Chapter 429 The contract has not been negotiated

Author: Jianzoufeng

Chapter 429 The contract has not been negotiated

"Boss, I went to follow up on Wang Kai's film contract. The boss has to make his own decision on this matter."

Qiao Yinghong started out as an agent. Although she is now the vice president of Ark Culture, she is mainly responsible for the content of the agency contract.

This time Fang Xing decided to let Wang Kai play the role of "Prince Xiao Jingyan" in the new drama "Nirvana in Fire".

The boss has made the decision, and the rest is naturally left to the subordinates to discuss.

Qiao Yinghong heard about this matter and followed it up personally, but there was still no progress.

"Wang Kai's contract hasn't been finalized yet? Is it Wang Kai's personal problem or his company's problem?" Fang Xing was a little surprised. It has been almost a week.

"Well, Liu Shijie of Huahuo Media proposed a cooperation plan. He wanted to invest in "Langya Bang", and Wang Kai's salary was 10 million as an investment. In addition, Huahuo Media also asked for an investment of another 10 million to make up for it.

20 million investment amount." Qiao Yinghong told Huahuo Media's plan.

Fang Xing frowned after hearing this and did not answer immediately.

If you only look at the plan proposed by Huahuo Media, it is actually a relatively common model in the entertainment industry.

There is nothing wrong with this plan in general, but there are still some minor problems in some details.

To put it simply.

Huahuo Media’s plan is equivalent to using 10 million yuan to make an investment of 20 million yuan.

In the financial market, money can make money.

Just this hand from Huahuo Media is considered a profit.

However, this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that Wang Kai's 10 million remuneration is also used as an investment, accounting for the investment ratio of "Langya Bang".

There are some subtle details here.

Strictly speaking, Wang Kai's 10 million remuneration does not entirely belong to Wang Kai.

Because Wang Kai has a management contract with Huahuo Media.

When Wang Kai first signed a management contract with Huahuo Media, he was just an 18th-tier actor.

Usually when a contract signed by an 18th-tier actor like this, the share ratio with the brokerage company is 2:8, with the brokerage company getting 8%.

A better contract can also be 3:7, with the brokerage company getting 7.

Calculated according to 3:7, out of the 10 million salary, 3 million belongs to Wang Kai.

However, Huahuo Media wants to use this 1,000 remuneration to invest in "Nirvana in Fire".

With Liu Shijie's character, it is impossible for Huahuo Media to bring Wang Kai to play with this investment contract.

In other words, if the investment in "Nirvana in Fire" makes a profit, Wang Kai will only receive 3 million in the end.

Of course, if "Nirvana in Fire" hits the market and this investment is wasted, that will be another story.

In short, this plan is actually that Huahuo Media uses the remuneration of its artists to invest, and the money earned has nothing to do with the artists.

In fact.

Huahuo Media's actions have nothing to do with Fang Xing.

Because that is Huahuo Media’s own business.

However, it has always been very difficult to get a share of investment in Ark Culture’s projects.

Even if a giant company in the film and television industry like Penguin Pictures wants to invest in Ark Culture projects, it needs to provide hard-core resources in exchange.

Huahuo Media has Wang Kai in their hands and wants Ark Culture to accept their investment.

If this is a game of chess, I have to say that Liu Shijie is very good at chess.

Fang Xing thought carefully for a while and said, "Let's do this. Invite Wang Kai and the person in charge of Huahuo Media to come over and let's have a chat in person to see what they want."

…

the next day.

Qiao Yinghong made an appointment with Liu Shijie, the director of Huahuo Media, and Wang Kai's management team to come over to discuss the contract.

Originally, Liu Shijie was planning to let the company take full responsibility for Wang Kai's film contract, and was not prepared to let Wang Kai come.

When Qiao Yinghong was an agent, she knew the rules of the entertainment agency industry very well, so in addition to contacting Huahuo Media, she also contacted Wang Kai himself.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Qiao Yinghong is in the conference room preparing the contract and materials to be discussed today.

After Fang Xing came in, Qiao Yinghong first leaned into Fang Xing's ear and reminded: "Huahuo Media probably doesn't want Wang Kai to come over to negotiate the contract. However, I called Wang Kai and he had work this morning and couldn't

He came on time, but he repeatedly emphasized on the phone that he would come right away as soon as the work was over."

