This actor just wants to verify.

Chapter 836: Buying? (asking for monthly ticket)

The Hollywood profit-sharing model can generally be called "waterfall profit-sharing."

When the film revenue slowly comes back, as one of the people who share the film revenue, is your share priority at the top or the bottom?

Can you share the profits as soon as the film company receives the money, or do you have to wait until the relevant shooting and publicity costs are deducted?
Many times, the water from a waterfall may have dried up halfway before it reaches the foot of the mountain.

In other words, if your priority for profit sharing is very low, such as being at the very downstream of the waterfall, then it is very likely that by the time the profit sharing comes, there will be no more profits to be shared.

For a movie that is a big hit at the box office, they can give you a bill for a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Hao Yun and his team still have a lot to explore as to how to ensure they can occupy an upstream position under the "waterfall profit sharing" model.

Since you will have to come into contact with it sooner or later, paying tuition is inevitable.

However, Hao Yun had not yet communicated with Paramount.

Michael Bay called and asked impatiently, "Paramount has contacted you. Have you agreed?"

"I've looked for him, but he hasn't agreed yet. What's the matter?" Hao Yun was like a sleepy man who was given a pillow. He was just about to find a Hollywood professional to inquire about the issue of profit sharing.

I just don’t know if Michael Bay, who has a deep collaboration with Paramount, is willing to help him.

"How much are they paying you?" Michael Bay asked.

"Three million for a buyout. If we want to split the profits, I think we need to discuss some details. Can Brother Bei help me with this?"

Hao Yun asked without any hope.

Maybe he could ask Ryan Reynolds to introduce him to a professional.

"Why bother? Just reject them directly. Are you trying to give beggars three million?" Michael Bay said bluntly.

"I only spent three million to make Buried."

It wasn't the first time that he was treated like a beggar, but last time it was Hao Yun himself who offered three million.

"How much did you make from Buried?" Michael Bay asked.

"20 US dollars for the director and screenwriter's fee..." Hao Yun was helpless, after all, the total cost was only three million.

"I got $30 as a producer," Michael Bay said.

"Fuck!" The two of them revealed each other's secrets. Hao Yun didn't expect that although he was both a director and a screenwriter, he didn't make as much money as Michael Bay, who was just a figurehead.

"You don't have to ask Paramount to distribute it, we can distribute it ourselves!" Michael Bay said his remuneration just to stimulate Hao Yun and make him "stand up".

"What? You mean FC? How can we release it?" Hao Yun was confused.

FC Films is a piece of crap, just a shell company, even its office is a temporary setup, how can it have the ability to distribute films?

Hao Yun's plan was to let FC Films produce "Manchester by the Sea" from scratch, and then try to get involved in the distribution after it became famous.

"It's simple, just acquire a distribution company." Michael Bay said as a matter of course.

"Acquire...acquire?" This is even more outrageous.

"Yes!" Michael Bay was very sure and certain.

"Do we have money?" Hao Yun had not yet injected funds into FC Pictures, and Michael Bay had not taken any money either.

"Who the hell would use their own money to buy a company? What are banks for? Doing business in Miguo..." Michael Bay began to explain to Hao Yun the business philosophy of Miguo people.

What this means is that the two of them took out a loan to cause trouble.

There is no need to worry about whether you can get a loan or how much you can borrow.

You can definitely use Hao Yun’s future movies as collateral.

The bank never worries that you won't be able to repay the money.

When you can't pay it back, they have plenty of ways to take away your company, your savings, your house, your wife...

Oh, my wife won’t accept this.

"Brother Bei, do you have a goal?" Hao Yun actually didn't trust Michael Bay that much.

But I always feel that there is no need for Michael Bay to cheat him.

Because you can't get much money from the scam.

Moreover, Michael Bay's career is so successful that he doesn't need to rely on cheating to make a living.

"There are a few. I'll send you the information later and I'll have someone get it done in the next few days." Michael Bay also made some investigations before deciding to acquire a distribution company to build up Waste Pictures.

"Buried Alive" made him see Hao Yun's unlimited potential.

If "Buried" was just an accident, a benefit for Hao Yun as a novice director in his first Hollywood directorial debut, then Hao Yun's filming of "20 Again" and his ability to pin Wu Yushen to the ground made Michael Bay look at him with even greater admiration.

Wu Yushen is a well-known figure in Hollywood.

