What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 8 I Think So

Ruhe generously paid the director [-] yuan, but if the copyright of the script is really only a few thousand yuan, it is tantamount to telling everyone that the filming of "Lovers at the Table" is purely based on Liu Tao's favor, and they are neither interested nor concerned about this work.

But what Nie Wen said is correct, the market is indeed like this, and he is impeccable and has no right to be picky in this regard.

Filming is a business, and we attach great importance to the qualifications and fame of screenwriters, directors, and actors, which are box office guarantees.

Novices can't provide any guarantees. Of course, they can't expect a veteran's [-] or [-] yuan in remuneration, let alone tens or even millions of dollars compared with famous ones. They must have self-knowledge.

Yang Shu only smiled lightly and didn't answer, he was used to listening to everything others had to say before speaking.

Liu Man obviously wasn't that calm. He first looked at Jiang Shiyu and then at Yang Shu, his face became a little embarrassed.

Nie Wen was very good at controlling the rhythm of speech, and after making sure that everyone was hooked, he said the rest: "But since Director Liu has spoken, of course he has to give this face, so Director Ke finally decided to count "Lovers at the Table" as a mature one. The script of the screenwriter, the copyright fee is [-]."

As soon as the words were out of the mouth, the reception room was very quiet, and the price of the half-hour online short drama script sold for the movie script was not bad.

It's just that the price is not worth the price of the script. Nie Wen made it very clear that it is a favor to take care of the two sisters of the Liu family.

Yang Shu still smiled faintly: "Thank you."

Nie Wen was not satisfied with his lukewarm reaction, and frowned slightly: "You are really lucky."

However, Liu Man obviously took "Lovers at the Table" too seriously, and was a little disappointed, watching Yang Shu hesitate to speak.

In her opinion, it was because of this script that she had this opportunity to create, but the copyright fee was only one-third of the director's fee, which made her feel a little sorry.

Nie Wen's speech was full of twists and turns, quite dramatic, and he didn't know how to think about it. Then he made a suggestion without hesitation in front of the three of them: "Help from noble people is rare, and young people should Try to seize the good luck to make more money, in fact, the price of [-] can be increased, or even doubled, but the premise is to sell out the authorship of the script."

Although the attitude is still a little condescending, it sounds more sincere than before, as if trying to find a way to help Yang Shu earn more money.

Buying and selling authorship rights is very common in the industry. There is an invisible industrial chain. Novices sell their works to others for signature, and serve as shooters for veterans. It is true that they earn more money, but they may also lose personal development opportunities.

Liu Man was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking, "Do you want to buy out the authorship right?"

Nie Wen nodded as a matter of course: "Yes."

Liu Man is an industry insider anyway, so of course he is not surprised that this kind of thing still exists, but is dissatisfied with Nie Wen's blatant lack of respect.

This person's self-cultivation is too poor, he didn't chat with Yang Shu for the first time today, he has already called a trick a few times, and now he is going to take money to kick him out.

And I don't like his way of treating others as fools. He planned to buy the authorship right after he was optimistic about the script of "Lovers at the Table", but he belittled it first and then made a gesture of taking care of the newcomers to make more money. The logic of his behavior is very low-level but he is complacent .

Obviously this is not the first time Nie Wen has done this kind of thing, and he continued without changing his face: "Selling the authorship to a more famous screenwriter will make the work more appealing, and it will be beneficial to the production and distribution of "Lovers at the Table" , if we don’t have to worry about ratings, we can rest assured that we will invest more.”

Yang Shu listened calmly, without showing any emotion.

Liu Man can hear it, and of course he also understands that Ru He is optimistic about "Lovers at the Table" before asking for a buyout price, so there is no reason to be unhappy with the buyer who knows the goods.

But this trick is bad enough. If you agree to sell the play out of Confucianism and invest more, it is tantamount to putting him and Liu Man on the opposite side. No wonder Nie Wen didn't shy away from asking everyone to talk face-to-face.

And the negotiation is quite skillful, first give the script a price of [-] yuan that exceeds the market price, take care of the face of the Liu family sisters, and then talk about buyout, that is a matter between Yang Shu and Yang Shu.

Maybe it was because Yang Shu was worried that he hadn't seen the world before, and before he could respond, Liu Man replied first: "I'm sorry, Producer Nie, we are a creative team, and the right of authorship is not for sale. How about it, the director and screenwriter It’s enough to pay you a total amount, how to allocate it, we coordinate internally..."

She was planning to use her director's remuneration to subsidize the cost of the script version. The director and the screenwriter were so selfless and touching. This situation is rare in the industry. Jiang Shiyu and Nie Wen were a little stunned for a while.

Yang Shu was also a little stunned, grateful to Liu Man for his righteousness, but interrupted her: "There is no need to do this, I accept your kindness."

Liu Man still wanted to insist, but Yang Shu shook his head firmly to stop her from continuing.

In fact, he felt something was wrong on the high-speed rail yesterday. Liu Man had been in contact with Ruhe for more than half a month, but he didn't even confirm the investment amount, director fee, and copyright fee. This is a bit abnormal, so he has been analyzing what can happen. moth.

