World-class directors in the entertainment industry

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"Good boy, it is indeed very different from our local films."

Mr. Han looked at Qin Dong with an appreciative look.

This young man's thinking is really different from that of local directors, and this film gives him a strong flavor of a Hollywood commercial film.

"Wow, dear Qin, I saw you right. It's such an honor for CAA to sign you."

Martin stepped forward and gave Qin Dong a hug, patting Qin Dong's back loudly and smiling.

Martin was very satisfied with the effect of this low-budget film, which cost only 20 million U.S. dollars.

This kind of director who spends a small amount of money to make a blockbuster movie must be very popular in Hollywood. He will definitely not lose money by signing Qin Dong at a big price.

"Director, you gave us a surprise at Warner Bros., a great idea, the plot of the movie was edited very quickly, and the atmosphere was well enhanced. I didn't expect that $20 million would produce such an effect."

John Carr came over and held out his thumb.

He is a producer, and he pays more attention to whether the film is attractive, the plot is compact, and the climax is repeated. This is why Warner sent him to watch the finished film in person.

After all, Qin Dong is an outsider, and he also handled the entire production of the film. This is a situation that is not easy to see even among the top directors in Hollywood.

Even these directors have to be controlled by the investor's production company.

"Haha...you're welcome."

Qin Dong laughed and accepted it without any courtesy. We are not afraid of any compliments:

"Come on, let's go out and discuss some business."

"Walk."

...

There are ten people working in a large, quiet conference room.

Qin Dong and Mi Mi represent the Qin Empire.

Wang Tianfa, the secret boss.

Yu Xia, CEO of Bona.

Mr. Han, Director Gao, and a translator represent China Film.

John Carr, head of production at Warner Bros.

Martin, Bob, and his company's translators, but in this conference room, Martin's identity is only Qin Dong's agent.

"Everyone..."

Qin Dong spoke first without hesitation:

"Today, in addition to letting investors see the finished film and letting everyone know how the money is spent, there are two other things."

Qin Dong raised two fingers when he said this:

"First, I hope that the film will be released globally during the summer vacation. I hope that all parties involved in the film will cooperate well with the schedule."

"Second, my fifth movie plans to officially start shooting in a few days. If any of you wants to invest, the contract must be negotiated in the next two days and the funds will be in place."

"Thank you, I'm done."

John Carr was the first to ask:

"Qin, my dear director, what is your new movie? Can you introduce it to everyone here? How do I feel that I am the only one who doesn't know?"

Although John didn't understand Chinese, human expressions were universally understood. After looking at the expressions of everyone in the room, he found that he was the only one who was confused.

Qin Dong smiled and simply introduced:

"My fifth movie, a heroine movie, starring Miss Scarlett Johansson, with a budget of about US$30 million."

"This film was filmed in multiple countries and had many more special effects than [Source Code], so the cost was US$10 million more than [Source Code]."

After finishing speaking, Qin Dong ignored John Karl and asked Martin:

"Martin, how are Scarlett's preparations? Will it be ready in a few days?"

Martin smiled and nodded:

"Qin, I have made arrangements a long time ago. Scarlett is fine now. Although she has taken over a home movie, it was only filmed in the summer. With your shooting speed, I estimate that the recent filming will be in May or June at most.

It will be over soon and we will be able to catch up.”

Qin Dong nodded with satisfaction, that's right. As a director, he didn't want to wait for actors' schedules.

"Director Qin, I wonder how much quota you can give?"

No matter what the foreigner thought, the two bosses of the secret agent and Bona were busy asking about business matters.

As for Qin Dong's new movie, they want to invest in it without reading the script. It's that simple.

Just like the [source code], they didn't read the script. Qin Dong said he had a share to give up, and the two of them invested without saying a word, and they still do it now.

"this..."

Qin Dong didn't say it directly, but looked at the person from China Film:

"Mr. Han, I don't know what China Film Group plans to do..."

Mr. Han smiled:

"Since your first movie, we, China Film Group, have been cooperating with you to this day. No matter what share you can get, we have accepted it."

What Mr. Han didn't say was that with a mere US$30 million, for so many families, each family would have just a little more money.

China Film has already made a lot of money by cooperating with Qin Dong on three films.

"NO, wait, wait..."

After being prompted by the interpreter and understanding the conversation of these Chinese people, John Carr quickly stood up and shouted:

"Qin, we at Warner are very happy to cooperate with you, and the distribution fee for [Source Code] is very low. You can't leave Warner behind for your new movie."

Qin Dong shrugged and started negotiating the price with the head of Warner's distribution department:

"John, I know that [Source Code]'s distribution share is very low from Warner. It's just that the cost of my film is lower. I'm very confident that the box office alone will be at least 100 million U.S. dollars, not to mention offline income, and box office profit alone.

So, for new movies, if Warner can lower the distribution fee, then I welcome our continued cooperation."

It’s not that Qin Dong is taking advantage of the situation. Although many big-budget movies charge high profit sharing, it’s because they charge too little and there is no money to be made. The cost of these big-budget movies is too high.

Coupled with the high promotional fees advanced by the distributors themselves, many big-budget films will not be able to recoup their costs simply by counting on the box office of the film, and must rely on other offline income to make money.

For example, the second part of a movie series "Night at the Museum" last year cost as much as 150 million U.S. dollars to produce and 50 million U.S. dollars to promote, adding up to a total of 200 million U.S. dollars.

As a result, the sequel to this popular series of movies only had a box office of 177 million in North America, and the global box office barely exceeded 400 million. Although the box office of 410 million was a lot, it was definitely not enough to make back the money.

You have to count on offline income. Many big-budget movies have this problem. The cost is too high. If the cost is high, then the promotion fee must be high, and the distributor will make less money.

Why does the publicity fee have to be high? It’s because large productions complement each other. This is a requirement that must be added when negotiating a contract.

For any big-budget movie, ordinary people will see an overwhelming amount of advertising and other publicity.

"This... Qin, I have to go back and ask the company for instructions. I don't know the script of your new movie..."

John Carr hesitated.

Qin Dong gestured to Martin:

"Martin, go back and give John a copy of the script."

"OK, no problem, Qin."

Qin Dong looked at Karl and raised three fingers:

"John, I only give you Warner three days. After three days, I will give the share to other companies."

John Carl was anxious when he heard this. This is not okay:

"OK, OK, Qin, I'll rush back now and wait for good news."

John can't make the decision on this kind of thing, but relying on the [source code], John knows that this movie must be profitable. Although there are many Chinese faces in it, the plot is very innovative and will definitely attract audiences who have a soft spot for science fiction movies.

Those who are willing to spend money to go to the theater to watch it.

The most important thing is the cost. It is only a mere 20 million US dollars. This movie may be able to recover the cost and make money in the Chinese market alone.

John had already understood the concept of the third local film by the scary young director in front of him. It was only released in the country for 19 days and the box office reached 100 million U.S. dollars. What is this concept?

In North America, most of the movies that have a box office of over 100 million US dollars are blockbusters with a cost of over 100 million US dollars.