I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 208 Cut it to the end

"Han Dong."

"Mr. Jiang, you are here too."

Wan Qingshan came to a teahouse near Qingshan Media and saw Han Sanping and Jiang Zhiqiang in the box.

Facing Wan Qingshan's greeting, Han Sanping kept a straight face and said nothing, while Jiang Zhiqiang was all smiles.

"Director Wan, thank you for your hard work on the movie. I stayed in the grassland for several months."

"Mr. Jiang, I got 500 million US dollars. Why should I work so hard after getting so much money?"

After Wan Qingshan sat down, he looked at Han Sanping, wondering why Han Sanping had such an expression since he hadn't done anything recently.

After waiting for Jiang Zhiqiang to pour tea for Wan Qingshan, Han Sanping spoke while suppressing his anger.

"Qingshan, I told you before that you can't rely on theaters to do anything against a certain movie, but you didn't listen at all.

"Certificate of Investment" has just been released, and other theaters have given it a 40% screening rate. Your Qingshan Cinema is better, only giving a 20% screening rate, and all screenings are in the morning.

Yu Dong has already complained to me, saying that if the Qingshan Cinema Chain does not adjust the film schedule and show time, he will go to the General Administration to file a complaint. Chen Kexin will also tell the media that you are relying on the theater chain to squeeze out your peers. "

Wan Qingshan suddenly realized that it turned out to be a matter of "Report of Name". He was so busy that he forgot what he had asked Ye Nian to do before.

Knowing what happened, Wan Qingshan remained calm in the face of the threats from Yu Dong and Chen Kexin spoken by Han Sanping.

He took a sip of tea calmly and said, "Then let them sue. When "Loyal Liver and Righteousness" was released, it was also tricked by someone. Several theaters quietly canceled "Loyal Liver and Righteousness". "Guard" film scheduling rate.

I didn't think about going to the government departments to make a fuss, because I knew it would be useless. There are countless excuses for theaters to cut the schedule of a movie.

As for Chen Kexin telling the media that I am crowding out my peers, haha, I don’t have time to cut off the film schedule. I just used it to screen other movies. Why, only by giving his movies a high ranking will he not crowd out his peers and give more to other movies. Isn’t it good to have a certain film arrangement rate? "

Han Sanping narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Qingshan, you insist on cutting down the filming rate of "The Certificate of Merit"."

"Yes, Director Han, you also know the grievances between Chen Kexin and me.

Why, he is only allowed to plot against me, and I am not allowed to cut down on his movie schedule. "

Wan Qingshan's demeanor changed, and his eyes became very sharp.

"Director Han, let me tell you frankly, not only for "The Call to Action", but for all of Chen Kexin's future films, and even the films he has invested in, Qingshan Cinemas will cut down on the screening rate.

When he, Chen Kexin, wanted to get along with me, he had to prepare for the consequences of my revenge. He had the guts to let him use the money to develop theater chains and let him cut the schedule of my movies. "

The expression on Jiang Zhiqiang's face was unbelievable. He looked up and down at Wan Qingshan, as if he was meeting Wan Qingshan for the first time.

In the past, Wan Qingshan was thoughtful, calculating, and greedy for money, but he was also easy to talk to.

But this time, Wan Qingshan is so tough, even domineering. This is completely different from the previous Wan Qingshan.

Snapped!
Han Sanping slammed the table.

“Do you know that if you do this, you may destroy the entire film industry.

If you take the lead, in the future, movie theater companies will rely on theater chains to enter the film production industry. By then, many film production companies will become affiliated with theater chains.

There are even movie theaters that cut each other's investment in movies. Wan Qingshan, have you considered the consequences? "

"I'm just a businessman, these are not things I should consider. I only know that Qingshan Cinema Chain is now ranked among the top domestic cinema chains, and I have a team to produce movies. No matter whether the theater chain invades the film production industry , or theater chains cutting each other's film schedules, the impact on me is definitely not as big as other companies."

After Han Sanping was stunned for a while, he said in a helpless tone, "Wan Qingshan, are you going to destroy the entire film industry just because of this?"

"Director Han, you shouldn't ask me this. You should ask Chen Kexin. Ask him. Just because Wanqingshan doesn't exchange film resources with you, Wanqingshan will be destroyed."

After saying that, Wan Qingshan stood up and said, "Director Han, I hope you understand that I am no longer the Wan Qingshan I was when I was filming "Heart". Those people in the Beijing circle wanted to destroy me, and I was unable to take revenge.

But now, I can no longer let anyone plot against me. If I don’t be cruel to Chen Kexin this time, no one will dare to plot against me in the future.

In this society, when people are weak, they will be plotted and they will suffer. I don’t want to be the one who suffers. "

When Jiang Zhiqiang saw Wan Qingshan turn around and leave after speaking, he quickly got up and chased after Wan Qingshan.

