Entertainment, I only like to make movies

Chapter 254 Overseas copyright sold, zero box office breaks record
At the dinner party, guests gathered.

Fang Ziheng had a lot of socializing, and brought China Film Director Han, Chen Yu, Andy, Deng Wendi, Mo Xiangwan, Wang Zhongjun, and Jiang Zhiqiang to a small conference room.

When everyone was seated, Fang Ziheng signaled that Mo Xiangwan would take out a legal document and said to Deng Wendi, "Ms. Deng, take a look. This is a new agreement on the overseas distribution of "Looking for the Dragon". The distribution share is 12%. Edge of Tomorrow is down three percent!"

"12%, Director Fang is fussy!"

Deng Wendi smiled, took a rough look at the agreement, and then took out a pen to sign his name.

Before returning to China, she had already made preparations. "Edge of Tomorrow" sold 1.6 million US dollars in the North American market, and nearly [-] million US dollars in other overseas regions.

Twentieth Century Fox took 15% of half of the box office proceeds, earning nearly $2000 million from distribution alone.

Where can I find such a good thing!

Fang Ziheng definitely doesn't want to be taken advantage of, and it is necessary to reduce the distribution share.

12%, just stuck in her expected price, she can only accept it naturally.

However, the purpose of Deng Wendi's visit today is not just for the release of "Looking for the Dragon".

The full overseas copyright of the film is also in her pocket during this trip.

"Four Famous People" and "Edge of Tomorrow" made [-]th Century Fox earn a lot of money, and also allowed her to gain a firm foothold in this Hollywood giant company.

As for the copyright of "Looking for the Dragon", she is bound to win it!

After signing the distribution agreement, Deng Wendi also took out a document from his bag, pushed it to Fang Ziheng, and said to himself: "Director Fang, take a look at this offer, I believe you will not refuse."

Oh.
Fang Ziheng's eyes were surprised, he didn't expect the other party to come prepared this time.

Han Dong, Chen Yu, and Wang Zhongjun were also surprised, some couldn't believe it.

Logically speaking, [-]th Century Fox will at least wait for the weekly box office of "Looking for the Dragon" in the North American market before making a decision to purchase the copyright.

Deng Wendi's move is undoubtedly very confident in "Looking for the Dragon".

Where does her confidence come from?
Fang Ziheng's fame will never be the reason. Two movies with over [-] million box office in North America won't make her make a decision in advance without watching the weekly box office!

On the right side of Fang Ziheng, Mo Xiangwan bowed his head and thought for a while, then whispered a few words in his ear.

"Fang Dong, the pre-sale results of "Looking for the Dragon Jue" overseas are very good!"

In a word, Dao explained the key!

Fang Ziheng secretly thought that this is the case. "Looking for the Dragon" will be released in North America and European countries tomorrow morning. Fox Film Company started the promotional pre-sale half a month ago, and collected a lot of dollars in advance.

The pre-sale results are satisfactory, and Deng Wendi certainly has the confidence to win the overseas copyright of the film in advance.

Quoting in advance is definitely lower than quoting after waiting for the box office to come out.

Hey!
What a smart woman!
Fang Ziheng quickly figured out the key point, opened the document in front of everyone, scanned the Chinese and English versions of the legal clauses at a glance, and finally looked at the string of data that was difficult to reject.

4000 million dollars!

One price, full copyright of overseas movie peripherals, home digital theater, and DVD!
That's 1000 million fewer than Edge of Tomorrow.

Deng Wendi bet again that the copyright value of "Looking for the Dragon" is not weaker than that of "Edge of Tomorrow". By purchasing in advance, he paid 1000 million US dollars.

If Fang Ziheng is unwilling, she will not be indifferent, and can wait for the overseas box office to re-quote after the box office comes out.

It was a big hit at the box office, and she increased the price to 5000 million. The box office hit the street, and she had to buy it. Fang Ziheng lost 4000 million dollars in vain!

"The ancients' cloud is safe, Ms. Deng, you have won!"

Fang Ziheng raised the corner of his mouth, gave Deng Wendi a thumbs up, and pushed the contract to Andy, who had been silent all this time.

