Chapter 310: Meeting the Grandmaster (Asking for Monthly Votes)
"Uncle Dong, you've worked hard!" Hao Yun came up and gave Dong Ping a big hug.
Dong Ping called to say that the overseas copyright had been sold.
But he didn't say how much it was sold for, saying it was a surprise for Hao Yun.
Since it was a surprise, Hao Yun guessed that the overseas copyright might have been sold for about 1 million US dollars, otherwise it wouldn't be a surprise.
"It's not hard, it's not hard, what's so hard about making money." Dong Ping laughed.
"Looking at Uncle Dong's mood, I guess the overseas copyright must have been sold at a very high price." Hao Yun is very good at supporting roles. When others want to show off, you'd better cooperate.
It will also be convenient for someone to cooperate with you next time you show off.
"It's OK, not too high," Dong Ping said modestly, "As far as I know, the remake rights of the Infernal Affairs series alone sold for 1.6 million US dollars. The overseas rights of the three films were sold for several million Hong Kong dollars, and these copyrights alone can basically recover the cost. And Fang Long's "The Thousand Faces", the overseas rights alone sold for 8 million US dollars."
"Oh, Uncle Dong, you think too highly of me. It's good enough for a new director like me to sell a film. How dare I think of competing with Fang Long and others. This time I was the one who dragged my feet, haha..." Hao Yun put the blame on himself.
"1.2 million US dollars!"
Dong Ping didn't keep the secret too much, and told the harvest this time, and was very satisfied to see the expression of surprise and ecstasy on Hao Yun's face.
"Damn, 1.2 million, is it true!"
This price is indeed a bit unexpected.
Hao Yun originally thought that 800,000 US dollars would be good, but he didn't expect it to exceed 1 million, and it was 1.2 million.
According to the current exchange rate of 827.69 RMB/100 USD, 1.2 million USD is equivalent to more than 9.9 million RMB.
Hao Yun spent only 4 million RMB to make this movie.
Overseas copyrights are pure income. In 2002, the State Administration of Taxation issued the "Notice on the Collection of Business Tax on Transfer of Copyright" (Guoshuifa [2001] No. 044), which stipulates: "The transferred intangible assets are not used in my country. According to the provisions of Article 7, Paragraph (4) of the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Provisional Regulations on Business Tax", no business tax shall be levied."
In other words, overseas copyrights do not need to pay business tax - if they are sold to TV stations in China, they will be levied 6%.
Excluding marketing expenses, there must be 9 million RMB in the account.
In this case, after deducting the cost of the movie, it still made 5 million RMB.
120% profit!
Who the hell said that making art films is not profitable? At least in the current film market, art films are more stable than those so-called commercial products.
It's just that the profit is not much.
Of course, the $1.2 million overseas copyright is attributed to Hao Yun winning the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Secondly, it is due to the connections and goodwill that Dong Ping, a literary film businessman, has accumulated over a long period of time.
If Hao Yun sells it himself, it would be good to sell it for 700,000 or 800,000 US dollars.
"Among the 1.2 million, 200,000 are for remake copyrights. If one day you see a lot of remakes appear abroad, just don't think that others are plagiarizing you."
"Uncle Dong is really amazing. The remake copyright of this kind of movie can be sold for 200,000. I admire you. Come and toast to you." Hao Yun's words are very sincere.
It is indeed a pleasant surprise to be able to meet Dong Ping.
Generally speaking, Dong Ping rarely operates movies made by new directors like him.
For example, Ning Hao, if he put his "Incense" in front of Dong Ping, he would not be dismissive, but he would definitely not invest as much energy as he does now.
"The main thing is that the movie is good. Next, we will look at the domestic market. The publicity and promotion will be handed over to Huaying. The people there are more experienced and have a say in scheduling. I estimate that at least there will be a box office of 5 million to 10 million."
"Uncle Dong, you decide." Hao Yun didn't say much nonsense. He was too lazy to give orders about things he didn't understand.
"Next is your new movie."
"By the way, Uncle Dong, I plan to start shooting my new movie in July to catch up with the schedule of next year's graduation season. What do you think?" Hao Yun hasn't discussed this with Dong Ping yet.
"It's not a big problem. Professionals do professional things. You must know more about content than me."
Although Dong Ping was a little surprised, he has been in the entertainment industry for so many years that he is no longer surprised.
Compared with those big directors who keep doing all kinds of tricks, Hao Yun is as pure as a little white sheep.
"Then there is the issue of funding. Although the shooting date has been confirmed, the money has not yet arrived. If I still ask these uncles for help, what do you think, Uncle Dong?"
Hao Yun wanted to hear Dong Ping's opinion.
"Of course, you can call them and send them an email to cooperate. If they want to participate, they will continue to cooperate. If they don't want to participate, we don't have to worry about not raising enough money.
If you can contact the capital in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it will be even better to add two co-producers. I think the market for youth films in Hong Kong and Taiwan is more mature than ours, and we can leave it to them to operate when the time comes."
Dong Ping is purely considering Hao Yun from a professional perspective.
He has no plan to swallow up all of Hao Yun's shares at once for the time being.
And he doesn't make money by investing in movies. Investing in movies is just one aspect of income.
For an operation expert like him, a 10% commission is a preferential price. He helped Hao Yun sell the overseas copyright of "Heart Labyrinth", and at least he could earn 800,000 to 1 million.
Of course, Dong Ping's ambition is not just to operate the overseas copyright of the movie.
Financial operation at the capital level is its ultimate goal.
For example, it can go public through a backdoor listing, and then raise the stock price by signing various well-known directors and making movies, thereby making huge profits.
But there is a prerequisite for doing this, that is, he must have enough funds and enough connections.
