It's been raining for some time.

The weather temperature is also gradually decreasing.

On the campus of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences, tens of thousands of students began to gradually put on autumn and winter clothes, and some students who couldn't stand the cold even put on their own down jackets.

This place in Fog City, when it's hot, it's unusually hot, and when it's cold, it's bitterly cold, only summer and winter, and spring and autumn.

Compared with usual, today's Ding Yue also wore a thin white sweater, plus a long windbreaker, the sweater and windbreaker are Burberry, and the whole person looks a little polite.

After getting dressed, Ding Yue went to the spacious balcony of his apartment as usual.

This balcony is important.

The reason why Ding Yue chose to move his new residence here was because of this balcony.

Standing on this balcony, Ding Yue looked to the left and could see the current campus of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences.

If you look straight ahead, you can see the library of the book ship in the distance.

Looking to the right, you can see one construction site after another, the towering tower crane has been erected, and one after another construction site vehicles are coming in and out.

Ding Yue's vision is very broad.

You can not only see the original 2,500-acre campus, but also the first phase of the landmark building Shujian Library, which was expanded last year.

You can also see the vast construction site in the west where the second phase of comprehensive expansion is underway, and I have to say that the location of this Yayuan apartment building can be said to be very good.

The construction of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences is proceeding in an orderly manner, whether it is the construction of infrastructure, the construction of the teaching level of various faculties and majors, and the construction of the overall talent training of the school, they are all thriving in the direction of light.

Ding Yue enjoyed this feeling.

A private university of Nuoda has grown up with its own efforts, and this feeling of "farming" has given Ding Yue an extraordinary sense of achievement.

Of course.

Another reason why Ding Yue worked so hard to build Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences with the system was that he wanted to know what kind of ultimate reward the system would give him when he built Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences into the world's top comprehensive university and achieved this ultimate goal.

It's a little exciting to think about.

Just as Ding Yue was immersed in his own thoughts, the mobile phone placed on the living room table rang.

Ding Yue turned around and walked back to the living room, and glanced at the caller ID, which was called by the secretary Wen Ruohan.

picked up the mobile phone, and Ding Yue went out directly.

"I'll get into the elevator right away, let's be brief, or I'll see you in the second cafeteria later. ”

"Uh-huh, Principal Ding, the money is ready on my side, Principal Ding, are you going to the second canteen for breakfast now?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay. ”

When Ding Yue left the No. 1 apartment building of Yayuan and came to the second canteen, he saw Wen Ruohan, the secretary who was already waiting here.

"Principal Ding: Morning. ”

After Wen Ruohan saw Principal Ding who was coming towards him, he greeted him warmly.

"It's cool, aren't you cold?"

Ding Yue looked at Wen Ruohan's dress, her legs were more or less exposed under the long skirt, girls, it was hard enough to show her legs.

"Hee-hee-hee, it's alright. ”

Wen Ruohan shook his head with a smile, and then walked into the first floor of the second canteen with Principal Ding.

Ding Yue found a place to sit down, and Wen Ruohan went to make breakfast.

Under normal circumstances, if Wen Ruohan and Principal Ding come to the second canteen together, Wen Ruohan is responsible for serving breakfast to Principal Ding.

Sometimes Principal Ding gets up late and sleeps a little longer, and Wen Ruohan often buys breakfast for Principal Ding and sends it to the apartment.

Wen Ruohan felt that sometimes he was not only President Ding's office secretary, but also a life secretary more or less, but he didn't have much to do, and in the end he bought breakfast and milk tea or something.

However, Wen Ruohan found that Principal Ding has been drinking less milk tea recently, and every morning after arriving at the second canteen, he has to drink a cup of hot soy milk instead of hot milk tea.

"Principal Ding, you seem to drink less milk tea, but a cup of hot soy milk every morning, is soy milk better than milk tea?"

After Wen Ruohan called for breakfast, he asked curiously.

"Wellness. ”

Ding Yue replied calmly.

Now Ding Yue has discovered that it is not good to drink too much milk tea.

"Let's get down to business. Ding Yue said while eating the soup dumplings.

"Well, Principal Ding, as of yesterday, the total box office of our school's "Super Marines" for a cumulative month is 2.473 billion yuan, and then it successfully applied for a key extension for a month, and the box office of Yanying is about 100 million yuan this month, so it is a total of 2.573 billion yuan. ”

Wen Ruohan began to report to Principal Ding seriously.

Because today, Principal Ding is going to give bonuses to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio, that is, the 3% profit dividend that Principal Ding promised to Feiyue Animation Studio.

