Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 125 Compromise?Smart approach!

But at this moment, the vice president from Disney suddenly asked: "It is said that the production of "The Bourne Supremacy" starring Mr. Wayne is about to be completed, and Hemera Pictures plans to take over the project itself. Is it distributed by Bupi Pictures?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the originally enthusiastic people were slightly stagnant. Their eyes quickly swept over the Disney vice president, and then they all looked at Wayne.

If Wayne just sells the rights and continues to be only in the production business, then it will be a very important partner for them, but if Wayne also plans to get involved in the distribution industry, then they will be competitors.

Although it is not a secret at all that Hemera Pictures has established a distribution department, it has long been known to these top distribution companies.

But they also wanted to know more about Wayne's plans and how ambitious he was.

"To be precise, it is the distribution business in North America." Wayne's expression remained unchanged, he looked around with a smile and said, "There is nothing we can do about it. The production cost of "The Bourne Supremacy" is as high as 6500 million US dollars, from formation to production. It took me more than half a year to complete it. If the copyright is sold directly, it can't be less than 1.3 million US dollars, right? With such a high price, I really don't think any publishing company is willing to risk it."

Wayne slightly exaggerated the production cost of "The Bourne Supremacy".

As expected, the faces of everyone around him changed after hearing this, and then they couldn't help but frown.

In terms of price alone, the price of 1.3 million U.S. dollars is indeed too high. Even the Big Seven cannot afford such a big risk. After all, except for the sequels of the best-selling series, even the Big Seven are producing such movies with a budget of up to 6000 to [-] U.S. dollars. When it comes to movies with a budget of [-] US dollars, they will also use the platter method, and rarely take all the risks independently.

But in terms of return rate, a 100% return rate is not very high.

At this time, Wayne continued: "So my plan is this. The distribution department of Hemera Pictures will only undertake the North American promotion and distribution of large-scale productions produced by itself. As for the overseas promotion and distribution, it will still be based on the sale of copyrights. The method is left to your company. In this way, when the film is released in North America first, after everyone sees the box office data, the risk of purchasing will be much smaller."

Wayne revealed his plan directly and honestly.

This pattern also made everyone startled, and then their expressions quickly softened.

In fact, the model mentioned by Wayne is not new. Many overseas movies use this model if they want to be released in North America or around the world.

For example, for Zhang Guoshi's "Hero", except for the initial release in China, which they undertook the distribution business themselves, the overseas parts were all sold through copyright.

Some independent films have even had to split their copyrights into dozens of parts because the Big Seven didn't like them, and they had to find a local distributor in each country and region.

However, this model is relatively rare in North American movies. This is mainly because Hollywood distribution companies are too strong.

For example, if Miramax wants to buy the copyright of "Girls", it won't say that it will only buy it in North America or only overseas. It usually buys it all together.

This is even more true for the Big Seven.

But when facing Hemera Pictures, they couldn't be so strong.

First of all, the size of Hemera Pictures is there.Although it is still only a medium-sized production company, Hemera Pictures' funds are really abundant.

They do not know the real situation of Hemera Pictures and can only analyze and speculate based on the performance of Hemera Pictures.Therefore, Hemera Pictures, which can independently produce "The Bourne Supremacy", "Resident Evil 1 and 2", and "The Dark Side" at the same time, and will also produce "Taken" and "Mean Girls" at the same time, has almost no money. It’s richer than Miramax and Lionsgate, and even on par with DreamWorks.

Furthermore, for a big production like "The Bourne Supremacy", the risk for them to buy it directly is really too high.

It is impossible to sell Wayne at a loss, or even with a low return rate. And if they spend more than 1 million US dollars to buy it, and spend tens of millions of dollars in global promotion expenses, it will take hundreds of millions in box office to barely recover the money. ?Therefore, the method Wayne said is the most beneficial to both parties.

Although they made less money and only made profits from overseas box office, the risks that came with it were also reduced a lot.

As for other films, they only undertake publicity and distribution business, and then make money through small actions. They really want to do this, but Wayne obviously does not give them a chance.

They are all insiders, who doesn’t understand how they cheated foreign capital and Wall Street~
They are also cheating internally.

Starting from the first movie, Wayne only sold the copyright when he had such abundant funds and was not in a hurry to return the funds. Isn't this obviously to guard against them?

"In addition, Hemera Pictures does not plan to enter the disc sales and rental business, and the copyrights of this part will also be sold to you by way of sale."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the surrounding vice presidents suddenly became even better.

After all, more than [-]% of the many theatrical movies produced in Hollywood every year can only make money through the disc market, and the income from this part is really not small.

"This is really a smart move!" the Universal Vice President on the side said with a smile.

Others nodded in agreement and praised Wayne again.

Such a solution that offers the best of both worlds is indeed a win-win situation for both parties. As for whether Wayne will become more ambitious in the future and want to develop overseas publicity and distribution business.
Haha, do you really think that the title of their Big Seven is fake?

DreamWorks is stronger than Hemera Pictures in every dimension, right?But it’s not like they have joined forces to push them to death. Some films can’t even be released in North America~
If Wayne's ambitions expand, don't blame them for joining forces to suppress him.

Wayne had a modest smile on his face, his eyes swept over these people without leaving a trace, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

After rebirth and cheating, if these people can block him to death, then he might as well find a piece of tofu and hit him to death.

As for the disc market, he really has no intention of getting involved. After all, this market will shrink to the point of being eliminated in a few years.

Instead of spending a lot of money to develop this business, he might as well use the money to invest in fast-rising companies like Apple, Google, and Nvidia.

Due to the impact of the Internet bubble, the stock prices of these later technology giants are almost as good as picking them up for free.

(End of this chapter)