This time, there are many people who flew from Huaxia to the United States to visit Xiao Yao's crew. Some were expected by Xiao Yao, and some were unexpected by Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao expected Sun Tingting, Lin Qisan, Nina Aiyiguli and Zhu Zitong.

At the post-celebrity party at the beginning of the year, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui officially disclosed to their friends about the preparation of parkour movies. The protagonist of this movie must be a real parkour master, and these four people are definitely out of the picture. Although Xiao Yao said at that time that other people could audition for some minor roles in the movie like Chen Xiaoting, but after really reading the script, they found that there were actually no weighty supporting roles suitable for them. If you insist on performing in this movie, there will only be some small supporting roles that are close to the nature of the dragon.

Judging from Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui's behavior of not deliberately setting roles for Sun Tingting and Zhu Zitong when writing the script, Sun Tingting, Zhu Zitong and Lin Qisan can all feel that Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui actually do not have a strong will for them to participate in this parkour movie created by the YRF team.

Zhu Zitong, Lin Qisan and Nina Aiyiguli have all participated in some film and television performances, and they all have a certain degree of fame in China, and they don't have to make up for Xiao Yao's movie to gain fame. As for Sun Tingting, who has graduated from Chambers, she has taken a very solid step in music. Although she really wants to participate in Xiao Yao's movie, Sun Tingting doesn't think it's a good choice to use a supporting role with not many scenes as the first collaboration between the two in a movie. Therefore, these friends and family members who are close to Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui did not participate in the role audition for this movie.

However, not participating in this movie does not mean that they are indifferent to Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui, and they can also come to the United States if they do not participate in the performance.

The two-month summer vacation is a rare opportunity for acting students like Zhu Zitong and Lin Qisan who have not yet graduated. Sun Tingting has been back to China for a few months, and it is time to make some moves. It was a waste of a few of them to stay in the United States to accompany Zhao Ruixiao Yao for two whole months, so the three actors took over the roles of the domestic crew, and Sun Tingting organized her own concert. made an appointment to wait for the three of them to finish the scene, Sun Tingting's recital was over, and they would come to visit the class together.

These things were discussed by Xiao Yao and them before they left for the United States, so Xiao Yao was not surprised that the four of them came to visit the class. What surprised Xiao Yao more was that in addition to Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting's families, there were also Tong Luo and Fang Yi who came to visit the class with these four people this time.

Of course, Xiao Yao's surprise was not when she saw them, but when she still called Xiao Yao the day before they left to tell Xiao Yao that she and Tong Luo would come with Sun Tingting and his party. Because they don't know the specific filming location of the crew, and they are not particularly familiar with Los Angeles, after they arrive, they need Xiao Yao to send someone to pick them up.

Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and others have to film, and they must not leave the crew to pick up the airport in person. On the day they arrived, Xiao Yao not only asked Mu Ying to send two crew drivers to the airport to pick them up, but also invited the members of the band "Immortals", who were already locals, to go with the driver.

Except for Zhu Zitong and Sun Tingting, the other people who came to visit the class all booked hotels. After the driver sent them to the hotel to settle their luggage, these people who came to visit the class didn't take a break, so they asked the crew driver to send them to the filming site of the crew.

The crew implements an eight-hour work system, and has a lot of free time, Xiao Yao has no intention of suspending filming for his relatives and friends who are visiting the class. After the visitors came to the filming site, everyone just took advantage of the break to greet each other, and then continued the filming work.

Xu Fei's father and Chen Xiaoting's mother are both actors, and Tong Luo is the teacher of Shen Opera, although he does not teach acting, he can be regarded as a practitioner in this industry. Everyone is in this business, and they have no opinion on this arrangement of the crew, and they watched the filming of the crew for half a day with great interest.

Although Xiao Yao and others discussed their relatives and friends to entertain themselves before the relatives and friends of the visiting class came, after the crew finished work in the evening, Xiao Yao, as one of the biggest talkers of the crew, still invited all the people who came to visit the class to have dinner together.

After dinner, it's really time to entertain your relatives and friends. However, because it was still early, Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting's parents were more concerned about their living environment, and Lin Qisan also wanted to see where they lived, and a group of people went back to the apartment building where they lived together.

After returning to the apartment building, everyone separated and took their relatives and friends to their rooms. Among the people who came to visit the class this time, only Zhu Zitong and Sun Tingting did not book a hotel, because Zhao Rui and Xiao Yao's apartments were lived alone, which was probably one of the reasons why their parents did not come to visit the class together.

Although Xiao Yao's parents didn't come, the agent Fang and Tong Luo came, and there were a lot of them, and the two of them came to talk about work with Xiao Yao, so Lin Qisan took Nina Aiyiguli to Zhao Rui's apartment and talked to Zhao Rui about the filming of their crew.

