"Nothing, I invited you here this time mainly to talk about remuneration!"
Zou Wenhuai stared at Xiao Ran closely, as if Xiao Ran had stolen hundreds of millions from his pocket. Wu Siyuan really regretted why he sat in this position. Yang Qi and Pan Di didn't mention it, but Zou Wenhuai and Xiao Ran
He is definitely not an easy person to talk to, and this is really embarrassing for him.
Unfortunately, there are not many people who are famous, popular and qualified in the industry. Wu Siyuan is just such a person. Therefore, no one can replace this position except him for the time being. It seems that he can only continue to be depressed.
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Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Zou Wenhuai was referring to the issue of actors' pay and staff's pay. Understanding this, he resisted the urge to laugh, complaining that these people were so short-sighted. However, the Phantom's pay
It's a bit depressingly high.
At present, the most valuable actor in Hong Kong is Fa Ge. Because of "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Prison Story" as well as "Dark Flower" and "Spy", he now has a considerable number of fans in Europe. Moreover, in Southeast Asia
Fa Ge is definitely one of the actors with the most box office appeal.
Therefore, Fa Ge's net worth is simply astronomical. The latest asking price is as high as 4 million, not counting dividends. Cheng Long's salary is currently only 2.5 million. Of course, in terms of income, because Cheng Long
Weihe is a subsidiary that cooperates with Jiahe, so there is naturally no difference in income.
However, how many actors like Cheng Long in Hong Kong can manage to open a film company? Perhaps Fa Ge is one of them in history. At that time, Fa Ge co-founded the Silver Award Film Company with Lin Lingdong. However, now Fa Ge is
I obviously don’t have the energy to think about that. Originally, wouldn’t it be better to just study on my own acting skills and leave other things to others?
At present, the net worth of Hong Kong's top stars is generally between one million and two million. Even Zhou Xingchi's current net worth is only 800,000. It can be seen that it is not easy to enter this million-dollar club. Actresses
Only Lin Qingxia and Zhong Chuhong have reached this figure. I am afraid that among all the film actors in Hong Kong, only a handful of them have reached this level.
This number is naturally very low compared to Hollywood, but don't ignore it, this is Hong Kong. And don't forget that when Phantom was founded, the most valuable person in Hong Kong was only a few million dollars.
In just two or three years, the remuneration of actors has been increased several times. Even a blind person can see that it is Phantom who is quietly promoting it. It is no wonder that the three major companies can't stand it and insist on asking Xiao Ran to argue with him.
, by the way, let’s talk about the salary pressure.
In the past, when Phantom was founded one year ago, Jiahe would have dared to take a strong position and suppress Phantom. However, even fools now know that although Jiahe is still the largest company in Hong Kong on the surface, it has no assets or market position.
The rate and even the box office revenue were surpassed by Phantom, which is the real number one film company in Hong Kong.
Therefore, Zou Wenhuai did not dare and could not do anything to Xiao Ran. He could only use the power of the Film Association to put pressure on Xiao Ran, and then join forces with Tianluo and Debao. Xiao Ran did not blame Yang Qi for standing in Jiahe's point of view.
After all, the salary has increased too much. Since "The Spy", Fa Ge's salary has almost doubled. Such a frequency, other companies will definitely not be able to resist.
As we all know, Hong Kong films in this era have always used low costs to make huge profits. However, with the increase in film remuneration, take Fa Ge as an example. According to Xiao Ran's rule, actors' remuneration can only account for a quarter at most. This
This means that the production cost of a film starring Fat Brother must be at least more than 20 million. Add in the salary of other actors and increase it proportionally, and a pure production cost of 30 million is common.
However, don't forget that the production fee is only 30 million, plus publicity fees and other insurance and legal fees. Calculated in this way, the number will never be less than 35 million. Even if you try hard
If you don't want this ratio and compress it as hard as you can, the whole set will cost at least 25 million.
How many films in Hong Kong have a production cost of more than 20 million? In 1988, apart from a film starring Cheng Long, only "The Spy" reached this figure. Don't forget that last year, large-scale productions
The investment is only around 8 million.
