Chapter 180: Bold, Visionary
"My girl is so good!"
"However, didn't you set up a joint venture subsidiary with Dunhuang a long time ago, and changed from a worker to a boss?"
At the family dinner in the evening, after hearing Shen Zhenyi relay the agent's words, Ms. Jiang first habitually cheered her daughter, and then asked suspiciously.
"It's not quite the same."
"There's a big difference."
Wang Wei and Wang Chuanqi, two insiders, understood as soon as they heard it, and replied at the same time.
- Because Ms. Wang and Uncle Lin took Xiao An on vacation, Wang Wei and Lao Wang, who were thrown away, could only go to Shen's house to eat.
They glanced at each other, and Wang Wei explained: "Xiaozhen opening a company is a bit like a star opening a studio, if it is not big enough to a certain extent, in the eyes of investors, it is still a tool man." ”
"For example, she can use her own money to invest in filming, but as long as she doesn't invest in the film she acts, after she enters the crew, the crew can act how she wants, and edit it as much as she wants in the later stage, even if it becomes a big bad movie, she doesn't have to care about Xiaozhen's opinion."
"But if you bring money into the group, it's completely different. Sharing copyright interests is only one aspect, as the leading actor, she also has a certain right to speak in creation. ”
"So I generally don't easily allow actors to bring money into the group, after all, having an extra leading actor who can point fingers is also quite a headache for the director."
Ms. Jiang began to understand, "So, the key is to have a voice." ”
"So to speak." Lao Wang also nodded slowly and methodically, and said: "If it weren't for the actor's commercial appeal reaching a certain height, the filmmaker would not easily agree to the actor bringing money into the group." Of course, it is another matter to not have enough money for the 'three nos' crew with undecided scripts for the time being. ”
Otherwise, which star doesn't want to be promoted to capital and then squeeze other tool people?
After all, no star can be evergreen, and he will always be an iron-clad capital and a star with flowing water.
Bringing capital into the bureau and working for yourself is a relatively safe road to capital promotion.
There are powerful stars, not only can they share the share of investment, but they also do not give an inch in the remuneration of the leading actors, and even make the filmmaker unprofitable, and in turn become a role for him to work.
A typical example is Tom and his "Mission Impossible" series, Paramount is considered to be a big injustice for him.
is also under various opportunities, Shen Zhenyi's commercial appeal has caused qualitative changes in the eyes of people in the industry, so that she is no longer regarded as a simple tool person, so as to use it as a bargaining chip to attract her to join.
Of course, this also has something to do with the strength of the filmmaker.
For example, for the big films, no matter how big-name the actors are, they will not be allowed to bring money into the game.
But below the Big Five, more than one film company allowed Shen Zhenyi to bring capital into the game, proving that her agent was right - her status in the circle has been raised by a notch.
"At any time, the right to speak has a great attraction!" Father Shen sighed with emotion, "Aren't you Dunhuang fighting for the right to speak for the overseas distribution of "Toy Story" this time? ”
"Don't mention it, it hurts to mention this!" Lao Wang rolled his eyes exaggeratedly.
"Isn't that good? In the Asian market, "Toy Story" is also largely rolled out. ”
"If I don't spread it out, I'm going to die. No, I'm already dead. The roll of Wang's eyes rolled even more obviously.
Yes, the global release of "Toy Story", Dunhuang has not been able to catch it, and I dare not think about it; However, for overseas distribution in Asia, Dunhuang has carried out a test of the waters.
There is no way, the distribution commission of the five major ones is getting higher and higher, even if they will work hard to market after signing the contract, the box office will rise, but after seven deductions and eight deductions, the benefits that Dunhuang can share have not increased much.
Under such circumstances, Dunhuang could no longer afford not to consider striving for the initiative of overseas distribution.
Using a one-of-a-kind 3D animated film as a stepping stone, Dunhuang chose a distributor in the local country, and negotiated country by country.
As I said before, it is not difficult to promote the film to the overseas market, but the difficult thing is to have the ability to promote it simultaneously.
And no matter what country it is, TV is an important propaganda channel.
As a result, Dunhuang also "hooked up" the TV broadcast rights of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in many countries.
