Chapter 220: Cooperation with the Shaw Brothers

Shao Yifu also knew that Lei Juewen's words were right, and listened: "I know that some theaters in your cinema chain are franchised, and you need to share some box office shares, but even so, there is still a lot of income." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Lei Juewen shook his head and said, "Sixth Uncle, you shouldn't forget the taxes of various countries, right?" For a high-income industry like film, countries have a lot of taxes, and it would be nice if the taxes could be less. ”

Shao Yifu said: "Even if there are taxes, the income of this film in Southeast Asia will not be less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, do you say so?" ”

"Sixth uncle, you know everything, what else can I say."

Lei Juewen shrugged his shoulders when he heard this, for Shao Yifu, an old man who has been in the film industry for many years, Lei Juewen couldn't deceive him on this matter at all, so he could only admit it. It's just that he was very puzzled, what did Shaw Yifu want to say to him, Shaw Brothers has its own theater chain in Southeast Asia, and it is impossible for him to want to put the film on his theater line, he really doesn't understand what Shaw Yifu suddenly said this.

Lei Juewen's doubts didn't exist for long, and Shao Yifu quickly said: "Ah Wen, the film "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" has a good box office, and presumably the box office of the series "A Thousand Kings" will not be less, here I want to congratulate you on another film that will sell well in Southeast Asia." ”

"Uncle Cheng is auspicious."

Lei Juewen smiled and thanked him.

Shao Yifu said: ""A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Bosses" tells the story of a thousand kings and a thousand masters, a thousand kings, you take it out and shoot it into a film, have you ever thought about taking it out to shoot a film? ”

The box office of the two films "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" and "A Thousand Kings" is very high, and Shaw Yifu naturally noticed that after all, the actors of these two films are related to Shaw Brothers, if it weren't for the copyright of the film "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" in Light Curtain Film and Television, he would have directly asked people to shoot films about Qianba. When "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" was released in Southeast Asia this time, Shao Yifu noticed that as soon as the ten-day box office came out, he couldn't sit still immediately, and asked Lei Juewen out, just to talk about Qianba-related films and want to get a piece of the pie.

Qianba took it out to shoot a film, Lei Juewen had this idea at the beginning, but Wang Yu was an artist of the Shaw Brothers, and in the end he put this idea behind him, not wanting Shao Yifu to put it forward today.

"Sixth Uncle, what do you think?"

Talking about it now, Shao Yifu didn't hide it anymore, and nodded when he heard the words: "I have an idea, that is, Shaw Brothers and Light Curtain Film and Television will invest together to shoot Qianba-related films, as for the script, Ah Jing's kid writes it well, and he can let him write one." ”

The script was written by Wang Jing, and Lei Juewen had no opinion, so he nodded and said, "Sixth uncle, let's call this film "Qianba" directly." The investment in "Qianba" will not be large, let's talk about the investment ratio and profit distribution on both sides first. ”

Shao Yifu said directly: "Half of the investment is for one person, and half for all the income." ”

"That's not going to work, I'm going to lose too much."

Lei Juewen shook his head when he heard this, and refused without thinking about it. Investment is not a big problem, but an actor of Shaw Brothers wants to offset the copyright, which Lei Juewen can't agree to anything, so it is really not cost-effective for him.

Fang Yihua said loudly: "Ah Wen, your side will publish the copyright, and the Shaw Brothers will produce people, and half of the profits will be distributed for one person, which is very reasonable." ”

Lei Juewen still shook his head and said, "Aunt Six, copyright is more important than actors. ”

Shao Yifu said loudly: "Then how do you say how to distribute it?" ”

Lei Juewen said: "I have no opinion on investing half of everyone." In terms of profit, I need sixty percent, and the final copyright still belongs to me. ”

When Shao Yifu heard this, he said: "There is no problem with you for sixty percent of the profits, but the copyright cannot belong to you, and the copyright must be half of one person." "Copyright doesn't seem to be important, it will only be used when it is necessary to shoot related films, but no one dares to say whether the copyright of "Qianba" will be used in the future, so he has to fight for anything he says.

"Sixth uncle, I can give up half of the profits, but I won't give up the copyright. If you can't get the full copyright, forget about this cooperation. ”

Lei Juewen gave up half of the profits, but what did he say about getting the copyright, even if the copyright of this film should be useless, he still has to get it.

Seeing Lei Juewen so insistent, Shao Yifu groaned, nodded and agreed, and agreed to Lei Juewen's assignment.

After seeing Shao Yifu's agreement, Lei Juewen said: "Sixth uncle, the film is being screened in theaters, and whatever our two theaters are willing to screen can be screened, what do you think?" ”

"It's the same in Southeast Asia, whoever is willing to do it, then it can be screened."

In addition to the box office of the film on Hong Kong Island, Shaw also values the box office of the film in Southeast Asian countries. At present, the box office of Shaw Brothers films on Hong Kong Island is not high, and the box office in Southeast Asia is also not high, and it is difficult for the theater chain to be competitive, and he needs to use high-grossing films to make the theater chain more competitive.

After negotiating the distribution of profits, there is no need for the two to talk about issues such as the start of filming of the film, after all, the script of "Qianba" has not yet come out, at least until the script is written, before the next step can be arranged.

After the business was discussed, Lei Juewen and Shao Yifu chatted for a while, and then left the Peninsula Hotel together and left separately.

Lei Juewen is currently fine, and he hasn't thought about what film he will shoot next, so he is very idle now, and after leaving the Peninsula Hotel, he asked Lei Zhong to go to the crew of "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes", mainly to see Wang Jing, and take him to the crew to see.

The film "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes" was determined by Lei Juewen before he went to Taiwan, although filming did not start immediately, but when Lei Juewen was in Taiwan, this film had already begun filming, and it has been filmed for many days.

Many of the scenes in "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes" are indoors, so Lei Juewen found the crew in a house.

When Lei Juewen came, the crew was filming, but Lei Juewen just glanced at the crew at this time, and in the rest place outside the crew, he saw Di Bola, Di Bola must have come to visit Xie Xianban, and after he saw Di Bola, he walked over directly.

There was no one around Di Bola, but perhaps because of her weak heart as a thief, when she saw Lei Juewen coming, she couldn't help but glance at Xie Xian, who was filming not far away, as if he would find out about his relationship with Lei Juewen. (To be continued.) )