For the time being, Li Dong could only think about the first place on the retail list.
Huang Guangyu had been dominating the list for the past few years, and now his total assets were more than 18 billion yuan, which was more than Li Dong's.
Although Li Dong had developed well in the past two years, it would take at least two or three years for him to surpass Old Huang.
As he was thinking about this, Chen Ke knocked on the door and came in. She said softly, "General Manager Li, Miss Yang and her agent are here."
"Yang Si?"
"Yes."
Hearing that Yang Si was here, Li Dong couldn't help but say with a smile, "Miss Yang is quite busy. We talked on the phone before. It's been almost a month now, right?"
Chen Ke didn't know if Li Dong was angry or something else. She quickly said, "Does General Manager Li still want to see them?"
"Of course, I want to see them."
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "Let them in. They are big stars. It's normal to be busy."
Li Dong was not angry. He just said it casually.
Yang Si had called many times to apologize before. She happened to go to Hong Kong during this time. She was trapped there because she had something to do and couldn't come back.
Li Dong could understand. Besides, the mall was not in such a hurry to find a spokesperson, so Li Dong was not in a hurry.
The main thing was that there was no money for publicity. Even if they found a spokesperson, it would not be effective if they didn't advertise on TV and in the media.
Not long after Chen Ke went out, she came in with Yang Si and a young man in his thirties.
Li Dong was a little stunned. He didn't expect that Yang Si's agent was actually a man.
But he didn't think much about it. He got up and stretched out his hand with a smile. "Miss Yang, I've been waiting for a long time."
Yang Si quickly shook hands with him and then apologized, "General Manager Li, I'm really sorry. I couldn't leave Hong Kong before. As soon as I finished there, I rushed back …"
Yang Si explained a little, and Li Dong didn't say much.
Seeing that Yang Si didn't take the initiative to introduce the young man, Li Dong frowned slightly, but his brows soon relaxed and he said, "Please sit down, let's have a chat."
The three of them sat down in the reception area and chatted for a while. When Li Dong saw Yang Si looking at the young man, he couldn't help but smile, "Miss Yang, is this your manager?"
When Yang Si heard this, her face became a little embarrassed. The young man stopped looking around. He got up and bowed slightly. "I'm sorry, General Manager Li. I'm not Miss Yang's agent. Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhang Meng. You may not have heard of me, but I used to be the vice president of Honshan Media. Last year's Spring Festival Gala skit, 'Talking Story', and the year before that, 'Kung Fu', were both written and planned by me. I wonder if General Manager Li has seen them? "
Li Dong was a little stunned at first, then he smiled and said, "Of course I have seen them. I didn't expect it to be Mr. Zhang. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"
Li Dong shook hands with the other party again, then sat down and looked at Yang Si.
Yang Si blushed and said softly, "General Manager Li, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to hide it from you …"
Zhang Meng, who was next to her, said, "General Manager Li, I begged Miss Yang to bring me here. I hope General Manager Li doesn't blame me. This matter is entirely my idea."
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I'm just a little confused. Mr. Zhang should be in the northeast. Why does he have time to come to our Jiangbei?"
Although Honshan Media was not very famous at this time, it was not small either. It still had some influence in the local area.
Zhang Meng, as the company's vice president, did not seem to have any business disputes with Li Dong. Therefore, Li Dong did not understand why this guy followed Yang Si to his place.
Zhang Meng saw this and did not beat around the bush. He sat down and explained his purpose of coming.
When he finished, Li Dong felt a little relieved.
This guy named Zhang Meng was a little impatient to continue to be a scriptwriter for Old Zhao. He wanted to change his career to be a director.
But Old Zhao did not want to do it. If the exclusive scriptwriter changed his career to a director, who would write scripts for him in the future?
Zhang Meng's scripts were very good. Not only did it appear on the Spring Festival Gala for two years in a row, but it also won an award. His ability was really not bad.
Of course, Old Zhao did not say that he would not be a director.
But as a director, you must have money to make a movie. Zhang Meng was a young man who just graduated a few years ago. Where would he get the money to invest?
Old Zhao did not mention the investment, and Zhang Meng also understood what he meant.
This guy's character was quite stubborn. You don't want to invest? Fine, I'll find someone else!
Some time ago, Zhang Meng went out to find an investor.
Originally, he had already found an investor. After all, Zhang Meng was still a little famous. In addition, his father was also a well-known comedy director. There were still people who were optimistic about him.
But unexpected things happened. Some time ago, the investor's business had some problems, and there was no way to get the funds.
Yang Si went to Xiangjiang some time ago because of this matter.
She and Zhang Meng knew each other before. This time, Zhang Meng wanted to make a movie, and the first person he thought of was Yang Si.
In addition, Yang Si wanted to develop her career. After reading the script, the two hit it off. Yang Si did not even talk about the salary and directly agreed to be the female lead for Zhang Meng.
Not only was she the female lead, Yang Si also spent a lot of effort to help Zhang Meng get investments after the investor's funds had problems.
Unfortunately, the trip to Xiangjiang was not smooth. The two struggled for nearly a month, but no one was willing to invest.
