Chapter 843： Bulgaria

Although Germany is no longer the only country that operates tax rebates for Relativity Entertainment, its policy advantages far exceed those of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Ronan also pays more attention to it. He deliberately stayed in Germany for a few days, including Constantine Pictures. The senior figures of the German film industry also met one after another.

Some parliamentarians want to cancel the German film tax rebate policy, which undoubtedly moved the cake of these people.

In fact, it's not just them, but it also involves attracting investment and financial operations. It can be said that it affects the whole body.

In some ways, this also has a positive effect on the German economy.

Otherwise, almost the whole world knew that the German film tax rebate policy had reasonable and legal loopholes that could be exploited, but the German government was indifferent.

Ronan had met these people and had a general understanding. Combined with his memories, he predicted that this policy would continue in Germany.

However, Relativity Entertainment cannot concentrate the tax rebate in Germany. With the continuous increase of film projects initiated by Shahai Entertainment every year, the number of places won in Germany can no longer meet the needs of Relativity Entertainment.

Hollywood’s biggest advantage, beyond industrial assembly, is undoubtedly its internationalization.

Relativity Entertainment is also continuing to take the international route. The shooting and production of many film projects far exceeds the limitations of the United States. Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, etc., can all become filming locations for film projects, while taking advantage of local policies. Operational tax refund.

Tax refunds vary in different countries, but in general, Canada, which is close to the United States, is very attractive.

The movie tax rebate itself is not a long-established tax rebate project. At about the end of the 1980s, it was still only a dispensable fraction of film production costs at that time.

However, as countries other than the United States, mainly Canada and the United Kingdom, gradually increase tax rebates and subsidies related to film production, in order to reduce costs, more and more American companies choose to shoot and produce movies and TV overseas.

With the development of Hollywood to the present, more than half or even two-thirds of the production budget of a film is usually settled through international financing, pre-sales and tax rebates.

Like the film of Shahai Entertainment, the production cost basically comes from the financing of the Pacific Film Foundation.

The crew used the tax rebate as part of the company's income, instead of calculating the film cost after excluding the tax rebate.

The advantage of this is that it can raise the cost of the film.

For film companies, no matter how much money the film actually costs, the higher the legal cost of the film, the better.

Under the Hollywood system, members of trade unions, like the members of the trade union, have a share of revenue that is rigidly stipulated by the industry, which must be paid.

Take screenwriters, for example. After the Hollywood screenwriters strike in 1988, the screenwriters union and the Producers Union signed a new twenty-year agreement, which involved producers who must pay screenwriters a certain percentage of video tape revenue.

Although the ratio is very low, if the income involved is calculated in units of 100 million, the figure is still very impressive.

In addition to traditional regions including Germany, Relativity Entertainment is also actively developing new tax rebate markets. For example, Shahai Entertainment has a vice president of Puerto Rican descent who has returned to Puerto Rico several times to emphasize the economic benefits of filming in the upper class. Stimulating effect.

Years of lobbying, coupled with the strong support of Relativity Entertainment, Puerto Rico this month announced a new policy aimed at attracting global film and television projects.

If a film and television project can be filmed in Puerto Rico, it will receive tax rebates and subsidies after the project is completed. The amount depends on how much the crew shoots in Puerto Rico, and can reach up to 40% of the amount spent!

This amount is very considerable. Relativity Entertainment is near the water tower, and many projects that can be used for shooting in Puerto Rico immediately issued relevant applications.

However, because of the relatively great diversity of customs, Puerto Rico, even if it has a policy advantage, cannot form a major overseas filming base for Hollywood.

In contrast, a large area from Germany to the east, that is, Eastern European countries in the traditional sense, can better meet the requirements of Hollywood shooting.

For example, Shahai Entertainment established contact with the Bulgarian government through Uvi-Bauer's "Vampire Lane".

With Uvi Bauer acting as an intermediary, Ronan also took the time to go to Bulgaria to investigate related policies and supporting conditions.

The Bulgarian government paid much attention to Ronan's arrival. The prime minister met him specially, made many promises, and accompanied him to a film and television production base in the suburbs of Sofia.

Uvi-Bauer said to Ronan before that Bulgaria is a good location for shooting, with tax advantages, strong government support, low labor prices, supporting facilities, and quality of personnel.

In particular, the landforms are rich, with beaches, forests, and plains, including ancient European, English, and Soviet buildings, as well as modern buildings.

