Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 519 The Lord of the Rings starts up (Part 2)

Author: Best Man

Although according to Wei Dake's memory, the total global box office of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in another world is as high as 2.9 billion yuan, and the investment is 281 million yuan. Looking at the box office data alone, it must be more than ten times the investment amount.

.This does not include income from other channels.

But that’s not how the account is calculated.

He put his arm around Xie Zihao's shoulders and said in a friendly manner:

"Let me tell you! The box office revenue of a movie is not exclusive to the investor and producer alone. It has to be divided with the theaters first. The theaters will first cut off a large amount, and the remaining 40 to 50 percent will still be left.

The profits have to be shared with the distributor, so the investors can only get about 20 to 30 percent of the total box office."

"This is also the reason why many people say that after the movies produced by some film companies were released, although the box office data was not as good as expected and seemed to be okay, many people said that the movie lost money."

It was also the first time for Xie Zihao to understand the truth inside this in depth, and he couldn't help but said unexpectedly:

"Those theater chains can take half of the box office revenue without doing anything, so how can they make money from making movies?"

Wei Dake explained with a smile:

"As just said, if there is no theater chain division of accounts, then in this case the investor should make a small profit, but after half of it is divided by the theater chain, it will be a loss on the book, and it will need to rely on some later income.

To make up for it. For example, income from video tapes, TV rights and peripherals.”

"If the income from video tapes and TV copyrights is not satisfactory, then the loss is inevitable. The difference is a big loss and a small loss. Of course, those large companies and medium-sized film companies with distribution capabilities can also promote and distribute other films and make a profit.

There is an issuance fee and publicity fee, so even if the company loses performance, it will not lose too much. In fact, many times even if it makes money, they will find ways to make it look like a loss. This is also to avoid tax reasonably!"

As a senior insider with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, Wei Dake knows that the figure of two or three times that Xie Zihao just said is relatively accurate.

According to the ratio of gold pounds in this world to rice dollars in another world, which is almost one to ten, it is conservatively estimated that the Lord of the Rings trilogy in this world will fetch more than 100 million gold pounds after its release, and the maximum should not exceed 300 million gold pounds.

To take a mid-range value, take the final box office of 1.5 billion White Eagle Gold Pounds as an example. Promotional expenses need to be deducted from this. In this way, the two of them accounting for a quarter of the investment amount can ultimately get about 1% of the total box office.

Between six and eight percent, that’s almost a doubling.

Of course, there will be income from video tapes and peripherals in the future. It is estimated that they can get a few million pounds in total. It can be said that this investment is definitely very profitable.

After all, there are very few investments in the world that can double their return rate in just one or two years, not counting those in the financial industry.

For a film practitioner like Wei Dake, stock trading is as different as a mountain, and the risk is higher than investing in movies. Even if you have money, there is a high chance that you will become a leek for the vampires in Worthtree. No,

, rich people like them can no longer be said to be leeks, but fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

It's no wonder that Wei Dake is happy, after all, such an opportunity to earn millions of pounds is rare in his twenty-year career.

Even though he has directed many successful blockbusters over the years, only a few of them were able to earn this amount in the end.

More importantly, it earned him fame and status.

It's not that he doesn't want to earn more gold pounds, but that he was too soft-spoken at first and didn't get the right to share the money. After he had a few successful works, it was already great to be able to participate in investment and get the right to share the money. He was regarded as

It is also common to reduce the share of profits through publicity expenses, hairstyle expenses, etc. Even though he knew that those capitals were encroaching on his own interests, Wei Dake had to choose to give up those interests.

After all, he still needs to hang out in this circle, and he doesn't have the capital to break the rules and flip the lid.

It wasn't until he made money from three or four major investments in a row within seven or eight years, establishing himself as a famous international director, that his status gradually became unshakable, and he started new projects again and fully received his due share of profits.

But the inventory in his stomach is limited after all, and there are many movies in his memory that are not suitable for filming at that time. Therefore, the total net worth Wei Dake has earned from movies over the years is only more than ten million pounds, which is equivalent to hundreds of millions in his previous life.

Millionaire.

In the eyes of ordinary people, these are of course unattainable achievements, but in front of those capital giants, they are just a small rich man with some weight. On the contrary, his fame and achievements are even more impressive.

Now that Xie Zihao has joined this project, it is conservatively estimated that by the time the three movies are released, he will be able to gain at least three-tenths of his net worth. How could Wei Dake be unhappy?

And he doesn't have to wait for the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy to be released before splitting the accounts.

He continued to teach Xie Zihao his experience and said:

"Let me tell you, after the box office results of the first Lord of the Rings movie come out, we can use the box office share of the three movies to mortgage them separately in the bank, and get the money first to invest in other projects, such as making new movies or purchasing

Real estate or something.”

"Earning two or even three points of income from one part of the money is already the most basic operation in the capital circle. Only honest people will foolishly use their own money to invest, while smart people use future money and

Other people’s money! The premise is that you don’t encounter an economic crisis or a project thunderstorm.”

After hearing this, Xie Zihao felt deeply that the capital circle's routines were too deep for a newbie like him to play around with.

Fortunately, he doesn't want to become a capital tycoon or anything. Some operations can be left to the people under his command. His main purpose of making money is just to maintain a better practice and living environment.

And Wei Dake was just happy to make money here.

Twenty years later, he has passed the stage of pursuing money, not to mention that he now has a greater pursuit, which is the path to transcendence!

As for the meaning revealed in the words of these two year-old friends, it seems that they are very confident in the success of the Lord of the Rings movie, otherwise they would not have such an optimistic attitude.

Next to them, Sophia Cole and James Berkeley couldn't help but look at each other. They had no idea where their confidence came from.

However, as a director, the films David Cole has shot in recent years have basically been successful, whether they are artistic or commercial, and the same is true for the film and television projects he has participated in. Over the years, he has become well-known in the entertainment industry. As his daughter, Sophia

I still admire and believe in my father's vision.

But she couldn't figure out why Xie Zihao, a young and new actor, insisted on participating in the Lord of the Rings project and had the intention to invest in it as soon as he heard about it.

Not only Sophia, but also James Berkeley, who is responsible for controlling Xie Zihao's acting career and company affairs, can't figure it out. But one good thing about this senior agent is that he knows how to advance and retreat, and he also understands some of his boss's magical secrets. at.

So seeing that both the great director and Xie Zihao attach so much importance to this project, it means that the Lord of the Rings movie has a high chance of success in the future.

The two of them didn't say much and just gave their full support.

Soon the day came for Xie Zihao to join the group.

The crew of The Lord of the Rings has made sufficient preparations and even held a launch ceremony in Hollywood, inviting various media to come and interview.