Chapter 461 The twenty-five boys will never change from now on
"Awesome! The real and the real, the war is not tired of deceit. Is this playing "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu?"
Circle Lin Nan was not the only one who had such exclamations.
Most people in the film and television industry, the media, and even the majority of netizens and fans are a little excited and exciting to watch.
First, the five China Film Companies announced the "Notice on the Progress of Negotiations on Box Office Account Sharing Ratios."
Frankly speaking, 28 theater chains, including China Film Star, China Film Southern Shinkansen, Poly, Liaobei, and Hengdian, have signed new distribution and screening contracts.
There are also hundreds of theaters, bypassing the theater chains to which they belong, contacting the distributors and expressing their willingness to accept the new bill sharing ratio.
The notice from China Film Group Five clearly stated that the market share of these theater chains and theaters has exceeded 70%, and the trend has been established!
Just when everyone thought that this time the publisher really won.
27 cinema giants including Wanda, Jinyi, New Film Alliance, Magic City United Cinemas, and Dadi Cinemas held a press conference in the capital and announced the paper version of the "Joint Declaration" with official seals. 》：
"We will never accept the distributor's tough and unreasonable 'price increase' demands. The 27 mainstream theater chains refused to threaten and will never show those 9 Chinese New Year movies."
Everyone is excited. This is the reason for the excitement, because the market share of these 27 cinema giants is greater than 80%.
There is a lot of discussion in the film and television circles, entertainment circles, media, and online.
“Here they say they have taken over 70% of the theaters, but over there they are boycotting 27 theater giants and 80% of the theaters! What the hell?”
“It’s the distributor. Is it a bluff? Or are there a lot of partisans and underdogs in the theater alliance? Or are there problems on both sides?”
Both sides firmly insist on their own opinions, and their increasingly tough stance has made the entire industry a little on tenterhooks.
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“The Film Special Fund Office has issued a notice. This year, for all theaters, as long as the box office revenue ratio of domestic films is greater than 45%.
All are eligible to get back at least 80% of the special funds submitted by the theater chain as subsidies this year. "
" Kill two birds with one stone? It not only supports domestic films, but also subsidizes the theater chain. br>
Do you want to use this temptation to make the theaters take a step back, accept the distributor's request to increase their revenue sharing, and screen domestic films during the Lunar New Year?
However, isn’t this a bit too taken for granted, like a joke! ”
Lin Nan complained mercilessly.
It is better not to send this notice. It is purely an insult to everyone’s IQ.
The revenue of domestic films in theaters is greater than 45%? What an international joke!
In the broader market, the total box office of domestic films accounts for less than 33%. This 45% pie is a bit too empty.
"It's indeed a joke. So the theaters didn't pay attention to the leaders above at all, hahaha..."
After chatting for a while, Yue Jun and Lin Nan went out.
He has been called to meetings frequently in the past two days to represent Lin Nan Pictures.
Because of the splitting of accounts for domestic films, people in the industry are in panic and chaos.
If there is no document from above to set the tone, it will definitely not be suppressed.
But for such a major matter involving industry reform, documents cannot be issued just by saying it, especially in this domestic environment.
So the film bureau can only keep finding people to hold meetings and urge both parties to negotiate and resolve the matter.
But this time, for their own benefit, it was obvious that no one was listening.
In this case, imported films are very comfortable.
As long as the two sides remain firmly in a stalemate, in the end, whether it is overseas imported films, Hong Kong imported films, or domestic companies that have purchased batches of films, they will all win.
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Five days, 110 million box office.
"Chilling" has become the most dazzling movie in November with its high film schedule and good reputation.
Many mainland films have been reduced to foils and backgrounds.
Among them, "Tai Chi 2" actually has the highest box office in the background. It was released for half a month and the box office was 68.1 million, which is really a bit miserable!
Five companies including China Film and Star Entertainment are still confident and firmly believe that theaters will take the initiative to give in before the last moment.
Everyone agreed that if even Zhang Weiping could force him to withdraw from theaters, it would be even more unreasonable for a more powerful publisher to lose!
So, the promotion of several movies has not missed a cent.
Lu Chuan's "The King's Feast" is a bit of a show-off, and he posted an "ultimate trailer", which is pretty cool.
"Preparation, filming, post-production, and release. After two and a half years of cooking, I hope everyone will like this 'feast' prepared by 'Chef Lu'!"
The draft of "1942" is It's not that fancy anymore. Feng Xiaogang rarely said only a short paragraph:
"This is the most dedicated movie I have made in the first half of my life. I think it must get at least 1 billion at the box office to be considered qualified. !”
