Chapter 492 Yesterday We Had a Good Time, Today We Are in Court

Most of the actors, stars and industry insiders in the film and television industry were stunned by the news on the Internet.

It is unbelievable that there are artists who would choose to leave Shanhai Media?

With a big tree behind them, no shortage of resources and a smooth future, aren’t they satisfied?

The news that Yang Mi’s contract with Shanhai Media expired and would not be renewed quickly spread throughout the film and television industry, entertainment industry, media and the Internet.

Almost instantly, it became a hot topic for everyone and the focus of attention in the industry.

In the eyes of many peers, it is only because Lin Nan is so careless that he would easily let go of a first-line actress.

But it also shows that Lin Nan does not care about the so-called first-line stars, because the company’s profits have never relied on artist brokerage.

Shanhai Media can not care about a first-line actress with high commercial value, but other companies are different.

The first of the four little flowers, the heroine of a 500 million box office movie, has a considerable commercial value, and has a resume of several well-known movies and hit TV series. This is Yang Mi’s current confidence.

In the eyes of other companies, Yang Mi is completely a hot commodity. Whoever can sign her will make a lot of money and pick up Lin Nan’s leaks!

In just half a day, a large number of brokerage companies or film and television companies in the industry began to contact Yang Mi and Zeng Jia one after another, actively offering olive branches.

"Is she crazy? How many artists outside dream of signing with Shanhai Media."

"If she leaves Shanhai Media, she will become a living target? As the leader of the four little beauties, isn't she a very good stepping stone? There will be many actresses in the circle who want to step on her to get to the top, especially those with companies behind them, who may use any means..."

"This, will she still have so many high-quality film resources in the future?"

"Support Sister Mi's choice, all good things must come to an end, and the next stop will be even better!"

Fans have a lot of thoughts, some are optimistic or pessimistic, some are opposed and some are supportive.

Actors and artists in the circle are also talking about it, and there are many who are confused, watch the fun, and even gloat over the misfortune and want to replace her.

"Good news, this is the best news I have heard in the past few months."

Cai Yinong said with a sneer. There are definitely many people in the industry who have the same idea as her.

In the past, when I was trying to pull down my own artist, especially when I chose Yang Mi, I had to be cautious and hesitant.

In the future... I don't have to do that.

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Yue Jun said it all on Weibo, and then he stopped replying, but the media reporters still came to the company to block the door, and Yue Jun could only deal with it.

Lin Nan's phone calls never stopped. They all thought that the company and Yang Mi had broken up, and asked if he could help ban them...

"What do you want to ban? It's just a normal contract expiration and not renewal. They are bold and want to be their own boss..."

Lin Nan was impressed by Wang Changtian and Ye Ning. They meant well, but they asked him if he wanted to ban them right away, as if Lin Nan was a bully.

"Be your own boss? Well, you have done a good job in career planning, and you are ambitious. You also know that you can't get promoted as an actor. OK, since it's okay, I'll hang up."

"Well, Mr. Wang, see you later."

Lin Nan smiled speechlessly, threw down his phone, and finally got rid of these people.

Yue Jun had also informed Zhang Yi, Lei Jiayin and others early on, and Yang Mi would have nothing to do with the company in the future.

But Lin Nan Pictures would not require them to have no contact with artists who left the company like some other companies in the industry, as long as they could keep friends and work separate.

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"Mi Mi, I have to announce it to the outside world, otherwise there will be a lot of invitations coming to sign you."

"Well, send it, this is our new beginning."

Yang Mi said confidently.

As the leader of the four young actresses, plus the box office of "Love in Seattle", her value has skyrocketed a lot in the past two months.

To be the top actress, she only lacks those three things: stable high box office, top awards, and capital.

"I will achieve all of these one by one." Yang Mi murmured.

In the afternoon, Zeng Jia posted a Weibo on behalf of Yang Mi and herself.

"Thanks to many film and television companies and brokerage companies in the industry for their optimism and love for Yang Mi. Here we give a unified reply:

In the future, Yang Mi's work will be carried out under the name of 'Jiaxing Studio'. For all business dealings, please contact the studio. The following is the detailed address and phone number of the studio..."

As soon as the Weibo was released, many people in the circle immediately went to check the studio.

Then, the entire film and television industry suddenly realized it.

Zeng Jia is the legal representative, and Yang Mi is one of the three shareholders!

Before, only a few people speculated that a studio might be opened, and now it is proved that these few people are right.

It seems that Yang Mi left Shanhai Media just to work alone and be her own boss!

However, there are many voices in the circle and on the Internet that are optimistic and pessimistic.

"Everyone wants to learn from Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Xun, etc., but those people either have accumulated works for many years, or have Huayi stocks, and have extensive connections and good timing, so they have successfully promoted capital and now have multiple identities.

