On September 14, as a competitor, "Super Big Diamond" was suddenly drawn, which caused Ma Yuan's strong uneasiness. Subsequently, he read in the newspaper that Tenglong Pictures lost the lawsuit and the relevant personnel were sentenced to prison.

Ma Yuan closed his eyes and leaned back on the swivel chair. He was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, he grabbed the newspaper on the table, and looked at it carefully. Finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Just then, the phone rang. Ma Yuan took a deep breath, connected the phone, and said in a low voice, "Hey? ”

Chen Jing's slightly deep voice came from the phone: "Tell you a good news, a bad news." The good news is that "Super Big Diamond" was suddenly released, and the major theaters decided to give us 2/3 of the film's schedule, and the remaining 1/3 was given to "Life and Death Choice" and two newly released movies. In the past two days, the box office results of "Magic Green Jade" have risen wildly. If it weren't for "Life and Death Choice" competing for the box office, it is estimated that the box office of our film would be stronger than that "Nightclub"! ”

This good news shocked Ma Yuan's spirit, and he couldn't wait to ask, "What about the bad news?" ”

"The bad news is that the opposing lawyer has been pressing hard lately, and the lawyer on our side is a bit overwhelmed. All three lawyers are very professional and very good at fighting this kind of lawsuit. Chen Jing said, "By the way, are you sure that there is no handle in the hands of the other party?" ”

"Well, I'm sure. The only reason for this was the email I exchanged with him, but they have all been deleted! Ma Yuan said, "Director Chen, please rest assured, we will never be defeated in their hands like Tenglong Pictures." The longer and more intense this lawsuit is, the better it will be for us. "Magic Green Jade" will definitely make a lot of money at the box office! ”

Ma Yuan on the phone was full of confidence, but Chen Jing, who was in Xiangjiang, was worried, he felt that things would never be so simple. The news that Tamron Pictures lost the case put a lot of pressure on him.

"Director Chen, don't be pressured, since the evidence has been destroyed, then there is no possibility that we will lose the case. Great is to have a with them. We're good at that. Lawyer Wang on the other side persuaded him.

"If that's the case, that's fine. I'm afraid that if the evidence is not completely destroyed, and they dig it up again, it will be troublesome. Alas! Chen Jing sighed heavily.

Compared with Chen Jing's heavy pressure, Chen Yuan at this time was undoubtedly relaxed.

"Nightclub" was released on July 14, lasted two months, and finally finished last Friday. The total box office has reached 127 million, which is the first time that there has been a box office record in China. A domestic film with the highest box office.

In terms of overseas distribution, "Nightclub" has been released in 18 countries and regions including North America, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and Southeast Asia since August 7. With the help of the powerful publicity offensive of Motorola Z927, an epoch-making mobile phone, "Nightclub" attracted many fans after its release. Even those who are usually not interested in movies have entered the cinema because of this Motorola Z927.

"According to the box office statistics received so far, in terms of overseas distribution, the total box office has reached 170 million US dollars, and it is estimated that this figure will double when "Nightclub" is drawn around the world!" Ye Yun reported to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan sat there. He didn't even raise his head, just let out a soft oh.

Ye Yun said tentatively: "Mr. Chen doesn't seem to be very satisfied with this data? ”

"Satisfied, very satisfied," Chen Yuan raised his head and said with a smile, "As far as I know, there is no domestic film that has achieved such excellent box office results overseas, and I didn't expect "Nightclub" to achieve such great results. But the film's success in overseas distribution did not come from the film itself. Rather, it relies on strong propaganda and a strong curiosity about the epoch-making phone of the Motorola Z927. ”

"So what? Haven't we already succeeded? Ye Yun didn't quite understand Chen Yuan's thoughts.

Chen Yuan explained: "Hollywood movies are rampage around the world, making a lot of money. In contrast, it is difficult for domestic films to break into overseas markets. Especially to break into the Western market. The success of "Nightclub" does not mean anything, we still have a long way to go in the future! ”

Ye Yun doesn't care about these, she cares about the company's income.

The total domestic box office of "Nightclub" reached 127 million, but not even half of it could really fall into the hands of the company. Domestic film box office distribution generally follows the following rules:

1. All box office revenue of the film is credited to the electronic ticketing system. The data is uniformly summarized to the China Film Industry Special Fund Office (hereinafter referred to as the Special Fund Office). The statistical data of the Office of Special Resources Management shall be used as the basis for the allocation of accounts by all parties. (PS: The data used for the final settlement of the filmmaker is provided by Zhongshu)

2. All film income is first subject to a special business tax of 3.3% and a special fund of 5% for the film industry. The remaining 91.7% is identified as a film's "divisible box office".

