Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Although Wu Yang has already received his director's fee, he also has a 20% profit-sharing right to the script!

2011 10 Month 25 Day.

Wu Yang organized a screening of "Love is Not Blind" and China Film Group invited three major overseas distributors. This time, the distributors from Hong Kong and Taiwan were not invited, as they only have the ability and financial resources to distribute in Southeast Asia.

The three major overseas publishers are still more capable and have more abundant funds.

This is Wu Yang's fifth low-budget film and his third domestic romance film. He made these films primarily to promote his girlfriend, and secondly, to gain a foothold in the domestic entertainment industry while also seeking some benefits for himself.

With the boost from these three films, Liu Yifei's status has caught up with that of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" actresses.

Her acting skills have also been honed, leaving several of her fellow post-85s generation actors far behind.

Although his acting skills are not as good as those of those who are over 30, he can still dominate the 20-year-old age group!

This third domestic romance film is also Wu Yang's last film, and even more so Liu Yifei's last film.

All of Liu Yifei's upcoming films will be big-budget, star-studded 3D special effects and sci-fi blockbusters, and she will remain the first choice for the leading lady!

Meanwhile, the three distributors present were also fiercely bidding after watching the movie.

This was because the first two films brought several times the revenue to the group that the European and American distributor belonged to.

As publishers of two Japanese and Korean products, and as industry peers, they naturally have inside information about this industry.

Moreover, their partners in some countries actually overlap, so the news simply cannot be hidden.

The movie "First Love" has grossed $2500 million worldwide, including box office and DVD revenue, after more than two years, outside of China. The original distributors in Europe and America only spent $400 million on it.

Even after deducting marketing and labor costs, the net profit is at least $1500 million.

The film "Love Like a Bouquet" broke international box office records in both Japan and South Korea.

Even though it only lasted less than a year, it brought in more than $2000 million in revenue for the group that owns the European and American publishers, while the original buyout of the publishing rights only cost $500 million.

Faced with returns several times higher, Japanese and South Korean publishers were extremely envious, so this time they no longer listened to their fathers.

In contrast, the representatives of European and American publishers adopted a determined and unyielding stance.

The price quickly surpassed the $700 million mark and slowly climbed toward $800 million.

Ultimately, the Western parent company, with its stronger financial resources, acquired the overseas distribution rights (excluding China) for $900 million, thoroughly outclassing its two Japanese and Korean subsidiaries!

After Han Sanye arranged for people to see the three publishers off, Wang Changtian pulled out a bottle of champagne from somewhere.

Compared to the total investment of 4000 million yuan, the overseas issuance rights alone sold for 900 million dollars, which is equivalent to 5813 million yuan at the current exchange rate.

Not only did it recoup its costs instantly, but it also made a direct profit of over 1000 million yuan. Once it's released domestically in half a month, the box office revenue will be pure profit!

Wang Changtian was very excited, so he prepared champagne in advance to celebrate, which Han Sanye and Wu Yang were already used to.

After all, the first two films recouped their costs before even being released, and their domestic box office revenue was pure profit.

However, this grand occasion will become a thing of the past as Wu Yang films his big-budget production!

Fortunately, given Wu Yang's international fame, even if she shoots a blockbuster film, she won't end up in the embarrassing situation of being ignored.

That's right, I'm talking about Feng Xiaogang!

After finishing the champagne, Wu Yang finalized the roadshow arrangements with Wang Changtian, and then bid farewell to Master Han.

Wu Yang spent a night with Liu Yifei at home, and the next day he boarded a flight to Los Angeles.

10 month 27 day.

Wu Yang landed safely in Los Angeles, got into the car sent by Leonardo DiCaprio, and arrived at the villa in Beverly Hills.

"My brother, you've finally come!"

Xiao Li was familiar with Wu Yang's habits, so he didn't organize a banquet, but instead arranged for the same Cantonese chef from last time.

He prepared a large table of dishes and gave Wu Yang a bear hug as soon as she entered the room.

Leonardo DiCaprio was both excited and anxious during this period because "Manchester by the Sea" was being filmed very well.

Every time he invites professionals to watch, he receives a ton of praise, which makes Leonardo DiCaprio extremely smug!

Of course, because I have to accompany someone to watch it every time, I always feel a bit depressed after watching the movie.

It's truly a bittersweet experience!

"Victoria's Secret is great, but don't overindulge, bro!"

Seeing Leonardo DiCaprio's dark circles, Wu Yang, who was unaware of DiCaprio's recent situation, spoke with a hint of teasing.

"I didn't sleep well because of the movie, and besides, I've been single for almost half a year!"

Because of Wu Yang, Xiao Li had some understanding of the Chinese language, so he knew what Wu Yang meant.

"Really? I don't believe it!"

Because I'm familiar with Leonardo DiCaprio, it's hard to believe that he would give up his Victoria's Secret Angel status for a movie.

"Why didn't you bring your angel?"

Unable to win an argument with Wu Yang, Xiao Li had no choice but to change the subject.

"She has a job too, you know. Let's eat first, I'm starving from the journey!"

Wu Yang waved his hand and pulled Xiao Li to sit at the round table with a Chinese style.

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The next morning, Wu Yang drove Li Zi's car and headed to the WMN branch in Los Angeles.

Because I was going to the US to attend the premiere of "Manchester by the Sea," I informed Peter and two other studio staff members in advance.

If you have work scheduled, you can also use these few days to complete it.

For example, William has already booked the itinerary for today and tomorrow.

To prepare dozens of science fiction scripts for Wu Yang, William searched for 68 unknown science fiction writers across the United States.

These are all science fiction writers selected from works that were not accepted by publishing houses.

After receiving a call from the publishing house and understanding their intentions, most of these people agreed to cooperate.

After all, being a writer sounds prestigious, but if you're not famous and don't make money, you really won't have anything to eat!

In fact, it is quite common for Americans to hire ghostwriters or essay writers.

The most famous of them all is Xiaobu Shi, whose autobiography was written by a ghostwriter.

Wu Yang went there this time because the 68 ghostwriters had finished their trial writing and needed Wu Yang's approval.

William was responsible for signing the contract after the main theme and style were confirmed, and the subsequent review, proofreading and publication were all handled by William.

The trial writing of ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, follows the same pattern. That one consists of the first three short chapters, which are about 10,000 words long.

For this trial short contract, the publisher only offered a low price of $10 per thousand words.

Only after signing a contract can you receive a high price of $100 per thousand words, plus royalties and profit sharing!

It took Wu Yang two days to read through all 68 drafts and write comments on each one.

Because these 68 people didn't write a single script, but rather selected it from all of Wu Yang's registered science fiction scripts based on their personal preferences.

So I read it very slowly, and because it was a collaborative publication, I read it very carefully.

Finally, 22 people were selected from 68 to write 22 science fiction scripts for them.

After completing the signing, Wu Yang finally dragged his tired body and mind back to the villa to rest.