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There is a "Lunar New Year Cinema Movie Watching Seminar" every year in the industry.
Attendants were representatives from major theater chains and producers of Lunar New Year movies.
However, this year’s “symposium” may change its nature and become a negotiation conference.
This is the first time that Lin Nan Pictures has a film in the Lunar New Year period, and it is also the first time that it has received an invitation to this "symposium".
After reading the invitation letter in his hand over and over again, Lin Nan had a slightly amused expression.
"Let Director Jiang go, she happened to be in charge of "囧囧" at the beginning."
Lin Nan felt that this "symposium" was likely to be a place of right and wrong, and he had better not go.
The assistant responded and went to contact Jiang Yuerou. Less than ten minutes later, the latter's phone call came.
“In previous years, this event lasted for two to three days, during which there were many cocktail receptions and parties of different names, and the atmosphere was always very good. But this year, it’s really hard to say...”
< br>Jiang Yuerou knows more than Lin Nan, and is currently giving him science education.
"As long as we don't start a fight, there's nothing bad to say." Lin Nan joked.
Maybe the theaters really want to beat people up, but they should be able to do their job on the surface.
Lin Nan knows something.
China Film Distribution Company directly bypassed the theater chain and put pressure on the theaters below the theater chain, which is why the 70% figure was reached.
This is equivalent to an outsider bypassing Lin Nan Pictures and directly asking Shanhai Media and Tiangong Color to confuse him.
Moreover, many state-owned theater chains are now boycotting distributors led by China Film and Television!
“However, I can’t tell if something will happen to this “seminar”.”
Lin Nan changed the subject and added.
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Calculating the time, there are only more than three months left.
Xue Xiaolu took the initiative to call and announced that "Love in Seattle" could be scheduled.
Originally, Lin Nan was going to arrange a random trip to China Film and Television
Finally, after thinking about it, he decided to go by himself. By the way, he asked about the current situation. Han Sanping is the leading brother of the publisher. .
Driving all the way to China Film Academy, Lin Nan saw Han Jianu, and Huo Wenxi was laughing with her.
"Director Lin."
"Why did Senior Brother Lin come here to see Lao Han when he was free?"
As expected of an only child, how dare outsiders call her that.
"Let's talk about the schedule of "Love in Seattle". Director Huo, what about you?"
Lin Nan first answered Han Jia'er's question, and then asked Huo Wenxi.
“Have you forgotten, Director Lin, Ying Huang voted for most of “The King’s Feast”?”
After hearing this answer, Lin Nan reacted. It had been so long that he had forgotten about it.
"Then I wish Yinghuang a big box office success this time."
"Thank you, Director Lin. If you are busy, I will go back to the company first." Huo Wenxi said with a smile, and then walked towards the parking lot. walk to the place.
Looking at Huo Wenxi's back, Lin Nan suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Lao Yang.
Hong Kong directors are not good at making historical films, so it would be more reliable to use a mainland director.
But it happened to be invested in Lu Chuan, so I have to say, maybe this is what fate is like?
"Senior Brother Lin, let's go. Old Han is alone in the office right now." Han Jianu urged.
"By the way, are you here from school or from the crew?"
"Forget it, Lao Han said he would find a movie for me to practice on. I have a headache."
Han Jia Nyeo’s whiny tone would drown her in saliva if directors who had no choice but to cast their voices heard it!
"Cherish it, Miss. No matter how many people ask for it, it won't come to you."
Lin Nan joked with a smile.
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When I arrived at Han Sanping’s office, the other party was on the phone and pointed to the sofa for Lin Nan to sit on.
"Senior Brother Lin, sit down. My dad has some new tea brought by others. Do you want to try it?"
Lin Nan smiled and nodded, not paying attention to Han Sanping's dark face at that moment.
Listening to the content of Han Sanping’s call, it should be that he was on the phone with Qin Hong.
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"Valentine's Day? You seem to have some ideas in choosing this time. How sure are you of the box office?" Han Sanping likes to care about these things.
“I think Director Xue’s film should not be worse than "Love Is Not Blind"."
"Doesn't that mean it's a profitable movie again?"
Han Sanping looked regretful, because this movie has nothing to do with China Film.
"Director Han, how is the situation now? We don't have much time. I have to go to the Golden Horse in two days and I don't have time to worry about "囧囧"."
"Of course. It’s my advantage!”
“If there are no movies, what will they play? We also have some theaters!”
Hearing the words "I have the advantage", Lin Nan understood Han Sanping's mentality at the moment. He was definitely extremely confident.
