Yu Min was very efficient in her work. Three days later, she invited representatives from several other major cinema chains to Star Cinema.
This is her role as producer and distribution manager, which can save Li Yi a lot of trouble.
"This comedy movie is very mature, not bad, has good laughs, and has a very nostalgic atmosphere."
"I like it. It's funny and heartwarming. It will definitely not be bad at the box office."
"The new songs in the movie are also very good. I think the audience will like these Easter eggs very much."
"Mr. Li's talent is really immeasurable. My daughter likes to listen to your songs very much. I didn't expect that you can even shoot movies so well!"
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Representatives from several major theater chains were very polite. After watching the movie, they gave a rainbow fart directly. Li Yi felt very comfortable listening to it, but he was not very good at dealing with such a scene, and he couldn't take it seriously. He just kept smiling and waving his hands. respond.
After finishing the polite remarks, someone immediately asked: "Are you sure the movie will be approved before the National Day? I'm worried that the tickets have been registered and if I don't make it by then, things will be in trouble."
"Mr. Wang, don't worry."
Yu Min obviously knew that Li Yi's father-in-law should not be involved. Before Li Yi could speak, she said in a very confident tone: "We at Longda Pictures never do anything that we are not sure about. Moreover, everyone has finished watching the movie. , there is nothing sensitive in it, and the final ending is also very heartwarming and positive, so it will definitely pass the review."
At this time, Longda's reputation is quite useful.
After receiving Yu Min's assurance, everyone felt relieved.
Li Yi glanced at Yu Min and said that he really had to take good care of Zhang Ying'er when he got back. If it weren't for his girlfriend's background, Yu Min wouldn't have been able to help with the guarantee.
"We have to go back and have a meeting to talk about this matter."
Someone else wondered: "Mr. Yu, Mr. Li, you guys also know that there are a lot of blockbusters released during the National Day holiday, and the film schedule is very tight, and some of them are tasks given by the superiors."
"This is normal, it happens every year during National Day." Yu Min smiled and started chatting with the other party.
Meetings are naturally necessary when it comes to arranging films. After all, the opinions of all parties must be weighed.
But it is certain that they had already held a meeting before they came, and this awkward look was just for better negotiation.
Not to mention Yu Min knew about it, even Li Yi, a novice in the mall, could see it.
Blue Star's film sharing model involves first paying 5% to a special film development fund, and then deducting 3.5% business tax. The remaining 50% is basically fixed at the theater, and other producers, distributors and theater chains will negotiate separately. .
On Li Yi's side, the distribution share for Longda Pictures is 6%, which is guaranteed. This also includes the share for Longda Pictures theaters.
The representatives of several major theater chains who came here today also have the identity of alliance theater executives. In fact, they are one person and wear the same pair of pants.
Domestic theater chains, large and small, have almost been conquered by Longda Pictures and Alliance Cinemas.
Looking for an opportunity, Li Yi suddenly asked out of curiosity: "I've heard of a bet between the producer and the distributor. I wonder if the producer can also have a bet agreement with the theaters?"
Hearing this, everyone became curious.
Yu Min also looked surprised and said: "It's possible, but the risk is too great, and it requires the consent of other investors in the film."
Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "What if we, Fanxing, bear the guaranteed losses and gains ourselves? Is that okay?"
"Everyone, please excuse me. Please give us a few minutes." Yu Min frowned, as if she was a little angry that Li Yi didn't inform him of his thoughts in advance. She and Li Yi left the conference room.
In the conference room, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They were obviously a little moved, so they started discussing with each other.
"How much do you think this movie will earn at the box office?"
"Seven to eight billion, but with luck, more than one billion should be fine."
"The comedy market has been sluggish in the past two years, and the audience has been waiting for a good comedy for a long time. The quality of this movie is really good, and the announcement is good. I think the minimum guarantee is one billion."
"The guarantee of one billion is a bit exaggerated. There is also Teng Jingfei's "Twenty Again". That movie is not bad. Aren't these two movies going to compete in a competition? If one party's reputation is not good, it will definitely have a certain impact on the box office. Impact."
"That's true, but obviously, "Charlotte" is funnier, and Teng Jingfei is still resting on his laurels."
"No matter what, the higher the prediction, the better it is for us, right? If you really want to bet, you have to set at least one billion, no, 1.2 billion!"
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They are optimistic about "Charlotte", but with the National Day blockbusters crowded together, the competition is very high, no matter how high the level is, they think that over one billion is very impressive, and they also see that the promotion is doing well. , and the predictions were made for the sake of the participation of big names and traffic.
After all, this is just a movie with a cost of 30 million.
