How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 522 MGM made a decision, Jay Chou came to visit the class

MGM headquarters.

Inside the President's Office.

Caesar Louis, who had gone through many turmoils, sat behind his desk, looking at the plan for a new digital agent spy film related to Zhang Nan in his hand, and murmured:
  "With a fixed salary of US$[-] million, [-]% of the box office share, and [-]% of the peripheral income, how much box office can we earn from this project before we can make back the money?"

The secretary on the side first glanced at Caesar Louis' expression after hearing this. He didn't seem to be looking for a reason to get angry, so he explained: "If we calculate it based on the production cost of 1.5 million, and the movie box office can reach a global billion That’s about it for US dollars.”

This is almost the same, it’s a bit of a loss.

Because the production fee of 1.5 million U.S. dollars plus the fixed salary of 5 million U.S. dollars, MGM had to pay 6.5 million U.S. dollars for the production fee of the entire project.

The box office of one billion US dollars is in accordance with the convention of Zhang Nan's movies.

The theater chain takes [-]%, but only [-]% comes to them, which is [-] million US dollars.

Then for a movie with a box office of one billion US dollars, the peripheral income is about the same amount, and their share is [-]%, which is [-] million US dollars.

Then the income that can be obtained from the film project is [-] million US dollars.

This just wiped out Zhang Nan's fixed salary, and still owed US$1.5 million in production fees.

Of course.

The reason why today's Hollywood giants are willing to pay high prices to hire Zhang Nan to star is mainly because of Zhang Nan's personal reputation in the financial market and the increase in the stock price of the producer's company due to his projects.

Before the financial tsunami, the global financial market was prosperous and full of bubbles.

A movie starring Zhang Nan that grossed a billion dollars at the global box office.

If the producers operate it well, they can earn at least two billion US dollars in revenue.

Not anymore.

A movie with a box office of one billion US dollars can only make a profit of about US$[-] million.

So if we calculate the general ledger, MGM spent US$6.5 million this time and earned US$3.5 million, a return rate of over [-]%.

It doesn't look low, but in the extremely risky world of the film and television industry, it's a bit low.

But no way.

If you don't struggle, find some way.

The company's business was so big that it cost a lot but not much. MGM's outcome was very predictable - it would either go bankrupt again or be merged into Columbia Pictures.

"Done."

Caesar Louis hammered the table with his hand, and was about to say to his secretary: Let's push forward the project with Zhang Nan!

As a result, the phone on the desk rang. Caesar Louis glanced at it and found that it was Warner, and answered the call with some curiosity.

As a result, Caesar Louis' face became increasingly ugly as he listened to the phone call, and finally hung up the phone angrily.

"President, what's wrong?" the secretary asked curiously.

Caesar Lewis said with an ugly face: "I don't know where Warner heard about our new project cooperation with Zhang Nan, so President David Morris called us specifically and said very nice things, and he wanted to join forces with us at MGM. , lowering Zhang Nan’s salary.

But what he said was that he wanted us to stop cooperating with Zhang Nan, otherwise he would throw MGM away from us on the "Hobbit" project. "

When Warner Pictures successively filmed [Inception], [Harry Potter 7.8], [The Hobbit] and [Sherlock Holmes 2], the financial chain was a bit stuck.

So Warner Pictures chose to give up part of its share to other Hollywood giants to participate, and MGM was originally involved in the "Hobbit" project. But now [Harry Potter 7] has been released, with a box office of more than [-] million. Warner has made a lot of money and alleviated a lot of financial pressure.

Seeing that MGM had broken its tacit agreement with Disney, Universal, and Paramount to suppress Zhang Nan, it was natural for him to come up with something to threaten him.

"What should we do?" the secretary asked.

Caesar Louis held his head in his hands and pondered for a while, then said decisively: "You will advance the cooperation with Zhang Nan immediately."

"But if the share of [The Hobbit] is gone..., that project has the potential of the [Lord of the Rings] trilogy." The secretary said a little regretfully.

Caesar Louis waved his hand: "The total share is only more than ten percent. If it is completed, there will be no big profits. It is different from Zhang Nan's new project. Once it is completed, it will be our MGM's next dozen The most enduring core series of the year, and..."

After a pause, Caesar Louis said angrily: "Who was the one who raised Zhang Nan's salary? Is it us at MGM? None of us have ever cooperated with Zhang Nan!

They themselves raised Zhang Nan's salary. Now let us give up the project that we finally negotiated and help them suppress Zhang Nan. He is ugly, but his thoughts are really beautiful. "

After venting, Caesar Louis felt much better, and when he saw the secretary was about to open the door and leave, he ordered: "When discussing new projects with Zhang Nan, mention the content of the phone call from Warner Pictures just now. , let Zhang Nan be more kind to us."

Although Zhang Nan has not yet reached the point where snow needs carbon, Caesar Lewis still wants to try to provide help in times of need and bring closer the relationship between MGM and Zhang Nan. In the end, he has to let Zhang Nan and Warner Pictures The relationship has gotten a little worse.

The secretary nodded.

……

At the same time, MGM President Caesar Lewis and Warner Pictures President David Morris were communicating on the phone.

[Harry Potter 8] crew.

"Zhang, there is someone at the door of the crew who wants to visit your class. Do you have an appointment here?" A staff member reported to Zhang Nanhui.

When Zhang Nan heard that someone had come to visit him, he subconsciously touched his kidneys, and his waist felt a little sore subconsciously.

While filming "Inception", he was even inspected by the visiting team.

But Zhang Nan reacted subconsciously.

This is not the mainland, this is Hollywood!
  but……

It was not like he didn't have a comrade in the artillery camp in Hollywood, so Zhang Nan asked a little guiltily: "Male or female?"

"Male, my speech is a bit unclear." The staff member thought for a moment and replied.

Upon hearing that it was a man, Zhang Nan's waist suddenly felt sore and his kidneys no longer hurt.

He put his hands in his pockets and acted as if he was 41 this year and didn't know what his opponent was. He said: "I probably know who it is. He is indeed here to visit me. Let him come in!"

Zhang Nan did guess who it was.

The man is now in Hollywood. He can't speak clearly yet, and his relationship with him has reached the point where he can visit.

Then there is only one person.

Wanwan first took the wife route and came closer to him, the little Asian king - Jay Chou.

Sure enough, after a while, Zhang Nan saw Zhou Jie coming to him with a baseball cap on his head.

"Hello Green Hornet, I'm Zhang Nan." Zhang Nan took the lead in greeting Jay Chou in a joking tone.

(End of this chapter)