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Chapter 456 Only with risk can there be profit

After leaving Happy Twist, Li Mu stopped by to pick up Liu Yifei. They had a simple dinner before leaving.

"Dragon Boat Festival Auntie said she had made rice dumplings and asked us to go back and eat them."

In the car, Liu Yifei remembered what Li's mother said and talked to Li Mu.

"Oh, let's go back then."

Li Mu nodded. Excluding the New Year, it has been four months since he went home. If he is not busy now, he will go back a few times. He will probably be busy for a long time in the second half of the year and next year.

Recently, there are not many big melons to eat in the industry, but there are small ones.

It's still about Fatty.

Naturally, the media did not let go of this heat.

"Bona Yudong was sued by his ex-wife, and his current wife is Jin Qiaoqiao."

"Okay, I'll contact you later."

Li Mu uses a lot of ingredients for the fillings of bacon rice dumplings, including ham, fatty pork, salted egg yolk, barbecued pork, shiitake mushrooms, and shrimp.
"Mom, you only use lean meat?"

Liu Yifei chewed something in her mouth and gave some vague answers.

"If you don't eat fat, you won't grow taller. Plus, your family's conditions were not good when you were a child, so you couldn't afford to buy something thin."

"Hey, these are just small gossips. Don't talk about this kind of thing. Does Mr. Wang want to discuss something important with me?"

Wang Changtian smiled slightly and said that he had accepted this matter from Li Mu and was able to win it so smoothly. Naturally, he would not burn bridges by crossing rivers, as he had promised to do so at the beginning.

Liu Yifei half covered her mouth, smiled secretly, and stretched out her hand, "Give it back to me. It was specially made for me, not for you."

Mother Li said calmly.

"Slow down, the rice dumplings just came out and are a bit hot."

This year's Dragon Boat Festival coincides with Children's Day.

"Hahaha"

Li Mu returned the rice dumpling to Liu Yifei quite depressedly. He thought about it in his mind. If he remembered correctly, the conditions were pretty good before.

Li Mu asked back.

"Okay, I'll wait for your call."

"It's unscientific."

"good to eat."

Sure enough, as he expected.

"Are you in a hurry?"

".Then I didn't eat fat when I was a kid, so why don't you make it with lean meat?"

Li Mu thought of this when he saw Liu Yifei barely picking out the fat pork while eating.

"What for? Don't you have one?"

The overlap of the two sections will inevitably lead to a gratifying effect of 1+1 greater than 2 in the overall movie box office performance.

Wang Changtian complained that a few days ago, Fatty Yu and his new love Jin Qiaoqiao showed off their love in Cannes, but he turned around and was sued by his ex-wife.

"Good news. Regarding Zhou Xingchi's new movie, Director Li will have time to communicate in person the day after tomorrow."

"Sissi, is it delicious?"

"This is not very particular for a fat man."

Liu Yifei was very confused about this strange hobby of taking the rice dumplings that others were eating, but Liu Yifei still handed them over.

However, this year Mengying Media did not involve the May Day schedule, and the only film it controlled was still in the National Day schedule.

Li Mu looked at his own and then at the one in Liu Yifei's hand.

"Yes, Sissi doesn't want to eat fat. It's specially made for her."

"I haven't been back for a long time. I'm thinking of going back to Yangcheng for a few days tomorrow. If it's not urgent, can we make an appointment after the holiday?"

Wang Changtian estimated that Li Mu didn't have much time these days. "There's no rush. If Director Li is not free, it can be a few days later."

With 7 animated films and 1 children’s feature film, the number of films exceeded last year’s “June st” period.

Mother Li smiled and looked at Liu Yifei, who was chewing rice dumplings slowly, and asked.

Li Mu also told the truth. He guessed that this matter could not be rushed, and it should not only be an issue of investment share.

Therefore, from May 5 to June 30 this year, domestic children’s movies will be released one after another.

The reason is of course that due to disputes over money, Yu Dong has not fulfilled his obligations as stipulated in the divorce agreement.

Li Mu looked at Liu Yifei's rice dumplings rather strangely and said, "Show it to me."

Li Mu smiled and hung up the phone.

In terms of blockbusters, the main ones are "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Overheard 3."

Mother Li remembered the reason and answered Li Mu's question without thinking at all.

"Didn't Auntie say that children can't grow taller if they don't eat fat?"

"It's a liar!"

Li Mu pursed his lips, looking like he was eating fat to grow taller.

The three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday passed quickly.

Domestic movie box office performance has been quite good over the past three days.

A total of 4.2 million yuan was obtained in three days, an increase of 2.42% compared with 70 million yuan during the Dragon Boat Festival last year.

And comparing this result with the 3.7 million in this year’s May Day period, it is also extremely eye-catching.

At the same time, with the "blessing" of the Dragon Boat Festival, on Children's Day, the single-day box office reached 1.82 million, exceeding last year's 1.44 million, setting a new historical record. Among them, "Submarine 5", which was released on May 30, performed best, with a box office of 4 million in a single day on June 1780st, and a total of 4 million in four days of release.

The box office was closely followed by "Pig Man: Bravely Entering the Island of Giants", which was released on the 31st, with a single-day box office of 1600 million on June 3st, and a cumulative box office of 3220 million in the three days of release.

