China Entertainment's Standout

Chapter 898: Killing Two Birds with One Fish
"Appreciate further details."

Zhao Fang was delighted and immediately sat up straight, pretending to listen attentively.

Since Zhou Yutang has given in, it means there is room for improvement.

Playing with the iced cola in his hand, the water droplets on the aluminum can were refreshing. Zhou Yutang said nonchalantly: "I originally wanted to wait until "Joker" was released before discussing the sequel. Since President Zhao came to Xiangshan to visit the set in person..."

He paused deliberately, looking at the professional-dressed woman opposite him with a slightly fixed gaze, and the smile on Zhou Yutang's lips became more playful.

"Then I might as well tell you something. I just talked to Mr. Zou yesterday. There are indeed plans to make "Joker 2". It is expected that the project will be launched next year at the latest."

"So fast?"

"For a movie like this with such a good market response, I think it's still too slow. The project will be launched next year, and the global promotion will be synchronized. The production budget will have to be quadrupled, but..."

"But what?"

"It's a pity."

Zhou Yutang crossed his fingers and smiled calmly, "I have two important projects on hand now, and I received a message from my superiors that I may have to take the lead in an official project. Mr. Zhao, you know, there are some things that I find it difficult to refuse, and I plan to make more time to accompany my family in the future."

"Understandable."

Zhao Fang's fingertips gently tapped the luxurious stone table top imported from Italy, and of course she could hear the hidden meaning behind the words.

Standing in Zhou Yutang's current position, he enjoys many privileges, but he also has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and he often has to support official projects.

"I personally believe that the basis for working together is mutual respect. The first thing to be clear is that the box office revenue sharing in the contract must be implemented to the end."

Zhou Yutang leaned back, took a sip of iced cola, and said leisurely, "If Warner finds it unacceptable, then I think it will be difficult for us to have a chance to cooperate in the future."

"This is no problem."

Zhao Fang laughed. "I came here with sincerity. Mainly regarding the share of Joker 2, what do you think, Mr. Zhou?"

"As for Joker 2, I only want % of the share."

"Boss Zhou, you are making things difficult for me."

Zhao Fang seemed to have expected this, and shook her head and laughed: "Warner will never agree to this condition, you might as well take a look at this first."

As a soldier trained by Wanda’s Lao Wang, Zhao Fang is also an experienced veteran in the industry.

I had made preparations before coming here. I immediately unzipped my bag and took out the carefully prepared documents from the briefcase next to me.

Zhou Yutang just glanced at it and threw it aside.

The document includes the various revenue sharing ratios for the film's subsequent sales through other channels such as DVD, cable TV, streaming media, etc.

It is roughly similar to the previous cooperation model, and also includes the distribution of shares for the sequel.

"Mr. Zhou, only if our two companies cooperate to make the pie bigger can we achieve a win-win situation."

Zhao Fang said calmly: "Of course, the specific ratio can definitely be discussed. The headquarters will definitely not let you suffer any loss."

"Mr. Zhao."

Zhou Yutang was too lazy to listen to her big talk and interrupted her directly, "I heard that you have a good relationship with Zhou Shufang?"

"what?"

Zhao Fang was slightly stunned, then nodded: "We have known each other for several years."

Zhou Shufang is the director of Jiangdong's Artist Department and is a well-known figure in the entertainment industry.

Zhao Fang came from Wanda and had his own connections, so it was not surprising that the two knew each other.

"Director Zhou called me last night and said that Sister Fang is one of their own, so there's no need to be polite."

Zhou Yutang said, "I have another scene to perform later, so to make a long story short, Warner Bros. will have to pay at least $200 million to buy back the sequel's share, including the sequel's sales channel."

Zhao Fang was delighted when she heard the first half of the sentence, but hesitated when she heard the last number: "That's impossible, at most 20 million."

"Sister Fang, are you kidding? I don't need to explain the influence of this movie."

Zhou Yutang raised his slender fingers and said with a smile: "Otherwise you wouldn't be sitting here talking to me. Even if the sequel is discounted, it at least has the potential to make 1 billion at the box office."

“The price is too high.”

Zhao Fang shook her head repeatedly: "Boss Zhou, let me ask you one more question, are you not going to take over the sequel?"

Even a giant like Warner Bros. cannot afford this amount of funds.

"My schedule is fully booked for at least five years."

"I understand."

Zhao Fang nodded slightly, as if considering the pros and cons: "I can't decide what you said personally. I need to consult the headquarters. What other conditions do you have?"

