The company is not large, but it has been focusing on the overseas distribution of Chinese films for many years, and it has business dealings with many theaters in North America.

The best-case scenario is that the film was a big success after a small release in a few cities, and then within a week, major cities in North America followed suit, and then released on DVD and on-demand;

The worst case, which is also the situation encountered by the vast majority of domestic blockbusters, is that after the screening, there is no chance of large-scale release, and some DVDs that cannot be sold are released, relying on the support of overseas Chinese, to recover more than 100,000 US dollars at the box office.

"How much do you charge?" Su Ming smiled: "I remember you just said that the intermediary fee is not low. ”

Definitely not low, but not high, Huashi adopts an account-sharing model, the specific amount depends on the specific box office in North America, the total box office in addition to the necessary taxes and fees, the cinema side of the account sharing 48%, the remaining 52%, Huashi gets half, calculated that the producer earns about a quarter of the total box office.

Judging from the proportion of account sharing, the income of the intermediary of China Normal University is even more ruthless than that of domestic producers.

It's no wonder that the total amount of money made is not much, but ECNU still focuses on the overseas distribution of Chinese films, and the profits are too great, except for manpower, there is almost no entity to pay. But then again, resources are money, and ECNU is not responsible for filming, but it has mastered a series of approval resources for overseas distribution and the commercial network of North American theaters.

It can be seen that the backstage of China Normal Company is far bigger than imagined, and it should be through the domestic film industry.

Su Ming prefers the account-sharing model, just like paying taxes, the more he is divided by the other party, the more he gets, Su Ming wishes that the Chinese Normal School and the North American theater chain could share billions of dollars...... Of course, according to the current status of Chinese films in North America, it is obviously impossible.

After determining the general intention, Su Ming asked Beast and Lawyer Liang to negotiate the specific details of the contract with Cai Liming. Su Ming didn't expect this film to make much money, it was a test of the North American market.

After signing the contract, a series of procedures, approvals, post-processing and subtitles of the picture are required for distribution in North America, and even some cities require English dubbing, which is the matter of Huashi, Su Ming continued to be the shopkeeper.

He put his mind on the previous box office revenue of 150 million.

With the addition of this 150 million, several other companies in his hand can barely come up with 180 million, this money must not let it be idle, no matter what he does, it is more cost-effective than putting it in the bank to eat interest.

The acquisition of the zoo and the 4A selection, these two things have been pressed for a long time, and they are about to come out, Wang Jianjian's secretary has called three times to ask about the acquisition, and it is obvious that after the success of the film, the city has made its attitude clear.

As for the 4A scenic spot, it is not troublesome to evaluate it now, and I am willing to spend some money to walk the relationship, and then explore and repair the three Taoyuan mountains and ancient tombs in the back mountain, and 5A is estimated to be qualified.

It's just like this, Su Ming can't be in a hurry to select, once 4A or even 5A is selected, the zoo will sink into a scenic spot, and the purchase price is not the same concept at all.

For the zoo alone, his money is not enough, and for the entire acquisition, the zoo found an appraiser for an internal evaluation, and the most conservative figure is more than 200 million.

200 million, or under the premise that everything is at the lowest price, and all the entertainment businesses such as live broadcast and fishing riding in the early stage are stripped off and assigned to Taoyuan Entertainment Company.

If it is assessed by the government, this figure will not be low, but will only be higher, and it is not surprising that the government will offer three or four hundred million, and many additional conditions will be added.

Don't look at the zoo is located in the middle of nowhere, some places look still dilapidated, but after all, it is such a big stall, just the park and the land in the back mountain together are more scary, although it cannot be used as commercial land to build buildings, it is not of great use in the hands of the government, but if you want to buy it, then you have to say otherwise.

It's like I can leave my car undriven and leave it in the garage until it's scrapped, and that's what I'm happy to do. But if someone else wants to buy it, they have to pay according to the market price.

The government has invested decades of hard work in the zoo, and this year the zoo has also turned a profit, and the acquisition of the zoo is essentially similar to the acquisition of a state-owned enterprise, except that the equipment, technology, and delivery room of the state-owned enterprise have become the infrastructure, land and animals of the zoo.

This is also the main reason why Su Ming temporarily stopped all new projects in Houshan, if Houshan is completely developed, the purchase price will have to rise.

How to invest the 180 million in hand now?

Making a movie is a good choice, and it turns out that animals still have a lot of box office appeal in China.

The question is where does the script come from?

The success of Zootopia, in addition to animals, has a lot to do with the script, where to find a script of the same level, or a story of the same level?

The last horror story was the brainchild of Su Ming in the past six months, and his plan included making a movie, so he would think about the script when he had the opportunity, and he happened to encounter a good idea.

Now let him come up with another attractive story in a hurry, even if it is not completely impossible, the probability is almost the same as hitting the luck, similar to the Daigo empowerment written in the book, and it opened up overnight.

And from a psychological point of view, in the first animal movie, the audience's main attention is attracted to the animal, and the second movie will have much higher requirements for the script.

Strictly speaking, the story of Zootopia is not very mature, and there is much that could be improved.

The investment in the second part must far exceed the 10 million in Animal City, and if you want to surpass the first part, you must come up with a better script, at least flat, otherwise once you hit the street and ruin your reputation, Su Ming will have to lose a lot of money.

The movie is not in a hurry for the time being, I would rather not shoot it, I can't use a bad script to smash my own signboard, even if I want to make a bad movie to cheat money, I have to make at least one or two more good films, and wait for the reputation of Taoyuan Film and Television to be completely beaten out, and after becoming a real big-name film company in China, I must not waste the good reputation accumulated by Animal City now.

Regarding the issue of the script, Su Ming chatted with Long Wu and Wang Jin, hoping to announce the news in the Xiangjiang circle through their channels and acquire the script.

Resources and contacts can't be idle, in addition to looking for Xiangjiang, Su Ming also deliberately found Professor Beiying who signed with him last time to call for the establishment of an art theater, hoping that the other party would help, in the circle of the capital and various film and television schools, dig out good stories, excellent newcomer screenwriters, and have good scripts, Su Ming can pay for it. (To be continued.) )