Chapter 44 Divide Money
Chapter 44 Divide Money
"House of Flying Daggers" was a strong success, with a box office of 1500 million on the first day. Zhang Weiping was very proud of himself, having swept away the bad luck of the previous two days.
So far, only Zhang Yimou has achieved a first-day box office of over 1350 million, with "Hero" making 1500 million and "House of Flying Daggers" making million.
Who else is in the real version?
Otherwise, Zhang Weiping is just being arrogant. At this stage, Zhang Yimou is indeed in a class of his own and no one can beat him.
Three days later, House of Flying Daggers grossed a staggering $5500 million in its first weekend.
Zhang Chen came to Guangguang as promised to settle the box office. The reason why it was so fast was of course because Guangguang was willing to advance the box office share in order to make friends with him. Otherwise, according to the normal process, the profit sharing would not be possible until a month later at the earliest.
The total box office of "Dark Side Story" was 6310 million. After deducting 3.3% special business tax and 5% special funds for film industry, the producer received 35 million according to the 2025% profit sharing ratio.
When it comes to profit sharing, we have to talk about Zhang Weiping. Although this person is annoying, he is not completely useless.
At least he increased the box office share.
The original profit-sharing ratio had always been 35%. Until "Hero" became a big hit, Zhang Weiping's voice became stronger. He took "House of Flying Daggers" to negotiate terms with the theaters, threatening not to supply the film to them unless the ratio was raised.
The theaters had no choice but to raise the price to 41%.
Later, the same trick was used during the filming of "Curse of the Golden Flower", and the rating rose to 43%. During the filming of "The Flowers of War", the rating rose to 45%. However, the conflict between the two sides became increasingly serious, and the quarrels continued.
Then the Radio, Film and Television issued a document confirming the 43% share, putting an end to the farce. The 43% share ratio has been used ever since.
Unfortunately, Zhang Chen missed such a good opportunity this time, and his share of the profits was still 35%.
Then he settled accounts with Mr. Li, the richest man. This time Mr. Li did not come. It was said that he was discussing some big project. It was Old Li who came.
The box office share is 2025 million, overseas copyright converted into Chinese currency is 960 million, DVD copyright is 60, and movie channel copyright is 100 million, totaling 3145 million. According to Zhang Chen's 40% ratio, he can get 1258 million.
A true multi-millionaire.
It can be said that he became rich overnight.
Rich man Li’s side is even better, with an investment of 200 million and a return ratio of 1:9, it is also a good deal.
Zhang Chen actually received a little over 1200 million yuan, and the rest was given out as red envelopes on the day of the celebration banquet.
Originally, the money could be shared equally by him and Mr. Li, the richest man, but Zhang Chen felt that his classmates were willing to help because of him and Beijing Film Academy, so the money should be paid by him.
After getting the money, Zhang Chen immediately transferred 100 million to Zhang's father. He owed them a lot in his previous life, so he could only try to compensate them in this life.
Unexpectedly, before he even left the bank, Zhang's father called.
"Did you transfer the money?"
"Ah."
"Where did you get so much money?"
"I got a share of the box office revenue and made a lot of money."
"Don't lie to me. Isn't the box office settled one month after the movie ends?"
Zhang Chen thought that his father knew a lot, so he explained, "It is usually like this. This time, the issuing company did me a favor and settled the account in advance."
"Settlement in advance? There won't be any problem, right?"
“No, it’s all normal operation.
Parents are all like this. They are always afraid that their children will suffer losses or learn bad things in society. They want to give guidance with their limited life experience, but they don’t know that times are changing and those experiences have long been outdated.
In the past, Zhang Chen might have thought that these were just his parents' nagging, but now he only felt their deep concern. "Don't worry, Dad, I'm paying attention."
"That's good."
"So how much did you earn?"
"Ten million, maybe."
Zhang Chen had no intention of hiding how much money he had earned. He was the only son in the family and his parents would not covet his money. Although Zhang's father's salary was not high, he usually interacted with coal bosses, so 1000 million would not scare him.
"So much? Then just keep it for yourself. You don't have to give it to us. Your mother and I's salary is enough for us to live on."
"Dad, I still have a lot of money. I'm giving it to you to show my filial piety. You can use the money to buy some gold jewelry for my mom, and buy yourself two packs of good cigarettes and two bottles of good wine. Have fun. These are things that I, as a son, should do, but I can't go back now."
"Okay, but don't waste the rest of your money. Plan for your future and buy a house in Beijing..."
"Okay, I get it. I know what to do about buying a house."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang's father thought to himself, my goodness, his son has made it big, he made 1000 million from a movie. The entertainment industry is really a world of risks and opportunities. He Ping lost money on his 8000 million yuan movie "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", but his son made a fortune on his 200 million yuan movie "Dark Invasion".
But this also shows that this circle is too unstable.
But villas in Beijing are not cheap, and with his 1000 million, he probably won't have much left after buying the villa.
Besides, he has another movie to shoot, he can’t just look for other people to invest, isn’t that just throwing money away?
So Zhang Chen decided not to rush to buy a house. He was confident that he could make money faster than the growth rate of housing prices, and he would definitely not lose money. He was not Principal Wang.
……
Inside a villa in Chaoyang District
Aunt Liu was watching "Daily Entertainment Report" while Liu Tianxian was interacting with her cat.
The host first talked about the premiere of "House of Flying Daggers" and then talked about the final box office of "The Dark Knight".
Wow, 6310 million, that's a lot~
Aunt Liu never expected that a low-budget horror film would achieve such a high box office and directly won the annual box office championship in mainland China. So far, all the ones that have surpassed it are Hollywood blockbusters.
Last year's annual champion was Feng Xiaogang's "Cell Phone", which only took in 5600 million.
Where on earth did this Zhang Chen come from?
Just as I was thinking about it, the program happened to talk about Zhang Chen's resume. He was a 02 graduate of the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy, and "Dark Invasion" was the first film he directed.
02? Nortel?
Isn’t that the same class as my daughter?
Thinking of this, she immediately turned around and asked, "Xixi, the director of "Dark Invasion" is also from your Beijing Film Academy, and he is from the same class as you. Do you know him?"
Liu Tianxian glanced at the TV and shook her head. "I don't know them. I only went to a few classes. I only know the students in our acting class at Beijing Film Academy. I don't know any of the others."
"Oh," Aunt Liu was not disappointed and continued, "Then should we invite him to your birthday next month?"
"Invite him? But I don't even know him..."
"What's there to be afraid of? You are all young people, and you are from the same school and the same class. You must know each other, but you just haven't spoken to each other."
Liu Tianxian thought about it and said, "Forget it. It's a bit embarrassing."
(End of this chapter)