Perfect Life

"Oh, dear Qian, hello, I'm your fan, a loyal fan! And I'm also your fan. I firmly believe that Chinese kung fu movies will one day be popular in the world!"

"Hello Mr. Anderson, thank you!"

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"Ah, Qian! Our great oriental musician and great oriental director! Nice to meet you!"

"Hello Mr. Smith, thank you, you have won the prize."

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"Look who it is, my God, Qian, I have to say, you are my daughter's idol, please don't be a guest at my house in the future, or my daughter will run away with you!"

"Mr. Oliver, you are exaggerating, but thank you! When you get home, please tell your daughter that Qian is really handsome, okay?"

"Oh my gosh, don't do this!"

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Family, family, family.

Meet, say hello, greet, make a joke, chat.

One person, another person.

In fact, as long as you let go of your thinking, you will no longer simply discuss the release of "Hulu Baby" as a separate matter, but consider the two-way distribution cooperation in the next few years as a big business. Hollywood Here we can talk about cooperation, and there are some big distributors and big studios who are willing to talk to Minghu Culture about cooperation.

Today, Hollywood films dominate the world. Except for a few countries' own films that can still be supported in the local market, in most places in the world, the local film industry is already a stronghold in the face of powerful Hollywood films. Basically squeezed to the point of lingering, only a faint breath remains.

Including the European literary and artistic films that once dominated the world's film forest for decades, and also the unique Japanese films that were short-lived in the 1980s and 1990s, known for being "full of Eastern thinking and beautiful Eastern style" , is now out of sight.

Europe and Japan have all become the most important ticket warehouses for Hollywood movies.

The so-called Hollywood is of course not just a few big studios. The entire Los Angeles area, that is, Hollywood in the narrow sense, has hundreds of production companies of various sizes, and the United States does not rely on these specializations. There are hundreds of independent films produced by independent film companies every year. However, I have to say that independent films only provide the breadth of American films, which is a kind of exploration. The three words that truly represent American films and represent Hollywood are well known to movie fans all over the world and are the seven major Hollywood film companies.

Minghu Culture wants to talk about cooperation, of course, it also needs to talk to these companies.

Disney is one of them, but only one of them.

Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount, which produced and distributed Titanic, as well as Columbia, Universal, Warner Bros., etc., each of them is strong enough to be the absolute powerhouse in the world of cinema ——But no matter which one, they will be very interested in gaining the friendship of a company with strong distribution capabilities in China.

What's more, the condition is only to distribute a Chinese Qian movie as an agent.

And this movie is an animated movie that other major Hollywood production companies, except Disney, are extremely weak-they are willing to fight Disney's "Wigger the Pooh"!

Of course, this attitude is good and admirable! But in practice, this is actually a not-so-beautiful distribution plan - our purpose is to make money, not to be angry, right?

However, this cooperation, of course, is very exciting!

So, in the following period, under the leadership of John Days, Li Qian began to negotiate among several major Hollywood studios, meeting and chatting with relevant people from major companies.

As for the real negotiating task, it was all handed over to John Days.

Then, as we met and talked all the way, the people from several major production companies that Li Qian and John Dyce met became higher and higher.

Until later, several companies whose opinions tended to be the same have dispatched executive presidents, or at least people at the level of vice president executive directors, to meet John Deiss and Li Qian.

Suddenly, John Dyce seemed to be back at his best.

It's just that at the time, he was backed by James Cameron, and now, he is backed by Li Qian. Or it can be said that he is backed by the entire Chinese film market.

Finally, after such rounds of contact, collision, negotiation, and struggle for every inch of land, the situation began to gradually become clear in about ten days.

After collecting all kinds of information and thinking about all kinds of cooperation plans, John Days drove his car straight to Liao after he came out of the 20th Century Fox film company he was most familiar with. Liao's mansion in Los Angeles - The negotiations in recent days have gradually entered a substantive stage. In order to leave room for a step of relaxation, Li Qian no longer directly participated in the negotiations, and stayed in Liao Liao's mansion.

When the electronically controlled door slowly opened, John Dyce drove the car in. From a distance, he saw that Li Qian was already waiting on the steps in front of the house.

John Days got out of the car and walked straight up.

The two shook hands, and Li Qian smiled and said, "It's hard work."

John Dyth laughed, and the two walked into the house side by side.

Are you working hard?

Really hard work!

In the past ten days, he has seen every day the top brains in Hollywood. Everyone is quick-witted and full of ingenuity. Even a cunning and cunning person like John Dyce has to fight 100% every time. The energy to deal with it can ensure that you don’t get carried away by others.

However, after several years of life and career slump, this time he wandered among several major Hollywood studios, meeting and discussing cooperation every day with the big men in charge of Hollywood, but it made him quickly Back to the peak of his life state and spiritual state!

After the two of them entered the room and sat down, before the servants at home brought drinks, John Days couldn't wait to say: "Boss, I feel like we've already talked about it, the general situation of each family is basically there. After the negotiation is reached, the next step should be to determine one or two of them and conduct in-depth detailed negotiations."

Seeing Li Qian nod, he turned his head and said thank you to the servant who brought the drink, then opened his briefcase and said, "Except for the Disney Group, as soon as the other six hear that we can reverse the production for them The film agency's distribution in China and the negotiation are very positive."

"After repeated contact and selection, I think we can exclude MGM and Universal Pictures! They also agreed to distribute "Hulu Baby" as an agent, but they asked us to sign a distribution exclusive agreement, that is, Once we reach a cooperation with them, then in the next five years, we will only be able to represent their company's distribution business in China, and will not be able to cooperate with any company. As you said, this is an unacceptable condition for us. harsh."

