Chris is a bit like sitting on pins and needles, when he holds the hero Huayi's large box office remittance in his hand, he is in a drooling mentality, who made the total box office performance of "Source Code" in North America have exceeded 60 million US dollars, even Huayi has got a large profit, deducting taxes, concessions and even counting the raiser taken by Columbia, when they can still keep so much money, Chris has a feeling of not being able to sit still every time he sees the amount in the account.

Because everyone knows that in Hollywood, film production companies do not rely on the box office to make money, the number shows that in 1947, the net income of Hollywood films was 100% of the box office, but this number was so low that everyone couldn't believe it by 2003, because by 2003, only 18% of the box office results of movies would go to the accounts of production companies and distribution companies.

Why is this happening?

Very simple!

For example, when a very famous director directs a movie, the contract will specify the box office stratification of the film in addition to the honorarium, which virtually weakens the thickness of the box office, and legend has it that Jackson, the director of "King Kong", wants to take away nearly 20% of the share from the box office, even if this share is the amount of money left after the theater is retained, it is also very terrible; Also, not only the director has to share the box office of the movie, but also the actors, and the top star level like Tom will also divide the box office by 10%-18% according to the height of the box office.

Shao Yingying used a "Source Code" to distribute 8 million to the other actors in the crew in 2007, even if this is Shao Yingying's movie alone. Everyone else is supporting, and this ratio is too surprising, isn't it?

So, what do foreign films do to make money? If you follow the algorithm above. 95% of Hollywood movies lose money!

Who still makes movies if they lose money?

It's not that people are stupid, have a lot of money, and are willful.

In fact, on the books of major Hollywood companies, the investment and income of a movie are not calculated in this way, such as "Tomb Raider", which made Angelina Jolie an instant hit, it is said that "Tomb Raider" invested a total of 94 million, if it is distributed according to the box office of "Tomb Raider". Fear......

But on people's books, the total box office investment of this movie is actually only seven million!

The other 87 million were raised before the shooting!

According to German tax law, film investors can receive a tax refund in advance, even before the film starts filming. And not only for German films. It is also valid for foreign films invested with Germans; German law does not require the film to be filmed in Germany or to work with a German filmmaker, but only requires the German production company to own the copyright and dividends of the film. That's why many Hollywood producers don't look for a director when they get a script, but a German investor first. Before the filming of "Ancient" began, Paramount first hired a group of commercial lawyers at a high price. Drafting of relevant agreements. The rights to the film that had not yet been filmed were sold "nominally" for 94 million to the German company Tele-München-Gruppe, which in name only owned the rights to the film and received a tax refund of about 10 percent of future film revenues under German tax law. This is the actual "benefit" of German companies. Then, Paramount "rented" the movie back for 83.8 million (or in installments). In other words, by selling and buying like this, Paramount got the benefit of 10.2 million from nothing. It's really a pie-in-the-sky thing. With this money, Paramount spent 7.5 million to hire Angelina Jolie and pay the other supporting actors. That's it. Paramount itself didn't spend a penny, except for the associated attorney fees and intermediary fees.

The only difference from Germany is that British law requires that films must be filmed in the UK, or partially filmed and produced in the UK, or hired by British filmmakers (which is why Instinct 2 was originally filmed in New York, but was later moved to London); As a result, Paramount hired several British actors and technicians. In this way, Paramount used the same method to "sell" the film rights to a British bank, Lombard-Bank. Another 12 million was made from it, and with this money, Paramount hired a director and paid the screenwriter's salary. Again, Paramount paid only a small amount of attorney fees and brokerage fees.

Next, the bulk of the film investment, is to sell the overseas distribution rights of "Tomb Raider" to film distribution companies in Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain "in advance". A total of 65 million were sold. So far, Paramount has raised 10.2 million + 12 million + 65 million = 87.2 million before the movie started!

Seven million more. Actually, Paramount didn't even spend seven million, why? Paramount's parent company, Viacom's pay-per-view movie channel, will broadcast the film to paying subscribers, and the seven million will be "paid" for TV subscribers. As for the only bit of legal fees paid, in fact, a large company like Viacom has a group of excellent lawyers and accountants on its own, so Paramount doesn't even have to pay legal fees

That's right, with a total investment of 94 million in "Tomb Raider", Paramount didn't spend a penny, and a Hollywood blockbuster was made like this! From this point on, all the box office, DVDs, and peripheral products after the movie are 100% pure profit!!

So, is there anything to give to the stars at the box office for the rest of the movie? Even if only 18% of the net profit at the box office goes into Paramount's pocket in the end, it will definitely be a big deal!

Of course, it must be said that this financing method is only effective for large-scale productions, and neither Germany nor Britain may have such confidence in small-cost literary films, and even if they are confident, small-budget literary films may not be able to afford a large number of legal fees and public relations fees.

Now so many foreign film companies are competing for the adaptation rights of "Source Code", in fact, it has become a white-hot war, first of all, they can use guò capital games to make this film that shines in the North American market and has a high box office without Hollywood stars into a zero-cost big-budget sci-fi film. You can even invite big names like Tom, Pete, and Matt Damon to set off a global storm, because Source Code has already shown its audience, and it's a sure-fire deal.

And. Many Hollywood companies can be sure that if they can do it, Hero Huayi will definitely not be able to do it!

First of all, Hero Huayi does not have a network all over Europe, they cannot keep abreast of the latest laws in various countries, and they cannot be trusted by some European countries in 2007. It's not the China of 2014, even if it's the China of 2014, many large companies in our country also don't have Hollywood expertise in the eyes of others.

That's it. "Source Code" has become the fat in the eyes of this group of people, or the fat flowing oil, whoever grabs it first eats the fat first.