It is precisely because of Principal Ding's 3% profit dividend bonus that everyone in Feiyue Animation Studio will work day and night to produce the animated movie "Super Marines" before the National Day file in three or four months.

The final box office explosion was beyond Ding Yue's imagination.

Ding Yue thought at first that if the box office of "Super Marines" was hundreds of millions, then he would be able to earn it, and finally share 3% of the profit dividends to the members of Feiyue Animation Studio as an incentive, that is, a few million.

Now it's not just a few million.

Because the total box office is 2.573 billion yuan!

Since the application for the key of "Super Marines" was postponed for a month, Ding Yue didn't want to delay it for another month, and then it would take several months to settle the box office before he could get the box office share.

So Ding Yue asked his secretary Wen Ruohan to find a financial calculation, and then from the money he has now, he first took out the 3% bonus and rewarded it to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio, in recognition of their hard work and efforts day and night.

"With a box office of 2.573 billion yuan, how much revenue can we get?"

Ding Yue raised his head, chewed on the fragrant bun in his mouth, and asked.

Ding Yue had roughly calculated before, at least one billion must be there.

"I did a simple calculation last time, it seems that there is also a profit of 1.3 billion, right?" Ding Yue said another sentence before Wen Ruohan could report the data.

"President Ding, the box office of 2.573 billion yuan will first deduct 5% of the special fund for films, and then 3.3% of the tax. ”

Wen Ruohan replied.

Hearing this, Ding Yue couldn't help but feel distressed.

The 5 percent of the special fund for films, as well as 3.3 percent of the tax, add up to 8.3 percent.

For a box office of 2.573 billion yuan, this is a lot of money.

"2.573 billion yuan multiplied by 91.7 percent, there is still about 2.359 billion yuan left. ”

Wen Ruohan continued: "Of the 2.359 billion yuan, according to our contracts with theaters and theaters, their share will account for 43%!"

"So high!"

After Ding Yue heard this, he couldn't help but gasp.

It seems that the revenue calculated before is about 60% of the total box office, which is a bit much.

These various film special funds, taxes, and the sharing of theaters and theaters have been divided a lot.

"President Ding, the proportion of this cinema chain and the theater share, because we do not have a long-term cooperative relationship with the theater chain and the major theater companies, and the distributor is also us, so this is the first account sharing cooperation, so the proportion of the theater chain and the theater has reached a high proportion of 43%. ”

Wen Ruohan explained to Principal Ding why the proportion of cinemas and theaters is so high.

Normally, the box office of a movie, the proportion of theaters and theaters ranges from about 38%-43%.

The exact amount depends on the content of the agreement between the distributor and the theater chain and theaters.

Generally, if there is a relationship in the circle, or a relationship with the distributor, then the proportion of the share between the theater chain and the theater will be less than 40%.

Like this "Super Marines" from Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences, because the distributor is Ding Yue's Leap Group, and Ding Yue's Leap Group has not been in the field of film and television before, nor has it anything to do with any theaters and theaters.

Therefore, the box office theaters and theaters of "Super Marines" will account for 43% of the total.

Ding Yue simply calculated, this must be a billion yuan, right?

"If the cinema chain divides 43%, it is about 1.014 billion yuan. Wen Ruohan continued: "2.359 billion minus the 1.014 billion, the rest is ours, because the distributor is our Feiyue Media, so the distributor's distribution commission of about 5%-15% does not need to be deducted, we only need to subtract the cost of distribution and production, then the rest is the net profit." ”

"What is the final net profit?"

Ding Yue pondered, after such a subtraction, is there any 1.3 billion left in the end?

"In the end, our earnings minus costs and issuance costs are still 1.263 billion yuan of revenue. Wen Ruohan said excitedly: "Principal Ding, we have earned more than 1.2 billion yuan in one movie, oh my God, it's incredible!"

The income of more than 1.2 billion yuan is simply an astronomical amount for Wen Ruohan, I am afraid that only a bold person like Principal Ding can earn this big money!

"1.263 billion ......"

Although this number is roughly less than the last time Ding Yue calculated, it is already very good.

Imagine.

In this parallel world, which company can make a movie and make more than 1.2 billion net profits?

If the investors and directors of those films of the same period knew that Ding Yue had earned more than 1.2 billion with a "Super Marine", they would probably be envious.

The most important thing is that the 1.2 billion film income does not need to be divided when it comes to Ding Yue's Feiyue Group, because all the investments are invested by Ding Yue.

