Chapter 67 The exchange rate is very important
Zhao Wende looked like a master in the world, stroked his beard that didn't exist at all and said, "It depends on whether you want to make money or be safe?" ”
Song Mu couldn't understand why making money and being safe were put together, and she also learned from the drama and humbly asked for advice: "The little woman doesn't know what this money is?" What is the meaning of safety? ”
For Song Mu's praise. Zhao Wende was very useful, he picked up the big lid cup on the counter, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "If you want to make money, you naturally find your own screening channels; If you want to be safe, you have to wait for the above to arrange it for you. ”
Zhao Wende knew that Song Mu's age must not know the truth of this, so he continued to explain without waiting for Song Mu to ask.
"Whether our Celestial Dynasty movies are animated or not, as long as they are released abroad, there are generally two account-sharing models for hair companies.
"One is a buyout. The issuer comes to negotiate a price with you, and if you agree, he will give you the money. As for whether the film makes money or loses, it has nothing to do with you.
"The other is to share. This is similar to that in China, the income after the release will be drawn by the screening theater first, and the distributor will draw the agency fee proportionally after the theater is divided, and the rest of the money is yours.
"If a film doesn't cater to the tastes of foreign audiences, it's definitely better to buy out. But with the quality of "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", going abroad will definitely be more profitable.
But it is for this reason that there is a disagreement between finding your own channels and waiting for the above arrangements.
"Because as far as I know, the films released by Celestial Empire overseas are all signed buyouts, and the buyout prices are very low. Even if it is the animation "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", I'm afraid the treatment is the same. ”
Song Mu nodded, thought for a moment and said: "Actually, I don't particularly care about the income of the movie, as long as the quality is hard, the IP of Liu Agarwood will definitely become popular, and then I will earn back the movie money from the tide play." It's just that in this way, you're losing as an investor......"
Zhao Wende waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's useless for me to ask for so much money, just the domestic box office share, it is estimated that I will not be able to spend it in my life." It's up to you to make your own decisions about this matter. ”
Song Mu didn't expect Zhao Wende to be so supportive. Holding her, while being a little moved, Song Mu also thought about it seriously.
"Master Zhao, if you wait for the above arrangement, how much buyout fee do you say the above can give us?" After a while, Song Mu suddenly asked.
The reason why he asked this question was because Song Mu felt that even if Boss Zhao was a supporter. She can't get an inch, just for her own interests without regard for the interests of this big investor.
You must know that if it weren't for the 900,000 yuan that Zhao Wende invested in, there would have been no "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" at all.
However, this question stumped Zhao Wende, he frowned and calculated for a moment, before he replied with some hesitation: "To be honest, I don't know very well, but according to my estimates, I'm afraid there will be no more than 50,000 meters of knife." ”
"What? Only $50,000? Song Mu was a little incredulous, "How can it be so low?!" ”
If it is the exchange rate of later generations, more than 300,000 soft sister coins are also a huge amount of money in this era. But now the exchange rate of rice knife and soft sister currency is not even one to two! In other words, there are not even 100,000 soft girl coins!
Zhao Wende sighed helplessly: "It's okay, I can't say who is to blame." When foreign distribution companies buy movies from our Celestial Empire, they basically buy one to accompany one; The purpose of the people above is to promote Chinese films to the world, and they don't care about the income at all. It is precisely because of these two reasons that there is no high price for our Huaguo film buyout......"
After Zhao Wende's explanation, Song Mu instantly understood.
It's just that she understands it, but she can't accept the price at all.
He is convinced that with the quality of "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", it is conservatively estimated that the box office of tens of millions of dollars at the overseas box office should be no problem!
Tens of thousands of dollars to sell an animation worth tens of millions, even if it is not planned for investors, Song Mu will not agree! No, don't talk about Song Mu, as long as the brain is not in the water, who will agree to this kind of fracture price sale?!
Song Mu no longer hesitated at this moment, she asked Zhao Wende with a serious face: "Old Zhao, if I don't wait for the above arrangements and find a channel to sell the distribution rights of "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" without authorization, will there be any trouble?" ”
Zhao Wende didn't expect Song Mu to ask this kind of question at all, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's not a turbulent time now, didn't that gentleman say a long time ago, 'No matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, catching a mouse is a good cat'." In the era of reform and opening up, how can I trouble you because of this? I'm afraid I'll praise you for what you do well! ”
Song Mu thought that this was indeed the case, and her apprehensive heart was relaxed, "I originally planned to find a channel by myself, since there is no problem, I still follow the original plan." ”
Zhao Wende had no objection, the two chatted for a while, Song Mu informed him that the money for "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" was still waiting to be distributed, and promised to go back and let someone send three reels of film, Song Mu said goodbye to Zhao Wende and left his small video hall.
Today, Song Mu has another task, that is, to find Wang Lun, who still owes 18 horror movies.
Wang Lun's current IO animation company, behind it is actually Wbi Company, one of the eight major film companies in the United States. Song Mu plans to use Wang Lun's relationship to contact IO's executives, and then use IO's executives to contact Wbi's distribution company.
Her IO journey was very smooth, and I don't know if it was because of Wang Lun's face, or because of the hit of "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", she easily met the general manager of IO, a Mi-Chinese named Zhang Yalun.
The general manager's Mandarin is very good, and he is even three points better than Ni Jiashu, who is a Hong Kong Islander. If it weren't for his habit of substituting a few English words from time to time, Song Mudu would have thought that he was an authentic Chinese.
"I have admired Miss Song's name for a long time, my name is Zhang Yalun, and you can also call me Aaron." Here's how he introduced himself.
After Song Mu explained his intention to him, Zhang Yalun was very interested, and he dialed the phone number of Mi Guo as quickly as possible, as if he wanted to finalize this cooperation as soon as possible.
This phone call took longer than expected, and he didn't let Song Mu and Wang Lun avoid it, because of the use of English throughout the whole process, with Song Mu's level of sixth-level English, less than seventy percent of them could understand......
After about twenty minutes, Zhang Yalun finally put down the phone.
He first apologized to Song Mu and Wang Lun, and then slowly got down to business: "First of all, congratulations to Miss Song for being shortlisted for the Little Golden Man Award, if it wasn't for this phone call to the headquarters, I wouldn't have known that you had been nominated for the Little Golden Man." ”
Song Mu said a few words of modesty before he continued: "Because of the Little Golden Man Award, W Bi is very willing to negotiate with you on the distribution of shares, so the headquarters asked me to ask you, I don't know if you will go to the United States to attend the award ceremony at the end of the month?" ”
"Uh...... This ...... "Song Mu thought to himself that I didn't know that I was nominated much earlier than you, how do I know if I will go when the time comes?"
After a little hesitation, she still decided to tell the truth, so she said embarrassedly: "The award ceremony of the Little Golden Man Award, to be honest, I really want to go, but you should know that the procedures for Chinese people to go to the United States are still more troublesome." I'm not going to tell you the truth, I don't even have a passport yet......"
Zhang Yalun: "......"
He never expected to get such an answer!
Fortunately, Zhang Yalun was more talkative, he held his stomach and laughed for a while, and said with a breathless smile: "Song ...... Miss Song, you are so humorous. As a nominated figure for the Little Golden Man Award, you ...... You haven't even started applying for a passport, this is ...... It's just so funny......"
After such a disturbance, the awkward atmosphere in the office disappeared in an instant.
Zhang Yalun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes that he didn't know existed, coughed lightly and said: "You see if this will work, if you can go to the United States in time, then when the time comes, you can go to Wbi to interview the personnel over there; If you can't make it to the award ceremony, W will send someone to China to negotiate with you. ”