Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 163 Export to Domestic Sales (asking for monthly tickets and rewards)

Time passed quickly, and soon it was late October, and the capital city was getting colder and colder.

A major event happened in the film industry during this period, which caused a lot of uproar.

“The cinema can refuse to show the film if it disagrees.”

Zhang Weiping's words were like a stone that caused a thousand ripples.

The reason is that this person bypassed the distributor and negotiated ticket prices and revenue sharing directly with the theater chain, requiring that the theater's revenue sharing must not be lower than the price limit.

But they didn't reach an agreement and the talks broke down, so they shouted out this sentence.

For example, if the ticket is 30, you should give me points based on 30, and the price cannot be lower than this.

But the cinemas disagree. In order to attract customers, they will offer discounts on group tickets and group tickets, which will inevitably be lower than the price limit set by Zhang Weiping.

If Zhang Weiping's plan is followed, the cinema will have to subsidize Zhang Weiping.

This is only one aspect. The producers also requested that the share of the revenue between theaters and cinema chains be reduced from 57% to 55%, a reduction of 2%.

The ratio given by Yutu to theaters and cinema chains is 59%.

Fang Hong has never cared about this. He has his own considerations and does not rely on the domestic market to make big money. As long as theaters like to show his movies, it will be enough. His trump card is Tu Piaopiao.

As long as we can get this done, we can put pressure on theaters.

This was the case in the original time and space. Maoyan not only collected a service fee from the cinema for each ticket, but also made money from publicity and promotion, and even asked consumers to pay an additional 1 to 3 yuan in handling fees.

Of course, these are not displayed blatantly; they are hidden in the ticket money.

Capital has burned so much money that it has killed all its peers, so of course it has to make up for it from other aspects.

But this also led to dissatisfaction among theaters and major producers, who demanded that ticketing platforms charge less, which led to a chain reaction of ticket prices rising one after another and consumers paying the bill.

Since we can’t deal with anyone anyway, let’s just let the people suffer.

Zhang Weiping's call was supported by many producers, including Red Pants, who also asked theaters to lower their share and shouted that the producers were not making any money.

Yutu did not participate, it just followed the developments quietly.

If the producers succeed, then Yutu will benefit; if not, then it will continue to receive blood transfusions from the United States for its development.

Of course, whether they succeed or not will not affect Fang Hong's development.

In fact, this time the controversy is about the interests on one hand, and Zhang Weiping's comments on the other hand are too foul-mouthed, scolding the cinema chain for "making money lying down without taking any risks."

The cinema chains were naturally unhappy. They discussed it all they wanted and criticized it at every turn. This led to the eight major cinema chains jointly boycotting and refusing to screen "The Flowers of War".

The general manager of United Cinemas said: "Who do you think you are? Do we have to show your movie? Learn from Yutu, who is much more sophisticated than you."

Yutu also has movies, including "Big Shot" and "Fleet of Time" to be released soon. The most important thing is that it never makes any noise and has a good attitude.

Damn, you guys can quarrel if you want, but you have to drag Yutu into it as an example. Yutu just wants to be a quiet salted fish.

Chen Zhixi told the media: "I have heard about it and will continue to pay attention."

Anyway, I won’t take sides with anyone. I will support whoever wins. If the country is defeated, I will stand firmly on the side of the country.

This incident caused a huge uproar, which led to the Film Bureau stepping in to mediate, and the eight major cinema chains and the producer New Picture got together again.

I can only say that the influence of Zhang Yimou's card is really great.

If you were replaced by a director from any other company, there wouldn't be such a storm and no one would pay any attention to you.

This incident only caused a big stir in the circle and was reported in the media, but not many netizens and passers-by paid attention to it.

It has nothing to do with them, and many people don’t know who Zhang Weiping is, who the manager of United Cinemas is, or who the Film Bureau is, so there is no sense of immersion.

Of course, Fang Hong also took advantage of this turmoil to renegotiate the profit sharing with China Film Group, which is equivalent to asking for the treatment of a big director and reducing the distribution ratio to 5%.

Yutu has sold over ten billion yuan, "Those Years" was 1.3 million, "Love Is Not Blind" was 33 million, "So Young" was 3.47 million, and "Beijing Meets Seattle" was 4.06 million.

Add to that the current 3.62 million for "Bad Genius", the total is 16.41 billion.

Last year, the entire Chinese film market was only 101 billion yuan, and this year it is only around 131 billion yuan, and this does not include the Lunar New Year holiday.

This is equivalent to Yutu creating one-tenth of the film market share. What's wrong with asking for the same treatment as a big director?
To be honest, the movie "Bad Genius" was not promoted enough, and the seven-day holiday was too short, which led to a box office collapse in the later period.

However, a masterpiece is a masterpiece, and the topic is still very popular, even to the Southeast Asian region. For this reason, many countries in Southeast Asia want to introduce it.

It’s just that Fang Hong has no channels, so he won’t go to the United States for this. China has its own Yindu organization that serves the Southeast Asian film market.

The Silver Capital Organization is a state-owned enterprise. Its mission is to unite the Hong Kong film and television circles and produce progressive films. Those who understand progressive films will understand.

Another thing is to distribute domestic films overseas and in Southeast Asia.

