Chapter 228: Glaring Product Placement Fees
"What has that guy been doing lately? Didn't you say filming "God of Gamblers"? Why hasn't there been a lot of news lately? When will our God of Gamblers be filmed? Xiang Huasheng sat on his big swivel chair and asked his brother.
"That guy has been busy contacting some chocolate producer recently, saying that he wants to implant advertisements or something, so "God of Gamblers" will be put there first, Zhou Yan is still gaining weight, and the rest of the crew is still slowly recruiting, to start filming this movie, at least for a week, if the advertising on his side is not finished, then we have to continue to wait." Xiang Huaqiang said with a dark face.
"I can't figure it out, why did that kid use our Yongsheng movie to make it real? Don't you spend all this time wasted? When his advertising dollars come, we can make up for his advertising expenses in the time we wasted. And he told my brother that you should contact the casino to advertise, did you let out the wind? Xiang Huasheng also asked unpleasantly.
"Who told him to give money? Five million Hong Kong dollars, do you think his money is so easy to make? This guy never suffers. Besides, if we really want him to do it, it will also be of great benefit to our cost control. If advertising fees can really make a lot of money, then the cost of filming movies in the future will be reduced, so that the funds can be recovered quickly. Xiang Huaqiang said.
"But we will always win the opening, we have to choose an auspicious time to make a name for it, right? What if this movie is released too late, and it won't even be available for the Spring Festival by then? After this period of time, a good schedule will have to wait until May or June. We can't wait until that time to raise the banner, can we? Xiang Huasheng said distressedly.
"It's not that exaggerated, isn't this year's Spring Festival in February, it's only December 17th, and there are almost two months to go, even if he grinds again, how can a movie be shot in two months.
And with his status, it's absolutely easy to get a full-line screening. Unlike other movies, even if the script is written by him, there are still problems if he wants to screen it all, and now he is the only one who can fully get this treatment, even those old directors of the Shaw Brothers do not have this treatment. As long as the film is made well, not only the whole of East Asia will be screened, but even Hollywood, he will get through the relationship.
Although we can't get a cent of the money made in Hollywood, but our Yongsheng name can be resounded over there, compared to other film companies, our treatment is much better, even if there is no Li Mingbao in the future, if you want to open our company's market over there, with this movie as a foundation, it is easier than others. "After making Li Mingbao's money, Xiang Huaqiang is obviously more open than Xiang Huasheng.
Hearing his brother say this, Xiang Huasheng had no choice but to mutter: "I hope his movie advertisement will sell at a good price." Otherwise, so much time is completely wasted. ”
"Seeing that he has been so busy lately, it should have an effect. Otherwise, with his temper, if it didn't work, he would have stopped doing it a long time ago. Besides, our Yongsheng is not for him to use time, without a good explanation, he will definitely not be satisfied. "Xiang Huaqiang and Li Mingbao have more time to deal with than Xiang Huasheng, so although Xiang Huasheng is not used to Li Mingbao's whimsy many times, he knows a lot more about Li Mingbao than Xiang Huasheng.
If Li Mingbao heard Xiang Huaqiang's words at this time, he would definitely shout his confidant. This time to find an advertiser for chocolate, Li Mingbao's gain is definitely great. Although he didn't know how much advertising money the chocolate merchant gave Wang Jing when Wang Jing filmed this movie in the future, judging from the quotation Li Mingbao has received now, the advertising fee he received is definitely higher than the advertising fee received by Wang Jing seven years later.
Don't look at the price of goods seven years later can not be compared with now, the 100,000 Hong Kong dollars at that time and the current 100,000 Hong Kong dollars are completely two concepts, even if Li Mingbao gets the same advertising expenses as seven years later, in fact, Li Mingbao is still earning. But Li Mingbao believes that even Wang Jing seven years later may not have as much advertising money as he received.
Because even if it is Wang Jing seven years later, his fame may not be as famous as Li Mingbao now. At least at that time, Wang Jing's films never entered Hollywood. And Li Mingbao's movies, "Home Alone" and "The True Color of Heroes" have achieved good box office in Hollywood.
Even "Home Alone", produced by Li Mingbao, is now in the top three of Hollywood's all-time box office, and such an achievement is a way to reflect his worth. Therefore, when negotiating with those chocolate manufacturers, they will also consciously add the actual benefits brought by Li Mingbao's previous achievements.
What's more, although this movie has not yet started filming, the lineup is very strong, whether it is Zhou Yan in front of the stage, or Zhong Chuhong, they have a certain guarantee at the overseas box office, and even Zhou Yan has a certain influence in Hollywood, although it is not much, but it is real, because the movie "The True Color of Heroes" is still the highest box office film achieved by Asian films for so many years, and the achievements are extraordinary.
