Chapter 434 Plan ahead (1/5)
Mengxi Company usually pays actors for market prices.
For example, Hu Ge, after "The Wind", his movie pay was 2 million!
It is already very high, belonging to the first generation of mainland male actors. At the same time, Brother Xiao Ming and Deng Chao's film pay are only 2-3 million to 3 million...
The same is true for Yang Xiaomi. In "33 Days of Love Break", her salary is 800,000 yuan, and "Little Fox and the Monster Hunter", her salary is 2.2 million yuan - this is mainly the money given by the Japanese benzene tablet recipe;
"Shaw Beach" tripled, 2.4 million!
Very high!
Moreover, China and the United States are a high-end thing these days.
Blow out and go international!
What is Houston Pheasant Award? You know what it means to be like. Do you know where Houston is?
The problem is also here. Boss Coal enters the film and television industry, so he is really rich!
It's so painful.
Huayi is listed and has money, and is willing to spend money, but at least it is spent on production funds.
Those coal bosses are different. They only recognize familiar celebrities and popular actors...
No rules at all!
The blind Jiba gives money...
Of course, you have to jump out and see: the box office is almost 10 billion, and first-tier stars have to pay more than 10 million to be proportional, right?
The problem is that Yang Xiaomi is not a top star, she has just become popular...
The price actually cost more than 5 million!
Yang Xiaomi is still very smart. She knows the value of the project she has. She cannot give up "Shake Beach" or "Source Code"...
Of course there is no problem once or twice. Mengxi’s project is obviously more reliable than the outside world, but what if the number of times is more, or the outside project is also good, what should I do?
Is this very likely to happen!
Also, there are many unreliable projects, and the artist doesn’t want to take on them very much, so he asked the agent to offer a sky-high price, and the producer actually agreed...
Then... if you have money, you won’t make money!
This is how the pay for traffic in later generations was brought up - external quotations do not equal real pay.
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Company, Shen Mengxi leaned on the chair and listened to Song Hang reporting on the progress of the National Day holiday...
It is October 4th, and the fourth day of the National Day holiday has officially begun.
"33 Days of Love Break" won 42 million box office in the first three days and successfully surpassed "Tongtian Empire"...
"I just said that "33 Days of Love Break" can definitely surpass "Tongtian Empire"!"
“…Our cumulative box office has reached 220 million.”
"The movies are promising. Have you watched the audience's gender index?"
"Female movie viewing accounts for 56%..."
"Yes!" Shen Mengxi then added: "In the past, major Hollywood film companies would shoot several chick movies every year, which were released at Valentine's Day, Christmas, and New Year's nodes. Men and women go out for dates. They must listen to girls when they see anything. Men are only responsible for paying for tickets."
"You are like Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, and Rachel McAdams all come from chick movies..."
"But in recent years, this type of subject has not become very popular..."
Song Hang: "Then can we buy a few Hollywood remakes?"
"...Impossible, didn't Bona buy "100% Men"? He found Gong Li and Liu Dehua, a romantic love drama, and he would definitely lose a huge loss!"
"Why?"
"The cultural background is here. Last year, Hollywood's most popular chick movie "Fake Marriage" cost $30 million, and the global sales were nearly $400 million. Do you want to transplant it to China?"
"I know "Fake Marriage" starring Sandra Brock, it seems that it is because of immigration and nationality..." Song Hang suddenly felt: "Mr. Chen, what would happen if we were filming "Fake Divorce"?"
"Fake Divorce?"
"For the house!"
Chen Mengxi thought about it for a moment and shook her head: "This subject is difficult to sell. It's not interesting to have a fake divorce into a real divorce..."
Song Hang nodded...
Chen Mengxi thought of something and said, "I heard that the crew outside asked us for the price of the actors twice the market price?"
Song Hang immediately became excited: "It's more than twice as much. There is a crew called "Swordsman Love", who proposed to pack 30 million Hu Ge + Yang Xiaomi!"
Chen Mengxi was a little confused: "Swordsman Love"? Isn't that a game?"
"Yes, the game is adapted from a TV series!"
"…It's so crazy, 30 million, our "Sword III" has only spent less than 50 million, right?"
"Yes, you think the special effects are too simple, so you deliberately asked the production department to allocate an extra 10 million."
Chen Mengxi thought to himself: "…The increase in film pay is so terrifying..."
Song Hang: "There is no way. After the "Movie Guidance Opinions" was promulgated, hot money would definitely flood into the film and television market. They would definitely use familiar faces, and the actors' pay will only get higher and higher."
In fact, the phenomenon of high pay for celebrity actors was really caused by hot money. Zhou Xun and Lu Yi took photos of themselves and won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress Award for Best Actress Award for "The Palace of Ming Dynasty" and "Never Rest in My Eyes". The prize was a Japanese car, which made them very excited...
Now?
Perhaps only when the drug development of the youth is successful will they be excited...
"This is not a solution, we can't stop others from making money!"
Song Hang was confident: "...Our projects are much higher quality than those outside, and the actors know how to choose!"
Chen Mengxi shook her head: "No matter how you know how to choose, you will still complain when the price difference is too large..."
"You mean we will also increase our pay?"
"...No, once the movies and TV series account for more than 50%, the movies produced will not be able to watch the dramas!"
After thinking about it, Chen Mengxi said: "Let's do this, TV series can give up a 10-20% investment ratio to the main actors and movies, and can share the profits... However, the pay must be controlled within a reasonable range!"
"Profit sharing?"
"Just like My Girls' Generation, we gave 15% of the revenue to reward the crew, but it was written in the contract!"
"Okay, I understand... this thing needs to be divided into subject matter, right?"
"Absolutely, like chick movies, comedy, action movies, audiences buy tickets just to watch those actors. Wouldn't you give high-profile pay a good deal?"
"I understand, famous directors are also..."
"Yes, that's what it means. Go and find Zhao Jinsong and Li Yiping, discuss with them, and then hold a meeting with the company's production team, and almost issue a statement!"
...
Regarding high actor pay, Hollywood has already solved it!
Movie investment itself is a high-risk thing. Can the movie scripts serve the audience's appetite and whether the film technology can show the effect that everyone is satisfied with? Who can guarantee this thing?
The existence of stars makes nothing else important. When the audience's attention is attracted to the stars themselves, it means that the risk of film investment can be greatly reduced!
In the 1990s, a saying circulated in Hollywood: When you don’t know who to look for, it is recommended that you use the money to find Tom Cruise!
The beautiful soup is really the peak of traffic!
Simple examples: In 1993, in the environment surrounded by powerful enemies such as "Jurassic Park", "The Desperate", "Sleeping in the Seattle Night" and "Schindler's List", which is regarded as the norm by movie fans, Liang Tang grabbed nearly $160 million in the box office from these behemoths, ranking 4th in North America in the year with a fascinating plot!
Later, in order to curb high pay, Hollywood studios proposed a share system...
Chen Mengxi is more direct, directly citing the practice of Brun House:
The cast and directors of the Human Purge series are paid only a few thousand dollars a week, which helps reduce production costs.
In exchange, they will get a share of the movie's box office.
For example, "Human Purge 3" has a global box office of US$140 million, a North American box office of US$92 million, a cost of RMB11 million, and a net income of more than US$60 million.
Chapter completed!