Chapter 32 Guaranteed Profit
"I just feel that it's not easy to take these people to prehistoric times, and it's a shame to finish filming one movie. If the box office is good, there will be a second movie right away!"

After hearing this, everyone in the room didn't know whether to praise Jiang Heng for his grand idea or to say that he was cunning.

The first part hasn't even been filmed yet, but they're already thinking about the sequel!
Deputy Director Wu Guoping said, "Director Jiang, will this affect the box office? You made a lot of money from The Matrix, so it doesn't matter if it's more or less. Our Beijing Film Studio is a state-owned enterprise, and it will be hard to explain if we lose money!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Are you afraid of losing money? It's simple. We can sign a minimum guarantee agreement. I guarantee that this film will at least bring more than 20% of investment income to Beijing Film Studio. If it doesn't reach that, I will personally make up for it. If it exceeds, I will share it according to the proportion of the previous investment."

"hiss!"

Wu Guoping took a deep breath, this treatment was too generous.

Although the deposit and treasury bond interest rates in 97 were higher than 20 years later, the 20% guaranteed return is still attractive to many people. The key is that it does not affect the share after the box office takes off!
Some people couldn't help but ask directly: "Are you serious?"

Jiang Heng laughed, "Of course, I don't have time for jokes!"

Han Sanping was quite tempted by what he heard, but as he was the factory director, he couldn't quit too quickly.

Wu Guoping asked: "What are the conditions?"

Jiang Heng said: "My conditions are simple. For this play, I will make the final decision. You can recommend some actors, and I will generally agree to the ones who are similar, but the final decision-making power is mine!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room looked unhappy.

What do you mean he has the final say on everything? Then what is Beijing Film Studio? A creditor?

Is the money we invest considered an investment or a debt?

Han Sanping couldn't help but ask, "Director Jiang, what do you mean by this?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "I just want to make a good movie without interference so that everyone can make money!"

The people at the Beijing Film Studio were silent, mainly because they had never encountered such a situation before. Han Sanping didn't say anything either, so they didn't know what to say for a moment.

Jiang Heng said: "How about I go shopping first and you guys have a small meeting first?"

Han Sanping sighed slightly and said to a girl wearing glasses, "Xiao Li, show Director Jiang around!"

"Oh, okay, okay, Director Jiang, please come this way!" The confused girl stood up hurriedly and led Jiang Heng to stroll around the Beijing Film Studio.

But after the door closed, a short, older man slammed the table and said, "What does that kid mean? What does he think of our Beijing Film Studio? A bank, or a subsidiary company? He still makes all the decisions. He just succeeded once, but who knows if he's the next Stephen Chow!"

It is said that when Stephen Chow collaborated with the Xi'an Film Studio to shoot "A Chinese Odyssey", the first reaction of the leaders of the Xi'an Film Studio when they saw the script was, what the hell is this?
But considering Zhou's huge box office appeal, they still had to cooperate.

Unexpectedly, the film performed very poorly at the mainland box office and reportedly caused the Xi'an Film Studio to lose more than one million yuan.

The old man said this not because he thought the project would cause the Beijing Film Studio to lose money, but he just couldn't swallow this humiliation.

These people are all professionals and have recently done a lot of research on famous foreign monster movies.

I know that many films of this type have low ratings but high box office.

As long as the plot is not too stupid and the special effects are realistic, you can basically make money!

Jiang Heng's ability in shooting special effects blockbusters is obvious to everyone.

If they parted ways and formed their own crews, Jiang Heng would be able to get funding quickly, but it would be difficult for the Beijing Film Studio to find a blockbuster director more suitable than Jiang Heng.

More importantly, with Jiang Heng in the lead, it is not difficult to sell this film to the international market.

But if it were just one individual, such as director Xu Ke, it might not be possible for the film to be widely released in North America.

Everyone understands the truth, but they just feel that it is not in line with the style of a big company and find it difficult to accept for the time being.

Han Sanping naturally hoped to continue the cooperation, so that everyone could speak freely and vent. Then someone said the benefits of such cooperation, 20% guaranteed income, which is not low, who can guarantee to make money!

It won't delay sharing the profits after the box office hits, so why not do it?

Then someone suggested raising the guaranteed return to 36%, so that an investment of million yuan could earn at least million yuan.

If Jiang Heng can agree, then everything will be up to him.

Han Sanping was very excited and invited Jiang Heng to his conference room. The two "bargained" for a while and finally set the guaranteed return at 30% and signed a supplementary agreement.

Looking at the signature and seal on the contract, Han Sanping sighed, "Director Jiang, why are you doing this?"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "I came to the mainland alone, and I have to rely on your Beijing Film Studio to provide convenience in many aspects, but I don't want to be restricted. This is to give you a reassurance!"

Han Sanping put the contract away casually and laughed, "Hey, you are the biggest guarantee. How can this movie not make more than 100 million US dollars in the global market? In my opinion, this agreement of yours is pure deception!"

Jiang Heng chuckled and didn't explain.

In fact, he made this contract just to legitimately establish the leading position in the entire project.

After all, the post-production of his movies was all done using "super microscopic computers".

Although I registered several shell companies in the Cayman Islands while I was abroad, which was enough to cover up my tracks, it was still more convenient to have the dominant position.

As for always making movies independently without cooperating with any company, it is obviously unrealistic.

The entertainment industry, the entertainment industry, is full of human relationships and social conventions, it’s even more of a circle!
It was almost dark when they were busy. Han Sanping arranged a dinner and they had another meal of eating and drinking.

The next day, he went to Beijing Film Studio again to confirm the investment amount for the film.

The total investment for the entire film was 80 million RMB, but it was announced to the public that it cost 100 million RMB.

Of this, Jiang Heng himself contributed 65 million, and Beijing Film Studio contributed 15 million.

Of this, 70 million was used for filming and post-production, and 10 million was used for publicity and promotion.

In terms of pay, because it was his own movie, Jiang Heng only took two million, which was considered a reduction in his own status.

Wu Qizu only gave three million.

Firstly, he currently only has one movie released, and secondly, he had already signed a film contract with Jiang Heng.

Li Meiqi is an artist of the company, so she gets less, a salary of two million.

The rest of the behind-the-scenes staff, such as Sammo Hung and Yuan Tak, were not paid much.

Yuen Wah and Timmy Hung were paid slightly below the market price when they played supporting roles.

Ge You's salary for filming "Party A and Party B" was 600,000 yuan, but this time he wants 800,000 yuan. Jiang Heng thinks it's a bit too expensive since he's not the main character and doesn't have that many scenes.

The most important thing is that he earned 94 yuan when he filmed "To Live" in .

In 97, he got , which shows that he can bargain.

Jiang Heng cut the price in half and gave a flat price of three hundred thousand!

Not wanting Ge Youle to be too excited, he agreed on the spot.

(End of this chapter)