Chapter 59 This director is so fierce!
When Guan Ling finished the call, Zhang Song was so shocked that he didn't even dare to breathe.
In his heart, 20 million is all he needs. Not to mention French income rights, there is nothing wrong with giving him anything from China.
But Director Guan is too fierce! How could the other party agree?
As expected, Fox’s Gernot shook his head,
“Guan, your negotiation skills are poor, but we at Fox have to bear the risk that your movie will not be a hit.
A good movie may not be a hit, right?
If the price you want is for global distribution rights, I will consider it, but now, Fox will not accept it.”
< br>When Miramax bought out the distribution rights of "Heroes" for US$21 million, it was already a premium.
Why do you think hearing girls are taller? ”
"I don't want to discuss the appropriateness of the price with you." Guan Ling expressed regret,
"I said, if you don't accept it, I can find another company, and how much "Hero" was sold, in your heart It should be a success. The box office and DVDs made Miramax famous.”
The people from Fox said goodbye and went out. Ling Hui calls him.
But no, Guan Ling had no intention of keeping him.
“He is absolutely confident.” Gernot had such a feeling in his heart.
He mechanically made a phone call with people at Fox headquarters to discuss it. In fact, he had the ability to control 20 million US dollars, but he still needed to discuss it with people in the company.
After Fox's people left, Zhang Song walked up to Guan Ling numbly.
"Director Guan, 20 million! That's 20 million! It's rare for Chinese films to sell for this price. Not to mention Chinese films, I've never seen this at film festivals in the United States. The price of the distribution rights, I think it is worth selling.”
Zhang Song’s lips were trembling.
It tripled directly! !
Hero was sold for 21 million, but how much was their investment? $30 million! "Hearing Girl" only had $7.5 million! !
“He will come back.” Guan Ling said, “Fox Searchlight is not the only one who will distribute this movie, but Fox Searchlight needs movies to conquer the city, and it also needs to continue its miracles to stabilize the point after "Little Miss Sunshine" He will not give up Seok Seong-jin’s reputation.”
In the following days, as the film festival’s promotion has entered a feverish stage, many films have been screened, and the number of visitors once exceeded 70,000.
Among them, "Hearing Girl", as the premiere film, attracted many audiences from all states in the United States!
Good reviews, good reviews, good reviews!
"Director Guan Da, I feel like our movie is completely popular!" Liu Yifei was so excited that she almost jumped up. "When I was out walking, some audience members recognized me and called out my name!"
“They also like movies that can move people very much. Compared with many political movies, they also like relaxed movies.” Liu Yifei thinks so.
Many film producers came to contact Guan Ling, but the price was about the same as Fox's, with the highest price being US$16 million.
Guan Ling was still unmoved.
Zhang Song has made several calls to China Film Group. Han Sanpin asks Zhang Song to report information at any time every day. He himself wants to call Guan Ling, but still doesn’t. If Guan Ling really The bid reached a high price, which has many benefits for China Film.
But Guan Ling was completely unmoved by the prices proposed by various film producers.
On the sixth day, Fox still couldn't stand it any longer, and Gernot called Guan Ling again.
"Guan, we can agree to a price of 20 million, but we have to get a share of the box office in China and France." Gernot said.
Fox's film department monitored various data of "Hearing Girl", and they unanimously believe that this film is a rare type of film for people with disabilities in the American market, although it cannot be compared to "Forrest Gump" ", but it is precisely the gap in the current American film market.
"This movie will be more popular than "Little Miss Sunshine"!" This is the affirmative answer given by the market monitoring department. "As long as the promotion is good, it may exceed 100 million. North American box office."
So Fox must act quickly. After the closing is over, film producers from the West Coast may also come. By then, their competitors, Just more.
"Gernot, your negotiation skills are poor. When you made this call to me, Fox had already agreed to all my requests, right?"
Guan Ling smiled Ask the other person.
The other party smiled awkwardly, "Okay, Guan, you are half right. Our idea is to only leave China's box office profits to you.
Over in France, It is indeed a run of this type of movie, but we will not give you these profits.
But we are very sincere. If you are willing to keep only China’s box office revenue, we can share the profits from France with you.
This is our bottom line, don’t make any more counteroffers, I will bite you. "
"Add five million and France's box office revenue will be given to you. Guan Ling said decisively, "As long as you sign the contract, you can bite me as much as you like. I don't mind if you are a man." ”
“Oh, Mom cancer gada. Gernot exclaimed, "You are suitable for Hollywood, and Hollywood is full of people like you." "
After a while, his faint voice came. "Chinese people are really smart, see you later. ”
Guan Ling shook his fist fiercely, it’s done! From the beginning, he deliberately killed France’s box office revenue, just to continue to push the price with the other party.