"Wan Dao, Wan Dao."

When he was approaching the front desk of the teahouse, Jiang Zhiqiang caught up with Wan Qingshan.

"Director Wan, I have something else I want to discuss with you."

"Mr. Jiang, if you want to be a lobbyist to cut film rates, then there's no need to say anything."

"No, Director Wan, I agree with what you said about weak people who will suffer. So I'm not here to be a lobbyist. I'm here to talk to you about the new movie we agreed to collaborate on."

A trace of surprise flashed in Wan Qingshan's eyes. It's not even the New Year yet, and Jiang Zhiqiang wants to discuss a new movie, so urgently!
"Since we are discussing a movie, that's no problem. Let's talk somewhere else."

The two found a cafe nearby to discuss the new movie.

"Director Wan, I plan to start shooting the new movie in May. As for the script, I hope you will write it.

Writing a script will definitely take a lot of time, so I am anxious to discuss the movie with you. "

Jiang Zhiqiang had previously thought about why the box office of "Ip Man" in North America was not as good as "A Loyal Man". When "A Loyal Man" was released, Zhang Jin and others were not famous in North America, and the number of openings was far less than that of "Ye Man". "Question", fighting drama, "Ip Man" is not bad, why is "Ip Man" not as good as "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness"?

He couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, so he could only think that the plot of "Loyalty and Bravery" was more exciting than "Ip Man", so he thought that Wan Qingshan would also write the script for this new movie.

Seeing that Wan Qingshan was silent, Jiang Zhiqiang frowned and said, "Director Wan, don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory figure for the screenwriting fee."

Wan Qingshan came back to his senses and said, "Mr. Jiang, you misunderstood. I just suddenly thought of something. I am responsible for the script, no problem. As for the script fee, it is only 200 million. I also have investment in the new movie. I don't As for being greedy for money, he is so greedy for script fees."

Jiang Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Haha, Director Wan, this is not like you. You used to make money even if you had money."

"It depends on how much it costs, Mr. Jiang, if I ask for tens of millions of script fees, then you will probably have to scold me.

But if it's a few million, it won't make me lose my food. "Wan Qingshan smiled.

After discussing the matter, Jiang Zhiqiang and Wan Qingshan didn't chat much, and left after chatting for a while.

The next day, during the road show of the cast of "The Legend", Chen Kexin blasted the media that Wan Qingshan was relying on Qingshan Cinema to exclude "The Legend".

Yu Dong went to the Film Bureau to file a complaint, accusing Wan Qingshan of using his personal preferences to destroy the film market.

"Tou Mingzhuang" has only been released for two days. On the day of its release, Chen Kexin and Yu Dong did not tell anyone else about the decision by Qingshan Cinema to cut the film's film schedule. Change it back.

Now that this matter has been brought out, while the outside world is talking about it, the circle is even more lively.

Film and television company bosses like Wu Kebo and Wang Changtian are a little flustered. Movies have been cut down. This is a very unsolvable matter.

As for the theater industry, all companies are rushing to hold meetings.

Now the movie market is more prosperous than before, but theater chains still don't make much money.

Since the establishment of Qingshan Cinema Line, it has been losing money. Although the loss is not much, it is still a loss.

Most of the other cinema chains are similar to Qingshan Cinema Chain.

Now Wan Qingshan asked Qingshan Cinema to cut the film schedule, allowing them to find a new way to increase business revenue and invest in movies.

I have the theater chain in hand, but if you don’t let me invest, then I will cut the film rate. Anyway, unlike Hollywood, the mainland does not have competition laws.

Although this method is a bit inferior, it is very effective.

While the outside world was talking about it and people in the circle had different thoughts, Wan Qingshan made an appointment with Li Jingqing in the restaurant in that alley.

After hearing Wan Qingshan ask him for help, Li Jingqing exclaimed, "One billion! Director Wan, you think I open a bank.

One billion. On this year's China Rich List, the total assets of the top one are only over 1 billion. Where do you want me to come up with one billion? "

"Mr. Li, I just said that I am short of one billion. I am not asking you to lend me one billion. I hope to use my shares in Qingshan Cinema to borrow one billion from the bank."

Instead of directly borrowing one billion, Li Jingqing's tone softened a lot.

"That's impossible. The total investment of Qingshan Cinema is less than [-] million. The theaters are still in second- and third-tier cities, so they definitely can't get a loan of [-] billion." "If I can directly borrow [-] billion, I don't have to ask you. Help. I just hope you can help me get through connections and get a billion dollar loan from the bank."

Li Jingqing frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Director Wan, I've helped you this time, so I've repaid the favor, right?"

