Chapter 843: Bulgaria

Although Germany is no longer the only country where Relativity Entertainment operates tax rebates, its policy advantages far exceed that of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Ronan also pays more attention to it. High-level people in the German film industry also met one after another.

Some congressmen want to cancel the German film tax rebate policy, which undoubtedly touched the cake of these people.

In fact, it's not just them, it also involves all aspects of attracting investment and financial operations, which can be said to affect the whole body.

In some respects, this is also positive for the German economy.

Otherwise, almost the whole world once knew that Germany's film tax rebate policy had reasonable and legal loopholes that could be exploited, but the German government remained indifferent.

Ronan has met these people and has a general understanding. Combined with his previous memories, it is expected that this policy will continue in Germany.

However, Relativity Entertainment cannot concentrate tax rebates in one place in Germany. As the number of film projects initiated and produced by Shahai Entertainment continues to increase every year, the number of seats won in Germany is far from meeting the needs of Relativity Entertainment.

Hollywood's biggest advantage, apart from the industrial assembly line, is undoubtedly internationalization.

Relativity Entertainment is also constantly going international. The shooting and production of many film projects far exceeds the limitations of the United States. Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia can all be filming locations for film projects. At the same time, they can use local policies to Operation tax refund.

The amount of tax rebate varies from country to country, but in general, Canada, which is close to the United States, is very attractive.

Film tax rebate itself, as a tax rebate project that does not have a long history, was still only a dispensable fraction of the film production cost at the end of the 1980s.

However, as countries other than the United States, mainly Canada and the United Kingdom, gradually increase tax rebates and subsidies related to film production, in order to reduce costs, more and more American companies choose to film and produce films and television overseas.

With the development of Hollywood to the present, more than half or even two-thirds of the production budget of a film is often resolved through international financing, pre-sales and tax rebates.

For films like Shahai Entertainment, the production costs are basically all financed by the Pacific Film Foundation.

The crew used the tax rebate as part of the company's income instead of calculating the cost of the film after deducting the tax rebate.

The advantage of this is that it can increase the cost of the film.

For studios, the higher the legitimate cost of a film, the better, regardless of how much it actually costs.

Under Hollywood's system, members of labor unions have a mandatory income share that must be paid by the industry.

For example, for screenwriters, after the Hollywood screenwriters' strike in 1988, the Screenwriters Union and the Producers Union signed a new 20-year agreement, which involved the producers having to pay screenwriters a certain percentage of videotape revenue.

Although the proportion is very low, if the revenue involved is calculated in billions, this figure is still very impressive.

In addition to traditional regions including Germany, Relativity Entertainment is also actively developing new tax rebate markets. For example, Sandhai Entertainment has a vice president of Puerto Rican descent who has returned to Puerto Rico several times, emphasizing the economic benefits that film shooting can bring to the upper class stimulating effect.

After years of lobbying, and the backing of Relativity Entertainment, Puerto Rico this month enacted a new policy aimed at attracting global film and television projects.

If the filming of a film and television project can be filmed in Puerto Rico, tax rebates and subsidies will be obtained after the project is completed. The amount depends on the number of scenes the crew shoots in Puerto Rico, up to 40% of the cost!

This amount is very considerable. Relativity Entertainment is close to the water, and many projects that can be filmed in Puerto Rico immediately issued related applications.

However, because the local customs are more surprising, even if Puerto Rico has an advantage in policies, it is impossible to encircle it as a major overseas filming base for Hollywood.

In contrast, a large area from Germany to the east, that is, Eastern European countries in the traditional sense, is more able to meet the requirements of Hollywood shooting.

For example, Shahai Entertainment has established contact with the Bulgarian government through Uwe Ball's "Vampire Ryan".

With Uwe Ball acting as an intermediary, Ronan also took time to go to Bulgaria to investigate related policies and supporting conditions.

The Bulgarian government attaches great importance to Ronan's arrival. The Prime Minister met him specially, made many promises, and accompanied him to visit a film and television production base in the suburbs of Sofia.

Uwe Ball said to Ronan before that Bulgaria is a good choice for shooting locations, with advantages in taxation, strong government support, low labor costs, supporting facilities, and guaranteed quality of personnel.

In particular, the landforms are rich, with beaches, forests, and plains, as well as European, British, and Soviet ancient buildings, as well as modern buildings.

Ronan came to Bulgaria himself and also recognized Uwe Ball's statement.

