Although the result is good now, Mao Xiaotong still remembers the scene when Li Jingkun couldn't find the money - he took out the company for a loan.

And she herself is not short of money to spend now, because of the relationship between "Suddenly This Summer", her acting career is much better now, so she doesn't need any dividends.

However, Li Jingkun is obviously also a macho person, many times he only needs to feel it himself, and he doesn't want others to feel it.

He said to Mao Xiaotong: "Also, it's really not easy for me to make some money by making movies, after all, this movie will earn two or three hundred million at most." ”

"Poof!" Mao Xiaotong couldn't help laughing, and then scolded him with a smile. One movie can make so much money, called

"At most"? It's also too Versailles! Then she also asked Li Jingkun what his new plan was, and Li Jingkun said that it was most likely a comedy, and there was no one suitable for her role.

····· The final box office of "Exploration of Chinatown" is 1.02 billion, minus costs, taxes, theaters, distribution and other expenses, it can probably earn more than 200 million.

However, this is only domestic income, and the box office in Southeast Asia is not so exaggerated, but the income is also good, so it adds up to a lot of income.

There is also the advertising revenue of 10 million before, plus part of the income from selling to movie channels and video websites.

In the end, the total income may not be 300 million, but more than 250 million is definitely there. However, this is a series of movies, and after the second and third parts are filmed, let's not talk about the box office, and you can make a lot of money just by selling it to video sites.

And now that this is suddenly making such a huge amount of money, the company will definitely have to upgrade again. Kyoto, in the conference room of Longqi Film and Television Company.

Zhou Deze said: "We must have our own distribution channels, after all, many large and medium-sized film and television production companies in China also have their own distribution departments or distribution subsidiaries. In fact, Longqi Film and Television Company has always claimed to have publicity and distribution business on Encyclopedia, but there are no national distribution channels in the real sense.

Sheng Yuan said: "But it is not cheap to establish distribution channels, and it also takes time, and at the same time, we have to establish branches in many cities later." Zhou Deze said: "There is no need to establish so many branches in the early stage, mainly people and professional talents. "The publisher's job is to make copies, request keys, schedule copies, and send copies to theaters.

At the same time, you also have to do publicity, buy advertising, negotiate the proportion of account sharing, sign contracts with theaters, and so on. There are also manual work, putting dozens of people to go to cinemas across the country to do activities, do publicity, fix advertising spaces in cinemas, stare at pomp, do scrutiny, and so on.

There are more and more miscellaneous, and it does take time, after all, it has to have a good relationship with the theater chain. However, Longqi Film and Television also has advantages, that is, their own propaganda department is quite mature, and a lot of work has actually been done very well.

Moreover, the names of Longqi Film and Television and Li Jingkun are also very good, and basically all theaters across the country now know these two names.

Li Jingkun said: "Or how about buying a hairstyle company? It's okay to take a stake. Zhou Deze said: "Of course, acquisition or shareholding can have its own issuance ability faster, but now there are fewer pure issuance companies, one is that it is not so easy to survive, and the competition is large; One is that large film and television companies have their own distribution departments and do not need them, so it may be difficult to find a suitable distribution company that the other party still wants to sell. Li Jingkun said: "Then look for it first, it's not okay to think about setting up one." Zhou Deze said: "Actually, I prefer to set up my own, and the premium will be higher when I acquire it." In fact, it is not difficult to publish, it is to recruit people, and then the money is enough! Even if we can't have our own distribution ability in the short term, we have several titles every year that we can practice! At the same time, it can also be jointly issued with other distribution companies, and it can be developed while learning, and it is completely impossible to delay making money! "Longqi Film and Television will develop, and it will be listed in the future, not to mention the theater chain, the distribution ability must be there!

Now it's just one or two movies a year, what if there are more in the future? How much money does it go out every year?

If you use this money to establish distribution channels, you can have a lot of money left! Take "Exploration of Chinatown" as an example, its total box office is 1.02 billion, and the distribution agency fee is generally about 5%-15% of the box office, and generally does not exceed 15%.

Here's a 10% calculation. The filmmaker's account generally accounts for 38%, so the distribution agency fee is 387.6 million * 10% = 38.76 million.

Almost 40 million in issuance agency fees! If it is calculated according to 15%, this number will come directly to 60 million!

They work hard, spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of costs, and take such a big risk to make a movie?

Of course, when you have little ability, you must cooperate with the distribution company, and they should take this money.

But when the ability is strong, it's not too much for the producer to want to have its own distribution channel, right? And this is just the distribution agency fee for a movie, and the number of films produced by Longqi Film and Television will increase every year after that.

For example, for companies of the size of Zhongyi and Guangguang, they produce about a dozen movies a year, even if each movie can't make so much money, but the cost is too much!

Relying on the company's own works alone can support and enrich a distribution company! Therefore, whether to rely on others for distribution all the time, or to have your own distribution department, the answer is obvious.