There are not many things involved in deciding to start filming a film, let alone a small production. It didn’t take long after checking each one. He began to suspect that it might have something to do with the authorship of the script. .

The shooter must be inappropriate, which runs counter to Yang Shu's plan, and it is impossible to accept Liu Man's kindness. In fact, he has his own plan long ago.

"I think about the copyright fee in this way." The situation was a bit chaotic, Yang Shu said directly: "I plan to sign B, which can save 2 yuan to make up for the production. After the work is broadcast, I click to draw achievements. All right."

There are several forms of film and television copyright contracts, usually signed by A and signed by B. Some companies may call them differently, but the meaning is the same.

A sign means that the producer gives the screenwriter a fixed copyright fee and buys the right to use the work.

The producer of the B-signature does not pay royalties and has no guaranteed income. The screenwriter only shares a certain percentage of box office or broadcast income, and shares the same fate with the work.

Usually, the works that the production company is optimistic about are A-signed, which takes more production risks.

If you don’t have much confidence in the script, the producer will take the initiative to propose a B sign. Then the screenwriter’s income depends entirely on whether the audience buys it. It is possible that the income of making a movie is not as much as working as a cashier in a supermarket for a month.

In fact, there is a better C sign. In addition to paying the screenwriter a copyright fee, the producer also allows a part of the broadcast income, but this kind of treatment is usually only given to gold medal screenwriters, and few people in the country can enjoy it.

Nie Wen was quite surprised: "You gave up signing A, and you don't plan to sell the script. You want to sign B with us?"

Yang Shu didn't explain further, just nodded resolutely, and at the same time signaled Liu Man not to intervene with his eyes.

Nie Wen glanced at Liu Man, and looked at Yang Shu with a flash of anger.

This playboy is also too ignorant of flattery. It is rare that someone is willing to buy the right to sign, but they all gave up and asked for a B signature.

"I said Mr. Yang," Nie Wen's attitude improved, and he explained to Yang Shu very seriously: "After the production of "Lovers at the Table" is completed, we will broadcast it simultaneously on several platforms such as iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku. Because it is not exclusive, the price of a valid click is very low, and the company can only share [-] cents."

"You can do the math. We need 40 clicks to recover the 30 production cost." Nie Wen began to ramble on: "We have to have a rational understanding of our works, and don't stare at the top best-selling hits. It seems easy for people to click millions or tens of millions at every turn, but in fact it is difficult for most of the works to break 20.00, and less than [-]% of the works can make a profit."

What he said is the truth. Most online dramas are broadcast on multiple platforms. Many of them seem to have a lot of hits, often hundreds of thousands. However, the rules of the platform are not counted as clicks, but at least 6 minutes to count. Valid clicks.

In this way, effective clicks may only account for a small part of the superficial data, and many works have very little income, tens of thousands or even thousands.

What's even worse is that some works are not good enough in production quality, and no platform is willing to put them on the shelves after they are shot.

Nie Wen became more and more angry as he spoke, his patience ran out in less than a minute, and his voice became louder: "You can do the math again, even if "Lovers at the Table" is as powerful as you imagined, with 1 to 50 effective hits, Our Confucianism can recover 40 to 4 yuan, and the [-]% royalties you signed with B are only [-] to [-] yuan, isn’t it safer than selling the work?!”

Of course Yang Shu knew about these situations, and he had settled the score a long time ago, but he was betting on millions of effective clicks.

"I see."

"You really understand?"

Poplar nodded.

His pure eyes and calm demeanor are annoying, which makes Nie Wen even more impatient: "Then why do you still ask for a B sign?"

Yang Shu also began to sing high-profile: "In fact, as long as the work can be shot, I am already very satisfied. Really, the production fee of 30 yuan is too tight. If you sign B, you can save some money. I am very grateful to you and Director Ke for your kindness."

The implication is that I am sacrificing my personal interests to make up for the lack of production costs, which can be regarded as for the sake of Confucianism and harmony. This kind of inexplicable high-spirited integrity is even more annoying to Nie Wen.

What kind of company is Ruhe, and it needs you to take the initiative to share your worries?

The reception room was quiet again. Nie Wen looked at Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu who had been stunned, and realized that buying out was impossible.

Then there is no need to continue wasting time, he stood up and said angrily: "In that case, I'll ask Director Ke for instructions."

After he left, Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu couldn't wait to ask something, Yang Shu didn't want to explain again at this time, so he stopped him as if the wall had ears.

After a while, Nie Wen came back after asking for instructions, and was very indifferent to Yang Shu: "Director Ke instructed, just sign the contract according to the current negotiation."

Then he softened his attitude a bit, and smiled at Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu, "Director Ke has a temporary visitor, I'm sorry we can't meet today, let me tell him to invite you two to dinner another day."

This is a polite word, everyone knows in their hearts that Director Ke is not happy anymore, and today he doesn't want to see the dead set of ignorance.

Liu Man looked at Yang Shu helplessly: "You're welcome, we have to come to the company often to do business, and we may have the opportunity to meet Director Ke, so let's sign the contract first."

Nie Wen nodded: "Okay, I've already brought it over."

Yang Shu nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)