Chapter 450: Repentance
The Golden Dragon Award at the Yenching International Film Festival is indeed a big award with influence in the world, and after "Infernal Affairs" won two awards here, the attention of the entire world has also increased.
This level of attention may be just one word, and it is a somewhat illusory word, and it is difficult to imagine the specific measurement of this.
But the increase in the cost of selling the rights of "Infernal Affairs" is now real.
For example, when "Infernal Affairs" was talking to a European country about the release of "Infernal Affairs" and the release of a series of rights such as the release of "Infernal Affairs" in that country, and a series of rights sales such as the release of the DVD, "Infernal Affairs" performed quite well at the box office in China in February, so the film got the attention of the filmmakers in that country, and they gave a maximum of $1 million and a minimum of $200,000 (that is a country with a medium population, so the price is not high).
However, after passing the Golden Dragon Awards, winning two awards, and the film also received more than $100 million at the box office in the North American market, "Infernal Affairs" received a minimum of $500,000 and a maximum of $2.24 million from several competing studios in this country......
That's all about rising waters!
In the end, "Infernal Affairs" sold for $2.3 million in this country!
This is the reason why Li Chencan said at the beginning that he would put away the copyright of "Infernal Affairs" first and wait until the Yenching International Film Festival to sell it......
When the film proved to be a good seller in both the Chinese and American markets, and was rewarded well in awards like the Golden Dragon Award at the Yenching International Film Festival. Naturally, the sale of the film has risen and reached quite good figures.
In this way, the copyright negotiations for "Infernal Affairs" were carried out in many countries......
This is a protracted negotiation process, and it is also a negotiation process that requires a test of patience. Of course, Li Chencan will not participate in these specific negotiations...... On the one hand, he is not a professional in negotiation, and on the other hand, the filming of "Saving Private Ryan" now tests his perseverance and patience more than these things, and he basically puts all his energy into "Saving Private Ryan".
But even it will take a lot of negotiation to finalize. But judging from the current situation, the sale of the copyright of "Infernal Affairs" in these countries and regions is estimated to bring about 200 million copyright income to Li Chencan's personal studio. Of course, this is the national currency, but it is already pure income after deducting various taxes and fees. Such a large amount of income is really crucial for Li Chencan and his "Saving Private Ryan".
"Whew!" It's finally done again.
At this time. Li Chencan breathed a sigh of relief.
Right now, he's watching a replay of "Saving Private Ryan" for what he shot one day today. He had been struggling in his room for more than three hours, and now he had finally finished reading it all......
After stretching his waist, Li Chencan looked at the time, it was already more than two o'clock in the middle of the night, and he also began to prepare for tomorrow's shooting plan.
That's what he lives every day now......
Of course, this shooting plan is to be discussed with many people, and these guys have just slept in the room. Many of the people in the crew have learned how to fall asleep as quickly as possible, and they are often able to overcome the noise of their surroundings. Fall asleep as fast as you can.
Li Chencan now plans to wake them all up one by one.
However, at this moment, there was a knock on the door in the room of the viewing room, and Li Chencan came over to open the door with some confusion, and saw that the person standing outside the door was Sun Yunzhang.
"Brother Sun? Haven't you slept so late? ”
Although Sun Yunzhang is also very busy, and he doesn't sleep much every day, he is still much better than Li Chencan, for example, in today's situation.
"Well...... Sun Yunzhang said: "We've been getting the bill tonight, and now it's been made, do you want to take a look?" ”
"Good! Give it to me. Li Chencan also took over the documents in their hands with more interest, these documents are mainly to calculate the money that Li Chencan's personal studio can make from the sale of copyrights in various countries before, these have already been negotiated, and the money earned will be combined with the funds of Li Chencan's personal studio now, and then calculate the next investment that "Saving Private Ryan" may have to add...... In short, it was quite complicated, and it took a while to calculate.
Li Chencan flipped through it roughly, and sure enough, these were still about the same as what they calculated......
After "Saving Private Ryan" returned to China, the expenditure on the film has decreased, and it has decreased a lot.
When it was shot in Europe, the amount of the film was seriously beyond Li Chencan's budget at the beginning, but now, after returning to China, "Saving Private Ryan" has finally begun to slowly fall below the previous budget.
According to this situation, the final investment of "Saving Private Ryan" should still be around 920 million, which will not be exceeded.
