Chapter 127 'Don't Stop the Camera!' box office success
Chapter 127 "Don't Stop the Camera!" Box Office Recorded
Early in the morning on March 26, Karasawa received a call from MGM President Gary Barber.
After learning about the box office results of "Don't Stop the Camera!", he felt regretful that he missed this small-budget masterpiece.
This is much more profitable than MGM's money-burning products.
Therefore, he hopes to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Karasawa and distribute his subsequent films, regardless of category.
Tang Ze has always coveted MGM, and since it was also good for him, he naturally did not refuse.
During the subsequent negotiations on the share of the shares, Tang Ze did not give in and wanted 35%.
The only thing MGM can offer now is sound overseas distribution channels. Of course Gary Barber will not agree and just wants to buy out Karasawa's movies.
We haven't settled on a deal yet, so we might as well do it one by one. The specific bid depends on the potential of Karasawa's movies.
Later, as the Asian box office split of "Don't Stop the Camera!" gradually came down, Tang Ze asked Lao Wu to take stock of the income and expenditure.
This time, Lao Wu was very happy, Tianze had made too much.
Lao Wu said: "Let's talk about China first. "The Cameras Don't Stop!" has a box office of 198.3 million, and Tianze Investment accounts for 100%."
"After deducting the 5% special fund, 3.3% business tax, 57% share from the exhibitor, and 5% distribution fee from Midview, Tianze will share a total of 69.85 million yuan."
"The Asian generation has the most small lives. After deducting the 50% share from the exhibitor, we account for 35%, which can be divided into 44.27 million yuan."
"Other regions in Asia, such as Malaysia, have received 3.42 million ringgit and 3.4 billion yuan... adding up the bits and pieces, we also received 23.12 million yuan."
"In the end, "Don't Stop the Camera!" received 137 million yuan."
Tang Ze nodded, very satisfied with this result.
In particular, the box office of Little Days not only far exceeded that of the previous life, but also exceeded 1 billion yuan.
Of course, he was not surprised by this result.
When "Don't Stop the Camera!" was released in my previous life, my childhood had already entered the cold winter of film and television, or the cold winter of live-action movies.
At that time, when they heard it was a live-action movie, not many people were willing to watch it.
There is this trend now, but it is not that extreme.
It would be strange if a movie made by Karasawa using more mature techniques could not achieve results that far exceed those of his previous life.
He said to Lao Wu: "Remember to pay all the taxes at the end of the year. The same applies to artists in Tianze. There can be no tax evasion or tax evasion."
"Now continue to talk about other income and expenditure, and take a clear inventory."
Lao Wu added: "Your album "Positive Energy" has sold 900,000 copies in 53 days, and we have earned an additional 25 million yuan."
"The running water of "Dungeon and Fighter" is used for service fee maintenance, but it also exceeds the limit by 10 million yuan."
"Combined with the 16 million yuan remaining in the last inventory, we can use a total of 188 million yuan."
Hearing this amount, Tang Ze felt refreshed.
The leather bag is solid and full of confidence.
Karasawa aimed at the starting point again.
And in order to win it, Tang Ze did not hesitate to use "Good Will Hunting" to borrow another 50 million yuan from the bank.
A one-time acquisition of nearly 240 million yuan, with a premium based on the term for the shortfall, which is generous enough.
However, perhaps because Shengda's investment of 100 million yuan was sufficient and the starting point has been good in the past few months, Wu Wenhui once again rejected Tang Ze.
It didn’t matter that Tang Ze was rejected last time because he had no money. This time he was rejected even if he had money. Could it be that the 100 million yuan that Shengda gave to Qidian could never be spent?
Tang Ze was helpless. Knowing that Shengda would not fail, Qidian would not be willing to turn to other capital unless there was a conflict between Qidian and Shengda.
But by the time the contradiction between the two was exposed, it was already 2013, and it was too late.
In order to get the starting point, Tang Ze personally went to talk to Chen Tianqiao.
Now that the era of smartphones has not yet arrived, Chen Tianqiao's strategic plan is definitely not that clear. Literature is not yet an essential part, at least not as much as one percent of the game industry.
But facing Tianze's little wealth, he didn't even see Chen Tianqiao's face.
And the negotiations did not go smoothly.
Chen Tianqiao is willing to sell his literary websites, including Jinjiang, which he just acquired, but he only attaches great importance to Qidian.
