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Li Linfei suddenly laughed when he heard it, and said playfully, "Mr. Thomas, are you bullying me as a layman? I don't know how to make movies, but don't I know how to do business?"
"Uh..." Thomas was stunned for a moment, but then he said: "Of course that's not the meaning Mr. Lee, Universal Pictures bears all the costs of the film's production and publicity. At least 3.3 million to 4 million US dollars, Universal Pictures will pay you an additional 3 million US dollars, which means that our company's total cost investment has reached about 7 million US dollars."
"If this sky-high investment was made before the birth of the virtual 'world', if calculated according to the movie box office, the 20 billion box office would barely recover the cost, and the only profit point for Universal in this cooperation is the box office revenue, and the surrounding copyrights are all in your hands. "
Li Linfei groaned in front of Thomas. Although he is not a filmmaker, he is very aware of the current film market.
"Mr. Thomas, you also said that it was before the birth of the 'virtual world'. Now offline cinema IMAX, giant screen, 3D and other screening halls are closing down every day, and only the PV screening hall is still struggling. Only the PV screening hall will become the last frontier of offline movie theaters, and it is still dying."
"But..." Thomas said.
Li Linfei ignored him, and continued: "Offline cinemas have shifted to online, with 'virtual world' online personal digital screening rooms as the mainstream, and the change in screening mode also allows your producers to get a higher share."
"As far as I know, in the current film industry, online theater companies with 'virtual world' as the mainstream only get 24% of the revenue share, while You Universal, as the producer and distributor, occupies 76% of the box office share."
"That is to say, even with an investment of US$7 million, the cost can be recovered with a total box office of US$10 billion."
The huge changes in the film industry have to mention the "virtual world".
Since the birth of the "virtual world", the impact and changes on the film industry have been almost subversive. Offline movie theaters are gradually disappearing, and theater companies know this is an unstoppable trend.
But the response was also quick, and major theater companies have established new online theater companies in the 'virtual world', while keeping in sync with the declining offline.
The development of the times has made online personalized private customized screening rooms in the "virtual world" popular on a large scale, and gradually replaced offline movie theaters.
Since the birth of the "virtual world", the number of screening halls around the world has stopped growing and has begun to show a downward trend. Today, the privately customized screening rooms on the "virtual world" line have surpassed offline cinemas. It has reached a market share of 57%, and is steadily rising with the further popularization of perception helmets.
It is almost certain that offline theaters are destined to launch on the stage of history, and PV screening halls are also short-lived.
For cinema companies, the luckiest thing is that the investment cost of PV projection halls has been recovered over the years.
But it is almost equivalent to working for nothing. In fact, it is still a blood loss. When I started to make money after recovering the cost, I was suddenly included in the ranks of elimination. I don’t know how many theater companies are yelling at Future Technology (Li Linfei) This "scheming bitch".
After the film industry undergoes great changes, the online private customized screening room in the "virtual world" has increasingly become the main source of income for the movie box office.
On the other hand, online cinema companies only need to invest in website operation and maintenance because they do not need to invest a lot of hardware costs. The low investment has also led to a reduction in box office revenue, and the negotiations with producers and distributors have also fallen into a passive position.
However, there is another big change, that is, online theaters do not have the saying that a movie must be released after a period of time.
In other words, as long as consumers buy a movie ticket, the content can be watched after being pushed to the consumer's private screening hall, even if there is no problem with the movie industry that was released a few years ago.
That is to say, after a movie is produced, it will be released forever. There is no such thing as offline theaters being downlisted, and the movie tickets purchased by consumers are only valid for one day.
After 24 hours, if you want to watch it again, you have to buy it again. The behavior of the theater company and the distributor has been protested by the movie audience. In the end, as long as the new regulations are introduced, you will have to buy five movie tickets repeatedly. It will be free forever.
The private custom-made screening room on the "virtual world" has no downgrades, which almost makes a movie powerful forever.
As the creator of the "virtual world", Future Technology, every virtual network company that operates and does business on this platform, has to draw part of the profits from it, and online cinema companies are no exception. Future Technology does not engage in movies. The industry is also making money from movies.
In the "virtual world", although Internet companies call Future Technology an unscrupulous vampire and moth, there is one point that is unanimously praised by all companies, and that is the anti-piracy ability and the protection of intellectual property rights.
There is almost no piracy on the "virtual world" network. Future Technology will not only severely crack down on organizations or individuals who engage in related copyright profits without legal authorization, but the efficiency of the investigation is also incredible. Although I don't know how Future Technology does it , but it is an indisputable fact that the vital interests of the copyright party are safeguarded.
In terms of anti-piracy, the gap between the "virtual world" and the traditional Internet is almost one world at a time.
Thomas thought for a moment, then asked, "Mr. Li, how do you think the distribution is reasonable?"
