You don't understand the happiness of the director

"Are these teachers considered actors in Happy Twist?" Liu Yifei asked.

Shen Tong explained, "As long as you act in Mahua's drama, you are one of Mahua's own, but their contract is far more relaxed than that of Mahua contracted artists like us, and they have a higher degree of freedom."

Liu Yifei nodded. She knew that a lot of preparations had to be made before the play started, so she and Shen Tongma Li came to the side of the stage so as not to disturb them.

"Sister Li, what's the drama scheduled today?" Liu Yifei's knowledge of Happy Twist is "I Want to Eat Twist Now I'll Twist It for You", a work by Director Tian, ​​well-known hosts He Jiong and Xie Na, and famous model Yu Nadu Have participated in.

Ma Li said, "Happy Twist 2006·Interesting Landlord tells the story of people with lofty ideals in the old magic city during the Republic of China eradicating the gangster brother and old landlord. This is already the fourth part of the Twist series."

Since starting the business in 2003, this team has produced a new drama every year. Now it can barely support itself. If they want to live a better life, actors have to go outside to take on film and television dramas.

"Ah, it's already the fourth one." Liu Yifei was a little surprised. It's not easy to arrange a drama well. It usually takes dozens or hundreds of rehearsals before it can finally be shown on stage.

Ma Li laughed and said, "The script for the fifth part has also been written and will be scheduled soon. Guess who directed this drama."

"How do I know any drama director?" Liu Yifei was confused, and then Ma Li pointed to Shen Pain beside her.

Liu Yifei was in disbelief, "Brother Teng, he is still a director?!" How does he look like a director!

"Look what you said, our third play is directed by Brother Teng. He can direct, act, deceive, and write. He is an all-rounder!" Ma Li spared no effort to praise Shen Tong.

Shen Tong smoothed his hair and said, "Sister Yi Fei, do you want to know what the story of my new drama is about?"

"Well, I think so!"

Shen Tong pulled a stool and the three of them sat down, "It's about a stone, three bandits, a hired thieves and a group of people got mixed up together..."

"Wait!" Liu Yifei stopped, "Brother Teng, does this sound a lot like "Crazy Stone"?"

Shen Tong was confused and looked around, "It's "Crazy Stone", didn't I tell you?"

Ma Li, "I started forgetting when I was only in my twenties, but you didn't say anything."

"Okay, let me say it again. This drama is a change from this year's hit "Crazy Stone", but the plot has been changed. The movie is about jade, we are about gallstones, and the protagonist is Xie Xiaomeng, the factory director's son. and nurse Jingjing.”

"Is she Brother Dao's girlfriend?"

"Yes, yes, have you seen it?"

"More than once." Liu Yifei thought of the last time she and Yang Mi watched Wang Quan together.

Ma Li looked at her watch and said, "Brother Teng, the time is almost up."

Glancing at the audience, Shen Pain invited, "Then let's go to the audience to watch the performance."

"Uh-huh."

There were seats reserved for the three of them in the front row. When Liu Yifei saw that the seats in the back were almost full, she praised, "It's really amazing that a play can have such an attendance rate!"

Shen Tong smiled and said, "Our Happy Mahua is well-known in the industry and has many loyal audiences in the capital."

Liu Yifei took another look, "Brother Teng, your loyal audience are a bit older, aren't they?"

Ma Li covered her mouth and tried not to laugh.

Shen Angui said, "Sister Yi Fei, you have a keen eye. Who has the spare time and money to watch dramas nowadays? It's those retired old men and old ladies. Nowadays, young people don't like to have children. The old people don't even need to take care of their grandchildren. How can you do that?" Can it only cultivate sentiments?"

Liu Yifei nodded, it makes sense!

The play lasted for two hours, but Liu Yifei felt that the time flew by so fast, and the two hours passed by laughing and joking.

After that, Shen Pain and Ma Li took Liu Yifei to have a meal nearby. Seeing Liu Yifei's excited look, Shen Pain suggested, "How about sister, do you want to come to Mahua? The role of Jingjing in "Crazy Stone" has not yet been decided. Woolen cloth."

"Ah, this," Liu Yifei was moved. Jingjing is actually a little bitch. She has an affair with Brother Dao, Xie Xiaomeng, and even Brother Dao's younger brother. This role is too challenging, "But I still have to prepare for it next." Going to the Spring Festival Gala."

"What, you want to go to the Spring Festival Gala, but I haven't come yet!" Shen Tong was shocked. Can anyone go to the Spring Festival Gala to perform in skits now?

Ma Li, "Yifei, you want to sing, right? How about meowing like a cat?"

