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Chapter 338: Japanese entertainment giant, Toho!

The adaptation rights for Bouquet of Love cost $600 million. More than a year later, Toho's price increased by $ million.

This money is in foreign exchange, which can be refunded with tax, so the total amount is 6 million US dollars.

A solid amount of more than 40 million.

$300 million for the rights to adapt your name.

Another 20 million plus.

There is actually no dispute over the fees for the adaptation rights of the two films.

The main conflict in the negotiations between the two parties was the right to broadcast your name.

Toho asked for a flat price of 300 million US dollars to buy it. This price may seem low, but in fact, it is already the highest price for domestic films in recent years.

The protection of films in Xiaori is much stricter than in China. Generally, they are bought out at a fixed price without any profit sharing.

In addition, the way people watch movies in daily life is very different from that in China.

Days of the movies, it is the Sakura filmmakers alliance - Yinglian, the five major film companies dominate!

Yinglian is so black! Even blacker than the stick.

Looking around the world, there is no market darker than the Xiao Ri Xiao film market.

Apart from the film industry, everything about entertainment is a mess.

They have a monopoly...it would be strange if they weren't shady.

Li Mingyang had studied Netflix before. He knew the extent of Japan's entertainment monopoly. Even Netflix, which was so powerful that it had destroyed Hollywood, had failed miserably.

The five major film companies all have television backgrounds, or are subsidiaries of television stations.

In today's film and television industry, the TV stations are essentially the only ones who can dominate.

The hegemony and monopoly of television stations are demonstrated vividly.

The production and distribution of Little Days movies, like cartoons, are based on a production committee model.

The origin of the production committee is a system initiated by the TV station to boost the sluggish film and television industry.

The TV station takes the lead and brings in advertisers, publishers, sponsors, DVD manufacturers, etc. to jointly invest in film production. The film industry obtains additional funds, the TV station obtains the right to broadcast movies, the DVD manufacturers obtain the right to produce DVDs, and the sponsors gain more exposure. It is a win-win situation.

More than 90% of Xiao Ri Zi’s films are produced using the production committee model.

This model has indeed saved the small-time film and animation industries.

But then it got twisted.

Due to capital monopoly, all production links are outsourced. No matter whether it is the production company or the celebrities, they are all employees who receive a fixed salary and are exploited to death.

Take Your Name as an example, it has grossed 250 billion yen in theaters and the disc version is sure to be a big hit.

In fact, Makoto Shinkai did not make a lot of money from this work. Under the production committee model, the director receives a relatively fixed salary rather than a share of the box office revenue.

It's only about 20 million yen, which is about 1 million RMB...

If foreign films want to be distributed and released in Japan, the conditions are very strict. First, there must be a company in Japan, secondly, it must cooperate with Yinglian Company, and finally, the distribution and publicity costs must be paid by yourself.

Without the help of Yinglian Company.

Even if you recruit a hundred companies, you won't be able to get any screenings on a daily basis.

Currently, there are less than 1,000 cinemas across the country, with a total of less than 3,000 screens.

Toho, the largest film company in Xiaori, owns 350 cinemas across the country. In terms of regional monopoly, even the peak Wanda is still a younger brother in front of Toho.

In terms of cinema share, the only domestic company that can compete with Toho is China Film.

It’s just the current China Film.

In two or three years, China Film Group’s dominance will no longer be there.

Toho is not willing to share profits. It has nothing to do with money. It just doesn’t want to break this barrier.

The total investment of Chibi was 2000 million US dollars, and Tiancheng and Avex invested million US dollars. In fact, all this money was paid by Xiao Ziyou behind the scenes.

Xiao Ri Zi spent so much money, but he didn't expect that the film market of Dongda University could make up for it. What Xiao Ri Zi wanted was just the copyright of Xiao Ri Zi.

Xiao Ri Zi didn't want to share the local box office with Dongda, so he invested money directly and bet on Xiao Ri Zi's box office.

In fact, Xiao Ri's bet paid off, as Red Cliff grossed over 10 billion yen at the box office.

The other producers of Red Cliff lost a lot of money, but Avex made a profit and Inline also made a huge profit.

Box office sharing is a breakthrough. Once it is opened, foreign films will gradually open up the market.

Just like Hollywood uses diplomatic means to open up the domestic market bit by bit.

Hollywood went on a tear and eventually increased the box office share to 25%.

Since then, Hollywood movies have started to be released simultaneously with domestic releases. Many movies have performed poorly at the North American box office and rely entirely on domestic box office revenue to make up for the losses.

The impact on the domestic film market is outrageous.