Come to think of it, when he later separated from Qidian, he valued Shengda Literature at US$800 million, and Qidian was also valued at US$800 million.
In his eyes, other websites are probably just making up the numbers.
At its peak, almost everything on the Internet was acquired by Shengda.
At that time, Shengda's share of the online novel market had reached a terrifying 90%.
Such strength will be exploited by the later Internet BATs. It can only be said that Chen Tianqiao did not pay enough attention to the construction of the literary network.
The negotiation failed, but Tang Ze still did not give up and began to drive a wedge between Wu Wenhui and his partners through interests.
Want to get at least half of the starting specifications.
As long as the management of Qidian is willing to take the author to change jobs, he can at least identify some platinum talents and great masters in the future and build half of Qidian.
It's a pity that the founders of Wu Wenhui were all partners in writing the book together, and Tang Ze's two to three hundred million yuan is not enough to make them separate.
In the end, Tangze had no choice but to give up, and the second acquisition ended in failure again.
However, Tangze doesn’t want to delay it any longer. Tianze’s content output party must be established now.
To this end, he also followed Shengda's example and spent 220 million yuan to send people to acquire the remaining 30% of valuable products on the market.
These include Jinjiang, Feilu, 17kai, etc. which are relatively famous in later generations.
It is expected that all acquisitions will be completed in August this year.
Putting aside the matter of the literature network for the time being, Xu Zheng came to Tang Ze with the final scenes of "People on the Road".
Tang Ze compared the original picture and was extremely satisfied.
In this version of "People on the Road", Tang Ze has made appropriate modifications to the script.
The original version is too sensational and has little comedy content.
Coupled with the mediocre publicity efforts, the final box office was only 37.3 million yuan.
This version of Tang Ze has been changed to be more comedy-oriented and appropriately sensational.
With the potential of "The Lost Road", as long as it is fully exploited, it is possible to reach 100 million.
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Otherwise, the second movie can make 1.267 billion, is it because of luck?
Of course, for such a blockbuster movie, it is generally best to wait a little longer before making the next one.
Why does "Detective Chinatown" make such exaggerated leaps in every film?
In addition to being a hit, the three-year interval between filming is also one of the factors that contributed to its success.
The longer it takes to brew, the larger its base audience will be.
"Journey on the Road" is not inferior to "Detective Chinatown". Tang Ze hopes that he can make the "囧" series a brilliant series.
After watching the footage, Tang Ze gave Fan Xu Zheng some pointers: "We must pay attention to comedy, combine realism, and be appropriately sensational."
"For example, the character Bao Qi is the accidental producer of this movie."
"But if there are too many surprises, it will inevitably appear false. When shooting, you should pay more attention to using the 'unexpected and reasonable' technique."
"Okay, Director Tang, I will pay attention to these aspects." Xu Zheng said excitedly: "The filming is about to start, and I am already eager to try it."
Tang Ze smiled and said: "Actually, we can take the photo a long time ago. You have to prepare for it for so long."
"However, only those who are well prepared can encounter success. I believe this will be a stepping stone for you to enter the film industry."
Later, Xu Zheng and Tang Ze walked and chatted, perfecting their shooting techniques.
At this time, Wang Baozhen, Zhao Liying, Ma Li and other leading actors had also gathered.
Tang Ze saw a familiar yet unfamiliar woman next to Wang Baozhen, and asked: "The woman next to Baozhen is..."
"Oh, that." Xu Zheng said: "She is Bao Zhen's girlfriend Ma Rong. I heard that we have known each other for more than a year and have already begun to fall in love."
"That's it..."
Tang Ze didn't have much impression of Ma Rong. He only remembered that she seemed to have had an affair with Wang Baoyin in later generations.
Prior to this, Wang Baozhen, who doted on his wife, gave 90% of his company's shares to Ma Rong.
Tangze doesn't want to say anything more. As a friend, I will help if I can.
During Xu Zheng's filming, he asked the actors not to bring their family members to the venue, and at the same time sent someone to keep an eye on Ma Rong.
It would be best if she showed her unfaithful side now.
If not, Tang Ze will also match up Wang Baoyuan and other women.
They must have been together for only a few months, and he didn't believe that Wang Baozhen was so determined to be Ma Rong.
Soon after, Lao Wu told Tang Ze that Shu Chang invited him to attend the promotional conference of "Magic Phone" tomorrow.