Seeing Zhou Jianhui and Lu Dalu appearing outside the set, Jiang Yan probably understood.
Regarding the film and copyright matters, there is basically no problem.
Sure enough, after Jiang Yan took off his makeup and chatted with the two of them, Zhou Jianhui broke the news.
The adaptation rights of "Infernal Affairs" are worth US$2 million, and the adapted project can have no more than 20% of the investment amount.
Jiang Yan expressed his satisfaction.
After the original time and space of 2003, the adaptation rights of "Infernal Affairs" were not sold for this amount, so he can't be considered buried.
It is now December 13th, and "Infernal Affairs" is still being released in many theaters in Hong Kong. The box office has already exceeded 62 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a record in Hong Kong.
It has been almost a month since it was released in the mainland, and the extension key has been obtained. So far, the box office has exceeded 85 million.
Coupled with US$2 million in copyright income and overseas income from Southeast Asia, Jiang Yan's investment in "Infernal Affairs" has been fully recovered, and he has also made a lot of money.
Even if we calculate carefully, the 30 million investment in the best partner film company has already paid back.
So, not bad, at least there is no need for blood transfusion in the stock market.
In addition, Jiang Yan also invested 20% of the North American adaptation of "Infernal Affairs".
There is no hope of making a profit. The finished product may be different from the one in the original time and space, and the box office may also be very different.
All Jiang Yan wants is to advance progress.
"Infernal Affairs" gave 2%, and I don't know how much the North American version of "Infernal Affairs" can give...
In addition, Warner also expressed its willingness to operate Oscar.
Jiang Yan basically has no hope of winning an Oscar, but he still values the nomination.
These days, almost none of the domestic film and television practitioners understand the operating process of the Oscars.
The Oscar award requires public relations and money. Later, Lao Mouzi suffered a loss in this aspect, so "Hero" failed.
So after this, some people who know the rules of the game will use this to make profits in the future.
An Oscar nomination would be a huge benefit to Jiang Yan at this time.
Although the gold content of a nomination is far less than that of the Cannes and other awards, Jiang Yan can also establish a certain identity with this.
This is a reflection of status, and this bonus is enough for one or two years.
It's vulgar, as long as it's useful.
After talking about "Infernal Affairs", we then talked about film cooperation.
To put it bluntly, this is just giving away money. Warner Bros. Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner, has actually been cooperating with small film companies in recent years, co-investing and co-distributing, taking advantage of Warner Bros.'s channel advantages, and high-quality movies will go to theaters.
If the quality is inferior, CDs will be used, and the results should be considered impressive, allowing many small film companies to make a lot of money.
So Jiang Yan just happened to catch up.
However, sending money also depends on the person. Jiang Yan used his music to attract attention, and also used his ability in "Infernal Affairs" to arouse the other party's interest, so he made this offer.
So the next step will be easy, Jiang Yan will come up with the script, follow the path of Warner Bros., and everyone will make money together.
Of course, there is only one chance for strong cooperation, and in the end it all depends on the quality of the film.
Otherwise, even if Jiang Yan is the major shareholder of Warner Brothers, he will not be able to get everyone to unconditionally support him in continuing to waste money.
Fortunately, this is not a problem, Jiang Yan has many good films with high box office.
After talking about the movie, we finally talked about the music collaboration.
For Jiang Yan, you can handle the movie for me, and leave the music to you. Anyway, the quality of the songs is there, so just don’t ruin it for me.
As a result, the issues of distribution and personal brand building were discussed very quickly. The only issues that were stuck were the length of cooperation and the specific details of the cooperation.
This has to be polished. Aren't Lu Dalu's people here? Let them polish it. Jiang Yan's request is there anyway.
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While the two sides continue to negotiate on cooperation issues.
Jiang Yan's "Red Ling" is also being shot intensively.
The total duration of the "Chi Ling" MV is still about five minutes, but the shooting was more cumbersome than that of "Wukong".
There are more scenes, the plot is more solid than "Wukong", and there are more emotional scenes...
Fortunately, Zhang Shuang is no longer the Zhang Shuang he used to be.
