Chapter 23： foregone conclusion (1/2)
Tickets, everyone smashed tickets! Collection, everyone collection! Wow, thank you all!
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”What? I heard it right? Yang, did you succeed ?!” Zachary said shockedly, and couldn't believe this fact: ”Are you kidding? What ?! Isn't it kidding? Then, I'm quick Will become the protagonist of a movie !? ”
”Wow, man, I said you will succeed! You didn't let me down!” Joshua yelled happily: ”My DV machine will be very valuable right away, it will be robbed by fans!”
”Oh my **** ...! The merciful Lord agreed to my wish!” Jessica shouted in shock and joy when she heard the good news, so happy she couldn't help herself: ”Oh my god! This is great ! Oh my god, is this true? Jan, please tell me this is true! ”
After telling Rachel the news for the first time, Wang Yang then called other good friends and shared the joy with them. Of course, Zachary, Jessica and others were very happy and excited, and happy for him; only the fat man Harry George received his phone call, and after hearing this news, he scolded angrily, ”Shit, I don't believe it!” ”Hang up.”
This night, Wang Yang spent in a hotel near the beach in Santa Monica. He lay in bed for a long time and did not fall asleep. He was too excited to close his eyes. He simply got up and moved a chair to sit on the balcony. The beach under the night scene seemed so quiet. The sound of ”sand” waves came faintly. He looked at the dark sea in the distance, the moon in the sky, and felt This tranquility slowly calmed down the mood.
The next day, Wang Yang came to the headquarters building of Lion Gate again. The purpose was naturally to discuss the details of the issuance contract with Lion Gate.
”Hello, Mr. Wang.” The beautiful white front desk lady Jennifer smiled at Wang Yang with a much more enthusiastic attitude than tomorrow. Obviously she already knew the news that the company was going to buy Wang Yang's movie. She laughed: ” Mr. Oldenberg was waiting for you very early, Mr. Wang, please follow me. ”
”Well, good!” Wang Yang followed Jennifer and came to Tom Oldenburg's office.
The door of the office was not closed, Jennifer knocked, and Tom Oldenburg, who was busy on the desk, looked over and smiled, ”Hey, please come in!” He looked at Wang Yang who came in, interested Asked, ”Young man, did you sleep well last night?”
Wang Yang sat down on the chair in front of his desk, smiled and shook his head, and said: ”Not very good, sir.” He rolled his eyes and mocked himself: ”I am so happy for all this, and closed my eyes, It ’s all about movies in my head. I succeeded? I really succeeded? Oh, I could n’t sleep at all! ”He laughed again:“ You know, I ’m afraid this is a dream, I fell asleep and woke up It ’s nothing. ”
Tom smiled with understanding and winked at Wang Yang, saying: ”Young man, this is not a dream! Tell you good news, our CEO Mr. Bix, has agreed to the company to release your movie.”
”Wow! This is really good news, thank you, Mr. Oldenburg!” Wang Yang clenched his fists secretly, laughing happily, and finally put down the last big heart, now he signed with Liongate , Is already a sure thing.
”This sale is now in my sole responsibility.” Tom smiled. He is the manager of the film purchasing department. Negotiations with Wang Yang naturally fell on him. He took out a contract and handed it to Wang Yang. , Said: ”This is our plan, take a look.”
Wang Yang nodded, took the contract and placed it on the desk, carefully watching the contents inside. This contract shows that he has permanently handed over the distribution rights of the film distribution rights such as the North American distribution rights, overseas distribution rights, VCD, DVD distribution rights, and TV channel distribution rights of ”Smart and Ghost Records” to Lionsgate Film Company for compensation. Instead of paying for acquisition costs, Lion Gate uses a share model.
The specific proportion is that in North America, if the pre-tax box office profit is less than one million, Wang Yang will get a 10% share; after five million, 20%; after ten million, 30%; after five thousand 10,000, 40%; more than 100 million, 50%; and if the movie can't recover the cost and lose money, Wang Yang will only get a 5% share.
This share ratio was Wang Yang's assumption yesterday, but there was only one more loss.
In overseas regions, the share ratio is also the same. In projects such as VCD, DVD, and video rental, Lion Gate did not adopt the box office share ratio. They proposed that no matter what the final profit of these projects is, Wang Yang will only get 10%. Of.
Wang Yang probably knows the reason. This should be the box office of Lions Gate Company which is not very optimistic about this movie, but they are optimistic about the movie in the DVD market. This is the case with some movies. It does not sell in movie theaters, but it is extremely popular in the DVD market. Perhaps such movies are not suitable for large screens and movie theaters, but suitable for watching at home at the computer and the TV.