"In addition, Warner will help me with the public relations for this year's Oscars and open up the DC superhero copyright library to me in the future."

After throwing out several conditions, Zhou Yutang got a call from Chen Duling and stood up: "I have a scene, Sister Fang, you can think about it slowly."

Warner's reaction was also within his expectations.

After all, when we work on film and television projects, we are not burning ourselves out for art.

Business is business, and there is always the traction of interests.

It’s just that you have your sincerity and I have my attitude.

Zhou Yutang would never sacrifice his own interests to achieve some bullshit win-win situation.

How can you spit out the meat that’s already in your mouth?
If we really can't come to an agreement, the worst that can happen is that we just part ways.

He immediately rebelled against Konoha.

You can still make money by cooperating with other six major Hollywood studios.

I guess the other six major Hollywood studios will set off fireworks to celebrate.

This is not a joke. If this is really the situation, it will be a real Hollywood earthquake - Zhou Yutang now has such influence.

As an important driving force behind Warner's rise to the top six, if he were poached, Warner Bros.' stock price would probably fall through the Wall Street floor.

Meng Ziyi kept an eye on the quiet RV, with many thoughts running through his little head.

After staying in the same room with that aunt for such a long time, could it be that the Grand Commander was really hungry?

That’s not right. Am I not more fragrant than that old woman?

While the crew was busy filming, Zhao Fang on the other side called Warner headquarters as soon as possible.

Reporting the negotiation results and even holding a video conference made my phone almost smoke.

When the crew finished work, the two sat together again.

Thanks to her hard work and arguments, as well as Zhou Yutang's willingness to bear the pain of bleeding, both sides took a step back and finally reached an agreement.

Zhou Yutang agreed to Warner Bros. to take back the copyright of "Joker 2".

But a tiny amount of interest will definitely be charged.

The first is to buy back all the copyrights of the sequel for 100 million US dollars.

Although it is somewhat painful, if it is executed in installments, it won’t be much.

If we think about the box office of "Joker" and the box office in China, it is very likely to reach 2 billion US dollars, which does not seem unacceptable.
That's one of the top five box office hits in the history of the world's films.

Apart from Avatar and that big ship, that is the Star Wars movie from two years ago.
It turns out that Ugly is the face of the DC superhero universe.

The data here is very convincing.

Superman, Batman, and the Justice League all have to step back a bit.

Now the priority of "Joker 2" has been raised to the highest level within the Warner Group.

As for reimbursement of this year's Oscars public relations expenses.

Warner executives readily agreed to this proposal.

The better the story is told, the more valuable the sequel's IP will be.

Finally, the game copyright library of the DC superhero universe will be opened. Warner is also developing similar game projects, which will be discussed later.

Anyway, it was Warner headquarters that instructed Zhao Fang to provide a guarantee, so Zhao Fang dared to agree to conditions that Li Zhongtang did not dare to agree to.

Zhao Fang dared to sign a contract that even Li Hongzhang did not dare to sign
After signing the drafted preliminary letter of intent, Zhou Yutang put on the pen and said, "Sister Fang, you've been busy for most of the day. Let's have a meal together."

"Alright."

Looking at Zhou Yutang's handsome face which was so sincere that it made her feel ashamed, Zhao Fang, who felt very warm in her heart, suddenly felt a little ashamed.

It is said that Chinese people will not cheat Chinese people. Are you sucking their blood?

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Fang kindly reminded him, "Mr. Zhou, if you want to use Warner's superhero copyright library to make a game, I'm afraid it won't be that easy. As far as I know, several teams at the company's headquarters are already developing it."

"Oh?"

Zhou Yutang raised his eyebrows and smiled as bright as the sun: "Thank you, Sister Fang, for reminding me. This is my personal interest. I will do it in a few years. I'm just doing it for fun."

Internal fighting aside, Warner itself is a behemoth with a very mature development of the derivative market for film and television products.

However, developing the game first does not necessarily mean that it will succeed.

Zhao Fang smiled and said, "Then there's no problem on my end."

"Happy cooperation!"

The chef from Xin Rong Ji cooked that night, and the simple meal was a great success for both the host and the guests.

Then a car was sent to take Zhao Fang to Ningbo Airport.

She had to fly to Warner headquarters overnight to report on her work.

how to say?

With Zhao Fang's outstanding business ability, she not only secured benefits for Warner, but also took good care of the emotions of Warner's real father.

