Chapter 178 Lionsgate’s call
“What the hell, the horror film written by Guan Ling in North America is predicted to have a box office of over 50 million US dollars in North America? The global box office is predicted to be at least over 100 million US dollars?”
In the new picture office, Zhang Weiping listened to the discussion of the people below and asked a question suspiciously.
In his mind, the commercial element accounts for a high proportion, but Zhang Weiping really has no idea about horror movies.
After the employees brought over the relevant news, Zhang Weiping was completely confused.
With US$2.3 million, the North American box office will be more than 20 times higher. The global box office was almost forty or fifty times. Even if the share needs to be multiplied by a coefficient of a few tenths, it is still twenty times the income.
Horror!
“This guy is really a treasure.” Zhang Weiping shook his head. It’s a pity that this kid has grown up now, otherwise, he would definitely want to participate.
"It's a pity that such a good young man didn't get enough." Zhang Weiping sighed and called Zhang Yimou, hoping that Zhang Yimou would start filming a new movie as soon as possible.
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Those who understand business are planning how to make money, while those who understand directing and scripts cannot understand why Guan Ling can write such a script at all.
It can be understood whether it is a disaster movie or a drama. Even horror movies, are Chinese horror movies also acceptable in the West?
For example, the Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang of Huayi.
A few people are actually on pins and needles recently, because Jiang Wen made a box office of 400 million with Guan Ling, and the film's reputation has always been high.
This completely made Feng Xiaogang autistic. He has been embarrassed to show his face in the past few days, for fear that the media would interview him and ask him to comment on Jiang Wen.
It’s not good to comment, Feng Xiaogang feels very embarrassed.
As for the Wang brothers, because of the popularity of this movie, their emotions have been relatively low these days.
This time, a few people are discussing the release schedule of their films. "The King of Kung Fu" will definitely be released during the Lunar New Year, but Feng Xiao has just finished filming "If You Are the One". Movies are meant to make money for Huayi, so they must choose a better schedule.
No, we were discussing this. We happened to hear the news that Guan Ling had made in the United States. Several people looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"Brother, how much was the box office of "The Ghost in My Heart"?" Wang Zhonglei couldn't remember, so he asked Wang Zhongjun.
"More than one thousand and four million." Wang Zhongjun said, "I know what you want to say. Although Teng Huatao's movie is also a horror movie, it is more like a love movie. It is incomparable with Guan Ling's movie. .”
Several people fell into silence.
Last year, Huayi also produced a thriller and horror film, which was released together with Lai Ming, Fan Bingbing and Liu Ruoying. It seems to have become the most popular domestic horror film. It's the best, but now looking at Guan Ling's achievements in North America, this movie is completely unavailable.
They are all horror movies, how can the gap be so big?
Moreover, Guan Ling is so young, and people at this time have long lost their feudal superstitions. How did Guan Ling write the script?
You also asked a well-known horror film director in Hollywood to accept the script and film it?
The Wang brothers don’t understand.
Feng Xiaogang didn’t understand either.
What kind of script can it take at the box office of US$50 million in North America?
Robbing money?
It's heartbreaking. Is it so easy to make money in North America?
Is Guan Ling really such a monster? Can we do horror movies too?
Wang Zhongjun wanted to slap himself. Why did he get his relationship with Guan Ling to be like this in the first place? Now that he has no regrets, Wang Zhongjun himself is very clear-headed. This sentence must be false.
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The "Insidious" movie is completely popular.
Ge Naote called himself almost once a day, saying that all over Hollywood, people were overwhelmingly asking for basic information about Ferris Lingyun.
“Lionsgate recently wanted to sign a new contract with James Wan, but James Wan refused. I can tell that he really wants to make a blockbuster, not a low-cost horror film like this.”
Galot expresses his point of view.
"So Guan, you have to be nice to him. He is a good partner for us to make money."
"Don't you just treat others as tools?" Guan Ling said with a smile, " What a good partner for making money, you can really say this.”
