Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 110 Oh, million, that’s fine.

"You? Join our company?"

Zhou Le himself didn't have any objection, but Zhao Jinmai was too young and Zhou Le felt embarrassed to lie to him.

After all, Zhao Jinmai's mother handed Zhao Jinmai over to him. When Zhao Jinmai came back crying and shouting that she wanted to go into the company, those who didn't know would think that he had abducted a little girl.

"You are still a minor, don't think about these things, focus on your studies first."

Zhao Jinmai pouted and said nothing, feeling that Zhou Le disliked her.

"You really don't want me? Then I'll go find someone else."

"If your mother lets you, then you can come, but my personal opinion is that you should go to school first, at least after the college entrance examination, and if you can be admitted to the Film and Television Academy, then consider these things."

But now Zhou Le is not only filming with the crew of The Wandering Earth.

I also have to go to the Crazy Alien crew every now and then.

Fortunately, they are all in the same park and there are cars to take us back and forth.

That day, Lei Jiayin came to make a guest appearance. After having lunch with the crew, he paid for a meal out of his own pocket for the crew in the evening.

Two days later, King Ether also arrived.

It was still a guest role, with only two shots, but the two were still very happy. After all, they had finally entered the film and television industry.

So for two consecutive days, the two of them also treated themselves to two meals outside.

They had originally planned to have a second show after dinner, but Guo Fan was afraid that it would affect the filming state, so the two of them found Zhou Le privately and said that they would treat Zhou Le alone later.

"By the way, Brother Le, we made a song for you as a thank you."

After dinner that day, in the hotel, Zhou Le received a text message from Wang Yita.

"What song?"

"The song is called 'Don't Be Afraid of Getting Old,' because didn't Mr. Li Ronghao write a song for you called 'Young and Promising'? We felt you'd be quite suitable for this kind of song, so we wrote the lyrics and composed the music, and asked a friend to arrange it. I wonder if you like it."

"I like it. I will definitely like the songs my brother made for me."

Zhou Le said without thinking.

Generally speaking, things that can be given as gifts are definitely not bad.

Besides, when someone gives you a song as a gift, it’s just like eating for free. What’s there to be picky about?
So Zhou Le accepted the song.

But after chatting for a few sentences, Wang Yita said that he was preparing for new albums recently, one to be released this year and the other to be released next year.

But there is one song that he personally likes very much.

He asked Zhou Le if he wanted it.

Zhou Le naturally wanted it, but the dog system did not give him the ability to compose songs.

"Brother, I won't say anything more. I'll find you a role when I have the chance."

Zhou Le drew a pie in the sky.

Anyway, many directors I've come into contact with like to have the creative team make guest appearances, such as screenwriters, photographers, and makeup artists. If these people can do it, then singers can do it too.

"Thank you thank you."

Zhou Le knew that the other party actually had this purpose.

Everyone says it’s underground, but how much money can you make underground?
Zhou Le also felt a little emotional.

In fact, Zhou Le now feels that the water in this circle is too deep. Just like what Jet Li said before, the truly powerful people in the film and television industry are never those who appear on the surface.

But he is the kind of person who sits back and decides whether the movie can be made.

If they let you go on, you can go on; if they say they ban you, you can be banned.

The next day, Zhou Le came to the Crazy Alien crew again.

Shen Teng, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and others are chatting.

They talked about their youth.

Huang Bo said proudly: "Don't look at me now. I was very handsome when I was young. I played music and formed a band with others. I changed girlfriends every day."

Zhou Le thought about it, then picked up the phone and put it to his ear: "Hello, sister-in-law, Brother Bo said that he changed girlfriends every day in the past. Is this true?"

Huang Bo was indeed panicked for a moment.

But he quickly realized that how could Zhou Le have his wife’s phone number?

But still said.

"Don't bother, I'm just talking nonsense."

But Xu Zheng was not willing to be outdone.

“I was handsome when I was young, too.”

Shen Teng waved his hand: "Come on, forget it. You're just cute at best. I don't even want to say anything about you. Whether a man is handsome or not depends on his foundation. What can you compare your youth with mine? Do you know the value of being the most handsome boy in the military art school?"

But the two of them really couldn't refute this point.

However, Ning Hao did not participate in the conversation at all. He just sat there and laughed along. He quickly looked at Zhou Le and said, "Hey! Can you compete with Le'er?"

Shen Teng thought for a moment and said, "Let's split it 60/40."

Zhou Le heard these people mention him.