Unlike other films, the filmmakers earn hundreds of millions, and in the end they have to share the money with various investors, and if this round is divided, the investors will get even less.

Taking the movie "Demon War" of the same period as "Super Marines" as an example, this fantasy movie also exceeded the box office of 2 billion yuan.

After deducting the various sharing fund taxes and issuance commissions, it will be about 700 million yuan in the hands of the filmmaker.

The 700 million will be divided between the film party and the investor in proportion, and after the distribution, it is already very good for an investor to earn 100 million.

Usually for a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, there is definitely not only one, but even many investors.

And "Super Marines" has only one investor, and that is Ding Yue.

All the cost investment was made by Ding Yue alone, and it was tens of millions at that time, but tens of millions were really not much for Ding Yue, and Ding Yue was also very sure that he could at least earn back the cost at that time, so he spent tens of millions to make this "Super Marine".

Now it seems, the rewards are super lucrative!

The production cost plus the publicity and distribution cost totaled more than 80 million, and finally earned back more than 1.2 billion, "Super Marines" has become a legend in the Xia Kingdom film industry, and countless directors have a sore toothache.

"Principal Ding, you promised Feiyue Animation Studio's 3% revenue dividend as a bonus, that is, 37.89 million, and I have prepared the financial side for this money. ”

Wen Ruohan said proudly.

Since Principal Ding ordered it down yesterday, Wen Ruohan has been busy doing this matter.

Now that the finance has prepared the money, Principal Ding can pay bonuses to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio at any time.

"Okay, after we finish breakfast, we'll go to Feiyue Animation Studio, and did you inform Jiuge about them? ”

Ding Yue asked with a smile. 202 eBooks

"Well, I already notified me last night, I'll notify you again after breakfast, and then the celebration banquet has been arranged tonight, just in the campus theme hot pot restaurant on the third floor of our second canteen, and it will be chartered after eight o'clock in the evening!"

Wen Ruohan nodded.

"Good!"

Ding Yue has always been very satisfied with the efficiency of his secretary Wen Ruohan.

After eating breakfast, Ding Yue took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, then stood up: "Let's go, go to Feiyue Animation Studio!"

Ding Yue is ready to give a bonus of 37.89 million yuan to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio under his hands, but in the distant Yancheng, there is a producer who is very sad.

As the saying goes, the waterlogging dies, and the drought dies.

Ding Yue belongs to the party that was waterlogged by the box office revenue, and Ma Wenhai is the party who was killed by drought!

Because, the sci-fi movie "Battlestar" directed by Ma Wenhai only had a box office of 547 million yuan in one month.

This box office is two words for the film "Battlestar" - blood loss!

Because the production cost of "Battlestar" is more than 100 million, and the production cost of more than 100 million, plus publicity and distribution, the cost is even higher.

You must know that the publicity of "Battlestar" before its release was very crazy, all kinds of large-scale, hot searches bought every day, and I don't know how much money it burned.

But what can be known is that the total box office of 547 million yuan is far from recovering the cost!

The first few days of the release of "Battlestar" were quite good for Ma Wenhai and the investors, but every day after that, the daily box office of "Battlestar" was simply low, and it was completely incomparable with "Super Marines" and "Demon War".

Therefore, one month after the release of "Battlestar", because the results were really poor, I did not apply for a key extension.

Even if you apply for a key extension, it is impossible to earn a follow-up box office, and there is no need for that at all.

"Old Ma, how much did you lose this time in "Battlestar"?"

In Ma Wenhai's villa, Ma Wenhai's friend Chen Dachun was chatting with him about the loss.

"I lost more than 100 million, and my personal investment of 35 million was all lost, alas!"

Ma Wenhai sighed, and the cigarette in his hand was not fragrant at all.

Since Ma Wenhai is the director and producer of the film "Battlestar", and he is also one of the investors, the other investments are all brought by Ma Wenhai.

Therefore, according to the contract signed between Ma Wenhai and the investors, after the box office of more than 500 million yuan is shared, all the money will be given priority to those investors.

Despite this, after the box office of more than 500 million is shared, there are only less than 200 million, even if it is fully distributed to the investors, it is not enough.

In other words, all the investors of "Battlestar" are at a loss.

And the 35 million that Ma Wenhai invested by himself was completely lost, and he didn't get a penny back!

"Thirty-five million is not a small amount, the most important thing is that Lao Ma, after this failure, the next time you want to make a movie, it is not so easy to attract investment. ”

Chen Dachun said regretfully.

"Don't mention it!"

Ma Wenhai is in a complicated mood now: "Why can the cartoon of Fog City University of Arts and Sciences have such a high box office?"

