During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 98: Dealing with Zhang Li, who is perfect and unmotivated
  "What? Seventy percent? Mr. Chi, your company's appetite is too big."

When Wei Jin heard this number, he looked at the man opposite him in disbelief.

It has been three days since he returned to China from Cannes. Wei Jin feels that the domestic public opinion atmosphere is too strong, and he doesn't want to stir up the fire. He has been staying at the company in the past few days, not intending to cause any more sensation, and just waits for the heat to slowly subside. .

Even when the school sent another invitation for Wei Jin to return to school to give a speech, he excused himself as saying that the time was not suitable in the near future and put the speech time after the graduation ceremony.

Today is the day to meet with Mr. Chi from Perfect World. The two parties are negotiating on the operating share of "Zhu Xian".

"Mr. Wei, you have never been involved in the game industry, and you don't know the manpower and material resources required for operation. A perfect 70% is not too much."

Chi Yufeng was also a little helpless. Perfect World has been committed to developing fantasy fairy-tale games, mainly relying on the company's engine technology. He had always been optimistic about the game market after the adaptation of the novel "Zhu Xian", but unexpectedly, all the copyrights of the novel It had been bought long ago.

What’s even more surprising is that an unknown game studio actually developed the game. When the other party asked for agency cooperation, Chi Yufeng felt a bit unreal. No, you stole my project and now you want to do it. Can I help you run the promotion?

However, after meeting the other party's technical team, Chi Yufeng's attitude changed somewhat. They were all technical masters of domestic game companies. It seemed that the other party was not just a trivial matter.

After seeing the finished game, Chi Yufeng was a little moved. Although simply being a game agent was inconsistent with the purpose of perfect world content output, he was really optimistic about this game.

"But as far as I know, your company doesn't have much experience in game agency."

Wei Jin has naturally done some research. Perfect World's current main revenue comes from self-made games and overseas licensing fees. Pure agency operation does not seem to be their strong point. However, Shanda's demands are even more excessive, and they seem to be convinced by Wei Jin. It seems that Wei Jin can only grind with Perfect again.

"Mr. Wei can rest assured that Perfect already has mature promotion channels. I can guarantee that "Zhu Xian" will be marketed as if it were a game independently developed by the company."

Chi Yufeng made a guarantee, but his guarantee did not have much effect in Wei Jin's eyes. The current perfect world is not yet a gaming giant. After thinking about it for a while, Wei Jin had an idea:

"Mr. Chi, look at this. Our company will cooperate with us. Let's link up the movie and game and promote it together. You can give me 50% of the agency fee. How about it?"

"I don't know what the regulations are for Mr. Wei's so-called cooperation?"

Chi Yufeng was a little careless. What kind of joint promotion would you, a film and television company, do with me?
  "Our company can make "Zhu Xian" into a TV series and cooperate with the launch of the game to achieve a win-win situation."

Wei Jin’s plan is to combine film and television works with games to form a two-way diversion.

"Oh? Tell me specifically?"

Chi Yufeng became a little interested.

Then Wei Jin revealed all the marketing methods such as promoting the TV series, male and female protagonists as game spokespersons, TV channels, etc., and Chi Yufeng's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Obviously, in this era, it is rare to promote games through film and television channels. Wei Jin’s style of play seems to Chi Yufeng to be very practical, but there is still a question:
  "But how can we guarantee that the TV series will be popular? If the reviews are not good, wouldn't it be a lose-lose situation?"

"This is my business. Mr. Chi may not know much about our company's strength in the industry. As long as I want to do it, it will definitely be a hit!"

Wei Jin's words were very domineering and gave Chi Yufeng great confidence.

"Okay, since Mr. Wei is so confident, Chi will give you a hand and do as you say."

Although he gave up 20% of the profit, Chi Yufeng acted very energetic, and it seemed that he planned to make friends with Wei Jin.

"Mr. Chi is so happy, let's work together this time to give a try to domestic game companies."

Seeing that the cooperation was reached, Wei Jin also looked happy, and then the two signed the contract under the witness of the legal affairs of both parties.

After sending Chi Yufeng away, Wei Jin immediately came to the screenwriting center and asked about the progress of the adaptation of "Zhu Xian". After learning the specific situation, Wei Jin was somewhat relieved.

Adapting a novel into a TV script is not a matter of a day or two, and the filming of a TV series is not that fast, but fortunately, the game has to go through many tests before it is released, so the time should be about the same.

Back in the office, Wei Jin was thinking about another thing. Tudou's second round of financing was coming.

News came to Wenlong that Tudou founder Wang Wei planned to raise US$1000 million.