So he asked with a smile.

"What do you mean 60/40?"

Ning Hao explained: "Brother Teng said that his looks are 60:40, he's 60:40 and you're 40:40."

As a result, Shen Teng quickly covered Ning Hao's mouth: "Don't listen to his nonsense. I mean when you were filming Medicine God and now, you're 60 and I'm 40."

When Zhou Le heard that they were actually discussing appearance.

"No, no, no, if we're talking about when Brother Teng was in the Military Art Academy, I honestly think the split between Brother Teng and me should be 30-70, Brother Teng 70, me 30."

After saying that, Zhou Le noticed that his experience value jumped.

【+3】

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zheng became excited.

"Who is the mistress?"

Zhou Le instantly thought of someone in his mind, after all, it was a big uproar at the time.

Yao

But before he could finish his words, Xu Zheng was startled.

"No, no, no, it's okay as long as we know it. Don't tell anyone."

But Huang Bo jokingly said, "Yao what? Yao Ming, Le'er, you're really brave. Aren't you afraid that people will kick your head like a basketball if you spread rumors like that?"

Zhou Le also laughed.

He knew Huang Bo was changing the subject.

But how could Zhou Le let the words fall to the ground?

"That's impossible. Yao Ming can't possibly kick my head like a ball."

"why?"

"Because intentionally using your feet is a foul in basketball."

Several of them were veterans, but for a moment they couldn't keep up with Zhou Le's imagination.

I realized what was happening and burst out laughing.

Afterwards, Zhou Le expressed his admiration and worship to Shen Teng again, but this time the work was Charlotte's Troubles.

But in situations like this, people just say whatever they want to say.

Xu Zheng: "Wait, this isn't right. I remember you saying this to me before."

Ning Hao: "Fuck, he was talking to me about crazy stones at that time."

Huang Bo: "I've heard this before, not Le'er. Do you think everyone you meet says this? Did you learn this from them?"

Zhou Le was not panicked at all.

"Who says there can only be one enlightenment? But I don't say this to everyone. I swear on this."

Zhou Le certainly didn't say this to everyone.

For people like Yu Shuxin and Meng Ziyi, Zhou Le only knows how to read their palms and give them massage.

Then they talked about Wandering Earth.

Finally they came to a unanimous conclusion.

"Say no to drugs, say no to gambling, say no to Guo Fan, this man is too evil."

But when he said this, Zhou Le remembered what Guo Fan had promised him before.

"By the way, Director Ning, even though Director Guo is a bit of a weirdo, the movie is still pretty good. How about you come and play a cameo role?"

Ning Hao: "???"

Then the others subconsciously moved their stools one meter back, away from Zhou Le.

Because they had discovered that Guo Fan was evil, but Zhou Le was no worse.

"If you two were asked to join a pyramid scheme, I guess no one else would have a job right now."

Ning Hao sighed.

In the end, Ning Hao did not refuse the cameo appearance, and he also agreed to invite two of his directors to make cameo appearances later.

Another two hundred thousand is in hand.

As a result, Zhou Le’s experience points also increased a bit.

Now it is about to break through the 8000 mark. In this round of experience points, Longing for Life has made a great contribution.

Until now, Zhou Le still doesn’t know how to get on the show.

The guests were so exhausted from vomiting in the first episode, with obedience tests and open and covert fighting, even He Jiong, the good guy in the circle, lost his facial expression control.

After finishing the filming here, Zhou Le returned to the crew.

Su Yingxia had been waiting here for a long time.

Tian Xiwei passed the audition for "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and is now returning to school to prepare for the exam. She has also just negotiated her salary with them, with the package price being 100,000 yuan.

After all, there were many big names in that film, and all the money that could be divided had been divided up, so naturally there wasn't much left at the end.

"Brother Le, it's just right that you're back." "What's wrong?"

"Iqiyi launched Idol Producer, which has been airing for a while now, but Tencent also wanted to compete, so they launched Produce Camp 101, which is a talent show. I was thinking about whether I should let Yu Shuxin participate.
We don't need to invest too much. After all, the goal isn't to debut. As long as we can show our faces more, that's fine. I think Yu Shuxin is very suitable for variety shows and has a good sense of variety."

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "This hasn't been done yet, right? Then is that idol trainee you mentioned popular?"

Su Yingxia said confidently: "It's very popular!"

Zhou Le thought for a moment: "I haven't watched or paid much attention to those recently. Who is the most popular one now?"

