Chapter 165 Buyout
The filming of "The King of Kung Fu" was subject to a confidentiality system, and reporters were not allowed to visit the cast or crew members to leak to the outside world.
Of course, this kind of thing is a different matter for some people with status in the circle.
Except for some special location scenes, most of the scenes in "The King of Kung Fu" were shot in Hengdian.
Qin Palace, Along the River During Qingming Festival, Guangzhou Street, Hong Kong Street...
Unlike in the Dunhuang Desert before, there were too many people in Hengdian.
When Lin Nan and Shu Chang arrived, they saw a separation fence outside the Qingming River Scene area.
A large number of staff are guarding outside, prohibiting anyone from approaching.
"Director Lin, follow me from here."
Someone came out and said to Lin Nan with a smile on his face.
A fight scene is being filmed inside.
Liu Yifei was wearing purple-brown clothes, holding two daggers in her hands, with her hair tied in a bun, and black silk hanging down her sides.
"Wow, Sissi's fighting scenes are good, just like mine." Shu Chang said in a low voice.
"You two are both chivalrous women, okay." Lin Nan replied.
Lin Nan felt that the costume design of "The King of Kung Fu" was a bit ugly, maybe because he was considering the foreign market.
Minkoff shouted: cut.
The actors, photographers, sound effects engineers, etc. all relaxed.
"Sissi, here." Shu Chang waved his hand.
This sound attracted a lot of attention, and when he saw it was Lin Nan, he ignored them.
Li Bingbing wanted to come up and say hello, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.
Liu Yifei put down her prop dagger and ran over.
"How was the scene I just played?"
When she asked this question, she looked at Lin Nan.
“Very good.”
“Of course, hehe.”
"I don't think I should follow."
Shu Chang complained as he looked at the eyes of the two people in front of him facing each other.
——
After the filming of "Painted Skin" was completed, I came to see Liu Yifei. This was something Lin Nan had promised before, and the girl was very happy.
After staying in Hengdian for a day, Paul came to Lin Nan.
To be precise, it was Lionsgate's intention. They wanted to develop "Insidious 2" and made an appointment to meet with Lin Nan.
Once this movie is completed, Lin Nan’s original contract with Lionsgate will also be over.
"In two days, I will go to Hollywood and we will talk about this matter then."
"Okay, but the company still hopes to continue to cooperate with you."
What Lion Gate thinks, you will naturally know when the time comes.
When the crew was taking a break, Liu Yifei and Lin Nan were together.
At this moment, Lin Nan regretted it and agreed to bring Shu Chang with him.
"I met my mother while shopping here, haha."
Liu Yifei recalled that when she was filming "Sword and Fairy", she and Lin Nan were shopping in Hengdian and were caught by Liu's mother. Something to do.
"At that time, Auntie looked at me as if she were an enemy." Lin Nan couldn't help but laugh.
On the third day, Lin Nan went to the airport alone. Liu Yifei was filming, and Shu Chang wanted to stay for two more days and then return to Beijing.
Lin Nan slept through the more than ten hours of flight.
When he landed at Los Angeles Airport this time, it was not Tom who picked him up, but another employee of the company.
“Where’s Tom?”
“He’s at the producers’ party.”
Lin Nan nodded. Most of the domestic business was at the wine table, while here it was at cocktail parties and parties.
"Lin, Director Catherine is already waiting at the company."
The main reason for coming here this time is that the post-production of "The Twilight Saga" has been completed.
As the actual boss of Crystal Pictures, he had to come to see the finished film and negotiate with Lionsgate about the cost of promotion and distribution.
Catherine Hardwicke was told that Lin Nan would arrive this morning, so she waited at Crystal Pictures early in the morning.
In the past two months, she has also been working on the post-production stage of "Twilight" here.
“Director Catherine, thank you for your hard work.”
“This is what I should do. Although it is a few months late, I still want to congratulate you on winning the Silver Bear again.”
"Thank you, let's take a look at the finished film." Lin Nan said.
Although the plot of the nearly two-hour movie is cliched and bloody, I have to say that the pictures are very beautiful.
This is a movie for the fan base and young people.
"Lin, will this movie continue to be filmed? I know it is a series of novels..."
After Lin Nan watched the movie, Catherine couldn't help but ask, although She signed a series contract.
"It depends on the results." Lin Nan spat out a few words.
——
Tom is back. After not seeing each other for a few months, this guy has become more and more mellow.
"Do you have any colleagues you can trust? You can call them in advance to be your deputy." Lin Nan couldn't help but say.
"What do you mean?" Tom looked confused.
"If you continue like this, you might not wake up one day."
Lin Nan said it very directly. In the past few years of knowing each other, the two of them have established a deep friendship.
"Hey, I've been looking for a doctor during this time. I will control it. For the quality of my life..."
Tom seemed to have thought of something sad and said in a low tone.
“At a party recently, many people asked me if you are the boss of Crystal Pictures. It seems that you can’t hide it.”
“I didn’t think about hiding it, just let it take its course. I have to go to Lionsgate.”