Up to now, Ma Wenhai can't figure it out, why!

The sci-fi movie with such a big investment actually suffered Waterloo in the National Day file, and Ma Wenhai's heart was indignant.

"I know, this is the first time that your Lao Ma has been a director for so many years, and he has lost money, but we have to analyze the reasons and strive that there will be no more Waterloo next time, otherwise, Lao Ma, your directorial career may be ......."

Chen Dachun, as a producer, had to persuade his friends.

"Then tell me, what did I fail this time!" Ma Wenhai took a deep breath and looked at Lao Chen and asked.

"As you just said, the basic box office of the National Day file is so big, and a large part of it has been snatched away by "Super Marines" and "Demon War", which is indeed a reason, but as far as the film "Battlestar" is concerned, there is also a reason. ”

Chen Dachun rationally analyzed the reasons for the failure for Ma Wenhai.

"It's still been robbed of share!" Ma Wenhai fell into a strange circle, he thought that his "Battlestar" failed at the box office because "Super Marines" and "Demon War", two films that both exceeded 2 billion box office, stole the basic market.

The basic plate of the National Day file is so big every year, and as a result, there are two blockbuster films, so isn't his "Battlestar" squeezed out of the box office space?

In this parallel world of Xia, now in 2021, the highest grossing movie in the country is only a record of more than 3 billion.

Movies that can exceed 2 billion box office are all popular hits, and those that can exceed 1 billion box office are all hits of the year!

Ma Wenhai has made several movies with a box office of more than one billion before, and the box office of the last sci-fi movie can be regarded as a big hit.

As a result, it didn't come to pass, and the "Battlestar" released this year actually encountered Waterloo!

"Let's not talk about being squeezed out of the box office space, in terms of the quality of the film itself, in fact, I analyzed it later, compared to your last film with the same science fiction theme, there is not much progress. Chen Dachun pointed out the problem.

I have to say that Chen Dachun's vision is still very unique.

After all, he is one of the well-known directors and producers in China, and he can see the problem with his old friend Ma Wenhai's "Battlestar".

"How can I improve, the special effects have been used very well, actors, we are also looking for the current popular traffic stars, props, dubbing, sound effects, I use a mature system!"

Ma Wenhai frowned and said to Lao Chen.

"To tell you the truth, Lao Ma, you love to use traffic stars, you have to change it. Chen Dachun shook his head and suggested.

"If you don't need traffic stars, how can you ensure the basic disk?" Ma Wenhai's eyes widened suddenly.

Since entering the new era of the Internet, Ma Wenhai believes that traffic stars are a very key existence, and acting skills can be weakened, but popular star actors are or indispensable.

Therefore, several of Ma Wenhai's film works are basically popular stars.

The first few are still popular star actors, and the latter ones are basically pure traffic stars, and this year's "Battlestar" is a super popular traffic star, as for acting, does it matter?

For Ma Wenhai's cognition, it doesn't matter at all!

However, in Chen Dachun's opinion at this time, this is a misunderstanding of Lao Ma's thinking.

"Lao Ma, in recent years, the reputation of traffic stars is basically not very good, except in the fan circle, and passers-by have no good impression of traffic stars. ”

Chen Dachun had to seriously analyze the current situation for his old friend: "Yes, a few years ago, there were indeed many directors who used traffic stars to make movies and made a lot of money, but the times are changing, as far as my observation in the past few years, the proportion of traffic stars in movie actors is becoming more and more out of balance, that is, it is becoming less and less important, what do the audience watch? What are the traffic stars? With traffic stars, they may not even be able to shoot stories!"

Chen Dachun's words couldn't help but make Ma Wenhai fall into contemplation in an instant.

"Lao Chen, what you say ......"

Ma Wenhai originally wanted to refute his old friend's words.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that what Lao Chen said makes sense.

Now there are still many directors who are using traffic stars to make movies and TV series, but the income is gradually getting lower and lower.

Ma Wenhai's own "Battlestar" has planted a huge heel all of a sudden, which seems to indeed mean that it is starting to go downhill with traffic stars to make movies.

Unless it's the kind of low-budget movie, you may be able to make a profit with traffic stars.

If you want to make a high-cost movie with large-scale special effects, and you still use traffic stars, it may indeed seem incompatible with the movie itself because of the abrupt acting skills of traffic stars and the requirements in the filming process.

"What did you taste when I said this?" asked Lao Chen, taking a puff of the cigar in his hand.

