0038 Sit back and wait to collect the money
Early the next morning, Jiang Zhiqin informed his immediate boss, Zhou Hua, general manager of the distribution department of Huayi Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., that Xiao Heng intended to release the movie "I Am Willing to IDO".
"Guaranteed issuance?" Zhou Hua heard this word for the first time, and looked at Jiang Zhiqin suspiciously. He searched his head for the keyword, but nothing.
"Yes, Mr. Zhou. Just now, Jiang Zhiqin had already explained the details of the plan to Zhou Hua clearly.
"The guaranteed box office is 60 million, if the box office is not enough for this number, he will use real money to make up for us, if it exceeds 60 million, he will take a cut of the box office, this is the reason. Zhou Hua confirmed to Jiang Zhiqin.
"That's right, Mr. Zhou, I calculated yesterday, no matter what the box office of this movie is, the guaranteed release is a sure profit for us. Jiang Zhiqin said.
According to the plan provided by Xiao Heng, Zhou Hua began to calculate in his mind, and after a while, he didn't seem to be very energetic, and then picked up a pen and calculated on paper.
Not long after, Zhou Hua put down the pen, raised his head and asked, "This person has a brain disease?"
"That's what I thought, but that's exactly what they said. Jiang Zhiqin also thought so at the beginning.
"I Wish IDO" costs 15 million, and it takes 45 million box office to recover the cost, and now Xiao Heng gives a guaranteed release amount of 60 million, no matter what, for Huayi Film and Television, it is simply a business without capital.
If this man is not stupid, the only explanation is that he is optimistic about the box office of the film. Zhou Hua touched his beard and thought about it, then looked up at Jiang Zhiqin, "Are you optimistic about the box office of this movie?"
To be honest, now all the people in the world who know this movie are watching its box office, Jiang Zhiqin is of course the most clear, he was stunned for a second, and said euphemistically: "I'm not very optimistic." ”
After all, it is a movie released by his own company, and it is not appropriate to say that he is not optimistic in front of his boss.
"Hmm, hmph. Zhou Hua laughed twice, "To be honest, I'm not optimistic either." ”
Even Zhou Hua himself said such things, it seems that he has already given up "I Am Willing to IDO", so he will transfer most of his resources to the "LOVE" that Chen Ye is responsible for.
After Jiang Zhiqin heard this, he felt extremely uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to say anything in front of the leader.
"Then let's do it, you go talk to that Hengyi Media and see if you can talk about it. Finally, Zhou Hua said.
"Then if the box office exceeds 60 million, how should the subsequent share be divided?" The sharing ratio is the most important part of the guaranteed distribution plan, and the focus of the negotiation is here, so Jiang Zhiqin asked Zhou Hua, hoping that he could draw up a plan.
"Do you still think that the box office can really break 60 million, it's impossible, don't be whimsical. You just need to talk about the 60 million guaranteed amount for me, and you can talk about it later, it's useless anyway. Zhou Hua finally said impatiently, and shook his hand to signal him to leave quickly, because at this time his phone rang.
After Jiang Zhiqin answered, he pushed the door and left the office with interest.
Zhou Hua watched Jiang Zhiqin leave, immediately picked up the phone, and said with a smile: "Eh, Chen Ye, let me tell you something, there is a fool who wants to guarantee the box office release of "I Am Willing to IDO" with a minimum of 60 million, do you say that there is a problem with this person's brain, haha......"
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On the day of the 15th, Xiao Heng received Jiang Zhiqin and Li Xiaoyu in his office in the Guojin Financial Center.
At first, the two sides talked quite smoothly, because it was a matter of mutual affection. Jiang Zhiqin, who was already planning to lose money, saw that someone sent money to his door, so it was naturally too late to be happy. As for Xiao Heng, because he knew the final total box office of this movie, he couldn't wait to sign the contract quickly.
However, after determining the guaranteed box office of 60 million, there was a slight disagreement between the two sides on the point of continuing to share the box office.
The condition given by Xiao Heng is that when the box office is less than 60 million, his share ratio is 2%, the part of the box office exceeding 60 million to 100 million, the part of the account sharing is 15%, and the part exceeding 100 million is divided into 30 percent, and the proportion of this is all calculated according to the total box office. According to this plan, when the box office exceeds 60 million, Xiao Heng can get a considerable amount, and when it exceeds 100 million, it becomes the largest share of the account, second only to the 50% proportion of the theater.
So when Jiang Zhiqin read the account sharing plan, although it didn't matter, the excessively high sharing ratio also made them disagree.
"Mr. Xiao, is the proportion of your company too high in the later account sharing plan?" When Jiang Zhiqin saw Xiao Heng for the first time, he saw that he was dressed casually, and he was incredibly young, and he thought that it was a rich boy who was idle and had nothing to do, burning money to play. But after chatting with Xiao Heng, I found that this guy didn't want to be so frivolous as he looked, and had a calm and steady feeling.
"Then what is your opinion?" Xiao Heng did not refute, but asked rhetorically.
"I've never had such a high split ratio, and you're not an investor in this film. Jiang Zhiqin said.
"You've never seen a company willing to release a movie that has a very bad reputation before its release, right?" Xiao Heng said calmly, "You have to know how much risk I have to bear if I guarantee your movie with 60 million yuan." ”
Xiao Heng is indeed right, in Jiang Zhiqin's view, Xiao Heng's plan is simply gambling, and he bets heavily on him when he knows that the other party has a bad deck of cards.
Jiang Zhiqin thought about it, but decided to ask the meaning of the above first: "I'll go out and make a call." ”
"Please. Xiao Heng made a gesture of please.
The call was made quickly, indicating that there was no disagreement between the two sides on the phone.
After coming back, Jiang Zhiqin and Li Xiaoyu glanced at each other, returned to their original seats and said, "Between 60 million and 100 million, 12 percent, after 100 million, 25 percent." ”
"Is this what your leader means?" Xiao Heng looked at Jiang Zhiqin and asked.
"Yes. Jiang Zhiqin nodded.
After thinking deliberately for a few minutes, making the other party look like he was fighting ideas, and finally pretending that he had lost a lot, Xiao Heng said with a reluctant expression: "Okay, then it's settled." ”
In fact, Xiao Heng had long known that the other party would bargain, and he was mentally prepared, but as a result, everyone had not touched his bottom line, and his heart was secretly happy.
After Jiang Zhiqin and the others left, Xiao Heng quickly ordered Tang Ce to draw up a contract.
"Mr. Xiao, are you really so optimistic about this movie?" Tang Ce has always been skeptical of Xiao Heng's approach, and he also deliberately went to the Internet to search for reviews about this movie, but the results all disappointed him, and he couldn't help but worry about Xiao Heng's plan.
"Don't worry, we'll see. Xiao Heng said confidently, there are only eight days left before Qixi Festival, and there are only eight days left before the release time, Xiao Heng finally caught the last train, and this time he was waiting to collect the money.