After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 498: Accept the shady dealings, become the shady dealings, and surpass the shady dealings!

2012 1 Month 16 Day.

Weathering With You, The Flowers of War, and Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate are shown below.

Weathering With You grossed 11.39 billion yuan, becoming the annual Chinese box office champion in 2011!
The total box office of The Flowers of War was 8.51 million, making it the runner-up of the Chinese annual box office in 2011!
The total box office of Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate reached 7.16 million, ranking third in the Chinese annual box office in 2011!
During the Lunar New Year holiday, three movies swept the mainland film market and raked in more than 27 billion yuan at the box office.

As Ray and Berna release their annual financial reports.

The revenues of Weathering With You and Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate were made public, shocking the industry. The revenue of Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate was around 5000 million, and the revenue of Light Media was 1.3 million.

This profit doesn't seem like much.

But it was hyped up by the media and the film industry.

Since Red Cliff opened the era of blockbuster films, few domestic films have made a profit, let alone made a profit.

Let the Bullets Fly, If You Are the One 2, and Your Name are all billion-dollar box office blockbusters, and the outside world almost unanimously believes that they are loss-making.

After deducting all the costs of production, publicity, and ticket subsidies, Longmen and Weathering With You not only made money, but made a lot of money.

This is great news for every film practitioner and anyone who makes a living from movies.

As listed companies, Light Media and Bona announced their financial reports. Although New Picture is not a listed company and does not need to announce its financial reports, as the second largest domestic film company in 2011, the first and third largest companies have announced their profits, so it is unreasonable for the second largest company not to do so.

As a work competing for an Oscar, "The Flowers of War" had a lot of press conferences, surrounded by media pursuit, sarcasm and ridicule.

Zhang Weiping had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain the costs and returns of The Thirteen Hairpins.

"The Flowers of War" announced that the production cost was 8.51 million yuan, and it ranked second at the box office with million yuan. Even if it is exaggerated, it is still a loss!
As benchmark figures in domestic films in 2011, Yu Dong and Wang Changtian boasted to the media and boasted to the sky.

But Zhang Weiping couldn't brag about it. Even if the Thirteen Women earned more than your name, he couldn't tell anyone about it!

You can't just say that the production cost of Flowers of War was less than 200 million...

Making money is more painful than not making money!
If we can't talk about money in the open, then we can only brag about the Oscars.

Recommended by the Film Bureau of the General Administration of Press and Publication, "The Flowers of War" represented China in the competition for the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Zhang Yimou has been nominated for the "Best Foreign Language Film Award" three times, and his nominated works are "Ju Dou", "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Hero". There are only four mainland films nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and Zhang Yimou's three of them, and the other one is Chen Kaizi's "Farewell My Concubine".

"The Flowers of War" was destined for an Oscar from the very beginning, with an authoritative director, a top screenwriter, American technology, British special effects, Japanese visuals and an international cast, interpreting the Tokyo war film in an international way.

Zhang Weiping even boasted that The Flowers of War was the hope of Dongda Films to win an Oscar, and if Zhang Yimou couldn't win an Oscar, it would be a loss for the Oscars.

A prophecy!
On January 1th local time, the United States announced the preliminary list of the Best Foreign Language Film, including 18 films submitted by Taiwan, including "Seediq Bale". "The Flowers of War", which lost at the Golden Globe Awards, was eliminated again and was not even shortlisted.

Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou tried to align themselves with Hollywood in everything, but were slapped in the face by Hollywood.

The Flowers of War failed to advance to the Oscar, and the conflict between the two Zhangs became completely intensified.

The internet is flooded with news that Zhang Yimou is leaving New Picture, but Zhang Yimou, the person involved, has firmly stated that this is false.

According to multiple insiders, Zhang Yimou's new employer is said to be Pony.com or the American CAA.

Some netizens said that CAA is an agency and there is no contradiction in signing with both companies at the same time.

It is worth mentioning that CAA occupies an important position in the entertainment circle of Dongda.

The Hollywood businesses of movie stars such as Li Lianjie all belong to CAA; directors such as Wu Yusen, Lu Sang, Ning Hao, Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, etc. are all contracted directors, and Chinese stars under CAA include Zhao Yanzi, A Zu, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, Yu Nan, etc.

