Perfect Life

The day after Elizabeth left, He Yingyu, with her large and small luggage, also boarded the plane from the airport in Shuntian Prefecture, flew directly to Chang'an Prefecture, and sat on the plane at the airport of Chang'an Prefecture who came to pick her up specially. The car rushed to the depths of the desert that day and entered the crew of "Dragon Inn".

And Li Qian flew directly to Los Angeles after another day's delay in Shuntianfu.

If you want to achieve the global simultaneous release of "Hulu Baby", it is fine in other regions. You can talk about it slowly. If you can't agree on the schedule, you can also postpone the release. But since it is said to be "global synchronization", then at least North America Markets in the region have to be released in time for Christmas no matter what.

And, to be honest, for the Western world, the North American market can almost be regarded as the vane of the box office market in the entire European and American regions. If you want to talk about the distribution of "Huluwa" in European countries, you must first discuss the publishers, distribution methods and distribution scales in North America!

As long as North America can get the opening scale of 2,000 movie theaters, then European countries will have the confidence to talk about it.

However, as a family-friendly animated film, "Hulu Baby" is the best and most suitable distributor, but it shows that it is not very interested in the release of this film in North America.

When the plane landed, before returning to Liao Liao's house in Los Angeles, and still in the commercial car, John Days had already introduced the details of the previous release negotiations to Li Qian——

"First of all, this is an animated film from China, a Chinese story, and it is a fairy tale, so distributors in many countries have questioned whether this film can achieve good box office results in Europe and the United States. You know, Businessmen only care about whether this thing can bring them a profit, preferably a high profit!"

"However, Qian, with all due respect, your previous films that have been released around the world are not enough to add some extra persuasion to my negotiation. The "Once Upon a Time" series in Europe is not bad, but in North America , it is far less influential than your Chinese counterpart Qin's "The Gate of Life and Death". Many film critics in North America have even written film reviews to criticize the film, saying that it has a 'heavy anti-white stance'. Attack and ridicule', is a 'movie with malice'! And "Red Sorghum" is very popular in Europe and Latin America, but in North America, its box office and influence are still very limited. So , Qian, although I have worked hard, our distribution negotiations have inevitably reached a deadlock."

"As for what you want, of course I also want Disney Pictures, they only agreed to release it by buyout, and this animated film is absolutely not allowed to appear in the Christmas season! You know, this year's Christmas season, they have a The "Wigger the Pooh" is going to be released, which is also a family fun, with an investment of up to 60 million US dollars, they absolutely cannot afford to lose, and do not welcome any competitors! Even if they, like others, think that "Hulu Baby" "Such an animated film from China does not have the foundation to be popular in North America!"

"My God! You don't know, when they heard that this is an animated film from China, they were all very surprised and asked me, are there any animated films in China?"

In this regard, what can Li Qian say, he can only ask John Days to help meet people from Disney.

And this time, he came with a copy of the movie.

However, after waiting for two full days, Disney didn't give a reply, and they only agreed to arrange for one of their directors in distribution, Gail Bullock, to meet with Li Qian and take a look at "Hulu Baby" ", and then for the third time talking about the agency distribution of "Hulu Baby" in North America - this is the best deal John Days can get.

It's nothing to be surprised, and I don't think he's been insulted. Of course, Li Qian wants to meet Di Iger, the CEO of Disney Group. A very well-known frontman of a band, but as a film director, his biggest worldwide fame is the winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

Coming to Hollywood, especially standing in front of the seven major Hollywood production companies, to talk about the distribution of a Chinese cartoon in North America, he does not have any capital worth relying on.

The arrogance of several famous Hollywood production companies is also well known in the industry. Even a successful director, even to the level of James Cameron, still has to suffer and feel depressed in front of the seven major Hollywood production companies, not to mention Li Qian.

Therefore, since he is here to seek a better distribution of "Hulu Baby" in North America, Li Qian is already ready for all kinds of things.

So, on the appointed day, Li Qian and John Dyce came to the headquarters of the Disney Group together with an assistant and a copy of "Hulu Baby" that had been dubbed in English.

Before getting off the car, John Days reminded him again, "Qian, Minghu Culture and you have a great influence in the Chinese film market. Minghu Culture now also has first-class distribution capabilities in China, and has already We started to expand our own theater chain, so if the negotiations are really deadlocked, I think we may be able to start from this aspect and start negotiations in another way. I believe that they will be interested in this! Because the Chinese film market, let all the Hollywood studios are so jealous!"

Li Qian nodded understandingly to show that he knew, but, as he did when talking about the matter before he came, he did not give an accurate answer in the first place.

Introducing blockbusters from the United States and showing them in China. For a company like Minghu Culture, which has no problem in getting through the film bureau and the Ministry of Culture as long as it wants to do it, it only needs to ensure a certain amount of vision in selecting films. A good business that can make a fortune.

In fact, in the past ten years, the reason why the Oriental Media Group has been able to occupy the top position in the Chinese film circle, and almost no one can really shake it, is not just a Du Weiyun. Zhou Yanghua has been working on the introduction of European and American films in domestic theaters many years ago. Up to now, the distribution companies under the Oriental Media Group have introduced more than ten European and American films every year, and the revenue and profits contributed by them account for 30% of the total. More than 30% of the annual turnover and profit of the entire Oriental Media Group.