"Well, I have to submit the program in two days," Liu Yifei said with a smile, "But it doesn't necessarily mean meowing like a cat. Wang Quan wrote a new song for me."

Although Shen Tong is not a shareholder of Mahua, he can be regarded as a veteran of the business. He really wants to keep Liu Yifei to improve Mahua's current state of limbo. Just look at how popular the songs she sang are. The same songs , it is impossible for others to have this kind of influence if they sing it.

But everyone is going to the Spring Festival Gala, so we can’t delay them. This is a big deal, so I won’t mention it anymore.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yifei suddenly said, "Brother Teng, if I play the B role or other supporting roles, don't I need to rehearse every day?"

"Yeah!" Shen's painful eyes suddenly lit up.

~

A high-end restaurant in Los Angeles.

Wang Quan already knew the purpose of Charlize Theron's visit, and thought he was going to talk to him about the child, but it turned out that he was talking about the script.

This script has been circulating in Hollywood for ten years without being filmed. Warner wanted to film it a while ago, but then gave up and transferred it to Sony.

Since no one has filmed it in ten years, there must be a big problem. Now Sony invites Theron to play the female lead, so she is a little hesitant.

This film has a good cast, the leading actor is the popular Will Smith, and the investment budget is as high as 150 million. It is considered a top-notch production that she has access to, but she is afraid that she will fail again. After losing two consecutive commercial films, she will not do it again. I want to get involved with big productions worth over 100 million yuan.

Wang Quan smiled, "You really think highly of me."

Why are so many people looking for me to read scripts now? There was Jay Chou before, and Charlize after.

"Everyone says you know scripts very well and are an expert in this field." Theron took a sip of coffee gracefully.

In fact, Wang Quan could tell her directly, "Let's make it." The global box office of this film finally exceeded 600 million U.S. dollars, ranking fourth in both North America and the world, and the superwoman played by Charlize Theron is not a heroine with a weak presence in conventional hero blockbusters. , on the contrary, it is very strong. The scenes of beating up Hancock are very cool. This role is a worthy one.

However, Wang Quan still pretended to read the script. He also understood Charlize's concerns. In a superhero blockbuster, the male protagonist divorced the female protagonist, the female protagonist got married again, and the male protagonist drinks and becomes decadent all day long. The story does seem quite good. Unreliable.

But you have to think about it this way. The Superman we see now is all serious. Suddenly, a superman like Hancock, who is not ordinary, comes, and the audience looks fresh.

Wang Quan sighed, "I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it in one meal. You can't let me take away this script."

"No," Theron said again, "Why don't you go to my house and sit there before leaving? Take a look at Juno by the way."

This child seems to have become a very important connection between them, even though the child does not belong to either of them.

"Okay." Wang Quan readily agreed.

When she arrived at Theron's house, she expected to see her boyfriend, but she said, "He's at his house."

Oh, I almost forgot that these two are not married yet, and they will break up in two years. Wang Quan teased little Juno, and suddenly realized, "What does this child look like? There is something wrong."

Theron, "No way, I take good care of you!"

She thought Wang Quan felt that he had not raised the child well.

Wang Quan, "No, no, no, look at her eyes, do they seem to be Asian?"

I didn't notice it when I was just born, but now it's more than a month old, I'm a lot bigger, and more features on my face are revealed, and I look very much like an Asian.

Theron, "But her hair is not black, but her eyes are..."

Then Wang Quan ran aside and called Lily and asked her about the child's biological father, George.

"He, he is of mixed Chinese and American descent," Lily said innocently, "Didn't I say that before?"

Royal power, "No!"

"So what happened?"

"It's okay, I just made sure."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Quan told Theron, "This child has a quarter of Chinese blood, and now it seems that this quarter of the blood is very powerful."

Theron said it didn't matter, what happened to the yellow people? She had thought about adopting black children before.

"No wonder she is so beautiful, even mixed-race children are beautiful." Theron kissed the baby's face.

Seeing that she had a good relationship with her adopted daughter, Wang Quan was relieved, and then he read the script in the living room. Theron sat next to Wang Quan holding the baby, and hummed softly in her ear.

Those who didn’t know better thought they were a family of three.

On the surface, he read the script for two hours, but in fact Wang Quan was watching a movie in the film library, then turned to Theron and said, "The script is good, feel free to take it."

Seeing that Wang Quan was so serious and devoted, Theron finally felt at peace knowing that he was not just perfunctory.

At this moment, Juno suddenly attacked her and plunged into her chest, his little mouth clicking as if he was looking for something.

