Chapter 548 Overseas Film and Television Copyrights

Nie Zhan said: "Given the quality of this film, it should not be bad for overseas sales."

This film may fail in Europe and the United States, but it should be popular in Southeast Asian countries.

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said: "Now the three theaters want to buy overseas distribution authorization. I let them bid and I will give it to whoever offers the highest price."

"I won't sell it if it's less than 5 million green coins."

"My goal is 10 million green coins."

Lu Jiaxin asked for 10 million green coins for the overseas film and television copyright of God of Gamblers. Because it was a buyout, she felt that this price was not high. However, the highest bid among the three theaters was from Golden Harvest, 9 million green coins, and no one was willing to pay more.

Tian Pengyu said: "Boss, this price is already very high. Many Hong Kong movies have lost money when they were released abroad, and no one can guarantee whether they will be a hit."

Last year, Princess Bao was only willing to pay 2 million green coins for the company's "Legally Blonde", and Golden Harvest did not bid, obviously not optimistic. Lu Jiaxin felt that she was losing money at this price and did not agree to sell it. The overseas film and television copyright is still in the hands of Wanjia Film and Television.

Lu Jiaxin thought about it and agreed. Although she knew that Jiahe must have made a profit by buying out the film for 9 million green coins, others didn't know. For Jiahe, they probably thought the price was too high and took a big risk. And she didn't want to drag it out.

Tian Pengyu was very happy to see her give in. The estimated box office of this movie in Hong Kong City is 35 million, and the overseas copyright is 70.2 million (the fixed exchange rate of green coins/Hong Kong dollars is 1:7.8). The 35 million will be shared with the theaters, and the overseas copyright will be returned to the company.

After the contract was signed, Jiahe transferred the money to Wanjia Film and Television's account. In Hong Kong City, especially in the film and television industry, there are basically no secrets, and this news was reported quickly.

The box office of Hong Kong City movies will not be divided until the movie is over, but as soon as the overseas copyright is received, Tian Pengyu will pay Wang Sanri 3 million in share according to the contract (minus taxes and other expenses).

Wang Sanri was so happy when he received the money. You know, his screenwriter fee and director salary added together are not as much as this money! This movie made him 5 million.

Because the rewards were so generous, Wang Sanri wanted to strike while the iron was hot and shoot the second part. This movie was a project of Wansheng Real Estate, and it was impossible to leave it and work alone. Otherwise, he would not be able to survive in this industry.

Tian Pengyu certainly wanted to shoot the second part, but it was not something he could decide: "Director Wang, as long as the script you wrote is approved by the boss, we will shoot it immediately."

The boss has taken out three scripts so far, and both "Beauty" and "God of Gamblers" have been a big hit and made a lot of money. "The Noble Family" is still being filmed, and he visited the set several times. He thinks the ratings will not be bad.

Wang Sanri agreed immediately.

When Nie Zhan went out for social events, those who were close to him would mention Lu Jiaxin, saying that he had a good eye and then asked when the two would get engaged.

Nie Zhan's tone has never changed for such questions, saying that Lu Jiaxin is still young and the engagement will be discussed in two years. But when Mr. Nie asked, he was not vague.

Nie Zhan said, "Jia Xin said she wants to see my performance. If I perform well, we will get engaged at the end of next year. Grandpa, you should get well soon and come to host my engagement party."

Grandpa Nie smiled and nodded in agreement, "Don't let your mommy attend, so as not to disrupt your engagement party."

At first, he was a little dissatisfied with Lu Jia Xin, who had been dating her grandson for so long without visiting him. But when he was sick, Lu Jia Xin came to visit him a few times, peeled apples for him and chatted with him. After a few contacts, Grandpa Nie knew that Lu Jia Xin was also a person who was loyal to her feelings, and his previous worries disappeared.

Seeing him mention Nie Manlin, Nie Zhan said, "Mommy is now in the hospital to take care of the baby. That man has been a dentist for so many years, I don't believe he has no savings, but we have to pay for the medical expenses."

The subtext of this statement is that this man is with his mommy only because the Nie family is rich. Having this child is just for money.

Old Nie is old and smart, how could he not know the purpose of this man. He said, "I'll give you all the shares I have. As for the stocks and collections, I've made a will, and you four brothers will divide them equally."

Nie Zhan said very bluntly, "I hope that the half of the private property that Grandma left to Mommy will be given to me for safekeeping in the future. If it's given to Mommy, it will probably be gone in a blink of an eye."

There's no need to beat around the bush. Mommy has given birth to three children, and now only he can keep these antique jewels. If Grandpa really cares about Mommy, he will give it to him for safekeeping; if he doesn't give it to him, he won't force it. Anyway, the family fund will give members living expenses every month, so she won't starve.

Grandpa Nie never thought of giving these things to Nie Manlin: "Okay, I'll give these things to you after I'm discharged from the hospital."

After chatting for more than an hour, Nie Zhan went back. Before leaving, he asked the doctor to confirm that Grandpa Nie had recovered well and could be discharged from the hospital in at most half a month, so he was relieved.

When Nie Zhan returned home, he found that Lu Jiaxin was not there. He asked the housekeeper and found out that she had gone out to eat with Su Heyuan. This time, Lu Jiaxin treated us, as the movie was a big hit and made a lot of money.

Su Heyuan said, "You made 90 million from this movie God of Gamblers, right? I didn't expect that making a movie could make so much money."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "It's not out yet, so we don't know the exact box office. The current cinema ratio is 4:6, and if the box office is 30 million, we will only get 18 million. The overseas copyright is 70.2 million. After deducting the cost, taxes and various expenses, we should be able to make more than 60 million."

Su Heyuan felt that it was already a lot: "A garment factory with thousands of people has a profit of less than 60 million a year. Just one movie made so much money, I don't know how many people envy it."

Lu Jiaxin chuckled: "You only see that my movies make money, but you don't know how many movies lose money. The predecessor of Wanjia Film and Television lost more than 20 million."

Nie Jingting really loves acting and has honestly followed his teacher to learn for a year. He didn't come back during the winter and summer vacations, and went to various crews to play small roles. Because there is a big boss to take care of him, he doesn't worry about not getting work, but he has to rely on his family for money.

Su Heyuan smiled and said: "So you have good fortune! In the past, Wanting Film and Television was a joke in the circle. Some people said that the company's feng shui was not good. It's not that the company's feng shui is bad, it's clearly the boss who brought bad luck. Look, as soon as you took over, the company started to make money."

Although other movies didn't make much money, Jiaxin didn't put money in after taking over, which is a big improvement. He always said that he was superstitious, this girl was born with wealth.

"You said so much? Why, you want to invest in my next movie?"

Su Heyuan waved his hand and said, "I don't understand this, so I won't invest. Jiaxin, I have to go back to the mainland next Wednesday. Do you have anything for me to bring to Ms. Gu?"

It's okay to buy stocks and speculate in foreign exchange or futures, because there are risks, and whether you can make money depends on luck. But the movies made by Jiaxin's scripts are all big hits, which is not an investment but a direct distribution of money. This kind of thing can't be done.

"What are you going back for?"

"It's Mr. Xie's 70th birthday, I have to go back to celebrate his birthday."

Lu Jiaxin only found out today: "Then bring me a gift."

"Okay."