3. In the box office, cinemas and cinemas retain 57%, and China Film Digital retains 1-3% of the distribution agency fee. The remaining 40-42% goes to film producers and distributors (40% in most cases).

4. The distributor of the film will charge 5-15% of the box office attributable to the producer and distributor as a distribution agency fee. That is, 2-6% of the box office can be divided as the distribution agency fee.

5. In many cases, the distributor prepays the publicity and distribution fee of the film, and the distributor will charge 12-20% of the agency distribution fee. If the issuer commits to issue a minimum guarantee, buyout the issuance, prepaid production fees, etc., it will charge a higher issuance agency fee.

6. Some films are at a competitive disadvantage in the same schedule, and for the purpose of increasing the number of film screenings, box office rebates are promised to theaters and theaters. Rebates generally account for 3-5% of the box office that can be shared.

7. The box office payment formula recovered by the producer is: 1 * (1-0.033-0.05) * 40% * (1-0.1) = 0.33 is the producer's account sharing under normal circumstances.

Taking the above situation as an example, a film with a final box office of 100 million will recover about 33 million box office returns.

The situation of "Nightclub" is different, the distribution agency fee is only 1%, and there is no box office rebate, so the box office return that the producer can receive is 1.27 * (1-0.033-0.05) * 42% * (1-0.1) = 0.44 (100 million yuan), that is, 44 million. Among the 44 million, 10% of the box office share of Qingying Studio is removed, and the investment cost of 1.6 million is removed, and the actual box office profit of Qingyun Entertainment is only 38 million.

Ye Yun circled the 38 million on the report, and she said: "In addition to box office revenue." The company also has income from copyright, overseas sales, business cooperation, licensing and derivatives, government subsidies, industry subsidies and so on. We have applied for a subsidy from above, and it will probably not be transferred to the company's account until the end of the year or the beginning of next year. ”

Chen Yuan nodded. Government subsidies and industry subsidies can be about 3 million.

At present, many filmmakers do not care about subsidies, because most films are not eligible for subsidies. The qualification for industry subsidies is that the box office of the film reaches more than 50 million. More than 100 million. will receive a subsidy of 2 million; More than 500 million, 10 million will be rewarded. Government subsidies are relatively small.

Ye Yun said: "The TV broadcast rights of "Nightclub" have been acquired by CCTV6, and they directly gave us the highest price of 4 million! In addition, licensing and derivatives are ......"

Before Ye Yun could finish reporting, he was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.

Chen Yuan looked up at the door and shouted, "Come in!" ”

Then I saw the office door opened. Sun Li's figure appeared in front of the two.

Sun Li wore a braid, wore a standard professional attire, smiled, but was a little nervous in her heart. It's her first day at work, and she always wants to do everything right. But I don't think it's the right time for me to come in.

"What's the matter?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Mr. Chen, a young man named Duan Kun came to you below, saying that he had made an appointment in advance. I haven't received any notification from you, so I'll come up and ask......" Sun Li said nervously.

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "I know, you go down first." ”

Sun Li left the president's office. Back to his post - the front desk of the company.

When Duan Kun saw Sun Li coming back, he couldn't help but ask, "How is it?" Can I go up? ”

Sun Li looked at him and said seriously: "Not yet." Mr. Chen and Assistant Ye are talking about very important things, and it is not convenient now. Just sit here and wait! ”

"You're on your first day at work, right?" Duan Kun stood at the front desk, speechless.

Sun Li raised her head, a little surprised, and said, "How do you know?" ”

"Do you know what I'm doing?" Duan Kun smiled mysteriously, moved the cap on his head, and then said slowly, "I am the most professional paparazzi." He has been in the industry for 13 years. There's nothing in the whole entertainment industry that I don't know. ”

Sun Li glanced at the other party and was a little speechless. This man is clearly bragging!

Duan Kun saw that Sun Li didn't speak, and said: "I see that you have clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and you have the potential to become a big star." How did you end up doing the front desk here? Spoiling yourself? ”

"To be a front desk is to spoil yourself?" Sun Li glared at Duan Kun fiercely. "If you can't speak, don't speak." This is the company, Mr. Chen is on it, if he hears you say such things, you will be completely finished! ”

Duan Kun laughed and said, "This Mr. Chen you are talking about." It's just a middle school student, is it that powerful? ”

"Of course I'm not that powerful," Chen Yuan smiled and walked down from the second floor.

