After a while, Zhao Donghuai sent He Guanchang away and was waiting for him to clean up. He was about to go to the Clear Water Bay studio to develop the new action-type sample filmed yesterday.
I saw a young man in a suit knocking on the door.
When the young man saw Zhao Donghuai, he smiled warmly and said, "Director Zhao, I, Li Guoxing, it's really not easy to find this place."
Zhao Donghuai invited the other party in and said with a smile, "Li Sheng, what is this?"
Li Guoxing's smile became even brighter, "You came uninvited, so I'll make a long story short. I want to come up with 10 million to buy out New World's distribution rights in Southeast Asia and even Wanwan, the island country, and South Korea."
"I know that Director Zhao cooperates with Shaw Brothers and there is no shortage of distribution channels, but for Shaw Brothers' distribution, which month will it be released in various places, how long will it be released, and how much time will be left after the release to check out? Transfer money? It won't be released within half a year, right?
, it’s even harder to get stuck.”
"If Director Zhao is willing, sign a contract and 10 million will be credited within two days."
Zhao Donghuai, "..."
This is one of the key channels for Hong Kong movies to make money. The local box office doesn’t really make much, and it’s a problem to slowly repay the investment of 5 million. It’s better to have a box office hit. At most, you will encounter distribution companies such as Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Golden Princess.
I'll wait until it takes you a few months to split the box office accounts, and then I'll do it slowly.
Of course, it’s also common for the darker ones to drag you down for half a year or a year.
When you arrive in other places, whether it is Wanwan, South Korea, island theaters or theaters in Xingjiapo, Malaysia and other places, you will slowly settle the accounts after the screenings are released slowly, split the accounts with Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and other companies, and then go to Shaw Brothers Golden Harvest to pay
Production film company, that time will be...
It's quick to get it within half a year.
Selling out is a quick way to withdraw funds.
Now that Cheng Long has become popular, Wanwan's films have not yet been produced. It is very common for Southeast Asian film producers to find film companies and want to buy out the distribution rights of new films.
In the past, Zhao Donghuai was unknown, but now publishers come to his door, which is normal.
After thinking, he smiled and said, "Ten million? Li Sheng is somewhat sincere."
As He Guanchang said before, Cheng Long's "Master Long" cost 18 million Hong Kong dollars, but including Wanwan, South Korea, the island nation of Xingjiapo, etc., the cost is roughly 13 million US dollars.
If one U.S. dollar is exchanged for 7.8 Hong Kong dollars, that's a box office of 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
Even if they split the film with various theaters, they would still get tens of millions. This is how Jiahe and Cheng Long make money, and it is also the reason why Cheng Long's salary is so expensive. What's more, theater release is only one of the profits, and there is also video tape distribution.
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This is not the era of the 1990s, when DCD and VCD were rampant and piracy was everywhere. In this era, video tapes were basically used. The cost was high and difficult to produce, and the profits from the distribution of video tapes were also huge.
Before the rise of piracy, video tapes were actually very profitable.
You said that the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar has been changing, and Mr. Long's example is inappropriate... That's right. In the early and mid-1970s, one US dollar was only exchanged for just over 5 Hong Kong dollars, but this spring and summer, one US dollar was almost worth more than 9 Hong Kong dollars.
In October, this month, the Hong Kong dollar was set at 7.8 to one against the U.S. dollar, which remained unchanged for many years.
Take Plan A as an example. It will be released in December this year. The exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar has been fixed. The local city of Hong Kong Island has more than 19 million yen, ranking under the Five Lucky Stars and the Best Partner. However, an island country has 3.1 billion yen, which is worth 1,000 yen.
With over 10,000 U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen is about 1:240 at this time.
The total box office is about 26 million dollars, and the island country accounts for half of the total box office.
Multiplied by seven point eight, the total box office is more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars!
The approximate proportion is divided between half or more of the theaters in various countries. After paying taxes, deducting publicity and distribution costs, and other miscellaneous expenses, Jiahe and Cheng Long can also pocket about 70 to 80 million. Adding the video tape will make even more huge profits.
But this is Cheng Long.
If the market of his new world is too poor in the island country, it may not be able to reach major theaters.
It's not too much to cut the total box office by nearly half, which is 100 million Hong Kong dollars. This is still a benchmark for Plan A, which is a box office hit for all outside the island country.
The original Infernal Affairs 1 and New World did not make much box office success in the island country.
Countries deduct taxes, publicity and distribution, theaters deduct half, and Shaw Brothers deducts a few percent when he returns to Hong Kong. He only pockets 20 million yuan, which is the top income. It takes a lot of time to wait. If any country fails to explode at the box office
If so, the number will be even lower.
If you were cheated by a foreign theater operator and stole the box office...
If you think about it, getting 10 million in two days is not a small amount.
"It's okay to sell out, but I want fifteen million."
All other places are as popular as Hong Kong Island. After a few months or even more than half a year, more than 20 million will be received one after another, and if there is 15 million within a few days, he will definitely choose the latter.
