Chapter 1036 Back to the Shanghai Film Festival (34)

“When I come back this time, don’t make a movie yet…participate in more activities, especially those organized by the government!”

Shen Xudong nodded: "Yes...I understand..."

"I'm going to ask the people at the General Administration what the regulations are..."

"Hard…"

"If you know how hard it is, don't do this kind of thing next time. Do you know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us, just waiting for us to make mistakes?"

"...There will be no next time..." Shen Xudong changed the subject: "How much salary was given to Zhou Xingchi for "The Sun is Hard"?"

Hearing this, Gao Fenfen sighed: "...There may be a lawsuit!"

"A lawsuit? Why?"

"His company expressed disapproval of the film costs, planning, and promotion expenses we presented, and wanted to find a third party to verify..."

"are you crazy?"

"Yes, so Zhong Lifang responded directly: She had no right or obligation to inform, and claimed that Zhou Xingchi's request was "too much." "…"

In terms of publicity, some sensitive money cannot be explained clearly. To a certain extent, we can understand it as "commercial secrets". In order to protect asymmetric industry information, after all, we have to rely on this to make money, so we have to tell the public. It definitely won’t work!

In addition, the unspoken rules of the industry such as film review soft articles and carriage fees cannot be made public. After all, gray transactions are too plain to say and undermine the industry rules...

Not to mention that actors don’t have the right to demand costs from film producers and distributors, or publish account details, even directors don’t have the right!

Of course, Zhong Lifang still gave him a detailed account - a very sloppy account, including production cost of 80 million, actors' remuneration of 320 million, copyright usage fee of 48 million, publicity fee of 60 million, and ticket subsidy of 50 million.

Well, nearly 600 million accounts were spent in half a page.

Zhou Xingchifang felt that his IQ was insulted!

Damn it, the receipts and reimbursement forms required for reimbursement of several thousand yuan in the company are much more complicated than this, right?

If this is true, it means that the profit of "Sunny Day" does not exceed 200 million-plus overseas income...

The 15% share is only HKD 30 million...

Stephen Chow has signed a split-book box office arrangement, which means that his income from this film will not exceed the US$15 million salary he signed before...

Of course he was angry!

"Sunshine is Strong" is a pure drama film with a one-and-a-half-month shooting period. Anyone who knows the industry will know at a glance that the production cost will not exceed 15 million Hong Kong dollars. As for the actors' remuneration, although these actors will not join because of Stephen Chow, but Golden Harvest + PPTV by the way + China Star’s face, they have to give it!

Well, China Star invested in the form of copyright, accounting for 10% of the investment...

The actual cost of the entire movie did not exceed 100 million Hong Kong dollars - Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat's salaries were US$5 million and US$3 million respectively, and other actors' salaries were basically around HK$50,000...

As for the investment in publicity and distribution...it is indeed more than 100 million, and it cost 50 million just to make up for it through ticket sales!

Otherwise, where would there be so many 19.9 movie tickets?

It is impossible to give Zhou Xingchi a detailed account of this - otherwise, he will be given a share of more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars...

Zhong Lifang is reluctant and will never cooperate in the future anyway!

Shen Xudong was noncommittal and asked directly: "Are there these reports on the Internet?"

"...Not yet, but many public accounts are calculating Zhou Xingchi's income..."

"Pay attention to public opinion..." After thinking for a while, Shen Xudong added: "If it doesn't work, I will compensate him 20 million in private..."

"Then we have to wait until the lawsuit is over..." At this point, Gao Fenfen hesitated: "Are we not going to participate in Zhou Xingchi's new movie?"

"Why participate?"

"I can help with the distribution! It's like "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"..."

"Forget it, let Maoyan jointly publish it at most..."

…

Domestic first-tier blockbusters, and films by particularly popular directors, generally involve large companies in the early stages of development, investing in exchange for distribution rights, or using Xuanfa's shares in exchange for box office share rights. Small Xuanfa companies cannot get involved at all. of.

Guaranteed distribution means that after the film is produced, there are big names and popular stars. In order to grab the distribution rights, the distribution company directly guarantees the producer. If the film loses money, the producer will make a guaranteed profit without losing money. The distribution company will lose money, and the small company will directly It went bankrupt.

Hengye's vitality was severely damaged after the failure of radical guarantees - "Dream Partner", "Summer Trees, Yawang Paradise", "Westward Journey 3"...

After three consecutive failures, he was immediately removed from the New Third Board!

Shen Xudong is not optimistic about guaranteed distribution - once a film is signed for guaranteed distribution, the risk is directly borne by the guarantee party, and the interests are skewed to the producer. The investment risk of the film is also transferred to the distribution link. Therefore, the vast majority of guaranteed operations fail. .

After "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "The Sun is Ferocious", Zhou Xingchi 'understands' his energy very well, so it is impossible for him to agree to the normal guaranteed price!

That’s why he dared to sign a bet that would achieve a net profit of 1.04 billion yuan within four years!

You must know that Yang Xiaomi’s gambling contract is only 300 million...

Don’t have any confidence that you can sign a 1 billion gambling deal?

In the original time and space, the guaranteed amount of "Mermaid" was 2 billion, and there was a follow-up split contract. Therefore, Enlight Media said that "70% was earned by Zhou Xingchi!" ’

Shen Xudong can't stand this!

…

After returning to the capital, Shen Xudong indeed participated in many activities, most of which were officially organized, such as the 'Youth Film Festival', 'Young Seedlings Project', 'Capital + Film Forum'...

In short, various rushes and various cooperations.

Fortunately, on June 25, the Shanghai International Film Festival opened, and as a big shot in the industry, he attended the forum section...

What a relief!

After arriving in Shanghai, I felt that the entire Chinese entertainment industry was in Shanghai, with crews and stars everywhere...

Shen Xudong even met Zeng Li, whom he hadn't seen for a long time - she came to catch up with the crew of "The Memory Master". This scene, if Yang Xiaomi was still in Tianmei, would definitely belong to Yang Xiaomi!

Compared with Yang Xiaomi, Zeng Li has been hovering between the second and first tier in recent years. On the one hand, she has reached her age, and on the other hand, her appearance is too mature and has no childishness. It is a typical Tsing Yi appearance.

I can’t play Huadan!

She was very happy to see Shen Xudong. The two were old friends and had not communicated with each other for several years... No, they had never met!

After a brief greeting, Shen Xudong was originally going to ask her about her relationship status - if she was in love and her relationship was stable, don't bother her.

This is the bottom line!

Then Zeng Li sent him the room number...

Then... don't think too much about it, people are so proactive!

After the opening ceremony, Shen Xudong went directly to her room...

Zeng Li's appearance is very bright, but her facial features are not refined enough, and her face is generally too big among celebrities. Especially after being magnified by the lens, her face looks particularly long...

However, Shen Xudong didn't shoot with her...

Even before the art exchange, he took the time to check whether there was any photography equipment in the room...

It’s not that he is too careful, he is really pervasive!

He doesn't want to see his face in the domestic area...

After doing all this, before he could speak, he was knocked down, and then he looked confused...