People in the industry said that Zhang Yimou's signing with CAA means he will enter the international market.

Before the release of "The Flowers of War", there were rumors that Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping had "broken up".

Starting with "If You Are the One" in 1997, the two Zhangs "exclusively" collaborated on 15 films in 11 years.

In 2010, on the 20th anniversary of the two Zhangs' acquaintance, the two appeared on the cover of "Bazaar Men" magazine with the theme of "Brothers"... Who would have thought that after 15 years of career "crystal wedding" together, they would actually "break up so easily".

In fact, the two had conflicts when they were filming Curse of the Golden Flower.

It's not a conflict of ideas or art.

It was because the profits were not shared equally, and Zhang Yimou felt that he got less.

The two Zhangs started making commercial films very early, and both "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" made a lot of money.

Lao Mouzi is not as concerned about his reputation and artistic character as outsiders think. He has already compromised with money.

Especially when Huayi went public, Feng Kuazi cashed out 200 million yuan, which made Zhang Yimou extremely envious.

At that time, he wanted to find a company with more strength and the ability to go public.

Li Mingyang suddenly emerged and partnered with Guangxian, Youku and Huace to make a lot of money. No one can tell exactly how much he earned.

Just from the shares of Youku and the copyright of Running Man, he made nearly 400 million yuan!
In addition, there are shares of Guangxian.

No one knows how many shares of Guangxian Li Mingyang owns.

But the reason why Guangxian is where it is today, with a market value of over 30 billion, is all due to the efforts of Li Mingyang alone!

Guangxian is really just occupying the position of a listed company and doing nothing.

There are rumors that Li Mingyang’s net worth exceeds 10 billion yuan, a large part of which is Guangxian’s shares.

The number of Guangxian shares owned by Li Mingyang is absolutely astronomical, otherwise Wang Changtian and Li Mingyang would have fallen out long ago...

Zhang Yimou has actually thought of his next target, which is LeTV Pictures and Pony.com, which have not yet gone public.

Now we haven’t reached an agreement on the shares...we’ve been stuck in a stalemate.

In the era of traffic, the entertainment industry is in turmoil.

Li Mingyang, who opened the curtain of the traffic era, left quietly.

Almost everyone in the country thought he went to Hollywood, but only a few people knew that he didn't.

The mountain eagle is one of them.

A hilltop villa in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Zuoshandiao sat on the sofa in the living room, listening to his subordinates' work reports in boredom and feeling terrible.

Li Mingyang stood him up at the last minute.

He was forced to wait at the airport for a day and finally came to Hollywood.

I have to come! Otherwise, how can I explain why the person is gone?

Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao swore on their own honor that they didn't know where Li Mingyang had gone.
What else could he say?
Are you saying you still have personality?
"Mr. Han, we've found Li Mingyang." The secretary hung up the phone, hesitant to speak.

"Where?" The eagle stood up suddenly and said angrily.

"On the stick."

"Why did you go to Bangzi? What's there?"

"They will send the information to you later. From what I understand, he opened a company called Bouquet Brokerage in Korea a long time ago. Not long ago, he opened another company called Bouquet Technology. It seems that his money was transferred through CJ, so we have not been able to find out."

"He did this secretly. How did you find out?" Zuoshandiao asked back.

"Someone said it, but I don't know who it was."

Zuoshandiao was pacing in the hall with his hands behind his back, and no one else dared to breathe.

Suddenly, Zuo Shandiao stopped and said angrily, "Now that we know about it, the people back home must have also received the news. Which bastard did it? Find out for me, find out for me!"

"Could it be Li Mingyang himself?" the secretary asked carefully.

"I have prepared foreign exchange for him. He asked CJ to help transfer the money out. He just didn't want us to know so early!"

The secretary nodded and quickly took out his cell phone to make a call.

"Wait! Book me a flight to Bangzi."

"Fox and Universal are waiting for you..."

"Drag it."

After Zuoshandiao finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, took out his cell phone from his jacket pocket and called Wang Changtian.

……

Wang Changtian learned from Zuoshandiao that Li Mingyang had actually gone to Bangzi.

