The makeup on Zhao Jingmei's face was heavier than usual, but it still couldn't hide the tiredness in her eyes, it seemed that she hadn't been doing well recently, "I'll tell you something in advance, the hospital has decided to take "Diwu" offline next Friday." ”

"I have no opinion. ”

Zhong Yue said that it has been more than a month since the release of "Diwu", and by this week, the daily box office has slipped below one million, and it is expected to go offline.

As of yesterday, "Diwu" has earned a total of 810 million at the box office. This figure far exceeded his expectations in advance. It has entered the second place in the film history of domestic animated films, and as for the first place, it is naturally the return of the great sage of 956 million.

Zhong Yue also roughly guessed the purpose of her coming to find herself, and after the movie went offline, it should be divided. How to divide it, there are detailed instructions in the contract.

In terms of the total box office of 810 million yuan, the special business tax of 3.3 percent will be deducted first, and then 5 percent will be deducted as special funds for the film industry.

The remaining 91.7 percent, or 742 million. Theaters take half, and theaters take 7%. The remaining 43 percent, that is, 319 million, will be divided by the producer Yi Entertainment and the distributor Chengying Media.

According to the contract, the issuance agency fee is 10 percent of this share, about 32 million. Of course, Chengying can get more than that. The previous distribution costs and publicity expenses were all paid in advance by Chengying, which was about 70 million. That adds up to about 100 million.

Calculated in this way, the remaining 200 million is the final share that the producer's Yi Entertainment can get.

At the time of publicity. will say that the production cost of "Diwu" is 100 million. And yet in fact. With the "animation production platform". Greatly saves labor costs. Even if you include the hardware of the "animation production platform", the total cost will not exceed 20 million.

The movie was a great success, and the bonuses of the main creators were indispensable, especially Qi Xuefang, who was the main person in charge of the project, Zhong Yue gave him a one-time bonus of five million.

In the film industry, the role of the director is crucial, and it is related to the success or failure of the film. In the highly commercial Hollywood, the top directors. received a salary of 20 million US dollars plus 20% box office dividends. With the black heart of the film company, willing to give this kind of treatment to a director, it proves that they are indeed worth the price.

In China, the director's salary is naturally far from being comparable to his Hollywood counterparts. But with the explosion of the movie box office in recent years, top commercial film directors have also proved their worth.

The most obvious example is the director who won the box office championship in Chinese film history the year before last, when his salary plus bonus was only more than 40 million. When it came to last year's new work, it had the capital to negotiate with the film company, and finally got nearly half of the net box office revenue.

Ultimately. His new work got more than 1.5 billion box office, according to this share. The money he can get is more than 200 million. Even if it is not as good as Hollywood's counterparts with the highest salary, it is a great improvement compared to before.

Of course, in the animated film "Diwu", Qi Xuefang's role is far less critical than that of the director. Naturally, it is impossible to get that much money. Even so, when it comes to the next animated movie, his salary will climb a lot. There's no way to save this money.

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After Zhao Jingmei exchanged a few words, she got down to business, "I came this time because I want to ask you for something." ”

Zhong Yue heard her use of the word begging, and knew that this matter was very tricky, and Zhengse said, "Auntie, you are too polite, tell me what to ask for or not." If you have anything, just say, as long as I can do it, I will help you. ”

Zhao Jingmei said sincerely, "Yi Entertainment's share, can you postpone it for a period of time and then call it." ”

Hearing this, Zhong Yue frowned, and said embarrassedly, "You also know that now is the time when Yi Zhi is in a hurry to use the money." ”

"Half a year, only half a year. ”

Zhao Jingmei promised, "I will pay interest according to the bank's interest rate, and after half a year, I will return the money to you with interest." ”

Zhong Yue looked into her eyes, and various thoughts swirled in his heart.

It is a common practice in the world for distribution companies to press the money of the producer. It's especially serious in Hollywood, where distribution companies are generally able to delay, and it's not surprising to delay it for a year and a half.

However, this is also a sub-target, a producer like Yi Entertainment who has a box office guarantee. In order to maintain a good relationship between the two parties and lay a good foundation for future cooperation, the issuing company will pay the dividends on time, even in advance.

Otherwise, once the relationship between the two parties breaks down, the issuing company loses a cash cow.

On the project "Emperor Wu", Chengying just contacted the theater chain and paid some publicity and other costs. It didn't take much effort to get a profit of 100 million. It's all about sitting back and enjoying it.

Zhao Jingmei can't be so short-sighted, for the sake of a little profit, she is too stiff with Yi Entertainment.

