It is agreed that the 18th line will be top-notch?

After a while, Cheng Fei sent over a compiled data chart.

A concluding message is also attached.

"If we estimate the global box office based on the two-week domestic box office trend, it should be about 8000 million U.S. dollars, which would be more than 6 million RMB."

"But the share ratios of the global box office are also different. After all, the publicity and distribution costs of overseas theater chains are greater, and the tax regulations in different places are also different."

"If the previous contract is followed, the final amount that can be distributed to Kuaiguang Group should be about 1 million."

"Now that we have taken the time to sign a new contract, your share will be higher."

new contract……

The corner of Yang Ruoqian's mouth twitched.

It's the new contract that was packaged together with the sports car last time, right?

A sports car destroyed Yang Ruoqian's current finances, and a contract cut off the subsequent methods of making money. It was a very cruel method to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron.

Yang Ruoqian, who had been delaying signing the contract for a day or two, took a deep breath to calm down his emotions: "President Cheng, just stick to the old contract. It would be too troublesome to change the contract at this juncture. Let's do it for the next movie."

It is predicted that the global box office revenue of fully 1 million will eventually go to the group...

This is another very terrible income.

Although Yang Ruoqian has authorized the legal department and public relations department to have the greatest authority to spend money, even if they have authority, spending money will take time.

The original domestic box office revenue has not been spent, but the global box office revenue is rushing in. Who can withstand this?
If it weren't for the 2 million big project of "Titanic [-]" that Shao Yiqi was responsible for, Yang Ruoqian would have given up on the loss target for this quarter and simply taken the commission.

Cheng Fei sent another message: "Yes, forget about Mr. Yang that you are not interested in money. Then I will tell you something that interests you?"

Yang Ruoqian, who is racking his brains every day to make more money from the system: "..."

No, what have I done to make you think I'm not interested in money?

Obviously, Yang Ruoqian would not hide the joy on his face every time he got a red envelope. The day he got the sports car, he almost laughed out loud!
It’s all so obvious, why can some people still misunderstand me so much?
Yang Ruoqian tried to explain: "Mr. Cheng, I'm actually quite interested in money."

Cheng Fei, who has completed the logic loop, doesn't believe it at all: "Mr. Yang needs to go back and practice his pretending to be happy every time he receives money... Do you know about the Water City Film Festival?"

Pretending to be happy? !
Is it possible that I was actually happy then?
When I act happy, I am pretending to be happy. When I act unhappy, I am really unhappy. Is it a three-dimensional defense?
Anyway, as long as the conclusion is that Yang Ruoqian is not interested in money, it doesn't matter how outrageous the reasoning process is.

Sure enough, people only want to believe what they believe, even if the person involved comes out to refute the rumors, it will not help.

Yang Ruoqian was completely desperate to convince his partners, so he could only bring the topic back to business to prevent the other party from continuing to reinforce this incorrect stereotype.

"Water City Film Festival? I know, one of the most authoritative and valuable awards in the world, does it have anything to do with our movies?"

Could this movie that I thought up with my own feet still win an international award?
If a movie wants to win this kind of award, a large part of the winning movies are movies that have connotation and depth, but are not well-received and have failed at the global box office.

Commerciality and whether it can be a blockbuster are certainly important factors in whether a film can win awards, but they are by no means the only factors.

Although the box office of "Black Robe Inspector" is high, it is not high enough to break the circle.

Can a superhero-themed popcorn movie really have any depth?It’s okay to just lie to yourself, but why can you really fool the international judges?
Most of the judges of this international film festival are Westerners, which naturally conflicts with the film culture of the motherland.

Different cultures create different aesthetics, and the sense of cultural identity will naturally be much weaker.

It can be said that it is extremely difficult for a domestic film to win international awards.

Not to mention the highest honor, the Golden Tiger Award, even the second-tier Silver Tiger Award is extremely difficult.

Cheng Fei obviously attaches great importance to this matter: "Because the content of our film is very deep, even if the box office performance is not the best, it has been nominated for the finals! This is a big breakthrough!"

Mr. Yang, who had just denied the depth of the content of "Black Robe Inspection Team", was completely speechless.

It can only be said that the depth of a work sometimes does not depend on what the author thinks, but on how the audience sees it.

Just like the author of a prose simply describes the color of a carpet, there may be countless people who are full and full of money to analyze the color of the carpet reflects the author's mood.

You can even turn this completely nonsensical analysis into questions...

As for the author's own thoughts...most of the authors who could contribute to the test questions have now been buried in the ground and cannot be asked.

Yang Ruoqian thought for a while and replied: "It's just a nomination. I don't think we should be happy too early."

In fact, Yang Ruoqian feels that there is little hope for the film to win awards.

International awards lack a sense of cultural identity and are difficult to judge; domestic awards are all bad and have almost no gold content. Yang Ruoqian is too lazy to bother.

Moreover, the awards are selected based on the movie content and box office. By the time the awards are finally announced, the popularity of the movie has long passed, and the subsequent impact will not be great.

The most important thing is that the three major international film festivals are all initiated by non-profit organizations and only set awards, not bonuses.

