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Mr. Cai, we are old acquaintances. We at Mango TV are very sincere this time!

Cai Yinong smiled and said to the phone:

European balcony director, it's not that I'm being unkind. The price of Meteor Garden is only one aspect. More importantly, we have to ensure that it can be broadcast as soon as possible during the following summer vacation. But the highlight of your summer vacation on Mango Channel is Alright Pearl Princess 2, how many more resources can be allocated to Meteor Garden?

Opposite Ouyang Changlin was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: Mr. Cai, can't we postpone the broadcast for two months? It is common for our mainland to be several months and a half later than Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Cai Yinong shook his head and said with a smile: The European balcony is long. In half a year, pirated discs will be everywhere. Now the streets in Guangdong Province are already filled with pirated discs from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Then she added: But this is not the point. Our drama is to promote newcomers. It must be coordinated with the TV series to achieve the best effect for F4. We have even scheduled the mainland album release until the summer vacation. It's really I can’t wait! I hope Mr. Ouyang Yang will understand!”

Ouyang Changlin sighed when he heard this. He felt that an idol drama like Meteor Garden that focuses on teenagers would be a perfect match for their Mango TV. However, the highlight of their Mango TV this summer is his own daughter's Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2. ah!

It's such a pity this time, Mr. Cai. If there are any good dramas in the future, please inform us as soon as possible. We at Mango TV are waiting for you!

Haha, don't worry, Mr. Ouyang Yang, I will definitely~

After hanging up the phone, Cai Yinong drank some water to moisten his throat. The reason why I explained so much to the other party is because I am optimistic about the other party's development. Mango Channel took off immediately with the two Huan Zhu Ge Ge and also has programs such as Happy Camp. It is inevitable to cooperate with the other party in the future.

Meteor Garden became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan within one month of its release, and naturally this trend also spread to the mainland. Cai Yinong naturally became a big celebrity immediately. In addition to Yang Ma, many TV stations were contacting her to purchase it.

Yangma still has a lot of image baggage. Dramas like Huanzhugege and Meteor Garden are not in line with their aesthetics and will basically not be broadcast on Yangma. After all, they represent the official image to a certain extent. However, I was severely beaten by Huan Zhuge Ge, and two years later I directly directed Love in the Rain.

But local stations don’t care about that much, they just want ratings!

This time Cai Yinong chose neither Beijing Satellite TV nor Shanghai Satellite TV, which he had cooperated with before, because in terms of sincerity alone, the most satisfactory one this time was Guangdong Satellite TV, with a direct quotation of 18 million!

Maybe it’s because Guangdong Province is the closest to Hong Kong and Taiwan, has a lot of foreign exchanges, and is most aware of how popular “Meteor Garden” is, so this time the local tycoon also waved his hand and directly quoted 18 million. You must know that Meteor Garden only has 20 episodes. For domestic TV stations at this time, the price of 900,000 yuan for a single episode is really a sky-high price!

This made Cai Yinong sigh, this trick of exporting to domestic sales is really easy to use. She is not worried about the traffic of the broadcasting platform. Guangdong Province is the largest economic province in the country. These days, Guangdong Satellite TV can often break into the top five, but it does not fall out of the top ten as often as it did later. This time the TV station spends so much money to buy it back, so it must spend a lot of resources on publicity.

After receiving the news from Cai Yinong, Wu Yuchen was generous with his praise. As for the fact that Meteor Garden will collide with My Fair Princess 2 during the summer vacation, he is not only not worried, but also wants to watch the fun.

Anyway, it is a foregone conclusion that F4 will become popular. Let Huang Xiaoming and his goddess Xiao Yanzi fall in love and kill each other!

The rights to Meteor Garden were sold smoothly, and at this time another negotiation related to Chinese films was also underway.

In a conference room, representatives from China Film, Shanghai Film and Television and theaters from various provinces were gathered together at this moment.

You are worthy of being Director Wu. Not only can he make an award-winning literary film like Donkey in Water, but he can also make a down-to-earth love movie like My Sassy Girl!

Last year's film was If Love Is Divine Providence and this year's film is My Sassy Girl. Director Wu's love story is really amazing!

Hey, the first half of this year has been so miserable. Apart from the movie The Donkey Gets Water, it's nothing. Even Cheng Long doesn't work anymore!

This year’s movie market is much sluggish compared to last year. Last year in 1998, driven by Titanic and If Love Has a Will, the box office for the whole year was nearly 500 million higher than the total box office of 1997 of 1.1 billion. This made people in the film industry quite worried. Exciting, everyone thinks that the Chinese film market is about to bottom out.

