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Chapter 314 I am the one who makes the rules!
Just before the summer vacation, China Film Group is extremely busy.

It’s very hot in early June, but we can’t be lazy at all.

There are too many movies coming up during the summer, including some Hollywood movies.

Many domestic films were originally planning to step back and avoid Hollywood films, but then they thought, why should they avoid them?

Didn’t see that the big ship lost!
Fuck it!

Isn’t it just a huge collision between heaven and earth?
The fourth installment of Jason Bourne is coming to theaters this summer! Let's meet Crash!
Zhang Guorong's new movie Red Romance will also be released in the summer.

Chen Shiping felt very happy. Look, this is the result of his hard work.

There’s no need to have anything like Domestic Protection Month!

So Chen Shiping gave them some more strength!

How can a movie like Crash and Demise work? Another Hollywood movie!
The ultimate calamity is coming!

The collision of two doomsday science fiction movies is likely to cause confrontation, but Chen Shiping has a different opinion.

He feels that putting these two movies together might have the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

It's not about helping Hollywood movies make money.

The main reason is that Chen Shiping wants domestic audiences to accept cognitive doomsday science fiction films as quickly as possible!
In this way, the country can also start to develop towards doomsday science fiction.

There’s no better way to test the waters than with a Hollywood movie!

Otherwise, if the country rashly invests hundreds of millions to shoot a science fiction blockbuster, it will suffer huge losses if it fails.

Losing money is a small matter. The most important thing is that it will undermine confidence in the film market.

What Chen Shiping wants is not failure but success. He wants to win all the time!

Only by winning continuously can the entire film market and domestic audiences become more and more motivated.

I won't chase after Hollywood movies to hype myself up.

So Chen Shiping should either not make any big moves, or if he does, he must win!

As for whether The Bourne Supremacy can beat these two doomsday science fiction movies, Chen Shiping is not very worried.

It's already the fourth part and has accumulated so many viewers. If it can't win, it's what it deserves. It also means that the potential of this series has been exhausted and it can be considered to end.

However, when Chen Shiping was arranging the summer schedule, Disney also secretly contacted China Film.

I hope China Film can distribute Mulan in Asia.

Disney hasn't had a box office hit in several years, the last one being Toy Story.

Disney is not yet a giant, nor is it the only one among Hollywood film companies.

They are also very troubled and hope that Mulan can have a good ending.

The main reason is that Mulan is an oriental story, and they are not very confident about the European and American markets.

I hope it can be released in Asia, especially the Chinese market!

Chen Shiping doesn’t even know what to say about Disney.

Do you still have the nerve to release your film in China?

It’s a good thing I didn’t get you killed!
Disney’s worries are actually unnecessary, as Mulan’s opening figures are very high!

The film opened with box office revenue of over 24 million, and ultimately grossed over 300 million U.S. dollars worldwide!
This is a very successful movie.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have included Mulan in the Disney Princess series and made a live-action movie.

But Disney doesn’t know this now!
They are worried because the movie hasn’t been released yet!

I came to China Film Group Corporation just now, hoping that Mulan can be released through China Film Group Corporation.

Chen Shiping was quite happy. This was like food being delivered to his door!
Disney executives came to China Film Group in person to discuss distribution in Asia.

Chen Shiping received them very seriously.

"Mulan belongs to China. Your behavior is extremely shameful. In principle, it is impossible to release it for you!"

As soon as Chen Shiping saw the people from Disney, he turned his face away.

Disney was stunned for a moment, this was too rude!
Isn’t it said that Chinese people are very tactful when speaking?
"We are very angry about your making of the Mulan animation. We are also preparing a live-action Mulan movie. This is an irreconcilable contradiction. I don't think there is any need to discuss the distribution!"

Chen Shiping didn't give them time to react and smashed it down with the hammer again.

The Disney staff paused for a moment before speaking: "Mulan's story has no copyright issues, so why can't we film it? Besides, we are also promoting Chinese culture!"

Chen Shiping said disdainfully: "Just like you stole Grimm's and Andersen's fairy tales?"

The people at Disney couldn't help but retort, "How can a movie be considered stealing? There is no copyright! Anyone can film it!"

