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- Ye Wei's words made Reynolds Hall burst into cheers again, attracting curious glances from other students, who shouted: "They are wrong!" and "Absolutely!"
The questioner Lily smiled, trying not to get excited. Wei's speech ability is undoubtedly very strong, but the problems we are facing now cannot be solved by speech alone. We need more real materials!
After everyone calmed down, Ye Wei continued: "First of all, I want to tell everyone a common sense about film production financing: the best money is other people's money."
He smiled and said, "I have emptied all your pockets, including mine, so we have to reach into other pockets."
"Do you mean crowdfunding?" Lily couldn't help but murmured, feeling a little disappointed in her heart. Is that just this?
Everyone frowned and scratched their heads, and the evil laughter of John Williams and others could still be heard in their ears: "That stupid boy must still want to crowdfund, this is a Ponzi scheme!" I really don't want to be slandered by those evil people, crowdfunding is actually not No, but everyone really has no money. Who can we raise money from? You have to raise millions to make a film, right? It¡¯s difficult!
¡°I didn¡¯t say that, it¡¯s not crowdfunding.¡±
Ye Wei shrugged, making everyone sigh in relief, but at the same time full of doubts and expectations, they heard him ask: "One question, who is the richest person in the world?"
Everyone suddenly thought about it, and Chen Nuo answered in a low voice: "Bill Gates?" Babu had a different opinion: "I think it is the Freemasons, they control the world." His words aroused the attention of Lev and others. People laughed and replied in a non-serious manner: "Batman, right?", "It's obviously Tony Stark!", "It's Ronald McDonald!"
"Guys, I'm serious!" Babu said anxiously.
"I'm serious too, it's Forrest Gump, haha!" Lev said smugly.
"Stop making trouble, doesn't anyone have another answer?" Ye Wei looked around at the silent crowd, "Lily?" Lily also shook her head without guessing, so he revealed the answer: "Bank!"
"Oh!" An atmosphere of sudden realization spread, and everyone understood that it was to borrow money from the bank!
A new question arises, why should the bank lend to you? What to use as collateral? It can¡¯t be a school, right? Their doubts only increased.
"Is it too risky to borrow money from the bank?" Lily raised her eyebrows. Even if she really borrowed the money, what would she use to repay the debt if the film loses money?
Ye Wei smiled, but was very confident, and said: "Mortgage loans are of course risky, but what if they are not mortgage loans? It is just a completion and performance insurance provided by an insurance company to ensure that the film will be produced in accordance with all the provisions of the contract. , otherwise the insurance company will compensate the bank for the loss, so the bank will bear only a small part of the risk.¡±
Whatwhat? Everyone feels even more confused. Why do insurance companies issue such insurance?
Most of them cannot be called "ordinary children". Some of their parents are high-end professionals, businessmen, and celebrities, so they are already relatively understandable. Let's try some 7th-9th graders from public schools. , guaranteed to know nothing except cool.
But even a kid like Lily, who has been exposed to film and television entertainment since childhood, has been on TV, and attended the Oscars, still can¡¯t figure out the truth.
So there was silence, no one said much, everyone was waiting for VIY to answer their questions.
Ye Wei took a few thoughtful steps, thinking about what he had learned and planned in his dream, and slowly started from the beginning: "The current financing methods for independent films mainly include the following: financing similar to that of major producers, film Funds, co-production, maximizing the use of local tax incentives, advertising placement, post-payment, crowdfunding, self-investment, and what I plan to dooverseas copyright pre-sales.¡±
Everyone¡¯s eyes are gradually brightening, overseas copyright pre-sale?
"In the 1970s, an Italian theater managerwell, by the way, Dino de Laurentiis first used this method of financing, which used promissory notes paid by foreign distributors as collateral to borrow all the Production funding.
What we want to do is, first of all, take "Little Miss Sunshine" which is still just a script and production plan, and negotiate with foreign buyers to sell the film's theatrical release rights, DVD and TV in the region to them, maybe Just a copyright, maybe all of it.
By pre-selling these overseas distribution rights, we get production funds, a small part of which is the advance payment, and the remaining amount is the number on the contract, which will be posted after the film is delivered. It's like selling the UK theatrical screening rights to a British distributor for 500,000, of which 100,000 is an advance payment, as well as France, Germany, Italy all over the world. "
Ye Wei scanned the faces of everyone who seemed to understand, and finally fixed his eyes on Lily, and then said: "When we useIn this way, after we get enough budget money on paper, we go to the completion performance insurance company to insure it. After getting the insurance, we bring all the contracts to the bank to borrow money, and then
Do you think the bank will lend it to us? Yes, banks will. In the past nearly thirty years, independent producers have relied on borrowing money in this way. This is a pillar of independent production!
