After negotiating with Li Zhuo, all that remains is to draw up a director's contract.

In the new era, directors are very free.

It's no longer like before, there is a unit or company to be affiliated with, and then it is also subject to the jurisdiction of the company.

Today's directors are divided into two modes to make movies and TV series.

The first is that the film and television company gets a good script and selects it among a group of directors.

For example, "Huanzhu Gege" selected Xin Changkong, "Yue Prison" selected Li Zhuo, and even "New Dragon Gate Inn" selected Hao He.

This is also the most common way.

The directors are chosen, but the directors also have the right to refuse.

The second is that the director finds a good script, and then goes to various film and television companies to attract investment, hoping that they will invest in the film.

Zhu Mei's "Love Letter" before, as well as Todd Phillips's "Joker" in the United States, are all like this.

At this point, directors are usually given a higher level of authority, and the role of the investor is not as good as in the first case.

In the first type of cooperation, the film and television company is decisive, and the director is not obedient, so he is directly replaced.

The second one is not good, because the project is taken by the director, and they will set a permission in advance, and the investment company cannot replace them, and at worst, they have the right to edit the final editing, even if it is one.

Looks like the second one is pretty good, right?

But not every director can enjoy it.

Otherwise, you are a super director like Hao He, and some film companies will pay for you.

Otherwise, just like Zhu Mei at the beginning, you are making literary films, the investment in literary films is small, and if the director is strong, it is easy to get awards, so many film companies will agree.

But on the whole, film and television companies are still very strong.

After all, being rich is an uncle.

This is also the reason why Shanhai.com caused such a big sensation when it entered the film and television industry.

The same is true for Abao Entertainment, they directly stunned a group of big directors and actors with money, which is a bit of a breach of market equilibrium.

Fortunately, Abao Entertainment failed, otherwise I am afraid that those stars would have to collectively increase their salaries.

Come back to the present.

Although Fengxiang Film and Television is not big, so far it can only be regarded as a grass platform partner, and even the general manager is concurrently served by Xin Changkong.

But the problem is that its bosses are Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Liuxiang, both of whom are well-known celebrities in the film and television industry, so it is very attractive to well-known actors and directors.

Li Zhuo came over to film Fengxiang Film and Television, and he didn't insult him.

However, Li Zhuo is also a very practical person, just like his movies, very clear and straightforward.

He is ready to sign a contract with Fengxiang Film and Television for a total of three seasons of "Yue Prison", in addition to having clear requirements in terms of funds, personnel, editing, etc., he thinks very low about his remuneration.

Originally, Li Zhuo said that it would be good to give 1 million per quarter, but Xin Changkong didn't dare to give it like this, and according to Shen Huan's request, he was raised to 5 million plus 1% profit share per season.

According to this ratio, Li Zhuo's income should be able to exceed 10 million in the end.

This is also what Shen Huan specially advised, and Xin Changkong himself also has it.

Because of the addition of profit sharing, it will give the directors who participate in the filming a sense of belonging and a sense of being tied together.

is not only the director, but it sold well in the end, whether it is "Huanzhu Gege" or the first season of "Yue Prison", Fengxiang Film and Television gave a big red envelope.

It is a habit in the film and television industry to give red envelopes, but there are not many people like Fengxiang Film and Television, that is, the boldness of Shanhai.com is greater, and other than that, it is not as generous as Fengxiang Film and Television.

With Li Zhuo in hand, and he wants to shoot the second season of "Yue Prison" in the way of making a movie, Xin Changkong is even more reluctant to Shanhai.com's 800 million buyout plan for the second season.

At that time, the excitement of the second season of "Yue Prison" will definitely be able to surpass the first season.

At the same time, the consumption of funds is also very terrifying, and 10 million may not be able to stop in one episode.

If you shoot 30 episodes like this, it will be a net investment of 300 million, and you will only get 800 million, and you won't even get 200% of the profit, like that?

Xin Changkong is not without confidence when he thinks so.

In the first season of "Yue Prison", Shanhai.com not only gained huge popularity abroad, but also once again resounded the name of Shanhai.com in the hearts of TV fans around the world, especially in Europe and the United States.

Moreover, Shanhai.com also obtained a pre-tax income of 100 million US dollars in the sale of copyrights in the first season of "Yue Prison".

Although they gave Fengxiang Film and Television 300 million, and paid taxes or something, they made a net profit of 200 million alone.

The key is that when "Yue Prison", a TV series that was originally only broadcast on the Internet, was bought out and started broadcasting on TV stations in various countries, the viewership data obtained was shocking!

Take the most important North American market, for example, when ABC aired, the number of viewers reached 17 million at the beginning, and then it went all the way up, and the fifth episode broke the standard of 30 million.

You must know that "Yue Prison" is a TV series that has been broadcast once on Shanhai Network, and at least more than 30 million people in North America have watched it.

Now replay it, although it is a VIP extended version, it stands to reason that not so many people watch it.

ABC thinks that it would be good to attract 10 million, or even 8 million people, to watch, and it doesn't cost much anyway, almost only $10 million in buyout fees.

As a result, it has created a TV series with a production cost of 50 million US dollars, which is incomparable!

What a surprise!

Not only in North America, but also in Japan, Taiji, Europe, South America and other places, all of them are like this, and the ratings are very good, far exceeding everyone's expectations.

This also shows how attractive "Prison is"!

You must know that its starring role is not a European and American star, but a Chinese!

So it is conceivable that in the second season of "Yue Prison", the buyout price of Shanhai.com will definitely rise, and I am afraid that 200 million US dollars will not be able to stop.

This is just talking about the buyout fee, the huge increase in the popularity of Shanhai.com, the increase in the number of VIP annual users, and the increase in valuation, so how to calculate?

You can increase the Liri of your mountain and sea network so much, we worked hard for a while, and only got 800 million yuan, which is really a bit aggrieved.

Too little.

Therefore, in the face of Cui Zhong's constant urging, Xin Changkong still refused, saying that he would not be able to judge the value until the second season was produced.

Now that there is a big director like Li Zhuo, whose style is very suitable for filming, the confidence of Fengxiang Film and Television to start the price is even more sufficient.

Xin Changkong still remembers that Shanhaiwang was a little estranged from the two bosses before.

Even though it has eased up now, business is business, and there are not so many favors to talk about.

Of course.

If the partner is director Zhu Mei, it will be different.

The treatment is naturally different due to different intimacy, which is also the most normal rule in the world.