Now it's just a matter of buying or building your own······ After chatting about the release, the next topic was about the release schedule of "Hummingbird".

After discussing for a while, it was preliminarily decided to release it in the summer vacation - the distribution company is still Huaying. And most of the money received from "Suddenly This Summer" was only received this year, plus the income of "Chinatown Exploration", as well as "Hummingbird" in the summer vacation, this year's profit is at least 300 million yuan, and then it can be seen whether other projects are not powerful.

However, the topic of the two movies during the Spring Festival has not completely dissipated, especially "Journey to the West", which has had a big trouble with Zhongyi recently, and the lawsuit will have to be fought for a while.

And Li Jingkun has been a bit of a bit of a mess and phone call recently because of several projects. However, there are suitable partners who will still cooperate, and Longqi does need to maintain a relationship with some companies.

It's just that the movies he directed still haven't revealed much for the time being, and he doesn't plan to co-produce with others.

Because it is a small and medium-budget movie, it really doesn't need too many investors. I plan to make Longqi Film and Television by myself.

And after this series of actions for a while, the effect has obviously come out. Unless there are pure black fans, there are basically not so many netizens on the Internet to attack Li Jingkun or Gu Xiaona.

On the contrary, more companies have recently contacted Longqi Film and Television, basically seeking opportunities for cooperation; Even if you don't have a chance this time, you can mix it up first.

Moreover, Mr. Chi, the founder and chairman of Perfect Group, the parent company of Perfect Planet, also invited him to lunch.

Yes, although he has been working with Perfect Planet for several years, Li Jingkun has not actually met Mr. Chi many times.

It's not that the other party holds his own identity because he has too many cards; Mainly because the other company's company is too big, the business is too wide, and there is a specific general manager in film and television to connect with Longqi, so most of the time he does not need to come forward as the chairman.

Perfect Group's businesses include education, film and television, games and commerce, etc., and its current market value is actually much worse than that of Zhongyi, but in the long run, it is actually much stronger than the latter.

Mr. Chi asked him to dinner, of course, because of the growing relationship between Longqi Film and Television, and some plans recently revealed by Li Jingkun, so he definitely needs to come over to pull the relationship in person.

Then Han Shanye of Huaying saw the news, and then met with Li Jingkun in a relatively high-profile manner.

Of course, he knew that Li Jingkun deliberately made these moves to show off his muscles, and at the same time to borrow their momentum, but they did have to cooperate, not for anything else, but because they were growing stronger.

If you want to make friends with Longqi Film and Television and Li Jingkun, you naturally have to do it when they haven't really gained momentum.

Besides, he has been in contact with Li Jingkun a lot of times, and knows that he really doesn't have so many messy things, so he is willing to cooperate for a long time.

·····

"Wouldn't it? You're not kidding? We haven't been in touch for a long time lately, and we don't know him very well - I thought he was busy fighting lawsuits with others. "A while ago, Li Jingkun made a lot of moves, and the result was that many industry bosses asked him to dinner, wanting to get more and more in-depth cooperative relations, which is understandable, after all, this is also the result he wants.

But he didn't expect that an old man would be ingenious and unusual, and made a commotion operation for him, which really scared him.

It turned out that Liu Tianxian suddenly called him on this day and said something very surprising. Zhongyi actually handed her the script over there!

This is the first surprise point. The second thing that is even more shocking is that the script wants her to play the heroine, and then the actor plans to invite Li Jingkun!

Li Jingkun was quite speechless, and after a little thought, he guessed what Wang Zhongshi meant: Is this afraid of being rejected by him?

But want to cooperate? Then I knew that he was interested in Liu Tianxian, and I thought she was difficult last time, so I created a chance for him?

Liu Tianxian also felt very strange, but she couldn't figure it out; So after getting the invitation, I quickly called over to find out the situation with Li Jingkun.

There are two aspects of her strangeness: 1, why did she suddenly invite her to play the heroine, you must know that her relationship with Zhongyi is not so friendly.

And it can't be because they can't find a suitable actor, in fact, this is a modern love drama, and any female artist under their banner is suitable.

2, Why did you invite Li Jingkun to play the leading role? Li Jingkun's first impression should be that he is a director, right?

- Although "Positive Physique" was also very good before. So he should know why, right?

Or is this something he is promoting?

"I really don't know about this, I haven't seen him in this time, who knows what he means······" I don't know, I don't know, I don't understand!

Li Jingkun said in his heart.

"Then you can't take it?" Liu Tianxian said.

"I don't even know about it, and I didn't send me a script, what am I going to do?" Li Jingkun said,

"Then you can't answer?"

"I don't know, I haven't read the script carefully······"

"What about your mom or your team?"

"My mom······ She didn't figure it out, and she was also asking others about the situation to see if anyone else knew about this or the project. ”

"What's the name of the script?"

"I'll take a look······ It's called "Former Raiders", a modern romance film. ”

“······” Of course Li Jingkun knew about this movie, but he didn't think that Zhongyi was also operating this matter sincerely, and he didn't just get a script for them - although the quality of this movie is not very good.

