How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 239 Paramount: You asked me to take the dividend, what do you think of me?

Paramount headquarters.

conference room.

Hearing that Zhang Nan was coming to discuss the project, the president, Dick Frank, came forward in person and attached great importance to Zhang Nan.

But this is normal.

At present, Hollywood, no, is looking at the global movie market.

In terms of comprehensive strength, it is high enough to compare with Zhang Nan.

It’s just James Cameron who shot [Titanic], and Leonardo DiCaprio who starred in [Titanic]; and George Lukes who made [Star Wars Episode 1]. people only.

And just from the perspective of an actor, Xiao Lizi can barely compete with Zhang Nan by starring in "Titanic", which has a global box office of 18 billion US dollars, and Xiao Lizi is even worse than Zhang Nan. One chip.

Because it is also the leading role in a global box office movie with a box office of over one billion, or even close to $20 billion.

The only one that Xiao Lizi can get is [Titanic].

Zhang Nan, on the other hand, is much more stable, starring in the trilogy of "Survival at the End of the World" consecutively, and Zhang Nan also participated in "Titanic" and "Star Wars Prequel 1".

It can be said that the current movie box office of more than one billion US dollars has something to do with Zhang Nan.

Even if it is only from the director's point of view, Zhang Nan, who created the "Wuguan" series, and each "Wuguan" has a global box office of more than [-] million, can be counted in Hollywood, a place where there are endless commercial directors. Number one.

Therefore, it is difficult for Paramount not to pay attention to Zhang Nan's sudden visit.

Especially when Dick Frank, the president of Paramount, read the project proposal submitted by Zhang Nan, it turned out that the trilogy put aside nearly 60 billion dollars in the world after the "Doomsday Survival" series remake plan.

Dick Frank was all excited.

But the excitement didn't last long, because Dick Frank saw Zhang Nan's quotation budget for the remake of the "Doomsday Survival" series, a single project.

Five hundred million dollars!

To be honest, it was difficult for Dick Frank to accept the $[-] million and $[-] million production fees for the [Survival at the End of the World] trilogy.

But looking at the main creative team, there are James Cameron who is in the limelight, Spielberg with deep background, and Roland Emmerich who was once a sensation... Dick Frank can still accept the existence of such famous directors. .

But from Zhang Nan's project proposal just now, he didn't see the names of these world-class directors. In the director column, he only saw Zhang Nan's name.

This makes Dick Frank feel a little unworthy and a little expensive.

But seeing the horrible box office of the "Survival at the End of the Day" trilogy, Dick Frank endured it.

But when he saw the profit distribution, Dick Frank couldn't bear it.

"Zhang, this income distribution method is a bit wrong, right?
Why can Paramount only get 5.00% box office dividends and 5.00% peripheral dividends.

This is not a revenue distribution contract of the producer, it is clearly a revenue distribution contract of a leading actor, and it is the kind of leading actor who is relatively inferior, because he does not even have a fixed salary. "

Dick Frank patted the table with a dissatisfied look on his face that was beyond words.

"Dick, don't just look at the small proportion of dividends. The investment is not too much. You are only asked to pay 5000 million US dollars. Besides, your giants are now engaged in movie projects, and the majority of the income is traded in Nasdaq and New York. Is it right?" Zhang Nan explained in a calm tone to Dick Frank, who was slapping the table.

But Dick Frank froze when he heard Zhang Nan's words.

Because the facts are indeed as Zhang Nan said, today's Hollywood tycoons make movies, and the main income is no longer the movie box office, merchandise and copyright.

These gains can basically only account for a small part, and the bulk is the stretch of the company's stock price due to the box office sales after the movie is released.

A change in that point can sometimes be tens of millions or nearly [-] million dollars in profit.

Otherwise, Hollywood giants have invested hundreds of millions of dollars every year in film and television projects over the years. It is difficult to support the box office dividends and peripheral profits of each movie.

Because many movies are not successful at the box office after they are released.

but……

"Then this is too little, at least 20.00%." ​​Dick Frank said with a big mouth.

Zhang Nan asked: "Which 20.00%, box office dividend or peripheral income?"

"All."

Hearing the words, Zhang Nan directly raised his hands together and said, "Farewell."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Nan turned his head and left very quickly.

Because 20.00% of the box office dividends and peripheral profits are allocated to Paramount, then the remake plan of the [Doomsday Survival] series is basically for Paramount, and he is still playing fart!

While the people at Paramount watched Zhang Nan leave swiftly, Dick Frank was determined and unmoved.

But the rest of the Paramount executives couldn't sit still.

Someone leaned over to Dick Frank and said, "President, it's not good to just refuse directly, it's the [Doomsday Survival] series."

As a result, Dick Frank said unmoved: "Otherwise, like the [Mission: Impossible] series, let Zhang Nan take the lead and we take the small lead, then who is the Hollywood giant?"

"But... what if other giants agree to cooperate with Zhang Nan?"

The corners of Dick Frank's eyes twitched, and he pretended to be calm and said: "So--now, let me talk to other giants immediately, this time we can't let Zhang Nan alone, like the last time we filmed the [Doomsday Survival] trilogy. It's broken."

Just when Dick Frank said these words, Zhang Nan, who came out of Paramount headquarters, vaguely thought of this in his mind.

It should be the last time I made crazy money in the [Doomsday Survival] trilogy, which somewhat stimulated these giants.

Now that the plan to remake "Survival at the End of the World" is proposed again, these giants are a little stressed, and want to get back some space, face and money.

But Zhang Nan is not sure yet.

But when Zhang Nan went to Columbia Pictures and got the same answer, Zhang Nan could confirm it.

I was targeted by the Hollywood giants.

It was a bit unexpected to Zhang Nan and caused some troubles to Zhang Nan, but it was still within a controllable range.

Zhang Nan called Old Luke directly.

"Luke, find a time and ask your brother-in-law out. I have something to talk to him about."

And the old Luke on the phone, when he heard Zhang Nan's words, said directly: "Zhang, it's useless, Paramount has communicated with all the giants, and Disney can't agree to your condition. Otherwise, it will cause public outrage, even if Disney's focus is on real estate parks and cartoon movies, but if it is really squeezed out by all the Hollywood giants, it will not be able to bear it."

"You make an appointment first, I have my own way." Zhang Nan said calmly.

The old Luke on the other side of the phone knew Zhang Nan was determined when he heard Zhang Nan's words. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's blatant and blatant, and the influence is not good. How about it, on May 5th, Michael Bay "Pearl Harbor" was released, and I sent you an invitation letter early, and then the project was invested by Disney. My brother-in-law can just find a reasonable reason to attend the premiere, and then you guys How about talking at the premiere?"

"That's it!" Zhang Nan agreed.

(End of this chapter)