And Li Chencan's personal studio got the box office share of "Infernal Affairs" from the United States, as well as the cost of selling various copyrights obtained in foreign countries, there is still a lot of money, and there should be no financial pressure on the filming of "Saving Private Ryan......
Of course, this has to be if the investors' money arrives as soon as possible......
Recently, in fact, the arrival of other companies is relatively timely...... It's Cheng Fang's company......
Until now, their second remittance has still not reached the account of the crew of "Saving Private Ryan".
After Li Chencan saw this, he thought of that matter, nodded and said to Sun Yunzhang: "These are all very good...... However, Qian Xingyu hasn't sent the second installment of money over yet? ”
Sun Yunzhang nodded, and then said to Li Chencan: "They are really a bit excessive...... It's been more than half a month now! ”
Li Chencan frowned......
Cheng Fang's company's investment is more than 80 million, and their second remittance is 30 million, anyway, it will be divided into three remittances......
However, now their second remittance has been overdue for more than half a month, and it has not yet arrived!
This incident really made Li Chencan and them very unhappy.
"Brother Sun, you and I urge them...... Otherwise, Qian Xingyu from Cheng Fang's company said that if he didn't remit the money again, he would pay 5% more for one more day according to the provisions of the contract! ”
Sun Yunzhang frowned a little and said, "This...... Not right, right? After all, that Qian Xingyu still has a lot of energy at home......"
"It's okay...... In broad daylight, I don't believe what they can do with me. Li Chencan nodded and smiled confidently.
Even in the previous life, there were many chaotic scenes in China, and the kind of society with pure human feelings and bureaucratic system, it is still not something that some people can do whatever they want, let alone the current society with more perfect systems......
Sun Yunzhang was very confident when he heard Li Chencan's words, and he was relieved, in fact, he also knew that Cheng Fang's company's approach was really too painful...... This is untenable, both legally and logically, and there is really nothing to fear them.
So, the next day, this ultimatum was sent......
In the office, cigarette butts from the high-end Yellow Crane Tower were thrown all over the ground, horizontal and vertical, full of mess.
Qian Xingyu's hair was not very well taken care of as before, but was like a bird's nest on his head, and he looked really decadent to the extreme.
There was also a miasma in the office, and at this time, Qian Xingyu was sitting on a stool, his legs on the desk, and he fell asleep.
"Xingyu? Xingyu? ”
Suddenly, the voice sounded softly, trying to wake him up, but he was a little worried about waking him up like this and throwing him a tantrum, so the voice was a little soft, but it seemed to be quite heavy......
"Huh?"
Qian Xingyu snorted sleepily, and then saw that the person who called him was a middle-aged man in his forties, he was his personal secretary, and in fact, he was also the person sent by his father to help him.
"Old Zhou? What's wrong? I'm sleeping. Qian Xingyu's tone was really dissatisfied, and his voice was very small, as if he didn't want to speak loudly.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Lao Zhou had no choice but to apologize, but at the same time said, "It's just...... Well, the movie is here to urge the second installment...... They said...... If you don't hit it today...... They will have to charge an increase of 5% per day. ”
Hearing this, Qian Xingyu finally got up, touched his chin that was gradually emerging from his beard, and snorted coldly: "Tell them that Lao Tzu has no money...... ! What the fuck is this now...... It's going to die, and there are so many ...... who want to push you off the cliff behind you."
Lao Zhou smiled helplessly, Qian Xingyu recently gambled in Las Vegas and lost more than 50 million yuan...... I didn't dare to tell my family that I had to maintain my business, so the money from "Saving Private Ryan" didn't have to be remitted at all. Qian Xingyu is usually quite stable, but once he encounters this gambling thing, he always falls on his heels, and this time it is the biggest heel......
"But...... After all, we signed the contract. Lao Zhou had no choice but to remind: "In fact, if we really follow the contract, we will have to pay 5% from five days ago...... It's interesting enough for the crew to say that today. ”
Qian Xingyu was even more unhappy: "I said Lao Zhou, where are you?" Yes? If you don't have money, you need to die! ”
Lao Zhou was also worried in his heart now, it seemed that Qian Xingyu was going to make a mistake...... It's been a long time since this guy has made a fool of himself, and it looks like a tough thing to say today. (To be continued......)