Chapter 18 Scheming Boy
Li Qin: "The company has already negotiated. I am now an independent studio, so I can be directly responsible for the subsequent contracts. I will go back to Shanghai to deal with some things first. When you are ready, let me know. I will come to Beijing and we will talk face to face. "
Meng Bai: "Well done.JPG"
Li Qin: "By the way, there is also the issue of pay. My agent said that because there is no experience in cooperating with online dramas before, it is still the same as the TV series. It is determined by the broadcast time, and the pay is 50,000 per episode."
Meng Bai: "50,000? Didn't you say that you would try your best to get a "friendship price"? Comrade Li Qin, the organization is now very suspicious of your position. "
Li Qin: "50,000 is already very low. The drama I just finished broadcasting was filmed last year, and it cost 70,000."
Meng Bai: "Wow! Rich lady is looking for support~"
Li Qin: "Hehe (disdain.JPG)"
Meng Bai: "Then why were you so excited about more than 600,000 before? '
Li Qin: 'The film remuneration is not all mine. I have to share it with the company, pay the studio wages, and pay taxes.
And the money is not available all at once, and I don't get much in the end.
And then again, how can the feeling of being cheated and spending money be the same?
' Meng Bai: 'OK, anyway, you want a high film remuneration, and the share of the return profit is low, you decide for yourself.'
Li Qin: 'Hey, Mr. Meng, the cooperation hasn't even started yet, and you're settling accounts with me already?
' Meng Bai: 'Hey, Mr. Li, that's not right. As the saying goes, brothers should settle accounts clearly. Let's make the money issue clear in advance so as not to hurt feelings.'
Li Qin: 'Haha, please don't, we only have friendship, not feelings. I won't say anymore, I'm going to go through security to ascend the throne. '
Li Qin: 'Boarding, typo.'
Meng Bai: 'I wish Master Li a safe ascension to the throne and unification of the martial arts world!'
Li Qin: 'Rolling eyes.JPG'
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Looking at the emoticons sent by Li Qin on WeChat, Meng Bai smiled and put away his phone. Then he looked up and looked at Gan Wei who was sitting opposite him and said, "How about it, Sister Weiwei, do you have any questions about the terms of our cooperation agreement?"
Since the last time he reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Leshi.com, Meng Bai has not been idle these days.
While he was working on changing the previous literary script into a dialogue script, he was also connecting with Leshi.com to discuss the specific terms of the cooperation agreement.
Originally, as an independent screenwriter, and a new independent screenwriter with little qualifications and fame, Meng Bai had no say in the terms of profit sharing. It was already very good to get a screenwriter fee and a copyright fee.
If you are lucky, it would be a great gain to add a step-by-step reward for the playback data, so how dare you mention any share.
But Meng Bai is different.
Relying on the three cards of "script copyright", "professional team production" and "famous actors joining", he is not just a screenwriter in this web drama project, but more like a producer.
Investment, production (production), platform, the three most important components of a drama. Meng Bai now represents one of them, so he is naturally qualified to discuss profit sharing with Leshi.com.
Of course, as the sponsor and broadcasting platform, Leshi.com will definitely take the lion's share.
The two parties have been negotiating various aspects of the cooperation agreement in the past few days. Meng Bai also faced the "group attack" of Leshi.com's film and television department and finally won a good result.
According to the agreement, Meng Bai authorized the copyright of the online drama "Soul Ferry" to Leshi.com for exclusive broadcast. At the same time, Leshi.com also has priority for subsequent sequels and other forms of film and television development, such as novels, big movies, stage plays, etc.
By the way, in the script authorization, Meng Bai played a "little trick" commonly used in the industry.
Meng Bai registered two film and television studios, one called "Arc Light Culture" and the other called "Arc Light Film and Television". After that, he transferred the copyright of the script to "Arc Light Culture" and then authorized it to "Arc Light Film and Television" for use. All subsequent contracts with Leshi.com were signed in the name of "Arc Light Film and Television".
This is a common method used by content creators at home and abroad. Through the "nested" operation of the two companies, the copyright of their works can be guaranteed to be in their own hands to the greatest extent. Avoid being eaten up by strong investors or "outsiders" in subsequent cooperation.
In fact, for Meng Bai now, this set of methods is a bit redundant. The operation is more cumbersome, and some additional taxes on corporate operations must be borne.
However, people always have some high-level ideals, and Meng Bai also has some thoughts in his mind, such as "what if it becomes bigger and stronger in the future."
So instead of sorting out the troubles of these copyrights at that time, it is better to be a "scheming boy" from the beginning.
Back to the agreement between Meng Bai and Leshi.com, in terms of revenue sharing, Arclight Film and Television, as the producer, can get 26% of the comprehensive revenue during the entire broadcast of the series.
The so-called "comprehensive revenue" refers to all profits including advertising share, membership income, website traffic, etc.
Or to put it simply, for every hundred yuan earned by Leshi.com during the broadcast of "Soul Ferry" in the future, twenty-six yuan will be distributed to Arclight Film and Television.
In addition, the agreement also stipulates some specific details, such as Arclight Films must ensure the preparation progress and project time of the crew, all the expenses of the crew need to be reviewed by the financial personnel sent by Leshi.com, and the Leshi.com platform needs to provide necessary promotion during the later broadcast, etc.
These are all very trivial matters, but they are all indispensable in the cooperation.
Instead of waiting for the actual shooting and broadcasting in the later stage, it is better to clearly stipulate all the requirements at the beginning.
Fortunately, Gan Wei did not haggle over the terms of the agreement. He only proposed some revisions on a few key issues, and then quickly agreed to other conditions.
After all, "Pendulum" is just a "B-level project" of about 3 million. If it were not for the fact that this was independently invested and produced by Leshi.com and his personal relationship with Meng Bai, Gan Wei would not bother to care about such a "small project".
Therefore, after seeing that all the requirements she raised had been revised in the agreement, she said to Meng Bai readily: "There is no problem with the terms of the agreement. After we complete some internal procedures in the next few days, we can officially sign the contract."
"Thank you, Sister Weiwei." Meng Bai smiled and said: "Then I will also start preparing the crew and start filming as soon as possible. We will try to finish filming before the end of the year."
"So fast!" Gan Wei was obviously surprised by Meng Bai's efficiency: "Isn't it a bit too hasty? Although it is just a web drama, we still have to ensure the quality."
You know, it is early September now, and there are only three and a half months to the end of the year.
According to the average efficiency, a normal film and television project, from project establishment to script writing, to crew preparation, and filming, even if everything goes well, it will take at least more than half a year.
Of course, there have been many "quick shooters" in history. For example, during the peak period of Hong Kong movies, there was an example of only seven days from project establishment to filming completion.
But after all, it is a movie, with fewer shots and shorter length. In contrast, it is difficult for TV dramas with longer lengths to achieve this speed.
(End of this chapter)
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