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Chapter 152 Income from "Pirates"
"Boss, where are you going?"

"Beichizi Street, Dengshikou Primary School."

"Okay, take a seat, we'll be there in a minute."

"There is ice on the road, don't worry." Jiang Liu reminded the taxi driver with a smile.

"Boss, you look familiar to me. Coming out of the headquarters, what kind of star are you?"

"If you're not a celebrity, go to the General Administration for business."

"Not a star? Come to think of it, aren't you the director who has been on TV recently? Hey, our whole family has seen your film "Pirates", and the music is so exciting."

"Thank you, we're here."

After paying and getting off the car, Jiang Liu walked towards Jiang Zhai.

He was gone for more than 20 days.

Before leaving, there were traces of late autumn around Jiangzhai, but when I came back it was already covered in silver.

The howling north wind picked up the remaining snow on the branches and poured it in through the gaps in his collar. Jiang Liu couldn't help but shiver and clamped his head.

"Hey, the billionaire box office director is back!"

Jiang Liu was lamenting that it was too cold in the north and he had not gotten used to it after so many years, when a playful voice suddenly sounded behind him.

The owner of the voice was pedaling a bicycle and wrapped his body tightly in a mask, a knitted hat, Northeastern cotton shoes, and a cotton-padded jacket.

But even so, Jiang Liu still recognized the person at a glance.

"If you ask for a beating, go back and wash yourself quickly. A long separation is better than a wedding!"

"Fuck you, old and indecisive!"

Li Xun pulled off her mask, gave Jiang Liu an angry look, and then said happily: "Come up quickly, I will take you back."

"Pull it over. No matter how I look at it, I don't think this car can bear our weight."

"How could it be? I spent more than 100 yuan on this car. You can jump on it and try it." Li Xing insisted in order to prove his vision.

"That's it, you've got a good grip."

"Well, well, hold on tight, come up quickly."

Jiang Liu had a long body. He walked a few steps quickly, stretched out his right leg, and put his butt on the back seat, holding his waist with both hands.

"My legs are dragging like this?"

"No wonder it's so hard to step on, lift it up." Li Xi glanced at Jiang Liu's two feet pulling on the asphalt road and said silently.

"Really? I did."

"Hurry up, I'll be home soon."

Jiang Liu tried to lift his legs, and then he lifted one leg. Li Xian's arms shook like a sieve, and he let out a series of "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" shouts. Car, hold the person and the car steady.

The two stood still and took a look. The ring of the car behind them had been compressed and changed its shape.

"Ha ha."

"The two discs of this bicycle are made of aluminum. One person can barely ride it."

On Beichizi Street, many passers-by laughed at the stupid behavior of the two people, and gathered around to watch the fun.

Li Xing stamped her feet and said, "What should I do? It's more than 100 yuan,"

"What should I do? I'll carry the bike back now."

Jiang Liu loaded up his bicycle depressedly, squeezed out of the crowd amidst the roar of laughter, and walked towards Jiang's house opposite. Li Xing ran in front and opened the door.

"It was a mistake. This young couple broke 100 bicycles without feeling any distress."

"No, let's go. It's such a big house."

After entering the main room, Jiang Liu urged Li Xin to wash up, then went to bed to warm the bed first.

But when Li Yan came out, Jiang Liu was already fast asleep on the bed, and Dahuang, who was as quiet as a chicken, was sitting under the bed. Li Yan was angry and distressed when he saw this.

"Oh, our great director is here, Liu'er, give me a hug, you must give me a hug!"

As soon as Jiang Liu showed up at a famous shabu-shabu restaurant in Nanmen, Han Sanping stood up enthusiastically and greeted him with open arms.

The moment Han Sanping let go of Jiang Liu, Yu Dong laughed again and gave Jiang Liu a bear hug: "Mr. Jiang, congratulations, China's second director with a box office of over [-] million, leaving his name in film history."

"Hey, it's not like we have the full support of Brother Han and Mr. Yu."

"Okay, let's stop exchanging compliments and let's sit down and talk. Also, no one of you is allowed to pay for the lunch meal. I'm here to treat you. There are no outsiders, so feel free to eat as much as you can."

Inviting the two of them to sit down on either side, Boss Han said proudly to the store owner: "Two bottles of Maotai, two bottles of the best red wine in the store. I didn't buy it outside."

"Okay, you guys have some tea to soothe your throats first, and the pot will be here shortly." The boss agreed happily.

The box door was politely closed by the shop owner, and Jiang Liu and the other two started chatting around the "Pirates" box office.

First of all, the three senior executives of the management company will probably make an inventory. The accounting period will end on January 13th, based on the total box office of the movie of 1 million.

A box office of 1 million seems too much.

But the major theater chains across the country have to share more than half of this money, and the average share ratio of the major theater chains is as high as 60%.After deducting various taxes, the three investors have temporarily received almost 4000 million yuan in revenue from the box office.

The box office revenue of 4000 million yuan is already considerable.

These days, it is a luxury for movie investors to hope to recoup their costs through movie box office.

Of course, the management of "Pirates", which earned 4000 million yuan at the box office, was unable to recoup its capital.