Mr. Yang, who thought he was out of touch with high-end tastes, paid no attention to this honor.

Therefore, Yang Ruoqian basically has the same attitude towards winning awards - there is a high probability that he will not be judged, and it will not make much sense if he is judged.

Cheng Fei sent another message: "This is only our first movie. It is not easy to achieve such an achievement. Mr. Yang, don't be discouraged. If we make progress with each movie, won't we be able to win an award?"

"Compared to this, I have also won some domestic awards, but Mr. Yang probably doesn't have much interest."

Yang Ruoqian made a joke: "This kind of industrial assembly line wholesale award, does Mr. Cheng, who is just looking at people's dishes, also appreciate it?"

Yang Ruoqian was not entirely joking.

Programs such as Weibo Night will give decent awards to various artists, idols and actors.

There are a lot of awards like Influential Singer, Breakthrough Actor of the Year, Enterprising Artist of the Year, Emerging Artist of the Year, Goddess of the Year, Social Software King, etc. that don’t seem to have much gold content at all.

It looked like a prize distribution, but it was actually a large-scale cake distribution scene. The scene was comparable to a trophy wholesale market, very funny.

Domestic entertainment awards have always been very good, this is the consensus.

Yang Ruoqian doesn't want to integrate into this circle, and he doesn't need to.

Cheng Fei understood what Yang Ruoqian meant, so she explained seriously: "I know Mr. Yang doesn't like these awards, but there is nothing we can do about it... After all, we are not strong enough now, and we always have to take advantage of the situation. "

Yang Ruoqian is not a self-proclaimed person. Just because he is not interested in this kind of award does not mean that he must completely draw a clear line or even fight to the death.

Anyway, as long as it doesn't cause major profits to Kuaiguang Group, Yang Ruoqian basically holds an indifferent attitude.

Yang Ruoqian typed: "Okay, President Cheng can arrange this kind of thing by himself. There's no big problem on my side."

"Okay, Mr. Yang, please be busy. I'll let you know when I have any news."

Yang Ruoqian glanced at several unread messages that suddenly popped up in the upper left corner of WeChat. After saying a polite word, he poked his finger and exited the chat box.

The name that was pushed to the top by the new news was Shao Yiqi.

Of course, Mr. Yang’s note to this college classmate was “adopted son.”

On the pinned message, the message from Shao Yiqi was simple and clear: "Big boss, the Shelter Company has basically agreed to the acquisition, but there are a few detailed conditions that I can't make up my mind about. How about you go and talk about it in person?"

As the boss of such a large group, in fact, most of the business does not need to be done personally, and the people under him can make their own decisions.

But after all, it involves a super-large production estimated to cost RMB 5 million. No employee can take responsibility for such a major decision.

The final decision must be made by Yang Ruoqian himself.

And at this stage, most of Yang Ruoqian's attention is indeed on new movies and newly acquired film production companies.Yang Ruoqian thought about it and felt that such a huge project with a lot of profit risks was really uneasy, so he decided to take a personal trip to the shelter company to see what they were like.

……

"Boss, this way!"

At the entrance of the shelter company, Shao Yiqi waved to Yang Ruoqian and introduced several people in charge of the shelter company.

His name is Cai Meng. He was an employee of a large production company in the early days. Later, he resigned from the company. He found some professionals through his connections in the industry and formed his own production company.

Yang Ruoqian always remembered that he had to think about problems with a profit model this time, so he walked up and shook Cai Meng's hand: "Hello, Mr. Cai."

"Hello, Mr. Yang, you're welcome. Please come inside!"

Shao Yiqi has basically discussed the specific matters, leaving only some details that Cai Meng wants to talk to Yang Ruoqian personally.

"Mr. Yang, I personally welcome your willingness to invest in the shelter company... You also know that our business is somewhat single. Although in the long run, we are confident that we will be profitable, the failure caused by short-term risks is likely to Knock us out.”

"We can sign a betting agreement with you. If we fail to achieve our profit target within three years, the company will do whatever you want."

"But if it's done, we have a small favor, okay?"

Yang Ruoqian, who was thinking profitably, nodded with satisfaction and said, "If you have any requests, you can make them now. If they are reasonable, a gambling agreement may not be necessary."

Seeing the other party's attitude, Cai Meng felt relieved and said: "That's right, I hope that after you become the company's largest shareholder, you will not interfere too much in film production-related decisions. I know that our company is a bit strange, but Please believe me, it will definitely be profitable.”

From a profit perspective, Yang Ruoqian's original idea was not to acquire all the shares of the shelter company, but to acquire only 67% and gain absolute control, but retain the status of other shareholders on the board of directors.

Only in this way can shareholders still serve as management and think about issues from the perspective of the company's long-term profitability.

If the company is fully acquired, the former shareholders will become pure managers, which will conflict with the interests of shareholders to some extent.

What Cai Meng hopes is that Kueiguang Group's acquisition share will not exceed one-third, and it will only have relative control, leaving the original shareholders with the right to veto major decisions.