Wang Quan smiled and said, "It seems Juno is hungry, so I won't disturb her meal."

Theron called the nanny over and asked her to nurse the baby, and then she sent the regalia away.

Soon, Wang Quan saw the news from the media that Charlize Theron will star in "Hancock" with Will Smith.

In Dorothy's office, in addition to entertainment news, he also saw the final North American box office data of "Escape Room".

$108.6 million!

This is the box office data for 10 weeks after its release, which is almost two and a half months. At this time, "Escape Room" has officially been released in North America.

The box office will actually be very small after one month. If Dorothy hopes that the box office will exceed 100 million, she will draw it, but the contract she negotiated before makes her have no choice but to wait until now.

Don’t think that a long release time is a good thing. The box office of a movie cannot be settled until the movie is officially released. The launch of other products such as DVD can only be released after the theater is closed. It doesn’t matter to big companies. Small companies prefer to get the money early and then proceed. Next step.

Although the theaters did not receive much box office during this period, the money was in their hands, and more than a month was enough to generate a lot of money.

Fortunately, the money has finally arrived.

The theater chain accounts in the United States are basically ladder-type and divided into two models.

One is the 91 share, which will be reduced to 82 in two weeks, and 73 in another two weeks. In other words, the film will receive 90% of the box office at the beginning!

But don’t be too happy too early. This kind of division of accounts is based on the total box office minus the necessary expenses of the theater. In other words, the theater will also deduct a part to reach 91 points. As for how much to deduct, there are many ways to do this. , without the support of a strong lawyer and accounting team, Dorothy would naturally not choose this. She chose the second one, six or four points!

This division is based on the official box office, and it is whatever the data shows.

In the first two weeks, the studio split was 60% and the theater split was 40%.

After two weeks, the price will be reduced by 10% to 50-50, and then it will be 40-60.

If it encounters a super blockbuster that is popular across the country, the theater chain will even give in to 70% to 70%, which is exactly the opposite in China, where the film side is 30%.

Theater chains are not stupid either. In North America, the box office accounts for only 40% of a theater’s revenue. Most of it comes from popcorn, drinks and advertising. This part of the profit can even account for more than 80%!

Therefore, they can suffer some losses from popular blockbusters. The most important thing is to ignite the market and attract audiences to cinemas.

However, in order to promote "Escape Room" on a large scale, Boss Tao also made certain concessions, so the film studio's share in the first two weeks was not even 60%.

In the end, out of the over 100 million box office, Long Toutou could receive 51.2 million.

Coupled with the previous overseas copyright distribution of 11.6 million and Boss Hou's 10 million sponsorship fee, the current movie revenue exceeds 70 million!

After theatrical distribution is over, it's time to begin home entertainment distribution and television distribution.

Home entertainment distribution includes DVD, Blu-ray, video, and video on demand (including on airplanes and in hotels).

TV distribution will come later, including various TV stations, TV networks, satellite TV, etc.

The development of derivatives is also a very important piece of meat. Escape Room has made the various Luban Locks popular.

It may take a year and a half to complete all these distribution tasks, but judging from the popularity of "Escape Room" in movie theaters, a rough price can be estimated for these things.

In the end, the revenue of this movie will be at least 100 million dollars!

The profit minus the cost is the profit of the movie.

So how much does it cost?

Dorothy told Wang Quan that because they are a new team, the cost of publicity and distribution is higher than that of large companies. Fortunately, a lot of the publicity work is done by Hussein. He promotes his secret room game and by the way, " "Escape Room" was promoted, so it was quite economical.

After adding the final production cost and publicity cost, she came up with a rough figure, "About 28 million."

The production cost of the movie is only 6 million. It seems that setting up a distribution and publicity team is indeed a big expense. However, Boss Tao comforted him, "Now is the initial stage of building the framework. When the company releases more movies in the future, the cost will increase." If we divide it evenly, the publicity and distribution costs will definitely come down.”

Wang Quan did some calculations. As a director, he can get at least more than 10 million dollars, and maybe 20 million dollars. It's not bad. It's better to work on the Internet, but it's much better than making movies in China. What kind of movie director can make a profit from one movie? One hundred million RMB.

And he is also a shareholder of the company. As a shareholder, he has tens of millions of dollars! However, the money will be used for company development and investment in subsequent projects.

Wang Quan can't wait for his new film to be released. There are still about ten days to go. At this time, the filming of "Insidious" has been completed. Now Wang Quan is busy working on post-production with Yu Rentai. This low-cost horror film is expected to be released in March next year~

(Do you still have monthly tickets? I have to spend the 4,000 votes. The next chapter of Juno will be released!)