“That’s good.”
What can Lin Nan say at this moment? That's all I can say.
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There is no need to wait for China Film to announce the film schedule information.
At noon, Lin Nan Pictures directly announced the schedule to the outside world.
"The love movie "Love in Seattle" produced by Lin Nan Pictures, written and directed by director Xue Xiaolu, starring Yang Mi and Yu Hewei, is scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day after the new year..."
Less than half an hour after the news was sent out, it spread in circles and on the Internet.
The creative team reposted it on Weibo one after another and liked each other.
“Is it really Valentine’s Day?”
During the crew's break, Yang Mi looked at Zeng Jia in surprise.
"So can there be a holiday? I asked from Director Yue, it happened to be one month before your contract expired!"
Zeng Jia's eyes glowed with anticipation. said.
“There is a high probability that it will not lose to "Love Is Not Blind" at the box office, and you are the heroine.
Taking advantage of this trend, we announced that our contract will not be renewed when it expires. You will definitely become the focus of attention in the industry and can get the studio on the right track in a short time..."
Yang Mi couldn't help but nodded. What Zeng Jia said was very reasonable and she couldn't refute it.
"Okay, let's do it!"
She decided decisively.
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Jiang Yuerou came back from participating in the "symposium".
"Director Lin, something seems wrong."
"What happened?" Lin Nan asked.
He still didn't believe that anything could happen if he participated in an event similar to a cocktail party. Although this event lasts for two or three days.
I saw Jiang Yuerou looking a little serious.
“Unlike other film producers, the boss of Yindu Agency was very friendly when he spoke and frankly understood the difficulties faced by the theaters.”
"Yindu Organization, "The Grandmaster"?" Lin Nan said subconsciously.
“Yes. The theater chain’s speech was in a high-spirited and emotional tone. He directly scolded the distributor for bypassing the theater chain to contact theaters, which violated Treaty No. 1519, and will complain to the General Administration if necessary.
< br>Today, as the producer of "The Grandmaster", Yindu Agency's attitude has become very soft when speaking. Many people think that Yindu Agency may withdraw..."
Jiang Yanrou. As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Nan's cell phone rang, and he signaled Jiang Yuerou to wait for a while.
“Who?”
"Director Lin? I'm the person in charge of the New Film Alliance."
"It's me, what can I do?"
"Director Lin, the cinema has held a small party , I would like to invite you to attend, tonight. In addition, Mr. Wang from Huayi, Mr. Qin from Xingmei, and others are also invited."
"I am not the publisher..." "This time. The invitation was from the production company, the production company of the Lunar New Year movie.”
Hearing this, Lin Nan understood.
"I might have to say sorry, but I've already made an appointment tonight. Besides, I've already agreed with Ye Ning that you can ask him."
There was silence on the other end of the phone. Then there was hearty laughter, "That's such a pity. Next time I have a chance, Director Lin must come to support me..."
"I will, thank you."
After hanging up the phone, the smile on Lin Nan's face disappeared instantly, and she complained softly: "Something is really going wrong..."
"What does Director Lin mean?"
"Huayi and SMI are two of the five major distributors this time. The theater chain invited them to attend the party, and they went as production companies.
Isn’t this just a typical case of recruiting a few, isolating a few, and defeating them one by one?”
Lin Nan had a headache, so he simply stopped thinking about it. After today, there should be substantial progress.
"Director Lin, are we okay if we don't go?"
"No problem, Ye Ning and I have talked about it once before. I can't express my position, so let's leave it at that. Pay attention to tomorrow's news..."
Jiang Yuerou was stunned for a moment, "Huh? Okay. ”
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The promotion of several movies has reached a fever pitch.
"Lost in Thailand" focuses on comedy, while "1942" is known as an epic.
Lu Chuan is a bit pretentious, ""The King's Feast" made me re-understand the profession of director and learn it again. It has experienced more hardships than "Nanjing", and it must be greater than "Nanjing"..."< br>
These words almost disgusted a group of people in the circle to death. On Weibo, many netizens scolded him, and finally this guy turned off the comment function.
Li An's "Young Pi" didn't do much publicity. But a pure IMAX3D blockbuster, coupled with the Oscar for Best Director, is enough to be worth all the publicity means.
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“We went to see the movie “Chills” and it was very exciting.”
Liu Yifei and Shu Chang, after finally dealing with the brand owners these days, started to have fun.
"Is everything okay before going to the Golden Horse?"
"Well, Sissi and I are going to have fun for a few days. After attending the film festival, I will start to get busy again. "
Shu Chang answered quickly. Judging from this, he probably planned to stay with Liu Yifei until he went to the Golden Horse.
