let go of that director

Chapter 34 Plan
Seeing Choi Hyun Jin's serious face, Lee Seung Woo smiled comfortably.

The reason why he mentioned Cui Xianzhen repeatedly and deliberately showed his sincerity was that he hoped that Cui Xianzhen could understand his "hard work" and try to be a person who could keep his duty.

Because Li Chengyou really needs such a person who knows the basics and can be relatively trusted.

After all, there are some things that are not convenient for him to do, and he is not suitable to do them, but with a person like Cui Xianzhen, he will have more room for calmness in doing things in the future.

Smiling comfortably, Lee Seung Woo raised his hand and patted Cui Xianzhen on the shoulder lightly.

"Okay, I won't say much else. Xianzhen, I just need you to remember one sentence: Believe me, our life will only get better and better in the future!"

"Brother, I believe you!"

Cui Xianzhen nodded solemnly with a firm face.

Li Chengyou's smile became even brighter.

As time goes by, the movie continues to hit theaters.

After entering the third week of its release, "The Cameras Don't Stop" continues to be the best at the box office, sweeping the films of the same period.

In the third week of the film's screening, "Don't Stop the Camera" attracted more than 69 viewers to watch in theaters, and the cumulative number of viewers at the box office was getting closer and closer to 200 million. The media and film critics called it a 'dark horse'. There are also more and more reports.

But at the same time, it is inevitable that after experiencing the initial freshness, it is like a parabola, and after reaching the peak, it will naturally tend to decline.

In the final analysis, the movie "Don't Stop the Camera" only wins with original ideas and new ideas, and there are certain elements of trickery. It is undeniable that this is a relatively excellent movie, but it is not the kind that will make the audience love it twice or even three times. of videos.

In the fourth week, the box office of "Don't Stop the Camera" experienced a cliff-like decline. Compared with the third week, the number of viewers was directly reduced by half, barely exceeding 36.

But even so, Li Chengyou was already very satisfied.

Since its release on June 6, as of the end of June, "Don't Stop the Camera" has been screened for 7 days, and its cumulative box office has exceeded 6 million movie viewers.This is already a perfect starting point for a fledgling director like him.

Not to mention that even with the 1 million won production cost advertised on the surface, the return on investment of the film is as high as nearly 130 times. Such an impressive achievement is definitely a mark in the history of Korean film. .

of course.

Compared with the Japanese version of the previous life, this kind of return on investment must have shrunk a lot, but considering the difference in production costs, screening time and viewing background on the bright side, this kind of return rate is also extremely scary.

What's more, there is still more than a week before the film is officially released, and 200 million viewers are not the final box office.

SM Corporation, Aetna and Office.

Looking at Li Chengyou who was sitting peacefully opposite, An Taihe had a warm smile on his face.

Handing a cup of brewed coffee to Li Chengyou, An Taihe sat down opposite Li Chengyou, and admired: "Chengyou, congratulations, the box office of the first movie can exceed 200 million. Among the young directors in this age group, there are definitely only a handful of them.”

In South Korea, there are not many new directors whose first film has more than 200 million viewers, but it is not uncommon. However, most of those directors have several years or even ten years of film and television experience, and they are basically around 30 years old. .As for Li Chengyou's age, especially as a student, compared with those seniors, it is definitely extremely rare, even rare.

This is where Aetna and Amazement come in.

And what makes An Taihe envious is that as the screenwriter, director and investor of the film, Li Chengyou can be said to have gained both fame and fortune. This film alone can earn income that many people can't earn in their entire lives.

For a movie, box office copyright income is divided into divisible box office and non-dividable box office.

Among them, the non-separable box office means that all film income must first pay a 3.3% special business tax and a 5% special fund for the film industry, or film fund development tax.

If you use the accounting formula to calculate it in detail, it is:

100% (box office) - 5% (film fund development tax) - 3.3% (tax) = 91.7% (distributed box office).

Let’s take a closer look at the movie “Don’t Stop the Camera”:
91.7% (distributable box office) - 50% (theater share) - 12% (SM company publicity fee) = 29.7% (film studio income, investor income).

And Lee Seung-woo's investment accounted for 60%, that is, even if calculated based on the current 200 million moviegoers, only relying on the box office share of this movie, Lee Seung-woo can earn at least 20 billion won.

What is the concept of 20 billion won, converted into Huaxia currency, that is, at least 1200 million.

And this is only calculated based on the current box office revenue share of the box office copyright. If TV copyright, Internet copyright and possible overseas copyright are added, Lee Seung-woo's rough statistics of this movie can at least reach more than 30 billion won. .

30 billion won, at least 1800 million Huaxia currency, many people can't earn so much money after working hard all their lives.

And Lee Seung-woo is only 23 years old, and he hasn't even graduated from university. He only made a movie and made a lot of money that many people can't even dream of in their lifetime.It even includes Aetna.After working for so many years, he has climbed to the position of manager of the SM company's film and television department, and his current savings are far lower than the income of Lee Seung-woo's film, so it's no wonder that An Taihe feels envious.

After a word of admiration, An Taihe sighed again: "Chengyou, I have to say, Brother Taihe has been in the industry for so many years, and among the young people he has met, there are very few young people who are as outstanding as you."

Again, it’s not unheard of for people of the same age in Korea to earn so much from an investment, but someone like Lee Seung Woo who started from scratch without any background and made so much money in just a few months is absolutely It's one in a million.

In this regard.

If it is said that Li Chengyou is not complacent at all, it is naturally impossible, but he knows his own affairs better, and he is very clear about the root cause of his success.

So it is.

Complacency is fine, but arrogance is unnecessary.

Li Chengyou shook his head, smiled humbly, dealt with it, and then changed the topic: "Brother Taihe, I'm too famous, if you flatter me a few more words, my small body will almost float up. Let's get back to business, you invited me today I shouldn't have come here just to praise me, if you have anything to say, I'm all ears."

"Hehe, you..."

An Taihe laughed uncontrollably, paused, stopped talking nonsense, sat upright, and asked frankly: "Chengyou, the movie will be released in another week, after the movie is released, do you have any plans for the next step?" ?”

Li Chengyou's eyes moved slightly, but without answering, he tentatively smiled and said, "Brother Taihe, do you have any suggestions?"

An Taihe said with a smile: "Can I have any suggestions, I want to ask what are your plans? Are you preparing for the next movie, or are you planning to take a break?"

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