Chen Shiping even wanted to spit at him, how shameless!

If there was no copyright, wouldn't you have tried your best to get all kinds of copyright later?
The original story has no copyright, but Disney has created various versions of the story, which is basically an all-round blockade.

If others want to film those fairy tales, they basically can’t avoid the new versions they create. As long as there are similar or similar parts, they will directly sue you for infringement!

Disney's legal department is all too familiar with this.

Just like Snow White is such a classic IP, but there are very few film and television dramas produced.

Even if someone does film it, they will either use Snow White's skin to tell a modern story, or just copy the original.

This behavior is no different from robbery.

However, it was precisely this kind of bandit behavior that allowed Disney to grow little by little and eventually become the world's number one.

The people at Disney had no such understanding at all. They looked at Chen Shiping and said, "We are here to discuss cooperation, not legal issues. I hope you can look at this matter calmly and objectively."

"What are we collaborating on? We're going to make a live-action movie ourselves, why should we distribute your animation?"

Chen Shiping looked at them and said, "Leaving aside the issue of national sentiment, from a purely business perspective, there is no need for me to support my rivals."

The Disney people immediately shook their heads and said, "No, no, no, there is a big difference between live-action movies and animations. This does not form competition. On the contrary, it can help you gain a good audience base."

Chen Shiping laughed and said, "The story of Hua Mulan is well known to all Chinese people. We don't need your animation to popularize it."

“But what about regions outside of China?” The Disney people said, “We can cooperate, and we can even invest in your live-action movies!”

Chen Shiping was speechless. What the hell is this cooperation?

Do you need to invest? If you invest, do you want to use your status as an investor to stop the development of real-life movies?
Disney does this too much.

Later, a certain penguin also liked to do this kind of thing.

"Chen, this world needs cooperation. Your country is about to join the WTO, and win-win cooperation is the key."

The Disney people couldn't help but say, "We respect you very much. You are an excellent director and entrepreneur, so we came to you for cooperation. Otherwise, we could go to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to distribute it ourselves."

"They don't have money in the current market." Chen Shiping rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's not that we can't discuss the issuance, but I have conditions."

"What conditions?"

"I'm very interested in Pixar and hope to learn about it. Is this condition not difficult?"

The Disney people immediately shook their heads and said, "That's impossible. Pixar keeps its technology very secret!"

Chen Shiping frowned and looked very angry.

The people at Disney quickly explained that their relationship with Pixar was just a cooperation, and that Pixar's technology was highly confidential.

Chen Shiping was silent for a while before saying, "What if it's a tour? That shouldn't be a problem, right?" "I can try." The Disney person said after thinking for a while.

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "In addition, I want to increase the share of Hua Mulan's publicity and promotion by one extra point."

Disney was not happy about this, and looked at him and said, "This is not in accordance with the rules!"

"But now I'm the one who makes the rules."

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The people from Disney left, and they felt very aggrieved.

But they still agreed to this condition.

It’s just a point of profit, no big deal!
If you don't cooperate, you won't get a penny, so what's the point of talking about profit sharing?

The potential of the Asian market is obvious to all.

People in Hollywood are studying Chen Shiping’s investment and support for the Asian market, and estimate that in ten years at most the Asian market will definitely catch up with the European market!

As for surpassing the European market, it may take a little longer.

But this is also scary.

At least now the Asian market is already the third largest in the world!
If it catches up with the European market, it will be the second largest market in the world. Given Asia’s population base, if its economy develops in the next decade or so, it is not impossible to surpass the North American market.

After all, movie tickets are not expensive, and it’s not a heavy industry or high-consumption market.

After Chen Shiping reached a cooperation agreement with Disney, he immediately went to Peking University's research laboratory.

Quickly, everyone packed up their things and went sightseeing!
It doesn’t matter if you can’t learn the skills, just learn about their management methods and work processes.

We can also discuss cooperation on Pixar's self-developed 3D animation software.

I can't buy the latest version, but I can learn from a lower version.

Learn from each other and verify each other!

Two years ago, Disney and Pixar reached a long-term partnership, and after investing tens of millions of dollars, Pixar's technology grew by leaps and bounds.

