Chapter 291 Crazy Investment? (Second Update!)

At noon the next day, as Yin Jun brought a certificate of guarantee for a 20 million US dollar deposit from Citibank, Lucas almost regarded Yin Jun as a relative.

It is actually not difficult to prove the guarantee of 20 million US dollars.

Yin Jun called back to Xiangjiang and explained his situation to Chen Youhan of the Commercial Bank. He stated that he would make another mortgage loan on the land when he returned, and asked him to provide such a guarantee certificate with Citibank Xiangjiang Branch.

The price of the 5 million square feet of land that the young man bought in Tin Shui Wai has soared from 130 million in May to 150 million in June. In one month, the price has increased by almost 10%! !

The reason is very simple. On the one hand, the overall price of real estate in Xiangjiang has increased. On the other hand, Derun Group has directly made a request to Yin Jun’s housekeeper Le Yiling to acquire land for 180 million Hong Kong dollars, of which 30 million is for Tian Shui Wai. The Zhao family’s liquidated damages.

Yin Jun was not in Xiangjiang, but he still knew very well about this uproar.

He felt that Derun Group was just hyping up.

Think about it, if they paid such a high price to buy Yin Jun’s 5 million square feet of land, how much would their own 20 million square feet of land be worth based on this price?

Regardless of whether the land is sold or not, at least a basic price has been given. When others want to estimate the price of this huge piece of land owned by Derun Group, they will have a base.

People are saying that Yin Jun makes a lot of money, so why not say that the purchase price of one square foot of land from Derun Group is only 1.5 Hong Kong dollars?

Putting this aside, since Derun wanted to buy Yin Jun's land with real money, Xiangjiang Commercial Bank's valuation of the land will rise again.

In addition, Chen Youhan has always supported Yin Jun. Even if Yin Jun's land is not worth 100 million, he dares to give Yin Jun a guarantee of 20 million US dollars. ——Even before this, Xiangjiang Commercial Bank had already given Yin Jun a 50 million mortgage loan line for this land.

Like his father Chen Bicheng, Chen Youhan invested not in money but in people.

Of course, this guarantee certificate only proves that Yin Jun can use so much money, but it does not mean that Yin Jun can withdraw so much money at once.

In fact, the first amount of funds that can be used immediately is only 3 million US dollars.

But this was enough for Lucas and Spielberg to make the first batch of start-up funds.

With joy, Lucas heard what Yin Jun said about letting the young man who followed him be the investor's producer, and he agreed without hesitation. This was originally one of the rights of investors.

Then he casually asked Yin Jun, "Jun, are there any oriental actresses you are familiar with? I can make her a supporting role with a significant role!"

Spielberg's eyebrows moved, but in the end he remained silent.

He knew Lucas too well, and knew that this guy was too unprofitable to find an Oriental actress early, not only to give Yin Jun a favor, but also to open up the Oriental market!

Yin Jun naturally understood what Lucas was thinking. After hearing this, he nodded immediately, "If it's not an action scene, I have one of the most beautiful and popular female singers in the East to recommend to you. She will let us Movies have crazy box office success in Asia, believe me!"

Lucas blushed, feeling a little embarrassed when Yin Jun said what he was thinking.

But he and Spielberg had already investigated clearly yesterday. The boy in front of them was definitely not just a 17-year-old young man, he was also a genius, even a genius even more genius than Spielberg.

When Spielberg was 16 years old, he was not like Yin Jun, who dominated the Asian television industry, and then several scripts were both well-received and popular.

In particular, Spielberg has a family background and has been influenced by him since he was a child, but what about Yin Jun?

Thinking of that ancient closed country, Spielberg himself was embarrassed to compare with Yin Jun.

Therefore, Lucas was not too surprised that Yin Jun could guess his thoughts so quickly.

But at the same time, he paid attention to Yin Jun's recommendation.

