Chapter 296 Titanic Is Confirmed

An Li's acceptance speech was not short, but the content was not much. He first thanked the organizing committee, the producers and the actors, and then talked about the novel "Sense and Sensibility".

Finally, he looked forward to the future and wished the Berlin Film Festival to be better and better.

So far, this year's Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony has basically ended.

The host came on stage and said a farewell speech, and then announced that the awards ceremony was successfully concluded.

However, everyone was not in a hurry, but waited for the staff to arrange and leave the Film Palace in an orderly manner. Their next stop was to attend the film festival dinner.

While waiting to leave, the people around greeted each other.

Those sitting near Zhou Yan, whether they knew him or not, congratulated him one after another.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhou Yan was so young and could win the Special Jury Award. Three consecutive films were so successful, and his future must be limitless.

Many of them were seniors in the film industry. Facing their congratulations, Zhou Yan also responded very politely one by one.

Xu Feng and his friends were closer to the door, but they were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they waited for Zhou Yan to join them.

"Come, let me see the trophy." Xu Feng said with a smile.

Zhou Yan smiled and handed the trophy to Xu Feng. She looked up and down, then nodded and said, "What An Li said is right. This trophy has not changed much. Come, you guys take a look too."

Xu Feng handed the trophy to Li Xuejian again.

Holding the little silver bear, Li Xuejian's eyes were full of expectations, and there was also a little regret.

He didn't get the best actor this time, and he didn't know when he would have another chance.

Xu Feng certainly knew that Li Xuejian was disappointed. She smiled and said, "Although Zhou Yan went on stage to receive this award, it is not just his. The Special Jury Award is originally a group award. This award belongs to each of us. I will make a few identical ones and put one in each of your homes."

Li Xuejian was a little embarrassed, "Mr. Xu, forget it."

Although the official said that the Special Jury Award is a group award, the award is usually given to the producer or director, and it has nothing to do with the actor.

Xu Feng waved his hand, "What's there to be embarrassed about? I'll give one to each of the assistant directors, the leading actors, and the kids."

Zhou Yan joked, "How about you make a replica with pure silver, Sister Feng? That way it will be worth some money."

Xu Feng said indifferently, "Pure silver is not worth much. If you have the ability, you can win the Golden Bear Award in the future and make me bleed."

"I want to win the Golden Bear Award. Sister Feng, are you really going to make a replica with pure gold?"

Xu Feng nodded, "Of course I will, but it has to be hollow."

Zhu Lin said with a smile, "A hollow one will cost a lot of money, right?"

"Then you underestimated the ductility of gold."

"How much gold does a solid pure gold trophy take?" Zhu Lin asked.

Zhou Yan weighed it with his hand, "Pure gold for such a big one would probably weigh three or four kilograms."

Whether it is the Golden Bear Award or the Silver Bear Award, the material inside is actually copper. The difference is that one is gold-plated and the other is silver-plated. Therefore, the weight of the trophies of the Golden Bear Award and the Silver Bear Award is basically the same.

The Silver Bear trophy in Zhou Yan's hand weighs about two kilograms. The same volume of gold weighs twice as much, about four kilograms.

The current price of gold is about 110, which means that a solid gold Golden Bear trophy costs 400,000.

"Three or four kilograms, it's too heavy to hold in your hand." Zhu Lin exclaimed.

Gold is not widely circulated in the domestic market. Zhu Lin has never seen three or four taels of gold products, let alone three or four kilograms of gold products.

Several people were chatting, and Han Sanping came later. He happened to hear Zhu Lin's words and was also surprised, "This little thing weighs four kilograms?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "No, Zhu Lin is asking how heavy the pure gold one is."

"Haha, pure gold, the organizing committee is reluctant to give it up."

"Only one pure gold one is given, and it doesn't cost much." Xu Feng curled his lips.

"If it's pure gold, it's easy to be stolen."

"That's right."

Several people talked and laughed and walked out of the movie palace and took a car to the dinner venue.

…

The next morning, Zhou Yan got up very early, and then packed up and prepared to return home.

Last night, many people came to Zhou Yan to toast, but Zhou Yan didn't drink much.

Many company leaders are interested in Zhou Yan. Before, they may have only wanted him to compose music for the movie, but after "The Chorus" won the Special Jury Award, most companies came to him to make a movie.

In fact, after "The Sixth Sense" was released, many companies had approached Zhou Yan, but now these companies are obviously more enthusiastic.

