China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

After the premiere of "Yangtze River No. 7", Lu Pingan only attended the dinner for a short time.

After clinking glasses with Han Sanpin, Zhou Xingxing, the main creator and others, they left the table directly.

No one has any objections, because Lu Pingan was nominated for an Oscar again.

The 2008 Oscar nominations have come out. "The Bucket List" did not unexpectedly lose the Best Foreign Language Film, and "Kung Fu Panda" also did not unexpectedly get nominated for the "Best Animated Feature Film."

This year's Oscar format is a little different.

All nominees will have a luncheon and group photo.

The Oscars are actually a show, and the organizers will find ways to increase ratings every time.

And the stars are very willing to cooperate, after all, this is the Oscars.

For "Kung Fu Panda", this movie also has some mission of cultural export, so Lu Ping'an can't go there even if he doesn't want to.

The next day, Lu Pingan took a group photo with all the nominees and then went to lunch together.

This time "Kung Fu Panda" has three opponents, and the main opponent is Pixar Animation's "Ratatouille."

At present, "Kung Fu Panda" has been released in North America for nearly two months, with a box office of 233 million, and the global box office has reached 723 million US dollars.

This number is about 100 million more than the original time and space, which is quite an achievement.

The global box office of "Ratatouille" was US$620 million.

"Kung Fu Panda" has an advantage in this regard.

In addition, "Kung Fu Panda" also has advantages in terms of technology, production difficulty and reputation.

But no matter what the advantage is, the production team of "Kung Fu Panda" is Chinese after all.

However, DreamWorks Animation said not to worry, this time it is still certain.

Obviously, DreamWorks attaches great importance to the Oriental DreamWorks established in cooperation with Lu Pingan.

This is Pixar’s official entry into the Chinese market.

So maybe Oscar is just a meeting gift this time.

If this is really the case, wouldn’t the 5 million public relations fees thrown in this time be in vain?

Lu Pingan shook his head and continued chatting with the lunch guests.

After lunch, we went to the New Line safely.

"Peak 3" is about to be settled.

The total box office is 533 million. According to the box office dividend ratio, Lu Ping An can get more than 50 million this time.

Including the director's salary, the total is close to 70 million US dollars.

In addition, the distribution of "Peak 3" in the three places across the Taiwan Strait was shared by Lu Ping'an and Cheng Long. We also calculated it a few days ago, and the two of them shared 52 million yuan equally.

Therefore, Lu Ping An can get a total of about 580 million yuan before tax for one "Peak 3", and this money will be received gradually in the next 13 months.

Of course, the most profitable one is New Line.

If the movie is a hit, they may not make that much money at the box office, but the movie's disc market is more popular than the theater market.

This is also the norm in movies featuring Kung Fu stars such as Cheng Long.

So this time New Line’s attitude towards Lu Ping An is quite enthusiastic.

Then the other party proposed to cooperate again.

Lu Pingan did not agree or refuse on the spot.

Not many of New Line's later works have become hits. There are some that Lu Pingan is interested in, but the other party is probably not willing to give them, such as some low-budget movies. It would definitely not be cost-effective for Lu Pingan to direct these films.

So there may really be no chance of cooperation in the future.

But it doesn't matter, it's just business anyway.

Then New Line mentioned Marvel again. The other party first asked Lu Pingan when the "Iron Man" he was holding would be filmed, and then mentioned that Marvel's movie was about to be released.

Then Lu Pingan learned that after Marvel lost "Iron Man", they replaced it with "Captain America".

I just don’t know if “Captain America” could have won more than 300 million in box office like The Originals without “Iron Man” completely opening up the Marvel movie landscape.

New Line said: "They spent a lot of money this time. If they succeed, they may repurchase Iron Man at a high price."

"What if it fails?" Lu Pingan asked back.

"I don't know about that." The other person shrugged.

Lu Pingping didn't think much about it.

Next, Lu Ping'an chatted for a while at Xinxian and then went directly back to the top.

The situation at the top is still the same.

There is still a strike in Hollywood at the moment, but fortunately it is said that it will end in a few days, so "Twilight" will start soon.

The biggest project at Pinnacle right now is still "Batman 2."

The later stages of this film have been produced at the China Star Center, and now Lu Ping'an is here to talk about it.

After knowing that the movie was lacking in sound effects, Summit began to connect.

It will not be a big problem for future movies to be released in July.

Then there's "Chainsaw 5" and other thrillers.

The problems are not big, and there is no need to worry about Ping An. March will still be a scary month.

"That's it, I'm going back."

Once everything is settled, Lu Ping'an is ready to return home.

"You're going back now?" Watts also learned the Chinese way of trying to persuade someone to stay.

"It's the New Year. If you have money or not, why don't you go home and celebrate the New Year." Lu Ping'an laughed.

The next day, Lu Pingping returned to the company.

There are still two days left before attending.

The crew of "Wonderful Night 2" has taken a break.

The crew of "My Captain, My Troupe" far away in Kunming is also preparing to take a break for the New Year.

The crew of Xingchen will definitely have a good New Year.

Zhang Yi and the others said they must come to the company, but Lu Pingan did not refuse.

They are still on the plane at this moment.

The first one to come to the company was Fan Xiaopang.

Tomorrow she and her team will set off for Berlin with the crew of Zhang Songwen's "Buried Alive".

The opening of the Berlin Film Festival happens to be on the 7th, which is the Chinese Spring Festival.

Zhang Songwen has been nominated for Best Actor.

Fan Xiaopang will shine on the red carpet for the second time at this Berlin Film Festival.

At the same time, because she guest-starred as an operator in "Buried Alive", this red carpet was really not a "fake", but a legitimate one.

Before setting off, she also wanted to take advantage of the end of the year to do an annual summary with Lu Ping'an.

Soon Fan Xiaopang's team sat down and started reporting, and Xingchen's own team was also recording.

At present, Fan Xiaopang's "Rouge Snow" has entered the film sales stage.

At present, the sales of "Rouge Snow" in China are almost entirely controlled by Mu Xiaoguang's connections and resources.

Xingchen did not intervene because Xingchen is mainly responsible for overseas markets.

At this time, Mu Xiaoguang took out the report card.

"Rouge Snow" has been confirmed to be purchased by four domestic satellite TV stations. The price of each episode is about 500,000, which is the same as the original time and space.

In the original time and space, the overseas rights of the show sold for US$20,000 per episode.

Now, Xingchen directly made an offer, with the lowest price being US$50,000.

There are 32 episodes in total, which is 1.6 million US dollars. The key is not to sell one! If the transaction is completed, at least three homes can be sold!

This made Mu Xiaoguang shout "I admire you!"

You know, he has also contacted overseas channels, but the highest offer at the moment is only US$20,000 per episode. The key is to buy it out exclusively.

At this point, it is already far ahead in the mainland TV drama market!

But don’t think, the cow is still a safe cow!

Lu Ping'an didn't care much about this.

After all, who is Xingchen? Apart from some state-owned enterprises that have been established for decades, the only one who is most skilled in overseas copyright transactions in China is Xingchen.

Moreover, Xingchen's channels are not mass-marketed like state-owned enterprises. Xingchen has really built it up with one movie, commercial interests and reputation.

The only one in the country.

So it's just a TV series to sell, Xingchen said, as long as the quality is not bad, there is no need to worry about selling it.