Chapter 250

Wu Yuchen keenly noticed that Han Sanping said China Film Group would cooperate.

You must know that on the surface, private companies are not yet allowed to be involved in film distribution. Even if Qiji Film and Television has established a distribution department, every time they do promotion, it has to be in the name of assisting the distribution work of China Film Group or Beijing Film Studio. But now what Han Sanping mentioned is China Film Group cooperating...

Wu Yuchen looked at Han Sanping again, only to see Han Sanping smile and signal him to look at the second document first: "Implementation Rules on the Qualification Certification System for Obtaining 'Film Production Xu Kezheng (Single Film)'."

Wu Yuchen read carefully. The rules said a lot, but the main content is that units other than film production units can enjoy the right to independently produce films after obtaining the "Single Film Xu Kezheng." This means that in the future, after private film companies obtain the "Single Film Xu Kezheng," they will no longer need to buy a studio label to shoot movies.

In the past few years, the movies Wu Yuchen shot were all funded by Qiji Film and Television itself, but they all had to wear a layer of skin, which is to buy the Beijing Film Studio's label, but from now on, this step will not be needed!

Wu Yuchen's face was full of joy, and then he immediately asked: "Brother Han, can distribution also be done?"

Han Sanping smiled and said: "The matter of distribution has not been completely decided yet, but we now plan to open a small gap and will select a few companies to do a pilot. If the effect is good, it can be decided in a few years."

Needless to say, this pilot must definitely include Qiji Film and Television!

Wu Yuchen immediately cupped his hands and said: "Many thanks, Brother Han!"

Formally opening distribution to private companies will have to wait until the "Film Distribution Business Xu Kezheng" is launched 2 years later. But now that there is the tacit permission of China Film Group, it is actually no different from having already obtained this license, and he can also let go and do big things in terms of distribution.

In his past life, the Bona of that guy Yu Dong should also have taken this path. After all, he was from the Beijing Film Studio and had always considered himself an old subordinate of Han Sanping, so he naturally enjoyed this pilot privilege. Thinking of Yu Dong, I just don't know when this guy will resign and run out to start a company to go it alone.

At that time, Wu Yuchen also made a greeting call, but after meeting, he certainly still had to express his concern again.

Immersing himself for a month or two is enough. Wu Yuchen knows that it should recover by the end of the year at Christmas; otherwise, it would be impossible to give birth to the two super high-box-office movies "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Lord of the Rings."

Wu Yuchen thanked Han Sanping again and again. These pieces of news mean that if you know in advance, you can plan early, and if you enter the game early to grab the first move, you can grow big and strong.

Han Sanping pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Wu, I won't hide it from you. Regarding the cinema chain reform, the opinion in the meeting is still to take it step by step. For the time being, cinema chains must still be dominated by state-owned holdings. If the action is too big, I'm afraid of twisting my waist! However, the country now encourages the active private economy in all walks of life. The opening of our film industry to private capital is a major trend. You can grasp this scale yourself."

After returning with this news, Wu Yuchen also immediately gathered the company internally to discuss and deploy the next arrangements.

Wu Yuchen also echoed: "Yes, I see that the airport is much quieter than before. The flow of people is at least half less, and the security check is much stricter than before. They wanted to tear open my underwear, and only after I said I was Director Wu Yuchen did they give me face and let me go. It's really too scary!"

Spielberg laughed: "I didn't expect your reputation to have this effect!"

Afterward, he also said: "Not to mention other industries, Hollywood has also had a hard time in the last few months. The entertainment industry is in a comprehensive depression, and everyone is unwilling to go out to consume entertainment. The number of viewers in cinema chains was 60% less than before at its lowest, and the whole country seems to have been covered by a haze."

DreamWorks, Spielberg and Wu Yuchen hugged lightly, showing a bright smile: "Wu, long time no see, we all miss you very much!"

After letting go, Wu Yuchen also said: "Oh, Steven, I miss you all too. How are you doing lately? When 9/11 happened, I was very worried about you~"

"Thanks for your concern, we are all fine, but the impact of 9/11 is too great!" Spielberg couldn't help but sigh when mentioning 9/11.

In his past life, after the "Several Decisions on Non-Public Capital Entering the Cultural Industry" was issued in 2005, the cinema chain was completely opened to private capital, and the first cinema chain completely dominated by private capital in the mainland—Wanda—was born that year. It's just that I don't know if this time point will be accelerated and arrive earlier now that I have his influence.

