Chapter 15 Pick Up
When the phone was connected, Ren Zhi's crying sounded: "Brother, you really have to help me this time!"
"How much do you want to borrow?" Li Xianyun knew what he was going to do when he heard his crying voice.
"It's not a borrower, it's the investor who found it."
"Hmm? What's going on?" Li Xianyun was surprised.
Ren Zhi began to complain.
The investor also knew about the case.
The police have to handle the case, so naturally they have to investigate in all aspects, so the investor also received a call.
When the crew heard that the crew had encountered a murder, the shooting progress was paralyzed, the investor immediately became anxious.
He directly sent someone to order Ren Zhi to handle the matter well, requiring the crew not to stop anyway.
Hearing this, Li Xianyun said: "The case has been resolved, and your crew is fine again, so you will still shoot yours. At most, you can't use that house anymore. Isn't it enough to rent a venue and continue shooting?"
"But the problem is that Rong Dasheng and the others are quitting!" Ren Zhi said helplessly.
The crew is actually a very superstitious place. Many people believe in ghosts and gods and have various taboos.
The most typical one is that no matter how much the film pays, you must give a red envelope after the performance. This is called bad luck - of course it can also be understood as a fancy way to ask for money.
Anyway, as long as you can get a red envelope, it is okay not to believe in ghosts and gods or earthworms.
If you play a dead person, you will have to give up a red envelope to avoid bad luck. What will happen if you really encounter a dead person?
So as soon as the old house happened, everyone thought the crew was unlucky, so many people gave in.
Knowing this, Li Xianyun said seriously: "We all signed a contract. Can we just give up if we say it? Even if we want to give up, we have to return the money we got before, right?"
Ren Zhi said helplessly: "There is only that little money in total, and everyone has only ten thousand things to do. I can't go to a lawsuit one by one, right? If you win, you will have to get some labor money back. What about the previous venue rental fees? What about equipment rental fees? Transportation, accommodation, three meals a day, and the cost of props art? Who should I ask for? The person runs away, the show has to be completed. But if the actors change, they have to reboot. None of the original shots can be used, and all the money spent before has been wasted."
"What do investors say?" Li Xianyun asked.
"They don't care. They said they were all left to me. I will be responsible if there was any problem. I will be responsible!" Ren Zhi was about to cry.
This is the most feared situation when filming half of the filming. Moreover, because it is a small crew, everyone is at the bottom, without fame, and there is no need to worry about any impact. If you, Ren Zhi, have the ability, sue us. If you lose the lawsuit, you will exchange the money you have received before.
Are they afraid of a ball?
This kind of thing is common in the circle. Every year there are a considerable number of films and TV series, but in the end there is no film; even if it is finished, it will not be released for various reasons; and even if it is released, there will still be a large number of production losses.
It can be said that the film and television industry is a high-risk and high-reward industry. Although it has become a lot of money, it will lose all its money if it loses. Therefore, now it is popular to invest in platters, that is, risk diversification, and use high returns to balance high-risks.
Ren Zhi has been pecking his eyes for many years. In order to attract investment, he signed a full responsibility agreement to ensure that it must be completed!
After all, only by having a full responsibility agreement can we make sure that the investor will not interfere in the crew affairs, so that we can make money by ourselves.
But he didn't expect that he couldn't even do it in a movie.
The full responsibility agreement will work and kill yourself directly!
After thinking about it for a moment, Li Xianyun said: "You should take out the money you cheated and reshoot it."
"But I really don't have that many, and... they have to take over the finances." Ren Zhi replied with a bitter face.
Investors are not fools. Although some things are not understood at the beginning, they often come back to the scene afterwards. Especially after this incident, investors come to contact each other. They may find that the scale of the crew is different from what they know, and they feel suspicious.
Therefore, it has been clearly required that someone be sent to watch the finances next.
In this way, it is difficult to hide the real expenses of the crew.
This is the disadvantage of Ren Zhi taking money directly from investors - it is easy to be stared at by investors.
In contrast, some mature companies will obtain investment through special film and television funds. The biggest advantage of doing this is: I get money from the fund, it has nothing to do with your investors, and your investors have no right to point fingers at me. But when investors go to the fund, the fund is spread out: I am not responsible for filming the movie, so I can’t do anything to me.
Once the ball is kicked, you will get a small amount of money.
The fund and the producers are in a collusion and jointly cheat money. The safety factor is large. Correspondingly, there are many people who share the money, so they cheat even more.
So if you really want to invest in movies, try to bypass the funds and make it safe, because you can focus on finance yourself. If you focus on finance, you cannot guarantee that your film will make money, but at least you can ensure that the money is spent in place, but the premise is that you understand a little bit.
If you don’t know anything, you can still cheat you even if you keep an eye on finance!
