New Age Artists

Chapter 229: Going through fire and water Chen Kaige (34)

Therefore, the composition of the people going to Hong Kong Island is complex and the mission is heavy.

It’s not hard to find people.

Shen Santong has a well-run group company. In addition, he is willing to distribute profits, and with his own superstar and idol aura, he has a lot of people available.

What’s more, he is not doing short-term trading, but open market trading, which does not require a very skilled trader.

The key is to have a sound structure.

There is communication with him and he can take over the leadership to ensure execution when necessary.

You are responsible for managing the account. You must understand and execute it, and you must execute it even if you don’t understand it. Don’t have too many personal ideas.

There is a financial officer who observes the whole process and is responsible for recording all the accounts of this operation.

There are two security teams, one for convenience.

The other thing is surveillance. When necessary, the security team dares to break the legal boundaries, and they are needed to take over at critical moments.

Ability, age, gender and family should all be considered.

After Shen Santong selected the team members, there were ten people in total, divided into groups of two.

3 month 22 day.

Shen Santong met with Chen Kai in a club.

Chen Kaige looks much better now. With the release of the trailer for Stone, the steamed bun incident has come to an end.

Shen Santong asked: "Harvey tore up the contract. Who will distribute The Promise in North America?"

Chen Kai took a sip of tea and said, "Warner."

Shen Santong knew that he cared about his reputation, so he exclaimed, "Is it Warner Pictures? That's great."

Chen Kaige was too embarrassed to pretend in front of Shen Santong: "It's 'Warner Independent', a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures."

“The main business is the production and distribution of art films and foreign language films.”

"However, the Chinese documentary "March of the Penguins," which made a box office miracle of 7700 million US dollars in the North American film market last year, is a masterpiece of Warner's independence."

“Recent major releases also include the Oscar-winning Good Night, and Good Luck.”

"Harvey only wanted to release it locally in two cities, but Warner Bros. independently met my request for a nationwide release."

“More than 200 cinemas will have commercial ads in mainstream newspapers in major cities and vertical film websites across the United States.”

Shen Santong sighed that even though Brother Kaizi had fallen into such a situation, he was still so arrogant.

To put it bluntly, the reason why "Warner Independent" took over was because Kaizi Ge has some background and they didn't want to make it look too embarrassing.

With the backdrop of cutting off the production of costume blockbusters, there will certainly be no resources for publicity and promotion, which will slowly drown the costume blockbusters.

Shen Santong said bluntly: "They want to cut off the overseas profits of our period blockbusters, and foreign-language films attach great importance to publicity and promotion."

"If they do something a little tricky, like putting it at the same time as a popular movie, and then have the media criticize it, and then the theaters choose some communities that don't watch foreign movies, and put the show at a rubbish time, there won't be any box office revenue at all."

"And no one can say anything if we do this. We have done what we should do. It becomes your problem again."

Chen Kaige couldn't hold back what he said.

If it were someone else, he would have lost his temper and said in a muffled voice: "You have a point. They should take my influence into consideration..."

He smiled bitterly and said, "It's scheduled for May. Mission Impossible 3 and The Poseidon Adventure are released at the same time. If they do what you said, then it will be all my responsibility if they succeed."

Chen Kaige originally had a favorable impression of Europe, America, the West, and the United States, or rather, he looked up to them.

But I was deeply hurt by "The Promise" and had to wake up.

When The Promise was released in Western Europe, the country criticized him for blindly pursuing digital effects.

He felt very aggrieved and it is understandable that they said his plot was bad.

The digital effects are good and the scenes are picturesque, but is that his fault?
Shen Santong changed the subject and said, "Director Chen, I think what happened to Wuji should not happen again. We should learn from our mistakes."

Chen Kaige was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Shen Santong said: "Harvey has greatly harmed Wuji's commercial interests, your interests, and the interests of the publisher. He is responsible for both money and reputation."

"He tore up the contract, wasted the most precious time for promotion and release, and spread the bad things about The Promise everywhere, causing a very bad impact." "According to the revenue of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the financial loss is as high as tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. Don't you think we should do something about it?"

"The price of violating a contract should not be just liquidated damages, just like Wuji's loss is not just a deposit of several hundred thousand."

Chen Kaige was a little confused: "What can I do?"

Shen Santong: "I plan to call for the establishment of a legal aid committee within the industry."

"The undisclosed treatment of costume blockbusters, The Promise is just the beginning."

"To provide legal assistance to films that have similar experiences and have discriminated against ethnic groups due to their subject matter."

Chen Kaige was puzzled; "Does the subject matter and ethnicity have anything to do with this? Didn't you say you wanted to interrupt our commercial film path and occupy our market?"

Shen Santong explained: "This is the fundamental reason, but it's hard to explain because it's too deep. We need a straightforward and simple reason that people can understand."

"The Promise was suppressed because of arrogance. They thought we were not worthy of fantasy and were only worthy of shooting dark and ugly things like the sixth generation directors. They did not accept that we were creative and imaginative."

"Then the truth will be revealed and everyone will know that it's not Wuji that has the problem, it's them that have the problem, and it has nothing to do with your level, Director Chen."

Chen Kaige's eyes lit up, this was what he was thinking.

That's right!
There is conspiracy! There is discrimination!
The release of De and Fa is a good proof. To criticize its digital effects, doesn’t that mean that Chinese people are incapable of special effects?

He has been backed into a corner. The Promise was a box office failure in Europe and it would have been a failure in North America as well.

I'm afraid there will be trouble again.

He was overwhelmed by the public opinion surrounding the Lunar New Year holiday, and the steamed buns almost ruined his reputation.

His bid for an Oscar has become a joke, and if the blame for the decline of costume blockbusters is put on him, he will become a joke himself.

Chen Kai shuddered at the thought of the consequences.

Chen Kaige said: "Okay, I support you to be the chairman of the Legal Aid Committee."

Shen Santong shook his head firmly and said, "I am too young to take on such a big responsibility. Only a prestigious senior like you is qualified to be the president."

Chen Kaige was very happy. He definitely wouldn't want to be Shen Santong's mistress.

But after all, he was owed a favor, and he needed crisis public relations to shift the blame away.

Fortunately, Shen Santong knew what was going on.

But on the surface, Chen Kaige declined: "You should do it. You called for it."

Shen Santong said: "I definitely can't. I don't have any costume blockbusters coming out. My Red Cliff will be released in two years, and it's not for overseas."

"You are the only one who has the ability, prestige, and good relations with the authorities!"

"Don't refuse. This is not just for personal gain, but also a last-ditch effort to make a commercial film of period costume blockbusters."

"please!"

Chen Kaige was moved: "I dare not go through fire and water!"

Seeing Chen Kaige like this, Shen Santong felt that things might get out of hand.

He just wanted to find a suitable person to charge, and Huayi definitely couldn't do it, or it wouldn't work to rely on Huayi alone.

Brother Kaizi is the most suitable one. He is the kind of person who is particularly concerned about his reputation and is particular about details.

With a little push, they'll definitely be willing to charge.

And Kaizi has no choice. It is true that Mantou was released, but The Promise has not yet been released in North America, and the copyrights of The Banquet and Curse of the Golden Flower still need to be sold.

There are several key points waiting for him. If he doesn't rush, he will have to take the blame, and it will be a huge blame.

in the afternoon.

The first meeting of the Legal Aid Committee for Costume Blockbusters was held.

Chen Kai was elected as president, and Wang Zhongjun, Zhuang Cheng and Yuan Heping were elected as vice presidents.

Wang Zhonglei is the Secretary-General.

Shen Santong and Feng Xiaogang serve as executive members.

(End of this chapter)