China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 667: Distribution Income and Liu Tianxian's Little Surprise
"Mr. Harvey, what brings you here?"

At Star Pictures, Sun Yi handed a cup of coffee to Harvey Weinstein who came suddenly, and then asked him with a smile about his purpose of the day.

This old fellow is a typical Jewish businessman. He will not release his eagle until he sees the rabbit. All his actions are highly purposeful.

"Haha, my dear Sun, we are good friends now. I thought a meeting between old friends should start with a hug."

Sun Yi glanced at Harvey's round belly, waved his hand and said, "I think our friendship has reached a point where we don't need these red tapes."

"Haha, your words are still so sharp."

Sun Yi's refusal did not annoy Harvey, instead he burst into laughter.

"Tell me what the reason is. I know your time is very valuable."

Sun Yi leaned back in the boss chair behind him and sat down with his whole body relaxed. What he meant was that my time is equally valuable and everyone should stop going around in circles.

Of course Harvey understood what he meant, his face straightened a little, and he didn't keep the secret any longer, and directly pointed out the purpose of today.

"Sun, I am very interested in your movie The Invisible Guest that is currently showing. Speaking of this, I feel that you are not a good friend. No matter what, you should give me a chance to cooperate with you."

Harvey spread his hands and looked a little resentful towards Sun Yi.

"Haha, the famous Hollywood 'Hand of God' would also be interested in my low-budget film? His production cost is only 500 million US dollars. I think that this amount of money is definitely not worth it for you, Harvey."

"No, no, no. For other people's film projects, let alone $500 million, even if it's $1000 million or $2000 million, I still have to think carefully. But for you, Sun, I can choose to go all in."

"Hahaha, then I have to thank Mr. Harvey for his appreciation."

Sun Yi laughed loudly, but cursed in his heart.

This old dog really doesn't want to miss any benefit. The recent "Pacific Rim" made him earn several times the profit, but he is still not satisfied.

"So, Mr. Harvey, what do you want?"

"For the overseas distribution rights of this film, of course, we can exclude Greater China and East Asia, just like we did with Pacific Rim."

Seeing that Sun Yi looked unhappy, Harvey immediately changed his words.

Since the global success of Pacific Rim, the top-bottom dynamic between the two has reversed.

Through Harvey, Sun Yi got the opportunity to acquire Digital Domain, and at the same time collected a large number of Hollywood's most advanced film and television technologies. After two years of absorption and practice, it has been fully transformed into Starry Sky Image's film and television production capabilities.

So for Sun Yi, this old guy has become less important, unless he has any additional intentions towards Oscar.

This doesn't mean Sun Yi is ungrateful or ungrateful. After all, everything in the beginning was just a deal.

He had already paid the high costs and related profits of the film.

So, now he doesn't owe Harvey anything.

As the Jewish saying goes, business is business.
On the contrary, Harvey's "bad reputation" among major film and television companies in Hollywood has not changed fundamentally. He still cannot participate in large-scale A-level productions and can only make small appearances in small and medium-cost films. Although he can still make money, he no longer has the glory of the past.

As for major projects like "Pacific Rim", Sun Yi's Starry Sky became his only choice.

So now he is the one who comes forward to seek cooperation.

Seeing that Sun Yi was smiling but had not responded, Harvey made up his mind and directly stretched out two fingers.

"2000 million dollars, Sun. I can offer this price. You should know that I am sincere."

$2000?
This price did surprise Sun Yi.

Judging from the box office performance of this movie, the box office in North America is only about 2 million US dollars. As for the overseas box office, no matter how high it is, it will not exceed million.

Adding in the share of overseas distribution, with Star Sky's current capabilities, the maximum profit can be around 4000%, or approximately million US dollars. This is still the most optimistic estimate of the box office, not including the entire Northeast Asia region. To be honest, Sun Yi has no confidence in this number at all.

It can be seen that the price offered by Harvey is indeed full of sincerity and cannot be refused.

When Sun Yi was positioning Starry Sky in distribution, he never intended to develop global distribution capabilities, because that would be a completely thankless task.

Even though he was not a practitioner in the film and television industry before, he knew that China would be the number one market for movies in the future. Why should he go far away and just keep working on his own territory?

"Well, Mr. Harvey, it's been a pleasure working with you."

"Sun, you will know in the future that choosing me will be your wisest decision."

