"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. I definitely remember it correctly."
"Continue." In the chairman's office of Na Mei Pictures, Wei Zhixiang sat up straight and listened attentively to the words of a middle-aged man with a delicate face.
This handsome middle-aged man was the CEO of Chenguang Film and Television, Liu Changliu.
Liu Changliu was a professional actor. In the 1990s, he was a well-deserved young star in the domestic TV drama circle. At the same time, he was also an artist promoted by Na Mei Pictures.
Later, Liu Changliu left Na Mei Pictures and set up his own film and television company. Perhaps it was because Na Mei Pictures was still under the shadow of Hong Kong's film and television circle, and they still had a protective attitude towards popular artists. Therefore, even though Liu Changliu was on his own, he still maintained a good personal relationship with Wei Zhixiang, the head of Na Mei Pictures.
He was a "spy" sent by Wei Zhixiang to attend last night's party.
Liu Changliu's film and television company mainly focused on TV dramas. When funds were insufficient, he would guest star as the second male lead to save money.
Therefore, at last night's party, Liu Changliu was very transparent.
However …
He had all the information that Wei Zhixiang, the head of Na Mei Pictures, wanted to know.
"Later, Mr Ye explained to us some of the benefits of joining the virtual film industry." Liu Changliu recalled for a moment. "Almost all the representatives of film and television companies were very tempted. After all, not to mention other things, just the 70% box office split and the explosive box office of the virtual cinema combined into a fatal attraction."
"Later, someone stood up and asked if it was possible to sign the copyright of the virtual cinema and also release it in the physical cinema."
Wei Zhixiang suddenly quivered and asked hurriedly, "What was that guy's attitude?"
That guy was naturally referring to Ye Qing.
"He refused." Liu Changliu remembered the key details very clearly. "Mr Ye said that Monster Industries and you are now competitors, so as long as they join the virtual film industry, they will no longer be able to obtain the rights to release it in the physical cinema."
"But he also said that as long as the cooperation between the two sides is normal, his initial promise will still be effective."
What was the initial promise?
Wei Zhixiang, who attended the first party, obviously knew.
Wei Zhixiang couldn't help but tremble a little when he spoke. "In other words, under the persuasion of the representatives who attended the party, that person promised that as long as we cooperate, we can return to the initial agreement?"
"That's right."
Of course, Liu Changliu knew what his former boss was thinking. He smiled and said, "Since Monster Industries wants to develop virtual cinemas, they won't dare to offend you completely."
"You are the stabilizing force of our film and television industry. You and the other brothers have said that as long as we sign the virtual film and television rights, we will cut off all cooperation."
"How can those representatives not be afraid?"
"That's why they kept persuading him. They kept persuading him until Mr. Ye promised that he would get his assistant's office to contact you and discuss the resumption of cooperation with you."
Wei Zhixiang felt that he needed to calm down and organize his thoughts.
Would there still be a chance for both sides to restart their cooperation?
If so, would he be willing to cooperate with Monster Industries?
The latter question didn't seem to require much thought.
After experiencing setbacks time and time again, Wei Zhixiang and the other big shots were deeply aware of the terrifying strength of the Monster Industries. Before the first party, Wei Zhixiang and the others were as courageous as the sky, but now, their courage had shrunk to the size of a needle tip.
He joined forces with the others and issued a notice to the entire entertainment industry. It wasn't out of impulsiveness. They were making a final struggle to save themselves.
Glory Film and Television had been too miserable during this period of time. First, they were entangled in lawsuits. Then, someone took drastic measures to snatch the distribution rights of a top Hollywood blockbuster, causing the company's accounts to lose nearly 200 million yuan.
It was true that Glory Film and Television could afford to lose 200 million yuan. However, after Monster Industries snatched the distribution rights of two popular movies in half a month, it directly led to the awkward situation of not having any movies to release in the national cinemas they controlled.
Glory Film and Television's losses in the physical cinemas were more serious than the publicity costs of the movie Drifting City: Rise.
Equipment maintenance cost money.
Venue rental cost money.
Employee salaries cost money.
However, in the past half a month, the box office revenue of Glory Film and Television and the other physical cinemas they controlled had plummeted by more than 60%. Originally, their daily audience flow (300 people/each theater) was now less than 100.
Losing the distribution rights of Drifting City: Rise meant that the more than 2 billion yuan box office that the movie could generate was completely out of their reach.
This was a fatal loss.
