Disaster Artist

The sun is just right.

"...Can you tell me, how exactly do you use lighting to create psychological cues? Honestly, after watching the movie, what impressed me the most was this incident, the fear that I fell into deep into it unconsciously, as if I am part of the chat room."

"Oh? I thought you would be more curious about the narrative on the computer desktop."

"Ha, I admit, it's very novel and special, but I'm a movie theater, and I'm still more concerned about the audio-visual effects presented on the big screen of the movie theater. Obviously, 'Unfriend' does a great job in this regard, if it is at home Watching this movie, I'm afraid the effect is not so good."

"Thank you. But more thanks to our lighting engineer Su Ziyi, who controls the details of the lighting throughout."

A group of three went for a walk in the garden at the back. Instead of a formal meeting in the office, it was more like a chat between friends, with a little more intimacy.

It can be seen that Nong Chenjie has indeed watched "Unfriend", and he has also studied it carefully. I am afraid that he has watched it more than once.

Ji Xuwei was a little anxious, because their conversation had not entered the topic for a long time, but he still controlled his emotions to avoid losing his patience in front of Nong Chenjie, and listened carefully, but he could sense Nong Chenjie's sincerity , but became more and more focused and vigilant—

Sincerity is very important, but the scale of the company has reached the level that goes beyond the cinema, and the more sincerity it is, the greater the benefits it seeks.

"... It is precisely because of this that we sincerely hope that 'Unfriend' will be able to land in our cinemas."

After going around in circles, Nong Chenjie was the first to cut into the theme.

Ji Xu also politely said, "It's an honor for our work to be shown in the detached theaters."

Nong Chenjie glanced at Ji Xu, and seemed to realize that Ji Xu was a shrewd hard-bone, so he looked at Lu Qian again, "We hope to buy out the screening rights of 'Unfriend', of course, as a price, we are willing to split 18% of box office revenue."

what!

When entering the interest negotiation, the fox's tail was revealed, a simple sentence, but two traps were hidden.

Yesterday, Su Changting reminded them.

At present, most movie distributions are divided into three parties: theaters, distribution, and production companies. The specific circumstances of different projects are different, but overall, the production company should be about 40%, the theater chain 40%, and the production company. Issuance of about 20%.

Of course, this is not the norm.

Not to mention that the level of the production company, the weight of the cast members, etc. may affect the distribution of specific box office revenue, and even the type of theme may affect-

To put it simply, movies such as comedy, action, romance, sci-fi, etc. that are easy to win the box office will have more intense and fierce competition from all parties; movies with relatively small market capacity, such as thriller, drama, art, etc., depend on more complicated factors. Some.

On the whole, the more top-tier companies and the more famous directors and actors are, the more active they are.

However, "unfriending" skips the distribution company and directly negotiates with the theater chain, which is equivalent to dividing the box office revenue between the production company and the theater chain. This situation is not so common, but it is not rare. In such cases, the theater chain often will have the absolute upper hand—

Because the production company has no "agent".

Just look at Damen Pictures, because there is no distribution channel of its own, and there are constraints everywhere. Profits are divided up on the one hand, and losing the initiative is on the other hand.

Generally speaking, the theater chain takes the big head because they have screen resources; the production company takes the small head, 20% to 40% is a reasonable range.

The situation of "unfriending" is even more special, because it is an independent production, and it does not even have a registered company. This is self-employed and has no support. When facing the theater chain, it is naturally even more emboldened. One of the reasons why lines and distribution companies are all ignoring them.

At the beginning, when Ji Xu, Lu Qian and Dome Cinema discussed cooperation, one of the two options Su Changting gave was a 30% box office dividend.

"My suggestion is that there is no need to negotiate without 30%."

Su Changting gave his opinion based on the situation of "unfriending", but looking at Nong Chenjie now, the opening is 18%, and the box office dividend ratio is directly below the bottom line, showing that bullying Ji Xu and Lu Qian have no backers. There is no foundation.

A big company is still a big company at heart, no matter how much you like movies, you will never forget your interests.

If this is the only case, then it is understandable. After all, Ji Xu and Lu Qian have nothing, and it is very rare for "unfriending" to go from no one to the present. It is indeed necessary to take risks when choosing to show this movie outside the cinema.

But the point is, buy out.

That is to say, "Unfriending" is only allowed to be shown in detached theaters, and no other theaters can see it, which is equivalent to cutting off other outlets for the film, so it is too overbearing.

Nong Chenjie looked at Lu Qian. He had just established a connection through the topic of the movie, and the conversation was very enjoyable. Obviously, Lu Qian should be an easier part to break through than Ji Xu.

Looking at Nong Chenjie's spring-like smile, Lu Qian raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but instead laughed lightly, "In Mr. Nong's eyes, I must be a fool who only loves movies and doesn't understand anything."

"Ha, what are you talking about?" Nong Chenjie smiled and waved his hand, "We are all movie fans."

"Then think I'm a soft persimmon, knowing that this is a ridiculously ridiculous clause, and looking at me with a big smile, expecting that I will stupidly nod to agree."

Lu Qian always had a smile~www.novelmt.com~, but the edge of his words came out.

"Mr. Nong, I thought that I was sincere in detaching from the cinema, but when I came up with such a clause, if I didn't think I was stupid, then Mr. Nong didn't take us seriously at all."

While laughing and scolding, he launched a counterattack without being humble or arrogant, and the words of Mianli Zangzhen slammed into Nong Chenjie head-on.

Nong Chenjie was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Lu Qian was still rational, and he was also a hard bone.

But Nong Chenjie was still not flustered, "We really have given the best conditions, don't forget, Mr. Lu is not in a situation that is easy to handle now."

Um?

Is there something in these words, is it implying the streamer film industry?

If it is, it is not surprising, how can it be possible that the detached theater does not know anything.

The smile in Lu Qian's eyes flickered slightly, and he spread his hands, "Then, there is no need for us to continue talking."

After finishing speaking, Lu Qian made a neat and succinct slap in the face, with a very tough attitude. After he nodded his head with a smile, he turned around and left.

Ji Xu also followed without hesitation, her brows furrowed, but she didn't know whether she was worried about the future of "unfriending" or thinking about how to open up the current situation.

Nong Chenjie thought that Lu Qian and Ji Xu were bluffing, because "unfriending" really had no room for bargaining now, but he waited for a while, but found that they were serious and their steps were very firm. Now, Nong Chenjie finally panicked. .

Nong Chenjie forgot one thing, "Unfriending" can enter the field of vision beyond the cinema, just because this film has the potential to explode at the box office, and they also sincerely want to show this film.

Therefore, the comparison of supply and demand is not as obvious as imagined.