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Chapter 620 [47] A contribution to the entire Chinese film industry!
"How did you convince my godfather?"

On the way back, Liu Yifei apparently learned from Liu Xiaoli that Hongxingwu was going to be acquired by Yu Xin.

After the acquisition, Hongxingwu will be changed to Yuxin Brokerage Company, and Liu Xiaoli will still be the person in charge. Bao Qiang, Zhang Jingying, Tang Yan, Luo Jin and others who were signed before will all be assigned to this newly established company.

There are also cooperation contracts with several directors, such as Huo Jianqi and Li Yang, but Liu Yifei's agency contract is independent, similar to the future studio.

Yu Xin will symbolically hold a small share at that time, which is basically no different from Liu Yifei's independent operation.

……

"Xiao Chen, Jing Fei asked you how much you borrowed?"

Liu Xiaoli was driving and also asking questions.

She is now taking Chen Yu to the premiere of "Departures" at the old location of the New Film Association in Wangfujing, starting at 10pm.

She knew a little about Chen Jingfei's business.

"You didn't ask me to borrow it. Yu Xin invested 2 million yuan, 3% interest, for one year!"

Chen Yu said this calmly, and Liu Yifei's beautiful eyes widened a little.

"2 million?"

"so much?"

Liu Yifei was frightened by the number and grabbed Chen Yu's sleeves with both hands.

"It seems that he is really short of money!"

"I can't borrow from the bank, and I'm insolvent. Xiao Chen, I'm telling you the truth!"

Liu Xiaoli looked ahead, and when the traffic light turned red, she turned around and said, "You lent him the money for Red Star Cottage, right?"

"Well, this is the only condition for me to borrow money!"

"Have you ever thought about what to do if he can't pay back the money?"

Liu Xiaoli sighed, feeling a little melancholy.

Although she knew that Chen Yu did this for his daughter, it was indeed a bit impulsive: "The real estate industry is not doing well right now. The housing prices in the capital rose too fast in the past few years. In the first half of this year, they didn't rise, and they even fell a bit!"

If the stock price drops too much, Chen Jingfei may not be able to pay back the money.

Even though Chen Jingfei's relationship with her is there, one thing is for sure, Chen Yu has no interest in him.

Not to mention that they cannot pay it back, Chen Jingfei's real estate company will also face the possibility of bankruptcy. Several real estate companies that went bankrupt in later generations all followed the same pattern. Not to mention Evergrande and Sunac, even Wanda almost couldn't hold on.

This is the case for large real estate companies, not to mention that Chen Jingfei is just a small real estate developer!
Although Liu Xiaoli doesn't know much about real estate, she runs a brokerage company after all, so she knows a little about business matters.

"It's okay, Auntie. I think there's still a chance that housing prices will skyrocket!"

Chen Yu smiled and said, "The Olympics haven't come yet. Before the successful bid for the Olympics, the housing prices in the capital skyrocketed, but after the Olympics, there will be another wave..."

He is still modest.

After all, Chen Yu knew the future direction of future generations.

But Liu Xiaoli is not a reborn person. She feels that housing prices have risen sharply in recent years, and she would never have thought that the next ten years would be the fastest and most rapid ten years of development in China.

The average price in the capital has increased from 7000 to over 5!

It has tripled.

If Chen Yu had not been reborn, he would not have believed that housing prices in the capital would rise so much.

Because no one in the world could have predicted that China would push up real estate prices so much.

Liu Xiaoli felt that Chen Yu might be too young.

How could it be possible that the price would continue to rise after the Olympics?
It’s all over, the previous bubble has been burst!

Of course, people of their generation cannot believe it.

"I'm an experienced person. The success of the Olympic bid did cause the capital's housing prices to soar, but it has already reached its limit. The average price within the Third Ring Road is almost 2 yuan. How can ordinary people afford this price?"

"It was only a few years ago, more than 5000!"

"After the Olympics, it will definitely fall..."

After the 08 Olympic Games in Beijing, housing prices across the country did experience a wave of declines, and Liu Xiaoli's analysis was correct.

But it began to bottom out and rebound at the end of 09, and then reached a higher level.

In fact, everything is determined by the economy.

China's economy has been booming in recent years. In his previous life, Chen Yu was a minor actor in 05 and never thought he would be able to afford a car in this lifetime. But now every household has one?!

There's more than one.

How many years did it take in total?
Many people say that the prosperity in recent years is a false one, but in fact people are indeed richer.

This kind of wealth does not mean being rich or having savings, but rather a leap forward and greater convenience in food, clothing, housing and transportation than before!
This is a real feeling.

And this is the key to improving the supporting facilities for housing prices. Although the price increases in some places are too outrageous, it is certain that housing prices will rise as the economy improves.

