Chris felt a little uncomfortable. When he was holding the hero Huayi’s big box office remittance in his hand, he had a drooling attitude. Who made the total box office of "Source Code" in North America have exceeded 60 million US dollars? Even Huayi has made a big profit. After deducting taxes, even the upgrade layer taken by Colombia is included. They can still leave so much money. Every time Chris sees the amount in his account, he feels like he can’t sit still. First time, dear

Because everyone knows that in Hollywood, film production companies do not make money by box office. Data shows that in 1947, the net income of Hollywood movies accounted for 100% of the box office, but this data was already low in 2003 that everyone could not believe, because by 2003, the box office results of movies would only 18% enter the accounts of production companies and distribution companies.

Why did it become like this?

Very simple!

For example, when a very famous director directs a movie, the contract states that the box office of the movie is tiered in addition to the remuneration, which invisibly weakens the thickness of the box office. Legend has it that Jackson, the director of "King Kong", wants to take nearly 20% of the box office from the box office. Even if this share is the amount of money left after the theaters are reserved, it is also very terrible. In addition, not only the directors have to divide the movie box office, but also the actors. Top star-level players like Tom Ge will also divide the box office to 10%-18% according to the box office height. If the director and actors have all divided it, can the remaining box office of the movie match the production fee?

Shao Yingxiong used a "Source Code" to allocate 8 million to other actors in the crew in 2007. Even if this is a movie made by Shao Yingxiong alone, everyone else is assisting him. This comparison rate is too surprising, right?

So, how can foreign movies make money? If we follow the above algorithm, 95% of Hollywood movies will lose money!

Who makes a movie if you lose money?

It’s not that people are stupid and have a lot of money. They are willful.

In fact, in the books of large Hollywood companies, the investment and income of a movie are not calculated like this. For example, "Tomb Raider", which made Angelina Jolie a hit, is said to have invested a total of 94 million yuan. If it were distributed according to the box office of "Tomb Raider", I am afraid...

But in someone’s account book, the total box office investment of this movie is actually only seven million!

The other 87 million were raised before the shooting!

According to German tax law, film investors can get a tax refund in advance, even before the film starts. It is not only effective for German films, but also for foreign films invested with Germans; German law does not require movies to be filmed in Germany or to cooperate with German filmmakers. Instead, it only requires German producers to own the copyright and dividends of the film. This is why many Hollywood producers do not seek a director first when they get the script, but first find a German investor. Paramount first hired a group of commercial lawyers at a high price before the filming of "Ancient" and drafted relevant agreements to sell the copyright of the film that had not yet started to be filmed to the German company Tele-mun "in name" for 94 million yuan.

-g小ppe, at this time, the German company nominally owned the copyright of the movie. According to the German tax law, the company received a tax refund of about 10% of the future movie income. This is the actual "benefit" of the German company. Then Paramount "leased" the movie for 83.8 million (or in installments). In other words, Paramount got 10.2 million yuan in the shortage. It was a good thing that the pie fell from the sky. With this money, Paramount spent 7.5 million yuan to hire Angelina Jolie and paid the wages of other supporting roles. So far, Paramount itself did not spend a penny, except for the relevant attorney fees and agency fees.

The British tax law also has similar regulations on tax refunds for film investment. The only difference from Germany is that British law requires that movies with tax refunds must be filmed in the UK, either partially filmed and produced in the UK, or hired British filmmakers (this is why Instinct 2 was originally filmed in New York, but later changed to London...); therefore, Paramount hired several British actors and technicians. In this way, Paramount used the same method to "sell" the film copyright to a British bank lombard-bank. He made another 12 million yuan. With this money, Paramount hired directors and paid the screenwriter's salary. Similarly, Paramount only paid a little attorney fees and agency fees.

Next, the big part of the film investment was to sell the overseas distribution rights of the Tomb Raider to film distribution companies in Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain in advance. A total of 65 million were sold. So far, Paramount had raised 10.2 million + 12 million + 65 million + 87.2 million before the film started filming!

It only costs seven million. In fact, Paramount didn't even spend seven million. Why? Paramount's paid movie channel, a parent company via, will play this movie to pay users, and the seven million will "pay" the TV users. As for the only lawyer's fee, in fact, a large company like via has specialized in supporting a group of excellent lawyers and accountants, so Paramount doesn't even have to pay for lawyers...

That’s right, Paramount didn’t spend a penny on the Tomb Raider, which had a total investment of 94 million yuan, and a Hollywood blockbuster was made like this! From now on, all the box office, DVD, and peripheral products after the movie are 100% net profit!!!

So, what else can you bear to give the remaining movies to the stars when they are allocated? Even if the net profit at the end of the box office is only 18% and it enters Paramount's pocket, it will definitely make a lot of money!

Of course, it must be said that this financing method is only effective for large productions. Neither Germany nor the UK may have such great confidence in low-cost art films. Even if they have confidence, low-cost art films may not be able to afford large-scale lawyer fees and public relations fees.

Now so many foreign film companies are competing for the adaptation rights of "Source Code" to be adapted has actually become a fierce war. First of all, they can make this movie that shines in the North American market through capital games and creates a high-box office movie with zero-cost investment science fiction film. They can even invite big names such as Tomco, Pete, and Matt Damon to set off a global storm, because "Source Code" has shown its audience, which is a sure-making deal.

Moreover, many Hollywood companies can be sure that they can do it. What they can do is definitely not be able to do!

First of all, the hero Huayi does not have a network of relations throughout Europe, and they cannot understand the latest bills of various countries in a timely manner. In addition, they cannot gain the trust of some European countries. China in 2007 was not China in 2014. Even in China in 2014, many of our country's large companies also do not have Hollywood majors in their eyes.

