all.