Chapter 9 Script Division
Xiao Yuanshan and Yuan Ba who were present were both old-timers in the film industry, and from Xu Guangwen's expression when he read the script, he could already guess his love for this script.
But love is love, after all, Xu Guangwen is the current leader in the domestic film industry, and it is really unbelievable to talk to a junior about the script like this as he is.
At this moment, Director Xu's attitude towards Xiao Ran was obviously a little respectful, and he seemed to be determined to win this script.
And the previous thing about Xiao Ran's revision of his script is no longer taken seriously by Director Xu, which also proves that he is a really open-minded director.
This also makes Xiao Ran appreciate this director more and more, after all, in the entertainment industry, sometimes the open-mindedness of Cheng dΓΉ represents a person's ultimate achievement.
A narrow-minded person can't create a truly moving classic, and even if he is lucky enough to become famous, it's just a momentary luck.
Seeing Director Xu giving face like this, Xiao Ran naturally couldn't take the opportunity to raise himself, but said humbly: "Director Xu can just look at it, in fact, when I was writing this script, I also took the time to read a lot of Director Xu's works, I think it is the most appropriate to hand over this "Smiling Proud Jianghu" to Director Xu to shoot......"
Yuan Ba on the side nodded lightly when he saw Xiao Ran's attitude, and seemed to appreciate his approach.
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Xu Guangwen said: "Generally, for a newly debuted screenwriter, the buyout of the first play is about between 100,000 and 150,000, but I am personally very satisfied with your play, so I take the place of the company and hope to buy it out for 200,000, what do you think?" β
Two hundred thousand!
This price is already high for a rookie screenwriter, so Xiao Yuanshan can't wait to agree for his son immediately.
After all, if the script can be filmed by Xu Guangwen, then in addition to the script fee will not be in arrears, there is also a great chance to become famous!
But at this moment, Xiao Ran said very calmly: "Director Xu, I heard that there seems to be a payment method for the script to be settled by the profit share of the movie?" β
Xu Guangwen nodded and said: "Yes, this kind of script sharing method is currently dominated by foreign films, as for our domestic films in recent years, the market has not been good, and many movies are difficult to make money even if they don't lose money, so few screenwriters are willing to settle with shares." β
Xiao Yuanshan knew that what Director Xu said was the truth, even if he was a great director who was known as a wizard of martial arts movies, not every drama could make money in recent years!
After all, movies are a high-risk investment, and the risk is not much lower than that of stock futures, especially in the case of a recession in the movie, the absolute score of being able to buy out directly is hundreds of times stronger.
Money is money only when you actually hold it in your hands!
Xiao Yuanshan understands these truths, but as his son's first work, he prefers to leave the space for choice to Xiao Ran, after all, as a screenwriter, even if he chooses to share, if the movie loses money, he will definitely get a compensation red envelope from the film company, but it is not much.
That's the rules.
Xiao Ran studied film in his previous life, so he also understands these things, but as a classic movie that he watched countless times in his previous life, Xiao Ran really doesn't believe that he will lose money if he makes it!
So Xiao Ran continued: "So normally, what is the profit share of the screenwriter? β
When Xu Guangwen heard this, his expression was a little weird, could it be that this kid is really so confident in his script and wants to divide it into forms?
Director Xu explained: "Generally, the total box office of our film release has to go through the distribution and theater sharing, due to the downturn in recent years, so the state vigorously supports and intervenes, and now we can get nearly half of the share of a film, and the screenwriter's share used to be one to two percent, but now due to the recession of the movie, so if there is a willing to choose to share, we can give three percent as the script fee!" β
Xiao Ran pinched his fingers and calculated, in the previous life, the share of general film distribution could only reach about 45%, but now due to the intervention of the state, it has basically reached the stage of halving with the theater side, that is to say, a film invests 50 million, if the box office is 200 million, then the distribution company can get about 100 million, the net profit is 50 million, and 3% of the distribution to the screenwriter is 1.5 million!
After calculating it clearly, Xiao Ran was very sure: "Then I choose to settle the script fee in the form of shares, is it okay?" β
As soon as this remark came out, even Director Xu was a little surprised, he had to explain so hard before, and he still had an idea, thinking that Xiao Ran was just curious to find out.
But now Xiao Ran's affirmative answer also made Director Xu a little overwhelmed: "Then I have to remind you that if the movie loses money or is not profitable, you will only get 10,000 compensation red envelopes at most, have you thought clearly?" β
Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Think it through!" And I'm also sure that this movie won't lose money, because we have a first-class screenwriter, a first-class director, a first-class martial arts instructor and a first-class martial arts team, and we will definitely succeed! β
Xiao Ran's words immediately made the audience laugh, and by the way, they praised everyone, and even his father Xiao Yuanshan had to admit that Xiao Ran's personality was indeed suitable for mixing in this circle.
At this time, Xu Guangwen also said with a smile on his face: "In this case, Master Xiao will trouble you to find a time to take Xiao Ran to our company to sign a contract." β
Saying that, Director Xu glanced at Xiao Ran and asked, "I heard your father say that you have been admitted to Yenching University, right?" Then I suggest that you can study film or music, you will be a talent in this area, don't bury yourself! β
Hearing Director Xu's affirmation, Xiao Ran couldn't help but be a little happy.
When he came to this parallel world, when he found that most of the classics in his previous life were gone, Xiao Ran had already made up his mind to copy the classics of his previous life again.
But whether it is feasible or not, Xiao Ran is difficult to determine, after all, the acceptance of audiences in different worlds has changed, but the success of the song "Those Years" in the auditorium, as well as the fact that the script and soundtrack of the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu" have been affirmed by the world's great directors, which has strengthened Xiao Ran's determination to continue walking!
Because of the successful sale of the script and soundtrack of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", the entire Xiao family class chose to celebrate Xiao Ran in a carnival way.
carnival in the house located in Huaxia Film and Television City, as the object of congratulations, Xiao Ran faced the toasts of the brothers who grew up together, and was poured in turns, and finally it was difficult to avoid being drunk.
I slept in my room until the next afternoon, and then I woke up slowly, shook my drowsy head, and suddenly found that there was music in my ears!