Chapter 396 China-South Korea co-production, the power of the whole country
After the dinner.
Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian communicated for a while, and then went to the Chinese-style villa where the mountain eagle stayed. There was a fish pond in the courtyard of the villa. When the two came, the mountain eagle was holding a celadon bowl in one hand and fish food in the other. Feeding the fish.
"This courtyard is so well designed, it's as bright as day at night." Li Mingyang exclaimed.
The mountain eagle looked back at the two of them, put the celadon bowl on the wooden stand next to it, pointed to the hall, and walked in without saying a word.
Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian walked into the hall and sat opposite the mountain sculpture.
While making tea, the mountain eagle said: "Your name still has great potential to be tapped."
"It feels almost done." Li Mingyang said.
"Hollywood is also interested in your name, but their requirements are very strict."
"Which company?"
"Sony Pictures."
When talking about Sony Pictures, we have to talk about the Sony empire behind it.
Sony is one of the world's leading giants in audio-visual, electronic games, communication products and information technology. It is one of the three giants in the world's video game industry and one of the six major Hollywood film companies in the United States.
It looks quite intimidating...
Sony is actually pretty miserable.
Although it has acquired MGM and Columbia Pictures and has a huge film library, sales and television rights and other good assets, it is still an outsider in Hollywood.
Sony has been losing money since the day it acquired Columbia.
Known as Hollywood's number one victim.
But compared to Sony as a whole, there is no big loss.
It's a bit similar to the relationship between penguins and penguin videos.
"It's okay if the conditions are harsh. I'm more concerned about how much money they give?"
The mountain eagle glanced behind Li Mingyang, and someone immediately handed Li Mingyang a document.
Li Mingyang looked through it for a while and realized that Sony didn't want to do business!
North American screening rights are priced at $1 million.
The price is neither high nor low.
But he was asked to go to Hollywood to promote it according to Sony's requirements, and also to modify some lines in the original film.
"For one million dollars, they asked me to go to Hollywood and change the source of the film. There must be something wrong! Forget it!"
Wang Changtian was shocked and quickly advised: "Don't be impulsive. Getting your name into the North American market is an excellent publicity and will be very beneficial to your overseas reputation. In the future..."
"Don't talk about the future. Talking about the future is just a trick."
Before Li Mingyang finished speaking, Mr. Han's secretary handed over a lit cigar. Li Mingyang took a puff and did not intend to remain silent, "I guess it's a trick, hanging on while lowering the price, and in the end it's probably About two hundred thousand dollars.”
"That's what Harvey's gang did. Sony's side is not that dirty." said the mountain eagle.
"The Big Six in Hollywood are all the same." Li Mingyang took a deep breath, "Your name is not suitable for the North American market."
"So you are focusing on the Asian market now."
The mountain eagle took a puff of his cigar and handed over the task of making tea to his secretary. He leaned back on the sofa and said with squinted eyes: "When I was dealing with those people, you didn't know what a movie was. The market in Southeast Asia is not even ten years old." Time cannot develop at all.”
"The above are currently investigating those who engage in pornographic variety shows. The heads of several production companies have been arrested. One of them seems to be invested by you?"
Wang Changtian was stunned by the mountain eagle. Was he caught so easily?
"Mr. Han, I have always sold myself abroad."
"What is being sold abroad? Those people are exporting and selling it domestically. Think about it, can the Southeast Asian market handle such a large output?"
"It seems to be true..." "Several websites have been shut down, and several prefecture-level TV stations have been investigated. You are also a programmer, and you know how strict the control over entertainment content is. Next month At the beginning of the month, strict control will be imposed from above. Those small companies will run away. You are the person in charge of lighting, where are you going?”
"Hua Yi did it too."
"A fine of fifty million."
"..." Wang Changtian was speechless. He finally got some connections, but this seal was too fast.
Seeing Wang Changtian wiping his glasses nervously, Zuo Shandiao waved his hand: "There will definitely be a fine. You can take out 10 million."
The price is acceptable.
Wang Changtian agreed immediately.
"Everything must be done according to the rules. Those Internet companies are different from us. In fact, in Asia, apart from us, the only film markets in Asia are Asan, Bangzi, and Xiaoli."
"Ah San can be ignored, there are only sticks and little days."
"The benchmark for the entire Southeast Asia is not us, but Bangzi and Xiaoli. Their idol groups have very strong cultural output."
"Just focus on the Japanese and Korean markets. Your name is selling better on Bangzi than when you were a kid. This is something I didn't expect at all. Bangzi has over 3 million visitors, and it can be ranked among the top ten of the year. Can any of you tell me? , how is it done?”
Wang Changtian looked at Li Mingyang.
Li Mingyang showed his hands and said: "Bangzi now has almost 2,000 screens. The main theaters are CJCGV, Lotte Cinemas and Megabox. The three of them have more than 300 theaters in total. I have a company there and hired Girls' Generation to promote it. ”
"Girl groups are not very good, the movie-watching community there is very demanding..."
"The types are different. SNSD's fan base is all young people, which coincides with the youthful style of your name. It became popular at the beginning, and then the reputation was good, and the popularity has been stable..."
"No need to pay for it with tickets?" the mountain eagle frowned.
"The sticks have a monopoly, how can they give discounts to the audience? I wish I had one hundred tickets."
The mountain eagle became interested, "Weather Child and your name have the same style, right?"
"A style."
"Can you accept Bangzi's movie bet?" the mountain eagle asked seductively.
Li Mingyang was shocked, "How can we ensure fairness in overseas gambling? The film arrangement is all in their hands... I think it is better to cooperate normally."
"We can co-produce China and South Korea, use domestic movie box office as a guarantee, and use this as a bargaining chip to bet against South Korea."
The mountain eagle raised his hand, and someone immediately handed a document to Li Mingyang. His movements were smooth and flowing!
Li Mingyang opened the file, which was in Chinese and Korean. It was a big read, but when someone explained it, Li Mingyang quickly understood what it was.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bangzi and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television intend to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in film.
In fact, there have been precedents for Sino-Korean co-productions before. In the beginning, it was just a simple cooperation. This stage was limited to mutual shooting, and it was mainly based on the actor output mode, such as "Flying Dance" directed by Jin Rongjun
Zhang Ziyi's "Warrior", Zhang Dongjian starring in "The Promise", Tang Wei starring in "Late Autumn".
Overall, this is the project he was assigned to take the lead on, and Weathering With You is a good start for a Sino-Korean co-production.
"This time I will fully support you and use the strength of the whole country."
What bad luck!
The last time Zuoshandiao talked about mobilizing the power of the whole country was at the Wuji press conference. He said that he would mobilize the power of the whole country to do a good job in promoting Wuji.
"Thank you, Mr. Han, thank you, Mr. Han, we will do our best!" Wang Changtian quickly stood up, bowed, and stretched out his hands to shake hands with the mountain eagle.
The mountain eagle also stood up and shook hands to settle the matter.
"I refuse!"
Snap!
Li Mingyang closed the document and said firmly.
The whole room was shocked for a moment!
(End of chapter)