Everyone was discussing, but outside the door, Li Yi and Yu Min, one was looking at his phone and replying to his girlfriend's message, while the other smoked his last cigarette, threw the long slender cigarette butt to the ground, and stamped it out.
Li Yi glanced at the ground and curled his lips: "Sister Min, you just flicked the cigarette ashes on the ground, why are you throwing cigarette butts everywhere?"
So unqualified!
"I'm helping you negotiate a business worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions."
Yu Min smiled and his expression became serious again: "Are you really sure you want to bet? As far as I know, your funds at Fanxing are quite tight. This is not a small amount of money."
The plan they discussed is that the maximum guaranteed is 1.2 billion, and the floating share is 2%. This means that if the box office does not reach 1.2 billion, the 3% will be separately calculated based on the 1.2 billion box office, so Fanxing will have to pay extra. 21.96 million.
But if it exceeds the limit, it will be calculated based on the final box office.
"It depends on them. If we can talk about it, let's make a bet." Li Yi said in a relaxed tone. He is a person who is confident in the two billion box office.
Of course, if you have confidence, you have confidence. If the bet is guaranteed to be 2 billion, then Li Yi is really betting on dogs, unless the theater chain can bring the theaters along with him and give him a higher floating share.
Seeing that Li Yi had made up his mind, Yu Min stopped trying to persuade him. He raised his head to signal, then his face instantly darkened and he walked into the conference room.
When several representatives from the cinema saw this, they immediately felt regretful. They were so involved in the discussion that they forgot to go to the corner to eavesdrop on their quarrel.
One person looked at Li Yi with a smile and asked: "Mr. Li, what are the rules of the bet you just mentioned?"
"It is to set a guaranteed box office on top of the negotiated share. If the box office does not reach the guaranteed box office, then we at Fanxing will settle the accounts for you based on the guaranteed box office, and vice versa."
Li Yi didn't even look at Yu Min. He looked at everyone like a newborn calf not afraid of tigers: "What, are you interested?"
"Of course I'm interested. According to Mr. Li's previous estimate, is it possible that the guaranteed box office is 2 billion?" The person who spoke was the person who had previously suggested that the higher the better.
"how can that be possible?"
Li Yi smiled: "Two billion is too exaggerated. This is not a bet, it is completely a gift of money."
"No, not really."
"That's right, Mr. Li, I am very optimistic about your movie. I don't know about 2 billion, but 1.5 billion is easy!"
"1.5 billion is still conservative, why should it be 17.8 billion?"
This group of businessmen is really like a lion with its mouth wide open.
Yu Min was afraid that Li Yizhi was too young and too young to withstand the adulation and stimulation, so she explained the situation to him in advance.
Li Yi is a newbie in the shopping mall, but he is not an idiot. Even if he didn't say anything, he would not be fooled.
"I'm afraid. Producer Yu doesn't support me in doing this. Let's just cooperate normally." Li Yi waved his hand.
Yu Min also "adjusted her mood" at this time, with a professional look: "Okay, okay, let's talk about the theater distribution. You have also seen the early announcement of this movie. The joint promotion of "China "The Voice", you all know how popular the auditions have been over the past month. The prospects of this movie are still very good, you can't lose, how about 5%?"
For theater chains, the minimum is 5%. If you want it to be lower, you won’t be able to get it lower unless your superiors support it.
The opponent's lion opened his mouth wide, and Yu Min naturally did the same, and they both directly touched the opponent's bottom line with their hands.
So, the next scene was, I talked about my difficulties, you talked about your advantages, the two sides argued for an hour, each took a step back, and finally settled on a 6% theater share.
The reason why the theater chain alliance can agree to 6% is largely because the film will also be released at Longda Pictures, so they can't raise the price.
Li Yi dozed off as he watched, feeling that this was the outcome that had already been decided, and the effort of pulling and pulling seemed to be just an indispensable sense of ritual.
After the conversation, everyone turned their attention to Li Yi. Obviously, they were quite interested in betting.
"Do you want to ask about betting? I just suddenly had such an idea."
Li Yi thought for a while: "How about a one billion guarantee and a 2% share?"
Several people looked at each other, feeling a little moved, but they all shook their heads and said it was too low.
One of them said: "The 1.2 billion can still be discussed."
Li Yi shook his head and said: "That's 3% for 1.2 billion."
Seeing that they were about to talk again, Li Yi immediately expressed his attitude: "This is what we have discussed with Fanxing. You also know that the traffic now does not mean that the box office will be high. In the final analysis, it still depends on whether the movie sells or not. Twelve The minimum guarantee is 100 million, but for a movie with a cost of 30 million, it is still too much of a risk.”