The contract Lin Nan signed with Lionsgate was for the "Dead Silence" and "Insidious" series, and now only the last "Insidious 2" is left.
In Hengdian, Paul was also vague, but his intuition told Lin Nan that Lions Gate should have other ideas. Wen Tsai-ren has become different since the split in "Happy Death Day 1", especially his voice in Lionsgate has improved a lot.
"Lin, the company wants to buy out your 20% share in advance."
In front of the Lions Gate Building, Wen Ziren whispered.
Lin Nan was stunned, "Thank you."
Now, he felt confident, should he buy it out?
Entering Lions Gate headquarters, several middle and high-level executives welcomed him, and then entered the innermost conference room together.
"Lin, let's not talk about the release of "Twilight" right now. We have an idea, how about you give it a listen?"
"Let's talk about it, we are all friends. "
"Okay. We want to buy out your share of "Insidious 2" and settle it in one go."
""Insidious 1" is a success. The second part of the series naturally has a certain audience base, and the box office will probably be more..."
Lin Nan clicked to stop and looked at the lion opposite with a smile. Marketing President of Door.
"According to the final profit of "Insidious 1", I will buy your share of "Insidious 2"..."
"Are you kidding me?" Lin Nan's tone was a little cold. .
“No, Lin, listen to me first. You are a friend and partner of Lionsgate, we are different from the Eighth National University.
You only have a 20% share. As compensation, we will do the promotion and distribution of "Twilight" for you for free. How about this? "
Lin Nan has never thought about this condition.
"Insidious 2" will most likely have a better box office than "Insidious 1", but if you include the announcement of "Twilight", it will still be better than "Insidious 1". It’s really worth considering.
“The subject matter of “Twilight”, the cost of promoting and distributing it is much higher than that of a horror film, and it has more theaters to open. ”
The Lionsgate guy added.
"Or will James take the photo?" Lin Nan asked.
"Yes, James is responsible." The other party did not hide it.
Lin Nan weighed it up and finally decided to agree to the other party.
"Lin, we signed the contract in the past two days, and Lionsgate will settle the funds to you as soon as possible..."
Wen Ziren and Lin Nan returned to Crystal Pictures together.
Lin Nan knew about Lionsgate's idea. They wanted to make "Insidious 2" into a large-scale production and distribute it globally.
“How much?”
“It should be conservatively at 20 million dollars.” Wen Ziren said.
Lin Nan was shocked. It was only 2007, something like this would cause problems.
This is what "Dead Silence" did in the original time, and it ended up becoming Wen Tsai-ren's only horror film that lost money at the box office.
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, I came back.
"James, have you ever thought about whether the current market can earn back the estimated profits if the cost has increased so much?"
"This is not a question for me to consider, but for the marketing department. It's about the production department," Wen Ziren said nonchalantly.
“Happy Death Day 2 will have to be postponed for a while, Lin.”
“There’s no rush for this.” Lin Nan glanced at Wen Ziren.
——
Lin Nan checked the results of the past few months on New Line.
Part of the special effects for "The Martian" have been made and the rendering is pretty good.
Lions Gate acted quickly. After signing a new contract with Lin Nan, it immediately announced the matter to the public.
I guess it has been spread back to China.
"Tom, I will send some people over in the second half of the year. You select some employees in the company to lead them, and the extra salary must be sufficient."
Lin Nan started to talk about business.
"Well, I understand, it's like people from all over the world come to study abroad..."
Tom understood the meaning instantly.
“Yes, that’s the truth.”
Domestic news is already reporting on the transaction between Lin Nan and Lions Gate.
I only know that it was a buyout, and no other information is known.
But this does not prevent various media from speculating on the price at which the two parties concluded the transaction.
"After "Painted Skin" was completed, he didn't come back?"
"No, Director Lin and the other actors separated in Ning Province. I heard that he went to Hengdian once.
However, Director Lin is on the latest guest list of the Shanghai Film Festival, and he probably won’t stay in Hollywood for long. "
The secretary said to Han Sanping.
......
A few days ago, Huayi renewed the contracts of Li Bingbing and Ren Quan with great fanfare, and also had the intention of competing with Chengtian.
It was announced today that a signing press conference will be held for Huang Xiaoming, and his status as the leader in the industry was highlighted again
During this period, Wang Jinghua vaguely realized the feeling she had when she was in Huayi.
Chengtian is signing a large number of artists, and in half a year she has signed more than a dozen well-known actors to her headquarters, not her agency.
On a plate as big as "Red Cliff", almost none of her subordinates had touched it, which made her feel powerless.
It feels exactly the same as when I was in Huayi.
“There is no difference between starting my own company and working alone...”
Wang Jinghua muttered.
Tom drove Lin Nan to the airport.
"You should really stay for two more days, I want to invite you to several cocktail parties."
"No, I have something to do when I go back. I'll put the script aside first, don't rush to register.
Also, don’t think about the party all day long, lose weight.”
"Is that a science fiction movie? I know, Lin.
As for the party, after I send you to the airport, I have to rush to attend, haha..."
(End of this chapter )