"Haha, I hope so."

The two men shook hands with each other, and Harvey suddenly brought up another matter.

"By the way, Sun, I heard that the film you and Leonardo are working on has been completed?"

The movie has been completed, so there is nothing to hide. Sun Yi simply nodded to show his acknowledgement.

"As expected of Mr. Harvey, he is well-informed."

"I heard that your film is aiming to win an Oscar?"

As soon as Sun Yi heard this, he knew what Harvey was planning.

It's nothing more than an Oscar PR thing.

You know, this is also a big business for him.

"I personally don't have any thoughts. You know, I'm from China after all. This movie is mainly for Leon."

"Ha, indeed. Everyone in Hollywood knows that Leonardo is chasing after an Oscar. As for you, your country is a minus point for most judges. However, it also depends on who is in charge."

Harvey's meaning was very clear. He had the ability to make the Oscar judges turn a blind eye to Sun Yi's Chinese origin.

"Well, Mr. Harvey, maybe we can give it a try first."

"Haha, I understand."

Harvey patted Sun Yi on the shoulder to show that he understood, and then after chatting with Sun Yi for a while, he said goodbye.

After seeing Harvey off, Sun Yi started to get busy with his own things and work on the editing plan for "Dallas Buyers Club".

Fortunately, James Wan and Xin Yukun are both fine at the moment. All the work on "Insidious" for James Wan has been prepared and it is waiting for its official release after Christmas.

Xin Yukun was not in a hurry to return to China and planned to wait for two days before going back with Sun Yi's large group.

It just so happened that Sun Yi played the role of editor.

In fact, editors and directors are different and have two completely different professions, but the cooperative relationship between the two requires very close.

The editor's job is to edit the material into a film. The basis of editing is the "script". In other words, the director and editor work based on the script.

There was once a saying in the circle that movies are three-dimensional creations.

The script is the first creation, shooting is the second, and editing is the third.

This shows the importance of editing.

In theory, the status of directors and editors is relatively equal, but in reality, one party is always in a dominant position.

One is that the director is strong and has absolute dominance, and the editor is just a "camera operator". In this case, the style of the film is almost entirely the director's consistent style. The final style is the style the director likes. The other is that the director's level is too poor, or lacks editing awareness, and the material shot is not up to standard, and finally the editor can only save the work. This is like the cutout performance of actors, and the quality of the film that comes out can be imagined.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some directors become obsessed because of the hardships of the early creation and shooting, and are completely confused by the situation. At this time, the editor needs to convince the director through objectivity and professionalism.

In Hollywood, such situations are very common. Except for those famous directors, most directors do not have the right to edit the film.

In China, the director basically has the final say and whatever he says is what counts.

There is no question of who is better or worse, it all depends on the individual.

Sun Yi is the type of director who has the final say in this regard, and the editors edit the film completely according to his ideas. However, in North America, his regular editor was not here, so he had to temporarily pull out two strong men.

Fortunately, James Wan and Xin Yukun were not unfamiliar with the job of editing and were very eager to do it. The three of them worked on it for a whole day.

When Sun Yi returned to the villa, it had already darkened. The lights in the room were not on, and it was pitch black, and there was no sign that anyone was there.

"Sissi? Sissi?"

Sun Yi thought that the little girl was playing hide-and-seek with him, and he was helpless. She was such a grown-up, but she was still so playful.

But when I turned on the lights and looked around the house, I didn't see anyone, so I felt something was wrong.

He quickly took out his cell phone.

But when I opened it, it was turned off.

The only downside to smartphones at that time was that the battery was completely useless and sometimes it couldn’t even last a day.

Sun Yi quickly charged his mobile phone. The moment he turned it on, he saw several missed calls, which were from Liu Yifei.

I called back immediately.

"Beep, beep, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Sorry, the user you dialed is"

I go!

Sun Yi was a little panicked at this time. He had never encountered a time when he lost contact with Liu Yifei.

My mind was subconsciously thinking about the bad things, but suddenly I noticed there were unread messages on my phone and I quickly looked through them.

Sure enough, it was the little girl’s.

As soon as he opened it, Sun Yi's tense mood immediately relaxed and he even laughed out loud.

"Stinky husband, are you worried that I'm missing?"

"Are you really anxious? If so, you still have a conscience."

