Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

Many people think that the final figure of the movie box office is the profit that the film production company can obtain, but the actual situation is not like this.

Just like ordinary business, that string of numbers is just a gross profit, and many expenses must be deducted in the middle.

For example, all movies released in China or coming to China cannot escape the special funds for film development. This part accounts for 5% of the total box office. No film is an exception. This is a must-pay fee.

There are also local value-added additional fees, which generally account for 3.3% of the total box office.

After deducting these expenses, the remaining is the net box office, and the net box office needs to be further divided. Here we have to mention two companies, Huaying and Xiaying. They are very special in the Chinese film and television industry because they have a right that no other film company has.

Every movie released in theaters must pay a distribution agency fee of about 1% to 3% of the net box office to one of these two companies.

In addition, the cinema chain and its affiliated cinemas will share 57% to 59% of the net box office account. The specific share depends on the film itself. The cinema chain of big-name directors will choose to give a share, and as for the movies of small directors, the cinema chain will ask for more.

After these parties have shared more than half of the money, the rest belongs to the producer and distributor.

If the producer and distributor are the same company, it is fine. If they are different, the two will continue to share. The specific division depends on the contract. In addition, the publicity and distribution costs will also be included in the box office.

In short, even if the producer and distributor are the same company, the money that can be obtained in the end is only about 40% of the net box office.

A movie with a production cost of 400 million yuan, plus the publicity and distribution costs, will be at least 500 million to 600 million yuan, so the box office must reach 1.5 billion to avoid losses.

Although there have been many movies with a box office of more than 1 billion in recent years, "Fantastic Beasts 2" and "Ne Zha" both broke through 4 billion in the middle of the year, but this does not mean that the box office of 1.5 billion is so easy to achieve.

Take Director Feng as an example. The movie "Old Cannon" that made him dream of becoming an actor only grossed 900 million yuan. The highest-grossing movie he produced, "Youth", only grossed 1.4 billion yuan, which is still 100 million yuan away from 1.5 billion yuan.

Director Ning's previous highest-grossing movie "Flower of the Heart" only grossed 1 billion yuan, which is still a long way from 1.5 billion yuan. Moreover, 1.5 billion yuan is just a basic line for the production cost to break even.

So the reporters were surprised that Huayi had the courage to invest so much money in Director Ning's new film.

Of course, some smart reporters smelled gunpowder from this news. They felt that Boss Wang's move was very much against Nie Wei. Otherwise, why would he release this news when Nie Wei's new movie started shooting? It seemed like he was competing with Nie Wei.

It's a pity that after the reporter asked this question, Nie Wei did not answer it directly. He just said a few words of congratulations and good wishes. It was so disappointing.

The press conference ended an hour later, and most of the reporters dispersed. Only a few reporters named by Cheng Kun stayed. They not only wanted to shoot a video of Cheng Kun shaving his head, but also continued to interview several leading actors.

Well, this is a secret operation.

In fact, these reporters named were all media that had a very pleasant cooperation with Fanxing. The reason why they were named was naturally arranged early.

Of course, there are also really lucky ones, such as Mo Xiaoyu, a reporter from COM magazine, who was really randomly selected by Cheng Kun to make up the numbers.

At this time, he was like a mascot among a group of "big guys". He was three-tenths curious, three-tenths expectant, and the rest were all nervous.

After all, this interview opportunity was too unexpected for her, a young reporter who had only been in the industry for a few years.

Just now, Mo Xiaoyu called her boss and said that she was selected to interview the leading actors of "Captain China". The boss didn't believe it at first and suspected that Mo Xiaoyu was fooling him. It was Mo Xiaoyu who opened a video call and proved it all the way, which made the boss really believe that there are good things in the world that fall into the pie, and repeatedly told Mo Xiaoyu to perform well.

Think about how surprised Mo Xiaoyu was when she got this opportunity, since even her boss didn't believe it.

"Hum~hum~hum~hum~" The happy Mo Xiaoyu even hummed a tune unconsciously, and her cute appearance also attracted the attention of several reporters around her.

Everyone was very curious about this lucky person who was chosen. Seeing her happy look, someone asked: "Little sister, how many years have you been in the industry? Which media are you from?"

