China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 59 This director is so fierce!

When Guan Ling finished the call, Zhang Song was so shocked that he didn't even dare to breathe.

In his heart, 2000 million is all he needs. Not to mention France's income rights, there is nothing wrong with giving him China's.

But Director Guan is too fierce!How could the other party agree?

Sure enough, Fox's Gernot shook his head,

"Guan. Your negotiation skills are poor, but we at Fox have to bear the risk of your movie not being a hit.

A good movie may not necessarily be a hit, right?

At the price you're asking for, if it was for global distribution rights, I would consider it, but right now, Fox won't accept it. "

When Miramax bought out the distribution rights to "Heroes" for US$2100 million, it was already a premium.

Why do you think hearing girls are taller? "

"I don't want to discuss the appropriateness of the price with you." Guan Ling expressed regret,
"I said, if you don't accept it, I can find another company, and you should know how much "Hero" sold for. The box office and DVD made Miramax famous."

When the matter was not settled, Fox's people said goodbye and went out. Gernot kept looking back when he walked out. He always thought that Guan Ling would stop him.

But no, Guan Ling had no intention of keeping him.

"He is absolutely confident." Gernot had such a feeling in his heart.

He mechanically made a phone call with people at Fox headquarters to discuss it. In fact, he had the ability to control US$2000 million, but he still needed to discuss it with people in the company.

After Fox's people left, Zhang Song walked up to Guan Ling numbly.

"Director Guan, 2000 million! That's 2000 million! It's rare for Chinese films to be sold at this price. Let alone Chinese films, I have never seen distribution rights at this price at film festivals in the United States. I think it's worth it. Sold.”

Zhang Song's lips were trembling.

It tripled directly! !

The hero was sold for 100 million, but how much was their investment? $3000 million! "Hearing Girl" only made $750 million! !
"He will come back." Guan Ling said, "It's not just Fox Searchlight who will distribute this movie, but Fox Searchlight needs movies to conquer the city, and it also needs to continue its miracles to solidify its Midas touch reputation after "Little Miss Sunshine." He won't give up."

In the next few days, as the promotion of the film festival has entered a fierce stage, many films were screened, and the number of visitors once exceeded 7.

Among them, "Hearing Girl", as the premiere movie, attracted many audiences from all states in the United States!

Good reviews, good reviews, good reviews!

"Director Guan Da, I feel like our movie is completely popular!" Liu Yifei was so excited that she almost jumped up. "When I was out walking, some audience members recognized me and called out my name!"

"They also like movies that can move people. Compared with many political movies, they also like relaxed movies." Liu Yifei thinks so.

Many film producers came to contact Guan Ling, but the price was about the same as Fox's. The highest one was US$600 million.

Guan Ling remained unmoved.

Zhang Song has made several calls to China Film Group. Han Sanpin asked Zhang Song to report information at any time every day. He himself wanted to call Guan Ling, but he still didn't. If Guan Ling really asked for a high price, he would China Film has many benefits.

But Guan Ling was completely unmoved by the prices proposed by various film producers.

On the sixth day, Fox still couldn't stand it any longer, and Gernot called Guan Ling again.

"Guan, we can agree to a price of 2000 million, but we have to get a share of the box office in China and France." Gernot said.

Fox's film department monitored various data for "Hearing Girl" and they unanimously believe that this film is a rare type of healing film for people with disabilities in the American market. Although it cannot be compared to "Forrest Gump", it is currently There is a gap in the American film market.

"This movie will be more popular than "Little Miss Sunshine"!" This is the affirmative answer given by the market monitoring department. "As long as it is well promoted, it may exceed [-] million. North American box office."

Therefore, Fox must act quickly. After the closing is over, film producers from the West Coast may also flock to the show, and by then they will have even more competitors.

"Gernot, your negotiation skills are poor. When you made this call to me, you Foxes had already agreed to all my demands, correct?"

Guan Ling asked the other party with a smile.

The other party smiled awkwardly, "Okay, Guan, you're half right, our idea is to only leave China's box office profits to you.

Over in France, it is true that this type of movie is a runaway success, but we will not give you these profits.

But we are very sincere. If you are willing to keep only China’s box office revenue, we can share the profits from France with you.

This is our bottom line, don't make any more counteroffers, I will bite you. "

"Add 500 million, and I'll give you France's box office profits." Guan Ling said decisively, "As long as you sign the contract, you can bite me as much as you want. I don't mind if you are a man."

"Oh, mother cancer Gada." Gernot exclaimed, "You are suitable for Hollywood, and Hollywood is full of people like you."

After a moment, his faint voice came. "Chinese people are really smart. See you later."

Guan Ling clenched his fist fiercely, it's done!From the beginning, he deliberately killed France's box office revenue in order to continue to raise prices with the other party.