But later it was made into a series and made a lot of money. Li Jingkun said: "Then you can read the script first, it should mainly depend on your own meaning." If you think the script is good, take it if you want. Liu Tianxian said: "The script is a consideration, but now it is not the main factor. Now we're worried about whether it's going to be a pit or something, after all, you know our relationship······"

"There shouldn't be any need to worry about this, Zhongyi is also a company in the final analysis, and they also want to make money. This should be one of their key projects this year, and it's impossible to do so many complicated things for the sake of pit anyone, right? And in addition to the production funds, there is also a lot of money to be invested in publicity. There is no need to do this. And didn't they invite me too? You can't even be pitted by me, right? ”

"It seems to be the same······ Liu Tianxian still felt very confused. Inexplicably planning to reconcile?

There are so many female artists under them, is there still one missing me? Now that their market value is so high, is there no need to sign me again?

But this time, I don't seem to ask for a sign, what do they mean?······ After hanging up the phone with Liu Tianxian, Li Jingkun called Wang Zhongshi as soon as possible.

"Hey, Jingkun." The phone rang several times before it was connected, and then Wang Zhongshi's voice came.

"Mr. Wang, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean?"

"......" Li Jingkun could hear the suppressed smile in his voice, still pretending to be stupid?

"The script for Liu Tianxian, "Predecessor Raiders"."

"Oh, that's one of our projects this year, and I think the role is quite suitable for you, so I want to work with you."

"......" is an ordinary urban love drama, what is suitable or inappropriate! Isn't that enough to have hands?

How many roles in this play, how many actors in the circle can't play? Just find a few handsome guys and beauties and you can get on it!

But Wang Zhongshi didn't joke anymore, he said: "I don't want to cooperate with you once, but every time I am rejected by you, I have no way on my side." I just remembered that I talked to you about Liu Tianxian before, and I wanted to help you. I just don't know if it's going to be too much. After all, Li Jingkun himself is the director and the boss of the film and television company, and if he wants to invite Liu Tianxian to come over for filming, it is not without a project.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Wang Zhongshi still made this move. After all, it will not seem too deliberate if it is brought up by a third party.

And it's better to invite them to play a couple than Li Jingkun inviting her to be the heroine, right? Wingman!

And they also have an advantage, that is, there is a discord with Liu Tianxian itself, and now they will come up with the attitude and method of reconciliation first, and it depends on whether she accepts it or not.

Li Jingkun said: "Liu Tianxian is not a fool; Even if she is a fool, her mother or the people in the company can see it. For no reason, let the two of us play the male and female leads. Wang Zhongshi said: "How can you see it? No matter how you say it, a movie will cost tens of millions of dollars to produce, who will take it out to make a joke? And if you add publicity or something, it will be close to the cost of about 100 million yuan, how can it be possible to make a decision without a reason? Besides, what if we see that we mean that? If a man is unmarried and a woman is unmarried, it is just a serious opportunity to create. And didn't you say you couldn't make an appointment before? How about another temptation this time? If she doesn't say yes, there's nothing to lose; If she agrees, doesn't that prove that she is also willing to give each other a chance? ”

“······” Li Jingkun had to admit that what he said also made sense; After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Do you really want us to star in this movie?" Every work of a listed company is very important, aren't you afraid of losing when the time comes? Wang Zhongshi said: "Even if it is not a listed company, every movie is important." However, we are quite optimistic about this script, and we were going to find big-name actors to play it. But if you can agree to participate, the topicality and popularity will be higher, and you can agree to star in your identity and vision as a great director, are you afraid that the quality will not be good? Li Jingkun said: "Maybe I agreed to take it because I had the opportunity to have more contact with her." ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid to shoot directly according to the script. It's the first time we've worked together, so let's get to know each other first. Li Jingkun paused for a while, and then said: "Let's see what she means first, I don't know if she likes this script - she may want to make one or two literary films in the last year or two." ”

“…… Literary films? The box office of literary films is not high. "Maybe you'll lose money, big brother!

"Every actor has his own pursuits, and she has also made a lot of commercial films, so it is normal to want to make one or two literary films."

"Want to win a prize?"

"There must be that idea."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll get in touch with her, and if she doesn't like the script, or if she's a little hesitant, maybe I can come up with a script on my side – of course, we can still work together on the project." It worked!

Wang Zhongshi felt that his operation was unique enough! No one else may believe it, but it works.

"But literary films····· Don't make a lot of money at the box office, right? ”

"If you want a billion or something or something, no one can guarantee it - if you think it is less, maybe we can talk about other projects later, do you consider joint issuance?"

"Releasing your other films? Do you need to ask! But why do you have to issue it jointly? With whom? ”

"With us, Longqi Film and Television is also going to start establishing its own distribution channels."

“······” How does Wang Zhongshi feel that he hasn't taken much advantage? I'm afraid I'm going to help them bring a new team?