Women, most of them are vases in movies. Their greatest use is to attract audiences to the movie with their angelic faces and devilish figures.

If that Oriental female singer is really as Yin Jun said, then her role will not only be increased, but she can also be played as the second or third female lead!

After looking at Spielberg, I found that my old friend nodded to me, and he obviously agreed with this suggestion.

Spielberg is a young man, but he is definitely not high-minded. He knows what should and needs to be done on the way to chasing his dreams.

Except for Spielberg, no one dares to say that he is the first person who can combine commercial movies with literary and artistic temperament so well.

That's why he can succeed, so Spielberg's status in the film industry will always be higher than that of Truck Driver, even if Truck Driver is the world's first and second box office record holder.

Even in 2016, Spielberg made a movie called "Giant" at Disney, which did not do well at the box office. However, this movie full of childlike innocence has received unanimous praise from film critics. They regarded this movie as Bragging to the heavens.

Even Disney movies, which may be facing losses, did not take the losses to heart and actively invited Spielberg to direct at least three more movies for them.

Because they know that although commercial movies are very important, a movie that is so full of childlike innocence and has such beautiful feelings is exactly what Disney needs most.

"Dream Realization Giant" represents word-of-mouth, a kind of word-of-mouth that everyone from old to young will love and remember!

"Okay, now that the little things have been settled, let me talk about my investment share and my income distribution." Yin Jun said after taking a sip of milk tea.

"Tell me, how do you want to distribute it?" Lucas said shamelessly, "If I need 20 million US dollars."

Yesterday, he thought that 10 million US dollars was enough. Now that he has 20 million US dollars, Lucas feels that he can still eat it in one bite, because when Spielberg makes a movie, although it can be done at a small cost, the more money he has, the more he can make. The better.

After all, this is spending other people's money, and Lucas is justified.

If all the 20 million U.S. dollars have come in, Yin Jun will definitely have no choice but to continue investing if any expenditure exceeds the limit, right?

In this case, you don’t have to worry about your production costs at all. Maybe Stephen can make the movie better and more outstanding!

Huo Jianning felt that his face had stiffened. This old boy was really as greedy as Yin Jun said.

But the significance of Yin Jun's preparation of 20 million US dollars is to invest all of it, otherwise there will be no guarantee certificate for 20 million US dollars.

Huo Jianning did not stop Yin Jun again. Since he had decided to invest, the difference between 10 million US dollars and 20 million US dollars was not too big in terms of meaning.

Moreover, Huo Jianning has already entered the role. He does not need to doubt what the boss wants to do, he just needs to do his job seriously.

"What range will the total investment for this drama be set at? What is the proportion of your share capital based on script, copyright, director and other costs?" Yin Junxian asked.

"The cash is about 25 million U.S. dollars! Lucasfilm will give 5 million U.S. dollars in cash, and then our costs will be packaged as a package, which is considered as an investment of 5 million U.S. dollars, but the copyright is not included." Lucas was ready. He said, "Stephen doesn't want a salary, he wants a dividend, a 5% dividend from the North American box office."

Look!

This is where great directors excel!

Thirty years later, when actors may not be able to get box office dividends, Spielberg can already get box office dividends.

Although this may be the reason why Lucas wants Spielberg to helm the movie, with this precedent, the better Spielberg's filming performance in the future, the greater the possibility that he will get box office dividends.

As mentioned before, box office dividends and profit dividends are completely different things.

Box office dividends are based on how much money the movie sells, and you have to pay me dividends based on this amount.

Profit dividends are dividends distributed after all expenses have been deducted.

The former cannot be faked, but the probability of the latter being faked is too high. Most Hollywood companies like to make their profits into small profits or losses, so as to avoid paying more taxes and even avoid paying investors the dues. The profits will be eaten up by them, and the copyright owners will also cheat them without negotiation.

In later history, isn't this how "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" deceived the Tolkien Foundation? After the lawsuit was finally filed, he also stated that he would never release "The Silmarillion" to a film company. This is a huge loss for movie fans!

