How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 434: Choosing a general among the dwarves...[Assembly Number] has to be reshot

"What conditions did the Chinese offer?" Zhang Nan pondered for a while and asked the person on the satellite phone.

The person in charge of the Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company on the other side of the phone thought for a moment and said: "The price is US$100 million, global copyright except Mainland China."

For 100 million US dollars, you can get the global copyright of [Assembly Number].

It sounds good, after all, Feng Xiaogang is as famous a director as Zhang Yimou in the mainland.

but……

With a buyout fee of 100 million US dollars, [Assembly Number] must be able to win at least 200 million US dollars in box office.

The global box office data of [Assembly Number], excluding mainland China, is less than US$70, of which US$47.2 was contributed by South Korea.

This is a bit outrageous, because Kimchi Country is the villain in [Assembly].

Zhang Nan opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, but then he thought back to the 2007 mainland movie.

Li'an relied on [Lust Caution] to escape from the mainland.

Lao Mouzi is preparing for the Olympics and has stopped cooking.

Chen Wuji has just regained his composure, and [Anita Mui] is still on the road.

Li Lianlian’s [Certificate of Investment] is quite good, but he himself will benefit Malaysia in a few years.

If [Assembly Number] is excluded, in mid-2007, it can be said that he has nothing to gain in terms of support for Chinese-language films.

But from among the dwarfs, [Assembly Number], the general who was destined to lose money, was singled out.

amount……

"Tell the Chinese people that $100 million is fine, but I also want the mainland copyright." Zhang Nan gasped.

The person in charge of Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company on the other side of the phone was stunned after hearing this, "Director Zhang, the box office revenue of [Assembly Number] in the Mainland exceeded 7000 million US dollars (more than [-] million yuan) in the first week. .”

"Listen to me."

Zhang Nan interrupted the words of the person in charge of the Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company and continued to explain: "The copyright I want is for Feng Xiaogang to further edit the war scenes based on the Mainland version of [Assembly Number], and combine those literary dramas All deleted versions, and the length of the film must not be less than 10 minutes."

Since the overseas box office of the original "Assembly" was hopelessly bad, no matter how it changes, it won't get worse.

Just abandon those grinding literary dramas and let Feng Xiaogang edit "Assembly Number" into a simple war movie. Maybe he can make some money.

The person in charge of Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company on the other side of the phone also understood what Zhang Nan meant, and said hesitantly: "If we re-edit, it shouldn't be a big problem, but... I watched the finished film of [Assembly Number], and the whole film was... During the filming of [Assembly], I’m afraid there won’t be many war scenes, and the total duration may not be enough to make up nine or ten minutes!”

"If we don't have enough time, we will have to reshoot. Anyway, this is my condition. If I can't meet it, forget it." Zhang Nan is interested in supporting Chinese-language films, but he will not forcefully support it.

The person in charge of Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company on the other side of the phone also knew that this was Zhang Nan's last attitude, so he slowly said: "Okay Director Zhang, I understand."

……

Not long after hanging up the phone, the person in charge of the Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company went to the Chinese side, met with Wang Xiaogang and Feng Xiaogang, and put forward Zhang Nan's request.

Feng Xiaogang had no objection after hearing this and wanted to reach cooperation.

After all, it is not difficult for him to re-edit and re-shoot. Even making a pure war film "Assembly" is a new attempt for him.

Moreover, as long as "Assembly" can be released globally with the help of Longbow Distribution Company, it will greatly strengthen his identity as a director.

But after hearing this, the big and small kings frowned a little.

The editing was okay, it cost nothing, but if it was reshoots...

Not to mention anything else, the scene decoration, the daily wages of the extras, etc. are a huge expense.

More importantly, the movie was released and the box office was good.

The net worth of several actors starring in movies has increased a lot.In the past, several people who starred in "Assembly Number" were aiming to gain fame and deliberately lowered their pay.

Wang Baobao, Dengchao, Zhang Han, and others were paid 20 to [-] yuan.

Now that their names have become famous and their goals have been achieved, it is not easy to gather them together. Even if they are gathered together, the price will be difficult to spend at 20 or [-].

However, the big and small kings also saw that Feng Xiaogang hoped to reach this cooperation and wanted to use the power of Longbow Publishing Company to make his director's works global and increase his popularity.

Therefore, the kings did not refuse directly, but asked these questions to Feng Xiaogang.

"Xiao Gang, the Chinese people have no problem with re-editing or paying for re-shooting, and they all support you. After all, [Assembly Number] will make less money in the end due to the current situation, and another collaboration like this will also enhance the film. Popularity means, but we Chinese can provide money and publishing rights, but these leading actors..." The king always said to Feng Xiaogang with a sincere tone of "I support you, but the difficulty lies here."

Feng Xiaogang gritted his teeth when he heard this.

Because everything the king always says is true.

But the opportunity is rare!

In fact, at the beginning, when Feng Xiaogang heard Zhang Nan's publicity to support Chinese films, he was a little dismissive, thinking that Zhang Nan was bragging.

But year after year, Zhang Nan actually implemented it.

Li'an's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Zhang Yimou's "Hero", Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu", Cheng Long's "Myth"... all have Zhang Nan's shadow behind them.

Feng Xiaogang really believed it.

Since he believed it, he naturally wanted to take advantage of Zhang Nan's help.

But it has never been possible.

Because in the past years, there were either Zhang Yimou’s films in the Mainland, which could benefit from Zhang Nan’s support for Chinese-language films to go global, or there were other people’s films.

But this year Zhang Yimou is busy with the Olympic opening ceremony, Chen Wuji's movie is still in the pipeline, and Li An is completely gone.

He originally thought that Zhang Nan would choose to support Li Lianlian's [letter of nomination].

As a result, I heard that Li Lianlian’s [letter of nomination] was directly rejected by Zhang Nan.

Then Feng Xiaogang's thoughts arose.

We are all directors, who doesn’t have an idea to go global?
"I'll go talk to them!" Feng Xiaogang finally chose to deal with the actors of [Assembly Number] by himself.

Upon hearing this, the big and small kings shrugged their shoulders to express their support and indifference.

After all, Feng Xiaogang is still a pillar of Chinese descent and needs to be coaxed.

……

A few days later.

The person in charge of the Mainland Longbow Film and Television Company was once again invited to the Chinese headquarters by a Chinese person, and met Feng Xiaogang, who was smiling all over his face.

The reason why Feng Xiaogang is happy is simple, because he has completed the reshoots of "Assembly Number".

The process was not as difficult as Feng Xiaogang thought.

A group of stars who acted in "Assembly Number", although they have proven themselves in the film industry through "Assembly Number", they are still very polite to Feng Xiaogang, who is currently the biggest resource in the mainland entertainment industry.

Not to mention that Feng Xiaogang’s request for reshoots [assembly number] is also beneficial to these people.

The director has the idea of ​​going abroad, and so do the actors!

So while [Assembly Number] was in theaters, the original cast was assembled again at a low price and reshoots began.

Some media captured the reshoots, and thought that the Chinese would take advantage of the current popularity of [Assembly Number] and shoot the second part while the iron is hot. This made [Assembly Number] become popular again, and they conducted another round of voting for [Report] A wave of shock.

(End of this chapter)