"Add another 25% of the box office share?" Thomas cursed in his heart when he heard it, thinking why don't you grab it, but on the surface he said: "Mr. Li, you bought the entire copyright of the dinosaur IP, and this The only profit point of the project Universal Pictures is the box office share, and there is no peripheral income. The 25% box office share is almost the only profit point for Universal. If you take it away, then Universal will be working for nothing!"
Chapter 59 Cooperation
Thomas did not forget to emphasize again: "And you also have to take part of the income of the online theater companies in the 'virtual world'."
It's too dark for Thomas to express you in every word.
Li Linfei said leisurely: "We all know that the "Dinosaur" series of movies will sell well with the "Star Wars" or "Transformers" series of movies, and the reputation of the "Transformers" series is getting worse than the other."
"But every movie is a hit. The plot of "Star Wars" is actually very ordinary, but it has sold more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in the world's super high box office. These days, feelings are always so popular, aren't they?"
Li Linfei said confidently: "Especially with the help of the real version of the dinosaur park and the subtle connection between the storyline and reality, driven by this series of topics, coupled with emotional effects."
"In addition, there is no downgrade in today's film screening mode in the 'virtual world'. After the finished product is shot, you can make money forever. Let's not talk about this. Just with the previous foundation, "Jurassic World 7's global box office hit $15 billion is a conservative estimate."
"Mr. Thomas."
Li Linfei turned to smile and looked at the other party: "I am definitely not as good as you professionals in making movies, but I think I am qualified for commercial operations or market analysis of movies. I don't know how to make movies but I still know how to do business." of."
"You have to be clear about Mr. Thomas. We all know that this is a very lucrative project. Universal has an advantage in experience, but to be honest, as a popcorn-style commercial blockbuster, Warner, Walt Disney, and Sony Pictures all It can be easily handled, even our News Corporation can handle it.” Li Linfei finally said slowly, with the full copyright IP in hand, future technology has absolute initiative.
Sure enough, Thomas was not calm when he heard the other party say that.
"Mr. Li, of course you are right, but even the other five major film companies will not agree to your allocation. Even if you agree to it, it doesn't make much sense. Your company is the most profitable company in the world."
"In fact, it doesn't matter if you lose a few percentage points, but we small companies can't do it." Thomas suddenly bombarded Alphabet with a bitter plan, but it was definitely not a small company.
In the end, the two sides wrangled for a long time, and Thomas tried his best to get back 4% from Li Linfei's mouth, and finally formally reached a cooperation intention. Technology has won the production and distribution authorization of the new trilogy of dinosaur IP.
And Li Linfei didn't have to pay anything, he got 9 million US dollars first, and finally got 21% of the box office share of each movie.
After getting the authorization of the trilogy as he wished, Thomas got up and left. Ding Yang has already started to organize relevant personnel to deal with the follow-up contract.
Wu Tao was watching this oral negotiation. The two foreigners had just left, and he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion, and said, "I kind of understand why those people dubbed you a 'vampire', tsk tsk, just talk about it like this, 9 One hundred million U.S. dollars will be in hand, and there will be a 21% share.”
"And you don't have to do anything. This is called a vacuum glove white wolf. After staying with you for so long, I feel that money in this world is so easy to earn. Millions of dollars per second flow into the cyst every day." , now it’s 9 million if you just say a few words..."
Speaking of Wu Tao here, he no longer knows what to say.
"It's just that the harvest season has just arrived."
Li Linfei said with a smile: "Before the dinosaurs came back to life, I spent more than 80 billion US dollars on the layout in advance."
"Just bought more than half of the full copyright of the dinosaur IP from Universal, and now it's only returned to 9 million, which is still a long way to go, but the revenue from the surrounding industrial chain is the big one, ha"
Wu Tao shook his head with a silent smile, and sighed in his heart that it was a mixed system, if he was both a businessman.
Staying with such a freak, I'm afraid I don't have any confidence at all. This guy is the most money-making person in the world. Today is an eye-opener.
Thomas and Colin stayed at the future technology headquarters for five days. After meeting with Li Linfei, after some discussion, the two sides verbally confirmed the cooperation.
These days, the well-prepared Thomas led a team of lawyers to negotiate with future technology, and the cooperation officially came into effect. The nearly one-week trip of Universal CEO in China came to an end, and he returned to the United States with a cash cow.
For Li Linfei, this kind of cooperation is nothing more than a small deal without any pain. He would never do it himself if there is no big deal worth tens of billions of dollars that he really values.
The strategic cooperation with the company, this volume level is Li Linfei's real focus.
However, these are only relatively speaking. This contract is the top priority for Universal Pictures. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a huge project, and it is also the top priority.
The new trilogy of "Dinosaurs" will cost a sky-high US$9 million just to pay Future Technology's ip film and television agency production license, plus the production costs of the trilogy. Flow is only around $14 billion.