Chapter 297 The Strong and Weak Are Divided (Second Update!)
When Yin Jun returned to Xiangjiang, it was already the early morning of June 30.
Due to changes in the investment agreement, he signed a new contract with Lucasfilm.
Speaking of which, Lucas should really be more of a businessman than a great director.
The 5 million U.S. dollars invested by Zou Wenhuai, after Lucas finally thought about it, did not occupy Yin Jun's 20 million U.S. dollars. Instead, Lucas himself withdrew the 5 million U.S. dollars from Lucasfilm and let Zou Wenhuai Huai's funds came in.
In this way, the change in investment became that Yin Jun occupied two-thirds of the investment quota, Zou Wenhuai's Jiahe Company occupied one-sixth of the investment quota with US$5 million, and the remaining one-sixth was still Lucas invested in the project with scripts, production staff, etc.
This means that Lucas did not spend a penny of investment, but he accounted for one-sixth of the profits and dividends.
At first glance, I think Lucas is at a disadvantage.
But in fact this is not the case at all. The one who takes the biggest advantage is Lucas!
He just summoned the employees of his company to do various shooting, production, scene layout, logistics, etc., and then came up with the script, but he didn't pay a penny for the rest!
In this way, he can get 16.6% of the profit. Isn’t it a big profit?
The most important thing is that once "Raiders of the Lost Ark" makes money, Yin Jun and Zou Wenhuai will not be able to enjoy the dividends of the second film, because the copyright is always only owned by Lucasfilm and the investment in the first film It doesn’t matter!
To put it simply, after filming the first "Raiders of the Lost Ark", if it can be a hit and earn more than 300 million U.S. dollars at the box office, Lucas can sell the rights to the second part of the series for 50 million U.S. dollars. But this 50 million has nothing to do with Yin Jun and Zou Wenhuai.
They can only choose whether to invest in the second part, that's all.
So, do you still feel that Lucas has suffered a loss?
Not at all!
Zou Wenhuai felt a little depressed, but Yin Jun didn't think so.
Because he is the only one in the world who knows how extremely profitable the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is.
Not only is it profitable, it also has a very long life. It is still being released in 2019, with an average box office of more than 600 million US dollars per film!
This is just the box office. In terms of derivative products, such as toy licensing, video and DVD rentals, TV broadcast rights, etc., it is a long-term business, earning Lucas more than 1 billion US dollars in profit, and it is still pure profit. ! !
These are the wealth that originally belonged to Lucas. It was just a coincidence that Yin Jun had the opportunity to participate. He was able to make more than 10 times the profit on the first film. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?
Being too greedy and dissatisfied will only bring you endless troubles.
And Yin Jun knew that Lucas had always been the kind of person who cared very much about money.
The foundation he had worked so hard to build all his life was sold to Disney when he was in his 60s. Although it was also a very high price of 4.05 billion U.S. dollars, it was all Lucas's life's hard work, including industry. Light and Magic is the number one special effects production company in Hollywood history.
Besides, to be honest, Yin Jun still took advantage.
Lucas would certainly have made more without him on board.
The same goes for Zou Wenhuai. He thought he was at a loss, but in fact he really made a lot of money following Yin Jun! !
This income will be much more profitable than the most profitable "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in his previous life!
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When Yin Jun returned home, he slept comfortably at home for a whole day to adjust to the jet lag.
Although Xiangjiang is not Yin Jun's home, there will always be feelings for him after living there for a long time.
After waking up, sitting at Aunt Zhang's house to have breakfast, Yin Jun felt it was particularly delicious and even ate an extra bowl of Chezi noodles.
Looking at the newspapers of the past half month that Aunt Zhang specially collected for Yin Jun, I realized that during the days when Yin Jun was away from Xiangjiang, the battle between the three major TV stations was still endless.
Needless to say, Jiashi's "Shanghai Beach" has an average ratings of 93%, which can be said to be insane. TVB has lost two dramas in a row, but there is still nothing to do.
It is said that the police station in Xiangjiang is preparing to issue a medal to Jiashi.
Because "Shanghai Beach" starts at 8 p.m., there are far fewer gangsters who go out to cause trouble at night, and they squat at home to watch "Shanghai Beach".
But there is also a sequelae.
Now it's time for Xu Wenqiang to gradually rise. He wears a woolen coat with a straight suit. There must be a white handkerchief in the pocket of the suit jacket. There must also be a long white scarf outside the woolen coat, and occasionally he wears it on his head. A green round hat...
Zhou Runfa is so handsome dressed like this.
As a result, countless gangsters imitated his way of dressing.
But the problem is, it’s the end of June now, and it’s so hot that it’s over 35 degrees Celsius!
If you dress like this, you may get heat stroke!
But the gangsters thought, I have to be different, I have to imitate Brother Qiang, the weather doesn’t matter, I have to dress like this.
So a group of such lunatics appeared on the streets of Xiangjiang.
At first there were a few, then dozens, and then the remaining gangsters took a look and immediately followed suit.
You won't meet hundreds of these lunatics on the street all day long. Looking at them, you will feel that the big sun in the sky is completely illusory. Reality and illusion have been connected together, which makes people feel that when you look at them now, It was an incredible thing to arrive.
