How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 503 Nothing has changed [Di Renjie: Tongtian Empire]

Liu Tianwang didn’t know much about the financialization of film and television, and he still didn’t understand it after listening to it for a while.

But from Zhang Nan's tone, I could hear some disapproval of the box office performance of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven".

So Liu Tianwang asked tentatively: "So - Director Zhang, are you not very optimistic about the box office of this movie?"

"If it's not too promising, I'll ask you to discuss box office share with the Chinese when negotiating remuneration?" Zhang Nan asked in return.

When Hua Yi and Xu Laoguai discussed starring in the "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" project with Liu Tianwang, Liu Tianwang had not yet signed a contract with Longbow Films.

But there is already intention and the two parties are in contact.

During this period, King Liu Tian accidentally mentioned the project "Di Renjie: Tongtian Empire".

Zhang Nan took advantage of the situation and suggested that Liu Tianwang, Hua Yi and Xu Laoguai should reduce the fixed salary in the project and instead ask for box office dividends.

After all, Liu Tianwang of the original time and space only got a salary of 1000 million yuan to star in "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire" due to the influence of favors.

Afterwards, "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" had a box office of nearly 3 million, and Xu Laoguai's career as a director turned around. Chinese Americans made a lot of money relying on the project's box office and the company's stock price.

Only Liu Tianwang, the leading actor, did not benefit from anything.

Of course.

In the current situation of the mainland entertainment industry in 2010, Liu Tianwang was able to star in "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" with a salary of 1000 million yuan, a project with a production fee of 1.3 million yuan, which is considered good.

If Liu Tianwang asks for more salary, maybe Hua Yi and Mr. Xu will be replaced directly.

After all, with Mr. Xu’s continuous record of big-name productions, this wave of Chinese-Americans is just after the company went public and had too much money to spend, so they just asked Mr. Xu to test the waters.

If we invest too much, the Chinese may shrink back.

Therefore, Old Monster Xu, Hua Yi and Liu Tianwang in the original time and space can be regarded as mutually reinforcing each other in the project [Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire].

But now that Liu Tianwang has signed with Longbow Film and Television, Zhang Nan will help Liu Tianwang maximize his interests.

Directly on the 1000 million yuan salary, Liu Tianwang took another big step back, only asking for 500 million yuan, but an additional 5.00% of the box office share was added.

Based on the nearly 3 million yuan box office of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", this 5.00% box office share is worth about 1500 million yuan.

A true interpretation of what it means to retreat in order to advance.

Of course.

Zhang Nan didn’t come up with the idea in vain.

When signing the contract, Zhang Nan added that the commission for the contracted artist's projects is not calculated based on the signing date.
But as long as the artist signs a contract, as long as the artist has starred in the project before signing the contract, as long as the income is generated after the artist signs the contract, he will have to take a commission.

For example, from this wave of profits from "Detective Dee: The Heavenly Empire", Longbow Films cannot collect the fixed salary of RMB 500 million before signing the contract.

However, Longbow Films was able to get 1300% of the box office share of "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire" after its release - about [-] million yuan from Liu Tianwang.

Without it.

When Zhang Nan originally designed the plan to sign mainland artists, he just wanted to harvest them and see if he could give them some support.

But in the golden decade of the mainland entertainment industry since then, many top artists have only two, three, or even one masterpiece.

After signing such a person, you won't get the benefits before, and you won't get the benefits after.

Zhang Nan didn't want to do a losing business.

With this thought, Zhang Nan put aside these thoughts, came back to his senses, and continued to analyze the box office performance of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" to Liu Tianwang.

"Although Mr. Xu's movies in the past few years have failed at the box office, his directorial skills are still passable. As Chinese Americans have been mixed in the mainland entertainment industry in recent years, the promotion methods of the movies are also quite good. The combination of the two, plus the October There is no competition. The box office of this movie is estimated to be 2000 million yuan. It will not be a problem for you to get a real salary of [-] million yuan in the mainland." After hearing Zhang Nan's analysis, Liu Tianwang felt a little emotional.

A real salary of 2000 million yuan!

When he first broke into the mainland entertainment industry in the early 700s, he collaborated with Chinese Americans and Feng Xiaogang in "A World Without Thieves", and his salary was only [-] million yuan.

After "A World Without Thieves" became a hit, he filmed "House of Flying Daggers" and "Sign Up" one after another.

The nominal salary has reached 2000 million yuan, but in fact it is a lot of money.

The true manifestation is that whenever he stars in a major director or a high-quality production, he has to reduce his salary in order to be competitive with others.

He used to be quite eager for this water-free salary of 2000 million yuan, but now that he has signed a contract with Longbow Film and Television, and after coming to Hollywood, Liu Tianwang feels that he is a little less eager for this goal that he once longed for.

However, although he was not too eager in his heart, Liu Tianwang still responded with gratitude to Zhang Nan for helping him achieve this achievement: "I also want to thank Director Zhang for his help."

"Yes. Since I dare to set such a high commission, I must have sufficient strength." Zhang Nan replied.

Liu Tianwang: "..."
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After the premiere, Liu Tianwang took the opportunity to return to North America without staying any longer.

Zhang Nan, on the other hand, chatted more with the Chinese-American Wang Xiao and stayed one more night.

First, it is to give Chinese Americans a vaccination in advance.

After all, the reputation of Chinese Americans is not very good.

The most famous one is withholding Zhou Xingxing's share of the film's remuneration in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Although what was withheld was the verbally promised share of the pay, and given the current influence of Longbow Films and Zhang Nan, plus Liu Tianwang's share of the pay in "Di Renjie: The Tongtian Empire", it was written in black and white.

But... free money can really make people jealous and make them behave irrationally.

come two...

This trip was just to recuperate and restore magazines and stocks.

Those who come out in the morning will go back to fight in the evening.

Then it’s useless to cultivate yourself!
It would be better not to come out.

……

Late October.

Just when Zhang Nan was about to run out of ammunition and food, his scene in "Inception" was finally finished, but the crew was only halfway through the work.

Zhang Nan didn't say anything, and didn't even hold a closing party. He just excused Warner's "Harry Potter 7" to be released soon and ran away quickly.

Without it.

I really can't bear it anymore.

Then this month comes.

The box office trend of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" is just as Zhang Nan expected.

With the vigorous promotion of Chinese Americans and the passing film standards of Mr. Xu, it quickly exceeded [-] million.

Then it breaks through [-] million yuan, and slowly moves towards the [-] million yuan box office that can recover the capital.

Old Monster Xu has turned over and is currently contemplating the idea of ​​leaving the Chinese behind and going it alone.

(End of this chapter)