CEE started with Nortel lecturers

Chapter 203 Two new blooms

Shalizi smiled: "My dear, although I believe in your talent, I don't think the movie script you wrote can meet the taste of the lighthouse people."

Since Chinese people began to enter Hollywood, very few people have succeeded. Most of them have relied on kung fu and action themes to get ahead. Cheng Long, Jet Li and others are typical examples.

Like Li Yu, there is only one Chinese who can direct reality-themed movies in the United States so far, so Shalizi doesn't think Gu Zhongyu can accurately understand the preferences of the people of Lighthouse.

It seems necessary to let you know something about the mysterious wisdom from the East - the scholar!

"Let me tell you a story first!"

Gu Zhongyu directly started telling her the plot of the movie that he had memorized in his mind.

"A man runs a technology company and has a prosperous career. He has a beautiful and virtuous wife and a lively and lovely daughter at home. He is the envy of others because of his successful career and family. However, the ambitious man does not cherish the hard-won things in front of him. In his life, he has been having an inappropriate relationship with a female photographer

After a tryst one day, the two drove away from the villa, but there was a car accident on the road. In order to cover up the truth of the incident, the two decided to sink the young man who died in the car accident to the bottom of the lake together with his car.After that, the female photographer met a kind-hearted old man who took her broken car home to repair it. However, what she didn’t expect was that this old man turned out to be the father of the dead young man..."

As Gu Zhongyu narrated the plot of the movie, Shalizi listened to him attentively from the beginning to nonchalantly.

The movie Gu Zhongyu is preparing for Wenzhao Gong this time is called "The Invisible Guest". It is a masterpiece of suspense film written and directed by Spanish director Riol Paulo. It was also released in China in 2017.

This is the suspense film with the best reputation that year. It was not only introduced by various countries, but was also nominated and won awards in Douban’s fourth annual film list. It received the attention of six awards. As a commercial film, it can achieve such good results. Very rare.

It's a pity that the film's producers didn't do a good job in publicity and public relations, so it didn't win any international awards.

He once wanted to localize the film, but the cultural environment was not suitable at all. If he adapted it forcefully, he would have to make a lot of deletions, and the original flavor would be lost.

So he thought of another way - Sino-US co-production!
Using Chinese protagonists and cast, paired with white actors, and setting the background of the story against the evil American empire, there would be no sense of disobedience. Moreover, it can also enter the European and American markets and make a lot of money. Why not?
The previous Sino-US co-productions were all about white men and yellow women. A disgusting comparison. "The Great Wall" and "The King of Kung Fu" all followed this pattern. This time, he is going to turn the tables and let the actresses from the lighthouse act for him. !
"Oh my God! How did you come up with this story?"

Shalizi never expected that Gu Zhongyu would have such an exquisite idea for a casual story. As an Oscar-winning actress, she is sensitive to good scripts. The plot of this story is indeed suitable for film and television.

"Of course you inspire me honey."

"What a smooth-tongued man!"

Of course Shalizi would not believe that such a complicated plot was improvised, but even if it was premeditated, she was still very touched, because no man would ever give her a movie script, which is more valuable to an actor than gold, silver and jewelry. Come and be precious.

However, the light in her eyes quickly dimmed: "But just having a good movie script is useless. You have to attract investment, find a director, form a team, and post-production promotion, etc. Although I have some resources in Hollywood, , but I don’t have the ability to complete all of this, so I can only accept your script by heart."

"You could actually accomplish all of this by, say, offering yourself to a tycoon to get investment?"

Shalizi raised her eyebrows and said in an unhappy tone: "Yes, for example, ask the senior managers of companies such as Paramount and Disney to recommend themselves pillow seats, or lie down on the red sofa of that old pervert Harvey Weinstein... What the hell are you talking to? Am I kidding?"

"Of course I'm not joking. Seriously, am I not among the tycoons you have in mind?"

"You?" Shalizi was a little in disbelief. In fact, until today, she didn't have a clear understanding of Gu Zhongyu's net worth. She just estimated that he should be richer than herself.

"I have an independent film company and publicity channels. I only need to find some people in Hollywood to cooperate. The shooting of a small- and medium-cost suspense film is not a problem for me at all."

Ever since "Ball Lightning", Gu Zhongyu has been actively looking for reliable overseas distributors. It is extremely difficult for domestic films to go overseas. Without a powerful distributor, the quality of your film will be in vain.

