"Don't be so insensible, kid. This isn't America. Other than the system, you're only considered a junior now. Don't even think about getting a second reward. This time, I've already helped you get the director, editor, script, and music rewards. It's already unprecedented.”Shen Lie naturally understood what Tian Xingjian meant, but this was absolutely impossible. There was not even a trace of it. When the producer invested in a movie, other than sharing the profits with the theater chains, the rest of the profits would be paid to the stars and the crew. After the cost was recovered, the rest would be split according to the investment ratio.
Let's say that a movie's box office earnings are 100 million USD. Usually, the theater chain will get 40%, some will get 60%, or even half. The 50 million was the profit that the producer had earned from the movie. The investment for the movie was 20 million. If they took back the 20 million, the movie that could earn more than 100 million USD at the box office would either be a big star or a big scene. The 20 million would definitely be a big scene, so it would be a big star. The main character's salary would be at least 8 million. Alright, let's count it as 5 million. That means that we have to cut half of the 50 million, leaving 25 million. Then, there would be other actors 'salaries, right? The director's salary, the crew's salary, we'll take it as 5 million.
With the remaining 20 million, what about advertising? The department would have to deduct a little more, at least 3 million US dollars for publicity. What about the production cost? As for the loss of equipment and the waste of film, fine, just take it as a deduction of 2 million.
Now that there was only 15 million left, it was impossible for the 20 million to be invested by one person, unless that person was sick. Look at the expenses on the list. Therefore, there were many investments. The company would pay the bulk of the investment, for example, 60%, and the other small investments would get the remaining 40%. Alright, the 15 million would only get a few million or even a few hundred thousand from the last person.
All of this was based on the premise that the actors did not ask for a share of the box office earnings. If the director also took a share of the box office earnings, then the production company would get even less money.
Of course, these were all from your personal point of view. If you were to look at it from the company's point of view, if you invested 20 million yuan and managed to film 100 million yuan at the box office, then you would be considered to have lost money. You would definitely not be satisfied with the manpower and material resources that took a few months. How could you be allowed to get a second share? Stop joking.
In fact, from another perspective, directing was actually quite a good job, especially when you were filming a movie in America. Your task was to follow the script and film everything that needed to be filmed, then take the money and leave. You didn't have much to do with the post-production editing, and it didn't matter if the box office was successful or not. What was there to be dissatisfied about earning a few million dollars in a few months?
Alright, unless you don't want to be famous, if you do this a few more times, then you can forget about being hired as a director in the future. If the movie fails, the actor can push the blame to the script, director, or manager. Who will your director push the blame to?
Tian Xingjian carefully calculated his remuneration this time. For example, the seven girls in Qing Lai received at most 200 million won, which was about 1 million yuan. This time, he only received 400 million won, which was about 200 thousand yuan. It was common knowledge that directors and artists could not compare.
Other than the director's fee of 400 million won, he didn't ask for the copyright of the script and sold it all to CJ in one go. Instead, he got 200 million won as a reward. Most of the music was bought from other people. He just got someone to modify it and gave him 10 million won as a reward. After all, the copyright was bought from overseas and the company paid for it. After editing, he was able to get another 50 million won. In that case, he would have earned 660 million yuan, which was about 3.5 million yuan, which was not bad.
When he bought this movie, it was 300,000 USD. This time, he lost nearly 50,000 USD. 7。Tian Xingjian, who had already settled down, started to get restless again. This time, it was because of the discount that he bought the 100,000 yuan attachment for the script with 200,000 yuan. He didn't earn any money from the movie, but he paid 50,000 yuan instead. How could that be?
In his mind, he had to at least recoup the costs. If he couldn't recoup the costs now, how long would he be able to make a name for himself if he continued to work like this? He couldn't just keep putting money into CJ's brand. People were selfish, and Tian Xingjian was no exception. If he could at least ensure that he could make ends meet, Tian Xingjian would definitely stay in CJ without hesitation. But now, he couldn't.
Hearing Shen Lie's words, he also knew that Han was a country with a strict hierarchy. It was even more prominent in the entertainment industry. He would have to wait ten or twenty years before he could make it. He would not allow that. He was earning money from his hard work in real estate. He could not earn money for CJ Tieba. CJ was not his biological father, right?
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