Who says Beijing Film Academy has no great directors? (2002)

Chapter 95 Wen Ziren humbly begs for shelter

Chen Yan remained silent, while Shu Chang, standing beside her, had her ears perked up, but the noise made it difficult for her to hear clearly.

"Sister Xuan, this isn't something that can be decided by the order in which we appear," Chen Yan said tactfully, implying that even if he met Dong Xuan first, nothing would happen between them.

He doesn't like the older sister type.

Dong Xuan cried even harder, and couldn't stop.

But this occasion is just right; all the joys and sorrows can be explained by reluctance to part.

Dong Xuan is also a tragic figure, having twice encountered unsuitable men. In her previous life, her first husband, Gao Yunxiang, was arrested in Australia for sexual assault. However, Dong Xuan did not kick him while he was down, but instead put aside all her guard and did her best to save him.

She suspended her work, went to Australia, and spent more than a year getting her ex-husband out of trouble before filing for divorce.

Zhang Weiyi, the second husband, was an old-fashioned puppy-dog. He looked older than his age but had a lot of ulterior motives. No one could say how long their separation-style marriage could last.

Overall, Chen Yan still respected this woman, so even though she tried to take things further several times, Chen Yan didn't embarrass her too much.

Chen Yan handed a tissue to Dong Xuan and said tactfully, "Sister Xuan might be more suited to finding someone older than you; you'd feel safer with that."

As he said, Dong Xuan seemed to always be attracted to boys younger than herself, and in relationships she was more like an older sister or mother.

Love that grows alongside a person can easily lead to both financial and emotional loss if not handled properly.

Dong Xuan wiped her eyes and looked at Chen Yan blankly. She didn't understand what Chen Yan meant. Did he mean that she was not worthy of an old cow eating young grass?

Chen Yan was very frank: "I just personally think that you are more suited to finding a boyfriend who can take care of you, rather than someone who needs you to take care of him."

Dong Xuan withdrew her gaze and composed herself.

"Okay, I understand, I'll consider it." At this moment, she seemed to have transformed back into that gentle and intellectual senior.

Chen Yan could finally rest easy.

After sitting for a while, Dong Xuan sincerely thanked Chen Yan and then got up to leave.

Chen Yan nodded.

Then he continued texting Liu Yifei, asking, "When did you finish filming there? Is it a late-night shoot tonight?"

Liu Yifei probably went to the Shanghai Theatre Academy and didn't reply to him.

When Chen Yan finished, a group of them were all drunk, so Chen Yan simply booked rooms for them all at the hotel next door.

When Chen Yan got home, Liu Yifei finally replied to his text message, saying, "Finally over! I'm going to sleep, I'm so sleepy =—"

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"Good night, get some rest!" Chen Yan replied.

Liu Yifei replied instantly: "Goodnight!"

After resting at home for two days, Chen Yan began to work on the post-production of "So Young" at a leisurely pace.

I did receive an unexpected call with good news.

Wen Ziren was extremely excited as soon as he answered the phone: "Director Chen! 'Saw' grossed $1.04 million! It's a huge success!"

Chen Yan thought back for a moment, oh, James had reported to him that he was online a while ago, but he was busy filming "So Young" at the time and told him to contact Lionsgate directly if there was anything.

"Not bad." Chen Yan knew that the box office was about the same in his previous life.

After deducting the 50% from the North American theatrical distributor, marketing and distribution commissions, local taxes, transportation, insurance and other handling fees, there is still Wen Ziren's 8%.

The remaining profits will be split between Lionsgate and Chen Yan proportionally, with Chen Yan receiving approximately $900 million, equivalent to about 7500 million RMB.

Ten thousand left and right.

Crucially, there are also revenues from DVDs, videotapes, and television rights. In 04, the sales of home DVDs of horror films in North America were staggering, and this profit could even exceed the box office revenue from making the films.

The first Saw game alone sold over 10 million copies.

It must be said that in 2004, the United States was one of the world's leading countries in combating piracy.

Cracking anti-theft measures, unauthorized copying, and distributing pirated content online are all criminal offenses, with a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment plus a $25 fine for a single charge.

This model is great. Chen Yan only needs to provide the script, and Lionsgate can handle the production and distribution.

Wen Ziren hesitated for a moment, then said, "Director Chen, do you still stand by what you said last time?"

Chen Yan was taken aback. Oh, you've figured it out?

When Chen Yan was filming "Alice in Wonderland" in the United States, he recruited Wen Ziren.

But he said he needed to go back and discuss it with his friends, and several months passed during that discussion.

Now that "Alice in Wonderland" and "Saw 1" have been released and finished airing, he finally came to me saying he wanted to come over.

However, Chen Yan understood after a moment's thought.

This is because "Saw" just finished its run and became a box office hit, so they're trying to boost their own image.

Chen Yan laughed heartily and replied, "Of course, you're always welcome here."

Wen Ziren awkwardly changed the subject before shyly asking if the treatment could be raised a little higher.

Chen Yan agreed: "Director Wen, you can also take a tiered share of the profits. The higher the box office, the higher you get. You can discuss the specifics with James. It's inconvenient to discuss it over the phone, but I will talk to him."

In business, it's best to avoid revealing your hand in the first wave. Instead, use the excuse of the inconvenience of cross-border travel to push James out and gamble on him, making it easier to negotiate a lower price.

Even if Wen Ziren is so talented that he could win an Oscar for Best Director, Chen Yan still needs to suppress him today.

Moreover, there were some things Chen Yan wanted James to investigate.

"Okay, thank you, Director Chen!" Wen Ziren happily hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yan called James and asked him to find out if Wen Ziren had suffered a loss at Lionsgate.

Otherwise, his first choice would still be Lionsgate, and he wouldn't have abandoned that big factory to choose his small workshop.

James called back in less than a day.

"Boss, you guessed right. Director Wen Ziren had a lot of conflicts with Lionsgate during their collaboration. After Lionsgate found that Wen Ziren had no intention of continuing the collaboration, they began to ignore him."

"There were even a few significant clashes between the two sides, no wonder he chose us."

Chen Yan smiled. This fledgling director had quite a bit of backbone. He probably thought that he was the result of Chen Yan's careful consideration of various factors.

"Okay, then talk to him according to the proportions I mentioned before. Be nice to him; people in the arts can't stand being treated badly. He might just run away if something he says really hurts him."

James laughed out loud, "Boss, you're funny. I bet he can tolerate it, even if it's for money."

"That's even better. Talking about money hurts feelings, and talking about feelings hurts money."

After saying that, Chen Yan hung up the phone.

What I was thinking was that I could start working on my next book.

He can't let the North American horror film market slip by; he wants to do something big. It's difficult to get involved upstream now, but he can still play around with the downstream. As long as he doesn't get involved in the entire industry chain, he won't be targeted.

What Chen Yan wanted to do was to build a 3D cinema and a special effects company.

These two things are both incredibly expensive.