"Cai Xukun is the most popular one. The others are Chen Linong, Fan Chengcheng, and Xiao Gui. He was on The Rap of China before, so he's considered a unique rapper there."

"And Brother Le, one of the music instructors over there is Li Ronghao, Zhang Yixing is the representative of the National Producer, Cheng Xiao is the dance instructor, and Wang Jiaer and Ouyang Jing are the rap instructors."

Zhou Le discovered that he knew something about these mentors.

But the contestants were not familiar with any of them.

"Forget it, Yu Shuxin, let her study film first. There's no need for this kind of publicity. Unless her film image is solidified, otherwise becoming famous in this kind of place will easily leave a stereotype with the audience, which will not be beneficial to her future development."

"Okay, but Brother Le, I've recently found you an endorsement, but it's not for a brand, just for this year's new product line."

"That's fine too. What brand?"

"Xiaomi phone."

Zhou Le: “??? Xiaomi?”

He was instantly furious.

"How dare they come to me?"

"I finally managed to get a 2s, but it ended up breaking. I saved up so much money to buy a 4s. I still remember spending 1699, and what happened? Not only does it burn like a fire stick, it even died after just two months!"

"After using it for more than a month, the screen broke."

"Have you seen Lei Jun? Ask him to pay me back 1699!"

Zhou Le lost his composure on the spot. 1699 was a huge sum of money for Zhou Le at that time, and it was all the money he saved by living frugally.

"Brother Le, Brother Le, don't get too excited. Xiaomi is willing to pay 800 million, but it's for a total of four mobile phone models, all of which are new models to be released this year."

Zhou Le: "???"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"You got angry before I even had a chance to say anything to Le Ge. Actually, I learned earlier that they were planning to keep Wu Yifan as the spokesperson, but some people were saying that he had an unclear relationship with his fans, and then there were those photos and chat records of Xiao G Na, and after that hip-hop variety show last year, there were rumors that he was selecting a concubine or something.

So Xiaomi also started to consider changing people, but the reason they actually chose you, Brother Le, is because recently, someone dug up Lei’s original ghost video, and then the up-hosts on Bilibili put you in the same ghost video.

Mr. Lei also saw it at the time and thought it was interesting. Later, Wolf Warrior, Sewing Machine Band, and Riding the Wind and Waves were released. Plus, they also heard that you were filming the God of Medicine and that you had millions of followers on Weibo just by writing jokes. Plus, your fan base is all..."

Having said that, Su Yingxia listened for a while.

"We're all poor guys, right?"

"That's what I meant. So I decided to give it a try. After all, I worked well with Liu Haoran before, so I switched to Wu Yifan later. But now there are too many celebrities who rely on traffic to fail, so I started to turn to high-quality actors with traffic."

Zhou Le nodded.

Although Zhou Le had some grudge against Lei Jun, it was only because of the Xiaomi 4s incident.

In fact, I still have my 2s Zhou Le at home. Except for the battery, everything else is good.

Putting all this aside, Zhou Le still admires Mr. Lei very much.

"Then take it."

After all, who would go against eight million?

"Okay, but Xiaomi also started to go into the entertainment industry in 16 and even invested in several movies."

Zhou Le didn't consider this at all.

In contrast, if I had been born a few years earlier, I might have considered LeTV.

It’s a pity that Mr. Jia went to the United States last year. Now we can only wait for him to come back next week.

But just as he said this, Guo Fan, who was not far away, suddenly raised his head.

It seems that he noticed something.

"What are you talking about investing in movies?"

"It's okay, Director Guo, it's my endorsement."

Guo Fan became interested instantly.

"Come on, let's talk in more detail."

About half an hour later, Guo Fan bought three plane tickets and planned to go to Beijing with Zhou Lesu and Yingxia.

It's just that the phone won't be released for a few months.

Tencent Pictures has already arranged a dinner for a few days.

Zhou Le prepared for a while, and then took advantage of these few days to sign a contract with Yu Shuxin.

Then, in the name of the company, Ning Hao's Bad Monkey and Xu Zheng's Zhenledao exchanged shares with Huanxi Media at a ratio of 10:1, and exchanged part of the equity.

He also joined Guo Fan's media company as an investor.

These have actually been discussed before. After all, cooperation cannot be empty talk. It can only be called cooperation if there is an exchange of interests.

What Zhou Le values is their background, while they value Zhou Le's potential.

It doesn’t matter who you praise, but Zhou Le’s prospects are visible to the naked eye.

