Chapter 38: Make him a small goal first!
Five days after its release, good news came from the Hong Kong box office. After the initial slump, on the fifth day, the Hong Kong box office had exceeded HK$8 million.
I believe that with the development of word-of-mouth, the box office will eventually reach about 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
In a place as small as Hong Kong, this box office has exploded!
And just in time for the Hong Kong Film Awards Film Festival, many local film producers began to contact China Film and Guan Ling.
The leaders of Nortel School have begun to frequently find people to interview them, and even made a special call to Guan Ling, telling Guan Ling to go to graduate school and not graduate. The school leaders have discussed it. Guan Ling has not written a thesis well this year. He will either postpone his graduation or go to graduate school. Anyway, he is not planning to issue a diploma to Guan Ling.
Banners were held up everywhere on campus to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Nortel’s third billionaire leader.
At this time, no matter what you say to others, at least Nortel has the name of director, and our reputation is so great that all thirty-four provinces and cities across the country have to listen with open ears!
The college entrance examination is coming soon, but those students must have an idea of where to choose!
When you turn on your computer, pop-up windows like Sohu Entertainment and news on portal websites are full of news about "The Devotion of Suspect X".
"The youngest billionaire director in history, Guan Ling's confidence comes from his talent!"
Some media have already begun to give Guan Ling the title of director of the billion-dollar club. This is only a matter of time and does not count as a loan.
All kinds of news emerge in endlessly. The comments below are also mixed.
“The female star Yin Tao is so beautiful!”
“Why is Tang Chuan, played by Huang Xiaoming, so oily and handsome?”
“Have you noticed that in this movie? Director, is it Ma Mingliang who killed people last year? Why does this director like to kill people in every movie? "
When he went to China Film Studio, Guan Ling was blocked at the door of China Film Studio.
“Hello Director Guan, may I ask if your Golden Horse declaration last year meant that you were aiming to win the Best Director this year?”
“I have done a very good job as a director. , but my actors performed better, and they deserve more awards."
"Excuse me, Director Guan, some people say that the movie "Suspect" puts last year's "The Promise" to shame. What do you think of their remarks, and what do you think of "The Promise"?
"I think you are making trouble. You can ask Director Kai Ge about this question."
"Hello Director Guan, some people say that two of your movies have murder plots, which may What do you think of this view of causing young people to learn? "
Hey, I have such a bad temper, Guan Ling pointed at the reporter who asked the question.
"Excuse me, can you eat chicken? If you eat chicken, can you lay eggs?"
After finally squeezing away the reporters, Guan Ling was finally able to sit on the sofa of China Film Group. .
Master Han has been waiting there for a long time, "Try this tea. Last time you drank my famous tea, this is Dahongpao from Wuyi Mountain, I only have a little. ”
The third master was hehehehehehehehehesillylehehe. It can be seen that the increase in the movie box office has allowed him to sweep away the previous haze of Wuji.
"Director Han, if I make a blockbuster movie later, do you have any better tea?" Guan Ling also said a joke.
The two sat for a while, and the secretary ushered in the film producers, first of all the Korean film producers. The meaning is obvious, they want to approve the film and also obtain the rights to adapt the film, and they are willing to pay US$2 million.
"I can let you approve the film, but the adaptation rights and film approval fees have to be calculated separately." Guan Ling's attitude was very clear, and these two things cannot be confused. It can be roughly estimated that if the film is not approved and the accounts are divided, with the current scale of Japan and South Korea, if this movie sells 100 million yuan, the domestic investors can only distribute about 30 million yuan in income, and the money will not be returned. The cycle is even slower, and Guan Ling doesn't mind letting the other party directly buy out the publisher, but even considering that the other party earns a little bit, plus the adaptation rights, Guan Ling will not allow the income to be less than 2.4 million US dollars.
After chatting in the room for a while, Guan Ling also bought the distribution rights and adaptation rights of Uninvited Guest together for US$2.7 million, and he bought it.
Korea is really a paradise for romantic dramas. At the end of the day, the guy told Guan Ling that they would later adapt it into a perfect love story between Shi Shen and Chen Jing. When the time came, they would ask Guan Ling to help criticize, and Guan Ling would directly give it to him. He gave them a blank look.
After the RB film producers came, China Film Group was the main negotiator. RB’s annual box office revenue was much higher than that of South Korea. In the end, it was sold to them for 3.1 million, and they were all eliminated.
Since the copyright of The Uninvited Guest is split 50-50, and the Suspect is split 82-80, even if the domestic box office revenue is not considered for the time being, Guan Ling has made a net profit of US$4.48 million, and China Film Group has made a net profit of US$4.48 million. He made $1.32 million in one go.
Master Han’s eyes turned red. Even before the movie was released, it sold twice as much as the investment. Even after tax was deducted, the profit was 1.75 times!
It’s not just about making money, it’s about making a lot of money! If you add in the box office revenue from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, he simply wouldn't dare to think about it.
Fortunately, Guan Ling was scheduled to be released before "The Da Vinci Code" at that time. Although the latter was a split blockbuster, even if it sold for 100 million, it would only be the current split copyright price.
That kid Guan Ling is like a money-making machine. As soon as he turns around, more than 30 million yuan after tax is directly credited to his account! ! Thinking of this, Mr. Han couldn't help but add new tea to Guan Ling.
"Director Guan, I have a question I don't know whether I should ask or not." Mr. Han couldn't help but think of Guan Ling's new movie at this time, "You can't really make 30 million US dollars in "Hearing Girl", right? ”
Is the suspect’s transcript released? No matter how incredible something is, Mr. Han has to consider it!
The original account sharing agreement was signed hastily! Mr. Han wanted to cry but had no tears.
“My goal is to make him a small American target first!”
“But as far as this movie is concerned, it all depends on the situation.” Guan Ling also smiled, “ By the way, Director Han, the next series of things about the movie may have to be handed over to China Film Group. I will fly to the United States in two days, and they have to start filming as soon as possible. After the filming is completed and the preparations are completed, I have to go Participate in the New York International Film Festival.”
“New York International Film Festival?”
Han Sanye thought for a while and asked, “You want to sell the film, right?”
He was actually breathing quite quickly because the New York International Film Festival is an Oscar-nominated film festival.
Guan Ling’s goal isn’t an Oscar, right?
But Guan Ling didn't tell them, he just said that he would test the waters and go to Hollywood. There were some things that Mr. Han knew that even if he asked, the other party would not necessarily agree.
“No problem, just leave the situation of domestic movies to us. You can concentrate on making your movie.”
I went back to Nortel and called Zhu Yawen back.
Guan Ling followed Zhu Yawen'er to ask for advice.
"Go back and look at the conditions given to you by the person who wants to sign you. Huayi is also OK, and Wang Jinghua is also OK. These are both good choices. But there is one thing," Guan Ling said, "I heard that Lu Director Kong Sheng of the province has a big TV show this year, which is going to be CCTV's new year drama. It seems to be called "Crossing the Guandong". Also, I will be filming a TV series tomorrow, so you can follow me. Let me see if there are any characters."
Zhu Yawen looked at Guan Ling resentfully.
"What, you are about to abandon me now? Where is the new play? Don't you consider me?"
"I would like to consider you. Have you passed CET-4? ?" Guan Ling said next.
Zhu Yawen was completely stunned on the spot.
“Guanzi, are you serious?”
[Thanks to brother Ah Hui and Zhuo for the 1,500 starting coin reward! ! ! 】
(End of this chapter)