In the office of the Hanlin Culture Media Company, Roger, the head of Disney films who came all the way from Los Angeles, still asked unrelentingly before signing: "Can't you really change Yang Xuan's identity to an American? ”

Zhang Chu shook his head and said: "This is a completely unflattering situation, in fact, it doesn't matter which country the hero is from, what matters is this story." Last year, in "Ghost in the Shell", Cao Suzi changed from a yellow to a white man, what was the result?"

Originally, it was a cyberpunk-themed comic work, and the heroine was a robot with a human brain and soul, but the appearance was changed to white, saying that it was for internationalization.

But the result of this bleaching is that both sides are not pleasing to both sides, and it has caused dissatisfaction in Asia from the beginning of the casting, especially in its native Japan, which refuses to watch the work.

Even in North America, there is no preferential treatment for choosing white actors, and Asians in North America have joined the protests!

The production cost was $110 million, but the global box office was only $169 million, directly ranking third on the annual loss-making film list, leaving the producer to bear the consequences of the wrong decision.

Even if these film manufacturers have a big business, they can't stand the speed of dollar burning, and no one wants to lose money.

Asian-American actors have a hard time surviving in Hollywood, and it's almost impossible to become the star of an A-list blockbuster, and now "The Da Vinci Code" is about to be a part of this rare film.

If it weren't for the growing Chinese film market, Disney would never have chosen to respect the original book because of Zhang Chu's protests, and turning Asians into European and American Caucasians is a common method they use, which has long been common!

The Chinese mainland film market, which continues to grow every year, is already the second largest film market in the world, with a single film box office of 800 million US dollars, and many films that are doomed to loss are revitalized here and successfully turned losses into profits.

If there is no Chinese mainland market, the box office will be much less!

Admittedly, "The Da Vinci Code" has a lot of readers, but that's not what restricts Disney, they just want to see how much the film can sell hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office in China.

"That's a shame. ”

Roger knew that he couldn't convince Zhang Chu so easily, and if he could, there would be no terms on the contract in front of him for movie casting.

In this contract, Zhang Chu has the right to suggest the script, and his requirements for casting are very simple, that is, the actor must be a Chinese actor, and cannot use Chinese actors from all over the world, which can be regarded as some benefits he has won in the domestic entertainment industry!

In fact, many active actors in China have quietly changed their nationality, don't look at their usual no difference from us, but they are actually international friends.

Zhang Chu's regulation can brush down many actors, Chinese actors, with appropriate acting skills, appropriate appearance, and preferably a little popularity in the world, these conditions are not simple when combined.

As for actresses, Disney's choices are much wider, and there are many French beauty stars, including Oscar actresses and actresses of the three major film festivals.

The signing ceremony seemed very simple and low-key, and no one even knew that Disney had sent someone to Yanjing to sign an agreement with Zhang Chu.

After reaching an agreement on the copyright fee and box office dividends, the rest of the terms will be negotiated much faster!

Many people still thought that the two companies were still negotiating, but now in the office, Zhang Chu had already written his name on the bilingual contract in Chinese and English.

After the lawyers of both parties put away the signed agreement, Roger took the champagne in his hand, raised his glass to Zhang Chu and said, "cheers!"

"It's a pleasure to work together and hopefully this film won't disappoint us all. ”

In fact, the copyright agreement signed by Zhang Chu and Disney is not the mainstream way of foreign copyright transactions, but is very similar to the domestic method.

Foreign film and television companies often buy the trading rights of these works for a period of time to obtain film rights.

To put it simply, the object of the contract has the priority to sign a copyright licensing agreement with the author within this period, rather than directly buying the right to shoot the film!

It's like equity and options.

The price for the purchase of transaction rights is relatively small, which is convenient for film companies to make preliminary preparations.

If the preparation is smooth and successful, then the copyright license agreement will be signed with the author and the full price will be paid.

If the preparation does not go well, the loss of the film company will not be high, and the author can turn the work around and trade with the rest of the film company, without affecting the actual ownership of the copyright.

This method will not bring too much financial pressure to the film company, many companies find the director and screenwriter in the early stage, and only turn around and buy the copyright after writing the script outline!

Zhang Chu is a one-shot deal, and within five years after signing the agreement, if Disney does not make a movie, he will be able to take back the film adaptation rights and resell it.

After seeing off the Disney group, he celebrated with the employees of his company, which is definitely a big deal!

"Thank you for your hard work, our company's performance this year is very good, Mr. Ye and I decided to pay double the salary this month! ”

There is no incentive that is more effective than giving money, and if everyone pays the same bonus, the difference will not be reflected, so simply pay an extra month's salary.

Hanlin Culture Media now has a total of 21 employees, even if they are paid an extra month's salary, there is not much money, and not everyone can have as many as Ye Shumei.

These bonuses can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket compared to the money Zhang Chu earns, and being an iron rooster is not a good habit!

Not even talking about the money earned, let's just say that the taxes he saved were enough to pay for the bonus this time.

Before he opened a company, Zhang Chu's copyright transaction was calculated according to the individual income tax, and if it was calculated according to the individual income tax, he had to pay a 12% tax.

But Hanlin Culture Media has tax incentives in this regard, otherwise why would Zhang Chu let people go to Khorgos to let people register.

In the face of such a huge transaction amount, one percentage point can be saved is hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention that the company's tax rate is only 3%-5%, which is a lot of savings!

In order to avoid taxes reasonably, the company has a special cooperative relationship with those large accounting firms.

As soon as Zhang Chu's words fell, these employees who came around suddenly became excited, and they couldn't be too happy to have an extra month's salary for no reason!

"Wow, that's a month's salary!"

"I've wanted to change my phone for a long time, the boss is too generous!"

