"Let the Bullets Fly" has almost no special effects shots. After deducting everyone's salary, the investment of more than 200 million is definitely a large-scale production, and this does not include the publicity expenses that will be spent later.
Naturally, for such a big project, there are people who want a piece of the pie.
It is definitely too late to invest. There is another way, which is guaranteed issuance.
For example, if the total investment in a movie is 100 million, the return on investment is almost 300 million. The excess can be divided into shares.
The total budget of "Let the Bullets Fly" is 450 million. In other words, if the movie wants to make a profit, the box office must exceed at least 1.35 billion. If it only exceeds 100 or 200 million, it will still lose money.
Because half of it belongs to the theater chain, the funds, taxes and other expenses paid have to be deducted, and the rest is profit.
After investing so much money and spending a year and a half just pretending, it was obviously a failed investment.
Those who want a piece of the pie will investigate all the movies that are being planned, currently being filmed, and are being prepared for release. If they think they are promising, they will take action.
Propose a guaranteed issuance plan.
The so-called guaranteed issuance is very simple. Your budget is 450 million, and you need more than 1.35 billion to get back the original capital. It’s okay, I’ll give you 2 billion.
In other words, no matter what the final result of the movie is, you are guaranteed to earn 650 million (unshared).
This is just an example. The specific guaranteed amount needs to be negotiated by both parties.
For investors, if the price given is satisfactory, they can avoid later risks and make 100% money.
For the issuer, it's a gamble.
If you bet wrongly, you will lose blood; if you bet rightly, you will get huge profits.
On earth, "Blissful" with a 500 million guarantee ended up grossing 1.169 billion yuan, "The Return of the Great Sage" with a 200 million guarantee ended up grossing 956 million yuan, and "Mermaid" with a 2 billion guarantee ended up grossing 3.389 billion yuan, making the distribution company a lot of money.
The bowl is full.
Weiying Era guaranteed a 400 million yuan guarantee for "Youth 2", which resulted in a box office of more than 300 million yuan; Bona Pictures guaranteed a 1 billion yuan guarantee for "Legend of the Gods", but the box office was only 283 million yuan; Hehe Pictures guaranteed a 1 billion yuan guarantee, but the box office was only 283 million yuan;
The box office of "Escape" was 883 million yuan, and I shed tears due to the loss.
"Let the Bullets Fly", as Qin Xiaobao's latest masterpiece, has gathered a lineup of super big names and will definitely become the target of capital pursuit.
Before coming to talk, many companies have already started an advance round of negotiations.
Obviously, this is a hot cake, but if you want to eat it as a family, the risk is too high. If you give less, they will not pay attention to it. If you give too much, you may go bankrupt directly. You need to carefully and carefully come up with various data to discuss
,Evaluate.
Countless bloody facts have proven that even if a great director or movie star joins forces, there is still a possibility of failure at the box office. We must be cautious and cautious.
This is also the reason why less than five companies have come to discuss the movie more than half a year after it was announced that it would be completed.
Qin Xiaobao had nothing to do during the summer vacation. He and Liu Minghua attended the management meeting. Kiwi also voted for some, although not much. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Plus, as a director, he is qualified to sit down.
Next to him were representatives from Alibaba, Wanda, Tencent and other investors.
Today's topic is to discuss the quotations of five companies.
A woman in her thirties spoke first. She was the person in charge of the film's promotion. She first explained the progress of preparations so far and the plans for the next step, which were relatively conventional things.
Nowadays, movie promotion ideas and methods have reached a bottleneck. All the routines have been used before. It is really difficult to come up with any new tricks.
If there is no new method, the details must be done well.
The lady is obviously an expert. She plans all the time points very clearly, when to do something, who needs to do it, what cooperation is required, and the arrangement is well thought out. At a glance, it makes people feel very solid.
The management representatives listened attentively and took notes from time to time. The money they paid was real money. The harvest season was coming soon and there was no room for sloppiness.
Anyone who has objections or questions will immediately interrupt and ask.
If you can explain it clearly, move on to the next item. If you can't explain it, you have to highlight the key points and come up with a plan.
After the publicity department finished speaking, Qin Xiaobao spoke briefly, mainly about the progress of the film.
"The editing work was completed last month. I have seen the finished film, and it is not much different from what I imagined. The recording work will start in Beijing next month, and it is expected to take ten days...
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There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Qin Xiaobao has no time to hold a movie-watching party. If everyone thinks it is good, there is no problem. If some people feel that they can't understand it, it will definitely affect their confidence.
The film is all shot and the editing is fine, that's it.
He is confident!
Then, we came to the focus of the meeting.
The relevant person in charge gave quotations from five companies.
They are 1.7 billion, 1.95 billion, 2.1 billion, 2.3 billion, and 2.46 billion respectively.
Some people are surprised. Since it is a quotation, we only need to bring up the highest one for discussion. Why bother with the others.
The price given here is not the final price, and the investor has not yet negotiated with the other party.
For example, the lowest one, 1.7 billion, could still be negotiated after the other party said it, but the highest one made it clear that 2.46 billion was the bottom line and that no more could be added.
"Based on the current information we have, we analyze that the final box office of "Let the Bullets Fly" will be around 28 to 3 billion..."
Someone took out a bunch of data and analyzed the estimated box office.
No one felt excited and shouted that since there were three billion, there was no need to agree to a guaranteed issuance.
An estimate is always an estimate and cannot be counted.
The accuracy is really not high.
After listening, the representative from Alibaba said: "Our company actually does not agree with signing a guarantee. You can first recall Director Qin's previous works, "This Man Came from the Earth" 800 million, "Supernatural Family" 1.9 billion, although "Buried Alive"
It has not been released yet, but has already exceeded one billion views.
If I were a movie fan, I would be 100% looking forward to his new work.
Let’s look at the lineup again, Leslie Cheung, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Hu Ge...
Any one of them can guarantee the box office. With such a strong lineup, why give up the opportunity to make money to others?"
Many people present nodded, what they said was very reasonable.
"There are also our opponents. Currently, we only have three films scheduled for the Spring Festival, including "Fortress" and "Bear Bears". We are all professionals and know what movies will be popular during the Spring Festival. They must be relaxed and lead the way.
Works with a comedic flavor are very popular, and our film is exactly that type.
It’s a science fiction film with financial problems.” He smiled and shook his head: “I really don’t think it can be very competitive.”
Others also expressed their opinions and their positions were very clear.
Capital investors such as Wanda, Alibaba, and Tencent who are not short of money have no interest in guaranteeing the bottom line, because their own companies often join other films as a guarantee party. To put it harshly, the films they invest in have to be guaranteed by others, which is a loss of share.
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Representatives of some other companies want to win steadily, hoping to have more contacts with several companies and get a figure that everyone is satisfied with. It would be great to make steady profits without losing money.
It is impossible to get the answer to a ten-figure business in one afternoon or one meeting.
If someone is willing to spend 4 billion to guarantee the bottom line, even Wanda Ali will not refuse.
People must be flexible and not go all the way.
As for what will happen in the end, Qin Xiaobao can't say anything, just wait for the result.