Coupled with Li Mingbao, a producer who has never missed a beat, he can definitely be regarded as a gold medal combination in Asia, and he also has a certain ability to attract gold in Europe and the United States. Even if such a film has not yet started filming, their influence has already come out.
With so many advantages, the advertising competition for chocolate is extremely fierce. Although the chocolate manufacturers in Hong Kong and Taiwan were out from the beginning, even with Li Mingbao's guarantee, their quotations were also picky, and the highest quotation was not more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.
However, Hong Kong and Taiwan manufacturers do not quote, it does not mean that other local manufacturers do not quote, and the highest point of Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia is about one million Hong Kong dollars. The highest price quoted on the Korean side was $150,000. If there is no competition between the Japanese and European and American manufacturers, then South Korea's offer of 150,000 US dollars, Li Mingbao has a good explanation for whomever he wants.
You must know that at this time, the filming of "God of Gamblers", because of the reason to enter the international market, the investment amount of this film has been greatly increased, and the largest investment film shot in Hong Kong before was "The True Color of Heroes", when Li Mingbao gave an investment quota of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
And "God of Gamblers" as Yongsheng's pioneering work, plus the popular Zhou Yan Zhong Chuhong, in order to give a satisfactory salary, Yongsheng has invested a lot of money, Zhou Yan's salary is fixed at 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, and Zhong Chuhong's salary has also been pulled to the height of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars.
Although Li Mingbao has received such a salary in the past, whether it is Zhou Yan or Zhong Chuhong, the standard salary given by Li Mingbao before, except for Li Mingbao alone, other film companies do not recognize it. In other words, the salary of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars in the Hong Kong film circle, only Li Mingbao will give it here, and out of the door of Li Mingbao, other companies can give Zhou Yan a salary of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is already a conscience.
And the Xiang brothers gave Zhou Yan such a high salary, which is equivalent to actually setting a price for Zhou Yan and them, and that kind of salary is no longer a price that Li Mingbao alone can force. After the filming of "God of Gamblers", Zhou Yan's salary will actually be fixed at the position of 500,000, not as high as before.
The actors, directors and behind the scenes, the Xiang brothers are all full priced. In addition, the scene of the God of Gambling also needs to be set off, and the preparatory funds given by the Xiang brothers at the beginning were a full 7 million Hong Kong dollars.
Don't look at this money in Li Mingbao's eyes, it is enough to buy a villa or something, but the current seven million Hong Kong dollars is definitely not a small amount in Hong Kong, I didn't see the Xiang brothers they took out 50 million Hong Kong dollars, they all looked like they were losing money, from here, seven million Hong Kong dollars, is definitely not a small amount, at least this money should be given to Uncle Six, he can at least make dozens of movies with garbage, as for whether the box office can recover the cost, it is not a problem that Uncle Six needs to consider.
The highest price quoted by South Korea is 150,000 US dollars, and if it is exchanged for Hong Kong dollars from the black market, 2 million Hong Kong dollars can definitely be obtained, and South Korea's quotation alone can solve more than a quarter of the investment budget.
In fact, the offer of the Koreans is not the highest. The real highest offer is the third-rate chocolatier in Japan and the United States, the Wells who has seen "True Colors of Heroes".
The Japanese offer wants to be scary, perhaps because Japan is now in a very happy state, so the Japanese advertise, and they are not stingy with the cost, the highest price over there is quoted by the Meiji Chocolate Company, when he heard the number given by the operator, Li Mingbao almost didn't pee.
The offer of 100 million almost scared Li Mingbao to agree on the spot. But later, Li Mingbao thought that such an offer seemed to have been reported by the Japanese, so he calmed down a little. 100 million yen, even in 10 years, is not a big number, if you calculate the price of one dollar to 120 yen, 100 million yen is more than 830,000 dollars. But the problem is that the yen is not so high now, the Plaza Agreement has not yet begun, and the official exchange rate of the current yen is about 260 yen to exchange for one dollar.
According to the ratio of 260 yen, 100 million yen is equal to more than 380,000 US dollars. Compared with South Korea's Smecta's offer, it is much higher, but compared to the Yankee's offer, it is much worse. Because the Yankees use a common currency, there is no need to convert so much trouble, their quotation is simple and clear, Wells's chocolate may not sell well in Europe and the United States, so it is very urgent to open up a new market, for a film that can affect most East Asians, Wells is very bold, and directly gave an offer of 500,000 US dollars.
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