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The celebration banquet of "Hell Apartment 2" is still to be held.

Within one month of release, the expected goal was perfectly achieved and the box office reached 450 million yuan. While the box office performance greatly surpassed the previous one, it also maintained a fairly good reputation.

According to estimates, the movie will continue to be released for about a month. Although it has entered the final stage of the screening, in the last month, if you are more optimistic, maybe the total box office can reach 500 million.

After such a film is successful, it is only natural that the production company invites the main creative team to hold a celebration banquet together.

Fan Zhe also attended the banquet, and at the beginning of the banquet, he held the microphone and gave a speech.

After finishing the work, he chatted with Dai Weidong, the leader of the "Dimension Broker", about the development of the company's artists, and chatted with Li Ze, one of the current main actors of the "Dimension Broker", which inspired him. Something. Looking back, Shi Jiangxuan and Lei Xiajun, the two executives of Dimension Media, also got together and contacted each other.

This is a normal business cocktail party model. Although Fan Zhe doesn't like it very much, who makes him the general boss of Dimension Entertainment? This kind of thing is inevitable. He also needs to take this opportunity to communicate with the important figures of the many branch companies under the group, at least to draw some feelings closer.

Although, in fact, these people are more controlled by Ye Jiayi.

It felt like the time was almost up, and when the celebration banquet was about to end, Fan Zhe was about to retreat and leave. Before that, a figure walked towards him staggeringly.

Taking a closer look, he is the director of "Hell Apartment 2", Ji Jiaxin.

He must be the hero of this movie.

Before Fan Zhe had been surrounded by people, Ji Jiaxin had not come over. But anyway, the movie is a success, Fan Zhe, as the boss of the investor, should have a cup with the director and have a few words.

It's just, why does he walk so shaky? Seeing his face flushed with admiration, he probably drank at the reception just now.

With these chaotic thoughts and thoughts in his head, Ji Jiaxin has already come close.

"Mr. Fan!" Ji Jiaxin's face was cheerful, "Just now there were too many people around you, so I didn't come over. I had a drink with other people. I must come to have a drink with you now."

Fan Zhe also smiled and said: "Okay, the movie of "Hell Apartment 2" is really hard for you. It is a great success for everyone."

After saying this, Fan Zhe raised the cup and touched Ji Jiaxin, but did not drink.

Fan Zhe doesn't like to drink.

But Ji Jiaxin drank all the wine in the glass in one sip, and then said unhappily: "Toast without drinking, does President Fan look down on me a little bit?"

Hearing these harsh words, Fan Zhe frowned, but then smiled and said, "How come, director Ji Da is the hero of the film."

Then he raised the cup and took a sip.

This is how much it gave others face.

Ji Jiaxin's face is still not very good, because what he is thinking is that he hopes Fan Zhe can do the same and kill him in one go.

However, he didn't continue to struggle with this matter anymore.

Taking advantage of the alcohol, he put his hand on Fan Zhe’s shoulder with a smile, and made a very intimate gesture, and then said: "Mr. Fan, you filmed "Hell Apartment 1" back then. This second part Well, I shot it, and the box office results are better than yours."

"..." Fan Zhe was already a little unhappy.

Can this be said? The pioneering work of a series, followed by a sequel film shot by an already successful film, can that be a concept? The IP of "Hell Apartment" does not have the success of the first film as an accumulation. Where can it be so successful? Especially when it comes to actors, can Li Ze, a male protagonist, be as popular now as it was in the past?

What's more, there is a big difference between the first part and the second part in terms of publicity investment alone. The second part, from production costs to publicity investment, all add up, more than twice as high as the first part.

Besides, for the success of the film, especially for this kind of commercial film, the director relationship is really great? The script was written a long time ago, the sub-cameras were designed long ago, and Dimension Entertainment's well-known post-production special effects, not to mention more.

This Ji Jiaxin, drank too much wine, is that so mindless?

Fan Zhe was a little angry, but after all, it was at a celebration banquet. He didn't want to make the scene too ugly, so he didn't plan to pay attention to this complacent guy.

But they refused to let it go.

"President Fan, the salary I got for this second film is really too low." Ji Jiaxin continued, spraying alcohol on Fan Zhe's face, and then using that big tongue to speak, making Fan Zhe true. It's uncomfortable.

He didn't realize it himself, but continued: "I know that I had no qualifications before, so it was normal to get this kind of pay at that time. However, now you should see my strength, the third pay, I think it should be more in line with my identity. Six million should be a more reasonable number."

This sentence directly made Fan Zhe angrily smile.

Six million? This figure is fifteen times the pay of Ji Jiaxin's current filming of "Hell Apartment 2"!

"Come in accordance with the contract." Fan Zhe waved his hand and said.

The so-called according to the contract means that when Ji Jiaxin applied to Dimension Entertainment to act as the director of "Hell Apartment 2", the contract he signed contained a treaty on the sequel. According to the treaty, Dimension Entertainment has the right to choose whether Ji Jiaxin will be the director of the third film.

And if Dimension Entertainment launches this renewal clause, then Ji Jiaxin must act in accordance with the contract. Of course, Dimension Entertainment also needs to pay Ji Jiaxin a 200,000 yuan bonus, and the third film's remuneration will also have an increase of not more than 60%.

This means that Ji Jiaxin’s act of asking for six million pieces is absolutely unreliable if he operates in accordance with the contract.

Fan Zhe certainly couldn't agree to Ji Jiaxin's request here.

Give him six million, a 15-fold increase in salary. The money is easy to say. What about the others? He started this head, and the other people behind the main creative team also took advantage of this opportunity, regardless of the contract, and the lion opened his mouth. What should I do? Wouldn't it be that Dimension Entertainment wants to open "Hell Apartment 3" again, and the cost will be hundreds of millions?