In this case, Chris, the closest partner to the hero Huayi in Huaxia, is naturally determined to win. even withheld the North American box office remittance as a bargaining chip at any cost.

It's a big deal, it's better to go to court. It is not uncommon for this kind of lawsuit between the two companies to be involved for several years, and even the lawyers on both sides wish that this kind of lawsuit lasts as long as possible, otherwise their legal advisers will not become idle food?

It's just that Chris will not be so idiotic as to rush to the hero Hua Yi and point to Shao Yingying's nose to admit these things frankly, but will let you figure it out by yourself according to the habits of the Chinese people, as long as you figure it out, hello, hello, everyone, if you can't figure it out. Don't worry, the box office of "Source Code" is buckled. Think slowly. However, Chris is not as easy as it seems, because there are loopholes here, if the boss of the hero Huayi, who climbed up from the bottom, really doesn't understand the twists and turns here, and sells the adaptation rights of the "Source Code" script first, then Chris can even lose his wife and soldiers, they are sure to lose the lawsuit, the difference is the matter of time, under the dilemma, he has to put on an indifferent posture, and he has to be in a hurry in private, otherwise how can he be on pins and needles?

Backbite.

The phone rang, and Chris directly pressed the speakerphone: "Hey? ”

"Mr. Chris, Mr. Shao Yingying is here."

This sentence hooked the thoughts in Chris's heart at once, Shao Yingying is here?

Now is the time for Colombia to take the initiative to ask him, and he has found it so easily, explaining ...... At least it shows that the hero Hua Yi has encountered difficulties. Hero Huayi: Since the withdrawal of the Wang brothers, the problem of the capital chain is already a well-known thing in the circle, otherwise Shao Yingying would not have been able to smash out five movies and two TV series within a year, and he is still engaged in strategic cooperation with Zhejiangtai.

"Let him in."

Chris has already made up his mind that he has to hold the point, and once the other party shows his flaws, he can be regarded as a great contribution to Columbia.

"Hey, dear Shao, you've finally come back from the damn publicity period, I've been looking for you in your company several times, but unfortunately, God never gave me a chance to have a drink with you."

Shao Yingying looked at the office when he walked into the room in a black suit, it was a typical European-style office, and the simple overall style matched the oil paintings hanging on the wall...... Why is the word very matching? The main reason is that Shao Yingying really can't see anything good in architecture and decoration, and even if he can see it, he can't say what's good.

"That's right." Shao Yingying looked around for a while before he suddenly remembered and said, "I brought you something good, you foreigner will definitely not be able to eat good things in our country." You know what? There is a very tasty piece of meat next to the heart of the pig, and there is only a very small piece of each pig, and this time, I will bring you a lot, and this thing is from the Inner League. ”

Pork?

Chris almost went crazy, but you Shao Yingying is also a big boss who dares to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Feng Xiaogang to shoot "Assembly Number", even if friends visit each other, it's not good for a big boss like you to send pork, right?

Why does he look like he's cursing? What a laugh...... Shit, he's calling me a pig!

"Chris, actually, sometimes I think that pig farmers are not as good as chicken farmers, what do you think? Chicken breeders can completely squeeze out the profits of chickens, so that chickens can lay eggs, eggs and chickens in an infinite cycle, and sell meat, it is better to sell seeds. Shao Yingying laughed self-deprecatingly: "Look, I, an actor who has just entered the industry for a few days, really regard myself as a businessman, and I am here to talk to you about business." That's okay, I'm almost done, and there are other things on my company's side, so I'll leave first. ”

"Don't go!"

Chris is in a hurry, he hasn't seen a figure for a month since he arrested Shao Yingying, and finally met the big boss of this hero Huayi, since he doesn't talk about the right to adapt the script, he will leave after delivering the pork, how can it work?

Chris, who had just made up his mind to calm down to the end, was no longer stable, and after saying goodbye, he got up and said, "Mr. Shao, I still have something to discuss with you." ”

"Really?"

Chris gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart: "Keep pretending, it's mid-November now, and you've been back for almost a month, so you don't know how many times I've been to your company?" ”

"Yes." Chris let Shao Yingying sit down across his desk and said, "I've been to your company many times in the past month, and I've talked to Mr. Zhang of your company about the adaptation of the script of "Source Code"......"

"You'll wait." Shao Yingying stopped Chris very seriously, and finally slapped his thigh with a 'snap', and said with a look of an old hat and an upstart: "This dead Zhang Wan...... Mr. Chris, I don't care about this matter, this kid never told me about it, and told me that MGM wanted me to give them the rights to produce and adapt the "Source Code" anyway, and he didn't mention Columbia at all. Chris, you help me analyze and analyze, did this kid collect black money behind my back? ”

"It's possible to ......" After saying these three words, Chris immediately sobered up, why did he talk about the script adaptation for two sentences and then it was about collecting black money?

"It doesn't matter, though." Chris said: "Mr. Shao means that MGM has already intervened?" ”

Shao Yingying completely pretended to be his own family and said: "Then I can still lie to you? How many years have we been with each other? To tell you the truth, I'm still planning to cheat MGM. Shao Yingying snickered: "That's right, Chris, MGM should be familiar with it, they don't have any weaknesses, you sue me, I won't be able to make a profit after I go back to make a fortune, don't worry." ”

Chris finally reacted, he has been in this country for so many years, he has never seen such a talk, originally wanted to use the Chinese way to go around the hero Huayi, but after Shao Yingying came, he wrapped Chris in a few words. Chris now fully understood, what Shao Yingying wants to say is that there are many people who want to buy the adaptation rights of the script of "Source Code", so don't worry about buying it at a low price, he still wants to take advantage of it everywhere and can't find a fat sheep! (To be continued......)