Jiang Yan is not the same Jiang Yan as before.
So in the end it only took more than four days to get it all done.
The quality is also much better than the previous mv.
Jiang Yan also gained 0.1% progress, and the total progress reached 3.94%.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yan recorded the new script immediately after the filming of "Red Ling" was completed.
[Ding, the entry is successful, the construction is successful, waiting for activation. 】
"The Gambler 1999", this is the new movie from Hong Kong, and it has started filming in Hong Kong today.
This movie stars Andy Lau.
After Andy Lau's "Infernal Affairs" became a hit, his net worth skyrocketed, and he will at least be nominated for Best Actor at next year's Academy Awards.
Coupled with his own popularity, if you want to make a movie with him now, you can't get even 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
However, the major investor in "The Gambler 1999" is Yong Sheng, one of the five film contracts that Andy borrowed money to repay his debts.
As for Yong Sheng, seeing that Andy is now popular, he naturally wants to release a new movie quickly to make money.
Moreover, the remuneration is calculated based on Andy's current net worth, which means that in addition to paying off the debt, Andy has to be given 2 million.
However, Andy is also kind and righteous. He said before that due to the financial crisis, he could reduce his salary, but Yong Sheng did not agree at the time.
So now, he can no longer do such a thing.
The two sides went back and forth, and finally made a decision with Tai. The salary was still 8 million, which was treated as repayment of the debt, but they were also given a 5-point share, and then everyone was happy.
So for "Gambler 1999", Yongsheng accounted for 80%, and the best partner film company accounted for 20%. The total investment was nominally 12 million. In the final result, Jiang Yan estimated that he earned less than Hua Tsai, not even 5%.
But again, it doesn’t matter if you make more or less, as long as you can advance your progress.
The other thing is to put two of its artists into it, mainly Wang Hui.
Nowadays, Hong Kong movies are still on the pedestal. As long as mainland actors show their faces, their net worth will rise no matter what when they return to the mainland.
As for Zhou Zhiruo, there are really not many roles suitable for this girl, so I won’t overspend now.
Of course, if she wanted to act, Jiang Yan wouldn't stop her.
Speaking of this, Jiang Yan couldn't help but think about the agent's problem.
The agent is still very important. The actor's positioning and future development, as well as handling of various chores, generate revenue for the company.
The strength of an agent almost directly affects an artist's stardom.
So Wu Yong is still far behind, mainly due to his lack of experience.
So he himself had previously raised the matter of substitution.
But if someone is replaced, who will it be replaced?
In this era, there are few experienced people in the country.
Even if there is one, it can't be compared to Wu Yong. Wu Yong is at least one of our own.
It was a bit difficult to handle, so Jiang Yan felt that the two of them had to find time to discuss it carefully.
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The filming of "Chi Ling" has ended, and discussions with Zhou Jianhui have also ended.
The final plan is for Jiang Yan and Warner to cooperate for three years.
Within three years, Jiang Yan is guaranteed to release two Chinese-language albums, and Warner also guarantees that Jiang Yan will release two foreign-language albums.
The two foreign language albums are in the form of one plus one. If the first album does well, then the second album can continue to be strongly supported.
In this regard, except for the channels, Warner got everything else for free.
After all, Jiang Yan’s music is all done by himself.
So Warner seems to have taken advantage and earned Jiang Yan three years in vain, but Jiang Yan is eyeing the international path.
When the first foreign language album comes out, Warner will probably regret it, and Jiang Yan is making money because the share ratios for foreign language albums and Chinese albums are very different. After all, there is only one person in the world who believes that Jiang Yan's foreign language songs will become a hit.
, that is Jiang Yan himself...
In addition, in the past three years, all Jiang Yan's affairs related to singers were packaged and handed over to Warner.
Regarding Jiang Yan’s personal brand packaging, Warner will negotiate with Wu Yong and others to finalize it within the next half month.
All in all, it truly turned Jiang Yan into the pop king of the Chinese music scene.
Zhou Jianhui said confidently: "When the next album is released, you will be the king."