Chapter 108 Who said making movies doesn’t make money? That’s bullshit!

"Prepare a list of all these endorsements, contracts, and so on."

"Okay, I can get it done today." Fat Fan said without hesitation.

This kind of contract is a commercial secret, but she is willing to give it to Lin Yicheng, which shows her trust in him.

“This time, I will teach you a truth.”

"Hmm? What truth?"

"Strike first is the strongest!"

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Fan Xiaopang’s affairs cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires a certain amount of time to prepare and arrange everything.

It is impossible for Lin Yicheng to spend all his time and energy on her.

After deciding on the initial strategy, all that’s left is to implement it step by step.

It is February 2th, the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon.

Lin Yicheng did what he said. He paid his employees double their salary for December and January, and also gave everyone a year-end bonus.

In particular, Zhou Chenggong and Liu Mingjun received red envelopes of 100 million and 50 respectively.

Zhou Chenggong is a veteran and a trusted henchman, so naturally there should be some distinction between them.

It would be a bad thing if we just ignore the consequences and treat them equally. Not only will Zhou Chenggong have his disagreements, but Liu Mingjun will also have doubts.

Once his qualifications are up, will he have to get the same treatment as those who come after him?

In terms of company management, Lin Yicheng's level may be average.

But when it comes to being worldly-wise, Lin Yicheng has absolutely no problem.

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Just yesterday, "Man Jiang Hong" was withdrawn from theaters across the mainland, with a total box office of 5 million.

China Film Group also sold the copyrights to Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and some European and American copyrights.

Among them, Southeast Asian countries sold a total of 1800 million, far exceeding the sales of "Crazy Stone" that year.

This is the number after director Kai Ge broke the overseas sales record of costume blockbusters. Otherwise, with the record-breaking performance of "Man Jiang Hong", it could have sold at least 3000 million.

Although the individual bids from these Southeast Asian countries are not high, with the highest being two to three million and the lowest being one to eight hundred thousand, the number of bidders is huge, and if you add them together, the amount is not small.

Japan and South Korea sold 500 million and 400 million respectively, for a total of 900 million.

The European and American copyrights were sold directly to Sony Columbia for a package price of US$400 million, which is 1 million based on the current exchange rate of RMB to USD of 8:3200.

To be honest, this price is not high, and it is a bit low.

But this is already the highest offer. Warner Bros., which was cheated by "The Promise", directly refused to buy it. No deal!
In Europe and the United States, Lin Yicheng has no fame at all, let alone Huang Bo.

As for Fan Xiaopang, he did gain a little fame after appearing on the red carpet a few times, but it was useless as no one recognized him at all.

Plus, it’s not a blockbuster and there are no fighting scenes, so it’s not attractive to foreigners.

In their opinion, if you want to watch a costume drama, you have to fly around, fight on the ground and then fight in the sky, only then people will like to watch it.

If "Man Jiang Hong" can't fly, who cares?

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Sony Columbia had its reasons for being willing to buy it.

Currently, Hollywood is still dominated by the "Big Seven", and Sony Columbia is not in a good situation.

After acquiring MGM which was killed by Wu Baige in 2005, he wanted to make a big move, but unfortunately the result was not satisfactory.

After more than two years, it is still at the bottom of the list, only slightly better than DreamWorks, which is at the bottom, and ranks sixth.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Sony Columbia, in a desperate attempt, is willing to buy the copyright of "Man Jiang Hong".

Give it a try, after all, this is a film that can beat Zhang Yimou's.

If it can become the second "Hero", they will naturally make a lot of money.

Otherwise, it's just 400 million US dollars, which is nothing to Sony Columbia.

Lin Yicheng couldn't guess how "Man Jiang Hong" would perform in Europe and the United States, because there was really nothing to refer to. So, he could only leave it to fate.

Speaking of which, Lin Yicheng really admires Wu Baige. He is a great man who can change the landscape of Hollywood single-handedly. Awesome Plath!

When MGM and United Artists merged, the "Big Seven" situation was formed in Hollywood, which lasted for nearly 30 years.

Then, Wu Baige's "Windtalkers" came out and shocked the world! MGM went bankrupt!

Who else has this ability?

Speaking of which, Spielberg really should give Wu Baige a kudos. If he hadn't brought down MGM, DreamWorks would never have been able to squeeze in and become the seventh largest studio.

It would be really unacceptable if DreamWorks didn't send an invitation to Wu Baige for the celebration party and opened the champagne without waiting for him to arrive.

How can we ignore the great contributors who have made great contributions to DreamWorks?

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The screening of "Man Jiang Hong" in Hong Kong and Taiwan is also coming to an end. It is almost the same as Lin Yicheng's estimation. The two places will finally get box office of about 1200 million and 2000 million respectively.

In this regard, they are still looking for Silver Metropolis Pictures and the Taiwanese distributor of "Crazy Stone" last time.

Lin Yicheng picked up the calculator and started calculating.

First of all, in terms of the mainland box office, Galaxy Film and other three producers can get 5 million × 2280% × 91.7%, which is 41 million.

After deducting the 10% distribution fee paid to China Film, there is still 1 million left.

Copyrights for Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea: 1800 million + 900 million, which is 2700 million.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, based on the final box office of 1200 million and 2000 million, the film can get 3200% of the 20 million, a total of 640 million.

European and American copyright 3200 million.

The copyrights of audio-visual products, television, and Internet copyrights were sold for a total of 1900 million.

In the end, the three companies will receive a total of 2 million.

Galaxy Film and Television Company can get 55% of it, 1 million!
"Who said the environment is bad and making movies can't make money? That's all nonsense!" Lin Yicheng couldn't help but act like a Versailles, completely forgetting what he thought and said last year.

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In addition, Lin Yicheng also has personal income.

His basic salary as director, screenwriter and leading actor totaled 780 million, plus a 5% share of the box office profits.

The original bill signed was a domestic split bill, so he could get 1% of the 9656 million, or 5 million.

He alone took away 1763 million!
Of course, his 983 million was paid jointly by three companies, and Xinghe Film and Television Company needed to pay him 540 million of it.

这样一来，星河影视公司实际是拿不到1亿4371万的，应该是1亿4371万–540万=1亿3831万。

Although Xinghe Film and Television Company is also solely owned by Lin Yicheng, it is nothing more than transferring the 540 million from the company account to his personal account, but the accounts still have to be calculated separately and cannot be mixed up.

Lin Yicheng doesn't want to have any tax problems, so the company's accounts and personal accounts must be strictly separated.

Of course, Lin Yicheng is also planning to set up his own personal studio next year. In the future, his contracts as directors, screenwriters and actors will be signed in the name of the studio and accounted for by the studio.

The tax for a studio is much lower than that for an individual, which is reasonable and legal.

Lin Yicheng also calculated his other income in 2006.

As for the company, if we only look at the revenue and not the investment, the two TV series that have been aired are "The Good Times of Wife" and "The Secret History of Kangxi".

On a personal level, it mainly comes from the sales share of the EP "Four Songs", ringtone income, and online copyright income.

There are also scattered copyright incomes from a few novels.

The song collection that was released not long ago is not counted for the time being, and the income from this CD will be greatly reduced. After all, he took out 100 million as a welfare "give back to fans."

In addition to these 100 million copies, the ones that are normally on the market, including the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, would be good if 150 million copies could be sold in the end.

Soon, a line of numbers appeared on the calculator screen.

Lin Yicheng smiled with satisfaction.

Compared to last year, it has almost doubled.

(End of this chapter)