Entertaining Children

  Chapter 1022 Personal Studio

  There are many people who flew from China to the United States to explore the crew of Ban Xiaoyao. Some were unexpected by Xiao Yao, and some were unexpected by Xiao Yao.

  As expected by Xiao Yao, they are Sun Tingting, Lin Qisan, Nina Aiguli and Zhu Zitong.

  At the party after the celebrity game at the beginning of the year, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui formally disclosed to the friends their plans to make a parkour movie. The protagonist of this movie must be a real parkour master, these four people must be no play. Although Xiao Yao said at the time that other people could audition for some minor roles in the movie like Chen Xiaoting, but after seeing the script, they found that there is actually no significant supporting role suitable for them. If you insist on acting in this movie, there will only be some small supporting roles close to the nature of the hero.

Judging from the behavior of Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui not specifically setting roles for Sun Tingting and Zhu Zitong when they wrote the script, Sun Tingting, Zhu Zitong and Lin Qisan can all feel that Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui actually did not have a strong will to let They all participated in this parkour movie created by the YRF team.

  Zhu Zitong, Lin Qisan, and Nina Aiguli have all participated in some film and television performances, and they all have a certain reputation in China, and it is not necessary to get in Xiao Yao and their fame in this movie. As for Sun Tingting, who has graduated from Chambers, she has taken a very solid step in music. Although she really wanted to participate in Xiao Yao's movie, Sun Tingting didn't think it was a good choice to use a supporting role with a few roles as the first collaboration between the two in a movie. Therefore, these few friends and family members who are close to Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui did not participate in the role auditing for this movie.

  However, not participating in this movie does not mean that they are indifferent to Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui. They can also come to the United States without participating in the performance.

  Two months of summer vacation, for Zhu Zitong and Lin Qisan, who have not yet graduated from the acting department, it is a rare opportunity to go out and receive the show. A few months after Sun Tingting returned to China, it was also time for some actions. The two of them staying in the United States with Zhao Ruixiaoyao for two months were wasted, so the three actors all took over the roles of the domestic crew, and Sun Tingting organized her own concert. It was arranged to wait for the three of them to finish their scenes, and after Sun Tingting's concert was over, they would come to visit the class together.

  These things were discussed by Xiao Yao and the others before they left for the United States, so Xiao Yao was not surprised that the four came to visit the class. What surprised Xiao Yao more was that the four who came to visit the class this time, in addition to the families of Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting, there were Tong Luo and Fang still.

  Of course, Xiao Yao felt that the accident was not when he saw them, but when Fang still called Xiao Yao the day before they left to tell Xiao Yao that she was coming with Tong Luohui and Sun Tingting. Because they don't know the specific filming location of the crew, they are not particularly familiar with Los Angeles. After they arrive, they need to send someone from Xiao Yao to pick it up.

  Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and others are going to be filming, certainly not leaving the crew to pick up the plane in person at the airport. On the day they arrived, Xiao Yao not only asked Mu Ying to send two crew drivers to pick up the plane at the airport, but also invited members of the "Immortals" band who were already locals to go with the driver.

  Except for Zhu Zitong and Sun Tingting, all the people who came to visit the class had booked hotels. After the driver sent them to the hotel to place their luggage, the people who came to visit the class could not take a break, so they asked the crew of the crew to send them to the filming scene of the crew.

  The crew is working on an eight-hour work system and has a lot of free time. Xiao Yao has no intention of suspending filming work for relatives and friends visiting the class. After the visitor came to the shooting scene, everyone just greeted and greeted them during the break, and then resumed the work of shooting.

  Xu Fei’s father and Chen Xiaoting’s mother are both actors. Tong Luo is a teacher of Shen Opera. Although he is not a teacher of acting, he is considered a practitioner in this industry. Everyone is in this business, and they don't have any complaints about the arrangement of the crew. They watched the filming of the crew for a long time with enthusiasm.

Although Xiao Yao and others had discussed with their relatives and friends to entertain themselves before the visiting relatives and friends came, but after the crew closed in the evening, Xiao Yao, one of the biggest talkers of the crew, still invited all the people who came to visit the team. Had a dinner.

  After dinner, it’s really to entertain your relatives and friends. However, because it was too early, Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting's parents were more concerned about their living environment. Lin Qisan also wanted to see where they lived. A group of people went back to the apartment building where they lived together.

  After returning to the apartment building, everyone separated and took their relatives and friends to their room. Only Zhu Zitong and Sun Tingting who came to visit the class this time did not book a hotel, because Zhao Rui and Xiao Yao lived in the apartment alone, which is probably one of the reasons why their parents did not come to visit the class together.

Although Xiao Yao’s parents did not come here, the agent Fang and Tong Luo still came, and the number of people was relatively large, and the two came to talk with Xiao Yao about work matters, so Lin Qisan took Nina. Ai Guli went to Zhao Rui's apartment and went to talk to Zhao Rui about what happened when their crew was filming.