What awaits her must be the reward from the headquarters.

It can be said to be a win-win situation for all parties.

While others were living a peaceful life, Chen Duling, who knew what had happened, experienced a thrilling day.

It was understandable that he withdrew from "The Mermaid 2" last time, but she couldn't understand why Zhou Yutang gave "Joker 2" to Warner.

If you don’t understand, ask the teacher. This is a good quality of a top student.

Zhou Yutang also gave unreserved advice to the conscientious and hardworking female secretary: "Everything in the world is about profit. Even if I don't agree, Warner has plenty of ways to trip me up."

Although Jiangdong Entertainment has established a firm foothold in Hollywood, it lacks a good grasp of the back-end channel sales of film and television. In the past, Warner was basically in charge of cooperation, and he was only responsible for the dividends.

It’s not that Zhou Yutang doesn’t want to make a career in Hollywood, it’s just that he can’t.

This is entertainment fiction, not science fiction.

A yellow-skinned Chinese person can only kneel down and act like a dog.

Otherwise, no matter how hard you work, it will be impossible for you to control the media in North America.

Just as white people cannot control various media channels in China.

"Then isn't this a loss?"

Chen Duling was puzzled: "Recently the media has been hyping up the possibility of making a Batman series."

"I asked someone to send out the press release."

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Chen Duling was stunned with astonishment.

"It looks like a loss, but it's not. Sometimes, it's better to retreat than to advance."

The pure ponytail in front of him was so cute that he wanted to play with it. Zhou Yutang smiled softly and said, "It is almost impossible for the sequel to replicate the popularity of "Joker". When a stock reaches its highest point, it is time to stop while you are ahead and exit the market in time to make a profit."

“How do you know this stock has peaked?”

"The trend is general."

Chuan Bao is not a person who is content with what he has, and it is hard to say what the trend will be in the next few years.

From Zhou Yutang's perspective, he naturally had to make plans early.

But there is no need to say more to Chen Duling.

“The general trend.”

Chen Duling nodded thoughtfully.

In her eyes, Zhou Yutang's image became several points taller.

It’s like a national chess player who has already laid out a bigger chessboard.

"Has Wang Yi arrived yet?"

Zhou Yutang suddenly changed the subject.

Chen Duling glanced at the time on her watch and said, "It should take about 20 minutes to get to the crew."

As the general manager of the chicken-eating mobile game project of Xingchen Games, Wang Yi drove to Xiangshan by himself to report to the Grand Commander of Jiangdong.

As soon as they met, Wang Yi's mouth was grinning from ear to ear. "Boss Zhou, sales are going crazy. The data for the Chinese version of the PUBG mobile game is out!"

"How many?"

"So far, the total sales of the Joker's limited edition skin has exceeded 200 million."

"How about the international version?"

The international version of the mobile game PUBG is also called "PUBG Mobile". It was launched simultaneously with the domestic version this year and received a warm response abroad.

The first PC game PUBG World Championship has already taken place, and the mobile game is also preparing to organize a world championship.

"Twenty million US dollars have been deposited into the account. The latest data from abroad will take another two days to be compiled."

Wang Yi's mouth curled up even harder than AK's: "Based on the current situation, it is estimated that it will not be less than 40 million US dollars."

The box office revenue of the movie also needs to be shared.

Zhou Yutang, however, wants to take all the derived game revenue.

Let’s try out the clown skin of the Chinese version of PUBG first.

Then the limited edition clown skin launched by the mobile game will be released again.

Is this the end?

After eating domestic food, eat foreign food.

The price is not expensive either, the original price is US$699, and with a 69.9% discount it is only US$.

The relevant pricing is also determined by a professional team after market research.

With such a small amount of money, and focusing on emotional value, it is basically giving it away for free.

It's a developed country, so the wages are so high.

If you just go to the supermarket and buy a few boxes of eggs, wouldn’t that be the same amount?
The teammates were all dressed in gorgeous clown-style suits and were killing everyone. Even lying in the grass as Voldemort looked particularly elegant.

What are you waiting for?
Just spend a lot of money and it's done.

Invite three good friends to register the game together, and you will get a 30 yuan discount coupon for free
In short, it's like killing two birds with one stone.

Jiangdong Entertainment's related supporting playing style is very mature, and when it gets the chance, it will use a set of smooth combos.

Chen Duling, who was originally happily slacking off on the set, has been overloaded with work in the past two days.

