Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 170 Do you think I don’t know the two beauties from the Western Region?

Seven days of continuous drizzle turned Hengdian into a gray world.

The cool rain delayed the upcoming summer heat wave a little bit, and also cooled down Chen Nuo's overheated brain.

Although daily work is still carried out as scheduled,
But when he was silently watching the rain in the hotel room, he was indeed able to think clearly about many things.

For example, he discovered that the world did not seem to revolve around him.

Otherwise, why doesn’t the rain stop when the start-up is so imminent?
Although most of the scenes are indoors, the opening ceremony must be held outdoors, right?

I always feel something is wrong when I go out in the rain.

In Chen Nuo's opinion, it seemed that God was deliberately doing something against him.

Don't say he is superstitious, just like when the mute finished filming. When the work was over, it rained, and everyone said it was like a divine intervention.

And then it was done.

Nowadays, everyone says that the rainy season ends at the end of June. It is really unusual that it rains for so long.

It would be strange if Chen Nuo felt comfortable.

It was at this time that he came to his senses.

When did your head start to get hot?
Did it start when I took the copy of People's Literature from Qi Yifei's hands, saw the familiar words "The Sound of Wind", and based on what I had seen in my previous life, believed that this work would be a great success?
No, move forward.

Is it to start by poaching Fan Binbing, the future money-making queen, to work under his command, and making Huayi, a powerful figure in the industry, suffer in silence?
No, we have to move forward.

Chen Nuo felt that it should have started from the time Chen Bicheng converted half of his savings into 6000 million in a bank card and handed it to him.

His mentality changed.

Especially when he heard Chen Bicheng say that he wanted to buy a house but didn't have enough money, he tried to find a way to move some money over to see if he could buy the house that he and Pan Chengrong both liked.

When I retire, I will move to Shanghai, see the Huangpu River where the ups and downs of my generation come from, and take care of my grandchildren. That will make my life complete.

Chen Nuo didn't say anything at the time, but his desire for money instantly increased from 1 to 100.

This is the starting point.

If it weren't for this rain that made him so anxious, I'm afraid he would still be immersed in his omnipotent sense of superiority after being reborn.

"What are you thinking about?" Qi Yuntian walked over, stood with him, and looked at the dark blue town in the rain outside the window.

In order to save money, in this three-star hotel, only two people from the entire crew of "The Sound of Wind" have enjoyed the treatment of a luxurious single room.

One is Jiang Wen and the other is Fan Binbing.

As for the reason, the former naturally needs no further explanation.

The latter not only has the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress.

What’s more important is that they can make money!

So far, only half of 2007 has passed, and Fan Binbing has brought more than 1000 million in after-tax income to the company.

Not only did she earn back the penalty that Chen Nuo paid her, she even made a profit.

May I ask, for a super sales champion of this level, in which team would he not get some special treatment?

As for the rest of the people, Chen Nuo already lives in the same room with Qi Yuntian, so who has anything to say?
Including the other female protagonist, Liu, who also lived with the female assistant assigned by the company.

At that time, she seemed like she was about to throw a tantrum, but Chen Nuo glared at her and she just kept silent.

Mainly during the period before coming to Hengdian, Chen Nuo was very determined and ran to Teacher Song Wen's courtyard every day to accompany her in her studies.

Not only study with you, but also practice with you!

Zhang Songwen was so happy that he couldn't sleep during those twenty days.

As a result of practicing acting with Chen Nuo, Liu Yifei no longer mumbles about wanting to go to Africa to see lions.

At least in front of Chen Nuo, she didn't dare to say this again.

Chen Nuo vaguely felt that he had established some initial prestige in this woman's heart.
How else would it work!

After leaving Liu Xiaoli's protection, Liu Yifei almost soared to heaven.

It seems like she wants to get back her lost childhood. After receiving the salary from the company, she just spends her days playing, shopping and going shopping.

I don't want to do any other serious work. I'm extremely lazy.

It's completely different from another artist under the company who has a brand new look.

One was busy making money, sometimes even sleeping on the plane, and started to make money after getting off the plane. Chen Nuo treated her like the apple of his eye, wishing he could fly over to her and be her male lover.

What about the other one?

