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Wu Yuchen was keenly aware that Han Sanping was talking about China Film Cooperation.

You must know that officially, private companies are not allowed to be involved in film distribution. Even if Miracle Films establishes a publicity and distribution department, every time they do publicity and distribution, they must nominally assist the distribution of China Film or Beijing Film Studio. Work. But now Han Sanzan is talking about cooperation with China Film and Television...

Wu Yuchen looked at Han Sanping again, and saw Han Sanping smiling and indicating that he should read the second document first: "Implementation Rules for the Qualification Certification System for Obtaining a Film Production License (Single Film)".

Wu Yuchen read it carefully, and there were a lot of details, but the main content was that after units other than film production units obtain the "Single Film Certificate", they have the right to independently produce films. This means that in the future, after private film companies obtain the "Single Film Certificate", they will no longer need to purchase a factory label when shooting movies.

Although the films made by Wu Yuchen in the past few years were all financed by Miracle Film and Television, they all had to wear a layer of skin, that is, they had to buy the Beijing Film Studio's label. But in the future, this step will not be necessary!

Wu Yuchen's face was filled with joy, and then he immediately asked: "Brother Han, is it okay to publish it?"

Han Sanping said with a smile: "The issue of distribution has not been completely decided yet, but we are now planning to open it up on a small scale and select a few companies for pilot projects. If the effect is good, it will be finalized in a few years."

Needless to say, this pilot must be one of Miracle Films!

Wu Yuchen immediately cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Han!"

For private companies to be officially released, it will take two years until the "Film Distribution License" is released. But now that China Film Group has a default license, it is actually the same as having already obtained this license. Distribution can also be liberalized. My hands and feet are dry.

In his previous life, Bona, the guy named Yu Dong, should have followed this path. After all, he was from the Beijing Film Studio and had always regarded himself as an old subordinate of Han San Ping, so he naturally enjoyed this pilot privilege. Thinking of Yu Dong, I just don't know when this guy will resign and run out to start a company to work as a freelancer.

Wu Yuchen thought for a while and asked another key question related to his layout: "Brother Han, in the theater reform, can our private capital contribute more now?"

Wu Yuchen's intention was very obvious, he was asking Han Sanping whether the red line of private capital's acquisition of theater chains was now open to the public.

Han Sanping pondered for a while and said: "Brother Wu, I won't hide it from you. Regarding the reform of theater chains, the opinions at the meeting must be taken step by step. For the time being, the theater chains must still be dominated by state-owned holdings. I'm afraid if the move is too big, Twist! But now the country encourages the activation of the private economy in all walks of life. Our film industry's liberalization of private capital is a major trend. You can grasp this standard yourself."

Wu Yuchen understood in an instant that Han Sanping meant that although the state-owned enterprises still insisted on being the leading company, they had opened up to private funds. As long as the state-owned enterprises remained the largest shareholders in the theater chain, no one would Whatever.

Then there is a lot of room for maneuver. To be conservative, we can acquire 49% of the shares, and the state-owned holdings of 51% will still be the major shareholder. We will wait for the policies to be released before making any decisions.

To be more radical, for example, if the state-controlled holding of a certain theater chain holds 35% of the shares, it is the largest shareholder in name, but Wu Yuchen can register the other 65% of the shares and control them separately. Going against the state-owned big brother, once the official documents are issued in a few years, it can immediately transform into its own theater chain.

In the previous life, after the "Decisions on the Entry of Non-Public Capital into the Cultural Industry" was issued in 2005, theater chains were completely liberalized to private capital. That year also saw the birth of the first theater chain in the Mainland that was completely dominated by private capital, Wanda. . I just don’t know if now with his influence, this time will be accelerated and come sooner.

Wu Yuchen thanked Han Sanping again and again. This news is that if you know it in advance, you can make plans early, and if you enter the game early and get the first move, you can become bigger and stronger.

After returning with this news, Wu Yuchen immediately convened an internal meeting within the company to discuss and deploy the next arrangements.

Half a month later, Wu Yuchen got on a plane to the United States.

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DreamWorks, Spielberg and Wu Yuchen hugged each other gently, showing bright smiles: "Wu, long time no see, we all miss you!"

