Holding back the nervousness in his heart, the moderator finally remembered the prepared speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Today is the press conference of the new film of the famous director Mr. Jing Jian. And this "Infinite Trembling 3" will be filmed by the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television of China, Paramount and Seed Pictures in the United States. This is an important cultural exchange project between China and the United States, and has received strong support from the U.S. Embassy in China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and the People's Liberation Army of Chinese People's Liberation Army......"

Jing Jian, who looks cool in sunglasses, smiles with satisfaction, he has just signed a contract of the century with Shirley. Paramount will acquire the rights to shoot the next three installments of the Infinity series. Seed Pictures will receive a 15% share of the film's total revenue. That is, the total revenue share of the box office and peripherals. You must know that the peripheral income of Hollywood hit films has long exceeded the box office itself.

In addition, Europe's European Union Cinema Line has formed a strategic cooperation with Paramount, joining hands with Jing Jian's own Hong Kong and mainland films to dump into the nascent market of Eastern Europe. The co-production with the Film Bureau also allowed Seed Pictures' films to be released in China, and will receive a 20% share of the box office. In addition to the first two films of Infinity and "Parkour Youth" 123, what is the ...... behind the mountain? Well, Jing Jian admits that he has forgotten the title of that independent film, and now the 20% share of the Chinese box office is not much, but he can't stand that huge influence?

Of course, the director and the "twins" will never be less paid. The director's fee is $5 million, and the actor's fee is $300,000. After all, Jing Jian is a freshly released nominee for Best Supporting Actor, and according to the market price of Hollywood commercial films, it should be one million dollars.

In fact, for Jing Jian, the reason why he agreed to direct "Infinite 3" is not very important, the key is that he needs this hype very much.

Jing Jian is indeed very rich now and has a huge industry, but don't forget that his foreign loans are also astronomical, and he also has a big money-burning person like Standard Group. The main reason is that the speed of expansion is too fast, especially to give confidence to the Soviet government (Jing Jian does not know, for various reasons, the current Soviet government is more confident than Jing Jian's most optimistic idea), so he needs a big advertisement.

What could be more effective than a box office hit? The layman doesn't understand the profit model of a movie. Maybe many people think that if the box office is 300 or 500 million, you actually made 300 or 500 million. If you show the Soviet government, or the financial community, the ability to absorb money, you will definitely increase your confidence and add a lot of convenience to Jing Jian's continued financing. After all, now that Jing Jian and Wall Street are in a cold war, there is no more important financing position.

The rest was a bit of a bonus. It can strengthen cultural exchanges between China and the United States and make some contributions to Chinese films, which is also what Jing Jian is willing to do. In any case, with the reputation of the first two parts of "Infinity", as long as you come up with sincere works, the box office will never be bad, it is nothing more than a matter of earning more and earning less.

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Shirley on the side was smiling, and she was also quite satisfied. The Chinese government promised to send 10,000 troops to assist in the filming for a month, and only asked for a "food fee" of one million US dollars, which even Solana felt "unbearable" and took the initiative to increase it to 2 million. All China needs is 8% of the film's box office profits and free Chinese mainland broadcasting rights.

Again, in the film industry, box office revenue and box office profit are two completely different concepts. For example, in the famous "Harry Potter" series and "Lord of the Rings" series, Hollywood studios magically played both films into losses, making the directors and actors who took a share of the box office profits all spew blood. I heard that the director of "The Lord of the Rings" is still in a marathon lawsuit with the studio.

Therefore, many dominant directors and actors, like Spielberg, Cameron, Tom Cruise, Leonardo, etc., all saw through this trick, and simply like Jing Jian, I don't care how you do the account, I want a share of the box office revenue. Of course, a director and actor who can make such a request first needs that qualification.

In short, the Chinese 8%? Paramount can play too many tricks. Of course, it won't be too much, and if you really make a lot of money, you can also give a symbolic million dollars. As for the broadcast rights in Chinese mainland, Shirley didn't care about this at all, and had never been allowed to enter before.

In addition, like Seed Pictures, the Chinese government has approved five Paramount films to be screened in China. Although it only gets a 20% share of the box office, now is the time for Hollywood to raid the Chinese market, and I am willing to give it to you for free, which is to cultivate the habit of Chinese audiences watching Hollywood movies. That's what Jing Jian said - Chinese audiences can distinguish the faces of Western actors!

In fact, capitalists are not all short-sighted, they sometimes have a long-term vision.

What is especially satisfying to Shirley is that she has reached another cooperation with Jing Jian. The first is the cooperation in cinemas, because Jingjian has completely mastered the markets of the three Eastern European countries. The second is to find an excellent movie series for Paramount.

Paramount is one of Hollywood's eight greats, and it was not bad to be the leader of Hollywood, but he has a very fatal weakness - there is no popular series of movies. For film studios, a series of movies may not be the icing on the cake, but it can definitely be a relief in the snow, and making a film when the studio encounters a crisis often has a special effect of bringing the dead back to life. The most obvious example is the remake of Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts TV series again and again, which is hot again and again, and the audience still eats this set!

In addition, just from the perspective of this movie, it is simply a stroke of genius to be able to invite Jing Jian to cooperate with Solana. From the perspective of the publicity expenses saved, it will save at least $20 million to $30 million and increase the box office by more than $50 million. And this is what Shirley invited Hollywood investment experts to calculate, not an idea of patting his head.

Of course, the Chinese delegates on the rostrum were equally satisfied. The most critical political significance has been achieved, and from an economic point of view, the $2 million for "food" and more than $4 million for Jing Jian (U.S. taxes are required). This is what Jing Jian resolutely demands, and he is unwilling to specialize), and the domestic box office is at least tens of millions of yuan. And that's not counting the 8% and 11 American films, which are close to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and foreign exchange. This made the film bureau already happy......