Ren Zhi is in such an embarrassing situation now. The investor was fooled by him before and did not send anyone to focus on the finances. Now he has to make up for it. If he doesn't say that all the money he made before is spit out, he will probably have to pay back a loss.
"It's nothing to do with me." Li Xianyun sneered.
"I have a way, but I need your help." Ren Zhi said.
Li Xianyun sneered: "I guess it's not a good idea for me."
Ren Zhi said: "If you take this plate over, I am sure to convince those investors to give up their shares."
Depend on!
Li Xianyun was also drunk.
Do I just look so stupid? Are you catching me, a sheep?
Ren Zhi said: "You don't have to pay too much. Just 300,000 yuan, which is 30% of your shares."
Li Xianyun scolded angrily: "Get out!"
Ren Zhi shouted: "Forty, forty percent! I will give you my ten points of shares too!"
Ren Zhi didn't watch him make bad movies professionally, but this guy is confident that his films will always be very popular. So every time he talks with people about cooperation, he will use his producer fees and other resources to occupy some shares - he doesn't rely on labor for a living anyway.
The same is true this time.
Li Xianyun was completely uninterested in him forty percent. He was about to refuse, but suddenly he thought of something.
Looking at the ghost in front of me, a thought arose in my mind.
The book he wrote this time is essentially a murder case in secret rooms.
Secret rooms are the key.
However, the broken place found by Ren Zhi was basically unable to play the role of a secret room, and it became a simple murder case.
But now there is a house-sending ghost...
I'll wipe it!
Li Xianyun was shocked by his boldness.
But once the thought arises, it will never be gone - the sky doesn't give birth to me, Li Xianyun, what's the case of ghost film!
At this moment, Ren Zhi was still begging on the phone. Li Xianyun thought for a while and turned on the recording of the phone and said, "Tell me clearly how much the crew spent, how much you can take out. Tell the truth!"
Ren Zhi didn't dare to lie to him anymore.
The investor of this film invested 1.5 million yuan and 90% of the shares, while Ren Zhi contributed 1.65 million yuan, and the report was calculated as 2 million yuan.
In actual shooting, he has spent about 500,000 yuan so far. According to his original plan, he can make a film of 300,000 yuan at most. With 200,000 yuan in promotion and distribution, he can earn 500,000 yuan in cash and 10% of the equity. In the promotion and distribution part, he probably has his profits. Anyway, there is no difference of 40% or 50%, so he will not be satisfied.
He regarded this money as the dish on his plate. Not long ago, he was so bold that he used it to pay off 300,000 yuan in debt, so he actually only has about 700,000 yuan left in his hand.
Because the investor wants to take over the finances, Ren Zhi can no longer use the 700,000 yuan to fool him.
Li Xianyun smiled and said, "If the crew changes, the 500,000 in the first place is probably not a few easy-to-use shots. If you take out the 700,000, I will help you pay 300,000, and then account for 30%?"
"Forty, there are still my ten points." Ren Zhi emphasized.
Li Xianyun sneered: "Come on, you have signed a final film agreement and can't pay back the money if you can't get the film. You have to bear all the consequences. If you don't win the lawsuit, you will have to pay for it if you lose everything. In this case, you will still use the shares to calculate with me? Are you thinking too well?"
I'll wipe it!
This kid has just entered the industry, how can he know so much?
It shouldn't be!
Ren Zhi said pitifully: "Take a brother, otherwise I will be completely finished."
"You made it all by yourself." Li Xianyun sneered.
Ren Zhi had no choice but to say, "I don't want to take out the 300,000. But first, I don't have that much in my hands now, and second, even if I take out it, it's only one million, and it's still a whole lot. They still require a standard of 1.5 million and focus on finances. What do you ask me to do?"
Li Xianyun chuckled: "So you want to use me to muddle the water?"
"Brother!!! I've knelt down for you!" accompanied by Ren Zhi's miserable shout, then there was a plop.
Is this kneeling?
Has the shocking kneeling of his classmates actually applied to him?
Unfortunately, I can't see it!
Shouldn't you start a video first if you want to kneel down?
idiot!
Li Xianyun didn't say anything nonsense, and called out Jin Gui and Zhang Yan directly, let them show their false appearance, and hung up the phone and took a photo.
Sure enough, the image of the two ghosts is still there.
Li Xianyun felt confident.
Call Ren Zhi again, and Li Xianyun said, "I just disconnected the line. I'm considering this matter. Who told you to be my friend? Even though you are a friend, I'm unlucky."
His words immediately made Ren Zhi see hope: "Brother, please help me!"
Li Xianyun said: "I can lend you 300,000 yuan first to help you make up for the money. As for the matter of being a big movie... in the afternoon, you can find some time to call out the investors and I will talk to them."
Ren Zhi said bitterly: "Isn't this suitable?"
Chapter completed!