In this way, "Source Code" has become the fat meat in the eyes of this group of people. It is still fat, and whoever rushes to eat the fat meat first.

In this case, Chris, the closest partner in China and the hero Huayi, was naturally determined to win. He even seized North American box office remittances as bargaining chips at all costs.

At worst, it’s better to have a lawsuit. It’s normal for a few years to get into a lawsuit between companies in both countries. Even lawyers from both sides want to fight this kind of lawsuit as long as possible, otherwise wouldn’t they become idle people?

However, Chris would not be so idiotic that he rushed to the hero Hua Yi pointed at Shao Yingxiong's nose and admitted these things. Instead, he would let you figure it out by yourself according to the habits of Chinese people. As long as you figure it out thoroughly, hello everyone, if you can't figure it out thoroughly, don't worry, the box office of "Source Code" is being held back. Think slowly. However, Chris is not as relaxed as it appears, because there are loopholes here. If the boss who climbed up from the bottom of the hero Hua Yi really doesn't understand the twists and turns here. Like a naughty young man, he sold the adaptation rights of the script of "Source Code" first. Even if Chris lost his wife and soldiers, they would lose firmly when he sued the lawsuit. The difference was the time issue. In a dilemma, he had to put on an indifferent posture and had to get angry privately, otherwise how could he feel like he was in a pin and needle?

Beep.

The phone rang out, and Chris pressed the hands-free: "Hey?"

"Mr. Chris, Mr. Shao Yingxiong is here."

This sentence immediately evoked Chris's thoughts. Is Shao Yingxiong coming?

Now is when Colombia takes the initiative to ask him, but he comes up so simply, which means...at least it means that the hero Huayi has encountered difficulties. Since the Wang family withdraws, the capital chain problems have already occurred in the circle. Otherwise, Shao Yingxiong would not have made five movies within a year, and the two TV series are still in strategic cooperation with Zhejiangtai.

"Let him in."

Chris has made up his mind to hold on. Once the other party reveals his flaws, he has made great contributions to Colombia.

"Hey, dear Shao, you finally came back from the damn publicity period. I went to your company to find you several times. Unfortunately, God never gave me a chance to have a drink with you."

When Shao Yingxiong walked into the room in a black suit, he looked at the office. It was a typical European-style office. The simple overall style matched the oil paintings hanging on the wall... Why use the word "very matching"? The main reason is that Shao Yingxiong really can't tell the good things about architecture and decoration, even if he can't tell what's good things are.

"By the way." Shao Yingxiong looked around and suddenly remembered it and said, "I brought you some good things. You foreigner definitely can't eat something here. Do you know? There is a piece of very delicious meat next to the heart of the pig, and each pig only has a very small piece. This time, I'll bring you a lot of them, all of which come from the inner alliance."

pork?

Chris almost went crazy. After all, you, Shao Yingxiong, dared to invest hundreds of millions of yuan to shoot "Assembly" for Feng Xiaogang. Even if friends visit each other, a big boss like you, it wouldn't be great, right?

Why does he seem to be swearing? What a laugh... shit, he is calling me a pig!

"Chris, in fact, sometimes I think that pig farmers are not as good as chicken farmers. What do you think? Chicken farmers can completely drain the profits of chickens, let the chickens lay eggs, and the infinite cycle of eggs laying chickens. It is better to sell seeds." Shao Yingxiong laughed at himself: "Look, an actor who has just entered the industry for a few days really treats himself as a businessman, and he is here to negotiate business affairs with you. OK, I have done almost the same thing. If there is something else in my company, I will leave first."

"Don't leave!"

Chris was almost anxious. He had been arresting Shao Yingxiong for a month and had not seen anyone. He finally met the big boss of the hero Huayi. Since he didn't talk about the script adaptation rights and left after giving away the pork, how could he do it?

Chris, who had just made up his mind to calm down, was no longer stable. After saying no, he stood up and said, "Mr. Shao, I have something to discuss with you."

"Is that true?"

Chris gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart: "So pretend, it's mid-November now, you've been back for almost a month, don't you know how many trips I'll go to your company?"

"Yes." Chris asked Shao Yingxiong to sit opposite his desk and said, "I have been to your company many times in the past month. I have talked to your company's Mr. Zhang about the adaptation of the script of "Source Code"..."

"You wait a moment." Shao Yingxiong stopped Chris very seriously, and finally slapped his thigh with a slap, wearing a rustic hat, and said in a nouveau riche: "This dead Zhang Wan... Mr. Chris, I don't care about my subordinates anymore. This kid never told me about this. He told me that MGM wanted me to give the production rights of "Source Code" and the adaptation rights to them anyway, and he didn't mention Colombia at all. Chris, please help me analyze and analyze, has this kid collected black money on my back?"

"It's possible..." After saying these three words, Chris immediately woke up. Why did he talk about the script adaptation and get the money?

"But that doesn't matter," Chris said: "Mr. Shao means that MGM has already intervened?"

Shao Yingxiong said completely as his own family: "Then can I still lie to you? How many years have we brothers been? To be honest, I am still planning to cheat MGM." Shao Yingxiong laughed and said: "By the way, Chris, you should be familiar with MGM. Do they have any weaknesses? Tell me, I won't waste you after I go back and make a fortune. Don't worry."

Chris finally realized that he had been in this country for so many years, but he had never seen such a lingering conversation. He originally wanted to use the Chinese way to surround the hero Huayi, but after Shao Yingxiong came, he pulled Chris in a few words. Chris now fully understands it. What Shao Yingxiong wants to say is that there are many people who want to buy the adaptation rights of the script of "Source Code", so Colombia should not be concerned about low-priced acquisitions. He also wants to take advantage of the situation everywhere and can't find a fat sheep! (To be continued. (.))
Chapter completed!