"I know some capital in Hong Kong and Taiwan. I can contact Mr. Lin Jianyue in Hong Kong, and Mr. Yang Kuideng invested in "The World's Number One" in Taiwan."
Movie King is actually OK, Chen Guanxi is Movie King, and Movie King has just signed five movies with Jiang Wen.
Signing with Uncle Jiang is equivalent to signing with his apprentice.
"Okay, you introduce me to them and I'll talk to them." Dong Ping didn't expect that the capital that Hao Yun knew was quite high-end.
Hong Kong's capital has gone through several rounds of renewal and replacement. Currently, Huanyu and Yinghuang are the emerging overlords.
And Taiwan naturally can't escape the eight major film producers, and Yang Kuideng is one of them.
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"I will estimate a budget in a few days, and then I'll trouble Uncle Dong."
The cooperation between Hao Yun and Dong Ping is basically a sharing of personal connections between the two. Hao Yun can get along with Dong Ping's personal connections, and Dong Ping can also get closer to Hao Yun's personal connections while cooperating.
Hao Yun discussed some details with him, and they separated after the meal.
It's not easy to go back to the capital, and many things need him to solve.
For the movie "Whiplash", Hao Yun is just a novice in drums, and he is exposed to rock drums, not jazz drums as mentioned in the script.
He doesn't even know much about the development of domestic jazz.
I only know that this is a relatively high-end and niche music field.
So he needs some professionals to help him revise the script.
The first person I think of is definitely his instrument teacher Li Meng.
I haven't seen Teacher Li Meng for many days, and I still miss her a little bit.
Originally, I was going to invite Teacher Li Meng to dinner in the evening, but Teacher Li Meng said that she doesn't eat in the evening and has been busy losing weight recently.
In fact, some fat can't be lost, and there is no need to lose it.
But Hao Yun would definitely not say this to Li Meng, that's called betraying the teacher and destroying the ancestors.
Teacher Li Meng was surprised that Hao Yun wrote a music script.
And it's about drums.
In her opinion, Hao Yun is just a jazz novice, where does he get the confidence to write a jazz-related script.
However, Hao Yun is the best screenwriter at the Cannes Film Festival, and the less knowledge you have, the more room you have for imagination. If something written by a professional is really, it may be too boring and profound.
Simply put, it's better to be good at poetry.
Teacher Li Meng's body structure is not suitable for playing drums, and it's very hard to swing back and forth.
Therefore, she is not best at playing drums, especially jazz drums.
She cannot be a film consultant. She will take Hao Yun to visit her master tonight, Professor Liu Guangsi.
Mr. Liu Guangsi was born in 1934. He is a famous music educator, percussionist, professor of percussion at the Central Conservatory of Music, vice president of the Chinese Percussion Society, and vice president of the Chinese Musicians Association Percussion Society.
He is known as the "Father of Chinese Percussion" by the media.
In his decades of percussion career, he has created and compiled a large number of percussion teaching materials.
His students are in many professional music groups and music schools in my country.
Hao Yun is now his disciple.
Disciple, even if it is the disciple of the disciple, it is still a disciple, there is no such thing as a great-grandson.
Although Li Meng is stingy and loves money, she is not vague when buying things.
"Teacher Zhao likes fruit, but his teeth are not very good, so he can only eat softer ones." Li Meng led the way, and Hao Yun followed behind with two bags of fruit, watching him knock on the door.
An old lady opened the door.
"Old Zhao, Mengmeng is here to see you, and she brought a young man with her."
It seems that Li Meng is quite familiar with this family.
Mr. Liu Guangsi is 70 years old. He looks no different from the old man that can be seen everywhere in BJ.
After some politeness, Hao Yun talked to him about Chinese percussion music.
Mainly, he wanted to know whether the script of "Whiplash" would be too inconsistent in the current Chinese jazz field.
Mr. Liu Guangsi is very talkative.
In response to Hao Yun's question, he gave a detailed answer.
When he first arrived at the Central Conservatory of Music, the percussion music major was divided under the orchestral music department, and one student was recruited per grade, with a total of four people in the percussion music major in the whole school.
There was not a decent set of drums in the entire conservatory of music.
In addition to musical instruments, teaching materials were also very scarce.
When French presidential candidate Mitterrand visited China at that time, he brought a lot of percussion music scores.
The teachers in China were so excited that they even locked them in boxes for collection.
Professor Liu Guangsi thought this was a rare learning material, so he generously shared it with several students. They all looked up foreign dictionaries to translate music scores and teaching materials, and everything depended on their own exploration.
But jazz also developed very quickly.
In the 1990s, the percussion major reached a small climax.
A large number of domestic and foreign films are dubbed by performers. The band plays live next to the film while it is being shown.
Foreign classics such as "Jane Eyre", "The Godfather", "The Sound of Music" and domestic classics such as "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "The Red Detachment of Women" are all well-liked by the audience.
More than ten years have passed, and both jazz majors and jazz performances have reached a considerable scale.
Liu Guangsi also listed several drummers in the rock circle for Hao Yun, who graduated from percussion majors, mainly from the Central Conservatory of Music and the Shencheng Conservatory of Music.
Therefore, it is completely fine for Hao Yun's script to set the story background in a domestic conservatory of music. He suggested that Li Meng take Hao Yun to see a few jazz performances to feel the atmosphere.
Everyone talked happily. If Hao Yun had not left tomorrow, Mr. Liu Guangsi would definitely take Hao Yun to the Central Conservatory of Music for a field trip.
Mr. Liu Guangsi did not refuse the invitation to be the script consultant for "Whiplash".
Although Hao Yun's story is a bit artistically processed, it at least provides a window for ordinary people to understand jazz.
Hao Yun kept the script he had revised.
He will come over next time to discuss the details with the old professor. Anyway, this script will not be filmed until next year, so there is no need to rush.