After Wu Yuchen let go, he also said: "Oh, Steven, I miss you too. How are you doing? When 911 was called, I was very worried about you~"

At that time, Wu Yuchen also made a greeting phone call, but he still had to express his concern again when he met in person.

"Thank you for your concern. We are all fine, but the impact of 9/11 was too great!" Spielberg couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned 9/11.

Wu Yuchen also echoed: "Yes, I see that the airport is much deserted than before, the number of people is at least half reduced, and the security check is much stricter than before. They wanted to take off my underwear until I said that I was the director Wu Yuchen, They just let me go because of their dignity, it’s really terrible!”

Spielberg laughed: "I didn't expect your reputation to have such an effect!"

Then he also said: "Not to mention other industries, Hollywood has also been having a hard time in recent months. The entertainment industry is in an overall depression. No one is willing to go out to consume entertainment. The number of theater audiences was 60% less than before at its lowest point. The entire country seems to It’s all been cast into a haze.”

Wu Yuchen patted Spielberg on the shoulder: "It will pass, everything will be fine."

After being immersed in it for a month or two, Wu Yuchen knew that Christmas should be restored by the end of the year, otherwise it would not be possible to produce two super high-grossing movies, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and "The Lord of the Rings."

Spielberg nodded and said: "It has gotten a lot better now. However, this time we sent troops to Afghanistan to launch the war on terrorism, there have been reports of incidents of troops harming civilians. Now it has caused some controversy. I don't know if this war will continue. How long. Now some people in Hollywood have begun to raise anti-war slogans, hoping to end the war as soon as possible and withdraw troops as soon as possible."

Wu Yuchen shook his head. How could this kind of thing be so simple? Revenge is just an excuse. The United States will definitely not leave unless it achieves its strategic goals and takes advantage. Moreover, today's online media is far less developed than later generations. Most of the current consultations are exposed by war reporters, and most scandals can be covered up.

Wu Yuchen didn't want to talk more about this kind of thing. Now was not the time to express his position, and he was a foreigner. He would wait until the situation became clearer.

Wu Yuchen immediately changed the subject with a smile and said: "Steven, let's talk about something happy. Has "Pirate King" been released in North America?"

The lower tier in North America means that you can get a share of the North American box office from theaters. You are always happiest when the money comes into your account!

Spielberg also led Wu Yuchen to sit down, and then took out a document and handed it to him: ""Pirate King" has been released in North American theaters for nearly half a year, with a total box office of 405 million in North America. If it weren't for 911, it might still be possible. higher."

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we should be happy that our movie will be released in May!"

Before 9/11, Pirate King had already received a box office of 380 million U.S. dollars. In the past two months, the total has only increased by 20 million, which has little impact on the total box office.

Spielberg also smiled and said: "Yes, now that I think about it, not only are we lucky, but "Pearl Harbor" is really lucky too. If they had released it at the end of the year, the box office would not even have exceeded 100 million!"

The Pearl Harbor incident took place on December 7, so some media initially speculated that the movie might be released on December 7 this year, but "Pearl Harbor" did not choose that date. "Pearl Harbor" is a movie about air raids. If it had been released after 9/11 and revealed the scars of the air raids on 9/11, how many people would have gone to the cinema to watch it? It would have been criticized by public opinion.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "Instead of talking about the defeat of his generals, let's talk about "The Pirate King"~"

Nowadays, the global box office of "Pirate King" has reached 830 million U.S. dollars. North America is on the lower end, but there are still some overseas regions where it has not been released, so the overseas box office part will not be discussed for the time being.

But as far as the North American box office is concerned, this time it is 405 million U.S. dollars, and the film studio will share 64% of the box office, which is 259 million U.S. dollars. After deducting Universal's distribution sharing fee, 12% of the North American box office will be left with 210 million U.S. dollars.

Next, the publicity expenses this time were originally set at 50 million, and later on, an additional 15 million to 65 million were added to the publicity expenses. After deducting this amount, the film studio was left with only $145.6 million.

This is not just the part gained. Wu Yuchen's original director's remuneration included a 12% full copyright share. Naturally, 12% of the North American box office would also be given to him, which is 48.6 million.