Miss Liu squeezed in, patted the sofa next to her, and looked at Lin Nan with a smile.
"Come and take a look, I bought a lot of things."
"It's all food. You two are really good at it. Have you finished eating?"
Lin Nan laughed softly. He said, with that big table of snacks, he is not blind.
“Yes, with you.” Liu Yifei replied playfully.
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"How can you rake it up? When I was filming "The Deer and the Cauldron", the person next to Xiao Ming was not the one he is now."
As soon as he put a few broad beans into his mouth, Lin Nan heard Shu Chang there Mumbling, she flipped through entertainment news on her phone.
Yang Ying is indeed powerful. According to current media reports, Li Feier is already the third person who competed with her for the Huang leader.
In this regard, the leader is somewhat irresponsible and has not publicly corrected himself in front of the media.
Back then, he brought people with him to greet Lin Nan, Ning Hao, Xing Aina and others.
"Then next time you see him, say something."
Lin Nan teased Shu Chang, who actually tilted his head and started thinking about it.
"Stop teasing her, don't get involved in this kind of thing."
Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at Lin Nan, then hit Shu Chang on the head again, and the next second The fight started.
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Sure enough, something happened.
Yindu Agency, the next morning, officially announced on the official website:
"As a film producer, we understand the difficulties faced by theaters, and "The Grandmaster" is willing to maintain a ratio of 43%:57%. Account sharing ratio. From now on, I will no longer respond to Bona..."
The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by the ant nest!
The first Lunar New Year movie to withdraw from the box office split debate has appeared.
A 27-theater alliance headed by Wanda quickly responded:
“The theaters will give priority and guarantees to the screening schedule of “The Grandmaster” to make the cooperation a win-win situation.
In addition, Wanda and other 27 cinemas and their theaters will not host any activities of "1942" and "The King's Feast" from now on."
There was an uproar in the industry, and the cinema chain was in an uproar. Once again, he took a tough stance, one soft and one hard, with a degree of relaxation, forming a sharp contrast.
"What the hell? Qin Hong and Wang Zhonglei didn't go to the party, or did they say they went and had a quarrel? How come they were singled out and targeted?"
There must be many people in the circle who are as confused as Lin Nan.
Because Lin Nan had already made an agreement with Ye Ning, she didn’t go to the party and didn’t want to get involved.
He is now curious about what is going on with Hua Yi and Xingmei.
“Xingmei’s Mr. Qin seemed to have directly refused, with a tough attitude, demanding an increase in the account split, saying there was no need to negotiate.
However, Huayi’s Wang Zhonglei seemed to have gone to the party, so Thinking about it, there must have been a problem at the party..."
When the first crack appears in an interest alliance, it means that the alliance is no longer strong.
On the other hand, the five major issuers are not only alliances, but also competitors in the industry. Relatively speaking, the theater camp is more closely united this time. One waxes and wanes...
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“Yesterday’s party, Ye Ning and the others promised that if Huayi withdraws from the five major issuer alliances.
They will reciprocate. , give us a movie, and settle it on a laddered account basis. The specific grades and proportions will be discussed later
I thought about it and didn't agree immediately. Who knew they would be so decisive today! "
Wang Zhonglei sat opposite Wang Zhongjun, his face not very good-looking.
"Quit? "
Wang Zhongjun murmured to himself.
"Brother, don't you think so? ”
"It's only a few days, can we still hold the premiere? They are determined not to give up this time. Can't we compare to Zhang Weiping?"
Wang Zhongjun's tone was filled with gloom, vaguely. Somewhat decisive.
“Brother?”
Looking at Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun sneered:
“Then what if we learn from Zhang Dapao? The benefits are in your mouth. , is your own.”
"Brother, you want me to promise them?"
"Yes, you go to Ye Ning and promise them."
"Then which movie should you choose?"
"Xiaogang's "1942", he is Huayi's man..."
"Okay, I'll do it right away,"
"Take Xiaogang with you."
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Lin Nan felt that Han Sanping was already furious because he was stabbed in the back by his subordinates!
The person in charge of the Southern Shinkansen, a subsidiary of China Film Group Corporation, slapped Han Sanping in the face in front of the media.
He directly reprimanded Han Sanping for negotiating an agreement with the theaters privately without convening a board meeting, and decided without authorization to cede 2% of the Shinkansen’s interests to the five major distribution companies...
The state-owned film and television group is relatively large, but there is also competition between its subsidiaries.