It jumps when you poke it, and just basks in the sun when you don't poke it. It's almost becoming a cat that knows how to bask in the sun!
Therefore, knowing that Fan Binbing lived in a single room and he could only live in a standard room, Liu felt guilty and dared not say anything.

Hearing Qi Yuntian's question, Chen Nuo suddenly asked: "Do you think it is necessary for us to bring in some more funds?"

Qi Yuntian was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean? We still have enough money in our account, right?"

Chen Nuo had this idea all of a sudden, and it felt a bit like waking up from a dream. "That's not what I meant, but...is it more appropriate to find some partners and share the risk together?"

Qi Yuntian smiled.

It has been a long time since the beautiful lady Qi smiled so charmingly.

"I thought you were fearless, but it turns out that Chairman Chen also knows that making movies will lose money?"

Chen Nuo ignored his sarcasm. He was too familiar with Qi Yuntian, and it was obvious that there was something else behind his words.

Somewhat surprised, "What do you mean, if you felt there was a risk earlier, why didn't you warn me?"

Qi Yuntian shook his head and said, "Where did I say I think there is a risk? I just found out that you are afraid too, so I found it a little interesting. It seems that what my father said is really right."

Chen Nuo was stunned and said, "What do you mean? What does this have to do with your father, Professor Qi?"

Qi Yuntian chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter? He just casually recommended a novel, probably with the intention of making himself known. But someone took it seriously, and his only son was coerced into investing the little money he had saved up over the past two years into this novel along with the chairman who believed in his lies. Do you think it has anything to do with him?"

Chen Nuo couldn't help laughing while listening, and finally laughed out loud: "It sounds like there is indeed some connection."

Qi Yuntian said, "More than just a little! The day you said you were going to invest tens of millions to make this movie, my mother and I didn't let him sleep! I don't understand his economic theories and models, but I just want him to give me a definite answer as to whether the crazy chairman of my company is reliable or not."

Chen Nuo almost died of laughter. It turned out that the Qi family had such a thing.

Come to think of it, although he is the absolute majority shareholder of the company and Qi Yuntian has no way to stop him from doing anything, but to be honest, out of the estimated investment of 7000 million, Qi Yuntian’s two-tier shares are worth more than million!
How could any normal person not be worried and uneasy in his heart, even if he didn't say anything?

Chen Nuo laughed for a while before stopping. He felt that the depression in his heart had dissipated a lot. He asked curiously, "Then what did your father say?"

Qi Yuntian shrugged and said, "At five o'clock in the morning, he came to wake me up and told me that the probability of our film losing 10% was 9.52%, and the probability of 20% was 3.12%. The probability of more than 30% was 0.81%."

Chen Nuo was stunned and said, "Is this data you said true or false? Did you remember all the two decimal places?"

Qi Yuntian gave him a strange look and said, "Why can't you remember this? It's just a few numbers. How can you forget them after hearing them once?"

Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment, then nodded naturally and said, "That's true, 9%... Well, it's true that you only need to listen to it once, how can you forget it, haha. I just thought that you were sleeping, so how could you hear it clearly even if you were half asleep?"

Qi Yuntian said: "You know I am a very light sleeper."

"Oh, me too, actually. Um, anything else? Keep going."

Qi Yuntian said: "In short, according to my father's estimation, if the investment in this film is less than 1 million, the probability of losing money will not exceed 12%. The probability of making money is more than 88%, and the probability of a return rate of more than 50% is more than 4%. Therefore, our whole family unanimously feels that although your action seems reckless, you are actually well-prepared. Haha, it's just that my father said that you don't seem to think so much. Now it seems...it seems that he is right?"

How come Professor Qi would also speak ill of others behind their backs? But I have done a good job in academics, so I don't want to argue with you.

Chen Nuo hummed and asked, "How did your dad calculate this? Is he reliable?" Qi Yuntian spread his hands and said, "You can ask the doctoral students he supervises. I'm just an undergraduate student in the business school, I don't know shit. But he came back from Princeton and taught for so many years, so he must be somewhat reliable, right?"

Chen Nuo frowned and asked, "What's that?"