In other words, the total box office figures in Hong Kong Island are similar to the final net box office profits in other places.
But here comes the biggest problem. He doesn't recognize anyone in Xingjiapo, Malaysia, India, Thailand and other places. Even if the box office in one place sells three to four million US dollars, theater distributors in various countries can just talk about it.
Even if he told half of it, it would be difficult for him to verify it.
Even if Mr. Shao is a good person and doesn't cheat, what about the theaters in various countries? After the millennium, the theaters in various provinces and cities in the mainland will steal the box office, and it will be difficult to restrain the Chinese prefix. How can we talk about overseas tricks in this era?
It's really better to get the money in advance to do some business, or even take advantage of the current low real estate market price to acquire a few good houses with room for appreciation, which is enough to make a profit.
Before Li Guoxing could speak, he continued, "There is no need to bargain. Everyone knows that my play is supported by Shao Sheng. If you agree to this figure, I will ask Shao Sheng if he is willing to pay the same price as you."
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He and Shaw Brothers have always been considered a win-win situation. They have supported a handful of Shaw Brothers theaters, which are relatively unknown. From Johnnie To to Chow Yun-fat, he has also been a strong supporter.
If he had poached Johnnie To, Zhou Runfa, Wan Ziliang and others during the filming period, it would definitely be unfair, but he didn't poach anyone!
The salary of that large group of people has increased significantly since then, and he can't get a penny.
Shaw Brothers can be divided into commissions.
I wanted to sign Lan Jieying to be the heroine in the new film. When I asked Lan Jieying to make an appointment, she didn't even sign a formal contract with TVB, and he didn't try to steal her.
From renting equipment from Shaw Brothers to the studio, assembling people, showing the movie, etc., he paid enough money according to all the rules.
It was released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, following the small and medium-sized company model. Shaw Brothers Cinemas divided it into 60% and he got 40%, instead of Xu Guanwen's Golden Harvest release, Xu Guanwen took 60% of the box office in the first week. Of course, the King of Comedy's 60%
Cheng... His company already has Jiahe shares and subsidiaries, and Jiahe will be divided into several more.
The most important thing is that at the beginning it was only said that it would be released on Hong Kong Island and the appointment was made.
There was no word from other places, and there was no verbal agreement. At that time, Shao Daheng still thought that he would rush to the street and let Wang Tianlin remake it.
Li Guoxing frowned and thought for a while, then nodded, "All 15 million will be issued. Okay, you have an agreement with Shao Sheng and call me anytime."
After saying that, he took out a business card and put it on the table, smiled politely, and left.
Boss Li wanted to get the video tape together, but unfortunately after asking the theater distribution network, he found out that the video tape was not available. The video tape, Once Upon a Time in China in 1991, Ajie's, the box office in Hong Kong was 29 million Hong Kong dollars, but in the ten years from 1991 to 2001,
Amei made $10.23 million from video rentals alone.
Hanging on?
Ajie's Fist of Heroes has a box office of 15 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, which is a pure blockbuster considering his celebrity status. However, A-Mei's DVD rental and sales were 8.4 million dollars and the video tape was 8.35 million dollars, which is a discount of more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
The Black Man has a box office of more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong Island. It is a hit! Amei’s DVD rentals are 18.6 million HKD and the video tapes are 17.47 million HKD. A Black Man only works as a salesman in North America and earns 36.07 million HKD. According to one-to-one ratio, 7.8
That's more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
The salesmen who wear coats in later generations are so weak!
This is still a film that has not been shown in A-Mei theaters, or has a mediocre box office after its release.
Cheng Long later said in an interview that he was paid 5 million U.S. dollars for the first film of Rush Hour, but for Rush Hour 2, he was paid 15 million U.S. dollars plus more than 20 million U.S. dollars in dividends. These 20 million U.S. dollars were divided into dividends, and the DVD and video tape market occupied the majority.
After more than ten years of shooting, there are still a lot of dividends received every year.
Therefore, in the Chinese film industry, if you look at Hong Kong Island's local cities, they are tied for double Mondays, and Ajie is still a little behind. When it comes to the outside world, Ajie and Cheng Long are both international superstars, and their salaries are exploding.
Similarly, video tapes are not fought for one or two years. It is common for them to still make money after ten or twenty years. Then the Internet copyright comes.
After watching Li Guoxing leave, Zhao Donghuai grabbed the business card and played with it, then smiled and picked up the phone and called Shao Daheng.
"Shao Sheng, my name is Zhao Donghuai. I am resting at home today. A man named Li Guoxing came and said he was willing to spend 15 million to buy out the distribution rights of New World's overseas theaters in East Asia and Southeast Asia, excluding the mainland."
"If I promise, I can get the money in a few days."
"I originally invested 5 million, and the profits have doubled in the past few months. I am really excited. As you know, I am short of Hong Kong dollars."
"But I haven't agreed to him yet. I'm still thinking about it. Shao Sheng, do you think I should sell it or not?"