The apartment that Mu Ying rented for them was not big, and it was not too crowded for four people to sit in the living room. After a brief visit with a few people, Xiao Yao invited Tong Luo and Fang to sit on the sofa in the living room, poured coffee for a few people, and then sat down next to Sun Tingting.

"Your place is really good!" Tong Luo took a sip of coffee and said to Xiao Yao with a smile, "I feel much more comfortable than staying in a hotel." Your idea, right?"

"Lao Mu rented it for us," Xiao Yao said, "Because the filming time of the crew here is limited, and there is more free time every day, I want to have a more private place, and if you really want to calculate it, this is actually cheaper than staying in a hotel." ”

"Save money?" Tong Luo shook his head and smiled, "Do you still need to save money now?"

"Look at you like this, is there good news for me?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"Don't you know the good news, do you need me to tell you?" Tong Luo smiled, "Don't tell me that you are filming here, and the domestic news will be completely ignored." ”

"I read all the news on the Internet," Xiao Yao continued to laugh, "It's better for you to tell me in person again!"

"Okay, so let's talk about something you can't see online. Tong Luo put down the coffee cup and said, ""Robot Wall-E" is basically released in domestic theaters, and the number of screens that can still see this movie is probably less than two hundred, which will hardly have any impact on the box office of the movie. ”

"It's been more than a month, and it's time to show it normally! There are still 200 screens that are already an unexpected joy. Xiao Yao smiled, "And then?"

"Then it's time to congratulate you!" Tong Luo put on a smiling face, "Now the total box office of this movie has exceeded 2.1 billion, and the shareable box office is close to 2 billion, and the distribution to our producer will exceed 700 million." Your investment in this movie accounts for a larger proportion than mine, and there are no other investors, so what you can get should be more than 400 million. It's pre-tax, but you're definitely a billionaire. ”

"It took more than two years to invest 200 million and harvest 700 million, which is still before tax. Xiao Yao pursed his lips, "It's not even three times as much, what's there to congratulate! If I don't invest in this animated movie, I will save all my money, or invest something else, as long as I don't lose money, I will become a billionaire a long time ago!"

"Yo~ Your tone is really not small. Tong Luo smiled, "But 700 million is not our end! This is only the domestic box office, isn't there still an overseas box office, various broadcast rights and other inputs have not started?"

"This time, I still came to the United States for the release of the film in theaters in the United States. Tong Luo continued, "You also want the U.S. side to make as much revenue as possible, okay? How about talking about this with us? If the U.S. box office is good enough, it will be easier for us to talk about other countries' releases." ”

The distribution company they found when the film was released in China did not have the ability to distribute overseas, so the overseas distribution of this film was still negotiated with the overseas distribution company by their producers. After the film was released in China, many distribution companies with overseas distribution capabilities took the initiative to come to the door, but in order to ensure the maximization of revenue, Tong Luo did not easily choose a partner, but personally negotiated with some large foreign distribution companies.

"I'm filming, where can I have the time to negotiate with the American distribution company?" Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "Didn't I let me still handle this matter on my behalf?" And I know some stars in the fashion industry and showbiz here in Europe and the United States, and I also know some of the management of the fashion group, but I don't know the senior management of the film company!"

"But I still think that if you come forward, we will have a smoother time. Tong Luo said, "You are also a well-known star in the United States!"

"Then do you want to find out about Lao Mu and let him introduce you to some high-level executives of film distribution companies or film company distribution departments?" Xiao Yao thought for a while and said to the two.

"Why did you introduce it to me? If you want to introduce it, you will also introduce it to the two of us!" Tong Luo said, "Isn't the film you are making now also ready to be released worldwide? When the time comes, you will also have to deal with foreign distribution companies! Didn't you just say that your crew works eight hours and has a lot of free time? It's not like Americans don't work at all at night, right? Now that you have a good relationship, you will save trouble in the future!"

"It seems to make sense!" Xiao Yao thought about it and nodded unconsciously, "Then when we meet for the first time, I will go with you, if the two sides reach a cooperation intention, I will not go when the specific details are discussed later." Anyway, we still share this part of the income in proportion, our interests are the same, and it still represents me. ”

"Okay!" Tong Luo nodded in agreement.

"You're okay, right?" Xiao Yao said as he looked at Fang Yi.

"Yes!" Fang still nodded solemnly.

"Huh?" Xiao Yao and Tong Luo both looked at Fang Yi in surprise.

"Mr. Tong, I don't have a problem with this matter, but I have other things to tell Xiao Yao. Fang still said to Tong Luo.

"Oh," Tong Luo nodded, and said with a gesture, "Then I'll avoid it." I'll go to Zhao Rui and Lin Qisan and them for a while, and you call me when you leave for a while, and we'll go back to the hotel together. It's safer to have a companion on the road!"