Zhong Yue guessed that Chengying should have happened to something, and it was quite serious, otherwise, she would not have risked offending him to open her mouth.

He quickly had an idea in his heart, and said slowly, "I can promise you." ”

Zhao Jingmei's face was happy, and she listened to him continue, "However, two hundred million is not a small amount. How can you guarantee that the money will be repaid by then, and if something happens and Chengying can't afford to pay the money, won't I lose a lot?"

Zhao Jingmei's face sank, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Zhong Yue said, "In business, please forgive Auntie." ”

Zhao Jingmei seemed to have finally made up her mind and said, "I can sign a loan contract." ”

"Okay. Zhong Yue nodded, arrears of accounts payable are not the same concept as capital lending. Even if the former wins the lawsuit, Chengying really has no money, so he will have to fight. In the case of the latter, it belongs to the creditor, and even if Chengying goes bankrupt, it can also be compensated first.

After talking about this matter, Zhao Jingmei's eyebrows were much more relaxed, and she told him, "I hope you can keep this matter a secret." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not going to talk nonsense. Zhong Yue naturally knew that if Chengying's borrowing of funds was exposed, Chengying's stock price would fall immediately.

Zhao Jingmei said another thing, "Have you completed the live-action movie script you talked about last time?"

Zhong Yue didn't expect that at this time, she still had the heart to ask about the movie, saying, "It's almost there, and the final polish is still missing." ”

"What kind of movie is it?" Zhao Jingmei looked very interested.

Zhong Yue really doesn't have much confidence in making live-action movies. And this theme is too novel, and it is still unknown whether the audience can accept it. If Zhao Jingmei can join, with Chengying's status in the industry, it will not be a problem to build a strong crew.

Thinking of this, he no longer hid it and explained to her, "The movie I plan to make is a science fiction movie. ”

Hearing that it was a science fiction movie, Zhao Jingmei's brows furrowed imperceptibly, in China, making science fiction movies is simply synonymous with hitting the streets. The requirements for special effects are too high, if you want to make a qualified sci-fi film, it is definitely a super-large production, don't think about it if you don't have five or six hundred million.

In this level of production, there are no more than five directors who can control it in China. There is no one who can shoot sci-fi. If you look for a big director in Hollywood, don't say please don't move, the cultural difference alone is enough of a headache. If in the end, if you make a story that is dressed in the skin of the Chinese people but expresses Western values, I am afraid that the audience will not buy it.

What's more, the cost of 600 million requires a box office of at least 2 billion to recover the cost.

It's too risky, it's not cost-effective at all.

However, Zhao Jingmei did not interrupt him and continued to listen to him.

"In web novels, there is a category called Infinite Streaming. To put it simply, it is some ordinary people who are sent into the world of the movie by mysterious powers, and then complete the designated tasks and then get rewards. ”

"My new film is based on an idea like this. The protagonists enter a movie world, meet the main characters in the movie, and a series of stories that take place. ”

Zhao Jingmei has been making movies for so many years, and she has seen all kinds of strange scripts. It's not unacceptable, she thinks that such a story should be worthy of young people's taste.

She quickly found the key question, "And which movie are you going to use as the backdrop?"

"I'm not going to pick an existing film, it's an original. Zhong Yue said.

"Original?" Zhao Jingmei nodded and said, "Indeed, if you are original, you can save a lot of trouble." At the very least, you don't have to think about copyright. It's just that, in this way, the biggest selling point of this kind of movie is gone. Moreover, to explain two clues at the same time is a huge test for both the screenwriter and the director. ”

The use of original films as a backdrop means that the filming is made clear about what is happening in the world of the film, while at the same time highlighting the stories of the real protagonists. The difficulty is not ordinary.

Zhong Yue seemed confident about this question, "So, I wrote two scripts at the beginning, one is the script of the movie that acts as the back. One is a script for infinite streaming. I'm going to shoot both scripts. ”

Zhao Jingmei's eyes lit up and said, "One crew, making two movies, is indeed a good way to share costs." ”

As the chairman of the film company, her first consideration is the cost and benefits of the film. From this point of view, Zhong Yue's creativity did make her a little moved.

So, the question now is whether the script has enough selling points.

In fact, in the film industry, creativity is not valuable. Any film company, when it comes to investing, is conservative. They would rather choose a genre of film that has been successful than invest in a creative script easily.

Unless, the person who came up with this script is a director or producer who has proven himself.

Zhong Yue chose to make this infinite stream of movies, which can be said to be rich and capricious. For Zhao Jingmei, she invested in Zhong Yue. (To be continued......)