This man knows how to hype

Chapter 423 Let’s Talk About Big Business

Beijing.

Hu family villa.

Hu Ningtian's incredible voice rang out in the living room on the first floor: "What did you say? People from Warner Bros. and Netflix are looking for Xiyu to buy the film and television copyrights?"

"Yes." Hu Ningwei nodded while sipping the hand-made lemon tea made by Hu Ningtian for her.

"Hey, that's pretty impressive." Hu Ningtian exclaimed in amazement. At this moment, he inexplicably remembered what his grandfather had said to him in the ward.

At that time, Mr. Hu said that Xu Xiyu had the ability to gain influence internationally.

Hu Ningtian also asked Zhonghui, the big tree, to actively supply nutrients to Xu Xiyu so that Xu Xiyu could have more support for his growth.

As a result, just when I was planning to help him promote "The Three-Body Problem" with all my heart, he had already walked out. This is really unreasonable.

Thinking of this, he said again: "What was Xiyu's reaction? Was she overjoyed?"

"No, I can't tell how happy I am. I don't seem to have any particular feelings." Hu Ningwei thought about it and shook her head.

"No feelings? Impossible. I'm pretending. I'm pretending to be calm in front of you." Hu Ningtian didn't believe it at all. He felt that Xu Xiyu was trying to trick his own sister.

"Really, he really doesn't feel anything." Hu Ningwei said, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Do you know what he thinks of Warner's purchase of the film and television adaptation rights of Infernal Affairs?"

"What do you mean?" Hu Ningtian asked curiously.

"He said that if Warner bought Infernal Affairs 20 years ago and adapted it, it might have become a classic.

If it were now, it might turn into a love-hate story between the cross-gender Liu Jianming and the black Chen Yongren." Hu Ningwei said, imitating Xu Xiyu's tone.

"Puff... cough, cough cough cough..." These words almost choked Hu Ningtian to death.

After coughing for a long time, he calmed down and smiled, "Don't say it, don't say it."

After that, he asked, "What about Netflix purchasing New Paradise: Wangxian? I think this drama has the potential to be popular. Both the rhythm and the number of episodes are very similar to American dramas."

"He said that Netflix has purchased a lot of domestic TV series in recent years. Many of them are very popular in China, but the response outside is average. However, some idol dramas have received good response in the Asian market.

"New Paradise: Wangxian" may have some market in Asia, but not necessarily in Europe and the United States. However, if Netflix is ​​willing to listen to him and adapt it well for localization, it will probably be a hit."

Xu Xiyu was not talking nonsense. Many TV series that are very popular in China and considered to be of high quality have no voice in the external market.

On the contrary, some idol dramas have received very good responses in the international market, for example, "Love O2O" and "A Love O2O" are very popular in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Especially the heroine of the latter, Shen Yue, is quite popular in the relevant areas.

The situation on Blue Star is similar. China's film, television and music works still have some influence in Asia.

However, in the eyes of many people, the international market refers to Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia, and other places do not count.

In the eyes of some people, a film or TV work that topped the list in Vietnam, a country with a population of 1 million, is completely inferior to a movie that licked the Cannes box office and won an award by bending its butt.

Of course, Xu Xiyu would not think so. Now he just has not made up his mind to go international. Once he starts to go international, he will not even let go of the African market, let alone Southeast Asia?
In short, walk on two legs.

One leg is trying to impact the so-called developed countries.

The other leg is to follow the pace of the Belt and Road Initiative and steadily gain market share in third world countries.

In fact, the entire world, except India, was a dumping ground for Hollywood movies. But now, Hollywood on the Blue Planet is getting worse and worse due to some reasons that everyone knows.

This gave Xu Xiyu a good opportunity.

After all, there are still more audiences with normal aesthetic tastes in this world. Just because certain groups are shouting loudly does not mean they have actual purchasing power.

Hu Ningtian naturally had no idea what Xu Xiyu was thinking when he heard Hu Ningwei say "Let Netflix localize the adaptation of New Paradise: Wangxian".

Instinctively he frowned and said, "In my opinion, Xiyu had better not sell the adaptation rights, and just let foreigners watch "New Paradise: Wangxian". This is the true Chinese story."

"That's what I thought when I was in his office. Do you know what he said?" Hu Ningwei put down the lemon tea in her hand and said.

"say what?"

"He said that to tell the Chinese story well, we don't necessarily have to tell only the Chinese story. We should not try to catch fish in a tree, and we must not fall into the error of fundamentalism."

As soon as these words came out, Hu Ningtian's eyes revealed a thoughtful look.