"It would be nice to be able to sign this kind of big contract every month, and get two salaries every month. ”

"It's a good thing I jumped here, otherwise I would have missed out on this kind of good thing. ”

"Do you have employees who have just joined the company for a month?"

"Don't look at this company as small, but the income is really not low. ”

The employees chattered and discussed, and the smiles on their faces looked very sincere.

At this time, an artist boldly asked: "Boss, can we choose to go to France for our tour, I also want to see the route of the Da Vinci code." ”

After having someone to take the lead, the rest of the people spoke.

"That's right, didn't you say that you should organize a group to travel in December? Now it would be nice to choose the destination in Europe!"

"Boss, we are also the production company of the Da Vinci Code, what a pity if I haven't been there. ”

"I heard that the Louvre has been occupied by readers, and I want to see it. Boss, you promise~~"

Zhang Chu didn't know what to do in the face of these female employees who could hold up half the sky, he pouted and pointed to Ye Shumei next to him: "You have to find Mr. Ye for this matter, obviously she is the one who makes the decision." ”

"Do you really want to go to France?" Ye Shumei, as a woman, of course is immune to this Yingying Yanyan group of the same kind, "Let's obey the majority in the minority, and then everyone will write the destination they want to go to on the sticky note, and draw a conclusion after statistics." ”

"Mr. Ye, how good France is, they all say that the French are romantic. ”

"Yes, we still want to go to the Champs-Élysées to sweep the goods!"

"You went to Germany and France some time ago, and now I hope we can do the same. ”

"What if there is a cross-border encounter? I want to see the good-looking little French brother!"

This group of employees was not afraid of Zhang Chu and them at all at this time, and they formed a circle one by one and kept talking.

It is said that three women in one play, and it is simply confusing for more than ten women to be together.

Zhou Kang did not speak, he is now thinking about whether to help his daughter change a laptop or take his wife shopping for clothes after getting this month's salary.

Usually, the company's overtime costs and subsidies are also very high, and everyone's treatment is not low, and the salary of most people is tens of thousands, so this money can allow them to do a lot of things they want to do.

Last year, when the performance of Hanlin Culture Media was not too outstanding, it issued a year-end bonus of at least 50,000 yuan, and this year's performance has increased several times, and the year-end bonus is estimated to be scared to death!

It's already November, and many employees are beginning to look forward to the year-end bonus.

Maybe it is difficult to buy a house in Yanjing with that bonus, maybe you can't afford to buy a license plate, but it is definitely enough to improve your life!

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Rushing all the way back to Yenching University from Hanlin Culture Media, Zhang Chu almost stepped on the class bell to enter the classroom, and was almost late.

If he misses a traffic light, he has to come in under the watchful eye of the whole class.

To sign the contract, Zhang Chu specially asked the professor for leave to change the time to class, originally two classes on Wednesday morning were changed to another class on Friday afternoon, but now the third and fourth classes in the morning still have to continue.

Zhang Chu didn't say anything about taking leave to change classes in the group, so several of his friends were quite worried at this time.

Yang Ling lowered his voice, and asked while the old professor on the podium was looking for PPT in the USB flash drive: "You actually missed class in the morning, and you knew that I would help you ask for leave!"

"I didn't skip class, I called Professor Shen to tell me about the situation, and I went to make up the course with Class 3 on Friday afternoon. ”

In this kind of university, in fact, the degree of freedom of students is quite high, and there is basically no roll call in class, it all depends on consciousness.

If you don't come to school, it's your own business, if you miss the test center, if you are randomly checked for attendance, you will consider yourself unlucky.

But Zhang Chu is different, his fame makes him stand out very well in the crowd, if the rest of the people don't come, no one may know except for a few friends.

But Zhang Chu didn't show up, and everyone, including the professor, could notice it at a glance!

Anmi was a little curious, "You probably overslept and didn't want to come to class early in the morning." I want to be so lazy sometimes. ”

"No, I'm serious. I took a leave of absence yesterday, and today I signed an agreement with Disney, and I stepped on the gas pedal all the way to the school. ”

"Didn't you just make the news the day before yesterday that you started to contact Disney?

The news revealed by Vanity Fair and The Hollywood Reporter is obviously a bit lagging, which is extremely misleading to the rest of the studios and netizens.

They thought that this kind of negotiation would go on for a long time, but now Zhang Chu has signed the contract.

"Another one is going to be made into a movie, so next year or the year after, the entire movie theater will be contracted by you!"

Originally, Zhang Chu didn't realize this problem, but now after being reminded by An Miyi, he found out that there is really a possibility of cannibalism in the film market in the next two years.

His works have sold a lot of film and television adaptation rights, but now the real release is the first season of "Psychological Crime" and "Sherlock"!

Next month, the BBC will launch a second season of Sherlock, with the rest in the works.

"Farewell My Concubine" may participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival, and "Ghost Blows the Lantern" will start filming in a low-key manner after the cast is announced.

One is a literary film, the other is a commercial film, and there will be no head-on competition in any way.

But there is also a "Life of Pi" in Hollywood, and I don't know how Li Yu's filming will go.

Zhang Chu only learned from the news that Warner Bros. had rented a spacious swimming pool to shoot at simulated sea, and that the computer model of the Bengal tiger Richard Parker had been prepared.

The scenes of the boat encountering stormy waves and calm waves on the sea were all filmed in the swimming pool, and even the Bengal tiger was fake!

Now that there is another "Da Vinci Code", it is estimated that it will be too late to be released next year, and if everything goes well, it will definitely be released the year after.

There are so many movies in production, and there is also a TV series of "Sou Shen Ji" in preparation, and Zhang Chu's fans will be entangled in the future.

If the movie is filmed, it is happiness, and if it is smashed, only torture remains!

Zhang Chu can only secretly pray now that these works can achieve good results and have a good reputation!