~： Five hundred and eighty-eight - sky-high price.

"ohmygod, an exciting income, isn't it?"

With the narration of the assistant lady, Wayne had to sigh. Compared with myself as a director, with the top 20+20 remuneration in the industry, in terms of income, it is really not as good as investing in a big-selling film as the owner of a film company. Coupled with the well-established follow-up operation channels of Warner Bros., all the follow-up benefits of the big-selling films can be directly squeezed out.

Just like "The Departed", this film was affected by the Oscar effect, and the subsequent video tapes have been selling very well. The R-rated film attribute of the film is also relatively cheap in the video tape rental market. The film has never fallen out of the top ten in North American video sales.

There is also the first part of "The Matrix". Because of the fire of the second part of "The Matrix", the videotape market of this film has also been driven. These two films are dominated by Wayne's studios, and they will occupy the entire copyright total. fifty percent of income.

Not counting the revenue that the two films have shared before, this time Warner Bros. has poured more than $125 million into Greenberg's studio. You know, this is not a one-shot deal. Perhaps these follow-up income will gradually drop over time, but even if this part of the income passes ten or twenty years, it can still create a large amount of income for him every year.

"The Actors Guild, the Screenwriters Guild, and even the Directors Guild will announce the average salary of members every year." Nina also sighed at the figures she said by herself, especially because she knew it better than anyone, similar to these two films. In nature, many projects jointly invested and produced by Greenberg Studios and Warner Bros. will be launched in the next two or three years. "No wonder the Producers Guild never announces the producer's income in person. The follow-up benefits in this regard are too terrifying."

"You are wrong, Nina."

Extending a finger, Wayne shook the assistant lady. "The income is terrible, only those members who are also producers and film company owners. For those producers who do not participate in film investment, the income is not as much as that of celebrities."

Anyone who knows a little about Hollywood's operating rules knows that this circle is producer-centered. That is to say, in a production crew, only the producer representing the management is the center of power, not the director or star.

This is also the main reason why those first-line stars and top directors in the circle will want to part-time a producer title, because this title can effectively guarantee their rights and treatment in the crew.

However, compared with the absolute power of its representative management in the crew, the income of producers is much lower than that of celebrities and film directors. Compensation of supervisors.

Only those well-known producers who continue to succeed, and producers who can initiate projects on their own initiative, can sign a contract with the production company with a later box office share, but this part of the box office share is not much, normally it is only a few A point, and their own basic salary is as low as only a million dollars, and this income, even if it lasts for 20 years, will not improve much.

But if Wayne is a film investor as a project producer, then the income is another level. After all, producers like this basically belong to the boss of the film company. The follow-up income of a big hit movie can last for many, many years, but the payee of this income is not an individual or a subordinate film company.

"Colin Howard led the accounting team of PricewaterhouseCoopers to keep an eye on the follow-up income of these two films." Nina obviously did not want to discuss the issue of producer income with her boss, and brought the topic back to business. "I believe that the moisture content of this part of the income is very low. Even if there are some petty cats, they will only appear on the authorization of overseas peripherals."

Nodding silently, Wayne is already very satisfied with this step. Film companies, especially movie giants like Warner Bros., who are left-handed and right-handed, want to hide some movie-related income.

As Nina said, even if there are some petty cats, they will only appear on the authorized numbers around overseas movies. There are definitely cases in this regard, but as long as the accountant team led by Colin Howard is watching, it will not be mixed with too much water.

Don't look at him as a shareholder of Warner Bros., but in this regard, there will be no difference. After all, it is Greenberg Studios who signed the contract with Warner Bros.

Compared with the follow-up income of the two films with extremely messy statistics, Wayne's income on "Batman: The Dark Knight" is much more transparent.

"The last part of the basic salary is 6.9 million US dollars. Warner Bros. chose to settle it together in advance this time." Nina looked at her work record book and continued to report the income that was settled this time. "According to the director and producer contract regulations, as well as the rules that everyone in the circle abides by, the last part of the basic salary should be settled after the film is released, but this time it is estimated that Warner Bros. has sufficient liquidity and gave this part in advance. money."

