The makeup on Zhao Jingmei's face is heavier than usual, but it still cannot cover up the fatigue in her eyes. It seems that she has not been doing well recently. "I have something to tell you in advance. The hospital has decided to remove "Diwu" from next Friday."

"I have no objection."

Zhong Yue said that it has been more than a month since the release of "Imperial Martial Arts". By this week, the daily box office has dropped below one million, and it is expected to go offline.

So far yesterday, "Imperial Wu" has won a box office of 810 million yuan. This number far exceeded his previous expectations. It even made it second in film history in domestic animation films. As for the first place, it is naturally the return of the Great Sage of 950 and 600 million yuan.

Zhong Yue also roughly guessed that she came to find her purpose. After the movie was offline, it should be divided. How to divide it? There are detailed instructions in the contract.

Judging from the total box office of 810 million, the special business tax of 3.3% will be deducted first, and then 5% will be deducted as special funds for the film industry.

The remaining 91.7%, which is 74.2 billion yuan. The theaters take half of it, and the theaters get 7.7%. The remaining 43%, which is 31.9 billion yuan, will be divided by the producer Yi Entertainment and the publisher Chengying Media.

According to the contract, the issuance agency fee is 10% of this share, about 32 million yuan. Of course, Chengying can get more than this. The previous issuance costs and publicity costs were all paid by Chengying, and this part is about 70 million yuan. The total is about 100 million yuan.

In this way, the remaining 200 million is the final share that the producer Yi Entertainment can get.

During the promotion, the production cost of "Diwu" will be regarded as 100 million. However, in fact, with the "animation production platform", labor costs are greatly saved. Even if the hardware of the "animation production platform" is included, the total cost will not exceed 20 million.

The film was a success and the bonus of the main creators was indispensable, especially Qi Xuefang, who was the main person in charge of the project, Zhong Yue gave him a bonus of 5 million at one time.

In the film industry, the role of directors is crucial, which is related to the success or failure of the film. In the highly commercial Hollywood, the top directors receive a pay of 20 million US dollars plus a box office dividend of 20%. With the unscrupulousness of the film company, they are willing to offer such treatment to a director, which proves that they are indeed worth the price.

In China, the director's pay is naturally far from comparable to his Hollywood counterparts. However, with the explosion of movie box office in recent years, top commercial directors have also proved their value.

The most obvious example is the director who won the box office championship in Chinese film history two years ago. At that time, his salary plus the bonus was only more than 40 million. By the time of last year's new work, he had the capital to negotiate with the film company and finally got nearly half of his net box office revenue.

In the end, his new work won more than 1.5 billion yuan in box office, according to this share, the money he could get was more than 200 million yuan. Even if he was not as good as his Hollywood peers who received maximum salary, it would be a huge improvement compared to before.

Of course, in the animated film "Diwu", Qi Xuefang's role is far less critical than that director. Naturally, it is impossible to get so much money. Even so, his salary will rise a lot in the next animated film. This money cannot be saved.

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After a few greetings, Zhao Jingmei talked about the serious matter, "I'm here this time, I want to ask you for something."

When Zhong Yue heard that she used the word "Please" and knew that this matter was very tricky. He said seriously, "Auntie, you are so polite. You tell me what you want. If you have anything, just say that as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."

Zhao Jingmei said sincerely, "Can you postpone the share of Yi Entertainment for a while before you get it?"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Yue frowned and said embarrassedly, "You also know that Yi Zhi is in a hurry to use money now."

"Half a year, only half a year."

Zhao Jingmei promised, "I will pay interest according to the bank's interest rate. After half a year, I will return the money to you with principal and interest."

Zhong Yue looked into her eyes and various thoughts turned into her mind.

It is a common practice for issuing companies to suppress the money from producers in the world. It is particularly serious in Hollywood. Generally speaking, issuing companies can delay if they can. It is not strange to postpone it for a year or two.

However, this also divides the target. In order to maintain a good relationship between the two parties and lay a solid foundation for future cooperation, the distribution company will pay the share on time and even advance payment.

Otherwise, once the relationship between the two parties breaks down, the issuing company will lose a money tree.

In the project "Diwu", Chengying only contacted theaters and paid some promotional costs. She got 100 million yuan in profits without much effort. She was completely enjoying the benefits.