If they did not do anything to fight back, they would be dragged down by the cost of maintaining the offline cinemas.
That was why Wei Zhixiang and the others joined forces and fought with their lives on the line in such a tragic way.
They split the film and television industry, leveling the pressure on the entire film and television industry, and grafting the conflict on Monster Industries. Wei Zhixiang believed that under such circumstances, the entire film and television industry would be active. If Monster Industries did not want to give up on the virtual cinema plan, they would have to compromise.
Would they give up?
Of course not. The maintenance cost of the virtual cinema was only a bunch of servers. However, it was these servers that had generated amazing profits for them in a very short period of time.
They had already signed the copyright of the latest virtual cinema with 80% of the companies in the film and television industry. In addition, there was news that the big-name directors and film and television companies in Hollywood were racking their brains to meet with the higher-ups of Monster Industries.
This meant that in the near future, the virtual cinema would bring a continuous stream of huge profits to Monster Industries.
Who would have thought!
Under the persuasion of the representatives of many film and television companies, the president had actually expressed his agreement to cooperate and had the assistant office take the initiative to contact them.
A moment later, Wei Zhixiang shared the news with Glory Film and Television and Xinli World.
In the afternoon, Pan Dong and Zao Xinwei ran to the president's office of Na Mei Film.
Seeing Wei Zhixiang, Pan Dong, who looked extremely haggard, hurriedly asked if the news was true.
"The news is absolutely reliable." Wei Zhixiang asked the secretary to make flower tea for the two of them. "In addition to the news from Liu Changliu of Chenguang Film and Television, I also specifically looked for representatives of other film and television companies to confirm."
After Xinli World's boss Zao Xinwei sat down, he poured a cup of flower tea and said eagerly, "What about us? Let's quickly reach a consensus."
"That's why I called you here." Wei Zhixiang was also anxious. Every day that the physical cinema line lost money, his heart trembled for a day.
"Cooperation?"
"Cooperation?"
"Cooperation?"
The three of them spoke in unison, and their opinions were highly unified.
"We have to cooperate. If this continues, we will be dragged down by the traditional cinema line in less than three months." Wei Zhixiang sighed and said in a sad tone, "We have already lost. Even if we cooperate, I think Monster Industries will not compromise on the copyright."
Pan Dong said, "Didn't he say that if we cooperate, we can release the physical cinema line together with the virtual cinema line?"
"This way, we can still take a breath."
"Take a breath and think of a way to get rid of the physical cinema line, or transform it into other places." Xinli World's boss Zao Xinwei smiled bitterly and said, "If we lose the traditional cinema line, we can still rely on the many high-quality film and television copyrights in our hands to get a share of the pie from the virtual cinema."
"At first, we thought that the plate of the holographic glasses was too small. Now it seems that our vision was too short-sighted."
"There is no way to fight with him. We used the price of cutting off the entire film and television industry to make Monster Industries compromise. The only thing left is to fight for more resources in the virtual cinema."
Pan Dong kept nodding. He was the one who lost the most.
As long as Monster Industries could restart the cooperation, Pan Dong was even willing to go to the young president's door and ask for forgiveness.
Losing face was better than losing the company. If the company was gone, he would fall from the luxurious life and lose everything he had.
He absolutely could not accept this outcome.
The three big bosses couldn't wait to restart the cooperation. The rest was naturally to discuss how to get more rights and interests in the cooperation.
While they were discussing, they were waiting for a call from the president's assistant office of Monster Industries.
The other party taking the initiative to call for cooperation and them taking the initiative to call are two different kinds of treatment.
It's just that when they have finished discussing and even finished dinner, the call hasn't arrived yet.
Pan Dong was a little impatient. "Didn't the president say yesterday that he would let the assistant office contact us?"
"How about …"
"Let's call?"
"Wait." Wei Zhixiang knocked on the table.
… …
The next morning.
Even Wei Zhixiang, who was the oldest, was a little impatient.
Could it be that Monster Industries also had the same idea and was taking the initiative to wait for their contact?
Then … Okay!
As he wished.
Wei Zhixiang took a deep breath and turned out the contact information of Ye Qing's assistant from the first party.
The phone rang twice and was connected smoothly.
Yun Shi's crisp and sweet voice came from the receiver. "Hello, may I ask who you are …"
Wei Zhixiang blushed and introduced himself.
"Beep …"
The phone was hung up?
Wei Zhixiang dialed again in disbelief.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."
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