Don't think that Phantom's increase in actors' salaries has no impact on other companies. On the contrary, it has a huge impact, making the industry's salaries uniformly increase to the level of Phantom. It's like when Sony took over Colombia and suddenly gave Jim Carrey a salary.
The first person in the world to have a salary exceeding 20 million.
This result caused the executives of other film companies to complain, because when Sony raised prices like this, they had to raise prices accordingly. Faced with the squeeze from within the industry, they couldn't blame Sony for having paid billions in Hollywood.
With tuition fees in US dollars, I started to make a profit.
However, Phantom is not Sony. If Xiao Ran wants to raise the price, other companies will not dare to do anything to Xiao Ran. Their only purpose now is to put pressure on Xiao Ran in the name of all the companies in Hong Kong to ensure that the salary is lowered. Today Wu
Siyuan appears here on behalf of other companies.
After thinking about this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh. He thought he had found a way to defeat other film companies in the short term. This method was to increase the film remuneration. As the film remuneration increased, the cost increased, and the film market of other companies increased.
Not as good as Phantom. This means that costs and expenses have increased, but the turnover has not changed, and the result can only be low profits.
It is obvious what the consequences of low profits or even losses are. In fact, Xiao Ran also knows that there are many reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films. One of them is that the salaries of stars are too high, often in the millions, but
The market has definitely not reached this level. The result is that production costs have shrunk significantly, and it is normal for the level to be low.
However, Xiao Ran knew better that Fa Ge's net worth of four million was absolutely worth it. In today's Hollywood, with the nearly one billion box office of "The Spy", Fa Ge's salary would have made him a first-line star.
.The size of the market determines the worth of celebrities. This is inevitable.
While Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh, Pan Disheng also said with a cold face: "Aran, now Phantom has raised the industry prices too much, which can easily cause chaos in the market. We all agree that the pay must be kept down.
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Xiao Ran didn't take this to heart at all. Even if all the film companies in Hong Kong joined forces to ban Phantom, he was not afraid at all. Just kidding, Phantom itself is faintly superior to Jiahe, plus the increase in salary is definitely a move that stars and filmmakers
I'm glad to see that, who would be stupid enough to oppose such a popular and powerful company?
This was also the reason why the three major companies tried to negotiate with Xiao Ran peacefully. Xiao Ran glanced at Yang Qi, and it seemed that Yang Qi also supported this behavior! Xiao Ran smiled, very cheerfully, and for a while, others were surprised.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Xiao Ran, who originally planned to leave because of the stupidity of this group of people, sighed. Now there are only a few companies with some distribution capabilities left in Hong Kong. If even they are gone, Xiao Ran will have to go to Hollywood in the future.
Without a base, there is a possibility of being assimilated by the powerful Hollywood.
After hesitating for a moment, he stood up, looked at the three bosses very sincerely and said: "Now all four of our companies have distribution capabilities in Southeast Asia. Now our average investment in a film is four to five million. After distribution,
How much profit can such a film make? Under normal circumstances, it can make three times the profit, which is more than 12 million."
"Do you think such profits are really normal?" Xiao Ran suddenly felt very sad. He glanced at this group of ignorant people and said solemnly: "When the profits are big, you should invest the profits to expand the market, instead of just blindly
Make money, otherwise the market will lose it in the future.”
No one spoke, only heavy breathing could be heard. Xiao Ran really felt tired talking to these people, but he still had to convince these people, for the future of Hong Kong films: "Hong Kong films now only account for less than the Southeast Asian market.
Twenty percent of the market, do you think it’s impossible to expand the market? The current market for actors is far more than this price, and I still think it’s too little!”
Still no one spoke, as if everyone was chewing on Xiao Ran's words. Xiao Ran's eyes stayed on the face of Yang Qi who was thinking, and he thought that if even Yang Qi didn't understand what he meant, then it would be really hopeless: "
Last year, Phantom's average production cost per film was eight million, but it made more money than last year. Do you want to know how much it will be this year? This year it will be twelve million! Do you think it is four million or five million?"
The 12 million that Xiao Ran pointed to did not include promotion fees and the like, and this figure was obtained only after it was evened out with the films starring some newcomers. This year, Phantom plans to invest in the filming of at least 40 films, of which the production cost will be more than 2 million.
