Should it be shared from the profits that have not yet been shared by the distributor, exhibitor, and producer? Or should it be shared from the profits that have not been shared by the distributor and producer? Or should it be shared with the producer? Or, the producer has eliminated various
Will the fees be divided later?
Every difference in the base number, or even every word in the contract, may lead to a difference in income. Take Burton, who played "Batman" as an example, that film brought him 50 million US dollars.
His income was 20 million at most, but in the end he got 50 million after adding the share. This shows how impressive this figure is.
The closer the base of the commission is to the source, the more he can get. Based on the nearly one billion box office of "The Spy", if the commission is divided from the source, then Xiao Ran can get 50 million with 5%.
But this is impossible, and no film company will accept such conditions.
If the profit after excluding the exhibitor is divided, Xiao Ran can still get about 30 million. Even after settling the accounts with the producer and distributor, after deducting all expenses and then dividing it with Xiao Ran, he will still get 1
About ten million. This is more than ten times more than the director's fee.
Although Wu Yusen and Xu Ke are much better than Xiao Ran in terms of real strength, they are not as famous as Xiao Ran. Moreover, they do not have as strong box office appeal as Xiao Ran. According to the survey of the marketing department, as long as it is a film between Xiao Ran and Fa Ge, each
Major theater chains are willing to immediately move out of prime time slots, and the box office in Southeast Asia can at least exceed 200 million.
Wu and Xu are quite popular in the local box office, but they are not as good as Xiao Ran. This determines that they are not qualified to discuss commissions with Phantom. Xiao Ran's requirements for being eligible for commissions are very simple, but they are not
It's very easy to do. The condition is: whether you are an actor or a director, you must have considerable box office appeal overseas to be able to talk about this.
If any new director can only achieve a global box office of one billion with the current distribution power of Phantom, then he will definitely be qualified to negotiate a commission. Of course, if the next film fails miserably at the box office, then it is estimated that in the future
There is not much hope.
Xiao Ran set this condition not to embarrass Xu Ke and the others, but to make everyone realize the importance of overseas markets so that they can pay attention to the tastes of overseas audiences when filming. In this way, they can cater to the tastes of the main audiences as much as possible commercially.
, rather than blindly pursuing the depiction of local flavor like previous Hong Kong films.
Of course, Xiao Ran is not worried that mainland audiences will not be able to accept Hong Kong films in the future, because smuggled video tapes are already cultivating loyal audiences for Hong Kong films. That is a group of absolutely invincible forces. The power of an entire generation is so huge, then
It's indescribable.
To put it simply, the income from filming with Phantom is absolutely unimaginable. For example, Huang Yongheng, who has gradually become the most famous photographer in Hong Kong, is currently worth 200,000, which is equivalent to the worth of a major director three years ago, and
That’s not counting the bonuses and rewards afterwards. If the box office and awards go well, it will definitely not be a problem to get 400,000 yuan for this movie.
In the other three major companies, there is no photographer with a net worth of 200,000 yuan, let alone 400,000 yuan for a film. Therefore, talents are now yearning for Phantom, hoping to be spotted by Phantom and even sign a contract.
Debao and the others had no objection to this. After all, they always needed to keep talented people, otherwise even the director would jump to Xiao Ran, which would be a waste. Only Zou Wenhuai stood up and shouted angrily: "No.
Maybe it was raised that high!" Then he walked away with a sigh of relief.
Xiao Ran smiled faintly, not even bothering to look at Zou Wenhuai's leaving figure. If Zou Wenhuai couldn't see through this, he was destined to be eliminated by Xiao Ran. Zou Wenhuai ran away, leaving only the heads of Xiao Ran's three major companies, plus an unknown person.
Wu Siyuan didn't know what to say.
Wu Siyuan has collaborated with Phantom before, such as "Inside the Law". Phantom's emphasis on filmmakers made him very comfortable, and coupled with the absolutely generous remuneration, he even wanted to stop working for his own Siyuan Film Company.
Instead, I just went to film with Phantom.
After leaving the Film Association, Yang Qi and Pan Disheng caught up and asked, "A Ran, are you really not worried about the loss of profits due to high expenses?"
