"Director Li, this script is very good, and it is not easy to write this kind of script, that studio. ”

After reading the script word by word, Xu Zheng's eyes were a little moved, he was really optimistic about this script.

"If I hadn't seen this script half a year ago, I wonder if they would have been inspired by watching "If You Are the One, Do Not Disturb". ”

Li Qian said with a smile, "Indeed, the screenwriters of that studio are very level, and the script genre of "People in Embarrassment" has never been seen in the mainland before, and it is completely a groundbreaking comedy script. ”

It's not just the new genre of road comedy, but it's just that the genre is different, and it's not actually a pioneer.

What's more important is that "People in Embarrassment" and its creative concepts and expressions are completely new, at least in China.

In the past, there were actually two types of comedies in the mainland.

A kind of funny film that is put together in a mess, and "Fate Call Transfer" is a typical example of it.

And the other is Beijing-style comedy, Ma Xiaogang is one of the best, and even he can fully represent this genre.

Last year, the popular Flower Band was still popular after the plagiarism scandal, and it has completely established its position in the music scene.

So they got the idea of a film and television drama, wanting to enter the film and television industry, and said in an interview that they wanted to act in comedy and wanted to cooperate with Ma Xiaogang, and also said that Ma Xiaogang was very good at talking or spitting, and these children who grew up in the alley would grow up like him in 20 years.

Even the spitting has a Beijing flavor, and there is no one who shoots this sycophant.

However, at the very least, it can be seen that Ma Xiaogang's previous comedies are full of Beijing flavor.

This is the most typical genre of domestic comedy films in the past ten years.

Integrating comedy, secularity and civilians, with humor and ridicule from the perspective of civilians, telling the stories of little people in a playful way, and showing the understanding and attitude of little people towards life in laughter and scolding.

There are too many comedies of this type, and then Ning Hao suddenly rose, and the unique black comedy added a new genre to the domestic comedy market.

Yang Qing's "Nightclub", as well as the previous "Stubborn Radish" starring Huang Bo, were all influenced by "Crazy Stone".

By the way, Li Qian almost forgot about the film "Stubborn Radish", and it hasn't been released yet.

This movie is very ordinary, and Berner is in charge, and Li Qian just helped make up for the lack of investment.

Anyway, even if you don't make money, you won't lose money, and it's really difficult to help a director who is not famous.

Go back and ask Huang Bo, he also invested 2 million.

In addition to vulgar comedies, Beijing-style comedies, and black comedies, "If You Are the Truth, Do Not Disturb" can be regarded as Ma Xiaogang's breakthrough.

And "People in Embarrassment" follows three completely different genres, starting from the Spring Festival and returning home to the end, with the story that happened along the way as the main framework.

It combines many social phenomena such as migrant workers asking for wages, scalping, cheating and begging, etc., and has similarities with the current affairs of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".

In film and television dramas, the sense of substitution is very important, and some social phenomena are also familiar to the audience, so it is easier to substitute into them.

From the inside out, there are a lot of social status quo, but the overall plot does not drag on at all, every social phenomenon is basically to the point, and the only thing that runs through the whole plot is the urgency and desire to go home on the road.

First of all, it must be a road comedy, the genre is different, and the core is completely different from the other three comedies.

The story is plain and straightforward, and has nothing to do with black humor, nor does it have anything to do with vulgar comedy.

Beijing-style comedy tells stories from the perspective of small people and focuses on people, while "People in Embarrassment" is mainly promoted by plots, which is the most fundamental gap.

After chatting, Xu Zheng likes the role of Li Chenggong very much, although it is still as cheesy as ever: a successful middle-aged man who is lost, and is influenced by another simple and optimistic low-level little person on the road, and finally gets out of the way.

Ordinary roles, if played well, will be unusual.

Xu Zheng agreed to take on the role, thought about it and asked, "That, Director Li, let me take the liberty of asking, who is the director?"

"I haven't found a suitable director yet, but it is tentatively scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival next year, and there is still time. Li Qian told the truth.

"That's right..."

Xu Zheng in reality, especially when talking about business with people he doesn't know well, is very different from in the movie, his speed of speech is very slow, he doesn't deliberately be funny, and he is a little deep.

He hesitated for a while before he spoke again, "Director Li, if you can, can I be the director, and I will direct and act by myself?"

"Oh?"

Li Qian became interested, "Brother Zheng wants to be a director?"

Seeing that Li Qian did not show displeasure, Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and continued, "Actually, I came into contact with drama relatively early, and I started watching dramas in my first year of high school, because I have watched it since I was a child, so don't be interested, and later graduated from the Modu Drama Academy, and I often go to act in dramas, and I have directed a few films myself, but I still want to try to be a film director, and I have also studied all the courses of the directing department by myself in the past few years, I hope Director Li can give me a chance." ”

Li Qian pondered for a moment, why is this so strange, obviously looking for an actor, but the actor wants to be a director.