Everyone was confused.

He had wondered whether Li Mingyang would go to Korea.

But the idea was quickly dispelled.

Because Korean movies don’t make money... Korean entertainment makes money from TV dramas, variety shows, and idol groups.

The movie industry in Korea is really subsidized by the chaebols...

The actors in Xiaozi are much more cost-effective than those in Korea. The actors in Korea are famously expensive in Asia!

Wang Changtian couldn't understand why Li Mingyang wanted to go to Korea, but now that he knew it, he couldn't just sit back and watch.

He always thought Li Mingyang would go to Thailand.

Thailand's tourism industry is highly dependent on the University of Tokyo. In order to attract domestic crews to shoot in Thailand, the subsidies are very high. The most important thing is that the prices are cheap, in all aspects, whether it is food, clothing, housing, transportation, or manpower and props.

"Why did you go to Bangzi?"

"How did you know?"

"Zuoshan Diao called me and told me that."

"Fuck, bitch!"

Li Mingyang cursed angrily.

He went to Korea with great effort to secretly run to Korea, but before he could even last a week, he was exposed.

"Don't be angry, listen to me, Koreans are not suitable for making movies, go to Thailand, I have a good relationship with several TV stations there, and I can mobilize the army."

“Forget Thailand.”

"Aren't you planning to release the movie in China?" Wang Changtian heard the voice-over.

"Let's talk about it later. Anyway, my focus now is on Korea. Hey, why are the actors so expensive here? Extras cost two or three hundred a day!"

"So I asked you to go to Thailand. Twenty or thirty dollars will be enough there..."

"..."

"There is a policy support there now. If the local shooting cost exceeds 20 million baht, you can get a cash rebate subsidy of up to %. Xu Zheng has already been to Thailand, and the policy there is very good."

"Eh... the policy has nothing to do with me. I don't have to pay for the filming here."

"Who are you partnered with?"

"CJ."

"Well... then you really shouldn't pay. Li Meijin from CJ Entertainment is quite passionate about movies... Once she sets her eyes on someone, she will spare no effort in investing resources in that person. But if you are not worthy of her..."

"You know her so well..."

"CGV and Wanda are working on a merger. I know a little about it."

"What did she say... I'll just take a look at the situation from here."

"There's some bad news. China Film Group is going to stop all overseas distribution of Weathering With You. If you run away secretly, they'll probably take you to Hollywood."

"Just stop it, who's afraid of who?"

Li Mingyang chatted with Wang Changtian for a while, learned about the domestic situation, and then hung up the phone.

He sneaked away to South Korea, and the person who informed him was, no doubt, Fan Binbin.

Li Mingyang really intends to give the role of Go teacher to Fan Binbin.

However, the actor fees from Korea completely stupefied Li Mingyang.

The income of top Korean actors is very high, especially those who often produce hits and are international first-line stars. Their pay for a single episode can reach 1 million won, which is almost 50 yuan. In addition, the pay for movies is often higher, and the specific amount depends on the fame of the actor and the budget of the movie.

The income of mid-level actors is usually more stable, with their per-episode pay ranging from about 1000 million to 5000 million won.

The lower-level actors, that is, extras, mostly have their remuneration calculated on a daily or hourly basis, and they must also meet the minimum income guarantee.

The daily salary of a stable extra is generally between 5 and 10 won, which is about 265 to 531 RMB.

The hourly wage for actors is uncertain, which is around 8000 won per hour.

CJ Entertainment takes the high-end route, both in movies and theaters.

Even for art films, CJ Entertainment needs to have a very strong team.

This is the philosophy of CJ Entertainment, and once Lee Mi Jin is interested in a movie, she will spare no effort.

CJ Entertainment gathered all the people in accordance with the film project plan he gave, and the budget exceeded 80 million!

Nearly 160 billion won...

He alone took away 5 billion won in compensation, plus a % profit share.

The pay they gave was the highest in Korea, and they even said they would help them escape S...

The Korean entertainment industry has always been quite "tolerant" towards Korean stars' tax issues.