"Tsk...... Well, I just think there's some truth to what you're saying. Ma Wenhai frowned tightly and said: "Let's just talk about our starring role in "Battlestar", there are a lot of requirements when filming, because it is a top traffic star, it is still difficult to serve, and it has invisibly increased our production costs!"

After seeing his old friend Ma Wenhai have such an idea, Chen Dachun showed a smile: "Of course, this is only one of the reasons, for the control of the whole film, I think you may have reduced it because of the problem of the actors, I remember that you used to control the rhythm of the movie, but it was very strong!"

"Yes, this one does. ”

Ma Wenhai nodded and said softly.

"Lao Ma, we made a movie and encountered a Waterloo, this is actually nothing, as long as we find the reason and solve the problem, we will do it seriously in the next movie, and your old horse's reputation will return to the public eye!"

Chen Dachun encouraged his old friend.

The loss of 35 million is a lot of money for Ma Wenhai, but it will not make a well-known domestic director like Ma Wenhai collapse.

The failure of "Battlestar" this time mainly challenged the reputation and status of Ma Wenhai, a first-line director.

The slide is for sure.

But because Ma Wenhai had such a good foundation before, the loss of "Battlestar" this time would not knock him into the ground all of a sudden.

Chen Dachun believes that Lao Ma's next film will be stable, and he can still stabilize his status as a well-known domestic first-line director.

"Lao Chen, Lao Chen, I knew that you came to me from Haicheng this time, and it would definitely make me rekindle my confidence. ”

Ma Wenhai looked at Chen Dachun who was sitting on the sofa opposite, glad that he knew him, his gaze seemed to be deeper than his own.

There are many problems that he can't see, and Lao Chen can always analyze and summarize them.

"Hahaha, who is your old horse, the great director of our Xia Kingdom, I still believe in you very much, such an old horse, I will be the first to vote for your next movie!"

Chen Dachun raised his head and said with a laugh.

Last year, Chen Dachun's movie made him a lot of money, and there was no movie released this year, but there will be one next year, but it was shot by Chen Dachun and another director.

Therefore, Chen Dachun has money in his hands and can support his old friend Ma Wenhai to fight again!

"I'm not afraid I'll lose you? I'm losing my pants this time. Ma Wenhai smiled and quipped.

"I'm afraid I won't vote, won't I?" Chen Dachun smoked a cigar and said: "Your "Battlestar" didn't have any money to invest at that time for various reasons, so I avoided a money-losing investment, and the next one that made money would not let me vote." ”

"It's still the same sentence back then, Lao Chen, you want to vote, I promise to leave a place for you!" Ma Wenhai's eyes revealed a look of friendship and affection, looking at Chen Dachun and said.

"Okay, old friend cheer up again, I'm afraid that you will be overwhelmed by all kinds of comments on the Internet this time. ”

Chen Dachun came to Yancheng this time to talk to his old friend Ma Wenhai about his failure this time, because he was worried about his old friend.

After all, since the box office failure of "Battlestar", the doubts about Ma Wenhai on the Internet can be described as wave after wave.

A person who has never tasted such a fiasco, if he can't adjust his state in this situation, it will be miserable.

"Alas, I'm just a pity, it seems that domestic science fiction movies are still very difficult to do, I opened up a little market in the last one, but this year this year is Waterloo. ”

Ma Wenhai's state is stable because of the care of his old friend.

But he still regrets that he couldn't make a good domestic science fiction movie.

"I know, you want to make a good domestic science fiction movie, but this needs to be done little by little, let's not rush. ”

Chen Dachun understands his old friend very well.

He is different from the type of movies he loves to shoot, he is good at shooting police and bandit suspense, costume detectives and the like.

And his old friend Ma Wenhai is bent on making a sci-fi movie that can be used in China.

His last film was also a science fiction movie, and the box office was okay, but the word-of-mouth and score were still a little short of the ideal goal.

Ma Wenhai never thought that at this moment, Ding Yue, who was a competitor in the Fog City University of Arts and Sciences, was also chatting with him.

"So, Director Ma Wenhai and Director Chen Dachun have a very good relationship?"

On the way to Feiyue Animation Studio, Ding Yue chatted with his secretary Wen Ruohan, and talked about Ma Wenhai, the "fateful" opponent of the National Day file.

"Well, Director Chen and Director Ma have a very good relationship, Director Chen Dachun is the grandmaster director of my country's police and bandit suspense films, and Director Ma Wenhai is the pioneer of our domestic science fiction films. ”

"Pioneer of science fiction films?"

When Ding Yue heard Wen Ruohan say this, he couldn't help frowning and muttering, "That's it?"