Chapter 187: Money

The registered place of Minghui Studio is Dongyang, and the full name is Dongyang Minghui Studio.

Dongyang is not the same as Khorgos, the latter is a tax advantage, Dongyang has a loan advantage, of course, the industrial cluster effect is the more important reason!

Hengdian is located in Dongyang, and the gathering of film and television-related talents and related industry teams has further formed a chain development of the film and television industry.

Moreover, it is very convenient for the local government and enterprises to cooperate with each other to handle loans for film and television.

This is also the reason why Noon Sunshine, Lemon Film and Television, and Dongyang Blank have built their companies in Dongyang!

Shen Ming came to his studio, not to issue year-end bonuses, but to discuss the investment of "Great Wish" with Qiancheng Film and Television...

In addition, Zhang Jiazhen intends to involve Shen Ming in several projects of the company...

Zhang Jiazhen was too satisfied with Shen Ming.

Because of him, Qiancheng Film and Television invested in "Night Stalker" made a profit of more than 100 million;

"Glory in the Lobby" also managed to make a profit of forty percent...

And what about the rest of the company's business?

"Love in Manhattan" and "Close Love" all failed at the box office, and the reputation was also very bad, especially "Love in Manhattan", as the first work invested and distributed by Qiancheng Film and Television, it must have pinned the company's hard work, and then the production cost of nearly 30 million was exchanged for a box office result of less than 13 million...

If there is no unexpected money from "Nightcrawler", Qiancheng Film and Television's financial report this year will be ugly.

In 2017, Qiancheng Film and Television participated in the production of three works, "Rogue League", "Papillon" and "Players Behind the Scenes"...

Shen Ming has read all these scripts.

In addition to "Papillon" is a pure Hollywood action movie, it is impossible for him to participate, "Rogue League" is adapted from "Across the Seas", he doesn't like Wu Baige very much, let alone has a good impression of "Rogue League";

The actor of "Players Behind the Scenes" has set Xu Zheng...

Therefore, it is impossible for him to appear in these three works.

……

After watching the behind-the-scenes production plan of "The Great Wish", which listed more than 40 major items, each of which had 10 to 15 small items, and a total of 600 items of cost could be seen, Shen Ming was stunned: "So many projects!"

"Sure, otherwise, do you think everyone can be a producer?"

Yang Xin naturally said: "The current market price, an experienced executive producer ranges from 600,000 to 3 million for a play..."

In addition to the producers, there are also art directors, modeling design, photography and other departments, and the labor fees of the heads of these departments are about 200,000 yuan for three months, and then the basic staff below...

"Actors' salaries... Why so little?"

Shen Ming saw the actor's salary with his own eyes, and he was stunned.

I thought it would be at least seven figures, but then I found that the highest in it was actually Peng Peng's 300,000...

The actor's salary is added to less than 4 million.

"It's not a first-line star, by the way, how much are you going to invest?"

The total investment is clear at a glance, 18 million, which is a very small cost project!

Shen Ming thought for a moment and asked, "How much can I invest at most?"

"We want to reserve 20% of the investment amount for China Film and Fuji Xun, you can invest up to 30%!"

Thirty percent is 5.4 million...

"Okay... I wrote the script, no labor fees?"

"Then give you 200,000 screenwriter fees?"

"Sister Xin, are you stupid to me?"

Shen Ming's first screenwriting work, just these few words, coupled with Shen Ming's own publicity, "Great Wish" can at least earn more than 5 million...

200,000 screenwriter fees want to send him away?

"And how much do you want?"

“… It's a five-percent investment!"

"What are you kidding? Five percent investment?"

Yang Xin didn't think about it and refused directly.

Screenwriters participate in the sharing?

"The copyright of this project is mine, why can't it be counted as a five-percent investment?"

Shen Ming asked rhetorically.

“… I can't call the shots, I need to ask Mr. Zhang!"

Yang Xin looked at Shen Ming deeply...

……

"Kominsky, do you think they'll agree to my request?"

That's right, it was all taught to him by the old driver...

Kominsky analyzed the current situation of Qiancheng Film and Television, although it received an injection of nearly 500 million, but Qiancheng Film and Television did not hand over a perfect answer sheet in terms of film performance.

In addition to the two projects related to Shen Ming that have achieved profitability...

Therefore, Shen Ming is now the top brand of Qiancheng Film and Television!

He suggested that Shen Ming change his identity, not to be a hired laborer, but to participate in "Great Wishes" as a partner, of course, Shen Ming was not very willing at first, he liked to be arranged by others.

And I am worried that it will make Yang Xin and Zhang Jiazhen dissatisfied...

The old driver persuaded him with one sentence, ""Great Wish" is for you, not for Qiancheng Film and Television, if they are dissatisfied, you can invest yourself!'

'I estimate that this book can at least win more than 100 million box office results, and if word of mouth is brought up, it is not impossible to become "Thai Embarrassment"!'

Brother Ming was excited at that time...

Become "Thai Embarrassment"?

That's more than a billion box office?

That's a gross account, he does it himself!

Director, production, distribution, shoulder to shoulder!

The old driver hurriedly reassured: "I just said that it is possible... And, are you going to be a director? Do you know about distribution?"

finally extinguished Brother Ming's enthusiasm.

But he's got a lot of confidence...

Lao Tzu is sending you money!

"Thai Embarrassment", do you know?

I met Yang Xin just now and talked to her about investment sharing, and the momentum of the latter made him uncertain...

Kominsky smiled: "Don't worry, they will definitely agree!"

Nonsense, Shen Ming is the first brother of Qiancheng Film and Television plus a cash cow, and it's just five percent of the account...

Oscar nomination for Best Actor!

It's good to create film history!

Sure enough, half an hour later, Yang Xin informed Shen Ming that Zhang Jiazhen agreed to Shen Ming's request, "Great Wish", Shen Ming's Minghui Studio belongs to the second investor, 35% of the investment, and enjoys 35% of the follow-up account sharing benefits - 35% after deducting the announcement...

This is a routine operation, and the current Chinese-language films, general commercial films, require at least 30 million or more publicity, so the settlement and distribution must be deducted after the announcement.

Seeing Shen Ming signing the contract, Yang Xin asked, "There is a party in the evening, do you want to go?"

“… What party?"

"Let's have a New Year's party, Mr. Zhang has invited a lot of friends, Wu Baige, Feng Delun, and Yuan Heping will all appear..."

"Forget it, I have to fly to Los Angeles tomorrow morning, and I want to rest early. ”

A bunch of street directors, Brother Ming has no interest in being a junior...

Yang Xin smiled and didn't force it, in fact, she didn't like these people very much...

Especially Wu Baige, he has hit the street so many times, and the new film "Pursuit" still needs an investment of 200 million...

Investors don't know where the confidence comes from, and the opening is that the box office of two billion is no problem!

She carefully analyzed it, Wu Baige + pursuit, up to 300 million box office...

Zhang Jiazhen did not invest this time...

Before leaving, he suddenly thought of something, turned his head and said: "Wang Hong sent the script of "The Wandering Earth", if you are interested, you can take a look!"