Chapter 43 An agreement is reached
The two sides reached a preliminary agreement, but there are still many details to be discussed, and reaching an agreement on the sharing of the theater chain does not mean that it can be agreed on other aspects. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
For example, there is a fierce debate between the two sides over the sharing of video tapes and the sharing of overseas releases.
The videotapes are very clear, and it is not possible to go to the cinema during the release time, or especially like a film to buy back the video to take home to watch or treasure, and a large part of the business of renting out video discs.
This is all about the need for both parties to agree on profit sharing, which is not necessarily a small amount, some films have an average performance in theaters but have sprung up in terms of video tape sales, and some films are very popular in theaters, but they are very average when the video tapes are released.
There is also a lot of interest sharing in terms of film copyright, and the benefits of this piece can be large or small, such as the sale of the first, second and third rounds of broadcast rights in various TV stations is a big income, of course, this is very unfixed, it depends on the impact of the movie being broadcast in theaters, whether many fans are willing to sit at home and watch it.
If it performs well in theaters, then it is also a big source of profit when selling the broadcast rights.
Of course, now I don't know what good performance can be performed in theaters, maybe it will sink into the sand, then these broadcast rights may be unwanted.
However, as a contract, it must be reflected here, otherwise it will really be on fire, and if you give up at that time, it will really be a regret to hit the wall.
As for the overseas release share, well, this is really, not like another plane, taking a Chinese movie to a Chinese theater in the United States to play it, not only did not make money, but it lost money.
But after returning to China, it was called the expedition to the United States, and the shyness of the answer was not to mention whether the expedition was won or defeated, people should not be invincible in the world, and many media never exposed this truth under some public relations, the film and television industry is such a dark trick, and it is the audience and investors who are really fooled.
In this plane, due to the strength of China, Southeast Asia is completely the sphere of influence of China, and even some small countries are still Chinese-speaking, resulting in an extremely strong influence in the first-line Chinese entertainment circle in Southeast Asia, many films have achieved good box office results there, and even some singers such as Haoran , Chen Fu and others have millions of fans in Southeast Asia.
Tianya Records has recently been preparing for the release of records in Southeast Asia, and Ming Chuhan has gone to Southeast Asia accompanied by Cheng Jisheng in order to cooperate with the company's listing publicity, and Xia Han has just rushed to meet with Ming Chuhan and is promoting with cooperative companies in Southeast Asia.
Of course, there is a gap between China's national conditions and Southeast Asia, and not all films can be successful in Southeast Asia, so this should be treated differently.
But no one can be sure which film will not sell well there, so I have to make this provision more detailed in the early contract, and the two parties in the end will be very unhappy because of this.
In the end, the two sides were at a stalemate in this regard, Fang Yuchen insisted on reaching a 45% share ratio, while Yushi Film and Television only agreed to 35%, and the two sides were too far apart.
The reason why this is so is because the two sides agree that this film has a deep Chinese imprint and may have the potential to be a dark horse in Southeast Asia, which is very different from some so-called films that combine Eastern and Western cultures, so this is also fighting for interests and seems to be unyielding.
"Yu Chen, you know that I am under a lot of pressure to sign this film with such generous conditions this time, if there is such a big concession in terms of overseas screening sharing, I have just arrived at the film and television company, it is difficult to do."
In the end, Sheng Yihua had to take the initiative to lower his posture and talk about his hardships, it is indeed a little difficult for him, he just arrived at the distribution department to take charge of one side, and too much concession may leave some bad impressions on his subordinates and superiors, of course, if the film sells well in the college, these are not a problem, but if he is really frustrated, these small terms may make him very passive.
Since Sheng Yihua's posture is so low, of course Fang Yuchen doesn't care about himself, and he has to take into account the future film publicity and distribution cooperation.
"Okay, Mr. Sheng has helped us a lot in Qingzhou Studio, so we will take a step back and agree to Mr. Sheng's condition, which is 35% of this sharing condition, how about it, we can sign the contract."
Fang Yuchen's words surprised Sheng Yihua, he thought that Fang Yuchen would agree to a maximum of forty percent of the sharing terms, but he didn't expect Fang Yuchen to completely agree to his conditions, Sheng Yihua gave a thumbs up,
"Yuchen is particular about this, let's see you later."
The two parties finally signed the final terms of cooperation after the lawyer's witness and impartial filing.
Basically, Fang Yuchen gets 25% of the cinema chain, Fang Yuchen retains 35% of the copyright share, 35% of the videotape, 35% of the overseas distribution share, and all publicity and distribution costs are shared by Fang Yuchen according to the proportion.
As for the income related to the movie, Fang Yuchen gave up all of them, this is not a family movie, many dolls or something basically have no possibility of sales.
