Chapter 793
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It is not easy for the secretary and mayor to meet in the cafeteria. In fact, this is the first time since Fang Sheng was discharged from the hospital, because Wu Yuming is also very busy. The focus is that there is a problem with the investment in the first phase of the film and television base of Yinpingshan!
According to the investment intention agreement signed with Kyoto Film and Television investors, the investment in the first phase of the project was 80 million yuan, and the second phase may reach 300 million yuan. It is a film and television city integrating shooting, tourism, entertainment and leisure.
A few days ago, Zhuo Weihong vaguely said in front of Fang Sheng that the first phase of the project was about to be completed - he always supervised the quality of the resort villa project at the construction site and was quite familiar with the construction of the film and television base.
Fang Sheng found it very strange.
Because in the early stage, the resort villa started construction before the mountain road was opened to traffic. A month later, the construction army of the film and television base entered Yuguoling. The film and television base mainly serves on-site shooting of film and television, with many complex and meticulous requirements, and the project progress was very slow.
The construction period of the resort villa is only half over, how can the film and television base be completed soon?
Although he was puzzled, Fang Sheng did not ask carefully. Instead, he instructed Zhuo Weihong to stay at his construction site and not to stroll at the film and television base if he had nothing to do.
The secretary and mayor do their own things, and non-interference is the best way to get along with each other. The investment in film and television bases was facilitated by Wu Yuming, and Fang Sheng did not want to destroy the tacit understanding that had been formed.
After all, the paper couldn't keep the fire. Two days later, bad news came out: There was a problem with the funds of the Kyoto Film and Television investors. Not to mention the second phase project, the funds required for the first phase could not be guaranteed. In order to prevent the unfinished period, the investors instructed to reduce the scale of the base and interrupt the costly projects such as antique palaces, ancient city walls, and waterfall groups, and completed the work quickly.
Wu Yuming felt like he was killed by thunder after hearing this!
The film and television base is the only investment project that exceeds 50 million since he took office. The Propaganda Department also specially compiled a briefing, and the provincial leaders and relevant departments of the provincial party committee are aware of this. If the construction of the grass-roots team is built, even the county town’s antique attractions are worse than that, wouldn’t it make people laugh?
What is the face of the Secretary of the Dangdang Municipal Party Committee instructing you to scold him at the investment promotion meeting, and he is righteous?
Besides, there is no harm without comparison. A few kilometers away from the film and television base is the resort villa. The scale, quality and style are there. Although the project has only been halfway through, the clues will be seen, and the future effect will not be inferior to those leisure clubs near the provincial capital. It will surely bring high-quality customers to Yinpingshan!
That night, Wu Yuming took a red-eye flight back to Kyoto, and urgently met with President Qi, a representative of the film and television investor. President Qi was very frank and said that he would not have finished his entire nest. Recently, he invested in a big production and was still in trouble. He still had to spend tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars. All investments were suspended. He just wanted to finish the movie and exchange it for a few dollars and then Amitabha.
Wu Yuming talked with him for four hours, but in the end he failed to reach an agreement. Mr. Qi was very determined and could not invest another penny. Everything was guaranteed to be the big production.
Fortunately, Mr. Qi left a crack in the door and expressed that he did not object to cooperation with other investors, and any conditions could be negotiated.
Wu Yuming went back to discuss countermeasures with Wu Xi and Mr. Wu. Wu Xi then gritted his teeth and asked his secretary to make a few phone calls, and a film and television company under a central enterprise would take the shareholding.
But state-owned enterprises are also very awesome. They sat down for less than five minutes and rushed with President Qi due to rights issues. In the end, the two sides broke up unhappily.
There was no way Wu Xi asked his secretary to change another film and television company, which was also a state-owned enterprise background, but it had long been decoupled and was not as arrogant as the previous one.
Wu Yuming mediated in the middle and tried to persuade him to reach an investment consensus, but he had a dispute over the development direction of the film and television base. After two or three hours, Wu Yuming persuaded this and that, and finally persuaded both sides to shake hands and make peace, he almost collapsed to the ground with exhaustion.
The film and television company is purely looking at the face of the vice premier and only agrees to additional investment to ensure the completion of the first phase of the film and television base. As for the second phase of the investment, it is "not in the planning at all."
I just browed, but I was in my heart!
For Wu Yuming, the investment of 80 million in the first phase is really not taken seriously. His goal is actually 300 million in the second phase! It is precisely because of this that he agreed to approve the film and television base project with very cheap land prices and very preferential policies.
If the investment of 300 million yuan fails, Wu Yuming will not be able to explain it either.
Wu Xi told his son clearly that he could not help! The term change is imminent, and he is competing for the Central Plains. All forces are eyeing each other, competing to seize the opponent's weaknesses to gain the initiative. How can you give others a message at the critical moment?
Besides, 300 million is not a small amount, without considerable resources and after comprehensive consideration, film and television companies and investors cannot spend money casually.
"I will go through the first phase of the project first," said Wu Xirusi.
I returned to Yinxia dejectedly, ran to Yuguoling to see the resort villa in full swing, and then looked at the lifeless film and television base. The feeling of frustration enveloped my whole body.
Two days later, Wu Xi managed to find Mr. Cao, who specializes in film and television city, and asked him to go to Yinxia for on-site inspection.
Speaking of Mr. Cao, he is a famous figure in the film and television industry, and he has made countless movie stars and singers. He is also the planner and sponsor of many large-scale literary and artistic evenings and singing and dancing evenings. He is known as "Dad Cao".
