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Chapter 1013 Pretending to be sentimental (asking for monthly ticket)

In Hollywood, overtime beyond 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week is calculated at 1.5 times the salary. If you work more than 12 hours a day, the excess time will be calculated at double the salary.

Hao Yun had no intention of challenging this system.

So he decided to divide the group into Group A and Group B. Group A started work at 8 am and finished get off work eight hours later.

Then Group B will take over and go home after working for eight hours.

If any staff or actors have to work more than eight hours, or beyond a certain point, give them a pay raise.

Anyway, Hao Yun has a sufficient budget.

The speed at which The Martian was filmed was nothing short of miraculous.

In Hollywood, only very poor crews would do this, because finishing filming one day earlier could save a lot of money.

Matt Damon was apprehensive at first.

I’m worried that the quick shooter’s performance is not good enough to satisfy the audience.

Later I found that the final result was not only not bad, but surprisingly good, much better than "The Bourne Supremacy".

Doug Liman, the director of "Jason Bourne", has won many awards, and Paul Greengrass, the director of "Jason Bourne", won the Golden Bear Award at the 1nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Sequels in Hollywood often change directors.

This will not only allow the film series to be better controlled by the producers, but also allow the audience to feel a different style, thus continuing the vitality of the sequel.

"It will probably take 50 to 60 days to finish filming, why are we in such a rush?" Akassell Hennie asked in confusion.

In the movie, he is a member of the European Space Agency and the navigator of the Hermes spacecraft [Note 1].

"Maybe it's to go back early to welcome the baby who is about to be born. Our director's wife is about to give birth."

Jessica Chastain had dinner with Hao Yun. She knew very early that she would star in "The Martian", so she paid more attention to Hao Yun.

"His wife? Our director is not that old, but he's about to become a father." Kristen Wiig next to him was very surprised.

Not to mention Hollywood, even in mainland China not everyone knows that Hao Yun is married and his wife is pregnant.

People often have a misunderstanding that they think they are very important.

In fact, most people don't pay attention to things that don't interest them.

"Yes, you've seen Whiplash, right? She's the leading actress in that movie." Jessica Chastain drank her coffee and watched Hao Yun directing the staff to rearrange the set in the distance.

Although he required a quick victory, director Hao Yun's attitude towards movies was so strict that it made people uncomfortable.

If every detail fails to meet his psychological expectations, he would rather tear down all the sets and rebuild them to satisfy himself, as if he has obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"Oh, I remember. She was the leading actress in Whiplash, a pretty Chinese girl. But she didn't have many screen times. I didn't expect that they fell in love because of the filming..." Kristen Wiig was moved by herself.

In the movie, she plays Anne Montrose, NASA's media relations director, who is very smart and capable, but a little naive in real life.

"It can't be considered a love affair on the set. They have known each other for seven or eight years and have collaborated on no less than ten films." Jessica Chastain looked strange.

She asked her assistant to find someone to translate some reports about Hao Yun in China.

It was discovered that Hao Yun had become a person that everyone hated because he married the national goddess there.

They all called Hao Yun "Hao Dog".

Good night to everyone, except Hao Gou.

"It's great that after all these years, it finally came to fruition." Kristen Wiig said enviously.

She just ended her marriage last year and is now a beautiful widow.

Oh, no, her husband is not dead, they are just divorced.

Beautiful divorced women are easier to get than single ones and safer than those with husbands, so Kristen Wiig is more popular at the moment.

She actually doesn't mind marrying a Chinese.

"What are you talking about? Get ready for filming." Hao Yun took the wet towel from Dao Ye, wiped his hands, and sat behind the monitor.

The actors quickly took their positions.

At this time, Hao Yun was a ruthless shooting machine.

These days, American magazine Forbes released the 2010 billionaires list in New York. Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu surpassed Microsoft founder Bill Gates to top the list. This is the first time in 16 years that an American has lost the title of the world's richest man.

Li Jiacheng is still the richest man in China, with total assets of US$210 billion.

The first in the domestic ranking is Zong Qinghou, chairman of Wahaha Group, who ranks 70rd on the list with a net worth of US$103 billion.

At the bottom of the list is Lee Kun-hee, with personal assets of US$7.2 million.

Hao Yun is not on the list because his Black Bean Media, Black Rice Technology and Little Forest Beverages are not listed.

The equity structure is still very dispersed, and it is impossible to judge his specific net worth.