Just as he was thinking, Hu Ningwei continued, "He also asked me, if one day Disney made a movie about a panda who knows kung fu, would it be a Chinese story or an American story?"

Hearing this, Hu Ningtian couldn't help but be stunned and was about to reply.

Hu Ningwei replied directly: "He said that this is both a Chinese story, an American story, and a Disney story, but in the final analysis, it is still an American story.

In the same way, he said that if one day he shoots a story about the Day of the Dead with Mexico as the background, is this a Mexican story or a Chinese story?

"This is Xu Xiyu's story. As long as he has this reputation, people will listen to whatever stories he tells in the future." Hu Ningtian said thoughtfully. After he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that Xu Xiyu's vision was broader than he had imagined.

"By the way, he also bought an animation company called Binary Shadow, and is now developing an animated film called "Wall-E."" Hu Ningwei said, and she flipped through her phone to find a few photos and held them in front of Hu Ningtian.

Then he said, "This is the model of Wall-E and Eva. It's in my figurine shop. Isn't it cute? Xiyu drew it herself."

"He can also draw?!" Hu Ningtian was a little surprised.

"How novel! How can he not be able to draw when he majored in fine arts?" Hu Ningwei was even more surprised than Hu Ningtian. She didn't understand why her brother would ask such a question.

"Isn't he a music student? Did I misremember it?"

"You did remember it wrong. Binary Shadow is currently expanding its staff. They say they are going to open another project team to make another animated film.

It’s the Mexican Day of the Dead movie I told you about, called Coco.” Hu Ningwei spoke of these things like she knew them all by heart.

"Is there enough money to run such a big stall?"

"That's enough. I didn't have the courage to ask him this question." Hu Ningwei shook her head.

Hearing this, Hu Ningtian thought for a while, and then hesitantly asked: "Weiwei, I want to ask you something, are you interested in being a public figure?"

"Not interested." Hu Ningwei shook her head without hesitation.

This made Hu Ningtian a little confused about how to respond. If this was the case, then what his grandfather had told him in the ward would be completely impossible to implement.

Grandpa meant to let my sister gain international influence so as to leave a way out for the family, or plant another tree.

It turns out that my sister doesn’t have this intention or idea. What should I do?

Also considering what to do is Xu Xiyu. He really wants to use Netflix's platform to co-produce "Westworld".

Of course, filming "Westworld" is not the goal. The goal is to initially establish its own base overseas through "Westworld".

In this way, other American TV series can be filmed in the future, such as "Prison Break", "Breaking Bad", etc.

These themes cannot be transplanted to China because the reality basis is too different. Not only will the transplantation become a mess, it will also fail to pass the review.

However, there is a problem with this plan.

So what does Netflix think?
I can restore the content of "Westworld" to the greatest extent, but is Netflix willing to do so? Will they consider adding some politically correct elements to it?
Do you have to choose a female protagonist who looks disgusting?

If this is the case, it is better not to shoot it, as it will only damage your reputation.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiyu couldn't help scratching his head.

Two days later, Cheng Guangzu and Warner came to his office to find him.

To be honest, Xu Xiyu doesn't take Warner seriously, but it's not that Warner is weak.

On the contrary, Warner is very strong, with all-round development in movies, television, games, cinemas, etc. It has also established a joint venture with China Film.

Once upon a time, Warner was the boss of Hollywood, but was later surpassed by Disney.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Xiyu does not take Warner seriously.

Because he doesn't think he has any say in Warner at the moment.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to focus on Netflix. If Warner wants to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Infernal Affairs", it can sell it itself, and it will be good to have extra income.

With this in mind, Xu Xiyu maintained a calm attitude when he received Warner's group of five people, namely, the two white men, one Korean man, and two Chinese women.

This is in stark contrast to Cheng Guangzu's slightly humble state.

It was this attitude that made the three Asians quite dissatisfied. They felt that Xu Xiyu was too arrogant. Is this the right state for you to be in when facing "Master Yang"?

That’s right, in the eyes of these three people, Xu Xiyu’s communication on an equal footing was a manifestation of arrogance.

However, Americans will not have a good impression of you just because you lower your posture; on the contrary, the more confident you appear, the more they will look up to you.

Therefore, when the three of them saw that Xu Xiyu's eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose.

The leader, a man named Jeffrey, was extremely enthusiastic towards Xu Xiyu.

Xu Xiyu was so enthusiastic that he was a little confused. It was just buying the film adaptation rights of a movie, why did it act like they were negotiating a big deal?

Soon, Xu Xiyu realized that he had really thought things were simple.

Warner, you are really here to discuss big business.

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(End of this chapter)