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Chapter 173 Billionaire!

"Director Li, this script is very good. It's not easy for a studio to write such a script."

After reading the script word for word, Xu Zheng's eyes were a little moved. He was really optimistic about this script.

"If I hadn't seen this script half a year ago, I would have doubted whether they got the inspiration from "If You Are the One"."

Li Qian said with a smile, "Indeed, the screenwriters in that studio are very good. The script type of "People on the Road" is unprecedented in the mainland. It is a completely groundbreaking comedy script."

It’s not just a new genre of road comedy, it’s just a different genre, but it’s not really a creation.

More importantly, the creative concept and expression techniques of "People on the Road" are brand new, at least brand new in China.

In the past, mainland comedy films were actually of two types.

A kind of comedy film that is put together in a mess, "Call Transfer" is a typical example of it.

The other type is Beijing-style comedy, and Ma Xiaogang is one of the best, and he can even completely represent this type.

Last year, Huaer Band, which became popular all over the country, remained popular despite the plagiarism scandal, and has completely established its position in the music world.

So they had the idea of ​​​​film and television dramas and wanted to enter the film and television industry. When they were interviewed, they said that they wanted to act in comedies and collaborate with Ma Xiaogang. They also said that Ma Xiaogang was very Beijing-like in both talking and spitting. They grew up in an alley.

The child will grow up to be like him in twenty years.

Even the spitting smells like Beijing, and no one can be flattered by this flattery.

However, at least it can be seen that Ma Xiaogang's previous comedies are full of Beijing flavor.

This is the most typical type of domestic comedy films in the past ten years or so.

It integrates comedy, secularity and civilians, uses humor and ridicule from a civilian perspective, tells the stories of little people in a joking way, and expresses the little people's understanding and attitude towards life through laughter and curses.

There are too many comedies of this type. Following the sudden rise of Ning Hao, his unique black comedy added a new type to the domestic comedy market.

Yang Qing's "Nightclub" and the previous "Stubborn Carrot" starring Huang Bo were both influenced by "Crazy Stone".

By the way, Li Qian almost forgot about the movie "Stubborn Carrot", it hasn't been released yet.

This movie is very average, and Bernard is the director. Li Qian just helped make up for the lack of investment.

Anyway, even if you don't make money, you won't lose money. If you can help, it's really difficult for an unknown director.

Ask Huang Bo back, he invested two million anyway.

In addition to vulgar comedies, Beijing-style comedies, and black comedies, "If You Are the One" is Ma Xiaogang's breakthrough.

"People on the Journey" is completely different from the three genres. It starts from returning home during the Spring Festival and ends with family reunion, with the stories that happen along the way as the main framework.

It combines many social phenomenon factors such as migrant workers asking for wages, scalpers scalping votes, fraud and begging, etc. It is similar to "If You Are the One" in keeping up with current events.

In film and television dramas, the sense of immersion is very important, and some social phenomena are also familiar to the audience, making it easier for them to immerse themselves in them.

From the inside out, a lot of social status quo is mixed in, but the overall plot does not drag out at all. Every social phenomenon is basically touched to the point. The only thing that runs through the entire plot is the urgency on the road and the desire to go home.

desire.

First of all, it is definitely a road comedy. It has a different type and is completely different from the other three comedies in its core.

The story is told straightforwardly and has nothing to do with black humor or vulgar comedy.

Beijing-style comedies tell stories from the perspective of small characters and focus on people, while "People on the Road" is based on plots. This is the most fundamental difference.

After chatting, Xu Zheng liked the character of Li Chenggong very much, although it was still as tacky as ever: a lost and successful middle-aged man who was influenced by another simple and optimistic low-level person on the way, and finally lost his way.

An ordinary role will become extraordinary if played well.

Xu Zheng immediately agreed to take the role, then thought about it and asked, "Um, Director Li, let me take the liberty of asking, who is the director?"

"I haven't found a suitable director yet, but it is tentatively scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival next year. There is still time." Li Qian told the truth.

"That's it..."

Xu Zheng in real life, especially when talking about business with people he doesn't know well, is very different from the one in the movie. He speaks very slowly, doesn't try to be funny, and is a bit deep.

He hesitated for a while before speaking again, "Director Li, if possible, can I be the director and direct and act myself?"

"oh?"

Li Qian became interested, "Brother Zheng wants to be a director?"

Seeing that Li Qian didn't show his displeasure, Xu Zheng was slightly relieved, and continued, "Actually, I got into drama relatively early. I started watching dramas in the first year of high school. Since I have watched them since I was a child, I was not interested in them. Later, I started watching dramas in the Magic City."

After graduating from college, I often act in plays and direct a few films myself, but I still want to try to be a film director. I have also studied all the directing courses by myself in the past few years. I hope Director Li can give me a chance.

"

Li Qian pondered for a moment, why is this so strange? He was obviously looking for an actor, but the actor wanted to be a director.

It doesn't matter if he becomes a director, Li Qian has no objection, and even if he is really capable, he wouldn't mind helping him.