After all, although the box office of "The Sixth Sense" is very good, it is still far from the real box office movies, and the awards of the Berlin Film Festival are different.

Just like An Li made several movies before, although the box office performance was also very good, these film companies were willing to believe in him.

The importance of awards lies here.

But Zhou Yan doesn't worry about these at all. He has no plan to go to Hollywood to make movies for the time being. If he only makes movies in China, there is no shortage of investment. Tomson can cover all his movies.

Now even if Zhou Yan said he wanted to make a movie with a budget of 100 million RMB, Xu Feng would support it if he tightened his purse.

Not to mention, Huo Siqi and Zhou Hong were watching from behind.

Once Zhou Yan is short of money for filming a movie, Zhou and Qizhi Company will immediately send the money.

Zhou Yan left alone, Xu Feng and Zhang Youan stayed to discuss cooperation with some copyrights. Han Sanping finally came here, and of course he had to seize the opportunity to build good interpersonal relationships internationally.

There are also Li Xuejian and Zhu Lin, who also went to participate in the event to make their presence felt.

Showing your face more often will be a good thing for them to win prizes in the future.

…

Before Zhou Yanren arrived in Yanjing, reports about the Berlin Film Festival had already come out.

Before going to Berlin, Tomson had already made arrangements. As soon as the results in Berlin came out, Zhang Youan notified the cooperating media as soon as possible, and then the articles were rushed out overnight.

Chinese directors stole the show at this Berlin Film Festival, winning four awards, including the Golden Bear and two Silver Bears.

[Two sides, three places, four trophies! 】

In the news report of Yanjing TV Station, the eight-character title was typed directly at the bottom of the screen, with the font size being very large.

"Our news is that at the Berlin Film Festival Awards Ceremony on the 26th, Chinese directors from across the Taiwan Strait and three places won four awards in one fell swoop, one gold and two silver medals. Chinese directors shone brightly at this Berlin Film Festival... "

"It is worth mentioning that in addition to winning the Special Jury Award for "Spring of the Cowherd", Zhou Yan is also the soundtrack director of the Golden Bear Award-winning film "Sense and Sensibility". "Sense and Sensibility" was also nominated for an Oscar There are many awards at the Academy Awards, including the Best Score Award. The awards will be awarded on the 25th of next month. Our station will continue to pay attention to it, so stay tuned.”

Not long after Zhou Yan returned to Yanjing, news about the Berlin Film Festival was already flying all over the sky.

In the past few days, his phone has been inundated with calls from various parties to congratulate him.

Directors who are familiar with Zhou Yan basically called, including Zhang Jianya, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou...

Most of the actors who have worked with Zhou Yan also called.

Zhou Yan spends a lot of time just answering the phone every day. The key is that the people calling are all acquaintances. Basically, after congratulations, they still have to chat for a while.

With the news of winning the Berlin Film Festival and the aftermath of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhou Yan's face has rapidly gained national fame, so much so that he now has to be heavily armed when going out to prevent others from recognizing him.

But there was one thing that made Zhou Yan feel lucky, and that was that the photos of Anoke hugging him twice in a row were not circulated, otherwise it would have been a lot of trouble.

…

In the evening of March 1st, Zhou Yan received a call from Zhang Youan.

"We have already reached an agreement with Fox. We don't charge a dime for the film's salary. You will pay for the entire soundtrack before, during and after the film, and you will get a 1% share of the box office."

Hearing this share ratio, Zhou Yan was stunned: "Are you sure?"

Zhang Youan thought that Zhou Yan was dissatisfied, so he explained, "Fox is so stubborn that there is no way to raise the price. In fact, it is already very good. As long as the box office can reach 200 to 300 million U.S. dollars, the cost of this transaction will be It can earn two to three million U.S. dollars. In addition, the sales share of the film’s soundtrack will not be small, just like other movies.”

In Zhang Youan's view, neither remuneration nor box office share is the bulk of Zhou Yan's income. The most impressive thing is actually the sales share of the movie's soundtrack.

For example, for the movie "The Flying Piano Boy", Zhou Yan contracted the entire soundtrack for the movie, including creation and production, and the cost was only 400,000 US dollars.

But the soundtrack of this movie has sold more than two million copies, and Zhou Yan can get an average share of about one US dollar for every soundtrack sold.

In other words, Zhou Yan has received a share of more than two million US dollars from the "Flying Piano Boy" soundtrack, which far exceeds his production costs.

If "Titanic" can make two to three hundred million US dollars at the box office, then the soundtrack will definitely not sell poorly.