But now that the first half of the year is almost over, the box office is estimated to have only reached around 400 million, which is half of the same period last year. This is because the first half of the year was supported by Donkey Des Shui. If it hadn't been for Donkey Des Shui 's box office of over 100 million, that's even more appalling.

Cheng Long, who originally had high hopes, brought a movie called Glass Bottle, which grossed only 20 million at the box office, which was far behind the 80 to 90 million earned by Red Zone and Who Am I? Although love movies have become very popular in the past two years, people don’t want to see Cheng Long fall in love, they just want to see you having sex!

Therefore, after watching My Sassy Girl, these theater representatives were extremely excited. They could already imagine the scene where the theaters would be overcrowded again, with couples coming to grab tickets.

At this time, a young man stood up and said politely to everyone with a smile:

Hello everyone, some of you here may have dealt with me before, and some may not know me. Let me introduce myself first. I am Yu Dong. I used to be the section chief of the distribution department of Beijing Film Studio. Now I am the distribution department of Miracle Film and Television. manager!

Haha, Manager Yu, I didn't expect you to be following Director Wu now. Then I will have to take more care of the movie copies from now on! An acquaintance who had dealt with Yu Dong said with a smile.

Manager Yu, let's not talk about anything else. This time, Director Wu's My Sassy Girl will give me at least 50 copies!

Yes, yes, we are eager to watch Director Wu's movie. This summer we will rely on this movie!

Manager Yu, you must be well prepared for this copy. We are just looking forward to Director Wu coming to save us!

Seeing these theater representatives looking at him eagerly and eagerly, as if they were waiting for food, Yu Dong's small eyes flashed on his honest face, and he revealed a kind smile:

It's easy to talk about! The number of copies will definitely satisfy everyone this time, but before talking about the number of copies, there is something I want to discuss with you first.

Everyone was quiet after hearing this, and after looking at each other, someone said: Manager Yu, if you have anything to say, just tell me whether you want to prepare toilet paper or cooperate with your publicity, we promise to do our best!

That's right, we are bound to work on Director Wu's movie!

Listening to these people's words, Yu Dong chuckled inwardly, toilet paper? He really underestimated someone!

Yu Dong still maintained a simple and honest smile on his chubby face:

Everyone, to tell you the truth, I was chatting with Director Wu last week, and Director Wu suddenly lamented to me, saying that he was making a movie in Hollywood. After the movie was released, the distributor could get more than 60% of the box office on average. As a result, when we returned to our country, we could only get 37%, and we had to pay the issuance fee. After saying this, we just shook our heads and sighed!

As soon as Yu Dong finished speaking, a group of theater representatives who had been clamoring for their full support just now shut up in an instant.

Good guy, this is for them!

Before 1994, China Film Group purchased outright movies from major studios for 900,000 yuan each, and then China Film Group distributed copies to distribution units in various provinces. China Film Group takes 70% of the total box office, leaving the remaining 24% to the distribution units in each province for theater construction, and the remaining 6% is turned over to the provincial finances.

In 1995, the domestic film Red Cherry pioneered the splitting of box office accounts: for every 100 yuan in box office, 5 yuan must first be paid to the National Film Development Special Fund and 3.3 yuan in business tax, and the remaining part will be paid to both the producer and the theater. The accounts are divided according to the ratio of 35% and 65%.

This 35% box office share continues to this day. In fact, when Donkey Des Shui was released this year, theaters had already increased their share once, from 35% to 37%. This was of course because of Wu Yu The result of the combined effects of Chen's reputation and box office over the past few years.

Manager Yu, how can this be compared! Hollywood is Hollywood, and we are us. The national conditions and systems are different!

Manager Yu, didn't you just give Director Wu a raise in the first half of the year? 37% is a precedent, higher than others!

Manager Yu, you also know how bad our domestic film environment is now. Our cinemas make no money at all throughout the year. Apart from paying wages to employees, which of the equipment, housing, water and electricity does not cost money?

Yes, Manager Yu, Director Wu is now the leading director in our country, so he must consider our difficulties! We must think more about Chinese Film!

Seeing that Yu Dong was going to increase the box office share, the theater representatives were all anxious. Let’s just say that the 2% increase in the first half of the year was only for Wu Yuchen personally for the time being, but once it is opened, it is difficult to take it back. Will it increase when Zhang Yimou’s movie is released next year? If you don't rise when Chen Kaige's movie comes, are you looking down on my Palme d'Or? !

Therefore, although 37% is only mentioned to Wu Yuchen now, within two or three years, this accounting standard is expected to be widespread. Now that they heard that Yu Dong wanted to take meat from them again, all the theaters immediately became anxious.

Yu Dong immediately raised his hand: Everyone, I know you are suffering, and I understand you. But you also have to understand Director Wu! Isn't filming hard and tiring?