In other words, there is something wrong with Hollywood itself. First, it was hit by Marvel superhero movies and Netflix, and then it was all kinds of zzzq.

Disney even officially announced that Disney movies can do well without the Tokyo market.

Negotiations with Toho have been going on for almost a week. Your Name will be released on February 2, a full ten days later than the original release date.

It was the result of negotiations between Li Mingyang and Zuoshandiao.

He did not use the Three Bodies as a bargaining chip...

The ladder is changing...

He had to wait until the situation stabilized, and by that time, the special effects technology would have been almost fully upgraded.

Zuoshandiao is concerned about the overall film market and wants to attract Internet capital such as BAT to enter the film industry to expand the domestic film market.

That’s how the box office wars came about.

Everyone was trying to guess Zuoshandiao's intentions, including Li Mingyang.

But he sees further and thinks more than others.

What worries Zuoshandiao the most right now is not the problem of the domestic film market. With the Maoyan ticket subsidy, it is only a matter of time before the domestic film market expands.

What worries him most is the impact of Hollywood on the domestic film market.

In the absence of ticket subsidies, domestic films were hit hard by the Hollywood storm in 2011 and suffered a crushing defeat.

It was from this year that the "Domestic Film Protection Month" verbally issued by the Film Bureau began to be implemented in earnest.

Zuoshandiao is being targeted by Hollywood and is under tremendous pressure, and this year will be the year when Hollywood will face the most intense attacks.

What Zuoshandiao needs most is someone who can share the firepower with him.

There are enough powerful people in the country who are willing to help him share the firepower.

No!

Berna is listed on the US stock market, and Yu Dong has no time to hide.

Shanghai Film Group is the most enthusiastic about cooperating with Hollywood and is also preparing for Disney.

Huayi and Guangguang are fighting among themselves, so it’s good enough that they can hold up the banner of domestic films.

Other companies are even worse.

In addition to film and television companies, big directors can also share the firepower.

Zuoshandiao actually doesn't want to drag down a big director, as it is not easy to cultivate a big director in China.

Li Mingyang is willing to take the initiative to bear the firepower.

Zuoshan Diao understood the suggestion, but Li Mingyang's fame was limited to China, and he was far inferior to Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaizi.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingyang had a very good idea.

It is to expand its international influence through the small-scale film market.

This is quite difficult, but Toho is very persistent about "A Bouquet of Love", and a big director took a fancy to the script and wanted to adapt it.

For this purpose, Zuoshandiao made a special trip to Xiaorizhi during the Chinese New Year to communicate with Dongbao.

You wouldn’t know if you didn’t communicate. Once you communicated, you found out that Dongbao had taken a fancy to your name again.

I want love like a bouquet of flowers, and I want your name too!

The price offered was very high and very reasonable.

Dongbao is very sincere.

However, Li Mingyang refused to pay a flat price for the screening rights of Your Name and insisted on taking a share of the box office revenue.

Toho refused to give a share of the box office revenue and preferred to increase the money from 200 million US dollars to 300 million US dollars.

As for the market of Xiao Ri Ju Si, it is neither Journey to the West nor Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is a bit of a gamble to give such a high screening copyright price for a purely original movie.

Although Toho and China Film are both one-stop companies, they can package imported films and get 100% of the profits.

However, it is extremely difficult to make a profit of 300 million US dollars. The box office of "The Promise" in Japan must reach 06 million yen in 4.3 to ensure a profit.

According to the box office share of imported films in Xiao Ri Zi, it is more than ten percent. Unless your name can become a hit at the level of Red Cliff and earn 50 billion yen, you may only get a share of 300 million US dollars.

Is it possible?
It's absolutely impossible!

Zhang Yimou's Hero only cost 40 billion yen, House of Flying Daggers only cost 22 billion yen, and Stephen Chow's Kung Fu only cost 17 billion yen.

Zuoshandiao tilted his head, took a puff of his cigarette, and glanced at Li Mingyang who remained silent.

Li Mingyang didn't go there for the money at all, but for the box office system of Xiao Ri Shi.

To tear apart other people’s film market!
Your Name is only one of the Disaster Love Trilogy, there are two more to come.

As long as your name can enter the local market in the name of an imported co-production film, the box office only needs to exceed 10 billion yen.

As for the remaining two films entering the small-scale market, Toho would be eager to sign the contracts without Li Mingyang even mentioning it.

International influence is coming!
In China, the standard for a box office hit is a movie that grosses over 100 million yuan.

And the boundary of daily life is one billion yen.

The so-called big selling line.

(End of this chapter)