Duan Kun was stunned for a moment, and then felt very embarrassed. When Sun Li saw Duan Kun's appearance, she snorted and laughed.

Duan Kun reacted, smiled awkwardly, and said, "I really have face, Mr. Chen actually came down to greet ...... in person."

"Alright, come up with me!" Chen Yuan said.

Duan Kun followed behind and walked towards the living room on the second floor. When he was leaving, he glared back at Sun Li. Sun Li quickly grimaced at Duan Kun, making Duan Kun very angry.

In the living room, Chen Yuan personally poured a cup of tea for Duan Kun, and then sat opposite.

Duan Kun got straight to the point, he said: "The matter that Mr. Chen asked me to investigate before has already been clarified!" ”

"Oh?" When Chen Yuan received the other party's call before, he vaguely guessed the result. At this time, when he heard that the other party had really found out the truth of the matter, he was surprised at the same time, and he was also secretly sighing that he had really found the right person!

Duan Kun continued: "I heard the news, on the day of the incident, Zeng Zhiwei contacted the people of the club, and at two o'clock in the morning, the people in the club blocked the group of thugs who wanted to escape at night after attacking the crew. But afterwards it was kept a secret. I followed the vine and checked them one by one. I found out that Ma Yuan shot behind the scenes! ”

Sure enough, it was him, Chen Yuan heard this, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

"Ma Yuan was looking for mainlanders, and after being taught a lesson by the people in the community, they were let back. Afterwards, everyone got hush money. When I investigated, no one told me the truth. Later, I spent a lot of money to get accurate information from a rotten boy. Then, after a lot of hard work, I finally found the thug who committed the thug! ”

Chen Yuan was shocked and said in surprise: "You found it?" ”

"They are all from Taiyuan, Shanxi," Duan Kun grinned and said, "It's not easy to find them, I stayed in that place in Taiyuan for a whole month, and there was no progress." But just when he was disheartened and was about to give up, he unexpectedly discovered the whereabouts of that group. Several of them looked very similar to what the rotten boy had described. Once I had determined the heels of the men, I returned. ”

"Are they really them? You can't make a mistake, right? "In Chen Yuan's mind, finding this group of people is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is too difficult.

"Sure, sure, and sure!" Duan Kun said with a smile, "With my professional paparazzi eyes, it is naturally impossible to recognize the wrong person." By the way, on the Xiangjiang side, Chen Jing, Zeng Zhiwei, Zhang Weijian, Wu Junru and others are all insiders, and they all took Ma Yuan's hush money. It is said that Ma Yuan is really bleeding, and the money for the script is not enough, and he has taken his savings for many years! ”

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "He deserves it, but it's not enough......"

"That's right," Duan Kun suddenly thought of something again, he took out a stack of photos from the backpack he was carrying, put them in front of Chen Yuan, and then said: "When I went back to Xiangjiang, I heard that Ma Yuan was collecting evidence to prove his identity as the original creator. I found someone to buy one. Now, that's it! ”

Chen Yuan picked up the photos on the coffee table and looked through them one by one.

There are many photos, and the content above can be simply grouped into three categories. There are two old movie tickets, and if you look closely, you will find that there is a handwriting on them that says "Two Big Smoking Guns", and an old numbered plate, and the rest are script text, some of which appear clear in the photos, while others are extremely blurry.

Duan Kun said beside him: "Ma Yuan's gang thought that all the evidence had been destroyed, and they would never have thought that I still had one here. I took a closer look, the movie "Magic Green Jade" has changed a lot from the script that Ma Yuan took out at that time, and it must have been deliberately deleted. With this evidence, you can definitely sue them! ”

Chen Yuan put down the photo, smiled faintly, and praised: "You did a very good job." Ma Yuan and Chen Jing are completely finished......"

"And the price?" Duan Kun rubbed his fingers and asked with a smile.

Chen Yuan didn't answer, but asked: "You, a professional paparazzi, have been doing it for 13 years, and you're almost 30 years old, haven't you thought about changing careers?" ”

Duan Kun was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Chen means ......"

[Note] Moving out the domestic movie box office sharing method is suspected of water injection. But I thought twice and put it on anyway. Many readers who like to read novels and movies don't understand this aspect of things. I'm here to popularize science, most movies will receive 1/3 of the total box office revenue, up and down. In terms of overseas distribution, there is even less box office revenue to be obtained. (To be continued.) )