The entertainment empire began with Liu Yifei's premarital pregnancy.

In 06, the total box office revenue in mainland China was only 30 billion yuan, of which Kyoto Animation accounted for half of it. This year is the same, or even more exaggerated than last year. Some people in the industry are saying that this year is the year of Kyoto Animation.

"President Yan, President Wu, President Gao, President Chen, President Xie, President Wu, President Zeng..." Lin Bufan's gaze swept over the group of people: "I am now representing only Kyoto. I have only one request: from now on, Kyoto's films will receive 45% of the box office revenue, and my own films will receive 48% of the box office revenue."

"Mr. Lin, this profit-sharing demand is too high!"

As soon as Lin Bufan finished speaking, President Yan of China Film Group hurriedly spoke up.

Currently, the mainstream in the industry is to take between 33% and 39% of the box office revenue, including Kyoto Animation. Only Lin Bufan's films can get 40% of the box office revenue.

As for the requirement from higher authorities that the ratio should not be lower than 43% in principle, that only exists on paper. After all, the higher authorities only said that it should not be lower than 43% in principle, not that it must be lower than 43%.

The appropriate standard is naturally determined by the production company.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, I agree to increase the box office share from Kyoto, but your request is too high..." Mr. Gao from New Film Union said, and the others echoed his sentiments.

Only after Lin Bufan's reminder did they realize that Lin Bufan and Kyoto had contributed more than 20 billion yuan to the box office, which had a huge impact on them.

Although cinemas are the end point, in theory, if cinemas don't show a movie, the film company won't earn a penny.

However, there is one thing!

Who can guarantee that Southern New Line Cinema won't release it, or that Wanda Cinema won't release it?

If that's the case, wouldn't all the money be going to Wanda Cinemas? Besides, Kyoto Cinemas also has its own cinema chain, so it can't control the other party at all.

Therefore, negotiation is the best solution.

After all, no one would turn down money, but there is a prerequisite: that they can obtain a sufficiently large profit from Lin Bufan and Kyoto.

Otherwise, even Huayi Brothers wouldn't dare to do this if it were anyone else.

After everyone finished talking at once, Lin Bufan looked at them seriously and said, "This is my bottom line!"

"I won't change!"

If the growth were only 1% or 2%, Lin Bufan wouldn't have personally come to talk to them.

"Mr. Lin, you..."

Mr. Wu, the general manager of Times Cinemas, frowned.

"Of course, I also know that if the production company's share is too high, it's not good for the development and expansion of theaters. I can take a step back..."

Lin Bufan, seeing the frowning crowd, broke the silence: "Box office revenue sharing can be done in a tiered manner!"

"Director Lin, what does tiered revenue sharing mean?"

Mr. Chen from Wanda looked at Lin Bufan with some curiosity.

He was just being a straight man; Lin Bufan had already negotiated a new box office revenue sharing method with Wanda, which was this tiered box office revenue sharing.

"For films produced by Kyoto Animation, if the box office is less than 5 million yen, they will receive 43% of the box office revenue. However, if the box office exceeds 5 million yen, they will receive 45% of the box office revenue."

"President Lin..."

Lin Bufan picked up the water glass on the table, took a sip of water, and was interrupted by Mr. Zeng from Pacific Cinemas who was about to speak.

"Mr. Zeng, please let me finish!"

Lin Bufan continued, "As for the films I direct myself, I'll also use a tiered revenue sharing model. If the box office is below 5 million, I'll only take 40%; if it's between 5 million and 8 million, I'll take 43%; between 8 million and 10 billion, I'll take 45%; and above 10 billion, I'll take 48%. What do you all think?"

According to Lin Bufan, he sacrificed the box office performance of his own films to help Kyoto Entertainment's films achieve success.

After all, according to him, his film needs to gross over 10 billion yuan to get a 48% share of the box office, and even to get a 45% share, the film needs to gross over 8 million yuan.

After hearing Lin Bufan say this, the people present discussed it in their minds and thought it was reasonable.

After all, in their eyes, it's very difficult for a movie to break 100 million yen; only movies produced by Kyoto Entertainment can achieve such high box office numbers.

Moreover, including Lin Bufan's films, only 10 of them have been released in mainland China so far. With a total box office of over 2 billion yuan, the average box office per film is only slightly more than 200 million yuan, less than 300 million yuan.

Among them, the highest-grossing film was directed by Lin Bufan, but its box office was still below 5 million. According to the box office revenue sharing plan set by Lin Bufan, he could only receive 40% of the box office revenue, which is the same as now.

This means that Kyoto Animation's share of the box office revenue has been increased; if the revenue is less than 5 million yen, they can receive 43% of the box office revenue, which is within the requirements of higher authorities.

After careful consideration, everyone felt that Lin Bufan's tiered box office revenue sharing was quite reasonable, and he wasn't asking for an exorbitant amount.

It's not their fault. Who could have predicted that the current box office would be in the 100 million yuan stage, while a few years later it would break 1 billion yuan, or even several billion yuan?

And so, because of Lin Bufan's "concession", everyone readily agreed, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became cheerful.

As for the remaining contract signing, these bosses don't need to get involved; their subordinates will handle it naturally.

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After arranging things for everyone, Lin Bufan didn't go home, but went straight to the company because there was another important thing to do today.

The pre-production preparations for "Black Coal, Thin Ice" have been finalized, and filming is expected to begin no later than the 10th, with the filming location set in the old industrial area of ​​Harbin.

Moreover, the current season is just right, but there's one condition: the lead actors haven't been decided yet; currently, only Leung Ka-fai has been confirmed.

The other party arrived in Beijing two days ago. Lin Bufan has already met with them, handed over the script, and signed the contract.

Now, all that's missing is the female lead.

These past few days he has been having people look for a female celebrity suitable for the lead role.

If there's still no suitable one, then there's nothing we can do but continue searching for the original Gwei Lun-mei.

"President Lin!"

The moment Lin Bufan arrived at the company, Zhang Tian'ai placed several photos and documents in front of him: "These are our staff members. They've been selecting suitable candidates from within the industry based on the requirements of the roles. Please take a look!"

Lin Bufan doesn't really like conducting large-scale auditions these days, unless he can't find suitable candidates for the roles.

"Let it go!"

As Lin Bufan spoke, he sat down in his chair and looked at the four documents on the table, flipping through them.