"See through, don't tell." Gai Naote said dissatisfied, "I am here to remind Wen Ziren, an unscrupulous boss like you, not to forget the blockbuster script for others."
"Blockbuster scripts will have "But it has been agreed before that he must finish filming the first of his horror films for me." Guan Ling thought of something, "By the way, you can already start the plot and filming methods of "Insidious". Now that we have recruited a director, Wen Ziren will no longer be needed in the follow-up. He is too expensive. From now on, we will only use him to shoot the first part of our movies. This will save a lot of costs."
"That's what you said. The first part of the movie, is there any more?" Gailot's eyes lit up.
"Yes, yes, but it is not too late to finish the work at hand first. You first choose a suitable director to be the director of the follow-up series of "Insidious", which is the most important thing."
"I understand. Promise to complete the task." Gelot's eyes lit up.
The box office revenue of "Insidious" grew wildly in its second week, reaching a single-week box office of US$21 million.
The American media's interest in Ferris Lingyun, James Wan, and Guan quickly reached its peak, and reports on these three people were everywhere.
Guan Ling's personal information was dug out in North America like beans being poured out of a bamboo tube.
Age, 24 years old, Chinese, graduate student at Nortel, Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Director, Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Lion Award Screenwriter, Lingyun Media, Motian Lingyun, etc. The boss of the company.
If we talk about "Tongtian Empire", it only made Fox attach great importance to Guan Ling.
The emergence of "Latent" made the six major organizations pay attention to this young man.
Many people in Hollywood know the news about James Wan, but there is very little information about Guan Ling.
Everyone knows that Guan Ling is one of the absolute blockbuster directors. The benefits that "2012" brought to Guan Ling can be said to be at the ceiling level in Hollywood. However, Guan Ling did not strike while the iron was hot, but returned to China. Filming, because of this, Guan Ling's popularity in Hollywood has declined slightly, but now, everyone has reacted.
This guy is definitely a high-quality famous director who needs to be caught!
The most important thing is that this guy is a screenwriter that the six major universities need.
This guy is versatile, he can shoot commercial films and art films. I can write my own scripts, and I can master various movie genres with ease, which is simply ridiculous.
Guan Ling's various news in the United States were quickly transferred back to domestic portals and news websites. Although "Latent" could not be released in China due to its subject matter, it was not reported by official media. reported.
But this kind of news is a complete temptation for the industry and the audience.
Many people are thinking about getting close to each other quickly, and everyone is thinking about when they will have the opportunity to go to Hollywood.
All kinds of calls came to Guan Ling in an endless stream. Many people found that Guan Ling's cell phone was completely blocked and was always busy.
There are more congratulations and congratulations on Penguin and blogs. At this time, everyone wants to hurry up and get along well with Director Guan.
"Guan Ling, congratulations, you have set a new record. You are the first mainland Chinese to go to Hollywood to make a horror film and achieve good results..."
Mu Tingting called. She waited for a long time, but the call finally came.
"Why do you need to be so close to me? Tingting, how are you doing lately? How is the filming of "Sword and Sword III" going?"
"I feel that the nightshade I play is a I'm a very weak person. But sometimes I can't act out that feeling, but I've been trying to put myself into it and turn myself into a princess who was abandoned by her brother. Although I can't feel this emotion, I still feel it. , It should be similar to the feeling of being given up for no reason in love."
After Mu Tingting said a few words, Guan Ling broke out in a cold sweat.
"Do you want to quarrel?" Guan Ling asked.
"Huh?" Guan Ling didn't play according to the routine, and Mu Tingting was confused.
“Are you talking about me when you say this in a roundabout way?” Guan Ling said fiercely, “Why should I be given up for no reason? You are thinking too much. I have been too busy these past few months. I have never been to the Magic City. How about I accompany you to visit Disneyland?”
"But you can fly to see me when you return to China." Mu Tingting was not fooled and insisted on his point of view.
"Then you can fly to see me." Guan Ling said, "Are you busier than me? In this case, you gave up on me for no reason, right?"
Those words As soon as it came out, Mu Tingting was silent for a while.