The famous "The Wandering Earth 2" did a poor job in overseas promotion. It hired a small company called Well Go USA, which was very poor. As a result, not many foreigners knew that the movie was being released. In the end, the overseas box office That's more than 1000 million US dollars.

Don’t underestimate this 1000 million US dollars. It is already one of the best-performing Chinese-language films in overseas markets in those years. Although the domestic film box office has repeatedly hit new highs, it has not made much breakthrough in the international market. The 90s Xiangjiang film has achieved great success overseas. The box office is better than now.

So after the last time the movie won an award in Cannes and Zongheng Pictures gained some popularity, Gu Zhongyu asked Zhang Miao, the head of the film department, to start looking for a new partner. Finally, they found Canada's Lionsgate Film Company.

This film company's production capabilities are average, and its strength is in promotion and distribution. It is responsible for North American distribution of films such as "Saw", "Lord of War" and "The Hunger Games".

And the conditions offered by this company are not outrageous. It's not like the big eight in Hollywood, where they chop your flesh with a kitchen knife as soon as you get started. It's like killing people like pigs.

Generally, there are two models for domestic movies to be released overseas, buyout or splitting the accounts.

A buyout is a one-time purchase of the distribution rights of a film from a foreign film studio, and the film is responsible for its own profits and losses, and all box office revenue belongs to the distributor.

Generally, the sharing plan is negotiated first. In the first week of the movie's release, the box office revenue is usually distributed in a ratio of 7:3 between the studio and the theater.If there is a guarantee agreement, the box office profits will be distributed according to the guarantee coefficient.Starting from the second week, the ratio of the film side's account sharing gradually decreases, for example, according to the ratio of 6:4, 5:5, 3:7, etc.

After the theater chain divides the accounts, how the remaining money is divided between the publisher and the producer depends on the previous discussions.

Mainland distribution companies generally only get about 30.00% of the distribution fee, while the six major Hollywood distribution agencies can get up to [-]% of the distribution fee. The producers work hard but only get a small share of the profits, and it depends on who they are getting. The look on Huang Silang's face, if he's not careful, he could find another reason to punish you.

What Zongheng and Lionsgate finally achieved was an [-]% release, which was already an ideal condition. For this reason, Zhang Miao went to the United States and drank and stayed up late with others until his hair was almost gone.

After listening to Gu Zhongyu's film career introduction in detail, Shalizi realized how big this man's appetite was. He was not satisfied with his achievements in Chinese films, and even wanted to join Hollywood?

In fact, Gu Zhongyu doesn't have that big ambition. As long as he works harder, after a few years of changes, the two parties will begin to decouple. Even if he does enter Hollywood, he will only be successful for a few years.

But this does not prevent him from earning some foreign exchange from foreigners and picking up a few Ocean Horses by the way.

"Then it seems that I only volunteered myself to get the chance to play the heroine, but I have nothing new to say in front of you?" Shalizi blinked, showing a rare hint of shyness.

"Who said that? There is something about you that is still a mystery to me!"

Hearing this, Shaliz rolled her eyes at him. It seemed that this man not only had a huge appetite, but also played in a very perverted way.

She did not comment, but stood up and walked slowly to the bathroom. When she looked back at Gu Zhongyu, there was no reaction, and she said helplessly: "Please, do you want me to invite you over?"

oh oh!

Gu Zhongyu immediately ran over, hugged Sha Liz and entered the bathroom...

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"Who went to your room two days ago?" In the evening, in a Chinese restaurant on the pedestrian street, Gao Yuanyuan pulled the chicken nuggets on the plate and asked indifferently, pretending to be indifferent.

"Bai Bin! Don't you know this?"

"You keep pretending to me! Bai Bin is not acclimatized these days. She took medicine and went to bed early. Tell me, who is that foreign chicken?"

She has been so jealous recently that she has become numb. She has experienced both Zhang Zilin and Bai Bin. She feels that her heart is strong enough, and nothing can penetrate her strong heart!

Until she found out that she went to Gu Zhongyu's room today and found a few golden hairs on his bed...

Mad!Gu Zhongyu would rather look for pheasants outside than look for her. Does he still have any patriotism?

You would rather be with a friend than a domestic slave, right?
Gu Zhongyu almost spit out his mouthful of food. Are you kidding me? I have never been to a health care clinic in my entire life.Put aside the dirty work first, the young lady will ask him to collect money!

Don’t you know that someone in my care is a habitual prostitute?
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm also a colleague, and my international reputation is much greater than yours."

