Chapter 66: Stick Boy
"My dear, those American studios want to ask our company to return $20 million!" It didn't take long for the good times to come before Elena got bad news. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
If the global box office is less than 150% of the auction price after six months of release, Wonderful Pictures will return $20 million, and it will be written into the contract.
For example, MGM Pictures' "The Lost Empire: Atlantis" grossed just over $55 million at the box office, but the purchase cost was as high as $41 million.
With a 70 percent share of the box office, the company would earn $38.5 million; If it is calculated at 60%, it can only be pocketed 33 million US dollars, which is obviously a big loss.
At 150% of the purchase price, or $61.5 million, the box office is still some way from the standard line of rebates, but it is clear that American studios will not sit still.
At that time, as long as the number of screenings is reduced and the box office is not reached $60 million, you will get a $20 million refund.
This situation involves four studios, and they have banded together to demand that the compensation regulations be implemented immediately for the wonderful film, which makes Elena very passive.
"It's okay, honey, you're like this, that's it......" Miji said a solution
I think that when Lao Tzu set up this regulation, he prepared corresponding countermeasures, and he could still let you Yankees take it?
Playing a business game that is amusing, the deity likes it the most, ahhahahaha~!
Soon, at the strong request of the American crooks, Wonderful Pictures held a briefing.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our company has received your comments on the request for the implementation of the compensation regulations. Although the stipulated time has not yet been reached, our company has decided to compensate for the comprehensive consideration of business integrity! The words of the beautiful hostess made the filmmakers below very proud
Sure enough, after everyone joined forces to exert pressure, the alliance side softened, and it seems that if this was done earlier, the land occupied by the cheaper could be larger.
"Our company now provides three options for your reference. First, directly receive $20 million in compensation per film. Second, pay $10 million to get the rights and derivatives of a 3D animated film. After the beautiful host finished speaking, she waited for everyone's choice
The three films provided by Miji are "Crazy Primitives", "Zombie Bride", and "War Pigeon Fast Fly", which are good and bad, first paid first served.
I originally wanted to take the money and leave directly, but I didn't expect the other party to have tricks, and it looked really attractive, so everyone hesitated again.
Studios estimate that 3D animated films will grossing at least $50 million each, so they can earn more than $30 million.
Although there is still a fee of $10 million, which is not much different from receiving $20 million in compensation directly, the peripheral derivatives and video tape market is also a fat meat.
If you add it up, it is much more cost-effective than taking the money and leaving, but the market prospect is uncertain, and how to weigh the pros and cons is still a problem.
The $20 million was so tempting that it was understandable to take the money and walk away, without continuing to take any risks.
However, everyone wants to watch the film provided by the other party before deciding, otherwise if you miss a good movie like "The Lion King", you will regret it for the rest of your life.
As a result, it took four hours to watch the movie, but after watching three movies, all three companies were very glad that they didn't take the money first.
Among the three animated films, the best is "Crazy Primitives", "Zombie Bride" and "War Pigeon Fast Fly" have their own merits.
MGM, Paramount, and Disney all wanted "Crazy Primitives", but there was only one movie, so they had to draw lots to decide the ownership.
In the end, Paramount came out on top, while MGM and Disney had no choice but to admit it, preferring to receive $20 million in compensation rather than pick up other people's leftovers.
Even more unlucky than them is Warner, which previously spent $100 million to buy "Mulan-1/2", and its box office reached $150 million, which just hit the line and is no longer within the scope of compensation.
Warner's top brass was anxious to get compensated, but most of the reasons offered were not convincing.
Considering that he couldn't hurt the harmony, so as not to lose a big wronged head in the future, Mi Ji still decided to give the other party some comfort.
"Zombie Bride" and "War Pigeon Fly" were sold to Warner for $30 million, more than offsetting the previous net expenses.
Buying a 3D animated movie for $15 million seems like a very good deal.
The two films combined for a net profit of $50 million didn't seem like much of a problem, so Warner was very happy with the deal.
"Honey, I'm going to give you a gift!" The chicken mysteriously hugged Yelena's jade back from behind
"Oh? Didn't you just send it? The beautiful woman looked at the big pink diamond on her finger and wondered
"No, it's more interesting than that!" Miji pulled out a stack of books
The title on the cover is Harry? Potter, by Ma.................. Of course, it's Natasha (Elena's pen name)~!
Mi Ji gave this famous children's magical literature to the beauties around him.