Chen Yu couldn't explain to Liu Xiaoli, so he just smiled and said, "If you can't pay it back, then Uncle Chen's assets will belong to me..."

"His assets are not worth 2 million!"

Liu Xiaoli shook her head: "You should have discussed this with me. This money didn't come from the wind. You finally made some money from the movie, and you're going to lose it all here..."

"Sigh~~~"

Liu Yifei also pinched Chen Yu's arm.

"Two hundred million, you are really willing to spend it!"

Liu Yifei puffed her cheeks, and Chen Yu pinched her face: "It's okay, don't we still have you? It's worth spending 2 million to buy a future international film queen!"

Chen Yu was joking, and Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him in annoyance. She knew that Chen Yu was comforting her and not wanting her to have any psychological burden!

But how could she not?

2 million is not 2 yuan. If her godfather really can't pay it back, Liu Yifei will feel guilty for the rest of her life!

After the acquisition, Chen Yu won’t make much money from her. How long will it take for that little profit to reach 2 million?

"Oh, don't feel stressed. Make more money so you can get more dowry when you marry me. It's our common property!"

Seeing Liu Yifei's sullen expression, Chen Yu hurriedly spoke.

"Hehehe..."

Liu Yifei didn't want to talk to Chen Yu. This guy actually did such a big thing without discussing it with her this time?
beep!

Yu Dong’s message came just in time, like timely rain.

"call……"

Chen Yu took a long breath.

8500 million!
The pre-sale of "Departures" has hit a new high. Chen Yu is currently heading to his old place in Wangfujing.

"I'm sending a message!"

As Chen Yu spoke, Liu Yifei had no choice but to look out the window with a gloomy expression.

After a while, Chen Yu arrived at his destination.

Seeing Chen Yu get out of the car and walk into the theater, Liu Xiaoli turned to Liu Yifei and said, "Xiao Chen really spent a lot of money this time!"

2 million yuan, just lent it out as soon as you say so.

With an interest rate of 3%, and paying it off in one year, I built Red Star Studio, and it was an acquisition.

The specific amount will depend on due diligence and evaluation by both companies.

"He didn't even tell me about this..."

Liu Yifei didn't think there was anything wrong with what Chen Yu did, but she still felt a little uncomfortable. If she knew it was like this, she would definitely not agree.

"Forget it, I can only pray that your godfather can pay back the money..."

Liu Xiaoli was actually very unsure.

At this time, Chen Yu certainly didn't take the 2 million to heart, but it's not that he didn't care.

Moreover, the real estate industry will continue to make rapid profits in the future. The apartments and buildings developed by Chen Jingfei alone will be able to sell for 2 million yuan in the future. Therefore, even if Chen Jingfei does not pay it back, this asset is worth it.

This is Chen Yu’s confidence.

"Brother Yu!"

"Brother Yu——"

Everyone from the "Departures" crew has arrived.

This time, Hua Xia’s roadshow will only be held in several major cities, and will then go to Hong Kong and Japan.

Moreover, the Hong Kong Film Awards will be held soon, and Chen Yu has been nominated for two Best Actor awards this time. The organizers called him several times to ask him to participate.

Chen Yu still had to give the other party some face.

The premiere and the Academy Awards were scheduled for three days.

At this time, Yu Dong came in from nowhere, and when he saw Chen Yu, he hurried over to greet him: "Brother Yu, congratulations, "Departures" has broken another record~"

"polite!"

Chen Yu shook hands with him. At this time, there were still more than 20 minutes before the premiere.

"correct!"

Yu Dong glanced at the people around him, leaned over to Chen Yu and whispered, "Have you settled the revenue sharing with the cinema chain?"

“Well, it’s raised to 43%!”

"Really?"

Yu Dong's face lit up with joy: "This is great news!"

"The entire industry can accept your kindness. Hahahaha, the theater chain actually gave in. Only Zhang Yimou could do that before!"

Yu Dong really admires Chen Yu.

What they mean by profit-sharing is the division of the film's profits.

In addition to 3.3% of various related taxes and fees, and a 5% special fund for the development of the film industry, a movie can share the box office revenue, with the cinema taking 50% and the theater chain taking 7%!

The remaining 43% is divided between the producer and the distributor.

The distributor charges a maximum of 10% of the net box office distribution agency fee, so the final amount of money received by the producer is 33%, or possibly even lower!
The price of "Escape Plan" is higher because Bona only charged 5% of the distribution fee, and the publicity and promotion are charged separately.

But even so, Yu Dong has actually made a lot of money.

More than 7 million, he can get 3500 million just from the issuance!
Therefore, the share that Yu Xin can finally get is 38%!

But this is still under application and negotiation.

