my crew is not human

Chapter 384 Finding a Director
There are also many methods of sharing in the film and television industry, and the difference between box office sharing and profit sharing is even greater.

In fact, at the earliest time, everyone was playing profit sharing.

It's just that this matter was smashed by Hollywood later.

In order to sign high-priced actors at the cheapest price, unscrupulous film and television company bosses often agree to give a profit share, and when the movie is released and sold, they will directly make a loss on the account.

This is as simple as that.

For example, Yisheng Media now has theaters and publicity under his hands. He can transfer a large amount of profits to the theaters and publicity, and then easily make a loss for the film.

This incident was later learned by some film and television companies in Huaguo-anyway, it is easier to learn from bad than from good.

So later, many big names will directly ask for a share of the box office.

I don't care how much your profit is, anyway, I just base it on the box office.

There are also high and low box office cuts. The most powerful ones, such as Cameron, dare to ask for 20.00% to 25% of the box office.

What is the concept of 20.00% five?
Including publicity and distribution, film special funds, and related taxes and fees, the general producer can only get about 30.00% of the box office. It depends on the situation, because theaters and publicity and distribution fees are negotiable.

And if a director takes another 20.00% of the box office, and the remaining [-] to [-]% belongs to the producer, it is equivalent to the company working for your director.

But Hollywood is really acceptable, because they have a complete system, such as not only domestic sales, but also overseas sales. The overseas box office is generally not divided or calculated separately, and Cameron's overseas box office is particularly awesome.

In addition, there are peripherals and sponsorships.

Box office revenue is just like the ticket revenue of ghost towns, it is only a part of the income composition, not even the main body.

The most typical example is Disney’s Cars, with a box office of more than 2 million yuan and more than one billion peripheral products, and the profits of key peripheral products are still high.The box office is generally only one-third of its own income, and the peripheral profits can be as high as 60.00%.

A figure that costs more than ten yuan to make can easily sell for hundreds, and [-]% of the profit is already deducted from channel taxes and so on.

So Cars finished filming one and then filming two, and continued filming all the way.

On the other hand, another Disney cartoon, with a box office of [-] million or [-] million yuan, sold more than Cars, but its peripheral revenue was only [-] million yuan, so it was directly stranded.

Make less money!
So Disney makes money not in the box office but in toys, and even the income of theme parks is not in tickets, but in that special Disney merchandise street.

Of course, the box office is not unimportant. After all, the box office represents the base and magnifies other income, so Hollywood can talk about the box office split for such a big director.

However, there is no such a sound income structure in China, and peripheral income is very small, and it is even less profitable to go abroad. The cultural differences are too great, and the offline income is also mediocre.

So the box office income is the main income, and 5.00% of the box office is not a small number.

Those who can get more than five points in China are generally top stars.

Zhang Damou is really too dead, 800 million plus 5.00% box office, Li Xianyun is also speechless.

I invested one billion, and if I sold it for three billion and just got back the capital, I would have to give you 1.5 million, and then I would have a net loss of 1.5 million.

No wonder you said [-] million and I will help you with everything.

You can see that everyone is in the same industry, did you give me a discount?
Well, judging from his usual style, it is estimated that it is really a discounted price in his mind.

Zhang Damou couldn't figure it out, so Li Xianyun wondered if he could find another great director?
Unexpectedly, Li Xiaoxiao gave him a suggestion: "Why don't you just poach the team."

Ok?
Li Xianyun was surprised.

Li Xiaoxiao said: "Zhang Damou's excellence is not based on him alone. He has a high-quality team. But all the glory and profits are mostly on Zhang Damou. Zhang Damou can make a film and rest Three years, others can't. They have followed Zhang Damou for so many years, they understand many of Zhang Damou's ideas, and they also implemented them. And you, I know you! You are definitely not a person who just handed over the film to the director and just asked Right? Zhang Damou also knows this, although you were polite when you were in the God Killing crew, but Zhang Damou told me that the more people who don’t put on the airs of the boss, the more they value power. Because he is in control of everything, he looks generous. The reason why he raised this price with you is because he doesn't want to be controlled by you too much."

