Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 145 Sky-high audio and video copyrights
"Yes..." Chen Kun looked around, put his mouth close to Gu Ming's ear, and whispered a few words quietly.

Then he immediately explained, "To be honest, I didn't expect it to be like this."

"I didn't even know she was pregnant."

"Originally we broke up peacefully."

"who knows……"

"this is an accident!"

"Okay, what's the point of explaining this? They're all men." Gu Ming waved his hand, smiled and continued to give Chen Kun news, "Let me tell you another news. If the cost can be recovered, the new film will be Series!”

"Don't worry, I will definitely practice to suit the role."

"Hey, let's not talk about this anymore."

Gu Ming returned to the living room and started chatting with Chen Kunxian.

……

1 month 7 number.

The day before Gu Ming went to Hollywood.

In the morning, Sony Columbia paid US$300 million for the North American distribution rights of "Heroes" to its account, as cleanly and as rich as ever.

sign a contract.

The smile appeared on Anthony's face again.

"I hope we can collaborate on the next costume blockbuster."

"Um……"

"I hope so." Gu Ming didn't know what to say.

The next costume blockbuster...

"House of Flying Daggers", or "A City Full of Golden Armor", or "The Night Banquet", "The Promise", or a few years later, "Cute Stand Up" and "UFO Hat: Seeing the Dragon Removes Armor".

I feel like none of them can win the box office in North America.

But these are all things that I have already thought about. Now I am only talking about "Heroes".

"Believe me, the North American box office of "Hero" will not let you down."

"By the way, Anthony, when will "Hero" be released?" Zhang Yimou asked excitedly.

"It won't be until August this year."

Anthony said, "You want to hit the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and we also want to rely on the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film to sell discs. It will be useless to hedge the award too early."

"In addition, after it is released, we have to come to the United States to promote it, and then participate in various front-end awards."

"Don't worry, I will notify you when the time comes. You just need to take care of the prize."

"Okay." Zhang Yimou nodded solemnly, "I will fully cooperate with you when the time comes."

He doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of "Farewell My Concubine".

It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

But there is no promotional activity by Brother Chen Kai.

The Oscar judges thought you didn't want the award.

If you don’t want it, don’t give it to you. If you don’t beg you to take it, you can finally say goodbye to the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

He is different, he will definitely try his best to win this award.

He doesn't dare think about Best Director and Best Picture. Even if he makes other films, he doesn't think he can win, so he only has hope for Best Foreign Language Film.

If he succeeds, he won't have much to hope for in terms of awards.

From now on, you can completely follow your own ideas and take pictures of whatever you want.

"Well, I believe in our strength." Anthony smiled and nodded.

……

I just bought a lot of US dollars in the morning, and started to earn RMB in the afternoon.

In Daystar's conference room, an auction was held.

The item up for auction is the audio and video rights to "Heroes".

The starting price is 500 million!

have to say.

The record-breaking box office of "Heroes", plus the fact that it still controls piracy and prevents pirated copies from leaking out, is quite impressive.

Nowadays, pirated discs of movies are basically released within three days of their release.

Some movies are leaked as soon as the copies arrive at the cinema or even at the copy factory.

It can be blocked for more than ten days.

For audiovisual companies, the value is huge.

Auction prices have been rising.

"800 million!"

"1000 million!"

"Sixteen million..."

Prices popped up one by one.

In the end, a sky-high price of 2000 million was paid!
This is more than 1780 million higher than the historical figure of 200 million.

As for the company that spent a sky-high price to acquire the copyright of the impression, it was the same as in history. It was jointly won by Vega, Feish, and TCL Cultural Development Company.

The price of 2000 million is comparable to the box office share from a box office of 5000 million!
Directly dropped another bomb in the film industry.

It really brightened the eyes of countless people.

……

But Gu Ming waved his sleeves and took away the praise.

The next day, he and Anthony took the same flight to Los Angeles.

on the plane.

Anthony and Gu Ming were sitting together.

In order to spend the long leisure time, we drank the drinks provided on the plane and chatted.

"Gu!"

"To be honest, you are the most special Chinese director I have ever seen."

"Zhang's "Hero" is also very good, but the story is really hard for me to understand."

"I heard that not only will Jett Lee not be used in his next film, but you won't be the producer as well?" "That's right." Gu Ming nodded, "We can't afford Jett Lee. His salary is too high." many."

"Then I'm not optimistic about this movie." Anthony shook his head.

"Didn't you say when we signed the contract that you wanted to work together next time?" Gu Ming turned to look at Anthony.

"That's what you say in Eastern terms."

"Courtesy?"

After finishing speaking, Anthony smiled slyly and said happily.