Wu Yuchen patted Spielberg on the shoulder: "It will pass, everything will get better."

Spielberg nodded and said: "It's much better now. But this time we sent troops to Afghanistan and launched a war on terror, and incidents of troops harming civilians have already begun to spread. Now it has caused some controversy, and I don't know how long this war will last. Now some people in Hollywood have begun to raise anti-war slogans, hoping to end the war early and withdraw troops early."

Wu Yuchen understood in a second. Han Sanping's meaning is that although he still insists on state-owned dominance, he has already opened a gap for private funds. As long as you still let the state-owned side keep the name of the largest shareholder in the cinema chain, then no one will care about you.

If you are more radical, for example, if a cinema chain's state-owned holding accounts for 35% of the shares, it is nominally the largest shareholder, but Wu Yuchen can register a few more small companies to hold the other 65% of the shares separately. Don't go against the state-owned big brother in these few years. When the official document lands in a few years, you can immediately transform into your own cinema chain.

Then there is a lot of room for operation. To be more conservative, you can acquire 49% of the shares, and the state-owned holding 51% is still the largest shareholder, and then operate after the policy comes out.

Wu Yuchen thought for a while and asked a key question related to his layout: "Brother Han, in the cinema chain reform, can our private capital contribute more now?"

Wu Yuchen's meaning is very obvious, which is asking Han Sanping if the red line of private capital acquiring cinema chains has been opened now.

Half a month later, Wu Yuchen boarded a plane to America.

Wu Yuchen shook his head. How could such a thing be so simple? Revenge is just an excuse. If the Americans don't achieve their strategic goals there and don't take enough advantage, they definitely won't leave. And nowadays, network media is far less developed than in later generations. Most of the news now is exposed by war reporters, and the vast majority of scandals can be covered up.

Wu Yuchen doesn't want to talk much about this kind of thing. Now is not the time to express an attitude, and he is a foreigner, so let's talk after the situation becomes clear.

Wu Yuchen immediately smiled and changed the subject: "Steven, let's talk about something happy. Has 'Pirates of the Caribbean' been taken off the screens in North America?"

Being taken off the screens in North America means that you can get the North American box office share from the cinema chain. It is always the happiest when money is credited to the account!

Spielberg also led Wu Yuchen to sit down and took out a document and handed it to him: "'Pirates of the Caribbean' has been screened in North American cinema chains for nearly half a year, with a total North American box office of 405 million. If it weren't for 9/11, it might have been even higher."

Wu Yuchen smiled: "It doesn't matter, we should be glad that our movie was already released in May!"

Before 9/11, "Pirates of the Caribbean" had already reached a box office of 380 million dollars. In the following two months, it only increased by 20 million, which had little impact on the total box office.

Spielberg also smiled: "Yes, thinking about it now, not only are we lucky, 'Zhenzhugang' is also really lucky. If they had released it at the end of the year, the box office wouldn't even have exceeded 100 million!"

The time of the Zhenzhugang incident was December 7th, so some media speculated that the movie might be chosen to be released on December 7th this year, but "Zhenzhugang" didn't choose that. "Zhenzhugang" is a movie about air raids and bombing. If it were released after 9/11, uncovering the scar of 9/11 suffering an air raid, how many people would go to the cinema to watch it? It would definitely be subjected to public opinion and fierce criticism.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "Let's not talk about the defeated, let's talk about 'Pirates of the Caribbean'~"

Nowadays, the global box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has reached 830 million dollars. It has been taken off the screens in North America, but it hasn't even been released in some overseas regions, so the overseas box office part is temporarily not discussed.

But in terms of North American box office, this time 405 million dollars, the film party's box office share is 64%, which is 259 million dollars, and then the distribution share fee of Universal, 12% of the North American box office, must be deducted, leaving 210 million dollars.

Next, the promotion fee this time was set at 50 million, and then 15 million was added on this basis, a promotion fee of 65 million. After deducting this sum, the film party only has 145.6 million dollars left.

This is not the part that goes into his pocket. Among Wu Yuchen's director remuneration, there was a 12% full copyright share, so 12% of the North American box office naturally has to be given to him, which is 48.6 million.