Andy's expression was calm, and he carefully checked the authenticity of the contract. For a contract of 4000 million US dollars, he dared not be careless.

Finally, Fang Ziheng also signed his name on the second document.

The two parties reached a new cooperation. Twentieth Century Fox Film Company won the overseas distribution rights of "Looking for the Dragon" with a 12% distribution share, and at the same time purchased the full overseas copyright of the film for 4000 million US dollars.

Director Han, Chen Yu, and Wang Zhongjun laughed happily. When China Film and Huayi invested, it was at a premium, and they inherently enjoyed a share of the global film market.

Although they don't have a share of the 4000 million dollars in copyright fees, they can earn millions more dollars just by missing 3% of the distribution revenue.

Wang Zhongjun is both happy and envious. He is happy that Hua Yi will participate in the production of a blockbuster movie, and the company's stock price will usher in another wave of soaring.

The object of envy is naturally Hengyu Media.
Because of Fang Ziheng's existence, the cost of a movie can be recovered as soon as it premieres, so there is no need to worry about risks at all.

This is still a high-risk film industry, it's just picking up money!
Do not!
Faster than picking up money!
After the contract was signed, Deng Wendi raised an elegant smile and said pointingly: "Fang Dong, I heard that you are going to make a blockbuster costume movie called "The Great Wall" next year?"

Nima!

This bitch is perfect!

Fang Ziheng is drunk, Deng Wendi's appetite is really big!
"That's right, it will start after the next year!"

"However, Hengyu Media only participated in the casting of this film, and the main controlling party is Wanda Films. If Ms. Deng is interested, you can talk to Song Ge, the person in charge of Wanda Films. He is outside."

"I will."

Deng Wendi smiled, took out a lady's cigarette and lit it happily.

After sitting for a few minutes, she and Jiang Zhiqiang got up and left, and Andy and Mo Xiangwan sent them out.

As soon as they left, Wang Zhongjun opened the conversation, and said with admiration: "This tiger girl is so courageous, she dared to offer 4000 million US dollars in copyright fees before the movie was even released!"

"Wang Dong, your news is behind. The overseas pre-sale of "Looking for the Dragon" is very good. Ms. Deng must have seen more profit margins, so she bought the copyright in advance!"

Chen Yu smiled and shook his head, expressing what Mo Xiangwan had muttered to Fang Ziheng just now.

Fang Ziheng let out a circle of smoke and said with a light smile, "One of these things is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer. From my point of view, as long as the price is not too outrageous, of course the priority is to get the money back. "Looking for the Dragon" is worth 3.6 million yuan. The production cost, including the publicity fee, is at least 10 million soft sister coins, and the mainland box office must be at least [-] billion to make a profit!"

"Haha, Director Fang is right!"

Han Dong, who had been silent for a while and watched indifferently, made a sound, with a relieved smile on his face.

He saw all of Fang Ziheng's operations, and he sought to win steadily. He walked quite steadily and did not make a mistake.

"Looking for the Dragon" is a big production with fantasy adventure and mystery. If it is good, it is a big hit all over the world. Everyone who belongs to it laughs and makes money.

Once the follow-up box office is not strong and the influence is insufficient, the film copyright fee will definitely be greatly reduced.

The copyright price of 4000 million U.S. dollars is not low, and the "Kung Fu King" by Uncle Long and Brother Jie didn't even sell for this price!

In the last life, which was also the Lunar New Year holiday this year, Zhang Weiping, the boss of New Screen, made a show operation.

Relying on his old tricks, this guy did not fail at the overseas box office. He kicked Jiang Zhiqiang away who was a matchmaker, and signed a distribution contract with an English film company alone, which caused "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" to lose out in Maicheng.

Gee
When a movie is released in Hollywood, instead of looking for a local company to cooperate with, it looks for a European film company.

I don't know who gave Zhang Weiping confidence. Even when Hollywood movies enter China, they all know that they will rely on China Film, the port, and give up the high distribution profits to the inside of China.

