"Of course!" Xu Qingdong nodded, "As long as you can get me a camera, the kind that makes movies, all other problems can be easily solved.

After all, we are self-financing the film and we don’t need to pay for it from Beijing Film Academy, so of course it’s no problem.”

"Wait!" Cao Zhiqiang suddenly waved his hand.

"What happened again?" Xu Qingdong asked.

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "I suddenly remembered something and forgot to ask you. After the filming of this movie is completed, how will the accounts be divided?"

"What kind of division of accounts?" Xu Qingdong was stunned.

"How do we divide the box office?" Cao Zhiqiang asked, "For example, if we make a movie and then show it, how do we divide the box office? How much of the box office revenue can we share among those who make the movie?"

"Ah, you said this." Xu Qingdong chuckled, "You don't have to worry about this. We don't need to divide the box office, we just buy it out, so as long as the cost does not exceed 900,000, we will definitely make some money."

"What? Buyout? Nine hundred thousand?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"You don't know?" Xu Qingdong frowned.

"I'm just asking you because I don't know!" Cao Zhiqiang said.

Xu Qingdong frowned again, and then began to explain to Cao Zhiqiang.

It turns out that the domestic film system at this time implemented a policy of unified purchase and sales.

That is to say, all film studios are only responsible for making movies. After the movie is made, as long as it passes the review, it will be handed over to China Film Company to buy out and distribute it.

As for China Film Company, if it wants to distribute your movie, it will buy your movie at a fixed price of 900,000 yuan.

In other words, after the movie is released, whether it is good or bad at the box office, it has nothing to do with your film company.

The box office was sluggish, with less than 900,000 yuan, so China Film Company was the loser.

The box office was great, and China Film Company was the one who made the money.

For example, "The Wrangler", which was a hit all over the country at that time, had a box office of nearly 130 million in an era when movie tickets were only a dime, and it was so popular that it was so popular.

Don't look at that movie becoming such a hit. As the film's production company, SIPG still only received 800,000 from China Film Company, and the majority of it was made by China Film Company.

By 1983, the acquisition price of China Film Company had increased to 900,000.

In other words, as long as China Film Company agrees to distribute your movie, no matter how much your movie costs, their purchase price will be 900,000.

For this reason, this period is also called the fixed-price era.

From this point of view, if you want to make money by making a movie at this time, you must control the cost, and it must be within 900,000.

Generally speaking, modern feature films have the lowest cost. As long as they are well shot, the income is quite considerable. It is still possible to earn hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands from a film.

Just like Tsao Chi-keung's movie, if it can really be shot for 100,000 yuan, then the purchase price of 900,000 yuan will have a gross profit of 800,000 yuan, which is quite a bargain.

In particular, this film is exclusively sponsored and invested by Huaxia Audio and Video Company. Beijing Film Studio only provides people and equipment, and if it also provides a sign, the profit is generally 37%, with Beijing Film Studio receiving 30% and Huaxia Audiovisual Company receiving 70%.

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If Beijing Film Studio does not produce equipment or people, but only produces a sign, then the profit can be as low as 28%, and it will be difficult to get any lower.

Upon hearing that this was the buyout method, Cao Zhiqiang immediately became furious.

"Ma Dan, it's too deceptive if we can't share it! Isn't this a money grab?"

Seeing that Cao Zhiqiang was suddenly angry, Xu Qingdong was stunned for a moment, and then quickly advised: "How can this be a money grab? It's like this now!"

"Everything is like this, but it's not like that in Xiangjiang!"

"But we are not Hong Kong, we have our own national conditions here!"

Upon hearing Xu Qingdong's words, Cao Zhiqiang choked up: "I..."

Xu Qingdong quickly apologized and said with a smile: "President Cao, please calm down first.

In fact, everything has pros and cons.

As for our system, if you think about it on the bright side, at least this way we don't have box office pressure.

Regardless of whether the movie is a hit or not, as long as we control the shooting costs, we will not lose money.

Therefore, we can shoot what we want to shoot, and we don’t have to shoot according to the market trend like those in Xiangjiang, but make some vulgar stuff, which has no artistry at all and is purely commercial garbage."

Cao Zhiqiang curled his lips.

Also, with a buyout, the director can indeed make what he wants without catering to the mainstream or the market, but this is not what he wants.

Just kidding, Cao Zhiqiang went to great lengths and even thought of using his stage name to increase traffic for this movie.

Then you tell me that after the movie is released, the box office performance has nothing to do with me? Is my movie bought out at a fixed price?

Then I'd better play with my balls!

It's a mess, it's a total mess!

"No more filming, no more filming!" Cao Zhi slammed the table, "Axi, mother Ganlin! I won't jump into this big trap of making a movie! Refund the money, hurry up!"

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang suddenly become like this, Xu Qingdong was embarrassed: "Well, then you can apply to our factory in the name of China Audio and Video Company, and then you have to hold a meeting to discuss it. Even if everything goes well..."

"Then you have to refund the money!" Cao Zhiqiang said angrily, "At least you can still get money by refunding the money, but if you continue to make movies, it will be a big trap."

"Why is this such a big hole?" Xu Qingdong quickly advised.

"This movie is so good, China Film Group will definitely want it. As long as they agree to acquire it, it will cost 900,000 yuan!

Let's control the cost. I don't think it will cost 200,000 yuan, but at most 300,000 yuan.

If you compress it a bit, it's not impossible to get it to 100,000 yuan.

Therefore, this movie is still very interesting!"

Cao Zhiqiang glanced sideways at Xu Qingdong:

"What do you know? I want to participate in this movie myself, my time is not money?

Damn it, do you know how valuable my time is? Do you know how much money I can make in a day?

I... in short, I won’t make this movie anymore, I love so-and-so!"
Chapter completed!