  The apartment Muying helped them rent was not big, and the living room was not too crowded with four people. Taking a few people for a brief tour, Xiao Yao asked Tong Luo and Fang to sit on the sofa in the living room, poured coffee for a few people, and then sat down next to Sun Tingting.

  "Your place is really good!" Tong Luo took a sip of coffee, smiled and said to Xiao Yao, "It feels much more comfortable than staying in a hotel. Your idea, right?"

"Old Wood rented it for us," Xiao Yao said, "Because the crew here has a limited shooting time, and there is more free time every day, I want to have a more private place, and I really have to count it. This is actually less expensive than staying in a hotel. money."

   "Save money?" Tong Luo shook his head and smiled, "Do you still need to save money now?"

   "Looking at you like this, do you have good news to tell me?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

   "Don't you know the good news? Why do I need to tell you?" Tong Luo smiled, "Don't tell me you are filming here. The domestic news will be completely ignored."

   "All of my news is from the Internet," Xiao Yao continued to laugh, "It's better if you tell me again!"

"Well, let's talk about some news that you can't see on the Internet." Tong Luo put down the coffee cup and said sternly, ""Robot Walli" is basically off screen in domestic theaters, and you can still see this movie now. The number of screens in China is probably less than 200 yuan, which will hardly have any impact on the box office of the movie."

   "This has been more than a month, and it's time to go off as normal! There are two hundred screens that are already a surprise." Xiao Yao smiled, "What then?"

"Then it's time to congratulate you!" Tong Luo put on a smiling face, "Now the total box office of this movie has exceeded 2.1 billion. 700 million. Your investment in this movie is larger than mine, and there is no other investor. You should get more than 400 million. Although it is pre-tax, you must be a billionaire. Up."

"Invest 200 million. It took more than two years to harvest 700 million. It was still before tax." Xiao Yao curled his lips. "It's not even three times. Congratulations! If you don't invest in this animation, Movies, I save all my money, or invest in something else, as long as I don’t lose money, I’m already a billionaire!"

"Yo~ you are really not that small." Tong Luo smiled, "but 700 million is not our end! This is only the domestic box office, there is no overseas box office, all kinds of broadcasting rights and other income has not started. ?"

"This time I and I are still coming to the United States because of the movie's release in American theaters." Tong Luo continued, "You also hope that the higher the income from the United States, the better? Let's talk about it. How about this? If the U.S. box office is good enough, it will be easier for us to talk about the issuance in other countries."

  The distribution company they were looking for when the film was released in China did not have the ability to distribute overseas, so the overseas distribution of this film was the matter of their producers themselves to negotiate with overseas distribution companies. After the film was released in China, many distribution companies with overseas distribution capabilities took the initiative to come to the door. However, in order to ensure the maximization of revenue, Tong Luo did not easily choose partners for cooperation, but personally went to some foreign major distribution companies. Company negotiation.

"I'm filming now. Where can I have time to negotiate with American distribution companies?" Xiao Yao shook his head, "Didn't I let me still have full authority to handle this matter on my behalf? And I know some people in Europe and America. I know some of the stars of the fashion and showbiz circles, and the management of the fashion group, but I don’t know the top of the film company!"

   "But I still think that if you come forward, we will go smoother." Tong Luo said, "You are also a well-known star in the United States!"

   "Then I don't want to find Lao Mu, let him introduce some film distribution companies or senior executives of the film company's distribution department to you?" Xiao Yao thought for a while and said to the two.

"Why do you introduce it to me? You want to introduce it to the two of us!" Tong Luo said, "Are you not planning to release this movie globally? You will also have to deal with foreign distribution companies at that time! Didn’t you just say that your crew has an eight-hour work day and you have a lot of free time? Americans don’t work at all at night, do they? Set up the relationship now, and you will save trouble in the future!"

"It seems reasonable!" Xiao Yao thought for a while, nodded unconsciously, "Then when we meet for the first time, I will go with you. If the two parties reach an intention to cooperate, I will not discuss the details later. Go. Anyway, this part of the income is still divided into proportions. Our interests are the same. If there is, it still represents me."

   "Okay!" Tong Luo nodded and agreed.

   "Are you okay?" Xiao Yao looked towards Fang and said.

   "Yes!" Fang still nodded solemnly.

   "Huh?" Xiao Yao and Tong Luo both looked at Fang Still in surprise.

   "President Tong, I don't have a problem with this matter, but I have other things to tell Xiao Yao." Fang still said to Tong Luo.

"Oh," Tong Luo nodded, stood up and said, "Then I will avoid it. I will go to Zhao Rui's place with Lin Qisan and the others for a while. When I leave later, you call me and we will go back to the hotel together. There is a companion on the way. Be safe!"