If there are tens of millions, there will be as many as ten.
It's not that Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling have never worried about the salary issue. The problem is not here, but the imbalance. The pay gap between film actors and TV actors is gradually widening. The television industry in the United States is very developed, but that is due to the huge local market.
.The main market for the Chinese TV industry is actually the mainland, but if the mainland wants to open up the TV market, Xiao Ran has almost no idea.
After all, it is difficult for Chinese TV stations to cover Southeast Asia. American TV stations do not have language problems and can land in Europe without any problem. In this way, the ratings will inevitably determine the income of actors and hosts. However, because the mainland cannot open up the TV industry, it is basically
It is impossible to cause a substantial increase.
However, the income of movie actors has been skyrocketing. As a result, movie actors are more popular than TV actors, which will lead to a deformed situation sooner or later. After Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling discussed it, they still thought that this might be a way to train actors.
New actors have to hone their skills in TV series for several years before becoming movie actors. This problem can only be temporarily solved, but the problem still exists after all.
Hearing Xiao Ran's heartbreaking and sincere words, Yang Qi and Pan Di Sheng looked at each other. In fact, they had no intention of resisting this matter, but they were provoked by Jiahe. After all, the successful experience of Phantom is in front of them.
》The success of becoming the highest-grossing Chinese-language film is still vivid in my mind.
And Yang Qi and Pan Dichen did what Xiao Ran did, won the distribution rights, and even imitated Phantom's corporate structure, and they all reaped certain benefits. Of course, they knew that Xiao Ran was unlikely to make such a self-destructive decision, and now Xiao Ran had to explain it a little bit.
, they roughly guessed what Xiao Ran meant.
As a result, the two looked relaxed and took a leisurely sip of tea before saying with a smile: "We all agree with Mr. Xiao. It's time to increase the remuneration of the actors! Their worth should be determined by the market, and
It’s not decided by us in a meeting.”
Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief. He was not happy because of the alliance, but because of the enlightenment of the two people. Zou Wenhuai was left alone to think about it. In fact, he was a great person. Mr. Shao dominated Hong Kong movies.
He has been in the industry for decades and was known as a movie tycoon, but was overthrown by Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang in just ten years, which shows that it is not simple.
Chow Wenhuai's thinking is very simple. He knows very well that it is too difficult to compete with Hollywood. The financial resources alone are simply incomparable. Therefore, he has always only wanted to maintain Golden Harvest's dominance in Hong Kong, but this is Golden Harvest's fatal flaw.
Even though he does often venture into and even invest overseas, these are often short-term investments. Shaw's fiasco is a lesson and a psychological obstacle that prevents him from fully entering overseas markets. Therefore, for him, in a small market like Hong Kong,
If the remuneration is increased, normal operations will not be maintained in the future.
He didn't agree with Xiao Ran's nonsense at all, and believed that it was impossible for Hong Kong films to compete with Hollywood. However, the situation was pressing, and it was impossible for him not to increase the pay. This meeting against Xiao Ran ultimately became the reason for Jiahe's decline.
Prelude.
Seeing Zou Wenhuai nodding silently, Xiao Ran knew that he had defeated Jiahe once again. However, if Jiahe still didn't know how to make progress, Xiao Ran would unceremoniously remove this roadblock.
The meeting was not over yet. Xiao Ran sat down, rubbed his nose and smiled: "That's it for actors' remuneration, but I want to know, how do you think about other people's remuneration?"
Yang Qi and Pan Di were stunned for a moment. They had vaguely heard that at Phantom, the remuneration of behind-the-scenes staff was much higher than in other companies. However, almost no one knew this exact number, especially the director.
It's not clear anymore.
Seeing their stunned expressions, Xiao Ran knew that this matter might not be easy to handle. In Phantom, the one with the highest net worth in charge of the guide tube was 800,000 yuan, plus a 5% commission, which was probably the same.
The most valuable director in Hong Kong.
Next is Wu Yusen and Xu Ke, both worth 800,000 yuan, but there is no commission. Don’t underestimate this share, and the meaning of this share is very broad. Take Xiao Ran for example, he has 5%
share, then the key to determining how much he gets is the base of the share.