Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

With the big movie "Transformers" scoring the weekend box office championship for five consecutive weeks, and industry insiders estimated that this movie is very likely to break the record for the longest film opening period, the decision-makers of the National Film Company were once again dragged out by the media to flog their corpses .It is true that the news about the movie "Transformers" has been hyped up by various media, but this movie is the hottest topic. If there is no relevant news, it is estimated that the editors and reporters of the major media I will be scolded to death by my editor-in-chief.So everyone very tacitly brought up the topic that had been previously discussed and discussed it again, and the short-sightedness of the National Film Company is naturally a topic that everyone likes to see in the news.

On one side, people in the industry expressed heartbrokenly that the short-sightedness of China National Film Corporation will at least lose more than 200 billion in box office revenue; on the other side, film critics sighed and said that China National Film Corporation will lose at least a dozen internationally renowned film awards in the future. If you don't ridicule the National Film Company, you will feel that something is missing today.After learning from the pain, the National Film Company did mobilize the company's legal department and several law firms to jointly analyze a series of contracts signed between itself and DreamWorks. The result was that National Film Company did kill itself, and DreamWorks The lawyer of the company blocked all the loopholes that made the National Film Company go back on its word.When this news was announced on the board of directors of the National Film Corporation, all the directors present felt mournful and heartbroken.

At the same time, the global vice president in charge of marketing of the Germanic Motor Company has secretly flown to Donghai City, preparing to contact Li Wei, hoping to sponsor the "Transformers" movie starting from the second one.Even Germanic Motors' ambition is to wrap up the entire "Transformers" project, but the possible sponsorship amount is so high that the board of directors is a little bit hesitant to make up their minds.Therefore, the biggest purpose of this visit is film cooperation, and overall project sponsorship is an optional trial item.

The reason why Li Wei agreed to contact the German car company was mainly because the "lord mentality" of domestic car companies made Li Wei a little unbearable.Li Wei is a lazy and nostalgic person, basically as long as you are Li Wei's partner, as long as you abide by Li Wei's game rules, then Li Wei will be happy to take you to continue playing.The casual clothing brand "Yiyibushe", which originally sponsored Li Wei's film and television project, has become a first-tier casual clothing brand in Asia from a second-tier brand because of its long-term cooperation with Li Wei.

However, Li Wei was somewhat disappointed by the cooperation attitude of domestic automobile companies. Perhaps it was because the domestic market was too large and the tariff protection policy implemented in China caused domestic automobile companies to be generally a little less aggressive.Li Wei hoped that domestic car companies would develop more new car models to meet the needs of the movie, but the car companies declined.Even the car design offered by Li Wei was scoffed at by them and thrown directly into the trash.

If it is said that these are their professional fields, and Li Wei is a bit ignorant of getting involved, then the sponsorship money they have been in arrears makes Li Wei a little confused.Obviously the contract has been fulfilled, and the third-party evaluation report has been issued, and even the agency company of the other party has approved it, but they just don't want to pay.Later, Li Wei learned from some director friends in China that the sponsorship funds of many domestic companies will be in arrears for at least one to three years before they will be paid back.Li Wei sneered at this, he himself is not short of money, and his films have never lacked sponsors, so he directly asked the legal department and DreamWorks' cooperative law firm to sue the sponsoring company directly, and at the same time Use this lawsuit to directly deprive the sponsoring company of the "priority clause".

Afterwards, Li Wei stipulated that when cooperating with domestic companies, the sponsorship money must be fully paid before the contract is executed, and the advance payment policy is invalid for domestic companies.For Li Wei's map cannon-style revenge, domestic companies are in mourning.

After the success of the "Transformers" movie in China and Asia, it also began to spread its distribution work to Europe and America.At present, in the global box office country rankings, Asia represented by China and North America represented by Citigroup have always occupied the first and second positions, and the total box office of the two regions accounts for about [-]% of the world's total. The key areas of focus of major film distribution companies.

In addition to these two regions, the European market ranks third in the world with a [-]% share; South America and the Middle East and North Africa each rank fourth in the world with a share of more than half; , Australia, New Zealand and Oceania and other markets.After the formation of Li Wei's DreamWorks Film Group, the DreamWorks Film International Distribution Company was also established independently, responsible for the overseas distribution of DreamWorks films.As for distribution work in the domestic and Asian markets, DreamWorks still chose Kirin Film Distribution Company.

In terms of overseas distribution, DreamWorks has carefully selected.For example, for the more complicated European market, in addition to cooperating with the European United Cinema Company, DreamWorks also chose the Oudian Cinema Company, which occupies an important share of the Mi Qi country’s local market, and the European Union Cinema Company, which occupies important positions in Western European countries such as Gaul and Germany. Therefore, DreamWorks has a coverage rate of 95% in the European market.In other regions, except for the relatively backward southern African market, the coverage rate of DreamWorks is also above 80%.Therefore, the global distribution of the "Transformers" movie will be the first test for DreamWorks Films International Distribution.