Qi Yuntian glanced at him and said, "Don't ask. It has nothing to do with you. Anyway, if you only consider the risk of this investment, I don't think it's necessary. After all, my dad hasn't made any mistakes in terms of money. But... from the perspective of future development, I don't think we have to eat alone this time."

Chen Nuo nodded and said, "Go on."

Qi Yuntian said, "Let's not talk about anything else. We can invest in setting up a production team to make a film, but we don't have a cinema chain, no people, or connections. We have to give the distribution of this film to others, right? There are only a few distribution companies in the mainland."

"The bad news is that Huayi Brothers, which has done the best distribution in recent years, is our sworn enemy and will definitely not take our work. The good news is that there are just as many people in the industry who are jealous of it as there are of us."

"China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Yindu Film Group, Bona Film Group, and the newly emerged Enlight Media Group, all of them are unhappy with him, and we must find one of them to cooperate with."

Chen Nuo asked, "Who do you suggest?"

Qi Yuntian said: "My opinion is to contact China Film Group."

"The reason is that we had a pleasant cooperation on Crazy Stone, which was a good start and we have some trust in each other. At the same time, Huayi dares to deal with any company in terms of distribution. But it can't dare to deal with President Han, right?"

Qi Yuntian suddenly changed the subject and said, "Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered something. China Film Group is now planning a tribute film for the 60th National Day. It is expected to start shooting at the end of next year. Last week, someone from China Film Group called me and said that the project has been approved in advance. This time, President Han plans to organize the literary and art circles to make a super blockbuster. You must make some time for it in the second half of next year."

Chen Nuo was speechless and said, "There's still more than a year left, do you need to tell me now?"

Qi Yuntian chuckled and said, "I guess he's afraid that you'll disappear again. What if this time it's not four months, but four years? What should we do?"

Chen Nuo said unhappily, "Alright, stop it. I said this won't happen again. I mean what I said."

Qi Yuntian chuckled, "Just kidding, they might be afraid that you will go to Hollywood to film again. Besides, what important role will be given to you? I don't know."

He became serious again and said, "In short, I think China Film is indeed a good partner, because in the past two years, it has not produced any outstanding works, whether in distribution or production investment. In fact, it was only our Stone that fought for it and beat the Banquet during the Lunar New Year holiday."

"Their distribution manager, Geng Xiaochuan, who came to the meeting last time, also said that President Han owed you a meal. Although I don't know if it's true, it shouldn't be too far-fetched."

"It has no reason to disagree with us distributing the product this time. Moreover, I am wondering if we need to tie ourselves more closely to it. In other words, will we distribute the product in the future? Will we be in competition with it?"

Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "No."

He thought about it and decided to take this opportunity to tell Qi Yuntian about his future company development plans.

All in all, after suffering for so long, it is almost time for him to reap the benefits of his rebirth.

He has no interest in doing theatrical distribution.

This is 2007!

The era of traffic is neither near nor far, and those famous TV series and movies that he remembers in his mind are about to come out.

He didn't use his foresight to make some investments, and then took the opportunity to sign some suitable artists and put them into these works, thereby promoting both the works and the artists and making money on both ends.

Why invest so much manpower and resources to distribute it in theaters?
With the waves of major events coming in the future, how many hundreds of billions of assets does he have that can withstand the losses?

How stupid is he to do such a thing?
To put it bluntly, even if the former suffers the same butterfly effect as last year's World Cup, with eight out of ten movies and TV series failing, as long as two or three survive, he will not lose money.

If we could find one or two money-making female devils like Binbing, it would be a mountain of gold and silver.

Do you really think he doesn't know the two beauties from the Western Regions?
Don’t know what K-Pop idols are?

Bullshit.

Chen Nuo told Qi Yuntian about his general idea. Qi Yuntian chuckled and said, "To put it bluntly, our Huanxin Company will be a content provider at the top of the industry. As for the leftovers in the middle and lower reaches, we shouldn't fight with dogs for them, right?"

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "You sound very arrogant and not humble enough, but I kind of like it. That's pretty much what I mean."

Qi Yuntian laughed and nodded, "Speaking of which, I'd better make an appointment with those young models and actors who wanted to sign contracts with our company before to have another chat. If they are suitable, we can sign a few of them, but don't rush to promote them. Let them sit for a year or so to see their performance. It's also good to have them as a reserve for the future."

