Chapter 11: Screening, meeting
"Bang." A stack of newspapers was thrown on the long table of the conference.
“Can anyone tell me what’s going on?”
In China Film’s office, Director Yang knocked on the table with a bad tone.
Vice Director Han pulled out the newspaper, and the headline was: "Shanghai Film Academy has a sharp eye for discerning stars, and the works of freshmen from the film school are selling well"!
The subtitle is more direct: It is reported that China Film has refused to invest in the film.
The newspapers were read by the senior executives present one by one, and some middle-level executives attending the meeting did not dare to say a word.
"How much box office is there"? Vice Director Han asked.
“As of yesterday, it has exceeded 20 million.” A department manager reported.
For a while, the atmosphere in the conference room became tense again.
"What's funny is that the newspaper said that China Film refused to invest, but I didn't know it at all. Do you know, Old Han? Mr. Jiao?" , how could it be in front of myself and others.
But the current situation is that it is indeed famous, and this blame must be shouldered.
"Who met him at that time?" asked Director Yang.
Someone stood up tremblingly, "Director Yang, I met him, but I followed the normal process. It is impossible to invest. He is just a freshman."
The man was explaining, but it didn't help. "You will change posts for a while, and then we will talk about it later."
The top leader made the decision in an understatement, and several senior officials unanimously agreed.
The middle-level people sitting there were all silent, trying to reduce their presence as much as possible.
On the 12th, Lin Nan also learned that the box office exceeded 20 million.
External reviews are divided. The audience thinks the plot is very good. It is the first time to see this kind of storyline and it is very interesting.
But most of what the media releases are the comments of film critics.
"The overall performance is immature and needs to be improved." This is a relatively fair evaluation.
Some of the belittling is okay, "open ending, trying to be smart."
"What do you know about marriage when you are eighteen or nineteen years old? It is unrealistic."
The worst part is, As your outlook and career have risen to the level, can't you make other movies besides romance movies? Are these today’s students and actors?
As time goes by, the movie box office is getting higher and higher, and the increase is getting smaller and smaller.
Shanghai Film Group has been much more positive these days. They fought a good battle and were very enthusiastic towards Lin Nan.
And promised that if Lin Nan plans a new film in the future, they are willing to continue investing and share the profits.
Lin Nan was a little moved, but he still said that he would talk about it after the film was released. The deeper meaning was that he would talk about it after he got the dividends.
Liu Yifei called Lin Nan to congratulate him on the success of his movie and complained that her mother had lost her heroine.
Lin Nan was threatened by phone that she would be cast as the heroine next time.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan went to find Laoban with a smile on his face.
"Mom, my number one girl." Liu Yifei sat on the sofa and began to mutter while her mother Liu helped her sort out her clothes.
"Okay, okay, let your godfather find you a better film crew next time. If you miss that small crew, you will miss it. So what if the box office exceeds 20 million? You want to film a big director "It's from the movie."
Mother Liu didn't even look at her daughter, her tone was ordinary.
"Mom, don't say that to Lin Nan."
Seeing her daughter's angry look, Liu's mother stopped talking.
"Teacher, it's still the same thing."
"Change major"?
“Yes.”
"Why do you have to transfer? Isn't our acting department good? There are only a few people in your class in the directing department."
Although Teacher Zhou was impatient, he still took out a few pages from the drawer paper, "fill it out and give it to me."
Lin Nan took it and it was an application form for changing majors, "Good teacher."
"You also have a box office of 20 million now. The hero, producer and director of the movie are already famous all over the country. Don’t just smile all day long.”
“Teacher, maybe it will be 30 million by the end of the month,” Lin Nan said. .
The process of changing majors was surprisingly fast, and the school approved it on the same day.
When Lin Nan took the stamped document to the director department office, these teachers seemed to already know about it.
In fact, the teachers’ offices are not far apart, just a few steps away.
"From now on, you will be a member of our directing department. You don't need to move to the dormitory. You can just follow the directing department for classes and other things."
Lin Nan completed the formalities and left.
The 02-level directing department originally had a total of thirteen students, six undergraduates plus seven Lin Nan, and two chief teachers, Teacher Zhang and Teacher Jiang. The remaining seven are state-trained undergraduates, and the teachers are other people.
The number of teachers has increased significantly this year, and director Tian Zhuangzhuang has also returned to teach in the directing department.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Jiang, now your level 02 director department has greatly increased its strength." A group of teachers laughed in the office, teasing the two of them.
"You did this well, but you rebelled in the blink of an eye." Zhu Yawen said sarcastically.
“I have made two movies, maybe the director is more suitable for me, just sit there and shout.” Lin Nan said with a smile.
Zhu Yawen changed her face and said, "Director Lin, Director Lin, because of our usual friendship, remember me if you have any scenes in the future. I can clean it up." As he said this, he held Lin Nan's hand with both hands. Right hand. "Disgusting, get out of here."
"Haha, remember to leave a role for me." Zhu Yawen stopped disturbing Lin Nan from sorting out the books. The latter had just transferred the director department to brought back the book.
The name of Beijing Film Academy newcomer Lin Nan is remembered by audiences across the country together with the movie "Warm and Bright".
