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Chapter 342 Negotiation Tips (Fill Yesterday)
Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film…

In addition to the movie itself, it is best to have some sensitivity to the subject matter!
What is sensitivity?
For example, "Ordinary Woman", this film is very sensitive, telling the story of a transgender person named Malena.

You see, this is not only politically correct, but also able to shoot with depth.

Transgender people, ex-wife, current husband, including social attitudes, etc...

Just a little digging will suffice.

Shen Changlin felt that he was quite unlucky. "Search" applied for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year, but it was a pity that it failed to get nominated.
"A Separation" is too awesome, Berlin Golden Bear, Silver Bear, and later won the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which directly took Iranian films to a higher level.

Last year, Ah Mou's "Hunting" actually had a chance, but when he ran into "Love"...

This movie is also nominated not only for the best foreign language film, but also for the best picture, and even the heroine Emmanuelle Riva directly won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress!

One of the important awards of the Oscar outpost, the moment Emmanuel Riva won the award, the expression of the big bitch sister was very interesting...

But this year should have a chance, because there are no opponents worth mentioning...

Of course, the premise is that "Big Buddha" has to set off a storm in Venice, so that it is easy to do public relations!
But to be honest, Shen Changlin didn't think Oscar was awesome.

It is not a worldwide award - even if its influence is few in the world.

People are the American trade union award.

It is an award mainly for English-language films. Every year, all non-English-speaking countries around the world compete for a best foreign-language film-and it is also called the "least important award" by the host!
The domestic upper class began to change their attitudes around 2015. Before that, it had always been surrounded by the ideas of foreign adults-the film bureau will form a 9-member expert group, and they decide to apply for Oscar films every year.

The films declared before 2015 were all 'good' films, at least in line with Wen Qing's ideas!

What is declared in 15 years?
"Get Out, Tumor Man," a...chick flick...

Some Chinese directors commented bluntly, "Sending this kind of film to review is a cognitive shame for Chinese films."

In fact, this movie is not bad. A chick movie that reflects individual temperaments should be nominated for an Oscar, and it reflects the real life of young people in contemporary China, both sad and happy. Why not?
In 16, I declared "Da Tang Xuanzang", um, I went with the political mission of "One Belt, One Road"...

In 17, simply submit "Wolf Warrior 2" for trial!

From Shen Changlin's point of view, there is no need for Mou to please Hollywood, even if he won the best foreign language film, what can he do?

Does he lack this honor?
Will Chinese films become stronger because they won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?
But... if it is really taken, it will be very beneficial to the image of Changlin Film and Television, including A Mou himself!
After all, it belongs to 0 breakthrough.

Let's do a PR...

It doesn't cost much, and it's not an important award!
……

"The first is the script adaptation, often routine: discover the megalodon → save yourself at sea → save others..."

"The idea of ​​the theme is right..."

"How to add Chinese elements?"

"Let the shark swim to China!"

When we met, Shen Changlin discussed the filming of "The Megalodon" with Wen Ziren in English, while Yang Fan discussed investment allocation with Rob Cowen...

"I want a frightening effect... but I have to get rid of the cyan lens in the previous shark film..."

Shark-type movies have basically become B-grade movies, how can B-grade movies sell well?

Of course, it must stimulate the eyeballs - beauties with big waves in bikinis and bed scenes.

Therefore, most of the routine films have a pair of wild couples who die first!

"In addition... the ending will show that the Chinese military will send destroyers to destroy the sharks..."

Wen Ziren listened to Shen Changlin's restrictions, wrote them down, and asked, "That's all?"

"Well...it's almost there!" Shen Changlin smiled: "Popcorn movie, an epic battle between deadly humans and giant creatures... What else do you want?"

"...OK, how much is the script investment?"

"I'll give you three months and $200 million to get the script out, but I want the movie to be released in December 2015!"

"no problem!"

Wen Ziren complied...

He cherishes this opportunity very much—after all, he was just a director of horror genre films with a "small and big picture" before.

Even "The Conjuring" cost only $2000 million.

He hasn't received an invitation from "Fast 7" yet...

Yang Fan is still discussing with Rob Cowan!

Rob Cowan's idea is that the Chinese investment only takes the profits in China, and the US investment is all investment except the Chinese area!
Of course, the cost is divided in half.

Isn't this fucking nonsense!

The cost of "Megalodon" plus global publicity is at least 1.8 million U.S. dollars, which is divided in half. Changlin Film and Television will invest 9000 million U.S. dollars, and 18 billion box office is needed to recover the cost...

Before Yang Fan could speak, Shen Changlin was amused: "Do you believe that I have a way to stop Warner Bros. movies from being shown in China?"

Of course Rob Cowan knew who Shen Changlin was, and also knew that he had a good relationship with the upper echelons, so he choked and said, "...what do you want to do?"

Yang Fan said: "We are responsible for funding and production, while Warner Bros. and New Line are responsible for publicity and distribution... In addition, we will appoint professional producers, accountants, and finance staff to the crew..."

Rob Cowan flatly refused: "It's impossible!"

Yang Fan glanced at Shen Changlin, and then said: "Then there is no need to talk about it... You go back and tell Kevin Tsuhara (President of Warner Bros.) to be careful, we have plenty of ways to target Warner... Besides, Warner don't want to be in China. Build a theme park!"

"...We can accept that the Chinese side is responsible for funding and production, and Warner Bros. and New Line are responsible for publicity and distribution, but we cannot accept accounting and finance into the team...This is not in compliance with the rules!"

"You think we don't know about Hollywood accounting?"

Rob Cowan looks a bit embarrassed...

Hollywood accounting, also known as Hollywood accounting, is a film industry financial method used by Hollywood studios to exaggerate expenses to reduce net profits.

On the one hand, it reduces the taxes and royalties that the company needs to pay, and on the other hand, there is no need for a profit-sharing agreement.

In the popular "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" that year, Warner claimed that they spent huge expenses on distribution, advertising and printing, resulting in a loss of 1.67 million U.S. dollars. They also reported an interest expense of 6000 million U.S. dollars...

In the end, the actors did not pay the box office share - because it was a loss on the books!
You say it's the 21st century, Hollywood can't...

Ha ha, for example: "Bohemian Rhapsody", everyone knows it?

The cost was US$5500 million, and the global box office was US$9.11 million, but according to the accounting statements of 20th Century Fox in the past, the film ended up with a loss of US$5100 million!
It's easy.

Film and television groups often manage 100 film and television projects at the same time, for example, 80 are in the development stage, 10 are in production, 5 are in post-production, and only a few enter theaters and distribution a year.

Even though the box office profit of project A is 1 million, the other 99 projects are all in a state of loss: the projects developed have various out-of-the-box director fees, consultant fees, screenwriter fees, and art concept fees;

The production project has a large amount of deposits for actors, production expenses and special effects preparations; it is better to pay short-term expenses in the later stage. It is not a problem to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for a visual effects lens to change several versions.

Financial accounting will take all kinds of expenses as the cost of profitable projects and move them around to ensure that no projects are profitable.

Even his own people are cheated, let alone Shen Changlin, an outsider!

Of course, Yang Fan is not just jealous. Seeing that Rob Cowan was silent, he continued: "We are not collaborating once. If "The Megalodon" does well at the box office, we will make a sequel. In addition, "The Megalodon" After the cooperation with "Shark", we can continue to shoot other genres... For example, the series of Stephen King movies that you have always wanted to restart, we can all invest!"

(End of this chapter)