Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 110: Competition among companies

The film ends on Christmas Eve with the gay male lead and the white protagonist's family.

There was thunderous applause as soon as it ended.

Li Yu, who has a deeper understanding of the United States, even came over to send congratulations to Gu Ming.

"Congratulations, Director Gu."

"I didn't expect you to know the United States so well."

"This is a very comfortable movie to watch. The rhythm of the film is really..."

"I was shocked!" Li Yu thought for a few seconds and gave this evaluation, "Seeing it reminded me of the movie "Driving Miss Daisy" and even more of the road movie "Driving Miss Daisy". rain Man"."

"I am certain that no matter how many years later, when talking about road movies, this film will be unavoidable."

"Thank you." Gu Ming nodded humbly.

"No, honestly."

"Also, I wish you success at the Oscars!" Li Yu could tell at a glance why Gu Ming shot this film and why it was released at this time, so he would like to say good things first.

"thanks……"

Gu Ming thanked the guests one by one.

……

Outside the theater, each movie fan was handed a questionnaire by Sony Columbia's questionnaire surveyor.

"A+, this movie is a very healing movie, I think I will watch it again with my family."

"A, a very good movie."

"A+, I am a fan of artistic films directed by Gu Ming. This is a movie he made that I can collect and watch over and over again, not a mindless action movie like "The Rescue". I am very interested in it." Glad he's back on the right track."

"A+, it's such a fucking classic." One person commented happily, "More movies like this should be made, instead of just white people all day long, white people, white people saving the world, oh, white people are easy Picking up beauties from all over the place, I’m so fucking sick of it.”

Questionnaires were collected one after another, and the reputation was overwhelming.

However, Sony Columbia is not in a hurry to expand screenings.

Instead, let this film last through the three days of the weekend.

Maybe Gu Ming really has a group of fans in the United States?
Maybe the quality of "Green Book" is really good.

All in all, it was a box office smash.

Box office figures collected were $140 million.

You must know that this is the box office formed by thirty venues.

An average of $[-] per museum per day.

The venue was almost full.

The reputation remains unchanged.

Sony Columbia relied on its strong distribution capabilities to immediately increase the number of screening venues to 200 on the following Monday.

Half of the venues will still be kept in areas where Oscar judges often hang out, while the other half will focus on places where gay people and Chinese people gather.

Even after expanding nearly seven times, the average daily box office still reached 210 million, and a single venue exceeded [-].

What Sony Columbia didn't expect was that on December 12th, another movie called "The Lord of the Rings" starring "Green Book" star Viggo Mortensen was released.

Relying on the powerful visual scenes and the gorgeous world of Middle-earth, it was an overwhelming force upon its release and grossed the box office.

Although Aragorn is not that eye-catching in this film.

But after all, he is the Human Emperor in such a movie!

Sony Columbia immediately doubled down on the promotion, starring Viggo Mortensen.

As a result, the box office of "Green Book" not only did not decline under this epic masterpiece, but actually increased slightly.

By the next weekend, it had been played for ten days and had a box office of nearly 1700 million.

Seeing that this film was not only expected to win awards but also win box office, Sony immediately expanded the number of theaters again to 500 and increased publicity and distribution expenses.

Director Gu Ming's status in his heart has risen again.

……

But Gu Ming has no intention of staying in Los Angeles anymore.

Before Christmas, he received a call from Gu Changwei. The finished film of "Hurricane Rescue 2" had been released.

Gu Ming had to go back and take a look.

See if there are any problems. If there are no problems, you have to contact us to release it in China and sell the distribution rights in North America.

With an investment of 500 million US dollars, the domestic box office alone can cover the box office for a year, which is enough to make back the cost.

We must rely on overseas markets.

After returning home, Gu Ming didn't even return home. He went straight to the screening room and watched both versions of "Hurricane Rescue 2" with Han Sanpin and Gu Changwei.

Gu Ming watched and filmed all the important scenes, and gave many warnings not to change the script. He even secretly arranged for Cao Yu, a photographer from the company, to be a spy and keep an eye on it at all times.

This film does not incorporate too much of the director's personal style and still continues the style of the first film.

A passable, even excellent sequel movie!
"How about it?"

"There's nothing wrong with the photo, right?" Gu Changwei pressed his waist and raised his chin proudly, "I did it exactly according to the style you said."

"Is it exciting enough, thrilling and explosive?"

"No problem!" Gu Ming nodded, "If the second part can make money, I think it's okay to leave the third part to you."

"It's sure to make money."

"By the way, what's wrong with your waist?" Han Sanpin on the side looked at Gu Changwei in surprise and pity, "You are the director this time, why do you still have pain in your waist?"

