Chapter 078 There are middlemen who make the difference
From the first day he stepped into the Xiangjiang film industry, Yang Qiu knew that the mainland market would definitely and definitely not always be a big box office for Xiangjiang Chinese films.
After all, the so-called reform and opening up is not closed......
With the modern history that Yang Qiu learned vaguely, if it was really closed, it was very likely to start from this two-stick war.
After all, we rabbits, this time we have beaten the people of the United Nations forces, and we have beaten three of the five hooligans.
Now if you don't close it, the one who takes the lead will trap you to death.
Of course, the rabbits have not crossed the river yet, and a bunch of people, including the Americans themselves, think that even if the United States enters the war, at most it will be a strong man with big hair, and they don't pay attention to the tattered rabbit at all.
Then, they were slapped in the face.
So at this time, when Zhou Song and the others saw the news of the war between these two sticks, they were very strange what Yang Qiu was telling them about this.
There was no way, Yang Qiu had to recall his pitiful modern history, and at the same time add a little insight of his own, carefully explaining that there was a possibility that the rabbit could send troops in this war.
At this time, Zhou Song and the two looked at each other.
"Yang Qiu, this possibility is not very great, right?" Zhou Song was silent for a moment, and asked with some confusion.
"It's unlikely, it's also a possibility. Yang Qiu stood up and walked two steps, facing the sunlight outside the window, and turned back and said, "Do we dare to bet?"
“……”
Zhou Song and the two were speechless, the mainland, which has a huge box office, has always been a major pillar of Chinese films, and they dare not take it to block.
What if Yang Qiu is right?
Think about it if this film was put in the right place, the rabbit suddenly sent troops to fight the Yankees, and then was pushed back by the US military all the way, and then Da Mao intervened, and the two sides fought to death in the rabbit's house.
Isn't this the Second Russo-Japanese War?
Can the rabbit please him? The movie must not be bloody. And if this battle can't be stopped, it will really greatly affect the financial status of Xiangjiang Chinese Film Company.
Boom!
These two guys didn't expect the rabbit to win at all......
Of course, this conjecture is almost the same as the original result for the movie, and Yang Qiu didn't bother to explain it.
"That Yang Qiu, even if what you said really happened, but ......" Zha Liangjian paused, frowned, and said: "But you are so tricky of Guangyi this time, you are not afraid of shadow ......"
"What's wrong with my pit Guangyi?" Yang Qiu suddenly interrupted Zha Liangjian's words, looked at the two of them and said seriously: "I just wanted to save trouble and didn't care about making less money, so I sold all the copyrights at once." ”
"You two, you don't really think I can predict war, do you? ”
“……”
Yang Qiu opened his hands with a helpless expression, and the two of them were even more confused next time, as if the Yang Qiu who chatted with them and talked about the current situation just now did not exist.
Seeing that Zhou Song and the two were confused, Yang Qiu slowly walked to the windowsill in two steps.
He glanced at the people who were busy with their lives on the road at the bottom of the building, and then looked up at the blue of the northern sky.
In these years, those who believe in faith die generously, and those who do not believe in others live all the way.
'Click-'
While the three people in the reception room were still pondering, the doorknob was unscrewed.
The three of them turned their heads to look, and saw the pot-bellied Zhao Ruihua walking in with a happy face.
"Director Yang, good news, good news!" Zhao Ruihua didn't notice their expressions, and shouted with a shiny face as soon as he entered the door.
"Oh?" Yang Qiu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked to the sofa while asking, "Could it be that Boss He promised to buy them all out?"
"Promised!"
Zhao Ruihua replied briskly, sat down and took a sip of the teacup, and said with a straight face: "But Director Yang, the price of this buyout is not very high." Boss He said that after all, this is our first cooperation, and it is better for both sides to be cautious. When there is more cooperation in the future, the price will be easy to say. ”
This is to say that you are a newcomer and you can't sell it at a high price, Yang Qiu had to sigh secretly in his heart and asked, "Well, what is the price...... How much?"
"Two hundred thousand. ”
Yang Qiu frowned slightly, according to their original budget, if this movie was distributed by agency, the total box office share of other cities should be at least about 250,000.
Now, it is directly less than 50,000.