"That's different..."
"What's the difference?" Guan Ling started a machine gun-like output mode and was silenced by Mu Tingting.
Thinking about it carefully, it is true that she did not come to see Guan Ling, so she did not seem to have the absolute qualification to blame Guan Ling.
Mu Tingting frowned, his small nose wrinkled and revealing a few gullies.
The little girl was very angry.
Guan Ling is still typing, "I'm almost exhausted lately. I'm just too busy. Sometimes I don't bother to chat with you, but you don't contact me either, making me think that I'm giving You find a role, and then you turn your back on me."
"Why do you think of me like this!" Mu Tingting said coquettishly on the phone, "How could I be such a person?"
"Then you apologize to me."
Guan Ling said, "Because you said that I abandoned you for no reason, which is an insult to my character. I will not abandon any girl I like."
< br>Mu Tingting didn't hear any loopholes in Guan Ling's words, such as talking about any girl he liked.
It’s just that she was obsessed with Guan Ling for a while, and her CPU was burned out. She didn’t quite understand how this phone call was made to accuse her, but in the end it turned into an apology.
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"By the way, Director Guan, someone asked me about your itinerary."
Guan Ling called with a smile, Guan Ling even You should feel that the other person is running, otherwise there will be no huffing and puffing noise.
“Which one?”
“Lions Gate.”
“Why are they contacting me?” Guan Ling didn’t expect that he hadn’t gone to Lion Gate yet, but Lion Gate Come to yourself first.
"You guys can talk about this in detail, but according to my estimation, it must be about the project. It should be that Lionsgate saw that "Insidious" was too profitable and wanted to invest?" Guyot said.
Guan Ling smiled heartily on the phone, "Okay, just let them contact me. I'd like to see what price they can offer me. But I feel like they can't afford me. After a few years, if nothing else happens, I’d like to buy it from Lionsgate.”
Gaitou was confused and said nothing.
Since its release more than ten days ago, the reputation of "Insidious" has spread rapidly. Lionsgate's top executives immediately prepared to withdraw from the heat and ask James Wan to quickly start filming a movie for their company to attract this wave of popularity, but Wan Ziren Ren refused to film the movie on the grounds that he was tired during his recent business trip.
For some reason, Lions Gate has its thoughts on Guan Ling again.
That night, Guan Ling received a call from the United States.
"Hello, Guan, nice to meet you, I'm Stephen, the director of Lionsgate Pictures."
"Hello, Stephen, please call me, What's the purpose?"
"After we learned that "Insidious" was written by you, we found your name in the database here in the United States, and we saw a lot of scripts, although I can't see all of them. , but from the parts I can only see, I can already see the potential of your script.
So, Guan, do you want to cooperate? Although Motian Lingyun is developing, once someone has a fierce relationship with you. You can’t stand the competition for film promotion positions, but you can if you cooperate with us.”
The director of Lionsgate is very confident,
“I believe you will accept my proposal because you have the script and talent, but your distribution channels must be imperfect and all publicity cannot be done in one step. Horror film It's okay, but if "Tongtian Empire" were run by us, the box office might be higher. You don't know the place, but we can do it. Guan, I'm here with sincerity. Do you want to consider it? , I have seen too many series of scripts from your script library that I don’t want to miss..."
At the end, the director over there was waiting for Guan Lingxia’s final decision on the phone, not even daring to urge Urging, Guan Ling understood what it meant, but he shook his head.
"I believe in your sincerity, but if it's just for publicity, you can't give me what I want. If you read my script library, you will know the quality of my scripts, and you joining in, pure It's a business without capital, isn't it? "
"The results of "Latent" are so good, you can see the results, but you only use illusory things to deal with me, isn't it inappropriate? Hahaha? ."
Guan Ling said this in a joke. The other person hesitated and spoke in a low voice.
“Then what do you want?”
“Stakes in Lionsgate.”
“No, that’s impossible.” The other side felt like they were being stepped on. The tail jumped up all of a sudden.
“Guan, you are kidding me, right?”
(End of this chapter)