After all, Zhang Meng was shooting an artistic film. The box office of artistic films had been terrible in recent years, and there were very few people in Xiangjiang who were willing to invest.
In addition, Zhang Meng was still a newcomer, and Yang Si was also a newcomer in the film industry. Who was willing to invest in a movie made by two newcomers?
In the end, Zhang Meng was forced to do nothing. In addition, Li Dong could not be delayed for too long, so Yang Si rushed back to Jiangbei.
When she told Zhang Meng the reason for her return, Zhang Meng's eyes immediately lit up when he heard that Yang Si was going back to meet the business tycoon Li Dong.
After begging, Yang Si really could not refuse, so she had to take this guy Far Away.
After the two finished talking, Li Dong asked curiously, "What's the name of the movie you're going to make?"
"Steel Lute!"
"What?"
Li Dong was dumbfounded. What kind of stupid name was that? He had never heard of it before.
How could he expect people to watch a movie with this name? Wash up and sleep. Anyway, Li Dong was not interested when he heard it.
After thinking carefully for a long time, Li Dong was sure that he should not have heard of this movie. He did not know whether it was aborted before it was released, or the box office was so bad that he did not pay attention to it.
Seeing this, Zhang Meng repeated, "Steel Lute is the piano of the piano."
Li Dong nodded perfunctorily and said, "The name is good. Director Zhang is really artistic."
Zhang Meng was a little embarrassed. When talking about investment, Li Dong said that he was artistic. Wasn't it obvious that he was going to refuse?
Yang Si, who was next to him, also heard it and quickly interrupted, "General Manager Li, why don't you take a look at the script? Zhang Meng's script is very good. I read it a few times, and it's very well written."
Hearing this, Zhang Meng quickly handed over a thick stack of scripts in his hands.
Li Dong did not reject it. He took the script and flipped through a few pages.
Although he was not good with scripts, he could still understand it. He sketched out a simple picture in his mind.
Li Dong first nodded, then shook his head.
Seeing him shake his head, Zhang Meng and Yang Si's hearts were in their mouths.
After about ten minutes, Li Dong put down the script and said with a light smile, "It's well written. It's quite touching."
Zhang Meng's expression changed slightly. Yang Si also said cautiously, "General Manager Li, you don't like it?"
Li Dong smiled and said, "It's not that I don't like it, but I don't know much about this industry. Let's put it this way. Although I don't know much about the film industry, Director Zhang said earlier that we are going to shoot a comedy this time. But a comedy is a comedy. I looked at the script. It's a little humorous, but it's mainly emotional. You said it was a comedy, so I used the sense of comedy to watch the story. But in the end, I realized that I didn't laugh. This … "
Although Li Dong did not finish his sentence, Zhang Meng and Yang Si were not fools. They naturally understood what he was trying to say.
Zhang Meng had a look of struggle on his face. After a long time, he said, "General Manager Li, if you feel that it's not suitable, I can make some changes to the script. Also, the investment for this film is not high. Yang Si and I can come up with two million. You just need to invest another three million. With a total investment of five million, I dare not say that I will make a huge profit. But I am confident that the box office earnings will cover the cost. "
Fortunately, Li Dong did not know about the box office earnings of "Steel Organ" before he was reborn. Otherwise, he would definitely spit on him.
And he even made a huge profit. This film had actually been released in his previous life. It was just that Li Dong did not know about it.
At that time, the total box office earnings were only about six million. After deducting the cinema's share, the total investment of over ten million was a huge loss.
Of course, the female lead back then was not Yang Si.
This film had been released for 11 years. In five years, the film was almost aborted. No one knew where Zhang Meng found a sucker to invest in it.
Although Li Dong did not know what happened after that, he had watched many movies.
He did not dare to say that he had watched all the domestically produced movies with huge box office earnings, but he had watched dozens of them.
Just based on Zhang Meng's script, Li Dong was not optimistic about it.
Although the investment was only three million, three million was still money. Li Dong did not know Zhang Meng, so why would he waste the money?
A director who had never been a director before, a celebrity who had never acted in a movie, and a script that he did not think highly of. Wasn't this a huge loss?
If Li Dong had the money, he might as well open a shop Far away. It would be better than this.
Seeing Zhang Meng and Yang Si's longing faces, Li Dong drank a cup of tea and smiled. "How about this? Leave the script with me first, and I will read it later. After that, I still have to find someone to look at it. After all, I have never been in this industry. Today's main purpose is to talk to Miss Yang. Director Zhang, can we talk about it another time? "
Hearing Li Dong's words, Zhang Meng was disappointed. He nodded and did not say anything.
He was not a fool. Li Dong's words were just a tactful refusal.
If he continued to pester him, he would only offend Li Dong. There was no benefit to it. Zhang Meng did not want to pester him anymore.
Yang Si sighed. Although she was disappointed, she was used to being rejected these days, so she did not think much about it.
Furthermore, Li Dong still wanted to talk business with her. Yang Si perked up and waited for Li Dong to speak.
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