However, thinking about the bunch of tricks in the agency distribution, as well as the upcoming two-stick war, Yang Qiu still nodded against his will and said: "It's a lot, this is just my first movie, don't ask for more but seek stability." ”
"Eh, Director Yang, according to me, this price is not worthy of your film, don't mind. ”
Zhao Ruihua was still carrying Yang Qiu's sedan chair, and continued with a gesture: "Do you know the "Singing on a Rainy Night" that was only released half a month earlier than you and was invested by Li Ying director Zhang Shankun?"
Yang Qiu nodded and said, "I know." ”
To say that Zhang Shankun is also a real cow, he was kicked out of Yonghua and built the Great Wall, and when he was kicked out of the Great Wall, he immediately established a Far East Film Company.
It's just that the film companies were built one by one, and Zhang Shankun's purse was empty all the way.
When he came out of Yonghua, Zhang Shankun still had 600,000 yuan in his pocket, but when he came out of the Great Wall, he directly published a bankruptcy statement in the newspaper.
That's it, and let him open another film company, and it took two months to toss a movie to be released.
The investor behind it is said to be Shaw Brothers & Sons.
In addition to not being optimistic about this guy's vision of finding a partner, if you want to say that in the Chinese film industry in this era, Yang Qiu is the first person to admire.
"Then do you know how much money Shaw Brothers gave Zhang Shankun in "Singing on a Rainy Night"?"
"How much?"
Zhao Ruihua stretched out his right hand and gestured a four-character gesture and replied, "240,000, a full 240,000." This is the role of fame, Director Yang, in the future, you will have a few more good films, these 240,000 are not just taken casually. ”
"This ...... Manager Zhao raised his love, and he didn't dare to be it. ”
"Ha, don't dare to do anything, I think you are much better than Li Ying. Zhao Ruihua waved his hand unceremoniously and said, "Director Yang, do you know how much Li Ying spent on filming "Singing on a Rainy Night"?"
"Uh, how much?"
As soon as Yang Qiu's question came out, he immediately satisfied Zhao Ruihua's gossip heart. I saw that the fat man stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of seven.
This time, without waiting for him to say, Yang Qiu said, "170,000?"
But as soon as his answer came out, Zhao Ruihua immediately shook his head: "No!
"It can't be 70,000, right?"
"Yes!"
This is a special 70,000 auction for 240,000 yuan, if it weren't for the fact that Shaw Brothers has only bought out all the copyrights and not engaged in agency sharing, Yang Qiu would have wanted to take the film and run to Shaw Brothers, and he could have sold it for an additional 40,000 yuan.
However, he still wants to take a share of the agency for his future films, so he has to give up his pain.
Now, let's have a good relationship with Guangyi first!
Next, Zhao Ruihua told Yang Qiu how Shaw Brothers bought out, which opened his eyes.
For example, this "Singing on a Rainy Night".
The price given by the Shaw Brothers head office in Singapore and Malaysia to the Xiangjiang Shaw father and son was 250,000 Hong Kong dollars for each Chinese film; then the Shaw father and son handed it over to Zhang Shankun at a price of 240,000 yuan each; Zhang Shankun was a little ruthless and handed over 150,000 yuan to Li Ying.
This money is that Li Ying can't be ruthless even if she wants to be ruthless with Zhang Shankun, so she has to shrink seven or eight places, and deduct 80,000 yuan.
In this way, a 70,000-dollar film was made.
However, the money that originally belonged to the Shaw Brothers Company in Singapore and Malaysia was lost by more than two-thirds of the money through the hands of middlemen.
But what good Chinese film can be made with 70,000 pieces?
No wonder Shao Lao Liu had to come to Xiangjiang to make a movie in person, but it turned out that he was so cheated by these middlemen that he couldn't stand it.
After some chatting between the guests and the hosts, the release of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" was finally discussed and the contract was signed, and Yang Qiu was secretly relieved in his heart, only waiting for the buyout money to come from Xinma two days later.
The time was approaching noon, and under the joy, Yang Qiu invited Zhao Ruihua to go to the Fule Building next door for a big meal.
Then Yang Qiu and the three of them returned to Mount Tai slightly drunk, preparing to watch the drama "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring" at night.