Chapter 44 The environment is not good, making movies does not make money

With the start of school, the box office of "Crazy Stone" has gradually declined. It is currently making more than 2 or 1000 a day. It is about to be closed, and the final box office should be just over million.

The wish that Lin Yicheng made that day was half fulfilled, and he had a fight with Zhang Yimou from a distance.

Second place in domestic film box office record!
Sit second and look forward to first!

As for "Seven Swords", due to Lin Yicheng's actions, it was far worse than the original time and space.

Currently, the total box office in mainland China is less than 2000 million. As for the box office in Southeast Asia, it is also unsatisfactory. European and American film producers are even more resistant to it.

If the investment is really as much as 1.4 million as claimed, then those investors suffered heavy losses this time.

Lin Yicheng doesn’t know whether Xu Ke can recover this time, he hopes he can be strong.

"Crazy Stone" was also released in Hong Kong and Taiwan before, and the box office was average, with the total revenue in the two places being just over 10 million.

Since China Film Group cannot reach there, Silver Metro Films is responsible for distribution in Hong Kong, while a local company is responsible for distribution in Taiwan.

In the end, it is estimated that I can get more than 200 million in share.

This is even with the support of Lin Yicheng. The main problem is the dialect, many people can't understand it.

The copyrights for Southeast Asia and South Korea have also been sold, and together, the total is almost over 800 million.

Compared with the domestic box office, the overseas results are naturally not impressive enough.

Low cost + comedy + dialect, it is inherently flawed and it is normal for it to not adapt to the local environment.

Director Kai Ge's "A Murder Caused by a Bun", which no one could understand for 20 years, has not yet been released, and has not yet sealed the door to costume blockbusters. Currently, the overseas market still recognizes costume blockbusters.

……

Lin Yicheng began to count the accounts.

To be honest, no matter what kind of person Zhang Baimao is, he has indeed made contributions to Chinese films.

Before "Hero", the investors of domestic films could only get 38% of the final box office.

When "Hero" was about to be released, Zhang Baimao used a trick to control the theaters and negotiated with them on the numbers.

Zhang Baimao: I have a batch of goods to sell recently. They are genuine Lao Mouzi brand. They are no worse than American goods and are definitely strong enough. This time, I want to take 40%. Who agrees and who disagrees?

Cinema: No, Brother Mao, the economy has been bad recently and the brothers haven’t been back to work for a long time. We have tens of thousands of people in our gang and we all need to eat.

Zhang Baimao: So there is no room for negotiation? Well, if you agree to the 40:60 split, come and get the goods from me. If you don't agree, go eat shit!
In the end, the theater chains all gave in, because if they didn't show "Hero", other films would not be attractive and audiences would not go to their theaters.

From then on, the production company and the theater chain split the profits 40% and 60%.

In "House of Flying Daggers", Zhang Baimao once again gave the count.

Zhang Baimao: I have another batch of goods coming up soon, the authentic Lao Mouzi brand...

Cinema: Boss, needless to say, we will all listen to you!
As a result, the box office share that the production company can get becomes the current 41%.

Of course, if nothing unexpected happens, Zhang Baimao will make the third comment in the future, but that is a story for later, so let’s not talk about it for now.

……

《疯狂的石头》2亿1000万票房，前1亿8000万，三家公司能拿到1.8亿×91.7%×41%=6767万。

1亿8000万到2亿的部分，能拿到2000万×91.7%×36%=660万。

超过2亿的部分能拿到1000万×91.7%×31%=284万。

(PS: The reason why it is 91.7% is that after deducting 5% of the film special fund and 3.3% of the tax, 91.7% of the total box office is the portion that the producers and theaters can share.)
The total amount is 7711 million, and after deducting the 10% distribution fee paid to China Film (copying and labor), there is still 6940 million left.

The filming cost was 600 million plus the publicity fee was 800 million, the total investment was 1400 million, and the net profit was 5540 million.

And Xinghe Film and Television will get 3324 million of it.

Galaxy Film and Television Company will receive 600 million of the copyright income from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other countries.

The television copyright, audio-visual copyright, and network copyright were sold for a total of 1000 million, and Xinghe Film and Television Company received 600 million.