But, can he do it well?

It was obvious that Li Qian was hesitating, and Xu Zheng, who rarely encountered a good opportunity, felt a little anxious.

In fact, if he had switched to another company, Xu Zheng would not have said that he wanted to be a director.

But Li Qian supported two of his assistants to become directors and make their debut films, which made Xu Zheng come up with such a presumptuous idea.

"Director Li, I know I have no directing experience, but I can learn from it. Su Lun is preparing her own movie. If your next movie lacks an executive director or assistant director, I want to give it a try."

Um?

Li Qian frowned. It was no secret that Su Lun was the executive director of "Moon", but the only people in the studio who knew that he was preparing a new movie were the ones in the studio.

"How did Brother Zheng know that Su Lun was going to make his own movie?" Li Qian asked calmly.

Xu Zheng was a little anxious and didn't pay attention to Li Qian's tone, so he said truthfully, "Su Lun and I also know each other. She shared a house with my agent when she moved to Beijing a few years ago. Later, my agent introduced her

She has helped my wife and I shoot two commercials. I was in the studio the day before yesterday and saw her immersed in storyboarding, so I guessed it."

It turns out that the capital is so small, and there are people I know everywhere.

Now that we know each other, the Noodle Puller who made a cameo appearance in "Cohabitation in Time and Space" has been found. It's better to find Xu Zheng.

What a coincidence. Su Lun was asked to shoot this film, and he happened to have a brilliant guest role. The original actor was someone Su Lun knew.

You say it's a coincidence or not.

In this case, Li Qian readily agreed, "Okay, I will leave it to Brother Zheng to direct and act in "On the Road". As for the script of my new film, he can also be the assistant director. There should be no conflict in time."

"Thank you so much, Director Li." Xu Zheng said quickly.

"Brother Zheng, you're welcome, but it's still early for my movie, so it should be late. I'll call you when it's almost time."

"Director Li will inform me at any time."

...

Xu Zheng left with satisfaction and came to see the later stages of "Nightclub". In a few words, he got a leading role and also got the opportunity to direct the movie. It was a bit unbelievable.

Li Qian found a director for "Unfortunately", and for the other male lead, he just had to find Wang Baoqiang. It was much easier to get another film done.

As soon as Xu Zheng left, Guo Fan knocked on the office door again.

"Lao Guo, why don't you go to school yet?" Li Qian was a little surprised.

Qi Yukun and Guo Fan attended the directing training class at the Film Academy, which required them to study completely off-the-job. They had to complete all the four-year courses for directing students in one year, and the academic pressure was very heavy.

Four years of knowledge learned in one year is actually earned, and three years of time are saved. Of course, the premise is that you really learn it.

With a tuition fee of 30,000 yuan, plus a year of hard work in seclusion, you can receive the same education as directing students, with the same teachers and the same lesson plans.

Guo Fan smiled and said, "Boss, Su Lun is going to shoot "Cohabitation in Time and Space". You are now short of an executive director. I happened to meet a classmate in the training class of Beijing Film Academy. He is a radio and television student at the School of Humanities of Northeast Normal University.

I major in directing, which is the same major as yours. I think both the person and the professional ability are pretty good. Boss, would you like to meet me?"

"Show me your resume."

"Uh... he has no resume. He just graduated from college last year. Because he really wanted to be a film director, he signed up for the directing training class of the film school as soon as he graduated."

"No matter who you are, a resume is a must when applying for a job."

Li Qian spread his hands, "Then how do I know him?"

Guo Fan studied law and also liked science fiction, a genre with rigorous logic. How could his brain shut down sometimes? It’s really incomprehensible.

"He..." Guo Fan couldn't think of how to introduce him for a while. After all, he was a person with no experience and no work experience. Strictly speaking, he was still a student.

"Forget it, ask him to come and take a look in a few days. In the future, I will help people find jobs. At least let him prepare his resume." Li Qian shook his head, but since Guo Fan came to recommend him, he still planned to do it.

It won't take long to meet him.

.......

In the afternoon, Li Qian got the financial statements handed over by Wang Lu. All the studio's accounts are now on it.

Although money is something that sometimes doesn't matter, money is needed in every aspect.

"Cohabitation in Time and Space", "Unfortunately" and his own new film, as well as the new film prepared for Wu Jing, all require investment, and I don't know if the studio's funds are sufficient.

Looking at the report carefully, this is actually all the capital data of the studio since it moved to Beijing. After all, it has only been a year and a half in total.

The share of a movie is usually not paid until three months after the movie is released.

In other words, a film released on January 1st can get the money as early as May.

The production cost of "Frequency of Life and Death" was 7.5 million, and the final box office was 100.2 million.

Li Qian accounts for 70% of the investment. After deducting the fund and the surtax of nearly 8 points, the remaining 92% is more than 92 million.

Cinemas and theater chains account for 57% of this, and the remaining 43% is about 39.5 million. After deducting the publicity cost of about 7 million paid by Guangxian, and deducting 10% of Guangxian's distribution share, the investor's income is more than 2,900.