But most actors' studios are struggling and small workshops. It's better to stay in the original company."

"What does Yang Mi have to be the boss? This studio is penniless. If you come out to work alone for the freedom of unfettered freedom, then ignore what I said."

"Nowadays, the pay is soaring. With her commercial value, as long as she takes on more roles and signs more people to lead her, she can make her studio bigger and stronger sooner or later. Then she can upgrade it to a company and continue to raise funds..."

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The news that Yang Mi and her agent jointly opened a studio made headlines again.

At this time, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", which had been released for a month, was officially withdrawn.

Media reports began to flood the screen.

"Directed by Zhou Xingchi, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was successfully withdrawn, with a total box office of 1.245 billion, unfortunately losing to "Lost in Thailand", ranking third on the Chinese-language film box office list."

"The film's investors in the mainland market can share about 500 million in box office revenue. Huayi will be the biggest beneficiary, enjoying 70%."

Huayi's invitations to the celebration banquet for the film have been sent to the film and television industry.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" alone has made Huayi make back all the losses of the previous films, and there is also a surplus.

This result makes most of the production companies that participated in the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival and suffered losses extremely envious.

Although March is not yet halfway through, there is only one domestic film that can be called a name.

"Produced by Lin Nan Films and directed by Xue Xiaolu, the box office of "Love in Seattle" has reached 540 million, and the daily box office has dropped to about 6 million..."

"Imported films such as "Die Hard 5", "Upside Down", and "The Iron Lady" have all been released."

"Imported blockbusters such as "Resident Evil 5", "Oz the Great and Powerful", and "Giant Catcher" will be officially released in the middle and late part of the month."

The film industry can see that the Spring Festival is over, and it is time for domestic films to struggle again.

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Originally, Lin Nan was not going to go to Huayi's celebration banquet in person, but the Film Bureau seemed to attach great importance to it, and many leaders would be present, probably because this movie was a co-production.

So Lin Nan just went for a walk, while Liu Yifei was too lazy to move and was still sleeping.

The scene, at a glance, was so lively.

Third-tier, second-tier, first-tier, small companies, big companies, different circles have clear boundaries.

Those who keep walking with wine glasses are always the lower-level and thoughtful people.

Several state-owned enterprises and large companies in the industry, including Wang Changtian of Guangguang, Yu Dong of Bonanza, Qin Hong of Xingmei, etc., are all here.

These people are not here for Huayi's face, but for Zhou Xingchi.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" once again proved that Zhou Xingchi is a box office guarantee. Look, Huayi is full at once!

"Director Lin."

"Director Lin."

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Lin Nan nodded all the way in response and walked to Wang Changtian's side.

"You are late, Director Tong just left."

"This, the treatment is high enough?"

Lin Nan was surprised. He originally thought that at most a few ordinary leaders would come.

"After all, it is a co-production film. This movie can be used as a banner and launched."

After saying this, Lin Nan understood. Zhou Xingchi is a Hong Kong filmmaker, but he is different from those diehards.

"How is your success in prying someone away?"

"What you said is that we were just socializing." Wang Changtian shook his head and denied it.

"I understand. It's impossible to succeed in one or two times. Haha..." Lin Nan laughed.

While Lin Nan and Wang Changtian were chatting, the actors of the crew of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" were also busy trying to show their faces. This was a rare opportunity. There were many big companies, producers and directors present.

Lin Nan was not interested in the actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but the ones from the mainland were interesting.

In the media reports, Li Lianjie's godson Wen Zhang always looked arrogant. Now he is nodding and smiling. He also has the skill of serving people according to their appearance.

"Well, this should be the most beautiful actress in our crew. The first movie she will star in is a movie of Stephen Chow."

Huang Bo joked beside Lin Nan and Wang Changtian. Anyway, the women from Hong Kong and Taiwan were not there, so he was not afraid of offending people.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, hello, Director Lin, I'm Tang Yixin, Brother Bo is joking."

Lin Nan nodded, he didn't think what Huang Bo said was wrong, those Hong Kong and Taiwan ones are really not good, either big mouth or selling breasts.

Today, it should be the first time that Lin Nan has a face-to-face communication with Zhou Xingchi.

When the other party said that he was looking forward to cooperation, Lin Nan just took it as a polite remark, the chance of cooperation is too small.

However, Zhou Xingchi's vicissitudes of life are really incomparable to Liu Dehua, and he looks like he is 10 years older than Liu Tianwang.

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The celebration banquet of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is over.

At present, there are already three films in the domestic film industry that have box office revenues of more than 1 billion.

Everyone is also full of expectations or confidence in the fourth 1 billion movie.