It doesn't matter if you are a director, Li Qian does not object, and even if he really has the ability, he does not mind helping him.

But can he do it well?

Seeing that Li Qian was hesitating, Xu Zheng, who rarely encountered a good opportunity, was a little anxious.

In fact, if he was going to change to another company, Xu Zheng would not say that he wanted to be a director.

But Li Qian successively supported his two assistants as directors to make his career debut, which made Xu Zheng say such a presumptuous idea.

"Director Li, I know I have no directing experience, but I can learn, Su Lun is preparing her own film, if your next film lacks an executive director or assistant director, I want to try. ”

Well?

Li Qian frowned, it is not a secret that Su Lun is the executive director of "Moon", but the people who know that he is preparing a new movie are these people in the studio.

"How did Brother Zheng know that Su Lun was going to make his own movie?" Li Qian asked lightly.

Xu Zheng was a little anxious, didn't pay attention to Li Qian's tone, and said truthfully, "I also know Su Lun, a few years ago, when she drifted north, she shared a house with my agent, and later my agent introduced her to help me and my wife shoot two advertisements, and the day before yesterday in the studio, I saw her burying her head in drawing storyboards there, and I guessed it." ”

I see, the capital is so small, and there are people I know everywhere.

Now that we know each other, the cameo seabed noodle puller in "Living Together in Time and Space" has been settled, so it's better to find Xu Zheng.

It's really a coincidence that there is no book, and I found Su Lun to make this film, which happened to be a very brilliant cameo role, and the original actor was someone Su Lun knew.

You say it's a coincidence.

Since this is the case, Li Qian also readily agreed, "That's okay, "People in Embarrassment" will be handed over to Brother Zheng to direct and act, as for coming to my new film script as an assistant director, there should be no conflict in time." ”

"Thank you so much, Director Li. Xu Zheng hurriedly said.

"Brother Zheng is polite, but my movie is still early, it should be later, and I'll call you again when it's almost time." ”

"Director Li will keep me informed. ”

......

Xu Zheng left satisfied, came to see the later stage of "Nightclub", and got a leading actor in just a few words, and also got the opportunity to direct the movie, I couldn't believe it.

Li Qian found a director for "People in Embarrassment", and the other actor still needs to find Wang Baoqiang, and it is much easier to get another film.

As soon as Xu Zheng left, Guo Fan knocked on the office door again.

"Old Guo, why don't you go to school yet?" Li Qian was a little surprised.

Qi Yukun and Guo Fan went to this film academy director advanced course, which is completely full-time study, and they have to complete all the courses of the directing department students in four years within one year, and the academic pressure is very heavy.

Learning four years of knowledge in a year is actually earned, saving three years of time, of course, the premise is that you really learn.

30,000 yuan tuition, plus a year of hard retreat, you can receive the same education as the students of the directing department, the classes are all the same teachers, and the teaching plans are the same.

Guo Fan smiled and said, "Boss, isn't Su Lun going to shoot "Living Together in Time and Space", you are now short of an executive director, I happened to know a classmate in the seminar of the Beijing Film Academy, he is a radio and television director major in the School of Humanities of Northeast Normal University, a major with you, I think people and professional abilities are okay, boss, do you want to meet him." ”

"Show me my resume. ”

"Uh... He didn't have a resume, he just graduated from his senior year last year, because he really wanted to be a film director, and as soon as he graduated, he applied for the directing department of the film academy. ”

"No matter who you are, a resume is a must when you are looking for a job. ”

Li Qian spread his hands, "Then how do I know him?"

This Guo Fan studied law, and he also likes the logical and rigorous genre of science fiction, how can his brain sometimes go down, it's really incomprehensible.

He ......" Guo Fan couldn't think of how to introduce it for a while, after all, he was a person with no experience, no work experience, and strictly speaking a student.

"Forget it, you can let him come to me in a few days, and help others find jobs in the future, at least let him prepare his resume. Li Qian shook his head, but since Guo Fan came to recommend, he still planned to meet him, and it wouldn't take long.

.......

In the afternoon, Li Qian got the financial statements handed over by Wang Lu, and all the accounts of the studio are now on them.

Money, although sometimes it doesn't matter, but money needs to be used in all aspects.

"Living Together in Time and Space", "People in Embarrassment" and their new films, as well as the new films prepared for Wu Jing, all need to be invested, and I don't know if the studio's funds are enough.

Looking at the report carefully, this is actually all the capital data of the studio since it moved to the capital, after all, it has only been a year and a half.

The share of a movie is usually not received until three months after the painting is completed.

In other words, the film released on January 1 will be able to get the money as soon as May.

The production cost of "Frequency of Life and Death" was 7.5 million, and the final box office was 100.2 million.

Li Qian accounted for 70% of the investment, deducting funds and surcharges of nearly 8 points, and the remaining nearly 92% was more than 92 million.

