World-class director in the entertainment industry

There are several sofas near the stairs on the second floor. Sitting on the sofa, you can see the scene in the lobby on the first floor.

"Martin, are we done?"

The person who came was Martin Bob, with a cigar box in his hand, followed by a waiter carrying a tray.

After the waiter put down the two glasses of red wine on the tray, he returned them.

"Qin, we're done talking."

Martin sat down, opened the cigar box, and cut one for Qin Dong. When both of them lit up and smoked, Martin began to talk about the business:

"Universal has offered two conditions."

Qin Dong smoked a cigar and looked at Martin, waiting for the next words.

"First, the word-of-mouth of the first film after the restart must be good, otherwise it will not be possible to make a sequel. This is what Universal values ​​most, and it is also the most important."

"The second is the box office requirement."

"I've been arguing with Adam for a long time about this."

"At present, only a general intention has been discussed, and he will go back to a meeting to decide on the specifics."

"After all, although Adam Ferguson is the CEO of Universal Pictures, his qualifications are still not high, and he can't make a decision with one word, especially for this kind of thing."

Qin Dong nodded, this is true.

CEO, migrant worker, if such a large company wants to make a decision with one word, it must have unparalleled courage, not to mention the existence of the parent company behind Universal.

This is not the same as a privately held company.

"Qin, Universal requires that the global box office of [Dinosaur Park] after the restart should not be less than 10 billion. On this basis, we can discuss the box office share."

"When the box office reaches one billion, the share is 5.00%. For every [-] million box office, the share is increased by one percent."

Hearing this, Qin Dong's face turned cold, and he looked directly at Martin:

"Martin, don't tell me, is this the salary you negotiated?"

"no, no..."

Martin quickly waved his hand, he naturally saw Qin Dong's face, so he explained:

"Qin, don't worry, I'm just narrating. This is the condition that Adam said at the beginning, and it is probably also the remuneration offered by Universal after negotiation."

Qin Dong regained his composure, that's right, otherwise what kind of agent would he need?

"Okay, Martin, I got impatient, my fault, you go on, now I'll stop."

Martin was helpless and met a grumpy Lord.

However, when he thought of several of the world's top directors, none of whom seemed to have a good temper, he immediately felt at ease.

Maybe everyone who can become a top international director has this kind of temper, yes, it must be like this.

After self-hypnosis, Martin went on to narrate:

"Such conditions are definitely not acceptable. Even if Spieberg comes, he cannot guarantee a box office of 10 billion."

"In view of what Qin you told me before, 10 billion to 15 billion box office, I lowered the share of 10 billion box office."

"I finally proposed a box office of 10 billion, and only charged [-]% of the share."

"11 billion box office, [-]% share."

"12 billion box office, 5.00% share."

"After that, for every 5.00 million more, the box office share will increase by [-]%."

"The box office of 13 billion is divided into [-]%."

"However, Adam is not a fool. He proposed a maximum of 20.00% five, which is a box office cap of 16 billion."

"16 billion and above, the box office share is stuck, up to 20.00% five."

"This data is currently the highest share of the top directors in Hollywood, and only a few directors have gotten it."

"Adam doesn't agree with this at all, but that's why I lowered the box office share in the early stage."

"I believe you, Qin, you are a genius, I believe your words, so I dare to bet."

"So I killed this point, and Adam finally said that he would go back and discuss it."

"I think this number can probably be negotiated. Even if there is a difference, it will fluctuate by up to 5.00%, unless they are confident that they can get more than one billion box office data by finding someone else."

Qin Dong was very satisfied when he heard this. This is what a manager can do.

20.00% five, if the box office is 16 billion, a quarter, Nima is a share of 25 million, [-] million U.S. dollars, [-] billion yuan.

Thinking of this, he looked at Martin with an appreciative smile:

"Wow, Martin, you really understand me."

"You perfectly embody the role of a top agent. I like it very much. It is a pleasure to work with you."

"Come...shred."

As he spoke, he raised the red wine and gestured to Martin.

"Shredded..."

Martin picked up the wine glass and touched Qin Dong, but he felt speechless in his heart. This man is really too confident.

Although there are quite a few movies with a box office of more than one billion.

But what is the concept of 16 billion?

Let’s talk about the [Harry Philosopher’s Stone Potter] released this year. This is a movie that is popular all over the world, and it’s the seventh movie, the penultimate movie of the finale.

Even such a movie only made a box office of 12.7 billion.

16 billion, Martin feels a bit whimsical.

"Ha ha..."

Qin Dong glanced at Martin's expression and guessed what the other party was thinking:

"Martin, you don't think I'm shooting now, do you?"

"Even if the contract is negotiated now, I will not shoot now, and I will have to wait until next summer at the earliest."

"After the production is completed, it will be released in the summer of 13 at the earliest. If it is delayed before this, it is also possible in 14 or 15."

Martin was taken aback:

"Ok?"

"Qin, do you want time to make the box office of this movie better?"

Time is a magical thing. Many Hollywood movies, especially series movies, once the box office reputation is bad, they are immediately refrigerated.

Cool down for a few years, to more than ten years, let time let the rotten word-of-mouth concept slowly disappear, and bring back people's memories. In this case, the sequel can restart shooting again.

So Martin accurately grasped the meaning of Qin Dong's words.

Qin shook his head and explained in a low voice:

"Martin, maybe a year or two seems like nothing to you, you guys in Hollywood."

"Well, I know that your box office in North America has basically remained unchanged in the past ten years. Your market has been fixed, and it is almost at its peak. Your population is doomed to be like this. It is expected to grow very slowly."

"But, for my country, every day is a new day."

"One year, two years, three years, our box office market in China will definitely skyrocket in terms of multiples."

"So no matter when this [Dinosaur Park] is discussed, I don't plan to shoot now, at the earliest next summer, or even winter, and early next year."

"Understood, Martin."

Martin's eyes widened. Although he had already had statistics on the growth of China's box office market, he also knew that this market had huge potential. This consensus was not limited to him, and many people here shared this view.

But for what Qin Dong said, the multiplier has skyrocketed every year from now on. This kind of view is a bit confident and a bit extreme.

"Qin, are you so optimistic that your country's box office market will grow rapidly from now on?"

Qin Dong smiled and nodded:

"Martin, so you insist on my salary and talk to Universal slowly."

"But we must talk about it, don't collapse, don't let other people take over."

Martin looked at Qin Dong's confident expression and found that he was suddenly used to it.

The first time Martin heard about this young man was from Scarlett and Martha. The two women said that this young Chinese director was a talented and confident director.

Every time the other party's confident expression, speech, and way of doing things, it finally proved to be true.

"Okay, I understand, Qin, just read mine."

"Wow, if it's really 16 billion, then you can get 4 million, and our CAA can also get 600 million dollars."

Qin Dong laughed loudly:

"Ha ha..."

"Then let me celebrate with caa in advance, shred..."

"Shredded..."