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Chapter 311: Meeting the Grandmaster (asking for monthly ticket)
"Uncle Dong, thank you for your hard work!" Hao Yun came up and gave Dong Ping a big hug.

Dong Ping called and said that the overseas copyright had been sold.

But he didn't say how much was sold, saying it was a surprise for Hao Yun.

Since it was a surprise, Hao Yun guessed that the overseas copyright might have been sold for around 100 million US dollars, otherwise it would not be a surprise.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. How can it be hard to make money?" Dong Ping laughed.

"Judging from Uncle Dong's mood, I guess the overseas copyright must have been sold at a very high price." Hao Yun is very good at supporting the audience. When others want to show off, you'd better cooperate with them.

It will also be convenient for someone to cooperate with you next time you show off.

"It's OK, not too high," Dong Ping said modestly. "As far as I know, the remake rights of the Infernal Affairs series alone sold for 160 million US dollars. The overseas rights of the three films were sold for several million Hong Kong dollars, and these copyrights alone can basically recover the cost. And the overseas rights of Van Loon's The Matrix sold for 800 million US dollars."

"Oh, Uncle Dong, you think too highly of me. For a new director like me, it's good enough if the films I make can be sold. How dare I think of competing with Fang Long and others. This time I'm the one who held them back, haha..." Hao Yun put the blame on himself.

"$120 million!"

Dong Ping did not keep the secret too long and told Hao Yun about his gains. He was very satisfied to see the expression of surprise and ecstasy on Hao Yun's face.

"Fuck, 120 million, is that true?"

This price is indeed a bit unexpected.

Hao Yun originally thought that 80 US dollars would be good, but he didn't expect it to exceed 100 million, and it was 120 million.

According to the current exchange rate of 827.69 RMB per 120 USD, 990 million USD is equivalent to more than million RMB.

Hao Yun only spent 400 million to make this movie.

Overseas copyrights are pure income. In 2002, the State Administration of Taxation issued the Notice on the Collection of Business Tax on Transfer of Copyright (Guoshuifa [2001] No. 044), which stipulates: "If the transferred intangible assets are not used within the territory of my country, no business tax shall be levied in accordance with Article , Paragraph () of the Implementation Rules of the Provisional Regulations on Business Tax."

In other words, overseas copyrights do not need to pay business tax - if they are sold to TV stations in China and sold as VCDs, a 6% tax will be levied.

Excluding marketing expenses, there must be 900 million in revenue.

In this case, after deducting the costs, the movie still made 500 million.

120% profit!
Who the hell said that making art films doesn't make money? At least in the current film market, art films are more stable than so-called commercial products.

It's just that I don't make much money.

Of course, the $120 million overseas copyright is partly due to the fact that Hao Yun won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Secondly, it is the connections and goodwill that Dong Ping, a businessman of art films, has accumulated over a long period of time.

If Hao Yun sold it himself, it would be good if he could get 700,000 or 800,000 US dollars.

"Of the 120 million, 20 belong to the copyright for the remake. If one day you see a lot of remakes appearing abroad, just don't think that others are plagiarizing you."

"Uncle Dong is really amazing. He can even sell the remake rights of this kind of movie for 20. I admire you so much. Let me toast you a glass." Hao Yun said this sincerely.

It was indeed a pleasant surprise to meet Dong Ping.

Generally speaking, Dong Ping rarely works on films made by new directors like him.

For example, if Ning Hao put his "Incense" in front of Dong Ping, he might not look down on it, but he would definitely not put as much energy into it as he does now.

"The main thing is that the movie is good. Next we will look at the domestic market. The publicity and promotion will be handed over to Huaying. The people there are more experienced and have a say in scheduling. I estimate that the box office will be at least 500 million to 1000 million."

"Uncle Dong, you make the decision." Hao Yun didn't say much nonsense. He was too lazy to make comments on things he didn't understand.

"Next up is your new movie."

