143. Alternative Investment Association (4000 words)(1/2)
Xu Shi temporarily put this matter in his heart. After finishing his work, he was going to ask carefully and visit Southeast Asia.
After all, they have helped so much and they have spoken out directly. Even if they don’t look at Xu Shi’s face, Xu Shi should take the initiative to visit others. This is the most basic politeness.
If it weren't for being too busy during this period and not being able to do without him, he might have been passing by now.
After preparing some necessary information, Xu Shi held a film investment meeting.
"Brother Xu, long time no see you. You must have a good drink tonight." Sun Tu said enthusiastically.
Xu Shi smiled and said, "That's certain, we will definitely not return drunk at night."
"It must be, by the way, this is a gift for you." Sun Tu handed over a long wooden box.
Xu Shi was stunned. Why did he even give him a gift? This is not his birthday.
"Open it and take a look? I believe you will like it." Sun Tu was stunned when he saw Xu Shi and said with a smile.
Xu Shi said something else to bring gifts when he came, but he opened the wooden box in his hand.
I saw a delicately crafted horse whip inside the wooden box. Before Xu Shi could speak, Sun Tu said, "This horse whip is specially customized for Brother Xu, and it can be used to control Xiaohong."
Xu Shi suddenly didn't understand what he meant and asked, "What does it mean?"
"I know Brother Xu likes Xiaohong's horse very much, so I gave it to you. If you have no place to raise it, you will be fostered with me first. When you have your own horse farm, you can take Xiaohong back." Sun Tu said.
Xu Shi quickly refused and said, "No, this gift is a bit expensive, and it is what Boss Sun you like, so I can't take it."
He knew that Sun Tu also liked Xiaohong very much, too. Who doesn’t like such a handsome horse?
Seeing that he was about to refuse, Sun Tu hurriedly said, "Brother Xu, don't say that. I have made more than one horse's money with you this time. If this happens, you will not give me face. Just treat it as my brother begging you to accept it, okay?"
With Sun Tu's persuasion, Xu Shi couldn't refuse anymore. He had already said this, so why did Xu Shi refuse? At the same time, he was also a little happy. He also liked Xiaohong, a handsome horse.
Sun Tu Jian and Xu Shi were not refusing, and he also smiled and said, "That's right."
Then he talked to Xu Shi for a few more words and then went to chat with someone else. This time, the investment held by Xu Shi was in a hotel, without any serious atmosphere, and he was talking about business by eating and drinking.
When everyone was here, Xu Shi clapped his hands and signaled everyone to calm down, and looked at everyone and said, "Everyone has read the script just now and has a clear idea of the next movie.
I feel that I can invest in the shooting and participate in the next investment. If I feel that it is not good, I will not force everyone. If the transaction fails to be righteous, everyone will still be good friends."
Before, Xu Shi had sent two scripts to these investors, and the last one was selected was the version that Wang Feiyun provided the advice.
"Mr. Xu, I feel relieved to you for ten thousand, and I will definitely invest." This is from Sun Tu and his group. This guy can't understand the script at all. After reading it, he feels confused. However, he is willing to take a gamble, and it doesn't matter if he loses it.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone over there said, "Old Wang, do you understand?"
"I can't understand it, but I believe Mr. Xu, can you understand it?"
"I can't understand either, but I believe Mr. Xu."
"Hahaha."
Everyone laughed as they watched the two sing and laughed. The atmosphere, which was already a little nervous when Xu Shi was talking, suddenly relaxed.
However, they cannot understand it, which does not mean that others cannot understand it, especially the investors of Yumi, who are starting to shine as they look at the script.
I have already started to make a decision in my heart, so I must strive for more share later.
Originally, they were more optimistic about Xu Shi, and they encountered overseas box office events. Now the script is so outstanding, and the addition of three items has attracted them deeply.
Xu Shi smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but you don't have to spend money in order to take care of my face. There is no need for this. I, Xu Shi, have a relatively thick-skinned face."
Everyone laughed again with great relief.
After joking for a few words, Xu Shi began to get to the point.
"Our investment this time will be different from everyone's past. The total investment of this movie is 350 million, and I personally took out 1755 million, accounting for 50% of the share. This has been agreed on a long time ago.
And my good friend, who is half my noble man, Director Cheng, also invested five million this time, so there is still a vacancies of 170 million."
After reading the script, Cheng Guochao not only took out all the million red envelopes Xu Shi gave him, but also took out all his money and invested.
Cheng Guochao has indeed made a lot of money over the years, but he has also spent a lot of money. He has taken out all the money he could take out except for some expenses needed by the family and some surprises left behind.
Everyone has no opinion on Xu Shi's share, and only then will they invest their money more at ease. As for Cheng Guochao's investment of 5 million, although some people are not willing, they are not much after all, and they will not refute Xu Shi's face.
Xu Shi paused and continued: "The investment share is based on the resources that everyone can provide. Whoever provides more resources can occupy more investment share."
Xu Shi had actually communicated with them in advance about these things, and everyone knew what Xu Shi meant, and there was nothing to say about it.
