Jing Gao listened attentively, and Feng Wan, who was wearing black stockings, came over to give him a refill of tea. Jing Gao smiled and nodded to the gentle and demure young woman in thanks, took a sip from the tea cup and said, "Teacher Wang, please continue.
speak."
Wang Hailin is well-informed. Mr. Jing is just a beautiful assistant serving tea. Back then, he and the coal boss discussed projects in the footwashing city. One time, the coal boss put his arms around a young lady and said to him: "Our drama must be
"Promote positive energy". The reality is full of magic.
Wang Hailin said with a smile: "This change in the production system is a limited partner (LP) + general partner (GP) production system.
As we all know, the film production process is becoming more and more industrialized. There will be a lot of competition in every process. Everyone just wants to complete their own process, take the money and leave. So how to ensure the interests of investors, or how to avoid investors
risk?
For example, a certain big star demands a high salary and then takes the money and leaves directly after filming the movie. How to ensure the quality of the movie?
The partner production system, in terms of expression, consists of the preparation period, production period, post-production, and production management. In summary, it is to establish a production team with the producer as the core and others as auxiliary. Through selection,
Script, find a director, select actors and assemble a team, start shooting, and finally get a report.
The core of the partner production system is that most people in most links must be deeply bound to the film project. Including the producers themselves, they must also sign a project equity agreement. Therefore, how much you earn or how little you earn is closely related to the movie.
Investors do not lose money alone.
Therefore, under this system, we can clearly see that the control of the project has returned to the producer. However, he does not have absolute power in the crew, but needs to cooperate with the director, top stars and even the distribution company.
, that is, playing games with all the stakeholders of the entire project before things can be implemented.
At this point, I think Mr. Jing, you should understand what I want to say about the system flaws of Phoenix Films?"
Jing Gao smiled and said: "I understand what you mean, Mr. Wang. What you mean is that the Phoenix Group is currently following a producer + director + star system, but this is actually a system that has been eliminated in Hollywood.
More importantly, in actual operation, due to the domestic production environment, Phoenix Films was unable to launch financial products to attract financing, and to bundle the entire film project with producers, directors, stars and other production staff.
On the contrary, because it imitates the Hollywood system, the power of the producer becomes greater, and the operation tends to be more like the earliest producer system in Hollywood.
The reasons why Phoenix Films currently ranks first are: first, domestic antitrust laws are not yet mature. Phoenix Films actually controls the distribution department, and even controls a major domestic theater chain, so there are
The original prosperity!
Second, there are many bad films in China and the competition is not fierce enough. This pure producer model can actually win in the market competition."
Wang Hailin said with a semi-complimentary smile: "Mr. Jing, you have a very good understanding of the operation of the film and television industry! Most of the bosses in the industry don't have such a vision as you."
"Haha!" Jing Gao couldn't help laughing, "Teacher Wang, I take this as a compliment."
Wang Hailin also laughed. Mr. Jing has a sharp mind and a clear spiritual platform!
In fact, there is discussion in the industry on how to limit the high remuneration of stars. The most feasible way is the Hollywood model. Don't give too high remuneration, but use the share of the movie box office or the income share of the TV series to make up for it.
However, this method is difficult to operate!
From the perspective of directors and stars, who is willing to accept such harsh conditions? Why not choose it when there are easier ways to make money?
From a capital perspective, paying high remuneration to stars can still make a profit. So who would do the sinful thing?
Of course, this way of making money is not through movie box office, but through financial means in the stock market and through celebrity fans.
There are two reasons for this. First, the domestic film market ranks second in the world, second only to the North American film market, and will soon become the first in the world. This leads to a large number of dividends in the entertainment industry.
eat.
The market and the supply of stars are unbalanced. Although there are many domestic stars, compared with the huge consumer market and capital supply, this is still insufficient.
Second, entertainment stars naturally require high salaries. This is difficult for people outside the industry to understand. This is related to domestic traditions. Because many stars can only be called stars, not actors, let alone people's artists.
So, among the audience, who would get used to you getting a high salary? I can’t scold you to death!
But the objective facts are here. The huge market is here, and stars have huge commercial value. Capital is not stupid and will do business at a loss. It is comparable to the North American film market. Think about the salary of North American superstars.
+How much money can I get under the share-sharing system?
A top-level salary of 20 million US dollars, converted to nearly 140 million. In China, capital would definitely dare to give this salary to a big star, but if it is exposed, he will definitely be scolded to death.
Therefore, the "salary restriction order" and "registration restriction order" currently discussed in the industry are to reduce the high salary of top stars: the salary must not exceed 40% of the entire film. But he estimates that once it is issued, there will be another controversy
Curses.
Because the energy of top stars cannot be constrained by regulations. They even dare to evade taxes, and they still care about your relevant departments issuing broken regulations? The real unlucky ones will be the young actors who are under the salary limit order.
Other expenses will definitely be compressed.
…
Jing Gao gently tapped the armrest of the wooden chair with his fingers and said: "Teacher Wang, even if I see the dilemma of Phoenix Film and Television's production model, it seems difficult for me to change anything at the moment. The domestic film and television environment is like this. Teacher Wang, do you have any suggestions?
?”
This is actually half true and half false.
In things in the world, those who are half a step ahead are often geniuses, and those who are one step ahead are madmen. The same is true in business. For example, an industry that has been very popular in recent years is known as the next capital outlet: electric vehicles. So, in those days, domestic car manufacturing
Where is the huge LeTV?
It’s too early to enter this industry!
Therefore, at present, Phoenix Films still has scale advantages, competitive advantages, and is still profitable. In fact, in his heart, he does not want to urgently adjust the production model.
Of course, one must have a far-sighted perspective when looking at problems. Therefore, he still has to think about the transformation of Phoenix Film and Television. Therefore, he sought the opinions of Wang Hailin, an expert in the industry.
Wang Hailin said: "Mr. Jing, there are many high-quality movies in Hollywood, and there are also many loss-making businesses. So, you just asked me how to produce more high-quality film and television dramas. It is really difficult for me to answer this. This is what the entire film and television industry needs.
Answered question: How do you make a good drama?
Why are you shouting? I am a screenwriter. There are many factors for successful movies and TV series. But there must be one reason for failure, the script is not good. I hope Phoenix Film and Television will pay more attention to screenwriters under the current production model!"
Jing Gao nodded and ordered: "Shaofan, please remember, go back and organize a meeting to study how to improve the screenwriter's voice in the entire project. You can invite Teacher Wang to attend, or serve as a guidance counselor."
Damn it! Wang Hailin felt that his heartbeat was a little faster. What is a boss? This is a boss!
A simple sentence, an understatement and casual instruction will bring about drastic changes to him as a screenwriter and to the ecology of the entire industry!
Phoenix Film and Television, as the leading company in the domestic film and television industry, is reported to have a valuation of up to 80 billion during the A-share listing guidance. If he can make Phoenix Film and Television respect screenwriters and scripts in actual production, it will definitely improve screenwriters.
status, then he has done a good thing and a big thing for the entire industry!
This is actually what he has always wanted to do! The status of screenwriters in China is too low. Just like the joke he just told about holding a script meeting on a certain platform, everyone dares to come up and give a few words of advice, but there are thresholds for screenwriters
!
What threshold?
Every line written by the screenwriter must be filmable.
For example: Zhang San and his wife have not spoken for ten years. This description is not called a script. It cannot be filmed. How should it be written?
In the early morning, Zhang San got up and poured water for tea. The water bottle was empty. He shook it. His wife Li Si came in from the door, took a look at him, and went out again with a washbasin towel. Zhang San put the bottle in his hand
