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Chapter 1018 Supported and Unsupported

After talking about the women's group variety show, Yang Tianzhen reported to Zhou Xia the promotion of the newly released "Little Times 4", the overall evaluation of several actors, and the proportion of accounts and remuneration requested by Director Xiaosi for the next film. Condition.

"A salary of 3000 million yuan? Still need to divide the accounts step by step?" Zhou Xia was a little surprised after hearing Yang Tianzhen's report.

This Zhou Xingxing and Lao Mouzi is nothing more than that, and it must be a blockbuster.

"Yes, and the actors also hope that the company can support him, and don't restrict the participation of a few big Huadan actors like in "Tiny Times"."

Yang Tianzhen nodded slightly and continued to explain.

"Hehe, well, his next movie is "Grand Trail", and he wants to make a live-action CG fantasy blockbuster..." Zhou Xia smiled slightly, thinking.

Director Xiaosi and his "Little Times" project were proposed by Zhang Zhao very early on. Zhou Xia has been holding back for more than a year, and then the actors were also restricted.

Originally, this was nothing, but it was also a writer transitioning to making movies, but he didn't restrict Han Han. Director Xiao Si was of course dissatisfied.

However, the final selection of actors in "The Future Will Be Unexpected" still did not have the participation of several big stars from Xia Hua Film and Television, but this matter still made director Xiaosi very worried.

But "Little Times" is a series of movies, there are as many as four, and Xia Hua earns more money than other directors in the company, so Director Xiao Si is naturally very confident in offering such a condition.

The screening of "Little Times 4" has not yet ended, but the box office of the first week has already fulfilled the company's minimum expectation, and the next step is to hit a higher return on investment ratio.

The original space-time "Little Times" series broke through 20 billion, and the film studio made a net profit of 5.46 million.

Now this series of movies may exceed 40 billion, and the original total investment has not increased too much, so the rate of return is much higher.

The first two parts of "Little Times" were filmed in one shot. The eight leading actors at that time were all TV cafes, and they had just become famous. There were no film resources, and the salary for participating in this film was around 100 million.

Therefore, the total investment of the first two films was 5400 million, of which the marketing cost was more than half of the production cost, about 3000 million, and some of them were resource replacement, not directly spent.

What is resource replacement without directly spending money?

For example, at that time, the promotional advertisements on Xiahua Video Network, Xiayou Huyu, and other Xiahua-related platforms did not cost money, and directors and actors were exchanged by participating in programs or endorsements.

That's why the investment in the first two films was so low.

The latter two films are different. Whether it’s the director or the actors, they all became famous because of this movie or other works. Even if they’re filming the company’s movies, they’re paid according to the market price, and the total salary is doubled. nearly ten times.

The production cost of "Little Times 3" was 8000 million, including marketing investment, a total of more than 1.3 million, while the production cost of "Little Times 4" was 1.1 million, including marketing investment, a total of 1.5 million. In other words, the total cost of the four "Little Times" series is about 3.4 million.

假如这个系列最终总票房为40亿，除去5%的电影专项基金和3.3%的特别营业税，剩下91.7%净票房(36.68亿)用来分账。

一般来说，制片方和影院是按43%：57%的比例分账。片方最终可以拿到43%*36.68亿=15.77亿的净票房。

In this case, the final net profit of the four "Little Times" is 15.77-3.4=12.37 billion.

The investors of the first two films are mainly 95% of Xiahua Film and Television, and 5% of Xiao Si's own company.

Like other actors, director Xiaosi had just become a director at that time, and his director fee was also very low in the first two films, but compared to other new directors, it was slightly higher, but it was only 300 million, and the box office was split. no.

In the latter two films, the remuneration of actors and directors was high, and his remuneration increased to 1200 million and 1500 million, and there was also a step-by-step split.

The net box office income of the latter two films, including his average 7% share of accounts, his income in this area is about 5500 million. Coupled with the increase in the proportion of his company's investment, the share of accounts has increased.

Therefore, in this series of movies, not only Xia Hua Film and Television has made a lot of money, but director Xiao Si has also made a lot of money, with a total income of about 2 million, which is more than he made from writing and publishing books.

Of course, in comparison, director Xiao Si also received a large number of black fans and suffered countless abuses.

As Yang Tianzhen mentioned in his report just now, during the Roadshow in Shanghai, several people dissed director Xiaosi, which caused him to lose control of his emotions and choked up his voice. He responded directly in front of the media: "Is it because my name is Guo Xiaosi? So everything is wrong? Is it because I am dead that you will not scold "Little Times"?"

Now this matter is still being circulated on the Internet, and it has been changed into many versions. It goes without saying that he is under pressure.

There are gains and losses, which is also an inevitable aspect brought about by the glamorous entertainment industry, high income, and high attention.

No one will care about an unknown person.

It's just that now the film salary is 3000 million, and there is still a share of the bill, and the support of Xia Hua's film and television actors, Zhou Xia is a little unhappy.

If you don't rely on Xia Hua Film and Television, making a movie is not such a simple matter. You can't be a director with just a guide tube.

After Zhou Xia thought for a while, he raised his head and looked at Yang Tianzhen: "How about this, you continue to communicate with director Xiao Si, the film he wants to shoot will use the latest technology, even if the special effects department of Xia Hua Film and Television participates in some of it The project, if the investment is less than 1 million US dollars, the effect will not be good, so the risk is very high, I hope he can reconsider, if he is not willing to change the conditions, then we will withdraw from this cooperation with him.”

"Not cooperating? Then how much does he change the conditions before we continue?" Yang Tianzhen asked doubtfully.

"Well..., if he doesn't get paid and is willing to invest 40% of the investment, we will accompany him on this big project. Of course, I don't want to see it in the form of live-action CG. Magical blockbusters are magical blockbusters. We don't have It is necessary to make it a 3D animation, and at the same time, his share of bills will definitely be higher.”

Zhou Xia pondered for a while and said.

No matter what evaluation the film received from Xiao Si's director department, Zhou Xia still supports the filming of such a big project.

Of course, this big project can't be done like him. Julie's magical blockbuster "Beowulf" used part of the live CG, and everyone saw it.

The performance of this technical attempt in the theater is really not good.

When the big screen magnifies the characters more than ten times, what everyone sees are people who are co-produced by technology, and there will be great doubts. Is this shot by real people?
So Zhou Xia does not support this kind of filming.

"Okay, I'll talk to Director Guo when I get back, I'm afraid he might not accept this condition." Yang Tianzhen said worriedly.

"Well, it's okay, the big deal is to temporarily suspend the cooperation, or he will go to find another cooperative company." Zhou Xia said indifferently.

He didn't support this project because of Director Guo's bad reputation now, mainly because the industry and the company needed this kind of blockbuster to open up the market.

If people don't want to compromise, of course they can't force it.

Otherwise, the cost of 1 million US dollars, the pressure and risk of paying back the capital are too great, and it is impossible for him to support the risk.

(End of this chapter)