Hearing what he said, all the movie tycoons here couldn't help but show a puzzled expression, wondering what the hell was selling Xia Tian. Could he still come up with a solution once and for all?

Xia Tian then told the plan he had conceived to all the movie tycoons.

"Isn't this just selling movies?" After hearing what he said, Deng Guangrong suddenly smiled.

Everyone also nodded with a smile, not thinking that summer's plan was anything strange.

The so-called selling of films means that the producers advance funds to theaters and overseas film manufacturers in advance to shoot movies. Before that, the movie might not even have a script, or even only have a list of actors.

Because Hong Kong films were relatively popular at that time, no matter how good or bad ones, they could recover their costs, so many film manufacturers flocked to them. This kind of thing is still sporadic now, but it will reach its peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

This system solved the financial difficulties of producers and greatly stimulated the prosperity of Hong Kong films. However, this abnormal prosperity was just a flash in the pan. A few years later, the flower selling system went bankrupt and Hong Kong films never recovered.

Xia Tian also heard of this system and knew that the biggest disadvantage of this system is that the producers have too much power and are not subject to restraint, which makes the rights and interests of the film companies not guaranteed.

Often, tens of millions of investments are squandered by the producers, but in the end they only make a bad movie. Some people even cheated the money and chose to run away without making the movie, which caused the filmmakers to suffer huge losses. Therefore, this system of selling films will not last long.

"Everyone, this is different from selling trailers." Xia Tian waved his hand, "Selling trailers, the producers will not show you the script, the actors, or calculate the cost. He will only ask you for money, but you can't control what movie it ends up."

"But my 'crowdfunding' will show you the script, actors, bills, and spend all your investments in the open. In addition, investors can also send someone to supervise the filming. Ensure that the film is filmed according to the script, rather than the producers who will let you go, and finally make a piece of filming for you." Xia Tian explained again.

After hearing what he said, the movie tycoons present couldn't help but lit up.

To be honest, they have tried selling trailers, and they think this system is so good and in line with the interests of their producers. Take Jiahe as an example. As long as they say that Cheng Long is going to make a new film, they will immediately get a large amount of funds from Taiwanese, Nanyang and Japanese filmmakers. They no longer need Jiahe's own funds. After the movie is finished, Jiahe can still occupy the big part and get the most profits.

But after hearing what Xia Tian said, they realized that the shortcomings of selling trailers are that they are too unfair to film manufacturers. Of course, their butt determines their heads, and of course they will not be anxious about film manufacturers.

But now if they invest in Xiatian, they will become film merchants themselves and naturally they will have to find ways to guarantee their power. The method proposed by Xiatian just solved their problems.

"Is it really possible to take out the script and cast list before the filming of the movie starts?" Deng Guangrong asked in surprise.

If this is the case, it won’t be revealed. What if someone plagiarizes it?

Xia Tian nodded, and he also considered this issue. To be honest, he had no idea.

According to Hollywood's practice, film funds are founded by investment institutions. They act as intermediaries, selling financial funds and absorbing social hot money while investing in Hollywood film companies. And they are not investing in one piece at a time. Instead, they invest in many film projects over a certain period of time.

But all this is based on Hollywood's perfect film industry system and Wall Street's financial system, with strict control measures to ensure the interests of investors and filmmakers.

Mainland movie crowdfunding is also conducted in the style of Hollywood. Investors invest through intermediaries and will not directly contact the producers, so they will naturally ensure that no news will be revealed.

But now no investment institution in Hong Kong provides such services, and there is no perfect system to guarantee the rights and interests of both parties, so there is indeed trouble of leaking news. This is why Xia Tian only invites bosses of large and medium-sized film companies to attend the meeting.

The bosses of film companies such as Xinyi City, Jiahe, Shaw Brothers, Yongsheng, Siyuan, etc. Although they are all businessmen, they are also moral filmmakers. They may follow the trend and make movies, but they will not blatantly plagiarize. If they spread, they will only make jokes from their peers.

Only those small film companies that are not as good as the top are shameless and trampled on the bottom line. Of course, summer will not cooperate with them.c

"Yes, I can guarantee that I will provide you with a complete script and actor list before the film starts." Xia Tian nodded, "I also believe that with the status and status of you present, you should not do anything that damages your reputation."

Hearing his words so openly, everyone present looked at each other and nodded.

Those who can sit here today are all the best in the Hong Kong film industry. To be honest, they are all elites in the industry. Not to mention plagiarizing others, they are still the targets of plagiarism.