Seeing Wan Qingshan nod slightly, Li Jingqing immediately said, "Okay, one billion, I can handle it!"

"Mr. Li, I hope the loan period will be a little longer and the principal repayment will be as late as possible."

"Director Wan, I can't guarantee you this. I can only say that I will try my best."

"Just try your best, Mr. Li, thank you in advance."

After the meal, Wan Qingshan returned home, sat down and took a long breath.

Yesterday, Jiang Zhiqiang said that the movie would be released in May, which reminded Wan Qingshan of that matter. Then, he thought of the financial flood, and the idea suddenly came to his mind to take advantage of this time to quickly go to first-tier cities to acquire land.

After getting the land, the suitable land will be used to build the Qingshan Cinema Line. The unsuitable land will be kept for a few years. After the housing prices skyrocket, the land will be sold, which can make a lot of money.

After this idea came up, Wan Qingshan thought about where to get money. It would cost at least several hundred million to do this kind of thing. Otherwise, he would get less money and not make much money.

Wan Qingshan thought about it for half the night, and finally could only think of taking out the shares of Qingshan Cinema Line and asking Li Jingqing to open up bank relationships and get a loan to do this.

Li Jingqing worked quickly. He called Wan Qingshan the next day and asked him to have dinner with a bank president at noon.

The three of them had a meal at noon. In the afternoon, Wan Qingshan went to the bank to go through various procedures. After the procedures were completed, he would wait for the loan to be 20 years old. The first five years would be interest-free, and after eight years, the principal would start to be repaid in installments of one billion. When he came down, Wan Qingshan received another call from Han Sanping, so he asked Duan Tong to send him to China Film Academy.

Wan Qingshan came to the China Film Conference Room. Deputy Director Zhao, Yu Dong and Chen Kexin from the General Administration were all there.

"Bureau Zhao, Mr. Yu, Director Han, Director Chen."

Wan Qingshan didn't seem to notice that Yu Dong and Chen Kexin had dark faces. He greeted them with a smile.

"Director Wan, you must have guessed why I invited you here this time.

Don't worry, Director Wan, the General Administration will not do anything to force you. I am not here as the deputy director of the General Administration, but as a mediator as a movie lover.

If you are dissatisfied or have any requirements, you can tell us. "

As soon as Deputy Director Zhao finished speaking, Wan Qingshan looked at Chen Kexin with a smile and said, "There is no dissatisfaction, no request, this is just pure revenge."

Then, Wan Qingshan looked at Yu Dong and said with an apologetic look,

"Mr. Yu, I'm very sorry that you have been implicated, but in business, it is normal to have risks. You should be able to understand.

For Mr. Yu's sake, and for you to avoid risks in the future, I advise you not to cooperate with Director Chen in the future.

Since the establishment of Qingshan Cinemas a long time ago, I have only ordered one thing, and that is to slash the screening rates for Director Chen’s movies or the movies he invested in. "

Yu Dong was shocked!

Because Han Sanping didn't say anything, and Chen Kexin didn't say anything, he had always been curious about why Wan Qingshan cut the film schedule of "Tou Mingzhuan". He was still wondering whether he had offended Wan Qingshan unintentionally and made Wan Qingshan do this.

But now, Chen Kexin had offended Wan Qingshan, and he was so offended that Wan Qingshan said such words in front of Deputy Director Zhao and Han Sanping.

Chen Kexin's already dark complexion became even darker. Her eyes were fixed on Wanqingshan, wanting to eat people.

Deputy Director Zhao seemed not to have heard anything and leisurely picked up the water glass on the table and drank.

Han Sanping lowered his eyes and sighed helplessly, "Qingshan, you are already 27 and have been married for a year. Don't act like a child."

"Haha, Director Han, if I have the temper of a child, then Director Chen is nothing like me.

I have been a king in the Hong Kong film and television industry for a long time, but I have been flattered by mainland film and television bosses for a long time. Just because they did not exchange resources, they wanted to destroy me directly. "

Yu Dong's expression changed from embarrassment to understanding following Wan Qingshan's words.

Yu Dong is one of those who hold bad feet.The following sentence about not exchanging resources made Yu Dong immediately think of the rumors about Wan Qingshan and Chen Kexin in the circle last year, and he instantly understood what Wan Qingshan had just said.

After understanding, Yu Dong hesitated, stood up and said, "Director Wan, since this is a grudge between you and Director Chen, I shouldn't come.

As for "The Investment Certificate", as Director Wan said, investing in movies is risky. "

Then, Yu Dong looked towards Deputy Director Zhao, "Director Zhao, Director Han, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Yu Dong left, and no one said anything to persuade him to stay.