This is a reward dozens of times. Li Yi is confident, but he is not a fool who stretches his neck and takes the initiative to be cut by others.
"Low cost, high return, Mr. Li, 1.2 billion is quite risky for us."
They don't have confidence in Li Yi's film, they simply want to maximize their profits without taking such big risks.
"How about this."
Li Yi said, "I'll give you a number, and if it doesn't work, we won't discuss it," and said, "The bottom line is 1.5 billion, 4%."
At this moment, Yu Min was really surprised. Li Yi didn't say anything about this. She quickly stopped him and said, "Mr. Li, you really can't decide this matter with a slap on the forehead!"
Li Yi thought for a while and made a hesitant expression.
When several people saw this, their faces remained calm, and they just said: "It's still too dangerous. We have to go back and hold a meeting to discuss it."
Two days later, Li Yi received a reply and the theater alliance agreed to do this.
Li Yi originally thought that the theater chain alliance really felt that the risk was too great, so it needed to hold a meeting to discuss and evaluate the risks.
Now it seems that they do feel that it is too dangerous, but the danger is that they are worried that if they agree too quickly, Li will regret it?
However, the other party offered two ways to gamble, with a guaranteed box office of 1.5 billion, a 4% upper limit of 1.5 billion box office, and an unlimited limit of 3%. This is also a posture of avoiding the discussion if it doesn't work.
It can be seen that the other party has carefully calculated.
This 3% option can only earn more than the other method if it has a box office of more than 2 billion.
Grandma, this makes Li Yi embarrassed. He thinks "Charlotte Trouble" can exceed 2 billion.
But, this is biased toward one's own self-confidence rather than through market analysis and research. It is a kind of intuition and a kind of metaphysics.
Moreover, his estimate is over 2 billion, even a fraction of it is super!
Finally, Ye Jie, who was still far away in Yangcheng, gave Li Yi great confidence over the phone: "Xiao Yi, I believe in you anyway, and I will support you no matter what decision you make. The movie split is not so fast. The voice is here The momentum is very good, and several big brands are waiting to watch the film. Even if we lose money by then, we will have sufficient funds, so let’s go boldly!"
Traitor, really traitor!
Brother Jie didn’t even watch the movie.
However, Li Yi was indeed persuaded, yes, what are you afraid of?
In fact, he was not short of money. He just saw that having money but not making money was more uncomfortable than losing money. He also happened to hear the inside story of gambling in the industry, so he came up with this idea.
In the end, Li Yi chose to sign a 3% unlimited bet, and proposed that on the day of the premiere, the film schedule should not be less than 25%. They originally negotiated a 20% film schedule, and the other party did not hesitate and agreed directly. .
Both sides were afraid that the other would regret it, so they signed the contract that day.
When signing the contract, Li Yi was hesitant, reluctant to start writing, and not afraid of others laughing at his indecisiveness.
After signing the contract, the person in charge of the other party patted Li Yi on the shoulder: "It's a bet. Both of us have to take certain risks. No matter what the final result is, it will not affect our cooperative relationship, right?"
How do you know I'm worried about this?
After all, theater chains are very powerful.
Li Yi was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Ah, yes, yes!"
When they left, both parties were smiling, but Li Yi's smile seemed to the person in charge of the theater alliance to be an impulsive smile forced to save face and not regret it.
In fact, the box office of 1 billion is enough to show that they have high expectations for this movie, 1.5 billion. It can only be said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers and are blindly confident.
We are so busy with the movie at this stage, just waiting for the release of the film to promote it and run road shows.
But Li Yi couldn't take any time off either.
Because "The Voice of China" has reached the provincial competition stage, Li also needs to show his nakedness to add attention and heat to the competition.
The competition in the Beijing competition area officially started, and Li Yi, Zhang Lei, Ye Yaodong and Zhou Siwen served as judges.
Li Yi unexpectedly looked at a familiar person named Xu Junjie. He was the only person who did not forget to say hello to Zhou Siwen, who was still a "minion" at the Music House Award Ceremony.
'Isn't this an artist who has already debuted? '
Li Yi was just a little confused and didn't think much about it. Anyone who could come here must not have an agent's contract.
Later, Li Yi went to Guangdong Province, Hunan Province and other places to satisfy the "addiction" of being a judge.
At the end of August, "Charlotte Troubles" finally passed the review, and Li Yixuan finally felt relieved.
Li Yi was very suspicious that his father-in-law was secretly retaliating because he knew that he had stolen his own cabbage.
At the same time, "Charlotte Trouble" publicly announced that it will be scheduled for National Day and began a series of announcements.
The Internet also became lively, and both sides entered the ring!
(End of chapter)
