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"Qin, this is something that all film and television companies must do. It is not aimed at your Blackwater Dragon Flag Company. Caesar did not lie. In fact, most film and television companies rely on the shoddy movies you call them.

Making money by relying on offline disc sales has supported too many small companies."

Hearing Qin Dong's dirty words and seeing Qin Dong deep in thought, Martin couldn't help but interrupt.

He was afraid that the employer would think too much and it would be bad because it was unnecessary.

"I know, Martin, I don't doubt Caesar. Just ask anyone to tell the truth. I'm complaining about why so many people are willing to buy such a shoddy movie.

Let’s watch movies. There are many good movies. Is this kind of disc worth buying and watching at home?”

Qin shook his head and said it was a pity not to mention that he just thought of the Hong Kong film and television industry.

He complained seriously about the people who buy DVDs in North America.

“BOSS, there seem to be a lot of blockbusters and low- to medium-cost movies released in theaters every year, but in fact there are not many. And if a person stays at home and watches these movies, he can watch more than six movies a day and finish them in less than a month.

There are only eleven months left in the year, and in these eleven months, you have to watch DVDs that are not released in theaters. We have a lot of people like this here."

When Caesar heard this, he smiled and explained that in fact many local people understood these things.

These are different customs in each place.

"So, this means that many people here are idle every day? There are many such people, and they provide a lot of money for discs?"

Qin Dong was stunned and asked.

"Well... maybe, BOSS, what you said is right, and it can be understood this way."

Caesar admitted this statement with a groan.

"Hey, Qin, actually your understanding is not entirely correct. How should I put it? There are indeed many people who are idle and not working. Some of them live on government relief, and a large part of the disc income actually depends on students.

Some of these student children are not old enough to watch movies, while some are old enough to be very curious and like excitement, so..."

Seeing Qin Dong's curiosity, Martin smiled and told some of the details in the offline disc.

"Okay, let's leave it at that, Caesar, you just take the prescribed number of shots every year."

Qin Dong nodded and agreed to the shooting requirements provided by Caesar.

Anyway, the total of the five parts is less than two to three million. It sounds like there is a high probability that it will not lose money, so Qin Dong is not in the mood to pay attention.

Qin Dong understood Caesar and Martin's explanation after thinking about it.

Although the United States has the largest economy in the world and the most wealthy people, it is a pity that the real upper class and middle class are too few in proportion to the total population.

People who are truly wealthy will never watch such a shoddy movie or buy such a disc.

On the contrary, only the poorer people will buy these, and it is precisely among the North American population that this group of people at the bottom of society has the largest number.

On the contrary, this has promoted the development of the offline disc industry, and has also supported most of the film and television companies in Hollywood. These film and television companies are all small companies. This is the reality.

"Okay, BOSS."

Caesar nodded immediately. This matter must be made clear to the BOSS, otherwise it will be thought that he is using it for personal use.

Those who work for others must do their duty well.

"Hey, Qin, can we, CAA, have a hand in the selection of actors in these movies?"

Martin jumped in when he saw a crack and immediately started asking questions.

"Oh, Shet, Martin, this kind of film with a cost of only a few hundred thousand, can CAA also watch it?"

Qin Dong asked back speechlessly.

"Of course you are interested, Qin, you don't think that the artists under our CAA are all big stars, right? We have more than a few hundred agents, let alone artists, and there are a lot of small artists among them.

The male and female protagonists in disc movies are also a kind of resume. For young artists, this is also their capital to audition for theater movies in the future."

Martin laughed and explained.

"Okay, okay, you can discuss this matter with Caesar. In short, the cost must not increase."

Qin Dong didn't know what to say, so he agreed casually.

No wonder people say that Hollywood's production crews are dark. A script like this, which costs hundreds of thousands, can't be any lower. Even the world's number one agency like CAA is interested in it. It's easy to imagine that this industry is probably rubbish.

There are countless male and female actors competing for movies, which is evident.

No wonder I heard that in the village near the Hengdian production set, there were a lot of young and handsome men and beauties, many of whom were crowded into a small rental house. If you say that nothing dirty happened, it would be a sign of humanity.

No matter whether you are tall and handsome or beautiful and enchanting, when you are not rising, when you are ambitious, you want to get up, you don't want to pay anything, just dream.

Even if I persevere day after day, I can only perform in a group role, and it is probably difficult to even play a supporting role.

Maybe you have to pay for a mere bit player, and the people who take advantage may just be the lowest-level workers in the entertainment industry.

"Tell me, what is the check you are talking about?"

Thinking of what happened in those dark places, Qin Dong shook his head. These are everyone's choices, and the path is chosen by himself. Qin Dong was too lazy to say anything.

Get rid of distracting thoughts and ask Martin about business.

"Oh, Qin, I don't know if you are big-hearted, or what, don't you care about your own money? [2012 The End of the World] ah, it was released in July, was released in August, and now it's September, all over the world

The box office statistics have been compiled, and this is five percent of your income."

Martin silently complained to Qin Dong, then took out a check from his body and handed it over:

"This is your personal achievement, so it will not go through your company."

"I would have forgotten if you didn't tell me..."

Qin Dong took it casually and said something.

Qin Dong attended the premiere of this movie and was very unhappy because of certain things. Fortunately, Columbia Company did the following and did not make Qin Dong angry. However, Qin Dong still didn't like it after all, so he didn't bother to pay attention.

This video is great, even if it is my own script.

"Forty million US dollars, this movie has a global box office of 800 million?"

Looking at the numbers on the check, Qin Dong calculated the total box office and asked.

Because he only knows that the North American box office is more than 100 million U.S. dollars. As for the global box office, he really doesn’t know because some countries have to release it later, and there are many countries where it is released. Not all media in North America report it, so it is not relevant.

People will not be able to know the specific figures in the short term.

"Well, the global box office has just reached 800 million U.S. dollars. This movie is exactly what you said. It has no profit at the theater box office. It has to rely on offline discs and copyrights to recoup costs and make money."

Martin nodded and complimented Qin Dong's eyes.

This [2012 Doomsday] was written by a great Chinese director, but this director did not shoot the film himself because he felt that the cost of the film was too high and it was difficult to make money.

And the reality at the moment is indeed like this.

Although the total global box office of US$800 million is a high figure, even if it is placed on the box office list of global film history, this movie does not make money at the box office.

The cost is as high as 250 million U.S. dollars. If you want to make money, the global box office of this movie must start at 1 billion. But now it only has a box office of 800 million. Looking at the huge number, it is indeed a loss.

When it comes to overseas box office splitting, the maximum share for the producer is 25% and the minimum share is 15%. Different countries have different regulations.

The global box office is 800 million, but Qin Dong only knows 160 million in North America, which means 640 million overseas.

Calculated according to the highest ratio, the Colombian company can get a share of US$160 million out of 640 million overseas.

160 million in North America. This is a local film. According to the 50/50 split with theaters, it can be divided into 80 million, which adds up to 240 million. It seems to have recovered the original investment.

But the calculation is not like this. When a movie is released, especially when it is released globally, it requires the distributor to pay for publicity. The higher the cost of the movie, the more publicity expenses are required for commercial films. For this kind of super large commercial film, the publicity expenses are at least 50 million.

To start, some can get more than 100 million.

If we add in these publicity expenses and rely on the total global box office of 800 million, the investors and distributors of this movie "2012 Doomsday" are both Columbia companies. In this calculation, it will definitely be a loss, and it still needs to rely on offline discs.

The film and copyright income are used to repay the cost and make money.