Of course it has to be a good movie. If it's lousy and affects the viewing experience, then forget it. People won't like to watch it even if you send it to them.

Yindu owns film companies such as Great Wall and Phoenix.

Later on, it lost its reputation. It was due to the decline of Hong Kong films and also because Chinese films were not living up to expectations. All the films were crappy, even in Hong Kong.

Another thing is that it was overwhelmed by Netflix. Video streaming like Netflix can be said to have affected the world's film and television landscape except China.

Many producers don’t want to distribute their films and just sell them directly to Netflix. They target global users and their platform is big enough. It’s that simple.

Just like the later online broadcasting, which affected the ratings of TV dramas, causing the number of TV station viewers to hit new lows. People no longer looked at the ratings, but at the popularity.

Yindu Organization also took a fancy to "Bad Genius"!
This movie has been pirated in Southeast Asia, and it is quite popular among netizens, and it has a tendency to break out of the circle. After all, it has been released for such a long time.

Many netizens recommended this movie on Twitter, which is equivalent to Weibo.

Among them, one netizen posted a long article, which can be translated into Chinese as follows.

“I want to recommend you a Chinese high-energy suspense film. It was so exciting that my palms were sweating!
The movie is called "Bad Genius". I don't know if it is based on a true story or not, because there are Chinese subtitles at the beginning of the movie: Purely fictional, any similarity is purely coincidental.

The story tells about a female genius who carefully planned a cheating incident in the exam room for profit.
This Chinese suspense film is really to my taste. Every shot is steady, accurate and fierce, which made me very nervous throughout the whole process! I saw a comment saying "I have been afraid of teachers since I was a child, but I feel like I am watching a horror movie." I can relate to this!

If you like suspense movies, or want a movie that gets your heart racing, you must see Bad Genius!"

This long review received many likes and reposts, and some people also commented below.

"It was indeed very tense and exciting, but the ending was a failure? The heroine turned herself in without any foreshadowing. It was too abrupt and lowered the rating."

"Don't be fooled by the ending. I read in the Chinese media that there are two versions of the ending. The second version has not been released. I hope the second version can be introduced."

"The heroine is so cool, her aura is really strong!"

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Before Fang Hong went to China Film, he welcomed the arrival of Song Dai, chairman of Yindu Organization, and Liu Tianxian was also there.

This man looks a little old and has a bald head.

"Hello, Chairman Song. I should go look for you." Fang Hong extended his hand.

The two had spoken on the phone before.

"You're welcome. I just happened to be in BJ to do something, so I stopped by to take a look."

Song Dai seemed very friendly and looked at Liu Tianxian: "This is our heroine, right!"

"Hello, Chairman Song." Liu Tianxian smiled.

"It's more beautiful than what we saw in the movies." Song Dai said with a smile.

"Thank you Chairman Song for the compliment. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Liu Tianxian tucked her hair behind her ears.

The three of them sat down in the sofa area, with Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian sitting together.

Song Dai crossed his legs, looking like a big shot: "Then I'll be frank. The copyright of your film is 20 million, and it will be distributed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and overseas Southeast Asia."

The box office in these three regions will not be too high. At most, they can make some money from streaming media, and piracy already exists.

"Yes, promoting Chinese films overseas is what we filmmakers should do."

Fang Hong is very aware, and this is why Yutu’s films are first released abroad to see the trend and cultivate the market.

He said, "I don't know whether Chairman Song wants the first version or the second version."

"Second version, the first version is not new anymore." Song Dai said.

The second version was never released.

Let overseas audiences have a fresh look.

"I'm afraid it will affect the overseas audience's impression of us." Fang Hong tried.

"It's okay. Movies have artistic elements. Don't be too sensitive. As long as it's good, people will only say that our movie is good and won't say anything about us." Song Dai is very open-minded.

Fang Hong didn't say anything, but said: "I just have a request."

"You say!" Song Dai gestured.

"Let the heroine go to Southeast Asia to promote the film." Fang Hong pointed at Liu Tianxian.

Liu Tianxian glanced at him and said nothing. Fang Hong wanted her to go out and appear in overseas newspapers to improve her status.

As long as this movie is released overseas, it will definitely appear in overseas mainstream media. After all, it has become popular.

The Golden Horse Awards are coming soon. Regardless of whether I win an award or not, I will first improve my status and add some impression points.

In the eyes of Chinese people, Liu Tianxian's acting skills are terrible, and she was criticized for a while after being nominated for the Golden Horse Awards.

But foreigners are unfamiliar with it, which means they have no previous impression of it. As long as they agree and flatter, it will be different, netizens will say.

"Foreigners think it's good, but our own people are suppressing it."

This is called converting exports into domestic sales to improve the image.

Of course, this is also for Liu Tianxian to be quiet for a while. When she comes back to promote "The Legend of Hongmen Feast", if the same news is about to break out, just say that Liu Tianxian has been overseas, has never come back, and has no contact.

It is better to divert the conflict and try to minimize the impact.

"This is a good idea, I agree." Song Dai nodded.

Letting the heroine travel around Southeast Asia and make herself familiar to the public will help the movie and also give the Chinese a good impression.

Liu Tianxian's appearance and temperament are absolutely enough!

With Yindu protecting her, nothing will happen to Liu Tianxian and no one dares to bully her.

(End of this chapter)