But it was n’t Wang Yang who frowned that it was the DVD ’s share, but he seemed to have forgotten yesterday that the box office profit statistics were divided between North America and overseas, and as a result, he would have difficulty getting a 50% share. Because it refers to the first DV movie released in ”Female La Blair”, it has achieved more than 200 million box office results, but North America and overseas accounted for only half. After the distribution of the theater line, whether in North America or overseas before tax The box office profit will not reach more than 100 million, and he naturally will not get 50%.
”Can it be modified to determine the proportion of global pre-tax box office profits?” Wang Yang looked at Tom and asked, but he knew that his request was basically impossible to achieve.
Sure enough, Tom Oldenberg shrugged and rejected: ”No, you know, the box office statistics work in North America and overseas are different systems, and in time, they are not linked together. This is divided into The implementation is unfavorable, ”he said by way of example.” For example, after a movie is released in North America, it may be released overseas six months or even a year later. Do we have to wait a year before deciding how to divide it? ”
Wang Yang nodded silently, he was very clear that Tom was talking about facts, so he didn't have any thoughts about entangled this request.
Tom leaned on his back and said: ”Yang, you can rest assured that we will only consider the issue of overseas distribution when the movie has a good grade.” He spread his hand with the pen and said, ”In other words If there is an overseas issue, your share will be over 20%, which is not a small amount. ”
”Well, I know.” Wang Yang smiled and continued to look at the contract. He didn't raise his head until he closed it and said bluntly: ”The share of DVDs has increased to 20%.” Tom shook his head and said : ”Up to 15%, this is the company's decision.” Wang Yang slightly nodded after thinking, he did not have too many bargaining chips with the Lion Gate Company, he was in a weak position in the negotiation, he could not ask too much, nor did he ask Would agree.
After agreeing to the DVD's share ratio, Wang Yang again said: ”The sequel copyright and name copyright of this movie are still mine.”
This request, Tom readily agreed: ”OK, you can keep those copyrights.” In fact, if it is not bought out, these copyrights should have belonged to the producers, and the Lions Gate Company did not think about occupying these at first. It ’s cheap, let ’s say the film ’s grades are only good enough to make a sequel. They do n’t think “Smart and Ghost Record” has this qualification. Tom laughed again: ”However, our company has priority.”
”Of course.” Wang Yang nodded and smiled in his heart. In this case, after the Lions Gate Company wanted to produce ”Smart and Ghost Record 2” and ”Smart and Ghost Record 3”, he had to pay him a fee. It's a small compensation. He shook his hand to Tom Oldenburg, and said, ”Sir, I have no other opinions.”
Tom put down the pen in his hand, reached out and shook hands with Wang Yang, laughing: ”Happy cooperation, young people.”
”Happy cooperation!” Wang Yang also smiled.
Although the details of the contract were basically negotiated, the two parties did not sign the contract immediately. They agreed to formally sign the contract two days later. This is because Wang Yang needed professional legal advice. He took this revised formal contract and rushed back to Los Angeles. He was going to a law firm to ask a lawyer to review his contract. After all, he was not a legal professional. People, do not understand all the legal traps, he can not be careful.
Especially since he has not joined any union and brokerage company now, if something goes wrong, no one will help him.
What will happen to? Take a look at the follow-up report of ”The Witch Blair”, after it created a box office miracle of more than 200 million, the artisan company that originally promised a 20% dividend to the producer was actually reluctant to pay the money and owed the three young system The dividend of the filmmaker. The three young producers took the artisan company to court for a long time. After a long dispute, they fought for two years before they finally got their share.
Although there was no such scandal in the Lion Gate Company in later generations, Wang Yang could not let himself be lucky in this regard.
After a night of rest in his apartment, Wang Yang took the contract the next day and came to a law firm called ”Integrity”. This medium-sized law firm was introduced to him by Jessica and has a good reputation. She knows the laws of the film very well and is also the legal adviser to her father's real estate company.
Wang Yang consulted with a young lawyer in his thirties, called Hebrew-Karl. The hourly fee is two hundred dollars per hour, which is a middle-level fee. Hebrew-Karl took Wang Yang's contract and read it carefully several times before he smiled positively at Wang Yang: ”Mr. Wang, there is no problem with this contract. You can safely sign your name. If the other party In the case of arrears of dividends, only one lawsuit is needed, and they will definitely lose the case. ”
”Oh, thank God.” Wang Yang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The Lions Gate Company did not disappoint him.
Then, Hebrew-Karl gave Wang Yang some suggestions. As the only person who owns all the copyrights of this movie, Wang Yang does not need to register a film company, and he can sign a contract with Lion Gate as an individual, which will be exempted. To pay a lot of corporate tax, only need to pay personal tax.