"No, I invited you here this time, mainly to talk about the salary!"

Zou Wenhuai stared at Xiao Ran, and his expression was as if Xiao Ran had stolen hundreds of millions in his pocket. Wu Siyuan really regretted why he was sitting in this position, Yang Qi and Pan Disheng didn't mention it, but Zou Wenhuai and Xiao Ran were definitely not easy people to talk to, which made him embarrassed to death.

It is a pity that there are not many people who are famous and popular in the industry, and Wu Siyuan is just such a person. Therefore, this position can be replaced by no one except him for the time being. It seemed that he could only continue to be depressed.

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Zou Wenhuai was referring to the issue of actors' salaries and staff's salaries. Knowing this, he resisted the urge to laugh, and complained that this group of people was so blind. However, the Phantom's salary is also a little depressing.

At present, the most valuable actor in Hong Kong is Fa Ge, because of "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Prison Storm" plus "Dark Flower" and "Spy Change", he currently has a considerable number of fans in Europe. Moreover, in Southeast Asia, Fa Ge is definitely one of the most box office appealing actors.

Therefore, Fa Ge's worth is simply sky-high, and the latest asking price is as high as four million, not counting dividends. And Cheng Long's salary is only 2.5 million at present, of course, in terms of income, because Cheng Long's Weihe is a subsidiary of Jiahe, there is naturally no difference in income.

However, how many actors like Cheng Long in Hong Kong can open a film company? Maybe Fa Ge in history is one, at that time, Fa Ge co-founded the Silver Award Film Company with Lin Lingdong. However, now Fa Ge obviously doesn't have the energy to think about it. Originally, wouldn't it be better to study your acting skills honestly, and leave the rest to others to do.

At present, the worth of Hong Kong's first-line red stars is generally between one million and two million, and even Zhou Xingchi's current value outside is only 800,000. It can be seen that it is not easy to enter this million club, and only Lin Qingxia and Zhong Chuhong have reached this number in terms of actresses. I'm afraid that all the movie actors in Hong Kong combined, there are only a handful of people who have reached this value.

This number is naturally very low compared to Hollywood, but don't ignore it, this is Hong Kong. And don't forget that at the beginning of Phantom's establishment, the highest value in Hong Kong was only millions.

In just two or three years, the actors' salaries have been increased several times, which is what the blind can see that the phantom is silently promoting. It's no wonder that the three major companies can't stand it, so they have to find Xiao Ran to theorize, and by the way, talk about the remuneration.

In the past, when the Phantom was founded for a year, Golden Harvest must have dared to stand in a strong position to suppress the Phantom. However, even fools now know that Golden Harvest is still the largest company in Hong Kong on the surface, but it has been surpassed by Phantom in terms of assets, market rate, and even box office revenue, and Phantom is the real number one film company in Hong Kong.

Therefore, Zou Wenhuai didn't dare and couldn't do anything to Xiao Ran, so he could only use the power of the Film Association to put pressure on Xiao Ran, and by the way, he would unite Tianluo and Debao. Xiao Ran didn't complain that Yang Qi was also from Jiahe's point of view on this point, after all, the salary had increased too drastically. Since "Spy Change", Fa Ge's salary has almost doubled immediately, and other companies will definitely not be able to resist such a frequency.

As we all know, Hong Kong films in this era have always been profitable at low cost. However, the increase in salary, let's take Fa Ge as an example, according to Xiao Ran's rule that the actor's salary is only a quarter at most, which means that the production cost of a film starring Fa Ge must exceed at least 20 million. Coupled with the salaries of other actors, it will increase proportionally, and the pure production fee of 30 million is commonplace.

However, don't forget that the production fee is only 30 million, plus the publicity fee and other insurance and legal fees. In this way, the number will definitely not be less than 35 million. Even if you don't want this ratio and try your best to compress it, you will need at least 25 million for the whole set.

How many films have a production cost of more than $20 million in Hong Kong? In 1988, except for a film starring Cheng Long that reached this number, only "Spy Change" reached this number. Don't forget that last year, the investment in big productions was only about 8 million.