Moreover, after several years of employee stock ownership plans at Heidou Media, Hao Yun's share has been diluted drastically.

Employees purchase virtual stocks and the funds are used for company development.

These stocks are virtual stocks. Employees who own virtual stocks can receive a certain percentage of dividends and the corresponding portion of the company's value-added.

Can be traded and transferred internally.

However, the total amount held cannot exceed the limits of the corresponding job rank and contribution rank.

Because it can be circulated within a certain range, the value of Heidou Media's virtual stocks has been growing steadily.

Of course, when you leave the company, these shares cannot be transferred or sold to people outside the company and can only be repurchased by the company.

Once employees obtain equity, as long as they stay at Heidou Media, they can continue to participate in profit distribution and enjoy the added value dividends generated by the company's rapid development.

Therefore, the executives, directors, and actors of Heidou Media rarely travel.

To be precise, there shouldn't be one.

Even if Ning Hao is already a big shot and has many people trying to win him over with high prices, he is as steady as a rock and refuses to leave.

Dong Ping, an old acquaintance of Hao Yun, plans to find someone to go public through a backdoor listing to raise money.

After being rejected by Hao Yun, he felt that Ning Hao was the most suitable candidate.

Unfortunately, Ning Hao ignored him.

Ning Hao’s virtual equity in Heidou Media is worth a lot of money, and these virtual equity will continue to appreciate as the company develops.

Heidou Media has now begun to invest in the Internet, beverages, and even Hollywood movies.

Most importantly, Ning Hao's interests in Heidou Media are almost at zero risk.

As for wanting to make some quick money...

He can definitely set up a company and invest and make money with his boss.

Hao Yun was unprecedentedly generous in treating these old brothers, so generous that people thought he was mentally ill.

The facts are not much different.

All operations come from his spiritual insecurity.

A concept was instilled in him when he was very young.

A single chopstick can break easily—put away the steel chopsticks—but a pair of chopsticks allows for more risk.

Even if Hao Yun doesn't work as a director for five years, Auntie Hua can't shake his position as the number one Chinese-language film director. Therefore, Hao Yun really doesn't care whether he is on the rich list or not.

As long as everyone knows that he is very rich, that's enough.

Even the Oscars knew that he was very rich. When he arrived at the Oscars, some people curiously asked him how much money he could make from "Source Code".

The person who talked about this topic is Sandra Bullock.

Last year, the movie "The Proposal" starring her and Ryan Reynolds grossed $1 million, beating "Sex and the City" which grossed $5500 million, becoming the highest-grossing romantic comedy in the past 1 years.

In the same year, the film "The Blind Side", adapted from a true story, was released, and the global box office reached 3.09 million US dollars.

She was also nominated for this year's Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Blind Side".

This year, she was ranked first on Forbes' annual Hollywood actress income list with $5600 million.

"This question..." Hao Yun was not used to this straightforward communication style. After thinking for a while, he replied, "At present, many of the benefits are not clear, so it is impossible to make an accurate judgment. For the time being, it is probably only tens of millions of dollars."

For the movie "Source Code", FC Films and Paramount joined forces. Excluding Michael Bay's part, Hao Yun and An Xiaoxi probably have 40% of the rights and interests.

Hollywood's movie profit-sharing model is somewhat different from China's.

华夏这边从1995年的《红樱桃》开了票房分账的先河：在每100元票房中，首先要上缴5元的国家电影发展专项基金以及3.3元的营业税，剩余部分再由制片方和影院双方按35%和65%的比例分账。

It was not until 2006, when "Curse of the Golden Flower" was released, that the film company's share of the box office revenue was increased to 42% after the efforts of Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou.

In this regard, all Chinese filmmakers should be grateful to the two Zhangs.

In addition, in 2008, the Film Bureau of the General Administration issued a document stipulating that in principle, the shareholding of producers should not be less than 43%; and that of cinemas should generally not exceed 50%.

This also sets the tone for at least 43% on the Chinese side.

In Hollywood, there are three main ways of profit sharing: one is a fixed ratio profit sharing, the second is selling the film outright to theaters, and the third is the most popular tiered profit sharing.

"Source Code" was distributed by Paramount, so naturally it adopted a tiered profit-sharing model.

Due to the excellent box office performance of "Source Code", FC Films and Paramount can basically get about 52% of the profits.

The previous film, Buried, was 47%.