If the profit target is not achieved within three years, it will be up to Yang Ruoqian to decide whether to kill or behead him.

If the 3 million investment is completely lost, the Kuaiguang Group, which cannot hold more than two-thirds of its holdings, will bear a loss of more than [-] million...

Even if there is not a total loss, it will take time for the box office to recover, and by then it will have already passed the second quarter settlement date.

The overseas box office revenue of "Black Robe" is only estimated, and it will take some time for it to be fully received.

All in all, from the perspective of normal acquisitions and profits, Cai Meng's request is logical.

Yang Ruoqian nodded slightly and said, "Let's see, some of you will show me the profit statements of your company's previous movies and take me to your studio later, and then I'll make a decision."

Cai Meng, who was very confident in his own ideas, had already prepared relevant information and immediately sent a copy to Yang Ruoqian.

However, Cai Meng was a little embarrassed about the request to inspect the studio: "Well, Mr. Yang, our studio is rented, and it may be different from what you imagine."

Of course, Cai Meng knew that the boss in front of him had made a top hit movie like "Black Robe Inspector".

The problem is that only the Shelter Company’s own people know that after deciding to transform, their profit logic is completely different from that of ordinary movies.

It's not even the same as the small production masterpieces they shot before.

This difference is difficult for ordinary people to understand, and Cai Meng doesn't think a big boss like Yang Ruoqian can understand it.

So simply propose a gambling agreement and let the results speak for themselves.

Yang Ruoqian was flipping through the movies produced by Shelter Company and asked casually: "It's okay, just take a look... What is the specific difference?"

Judging from the profit statements, the people at Shelter Company are not lying. Although the profits of these small-production movies are not high, the investment is also very small, and the profit margin is very good.

At the same time, as they said, due to the low profit, maintaining the company's daily expenses has become a very troublesome matter.

Just like if there is a business, investing [-] cents can return one dollar, but it can only be done once an hour... Even if the profit rate is high, the profit will be difficult to maintain the expenses other than the business.

As long as a movie accidentally fails on the market, the capital chain will be broken immediately. Even if they have enough ability to make more movies in the future to make up for the losses, the stretched finances will not give them this time.

Everything looks like a normal project.

I just don’t know why they had the sudden idea to make "Titanic 2".

Cai Meng said helplessly: "How about this, Mr. Yang, can I send you some photos taken on the set?"

Yang Ruoqian thought for a while and thought it was okay. He nodded: "Then send me the photo."

Cai Meng operated twice on his mobile phone and transferred several files. His attitude was a little cautious: "Mr. Yang, don't feel strange after reading it... Our company has always been this style."

Why are you squirming?
As an investor in "The Protector of the Country" and "Black Robe Inspection Team", Yang Ruoqian often walks on the set and is someone who has seen big scenes.

He is the leader of domestic superhero-themed movies and a strong contender in the top three box office of the year. Is there anything else in this world that can make him feel strange?

What scene has he not seen?
Yang Ruoqian had the mentality of a city dweller entering the village at this time, and confidently looked at the pictures sent by Cai Meng.

With just one glance, the well-informed Mr. Yang fell silent.

After three or four seconds, Yang Ruoqian asked with some uncertainty: "Mr. Cai, are you sure this is really your studio?"

I saw a few old sofas and some messy lamps scattered around.There were no carpets or tiles on the floor, just bare cement with some dirty fabric on top.

It seemed that the studio had not been cleaned for a long time, and Yang Ruoqian could feel the vague smell of mold on the set through the screen.

The staff on the set were busy in simple clothes. It seemed that they were fiddling with old equipment and busy adjusting some old fans and curtains.

Because it was too dark, I could barely see the surroundings of the studio with only the faint light from the swinging desk lamp in the corner and a few remaining light bulbs on the empty ceiling.

Ah this...

This cannot be said to be a minimalist style, it can only be said to be a battle-damaged style.

Isn’t it too crude? !

When had Yang Ruoqian seen such a scene?
Can this set really support a large-scale production estimated to start at at least 5 million?
At this moment, Yang Ruoqian almost doubted whether he and Shao Yiqi had judged something wrong.

No...the other party is a professional from a big production company and has a professional team.

And judging from past results, it has performed quite well.

Apparently it was just Yang Ruoqian himself, an outsider, who was worrying too much.

The worried Yang Ruoqian nodded slightly, smiled and said something against his will: "It looks pretty good, there's nothing strange about it."

In order to make the nonsense appear more realistic, Yang Ruoqian now feels like an actor.

Cai Meng was immediately admired.

As expected of an investor in "Black Robe Inspection Team", he really has a unique vision.

It was obvious that Cai Meng, a person with little experience, was just overly worried.

The worried Cai Meng also nodded slightly, smiled and said the truth: "Mr. Yang is indeed well-informed. In that case, what do you think of our little merciless invitation?"

(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone! Thanks to book friend 20191113093553622 for the reward. Thank you very much! Although I have already thanked you on QQ, I still want to thank you again~)

ps: Does anyone want Maxim’s mooncakes?I have a box here that I can give away. (End of chapter)