The others will not try to persuade him to stay. Han Sanping, the only one who has the possibility of trying to persuade him to stay, also knows that Yu Dong will not go to Wanqingshan at this time. Until the film cancellation rate is resolved, any film company without a major theater chain will not dare to offend Wanqingshan.

Qingshan Cinema Chain is developing too fast. Although it is still a medium-sized cinema chain, compared with large cinema chains, the number of screens is not much different. For self-operated cinemas and franchised cinemas, the screen cost is almost 300 yuan. You must know this year's ranking Star Cinema, the second largest theater chain, has only over 300 screens.

Just because Qingshan Cinema Line has no theaters in first-tier cities, it is only considered a medium-sized theater chain. As long as it builds a few theaters in first-tier cities, it can become a large-scale theater chain.

There are no theaters in first-tier cities, but Qingshan Cinemas ranks among the best in terms of the number of theaters in second- and third-tier cities.

With the economic development in recent years, audiences in second- and third-tier cities have begun to have some spending power. As a result, the film schedule of Qingshan Cinema has a great impact on a movie's box office.

Otherwise, Chen Kexin would not have approached someone from the General Administration to reconcile with Wan Qingshan because Qingshan Cinema Line had cut the film schedule of "The Certificate of Entrepreneurship".

After Yu Dong left, Chen Kexin held back her anger and said, "Director Wan, you set the conditions. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it."

Wan Qingshan shook his head and said expressionlessly, "There are no conditions. Why, do you think we are like the previous societies in Hong Kong, and we can settle the matter if we lose the territory and pay compensation!"
In fact, my method of cutting down the film schedule is also very easy to solve. It would be better if your film were not released in the mainland. "

Suddenly, Wan Qingshan pretended to be surprised and said, "I forgot, I bought the Golden Harvest Cinemas on Hong Kong Island. It seems that in the future, you can only go to Bay Area or abroad to make movies. I can't take your movies from those places." Any way.”

Chen Kexin glared at Wan Qingshan several times, and then got so angry that she didn't even say polite words to Deputy Director Zhao and Han Sanping, and stood up to leave.

After watching Chen Kexin leave the conference room, Han Sanping turned his attention to Wanqing Mountain.

"You're angry now, but have you thought about the consequences?"

"Director Han, I have said before that I am just a businessman, it is not my turn to worry about the consequences.

Director Han, Director Zhao, if there is nothing else, I will leave first. I still have to work on the post-production of the movie. "

"Nothing else. If you have something to do, Director Wan, then you should do your business first."

As soon as Deputy Director Zhao finished speaking, Wan Qingshan stood up and left.

After Wan Qingshan disappeared at the door of the conference room, Han Sanping said hurriedly,

"Director Zhao, the General Administration has to come up with policies. If Wan Qingshan is allowed to continue like this, the film market will be destroyed."

Seeing Han Sanping's anxious expression, Deputy Director Zhao hesitated and whispered, "Director Han, Wan Qingshan is not the problem now.

Wan Qingshan's decision to cut the film schedule has prompted theater chains such as Wanda, Singmei and Dadi to take action. Their first step is to use relationships to prevent the introduction of policies that do not allow theater chains to enter film production.

They joined forces to open up the relationship, but the General Administration is now powerless. "

Han Sanping let out a long sigh and leaned back with a depressed expression.

He knew theater chains like Wanda and Xingmei would take action, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Director Han, in fact, it is not a bad thing for theater chains to enter the film production industry. Theater chains have strong capital and are willing to invest in blockbusters. Maybe they can also expand the film market."

"Director Zhao, I also know that theater chains have strong capital, but the problem is that after theater chains become film producers, they will cut off the schedule of other films for the films they invest in. This will cause chaos in the film market."

Deputy Director Zhao chuckled twice and said calmly, "You are too worried. Even if there is chaos, it will only be temporary, and the market will force them to adjust automatically.

If the movie is not good, it will be the same no matter how much more movies are scheduled. There is not only one theater chain in the country. If the audience sees that this theater is showing movies they don’t want to see, the audience will either not watch the movie or go to other theaters.

Theaters also need to make money, and it is impossible for theaters to suffer huge losses just because of a movie that audiences don't like.

At most, they are like Wan Qingshan, who cut off the schedule of certain movies due to some grievances, but overall they will not mess around. "

Deputy Director Zhao turned slightly sideways, a little closer to Han Sanping, lowered his voice and continued,
"If they really mess around and affect the film market, no matter how tough their relationship is, the superiors will step in to stop them. The film industry brings in a lot of tax revenue every year, and the superiors will not let them kill the market."

Han Sanping's complexion immediately improved a lot. Deputy Director Zhao's words made him realize that he had really gone too far. As far as the film's tax revenue and the industry it promoted, the higher-ups would not ignore the film industry.

(End of this chapter)