Xiao Ran sighed with emotion, businessmen are born to pursue profits. After waiting for them both, they walked side by side to the elevator. Xiao Ran took the trouble to explain: "We haven't captured the market yet, so why talk about profits? Isn't the current profit high enough?"
Pan Disheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Speaking of which, I'm afraid that Debao's investment in production costs is the lowest. It's not because he is unwilling to invest, but Debao has always followed the route of literary arts, female action, and urban low-class comedy.
No high production costs are required.
Originally, Yang Qi would not be able to gain a foothold in the industry. If it weren't for Xiao Ran's support, there would be no hope. However, friendship is friendship and business is business. Both Xiao Ran and Yang Qi knew it. Yang Qi asked without hesitation
The question that has been lingering in my mind just now is: "What if the market is lost, but no one is willing to reduce the salary? What if the production cost cannot stop the increase?"
Xiao Ran smiled faintly. He had already considered these issues. Don't think that Hollywood will be prosperous twenty years from now, but it is based on extremely high risks. If the salaries of stars continue to rise, and the production costs continue to rise,
, it will fall into collapse sooner or later.
Therefore, he understands that extremely strict control is needed in this regard: "Assuming that the overseas market is gone, the remuneration will be reduced to suit the market. This is adjusted with the market and must not be left unchecked. Production fees also need to be adjusted by the market.
, if the market can bear your investment of 100 million US dollars, then you can invest 100 million US dollars. Of course, risks exist accordingly. Therefore, appropriate control and adjustment are inevitable, and isn’t the role of the Film Association just to regulate?”
Pan Disheng is very hesitant. He only has the last piece of his current business worth about 200 million that has not been sold. If he wants to concentrate on making movies, and the current production costs have increased so much, the working capital on hand may not be enough.
.After hesitating for a moment, he decided to keep the property.
Yang Qi founded Tianluo Company with financing, and its current market value is 600 million. Debao is completely controlled by Pan Disheng, and its market value is only about 700 million. Oh my god! Xiao Ran groaned in his stomach: Who will be the backing then?
!
Phantom has developed so rapidly, and Tianluo and Debao will never be able to keep up with Phantom with their current funds. This is a problem that Xiao Ran is worried about. Jiahe will definitely not be able to stay. However, such an old company,
Unless Xiao Ran offers an irresistible price to fully acquire Jiahe, it will be difficult for Jiahe to completely disappear.
But he has no intention of letting Golden Harvest stay and cause trouble in the Hong Kong film market. Therefore, it seems that the only way is to squeeze Golden Harvest out of the market and let it fend for itself. Anyway, this is how the world is, and it cannot keep up with the times.
will inevitably be eliminated.
It's just that the issue of Tianluo and Debao has really bothered Xiao Ran for a long time. When launching an attack overseas, he needs firm allies. But now it seems that only Tianluo and Debao can play this role. Slowly let them
If we develop our own business, we may not be able to achieve the current market value of Phantom even if it takes another twenty years.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Ran still had a helpless smile. It seemed that in order to find two reliable allies for himself, he had to give up some benefits. He turned around and looked at the two bosses who were thinking silently: "Two.
Hi, are you interested in investing in a company?"
After coming back to his senses, Pan Disheng immediately became interested, his eyes flashed with interest and asked: "What kind of company is it? Is it worthy of Boss Xiao's attention?"
"Karaoke!" Xiao Ran couldn't help but sigh again. He didn't expect that one day he would take the initiative to sell out his interests, and he would be so helpless and aggrieved.
"Karaoke?" Pan Disheng and Yang Qi were confused at the same time. Karaoke had not yet become popular at this time, so of course they didn't know.
It was indeed karaoke! This was Xiao Ran's temporary thought. He vaguely remembered that karaoke became popular in the early 1990s. This was reminded of him by the plot of "New Half Category" in his memory. The only thing that made him happy was that this
He has already obtained the invention, and has sent people around the world to apply for patents and register the trade name.
"You guys will do some research after you go back. If you are interested, you might as well consider investing in shares! I can give each of you 15% of the equity!" Xiao Ran now feels like a saint, but a fucking stupid and ignorant person.
saint.