In fact, such investment associations have been reported. Many people are not optimistic about this so-called investment association, and many people are even waiting to see Xu Shi make a fool of themselves.
I have never seen such an investment meeting in so many years. Investors still need to rush to get money. If they want to get more money, they are not allowed to do so.
They don’t know how many investments they have come to ask their grandparents for their grandparents, and when will the investment become a need to be reviewed for qualifications?
Yes, in many people's eyes, this is to review the qualifications, and it still requires the investor's review.
But the factual results were far beyond the expectations of these people. As soon as Xu Shishi said these words, many people in the audience began to enthusiastically express what kind of resources they could provide, for fear that they would get less share.
And what is even more unexpected is that on the side of Yumi, the corn investor stood up and said, "We, Yumi, will fully cooperate with all the matters in the movies on Mr. Xu this time, whether it is promotion or otherwise, this is true.
And we are preparing to release 38 artists who can play for movies, without paying for them.”
This sentence not only shocked the others, but even Xu Shi didn't know what to say for a moment.
When did corn's determination become so great? Is it a big gamble?
In fact, Yumi had held several seminars before coming, all of which were aimed at this film investment.
According to their meaning, it can be roughly divided into three levels.
First, they didn't think much of Xu Shi's script, so they needed to invest less, almost 10 million.
Second, if the script is neither good nor bad, then invest 30 million to 50 million to produce a few artists who play friendly roles.
Both types are invested by Xu Shi personally. They are optimistic about Xu Shi's fighting scenes, his desperate spirit, and their relationships overseas.
The third type is like this now. If you are very optimistic about the script, then try your best to get more shares.
As for the artist's friendly performance, I also communicated with Xu Shi in advance, and there were only a few shots that would not delay the artist's time.
So this way, there is no need to pay the artist, otherwise there will be no explanation for the corn.
After the corn investor finished speaking, the field was quiet for a moment, and then it became a sensation. Some people who were still hesitating how much they invested were now anxious.
Although this may be a double act played by Xu Shi and Yumi, this also indirectly shows that Yumi is really optimistic about Xu Shi, otherwise she would not have put in such a hard work.
As for seeking benefits from investment, they are not worried about this, because Xu Shi had already said it before.
Everyone can send someone to supervise the finances, and they can see where every penny goes.
Of course, these financial supervision only have the right to supervise and have no right to decide.
When Xu Shi saw everyone making noise, he clapped his hands to signal everyone to calm down.
"Let's do this, everyone can write down their resources and then make them public. This is fair. If you make great efforts, how much share will you get? How do you think?"
Xu Shi's proposal was approved by everyone. After all, no one could do anything small, and everything was open and transparent.
Xu Shi's investment that is notoriously unconventional will shock many people. No one expected this to be successful, including Zhang Kui, who is still in a dull state.
Zhang Kui has signed a contract now, and Xu Shi also needs to bring him to meet investors and listen to his opinions.
The reason why Xu Shi did this was because of Zhang Kui himself.
Xu Shi didn't expect that Zhang Kui actually signed a long-term contract with him, not just a movie contract.
This long-term contract lasts for five years. In these five years, as long as Zhang Kui's skills satisfy Xu Shi, he will always help Xu Shi shoot movies and be a puppet director.
Five years later, the price Xu Shi had to pay was to invest a movie that was no less than 50 million for Zhang Kui to shoot independently.
This is the real reason why Xu Shi brought Zhang Kui. Now Zhang Kui is also his employee. And even if Zhang Kui shoots movies independently in the future, he is likely to sign a contract with Jingwu Sect.
Zhang Kui is now in a trance, and his eyes look at Xu Shi as if he is looking at a god.
Think about what happened to him before looking for investment?
It was a trivial matter to ask grandpa to sue grandma. For a considerable investment, he almost knelt down. Drinking and going to the hospital was even more common.
Even in order to satisfy the preferences of investors, he turned into a pimp, which was tortured, both physically and mentally.
Now let’s see what happened to Xu Shi?
These investors were just giving him money, and were afraid that Xu Shi would not want it, so they not only gave money, but also gave him resources.
At this moment, Zhang Kui had only one thought in his mind: his decision was correct this time.
At the same time, he was also looking forward to when he could do this to Xu Shi, that would be really successful!
Xu Shi didn't know what Zhang Kui was thinking now, so he began to count the resources that everyone could provide and then allocate shares.
In fact, many people have invested in some movies before, but most of them have lost money, only one or two movies have made a little profit.
However, this also means that they actually know some actors or directors, and they still have some relationship.
So this is also a connection resource. They added all of these. In the end, Xu Shi counted out that there were actually 56 actors who played the roles in friendship.
These are all agreed with these actors, and even if there are those who are really unable to escape in the end, they will not be less than 40 people.
This was completely beyond Xu Shi's expectations. He originally thought that it would be almost done with a dozen or twenty actors who played it in a friendly manner, but who would have thought that there were so many.
However, the one who contributed the most was the corn. Without their strong support, it would be similar to Xu Shi's estimate.
To be continued...