Chapter 34 Going to the United States for fixed-angle training (please read it! Please collect it!)
Yu Dong came from Bona, and Wang Zhongjun came from Huayi. They sat at the table and talked.
“I support Director Guan to try the waters. Before, Americans could come to us to make Chinese films, why can’t we go back and try?” It was Yu Dong who spoke. After reading the script, he really thought it was quite good. good.
If Guan Ling hadn't written this script, he would have thought it was a foreign script obtained somewhere.
But it is also strange. Guan Ling has never studied abroad, so what he writes seems to have a strong American flavor and translation accent. It's really strange.
Han Sanye nodded in agreement, Americans have been coming to the Chinese market for ten years.
Since 1995, Columbia has entered the capital, becoming one of the first eight companies to enter the domestic market. It has also participated in investing in a series of Chinese-language films, such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Big Shot", " "Kung Fu" and so on, they have indeed made great efforts in the domestic film market. But he didn't make less money either.
Sony made a lot of money by buying out the distribution rights of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Kung Fu". After all, Columbia was acquired by Sony, and they are one family.
Wang Zhongjun was also scratching his head. He was really convinced. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was just that. After all, it was a Chinese movie made by Chinese people and Americans paid for it.
When it comes to Guan Ling, it becomes a Chinese director making an American movie, with Americans and Chinese paying for it.
No matter how weird you think.
Don’t others want this model? But they dare not.
Whether it’s the language barrier, the script barrier, or whether they can direct foreign films well, those big directors don’t have the confidence.
But Guan Ling is brave, after all, he is awesome.
But the movie script is in front of everyone, and everyone really can’t fault it. Although everyone doesn’t understand the American market, everyone can almost tell from the slang and jokes in the script. This script is indeed Very American. It's like the American movies they've seen.
But there is only one thing, can you make money?
It’s okay for the Chinese to make American movies. Even if they are good, it is almost impossible for investors to get the box office income earned by the other party’s distribution.
Because they will not split the box office accounts with you and become philanthropists who only take your distribution agency fees.
In this regard, they have more capital than domestic film groups. China Film had long known about their urinary nature, and Third Master had already seen through this.
Guan Ling told them that the film will mainly receive proceeds from distribution buyouts in the United States. But in other parts of the world, they can obtain distribution rights, adaptation rights, and box office shares wherever they can be released. But China Film Group is responsible for doing these things.
After all, this movie looks like the real Li Kui. Who would think that he is from a Chinese movie if he takes a closer look?
The most important thing Guan Ling didn’t say is that it would be best if this movie won awards, but as long as it is nominated for an Oscar, all investors will make a lot of money.
Once a few people think about it, they invest.
Who is short of such a small amount of money? The secretary was very angry when he came to see them. Mr. Han Sanye from "The Devotion of Suspect X" was very optimistic and thought it would be at least over 100 million.
First of all, everyone thinks that if this movie is made, there is a high probability that an American company will buy the distribution rights. So is it okay to get some blood? The worst thing is that when it is released in China, Guan Ling's previous box office record of 40 million is just there. In addition, as soon as the publicity of the film that hits Hollywood comes out, the box office will come. It feels like it is no problem to get two to three hundred dollars. .
In the end, at best, it will make no money, and it is impossible to lose everything. Taking advantage of this incident, I set up a relationship with Director Guan. Bona was very willing, and Huayi was even more willing. The share last time was too small.
"Director Han, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Yu." Guan Ling and the three people prepared a front line in advance,
"If the final revenue of this movie does not exceed 2,000 If it is between 20 million and 30 million US dollars, I will only ask for the director's fee if it exceeds 30 million US dollars. The proportion of the total is 20%. The higher the box office, the more I will take." Guan Ling gives everyone a boost, and it seems like he is painting a pie for himself.
Everyone readily accepted it. No matter how awesome Guan Ling was, could he still earn US$30 million in global revenue outside of the US box office?
Everything is possible in dreams, and everyone is willing to go along with it.