"No need," Fang still said, "It's not a particularly secret thing, you are Xiao Yao's teacher and partner, there is no need to avoid you, maybe you can help with some advice!"

"Okay!" Tong Luo saw that Fang still said this, so he sat down again.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yao asked Fang Yi.

"You open a studio!" Fang still said directly.

"I have a studio at home, what kind of studio do you have?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"But your relationship with your studio~" Fang still sighed, and continued, "Let's put it this way, the contract you have with Qi Jia Studio is only counted as your name under the studio." The copyright of your songs, your films, all your works is your own, not your studio's. I'm going to help you negotiate copyrights, I'm embarrassed to let someone from the business department of Qijia Studio help me. ”

"In the past, I could barely handle the contract to help you negotiate the copyright of the song and arrange for you to participate in the show, but when it comes to this kind of film distribution contract that may involve hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, I can't do it. Fang still continued, "This time you are cooperating with Mr. Tong, there is a person from the business and legal department of Mr. Tong's company, I just need to watch it, can you make your own movie? For example, the movie you are making now, without the participation of the company, you account for the largest share, and you are not in charge? I am an agent, not a professional manager, and I don't have that level of business negotiation ability." ”

"Then hire a professional!" Xiao Yao said.

"Such a big contract, I definitely don't dare to use it if I don't know the roots, once the investigation is clear, I will definitely have to cooperate for a long time, right?" Fang still said, "Since it is a long-term cooperation, it is better to invite it directly and put it into your team, so that both parties are more at ease." ”

"Then add someone to the team, don't you have to open a studio?" Xiao Yao said.

"On the one hand, there is also the legal and financial aspects, and I think we need to add dedicated staff. Fang still said, "In the past, the dividends you paid in the three companies, and the relevant tax issues were directly handled by the people of the three companies, and there are not many things I need to do here, mainly your song copyright income and program performance income, which I can barely handle." Now that I have other artists under my staff, it is already difficult for me to cope, and now that you have a large income from investing in films, it is even more difficult for me to cope. ”

"Let's talk about this animated movie, in fact, there was a huge mistake in my work!" Fang still said.

"What kind of mistake?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Taxes!" Fang still said, "The tax rate on personal income and corporate profits is different. In the past, you just sold the copyright of songs and put them on the show, and the difference in this regard was not particularly obvious, but this time the income of the animated film at the box office in China is hundreds of millions, and the difference in tax money is too great! Before you started this project, I should have asked you to invest in this project in the form of a business. Even if you don't want to invest in the name of your studio, I should let you set up a studio and do it in the name of your own studio. ”

"I'm again~" Xiao Yao waved his hand.

"I know!" Fang still interrupted Xiao Yao's words and waved his hand, "Although I know that you don't care about money and won't blame me for this matter, no matter what, this is my dereliction of duty!"

"It's not that serious!" Xiao Yao still said with a smile, "I didn't think about this myself. Pay more taxes, I really don't care!"

"But I care!" Fang still said solemnly, "The previous mistakes have been made, and we can't change the investment in these two films into corporate behavior now, but in the future, we can still change it." ”

"Also," Fang continued, "in this animated movie, the copyright of Vali and Eve's portraits is in your hands. Now there are many companies in Huaxia who want to buy portrait authorization or cooperate in the development of peripheral products for these two roles, and some small copycat manufacturers have even begun to produce and sell products related to these two roles. It takes a team of professionals, you can't count on me, right?"

"It's normal for an artist team to have agents and assistants," Fang still said in the end, "but it is rare for an artist team to have specialized business, finance, legal personnel and even teams, and those generally belong to artist management companies." We've got all these professionals dedicated to you, and they're no different from your own studio. ”

"It makes sense to say this~" Xiao Yao touched his chin and groaned, ". While I don't evade taxes, reasonable tax avoidance is not illegal. With more money in hand, you can also do more of what you want to do. ”

"Okay!" Xiao Yao still nodded, "After you return to China, start to help me set up my own studio!

"But I have two requirements!" Xiao Yao raised two fingers and said, "First, my studio, I am the boss, you are the person in charge, the general manager, but the artists under you, don't sign in to my studio." ”

"Why, wouldn't it be better to put it all together?" Fang still asked strangely. She did put her artists under Xiao Yao's personal studio before.

"Because of the second point," Xiao Yao said, "my personal studio doesn't sign any artists! I don't mind you using the resources you have built up because of me to help them, but that's the personal behavior of you, the agent, not my studio, that is, my behavior! If you feel that you are not good enough to lead them as an independent agent, and you need a studio to back them up, I suggest you sign them into Qijia." ”

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