"Isn't it the root cause of the disease caused by the first episode last time?" "Hey, don't mention it." Gu Changwei felt melancholy when he mentioned this matter.

"The new photographer is not doing a good job!"

"It's impossible for Cao Yu to persevere on his own. He has to rest. As a director, I can only step in and return to my job as a photographer."

"Fortunately, the filming was completed smoothly, otherwise it would have been..."

Thinking of the two hundred million yuan investment, Gu Changwei's heart trembled.

No matter what the reason is, every day the film is delayed, the huge cost is enough for Gu Ming to hire murderers to kill him more than a dozen times.

"Haha, those who can do more work."

Han Sanpin patted Gu Changwei on the back and looked at Gu Ming, "This time we should wait for the US rights to be sold, wait for the US release, and then use the North American box office to increase the domestic box office?"

"Isn't it necessary?"

"It's not necessary. Let's just release it in China first."

The last time it was a method used to gain popularity.

Otherwise, who would spend so much money to watch a movie in a cinema?

How to increase domestic box office?

This time, there is a base for the first film, and all it takes is normal promotion.

Besides, it doesn't have to rely on the North American box office to promote it. The North American copyright of "Taken 2" this time will probably be sold at a sky-high price. That price is enough to serve as a hot promotion point.

"Okay!" Han Sanpin nodded.

“今年2月11除夕夜，那就把上映时间定为1月18号吧，留下20多天的时间来宣传。”

"Strictly control piracy and try to prevent pirated copies from leaking out before the Chinese New Year. We will have a 20-day box office."

"By the way, shall I contact Hollywood to watch the movie?"

Thinking of the last time "Taken" was sold for three times the cost just for the foreign rights alone, Han Sanpin's mouth watered.

That time, Hollywood distributors were not optimistic about its box office prospects and sold the North American rights at a low price. This time, the price will be whatever it is.

You control the distribution channels, yes, you are awesome.

You can make money, but you can't just leave a small amount of profit to the producers.

Besides, there isn’t just one publisher in North America, so it’s impossible for them to unite.

Except when faced with a disruptor like DreamWorks, which was determined to make Hollywood bigger when it was founded, they might appear a little more united.

In other matters, everyone is an opponent.

Seeing you make money is more uncomfortable than me losing money.

Because this time they only sold the North American distribution rights first, and "Rescue 2" was obviously a hit. In order to sell it at a higher price, Han Sanpin not only called those major companies.

We also called on second-tier distribution companies such as Lionsgate and DreamWorks.

Everyone who received the invitation, without exception, sent someone to come to China to watch the movie.

The one who comes first always wants to get it early.

He gave me what he thought was a favorable condition, "Gu, for $500 million, all the distribution rights in North America will belong to us."

"No no no!"

"Too little, it doesn't show the sincerity of your company."

"It's impossible for every film to break 8000 million. The sequel film has 1000% of the box office of the first film. That is, [-] million box office is a very conservative number. We will also invest more than [-] million in promotion expenses. If we conservatively estimate, the box office in North America will be We don’t make any money online, we can only make money through disc revenue.”

"What I want to say is the disc!" Since the other party wanted to jump into the pit, Gu Ming was not polite.

“This movie stars Jett Lee!”

""Romeo Deadly" has a North American box office of 6000 million and disc sales of 3000 million."

"The sales volume of the "Rescue 1" disc has also exceeded [-] million."

"Even "Kiss of the Dragon", which only had a box office of 4000 million in North America, I heard that the sales on the disc are quite impressive, and it is very likely to exceed [-] million."

"What do you think the disc sales of "Taken 2" should be?"

"Think about it again, is the number you gave us reasonable? The number you earn may be three times as much as ours, or even more. I cannot accept this number."

"It's impossible to give more. I have to think about it."

"Okay, I'll look forward to your new quotation at any time." Gu Ming was not in a hurry. Anyway, there was more than one family who wanted to eat meat.

The sequel to the $[-] million North American movie.

The style hasn't changed.

It's even friendlier than the first one, with all dialogue in English.

I don’t believe that no one will see the value of this film.

that's the truth.

Knowing that with a certain number, the film can earn money without any pressure, the price naturally keeps rising.

"Twenty-six and a half million!"

"3000 million!"

"Thirty-one million!"

Because considering the possibility of failure, everyone still bids for the North American distribution rights first when bidding, instead of proposing to package the distribution rights except for the mainland and Hong Kong Island.

In order to avoid losing money at the box office, the loss will be even more severe.

In the end, after some bidding, Sony Columbia gave the highest price.

(End of this chapter)