So in fact, Li Qian's reputation and influence in the European and American entertainment circles are even far more than Zhou Yanghua's countless levels, but if the person who came to Hollywood at this time is Zhou Yanghua, his The treatment received will definitely be several grades higher than the treatment Li Qian received at this time - a market with an annual box office of up to two or three billion US dollars has a strong ability to distribute European and American films, and has been engaged in the past for many years. The film dealers in this aspect of distribution work are the ones that every Hollywood film producer will attach great importance to and welcome in-depth cooperation.

Compared with this, a big director who is very important in the Chinese film circle comes to Hollywood, but he is not a big man - even though he also has a large film company behind him.

However, Li Qian has always been hesitant about this.

Neither he nor Qi Jie didn't know that distributing Hollywood movies was a profitable business. Even if they didn't know it, the people in the distribution department had already made an idea of ​​this, and John Dyth had done it countless times before. Reminder - Up to now, Minghu Culture has not obtained the market access qualification for the distribution of Hollywood movies from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Ministry of Culture. Personal connections, it is not too difficult to get this admission qualification.

But, do you want to do it?

In the five-year production plan formulated by Minghu Culture not long ago, basically every year, the company will spend 100 million to 150 million yuan to invest in its own film production to ensure that the annual production of films is three to four, even if It is in the case that the company's own theater chain company has not yet been completely established, the company's ability to distribute in theaters also has a margin, and it is fully capable of bringing in several Hollywood movies for distribution every year.

But in this way, it is bound to form another round of impact on other domestic films in China.

Minghu Culture distributes by itself. Of course, it will not separate the films of its own company from the imported Hollywood films. It is not worried that it will affect its own box office performance, but it will definitely affect the films of the same period produced by other film companies. , form a powerful impact!

In this era, Hollywood movies are rampant all over the world. In the domestic market, there are five or six powerful companies such as Oriental Media Group to distribute their movies. The movie is even more killing Quartet in China!

The Film Bureau has a quota for importing films every year, but once you obtain the qualification for market access, you can get a certain number of quotas that are not subject to the total import quota.

Although this introduction quota has to pay a higher share to the film bureau, it is still enough to attract various Hollywood studios.

Then, those domestic film companies that are not strong enough, and those directors who must pass one film after another that can make a profit in order to obtain the support of the film company for their follow-up production plan, must Under this impact, some people will lose the investors of the next movie.

Therefore, Minghu Culture has never planned to enter this market.

If you can't do it, you can't do it!

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At 9:30 in the morning, Li Qian and John Days had already sat in a reception room of the Disney Group, and the meeting time agreed by the two parties was 10:00 in the morning.

According to Eastern etiquette, arriving early will show Li Qian's sincerity in seeking cooperation.

However, after waiting in the reception room until ten o'clock, Gail Bullock, the director of the distribution department of the Disney Group who had agreed to meet in advance to see the copy and discuss cooperation, did not come as scheduled.

At about 10:40, a staff member came to inform that Mr. Gail Block temporarily changed his schedule. He was going to attend another internal preview this morning, so the meeting time was changed to tomorrow morning. ten o'clock.

John Days already had an extremely ugly face, but at this time he learned that the other party would not come in the morning at all, and his face was gloomy, and it might burst out at any time-this is of course an extremely impolite treatment. , What's more, this will make him lose face in front of his Dongfang boss!

However, people just don't come, what can you do?

Carrying the copy of the movie, the two went out and went downstairs.

When there were only the two of them in the elevator, John Dyth said angrily: "When "Titanic" was still in theaters and just after it was released, little people like Gail Bullock were not qualified to follow I'm sitting around talking about a movie release! He's not qualified!"

Of course, Li Qian's mood was not much better, but when he heard this, he could only shrug.

It is conceivable that John Dyth, who dominated the "Titanic" project with his support for James Cameron, had a halo around him when "Titanic" swept the global box office. The blessing must also be the guests of the major Hollywood production companies.

At that time, as we all know, he was the most willing to cooperate with James Cameron, and he was also one of the few producers who could control and persuade James Cameron to a certain extent. And Cameron's next film production plan is mentioned repeatedly at the top-level meeting of the seven major Hollywood production companies, and every production company strives to get it.

James Cameron is a well-known technology maniac in Hollywood. After the big sale of "Titanic", the special effects production company under his name was full of business, and he himself took a break for two or three years. There is still no follow-up production plan, but instead plunged into the development of new technologies.

John Days has his latest news. It is said that he is very interested in 3D technology and is currently leading a team to develop related technologies, and if this new 3D technology born out of the previous 3D can have a certain qualitative leap , It is said that James Cameron intends to use this new technology to shoot a subject that he wanted to shoot a long time ago, a story of a future man who travels back to the present - just like he used "Titanic" for the special effects of the movie Just like opening the situation in one fell swoop, he will also want to open up the market for another new film technology that he leads through a convincing new film~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Because he is such a person who likes to use technology people who make money.

With the huge success of "Titanic" in the global market, it is impossible to exaggerate how much he is sought after by Hollywood studios. And John Days, as his comrade-in-arms, naturally received various courtesy.

However, at this time, time has passed.

In the past few years, the famous James Cameron can rest, but the producer John Dyce will not rest. He has led and participated in multiple productions of Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount. It's a pity that the film plan, almost without exception, did not perform well.

Therefore, at this time, as a former famous producer, the treatment he received from the seven major Hollywood production companies was naturally deteriorating - even a small director of Disney's distribution department had dared to compare his relationship with him. On a date, just push and push, and change if you want to.

Didn't even know in advance!

But even so, at 9:30 the next morning, Li Qian and John Dyce came to the same reception room with the copy on time.