There is a very obvious difference between Pixar's works before and after 1996.

3D animated films are just getting started, and China has a chance to catch up, mainly by developing supporting software.

You can spend money to get the best configuration for computer hardware, but software technology is something you can't get by just spending money.

Animated films, digital films, and IP live-action films will be Chen Shiping's development focus in the next few years.

These must be followed!

Chen Shiping acted very quickly and packed up everyone in the laboratory and moved them to the United States in less than a week.

I must learn from him quickly!
Otherwise, after the Mulan animation is released, Disney might deny its responsibility.

Animated film, please hurry up and make it!
Chen Shiping has a series of plans for the future, and animation is very important to his plans.

Only the size of China Film Corporation could support Chen Shiping to carry out those plans.

If it is a private enterprise, don't even think about it, you can't do it at all, and no one will pay attention to you.

If Chen Shiping does not use the power of state-owned enterprises to promote reform and develop the film market, how can Hollywood pay attention to the Asian market?
If China Film Group doesn't have imported films and a huge distribution network in Asia, how can Hollywood companies sit down and talk to it properly?

How could private enterprises develop to this point?

At best, they can make a few big productions and get good box office, and then that’s it.

Alas, who understands Mr. Chen’s painstaking efforts?

Shanghai Film Group is still insisting on the rights to import films!

They want this right in order to develop the film market, not just for money.

Chen Shiping knew without a doubt that those returnees had many people from Hollywood secretly supporting them.

Once the door to importing films is opened, film studios from all over the country will rush to get them!
By then, there will be no more problems with importing films!
People can come and go as they please!

The Chinese film market has completely become a place for Hollywood to grab land!

Don’t even shout about market freedom!
You only want freedom when your strength is equal. If your strength is unequal, you will just be sent to serve yourselves!

To put it bluntly, the Shanghai Film Group was later established and was not under the jurisdiction of the ministry. If it had been given more leeway, who knows what kind of movies it would have introduced.

The right to introduce films is the most important component of China Film’s voice!
It is also the main means for China Film Group to negotiate distribution with various regions in Asia!

Otherwise, why would people listen to you?

If the right to introduce films is taken away, China Film’s voice and importance will immediately drop by two or three levels!
If you want to gain deeper control over the Asian distribution market in the future, you will have to spend a lot of money!

After all this back and forth, such a big problem arises!

There was still a commotion at Shanghai Film Studio, but Chen Shiping was too lazy to care.

The higher-ups are not stupid, so why would they give them this right?

Anyway, Chen Shiping won't get involved, so you can do whatever you want.

The release date of the Mulan animation has now been set.

It will be released in the Asian market in mid-July, so there is more than a month left for preparation.

China Film now has two printing companies, and the production speed is frighteningly fast.

Disney is still very satisfied. The only one who is not very satisfied may be Cheng Kaige.

His schedule conflicts with Mulan!
"Mr. Chen, aren't you making things difficult for me?" Cheng Kaige was helpless.

I haven't started filming Mulan yet, but my schedule has conflicted with that of Mulan.

Chen Shiping smiled and said: "This is to inspire you. Without some emotion in your heart, how can you shoot a classic?"

Cheng Kaige couldn't help but say, "Your method is too direct!"

"If Jing Ke can't beat Hua Mulan, you can respond with a live-action movie! That way there will be gimmicks and marketing topics."

Cheng Kaige said helplessly: "Okay, it's the factory's investment anyway, so the loss is yours."

Chen Shiping laughed out loud. How could he lose money?

The distribution share of Mulan is not low!

Of course, another reason is that Hollywood movies are clustered in the more than two months of the summer vacation, and the good schedule later can also allow domestic films to make more money.

Chen Shiping had considered this as well.

Another problem is that the summer season is not very hot, so let's liven it up with a few Hollywood movies!

Cheng Kaige sat with Chen Shiping for a while and then left.

We also have to prepare for Mulan.

The success of Uncharted gave Cheng Kaige a lot of different ideas!

Maybe Mulan can also add some fantasy elements!

What Chen Shiping just said is very true!

Gimmicks are important!
(End of this chapter)