What's more, Fan Zhe really didn't think what would happen if he changed to a director.

At that time, when he was looking for a director for "Hell's Apartment 2" and even for "De Marcia: Glory", his attitude was to find a reliable, obedient and strong executive director, especially The last item "execution" is the most important.

As for what talents to talk about, these can be discussed later. It doesn't matter if there is no talent. For the heavy industry films created by Dimension Entertainment, as long as the director has enough execution ability, can rigorously, guarantee quality and quantity to complete the shots of the project in accordance with the pre-planned plan.

This is certainly a very important job, but to be honest, it is not difficult to find a director with sufficient execution ability.

Fan Zhe didn't think that the future "Hell Apartment 3" would be impossible to play without Ji Jiaxin.

But Ji Jiaxin didn't think so.

In his own heart, he is the biggest hero of "Hell Apartment 2". All the shots, except for a very small part of the full special effects shots, the other and all the shots in the screen were shot by him, the director, with the crew from beginning to end.

Even, he was still dissatisfied with the finished film edited in the later stage. He felt that the many good shots he had taken were useless at all; the film length of a mere one hundred minutes was not enough to fully express his view. What the director thinks.

But there is no way, who will let the right to edit in the end not be in his hands?

In fact, he was already very unhappy about this. He firmly believes that if Dimension Entertainment fully delegates authority to this film, he believes that he can make the finished product of this film better and more powerful-as it is now, it can be sold in the first 20 days of the movie. 450 million yuan, if it is completely delegated to yourself, from the pre-plan to the post-editing, and even in the design and special effects production, you can refer to your own opinions more, or simply direct the film by yourself. Wouldn't it be necessary to sell one billion, or even 1.5 billion?

The second film has no chance. After all, it has already been released, but if the third film is to be followed, these directors should have the power, he hopes to be able to win. Ji Jiaxin feels that the crew should be set up by himself and find some more powerful people; the design should be shown to him, and he can nod before he can; the editor is to give himself a hand and the job is done, the real editing work, It's up to the director...

Of course, he has already done so much for "Hell's Apartment 3", and his salary should be higher.

In the past, his reputation was not obvious, so he could only accept low pay, and more importantly, to fight for the opportunity to make a film; but now that he has a fairly successful work, he should have the right to demand the pay?

As for the contract...Isn't it that I didn't expect that the box office of this film would be so good? It is 450 million. It is estimated that when the screening is over, it will increase by 50 million and rush to 500 million. It seems that there is no problem. What's more, at that time, if he didn't sign the renewal clause, Dimension Entertainment would not find him as a director at all.

It was a must to sign, but now that it has been successful, Dimension Entertainment wants to let him continue to be the director of the third part. Even if there is a renewal contract, he should also have the capital to negotiate a new one.

Since "Hell Apartment 2" was regarded as a success, he has also received many praises. The whole person is a little ecstatic, and he is more and more dissatisfied with the renewal terms signed at that time.

Today, he rashly came to Fan Zhe to say these things. On the one hand, of course, alcohol was causing trouble, but more importantly, he naturally had this idea.

Therefore, he was very unhappy when he heard what Fan Zhe said about ‘coming in accordance with the contract’.

"The contract or something, we can go back and talk about it. My contribution to this film was not originally expected to be reflected in the price of 400,000 yuan. If I were to make the third film, only a 60% increase in salary. , I absolutely cannot agree."

At this point, his voice is getting louder and louder. The blushing and thick neck also didn't look very decent, causing others to look over here frequently, especially after hearing what he was saying, it was even more eye-catching.

As a director, he was originally one of the most important roles of this banquet, and Fan Zhe, the big boss, was even more regarded as the master of the banquet. When these two people had a dispute, they would naturally attract everyone's attention.

Ji Jiaxin was a little unaware of it, and was still talking loudly about how much he contributed to "Hell Apartment 2", the third part would not be successful without him, and Dimension Entertainment would kill the donkey. .

The people next to each other tried their best to keep their faces smiling at first, but when they heard these more and more excessive words, they all felt that the situation was not right, and they quickly came up to persuade them.

During this process, Fan Zhe never spoke. He didn't want to make the scene too ugly, but he couldn't stand the toss of the drunk Ji Jiaxin.

When Fan Zhe was upset, he finally couldn't bear the anger in his heart.

"Drag him out for me!"

This cocktail party was hosted by Dimension Entertainment. Fan Zhe is the host here. Among the participants, most of them were originally employees of Dimension Entertainment's film division, and the other part were crew members. Will these people stand on Fan Zhe’s side or Ji Jiaxin’s side at the reception? This is basically nothing to think about.

Just the security at the scene~www.wuxiahere.com~ That also listened to Fan Zhe.

Ji Jiaxin was lifted out on a stand, and he forced the crossbar, his mouth was still cursing, and the scene became even more ugly.

After being thrown outside, Ji Jia staggered and wanted to get up and rush in again, but was stopped by someone.

This time, it was not Fan Zhe's who stopped him, but his own agent.

"Are you crazy?" The agent said in shock and anger, "How dare you make such a thing in such a situation? You don't want to be confused, I still want to hold the thigh of Dimension Entertainment!"

Ji Jiaxin yelled indiscriminately, but couldn't hear a complete sentence. After yelling a few sentences, he suddenly vomited, and large swaths of filthy things were thrown on his agent.

"I'm so **** blind, I thought you could be promising!"

He knew that Ji Jiaxin had a high self-esteem, but he could not even dream of getting drunk at a cocktail party and then coming up with such a show.