Because it was only 42% before the profit sharing.

However, since "Escape Plan" created a miracle during the Spring Festival, Chen Yu wanted to learn from Zhang Weiping and "sit down and talk" with the theaters to increase it by another 1%!

This is not excessive at all. Chen Yu originally wanted to raise it to 2%, but the theaters strongly resisted and he failed.

However, this is only 91.7% of the total box office of 38%!

So in reality, the producer only gets 34.8% of the total box office.

7 million, that’s more than 2.4 million in total!

And this is actually the best box office share Chen Yu had expected.

Because in the previous life, this was a system that was used after 2009.

Before 09, the film industry underwent several reforms.

The earliest box office share, distribution + production combined, was only 35%!

It was not until 02 that the cinema industry underwent reforms, and the subsequent release of "Hero" created a box office myth for domestic films. Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping also gained the right to speak that previous producers did not have!

He demanded that the producer's share of the box office be increased to 40%, and continued to negotiate with the theaters in the following years. In 2004, when "House of Flying Daggers" was released, he finally raised the film's share of the box office to 42%!

In the previous life it was 41%.

After the release of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in 2006, the number rose to 42%. In this life, it was Chen Yu who changed his role and he only wanted to increase it by 1%.

The negotiations have been successful.

In the past, at the end of 2009, after a fierce battle between theaters and film companies, the state was forced to intervene.

The state proposed that the producer’s share of the profits should not be less than 43% and not more than 50%.

And the Lao Yizi and Zhang Weiping who succeeded in the struggle this time were also called "people who changed history" at that time!
Of course, the game did not stop.

The lowest share of 43% is still not satisfactory to the directors and producers.

This is much lower than the North American market.

After that, Zhang Yimou tried many times to increase it to 45%, but was directly rejected; in addition, the box office of his movies was not strong anymore, so the share remained unchanged until 2027.

Despite this, in November 2012, before many domestic New Year blockbusters such as "11", "The Grandmaster" and "The Chinese Zodiac" were about to be released, the five major film distribution companies, China Film, Huayi, Bona, Star Media and Guangguang, formed the "Avengers Alliance" and jointly proposed to the national theaters to "increase the box office share ratio", trying to increase the share ratio from 43% to 45%.

But, in the end, it failed.

It is obviously not that easy for theaters to make concessions.

Therefore, the release of Chen Yu's "Departures" this time also carries an important mission.

Negotiation of profit sharing.

If the box office performs well again, we can negotiate for 44% or 45% of the box office share.

After all, Chen Yu's movies are so profitable that their release means big sales. Cinemas don't just make money from box office sales, but also from peripheral products such as popcorn.

Ultimately, what theaters want is audiences.

The more audiences go to the cinema, the more money the cinema chain makes, so only Chen Yu and Zhang Yimou, who are currently in China, are qualified to negotiate with the cinema chain about increasing their share of the profits.

I guess the theaters won’t even look at other people’s films, even Chen Kaige.

However, if the box office of "Departures" is not ideal, theaters will definitely not buy it.

At best, it can only maintain 43% of the current level of "Exodus".

Even in the future, if Chen Yu’s box office appeal is not that good, it will be reduced.

Cinemas all over the world are actually the same, very realistic, and everything is based on money.

Therefore, these two films by Chen Yu have a very high "historical significance".

However, at present, judging from pre-sales alone, the probability of successful negotiations is very high.

In the future, it won’t be a big problem to get more than 43% of the box office share.

Now in 06, because of "Extraction", the box office sharing of the movie has been following a system that was implemented after 09.

I just don't know if Chen Yu can give it a try in this life for the 45% share that was not achieved in the previous life. If so, the development of domestic films should be better.

A larger share means higher income, so investors will definitely increase their investment, and theaters will be more willing to invest.

As long as the actors' pay isn't so outrageous.

So this time, Chen Yu can be said to have made a great contribution to filmmakers across the industry.

Of course Yu Dong will also benefit, so he is so happy.

The two were chatting there, and soon the premiere of "Departures" was about to begin.

"Mr. Yu, I'll go first!"

Chen Yu prepared himself and led the entire crew of "Departures" towards the theater where the midnight premiere would be held.

Not only Chinese audiences, but also fans of Chen Yu and people who are interested in the movie "Departures" are actually waiting for the release of this masterpiece that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and the Venice Golden Lion.

I have really been waiting for a long time.

Many people, including Chen Yu himself, can't wait!

Some people want to know the reputation of a movie that has won so many awards, while others are looking forward to the box office...Now, such a movie that has already gained a certain fame all over the world has finally kicked off its worldwide premiere.

On April 4, "Departures" will premiere worldwide!
(End of this chapter)