As for the interests that are exchanged, they are all normal. Even for people like Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, they have to find someone to do it together.

That day, Zhou Le took Su Yingxia to Shanghai by plane early in the morning.

I visited Tencent Pictures this morning.

Led by an executive, we looked at the corporate culture, company team, etc., and then held another hour-long meeting.

Tencent Pictures now produces content and makes direct investments.

The strategy for artists is mainly to invest in and affiliate the artist studios.

On the one hand, it is to make some money through artists, and on the other hand, it is to build an ecosystem and achieve a closed loop from beginning to end.

What they wanted was a five-year film and television contract for all the artists in Zhou Le Studio.

In exchange, if Zhou Le can give priority to some good works, he can also selectively appear on some variety shows produced by his own company.

The remuneration will be based on the market price, and the money earned through the resources of Tencent Pictures will be divided equally.

But that is also because Zhou Le is still a second-tier player at the moment.

There is no work that has proven that it can really carry the box office of a movie.

If Zhou Le or his artists reach the top of the industry, the contract will become June 4th.

If it becomes a top streamer, it will be 73.

In short, the higher your status, the more you earn.

After reading it, Zhou Le felt that there was generally no problem.

"These conditions are actually acceptable, and I think they are quite satisfactory. However, I also have some friends who usually have a lot of film contracts. For example, this year's schedule is basically full. So I want to set the responsibilities and rights of both parties. First, the resources we find ourselves will not participate in Tencent's profit sharing. Second, if there is a conflict, we will try our best to give priority to Tencent."

Zhou Le felt that it was okay to give a share of the profits. He might not be able to find so many resources by himself. After all, cooperation meant that everyone could make money.

But you definitely can't work for free. After using your favor, you have to pay your partner a share of the money.

That's Fujiwa?
But Tencent certainly wants to take all of these into its own hands.

It would be best to let Zhou Le be completely dependent on the company.

So, Su Yingxia talked about Zhou Le’s current situation, a movie that is sure to be a hit is about to be broadcast, one is being filmed, and two more are to be filmed, as well as the current cooperative relationship between the studio and some well-known industry leaders, etc.

What I mean is that compared to Tencent, although it can only be considered a bug, it is also quite uncomfortable to use.

Moreover, I have potential and my own connections. Even if I don’t rely on Tencent, I can still make a name for myself with the help of iQiyi, Alibaba, etc.

After all, Alibaba’s entertainment business is also very popular now.

And they are more willing to pay than Tencent.

In the end, we didn't reach an agreement on the first day, but we still went out to have lunch together at noon.

In the afternoon, Zhou Le came back here to take a look, and the senior executives were holding a meeting together.

In the end, it was unanimously decided to add Zhou Le's two items, but they were further subdivided into what was considered Zhou Le's own finding and what was arranged by Tencent Pictures.

After all, this is like an agent. After viewing the house, contacting the homeowner directly without going through the agent is jumping the queue.

Zhou Le followed the discussion until after six in the afternoon.

The contract content was finally finalized.

They made an appointment to sign the contract the next day. Although he was in Shanghai, Zhou Le knew people there, so he asked Xu Zheng to introduce him to a lawyer. After spending some money and looking over the contract and finding no problems, he signed and stamped it.

But since he was in Shanghai, Tian Xiwei had just finished the exam.

Zhou Le also happened to be going to the appointment.

I mentioned this matter later.

Tian Xiwei didn’t quite understand these things, she only knew that there was a big company behind it, which meant there would be more resources.

"Brother Le, is it hard to negotiate with them? After all, they are all professionals."

Zhou Le sighed: "Who said it wasn't? If I hadn't insisted, I guess either we wouldn't have any movies to shoot in the future, or both you and I would have to work for them."

[Experience value +3]

For a moment, Tian Xiwei felt that Zhou Le was the head of the family, and he cared a lot about them, the contracted artists.

But at the same time, I also felt an atmosphere that I didn’t have in other companies.

Although she has not experienced it, there are people around her who have signed with those companies.

"Brother Le, I don't have much money right now, so I can only treat you to this barbecue. When I make a lot of money in the future, I will definitely treat you to the best."

"Let's talk about it after you make money. It doesn't matter whether you eat or not. Right now I just want you all to develop."

[Experience value +4]

"Brother Le, I'm serious. When I have money, I will take you to eat all the delicious food in the world!"

"That's fine."

After saying that, Zhou Le took another glance and found that the experience bar did not increase at all this time.

(End of this chapter)