The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 72

Edward Birch didn't take Zhang Tong's claim of the Orlando Gold Award: "Orlando has held dozens of sessions, and the Golden Pine Awards don't have such a big box office appeal. The audience here is very picky about foreign films."

Xu Wenshen retorted: "Fatal Identity" is not an ordinary Orlando Gold Award movie. Chen's last movie "Night of the Comet" was a great success here. It seems that North American audiences are not critical of Chen. He is a young North American filmmaker. People like the director, the audience will not pick him, just like Jacky Chen will not be picky."

If Chen Jingxing himself was present, he would naturally feel very ashamed of what he said, but both Zhang Tong and Xu Wenshen are film businessmen, so they still have thick skins.

"Jacky Chen's identity is not a director, but an actor. The audience likes to watch Jacky Chen's performance. Johnson Chen is the director and the person behind the scenes. The audience will go to the cinema because of the actor they like, not the director.

In addition, IMHO "Night of the Comet" is an online movie, it was not released in theaters, and the box office was zero. ’ Edward Birch’s words were unceremonious.

""Night of the Comet" has no box office results, but "Fatal Identity" has box office results. Mr. Birch, according to the most conservative forecast, there is no problem with Huaguo's box office breaking through 5000 million US dollars."

Edward Birch's expression was unmoved: "The box office market in Huaguo is not very convincing here. After "House of Flying Daggers" in your country, the overseas copyright prices of movies have gradually decreased, but the box office of Huaguo's movies has continued to rise. Growth...Mr. Zhang, Mr. Xu, let's stop going around in circles. I want to know why you don't want us to buy out the global distribution rights?

If you cut off the distribution rights in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and the Internet, the copyright of this movie will become fragmented. Not only us, no company in Hollywood can meet your price. Be realistic, if you sell it to us completely I can promise you that you can get the price of "Hero" back then. "

Guoshi’s "Hero" was bought out by Miramax at a price of 2300 million US dollars. This is a record that no one can break. Of course, Mira also made a lot of money. After all, the North American film market Very mature, besides the box office, there are also DVDs, which are also a big income.

Although more than ten years have passed, the total box office in North America and other regions has also increased a lot, but the overseas box office of Chinese-language movies has been declining all the way. Therefore, a Chinese-language movie can sell "" The price of "Hero" can be regarded as a major breakthrough, enough to cause a sensation in China.

Zhang Tong and Xu Wenshen looked at each other. If the price of "Hero" can really be sold, it can also make a mark in the history of domestic commercial films, and there will be a hot spot for marketing, but cutting out the Asia-Pacific region and online distribution rights is a fantasy. Chen Jingxing is also extremely supportive of the World Network's decision, which is the bottom line of the negotiation.

Moreover, "Fatal Identity" has already gained an excellent reputation in China, and the film schedule is also dominant. Even if the overseas copyright price catches up with or even breaks through the record of "Hero", it will be icing on the cake, and it will not really have a big boost to the domestic box office. effect.

Zhang Tong once again resolutely rejected Edward's temptation: "Mr. Birch, it is our bottom line to divest Asia-Pacific and online distribution copyrights, and this cannot be compromised."

There is a high probability that the network distribution rights will be handed over to Netflix. Even if it is packaged and sold to Colombia now, Colombia will still sell it to Netflix. Other streaming media are not up to par. D+ and ATV+ have not yet been born, no To Netflix to whom?Since it is all for Netflix, why should Colombia be the second-hand dealer?
The distribution rights in the Asia-Pacific region (in a narrow sense) are not intended to be sold out at all.

In North America and Europe, there is no way to reach it. If you don’t sell it, you can’t do it. Zhang Weiping, the producer of the national division, is jealous of the box office of "Hero" in North America in the first week, and laments that "the copyright sale is too bad." Copyright sold out to Sony?

You can't even get through the door of the National Association of Theater Owners, what can you do if you don't sell out?
However, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia can still be jointly released with local distributors, and the proceeds will be shared. Lee Jung-jae’s "Moon Night Fantasy Talk" has already announced its finalization, and it will be released on the same day in South Korea and seven countries in Southeast Asia. RB, Australia Dates have also been announced.

How can "Fatal Identity" not lose to No.2?People can use the title of the best director of the Orlando Film Festival to market in East Asia, and the winner of the Golden Spruce Award can certainly do it.

After hearing the other party's categorical rejection again, Edward Birch almost rolled his eyes and went back to the original point.

The reason why this negotiation is difficult is that Zhang Tong and Xu Wenshen wanted to raise the price as much as possible, and secondly, the Colombian side did not seem to sit back and pay back the money, but refused to give up an inch, and tried every means to match the Asia-Pacific and The online distribution rights were put on the negotiating table together, which led to several rounds of confrontation without negotiating the price.

Maybe it was Columbia’s last attempt, or maybe it was Edward Burch who finally figured out that the Asia-Pacific region and online distribution rights are the bottom line that the other party can’t back down. When Columbia gave up its pursuit of global copyright, it began to seriously After the counteroffer, the negotiations finally achieved a breakthrough.

In the end, Columbia bought out the distribution copyright of "Fatal Identity" for US$1320 million, except for the network and the Asia-Pacific region.

This amount has exceeded the US$1250 million that "House of Flying Daggers" sold out the distribution rights in North America that year. Although the two films are separated by ten years, it still makes Zhang Tong and Xu Wenshen feel excited and proud.

It's not easy. Chinese-language commercial films have been declining overseas for nearly ten years, and finally there is a film that can approach the most glorious era of the year.

But this is of even greater significance to Chen Jingxing. Since the beginning of the new century, domestic filmmakers who have sold copyrights worth tens of millions of dollars overseas can be counted on one hand, including Cheng Long, Guoshi, Zhou Xingxing and Feng Xiaogang.

The only filmmakers who can sell copyrights for more than [-] million yuan in North America are Cheng Long and Guo Shi.

Now a filmmaker has joined the ranks.

In fact, "Fatal Identity" can be sold at such a price because of the reputation accumulated by "Comet", the Golden Spruce Award, and the perception of the film at Columbia's Orlando screening.

As Xu Wenshen, who was interviewed and recruited by Chen Jingxing himself, he was particularly touched. Half a year ago, he could never have imagined that he would one day negotiate film copyrights with Hollywood studios in Los Angeles on the other side of the ocean.

His young boss is nothing short of a miracle!
Xu Wenshen and Zhang Tong walked out of the building, looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Tong smiled and sighed: "Let's go, I still have a lot to do after returning to China, and there are so many countries in RB, South Korea and Southeast Asia. This kind of opportunity is rare. I have been a producer for so many years, and this is my first time. Once I had the opportunity to discuss such a large amount of overseas distribution and copyright transactions, I understand why Zhang Weiping was so arrogant and domineering back then."

(End of this chapter)