There are 57% of theaters and theaters, and the remaining 43% is about 39.5 million, deducting the publicity and distribution costs of about 7 million paid by Guangxian, and then deducting 10% of Guangxian's distribution share, the investor's income is more than 29 million.

100 million box office, less than 30 million.

However, this is to deduct the publicity fee, generally like Huayang and Bernard invest in their own publicity, the costs are all wrapped together, and they are not paid in advance by the issuer, so they do not need to be deducted first.

29 million li Li Qian took 70%, that is, two thousand and hundreds of thousands.

The cost was more than 5.2 million, and the salary was 1.5 million, that is, the box office alone brought Li Qian more than 16 million net profits.

As for Guangxian's income, the profit in the 15% investment is 3.2 million, the issuance income is exactly more than 3.2 million, and the net profit is about 6.4 million.

In this movie, Li Qian's income is more than twice that of Guangxian.

It will take a while for the income of "Moon" to arrive, but it has already been drawn, and the income can be calculated.

The box office of 260.4 million is about 102.6 million at the box office attributable to the distributor.

After deducting the 15 million publicity and copy fees invested by Guangxian, there is still 87.6 million left.

This time, the envy is 8% of the issuance fee, that is, 7 million income.

Of the remaining 80.6 million, Li Qian invested 65%, that is, 52.4 million.

The production cost is 18 million, and 65% of the cost is 11.7 million.

5240-1170+ salary of 5 million, net profit of 45.7 million.

With 20% of the investment, the profit is 12.4 million, plus the issuance profit of 7 million, the net profit reached 19.4 million, less than 20 million

Li Qian still earned more than twice as much as Guangxian.

When the film and television company does not earn more than half of the director, it is normal for the other party to have red eyes, and the gap is too big, and it is difficult for the company to accept it.

At first, it was okay, after all, it was to make money, but once it was a long time, it was easy to be extremely unbalanced in my heart.

Frankly speaking, Guang Xian has to contribute a little more, but these profits come from the movie itself, which means that the money has to be earned by Li Qian's movies.

No matter which distribution company he finds, he can make so much money, but Guang Xian can't find a movie that can make him so much money.

A main product, a main channel, and it can't be said who should make more money, it depends on what is most lacking, obviously what the film industry lacks the most is blockbuster movies.

It should be his own, Li Qian will not be generous.

Why not?

And the same is true of the two movies "Jaws: Revenge" and "124 Hours", Li Qian's net profit is more than twice that of Guangxian.

Excluding the income of "Moon", this has not yet arrived, and the box office income of the other three films, as well as network copyrights, TV copyrights, and negligible audio copyrights, plus the original funds in the account, is close to 50 million.

However, "Stubborn Radish" invested 2.5 million, "Nightclub" invested 3 million, and "Moon" invested 11.7 million, of which 500 salaries have already been paid, but Li Qian's personal card is usually useless.

There are also some miscellaneous expenses, and there are more than 31 million left in the account.

Huaying United wants to inject 6 million.

Although "People in Embarrassment" is a low-budget movie, there are many scenes, group performances, and exterior locations are indispensable, and the cost will not be less, so set 8 million first.

"Living Together in Time and Space" also has places that need to spend money, many buildings in 1989 are easy to find, but they also need to be repaired, there are many scenes, there are a lot of exterior scenes, and there are a little special effects, with a budget of 12 million.

Both of these movies are much more troublesome than "The Moon", of course, just troublesome, after all, there are fewer scenes, but the difficulty is not as good as "The Moon".

That's 26 million spent, and that's five million.

Vozhi, out of money, has become a poor bastard again.

However, Song Ge, who had not seen him for two months, brought good news to Li Qian on the phone.

For those six films, Song Ge, Du Yang and Columbia negotiated a preliminary price.

"Jaws" two-part package $7.5 million overseas full copyright,

The overseas copyright of "Moon" is 3.5 million US dollars.

The overseas copyright of "127 Hours" is 1.2 million US dollars.

The overseas copyright of "Sniper Phone Booth" is 800,000 US dollars.

All were buyouts, a total of $13 million.

The Internet is connected to the Internet, and it is unlikely that it will go to theaters.

The first part of the "Jaws" two-part series is still on the Internet, and the price is higher than that of "The Moon".

$13 million, the original contract seems to be an investment to participate in all revenue sharing, that is, only $9 million is his own.

Li Qian is not distressed, he has what he deserves, and what others deserve is what others deserve, and he will not be stingy.

However, 9 million US dollars is also 70 million yuan.

plus the 31 million in the account, it is equivalent to the studio's liquidity of 100 million!

Just now he was poor, but in the blink of an eye, he became a billionaire.

This is life, and the ups and downs catch people off guard.

However, Li Qian still asked Song Ge and Du Yang to talk to Colombia again, and they could sell more if they could.

The first bid is obviously not the final transaction price, and there should be room for price increase.

Hanging up the phone, as a quasi-billionaire, Li Qian has confidence, and his new movie and the action movie for Wu Jing also have sufficient investment, which is completely enough to spend.