"All of Warner's focus is on the DC Universe?"

"Yes!"

"What about the "Conjuring" series, they don't care?"

"They want to manage, but the "Conjuring" series is a project independently incubated by our studio, and the cost of horror films is not high, so they dare not interfere..."

The main thing is that the cost is low, less than 20 million, and the studio itself can solve the problem of funding...

And without spending your money, what opinion do you express?

DCEU is different, each one is a big production, the senior management has given opinions, and it must be adopted, if you ignore it, the movie is released, and the box office or word-of-mouth does not meet expectations, you will definitely be looking for you, adopt their opinions, the movie has gone wrong, and there are high-level tops!

Original Time and Space, Warner Two Movie Universe, DC Extended Universe, Conjuring Movie Universe.

DC Extended Universe all kinds of efforts, spent a bunch of money, and then all kinds of hit the streets...

On the contrary, it is the Conjuring Universe, which continues to expand the story line, and a total of 8 movies have been born so far, and the "Conjuring" universe was born, the series has achieved great success in terms of business and word-of-mouth, and the total box office ranks second in the horror film box office list!

Cause... It's likely that Warners didn't interfere much...

Therefore, Shen Xudong said: "The Conjuring can be expanded, "Nun", "Annabelle", "Ghost Nurse"... Wait a minute... By the way, you can also do a short story collection and discover new directors..."

"Wen Ziren has already told me, but he is talking about a series of movies..."

"Almost, it's all happening in the Conjuring World... You plan well with him and pay attention to controlling costs..."

Jason Bren nodded repeatedly...

The reason why Shen Xudong came up with the idea is mainly because of the "Conjuring" series, he has the right to invest...

Basically 20% of the investment share!

By the way, when it comes to horror movies, Shen Xudong reminds me of a series of works by Stephen King...

So, he asked: "Most of the copyrights of Stephen King's works are in the hands of New Line?" ”

"Yes..."

"The copyright of "Return of the Joker" is also there?"

“… It should be there..."

"Sure, if you're here, you can start restarting..."

Jason Bren wondered: "Do you think there's a trick?" ”

Shen Xudong smiled: "What do you say?"

Joseph Drake smiled: "As long as it's the project that the boss says, you'll go and execute it... There will be a surprise! ”

Jason Bren patted his head in frustration: "I forgot about this..."

……

Stephen King, a master of horror in North America, has film and television works adapted from his works or written by him, including "The Shawshank Redemption", "Walk with Me", "Miracle in the Green Mile" and other high-scoring movie lists, as well as popular American dramas such as "Under the Dome" and "The X-Files"...

There is also one, which is recognized as a classic in the history of horror films, "The Shining"!

That's right, "The Shining" is also an adaptation of his work.

Stephen King, the author of the original book, is dissatisfied with this version of the film adaptation, and has even complained about it many times...

So, in 1997, he personally served as a screenwriter and produced the TV series version of "The Shining".

The TV series version of "The Shining" is not scary at all, compared to the thriller effect, this show is more concerned about the creation of characters and the relationship between them, and the core is actually quite warm.

However, Shen Xudong mentioned Stephen King, mainly because of "Return of the Joker" and "Pet Graveyard"...

"Return of the Joker", mainly because of the high box office - the highest box office record in the history of horror films...

"Pet Graveyard" is because he is impressed, this is the first in-depth American horror film he has ever seen, he has always thought that American horror movies are all about selling blood plasma and big breasts...

"Pet Graveyard" changed his mind.

Anyway, the new line doesn't have any good project development, a remake of Stephen King's work, at least the original work in...

……

In Hong Kong, Zhou Xingchi learned that the final box office of "Journey to the West" in the mainland was 1.68 billion, and the overseas box office was also 35 million US dollars...

But none of this has anything to do with him, because he sold "Journey to the West" for 300 million!

'Only earned' about 200 million - although the cost is 117 million, it has to be distributed to two other investors, Cultural China, Anle Film and Television...

Cultural China, which was not the original investor of "Journey to the West", suddenly bought a 10% stake in the film from Bigao Group, owned by Zhou Xingchi, at a price of 8 million yuan, a premium of 20%, when the film entered post-production.

In other words, he needs to give 30 million to Culture China, Anle Film and Television also invested 15%, and he also has to take 45 million...

Originally, I thought that a drama made about 200 million yuan, which was a very cost-effective deal, but after the release of "Journey to the West", the stock prices of Tianmei Media, including Tianmei Media's Golden Harvest and Tianmei Games, rose in various ways, bringing about a market value increase of nearly 12 billion!

Not to mention, Tianmei Media earned 300 million through "Journey to the West"...

Then, he heard that TiMi Games won the game copyright of "Journey to the West" for 100 million...

Seeing others make money because of their works is even more uncomfortable than him losing money himself!

But... The contract was signed, and there were no supplementary terms of any significance.

Zhou Xingchi never doubted that "Journey to the West" could make money, but... His prediction is still stuck before last summer's vacation - thinking that the box office will be 800 million at most!

Right now... TiMi Media made 400 million!

The more I think about it, the more aggrieved I become...

simply made a phone call to Zhong Lifang and asked if there were any dividends or something...

Zhong Lifang was a little speechless, stepping on a horse, a play, you earned more than 200 million, and you still have to pay dividends?

"Mr. Zhou, Tianmei has invested nearly 200 million yuan in publicity and marketing in order to quickly open the market for "Journey to the West"... In other words, the cost of Tianmei of this drama is more than 500 million, and the current box office results will make a little profit at most... You can't let us not drink any soup, can you? ”

Stephen Chow was silent for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "... But I listened to them, you gave Deng Chao 120 million dividends! ”

“… For his films, his company invests 30%, self-directed and self-acting accounts for 15%, and we give him 120 million according to the profits, which is very fair! ”

The cost of "The Big Winner" is 45 million, the box office is 620 million, and the film party shares 267 million.

Deng Chao was also very generous, and the celebration banquet directly gave 20 million points to the main creative team!

This matter is not classified within the circle, many people know it, and it is normal for Zhou Xingchi to know it.

"Is that not there?"

Zhong Lifang pursed her lips and changed her words: "..."Sunshine Fierce" You can now exchange it for a salary of 5 million US dollars + 15% profit dividend..."

"Can you change it?"

"Yes!"

“… Then I'm going to change..."

"Then you come over tomorrow to sign the contract, and by the way, return the $15 million you received to 10 million!"

"Can you... Hey, hey, hey..."

Stephen Chow is still entangled, Zhong Lifang on the other side of the phone has hung up...

(End of chapter)