Don't think that the Phantom's increase in the salary of the actors has no impact on other companies, on the contrary, this impact is huge, so that the salary uniformity within the industry has been increased to the level of the Phantom. It's as if Sony became the owner of Colombia back then, and as a result, Jim Carrey was the first in the world to exceed 20 million in salary.

This ended up causing the directors of other film companies to complain, because as soon as Sony raised the price, they had to raise the price accordingly. In the face of exclusion from within the industry, I also complained that Sony had paid billions of dollars in tuition in Hollywood, and only then did it start to make a profit.

However, the Phantom is not Sony, Xiao Ran wants to raise the price, and other companies don't dare to do anything to Xiao Ran. Their only purpose now is to put pressure on Xiao Ran in the name of all the companies in Hong Kong, so that they must keep the salary down. Today, Wu Siyuan is here on behalf of other companies.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but smile, he thought that he had found a way to beat other film companies in the short term. This method is to increase the salary, the salary has risen, the cost has increased, and the film market of other companies is not as broad as the phantom. This means that costs and expenses have increased, but turnover has not changed, and the result is only low profits.

What are the consequences of low profits or even losses, it is obvious. In fact, Xiao Ran is also clear that there are many reasons for the decline and fall of Hong Kong films, one of which is that the salary of celebrities is too high, and it is often millions, but the market has definitely not reached this level. As a result, the production cost has shrunk a lot, and it is normal for the level to be low.

However, Xiao Ran knows better that Fa Ge's worth of four million is definitely worth it. In Hollywood now, with the nearly one billion box office of "Spy Change", Fa Ge's salary should become a first-line star. The size of the market determines the value of celebrities, which is inevitable.

When Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing, Pan Disheng also opened his mouth with a cold look: "Ah Ran, now the phantom has raised the price of the industry too much, and it is easy to confuse the market." We all agreed that the salary must be kept down. ”

Xiao Ran didn't take this to heart at all, even if the whole Hong Kong film company joined forces to ban the Phantom, he was not afraid at all. Just kidding, the Phantom itself is faintly above Golden Harvest, and the increase in salary is definitely something that stars and filmmakers are happy to see, who would be stupid enough to oppose such a popular and powerful company?

And this is also the reason why the three major companies tried to negotiate with Xiao Ran amicably, Xiao Ran's eyes glanced at Yang Qi, and it seemed that Yang Qi also seemed to support this behavior! Xiao Ran smiled, laughing very cheerfully, which made everyone else dumbfounded for a while.

Xiao Ran, who originally planned to leave because of the stupidity of this group of people, sighed, and now there are only a few companies left in Hong Kong that can be regarded as having some distribution capabilities. If even they are gone, Xiao Ran will have no base when he enters Hollywood in the future, and he is afraid that it is possible to be assimilated by the powerful Hollywood.

After a moment's hesitation, he stood up, looked at the three bosses very sincerely, and said: "Now our four companies all have Southeast Asian distribution capabilities, and now our average investment in a film is four or five million. After its release, how much can such a film earn? Under normal circumstances, the profit that can be tripled is more than 12 million. ”

"Do you think this kind of profit is really normal?" Xiao Ran suddenly felt very sad, glanced at this group of ignorant people and said in a deep voice: "If the profits are big, you should invest the profits in to expand the market, instead of just blindly making money, otherwise the market will be lost in the future." ”

No one spoke, only heavy breathing could be heard. Xiao Ran really felt tired of talking to these people, but he still had to convince these people for the future of Hong Kong films: "Hong Kong-made films now only account for less than 20% of the Southeast Asian market, do you think it is impossible to expand the market?" The current market for actors is far more than this price, and I don't think I can give it much! ”

Still no one spoke, as if everyone was chewing on Xiao Ran's words. Xiao Ran's gaze stayed on the thinking Yang Qi's face, and he thought that if even Yang Qi didn't understand what he meant, it would really be hopeless: "Last year, the average production cost of each film of the Phantom Company was eight million, but it earned more than last year. Do you want to know how much it is this year? That's 12 million this year! Are you four million or five million? ”

The 12 million that Xiao Ran refers to does not include publicity expenses and the like, and this figure is only obtained by leveling it with some films starring newcomers. This year, Phantom plans to invest in at least 40 films, of which 10 will cost more than 20 million yuan.

Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling didn't worry about this salary issue, the problem is not here, but the imbalance. The salary gap between film actors and TV actors is gradually widening, and the television industry in the United States is very developed, but it is relying on the huge local market. The main market of the Chinese TV industry is actually in the mainland, but if you want the mainland to open up the TV market, then Xiao Ran hardly has any idea.

After all, it is difficult for Chinese TV stations to cover Southeast Asia, while American TV stations have no language problems and can land in Europe without any problems. In this way, the ratings will inevitably determine the income of actors and hosts, but because the mainland cannot open up, the television industry is unlikely to cause a significant increase.

However, the income of movie actors is skyrocketing, and as a result, a situation has been formed in which movie actors are more popular than TV actors, and sooner or later a deformed situation will be formed. After discussing with Wei Dongling, Xiao Ran still thought that this might be a way to train actors. Give new actors a few years of training in TV dramas before becoming movie actors. This problem can only be solved temporarily in this way, but the problem still exists after all.

Hearing Xiao Ran's heart-wrenching sincere words, Yang Qi and Pan Disheng glanced at each other, in fact, they didn't intend to resist this matter, but they were just brought up by Jiahe. After all, the Phantom's successful experience is in front of us, and "Spy Change" has become the most successful Chinese film blockbuster.

And Yang Qi and Pandey Acoustics Xiao Ran did that, won the distribution rights, and even imitated the company structure of the Phantom to taste certain benefits. Of course, it was clear that Xiao Ran was unlikely to make such a self-destructive decision, but now that Xiao Ran had to explain so slightly, they roughly deduced what Xiao Ran meant.

So, the two of them relaxed and took a leisurely sip of tea, and then said with a smile: "We all agree with Mr. Xiao's meaning, it's time to increase the salary of the actors!" Their value should be determined by the market, not by us in a meeting. ”

Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, he was not happy because of the alliance, but because of the enlightenment of these two people. Only Zou Wenhuai was left to think alone, in fact, he was a great person. Old man Shao has dominated the Hong Kong film industry for decades and is known as a movie tycoon, but he was overthrown by Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang in just ten years, which shows that it is not simple.

Zou Wenhuai thought very simply, he knew very well that it was too difficult to fight against Hollywood, and there was no comparison with financial resources alone. Therefore, he has always only wanted to maintain Golden Harvest's dominant position in Hong Kong, but this is Golden Harvest's fatal wound.

Although he did often venture into and even invest overseas, it was often short-term, and the Shaw Brothers fiasco was a lesson and a psychological obstacle that prevented him from going all out to enter the overseas market. Therefore, for him, in a small market like Hong Kong, if the salary is raised, it will not be able to maintain normal operation in the future.

He doesn't agree with Xiao Ran's nonsense at all, and thinks that it is impossible for Hong Kong films to confront Hollywood. But the situation is pressing, and it is impossible for him not to increase his salary, and this meeting against Xiao Ran eventually became the prelude to the decline of Golden Harvest.

Seeing Zou Wenhuai nodding silently, Xiao Ran knew that he had won Jiahe again. However, if Jiahe still doesn't know how to make progress, Xiao Ran will definitely remove this roadblock unceremoniously.

The meeting was not over yet, Xiao Ran sat down, rubbed his nose and smiled: "That's the issue of actors' salaries, but I want to know what everyone thinks of other people's salaries?" ”

Yang Qi and Pan Dey were stunned for a moment, they had all vaguely heard that in Phantom, the remuneration of the behind-the-scenes staff was much higher than in other companies. However, almost no one knows this exact number, especially the director, who is not clear.

Seeing their stunned appearance, Xiao Ran knew that this matter might not be easy to handle. In Phantom, the highest value in charge of the director is Xiao Ran, which is 800,000, plus a 5% commission, and is probably the most expensive director in Hong Kong.

followed by Wu Yusen and Xu Ke, both worth 800,000 yuan, but there is no commission. Don't underestimate this share, and the meaning of this share is very broad. Take Xiao Ran as an example, he is a 5% share, so the key to determining how much he takes is the base of this share.

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