As a reward for Fang Yuchen's initiative to retreat, Sheng Yihua waved his hand, and these publicity and distribution expenses and other expenses were paid in advance by Yushi Film and Television, and they were deducted after the profits returned.
In this way, the two sides finally reached this agreement two weeks after the end of the film festival, which also means that the film is about to start its publicity and operation, and it is just around the corner to be released in theaters.
When the agreement was reached, it was already mid-March, and it can be said that the front was a bit long.
On the day the agreement was reached, Wu Lan, according to Fang Yuchen's wishes, each crew member went to the phone to inform them of the good news.
Fang Yuchen has only one purpose, to tell these people that the films they participated in filming are not those so-called bad movies, and they have been purchased by Yushi Film and Television and are about to log in to the theater, well, it is very important to maintain the relationship between these actors and staff.
After all, Fang Yuchen has few connections in this circle, and there may not be any big changes in the short term, after all, it is the most influential film school in the circle that he offends, so everyone he knows now Fang Yuchen cherishes it.
Many people were happy because of Fang Yuchen's signing, and they called Fang Yuchen to congratulate him, including Zheng Hailan.
It's just that Zheng Hailan is in a complicated mood, because she is also very optimistic about this film, and she even let Tianya Records intervene in this film first, but the result is that her eldest brother turned a blind eye and lost this opportunity.
"You feel so good about this film, Yu Chen is a genius, I know, but it can't be so demonic, this is an unpredictable movie, no one dares to say that it will last forever."
At the dinner party at home that day, Zheng Hailan said this with some complaints, Zheng Jun was a little suspicious.
"I knew I said you didn't believe me."
Zheng Hailan was very unhappy, in her opinion, even if she achieved such great results, her father still had doubts about it in his bones, and he had a choice about what she said.
Wang Xia glanced at Zheng Jun, Zheng Jun smiled helplessly,
"Heilan, it's not that I don't believe you, let's put it this way, the movie is really too complicated a system, and no one can be 100% sure that it will succeed without the test of the theater, otherwise there would be no fiasco in the films where the six big companies have hundreds of millions of investments every year."
Zheng Jun must comfort his daughter, this is the privilege of the successful,
"Anyway, your brother has been in this circle for a long time, and he still has some vision, is there a reason why he refuses to raise the offer again?"
"Then why are the conditions proposed by Southeast Pictures and Yushi Film and Television much higher than my brother, is it that their managers have no vision and throw money around?"
Who Zheng Hailan is, he is used to seizing the other party's loopholes, and even his father can't question her decision.
"Well, this one,"
Zheng Jun hesitated a little, he knew that such a large company has its own mature film selection system, and the films they watch cannot be said to be popular, but there must be merits, otherwise such conditions will never be offered.
"Is it that your brother thinks that Fang Yuchen didn't give our family too many discounts, so he is a little annoyed, this is possible."
Don't say it, the mother really guessed some of Zheng Haitao's thoughts at that time.
"Didn't there be too many concessions, at that time, Yu Chenming knew that the conditions of Southeast Pictures and Yushi Film and Television were much higher, and he still made a ten-point concession, which is not a huge concession, it is really ridiculous,"
Zheng Hailan's face is very ugly,
"You must know that I went to watch the test screening and found that Yuchen's film has the potential of a dark horse, so I pulled He Yuan to watch it as soon as possible, I was afraid that our company would lose this opportunity, but the eldest brother's style disappointed me too much, he always looked high, thinking that Yuchen's concession should be shared, to understand the significance of Yuchen to our company, he does not owe our company, on the contrary, our company's income to him is really less than his contribution to the pitiful,"
Zheng Hailan then took this opportunity to vent her grievances for Fang Yuchen, in fact, she knew that some contracts were not fair to Yuchen, but in order to have an explanation for her family, she still didn't let the contract go too wide.
Fortunately, Fang Yuchen really doesn't care too much, but Zheng Hailan can't help but appreciate it, for example, as a gold medal singer-songwriter and producer, Fang Yuchen's percentage of Xia Han's album is two or three points less, Xia Han's album sales have now passed the seven million mark, how much income are these points, it is obvious that Fang Yuchen has given up a lot.
"It's true, it's not a way to always rely on favors to maintain, it's better to increase the share, although you are their Bole, but it can't be sustained for a long time by relying on favors."
Zheng Jun nodded in approval.
"As for your brother, you still have to observe, after all, the results of the release of this film have not yet come out, and it is still a bit early to say this."
Zheng Jun is also embarrassed, no matter what, he still wants to continue to give Zheng Haitao a chance, after all, he is also his son, and the ideal is that his children have achieved good results in both aspects, although there is some wishful thinking.
Zheng Hailan didn't say anything, since it is useless to talk too much about his father's attitude, everything has to be told by facts.
Wang Xia felt something, why did her daughter say that Fang Yuchen's tone and expression were a little different, and the sensitivity of the woman made her aware of something.