Of course, Zhou Yan didn't dislike the one percent low price. He didn't expect Zhang Youan to be able to talk to such a high price.

This is a 100% box office share, not a revenue share. If it is reflected in the revenue share, it will be at least doubled.

Although most Hollywood movies spend more than 2% on music, "Titanic" is in a special situation. After all, its budget exceeds 150 million US dollars.

With such a huge investment, if five percent or more is spent on music, that is really an exaggeration.

Zhou Yan doesn't know how well the soundtrack of "Titanic" has sold, but if the movie's box office is still the same as in its previous life, then just the 1% box office share will be huge.

This one made more money than all the movies he had acted in before.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan said, "One percent is pretty good. I thought they would wait until the Academy Awards are over before deciding on this matter."

Before, Zhou Yan felt that Fox was on the official website and wanted to see if Zhou Yan could win the Oscar for Best Score. Unexpectedly, they had confirmed the award before it was announced.

"Of course it's okay to wait and see, but if you win the award, won't they have to spend more money? I heard that the salary they prepared for the composer was 800,000 US dollars, which was only responsible for creation, not including production. The conditions given to you are actually a little better, but the difference is not huge. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, and there was really not much difference. After all, the cost of music production was quite high, and Zhou Yan did not charge any fees, which also reduced the pressure on Fox.

With a budget of 150 million US dollars, even Fox is under great pressure.

"When will the filming start?" Zhou Yan asked.

"It should be in June or July. This film has been prepared for too long. Although Fox didn't say it, I can feel that they are under great pressure. For a film with such a high budget, the risk will be greater if it is delayed for one more day. If it is not filmed this year, I am worried that the project will collapse."

Indeed, although the previous budget was 150 million US dollars, if it is delayed further, the 150 million budget may not be enough.

Although the filming has not started yet, there are expenses in the preparation stage. Now Fox has to pay for these preparations every day.

Every day of delay means one more day of money.

Presumably Fox has urged James Cameron to start filming earlier, but according to James Cameron's personality, he will not start filming as long as there is something that does not meet his requirements.

The first thing that will collapse if this film is delayed is the relationship between the producer and the director, that is, James Cameron. If it were another director, Fox might have fired the director long ago.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Well, I understand. I will find time to go to the United States and meet James Cameron."

"Okay, I will arrange it when you are free. Of course, I think Cameron will contact you after the soundtrack contract is signed. But I remind you that Cameron has a very strange personality. You should be careful when talking to him."

"Anyway, I am only responsible for the soundtrack. His strange personality has little impact on me."

Zhang Youan smiled and said, "In fact, I am worrying about nothing. No matter how strange his personality is, you can definitely handle it."

...

After hanging up Zhang Youan's phone, Zhou Yan was in a good mood.

After taking such a big job, it can be imagined that small money is waving to him.

He has no direct desire to make money itself, but the problem is that many things he has to do cost money.

For example, his studio was enough before, but gradually, Zhou Yan felt that it needed to be upgraded.

This was originally a warehouse, and there are still some limitations in the renovation. Zhou Yan thought that it would be best to find a place nearby and simply build a modern multi-functional building, so that he could meet his needs.

This building should include various styles of recording studios, practice rooms, and preferably a small or medium-sized concert hall.

He had roughly estimated before that such a building, not counting the land, would cost at least tens of millions.

Key equipment is a bottomless pit, and hundreds of millions of dollars may not be heard even if thrown into it.

Zhou Yan can take out so much money now, but the problem is that he has to make a living, and he can't just throw all the money on hand into it without caring.

In addition, in addition to these, his film studio also needs to spend money.

As the team gradually expands, the daily consumption of food and munching is also a considerable expense.

Now the two studios eat in the same canteen, and the monthly expenditure on food and beverage alone is more than 30,000.

The wages, allowances and other expenses of the staff cost more than 100,000 a month.

Equipment and materials consumption, purchase of consumables... Ren Hang calculated for Zhou Yan that if the two studios do nothing now, more than three million will be spent every year.

If they do something, the expenditure will increase a lot.

For example, before the Chinese New Year last year, Zhou Yan distributed New Year supplies to the people in the studio, and the standard for each person was three hundred, which would cost forty or fifty thousand.

For another example, this year the studio will purchase several vehicles, a bus, three sedans, and two vans, adding up to nearly three million.

Zhou Yan makes money quickly and spends money quickly, so he must ensure that his speed of making money can exceed his speed of spending.

He is unwilling to save money, so he can only increase revenue. (End of this chapter)