Because as long as the film is delivered on time, the money on paper will turn into real money, we can repay the debt, and the bank will earn interest and service fees; what if the film unfortunately is not completed? The insurance company will take over the project and take care of the bank side at the same time, and the most we can do is go bankrupt and not go to jail, but we won¡¯t, we will finish the film!
¡°Moreover, we have to comprehensively use all suitable financing methods, such as tax incentives, advertising placement In the end, we will find that we have not spent any money in our pockets. "
After saying that, Ye Weicai smiled again, confident, bright and ambitious.
Everyone is still quiet, and they are all dumbfounded. Who said VIY has no knowledge or talent? Who is it! Are you kidding me? How can an ignorant person say this? Profound, professional and awesome words!
Overseas copyright pre-sale, I just found out about it today!
Some people understand it, and some people still don¡¯t quite understand it, but it feels doable!
"Oh grandpa, there is a genius here! Brother Wei, you are a damn genius!" Lev's excited scream broke the silence, his face flushed with excitement, just like Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" Seeing the ships passing by, they shouted: "Great, how much money can we get from this? 3 million? 6 million!?"
"Okay!!" Bud also burst into ecstasy, "When that day comes, we will have a good meal to celebrate!"
Every student laughed, as if they had seen the shitty faces of John Williams and others, how about it! ? Baby, this isn¡¯t crowdfunding!
Wow, Lily couldn't help but admire in her heart, that surging feeling of goodwill appeared again. This bastard really had a detailed plan, it wasn't just lip service, it wasn't just playing games
"What's wrong?" Looking at everyone's reaction, Ye Wei smiled in shock, "Does this make you crazy? I'm really worried that you won't be able to bear it anymore!"
At this time, Kerwin, who had been silently and calmly filming the DV video, said like a ghost: "But why do those overseas distributors buy the copyright to "Little Miss Sunshine"?"
Uh-huh! The atmosphere suddenly became stagnant, and everyone's initial enthusiasm calmed down. Yes, it can be said that this is the first and most critical step, which is to convince those publishers to pay.
Think about it, no one knows the quality of "Little Miss Sunshine", and their age and status don't seem to give any outsiders confidence. This is too difficult.
"For God's sake, Corwin" Lev gritted his teeth in dissatisfaction. Can't you just make people happy for a while? If you don't speak, no one will think you don't exist!
"Yes, it is not easy to convince those distributors. The key is that we have to give a production plan that can impress them."
Ye Wei has already considered this level of consideration, and he is the person here who knows best how difficult this matter is.
Yes, pre-selling copyrights is the financing pillar of the independent film industry, but the process is actually complicated and long. It takes a year or two for a project to get the money from the bank, which is considered fast. Sometimes it even takes several years. The difficulty and The time consumption is definitely not lower than the crowdfunding mode of "Blood Maze".
Not to mention that this is a project abandoned by Focus Company. In the future, the online lineup will read "Producer Ye Wei, Director Ye Wei". Think about the faces of those managers of overseas distributors when they saw this. expression? No one is a fool, they are all profiteers. They will not buy it. No matter how well prepared he is and how moving his blueprint is, no publisher will buy it.
unless¡¡
¡°In the production plan, there is a contract for a big shot to join the film! When the time comes, it won¡¯t be us begging the distributors to buy it, but the distributors begging us to sell it!¡±
Ye Wei's words were as loud as the sound of a bell, shaking everyone's spirits. The fog in front of their eyes was lifted again, and they saw the light!
"Like a big director or a big star?" Lily couldn't help but ask.
"That's right!" Ye Wei smiled and nodded, "It's half right, because of two reasons. First, the director will be me; second, overseas audiences generally don't buy the credit of big directors. They only know big stars, so it's best Comedy or action stars, that¡¯s what overseas distributors love most.¡±
What! ? Everyone was really shocked again, their hearts couldn't bear it. It was the first time for them to hear VIY say that he wanted to be the director of the film!
Even if they are not familiar with moviesWhen it comes to movies, everyone knows the difference between a producer and a director. There are many kinds of producers, one just pays, and another is responsible for the production; and there is only one kind of director, and a director is a director. The person who tells the story is the god on the set and the soul of the movie
Except for Lev and a few others, everyone had always thought that VIY would only be the boss of the company. If he wanted to participate in production, he would only be a supervisor. Professional producers and professional directors would be hired for filming. They never thought that he would take part in it himself. You won¡¯t want them to star, right?
Lily also stared with surprise: "Youdirector?"
"Yes! Otherwise, what do you think I mean by making a movie?" Ye Wei smiled confidently, "I can't wait to direct this story."
Lev gave a thumbs up. He was the first person to know about Wei Ge's decision and he was proud of it: "Only a feature film can show Wei Ge's talent." Bud nodded repeatedly: "Yes."
"But" Lily really doesn't want to spoil the fun, but this isn't playing house, nor can you really be a house if you want to!