Just like the year before last, Director Wu was in Northeast China filming My Brothers and Sisters. He personally carried a camera and chased several children through the ice and snow. After filming one scene, his hands were covered in frostbite!

Let's talk about the filming of If Love Is Provident. Director Wu was in the fields in the countryside in the middle of summer, with scorching sun and heavy rain, and he didn't even mention heat stroke or fever!

Then Yu Dong spoke with emotion, his eyes were filled with mist, his voice was hoarse, and he waved his hands and said:

Director Wu has never complained for the sake of Chinese films, but if Director Wu doesn't say anything, I have to say it for him. We Chinese films can't let Director Wu feel cold!

As he spoke, Yu Dong's eyes widened, he scanned the crowd and shouted loudly:

Director Wu's easy salary for filming a movie in Hollywood is tens of millions of dollars. Isn't it much more than what he can easily earn from making movies in China? If you still keep asking for this share, Director Wu will be really frustrated one day. Leng, we will no longer make commercial films in our country, you will cry sometimes!

After Yu Dong's words fell, the conference room fell into silence, and you could hear a needle drop.

It's not that these old guys were attracted by Yu Dong's momentum, or were moved by what he said about Wu Yuchen's difficulties in making movies. These words are just deceiving young people. If they believe even half of a sentence, they are fools. Who the hell? Isn’t it hard to make a movie?

But the threat implicit in Yu Dong's last words frightened them: If it doesn't rise, Wu Yuchen will no longer make Chinese-language commercial films!

You must know that among the so-called great directors in China, Chen Kaizi, Lao Mouzi, and Jiang Wen are all literary and artistic films. Which one of Wu Yuchen's status would deign to make these commercial films for the common people?

Yes, in the current perception of the Chinese film industry, Wu Yuchen is condescending to make these commercial films. Some people even say that he is a waste of talent and should not waste time and energy on these films with no artistic value.

But now, Yu Dong is about to make it clear. If you don't increase your share, Director Wu will only make literary films from now on. Let's see how you guys can make money!

For a moment, all the theater representatives were looking at each other, but no one dared to speak.

At this time, the representative of China Film Group broke the silence in the venue with a smile: Let me say a few words. What Manager Yu just said is right. Director Wu has a lot of people in the United States chasing him to send checks to make movies. If he wants to make money early, Just stay in Hollywood, do people care about this share of the profit? What Director Wu cares about is your attitude and your thoughts!

The representative of Shanghai Film Studio also spoke, and emphasized in a deep voice: There are few great directors like Director Wu who are willing to enjoy themselves with the people in our country. You should cherish them!

A group of theater chain representatives finally figured it out. This time, China Film and Shanghai Film and Television also made it clear that they supported Wu Yuchen's commission increase. In fact, they are not afraid of China Film and Shanghai Film and Television, and there is nothing they can do about it, but they are afraid that Wu Yuchen will really stop filming!

Think about the deteriorating environment of the film market in the past two years. Without Wu Yuchen, how much less money would they make every year?

A representative from a Beijing theater chain asked: Manager Yu, how much do you want the increase to be?

Yu Dong immediately returned to his honest smile: Not much, 45%.

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Done? Good, good!

After Han Sanjing hung up the phone, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He smiled at Wu Yuchen in front of him and said:

Brother Wu, it has to be you! When these people unite, even we, China Film Group, can't do anything, but you have taken care of it this time!

In fact, China Film has long wanted to increase the share of producers. Otherwise, the major film studios will have too little income and cannot make ends meet. How can they make good movies?

However, China Film Group has no way to deal with the theater chain alliance. They are all their own people, and they will complain to the higher authorities when they are pressed.

Wu Yuchen asked with a smile: Mr. Han, how much did they promise in the end?

40%! Han Sanping said with a smile.

Wu Yuchen took a sip of tea and smacked his lips: It's a little short!

That's quite a lot! You've raised it from 35% to 40% in less than a year. I guess all those theater chains are going to curse you! Han Sanping shook his head and said, obviously quite satisfied with the result.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said nothing. What Han San commented made sense. It was impossible to improve theaters too much at once, otherwise they would give up and have to cut their flesh with blunt knives. Then he would do it again next year, and the year after that. Let’s do it again, divide the slices into pieces bit by bit!

In his previous life, with Heroes, Zhang Weiping raised the share to 40%, to House of Flying Daggers to 41%, and to The Golden Armor to 42%. It can be said that he and Lao Mouzi control everything. The pieces are divided into proportions. From this perspective, all Chinese film production companies have to thank them.

But now that Wu Yuchen is here, he will definitely do his part in this matter, so that his colleagues can fully appreciate the influence of Director Wu!