Zhang Weiping, who is he?
It can only be said that the death of the new picture in the previous life was not wronged!

After a while, Andy and Mo Xiangwan came back, together with Song Dai, the chairman of Hong Kong Island Bank.

Song Dynasty is a big acquaintance with everyone, and he came straight to the point as soon as he came in, with a kind face on his face: "Fang Dong, the distribution share has dropped by 2 points, and the Hong Kong Island Bank has won "Looking for the Dragon" in Asia with 8% of the distribution share. What do you think of the regional distribution?"

"Dong Song has already spoken, if you can't do it, you have to do it!"

Fang Ziheng clapped his hands and smiled, and responded readily.

As for the surrounding copyrights in the Asian region, the two of them tacitly did not discuss it. Song Dynasty is not Deng Wendi, and will never buy copyrights in advance.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the dinner party is over.

Fang Ziheng, Liu Qianqian, Lin Feifei, Zeng Li, Song Yi, Andy, and Da Tiantian returned to the duplex building.

As soon as she entered the door, Liu Qianqian grumbled.

"Come on, let's fight to the end tonight. This girl has made great achievements recently. I will kill you all!"

"Hey, Sissy, have you forgotten the tuition fees you taught earlier?"

Concubine Lin put on warm slippers, untied her beautiful jet-black hair and tossed it, looking like a gambler.

Andy pushed Tiantian, and said with a smile: "I'm partnering with Tiantian tonight, I can't call too late, I have to go to the company tomorrow!"

"Then I'm partnering with Tie Zi. I'm a little tired recently, and I want to go to bed early!"

Zeng Li took off his windbreaker, smiled and Mimi hugged Song Yi's shoulders, and also found a little partner.

Immediately, among the six beauties, only Liu Qianqian and Concubine Lin were left to fight alone.

Liu Qianqian rolled her eyes, put her jade finger on the top floor, and bewitched Concubine Lin, "Sister Concubine, why don't we also join forces and pull Ziheng over to put him on the back? Let's join forces and kill him first tonight!"

The young lady's words made the eyes of the beauties shine.

Song Yi immediately came up with an idea, showing a little fox-like smile: "Brother Ziheng will check the box office at zero o'clock first. He must be in a good mood after the box office comes out. When we propose an invitation, he will be embarrassed to refuse."

scare..!

Everyone's eyes flashed, they looked at Song Yi strangely, and Qi Qi gave her a thumbs up.

This method is great!

Fang Ziheng walked into the bathroom, unaware that he was being missed by the beauties.

A group of goblins downstairs were sharpening their knives, thinking about how to bleed him.

After taking a hot bath, it was early morning.

The sound of the mahjong machine and the laughter of the beauties came from the living room, and Fang Ziheng went downstairs to be a dog-headed military adviser for a while.

A few pointers from this family, a few murmurs from that family, and they were kicked out by the beauties in the end.

Of course Fang Ziheng was not reconciled, being questioned by a beautiful woman made him angry even if he was a man.

Immediately, he put down the cruel words, "I will come over and kill you later".

After he went upstairs, the six girls giggled, and the first step of digging the hole was surprisingly smooth.

in the study.

Fang Ziheng held a cup of hot tea, leaned back on the boss's chair, and leisurely browsed the reports of "Looking for the Dragon" from various media.

Two hours after the premiere, the media and film critics took money to do things, and all the news about the movie that should come out came out.

"The world premiere of "Looking for the Dragon"! The auditorium of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is packed!"

"Huaguo's first fantasy adventure 3D blockbuster, directed by the famous director Fang Ziheng, "Looking for the Dragon" premiered tonight in the Great Hall of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the Imperial Capital. The audience appreciates the beauty of the vast seabed of Lake Baikal."

"The much-anticipated fantasy blockbuster "Looking for the Dragon" airborne to celebrate the New Year, premiered in the imperial capital, Fang Ziheng raised his arms, and the stars and big names in the entertainment circle joined in.