Mr. Cao accompanied Wu Yuming to Yinping Mountain for a walk. He felt that the terrain was OK with the mountains and waters. After the Yinxia Expressway was connected to the expressway to solve the traffic problem, the future development would be promising.
"300 million is nothing. The total investment of seven film and television cities in all over the country exceeds 5 billion. They have achieved good commercial returns at present," said Mr. Cao with a spirit of devouring mountains and rivers. "The nearby resort villa is located very well. It can be linked to the film and television city in the future. This is how the mixed-business economy comes."
Although he was so generous, Mr. Cao had no intention of signing a cooperation agreement in the end of the day!
Wu Yu, who was full of question marks, was warmly entertained in the evening. After drinking for three rounds, he whispered to Mr. Cao in a low voice. He asked Mr. Cao what he had to do with "things that need his own help." Mr. Cao's eyes lit up, he patted him twice on his shoulder, and said with a smile:
"Secretary Wu is so excited! Then I will just say it. Please make sure to fulfill one thing!"
"No problem, Mr. Cao just say it!" Wu Yuming said, patting his chest.
Mr. Cao glanced at the other accompanying guests, pulled Wu Yuming to the corner sofa and sat down, and said, "Frankly speaking, it is the ultimate in my business to do my best. If you want to develop, unless you enter Hollywood, your brother is not interested in that place, so you should feel more comfortable in the mainland..."
Wu Yuming echoed: "That's that's it, the land and water nourish the people."
"My brother encountered something bad a while ago. Oh, if you want to say that people are unlucky and drink cold water, they will get stuck in the middle of their teeth. It is obvious that they are not related to my brother, but they are just caught in the shooting accident. I have become the focus of media attention after a while..."
“What the hell is going on?”
Wu Yuming is usually poor at dealing with official duties and has no time to pay attention to gossip in the film and television industry, so he asked curiously. Mr. Cao sighed and told the whole story.
Two years ago, Mr. Cao participated in a joint venture with a youth idol drama. The producer originally planned Jona as the female lead, and the pay was also given according to the standard of the female lead. At the investor meeting before the filming, someone suddenly pointed out that Jona is already 28 years old and it is inappropriate to be the female lead of the youth idol drama. It is better to change the second female lead, Liu Qingqing, who is 21 years old, in her sophomore year in the Art Academy!
In youth idol dramas, the market group is mainly concentrated in students and young people. At this age, Liu Qingqing's popularity is indeed higher than Jonah.
Investors all think it makes sense, and there is no objection to the producer, director, producer, etc., and the role change is finalized.
The female lead and the second female lead are just that in the eyes of investors, but in Jonah's eyes it is tantamount to a great humiliation!
She is in the golden period of her career. No matter how much she pays or romance detective martial arts costume dramas, the female lead is a surefire!
Half an hour before the start-up ceremony the next day, Jona's agent officially notified the crew: Jona quit due to personal reasons!
The liquidated damages do not exist because the crew arbitrarily turned the female lead into the second female lead without communication, and violated the promise first, so Jona's withdrawal is reasonable and well-founded.
The producer knew the seriousness of Jona's withdrawal, so he urgently negotiated with the agent, proposed to increase the pay and treatment of the film, promised that the next drama would be the female lead, increase the exposure rate and publicity, and other conditions. The agent was unmoved and claimed that as long as he was not the female lead, he could not talk.
The negotiations broke down, and Jona's agent immediately publicly issued a statement of withdrawing from the crew, causing the film to be hit hard before it even started filming!
Afterwards, the development of things was as expected. Although Liu Qingqing enjoyed extraordinary market appeal at the young age, she had a young acting skills and lacked the support of big-name stars and could not afford a big show at all!
From a market perspective, whether a movie can sell a better box office must be in addition to targeted groups. In addition to the targeted group, this goal can be achieved perfectly with Jona's "heartthrob" charm. After she quit, many movie fans extremly proposed the slogan of boycotting this movie and not going to the theater!
This destiny is destined.
After the movie was staged, the media first became "stunned" and accused the producer of being dishonest. In the early publicity, Jonah joined and replaced the people in the middle. Then, various people criticized Liu Qingqing for her weak acting skills, basically all of which were facial paralysis and staring performances, and she did not have the qualifications to be a star. During this period, there were farces such as fake box office and box office transfer, and the scores on the Internet were also very low.
The youth idol film that ended up investing 90 million yuan had a box office of less than 50 million yuan. After deducting the share, publicity and other expenses, the investors lost money!
Jona and Mr. Cao also formed a scoundrel because of this.
Mr. Cao was angry that Jonah ignored the overall situation and tore up the contract for a false reputation, resulting in a box office defeat; Jonah held grudges against Mr. Cao for changing roles—
Mr. Cao felt very wronged about this. The matter he proposed was obviously very irrelevant, but somehow it was finally his dominant. Is it because of his biggest reputation?
If you change to an ordinary actor, you have been suppressed and excluded from the film and television industry by Mr. Cao. Jona is different. As a popular and top star, she has enough popularity and traffic, and has the ability to compete with Mr. Cao, and even has unique advantages in some aspects.
The two of them have had a small-scale collision several times over the past year. Sometimes the project invested by Mr. Cao was disrupted by Jona, and sometimes the movie signed by Jona suddenly changed its corners. Both of them knew the other party's tricks, but they could not provide evidence.
Chapter completed!