Episode 29 Pit Daddy's Buyout

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"Brother Kim." After reading it, Choi Jong-so looked up and asked Kim Nam suspiciously: "These data ...... Should your committee help you do it? "What do you mean by that? Is Yingxing going to support this newcomer? Or is this kid your Jin Nan's illegitimate son at all, and he takes care of it too thoroughly! Isn't this a clear force to force our company to invest according to the standard amount, and not let a penny be missed?

"Manager Cui misunderstood, it has nothing to do with me." Jin Nan waved his hand again and again in embarrassment: "It's all Li Xiaole, he and a few friends made it together." ”

"Li Xiaole's friend?"

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Cui Zhongxiu tasted the word in his heart, unconsciously guessed Li Xiaole's background, pondered for a while, and finally decided:

"I don't think it's okay to do this for the time being."

"Manager Cui, you say~" Li Xiaole said.

Choi Jong-so got up and took out an agreement from the desk drawer and put it on the coffee table:

"This is the corresponding investment agreement for independent films recommended by our company for the Film Association, Li Xiaole, you take it back first and take a look at it first, if you don't understand anything, ask Brother Jin to see if you can accept it, I also need time to take this Jihua book to my colleagues in the marketing department to check the data, and we will meet again in a week, and then we will talk about the details."

Cui Zhongxiu also admitted it, since the people of the film association have such a fully supportive attitude, they can only sell personal favors, alas, as long as the data on the budget book is true, this project will be signed, who calls people people from government departments.

"Manager Cui, then everything will be too much for you." Li Xiaole couldn't help but feel excited after hearing this, this matter was much smoother than he imagined, it seemed that the energy of the Yingxing Club was much greater than he expected, and he didn't find the wrong channel.

Jin Nan first took the agreement and took a general look, as a member of the support committee, he also has the responsibility of the applicant's legal counsel, and he has to check the main terms of the agreement.

"Weird? That's a better deal than last year's one. Kim Nam laughed contentedly after reading the agreement and patted Choi Jong-so on the shoulder:

"Has Chairman Zheng of your company changed his sex? Not to mention the supply of film crews, even the cost of direct buyouts has risen to 4 million, and I remember only 3.2 million last year. ”

"Big brother, don't be kidding." Choi Jong-so said with a wry smile: "Last month, the presidential palace had already revised the film law, and the government forced the film crews of those film companies to support emerging films. ”

Wait~ Buyout!? This word jumped in Li Xiaole's heart, and he hurriedly took the contract and looked through it carefully.

The contract reads:

"The amount of the investment agreement of Party A's "Anmin Company" will be used for Party B's "Li Xiaole" to shoot the movie "Color is Empty", and Party A will provide professional filming personnel and buy out the distribution rights and cultural rights of the film.

When the profit of the film exceeds the cost by more than 30%, Party B will be paid 8 million won, otherwise Party B will be paid 4 million won......"

Lean~ Li Xiaole's chest suddenly tightened, and he bought out the contract...... This is a pure buyout agreement~~!! In other words, after he finished making the movie, he had nothing to do with the movie! What channel to sell to, how much to get in return, are all operated by Anmin company!!

This is of course a generous protection agreement for the average independent filmmaker, not only can you use other people's money to shoot a movie of your dreams, but also get a lot of remuneration, not to mention any risks, in exchange for other independent filmmakers to get this kind of buyout agreement, I am afraid that they will wake up laughing in their dreams.

But this thing is really disastrous for Li Xiaole! He knows exactly what the film is going to be! Sell such a high-grossing movie to an investment company for a mere 50,000 yuan? What is the difference between this and selling Lin Chiling as a hair salon girl!!

"Manager Cui, can this contract be changed?" Li Xiaole suppressed his emotions and said, "I have a proposal, you can see how it goes." ”

"Change the contract? Well, let's talk about it first. Cui Zhongxiu frowned and said, muttering in his heart, don't you kid still think that the 4 million buyout fee is less? If you hadn't recommended a spot for the film, which nervous investor would have bought out this kind of independent film.

"Can we sign a standard film investment agreement, you invest in me to do it, according to the film investment law, the two parties will share the benefits in 28 proportions, and if it doesn't work, you can also invest in the form of a risk-based capital loan, let me be responsible for my own profits and losses, and sign a one-year contract......" Li Xiaole gritted his teeth and said, he really didn't expect to get a buyout contract today.