Ronan came to Bulgaria in person, and also recognized Uvi Bauer's statement.

Especially after visiting many ancient buildings similar to castles, Ronan had an idea. It seems that this place is very suitable for shooting "Game of Thrones" in a real way.

In some places, there is basically no need to set up a scene, just shoot in real scene.

However, with local policies, Relativity Entertainment also needs appropriate response personnel.

This must ensure that the production manager or executive producer of Shahai Entertainment has sufficient quality.

Ronan specifically called George Clint and Jessica Felton, and asked for more professional training.

Relativity Entertainment's film and television production projects will become more international in the future.

The film crew is in charge of the overall situation, but the production manager or executive producer needs to be familiar with the complex tax rebate and funding policies of various countries, and familiar with the English and professional levels of local practitioners in order to make the most cost-effective for different projects s Choice.

For example, a lot of indoor shooting, a lot of special effects, and there are Hollywood blockbusters starring well-known British actors, the UK is a good choice.

If the film has a large number of ancient or modern European locations, requires a large number of setting and prop production, and requires a large number of related staff, then it is not cost-effective to choose the United Kingdom, because the personnel costs are too high, and Bulgaria is a good choice at this time.

Although only two days in Bulgaria, Ronan was treated like a state guest. The Bulgarian government apparently regarded him as a **** of wealth.

Moreover, the two sides had a cooperation. The Bulgarian government naturally has certain expectations for continued cooperation.

Before leaving Bulgaria, Ronan signed an agreement of intent with the Bulgarian government.

The Bulgarian government has promised the largest preferential policies for the film and television projects of Relativity Entertainment. Relativity Entertainment guarantees that no less than eight film and television dramas will be filmed in Bulgaria in the next ten years, and there will be at least two Hollywood top production projects.

For example, for the sequel of Uvi-Bauer's "Vampire Lane", the first choice is Bulgaria.

Uvi-Bauer’s "Bloodline" is about to be released. The German director has used Netflix Sharing as a platform since early August, and has continued to do self-marketing under the direction of embassy film professionals to make "Bleakline" Attracted the attention of many people.

Having said that, Uvi Bauer can be described as a star-level celebrity. Back then, he punched the film critics and won not only the titles of "Critics' Enemy" and "Critic's Nemesis", but also a huge reputation.

According to traditional media descriptions, Uvi Bauer is naturally a villain and a super bad director.

But on the Internet, there are many people who support Uvi Bauer.

Times are different and movie audiences are also different. It is gradually no longer a rare thing for bad film directors to attract a bunch of iron fans.

In a few years, similar situations will become more and more common.

Even many directors won the unanimous applause of fans no matter how bad the film is.

These situations are slowly emerging in Uvi Bauer.

Ronan returned to Germany again. In Berlin, many film companies and financial institutions have formed a formal interest consortium to deal with possible industry crises.

However, Ronan does not need to be involved.

After all, he is an outsider after all, and his relationship with the German film industry is more of a commercial partnership.

Even if the German government really cancels the tax rebate, Relativity Entertainment has other markets that can operate.

Bulgaria is also a pretty good alternative.

Ronan’s last day in Berlin, Tony Koch and Hertha’s shareholders formally reached an agreement to fully acquire Hertha.

This Berlin Bundesliga team will gradually change in the direction of player black shops according to the plan.

Tony Koch has already made enough preparations, such as what he said to operate Eastern European players coming to Germany to play.

He showed Ronan a list of candidates for winter transfers, most of whom are players in their twenties or even younger.

Ronan also saw a very familiar name. At the age of 18 he was elected as the Super League Footballer of Bosnia and Herzegovina Currently playing for Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia, Luca, who has just turned 20 -Modric.

The information in the appendix to the roster has photos of the players. Ronan looked at the young face and did not recognize the wrong person.

Of course, Modric is too young now. If Tony Koch can come to Hertha Berlin, it will also be in the sight of Manchester United.

If Tony Koch can't do anything about it, let Manchester United buy someone and then rent out to practice.

Although Giggs was successful in his transformation, he was old after all.

Scholes is no longer young, and has been injured frequently in the past two years.

This is also considered to find a replacement for the two in advance.

After Tony Koch acquired Hertha Berlin, Ronan did not stop in Germany and Europe, but returned to North America directly, staying in New York for a day.

Martin Scorsese is leading the "Infinite Walker" crew filming in New York.