Chapter 20 Copyright
The work of the film shooting stage is all completed.
Lu Yang will take all the filmed materials to China Film to find a master from the editing department to edit the materials.
The material went through several processes of rough cutting, fine cutting, fine editing, plus post-production, soundtrack, subtitles, etc., before the final film was truly formed.
Of course, the whole process cannot be separated from the director's participation, because all decisions must be made by the director.
These have little to do with Gu Wei. According to the early contract with China Film, [Gu Wei Studio] will have partial suggestion rights during the later release period.
He is now waiting for Lu Yang to complete the post-production and produce the movie, and then the studio will communicate with China Film about the distribution and release.
When Gu Wei brought Zhang Tianai back to the capital, it was already September and his second semester at the college had begun.
After getting off the plane, the company's car was already waiting to pick them up outside the airport.
"My dear, I will take you back to your residence first. There are still some things to deal with at school. We will contact you after we finish."
Gu Wei said in the car.
Zhang Tianai rents a house in Beijing. Although she has graduated from college, she is just a young actor who is not above the 18th line. Her main income is from being an advertising model, and she has played roles since she started her career. They are also all part-timers.
The supporting role in "Xiu Chun Knife" this time is already the best role she has ever received.
Soon the car drove to the downstairs of Zhang Tianai's house, and the two reluctantly separated.
"Mr. Gu, should we go back to school or the company." The driver's name is Zhang Long. He is a full-time driver recruited by the studio for Gu Wei. He is in his 40s and is a veteran. He is very honest and usually Very few words.
"Master Zhang, let's go to the company first."
When we arrived at the company, our manager Yang Liwen was looking at the crew bills brought back by the finance department.
As one of the investors [Gu Wei Personal Film and Television Studio], although it is not the main controller and is not responsible for the production of the film, it is appropriate to arrange for a financial officer to enter the crew and monitor the crew's income and expenditure. righteous.
These were all written in the contract with China Film Group in the early stage. After all, it is too easy for the director and crew to make money from making movies.
There is a lot of room for maneuver here. If we don’t talk about anything else, there are a lot of things to pay attention to when it comes to costumes and props for acting, how much they cost, where to buy them, whether to rent or buy them.
For props and costumes worth 1 million, the director would quote 5 million, find a company with his own people, and make an account of 4 million, which is a reasonable and legal way to pocket it.
Just like Chen Kexin, a great director in Hong Kong. When making a movie, a straw hat is quoted at 6,000 US dollars. After the entire movie is shot, no matter how the box office is, whether the investors lose money or not, the director will make a lot of money anyway. .
Although Gu Wei believed in Lu Yang’s character and China Film’s professionalism, in business, he put himself first as a villain and then as a gentleman, and to ensure that due supervision was in place, naturally no one had the courage to reach out. , which is good for everyone.
"How's the bill? Is there any problem?"
Gu Wei sat across from the agent and asked
"I took a quick look, and there should be no problem. Some projects cost surprisingly little money. Director Lu Yang really spent all the money wisely."
Yang Liwen sorted out the bill and replied.
“I have trust in your senior brother’s character and ability.
In terms of the post-production and distribution of the film, you must do a good job in docking with China Film. Although we are not the distributor, we still have the investment share after all. It’s very high. If the movie does well at the box office, it will be a good thing for us.”
“Our company currently has no media resources. We will try our best to promote it online when the movie is released soon.”
"Understood" Yang Liwen replied
"Mr. Gu, I have something to ask you for advice. I contacted some of my old contacts because the movie you are currently filming is still waiting to be broadcast, and there is nothing in the industry. Due to the reputation, some TV drama crews are only willing to give audition opportunities to male 3 or 4 roles.
Are you going to watch these scenes? ”
Gu Wei took a few scripts and looked at them. , are all names I have never heard of.
Wrinkled his brows and said
"Reject all these plays. After [Xiu Chun Knife] is released, we will come back with more scripts.
How are you doing with the copyright I asked you to collect before?"
Yang Liwen Said
"I was about to report this to you. The film and television adaptation copyrights of the novels you mentioned earlier have been partially collected. But in recent years, as long as they are popular novels, the copyrights have increased dramatically. There is not much money in the company account." He said and handed over a document.