3324 million + 600 million + 600 million, Xinghe Film and Television’s total revenue is 4524 million.

After doing the math, Lin Yicheng couldn't help but curse inwardly. It turned out that making movies doesn't make money these days!

I worked so hard for half a year and only earned this little!
Lin Yicheng only regretted that he did not catch up with the good times. Before 94, it was the era when film studios were strong.

At that time, the producer took 70% of a movie's box office, while the theater chain could only take 26%.

It’s not like now, the offensive and defensive situations have changed, and the theaters are singing like the serfs who have been liberated.

...Lin Yicheng is considering what to do in the second half of the year.

The novel has been completed, but "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is still selling well.

I have very little stock left to release an album, so I have to use it sparingly.

I won't consider making a movie this year. My goal of becoming famous has already been achieved. I can still sit in the second place for a long time, and the return is too low.

To enter the cinema industry, too little money is useless and too much money is not enough, so Lin Yicheng chose to wait and see.

The same is true for the Internet. Currently, everyone is burning investors' money. It depends on who can't hold on, and then everyone will rush in and take up the other's share.

You can definitely wait a few years and acquire it when you have enough confidence.

Then there is only one option left, which is to make a TV series.

Lin Yicheng smiled. After being away for half a year, your king is coming back to the TV circle!

It just so happened that the company’s staff was no longer so shabby, and Comrade Lao Lin found a few people from the Shaanxi TV station who were willing to join Lin Yicheng.

Including Liu Mingjun who is currently working at Huace, the company now has more than 20 people.

As for what to shoot, don’t worry, let’s move first.

……

That’s right, Lin Yicheng finally bought a house. It can only be said that the housing prices in Beijing are really cheap now. Lin Yicheng bought two houses in HD, one each in XC and DC. They are basically large flats of more than 300 square meters, and he spent a total of more than 1500 million.

Well, without the CY District, Lin Yicheng would never buy a house there in his life.

After getting into the second-hand Audi, the driver and bodyguard in the driving seat turned his head to look at him.

"Go to your new home. I'll show you the way."

The other party nodded and started the car.

This man is called Zheng Jun. As his name suggests, he is a former scout of the Lanzhou Military Region. I heard from my godfather that he even won a prize in a major competition. He just retired this year for some reason. His hometown is also Chang'an. He is an orphan with no parents and is just 27 years old.

He is the kind of person who is very frugal with words. He has been here for several days and has spoken no more than three words each time. The most he spoke was when he introduced himself when we first met.

"Zheng Jun."

"Scout."

At other times, it's just a nod or a shake of the head, or a look.

It would be strange if someone with this kind of personality could be promoted.

I arrived at a high-end residential complex, got the access key, and went upstairs.

After a while, the moving company brought a bunch of stuff over. Lin Yicheng was too lazy to take the bedding, pots, pans, and other things from his previous residence, so he left them at the rental house.

After working for most of the day, I finally finished cleaning up.

"The apartment downstairs is also mine, you can live there first. Go buy some daily necessities for me and buy some for yourself as well."

Lin Yicheng took out a card and handed it to Zheng Jun.

After Zheng Jun came back, Lin Yicheng looked at what he bought and said nothing.

There are two things, two different ones.

One high-end one is his, and the other is more ordinary, which belongs to Zheng Jun.

I guess Zheng Jun bought his share with his own money.

……

After settling down, Lin Yicheng turned on the computer and started looking through the folders.

It contained scripts he had written previously, which had already been registered with the Copyright Bureau.

I will not shoot the remaining two parts of the Zhenhua Trilogy myself. After all, I am a big director with a salary of 2 million. It would be cheap of me to shoot youth campus dramas again. I can let others shoot them in the future.

"Lost", the original time and space is adapted from a short story that will be published next year. The original work has only more than 1 words. We can just buy the adaptation rights of the novel when the time comes.

Lin Yicheng really wanted to act in this drama, but he was too young and not suitable for the role.

Pigtail dramas are the most popular type of drama at the moment. The company can shoot it, but he himself doesn't want to.

After reading for more than half an hour, Lin Yicheng finally opened a document.

"Naked Marriage Era"!
(End of this chapter)