Oh, by the way, it wasn't just the Tolkien Foundation that was cheated, wasn't Fat Peter, the director of the two series, also cheated in the same way?

On the contrary, if we talk about the box office share, there is nothing to worry about.

Spielberg fully understands the tricks involved, so he will never be vague when it comes to getting a share of the box office.

In fact, why did Spielberg receive more than 200 million US dollars in dividends from the first episode of "Jurassic Park"?

Isn't it because what he wants is box office dividends?

And it’s a global box office dividend! !

Yin Jun doesn't mind this kind of profit sharing model. If a director can make more money for himself, giving him a high salary will only make him work harder to make movies.

The 5% dividend from the North American box office is equivalent to about 2.5% of the total global box office. This money is not a loss for Spielberg and it is very worthwhile.

What Lucas said did not include copyright, and Yin Jun had already been mentally prepared for this. This was the main reason why Lucas had not reached an agreement with several major film companies. Of course, he would not give in to Yin Jun.

"Taking just the US box office revenue share, excluding about 10% of the distribution company's copying and promotion expenses, what we get in our hands should be between 42% and 45%, right?" Yin Jun asked.

"Yes." Lucas nodded, "However, this is pre-tax income. If you pay normal taxes, the tax rate will be at least about 40%."

"Let professionals do the tax filing, and let the accounting be done by professionals." Yin Jun said, "By the way, George, you're not so stupid as to put your company's registration place in California, are you?"

"Haha, of course not." Lucas laughed, sighing secretly at the same time, Yin Jun is really hard to fool, even California knows the highest tax rate.

"Then, let's calculate based on our respective investment ratios. If there are no accidents, I should get about 28% of the box office revenue, right?" Yin Jun asked.

"Yes." Since it is a cooperation, Lucas did not hide it, "There is a specialized company that can handle this bill. If we do it together, the tax rate can be reduced to about 20%."

"good."

Yin Jun said first, "So in terms of global box office, we will also divide it according to this ratio... But, with the 20 million US dollars I invested, can I enjoy a share of peripheral derivative profits? Such as video rental and sales, licensing of peripheral products, and TV copyrights for sale, etc.”

"Of course." Lucas nodded: "We are a serious cooperation, and this ratio is based on the investment share."

When he said this, Yin Jun was a little surprised. He didn't expect Lucas to be so happy.

But think about it, although Lucas has been holding on to one movie until he grew up, his reputation is still good, otherwise his reputation would not be so good.

"Then the only remaining question is the last question." Yin Jun said thoughtfully, "I know George you are not willing to transfer the copyright, but I hope that if there is a follow-up production, I will still have the priority to invest."

"Okay." Lucas thought for a moment and agreed. For him, who invests is not the same?

"I hope this clause will be included in the contract."

"good!"

After Lucas agreed, he smiled and spread his hands: "Jun, are you sure you are not someone who has worked in this industry for twenty or thirty years and then returned to youth again?"

"Of course not, I have been in this industry for 42 years." Yin Jun said seriously.

"Hahaha... you are so funny!" Lucas patted Yin Jun on the shoulder, and then extended his hand, "So, I wish us a happy cooperation?"

"Happy cooperation!" Yin Jun said with a smile.

After the two people have negotiated, all that's left is to draft the contract in detail.

Lucas was also an activist, so he immediately called a lawyer and drafted an agreement according to Hollywood's version of cooperation. Huo Jianning took another lawyer introduced by Tang Shuxuan and negotiated line by line with the other party's lawyer. confirm.

Originally, Spielberg came here today just to confirm whether the funds could be received. After seeing that the negotiations were completed, he was ready to leave and go home to busy with his own affairs.

Lucas likes socializing, but Spielberg doesn't.

But Yin Jun stopped him.

"Stephen." The young man smiled naturally, "I have a story here. I don't know if you like it or not."