Chen Nuo felt that Qi Yuntian's statement that people could remember the 9.something% as soon as they heard it didn't seem to be a bluff, and he was not bullying him, a poor student with a score of more than 400 points.

This guy does have the ability to draw inferences from one instance.

Chen Nuo nodded approvingly and said, "I agree with General Manager Qi's idea. I really like this approach."

Qi Yuntian chuckled and said, "Zha, Master. Now that you're talking about it, I think we should give out some shares in this play and let China Film Group get involved."

"Anyway, we won't fall out in the future, so if we can be friends for a long time, then this favor is worth investing in."

"We are not at a loss either. After all, we will have to rely on the people from China Film Group to deal with Huayi in future distribution."

"Huayi is determined to fight us to the end this time. Feng Xiaogang's new film started shooting almost at the same time as ours, and this time he actually went to shoot a war film, and it's another big production with an investment of hundreds of millions. Isn't it obvious that this is aimed at us?"

"This time, we should face them head-on."

"In that case, it would be more profitable to tie China Film Group to our chariot and let them compete with Huayi for cinemas and film schedules for their own money than to just let them do distribution."

This is the truth.

Chen Nuo felt that his previous lone wolf approach, although it might earn him more money in the short term, would have allowed him to buy the Tomson Yipin property earlier.

But as Qi Yuntian said, if you look at the long term, you should be the one to host the banquet and invite everyone to eat together.

Risks are shared, and benefits are equally shared. This is the only way to move forward steadily. This is the only way to sleep peacefully after buying a house.

Starting a company is not like acting. You cannot jump from one crew to another and start over again, so everything has to be considered for the next five to ten years.

I seemed to be in a hurry to achieve success before.

Luckily the rain came!
Chen Nuo thought it over and asked, "We think that asking someone to buy shares is a favor. Are you sure they will recognize this favor? If the conditions are not good enough, then there is no need."

Qi Yuntian said, "Will you recognize him? Brother Nuo, do you know that ever since the news spread that Jiang Wen was going to play a role in our crew, I have received at least ten calls on my phone every day asking if we are short of funds."

"Geng Xiaochuan from the China Film Group has been asking me to wash his feet for almost a month. This is even though we have strictly blocked the news that Choi Min-sik, Jeon Do-yeon and Kitano Takeshi will come to guest star. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that we can go further by sharing the benefits equally, I really wouldn't be willing to share the cake with them."

Chen Nuo couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that we won't be able to make a good movie and that we'd rather fail in our hands?"

Qi Yuntian laughed and said, "If you and Jiang Wen can't shoot this scene well, then just accept your fate."

Chen Nuo laughed and didn't ask any more questions.

He is now relieved about Qi Yuntian's affairs in the company, and he will never interfere in the specific operations.

He is responsible for making general decisions, while Qi Yuntian is responsible for execution. This pair of former young artists and young agents have formed a tacit understanding.

Give full authority to Qi Yuntian to negotiate with China Film Group.

Although according to Professor Qi's calculations, the probability of their project losing money is only 12%.

However, if China Film Group is willing to join the game, wouldn’t it be better to reduce their own investment from 12% to 1.2%?
By the end of their conversation, both of them felt somewhat satisfied.

For Chen Nuo, although this conversation was sudden, it was extremely important and could definitely be regarded as a meeting that would determine the fate of the company.

At this meeting, he and Qi Yuntian jointly determined the company's future development direction and will formulate strategic arrangements more purposefully in the future.

At the same time, it also made clear who the enemy and friend would be in the future. We must win over one side and attack the other.

A leadership team with Chairman Chen as the core and General Manager Qi as the executor was also established.

Except that no one stood up and applauded, the first Hengdian meeting ended successfully.

It should be said that this was a very meaningful and glorious conference, a conference that will be recorded in the future.

Coincidentally, just after the meeting ended, Chen Nuo suddenly looked outside seriously, "This is..."

Qi Yuntian opened the window in front of him, stretched out his hand to check, and nodded: "Yes, the rain has stopped."

(End of this chapter)