Mo Xiaoyu smiled and replied: "My name is Mo Xiaoyu, I have been in the industry for two and a half years, and I am from COM magazine."

"This name is well chosen." Someone praised. Mo Xiaoyu was about to say something modest, but suddenly realized that the voice came from behind. She was walking at the end of the team, right?

Curiously turning around, Mo Xiaoyu saw a tall figure, took a small step back and looked up again, and was immediately startled.

"Director Nie, thank you, actually my name..." Mo Xiaoyu was surprised at first, and then secretly happy. Nie Wei praised her name for being nice.

But when she was about to say something modest, Nie Wei said, "COM is a component technology from Microsoft. It has nothing to do with platforms, is language neutral, and has transparent locations. It seems that the founder of your magazine has great ambitions. Please introduce him to me if you have a chance."

"Ah! Yes." Mo Xiaoyu's face turned red and hot because of his 'self-love'.

Several reporters nearby couldn't help but snicker. A rookie like this who is embarrassed is the most interesting.

"I'll leave it to you all for the interview later." Naturally, Nie Wei came not to praise Mo Xiaoyu specifically, but to bring a few red envelopes. Although we are all good partners, we still have to give the benefits that should be given. arrive.

While Mo Xiaoyu was still hesitating whether to accept the red envelope, several senior colleagues around him had already calmly put the red envelope into their arms.

"Director Nie, don't worry, I will write this report for you with the same energy I used when I was writing award-winning essays in elementary school."

"The energy is good, but please don't write it as a primary school composition."

"Thank you Director Nie for the red envelope. I wish your new play will be successfully completed and will be a big hit!"

"Thank you, director."

Mo Xiaoyu held the thick red envelope and felt her heart beating wildly because this was the first time she had received such a red envelope in two and a half years in the industry.

After Nie Wei left, she was still a little uneasy, then she looked around, found an uncle who seemed easier to talk to, and lightly poked his waist.

"Who is it?" The uncle twisted his waist, startling Mo Xiaoyu, thinking that he didn't have any strength.

"Kid, you can't poke other people's waists casually, you know?" The uncle scolded while rubbing his waist. His itchy flesh was on his waist.

"Uncle, I'm sorry, can I ask you a question?" Mo Xiaoyu apologized first, and then humbly asked for advice.

"Don't call me uncle, just call me brother."

Mo Xiaoyu looked at the other person's face, which was at least forty years old, and shouted "big brother" without conscience, and then asked quickly: "Do you want to hand this red envelope to the magazine?"

"Hahaha...cough." The uncle was stunned for a moment, and then immediately couldn't help laughing.

It wasn't until the colleagues around him cast strange looks that the uncle came back to his senses. By this time, Mo Xiaoyu's face had already put on an expression of shame and anger.

This uncle is so hateful, Mo Xiaoyu thought to himself, is his problem so ridiculous?

"Take it, this is the tea fee that Director Nie gave us. Speaking of which, Director Nie is generous. A bag should cost at least this amount. Others would only pay a few hundred yuan. It's amazing. I once met a celebrity and looked at his wrist. It’s quite big, but I’m a thief. I packed a red envelope and it turned out to be a 200-yuan supermarket voucher. The key is that it can only be used if it reaches 500 yuan. I bought a watch last year.”

"Of course, if you really want to hand it over to the magazine, I'm sure your boss will praise you as a good employee."

The uncle's teasing smile made Mo Xiaoyu blush a little. She knew that she was being looked down upon.

Mo Xiaoyu felt a little unhappy, but when she thought of her uncle's five fingers and felt the thickness of the red envelope in her pocket, her unhappiness disappeared.

Five thousand yuan. Now she especially agreed with her uncle's words, that is, Nie Wei's generosity. The money in this red envelope was already more than her monthly salary.

With this money, Mo Xiaoyu felt hot in his heart and secretly determined to write a good report with all his heart when he came back.

And what Nie Wei wanted was this effect.

Each of the six reporters received a red envelope of 5,000 yuan. Even Mo Xiaoyu, a lucky rookie, did the same. He did not deliberately give her less money just because she was lucky enough to be selected and she was a rookie.

