Chapter 493 Investment, Results

In less than three minutes, Liu Yifei came back with a script.

"Here, this is the script Xie Nan gave me. He said that he found many companies, but was rejected by them all."

Lin Nan couldn't help laughing when he heard this:

"So, is this why she often invited you for afternoon tea and dinner in those days?"

"Thinking about it, it should be like this. She hesitated until the end before she spoke to me."

Liu Yifei nodded, said with a smile, and urged Lin Nan.

"I think this script is okay, but don't you often say that I don't have a good sense when choosing scripts? Then help me take a look."

"Everyone in the company advised me not to invest, saying that if I make a movie like this, I'll lose one. I'm very confused now, but I gave Xie Nan a guaranteed vote at the time."

"Okay, let me help you take a look."

As Lin Nan spoke, he flipped through the script. Within a minute, the expression on his face changed.

"What's wrong? Is it bad?"

"No, I'll look at it again."

Lin Nan quickly turned the pages and browsed.

Five minutes later, Lin Nan closed the script, although he had only read one-fifth of it.

"Why don't you watch it?" Liu Yifei asked.

Lin Nan looked at Miss Liu's fair and delicate face in front of her, smiled and shook her head:

"Don't look anymore, Xie Nan is trying to attract investment for Wu Dan."

"You can guess this?"

"When he was filming "Thieves" before, he said that he would not give up his dream of being a director. The script is also about military themes. Besides attracting investment for him, who else can Xie Nan give it to? There is no movie name on the script... "

Lin Nan made some remarks at the end of his explanation.

"Then, should I invest? I checked, and it seems that this type of movie outside is really not very profitable..."

Liu Yifei looked at Lin Nan and said timidly.

"Fool, you want to invest, right?"

Lin Nan pinched the girl's cheek, which was very smooth and tender.

"Yeah." Liu Yifei nodded subconsciously.

"Then call Xie Nan and ask her to bring Wu Gan out. I will accompany you to meet them."

Lin Nan shook his head at Liu Yifei and gestured to the mobile phone on the table.

"Really? Okay, I'll make a call right away. I guess she's been waiting for news from me for the past two days."

Liu Yifei picked up the phone, found the number, and dialed it immediately.

Seeing her serious look, Lin Nan smiled softly and murmured, "Congratulations, Producer Liu."

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"Yes, Lin Nan is coming with me. It's your treat..."

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"Okay, let's go there now, just in time for dinner."

Five minutes later, Liu Yifei hung up the phone and looked at Lin Nan.

"Today's dinner is settled, Xie Nan is treating us to a big dinner, hehe."

"The investment in a movie is at least tens of millions, and this meal is not cheap." Lin Nan joked.

"Okay, hurry up and drive, I'm going to change clothes."

Liu Yifei walked out of the villa with light steps.

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Half an hour later, Lin Nan drove Liu Yifei's newly bought Ferrari and drove her straight to the private restaurant.

At this time, Xie Nan and Wu Gan had already arrived.

"Listen to me and order first. When they arrive, it will be time to serve the food." Xie Nan ordered.

"What should you order? Do you know what Director Lin likes to eat?"

"Nonsense, how could I know. But I know what Yifei likes to eat, and that's enough."

Xie Nan rolled his eyes at Wu Gan, he was so stupid!

"That makes sense, you're awesome!" Wu Dan realized it later and gave a thumbs up.

"Hmph, learn from it."

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The sun was setting, and the weather was still a bit cool in March.

Lin Nan parked the car and followed the waiter with Liu Yifei to the private room.

Both of them wore light down jackets, and Liu Yifei also wore a hat, but it could not hide her outstanding temperament at all.

"Oh, Director Lin, Yifei, sit down quickly. The food is ready to be served."

Xie Nan said to the waiter.

It was much warmer after entering the private room. Lin Nan and Liu Yifei took off their coats.

"Do I have to call you Director Wu Gan this time?"

Lin Nan joked as soon as he sat down.

"Director Lin was joking, but he didn't dare to say that. I just directed a movie called "Spike" and I lost all my savings over the years."

"So this time?"

"Hasn't this been settling down for five years? I'm ready to fight again. I'm ashamed to say that I really couldn't find investment, so Xie Nan just spoke to Yifei."

When it comes to this topic, Wu Gan is really a little embarrassed. He considers himself a real man and relies on his girlfriend to find investment.

At this time, a team of waitresses came in, placed the dishes, and then left.

These people obviously recognized several people present, especially Liu Yifei.

"Let's chat while we eat. I always order what Yifei likes to eat." Xie Nan added with a smile.

"I can tell." Lin Nan was also happy.

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While everyone was eating and chatting, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei realized that Xie Nan had already gone to see Wang Changtian before, and Wu Gan had been preparing for this movie for a long time.

Because some time ago, Guangguang announced a project: "Guangguang-Actor-New Director Project".

Unfortunately, in the eyes of Wang Changtian and Guangguang's evaluation team, Wu Gan did not meet the requirements.

As an actor, he was stuck in the second or third tier. As a director, he suffered another loss, so they decisively rejected Xie Nan and Wu Dan.

Lin Nan took a bite of the food and silently mourned for Wang Changtian for three seconds.

"Let's talk about investment."

Lin Nan put down his chopsticks and took the initiative to speak. He came here today to fight for the greatest benefit for Liu Yifei.

"Director Lin, please speak." Wu Yi took over the conversation, and several people stopped eating.

"Yifei's Red Starwood can invest in this movie."