"If you want to achieve a good box office in the North American market, stars are indispensable, whether they are star actors or star producers."

"Of course, there are also movies with no stars but good box office success."

"But those movies are either produced locally in Hollywood, or they know what North American audiences are thinking, such as Li Eucalyptus's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which I can easily understand."

"Oh, there's another one."

Anthony looked at Gu Ming, "The emotional connotation is universal everywhere. It is a film with no cultural barriers."

"The success of "Titanic" is not only due to the special effects, big scenes, and stories about a poor boy and a rich girl. You have many stories in the East, right?"

"Yes, there are many myths and stories handed down." The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Erlang Shen's parents, Chen Xiang's parents, all of them.

"So, most regional audiences can accept it."

Anthony shrugged and suddenly smiled, "I think "The Intouchables" has such a talent, friendship, and equality between people. It will definitely touch people from any country."

"I have a feeling this is a movie that will have a bigger box office than Green Book."

……

After returning to Los Angeles, Gu Ming devoted himself wholeheartedly to the post-production of the film.

From editing to soundtrack, etc., I no longer have to keep an eye on everything like in the beginning.

Just use your mouth to command and make requests.

Obviously a lot more relaxed.

I have been so busy for more than a month.

When it was reported in China that "Hero" had grossed [-] million at the box office.

Post-production on "The Intouchables" is also complete.

Gu Ming immediately invited people from Sony Grenbia to start watching the film.

Maybe he has enough hope for Gu Ming.

Several vice presidents and even the president came to the scene in person.

What I knew was that it was a film with an investment of 500 million yuan, but I didn't know that it was thought that "Spider-Man 2" was completed.

Come to the screening room together.

Turning off the lights, the screen suddenly lit up.

Then there is a clip of Maserati speeding on the road, which is eye-catching enough.

The shooting techniques here draw lessons from many racing movie shooting techniques.

Sometimes there are scenes of the two male protagonists, one making love and the other white, inside the car, sometimes they are shot from outside the car, sometimes they are shot diagonally above the roof of the car, and sometimes they are shot at the rear of the car.

With the roar of its engine, a Maserati weaved in and out of traffic.

And the fast editing technique greatly enhances the viewer's perception.

One of the vice presidents muttered to himself in a low voice, "A very good choice. A touching enough movie that can make the audience buy the DVD. But the DVD is for watching alone at home. If you want to attract the audience, You still have to rely on big scenes.”

"Explosions, speeding cars, special effects, action!"

“These are the tools to attract audiences.”

"The racing scene was well shot, and the soundtrack is also very good." The president of Sony Columbia Pictures touched his chin and murmured to Anthony next to him, "Can we let Gu try a racing movie? I think he There is talent in this area.”

"Like Universal's 'Fast and Furious'?" Anthony asked.

"Yes, with a cost of less than 4000 million yuan and a global box office of 007 million yuan, a sequel can be made. Maybe it will become a movie like [-]."

"You can ask a consultant to see if he has such an idea."

"I will ask, but I think this kind of tender and literary films are his specialty. The box office of "The Intouchables" may not be as good as "The Fast and the Furious"." Anthony said.

"Well, it looks pretty good."

"At least it's fun, isn't it?"

When Phillip started to pretend to be insane, everyone almost laughed subconsciously.

Both for the protagonist and for this film.

After the excitement comes some humor.

Just watching the opening clip makes me want to finish the movie.

The movie keeps playing.

After Derris waved his hand, leaving a cool figure behind the audience.

The film still hasn't ended.

What appeared next was the scene where Gu Ming specially asked the photographer to go find the prototype Philip to take pictures.

Two white men, one pushing the other man in a wheelchair, reached the top of the mountain. Together they looked at the beautiful mountains in the distance and the rising red sun, symbolizing hope.

A brief introduction to what happened to them.

"To their great and sincere friendship!" the words appear at the end of the film.

The video is over!

The applause of "Bah, bang, bang!" was endless.

It took half a minute to film.

Sony Columbia Pictures smiled and extended his hand to Gu Ming, "What a masterpiece!"

"It will be a masterpiece that people will still read and watch 50 years later!"

"Special effects movies will continue to improve as the special effects continue to make the previous movies seem so rough to the audience that they can't watch them at all."

"But there will definitely be people who will appreciate this kind of sincere movie, forever."

"Thank you." Gu Ming nodded, "But such a sincere movie should let more people see him."

"We will try our best to get the largest opening venue so that it can meet the audience. By the way, you and Anthony will study the schedule carefully and stagger the strong opponents. Since the goal is to surpass "Green Book", our goal It’s a box office of [-] billion in North America!”

"This way you and your company can also get the maximum proportion of the share, which is beneficial to both of us."

(End of this chapter)