You must know that people are not worried about scarcity but inequality. For example, some people have to divide their wedding souvenirs into three, six, or nine grades. Nie Wei would not do that. First, he would not be short of money. Secondly, there is no need to disgust people in this way.

He gave out red envelopes just to make a few reporters happy to write reports, although he knew that even if he didn't pay for the red envelopes, these reporters would write good reports.

But isn’t that just how people are in the world? I take it for granted. If you go back and put in 70% of your efforts, just ask for a good report. If I treat you 30%, these people may use 120% of their efforts in return. The report can be as good as it can be.

Nie Wei returned to the temporary lounge. There were still a few people inside. When he saw Nie Wei, he immediately stood up and asked questions.

Nie Wei nodded in response, then sat on the sofa and played with her phone.

The interview took a while, and the actors had to put on makeup. Nie Wei took a break and went to the studio in advance to watch the scene. The official shooting didn't start until the afternoon.

In addition, the crew will fly to Sichuan and Sichuan in the next two days to finish filming the airport scenes. After the filming of the scenes at Sichuan and Sichuan Airport, part of the crew will go to Qingyuan to shoot a few more scenes. Then we will go back together. Went to Kyoto to complete the main scenes of this movie.

Generally speaking, this movie has relatively few scene changes, and about 70% of the scenes were actually completed in the studio.

"Mr. Nie, would you like to pay more attention to Huayi?"

When Nie Wei heard this, he looked up and saw that it was Chen Hui who was the producer for his crew this time.

"You can ask the company to pay attention to Huayi's news. Don't be too deliberate. If the other party promotes it, let the public relations department use my social account to send a blessing."

"Okay, I'll give you the orders right away." Chen Hui took out his cell phone and walked out of the lounge.

Nie Wei raised his head and glanced at the door. This was his first time working with Chen Hui, but he was no stranger to him. His grandfather was one of the representatives of the third generation of directors, and his father was also a well-known director in the industry. However, Normally, he usually shoots more TV series, but Chen Hui started out as a director, but his career was not successful. Later, he turned into a producer and became prosperous.

This person's ability is to spend money, but not to spend it recklessly.

You should know that the crew is very chaotic, and some producers with bad intentions can embezzle a lot of money without the director knowing it, so it is really important to find a reliable producer. This is also the reason why many producers of production companies are family members, because this position has too much power and too few constraints, so trust is very important.

Chen Hui has joined Fanxing for five years, and naturally has accumulated a good trust value, otherwise he would not be selected by Nie Wei. For example, those producers who have only worked in the company for one or two years, no matter how good their abilities are, cannot enter Nie Wei's preliminary list.

After all, a movie with a production cost of 800 million yuan is not easy for such an untested producer to take over.

Fanxing did not react to the issue of the 400 million production cost of Huayi's new movie. 400 million seems to be a lot, but it is really nothing to Fanxing or Nie Wei. The production costs of his previous films all exceeded 1 billion Chinese yuan. 400 million is really just a small fight in his eyes. This money is not even 100 million when converted into US dollars. If it is said to be a blockbuster in Hollywood, it will cause people to laugh.

Fanxing didn't care, but someone in Huayi was upset.

Director Feng was writing a script at home when someone called him and told him that Huayi would pay Ning Hao 400 million yuan for the production of his new movie.

Upon hearing this, Director Feng was stunned.

This number was so familiar, and it looked like the production fee I wanted. Huayi was so rich? How could Huayi be so rich?

Director Feng was in a trance for a moment, and soon realized that the 400 million yuan was probably the money that Boss Wang gave to Ning Hao.

When he thought of this, Director Feng was furious.

You know, when he was having a party with friends a few days ago, he couldn't help but show off, saying that the production cost of his new play was at least 400 million yuan, but it was only a few days ago, and Huayi announced that 400 million yuan was given to Ning Hao. What happened to Director Feng's words? Isn't this a slap in the face?

Thinking that his face was swollen, Director Feng immediately took out his mobile phone and called Boss Wang.

"Boss, I have some inspiration. How about we meet and talk about my new movie?" As soon as the phone was connected and after saying hello, Director Feng started to test the waters.