In the end, everyone finalized the details. The contract was almost a ladder. Guan Ling insisted on adding it, but we couldn't resist him. But most of the people at the end of the ladder regarded it as a joke.
Moreover, even if they really reach that income level, they have already made a lot. That's okay.
……
Thousands of miles high in the sky. Guan Ling opened the sun visor next to the first-class cabin and looked outside. He saw endless clouds with no end in sight. The sunlight splashing down seemed to make waves of wheat grow on the white clouds.
The weather is nice today. Guan Ling patted Liu Yifei's little hand next to him and asked, "Would you like to look outside?"
Moving Liu Yifei's little hand happened to be seen by Liu's mother. , a bit of a scowl over there.
This time, Guan Ling, Liu Yifei, Liu's mother came to Hollywood, as well as a producer sent by China Film Group with some experience in the United States named Zhang Song.
Those who are unfamiliar with the place are likely to get into trouble. It must be carried by someone with experience.
For example, the "Heroes" movie was originally going to be released in North America.
Through introductions between friends, Jet Li introduced Miramax as the producer of "Heroes", "Hey, this is Harry, my friend in Hollywood, he is the emperor of Hollywood."
The result is that The company spent a lot of money to buy it and hid "Heroes" for two years. It was reborn the year before last.
The reason why Miramax hid "Heroes" at that time was because it did not want the film to be acquired by other companies, so as to determine the release time and compete with the films he produced. Later, due to the messy editing, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung were almost deleted from the released version, and the entire movie relied on Jet Li's face to win the box office. Director Zhang disagreed.
Until 2004, it was forced to release early due to pressure from its parent company Disney. It is said that the reason was because Disney's project in Hong Kong was under pressure from Chinese officials.
This is a hero. A milestone symbol of Chinese cinema, this kind of film is treated in this way in the United States. Guan Ling doesn't think he can compete here.
“Hi, guan”
The person who came to pick him up at the airport was an employee of Columbia Pictures. He was young, already very talented, and looked quite smart.
“Welcome to Hollywood, Director Guan, this is the cradle of world film dreamers.” The Colombian guys were recommended by China Film and Huayi to help Guan Ling and Zhang Song. .
"I know this is a cradle." Guan Ling nodded. The cradle is a small ventilated cage where you are first enclosed. Naturally, every director will get experience here.
“I have already contacted the actor you asked me to contact earlier,” the Colombian employee said. “I will tell you how to apply for the Hearing Impaired Association. They are already waiting for you for this actor. , you can summon them when you have time.”
Guan Ling nodded. Guan Ling chose Mary Matlin as the heroine's mother in this movie, which was consistent with the original, because she was originally a hearing-impaired lady, and she had also starred in "Children Out of Favor from God" 》.
I exchanged the script with Mary and she accepted the role in the movie.
At the same time, she also recommended a drama actor she knew who was also hearing-impaired. Come play Ruby's father and brother.
Guan Ling met with them all and the roles were basically finalized. The schedule was finalized.
The next thing is about Liu Yifei. Guan Ling found her an American Sign Language teacher and asked her to learn the signs from her. She didn’t need to do anything else. At least she learned all the signs in the script first.
"The schedule I set for them is one month later." Guan Ling told Liu Yifei, "You only have one month. You have to learn the gestures proficiently. Also, your face is a little small. Now, I feel like I’ve lost weight in RB. The Ruby I need is a round girl. Eat more recently.”
“I don’t have a fat body.” Liu Yifei is a tsundere.
"I don't care, you can figure it out yourself." Guan Ling pinched Liu Yifei's face. Because it was too thin, it was indeed not round.
"If you eat more junk food, you will definitely gain weight if you eat eight hamburgers a day."
Liu Yifei looked at Guan Ling, her big eyes frightened. The little head is racing with thoughts, eight hamburgers, isn’t that the same as being pregnant?
Zhang Song went to contact the equipment, apply for the script, finalize the props, and started to get busy.
Soon, it was March.
Guan Ling needs to return to China. The final cut of "The Devotion of Suspect X" is about to be completed, and the release time has to be finalized.
(End of this chapter)