Seeing the surprised expressions of the two people opposite, Lin Nan added: "We want priority investment rights for your future movies."

"Is there such a good thing?"

Wu Yi smiled and agreed: "No problem."

"Yifei can invest in this movie in full. For the next one, let's invest in 40% of the shares." Lin Nan said casually.

"No problem, it's a deal."

Wu Yi raised his glass very decisively, as if he was afraid that Lin Nan and Liu Yifei would regret it.

Lin Nan glanced at Liu Yifei, "We'll go back later, you drive."

"Well, okay." Miss Liu nodded gently.

Two hours later, Lin Nan admitted that he couldn't drink more than Wu Yi.

After agreeing to sign the contract the next day, everyone dispersed.

That night, there were many more photos on the Internet, all of which were taken outside the private restaurant when everyone separated.

"Director Lin Nan, Liu Yifei, Wu Tian, ​​and Xie Nan had a dinner together. Two men seemed to be drinking..."

The next day, Wu Tian and Xie Nan went directly to Hongxingwu with professionals.

The two parties signed an investment agreement for "Wolf Warrior", which also included a priority investment clause for 40% of the investment share in the subsequent film.

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Although "Love in Seattle" was postponed for half a month, it seems that it is already a bit slow now.

"Director Xue Xiaolu's work, "Love in Seattle", has a box office of 570 million. It is still early to be released, but the daily box office has dropped to about one million, and there is no hope of a box office of 600 million!"

"This box office is already very high, and I am very satisfied. The salary plus the box office share, I can get a total of 15 million in two times, which is very good."

When Xue Xiaolu and Lin Nan called, their tone was excited.

"Teacher Xue, there is no need to wait for the theater chain to share the revenue. The company will transfer it to you first after it is released." Lin Nan promised.

"Then I won't be polite. I know you don't need this little money."

After Xue Xiaolu finished speaking, she mentioned another matter.

"I have already decided in the past few days. I will use this movie name to continue to make a sequel. But you also know that I am a working teacher and I am usually very busy. I may be slow in writing the script."

"Take your time. Don't rush. Teacher Xue has also saved some money. Let's work together then?" Lin Nan joked.

"Then forget it. I just want to do my job as a teacher, screenwriter and director. I dare not invest.

There are so many examples out there. Once you invest, the pressure will be doubled invisibly, which will definitely affect the filming of the movie. It is better for me to take the film salary and the box office share. It is safer."

Xue Xiaolu is really rational. There are indeed too many such examples in the circle.

When you are a director, you are fine, but when you participate in the investment and make a movie, you are prone to get stuck in a dead end and hysterics.

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The lawsuit between Zhou Xingchi and Huayi is progressing very quickly.

After all, this case is not complicated, and evidence collection is even simpler. It is also a typical case in the industry and has attracted much attention from the film and television industry.

Unsurprisingly, Zhou Xingchi lost the lawsuit.

Although many people disagreed and felt that Zhou Xingchi was right, the 80 million should be given to him, and he deserved it.

But between morality and law, the latter will always win, and Huayi won.

At the door of the court, a large number of reporters surrounded Wang Zhonglei for an interview.

The latter still maintained that stereotyped smile, like Yue Buqun.

He said something that made the entire film industry feel humiliated, but he didn't seem to feel ashamed at all:

"Zhou Xingchi is a complete layman, even the judge knows the operation of the film better than him, and knows more about the film..."

Wang Zhonglei's words were really a bargain.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was deliberately humiliating Zhou Xingchi, and he left no room for maneuver or retreat in his work!

Faced with Huayi's ridicule, Zhou Xingchi did not choose to appeal, because it was impossible to turn the tables, and a contract without a seal had no legal effect.

He just said one sentence in front of the media: "Huayi, they are too unethical..."

Huayi's behavior almost caused public outrage on the Internet, but it was useless. Few people in the industry spoke out.

Only a few competitors of Huayi dared to say a few words.

"Director Zhou Xingchi can consider Guangguang when choosing a partner next time. I, Wang Changtian, think that my reputation in the industry is still good. Many filmmakers can testify to this."

"Reputation is a signboard. Obviously someone is destroying his own signboard." Qin Hong also posted on Weibo.

Next, all the well-known film and television companies and distribution companies in the circle came out, anyway, they were just sarcastic without naming names.

Even Lin Nan couldn't help but post a Weibo:

"When signing contracts in the future, colleagues should be more rigorous and careful.

Integrity should be guaranteed by contracts. If you trust others too much, you may suffer a big loss, just like Director Zhou Xingchi. I also look forward to working with Director Zhou Xingchi..."

No matter if there is a chance to cooperate in the future, Lin Nan added a sentence, Huayi's thing is really disgusting.

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"Damn, they pretend to be good people, so hypocritical, they are eye drops for me!"

Wang Zhongjun smashed the imported porcelain on the table and cursed.

"It's OK if we win the lawsuit. We got the advantage. Those people can only be jealous." Wang Zhonglei comforted.

"Good, it's safe. With Zhou Xingchi's efficiency in making movies, these people still want to cooperate with him. Wait for another four or five years? Haha."

Wang Zhongjun said with disdain, not hiding his sarcasm towards a group of film companies and distribution companies.

"In this circle, as long as we keep the leading position, we are naturally right."

Speaking of this, Wang Zhongjun thought of something and looked at Wang Zhonglei.

"How is the land?"

"Almost, it will still be carried out in the name of the film and television culture town, but the upper level is too strict on this. I'm afraid that by then..."

"Don't worry so much, the bold will die of fullness, and the timid will die of starvation."

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