Super Zoo

In just one week, two things happened.

On the night when the team of lawyers representing Taoyuan Film and Television and Cai Liming, the direct person in charge of the film and television company, entered the Longwu Villa, another team of lawyers also appeared in the villa.

Su Ming spent a lot of money this time. He was bold in strategy and absolutely cautious in tactics. He used all the legal and economic talents of the group. The lawyers in the entire team of lawyers specialize in economics, politics, criminal law, civil law, Western law, etc., almost all of them. Everything was covered, including Liang Sicheng who led the team, and Cai Liming, the representative of the film and television company, a total of nine people.

This was not a street killing, but a negotiation. The delegation of nine people was large enough, and it also showed Su Ming's attention and sincerity.

The subsequent 'lawyer team' pales in comparison, with a local lawyer from Xiangjiang and two assistants.

The boss of this team is one of the three parties involved in this investment, Shenghe, the leader of this session, A Le.

A large group of lawyers and professionals were drafting legal documents and negotiating cooperation details downstairs, while the three bosses were drinking and chatting in the small living room upstairs.

It's okay for Long Wu to call him 'A Le'. Regardless of his age or seniority, Long Wu, a gangster in the 1990s, is much taller than Shenghe now. Su Ming can't call him that. Yes, call each other 'Brother Le'.

'Brother Le' is in his early forties this year. He is wearing a simple jacket, jeans, and has short, sleek hair. He looks very energetic. When he speaks, he smiles with a very friendly but not artificial smile. It has nothing to do with the so-called community at all, more like a small and medium-sized entrepreneur whose career is on the rise.

After meeting, Brother Le briefly mentioned the 'misunderstanding' that happened at Youguangdang a few days ago, but Su Ming didn't take it seriously. They both laughed, and the matter was over. Long Wu closed the door and said seriously: "It's all. As for me, I will say it bluntly, this drama is a rare opportunity, and it will definitely make money, but the total is less than 500 million now, and it is likely that additional investment will be required in the future, so you two must be mentally prepared. "

Su Ming nodded slightly. The investment was too big. Both he and Long Wu were eager to shorten the shooting cycle to recover the investment. This required the cooperation of foreign special effects and actor teams, working overtime like the domestic crew, and even risking their lives to fight.

It's not that you can't fight for your life, you can fight for the life of foreigners, the key is that you have to give them enough money.

Brother Le frowned slightly, "Brother Ten, I will not participate in any subsequent investment."

Long Wu rolled his eyelids slightly and asked calmly: "Why? I dragged you into the game, and now you tell me that I can't hold on anymore?"

In fact, with such a large investment, not only Le Ge could not sustain it, but Long Wu and Su Ming were also under great pressure. Almost all the working capital was used up, and they were very stretched.

"Brother Ten, our situation is really different." Brother Le hesitated, glanced at Su Ming, and Long Wu said: "Su Ming is also on his own. We are all doing legal business together. There is nothing we can't say."

Brother Le smiled apologetically at Su Ming, then nodded, and said gloomily: "Xinji is passed down from father to son. Only the person named Xiang can sit in that chair. Although Huaxia Star is a listed company, it is tenth brother who keeps your word. But winning is different. As a talker, I can only work for two years. There are only three months left in my term. Not to mention that after three months, I won’t have the power to speak. Even with the 80 million now, there are still people in the company. Many prestigious brothers question me for taking too many risks. Times have changed, and Shenghe’s funds are getting tighter. This 80 million is almost all of his legal income.”

Su Ming understood. Now Lege was Shenghe's mediator and could use the company's funds to make movies. However, after three months of reelection and a new mediator, he couldn't decide whether to continue investing.

Even if the person involved is willing to invest in the follow-up, from Le Ge's point of view, he is not willing to see it. Who wants one more person to share his money?

"Your rules for Shenghe..." Long Wu shook his head and smiled, "Is it possible to connect the banker?"

"Wow, Brother Ten, you want me to die." Brother Le said with a bitter smile: "When I came back, under so much pressure, no one dared to even talk about it. Who dares to do that now? Who would do that? , the whole club beat him together. When I was a young and Dangerous boy, I thought it was ten thousand times better to win than Xinji. Why, in the election, everyone would have a chance to stand out, but I was really jealous. Xinji, why, everyone wants to be the emperor forever."

It seemed that Brother Le was really in a dilemma. He complained to himself like he was talking about cross talk.

"Don't talk about this. It's almost 20 years since I returned to join a society to try to gain some side benefits. It will be harmful and useless." Long Wu waved his hand, looked at Su Ming, and said: "A Le's side has a maximum limit of 80 million Hong Kong dollars, and my side has the most. If you provide another 30 to 40 million, how much more can you probably provide?"

"Twenty to thirty million is relatively easy. No matter how much it is, I'm not sure." Su Ming thought for a while and said.

"Yeah." Long Wu frowned slightly.

According to common sense, the cost of such a large-scale production is two to three billion U.S. dollars in the West. The cost of Hong Kong movies is low, less than one-third of that in the West. A reserve fund of 500 million Chinese dollars is enough. But the three people present all hope to make quick money, and the investment is too big. If it takes several years of filming to get back the investment, no one can bear it.

Again, Xiangjiang can speed up the progress, but since this film is for the international market, there must be a large group of ghosts involved. If you want these people to speed up the progress, you have to give them money.

As the saying goes, money can make all the difference.

There is no better solution for the time being. None of the three people present want to recruit new people to share the money. Fortunately, there is still 500 million yuan as a foundation, and it is not yet at the point where they are at the end of their rope and really need to continue to invest.

Let's start the crew first.

Before leaving, Brother Le specially called Jixiang, the current nominal boss, and asked Jixiang to come to Su Ming in person to serve tea and apologize. Su Ming smiled and waved his hand and said no need. These low-level underworld brothers are so stubborn that they don't need to mention it again after the matter is over, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The first thing doesn't seem to be a big deal. The three bosses met for a meeting and there was no problem in front of them. But the three of them felt an invisible economic pressure.

The second thing is just the opposite. Maybe in the long run, it is a good thing, but at present, from the perspective of the parties involved, it is definitely a huge tragedy.

Song Lulu went back to the mainland alone, leaving Hou Longtao alone in Hong Kong.

Before leaving, Song Lulu told Hou Longtao that she wanted to separate for a while and go back to calmly think about the relationship between the two.

They are married to each other, but they are just living together and have not registered for marriage.

Couples usually say "separate for a while to calm down", which basically means breaking up.

This happened on the second day when Su Ming came to the villa to discuss business. Hou Longtao did not give up. After four days, he called Song Lulu again.

In a very ordinary ice cream shop in Kowloon, Su Ming, Lin Mu and Hou Longtao sat together. On the table in front of them were iced pineapple buns, a cup of Yuanyang, and two iced lemon teas.

"What did she say?" Su Ming sipped a sip of iced lemon tea and asked Hou Longtao.