Many Korean entertainment stars have been exposed by the media for tax evasion. Song Hye Kyo, Kim Tae Hee, Kwon Sang Woo, and Lee Byung Hun are the most famous among them. However, this does not prevent them from filming and winning major awards.

When these Korean stars are found to have committed tax evasion, they often simply go through a process of paying the tax, apologizing, and treating the matter coldly, and then pretend nothing happened.

So all Korean stars evade taxes, without exception!
The chaebols control celebrities through tax evasion...

This operation is a bit similar to daily life.

Fukada is the best-selling romantic action film and a otaku killer.

Because of tax evasion, the National Tax Agency demanded 8000 million yen in taxes!
The fine was so severe that the family was bankrupt.

Then Fukada had a falling out with the firm because the firm was handling taxes.

The reason they did this was that Fukada was disobedient and wanted to run away.

Negotiations between the two parties were fruitless, so the firm took action and exposed her tax affairs.

When she was notified to pay additional taxes, she only had 2000 million left in her card.

With a single swipe, seven years of hard-earned money was instantly reduced to zero.

But the remaining 6000 million has not been settled yet, so I can only take more notices and cash in as soon as possible.

Who should I turn to for cashing out? It’s still the same group of people, the firm just changed its name...

The same operation is used in Korea, and it is an unwritten rule in the industry.

If you obey, you will work hard. If you don't obey, the tax department will come to your door...

Of course, there are even more deceptive and bloody ways.

But this is generally used against idols.

As for the actors... Koreans are not that bad. For example, CJ really paid the actors enough money.

Of course, this is normal.

If you meet a bad boss, the end is like Zhang Ziyan and Shirley...

There are so many shady dealings in Korea that it can drive people crazy...

Civilians have no human rights.

Of course, civilian actors have no human rights either.

Accept the shady dealings, become the shady dealings, and transcend the shady dealings!

This is the way for Korean entertainment to survive!

For example, Song Hye Kyo.

This woman is a tough character.

The actresses are generally miserable, but the actors... are okay, they are handsome and can get close to rich women.

Some of the wealthy women are daughters of chaebols.

For example, Lee Jung-jae and the chaebol's daughter, Won Bin and his wife.

As for Lao Huang... he is too ugly! It's hard for him to even chase after his high school classmate's wife.

In general, Korean entertainment is in a hot state, especially the idol industry, but as long as you stay out of it and focus on making movies, there will be no problem.

Of course, this is for him.

He himself is the capital!
Because the cost of making a movie is too high...it costs 4000 million to select Fan Binbin.

He finally chose to compromise.

Kick Fan Binbin out.

Fan Binbin wanted to explain, but Li Meijin waved his hand and asked the security guard to drag Fan Binbin away...

After being kicked out yesterday, Zuo Shandiao knew today that he was in Korea. If it wasn’t Fan Binbin who told him off, he would never believe it even if he was beaten to death.

"Is this woman sick? How dare she offend me?" Li Mingyang didn't understand.

Logically speaking, Fan Binbin is not an idiot!

Why do you offend me? Are you looking for trouble?
If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. Li Mingyang came out of the bedroom on the second floor and came to the living room.

Talking to Zhang Wei about streaming media.

In order to keep up with the international standards, the streaming media was finally named FBTV.

Abbreviation for flower bouquet television.

"Shouldn't you learn Korean?" Zhang Wei said as she sat on the sofa and looked at some materials.

"Isn't it time for you to move in somewhere else?" Li Mingyang said with a smile.

Now that my mother has returned to China, the house is naturally empty, so Li Mingyang temporarily lends the house to Zhang Wei to live in, and she also helps to look after the house.

"Aren't you lending it to me for a while?"

"You also remember that this is a temporary stay. Now that I'm here, shouldn't you find a place to live?"

Da da da……

There was a regular sound of high heels hitting the ground at the stairs, from top to bottom.

After a while, Zhong Xiaoyu, with big wavy red hair, wearing sunglasses, a white down jacket, a red suspender skirt, and black high heels, came down from the second floor seductively, as if she had just got off work at a nightclub.

"Why can she live here?"

"A luxurious house with a beautiful woman. Xiaoyu is an assistant, so of course she can live there."