Well, it is impossible to reduce the price, but there is no lion to open his mouth - in the eyes of Lao Wang, if you don't make a big profit, you will lose.
Rao is like this, only in the overseas Chinese-speaking cultural circle, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has already won back more than 200 million by selling copyrights.
——If it is not for the long-term plan, from the perspective of return to capital, in fact, it is most appropriate to sell out the copyright, saving time and worry.
In short, the European and American distributions of "Toy Story" were handed over to Universal Pictures, which was "happy to kick Disney's ass", and the distribution booths in Asia were also rolled out under the efforts of Dunhuang.
As a result, I can't say that I am very satisfied, but I can accept it -
Because of the different levels of acceptance of animated films by audiences in various countries, the cumulative box office of the film in the overseas market of Asia has exceeded 200 million yuan in the past two weeks after its release.
Fortunately, the sales of peripheral products are not bad, reaching a sales peak a week after the film's release, and it has now accumulated 60 million.
Shen's father, who participated in the investment of this film, paid more attention to peripheral toys than the box office, and he grinned when he heard this data, "That's really good." ”
Lao Wang snorted noncommittally and muttered in a low voice: "Of course it's good for you, you can easily make money, and you can rob me of the animation studio in turn." ”
"What is robbing, this is called in-depth cooperation, Wang Weiling said right?" Father Shen narrowed his eyes.
Wang Wei smiled bitterly and spread his hands, saying that what Uncle Shen said was right, and he didn't dare to speak.
- After "Toy Story" became a hit, Weibo Technology planned to transfer all the assets of the animation studio, including one-third of the copyright of the film, in exchange for funds to develop the main business.
This was also supported by Wang Wei.
Dunhuang wanted to swallow it in one bite, but Shen's father also had an idea.
After experiencing the development, listing, and peripheral sales of "Toy Story", Shen's father is now clear - only when toys have a "personality" can brand loyalty be cultivated; And movies and TV series that create dreams for people are undoubtedly the best carriers.
In this case, a groundbreaking and world-leading animation studio is simply the perfect partner for rigging.
In business, the two once again went back and forth over the shares of the animation studio.
Anyway, it won't really tear his face, Wang Wei doesn't want to get involved at all.
So he turned the topic to Shen Zhenyi, "There are so many spicy scripts, do you have a fancy for it?" ”
It's not that everything will be fine with the qualifications to enter the game with capital, because as long as there is a big fight in a film, let alone getting additional bonuses, the original first-line coffee position may not be guaranteed.
The entertainment industry is such a cruel place where heroes are only judged by success or failure.
So this puts forward higher requirements for her vision of film selection.
“…… I guess there's one. Shen Zhenyi paused and said.
Wang Wei suddenly became interested, "Count?" ”
"Well, it's my agent who thinks I've made such a big transition in it that she's broken." Shen Zhenyi gave her agent's views and inventory.
Wang Wei was more interested: "Did you get the script back?" I'll take a look at it for you. ”
Shen Zhenyi has nothing to do.
She also wanted to hear Wang Wei's opinion.
After all, this guy's script writing ability is recognized by the industry.
Wang Wei got the script, and the cover had no name, only a code name "A".
This is also normal, many movies may not be officially finalized until before they are released.
When he opened it, he immediately knew why this script could poke this little girl's heart-
Desert lonely smoke, car chases, hand-to-hand gunfights, plus steampunk, and most importantly, there is an independent heroine who does not exist to fall in love with the male protagonist.
And these familiar elements...... Wang Wei had the "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" in his mind.
- Not to mention anything else, the similarity of this main line cannot be said to be the same, it can only be said that it is not bad.
And he kind of knows why the broker "collapsed".
This kind of apocalyptic theme is rare in China; And the disfigured heroine in it is also very different from Shen Zhenyi's consistent image.
He has the memory of his previous life as a reference, so that he knows what he can shoot and whether there is a market.
What about this little girl?
Probably just by gut feeling, I singled it out.
Wang Wei looked at her deeply.
It's so bold and ...... Good eye!
……
Well, it's a little shorter today, come on tomorrow~~~
(End of chapter)