"I don't know why, but Burberry suddenly invited me to attend the London Fashion Week the day after tomorrow. Time is tight, and I didn't want to go, but I thought that after all, I just signed an endorsement agreement, and it would be bad if I didn't go. I'll just give them face, but I can't continue to accompany you, (┬︿┬), I'm not happy!"

"Burberry said this event is very important and will take about 3-5 days. If you return to China by then, I will go back directly. If you are still in Los Angeles, I will go to Los Angeles to find you."

"I called you several times, but you didn't answer o(￣ヘ￣o＃), and now you dare not answer my call! I will settle the score with you when I get back."

"I know you're probably busy, so I'll leave first. When you go home in the evening, I'll probably be on the plane. I'll let you know I'm safe after I land. By the way, I've left a little surprise for you at home, so be good and listen to me~"

"Love you, mua~"

"By the way, I have to remind you that you must control yourself these few days. No sexual activity of any kind is allowed. I mean any sexual activity of any kind!"

After reading Liu Yifei's text message, Sun Yi smiled softly.

In any form, as for me, I can't stand it for a few days?
However, he was relieved now. He hadn't noticed just now that the girl's suitcase and daily necessities bag were indeed gone, and several pairs of shoes were missing from the shoe rack at the door.

Only then did Sun Yi notice the note left by the little girl on the wall.

"I'm leaving now. Take good care of yourself these days! There's a little surprise I left for you in the refrigerator. Go check it out. ()"

Looking at this cute note, Sun Yi smiled, walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and took a look.

The refrigerator, which originally had nothing in it, is now filled to the brim.

There was a row of neatly arranged milk and drinks, all American brands in English that Sun Yi didn't recognize, and various fruits, with plates covered with plastic wrap underneath.

Liu Yifei left notes on them.

"You must eat breakfast on time, remember to drink milk, and remember to think of me~"

"Don't forget the fruit, lazy idiot! I've already cut it for you!"

"When I'm not around, you're not allowed to eat instant noodles. If you order takeout, make sure it's delicious and nutritionally balanced. Remember, I'll check on you from time to time (pinching waist emoji)."

"This is today's love dinner, you must eat it all~"

Sun Yi looked at the plate full of scrambled eggs with tomatoes in his hand, and his eyes suddenly felt a little sore. In his memories of two lifetimes, apart from his mother, it seemed that no other woman had been so kind to him.

A simple dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes that was even a little undercooked made Sun Yi feel like he was eating a full banquet.

He imagined that Liu Yifei suddenly received an invitation from Burberry during the day, and she hurriedly packed her luggage and booked a plane ticket, while going to the supermarket to buy these things for herself, and then hurriedly cooked a dish for herself, and only went to the airport after finishing all that.

Given the girl's level of unskillfulness, she must have been flustered and sweating profusely.

Sun Yi shook his head and smiled, raised the empty plate, held out two mobile phones, made a "yes" gesture, then took a selfie and sent it to Liu Yifei.

Looking at the screen of his mobile phone, it showed that the message was sent successfully, but it remained unread for a long time, so Sun Yi put down the phone.

At this time, Liu Yifei should be above the Atlantic Ocean and would definitely be invisible.

Calculating the time, it will be tomorrow morning before we can land.

The house suddenly became quiet. Without the beautiful figure who often lay on the sofa, Sun Yi felt a little uncomfortable. He went to the yard to smoke a cigarette and looked at the sky for a while. When he felt it was very late, he went back to wash up and go to bed.

As soon as I got into bed, I found a big doll next to my pillow.

Liu Yifei's Hello Kitty is leaning against the head of the bed in her favorite pose.

"Brother, I'm right here with you."

Sun Yi looked at the note on the Kitty cat and laughed again.

Sun Yi used to feel that these cartoon dolls were childish, but now he suddenly felt a sense of happiness.

Sun Yi solemnly covered Kitty cat with a quilt, and then he got into bed.

At the same time, sitting in the first-class cabin of a Boeing 747 over the Atlantic Ocean, Liu Yifei was looking at the shining stars outside the window with a smile on her lips, and her mind involuntarily associated with the scene after Sun Yi arrived home.

"Aha~"

As if they had telepathic connection, Liu Yifei suddenly felt sleepy for some reason and yawned.

She closed the porthole, covered herself with the blanket, and closed her eyes beautifully.

(End of this chapter)