Zhang Wei glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "I'll leave when the bouquet video is online. This is the company's expenditure last month."

Li Mingyang took it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked, "Why is it so expensive, more than five million."

“The salary is high here.”

"It's too high, it's three times more expensive! Will Busan be cheaper?"

“Excellent talents are concentrated in Seoul, similar to Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.”

"We can't afford to delay any longer. Kakao isn't paying attention, so we'll just do it ourselves."

What Kakao can provide is massive traffic, and what Li Mingyang can provide is the copyright of Dongda Film and Television.

So the two sides hit it off and started streaming media.

In fact, Kakao’s grand strategy has not yet touched the field of streaming media.

Kaka Chat, the Korean version of WeChat is the lifeblood of Kakao.

Kaka Chat is now being besieged by chaebols and can hardly protect itself, so Lao Jin has no intention of getting involved in streaming media.

FBTV is an app developed by Huabao Technology, and Kakao provides technical and traffic support.

The two parties jointly established a new company called KakaoF, with Huahua Technology holding a 60% stake and Kakao holding a 40% stake.

Similar to the 30% Apple tax.

In fact, it’s not just Apple, almost all smartphone apps have a commission system.

Apple's iOS is a closed system. If you don't jailbreak the iOS system, you can only download software from the Appstore, and you can't escape the taxes you have to pay.

Google's Android is an open source system. Users do not have to download software from Google Play. They can download it from third-party platforms or even from the official website of the APP. In this way, they do not have to pay the 30% commission.

This freedom is in the hands of developers. If you want traffic from Google Play, then choose to pay the commission. If you don’t need it, then don’t pay it.

Domestic Android phones are all modified based on the Android open source AOSP. The channels are controlled by themselves and have nothing to do with Google.

Domestic Android systems also charge commissions, but they are very targeted. They do not charge for subscriptions, memberships, etc. They almost only charge for one type of APP, and that is games!

The commission for games charged by domestic Android phones is as high as 50%, which is the highest commission in the world.

Domestic Android mobile phone brands led by Huawei, OPPO, vivo, and Honor.

These brands monopolize about 60% of the domestic mobile phone market. They have jointly established a "hardcore alliance" to unify the game business of the app store and implement a commission rate of about 50%.

Even more nonsense than the Apple tax!
Although Xiaomi has not joined the "Hardcore Alliance", it also uses a 50% commission ratio on the game channel...

Mobile phone manufacturers suck the blood of game companies, taking commissions as high as 50%!

It’s not that the major game manufacturers haven’t criticized it, but the channels are in their hands.

No protection fees.

Your game will completely disappear from the Hardcore Alliance's app store.

The APK installation package can only be downloaded through the web or third-party platforms, and a warning of "virus risk" will be displayed during installation.

70% of the 50% gross profit is taken away, leaving only 20%.

In the end, the penguin couldn't stand it anymore and fell out with the mobile phone manufacturer.

This is the famous Huateng 'channel war'.
The cause of this "channel war" was that Penguin wanted to reduce the channel commission rate from 50% to 30%, but Huawei disagreed with the price reduction and directly removed Penguin games from the shelves.

In the end, Penguin compromised and signed a new three-year contract with Huawei, continuing the 50% profit sharing agreement.

However, the domestic competition was very unpredictable and the situation changed later.

The three giants of mobile games, Penguin, NetEase, and MiHoYo, have taken action against Hardcore Alliance and have rejected Android channels.

NetEase and TikTok collaborate.

MiHoYo cooperates with taptap and Bilibili.
Penguins use WeChat.

This is all because there was a problem with the leader of the Hardcore Alliance.

For well-known reasons, Huawei was forced to stop using the Android system and instead develop Harmony OS, also known as the Hongmeng system.

Putting aside the system performance, the biggest feature of Hongmeng is that it is separated from the Android ecosystem and is a closed ecosystem built for the domestic market.

Abandoning Android also means the disappearance of the "Android tax", which is completely inconsistent with the pace of the hardcore alliance.

In order to attract penguins to join Hongmeng, Huawei broke the convention of the hardcore alliance and reduced the commission rate.

The penguin won without a fight...

Whoever controls the channel has the right to speak.

(End of this chapter)