Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 382 Columbia's Action

Sony Columbia couldn't sit still after the North American box office of "The Hangover" officially exceeded 2 million US dollars.

Liang Tianchi Pictures was unable to establish its own distribution channels, and Chen Hao and Davis had always maintained a good relationship, so Sony Columbia was able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

But now "The Hangover" broke 2 million at the box office, and the two sides were a little unhappy before. Sony Columbia is a little anxious now.

The circle is so big, and Chen Hao has achieved great success in four consecutive films. He has long been the target of the attention of the major giants, so everyone knows who is in contact with him.

With Chen Hao's current name, he can completely ignore Sony Columbia and cooperate with other giant companies, such as Universal and Warner, which have contacted Chen Hao many times.

Moreover, among the investors of "The Hangover" this time, there is also Lionsgate Films. This is the first time that Chen Hao has accepted an investment other than Sony Columbia.

Although Lionsgate invested in superhero rights, this is undoubtedly a bad sign.

So just after The Hangover broke $2 million, Davis called.

"Chen, congratulations on "The Hangover" breaking $2 million. This is an achievement that many big-name Hollywood directors have not achieved." Davis laughed.

"That only proves that he is not big enough!" Chen Hao joked.

Davis smiled wryly when he heard the words, thinking that Chen Hao was mocking Columbia, "In addition to congratulating you today, I want to ask you about your film plans for next year."

Chen Hao raised his brows when he heard that, because of Thor's copyright issue, Chen Hao had a two-film contract with Sony Columbia.

Now Chen Hao is also thinking about it, and it is basically impossible to establish a complete distribution channel in North America.

It is too slow to build bit by bit, and it will be squeezed out, and a large-scale acquisition requires huge funds, and it may be stopped by the US government at any time!

Therefore, we can only rely on a few giants in Hollywood. Apart from cooperating with them, the best result is to take a stake in a giant company.

Of course, there is no chance now, even if Sony organizes a group to acquire MGM, you can only watch it, and they will not take you to play at all.

If there is no distribution channel, then the cooperation with Sony Columbia can continue. Of course, with better conditions, Chen Hao can naturally turn around and cooperate with other giants.

Sony Columbia is still a good choice until there are not too many interest entanglements.

"Why, have you already selected the script?" Chen Hao asked.

"The script is still being selected for the time being. Have you written the script yourself?" Davis asked.

Chen Hao chuckled when he heard the words. It was originally agreed that if Chen Hao wrote the script, the copyright would be shared, "No, I'm just waiting for your script, but even if it is going to be filmed, it will be in the second half of next year."

Davis nodded when he heard the words, "Then we will prepare the script, and I hope we can cooperate sincerely like before."

"Of course!" Chen Hao laughed, it was all for profit, "By the way, how about giving me the copyright of Venom?"

"Venom?" Davis was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled, "Are you very optimistic about venom?"

"No, I just like collecting Marvel superheroes now." Chen Hao said.

"But Venom is an anti-hero!" Davis laughed, fooling a three-year-old.

Now that Chen Hao likes to collect the copyrights of Marvel superheroes everywhere, it has spread, and everyone has mixed opinions about it.

Some praised his long-term vision, and some said he was wishful thinking!

"Yes, so I'm just asking, and it's fine if I don't give it." Chen Hao said, "Maybe I can ask Fox about the copyright of Deadpool."

Davis couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words. The current Chen Hao is no longer the Chinese director who had to rely on himself to speak in North America.

Shaking his head, Davis immediately recalled the information about Venom.

Thanks to Chen Hao, Davis is familiar with these things now.

Venom is not actually an independent copyright. It was acquired by Columbia because it involved the hottest Marvel hero, Spider-Man.

In the 90s, Columbia bought out the copyright of Spider-Man for $700 million, which includes all characters related to Spider-Man comics, and Venom is one of them.

It's just that Spider-Man, as the most beautiful cub of Marvel, has a double-win reputation at the box office, but no one pays much attention to Venom, after all, he is just a villain.

Davis really didn't expect Chen Hao to be interested in venom. Even most superheroes are disliked. Now, what does Chen Hao want venom for?
Is it really just a personal philately?
After thinking for a while, he really couldn't figure it out, so Davis gave up, "I can ask for you, but it's obviously impossible to get it for nothing."

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. Taking advantage of his reputation now, he will definitely pay him a fortune, but as long as it is not too much, he can accept it.

What Chen Hao didn't expect was that after Davis approached him, Chen Guofu actually came to him again. He is still a consultant of Columbia Asia Company.

"President Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Chen Guofu said with a smile.

"Consultant Chen is polite." Chen Hao nodded.

Chen Guofu, everyone should be familiar with him. He later joined Huayi as the production director, co-directed "The Wind", and supervised the production of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Finding the Dragon", "Di Renjie" series, and "Second Generation Goblin".

In 7 years, he supervised the production of 14 films, 10 of which had a box office of over [-] million!
This year's "20 30 40", which represents Baodao's Olympics, and Feng Dapao's "A World Without Thieves" are both supervised by him.

He has rich experience and ability in the development and production of Chinese films.

"I wonder if Consultant Chen is interested in joining Haotian Film and Television?" Chen Hao looked at Chen Guofu and smiled.

Chen Guofu was taken aback when he heard the words. Today he was ordered to find Chen Hao for a relationship. Judging from the several investments made by Columbia Asia Company, most of them lost money.

In particular, He Ping's "Heaven and Earth Heroes" is simply a huge pit, and only Feng Dapao, Xingye and Chen Hao made money.

Among them, Chen Hao is naturally Colombia's biggest gain, not only in the box office in the Asian market, but even in North America.

Now that Chen Hao is back in China to film, Columbia naturally wants to get involved again.

It's just that Chen Guofu really didn't expect Chen Hao to come out like this, that is, it was quite sudden!
"Consultant Chen, who can write and direct, and has rich experience in film development and production, is what the young Haotian Film and Television urgently needs. If you are the production director of Haotian, then I can rest easy!" Chen said. Hao laughed.

"President Chen is ridiculous!" Chen Guofu's heart moved when he heard this.

Over the years, he has been committed to the development and production of Chinese-language films in the three regions across the Taiwan Strait. However, with the decline of Xiangjiang, many talents began to go north to seek gold, and the mainland has become the center of Chinese-language films unstoppably.

But judging from the current situation, Huayi and Haotian are undoubtedly the two film and television companies with the strongest comprehensive strength in the Mainland!

(End of this chapter)