"Don't worry too much, our previous publicity work has been done well, and our movie itself is an excellent work. Now we have done all the work we can do to the extreme, and the rest Leave it to the fans to judge. Don’t all stay in the company. Except for the necessary personnel on duty, the rest of the students should go home and rest. I believe that when we come to work tomorrow morning, we will all see a good news .” Li Wei said at the International Distribution Department.

Since this is the first time that the International Distribution Department (that is, the international distribution company announced to the outside world) has participated in global distribution, everyone from the general manager of the department to colleagues in various departments are a little nervous.Li Wei couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the news from the HR department.As the boss, Li Wei is of course happy for his employees to work overtime regardless of pay.However, as a modern manager, Li Wei knows that meaningless overtime work will not only fail to improve work efficiency, but will also damage the enthusiasm of employees and the centripetal force of the company.Therefore, after Li Wei learned about this incident, he came here immediately to persuade everyone.

Perhaps because of the comfort of the big boss, everyone thought about it for a while, and left the company one after another.And Li Wei returned to his president's office, anyway, there is a single apartment suite next to his office, he can completely let himself stay here.And a more important reason for Li Wei to stay here is that Zhou Xiao will come over, because Li Wei bought this building very early, so he set up a so-called exclusive elevator for the president next to his office.Although there is an elevator dedicated to executives on this floor, Li Wei rarely uses that.

Apart from Li Wei, the only person who can use this president's exclusive elevator is Li Wei's senior assistant, Amanda. Even Li Wei's other assistant, Alexandra, does not have this authority.Amanda and Li Wei have been cooperating for many years, and they have known about the relationship between Li Wei and Zhou Xiao for a long time, and Amanda is also friends with Li Wei and Zhou Xiao in private, so she is also willing to cover for them.

At ten o'clock in the evening, although many floors of the office building are still brightly lit, most of the floors are already empty.An unremarkable black SUV slowly drove into the underground parking level. Since the sensor pass of the DreamWorks Film Group was pasted on the front of the car, the parking area on the basement level was automatically opened for it.

This office building has five basement floors. Most of the first basement floor is occupied by a superstore, and the remaining half is the exclusive parking area of ​​DreamWorks; the second basement floor is the subway station, food court and women's market. ; The remaining three underground floors are parking areas.The reason why there are five basement floors is that the area where this office building is located is the most prosperous place in Donghai City.In order to alleviate the traffic pressure, the contractor and operator of the office building reached an agreement with the Donghai Municipal Government to increase the parking spaces of the office building itself in exchange for some tax reductions and exemptions.Of course, due to design requirements, the main building only has three basement floors, while the fourth and fifth basement floors are owned by the podium.However, the area of ​​the podium is larger than that of the main building, so the actual parking spaces are more.

After the black SUV entered the exclusive parking area, it drove directly towards Li Wei's exclusive parking area.Li Wei's exclusive parking area is fully enclosed and cannot be entered without corresponding sensing equipment.Naturally, the car entered Li Wei's parking area unimpeded. There were two Mercedes-Benz AMG-class SUVs parked here, as well as a Bentley and two supercars.

After the black SUV was parked, a man got out of the car.He took out an access card, and after identification, the elevator door slowly opened.At the same time, the monitoring equipment in Li Wei's office also reminded Li Wei.When Li Wei saw it, it was indeed Zhou Xiao who had come.Li Wei tidied up his clothes and walked out of his CEO's office.

Outside the president's office is his assistant's office, on the left is Amanda's office, and on the left of Amanda's office is his exclusive meeting room; on the right is Alexandra's office, and on the right is A tea room of its own, not only has a variety of drinks, but also fresh fruits and dessert cakes that are updated every day in the refrigerator.Of course, if Li Wei needs it, several Michelin-starred restaurants in this office building can provide delivery and even sex.

There is an inconspicuous door in the pantry, behind which there is a short corridor.The corridor faces the street, and the large floor-to-ceiling windows make it a place for the two assistants to chat occasionally.At the end of the corridor is Li Wei's exclusive elevator. At this moment, the elevator door opens, and Zhou Xiao appears with a food box.

Seeing Li Wei coming, he smiled and said: "Are you still afraid that I will get lost? I have been here several times since you moved here. Your place is much better than Qilin Building. The elevator of Qilin Building is too far away from your office. It’s far away, and I have to explain to the cleaning staff or security several times.”

"This place is specially designed for you." Li Wei said with a smile.He took the food box and walked forward with Zhou Xiao.

After leaving the corridor, the two entered Li Wei's office.Li Wei closed the door of the office. After pressing a button, the door was completely locked. At the same time, the small display screen on the door handle reminded "Do Not Disturb" in red.At the same time, the originally transparent windows became opaque, and thick curtains were lowered on both the windows facing the windows and the windows facing the corridor.Originally, the windows in Li Wei's office had the effect of isolating noise, and these curtains have the effect of absorbing sound and isolating the visitation of infrared thermal imaging cameras.

Then Li Wei pressed the button next to his desk, there was a creaking sound on the side of the bookshelf, and a door slowly opened.