   "No need," Fang still said, "It's nothing particularly secretive. You are Xiao Yao's teacher and partner. You don't need to avoid you. Maybe you can help with some suggestions!"

   "Okay!" Tong Luo saw that, and sat down again.

   "What's the matter?" Xiao Yao asked Fang still.

   "Let's open a studio!" Fang still said directly.

   "I have a studio in my house, what kind of studio do you open?" Xiao Yao smiled.

"But your relationship with your studio~" Fang still sighed, and continued, "Let’s put it this way, the contract between you and Qi Jia’s studio only counts you as under the name of the studio. Yours Songs, your movies, all your works, the copyright is your own, not your studio. Let me talk about the copyright for you. I am ashamed to ask someone from the business department of Qijia Studio to help me."

"I used to help you negotiate the copyright of the song and arrange the performance contract for you to participate in the show. I can barely handle these. But when it comes to the distribution contract of a film that may involve hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, I can't handle it. Fang continued, "This time you are cooperating with Mr. Tong. There are people from the business and legal department of Mr. Tong's company. I just need to watch it. Can you post your own movie? For example, you are shooting this one now. In this movie, without the company’s participation, you have the largest position, but you are not leading it? I am an agent, not a professional manager, and I don’t have that level of business negotiation ability."

  "Then ask a professional to come!" Xiao Yao said.

"I don't know the basics of such a big contract. I don't dare to use it. Once the investigation is clear, it must be a long-term cooperation?" Fang still said, "Since it is a long-term cooperation, it is better to invite it directly into your team. Both parties are more at ease."

   "Then add an individual to the team, don't you have to open a studio?" Xiao Yao said.

"Business is one aspect, as well as legal and financial aspects. I think it is necessary to add specialized staff." Fang still said, "In the past, you used to pay dividends in the three companies and related tax issues were all directly assisted by those three companies. You handle it. I don’t have much to do here. The main thing is your song copyright income and program performance income, which I can barely handle. Now that there are other artists under my hand, I’m already struggling to deal with it. Now that you have a large amount of income from investing in movies, it is even harder for me to deal with it."

   "Let's just talk about this animated film. Actually, I made a huge mistake in my work!" Fang still said.

   "What's the mistake?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Tax!" Fang still said, "The tax rates for personal income and corporate profits are not the same. In the past, you sold the copyright of songs and went on shows. The difference in this respect is not particularly obvious. But this time, the animation film is in China. The income at the box office is several hundred million, the difference in tax money is too big! Before you started this project, I should let you invest in this project in the form of a business. Even if you don’t want to borrow your home Investment in the name of the studio, I should also ask you to set up a studio, in the name of a personal studio."

   "I'm again~" Xiao Yao waved his hand.

   "I know!" Fang still interrupted Xiao Yao's words, waved his hand, "Although I know you don't care about money, you won't blame me for this matter, but anyway, this is my dereliction of duty!"

   "It's not that serious!" Xiao Yao still smiled and said, "I didn't think about it myself. Pay more taxes, I really don't care!"

   "But I care!" Fang still solemnly said, "The previous mistakes have been made, and we can't change the investment in these two films into corporate behaviors, but we can still change them in the future."

"Also," Fang continued, "In this animated film, the copyrights of Walle and Eve's portraits are in your hands. Nowadays, many companies in China want to buy portrait licenses from us or It is the cooperative development of peripheral products for these two roles. Some small cottage manufacturers have even begun to produce and sell related products for these two roles. We have to deal with this kind of business cooperation and infringement. This requires a professional team. Can't you count on me all?"

"It is normal for an artist team to have agents and assistants," Fang still said at the end, "but there is rarely an artist team with professional business, financial, legal, or even teams. Those generally belong to the artist. Brokerage company. We have all these professionals who are dedicated to you. In fact, it is no different from a personal studio."

"It makes sense to say that~" Xiao Yao touched his chin and muttered, "Although I do not evade tax, reasonable tax avoidance is not illegal. With more money in hand, you can also do more of what you want. Thing."

   "Okay!" Xiao Yao still nodded and said, "After you return to China, let's set up a personal studio for me! At that time, all my related affairs will be centralized and integrated!"

"But I have two requirements!" Xiao Yao raised **** and said, "First, my studio, I am the boss, you are the person in charge and general manager, but your artists, don’t sign in to mine. studio."

   "Why? Wouldn't it be better to integrate them all together?" Fang still asked strangely. She did put her artists under the banner of Xiao Yao's personal studio before.

"Because of the second point," Xiao Yao said, "My personal studio does not sign any artists! I don't mind if you use the resources established because of me to help them, but that is the personal behavior of your agent, not My studio is my behavior! If you feel that an independent agent is not enough for them and you need a studio to back them up, I suggest you sign them into Qijia."

  (End of this chapter)