In terms of blockbusters, "X-Men: Days of Future Past", released on May 5, continued its unstoppable pace. It earned 23 million in box office during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, making it the biggest winner.

目前该片上映10天，票房已突破5亿大关，超过《霍比特人2》4.68亿的票房成绩，成为继《美国队长2》(7.19亿)、《超凡蜘蛛侠2》(5.78亿)后，今年票房第三高的进口片。

It is estimated that the film will eventually rank second at the box office, even surpassing "Captain America 2".

After Li Mu came back, he quickly called Wang Changtian and made an appointment.

But what surprised Li Mu was that Zhou Xingchi was also involved.

"Director Zhou, nice to meet you."

Li Mu shook hands with Zhou Xingchi very politely. He didn't have much contact with Zhou Xingchi, "Speaking of which, when I was a kid, I often watched movies starring Director Zhou."

"Director Li is from Guangfu, and there are indeed a lot of Hong Kong movies there."

Zhou Xingchi smiled, that era was the time of Eastern Hollywood, and the provinces closest to Hong Kong were naturally affected the most.

"Let's talk about business first, and then we can all have dinner together and talk slowly."

Wang Changtian said with a smile.

"Mr. Wang, thank you for your upright words in the Huayi incident. I will definitely remember this incident. I roughly calculated that for "Mermaid", the investment of 4 million yuan would cost about 1.5 million yuan for special effects."

Zhou Xingchi said calmly, "Bigao Group will take some, and others."

"With four hundred million, three families can eat it."

Li Mu said very calmly, "Neither Guangguang nor Mengying Media are short of money, right, Mr. Wang."

Generally speaking, for a movie with a cost of 4 million, the box office needs to be around 12 billion to make back the money.

If the box office of "Mermaid" is between 10 billion and 15 billion, even if it can almost recover the cost or even make a profit, if the investment in promotion and distribution is included, the critical point will be no profit or loss.

Wang Changtian was still calculating. Seeing that Li Mu was so confident, he immediately nodded.

"Director Li, Mr. Wang, and China Film Group"

Zhou Xingchi smiled bitterly and said that he had also accepted the kindness of China Film Group, or at least the kindness of Han Sanping, who had retired.

"That's no problem, let's share it."

Wang Changtian smiled. Zhou Xingchi's Bigao Group only had 30% of the investment share, and the remaining share was still sufficient.

Li Mu watched this scene from the side and couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.

In fact, Zhou Xingchi has always been a little cautious about the investment share or lacks confidence in himself.

In fact, it can be seen from the investment ratio of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

For "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Zhou Xingchi adopted the decision of guaranteed distribution and found a total of three investors.

Among them, Huayi Brothers paid a guaranteed distribution fee of 8800 million yuan for the film, which accounted for 77% of the total investment. The remaining 23% is jointly funded by Stephen Chow and other companies.

Judging from this approach, Zhou Xingchi obviously wanted to minimize his risks, but judging from the final box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", he was also too cautious.

This time it was a big step, but not much.

"By the way, let's leave the distribution of "Mermaid" to light this time. That's no problem."

Wang Changtian not only wants to make money from this investment.

"Mr. Wang, this is the second thing I want to say, "Mermaid" must be released at a guaranteed price."

"How much is the guarantee?"

Wang Changtian asked.

The so-called guarantee is a betting agreement signed between the producer and the distributor before the film is released.

According to the agreement, both parties confirm an amount. No matter what the final box office of the film is, the producer can lock in a high income in advance, while the distributor will have priority in obtaining additional income from the actual box office exceeding this amount.

Under the guarantee clause, the issuer's high returns and high risks often go hand in hand.

So much so that when Wang Changtian asked, he also looked at Li Mu, as if asking for help, hoping that Li Mu could help him at the right time.

"I think it can be later. There is no problem with Mr. Wang's guarantee. It's just a matter of too many guarantees.

When the finished film comes out, everyone is discussing it, and now it is probably just a verbal reply. If it is not suitable, and the distribution is not suitable, I will find other cooperation, and I believe Mr. Wang will not have any objections. "

Li Mu saw Zhou Xingchi hesitate for a moment, and after thinking about it, he felt that it didn't make much sense to talk about it now.

"Director Li is right."

Zhou Xingchi nodded.

"Okay, listen to Director Li, let's talk about the guarantee after the finished film comes out."

Wang Changtian also accepted Li Mu's suggestion. It is too early to talk now, but everyone has reached a verbal agreement, that is, "Mermaid" will definitely be released at a guaranteed price.

After talking about the business, it became much easier for everyone to talk. Since both Zhou Xingchi and Director Li are directors, they will naturally talk more.

Wang Changtian is a compliment from time to time.

"Director Li, the production cost of 4 million has to be guaranteed. This is not a small pressure."

Wang Changtian discussed with Li Muzai after Zhou Xingchi left.

"With risks come profits. According to the current growth in the number of screens, we don't have to worry too much about repaying the money at the box office. However, if you want to talk about the guaranteed number, we will decide after watching the finished film."

"Then Director Li will give me some more advice later."

Wang Changtian feels that this investment is really not small, but as Li Mu said, only with risks can there be profits. The light is not far behind the first domestic film and television stock, maybe this will be an opportunity.

Li Mu nodded slightly, Lao Wang had taken him with him to eat meat, so there was no harm in helping him.

(End of this chapter)