"Then there is Gu Man's [A Slight Smile Is Alluring]. A Shanghai company is also negotiating the copyright.
The previous copyright fee for "Why Shengxiaomo" was sold for 1 million, and now the two companies are competing , Gu Man has raised the price to 1.5 million, and the company in Shanghai is still hesitating. Mr. Gu, do you want us to buy it? "
"Buy it at this price, tell Gu Man that it's no problem, and sign the contract as soon as possible. "Gu Wei made the decision directly.
“But Mr. Gu, the money in our company’s account is no longer enough.”
“It doesn’t matter, I will find a way to pay for it. You can contact Gu Man as soon as possible.”
"Okay, Mr. Gu."
At the beginning of June, the studio had less than 5 million in its account. In more than 3 months, after collecting and purchasing some film and television rights, there was only more than 50 million left. All in all.
Gu Wei looked at the price of Bitcoin. It has been skyrocketing since the beginning of the year. Now it has reached the stage of 10 US dollars. Selling all of them now will solve the problem.
But Gu Wei knows that next year will be the year when Bitcoin starts to skyrocket. By the end of 2013, it will rise to a maximum of 8,000 RMB per coin.
Although there were ups and downs in the following years, the overall trend was upward. At its peak, it reached over ten thousand US dollars a piece. If you sell it now, you are losing the watermelon and picking up the sesame seeds.
[Xiu Chun Dao] has not yet been produced, and it will be some time before it is released, let alone dividends.
Actually, there is a way, which is to use the copyright of "Xiu Chun Dao" and the expected movie proceeds to go to the bank for a mortgage loan.
In fact, since the filming of "Hero" in 2002, Zhang Weiping has obtained loans from international financial institutions. By 2004, domestic commercial banks also began to get involved in this field. "The Night Banquet", "A City of Gold", "Assembly", "October Siege" and other films all have bank credit funds involved; "Tangshan Earthquake" received a 120 million yuan loan from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and "Jinling Thirteen"衡》obtained a 150 million yuan loan from China Minsheng Bank.
The Bank of Communications in Beijing is a cooperative bank of China Film. As long as it is a movie produced by China Film and the procedures are complete, it is easy to get a copyright and pre-revenue pledge loan.
“You first prepare our company’s documents and some contract documents for investing in [Xiuchungdao].
Come with me to China Film Studio later. ”
Gu Wei said
With the things ready, Gu Wei took his agent to the building of China Film.
Find Han, who was in charge of the "Embroidered Spring Knife" in the film and television department. Deputy Director, Deputy Director Han is in his 40s. He also graduated from the directing department of the college. He just entered the system after graduation. He has been pursuing a career in the past few years and has not developed into an artistic path.
Deputy Director Han is very enthusiastic. , as soon as he entered the door, he stood up and shook hands with Gu Wei
"Xiao Gu is here, Lu Yang is editing the film downstairs now. I saw the rough cut of the one you shot [Embroidered Spring Knife], and it turned out very well."
"Where, thanks to Han Director, without your support in terms of manpower and material resources, Senior Brother Lu Yang and I would be able to hammer in a few nails."
Gu Wei said with a smile
< br>"I came today to ask Director Han for a favor."
After hearing this, Director Han looked at Gu Wei, "What's the matter? Tell me about it. Logically speaking, you are also my junior brother, yes." No matter what happens, as long as it doesn’t violate the principles, senior brother has to help.”
"That's it, Director Han. The main funds of my company have been invested in [Xiu Chun Dao], and now there are new projects. Isn't there no money left? I want to use the copyright I own on [Xiu Chun Dao] Use the pre-revenue as collateral and borrow some money from the bank."
Director Han smiled and said
"This is all a small matter. We have a cooperative bank with China Film Group, [Xiuchundao]. It’s a movie produced and distributed by China Film Group Corporation. The bank can trust it.
I’ll introduce you to someone. He is the vice president in charge of loans at the Bank of Communications branch. His surname is Guo. Just prepare all the procedures. I introduced it, and the interest rate will be calculated based on the interest rate of China Film’s previous cooperation.”
“Thank you so much, Director Han, you have helped me a lot.”
Director Han said
"It's nothing, these are all trivial matters. If you make the movie well and have a good box office after it is released, it is the greatest support for me."
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(End of this chapter)