According to the contract signed by Wayne and Warner Bros., his main salary is mainly the director's position, and the base salary is the so-called 20 million US dollars. This part of the money, before the film started and after the post-production of the film was completed, Warner Bros. has already entered his account twice according to the rules, 13.1 million US dollars, so this is also the last sum.

"The theater company has divided it twice, for Warner Bros., the publisher of "Batman: The Dark Knight", into the North American box office of the film, two times of 200 million US dollars, so this time Warner Bros. paid you a personal box office share. , also based on this part of the North American box office.”

The assistant's voice is still going on. After all, this movie is now the No. 1 box office in film history. From this point of view, the income that Wayne can get is also terrifying. "With this part of the revenue, "Batman: The Dark Knight" will be divided into a total of 86.9 million US dollars this time. As for the overseas box office share, I am afraid we will have to wait again. The team led by Colin Howard is now mainly urging this division. income."

The time has entered the end of 1997. Although the Internet in North America has initially become popular, with the rise of Internet companies, the number of personal computers has grown rapidly in this land, but in the world, the Internet is far from being able to be applied to movie ticketing. above.

In the face of different theater market environments in various places, even a film company with global distribution capabilities like Warner Bros. needs a lot of time to extract this part of the box office revenue one by one. There are still differences in the shares signed by film companies. It is due to these various reasons that the time line for overseas box office recovery has been stretched.

"So, this time, the Warner Bros. financial department has entered a total of 211.9 million US dollars into the Greenberg Studio account, right? Ha, I just don't know if the shareholders of Warner Bros. will be because of one incident. Sex has paid this astronomical share, and there are discordant voices."

With Erlang's legs crossed, a cigarette in his mouth, and his upper body leaning against his office chair, Wayne's voice was full of joy and ridicule. It's happened more than once, and almost every time Warner Bros. pays his share of the box office, there's sporadic dissonance inside.

"Even if there are some, so what? Jeff will press it down by himself anyway." Nina habitually reached out and pushed down the glasses on her face, pouting her lips and not taking it seriously.

"No, no, no." Wayne stretched out a finger, shook it at the assistant lady, and said with emotion: "This is a lot of money, and there will always be people who are jealous. Nina, I tell you that these capitalists are all What kind of psychology, in their eyes, it doesn't matter that they have more money, it's more important that you don't have any money."

"what?"

It may be that the angle and position of the station are different after all. For a time, the assistant lady did not understand the meaning of her boss's words.

"Oh, because you have no money, they can arbitrarily buy your time, labor, your talent, and even your dignity."

Wayne was sure, at least from the standpoint of the Warner Bros. behind-the-scenes bosses. The more capital he has, the more careful Warner Bros. will have to cooperate with him, it is inevitable.

The reason why there is such a feeling is purely because of Wayne himself, who has the same psychology, the same view, and the same rules of conduct. This basically belongs to the self-cultivation of capitalists...

Therefore, don't think that the shareholders of Warner Bros. are stupid, and there will be some discordant voices. In the face of such sky-high income These shareholders have definitely thought about countless times, how to put Wayne Leaving aside, Warner Bros. alone controls the DC series, but for various reasons, they dare not and can't.

Just like when Warner Bros. did the movie revenue account, it has nothing to do with whether Wayne is a shareholder of Warner Bros., or how good his relationship with the company is. From the standpoint of both employers and employees, the two sides are naturally in the same position. The interests are opposed to each other.

"There's something strange that I haven't figured out until now."

Raising his wrist and looking at the time, Wayne took off the suit jacket from the back of the chair, put it on his body, and waved to the assistant to pack up his personal belongings and prepare to go home after get off work. "It stands to reason that this is not the final payment deadline for the share. Why is Warner Bros. so proactive this time?"

Packing his director's notebook, pencils, cigarette lighters, etc. into his briefcase, Nina stretched out her hands and helped him straighten the back collar of his suit jacket on tiptoe.

Hearing Wayne's doubts, she smiled and shrugged, picking up her briefcase to leave. "I haven't finished yet, Warner Bros. has passed the review of "The Lord of the Rings" and has agreed to co-produce this project with Greenberg Studios."

"Sure enough, I said that Warner Bros. didn't run an orphanage..."