After a pause, he waved his hand, "They are too arrogant, they don't treat us as an equal and mutually beneficial partner at all, they just want to develop us into their agency distribution company in the East!"

Li Qian nodded slowly. This was one of the two rules they had set in the morning before contacting the major film companies: First, we would not be a company's downline or sign an exclusive agreement. It is an equal partnership; second, since "Hulu Baby", Minghu Culture will bring several movies from China every year and request to launch in North America, but will never accept a buyout agreement, which is the same as the first one Yes, exclusive agreements are also not accepted!

In Li Qian's view, these two items are the basis of all cooperation.

Because once an exclusive agreement is signed, as the Chinese publisher, Minghu Culture will lose the right to choose, and as the publisher in the United States, Minghu Culture will also lose the right to choose.

As we all know, once you lose the right to choose, you can only be slaughtered at the critical moment!

At this time, John Days has continued: "Although both Paramount and Warner Bros. are very strong, they agreed to our preconditions, that is, to establish a cooperation mechanism for mutual treatment, and I negotiated with them separately, and the follow-up A series of cooperation agreements are also negotiated based on this point. However, for the subsequent US release, the conditions they gave are very harsh, and I am not very satisfied.”

"Paramount promised to introduce three to five Chinese movies recommended by Minghu Culture every year for public release in North America, but they only promised to ensure that each movie can be released in a maximum of 800 theaters, and promised One of them will be released in more than 1,000 theaters."

"Warner Bros.' conditions are a little more relaxed. They require Minghu Culture to introduce at least five films produced by them every year, and they will open their own film source library for Minghu Culture to choose at any time for this purpose. However, they require that five films per year be introduced. Movies must all be split at the box office, and buyouts and film approvals are not accepted. In response, they agreed to arrange three Chinese movies recommended by us every year to be distributed by their agents throughout North America. , the same is the mode of sharing accounts, and they promised that these three films will get a distribution scale of no less than 1,000 theaters, one of which can be determined by ourselves, and they will do their best to meet our needs. release requirements."

As he spoke, Li Qian nodded. After he finished speaking, he paused for a while. Li Qian looked up and saw that he was looking at him expectantly. He didn't seem to want to continue talking. Surprised, he said, "Go ahead, there are two more?"

John Days shrugged and said: "I thought you would be very satisfied with the outcome of my negotiations, because in my opinion, these two companies are very good partners, and Paramount and Warner Bros. are now in the limelight. , it is a better choice to choose them as partners. And these conditions I have negotiated have basically guaranteed that in this two-way distribution cooperation, we will not suffer!"

Li Qian shrugged, noncommittal.

Compared with other companies, this condition seems to be good, but five for three is still not completely fair - of course, this is not unacceptable.

After all, many Hollywood movies are often more profitable as long as they are brought to China, but it is hard to say whether Chinese movies will be accepted and profitable if they are brought to North America.

So at this time, he just smiled and said, "So, that means, in your opinion, neither 20th Century Fox nor Columbia are suitable? Are their conditions more stringent than MGM and Universal Pictures?"

When John Days heard the words, he immediately said, "That's not true! But you know, I talked to you after the negotiation ended a few days ago. Twentieth Century Fox proposed to hold shares in Minghu Culture. You can't accept it! And once this condition is stripped away, the other party is only interested in the distribution of their films by Minghu Culture, and has always been reluctant to start with me in depth about the distribution of Chinese films by them. Go discuss it! So in my opinion, their sincerity in this cooperation negotiation is problematic."

Li Qian nodded slowly when he heard the words, "Understood!"

Then he sighed again and said, "Twentieth Century Fox is now rich!"

John Days shrugged helplessly.

Back then, James Cameron's "Titanic" almost brought down Twentieth Century Fox. At a critical moment, John Dyth helped James Cameron get Paramount's capital injection. In the end, it was ensured that "Titanic" was completed as scheduled, and then released as scheduled.

The two major Hollywood studios joined forces to make the film almost the largest release and publicity, which contributed to the super-sale of "Titanic".

Since then, Paramount has certainly made a lot of money from the production and distribution of this film, and it has developed smoothly since then. Twentieth Century Fox also seems to have abandoned the old decadence and began to suddenly find a way to rise. , in recent years, they have been able to come up with several movies that sell well in the United States and around the world every year. Even their sub-label, Fox Searchlight, has been able to make a lot of gains almost every year in recent years~www.wuxiaspot.com~ As a result, 20th Century Fox, after a trough of nearly a decade, suddenly re-emerged and became a powerful presence in the seven major Hollywood studios that can compete with Disney and Warner Bros.

So, it's pretty strong.

Li Qian thought about it, and had to give up the company completely in his heart, so he asked, "So, what about Columbia? Isn't it appropriate? They shouldn't be so strong, right?"

John Days laughed when he heard the words, "Of course they can't be as strong as other companies! On the contrary, they are most interested in being able to cooperate with us and conduct two-way distribution negotiations, and they are the most willing to negotiate with each other. Concessions on this condition. But..."

Having said this, John Days laughed again, "You know, this company has been going from bad to worse in the last ten years, and I even suspect that one day they will go out of business!"

"The industry commented on them that they missed the acquisition of Sony Japan ten years ago, which made them miss the last chance to come back to life! So, even if we have reached a particularly favorable agreement with them, in case they have a year later If it goes bankrupt, what's the use of the agreement?"