"By the way, Uncle Dong, I plan to start shooting my new movie in July so that it can be released during next year's graduation season. What do you think?" Hao Yun hasn't discussed this matter with Dong Ping yet.

"It's not a big problem. Professionals do professional things. You definitely understand the content better than I do."

Although Dong Ping was a little surprised, he had been in the entertainment industry for so many years that he was no longer surprised.

Compared with those big directors who are constantly doing all kinds of outrageous things, Hao Yun is as pure as a little sheep.

"Then there's the issue of funding. Although the filming date has been confirmed, the money has not yet arrived. What do you think if I ask these uncles for help? Uncle Dong?"

Hao Yun wanted to hear Dong Ping's opinion.

"Of course you can. Just give them a call and send them an email asking for cooperation. If they want to participate, they will continue to cooperate. If they don't want to participate, we won't have to worry about not raising enough money.

If you can get in touch with the capital in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and add two co-producers, it will be even better. I think the market for youth films in Hong Kong and Taiwan is more mature than ours, so we can let them run it when the time comes.”

Dong Ping was considering Hao Yun purely from a professional perspective.

He has no plans to take over all of Hao Yun's shares at once for the time being.

Moreover, he does not make money by investing in movies. Investing in movies is only one way of earning money.

For an operation expert like him, even a 10% commission is a preferential price. He helped Hao Yun sell the overseas copyright of "Heart Labyrinth", and he could earn at least 80 to 100 million.

Of course, Dong Ping’s ambition is not just to operate the overseas copyright of the film.

Financial operations at the capital level are its ultimate goal.

For example, they can go public through a backdoor listing, and then raise their stock prices by signing contracts with various well-known directors and making movies, thereby making huge profits.

But there is a prerequisite for doing this, which is that he must have sufficient funds and enough connections.

"I do know some investors in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In Hong Kong, I can contact Mr. Lin Jianyue, and in Taiwan, the movie "Number One Under Heaven" that I just starred in was invested by Mr. Yang Kuideng."

Actually, the Movie King is also fine, because Chen Guanxi is the Movie King, and the Movie King has just signed a contract with Jiang Wen for five movies.

Signing a contract with Uncle Jiang is equivalent to signing a contract with him as his apprentice.

"Okay, you can introduce me to them when the time comes, and I'll talk to them." Dong Ping didn't expect that the capital that Hao Yun knew was quite high-end.

Hong Kong's capital has already gone through several rounds of renewal and upgrading, and currently, Huanyu and Yinghuang are the emerging overlords.

As for Taiwan, naturally, it cannot escape the eight major film producers, and Yang Kuideng is one of them.

"I'll come up with a budget in a few days, and then I'll trouble Uncle Dong."

The cooperation between Hao Yun and Dong Ping is basically a sharing of personal connections between the two. Hao Yun can connect with Dong Ping's personal connections, and Dong Ping can also get closer to Hao Yun's personal connections during the cooperation. Hao Yun discussed some details with him, and they separated after the meal.

It is not easy to go back to the capital, and there are many things that need him to solve.

For the movie Whiplash, Hao Yun was just a novice in drums, and the drums he played were rock drums, not jazz drums as mentioned in the script.

He doesn't even know much about the development of jazz in the country.

I only know that this is a relatively high-end yet niche music field.

So he needs some professionals to help him revise the script.

The first person that comes to mind is definitely his musical instrument teacher Li Meng.

I haven't seen Teacher Li Meng for many days, and I miss her a little bit.

Originally, we were planning to invite Teacher Li Meng to dinner in the evening, but Teacher Li Meng said that she didn’t eat at night as she had been busy losing weight recently.

In fact, some fat cannot be lost, and there is no need to lose it.

But Hao Yun would definitely not say such things to Li Meng, as that would be considered as disrespecting one's teacher and ancestors.

Teacher Li Meng was surprised that Hao Yun wrote a musical script.

And it's about the drum set.

In her opinion, Hao Yun is just a jazz novice, so how could he have the confidence to write a script related to jazz.