When these words came out, not only Cui Zhongxiu was speechless on the spot, but even Jin Nan, who admired Li Xiaole a lot, was speechless, what does this mean? It is not necessary to guarantee such a contract, but to sign a venture capital contract...... Your kid got his head caught in the door.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Cui Zhongxiu first looked at Li Xiaole with the eyes of an idiot for a long time, and then patiently explained:

"First, your project belongs to the film supported by the Film Industry Association, according to the Film Investment Law, we can only sign this kind of buyout agreement, and secondly, if you do not apply with the recommendation of the Film Industry Association, whether it is in the form of seed investment or capital introduction, then we will re-examine the project in accordance with the risk procedure (remember the fastest update in a second), this time is not up to you, even if you pass the review in a few months, it is difficult for the venture capital fund to exceed the figure of 100 million......"

said that 100 million is still him Cui Zhongxiu to save face for Li Xiaole, if you want to talk from the heart, this kind of student movie is at most 60 million, even if such a small project makes tens of millions of dollars, what can it do, and the manpower and time spent can't be earned.

Li Xiaole became even more depressed after listening to it, what Cui Zhongxiu said was the truth, this is not the United States after all, there were only 59 domestic films released in South Korea last year, it is conceivable how strict the investment company here is for film review, if you don't go through the channel of the film association, his independent film will not be included in the investment company as a plan to discuss.

Even if you take 10,000 steps back, An Minken is willing to review his business plan well and he is qualified to get investment, but as Cui Zhongxiu said, this kind of small project has at least a review period of three months to half a year in the middle!? Will he make it to that day?

"Xiaole, let's talk." Jin Nan found that Li Xiaole was hesitant, pulled him aside, sighed and persuaded:

"Xiaole, I know that you are young and have your own ideas, but I still hope that you will honestly put your heart down first, after all, this is your first work, don't think too far about the benefits, the key now is that if you give up this opportunity, there is no way to start shooting."

"Yes...... Uncle Jin's buyout agreement will definitely not work. Li Xiaole was also very helpless.

"What's wrong with a buyout?" Jin Nan felt more and more that Li Xiaole didn't know what to do, and explained the stakes to him:

"I don't know what you think, but now there is only one way in front of you, you are still a student, maybe you don't understand your situation, you came to Anmin Company today as a project of the Movie Association, they have spent so much time on the budget, it means that this project has entered the KVCA (Korea Film and Television Investment Association) database, according to KVCA's ' Before you contact the one-year protection agreement for the first time, before the agreement between you and Anmin is confirmed, unless Anmin takes the initiative to give up the plan, not only will no other investment company contact you in the next year, but all the film and television companies under KVCA will not rent you the shooting team, even if you get money from other channels, do you still expect to shoot a movie on the big screen just by relying on the students in the school? ”

Li Xiaole was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and immediately felt a chill in his heart, leaning !! How did you forget about this......

The difference between the Korean film and television industry and China's various film and television companies independently undertaking all aspects is that it completely imitates the system of American Hollywood, which is mainly dominated by three major organizations.

The "Film Promotion Association" is responsible for the legislation and management of film and television, the KVCA leads the investment organization of the filming process, and the Artist Association provides actors and protects their interests.

For example, the 2:8 sharing agreement just proposed by Li Xiaole is one of the standard agreements for investment in Korean film productions, all producers sign the same type of contract, if someone violates the standard contract and privately signs such as a 1:9 or 3:7 proportional sharing contract, then the artist association will come forward to refuse to provide actors, and the film association will also prohibit the release of this film, so as to achieve the effect of mutual checks and balances between the three parties.

As the representative of the investment producer, the KVCA, in order to avoid vicious competition from companies in the industry, must have this kind of investor protection agreement? I should have thought of it a long time ago.

Li Xiaole hesitated again and again, and finally hung his head and said, "Okay, Uncle Jin, I'll think about it first." ”

Kim Nam breathed a sigh of relief and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.

"Manager Cui." Li Xiaole turned around and shook hands with Cui Zhongxiu and said goodbye: "I'll go back and discuss it with my partner, and we'll talk about it in detail next time." ”

"Okay then."

Cui Zhongxiu nodded to the two of them, sent them out of the door, and after closing the door, he sat on the bench and thought about Li Xiaole's surprised expression after hearing the buyout agreement, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "What an idiot to the house, don't even ...... the buyout agreement." It's saved me from following you to lose performance. ”

It was already noon when the two walked out of the office, and the more Li Xiaole thought about it in the corridor of the building, the more depressed he felt, and he touched his stomach and made an excuse to Jin Nan: "Uncle Jin, I'm a little uncomfortable and want to go to the toilet, you can go back first, I'll call you in two days." ”

"Okay, you go back and take a closer look at the contract, and if you don't understand anything, come to me." Kim Nam-eun finished his instructions and went downstairs.