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Chapter 319 Opportunities during the window period [Please subscribe]

When John received a call from Sun Yi, he was very surprised. He really didn’t know that Sun Yi had come to attend this international young director exchange conference. As Harvey said, people who are truly on the stage in Hollywood will not pay attention to this. Kind of small things.

Is John considered a worthy person? In a sense, he is.

In more than a year, he was promoted from an overseas film purchaser to the Asian distribution director. No matter what the reason was, there must be something special about him.

And when he heard Sun Yi saying that he wanted to discuss film cooperation with him, he was even more happy.

The meeting place was directly arranged at a Disney studio.

In order to see the real shooting scenes in Hollywood, Liu Yifei also came with her brother.

The first time they met, John gave Sun Yi a warm hug.

"Oh, it's nice to meet you, my friend."

After finishing, she opened her hands to Liu Yifei who was standing aside, and deliberately tilted her head to ask Sun Yi, "Do you mind?"

Before Sun Yi could answer, Liu Yifei beside him smiled and took the lead and gave John a polite handshake.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. John."

"Oh, come on!"

John shook hands with Liu Yifei with a regretful expression, as if to say.

No chance at all.

After that, he turned to Sun Yi, shook his head and sighed.

"I envy you, bro."

Sun Yi and Liu Yifei looked at each other and laughed.

In fact, the studios are similar in appearance. They are all ordinary in appearance. They are no different from ordinary large warehouses. The main differences are in height and area.

Of course, the larger the area, the more functional areas there will be inside.

The studio that John brought them to today was not that big. In Sun Yi's opinion, it was just a simple standard studio, about 500 square meters. There were many people busy at the scene.

"What is this filming for?"

"you guess?"

John answered the riddle with a half-smile.

"No. It's "Fake Marriage"."

"correct."

"So fast!"

Liu Yifei on the side also exclaimed.

When John came to buy the copyright, she was there at the awards dinner of the Beijing College Student Film Festival. Counting the time, it was only about 2 months ago.

Filming has already started.

She looked at Sun Yi with a puzzled look.

Isn’t it said that the preparation time for a movie in Hollywood is very long? Do you need to do market research in advance, then review the script, arrange directors and actors, and then start shooting?

Sun Yi also shook his head, saying that he didn't know.

John saw Liu Yifei's curiosity and explained with a smile.

"Crystal, this is all thanks to your boyfriend. His script is very in line with Hollywood standards. It only took us a week to re-adapt it, so it was very fast."

"Ha, yeah."

When Liu Yifei heard that it was her brother's script, she looked a little proud.

But Sun Yi looked at the set thoughtfully, and after a while he smiled as if he suddenly realized something, and his expression became a little more calm.

In fact, John didn't say everything just now. The fact that the script meets Hollywood standards is just one of the reasons.

The deeper reason is that Hollywood is short of scripts.

This matter starts from last year.

In late 07, the Hollywood Writers Guild criticized the personal income of its screenwriter members.

Based on actual surveys, they found that although the average annual income of union members is about US$8, the vast majority of middle- and low-level screenwriter members earn less than US$6 per year. In other words, such income conditions are not met by U.S. citizens. below average income.

Therefore, screenwriters are calling for an increase in their salaries and shares, especially in terms of substantial dividends from new media profits. The most obvious request is the DVD dividend percentage.

As we all know, the DVD market in the United States is quite huge. In fact, this is the main source of profits for major Hollywood film manufacturers.

However, the screenwriters' demands were not met, and several negotiations ended in failure.

The film company has always insisted on its position, believing that such a request would lead to increased costs in all aspects of filming and distribution of the film, and they refused forcefully during several negotiations.

Faced with such a result, the screenwriters could not accept it, and eventually a large-scale strike by the Screenwriters Guild broke out.The storm lasted for more than 100 days and ended in March 08.

The result of this strike can be said to be a lose-lose situation. The share percentage that the screenwriters most hoped for did not increase significantly. It only increased by 0.5 percentage points, from 3% to 3.5%.

Correspondingly, the minimum standard price for a single script has been increased, which is the script standard paid by Sun Yi to Matt. Of course, this is still the highest standard for movie scripts. If it is for other scripts such as TV series, the standard will be lower. many.

The screenwriters can be said to have failed, but the film company is not the final winner.

This more than three-month strike has had a huge impact on the Hollywood film and TV series industry, with related industry losses reaching as much as 14 billion US dollars.

The more intuitive consequence is that many TV series have been suspended, and a large number of movies have been postponed or canceled.

Similar to "The Lord of the Rings" prequel "The Hobbit", several major investment projects such as "007: Quantum of Solace" have been postponed due to the impact of the strike. "The Adventures of Tintin" was even worse, and the project was directly cancelled. In addition, , there are countless small-budget movies that were killed by strikes.

It was under such circumstances that many Hollywood film companies had to look overseas and began to choose to acquire excellent scripts from overseas.

This is the fundamental reason why John went to China to buy Sun Yi's script.

And after he heard Sun Yi say that there were opportunities for cooperation in film projects, he couldn't wait to invite him to come for an interview, also because of the consequences of the strike.

Although the writers' strike has ended now, the works before the strike have almost been released. This is just like the factory that produces the product has to stop production due to the shortage of raw materials, but the sales of the product are still booming. After a few months Sales, inventory is almost gone.

At this time, whoever can produce the product and put it on the shelves in large quantities will make a lot of money.

In other words, in comparison, there will be many fewer movies on the market in the next few months, with supply exceeding demand.

So, this is a window period.

At this time, whoever's project comes out first and is released first will make money first.

This is why John accelerated the filming of "Fake Marriage" and why he couldn't wait to invite Sun Yi.

At this time, a sound of "ACTION" came from the studio.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and it was obvious that the filming of the movie had started.

Liu Yifei immediately stretched her neck and looked over there.

Seeing her curious look, John took out a work card from his pocket and asked her with a smile:
"Crystal, are you interested in visiting the site?"

"is it okay?"

"No problem at all."

After waiting for John's confirmation, she turned to look at Sun Yi again, her eyes shining, looking eager to try.

Sun Yi immediately smiled, nodded slightly, and then gave instructions.

"Be careful and stay safe."

"Uh-huh."

After getting permission from her boyfriend, Liu Yifei excitedly hung up her work badge, opened the fence, and walked toward the set.

After she left, John took Sun Yi to his temporary office.

When entering, Sun Yi noticed that the label on the door said Producer's Office.

"Aren't you the distribution director of Asia? How did you become a producer?"

As soon as he sat down, Sun Yi asked his doubts.

"I am the one who decided to buy the script, so of course I don't want to hand it over to anyone else. Besides, I am qualified as a producer."

Sun Yi nodded to express his understanding.

That’s right, whoever’s project has the same results no matter where they are.

Suddenly feeling a little annoyed, he smiled to himself.

I hadn't thought of such a simple truth for a while.

It seems that I have been thinking about the current opportunity recently, analyzing the relationship between characters and analyzing the deep-level interests, but I have ignored the most simple truth.

At the same time, I have personally experienced the advanced nature of Hollywood during this period, and my mentality was a little unstable for a while.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, there is no need to belittle oneself. Film has been developed here for so many years, and it is inevitable that the system, experience, and technology will become more mature.

And we are only a fraction of the time. As long as we are given some time, we will definitely be able to catch up or even overtake us.

Isn’t that what I’m trying to do now?

As long as you keep track of the direction, you will definitely be rewarded.

"Okay, my dear friend, tell me about your new project."

　I'm really sorry. I got home too late today. The next chapter will be very late. If it's too late, I'll have to make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)