Ten thousand.

100 million box office, but less than 30 million was distributed.

However, this is after deducting the publicity and distribution fee. Generally, like Huayang, Bernard invests in publicity and distribution by itself, and the costs are all included together. If the issuer does not pay in advance, there is no need to deduct it first.

Li Qian takes 70% of the 29 million yuan, which is 20,000,000 yuan.

The cost was more than 5.2 million yuan, and the film remuneration was 1.5 million yuan. This means that the film's box office alone brought Li Qian more than 16 million yuan in net profit.

As for Guangxian's income, the profit from 15% investment is 3.2 million, the issuance income is just over 3.2 million, and the net profit is about 6.4 million.

From this movie, Li Qian's income was more than twice that of Guang Xian.

It will take some time for the income from "Moon" to arrive, but the drawing has been completed and the income can be calculated.

With a box office of 260.4 million, the box office attributable to the distributor is approximately 102.6 million.

After deducting the 15 million that Guangxian invested in publicity and copy fees, there is still 87.6 million.

This time Guangxian paid an 8% issuance fee, which is an income of 7 million.

Li Qian invested 65% of the remaining 80.6 million, which is 52.4 million.

The production cost is 18 million, and 65% of the cost is 11.7 million.

5240-1170+ remuneration 5 million, net profit 45.7 million.

Guangxian's 20% investment, the profit is 12.4 million, plus the issuance profit of 7 million, the net profit reaches 19.4 million, less than 20 million

Li Qian still earns more than twice as much as Guang Xian.

When a film and television company makes less than half as much as a director, it's normal for the other party to be jealous. The gap is too big and it's hard for the company to accept it.

It's okay at first, after all, you're making money, but once time passes, it's easy to become extremely unbalanced.

Frankly speaking, Guang Xian contributed a little more, but all the profits came from the movie itself, which means that the money had to be earned from the movies Li Qian made.

No matter which distribution company he looks for, he can make so much money, but Guangxian can't find a movie that can make him so much money.

With a main product and a main channel, it’s hard to say who should earn more. It all depends on what is most lacking. Obviously, what the film industry is most lacking is blockbuster movies.

It's his own, and Li Qian won't be generous.

Why don’t you want to earn money based on your skills?

And the same is true for the two movies "Jaws: The Revenge" and "124 Hours". Li Qian's net profit is more than twice that of Guang Xian.

Excluding the income from "Moon", which has not yet been accounted for, the box office income of the other three movies, as well as Internet copyrights, TV copyrights, and minimal audio copyrights, plus the original funds on the account, are close to 50 million.

However, "Stubborn Carrot" invested 2.5 million, "Nightclub" invested 3 million, and "Moon" invested 11.7 million, of which 500 yuan was already received, but it was used as pocket money in Li Qian's personal card.

There are also some miscellaneous expenses, leaving more than 31 million yuan in the account.

China Film United will inject 6 million yuan.

Although "The Journey" is a low-budget film, it has many scenes, extras, and outdoor scenes, so the cost will not be low. We have set an initial price of 8 million.

"Cohabitation in Time and Space" also requires money. Many buildings in 1989 are easy to find, but they also need to be repaired. There are many scenes, many exteriors, and a few special effects. The budget is 12 million.

Both movies are much more troublesome than "Moon", but of course it's just troublesome. After all, there are fewer scenes, but the difficulty is not as good as "Moon".

This 26 million has been spent, leaving only 5 million.

Wo Ri, he has no money and has become a pauper again.

However, Song Ge, who had not seen him for two months, brought good news to Li Qian on the phone.

For those six movies, Song Ge, Du Yang and Columbia negotiated a preliminary price.

The two parts of "Jaws" were packaged with full overseas rights for US$7.5 million.

The overseas copyright of "Moon" is US$3.5 million.

The full overseas copyright of "127 Hours" is US$1.2 million.

The full overseas copyright of "Sniper Phone Booth" is US$800,000.

All are buyouts, totaling $13 million.

If you want to get connected to the internet, it's unlikely that you'll be able to go to a theater.

The first part of the "Jaws" two-part series is still on the Internet, and its price is higher than that of "Moon".

13 million U.S. dollars. The original contract seemed to involve investment and participation in all profit sharing. In other words, only 9 million U.S. dollars was his own.

Li Qian doesn't feel bad either. He should get his share and others should get their share. He won't be stingy.

But 9 million US dollars is also 70 million yuan.

Adding in the 31 million on the account, the studio’s working capital is a full 100 million!

I was penniless just a moment ago, and now I am a billionaire.

This is life, the ups and downs make people caught off guard.

However, Li Qian still asked Song Ge and Du Yang to talk to Columbia again and sell more points if they could.

The first bid is obviously not the final transaction price, and there should be room for price increase.

After hanging up the phone, Li Qian felt confident as a quasi-billionaire. He also had sufficient investment in his new movie and the action movie for Wu Jing, which was enough to spend.


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