Movie director? Doesn¡¯t he still have a long way to go before he can achieve this career? She didn't like seeing his exaggerated side, so she frowned and said, "Yi, I think we can reconsider the choice of director. We don't have to decide so quickly. After all that's the director."
Although they have great trust in VIY, many people have to agree with what Lily said. They don¡¯t even understand what professional film directors do. It can¡¯t just be like making short films for middle school students, right? Although he is powerful, he may not know much
"OK, let's talk about this later." Ye Wei nodded, understanding their doubts very well. It would be strange if he didn't have any doubts, but only he knew that he was competent.
"Words are unfounded. If you want to convince others, you must show your talents in real terms, but obviously not now."
Of course, as the only general partner of the company, he has supreme production rights. Even if everyone objects, he can still implement his own ideas.
Seeing that Wei seemed to have given up, Lev and the others became anxious. Only because they received his look of "let's not argue for now" did they hold back and say nothing.
Others didn¡¯t hold on, because there was a second surprising thing, which they were more interested in: inviting a big star to join!
Talking about this, Lev shouted excitedly: "Brother Wei, who are you going to invite? Meryl Streep? She played so well in "Sophie's Choice""
"Can we invite Jack Black? I like him!" Bud also hurriedly said the candidate in his mind. Chen Nuo over there also said: "I like Marlon Brando." Kerwin also joined in: "Dustin Hoffman."
Others are saying: "Lindsay Lohan! Lindsay Lohan!", "No, no, no, I prefer Jennifer Aniston, okay?"
Seeing that their spirits were so high that they were out of control, talking about their idols and the names of various celebrities, Ye Wei felt a little helpless. No one here is Yuri, right? So how can we make those big stars rush to pounce on us? The fact is: given the current situation, it is difficult to invite ordinary well-known actors, let alone celebrities.
Lily also shook her head and smiled. She is the one who is most familiar with the big screen figures here and cannot be as optimistic as everyone else. "Why don't we think about famous actors first?"
"No, it can only be a big star. The more famous the better."
Ye Wei said unequivocally, not because of arrogance, but out of necessity: "We need a big shot who can support fast and high-priced overseas pre-sales. The influence of famous actors is too small. Only superstars can do this." , such as members of the 20 million salary club"
"HOW? This is impossible" Lily was a little annoyed. The more he talked, the more exaggerated he became. First he was a director, and then he invited a superstar with a salary of 20 million yuan. Can he be more practical?
Trieste, Connie and other girls all have weird looks in their eyes. It sounds cool, but in reality it¡¯s just a daydream.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, should they be excited or rational
"A friend once told me, 'Even if no one thinks highly of you, you must stick to your own ideas and keep going.' I now give this sentence to everyone. This is our purpose. Nothing is impossible. !¡±
Ye Wei raised his eyebrows, looked around the crowd, and said loudly: "Just a few days ago, someone said how could we raise 500,000 yuan, how could we buy the script, and then how could we really have a production plan, and how could we hire How can it be possible to film a good movie if you have a star, how can it be released
Guys, these "how is it possible" will follow us for a long time. Until we succeed, let others ask it and ask it with our own reason! But there are many things that reason cannot do.?But it works! Remember, every step we take now, no matter whether we succeed or fail, we are creating new film history, so please don¡¯t tell me that it¡¯s impossible!
Just like don¡¯t tell the Wright brothers, ¡®It¡¯s impossible for humans to fly¡¯, guys, those who did, ended up with their jaws dropped! We must never stop working hard or give up the opportunity to create miracles just because others can't do it. Never! "
When everyone heard this, their blood boiled up again, "You're right!", "Yes, that's how it should be!", "Brother Wei, just go ahead and do it, we support you!"
Lily's face turned red, and she felt annoyed, moved, depressed, or excited This guy was really hateful, and he made it sound like she didn't support him. She just didn't want to be blind She had very contradictory thoughts, and he always asked her to do it. Can¡¯t be my normal self¡
But after hearing what he said, she didn¡¯t want to be a mediocre person who didn¡¯t dare to dream, so she said in a stiff voice: ¡°That friend of yours said it well, let¡¯s give it a try.¡±
"Yeah." Ye Wei nodded, still looking serious: "That friend also said, 'Brother Wei, you are really handsome, like a prince.'" Lily immediately rolled her eyes at him, if there weren't so many people around. Man, she would really go up and pinch him, that cheeky guy!
"If it succeeds, then we will pay 20 million yuan in salary?" At this time, Babu's soft voice came out.
"No, zero pay and dividends from the total income. This is the practice and the only feasible way of remuneration for inviting superstars to join independent films." Ye Wei replied.
"Brother Nawei, have you decided who to invite?" Lev asked excitedly, which was also the question that everyone was most looking forward to.
"I haven't set a goal yet, but this is my production plan, and I will work hard to achieve it!"
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