World-class directors in the entertainment industry

There are several sofas near the stairs on the second floor. Sitting on the sofas, you can have a clear view of the hall on the first floor.

"Martin, are you done talking?"

The person coming was Martin Bob. He had a cigar box in his hand and a waiter carrying a tray followed behind him.

The waiter put down the two glasses of red wine on the tray and then withdrew.

"Qin, we're done talking."

Martin sat down, opened the cigar box, and cut a cigar for Qin Dong. When both of them lit up and started smoking, Martin got down to business:

"Universal made two conditions."

Qin Dong smoked a cigar and looked at Martin, waiting for the next words.

"First, the reputation of the first film after the reboot must be good, otherwise it will not be possible to make a sequel. This is what Universal values ​​most and is also the most important."

"The second one is the box office requirement."

"Adam and I have been arguing about this for a long time."

"Currently we have just discussed a general intention, and he will have to go back to a meeting to decide on the specifics."

"After all, although Adam Ferguson is the CEO of Universal Pictures, his qualifications are still not very high and he cannot make decisions with just one word, especially on this kind of matter."

Qin Dong nodded, what he said was true.

A CEO, a migrant worker, if a large company like this wants to make a decision with one word, it must have unparalleled courage, not to mention that there is a parent company behind Universal.

This is different from a privately held company.

"Qin, Universal requires that the global box office of [Dinosaur Park] after the restart should not be less than 1 billion. Only on this basis can we discuss the box office share."

"If the box office reaches one billion, the share will be 5%. For each additional 100 million box office, the share will be increased by 1%."

Hearing this, Qin Dong's face turned cold and he looked directly at Martin:

"Martin, don't tell me, is this the salary you negotiated for?"

"NO,NO..."

Martin waved his hand quickly. He naturally saw Qin Dong's face, so he explained:

"Qin, don't worry, I'm just describing. This was the condition that Adam stated at the beginning, and it is probably the salary that Universal Company gave after negotiation."

Qin Dong regained his composure, this is the right thing, otherwise he would need an agent:

"Okay, Martin, I'm impatient. It's my fault. You go on. I won't interrupt now."

Martin was helpless and met a bad-tempered master.

However, when I thought about the world's top directors, none of whom seemed to have a good temper, I immediately felt comfortable.

Maybe everyone who can become a top international director has a temper like this, yes, it must be like this.

After self-hypnosis, Martin continued to narrate:

"Such conditions are definitely not feasible. Even if Spielberg comes, there is no guarantee of a box office of 1 billion."

"In view of what Qin you told me before, 1 billion to 1.5 billion box office, I lowered the share of 1 billion box office."

"I finally proposed a box office of 1 billion, and only received 1% of the share."

"1.1 billion box office, 2% share."

"1.2 billion box office, 5% share."

"Then after that, for every additional RMB 100 million, the box office share will be increased by 5%."

"The box office of 1.3 billion is divided into 10%."

"But Adam is not a fool. He proposed a maximum of 25%, which is a box office cap of 1.6 billion."

"For 1.6 billion and above, the box office share is stuck, with a maximum of 25%."

"This data is the highest profit share data for top directors in Hollywood. Only a few directors have received it."

"Adam doesn't agree with this at all, but this is also the reason why I lowered the early box office share."

"I believe in you, Qin. You are a genius. I believe in your words, so I dare to make a bet."

"So I bit the bullet and Adam finally said he wanted to go back and discuss it."

"I think this number can probably be negotiated. Even if there is a difference, it will fluctuate by at most 5%, unless they are confident that they can get more than a billion box office figures by finding someone else."

Qin Dong was very satisfied after hearing this. This is the ability of an agent.

Twenty-five percent, if the box office is 1.6 billion, a quarter, it's a share of 400 million, 400 million U.S. dollars, 25.6 billion yuan.

Guqiao

Thinking of this, he looked at Martin with an appreciative smile:

"Wow, Martin, you really understand me."

"You perfectly embody the role of a top agent. I like it very much and it is a pleasure to work with you."

"Here... cut into shreds."

As he spoke, he raised his red wine and gestured to Martin.

"Shred..."

Martin picked up the wine glass and touched it with Qin Dong, but he felt speechless in his heart. This man was really too confident.

Nowadays, there are many movies with box office sales exceeding 1 billion.

But what is the concept of 1.6 billion?

Take [Harry Philosopher's Stone], which was released this year, as a popular movie all over the world. It is the seventh movie and the penultimate movie in the finale.

Even this kind of movie only achieved a box office of 1.27 billion.

1.6 billion, Martin felt a bit whimsical.

"hehe..."

Qin Dong glanced at Martin's expression and guessed what he was thinking:

"Martin, you don't think I'm filming now, do you?"

"Even if we negotiate a contract now, I won't shoot now. It will have to wait until next summer at the earliest."

"When the production is completed, it will be released in the summer of 2013 at the earliest. If it is delayed before then, it may be released in 2014 or 2015."

Martin was stunned:

"Um?"

"Qin, do you want time to make the box office of this movie better?"

Time is a magical thing. Many Hollywood movies, especially series of movies, are immediately refrigerated once their reputation at the box office is bad.

Let it cool down for a few years to more than ten years. Let time let the rotten word-of-mouth concept slowly disappear and bring back people's memories. In this case, the sequel can be restarted again.

So Martin accurately grasped the meaning of Qin Dong's words.

Qin shook his head and explained in a low voice:

"Martin, maybe in the eyes of you and those in Hollywood, one or two years seems like nothing."

"Well, I know that your North American box office has basically remained unchanged in the past ten years. Your market has been fixed and is almost at its peak. Your population has destined your box office to be like this. Growth will be very slow."

"But for my country, every day is something new."

"In one year, two years, three years, our box office market in China will definitely increase exponentially."

"So no matter when this [Dinosaur Park] project is negotiated, I have no plans to shoot it now. It will be next summer at the earliest, or even winter, or early next year."

"Understood, Martin."

Martin's eyes widened. Although he had long had statistics on the growth of China's box office market and knew that this market had huge potential, he was not the only one to agree on this. Many people here shared this view.

But as for what Qin Dong said, from now on, the multiples will skyrocket every year. This view is a bit confident and a bit extreme.

"Qin, are you so optimistic that your country's box office market will grow rapidly from now on?"

Qin Dong smiled and nodded:

"Martin, so you insist on my salary and slowly negotiate with Universal."

"But we must talk it over, don't collapse, don't let others take over."

Martin looked at Qin Dong's confident expression and found that he suddenly got used to it.

Martin first heard about this young man from Scarlett and Martha. These two women said that this young Chinese director was a talented and confident director.

Every time the other party's confident expression, words, and way of doing things proved to be true in the end.

"OK, I understand, Qin, just look at me."

"Wow, if it's really 1.6 billion, then you can get 400 million, and our CAA can also get 16 million US dollars."

Qin Dong laughed:

"Ha ha..."

"Then celebrate with CAA in advance and shred it..."

"Shred..."