Zhao Jingmei could not be so short-sighted. She had a lot of trouble with Yi Entertainment for a little profit.

Zhong Yue guessed that something must have happened to Chengying, and it was quite serious, otherwise she would not have risked offending him and made a statement.

He quickly had an idea in his heart and said slowly, "I can promise you."

Zhao Jingmei was delighted and heard him continue, "But 200 million is not a small amount. How can you guarantee that the money will be paid back then? If something unexpected happens and Chengying is unable to pay the money, wouldn't I have a big loss?"

Zhao Jingmei's face darkened and she didn't say anything for a long time.

Zhong Yue said, "I'm doing business, please forgive me."

Zhao Jingmei seemed to have finally made up her mind and said, "I can sign a fund lending contract."

"Okay." Zhong Yue nodded. The owed payments were not the same as the loan of funds. Even if the former wins the lawsuit and Chengying really has no money, it will be arguing. The latter belongs to the creditor, and even if Chengying goes bankrupt, he can still get priority compensation.

After talking about this, Zhao Jingmei felt much more relaxed in her eyebrows and told him, "I hope you can keep this matter confidential."

"Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense." Zhong Yue naturally knew that if Chengying's borrowing funds were exposed, Chengying's stock price would probably hit the limit immediately.

Zhao Jingmei talked about another thing, "Have you finished the live-action movie script you mentioned last time?"

Zhong Yue didn't expect that at this time, she still had the heart to ask about the movie and said, "It's almost done, and the final touch is still missing."

"What kind of movie is it?" Zhao Jingmei seemed very interested.

Zhong Yue really doesn't have much confidence in making live-action movies. Moreover, this subject is too novel and it is still unknown whether the audience can accept it. If Zhao Jingmei can join, it would be no problem to build a strong crew with Chengying's position in the industry.

Thinking of this, he stopped hiding it and explained to her, "The movie I plan to make is a science fiction movie."

When Zhao Jingmei heard that it was a science fiction movie, she frowned slightly. In China, making science fiction movies is simply synonymous with failure. The requirements for special effects are too high. If you want to make a qualified science fiction movie, it is definitely a super-large production. Don’t think about it without 500 million or 600 million.

There are no more than five directors in China who can control this level of production. There are even no one who can shoot science fiction. If you look for a big Hollywood director, you don’t want to ask for it. The cultural differences alone will be a headache. If you end up shooting a story with Chinese skins and expressing Western values, you’re afraid that the audience will not buy it.

What's more, a cost of 600 million is at least 2 billion yuan to recover the cost.

The risk is too great and not cost-effective at all.

However, Zhao Jingmei did not interrupt him and continued to listen to him.

"In online novels, there is a category called infinite flow. Simply put, it is some ordinary people who are sent to the world in the movie by mysterious power, then complete designated tasks, and then receive rewards."

"My new movie is based on such a creativity. The protagonists enter a movie world and meet the protagonists in the movie, and a series of stories happening."

Zhao Jingmei has been doing movies for so many years and has seen all kinds of strange scripts. She doesn't feel unacceptable. She thinks that such a story should be consistent with the tastes of young people.

She quickly found the key question, “Which movie are you going to choose as the background?”

"I don't plan to choose existing movies, but original ones," said Zhong Yue.

"Original?" Zhao Jingmei nodded and said, "Indeed, originality can save a lot of trouble. At least there is no need to consider copyright. However, in this way, the biggest selling point of this kind of movie will be gone. Moreover, it is a huge test for the screenwriter and director to explain two clues at the same time."

Using original movies as background, that is, when shooting, you must explain what happens in the movie world clearly, and at the same time, highlight the stories of the real protagonists. The difficulty is not very great.

Zhong Yue seemed confident about this question, "So, I wrote two scripts from the beginning, one for the movie that acts as the back view, and the other for the infinite stream. I plan to shoot both scripts."

Zhao Jingmei's eyes lit up and she said, "One crew, making two movies, is indeed a good way to share the cost."

As the chairman of the film company, the first thing she considers is the cost and benefits of the movie. From this point of view, Zhong Yue's creativity really made her a little excited.

So, the question now is whether the script has enough selling points.

In fact, creativity is not valuable in the film industry. Any film company is conservative when investing. They would rather choose a successful movie genre than invest in a creative script easily.

Unless, the person who came up with this script is a director or producer who has proved himself.
Chapter completed!