288【Billionaire】
After the broadcast of "Hury Kaufman Evening Show", it caused a lot of sensation in Ameriga.
First, Ye Jin's resume is gorgeous and dazzling. He has reached the top in Hong Kong at the age of 21, and the box office of the movie has exceeded that of Bruce Lee, and has surpassed that of "The Scam in the Scam", "Exorcist", "Babylon" and other blockbusters. This is a great result in the eyes of the Americans.
Especially the box office he achieved in Japan, 2.2 billion yen, ranked fifth in the annual box office. Such a result surpasses most Hollywood blockbusters, which also proves that Ye Jin is indeed amazing.
Second, Ye Jin's versatility is admirable. Screenwriters, actors, kung fu, lyrics, composing music, and everything is understandable. Although Hollywood has never lacked talents who are good at singing and dancing and have outstanding acting skills. However, it is still relatively rare to be as comprehensive as Ye Jin and do everything very well.
Therefore, after the show was broadcast, Ye Jin's popularity increased significantly.
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The originally sensational plagiarism scandal has also been clarified to a certain extent due to the broadcast of this program.
Although some people still don’t give up and continue to jump out and sue and seek compensation, they have been unable to provide valid proof.
On the other hand, Ye Jin's resume was gorgeous. Therefore, more and more people chose to believe in Ye Jin instead of those who talk nonsense.
In the end, those who shouted that Ye Jin was copying and clamoring for lawsuits and requesting compensation were calm.
Because they also know that they have no evidence at all. The reason they jumped out is to gain popularity.
When a lawsuit is made, it requires real money. America's lawyers charge an hourly fee. Before the lawsuit is finished, they will probably go bankrupt.
So they shouted loudly, but their bodies were honest.
As these people calmed down, the plagiarism scandal that had been hustle and bustle also disappeared.
After the storm, Ye Jin's name as a talented man was not only not defiled, but became more and more dazzling.
This has caused many advertising companies to come to their doors on their own initiative, hoping that Ye Jin can help them shoot advertisements.
In fact, there were advertising companies that wanted to contact him before.
But because of rumors of plagiarism, the advertiser decided to retreat and wait and see what happened.
Now that the storm has passed, it has been confirmed that Ye Jin is really versatile, the advertiser naturally regained his confidence in him.
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Ye Jin naturally would not refuse such money-making matters, so he let Roland handle it.
However, he also has three principles: one is to disagree advertisements that are insulting China; the second is to disagree advertisements from unknown brands; and the third is to disagree advertisements from inconsistent images.
Roland was not surprised by Ye Jin's request.
Hollywood celebrities accept advertisements, and there are more conditions than these.
After all, America is so big, with many brands. In comparison, there are only a handful of popular stars.
In this vocation, drought will die from drought and flood will die from flood.
Big-name celebrity advertisements are lined up to come and you can choose them; unknown artists kneel in front of advertisers and cannot get a chance.
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After a month of publicity, Michelle was forced to return to the crew of "The Story of Ghosts".
She is the starring actor of this movie and cannot be absent from filming for a long time, which makes Ye Jin unable to go on the road alone with Roland.
Fortunately, he is very popular now, and the effect of publicity alone is better than the effect of publicity between the two of them at the beginning. Therefore, under his hard promotion, the box office of "Dragon Hard Boy" is still quite good.
Half a month later, the first round of "Dragon Hard Boy" ended, with a box office of 35 million US dollars. Such results can be said to be quite awesome.
(In film history, "Dragon Wild Boy" was released in 1984, and the first round of the box office was 55 million US dollars. In 1975, the ticket price of the Asian American movie was nearly one-third cheaper than in 1984. In addition, the distribution model is different, so the box office is somewhat different from the original version.)
And this is just the first round of release. Generally, in order to squeeze out its final value, publishers usually re-screen the movies.
Re-screening is usually in second- and third-tier cities, community theaters and town theaters in slums. This type of theater often does not have enough money to buy the latest movie copies, so you can only choose to re-screen in the second and third rounds.
In addition, movies such as the Star Wars series, the Planet of the Apes series, and the Wizard of Oz are re-released every once in a while because of their large number of fans.
In the American TV series "The Big Bang Theory", four movie lovers, Leonard, Sheldon, Rachelsh and Howard, once queued up all night to watch the re-release of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
When it was re-released, Ye Jin no longer needed to promote it. So he then returned to Los Angeles and was once again responsible for the production of "The Strong Ghost Street".
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"Brother Jin, you are so awesome. 35 million US dollars is simply astronomical." Zhao Yazhi said happily.
It was really amazing to achieve such results when you entered Hollywood for the first time. Bruce Lee had worked hard in Hollywood for many years before filming "The Dragon and the Tiger".
"It's okay." Ye Jin smiled.
"How much can you share with the 35 million US dollars?" Zhao Yazhi asked curiously again, "Will you become a billionaire in an instant?"
"It's not that simple." Ye Jin waved his hand.
In the 35 million US dollars box office, the income of theater chain dealers (about 45%) must be deducted, and the promotional fees, copying fees, transportation fees and various miscellaneous expenses paid by the issuer must be deducted. Only after that the remaining money can be divided according to the investment ratio.
After sharing the money, remember to keep a portion of the tax. Otherwise, irs (America Taxation Bureau) is not a vegetarian. Al Capone, the big boss of the Chicago Black Gang, was trapped in his hands.
Therefore, according to Ye Jin's estimate, out of these 35 million dollars, if he makes a good deal, he can make five million dollars. If Warner is a little bit unfair, he may not even make a penny.
Just like "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the movie invested $310 million and the box office in North America was $610 million. It is logical that it still made some profits. But after accounting, it ended up losing $160 million in the box office.
The reason is that Warner Pictures not only charged $210 million in distribution fees, but also paid $130 million in advertising fees. Together, it would take $340 million.
"Thirty-five million US dollars can only make five million US dollars. This is too dark, right?!" Zhao Yazhi said in surprise after hearing Ye Jin's explanation.
She originally thought that Ye Jin could make 12 million dollars of these 35 million dollars. Unexpectedly, after such a settlement, it shrank by half.
"I will ask lawyers and accountants to follow up, and I hope Warner can restrain himself." Ye Jin nodded.
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Chapter completed!