Lin Nan found that Liu Yifei seemed to return to Hongxingwu frequently these two days.

I don't know if there is another announcement, or a new brand has come.

Just like that, two or three days later.

Yue Jun hurried to the Tiangong Color layer, with a look of...gloating on his face?

"What good thing happened to you?" Lin Nan asked subconsciously.

"Hahaha, it's so lively, there's a big noise outside, Director Lin, come and take a look."

Tiangong Color is full of science and engineering men, who don't care about gossip during work hours, Lin Nan was really a little confused.

He opened the entertainment information, and his eyes widened the next second.

He saw a big and bold title hanging on the headline of the film and entertainment page.

"Yesterday, we had a lot of fights, and today we are going to court - Zhou Xingchi sued Huayi, asking for 80 million to share the box office split!"

This is really big news in the industry, because both Zhou Xingchi and Hua Yi hold a pivotal position in the film industry.

This time it was done openly and openly.

Zhou Xingchi said it very clearly:

“A few days before New Year’s Eve, we had already negotiated an agreement with Wang Zhonglei, general manager of Huayi.

Once the movie's box office exceeds 500 million, director Zhou Xingchi will receive an additional 80 million box office share, but Huayi went against his promise and refused to acknowledge the agreement and pay the share. "

Wang Zhonglei also came to the end directly, and he tore off his mask and made naked sarcasm:

"What Mr. Zhou Xingchi said was indeed discussed in the email, but the two parties did not sign a formal contract, so it has no legal effect. We believe the court will make a fair decision."

"In addition, everyone knows that Mr. Zhou Xingchi loves money, but I would also like to remind him: a gentleman loves money in a proper way. Don't go crazy thinking about money and talk randomly. This will only humiliate yourself and make others laugh..."

Weibo, Tieba, and various social platforms are all about to explode.

In just one morning, the entire industry, the media, and the Internet were all covered in this matter.

"The question now is whether the court recognizes those emails. It stands to reason that the emails have made it very clear that both parties unanimously accepted the 80 million incentive agreement.

But the problem just happened to be timing. Because of New Year's Eve, the two parties did not sign a paper agreement, so there was no official seal or signature. "

Yue Jun clicked his tongue and sighed, Hua Yi threw Zhou Xingchi's trust under his feet and trampled on him.

"Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei and Zhang Weiping are really similar. No, they are much more ruthless than Zhang Dapao."

Lin Nan sneered and mocked:

"Seeing profit and forgetting one's righteousness, he is simply decisive! To put it more accurately, it is short-sighted. For 80 million, he completely offended Zhou Xingchi. With Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal, isn't it worth 80 million?

He also verbally criticizes others for loving money. Who doesn’t love money? They don’t? If they don't love it, how can they hack the 80 million? "

Yue Jun nodded, that was indeed the case.

"This lawsuit is simple and clear to say. It just depends on whether those emails count. The result is expected to be out in a few days."

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Many production companies in the industry are very excited. A few days ago they were still thinking about how to take advantage of the situation.

No, Huayi himself is giving everyone a chance!

"When doing business with light, it is always a matter of spitting out foam and nailing it. If you say it out loud, it will be like water thrown out..."

"So far, Bona has never treated its partners harshly. We look forward to cooperating with Xingye."

Yu Dong is also shameless. He seems to have forgotten to postpone the box office split for the new picture, and he has postponed it for a month or two.

"Xingmei looks forward to cooperating with Director Zhou Xingchi in the future..."

The Internet is overwhelmingly criticizing Hua Yi, but morality and law are sometimes really at odds with each other.

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Liu Yifei finally waited until Lin Nan came back, with a sad look on her face, which was another kind of beauty.

"You're back, you're giving me a headache."

When Lin Nan looked at her, she really felt like Lin Daiyu.

"I don't know how to treat illnesses. I have a headache. Did Auntie scold you again?"

Lin Nan joked. After Liu Xiaoli criticized Liu Yifei before, the latter was like this, listless.

Earlier, when she was still at school, she would secretly call Lin Nan and complain about her mother.

"That's not true. I got a script, and I thought it was okay, but people in the company advised me not to vote for it."

"Looking for you to act? What movie?"

Lin Nan asked with a smile, sitting next to Liu Yifei, a little curious.

"It's not acting. Xie Nan asked me to invest in it. I've been researching it myself for a few days, but now I'm in trouble and have a headache."

Liu Yifei moved her buttocks, found a comfortable position, and leaned against Lin Nan.

"Hey, she also wants to be a director, not a host?"

Lin Nan didn't think much and complained subconsciously.

"No. Oh, I'll bring the script and you'll know after you read it."

As she spoke, Liu Yifei got up and went back to another villa to get the script.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Lin Nan said with a smile.

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