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Chapter 64 Who wins and who loses
Aunt and nephew Cheng and Columbia came to the conference room of the hotel.

The Colombian side is obviously led by Chen Guofu, saying:
"I've wanted to visit Director Cheng for a long time, but I never had the chance. I can see you today. You really are a good-looking talent."

Columbia is very close to Hua Yi, and has participated in "Big Watch", "Mobile Phone" and the upcoming filming of "A World Without Thieves".

The overseas distribution of Zhang Yimou's "Hero" also has Colombia's presence.

As the first batch of major international companies entering the domestic market, Colombia has played a certain role in promoting the development of domestic commercial blockbusters.

This has to be recognized.

The two winners of the Lunar New Year file, "Mobile" is too localized to make a remake, but "Butterfly Effect" is different.

As long as you understand the setting of "Butterfly Effect", the story can be placed in any country in the world.

Moreover, the cost of this film should not be very high depending on the scenes and special effects.

Investors love projects like this.

"Director Cheng, everyone is a cheerful person. The purpose of our visit this time is to obtain the copyright for the remake of "Butterfly Effect."

Cheng Lingfeng took over the words: "Mr. Chen is straight to the point, and we don't procrastinate. The results of "Butterfly Effect" are obvious to all. I don't know what price Columbia is going to offer."

Chen Guofu whispered a few words to the foreigners around him, and replied: "We think 320 million US dollars is a very good price."

Cheng Lingfeng smiled and shook her head: "It seems that Columbia still doesn't have much sincerity. Don't think that we don't know the international market because we are in China. Conceptual soft science fiction has always been the easiest type of film to make a big difference.

"K Star Stranger" earned 6500 million US dollars, "Groundhog Day" achieved a box office of over 1500 million US dollars at a cost of less than 7000 million US dollars, "12 Monkeys" even won 1.7 million at the box office, " Strictly speaking, ET" is also soft sci-fi. Do I need to mention its box office? "

Cheng Lingfeng raised her eyebrows.

"But Ms. Cheng, that's not how it is calculated. "Butterfly Effect" performed very well in China, but this kind of setting may not be liked by audiences in the United States or other countries in the world."

"Of course you are right to say so, but the $320 million of "Butterfly Effect" is a cheap sale to me. Our "Sniper Phone Booth" was sold to Fox for $457 million. I believe that the better "Butterfly Effect" should be worth a Better price."

The negotiations on the first day were not pleasant. Cheng Lingfeng did not agree to Columbia's offer of US$320 million, but she herself did not give a clear price and just let Columbia continue to offer.

Chen Guofu said that he would stay in Northeast China for a few days and hoped that there would be a satisfactory result for both parties.

Apart from negotiations, Cheng Yu'an took a group of Colombians to visit the crew.

Seeing that Cheng Yu'an's crew was orderly and harmonious, Chen Guofu praised a few words and left.

Cheng Yu'an continued to devote himself to filming.

Qin Ranqiu leaned over: "Who is that person?"

"Chen Guofu from Columbia."

"What are you here for?"

"Let's talk about the remake rights of "Butterfly Effect", Lingfeng will continue. Come on, let's continue filming!"

Cheng Lingfeng sent off the Colombian group for a while, and went back to the set to have a look.

Taking advantage of the play time, Cheng Lingfeng approached Cheng Yu'an to talk about something: "I'll tell you something."

"Ah."

"The company had a plan and gave me an idea last year. I've been thinking about it. I'm not sure. Let me talk to you."

"What's the idea?" Cheng Lingfeng is a very vigorous person, and Cheng Yu'an is also a little curious about things that can make her uncertain.

"She said that the company can try to do a talent show. The payment of movies and TV shows is too slow. It can take three to four months. If it is slow, it can be half a year. It doesn’t cost much. I thought it made sense, and then she gave me a draft a few days ago called "Super Girl", which is a talent show for girls singing. Do you think this is a joke?"

This is more than a trick, this is simply a gold mine!