Li Xianyun thought for a while and understood: "So that's the case, that's right. He's right. If he makes a film for me, he will definitely be restrained by me. After all, when I was in the Godslayer crew, I had a relationship with him." There's a big difference of opinion."

Li Xianyun was typical when he was in the production team of killing gods: you decide your film, and I have my reservations.

Not for, not against.

At that time, he didn't support or oppose it, but now Zhang Damou came to make a film for him, but it can't be like this.

So Li Xianyun really wanted to agree, probably Zhang Damou's proviso was that you don't appear on my set.

Li Xiaoxiao said: "So just find his team. His team still has to look for jobs everywhere. They have Zhang Damou's experience, and they are not the boss. You just need to speak out your ideas, and they can implement them immediately. The key price is still cheap, the entire core team may be able to handle 2000 million yuan, and you don’t need to distribute any profits. If you feel busy, you can even use his executive director, their standards are good, I don’t think it’s better than yours... ... poor people."

Hearing this, Li Xianyun smiled: "It doesn't matter if you say that you are no worse than me. I do have a lot of room for improvement in the film industry. Well, that's okay, can you contact me?"

He has the contact information of some team members, but not all of them—a taboo in the industry, after all, it is not good to go too far.

In fact, Li Xianyun has a technical department and does not need so many core teams, but the core team includes artistic talents such as art directors, which is the weak point of the technical department, and secondly, the technical department will be independent in the future, and it also needs talents .

Maybe dig them up!

As the company grows bigger, it really needs the support of high-end talents, and it can't be cheap.

Li Xiaoxiao said directly: "Yes, you have given me such a big face, I will help you no matter what."

"It won't affect your performance in bed." Li Xianyun said.

Li Xiaoxiao laughed loudly: "Okay, my mother will come over next month to send you a thousand miles, is it done?"

"Well. If the price is cheap, I can ask one of them to be a co-director with me, and hand over most of the actual work to him." Li Xianyun added.

"It's cheaper to add work to others, you are too calculating." Li Xiaoxiao laughed again: "Sure enough, your boss's growth rate is higher than that of the director!"

"But it's also an opportunity. Everyone has a dream of being a director." Li Xianyun said meaningfully.

"That's right!"

A few days later, Li Xiaoxiao gave him an answer.

The other party accepted it.

The person Li Xiaoxiao found for him was Chen Zili, who was originally Zhang Damou’s director of photography and later became an executive director. He is 42 years old this year and has worked in this industry for 20 years. He has rich experience in the industry. In fact, he has also directed For some movies, it is a pity that they have never had the opportunity to operate blockbuster movies, and they have not been able to make their own names.

The photographer is more famous than the director.

Li Xianyun specifically searched his movies, and sure enough, his style is very similar to that of Zhang Damou, but it is a pity that it is a small production, and it is difficult for a small production to bring out Zhang Damou's artistic level.

Film and television art is also an art that burns money. Without money, there is no art at all.

So Chen Zili failed to become a famous director because of this, but he is still a famous number one figure in the circle, definitely not a small role.

Chen Zili is also very excited when he finally has the opportunity to direct a movie with an investment of over one billion.

His request is very simple, a salary of 400 million plus [-]% of the box office revenue, but he must be given the greatest autonomy.

Li Xianyun didn't know the extent of his autonomy, so he was specially called over.

So the two sides had discussions from script to storyboard.

Differences will definitely exist, the key is only in the degree of recognition.

In fact, the biggest difference between Li Xianyun and Chen Zili lies in the issue of creative ideas. The two had spent half a month at Yisheng Media on the content of the script, the way the film was created, the aesthetic style, humanistic feelings, and plot details. Discussions and even heated debates did not reach a consensus until the end.

When the consensus was reached, everything else was fine.

Li Xianyun only modified one thing, that is, it must be profit sharing, but at the same time, he also promised to lock in the cost when it comes up, so that the profit will not be easy to manipulate.

After agreeing to a bunch of other conditions, Chen Zili finally agreed to modify it to a [-]% profit share.

It took me [-] days to argue about the artistic creation, but it only took half a day to settle the cooperation method, which basically met Chen Zili's requirements. The proviso was that Zhang Damou's other core team members would be brought over to me.

(End of this chapter)