After all this deduction, 97 million is left. The original investment in this movie was 140 million U.S. dollars, 80 million from DreamWorks and 60 million from Miracle Pictures. According to the ratio, they could get 55.4 million and 41.6 million respectively.

If you only count the local box office in North America, even with the high box office revenue of "Pirate King" of 405 million, the two film investments are still losing money, which can also be seen how difficult it is to play such a big-budget movie. But fortunately, it still has overseas box office and various copyrights.

Not to mention the overseas box office, but the global disc and video tape price, it sold for a high price of US$150 million. TV rights, aviation rights, etc. were sold for a total of 40 million.

Don't think that the price of 150 million is too high and the merchants can't make any profit. In fact, after the movie was released, the "Pirate King" disc and VHS video tape sold 13 million copies in the first week, which was half a month. The amount reached more than 220 million US dollars. People will only make more than you think...

The prices for peripheral licenses such as toys, clothing, food, accessories, etc. are also very exaggerated. Most of the licenses that have been negotiated so far are for 3 years, and the longest is no more than 5 years, 150 million!

There are still some overseas parts that have not been negotiated. If it is really liberalized, Wu Yuchen estimates that it is possible to earn 250 million from this peripheral licensing alone. And this is not a one-time deal. When it comes time to renew in three to five years, will you continue? At that time, as long as the sequel to "Pirate King" is still popular, the money can continue to be made. After all, there will be new characters and new things in the sequel!

Wu Yuchen thought that the original "The Sixth Sense" packaged with peripherals and TV rights only sold 30 million. Even though its movie box office was high, it obviously had no peripheral value. But the value of the peripherals of "Pirate King" is really great!

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but sigh, no wonder in his previous life, Disney dragged Depp to film the fourth and fifth films, but when it came to the fifth film, they would rather give him a sky-high salary of US$100 million to continue filming. People don't expect to make a lot of money at the box office. As long as they don't lose money, everything else can be earned from peripherals. The peripherals of this project are really profitable!

In other words, the current temporary income from the copyright part is 340 million. Among them, Wu Yuchen must first be allocated 12%, which is 40.8 million. After that, according to the investment ratio, DreamWorks and Miracle Pictures respectively received 172 million and 128 million.

In other words, before the overseas box office share of "Pirate King" has been taken into account, DreamWorks and Miracle Pictures respectively received 227 million and 180 million. After deducting their respective investment of 80 million and 60 million, the net profits were 147 million and 120 million respectively. 100 million.

Director Wu Yuchen's remuneration is currently 96.4 million, which is almost catching up with the profits of his own Miracle Pictures as an investor.

When the overseas box office distribution is received next year, his director's compensation will definitely exceed 100 million. This is a very rare high income even in Hollywood!

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but curled up his lips when he thought of this, but after seeing Spielberg who was also smiling next to him, his just-rising complacency was a little restrained. After all, this guy relied on the director of "Jurassic Park" The reward reached 250 million.

Wu Yuchen thought about it. On the one hand, his share of 12% should not be as high as that of the other party. Spielberg got at least 20% of the full copyright share in "Jurassic Park". On the other hand, the influence and peripheral income of "Jurassic Park" is definitely more popular than that of "Pirate King". After all, the dinosaurs are so popular that almost all the children who watched the movie will buy them.

The goal is in front of us, but the revolution still needs hard work!

Thinking of this, Wu Yuchen immediately asked Spielberg: "Steven, how is the discussion about the actors for the sequel of "Pirate King" going?"

Spielberg shook his head: "Both Keira and Hugh Jackman are okay, but as for Depp, his agent said that there will be no discussion about the sequel until the global box office is determined."

Wu Yuchen nodded when he heard this. Obviously Depp is the most difficult protagonist. The salary for the sequel may not be negotiated by the 20 million club alone.

Wu Yuchen said to Spielberg: "We have to set a tone. We would rather give Depp a high salary than give him a share."

"Wu, it seems you are very confident about the sequel?" Spielberg said with a smile.

In fact, the quality of most Hollywood sequel movies is not as good as the first one, and it is highly likely that a sequel will be a bad movie.

"Of course, I have already made a complete plan for the trilogy, and you have read it. How come there is such a thing as the beginning of the trilogy?"

"Then I'm relieved!" Spielberg laughed.

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