"It can be done." Cheng Yu'an couldn't tell Cheng Lingfeng how profitable the "Super Girl" project was, but only said in a very positive tone that this project must be done.

"But we don't understand music, and we don't have a music business."

"It doesn't matter, you get a record company to work with.

We have long-distance media, add a record company, and then pull in a TV station, and the three cooperate.Singers who debut in the talent show will be given priority to sign with the record companies we cooperate with. This model is beneficial to all three companies. "

Cheng Yu'an briefly explained the model, and Cheng Lingfeng immediately understood:

"We can hold auditions in various places first, and then gather together for the national finals. At that time, I will broadcast a national simultaneous live broadcast, and it will be detonated directly!"

"Hey, hey, you knew it would be popular? It's going to blow up the whole country. Go back and make a specific plan first. It's best to start this project during the summer vacation. At that time, the students are on vacation, and the ratings and participation are guaranteed."

After Cheng Yu'an said this, Cheng Lingfeng felt that this project was very successful, and it might make more money than her hard work in filming.

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For Feng Xiaogang, this new year is not dangerous.

Last year, he was absent from the Lunar New Year file, and this year he returned with "Mobile".

With a good score of 5600 million, it topped the box office of the year, and also created the best result since his directorial career.

Feng Xiao didn't take Cheng Yu'an seriously at first, and felt that a boy in his early 20s, who was lucky enough to make two blockbuster movies, dared to enter the Lunar New Year festival recklessly.

Unexpectedly, "Butterfly Effect" was extremely strong. It was released 2 weeks after "Mobile", but the trend was strong, and the total box office was firmly biting "Mobile".

After more than a month of fighting, "Mobile" was the winner after all, beating "Butterfly Effect" by 200 million yuan to win this year's Lunar New Year file champion.

Feng Xiaogang was full of ambition, but Huayi's bosses, big and small, were really taken aback.

He warned Feng Xiaogang not to take it lightly: "Cheng Yu'an is not an easy person with three movies a year and 1.5 million box office."

"Don't worry." Feng Xiaogang didn't take it seriously at all. "After all, he is a young man. He has not gone through any storms, so we are not afraid of him. Next year's Lunar New Year's "A World Without Thieves", the champion will still be ours."

Wang Zhongjun said, "How about Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu" movie?"

The filming of "Kung Fu" was completed in October last year.

As one of the investors of "Kung Fu", Huayi pays close attention to this film.

Wang Zhonglei said: "This film is very special effects, Zhou Xingxing has been in the final stage of retreat, and now I don't know how the finished film will be."

The script of "A World Without Thieves" still hasn't been improved, and the Wang brothers and Feng Xiaogang discussed this matter in the office.

"Why don't you ask Wang Shuo to have a look." President Xiao Wang suggested.

Feng Xiaogang and Wang Shuo had a bit of trouble in the past two years, and Wang Shuo went abroad after being "blocked".

The relationship between the two is a bit stiff.

Didi Didi~~~~
Wang Zhonglei's cell phone rang.

"I'll take a call."

After Wang Zhonglei went out, Wang Zhongjun persuaded Feng Xiaogang a few words, telling him to let go of his prejudices: "It's all for the good of the movie."

Five minutes later, Wang Zhonglei came back with a gloomy face, and Wang Zhongjun asked, "What's wrong?"

"Columbia is in contact with Remote and wants to buy the remake rights of "Butterfly Effect". Fox also wants to buy it because of the good income of "Sniper Phone Booth". Now both companies are talking with Remote, and the price they offer is not low."

Feng Xiaogang had a complicated expression when he heard this.

"Mobile Phone" beat "Butterfly Effect" on the front foot, but was beaten in the face on the back foot.

The box office is only a negligible 200 million more than "Butterfly Effect", but if the remake copyright of "Butterfly Effect" is sold, then the income of "Butterfly Effect" will be more than a cut higher than that of "Mobile Phone".

Moreover, the news that the film was sold to foreigners at a high price is enough to stand on the headlines of the film and television for a week.

In this regard, "Mobile" lost.

(End of this chapter)