In particular, I don’t know who actually told the news about Lin Nan’s change of major and reported it to the newspaper.
Now those people who ridiculed Lin Nan for changing careers shut up. Others really went for the directing career.
On the 25th, the box office finally crossed the 30 million threshold.
Shanghai Film Group decided to hold a celebration banquet. This was a huge achievement. Fame and money were earned. The most important thing is that it is written in the leader's report.
Before the film was released, I was very generous. When I invested as a producer, I did not fight for the film copyright with Lin Nan. Most likely I did not expect it to be so popular, so the copyright of "Warm and Bright" still belongs to the latter. On hand.
At this time, the box office exceeded 30 million, and the copyright issue was brought up.
Because it involves export, this is a huge profit, and Lin Nan, who holds all the copyrights, has become a hot commodity.
The words on the phone were very subtle, but Lin Nan could understand the meaning. Shanghai Film wanted to get a share of the copyright, and a film company found them. They were interested in both the film and the copyright.
Lin Nan didn't know how to reply for a while, so he simply said to wait a few days.
As the movie has been released for so long, Lin Nan’s name has gradually become known to people in the circle, especially his investment proportion and right to speak in "Warm and Bright". Everything that needs to be known is known. .
“If you want to focus on making movies, becoming a director, and investing in movies in the future, I actually suggest that you change your studio into a company and recruit more people. You can have fewer people, but they must be complete.”
This was the advice given by the teacher to Lin Nan. After Lin Nan came down, he decisively went to find the original agency. Just change the name a little: Lin Nan Film and Television Media Co., Ltd.
There are two models for film export, either direct one-time settlement, and how much profit will be made after that is a matter for the film company and the theater chain.
Either find a foreign distributor to distribute it and share the box office according to the contract ratio.
Imported films are generally the same.
Lin Nan didn’t want trouble and was self-aware. He wanted to choose the first option and get the money in one go.
It was the end of the month, and the box office couldn't run any better. In the end, it stumbled to 31 million, and it was released accordingly.
At this time, we couldn’t drag Shangying with us. After hearing what Lin Nan meant, Shangying gave us an option.
Lin Nan packaged the movie rights and sold them to them. As for everything that followed, whether it was a loss or a profit, it had nothing to do with him.
Shanghai Film Group accounts for 65% of the investment, and exports require a share of the profits. However, copyright is related to issues such as remakes and adaptations, and the film producers want to settle it all at once.
Lin Nan accepted the option given by Shanghai Film Studio.
In terms of export, with a 35% investment ratio and complete copyright, Shanghai Film Group gave Lin Nan 8 million, after tax.
Lin Nan is very satisfied with the price. He is a newcomer. No one can say for sure whether this movie will be popular in Southeast Asia.
“We will supervise the theaters and higher authorities for the division of accounts at the box office. We will also handle the taxes that should be paid. The final amount will be paid directly to your company’s account.”
Thanks to "Hero", Thanks to Director Zhang and Producer Zhang.
It is their credit that allowed the theater chain to increase the producer's share ratio from 38% to 40%.
Lin Nan made some calculations, excluding the special business tax and the special fund for film industry development, and finally divided it up.
Probably he can get about four million.
“I knew I should have inserted some advertising at that time. This would not be divided by the theater chain.”
Lin Nan regretted not advertising at that time, but when he thought about it, there was probably no business. I am willing to advertise with him.
But you can pay attention to this next time.
The company is still an empty shell, and financial accounting must be in place first, otherwise it will be too busy to divide the accounts.
This month, Lin Nan has become addicted to being a celebrity. There are many people who greet him when walking in the school, many of whom he does not know very well.
“You don’t have any plans for the next time, do you? It’s okay if you don’t have any, just take a few days of classes with peace of mind.” This is what the director of the directing department said to him.
The main meaning may be to let him stabilize his mentality and stop drifting.
A few days later, the teacher found Lin Nan with someone he didn’t know.
"Ask me to attend the symposium? Is it appropriate?"
As expected, as long as you get results, you will inevitably be dragged into making up the numbers.
A little more than a year after joining the WTO, the cultural industry has borne the brunt.
Lin Nan is a newbie, sitting in the back shivering, look at the people above, they are all leaders, either from the General Administration or from other cultural and tourism departments.
In the front row are the leaders of the Television Association and the Film Association, followed by well-known directors, well-known actors, and editors.
As a newcomer, Lin Nan was in the last few rows, gesticulating with a pen, and just listened to what was said.
“The film and television industry is the most intuitive, and I hope you will pay attention to this. You are all directors, actors, or screenwriters, etc., and are professionals. I hope you can produce good works, drive the market, meet challenges, and also Being able to go out..."
Hollywood is coming in, and it is coming in with a knife. Everyone can see the results, and it is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Several major directors have spoken. Director Zhang is very objective and believes that this is a catastrophic problem that will impact or even crush the current domestic film and television industry, but it is also an opportunity that forces us to make progress.
Still asking for support, if you have enough votes, you can reward me with some. Thank you to some book friends for their encouragement. Thank you.
(End of this chapter)