But he was helpless. Monopoly is certainly interesting and extremely profitable. But monopoly makes it easier for Phantom to lose its competitiveness. The most important thing is, as mentioned above, Xiao Ran can let Phantom lead Hong Kong movies and even world movies, but
But he cannot be the savior.
At the end of March, the investment department was officially spun off and named Dynamic Investment Fund, becoming another extremely powerful company under Phantom. Karaoke has also officially become one of Dynamic’s key investments and projects, with at least 400 million invested in a short period of time.
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What made Xiao Ran depressed was that neither Pan Disheng nor Yang Qi had the slightest interest in this karaoke and refused to invest in it. Before the Academy Awards, Xiao Ran once again received some good news. The first was that Leo Company was currently
The market value has reached nearly 400 million U.S. dollars. The second is that Sony spent 3.5 billion U.S. dollars to officially enter Colombia and became a leader in the United States. It was severely criticized by the fearful American media as trying to buy the entire United States.
The third good news is that Light and Magic's stock has quietly gained 15%, and the other major shareholders on the Light and Magic board of directors are not very satisfied with Light and Magic's performance, and they all want to sell their stocks.
Thoughts. Xiao Ran immediately told Fang Xiaoqiang to take down the light demon in one fell swoop!
Before the Academy Award Ceremony, Xiao Ran had a very sad life, because he discovered at this time that the company had very little liquidity left. This was the result of investing everywhere, and Xiao Ran was extremely distressed.
Now Xiao Ran doesn't really want to acquire a Hollywood movie company, because Sony's nationwide crusade in the United States is a lesson learned from the past. Of course, it's not that it can't be done, but that Xiao Ran currently has no money and shouldn't do it.
What depresses Xiao Ran the most is that he found that except for Karaoke, which is expected to make money quickly within the year, other major investments will basically take five, six or even ten years to bear fruit. Of course, the stock of Dell currently controlled by Phantom
It is already worth 500 million US dollars, but compared to its future value, this is still far behind.
This damn financial gap left Xiao Ranxiang and Shaw Brothers with no money to buy the film library. However, he was now looking forward to the karaoke OK show. Now the patent rights are in the hands of Power, and Power does not even need to do anything, as long as it makes this
If the work was outsourced, Xiao Ran could still make a lot of money with sales of tens of billions of dollars that year.
However, when April came, something happened that worried Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia for a long time. The weather that morning was not good, it was gloomy and it seemed like it was going to rain, but the rain never fell.
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After having breakfast with Lin Qingxia, who had just returned from filming "New Dragon Gate Inn", they left together. Xiao Ran went to the headquarters, while Lin Qingxia went to Siwei Company to do post-production work on "New Dragon Gate Inn".
When he came to the company, Xiao Ran felt that the atmosphere in the company was extremely wrong. Everyone was staring at Xiao Ran and greeting Mr. Xiao with a strange expression. It felt as if the whole world was hiding something from him, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
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Xiao Ran entered the office full of doubts. An Yuxuan was pouring a glass of water for Xiao Ran in the office. When An Yuxuan saw Xiao Ran coming, he looked at him with a strange expression: "Mr. Xiao, there are several newspapers here.
I think you’d better take a look!”
Before Xiao Ran had time to read the newspaper, An Yuxuan had just gone out for less than two seconds when the door was kicked open by Wei Dongling who rushed over in a hurry. Wei Dongling's expression was also abnormal, his face was flushed, which was completely consistent with his angry look.
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Xiao Ran thought it was a matter of work and didn't pay much attention to it at first. However, when Wei Dongling said the following words quickly and quickly, he couldn't laugh anymore: "Aran, your relationship with Qingxia has been affected by Dongfang
The daily newspaper exposed it!"
With his mind shaken, Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, unable to say even a single sentence. It seemed as if he had spent a full minute digesting the news. For a moment, his mind was like a mess.
I can't figure out a clue at all.
Wei Dongling's annoyance had disappeared, especially when he saw Xiao Ran's devastated look, he felt even more sad. He walked up and patted Xiao Ran's shoulder gently and said, "Aran, be sensible. It's okay. It must be okay!"
Smiling bitterly, Wei Dongling knew very well how powerless these words of comfort were. If it were in Europe and the United States, this would be nothing, but this is a Chinese world, a Chinese world that has always been conservative. What should Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia do? Maybe this is their experience