For example, China Film Distribution Company and China Film Theater Company are at war this time!
Han Sanping was on the side of China Film Distribution Company, so China Film’s theater companies rebelled!
“This time, Director Han is quite famous, and he will probably be teased by his colleagues at Shanghai Film and Television Films, Haha...”
Lin Nan remembered what Han Sanping said to him a few days ago. : The advantage is mine. As a result, today, his subordinates turned against him and were so laughing that they died.
The house leaked and it rained all night.
Very suddenly, a piece of news woke up the entire film industry.
Huayi has made two or five children!
A total of 30 theater chains, including 27 mainstream theater chains including Wanda, New Film Alliance, Magic City Alliance, and Dadi Cinemas, as well as 3 newly affiliated theaters including China Film Group and Shinkansen, jointly launched the Announcement:
“After equal negotiation between representatives of 30 theaters and Huayi, Huayi has withdrawn from the distributor alliance, its films will be released normally, and "1942" enjoys a three-stage account sharing model..."
Huayi's official website issued an announcement at the same time:
"Appropriate compromise is for the healthy development of the industry. Congratulations to director Feng Xiaogang for "1942" and signing a stepped incremental account sharing agreement..."
“Within the box office of 300 million, Huayi takes 43%; for the part over 300 million and below 800 million, Huayi takes 45%; for the part over 800 million, Huayi takes 47%.”
The first company to withdraw from the issuer alliance has appeared.
At this point, the alliance of the five major issuers has completely collapsed.
The entire film industry did not expect this result. The Wang brothers became traitors and traitors.
For the film industry, this scene seems familiar. Isn’t this what Zhang Weiping did last year?
The production industry is full of scoldings against Huayi; people on the Internet are also ridiculing Huayi for being unworthy of profit...
China Film is having a meeting, and Han Sanping is rectifying the internal situation.
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"Is this the only one for this account sharing model?"
Xingmei is also very angry and wants to overturn the table!
"Then stop playing..."
Qin Hong looked at the vice president and said:
"Contact Ye Ning and the others, "The King's Feast" is required Decreasing split mode.
43% in the first week, 41% in the second week, and 39% in the second week until the release. I only have one request, to increase the amount of films arranged. "
"Okay, Director Qin. "
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Lin Nan was answering Wang Changtian's call.
"The two grandsons surnamed Wang are simply nothing. People like them are placed in the revolution. era, you have to be shot..."
Lin Nan just listened to Wang Changtian's curse, and couldn't help but remind him: "Dr. Wang, your surname is also Wang."
"I, I, fuck me..."
< br>It took several more minutes of cursing before Wang Changtian calmed down.
“The splitting ratio of “1942” is obviously aimed at the later stage. Although it cannot be compared with the total box office betting model of “The Genius Gunfighter”, it is still a rare splitting ratio at present. "The King's Feast" goes in the opposite direction, sharing profits in exchange for more filming scenes. As for "囧囧", I'm sorry for you, bro. ”
Lin Nan chuckled softly, "I'm sorry, it's still 43% of the account sharing.
The director is Xu Zheng, not me. Ye Ning and the others will not change the account sharing model. But this is me There should be no problem with the film schedule for the movies produced by the company."
"That's good, that's good."
Lin Nan originally thought that Wang Changtian had nothing else to do, but it turned out. I was about to hang up the phone when I said a few more words.
"That movie "Love in Seattle"?"
"Director Wang, I am convinced by you, haha..."
Lin Nan couldn't help but laugh, complained, and finally nodded.
"The distribution should be given to Guangcai Lighting. Sign the contract as soon as possible. Otherwise, when Director Han reacts, he will probably ask. After all, Director Xue is also a director with a box office of 300 million."
"Okay, just a moment I will send someone to your place later.”
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When he returned to the villa, he saw Liu Yifei and Shu Chang walking their dogs, and Lin Nan instantly relaxed a lot.
"Now, the rest of us are waiting to go to the Golden Horse."
"Have we decided on the ratio of sharing the accounts outside?"
Liu Yifei is the producer People occasionally pay attention to these things.
“It’s settled, everything is settled from now on.” Lin Nan sighed with emotion.
"It's all decided in the future?"
"Yes. This time, despite the huge momentum, it failed, and I don't think there will be another chance in the future.
In the split account model, there is a high probability that these three will be the only ones. Once planted, nothing will change from now on."
"What three are they?" Shu Chang added curiously.
“Original 43%: 57%, ladder splitting, and my total box office bet, these are the three types!”
Lin Nan explained. I also contributed to an account sharing model.
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(End of this chapter)