"Are you going to show off, who is it? Is it Mary Monroe who is attracted to you, or is it Audrey Hepburn?"

These words are too scary. Sister, he doesn't have the courage to be Ning Caichen yet, let alone become a corpse exorcist of the Celestial Dynasty.

Gu Zhongyu did not answer her question, but forked a piece of chicken, looked at it for a long time, and then asked the waiter who was cleaning the table: "Excuse me, what kind of dish is this?"

The waiter seemed to be a Chinese ABC, and he was very surprised and spoke a lot in broken Cantonese.

Seeing that Gu Zhongyu didn't understand a word, his face was full of questions, so he had to speak in English: "Aren't you from China? You don't know this famous dish?"

"I'm ashamed. Having lived in China for more than 20 years, I may be ignorant. I really didn't recognize what kind of dish this is?" At first, he thought he was eating sweet and sour pork, but as he chewed it, he felt a bit like sweet and sour pork. .

Then the waiter said proudly: "It seems that the Chinese people are indeed living in dire straits, and they don't even know about the famous traditional dish General Tso's Chicken!"

"What chicken?"

"General Tso's chicken! Don't you people over there usually afford meat?"

Damn it!Why do I, a grown man from Yanjing, have to travel across mountains and rivers to the other side of the ocean to eat from a man...

Gao Yuanyuan was a little unhappy with him for changing the subject, but when she heard the name of the dish she was eating, she silently put down her chopsticks. Her thoughts were not that dirty, but she was just not used to eating such sweet chicken breast.

Look at these cheese-filled wontons and spring rolls dipped in tomato sauce...

If you don’t eat, what are you talking about?

"I told you not to come and try some American Chinese food. You have to come here to broaden your horizons if you don't believe me." After walking out of the restaurant, Gao Yuanyuan complained to him.

"You are curious! You will never know something unless you try it. You can only know if you come to this restaurant and try it. The Chinese food in China is the most delicious. How can those foreign things compare?"

After hearing this pun, Gao Yuanyuan's face became a little better, and she took the initiative to hold Gu Zhongyu's hand.

Only in this foreign country can the two of them dare to be so intimate. It is almost impossible for domestic paparazzi to follow them here. Except for international students, almost no one will take secret photos of them.

The crew has almost finished filming in the United States these days. They are just waiting to go to Wall Street tomorrow to film the final scene of the negotiation between the three male protagonists and the foreigner before returning home.

Before leaving, Gao Yuanyuan wanted to buy some clothes, so she took Gu Zhongyu to a fashion store.

Women all over the world are tireless when shopping for clothes. After Gao Yuanyuan carefully selected, she picked up a blue dress and asked him: "Does this look good?"

"Yes, the color suits you very well."

"What about this one?" She picked up a blue dress next to her.

Isn't it the same?
Gu Zhongyu, who couldn't tell the difference at all, could only bite the bullet and say: "You look good in everything you wear, but this one should go with the clothes better and be more dignified."

"Really?" So Gao Yuanyuan turned around and brought out a dress and asked him which one looked better.

"This one is also good. It highlights the figure. It seems that this style is also popular this year."

Gao Yuanyuan glared at him and said angrily: "This is obviously the one I took just now. It hasn't been changed at all. You are too perfunctory!"

"Hey! Don't worry about these details. If you like it, just buy it and that's it. Anyway, I'm the one paying the bill."

"Who cares about you paying the bill! You have a serious attitude problem. I will go in and change clothes now. If you can't give me a satisfactory evaluation later, don't get on my boat in the future!"

Then don't even think about wearing other clothes in front of me in the future, you can only wear the emperor's new clothes!

Of course, Gu Zhongyu only dared to whisper these words in his heart without saying it out loud. This is what scumbags are like, they have no backbone.

This fashion store is a designer brand with a high consumption level. The price of a single piece of clothing is thousands of dollars, so there are not many customers. There are only two of them in the fitting area.

The waiter had also been sent away by Gao Yuanyuan a long time ago. Seeing no one around, Gu Zhongyu suddenly became a little playful.

So he sneaked into Gao Yuanyuan's fitting room.

"Pervert! Why did you come in?" Seeing Gu, Gao Yuanyuan quickly covered herself with her clothes. She was too exposed.

"I had a hunch that your zipper would get stuck, so I came in early to help you!"

"Go away! My skirt has no zipper at all..."

(End of this chapter)