"Honey, this book is worldwide, and for every copy sold, you receive a royalty of $0.1!" The lion's share of the royalties is, of course, owned by Walnut Publishing
Walnut Publishing Company is a company registered by Miji that specializes in copycat famous books, and the profits in this regard are also very large.
"Thank you! I love it! "Yelena doesn't feel much about royalties, but the other party sees herself as the author of this book, which shows that she is very careful to please herself.
Girls like to be pampered and pampered by their other half, even an empathetic girl like Yelena.
Harry? There are seven copies of Potter in total, which are sold for $50 per set, with a $20 royalty for each set.
Selling 20 million sets, the chicken can earn $400 million, and Yelena can also get a commission of $14 million.
$14 million is equivalent to 10 million rubles, which can make this beautiful woman the leading little rich woman in the league.
In the 80s, when there was no Internet and TV shows were not very interesting, Miji hoped that the sales of this set of books would not be much lower than that of later generations (450 million copies worldwide).
And when this novel becomes world-famous, find an American film company to make a movie, and the copyright and screenwriting fees of just eight films are absolutely astronomical!
Chicken's response to Harry? Potter is completely magical, and there is no interest in the slightest.
In the eyes of the second-class youth, this thing is the Western version of "Gourd Baby"~!
It's all the story of a group of small friends who are not tall and courageous, who are not afraid of hardships and dangers to defeat the evil villains!
I believe that if I have watched "Gourd Baby", I don't need to watch "Harry? Potter, it's a waste of time!
The young man of the second goods also thought that the original title of the book was not hanging enough, and it became "The Little Boy Playing with the Stick...... More domineering side leaks!
"Little Boy Playing with a Stick" ............ Ahahahaha!
Whether it's an adult or a child, when you see such a lame title, you must be shocked by your body and mind!
Everyone will think, what kind of stick is this kid playing with? How thick? How long? How hard ???
It doesn't matter if it's a young man in his twenties or thirties, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, or an elderly man in his sixties and seventies.
As long as it is a man, driven by curiosity, he will pick up a book and look at it silently.
Why does this loser kid play with sticks??? Do you want to use this as the title of the book?
Could it be that while he was playing, he met another child playing with a stick?
As soon as the two sides disagreed, they began to compete?
Won't it ...... This is the origin of the windward pee?
There's no point in standing and guessing, so buy a copy and go home and study it carefully!
Woo Ka Ka ~!
The title alone can increase sales by 10%!
Well, maybe 20%!
The directors of the Union Printing House are even more happy, this novel is a super big loaf!
Versions in English, French, Japanese, German, Spanish, and other languages are in the midst of a frenzy of printing......
The chicken placed an order of 10 million sets in the early stage, and it will basically not miss the target depending on the market response and sales volume in the later stage.
Not only "The Little Boy Who Played with the Stick", but all kinds of bestsellers were put on the menu by this shuttle.
As a shuttle, it is necessary to use the information asymmetry advantage of the two time and space to go crazy and dig gold!
If you don't print billions of junk books, how can you be worthy of the title of a great shuttle???
For every dollar you make, you can make five billion dollars for five billion copies!
With the support of a big pineapple, you don't have to pay taxes, how much gold can you get in exchange!
As soon as I thought of this, I felt my blood boiling, as if I was not printing books, but printing gold!
Some of the bestsellers are that if you take a few hundred copies a year, you can blow up the heads of Westerners!
Let them know the terrifying power of knowing thousands of great Union Reads!
Like "The Rise and Collapse of a Great Power", "Cold War 1945-1991", "The Tragedy of a Great Power" and so on, which Big Pineapple is watching, are all rare "supernatural readings"!
But this kind of thing cannot be sold publicly, and can only be used as an ultra-high-end personal gift, only for special objects to read carefully.
"My dear, you have to familiarize yourself with this novel as soon as possible, otherwise you will be embarrassed when asked!" The second-hand young man didn't want Yelena to show up, but he had to be prepared.
"Well, people will finish this set of books as soon as possible!" The beautiful woman immediately agreed
It takes a lot of time to read the seven books, but fortunately, Yelena usually has nothing to do, so she should be leisure.
"Don't read around the clock, or your bags will turn black!" Beautiful women can sleep
In order to help this beauty quickly familiarize herself with the relationship between the characters in the book, Miji also specially prepared a relationship chart between good eggs and bad eggs.
"Well, people listen to you!" Elena obeyed her lover's commands
In the next time, you can't read a book, and the two of you can work together to do some fun and fitness somatosensory games......