It wasn't a big deal in the first place. Wei Jin could have invested directly. In the first two months, the share of "Dead Silence" had arrived, and this money alone was enough.

But Wang Wei insisted on bringing in third-party partners. It seemed that he wanted to bring in Internet companies and integrate resources.

In this regard, Wei Jin has no good solution. The development of video websites does require the introduction of strategic investors with relevant resources.

Wei Jin planned to find time to have a good chat with Wang Wei. It was hard to find a shareholder who was as talkative as himself. In the evening, Wei Jin took Zhang Li to the celebration banquet of "People on the Road".

Now every time Wei Jin attends a banquet, as long as he does not appoint a female companion, Zhang Xu will arrange company artists for him to rub off on his boss's popularity, and Wei Jin doesn't mind this either.

Today, Zhang Li is dressed in professional attire. With her height of 170cm and high heels, she looks very capable and has the aura of a strong woman.

This outfit is of course Wei Jin's responsibility. There is currently no female star in China who has taken this route. Wei Jin plans to give this girl this persona and win a wave of career fans.

The company's artist management operation was still too rough. Wei Jin was wondering where to find Yang Tianzhen.

When the two arrived at the hotel, there were already many people from their circle in the lobby.

Seeing Wei Jin appear, many people came to say hello, and Wei Jin responded one by one, introducing Zhang Li by the way.

"Junior brother, you are here."

Ning Hao looked proud at this time. Two movies with a box office of over 100 million made him the most outstanding young director. Not counting Wei Jin, no one in the circle regarded Wei Jin as a simple director.

"Senior brother, congratulations, you can direct the next movie by yourself."

Wei Jin's words were a bit joking, but Ning Hao is indeed not short of money now. "On the Road" gave Ning Hao a basic salary of 100 million plus 5% of the box office share, which added up to more than 350 million in remuneration.

Including the previous "Stone" and the remuneration for filming the MV for Jing Tian, ​​Ning Hao's net worth cannot be overstated.

If you are just working on a low-budget film, you can do it yourself.

"That's not possible. I don't have that much confidence or ambition. What if I accidentally return to before liberation overnight? Your sister-in-law must not fight with me."

Ning Hao had also thought about this idea, but when he thought about the tragic failure at the box office, he quickly gave up his unrealistic idea. In fact, eight out of ten movies he invested in currently suffered losses, and the probability of making a profit was too small.

"But please don't arrange projects for me during this period. I'm going to polish the script."

"That's fine. You can rest for a few months. I'll try not to arrange anything for you this year, haha."

Not long after, the staff came to urge us, and the celebration banquet officially began.

Zhang Li was a little envious as she watched the main creators smash the ice sculptures symbolizing the box office on the stage.

"What's wrong? You want to make a movie too?"

Wei Jin looked at this beautiful woman with three-dimensional facial features and wondered why she couldn't become popular in her previous life.

"Ah, Mr. Wei, of course I want to make a movie, and it's your script."

While Zhang Li expressed her admiration, she also praised her boss.

"Well, there is a chance. This time the company's drama won't give you an important role, so don't think too much about it."

This time, Zhang Li only played a small supporting role in "Beauty's Scheming". As the boss, Wei Jin still had to take care of the artist's emotions.

"No, Mr. Wei, the company has taken good care of me. I just graduated. It would be great if I have a chance to show my face."

Zhang Li quickly explained, not wanting to be misunderstood by her boss as being resentful.

When I went to the set this time, although she didn't have many roles, she was treated very well and was even equipped with a nanny van. Although it was not just for her to use alone, she could still feel that the company was very attentive to its artists.

Wei Jin and Zhang Li learned about the situation of the crew and the current situation of the company's artists, and then started chatting with others at the table.

During the dinner, Wang Baoqiang and Xu Guangtou also came to toast. The movie's box office was so high, which was a particularly big bonus for the two leading actors, so they were also very grateful to Wei Jin.

Especially Wang Baoqiang, who had just finished filming "Soldier Assault". When he learned that Wei Jin had appointed him to star, he even drank three glasses of wine, which was really a bit silly. Wei Jin was stunned for a while, but I also have a little more appreciation for the honest person who is famous in this circle, and he is a good person.

After the dinner, seeing that Zhang Li had no idea of ​​pursuing progress, Wei Jin arranged a vehicle to take her back. Wei Jin never had any extra thoughts about his own artists, but if the other party took the initiative to pursue advancement, Wei Jin would not refuse. A happy-go-lucky person.

Then he ordered Zhu Wei to drive to Yanjiao Villa, but he had not seen Sister Yuanyuan when he came back this time.
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