42. Issue
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"Director Lee Chong, hello, I'm showbox Choi Min-woo." A middle-aged man in a suit and tie walked into the office with two cups of coffee.
"Hello, President Cui." Li Chong took the coffee and said to the middle-aged man.
The showbox distribution company was established in 2002. At the beginning of its establishment, the group owned the largest cinema MegaboxCineplex, South Korea and the largest cable TV operator in South Korea, On*Media. It has produced and released many excellent films. In recent years, it has competed with CJ Entertainment for the first place in distribution.
Choi Minwoo is the co-founder of Showbox and the current president of Showbox. Choi Minwoo is extremely capable and courageous. Since the founding of Showbox, she has guided the company on the right path, so showbox has become increasingly popular in recent years.
"President Cui, I'm here this time to release my independent movie." Lee Chong said straight to the point.
"I have heard of you, and I am also surprised by Liu Xiuli's actions, but why did I release a movie that has been rated as 18 years old and can be watched, especially this Spring Festival schedule." Choi Min-woo said slowly.
"Uh, President Cui, what I want to tell you is that because I took some shots and then edited them again, I have to re-rated them. I guess this time I will have to be rated as a restricted viewing of over 19 years old." Li Chong took a sip of coffee.
"Restricted level over 19 years old?" Cui Minyu was a little surprised.
"Yes, because I came here to discuss my movie issue with you, I handed over the editing of the movie to Master Kim Min-sun, but I brought the first version of the previous one you can see." Lee Chong took out the tape of the movie and handed it to Choi Min-woo.
"Are you sure I'm interested?" Cui Minyu looked at Li Chong with some fun.
"Haha, if you have the opportunity to attack CJ Entertainment and Liu Xiuli, I think showbox will not give up this opportunity, right?" Li Chong took another sip of coffee.
"Are you so sure?" Choi Min-woo asked.
"You'd better take a look. Maybe you'll like it. The new version is better than this." Li Chong said slowly.
Choi Min-woo called, and a young man came soon, "You can show this movie to Minister Lee of the Distribution Department, and then ask him to give me a rating form as soon as possible."
In the next two hours, Li Chong and Choi Min-woo talked about many other things, and they got along very happily on the surface.
"Why do you think of shooting such a movie?" Choi Min-woo asked.
"I saw the murder of Liu Yongzhe before I served. After I served, I have been paying attention to the progress of the case trial. As more and more details are disclosed, I think the public should know something about human nature." Li Chong said.
As he said that, the young man knocked in and handed Choi Minyu a document. Choi Minyu opened the document and said, according to the current rating and current editing budget, the box office is expected to be around 200W if the rating is less than 500 million. If the rating is limited, the editing can be better than now. With the same publicity, the box office will be around 150W, which is generally worth the release.
Choi Minyu looked at the report and was a little thoughtful. In fact, according to Choi Minyu's idea, as long as it can hit CJ Entertainment, he didn't care about Li Chong's movies. However, he was reluctant to let Li Chong go during this Spring Festival. This time the box office was booming. If there was a movie made by a big director, it would be very helpful to the company.
"Uh, Director Li Chong, can I wait for your final edit to come out before we talk about it?" Cui Minyu finally decided to give Li Chong a chance. As long as Li Chong's final edit can pass, this schedule will be given to him.
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll call." Li Chong looked at the time and guessed that Kim Min-sun's side should be almost the same, so he called Zhang Xun. Li Chong had already thought that he would have to take out the last edited version, so he asked Zhang Xun to wait there.
Half an hour later, Zhang Xun brought the belt that Kim Min-sun had just edited. Everyone went to the screening room to watch it. This time the treatment was much better than before. President Choi Min-woo, Minister Lee of the Distribution Department, and Minister Ma of the Production Department all came, and even a company shareholder, Director Zhang, came.
Because Lee Chong is the first time he has watched this edited version, Lee Chong watched it very seriously from beginning to end, and was thinking while watching it, what is the difference between himself and Kim Min-sun. Kim Min-sun made full use of the characteristics of the atmosphere and made the movie editing extremely coherent. Because Lee Chong's reshoots made every climax point very fascinating and irresistible. Even if he was rated as 18 or above, the plot of the movie would bring the audience to the cinema.
"Okay, I'm good at watching this movie, the box office will not be low!" said Director Zhang, the shareholder of showbox. Minister Li from the distribution department was also particularly satisfied with this version. Which version of the previous version can only be said to be a good plot, the editing is still a bit awkward, and the plot is also a bit obscure. If you follow this version, the box office should be good.
Choi Minyu felt that it was a good thing that he did not reject Li Chong's request. If it weren't for the fact that he would have missed such a good movie. "Director Lee Chong, let's talk about the movie's box office share." Choi Minyu led Lee Chong to the office again.
"Our releases are usually 5% of the box office, but if your movie is released during the Spring Festival, I need to increase the share. And it is also released in our showbox cinemas, so I need to increase the share." Choi Min-woo said his requirements.
"Uh, how much do you plan to ask for?" Li Chong also knew that it was impossible for him to give him a new director this time.
"I want 8% of the distribution share, and I want 65% of the movie share," said Choi Min-woo.
"No." Li Chong said without hesitation.
"The release is normally 5%, I will give you 7%. As for the movie theaters under showbox, I will give you 63% to make up 7 floors. For other theaters, I will only give you 61%. If you can negotiate a lower one, I won't care. I will sell the copy money. I also require the publicity fee to be no less than 600 million yuan, and we will get half of it." Li Chong said his thoughts, which is also his bottom line.
Choi Min-woo thought about it, the result was also good. If he wanted it too much, Lee Chong might switch to another issuing company. After all, South Korea is not only CJ and showbox, but they are also the big shots from beginning to end.
"The deal is completed, but this movie is rated?" Choi Min-woo estimated that this movie will be over 18 years old.
"Let's just use it as a restricted publicity for over 19 years old." Li Chong is still relatively conscious.
"When are you going to be released?" Choi Min-woo asked again, this involves publicity.
"Well, of course, the faster the better. My idea is to miss the Spring Festival and release it after the Spring Festival, and give us a month of publicity period. "The date for Li Chong's release has actually been thought about.
Chapter completed!