You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 19 Punch Disney, Foot Fox

Although "Twilight" is very popular and popular among teenagers, after all, it has only been published for less than half a year, and there is only the first one, so the prospects are not clear.

Although some Hollywood producers have begun to pay attention to this novel, they still want to wait and see, at least to see if the second part has a crotch before discussing the adaptation issue, but they did not expect Dorothy to start so quickly.

What Wang Quan didn't expect was that she seemed to have a little disdain for this novel.

Dorothy answered King Quan's doubts, "It doesn't matter whether I like it or not, the important thing is whether its audience likes it or not, and whether its audience group is big enough. I asked several of my cousins, and most of them are on the Internet. At the age of middle school, those who have read "Twilight" are all full of praise, saying that this is the coolest novel they have ever read, and those who have not read it are also fascinated by my recommendation. The second part, so I can be sure that this novel has great potential, but I am not its audience."

"Sure enough, he is an objective and calm excellent producer." Wang Quan clinked glasses with Dorothy.

Dorothy, "So in order to keep Twilight and the rights to adapt the sequels in our hands, I paid a considerable price, not only agreeing to a full series adaptation fee of 1000 million knives, but also a certain percentage of profit dividends .”

Wang Quan nodded, he had already seen the relevant part of the contract, "The dividend ratio is very low, the price is totally worth it, well done."

Stephanie probably also heard about what happened to Ms. JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, and she has a thorough understanding of the ethics of Hollywood film companies.

Warner: Dividends?Dividends come from making money. We all made Harry Potter movies at a loss, so where did we get the dividends from?
Therefore, Stephanie Meyer wants less profit sharing, and the actual licensing fee for the adaptation is her main appeal. Dorothy promised her that even if the sequel is written as shit, even if only one sequel is released, it will not shake this. 1000 million, and only bought the adaptation rights within ten years.

Dorothy, "But the rest of the money is definitely not enough for us to start the movie."

There are vampires and werewolves, even if new actors are used, at least a medium investment of tens of millions.

Wang Quan suddenly became serious, "What kind of movie we make next depends on what kind of company we want to be. Regarding this point, Boss Tao, have you thought it through clearly?"

Dorothy also put away her hippie smile, "Think about it, I hope our company will beat Disney, step on Fox, hit Warner hard, and show no pretense to Paramount. Columbia and Universal Pictures are brothers. , I am the biggest among the top six in Hollywood! I am the king of the American entertainment world!"

Wang Quan glanced at the cups in their hands, "This is Coke for me, is that vodka for you?"

Dorothy stood up and waved her hand, as if pointing the country, "If we are still afraid of wolves and tigers when setting goals, we will be eaten in Hollywood, do you know that, J. J. Abrams once asked me if he could buy our studio, and you see, a small company under Paramount has plans to eat us."

"Did he really say that?"

"Yup!"

"It's too much," Wang Quan pretended to be angry, "We must kill him, and buy his bad robot when we have money!"

"That's right!" Dorothy was very happy that Wang Quan was on her side. "I have made a plan. First of all, we will start a company, a formal film and television company, with a spacious office space, a beautiful lady at the front desk, and a venue. I have chosen them all!"

When filming "Basement" before, they temporarily set up a studio, and they worked in this apartment. The name of the studio is "1024", and the other staff members are all temporary workers. Money played to the extreme.

Dorothy talked excitedly about her film empire plan, "Secondly, we must have our own distribution channels, and we will not be the six major wage earners controlled by others!"

Now there are at least thousands of film companies in North America, large and small, and there are not a few with distribution capabilities, but the top box office charts are basically released by the six major Hollywood film companies.

Unlike mainland distribution companies, which do not exceed 30.00% of the distribution fee, the Hollywood Big Six can get up to [-]% of the distribution fee. The producers have worked hard but can only take a small part of the profit. It depends on the person's face.

Occasionally, old labels such as MGM and New Line, or new companies such as Lionsgate and DreamWorks can reach the top of the box office charts.

However, MGM has been sold to Sony, DreamWorks (the live-action film department) has been taken over by Paramount, and animation film giant Pixar has officially joined the Disney family. These are not independent studios.

以2005年的北美票房前100名为例，除了第21名的《电锯惊魂2》、第57名的《一个疯黑婆子的日记》属于狮门影业，排名32的《罪恶之城》、第72的《立体小奇兵》属于帝门影业（帝门属于温斯坦影业）外，其他电影全部由六大影业及其附属公司发行！
This kind of monopoly force makes those small companies have no choice but to hand over the movies to the Big Six and their subsidiaries for distribution, or you can only accept your fate and eat the leftovers left by the Big Six, or stay away from the theaters and circle in the DVD and video tape markets.

Originally, Dorothy didn't dare to expect to have her own distribution channel, let alone challenge the six big ones, but the "Twilight Saga" series gave her hope. The original work can cause such a big response among young people, it is a living thing. Advertising saves a lot of publicity costs and can greatly reduce the difficulty of distribution.

After Director Wang's handwriting, it will definitely be wildly sought after on the big screen. After all, Wang Quan said that this is a series that can be compared with the "Harry Potter" series.

Dorothy trusts Wang Quan very much. The two are close friends. She has no doubts in Wang Quan's director ability and vision. The two met when Wang Quan went to the United States to study in his second year of high school. At that time, he was very familiar with movies. have insights.

When Wang Quan officially came to USC for exchange, Dorothy found that he had become even more powerful. Not only did he accurately predict the victory of "Million Dollar Baby" at the 77th Academy Awards, but he also predicted a loss The fate of the over [-] million Paramount movie "Sahara Cavalry" all reflects his vision and market acumen as a director.

"That's what I thought. Isn't Twilight a series? We can give the first two films to big studios for distribution, and the latter ones will be released by ourselves. As long as the first two become popular, the later releases will change. It's relatively simple." Dorothy imagined, of course, this refers to the distribution in North America, overseas still has to rely on the big studios with overseas distribution channels.

After this series, presumably the company should be able to lay out effective distribution channels in North America, and the road ahead will be easy.

But I didn't expect that Wang Quan, who seemed calm and steady, was more radical than her, "How about this, we will distribute the first two Twilight series in North America, and let the overseas distribution to the big studios, and wait for the Twilight series to have a stable audience around the world." At the time, the next few films were even brought over for overseas distribution.”

If you want to compete with the Big Six, how can you not have an overseas distribution network? The reason why the Big Six is ​​the Big Six is ​​that they can be global.

"Ah!" Dorothy opened her mouth wide and was taken aback, "Then we must have a reliable distribution channel before releasing Twilight, otherwise it will be a waste of this product, can we do it?"

Wang Quan rubbed his chin, "What kind of movie do you think is convenient for you to test the distribution business?"

"Well, I think it's a horror movie. Lionsgate's rise is due to its small and big horror movies, but their foundation is much stronger than ours."

Wang Quan narrowed his eyes, "Then I'll start with genres and gimmicks, and help you reduce the difficulty of publishing!"

Seeing Wang Quan's confident look, Dorothy's eyes lit up, "You already have a plan?!"

　(ps: Thanks to Yuezhen Xingchen, Blade Needle Poison Shu, Let Youth Continue 127, yeah yeah, long-winded middle-aged uncle, Leng Fengliangyue for their rewards, thank you for your support!)

　　
　
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