Because the 4000 million yuan will either deduct the distribution share, or deduct film copying fees, transportation fees, as well as publicity fees that will be increased later, labor costs for combating piracy, etc.

During the release of "Pirates", the labor cost for combating piracy was between RMB 200 and RMB 300 per day. For one month after the movie was released, this cost was as high as more than RMB [-] million or RMB [-] million.

After deducting all the points that should be deducted, there will be about 4000 million yuan left out of the 2800 million yuan.

2800 million yuan is the real profit of the three companies investing in "Pirates".

However, the production cost of "Pirates" was as high as 2500 million yuan.

So in fact, the profit the three companies really made from the box office was 300 million yuan.

But a movie's profit sources are not limited to the box office.

In this day and age, box office profits can be said to be better than nothing.

Totally negligible box office profits, many restrictions on film production, and a not-so-good economy have all contributed to the sluggishness of the Chinese film market in this era.

But "Pirates" is not an ordinary movie.

The profit of "Pirates" does not depend on the movie box office at this moment.

Its profits currently come from three places: "Pirates" sold 700 million in pre-roll ads.

When "Cell Phone" was released last year, Jiang Liu was not famous.

It can be said that its reputation is so bad that no brand is even willing to place advertisements in movies, let alone commercials on the big screen.

"Mobile Phone" was a success at the box office, and the situation of "Pirates" improved. Motorola, including his own company, and several other companies secured the patch advertising space, allowing him to make a small profit.

Second, the video rights to "Pirates" were sold for 1200 million.

As soon as the box office of "Pirates" exceeded 5000 million yuan, three audiovisual companies in Guangdong Province jointly purchased the domestic video rights for 1200 million yuan.

This 1200 million yuan is money that can be divided among the employers, and it has long been pocketed by the three companies.

Third, the overseas copyright of "Pirates".

The box office of "Pirates" reached 9000 million. When the box office exceeded 800 million, Hollywood Miramax approached Yu Dong and was willing to buy the overseas broadcast rights of "Pirates" for US$[-] million.

Although the deal was rejected by Jiang Liu, it showed that the copyright of "Pirates" could be sold overseas and there would be hidden profits.

In addition, "Pirates" has subsequent box office success.

It has not yet landed in Hong Kong and Taiwan Province, these are hidden profits.

Overall, Yixinhe Huaxia Film's profits have exceeded [-] million yuan.

In China during this period, the profit of a movie can reach tens of millions of yuan, or even more, which is enough to scare many people and make them flock to it.

This is also the reason why Director Yu teased Yixin about its strong financial resources yesterday.

"Eight million US dollars is a lot. Why did you reject Miramax's Lundberg at once? In business, the buyer lowers the price and the seller raises the price. It's too hasty to reject him at once."

Jiang Liu rolled up the mutton slices and dipped them in the sauce, and said to Boss Han with a relaxed expression, "That ghost guy has bad intentions."

"With bad intentions? Didn't Miramax already buy the copyright of "Hero"? I see that Zhang Weiping has been very high-spirited recently. He tells everyone that he sold overseas copyrights for US$2100 million." Han Sanping said in surprise.

Jiang Liu picked up the red wine glass, clinked it with the two of them, and said, "Have you paid? When will the movie be released? I don't believe that the ghost guy is so cheerful."

"We also offended Jiang Zhiqiang severely. Otherwise, with the distribution strength of Anle Pictures, we would not be afraid that "Pirates" would not be able to go to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia."

Yu Dong took a big sip of liquor and smacked his mouth.

"Mr. Yu, what you said didn't go down well. When "Pirates" and "Hero" were having a publicity war, you screamed the loudest. When it's over, you said that you offended Jiang Zhiqiang, the Hong Kong owner of "Hero", and broke his relationship. Overseas distribution channels are not so arrogant."

Yu Dong spread his hands: "Let me just say, let's think about how to get the movie to Hong Kong and Taiwan. I am willing to talk to that ghost guy Borg again."

Jiang Liu stopped holding the chopsticks in his hand, frowned and said, "Mr. Yu, I already told you that this ghost guy is not sincere. He didn't even want to agree to include the movie's release date in the contract."

Yu Dong argued: "You don't care when it will be released. As long as we have enough US dollars, it has nothing to do with us not releasing it in North America for 100 years."

Jiang Liu became a little angry. He put down his chopsticks and was about to speak. Boss Han saw something was wrong and interrupted with a smile:

"Now it's obvious that between you two, Yu Dong has a typical businessman mentality, while Jiang Liu prefers directors and always wants his films to reach more audiences."

Jiang Liu picked up the chopsticks again without hesitation.

He doesn't know whether his career preference is businessman or director. He only knows that Miramax is unreliable.

He himself also wanted "Pirates" to be released before "Pirates of the Caribbean."

"Boss, let's go meet the person in charge of Columbia China Branch recently. "Spider-Man" has brought in more than 5000 million yuan at the box office after being introduced to the country. Although the share ratio is not high, for the sake of the sequel, the other party has to give it a face, right? "

Boss Han smiled and nodded: "I want to see you."

(End of this chapter)