However, Hao Yun is the best screenwriter at the Cannes Film Festival, and the less knowledge one has, the more room for imagination one has. If something was written by a professional, it might be too boring and profound.

Simply put, the food is better than the art of poetry.

Teacher Li Meng's body structure is not suitable for playing drums, and it is very tiring for her to swing around.

So, her best skill is not playing drums, especially jazz drums.

She couldn't be the film consultant, so she was going to take Hao Yun to visit her master, Professor Liu Guangsi, tonight.

Mr. Liu Guangsi was born in 1934. He is a famous music educator, percussionist, professor of percussion at the Orchestra Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, vice president of the Chinese Percussion Society, and vice president of the Percussion Society of the Chinese Musicians Association.

He is hailed by the media as the "Father of Chinese Percussion Instruments".

During his decades of percussion career, he has created and compiled a large number of percussion teaching materials.

His students are spread across many professional music groups and music schools in our country.

Hao Yun is now considered his disciple.

A disciple’s descendants, even if they are the disciples of a disciple’s grandson, are still disciples’ descendants. There is no such thing as great-grandson of a disciple.

Although Li Meng is stingy and loves money, she is very generous when it comes to buying things.

"Teacher Zhao likes fruit, but his teeth are not very good, so he can only eat soft food." Li Meng led the way, and Hao Yun followed behind with two bags of fruit, watching him knock on the door.

An old lady opened the door.

"Old Zhao, Mengmeng came to see you, and brought a boy with her."

It seems that Li Meng is quite familiar with this family.

Mr. Liu Guangsi is 70 years old. He looks no different from the old men you can see everywhere in BJ.

After some pleasantries, Hao Yun started talking to him about Chinese percussion music.

Mainly, I want to know whether the script of "Whiplash" would be too out of place in the current Chinese jazz scene.

Mr. Liu Guangsi is very talkative.

In response to Hao Yun's question, he gave a detailed answer.

When he first arrived at the Central Conservatory of Music, the percussion major was under the Orchestra Department, and only one student was admitted per grade. There were a total of four people in the percussion major in the entire school.

There wasn't a decent drum set to be found in the entire conservatory.

In addition to musical instruments, teaching materials are also very scarce.

When French presidential candidate Mitterrand visited China, he brought a lot of percussion music.

Teachers in China regarded it as a treasure and even locked it in boxes to keep it as a treasure.

Professor Liu Guangsi thought this was rare learning material, so he generously shared it with several students. Together they looked up foreign dictionaries to translate music scores and teaching materials, and everything was done on their own.

But jazz also developed very quickly.

The percussion major reached a small peak in the 90s.

A large number of domestic and foreign films are dubbed by performers, with the band playing live on the side while the film is being shown.

Foreign classic films such as "Jane Eyre", "The Godfather" and "The Sound of Music" as well as domestic classics such as "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "The Red Detachment of Women" are all deeply loved by the audience.

More than a decade has passed, and both jazz majors and jazz performances have grown to a considerable scale.

Liu Guangsi also listed several drummers in the rock circle to Hao Yun. They graduated from percussion majors, mainly from the Central Conservatory of Music and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Therefore, there was no problem at all with Hao Yun's script setting the story in a domestic music conservatory. He suggested that Li Meng take Hao Yun to see a few jazz performances to feel the atmosphere.

Everyone had a great time talking, and if Hao Yun hadn't been leaving tomorrow, Mr. Liu Guangsi would definitely have taken Hao Yun to the Central Conservatory of Music for a field trip.

Mr. Liu Guangsi did not refuse the invitation to be the script consultant for "Whiplash".

Although Hao Yun's story has been somewhat artistically processed, it at least provides a window for ordinary people to understand jazz.

Hao Yun kept the script that he had revised.

He will come over next time to discuss the details with the old professor. Anyway, this script will not be filmed until next year, so there is no need to rush.

(End of this chapter)