After such a deduction, 97 million remains. And this movie invested 140 million dollars, DreamWorks 80 million, Qiji Film 60 million, and they can each get 55.4 million and 41.6 million according to the proportion.

If you only count the North American local box office, even if "Pirates of the Caribbean" has a high box office of 405 million, the movie investment of the two companies is a loss, which also shows the difficulty of playing with such big productions. But fortunately, there are overseas box office and various copyrights.

Not to mention the overseas box office, just the global disc and videotape price sold for a high price of 150 million dollars. TV copyright, airline copyright, etc., added up to 40 million.

Don't think that the price of 150 million is too high for merchants to make money. In fact, after the movie was taken off the screens, as soon as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" discs and VHS tapes hit the shelves, 13 million copies were sold in the first week, and the sales in half a month reached more than 220 million dollars. People will only make more money than you think...

And the prices of peripheral authorizations such as toys, clothing, food, accessories, etc., are also very exaggerated. For the authorizations that have been negotiated so far, most are 3 years, and the longest does not exceed 5 years, 150 million!

This is still with some overseas parts not negotiated. If it is really opened up, Wu Yuchen estimates that just the money earned from this peripheral authorization could possibly reach 250 million. And this is not a one-off deal. When renewing the contract in three or five years, will you renew it or not? At that time, as long as "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still popular, this money can be earned continuously. After all, there are new characters and new things in the sequels!

Wu Yuchen thought that the peripheral and TV copyright of "The Sixth Sense" were bundled and sold for only 30 million. Even if its box office was also very high, it obviously had no peripheral value. But the peripheral value of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is really too great!

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but sigh. No wonder in his past life, Disney dragged Depp to shoot the subsequent fourth and fifth parts. By the fifth part, they were willing to give him a sky-high remuneration of 100 million dollars just to keep shooting. They didn't ask for how much profit the box office would make. As long as it didn't lose money, everything else could be earned back from the peripherals. The peripherals of this project are really too profitable!

That is to say, the copyright part currently has a temporary income of 340 million. Among them, first of all, 12% must be distributed to Wu Yuchen, which is 40.8 million. Afterward, according to the investment proportion, DreamWorks and Qiji Film and Television each get 172 million and 128 million.

That is to say, without counting the overseas box office share of "Pirates of the Caribbean," DreamWorks and Qiji Film and Television each have 227 million and 180 million credited to their accounts. After deducting their respective investments of 80 million and 60 million, the net profits are 147 million and 120 million.

And the remuneration of Wu Yuchen as the director is temporarily 96.4 million, which is almost catching up with the profit of his own investor, Qiji Film.

After the overseas box office share arrives next year, his director remuneration will definitely exceed 100 million. This is a very rare high income even in Hollywood!

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but curl his lips when thinking of this. However, after seeing Spielberg, who was also smiling beside him, his self-satisfaction just now converged a bit. After all, this guy reached 250 million relying on the director remuneration of "Jurassic Park."

Wu Yuchen thought for a while. On one hand, it should be that his 12% share ratio is not as high as the other party's. Spielberg got at least a 20% full copyright share in "Jurassic Park." On the other hand, the influence and peripheral income of "Jurassic Park" must be more popular than "Pirates of the Caribbean." After all, those dinosaurs are really too easy to sell. Basically, children who have watched the movie want to buy them.

The goal is right in front of him, and the revolution still needs effort!

Thinking of this, Wu Yuchen immediately asked Spielberg: "Steven, how are the actors for the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' sequel being negotiated?"

Spielberg shook his head: "Keira and Hugh Jackman are both easy to talk to, but on Depp's side, his agent said that before the global box office is settled, they won't talk about the sequel situation."

Hearing this, Wu Yuchen nodded. Obviously, Depp, the lead actor, is the most difficult to deal with. For the sequel's remuneration, perhaps the 20 million club alone can no longer reach an agreement.

Wu Yuchen said to Spielberg: "We must set a tone. We would rather give Depp a high remuneration than give him a share."

"Wu, it seems you are very confident in the sequel?" Spielberg said with a smile.

Most sequel movies in Hollywood are actually not as good as the first one in quality, and sequels being bad movies is also a high-probability event.

"Of course, I have already made a complete plan for the trilogy, and you have also seen it. How could there be a situation of a dog's tail following a sable?"

"Then I can rest assured!" Spielberg laughed.