The executives of the film and television company, film and television directors, film supervisors, and producers all attended the scene, and watched this wonderful super blockbuster with thousands of fans! "

""Looking for the Dragon"! The real underground world, the vast and mysterious underwater caves, the half-immortal and half-dao blissful place for cultivating immortals, Fang Ziheng is still that admirable director, and never disappoints fans who like him. The editor is honored to participate tonight's premiere.

So real, so shocking!
The real 3D special effects scene, the wonderful and mysterious plot, the excellent acting skills of the actors, until the end of the movie screening, the editor, like all the audience, was shocked and full of joy, until now I was still immersed in the movie and couldn't extricate myself! "

A flowery article was uploaded to the Internet without the guidance of Hengyu Media, and it was on the hot search immediately.

Below the article, there are movie fans who have watched the screening and premiere to join in the fun.

"Fang Ziheng's production must be a masterpiece. The adaptation of "Looking for the Dragon" this time is really good-looking, and the plot of the original work is not lost at all!"

"Haha, I heard that Tianxia Bachang has joined Hengyu Media, good guy, now he and Fang Ziheng have joined forces, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has a total of eight chapters, and we book fans will be blessed in the future!"

"The plot follows the novel's approach. It is silky smooth and can score 95 points. Although the 3D real shooting does not achieve the effect of "Avatar", it still has 90% of "Avatar". Actors Liu Ye, Huang Bo, and my favorite little girl Sister, I will give Fang Ziheng 95 points for this wave of "Looking for the Dragon"!"

"Miss sister, tsk tsk, brother, your name is really nice!"

"Honestly speaking, Fang Ziheng is really kind to Liu Qianqian. Big productions follow one after another. Which girl will be favored by such a bombardment? Anyway, I can't stand it. I will definitely like Fang Ziheng."

"Hey, this is also where I feel sad. Fang Ziheng is such a bastard, he can really suck up resources in order to pick up girls, what a pity my fairy sister!"

"This guy said that the box office on the first day exceeded 8000 million. I think he is a little bit flustered. [-] million is possible!"

"Upstairs, do you think 8000 million is low?"

"Whether it's 8000 million or [-] million, "Looking for the Dragon" is a good movie, and the total box office will definitely not be low!"

"Damn, I've already sent Fang Ziheng a screening box office, what do you want to do again?"

"The girlfriend I just talked about likes Fang Ziheng. I have already purchased two middle seats in the AIMX theater. I hope I can hit the base tomorrow!"

"Brother, you can be more courageous and book a room in advance!"

Fang Ziheng drank wolfberry tea and browsed through the news and comments. The time soon came to 12:[-].

Ding..
The phone text message rings,

The China Film Distribution Department sent a data sheet, which roughly counted the box office of the zero-point show.

Now in the movie market in Huaguo, theaters are not connected to each other, there is no special app to connect, and real-time box office statistics cannot be counted.

Only the official agencies under China Film Group can see rough data in the backstage of each theater.

However, there are as many as 40 theaters in China, and it is difficult to obtain accurate figures in a short period of time if thousands of theaters are counted together.

The reported zero box office is somewhat different.

Fang Ziheng swiped open his phone, and scanned the numbers reported online by major theaters from top to bottom, and finally saw the total box office at zero.

1120 million!
On December 12, the zero-time box office of "Looking for the Dragon" exceeded 29 million, reaching a height of 1220 million in one fell swoop!

Another record!
call.
Fang Ziheng exhaled lightly.

Leaning on the chair, with dim eyes, he secretly vaccinated himself.

Can't float, can't float.

His movie journey is still going on, and there is still a long way to go, and he must not drift away.

Now, his box office appeal is really terrifying!
The more the audience watched, the more satisfied they became. As long as they maintain the standard of the movie, fans who like him will never let him down.

1220 million!
Such a height is unmatched by other movies.

He bragged to the media on the red carpet, and broke the record of "Transformers 3" at the box office on the first day. Now it seems that there is great hope.

Tomorrow during the day, it must hit at least 8000 million at the box office!

At this moment, Fang Ziheng became inexplicably excited.

Get rid of "Transformers 3" and regain the box office record of Chinese-language movies.

Even if it's just a first-day box office record!
(End of this chapter)