The film "Face/Off" directed by him grossed $2.46 million and was listed as one of the "Top Ten Best Films of the Year" that year.

He also performed brilliantly in the big IP "Mission Impossible 2", becoming the annual box office champion of that year.

The film Red Cliff cost 8000 million US dollars, which is a big-budget A-level movie even in Hollywood, but it lost to Hao Yun's film which cost less than 500 million US dollars. This made Michael Bay determined to stay with Hao Yun forever.

If you don’t get on the bus now, it will be too late.

Therefore, he quickly looked for Hao Yun to discuss how to grow bigger and stronger together and create greater glory.

He even had no time to prepare for his own new movie.

"Brother Bei, it's up to you!" Hao Yun chose to believe Michael Bay.

Since splitting the profits with Paramount is an attempt, and starting a company with Michael Bay is also an attempt, why can't we be a little crazier?

However, when rejecting Paramount, Hao Yun was still very polite.

There is no such thing as a falling out, and he has no grudge against Paramount.

Paramount ranked first among the Big Six in Hollywood last year, so there may be possibilities for cooperation in the future.

A movie, especially one with a budget of over 100 million dollars, can only be made with the collaboration of several companies.

Working alone will lead to death quickly.

Just like MGM, which was killed by Wu Yushen's "Windtalkers".

Of course, MGM was almost finished at that time, and its decline was inevitable. Wu Baige simply blocked MGM's chance of making a comeback.

Hao Yun has always preferred to proceed step by step, and it is impossible for FC Pictures to have the lion's share of the profits.

A few days after the movie was released, CJ Entertainment in Bangbang showed enough sincerity.

CJ Group was founded in 1995.

In just over 10 years, it has built an industrial chain including multi-screen cinemas, film production and distribution, cable TV networks, audio-visual distribution, and mobile entertainment.

It owns famous directors and actors such as Park Chan-wook, Kim Ki-duk, and Lee Joon-ki.

This time they offered a high price of $350 million.

In fact, with the strong film market, $350 million is enough to make a movie.

2007年，棒棒电影平均制作费用为42亿韩元(1美元约合980韩元)，其中纯制作费用为37亿韩元，正好是377万美元。

Just purchasing the copyright would cost as much as making a movie.

CJ Entertainment can be said to have burned its boats.

There was nothing they could do.

In the past two years, the local film industry in Bangbang has fallen into crisis. Two consecutive years of recession caused the Bangbang film market to experience negative growth for the first time in 2007 years in 11.

Of the 112 Bangpo movies released, only 13 made a profit or broke even.

Moreover, blockbusters from Hollywood account for most of the box office at Bang Bang Cinema.

Among the top ten movies in Bangbang's box office rankings in 2007, only "Dragon War", "Gorgeous Vacation" and "Ugly Girl's Turnaround" were Bangbang films, and the rest were imported films.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to write a hit movie review.

No director is useful anymore.

Now that there is hope, CJ Entertainment feels it is necessary to take it over even if the cost is a bit higher.

After all, the production cost of a movie like "20 Again" is not high.

Hao Yun spent 30 million to make it, while they in Bangbang only spent 20 million to make it.

What's more, if you, CJ Entertainment, don't buy it and it falls into the hands of your competitors, the gain will be at the expense of the loss. They will be even more uncomfortable seeing their competitors making money.

According to the current exchange rate (1 US dollar = 6.94 RMB), 350 million US dollars is 2429 million RMB.

The adaptation rights alone almost paid for themselves.

Taking advantage of this incident, the official Weibo account of "20 Again" hyped it up again.

Is it awesome or not? Is it cool or not?
After the official Weibo account released this news, several major actors reposted it, and it seems that the celebration banquet is a sure thing.

I heard that if the box office reaches 300 million, there will be a big red envelope to celebrate.

The leading actors all received reduced pay, allowing the major producers to save a lot of money.

But now that the movie is making money, it is naturally impossible for the producer to get all the benefits.

So both the actors and the people behind the scenes will get a share of the benefits.

Hao Yun is the screenwriter, director, and leading actor, so he must make some money. Otherwise, with just the small investment from Heidou Media and Anhao Film and Television, most of the money earned from the movie would have nothing to do with him.

As for whether the major producers agree or not...

It is impossible not to agree. Although no "betting agreement" was signed, if anyone dares to object, I will not let them play next time.

(End of this chapter)