Therefore, every day in the hospital in Xiangjiang, there are a group of guys who pretend to be cool but don't know how to cool down - all suffering from heatstroke!
The police couldn't laugh or cry about this. In recent days, they have even made announcements on TV and newspapers, asking them to pay attention to their health and not wear inappropriate clothes in inappropriate seasons.
This illustrates from one aspect how popular "Shanghai Beach" is.
It’s not just Hong Kong. There are many such second-rate clothes all over Asia, including Japan and South Korea.
Needless to say about the ratings, in any country's TV series, whoever meets someone is finished, there is no room for struggle.
"Shanghai Beach" has only been aired for a month, but it has already booked its position as the number one super drama in ratings this year. No other TV series can threaten it, just like last year's "Chu Liuxiang" .
Jiashi has made a lot of money from this, not only money, but also strong connections.
Now everyone has finally confirmed that Jiashi is the production base for high-quality TV series. As long as you follow his footsteps...well, actually follow Yin Jun's footsteps, you don't have to make TV series yourself, you can just buy them. Can sweep the opponent!
As a result, more TV stations have sent offers of cooperation to Jiashi. The prices are all negotiable, but you have to promise to give me TV series, just those written by Yin Jun.
All right.
Let’s not talk about Yin Jun, who is already the number one screenwriter in Hong Kong, and even has the honorary title of the number one screenwriter in Asia. Let’s just talk about last year’s ratings champion “Chu Liuxiang” mentioned earlier.
Li's originally wanted to become popular again with "Chu Liuxiang: The Return of the Wind". I dare not say that it will repeat the average 85% ratings of last year's "Chu Liuxiang", but with basically the same cast, 70% should be possible. ?
But the facts gave them a slap in the face.
Not only because the script of "Chu Liuxiang: The Rise of the Storm" was a bit inappropriate, the audience did not enjoy watching it as much as before, but also because of the strong attack of TVB's "The Two Prides".
In order to defeat "Chu Liuxiang: The Rise of the Wind", TVB really spent a lot of money!
"The Return of Chu Liuxiang" had no money to shoot exterior scenes in the mainland, so "Peerless Two Prouds" went to eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and even Qiongdao to shoot outdoor scenes.
"The Return of Chu Liuxiang" has big names like Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi, but "The Two Prides" Tang Zhenye, Miao Qiaowei, Shi Hao, and Huang Xinger are not too far behind, especially with the support of a good script, their The performance makes people feel bright.
In order to make "The Two Proud Heroes" better than "Chu Liuxiang: The Return of the Storm", TVB even prepared for filming three months in advance. It is definitely not like rushing to film like "Chu Liuxiang: The Return of the Storm", so that many aspects of the plot are It's not worth scrutinizing, and even the many scenes of cheating are a bit of a headache to watch.
It turns out.
The more serious and professional you are, the more successful you will be.
Therefore, on June 25, when the two TV series reached their sixteenth episode, "Peerless Two Prouds" directly surpassed the ratings of "Chu Liuxiang: The Rise of the Wind", reaching 51%, while last year's super upgraded "Chu Liuxiang" "The sequel only received 47% ratings, which suddenly caused an uproar throughout Hong Kong.
No matter how "Chu Liuxiang: The Storm Comes Back" is not impressive enough, it was also a super drama last year! The highest ratings exceeded 95%, and the average ratings exceeded 85%. How can this prove that it suddenly ended up like this?
If it was killed by Yin Jun's TV series, such as "Shanghai Beach", it would still be excusable, but this time it was not Yin Jun who took action, TVB took action and killed "Chu Liuxiang: The Return of the Storm". This is what happened?
A group of interviewed viewers gave their own answers.
""The Return of Chu Liuxiang" is quite good, but compared to Jun Shao's version, it's still a lot worse... Well, I can't describe the taste, but I don't really like the current Xiang Shuai and Rong. Rong."
"I've said it a long time ago! I've said it a long time ago! Don't try to copy Yin Jun's classics! Are you okay now? Painting a tiger can't be an anti-dog. "Chu Liuxiang" is such a good recruitment, so handsome. Chu Xiangshuai, such a beautiful and gentle Su Rongrong, has completely changed now!"
"I used to think that Wireless has fallen into decline and become decrepit, but this time "The Two Pros" gave me hope. I think they still have the ability, and "The Two Pros" did a good job in all aspects. No worse than "Chu Liuxiang: The Storm Rises Again"."
"Anyway, I prefer to watch "The Two Prouds" rather than the a bit depressing "Chu Liuxiang: The Rise of the Storm". That style is not what I want. The production of McDonald's Bear is not as good as the production of Xu Xiaoming."
"Is there any need to compare? Let alone Li's, it's Jiashi. If they don't have Yin Jun's TV series, can they compete with TVB? They're not even on the same level! Now hurry up and build a good relationship with Yin Jun. If If he doesn't give Li the script, it will be over! What else can Li have to offer?"
"In fact, it cannot be said that Li's difficulties do not come from the outside world, but from within. If their head office had not allocated so much funds, how could it have fallen to the current situation? Li's own ability to produce TV, It’s still pretty good!”
"You're right, the British are so bad. They want to sacrifice Li and save their other industries! They don't take Xiangjiang people seriously!"
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