Chapter 447 Inventory of Income

"The Swordsman? Are you remembering it wrong? I heard them say that we are negotiating the rights to adapt "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!"

"Ah? "The Condor Shooting"?"

"...What's wrong? You want to do "Swordsman"?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "I want to write a "Swordsman" fanfic or film "Swordsman" from a different angle, and set the protagonist to be Lin Pingzhi!"

"...Fan Ren...I guess Mr. Jin Yong won't agree!"

"hehe…"

Jin Yong didn't care about copyright that much, so he was reserved at first, but later, he simply let Ji Ba change it. Otherwise, how can you explain the original version of "The Swordsman" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"?

Zhao Linhai told what he knew: "I heard that the copyright of "Swordsman" was taken away by Perfect World... They bought the game adaptation rights, and by the way, they also bought the film and television adaptation rights!"

Zhao Xin: "You should be very familiar with Perfect Company..."

"...the game "Zhu Xian" will be released this year...but if "Swordsman" falls into their hands, it may not be easy to adapt..."

"Why?"

"They definitely want to adapt it according to the game plot..."

Original Spacetime and Perfect Spacetime did almost make "Swordsman":

Read a piece of news: The film "The Swordsman" has been approved and is scheduled to start production in the first half of this year. According to insiders, in addition to the new visual effects and grids, the new version will also make major changes to the original work. The most subversive change is to "combine Dongfang Bubai and Ren Yingying into two One”, creating a new, complex character. ’

Isn't this bolder than the original version?

In addition, there is a press release from Yuan Heping that "Eighth Master" Yuan Heping will start filming the costume film "The Swordsman" after the Lunar New Year next year, and he prefers Jin Chengwu to play Linghu Chong, Zhou Xun to play Ren Yingying, and Oriental Invincible to star Zhou Starring Jie Lun. ’

puff…

Will Zhou Jialun play the undefeated Dongfang?

"Then...it definitely won't work!"

Zhao Linhai then talked about "The Condor": "Tang Ren seems to have obtained the rights to adapt "The Condor" and invited us to co-produce it!"

"...bought it from Mr. Jin Yong?"

"Um…"

Shen Xudong struggled for a while, and then said: "...To be honest, I have no interest in Jin Yong's adaptation, unless you are willing to let me..."

"...I didn't ask you to adapt it, we just invested together!"

"…All right."

…

In fact, when investing in TV series, in addition to popular ones, the profit of high-quality works is about 50% to 100%...

"The Best Butler" is a high-quality product, and its profit margin is more than 80%.

But... Liao Gaoxiang was very unhappy with this profit distribution.

He only had a fixed income as a screenwriter. Even if the company later awarded him a red envelope of 1 million, he still felt it was unreasonable. After all, he created the script!

Therefore, the main producer of the second part was changed to Tianmei Studio, and he was asked to be the producer...

In this case, he can share 25% of the profits!

Because the company will take half and the studio will take half...

In fact, this profit distribution model is quite unreasonable, because all four people have the ability to independently write or lead a team!

It doesn’t matter if the company takes half of it, but you still engage in this practice of giving half of it to the studio...

Let’s wait to resolve this issue through negotiation after graduation!

Last year, several people made a lot of money and changed their cars.

Shen Xudong knew that Liao Gaoxiang earned at least 4 million...

Of course, Shen Xudong is definitely the one who earns the most. The share of "Wulin Gaiden" has not yet arrived, but "The Ultimate Butler" has already given him 8 million - he is the chief producer!

In addition, it is the division of "The Aviator"...

Several co-productions have also made money, such as "Cruel Street" and "Witness"...

By the way, we are still in the era of buying out distribution rights, but it is called co-production, and it does not participate in the entire creation, nor the development of the entire project.

Hong Kong investors don’t care whether the mainland sells the money or not, because even if the mainland sells the money, it won’t be distributed to Hong Kong investors.

It cost a total of 45 million to buy out the distribution rights of the two dramas, 10 million for the former and 30 million for the latter!

"Cruel Streets" had a box office of 68 million. After deducting the distribution fee and promotion fee allocated to China Film Group, it earned 3 million. Adding in the audio-visual copyright and television copyright, the revenue was almost 8 million;

"Witness" made a little more money. The box office account alone was close to 55 million. After deducting distribution fees, publicity fees and costs, the net profit was close to 10 million. The audio-visual copyright and TV copyright were almost 12 million, and together they were close to 2,200. Ten thousand…

Shen Xudong can get half of this money!

Both of these are projects he led.

Adding these together, the income is close to 50 million.

In fact, the company actually made a loss last year...

On the one hand, there are too many projects under development, and on the other hand, many TV stations have not yet settled their final payments...

It’s considered a state of being unable to make ends meet…

But the company cannot make ends meet regardless of whether Shen Xudong makes money. If Shen Xudong's promising projects make money, he should have a share of the accounts!

This is his due benefit.

Of course Shen Xudong felt at ease...

In addition to these, there are also dividends from several horror movies, screenwriting fees, etc. Anyway, the income from film and television is 71 million...

The income from my job and writing is a little less - less than 23 million.

The lion's share is the royalties from "Snail House", followed by royalties from other books and overseas royalties...

According to Shen Xudong's calculation, last year's income was less than 100 million...

Even if you add in cross-border income from other fields - program division, song writing, endorsements, etc., the amount is less than 100 million!

About 98 million...

I feel... quite a failure. It has been three years, and as long as people can remember, they have achieved financial freedom...

Unlike him, he couldn't even invest the money to produce "Twilight"!

But then I think about it, he is only 23 years old and already has an annual income of nearly 100 million yuan...

Still pretty awesome!

…

"...It's just too cold!"

"It's still cold even if it's heated?"

"Not used to it..."

On New Year's Eve, a family of three chatted while waiting for the Spring Festival Gala...

My parents are still not used to the northern climate. Shen Xudong suggested: "How about I book three tickets to Hainan tomorrow? How many days can we go to Hainan?"

Mother Shen rolled her eyes at him: "...Are you stupid? Can't we go home to celebrate the New Year? Your grandma and grandma miss you!"

Shen Xudong's attention is still on the Spring Festival Gala - this year's Spring Festival Gala includes "Three Auspicious Treasures" and "Speaking of Things", which are both classics!

He casually replied: "...I haven't looked at my breasts for a long time..."

"However, it's not good for you to go back. Your cousin's job is not going well and he wants to come to BJ to have a try... You are so famous now, I will definitely ask you to help arrange it!"

"...I'm not an official, what can I arrange?"

"Then you also know a lot of people..."

"Don't make things difficult for your child!" Shen Mingguang interrupted Mother Shen's words and turned to look at Shen Xudong: "I see you spent a long time in the study doing math in the afternoon. What do you mean?"

"Oh, let me calculate how much money I made last year!"

"…how much do you earn?"

Shen Xudong came to his senses and said with a smile: "Less than 100 million!"

"Less than 100 million...then..."

"More than 30 million...the main movie "The Aviator" made more..."

Shen Xudong originally wanted to say more than three thousand, but he told them some time ago that "The Aviator" earned more than twenty million...

"...You have saved all these things?"

Shen Xudong thought for a while and then explained: "Mom, film and television production is different from the general industry. Don't think that more than 30 million is a lot. If a project doesn't go well, it will be gone!"

"How could it be missing?"

"For example, if you are not allowed to pass the trial...then the money will be wasted, isn't it? For example, if you make a mistake in judgment, the box office is sluggish...the money will be wasted..."