In a previous life, this movie was sold to Apple for $2500 million and had global distribution rights.

Although the original version of this film earned US$6000 million at the French box office, that was in 2014.

At this time, the number of screens in France was much lower than in 2014.

With an extra US$500 million, Guan Ling did not suffer a loss, but instead avoided the trouble of publishing and publicity.

Moreover, for Guan Ling, selling the distribution rights and copyrights for US$500 million is more appropriate than box office, because the box office needs to pay taxes in France and China, while the income from the transfer of distribution rights and copyrights only needs to be paid 6% VAT.

Fox, on the other hand, has always released relatively few movies worth over [-] million US dollars.The two parties are just bastards who are attracted to Mung Bean. If Fox didn't need this kind of movie to conquer the city, the big company would definitely lower the price for Guan Ling.

And Fox is indeed afraid that other companies will cut it off.

Twenty-five million U.S. dollars, converted into RMB, is close to 500 million RMB. Guan Ling's movie has not yet been released, and he has directly earned two small goals! !

"I never want to do business with the Chinese in my life." Gernot said dejectedly after signing the contract.

"When you can make money, you won't think so." Guan Ling said with a smile, "I have many ideas for scripts and movies. Only if I make money will I let you make money. It's a pity that many people don't understand this. reason."

"Many scripts and movies?" Gernot was a little confused.

"You can check out Guan's registered scripts. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised." Guan Ling said casually.

……

In the room, after Fox's people left, Zhang Song tremblingly called Han Sanpin.Zhang Song's hands were shaking when he dialed the cell phone number. He dialed the wrong number the first time and dialed his grandmother in his hometown in Sichuan.

Without bothering to talk to the old lady, Zhang Song hurriedly hung up and dialed Han Sanpin again.

"Director Han..."

"How is it, Zhang Song? The distribution rights were sold?" Han Sanpin seemed to have been waiting, "How much did it cost?"

"Twenty-five million." Zhang Song was still in disbelief when he said it.

There was silence on the other side, only a snapping sound was heard, as if the phone fell to the ground, and then a heavy breathing came from the other end of the phone.

"I heard you right, you were talking about U.S. dollars, right?"

Zhang Song could feel that Director Han was a little panicked.

"Twenty-five million U.S. dollars." He said it more clearly this time.

"F*ck!" Director Han on the other end of the phone uttered a rare expletive. Zhang Song vaguely heard it. After a few seconds of silence, he muttered to himself, "Our investment is only 250 million US dollars. Come on! Miscalculation!"

The two chatted for a while, and Han Sanpin hung up the phone.

After thinking about it, Han Sanpin called Yu Dong.
"Hello, Director Han." Yu Dongye received the call inside and felt a little strange for a moment. "What's the matter with you?"

"Yu Dong, you have to do something."

"You have something to give me," Yu Dong said.

"It's hard for me to get involved in the matter between Hua Yi and Guan Ling." Han Sanpin said. This made Yu Dong a little confused as to why the voice from the other side was still coming.

The next second, Yu Dong suddenly understood the reason, but he was a little stunned.

"The distribution rights of "Hearing Girl" were sold for 500 million, so although "Shark Beach" and Huayi don't have your share, there are some things that you can weigh up yourself."

A long time ago, Yu Dong was a clerk under Han Sanpin, and he was one of his own.

So some of what Han Sanpin said was quite clear.

Never mind whether Shark Beach has your share or not.

It doesn’t matter whether there will be your share in the future.

But in this case, Boehner needs to take a stand.

It was a long time after Han Sanpin hung up the phone that Yu Dong finally realized what 500 million was. At first, he thought about the wrong company. When he realized it, Yu Dong was a little confused.

Bona invested US$200 million.

Yu Dong got up and was about to go out. His wife Zang Lilu behind him asked him, "Why are you going so late?"

"It's going to be a big change." Yu Dong put on his slippers backwards and didn't bother to change them. He looked at his wife, "Huaxia Film is going to be a big change. Director Guan Da, you are so fierce! I have to stand in line early." "

Bona and Huayi were originally rivals, and they had nothing to deal with. But at this moment, Yu Dong had already chosen his partner.

…………

Fox Searchlight.

After Gernot handed everything over to the company, he breathed a sigh of relief and talked about such a big project. He will be busy in the next few months.

While hesitating, he remembered what Guan Ling had said about the script.

He was a little bored and opened the script registration center suspiciously.

When searching for Guan, it was not found.

"Guan is really teasing me. What did I expect?" Gernot couldn't laugh or cry.

The next second, he searched for the English name Ling Guan on the contract.

Gernot felt his eyes were dazed for a moment and took a closer look.

On the screen, a whole page of densely packed scripts appeared, all filled with names.

"Holy shit!!"

Gernot held his head in his hands, he felt numb! !
(End of this chapter)