Especially after visiting many ancient buildings similar to castles, Ronan had an idea that this place seems to be very suitable for shooting "Game of Thrones" in a real way.

In some places, there is basically no need to set up a scene, and you can shoot directly in real scene.

However, with local policies in place, Relativity Entertainment also needs suitable responders.

This is to ensure that the production manager or executive producer of Shahai Entertainment has sufficient quality.

Ronan specifically called George Clint and Jessica Felton and asked to strengthen relevant professionalism training.

Relativity Entertainment's film and television production projects will become more and more international in the future.

The crew and producer are in charge of the overall situation, but the production manager or executive producer needs to be familiar with the complex tax rebate and subsidy policies of various countries, as well as the English and professional level of local practitioners, in order to make the most cost-effective for different projects. s Choice.

For example, a lot of indoor shooting, a lot of special effects, and Hollywood blockbusters starring well-known British actors, the UK is a good choice.

If the film has a large number of European ancient or modern locations, requires a lot of setting, prop production, and a large number of related staff, then it is not cost-effective to choose the UK, because the personnel cost is too high, and Bulgaria is a good choice at this time.

Although he only stayed in Bulgaria for two days, Ronan was treated like a state guest. The Bulgarian government obviously regarded him as a god of wealth.

Moreover, the two sides have cooperated once, and the Bulgarian government naturally has certain expectations for continued cooperation.

Before leaving Bulgaria, Ronan signed an agreement of intent with the Bulgarian government.

The Bulgarian government promises to give Relativity Entertainment the most preferential policies for its film and television projects. Relativity Entertainment guarantees that no less than eight film and television dramas will be filmed in Bulgaria in the next ten years, and at the same time there will be at least two top Hollywood production projects.

For example, if Uwe Ball's "Vampire Lane" is filmed for a sequel, the first choice must be Bulgaria.

"Blood Lane" directed by Uwe Bauer will be released soon. The German director has been using Netflix as a platform since the beginning of August, and has been doing self-marketing under the direction of professionals in the embassy film industry, so that "Blood Lane" Attracted a lot of people's attention.

Having said that, Uwe Ball can be described as a star-level star. Back then, he punched film critics and won not only the titles of "Public Enemy of Film Critics" and "Buster of Film Critics", but also a huge reputation.

In the description of the traditional media, Uwe Ball is naturally a villain, a super bad director.

But on the Internet, there are plenty of people who support Uwe Ball.

Times have changed, and movie audiences have also changed. It is no longer a rare thing for a bad film director to attract a lot of hardcore fans.

In a few years, things like this will become more and more common.

Even many directors will win the unanimous applause of fans no matter how bad the film is.

These situations are slowly appearing in Uwe Ball.

Ronan returned to Germany again. In Berlin, many film companies and financial institutions have formed a formal interest alliance to deal with possible industry crises.

Ronan didn't have to be involved, though.

After all, he is an outsider after all, and his relationship with the German film industry is more of a commercial partnership.

Even if the German government does cancel the tax rebate, Relativity Entertainment has other markets in which to operate.

Bulgaria is also a pretty good alternative.

On Ronan's last day in Berlin, Tony Koch and the shareholders of Hertha Berlin formally reached an agreement to fully acquire Hertha Berlin.

This Berlin Bundesliga team will gradually change to a black shop for players as planned.

Tony Koch has already made sufficient preparations, such as what he said about operating Eastern European players to play in Germany.

He showed Ronan a list, among which were the target candidates for the winter transfer, most of them were players in their twenties or even younger.

Ronan also saw a very familiar name, Luka Modric, who was elected as the Footballer of the Bosnian Super League at the age of 18 and currently plays for Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia, has just turned 20.

There are photos of the players in the appendix of the roster. Looking at the young face, Ronan did not recognize the wrong person.

Of course, Modric is too young now. If Tony Koch can get Hertha Berlin, it will be equal to entering Manchester United's sight.

If Tony Koch has no choice, let Manchester United buy someone, and then loan them out to practice leveling later.

Although Giggs' transformation was very successful, he is old after all.

Scholes is no longer young, and has suffered frequent injuries in the past two years.

This can be regarded as finding a replacement for the two in advance.

After Tony Koch acquired Hertha Berlin, Ronan did not stop in Germany and Europe, but returned to North America directly, and stayed in New York for a day.

Martin Scorsese is leading the filming of "The Departed" in New York.