In addition to the movie's data report summary, there is also the good news from Star Games that comes in like snowflakes.

Seeing Chen Duling in a hurry, holding a tablet in his hand and looking around for someone, Xin Yan kindly reminded him:

"Dudu, the boss didn't have any rehearsals this afternoon, so he should be in the RV right now."

"Thank you, Director Xin."

Chen Duling smiled back and ran to the RV.

When I was about to report the good news to my boss, I saw that he looked melancholy. I thought that my secret had been exposed and the fish pond was ruined.

I wanted to say a few words of comfort, but I didn't expect him to hum something like "selling at a low price" and "I'm losing money".

This isn't right. Didn't he win a long time ago?
She racked her brains but couldn't figure out where she had lost money, so she humbly asked, "Boss, it seems like we didn't lose money. The original package of Warner derivative licenses cost several million dollars, and the profit was made back just by selling the skins."

Warner placed a heavy bet on "Aquaman", and as for "Joker", it was purely a bonus deal to tie Zhou Yutang to the chariot.

Therefore, apart from the box office share outside China, the rest of the derivative copyrights were basically sold to Zhou Yutang at a half-sale price.

"How come it's not a loss?"

Zhou Yutang said confidently: "Then let me ask you, how much is the original price of skin in China? Answer me?"

“It seems to be 1999?”

Chen Duling tilted his head and thought about it.

She originally wanted Zhou Yutang to send one through the back door.

The unscrupulous boss was too busy with time management and forgot about it.

Later, the skin was launched and it was given to her by Sun Yining. It seemed that this was the price.

"After the discount, it's 199. Isn't that a loss of more than a thousand?"

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Chen Duling opened her mouth, but was speechless.

Can this account be calculated like this! ?

"The price of game skins abroad is still too low. Every time I sell a skin, I lose hundreds of dollars. There are so many people buying it that I lose so much money that I bleed. Next time, I will learn from my experience and do hunger marketing directly."

But Zhou Yutang continued to summarize: "Warner lost another 100 million yuan in the copyright recovery."

Is this human language?
Chen Duling suddenly felt that the RV was a little shaky and almost lost his balance.

From the perspective of a worker, she really wants to punch her boss twice
******
Thanks to the strong performance of "Joker", "Dunkirk", which was the first film at the beginning of the month, has been completely overshadowed.

This peak showdown between two international directors ended prematurely before it even began.

On the Internet, Jiangdong Navy has been engaged in several rounds of confrontation with Feng Nolan's crazy fans.

In fact, it’s not that Nolan doesn’t have box office appeal.

War-themed movies like this, which are aiming to win awards, have inherently high barriers to viewing.

In the end, the global box office exceeded 500 million US dollars, which is already an exaggerated number.

But Joker is different.

In the minds of most movie fans, superhero themes = popcorn movies.

It not only benefits from the superhero theme, but also has the style of literary and artistic themes.

Coupled with unremitting efforts in marketing, with the right time, place and people, it is possible to achieve a situation where influence breaks through the circle.

The siphon effect occurred, and movies such as "War for the Planet of the Apes" and "Spider-Man: Homecoming" that were released at the same time were in a terrible situation, and their luck was directly cut.

The publicity campaign for several films scheduled for China's National Day holiday has reached its most critical juncture.

Jiangdong's "The Meg", Huayi's "Sky Hunter", Guangguang's "Sewing Machine Band", and Jackie Chan's "The Foreigner" are about to compete.

There are press releases from all over the place, making it very lively.

However, before that, there was a heavyweight movie that raised its voice before the National Day holiday and came out to accurately snipe "Joker", which was leading the many imported blockbusters.

Watching the news about the premiere of "Dreaming of the Performing Arts Circle", Zhou Yutang felt that the world was a little absurd.

Many famous directors, including Chen Shishi and Gu Changwei, all came to show their support.

Even many teachers from the Film Academy went there.

Beijing Film Academy even held a special seminar for this film.

This is absolutely incredible for a newcomer in the film industry.

Ning Hao, who was still in the crew of "Crazy Alien", couldn't help but give Zhou Yutang a WeChat call and couldn't help but start to chatter.

Maybe it was because I was disgusted by the last seminar organized by the college, so I was full of attack power,

"Boss Zhou, who is this guy?"

Zhou Yutang only said two words mysteriously, which made Ning Hao swallow his saliva and express his thoughts in a plain and unpretentious manner:

"Holy crap, that's bullshit!"

(End of this chapter)