Chapter 564 of the main text volume How to win together?

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Facing the camera, when talking about 'money', Su Ming and Long Wu both smiled knowingly.

Su Ming and Long Wu co-produced this animal city, and the relationship between the two is in a state of constant change.

Originally, Long Wu was in line with the starting point of returning favors and helping the little brother, and he didn't think about making money from Su Ming;

As for Su Ming, he wanted to make a movie to make money, but to be honest, he was not completely sure at the beginning, his lowest expectation in his heart was that this film would not lose money, and it would be good to have a box office of 30 or 40 million.

In this way, you can smoothly step into the film industry, as long as you can prove that there is a market for making films with animals, you can continue to shoot in the future.

Among the people he knows, only Long Wu is an expert, who can help set up a professional shooting team in the shortest possible time, and has rich experience in the industry.

Without Su Ming, Long Wu also has other movies to make; Without Long Wu, Su Ming could also find others to help, but the efficiency was not so high;

The two sides started as a loose partnership based on friendship.

But with the release of Zootopia, the box office has soared, and there have been some subtle changes in the relationship and ideas of both parties.

According to the contract, the producer and the producer can share 45% of the total box office after tax, with the final box office of Animal City, almost more than 160 million Huaxia coins, these money, the two sides will distribute it again, Su Ming's income is nearly 100 million, and the Huaxia Star of Dragon Five is almost 60 million.

Such a high box office return, at the beginning, no one expected.

At the beginning, the two did not sign a relevant contract, what Long Wu did was nothing more than to put up a name, help Su Ming set up a shooting team, and finally helped the theater to contact the theater and did some things, but in general, it is a help, not a commercial cooperation.

In fact, the box office reached more than 60 million in the first week of release, and when Long Wu was video chatting with Su Ming, he euphemistically mentioned the sentence "Our company is making films in the mainland".

Su Ming probably heard the meaning of his words, and when he mentioned 'company', he wanted to formally talk to Su Ming about the box office account.

According to the momentum at that time, the box office of Animal City is definitely not a small amount of money that can be ignored. If according to the standard commercial account sharing model, Longwu's Huaxia Star Company, as a maker, wants to take a large part of it, Su Ming will definitely not be happy in his heart; On the other hand, since it has been a big hit, if Su Ming still positions Long Wu in the role of 'voluntary help', and casually gives three melons and two dates to thank him and send it away, Long Wu will inevitably have other ideas.

Since the total box office had not yet come out at that time, Su Ming did not immediately pick up the words of Dragon Five, but also said euphemistically, 'Wait for the total box office to come out'.

Now the total box office is out, 365 million Huaxia coins.

With such a big box office, we have to talk about it seriously.

Everyone has their own position, standing in Su Ming's position, if Long Wu wants to divide the accounts according to the normal pattern at this time, he will inevitably be suspected of picking peaches; And from the position of Long Wu, if Su Ming does not pull out a dime, it will be to cross the river and tear down the bridge.

Whether it's a friend or a partner, if you always make others feel that you're at a loss, it's hard to maintain the relationship for a long time. Of course, the kind of people who are not greedy enough, except for those who have long Wangshu.

Su Ming and Long Wu are not such people, but when it comes to money, especially a lot of money, this issue has become a little sensitive, and the words must be made clear, so that both parties can accept it in their hearts, so that there will be no gaps.

"Brother Ten, I'm younger, I'm a novice in the film industry, so I rely on selling small things once. The box office is out, how do you think it is more appropriate for us to share the bill? ”

Su Ming took the lead in picking up the topic, and at this time, whoever spoke out his opinion first would be passive, so he smiled politely and said that he relied on the small and sold the small.

Long Wu smiled: "Honest enough, I appreciate it." To tell the truth, in your eyes and me, this money is not a net worth, earn the best, it doesn't matter if you don't earn it, if you don't want to say it, I won't mention it, but that will inevitably make me look down on you. ”

"Brother Ten, the brothers settle the accounts, everyone does things together, of course, it must be a win-win situation." Su Ming said.

The word win-win is very interesting, the two did not sign a contract, at first Long Wu came to help, if the account is finally divided in a common way in the industry, Su Ming can only say that he will not suffer, how can he talk about a win-win situation?

If Long Wu adheres to the general account-sharing model in the industry, if he wants 60 million, or even more, Su Ming will agree.

But in the same way, in Su Ming's heart, it is inevitable that he will also look down on Long Wu. At first, he pretended to be generous when he saw that it was unprofitable, but now when he sees the profits, he can't sit still and wants to share the profits, which is inevitably a loss of general's demeanor.

But if Long Wu didn't want a penny, Su Ming wouldn't be happy.

It's like two people working together to do business and making a lot of money, even if one of them doesn't contribute much, and finally says I don't want dividends, the other people will definitely find it strange.

The two sides are in a very delicate mental activity.

"Okay, you and I won't go around in circles, no one expected this film to be a hit. If I don't take some money, not only will I be unhappy, but you will also feel uneasy. Long Wu thought for a while, "Collect half, 30 million, including the distribution fee and the fee I gave to Guo Zijian's crew." ”

"Of course 30 million is no problem." Su Ming nodded.

Hearing what Su Ming said, Long Wu raised his eyebrows: "If you have a better way, you might as well say it and listen to it?" He smiled and pointed his index finger at his temple and said, "You know, I'm old, and my mind is sometimes out of date, not as flexible as you young people." ”

"Brother Ten, you are so right in your flexible two words." Su Ming said: "The advantage of my idea is that it is more flexible. ”

Long Wu nodded silently, waiting for Su Ming to continue, Su Ming said: "I think so, Taoyuan Entertainment is currently setting up a subordinate sub-film company, and it has little experience in overseas distribution, and there is no professional manpower to do it in a short period of time." Professional things, of course, are left to professional people to do, you have been in this business for more than 20 years, and you have a lot of experience in dealing with theaters in various countries and regions in Asia, why don't I hand over the Asian distribution rights of this film to you? ”

Long Wu said unexpectedly: "What you mean, I don't share the accounts at the mainland box office, but I want to sell the overseas distribution rights of Animal City in Asia, and I will get as much as I sell?" ”

"Yes, sell more, sell less, even if you sell 100 million, I won't be red." Su Ming nodded. (To be continued.) )