Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 191 Recruiting Film Talents

"Of course it's true!"

Facing Xu Guangwen's question, Lin Baicheng nodded solemnly, and then said: "As far as I know, the contracts signed with Golden Harvest are 20% to [-]% for films released by other film companies in Golden Harvest Cinemas. In addition, the promotion fee, distribution fee, and film copy fee must be paid by the film studio, and only [-]% of the box office will eventually fall into the hands of the film studio.”

"That's it. After the producers get the share, they have to deduct the entertainment tax. If the box office is a big hit, they can make some money. If the box office is not good or hits the street, then don't even think about making money."

Before setting up a film company and a cinema company, Lin Baicheng had someone investigate the current film market and found that the cinema side was extremely strong. There are only two theaters, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

However, any filmmakers who still want to go to Wandao will not release their films in leftist theaters. Therefore, the only choices for Xiangjiang filmmakers are Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.Among them, Shaw Brothers only releases its own films, as well as films made by a few filmmakers with deep cooperation.

In this way, the films produced by other filmmakers in Xiangjiang can only be screened in Golden Harvest Cinemas. In this way, it is normal for Golden Harvest to be strong, and everyone wants to earn more.

However, even if Lin Baicheng did not appear in this situation, after a few years, Lei Juekun’s Golden Princess Cinemas was established, New Art City was established, and the film industry had more choices, the theaters’ share of the box office would naturally be different. will back down.

"That's not it."

Not only Xu Guangwen, but others are also quite emotional. It is really not easy for the producer to make money, and more importantly, the box office share cannot be obtained in time.

"The Star Cinema that I established, the box office sharing ratio of the cooperation with the film studio is [-]-[-], each takes half, but the promotion fee, distribution fee and copying fee are still paid by the film producer, which has not changed."

Lin Baicheng asked for less than 10% of the box office share in order to attract people, and other expenses must not be reduced, after all, he is not doing charity.

"With my current net worth, I don't think you need to worry about my breaking my promise. The 10% box office share of a movie is only a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars. If I really deceive you, I can't afford to lose that person."

"Mr. Lin, what you said is true. Of course we believe this."

Xu Guangwen immediately said that with a net worth of several billion Hong Kong dollars, he would definitely not break his promise to them for hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. It's not worth it for the other party to lie to them.

"For those like Mr. Xu who have their own film company, I have three cooperation models."

"One is the most common way of cooperation. After you shoot the film, take the film to the Star Theater for release. As long as it is verified that there is no problem with the film, it can be released normally. You pay the relevant fees, Star Cinema arranges the schedule, and wait for the movie to be released. I will pay the box office share to you later."

"The second way is to let Star Films become a shareholder of your film company and obtain 20% of your film company's shares. In this way, once the company has a film to be released, Star Cinema will arrange the schedule faster and arrange a relatively short film. Good schedule, everything else remains the same.”

"The third way is to make your film company a subsidiary of Star Pictures, which holds 51% of the shares, so that the company can get more support from Star Pictures during the filming stage, such as good The choice of actors, better publicity channels and schedules. And the most important thing is that theaters and film companies share [-]% to [-]% of the box office, with theaters accounting for [-]% and film companies accounting for [-]%.”

"To put it simply, the deeper the cooperation with Star Films, the greater the support I will get. I will not let my partners suffer. However, it is up to you to decide which one to choose. It is not forced. I can't force it, no matter what kind of cooperation, I welcome it."

"Mr. Lin, I can't decide on this kind of thing for a while, can you let me go back and discuss it with my two younger brothers?"

Xu Guangwen tends to cooperate. The fact that the box office share can be obtained within half a month and the [-]-[-] split is enough for him to choose to cooperate. However, he is unable to choose which cooperation method to choose for a while. make a decision.

"of course can."

Lin Baicheng nodded with a smile, and said: "To be honest, the Star Cinema is still under construction, and it will take a month to take shape and be able to show films. Therefore, Mr. Xu, you don't need to make a decision right away, as long as you make a decision within a month." Just decide."

"Thank you, Mr. Lin."

Xu Guangwen thanked them aloud, one month was enough time for the three brothers to make a decision.

Nodding his head, Lin Baicheng looked at the remaining five people and said, "Mecca, Huang Baiming, Hung Jinbao, Wu Yusen, Zeng Zhiwei, the five of you are different from Mr. Xu. You don't have your own film company, so you are considered free." people."

"I would like to invite you to join Star Pictures, and the treatment will definitely be better than what you are doing now."

"Of course, I know the truth of 'people go to high places, water flows to low places', so if you feel that you are capable enough and have a certain amount of capital, you can also choose to start your own film company. Cooperation with Star Films."

"The cooperation methods are the same three. Different cooperation methods receive different levels of support."

"Personally, I hope that you can join Star Pictures, because now Star Pictures still lacks talents. If you join the company, you can easily become the company's top management. The company's high-level salary will definitely not be low, and compared to your own Setting up a film company requires taking different risks, and the company's top management can guarantee income in drought and flood."

Among the eight people invited today, except for Xu Guangjie, who Lin Baicheng is most optimistic about among the Xu brothers, Lin Baicheng is more optimistic about the remaining five people. Of course, he hopes that they will all join Star Pictures.But as he said, it's okay not to join, as long as there is cooperation.

Although Xiangjiang's film circle is not very big, there are quite a few filmmakers. These eight people will not be the only group of people recruited by Star Films. Star Films will also invite some filmmakers later.It's just that it's hard to say whether Lin Baicheng will show up in person at that time.

Now making movies is actually not that profitable. Last year's box office champion was only over 700 million Hong Kong dollars. After deducting film shooting costs, promotional fees, copying fees, entertainment taxes and other expenses, even if the theater is its own, it can't make much money.

It is already very good for Lin Baicheng to personally intervene in such a small business.

(End of this chapter)