There are three rooms in the large courtyard at 155 Chaoyangmenwai Street. The main house faces north and south with a living room and independent bathroom. The east and west wing rooms have no living room and are like large suites. Sun Tao bought it from Yanjing TV Asset Company and designed and decorated it. It's basically untouched.
Sun Tao lives in the main room, Qin Boya lives in the east suite, and a guest room is reserved in the west. Qin Boya's things are all in the northeast suite, so Tong Lei often comes over during the day and can only vaguely feel that a man and a woman live alone in the same courtyard. It's a bit ambiguous, but Sun Tao can't let his assistant rent a house when he has a vacant house in Yanjing.
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Monday, May 3, 2004.
At 7:30 in the morning, when Qin Boya opened the courtyard door carrying soy milk, fried dough sticks, steamed buns and white porridge, Sun Tao was standing in front of the crabapple tree, gently fiddling with the branches that stretched out in front of him.
"Haha, what's the matter? Are you frustrated that "Three Kingdoms" can't be promoted? There's no need to be like this. A deck of 54 playing cards costs two yuan at the store at the door. The 108 cards of your "Three Kingdoms" are exactly twice that, so you're a bit more expensive. It only costs 5 yuan to order a deck of cards. To be honest, I don’t understand why you do that...
Qin Boya knew that Sun Tao was planning on the online game market, so he deliberately sold out a flaw and waited for him to say a few words to himself, but Sun Tao suddenly didn't realize it.
Qin Boya said helplessly: "Come and eat quickly. I want to drive to the training school for a walk and come back at noon. You slept so late last night, so you should go catch up on some sleep... Hey, forget it, I'll eat first."< br>
The weather alternates between hot and cold but always hovers between 10 and 25. The two Northeasterners don't really care as long as it doesn't rain, they can drink tea and eat in the yard.
A folding small table, two folding stools, and soy milk and fried dough sticks were placed on the table.
Qin Boya glanced at Sun Tao again and lowered his head to eat and drink.
She knew why Sun Tao was in a low mood. Gu Zuoyuan just wanted to distract him. Qin Boya had nothing to do if he didn't answer.
After breakfast, Sun Tao went back to the house without saying anything. It was not until Tong Lei came to see Qin Boya in the morning and they said goodbye to him at the door that he came out and said, "If the road conditions are unfamiliar, drive slowly..."
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Tong Lei could tell something was wrong with Sun Tao and walked out of the courtyard, "What's wrong, boss? Did yesterday's rehearsal not go well? Or are you too stressed because the leaders came to watch the performance tonight? Yan Feng and I both said that, in fact, the boss didn't do anything at all. If you have to go on stage and show your face, wouldn’t it be nice to hide behind the scenes? You can make a fortune silently without anyone paying attention.”
"Oh, don't make wild guesses. He is not a professional singer. Even if he sings poorly, it will not affect the effect of the show. It is his promotion of "Three Kingdoms" that did not go well. Yesterday, I went to the bar to find a group of men and taught two Hours later, it seemed that no one was interested.”
Tong Lei pouted, "Oh, I don't know what he thinks. Poker cards are a relaxing and leisure thing, but he has to make it so difficult. I have no interest in it at all, and this thing can't make any money, Qin Sister, you should persuade him.”
Qin Boya chuckled and said, "You don't understand. He is not trying to sell poker cards at all. I heard that he wants to turn this thing into an online game. What he is doing now is called customer cultivation... The boss is very ambitious. , it’s not something people like us can see through, let’s go, we have to think about recruiting teachers as soon as the soft decoration thing starts...”
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As soon as Sun Tao opened his mouth last night and said that the last time they met was in August 2002, and that the meeting place was an Internet cafe, and that the girl took her cousin to play games, Qin Boya knew at that time why he was melancholy.
Many times, people themselves don’t know what is in their hearts, whether it is a period of time or someone’s tear.
It's a lie to have a calm heart, but it's been seventeen years since you opened your mouth.
...At nine o'clock in the morning, Sun Tao received a call from Wang Zhengjun. On the phone, Wang Zhengjun told him that "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Tomb of Yellow Skin" had passed the review and was scheduled to be released in the summer, because the director and starring actors were unknowns, and he hoped that during the premiere As a screenwriter, he helps to stand up the platform.
Sun Tao naturally had no reason not to agree to such a favor, but what happened next to Wang Zhengjun gave Sun Tao a bit of a headache.
"Hey, by the way, I found a group of theater owners and some film critics here. They looked at the sample films and gave me a box office estimate. Can you guess how much it will be?"
Sun Tao frowned, not to mention that Huayi Brothers even built a film and television base in Wu'an for the filming of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", but the price in Wu'an was already low and the land acquisition was jointly organized with the government. On the surface, the investment is 15 million, but Sun Tao estimates that the actual investment is only 7 to 8 million. The other unknown directors, third- and fourth-tier actors may all be the crew members who paid for it, and the film and television base is still a constant source of fixed assets. Bring profit.
...It is fully expected that Huayi Brothers' real investment in Gui Chui Deng will not exceed 10 million...
"Two to thirty million." Sun Tao was not sure. When the film industry first started, it was unthinkable to invest in "Hero" with a box office of 5 billion or 10 billion in 2004. 240 million, the final global box office was only 1.4 billion.
Opposite Wang Zhengjun chuckled, "Brother, you are teasing me on purpose. Last time, "Charlotte Trouble" invested 4 million and made 29 million at the box office. Many people said you were just unlucky. This time you will definitely be lucky. I was slapped in the face. After watching it, everyone’s unanimous prediction was 50 million to 80 million, 80 million, hahaha.
I'm also telling you, if Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" hadn't competed with us for the summer slot, I think they would have dared to predict 100 million! ”
Sun Tao hesitated, "Then why don't we show it later?"
Wang Zhengjun, "Oh, there will be Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" later."
Sun Tao grinned, "Oh, forget it, let's just compete with House of Flying Daggers."
Sun Tao withered, but Wang Zhengjun was still in high spirits, "Brother, let me tell you, you have to get busy after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. Isn't "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" a series? When will you write the follow-up story? There is someone now If you want to invest, someone needs to bring money into the group. By the way, don’t you have your own film and television company? You can just co-produce the next one with me.”
Sun Tao, "Well, I'm a cultural company, and my main business is not movies."
"Hey, then you just register the subsidiary company. It takes a few months. I don't dare to tell you about Hangzhou. If you do it in Yanjing, I will take care of all the procedures for you. That's it. It's settled. I'll tell you this time. If the box office can exceed 50 million, a group of people will bet their checks on my next movie... It's settled, I'm waiting for your script..."
Sun Tao, "Ahem... beep beep beep..." Wang Zhengjun had hung up the phone before Sun Tao could refuse.
Blocking someone's way of making money is like killing your parents.
Sun Tao understood that if he refused, Wang Zhengjun would definitely lobby hard. If Xiaozhi's reasoning and emotions didn't work, they might give him a beauty trick or something.
But think about it, with joint distribution, Qingzhou Culture can be considered a step into the film industry, and it will probably take this step sooner or later.
Sun Tao shook his head and was about to put down his phone when he took a glance and saw a missed call. It should have been dialed while he was chatting with Wang Zhengjun.
Press it lightly and the tail number is 888. (End of this chapter)