Fang Xing nodded and said, "Ask the front desk if anyone from Huahuo Media has arrived. If so, bring them over."

Qiao Yinghong pressed the hands-free button on the landline in the conference room, and then pressed the number representing the front desk: "Xiao Qiao, are the people from Huahuo Media here? When they arrive, take them to conference room 2."

Didn't have to wait long.

Xiao Qiao at the front desk led four or five people in. They were the management team of Huahuo Media.

The leader is Liu Shijie, the director of Huahuo Media.

Although his position is director, he is basically in charge of Huahuo Media's affairs.

Because the big boss of Huahuo Media is not in the film and television industry, but in the cold chain meat products business. He wears the title of president, but never cares about the company's affairs.

"Mr. Fang, hello, hello." Liu Shijie was very enthusiastic. As soon as he came up, he stretched out both hands, grabbed Fang Xing's hand and shook it several times.

After all, he is an agent by background, and Liu Shijie's communication skills are indeed strong.

At least when they meet, they smile and shake hands warmly, which really makes people feel comfortable getting along with them.

"Sit down, sit down."

Fang Xing withdrew his hand and asked the Huahuo Media team to sit down. Then he looked at Qiao Yinghong and motioned for her to take charge of the conversation.

Qiao Yinghong took out a contract, handed it to Liu Shijie, and said, "Mr. Liu, this is the film contract our company has prepared for Mr. Wang Kai. You can read it first."

Liu Shijie opened it and glanced at it a few times, mainly looking at the salary value.

Fang Xing didn't want to cause trouble and didn't want to pay Wang Kai's salary, so the contract directly stated 10 million.

This price is Wang Kai’s current market price.

In fact, if Fang Xing wanted to reduce his salary, a 20% discount should be possible.

However, the director of Huahuo Media in front of me had too many ideas, and the more he pushed me, the more trouble he got, so he decided to just settle for the market price.

After reading the contract, Liu Shijie closed it, crossed his fingers, looked at Fang Xing with a smile, and said, "Mr. Fang, I don't know about my idea of ​​investing in the "Nirvana in Fire" project. What do you think?"

He knew very well that the person in charge of Ark Culture was Fang Xing, so when he spoke, he only looked at Fang Xing.

However, Fang Xing did not answer his words.

Qiao Yinghong kept smiling and replied: "Mr. Liu, the investment for "Nirvana in Fire" has been in place, and there is no shortage of money at the moment. If there are projects that require investment in the future, we will look for opportunities to cooperate."

Liu Shijie lowered his head with a considerate expression, then raised his head after a moment and said, "Mr. Fang, our company is very sincere in cooperating with Ark Culture."

Qiao Yinghong shook her head again and replied: "I'm really sorry, the investment for "Nirvana in Fire" has been finalized."

In fact.

The investment in "Nirvana in Fire" is still being discussed, but the film and television investment companies that want to invest are from Ark Culture to the film and television base.

Therefore, "Nirvana in Fire" has no shortage of investment.

Liu Shijie put away his smile and said: "Mr. Fang, there is another S-level production in Shangyanshang, and they also want our Ah Kai to play the second male lead, and the salary offered is higher than what is stipulated in this contract.

“Moreover, this S-class project has agreed to our Huahuo Media’s investment.

"So, if Ark Culture is not convenient for cooperation, we may have to choose another crew."

Regarding the S-class big production he said, it is indeed true.

This matter is not a secret in the industry. "Warm Spring Night in the Lotus Tent" even revealed to the outside world that Wang Kai was going to be cast as the second male lead.

A week ago, Fang Xing heard Liu Yonghe, the director of the company's agency department, say that Liu Shijie from Huahuo Media was very good at running a business.

Now I can see it.

According to the profit standards of Ark Culture's previous four TV series, they were basically three times more profitable.

Let's calculate three times the profit.

If we really cooperate according to the plan proposed by Liu Shijie.

Then after "Nirvana in Fire" becomes profitable, the 20 million investment in Liu Shijie's plan will get a return of 60 million.

However, of the 20 million investment, 10 million was Wang Kai's salary.
To be continued...