The specific ratio is actually not fixed, and it mainly depends on the tiered profit-sharing agreement between the film company and the theater chain.

The most awesome thing Disney ever did was get 65% of the box office revenue.

If "Source Code" is calculated based on the 52% ratio, the film company will be able to get 1.5 million out of the 7800 million.

Of course, this also requires deducting production costs, distribution costs, and taxes.

It may not seem like much, but in fact the North American box office is only a part of the film's revenue, and this is just the North American box office.

内地的电影的收入主要靠票房，票房会占到总收入的80%-90%，但是好莱坞的票房通常是1/4到1/3左右。

Zhang Weiping said in an interview that the average box office revenue of each Hollywood film only accounts for 30% of its total revenue, and this statement is not an exaggeration.

In other words, from a movie like this one, Hao Yun and An Xiaoxi can earn at least 40 to 50 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 200 to 300 million RMB.

Huge profits for sure!
This is also the reason why Sandra Bullock, who ranks first on the list of highest-paid actresses, would inquire about Hao Yun's income.

However, she might as well not pry.

Knowing this makes me feel even worse.

Although Hao Yun's words were vague, she was still devastated.

She earns $1.5 million for one movie and $3 million for another, plus the income from various announcements, endorsements, activities, etc., but it is not as much as a movie invested by Hao Yun.

I heard that this Chinese director has a huge industry in his home country.

There is also a lot of money in endorsements.

Sandra Bullock alone knows that she is the spokesperson for Rolex in Asia.

Moreover, Rolex intends to promote Hao Yun as its global spokesperson, and plans to increase the endorsement fee from the original US$450 million/two years to US$1000 million/two years.

He has already begun to compete with Hollywood's first- and second-tier male stars.

Hao Yun didn't want to face a jealous woman.

Men don't want to either.

He also started out as an extra in Hengdian, helping the prop dealer (Wu Laoliu) pedal a tricycle in the heavy rain, and worked hard bit by bit to reach his current position.

And he worked hard and never slacked off.

Recently, when filming in Hollywood, most people worked eight hours a day, but he worked more than fourteen hours a day.

Hao Yun prefers to communicate with people from the "Miguo Academy of Film Arts and Sciences".

Firstly, these people have the power to speak.

Secondly, these people represent Hollywood's advanced technology.

Hao Yun didn't need to lower himself to flatter everyone one by one. At his level, there were already many people who were curious about him.

For example, the Mexican photographer named Emmanuel Lubezki took the initiative to come up to Hao Yun to say hello and chat about some issues related to photography.

Hao Yun had a very pleasant chat with him.

Emmanuel is the cinematographer of Children of Men, and several of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

In fact, the most important thing is that Hao Yun knows photography very well.

I already understand it, and I can also get some attributes from Emmanuel, so I don’t have to worry about having no topics or not being able to keep up with the topics.

After Emmanuel felt happy, he introduced other acquaintances to Hao Yun.

Excluding Chinese people?

That doesn't exist. Even if there are filmmakers who are really prejudiced against Chinese people, after chatting with Hao Yun for a while, the most they can do is to express regret that such a film genius is Chinese.

Later on, Hao Yun received many invitations.

For example, the Writers Guild will hold a screenwriter salon at Wesleyan University in the next few days. Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter of "A Beautiful Mind" and "I Am Legend", invited Hao Yun to attend.

After all, Hao Yun has won the Cannes Best Screenplay Award and the Venice Best Screenplay Award.

Moreover, he has a quick mind, a varied style, and is as productive as a sow.

Even if we look at the whole world, he is one of the best screenwriters.

On the other hand, Canadian composer Howard Shore, who won the Oscar for Best Original Score and did the music behind the scenes, proposed a musicians' cocktail party in Dodge City on the 5th of next month.

Hao Yun basically accepts everyone who comes to him.

These are very necessary if he wants to win the favor of the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Regardless of how big the effect is, he needs to establish his own reputation.

Many strong fortresses collapsed from within.

Instead of spending huge amounts of money on marketing and public relations outside, it would be better to let a few internal staff sincerely cheer for Hao Yun.

Moreover, Hao Yun didn't just try to get into these social activities by flattering others, but others actively invited him.

He even pretended to be embarrassed.

He said that he was busy filming "The Martian", but because of the "strong invitation" he could not refuse, he reluctantly agreed to participate.

(End of this chapter)