Of course, it is inevitable to follow the trend and make movies. Even Hollywood is like this, and Hong Kong cannot be vulgar. In summer, he is not afraid of following the trend, he is only afraid of plagiarism.

"Do you have any other opinions?" Xia Tian asked again.

"Mr. Xia, if we send someone to supervise after investing, how powerful will he have?" asked Wu Siyuan, the boss of Siyuan Film Industry, again.

"It should be based on the degree of not interfering with normal film shooting." Xia Tian explained, "Everyone also knows that appropriate modifications will be made during filming. I think this is inevitable and falls into the category of normal filming. But if the film changes too much and there is a serious deviation from the original script, I think the supervisor can protest at this time and ask the producer to give an explanation."

"If you are not satisfied with the producer's explanation, the investor can apply for a refund of all investments. However, in order to avoid someone abuse this regulation and interfere with the normal shooting of the movie. The refund funds will be officially settled after the movie is released." Xia Tian explained again.

He does not rule out that during the normal shooting of the movie, the supervisor will deliberately find fault, pick the bones in the eggs, and want to withdraw funds from the crew. If you agree immediately, don't shoot any movie. And if you wait until the movie is released before settlement, there will be no problem.

Everyone here looked at each other and thought Xia Tian's explanation was reasonable.

It is already good to finally recover the cost of the investment, after all, there are so many thanks to the loss of old capital.

Just like the great director Luo Wei, in order to make Cheng Long famous, he filmed movies such as "Flying Crossing the Mountain of Cirrus Clouds" and "Sword Flowers and Misty Rain in Jiangnan". But he just didn't become famous, and even lost all his capital, and there were problems with normal investment.

"Do you have any other questions?" Xia Tian asked again.

"Mr. Xia, if you serve as a producer and director, how much will you receive? If you set yourself too high, how can we restrain you?" Deng Guangrong asked again.

Everyone nodded together. Summer crowdfunding is similar to that of company listing, and everyone invests money to him. If his "champion" sets a huge salary for himself, how should they limit the small shareholders? After all, what they earn in summer is everyone's money. If he takes up a little more, it is equivalent to others making less money.

Xia Tian smiled slightly and knew that the critical moment was coming.

The previous talk was just about the possibility of cooperation, and it doesn’t matter whether it succeeds or not. It’s easy to get together and part.

But now we are talking about the issue of distribution of interests. When this issue is involved, these bosses are particularly sensitive, fearing that they will suffer a little.

"I have a good solution to this problem." Xia Tian smiled and said, "I will use auction methods to solve this problem."

"Before each new movie starts filming, I will send you the script and the planned list of actors. If you are interested, come and invest in the filming. We adopt a secret bid system, and only I can see your bids. Finally, I will announce the selected list. If you have any objections, you can appeal to me." Xia Tian explained again.

Seeing that he actually came up with this method to solve this difficult problem, everyone present looked at each other and couldn't help but praise him as a genius, which was extremely awesome.

This method does avoid a fight. If you think it is not cost-effective, you don’t have to come and shoot. The adoption of the secret label system also eliminates the possibility of major film companies secretly engaging in secret songs.

It turns out that the younger generation is terrifying. Awesome, awesome!

"Mr. Xia, so, there may only be one winner?" He Guanchang asked at this time.

Xia Tian shook his head. "No, there will be three winners. Because I will only share 30% of the profits. 10% of the profits will be bid once, and three times in six days."

"Little Fox!" After hearing what he said, everyone present couldn't help but curse secretly.

With 30% profit and 10% bidding, the price will only get higher and higher. This forces the film company to place a harsh bet in the first round of auctions. This will also push up the price.

In summer, this method can make major film companies kill each other without moving.

"Mr. Xia, 30% of the profit is a little less, right?" Huang Baiming from Xinyi City frowned again.

If you invest, everyone wants to take the majority. If you want to 30%, it is not enough to grab it, and it is not enough to get it between the teeth.

"Not much, Mr. Huang. If you include theater revenue, you three companies will make much more money than me." Xia Tian shook his head, "so I have another requirement for the three theater companies, that is, I hope that my movies can get better schedules, longer screening time and generous box office sharing when they are released in theaters. Otherwise, under the same conditions, I will tend to cooperate with other film companies."

Hearing that he said, the three theater chain merchants present couldn't help but blink.

"If Mr. Xia's works are indeed good, then we Jiahe can consider them." He Guanchang said in his first sentence.

Subsequently, Shaw Brothers and Princess Jin also expressed their agreement.

No one is a fool. If you know that a movie is profitable, you will naturally get it.

Nowadays, no one will think that there is too much money. (To be continued.)

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