In the previous life, The film was sold to Apple for $25 million for global distribution rights.
Although the original version of this film earned $60 million at the French box office, that was in 2014. < br>
At this time, the number of screens in France was much lower than in 2014.
With an extra five million US dollars, Guan Ling did not suffer a loss, but instead avoided the trouble of distribution and promotion.
Moreover, for Guan Ling, selling the distribution rights and copyrights for US$25 million is more appropriate than box office, because the box office needs to pay taxes in France and China, while the income from the transfer of distribution rights and copyrights only needs Pay 6% VAT.
Fox, on the other hand, has always released relatively few movies worth over 100 million US dollars. The two parties are just bastards who are attracted to Mung Bean. If Fox didn't need this kind of movie to conquer the city, the big company would definitely lower the price for Guan Ling.
And Fox is indeed afraid that other companies will cut it off.
Twenty-five million U.S. dollars, converted into RMB, is close to 200 million RMB. Guan Ling’s movie has already earned two small goals before it is released! !
“I never want to do business with the Chinese in my life.” Gernot said dejectedly after signing the contract.
"When you can make money, you will definitely not think so." Guan Ling said with a smile, "I have many ideas for scripts and movies. Only if I make money will I let you make money. It's just a pity Many people don't understand this."
"A lot of scripts and movies?" Gernot was a little confused.
“You can check out Guan’s registered scripts. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised.” Guan Ling said casually.
……
In the room, after Fox's people left, Zhang Song tremblingly called Han Sanpin. Zhang Song's hands were shaking when he dialed the cell phone number. He dialed the wrong number the first time and dialed his grandmother in his hometown in Sichuan.
Without bothering to talk to the old lady, Zhang Song hurriedly hung up and dialed Han Sanpin again.
"Director Han..."
"How is it, Zhang Song? The distribution rights were sold?" Han Sanpin seemed to have been waiting, "How much did it cost?"
"Twenty-five million." Zhang Song was still in disbelief when he said it.
There was silence on the other side, only a snapping sound was heard, as if the phone fell to the ground, and then a heavy breathing came from the other end of the phone.
“I heard you right, you are talking about U.S. dollars, right?”
Zhang Song could feel that Director Han was a little panicked.
"Twenty-five million dollars," said it more clearly this time.
“F*ck!” Director Han on the other end of the phone uttered a rare expletive. Zhang Song vaguely heard it. After a few seconds of silence, the person on the other end muttered to himself, “Our investment , only $2.5 million, right! Miscalculation!”
The two chatted for a while, and Han Sanpin hung up the phone.
After thinking about it, Han Sanpin called Yu Dong,
"Hello, Director Han." Yu Dongye received the call inside and felt a little strange for a moment. "What's the matter with you?"
"Yu Dong, you have to do something."
"You can tell me something," Yu Dong said.
"It's hard for me to come forward in the matter between Hua Yi and Guan Ling." Han Sanpin said. This made Yu Dong a little confused as to why the voice from the other side was still coming.
The next second, Yu Dong suddenly understood the reason, but he was a little stunned.
"The distribution rights of "Hearing Girl" were sold for 25 million, so although "Shark Beach" and Huayi do not have your share, there are some things that you can weigh up yourself."< br>
A long time ago, Yu Dong was a clerk under Han Sanpin, and he was one of his own.
So some of what Han Sanpin said was quite clear.
Never mind whether Shark Beach has your share.
Don’t worry about whether there will be your share in the future.
But in this situation, Boehner needs to take a stand.
After Han Sanpin hung up the phone for a long time, Yu Dong finally realized what the concept of 25 million was. At first, he thought about the wrong unit. When he realized it, Yu Dong was a little confused.
Bona invested two million US dollars.
Yu Dong got up and was about to go out. His wife Zang Lilu behind him asked him, "Why are you going so late?"
"It's going to be terrible." Yu Dong put on his slippers backwards , without even bothering to change, he looked at his wife, "Chinese Films are going to make a big difference. Director Guan Da, you are so fierce! I have to stand in line early."
They were originally competitors, Bona and Huayi didn't know how to deal with it, but at this moment, Yu Dong had already chosen his thigh.
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Fox Searchlight.
After Gernot handed everything over to the company, he breathed a sigh of relief and talked about such a big project. He will be busy in the next few months.
While hesitating, he remembered what Guan Ling had said about the script.
He was a little bored and opened the script registration center suspiciously.
No results were found when searching for Guan.
"Guan is really teasing me. What was I expecting?" Gernot couldn't laugh or cry.
The next second, he searched for the English name LingGuan on the contract.
Gernot felt his eyes were dazed for a moment and took a closer look.
On the screen, a densely packed script appeared, all filled with names.
“Holyshit!!”
Gernot held his head in his hands, he felt numb! !
(End of this chapter)