Reborn fashion designer

Chapter 390 I need to see Lao Han if I have something to do (please give me your monthly ticket!)
  "Hermès is so awesome! Did it directly acquire CC?"

"What's going on? Can someone come out and explain?"

“I feel that CC’s hand-painted posters will be even better in the future, although the current ones are very beautiful!”

"Will there be more Chinese-language films included? Are there still only Wu Yusen's "The Big Brother" and "The Dirty Detective" now?"

"In total, less than 300 movies have been restored. Let's wait."

"I feel like now that CC has money, he can buy the rights to more movies. I look forward to Bruce Lee's series."

"What is this CC standard you are talking about? It's a bit unclear."

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The news about Hermès Film Investment Company and CC and JANUS FILMS spread back to China, which not only attracted the attention of directors, but also surprised filmmakers in Hong Kong Island and Bay Area.

Douban, which was established in 2005, also triggered extensive discussions.

Unlike other forums, post bars, and QQ groups that discuss movies, unpopular masterpieces have always been loved by Douban users.

In the early days, Douban was more like a simple small organization.

In other words, Douban is the earliest gathering place for film reviews.

It was also the place where some of the earliest literary and artistic young people liked to gather.

Although with the development of the website, the number of people mixed with good and bad has increased, but over the past few years, some people have gradually read the reviews of these works on Douban before watching a movie or buying a book.

Check to see if it suits your taste preferences.

After all, it is relatively objective.

At least movies with a Douban score of 6 or above are worth watching, and movies with a score of 8 or even 9 on some websites are also well-known bad movies.

Therefore, Douban's ratings appear authoritative and are just a foil to other websites.

Zhang Mouzi, who was scolded by fans and the media for "Three Guns", was chatting with Zhang Weiping, his old partner for many years, about the filming of "Hawthorn Tree Love".

All scenes will be shot in Yichang from April to June, and will be released before the "Golden Week" in October.

In order to choose the actor who plays Jingqiu, he was very picky.

The director of the production team divided his troops into three groups and searched for her in major cities. Finally, among more than 6000 girls, he selected Zhou Dongyu to become the new "Mou Girl".
  It's just that this choice didn't get support from netizens.

Forget it, there are constant doubts on the Internet. Even the original author of "Hawthorn Tree Love" came out to cause trouble.

"Without curves, the soil will fall apart."

Isn't it normal for a little girl to be a little flatter before her hair grows?

Amid the noise of doubts, Zhang Mouzi gave more support to Zhou Dongyu, who had passed all the tests.

"It's okay, don't keep reading things on the Internet," Zhang Weiping looked at his wrinkled face, because he was afraid that the recent doubts would affect the previous "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", so he advised:

"The Internet is full of nonsense, what do they know?"

Zhang Mouzi smiled wryly and waved his hand, "No, I'm looking at something else. This Hermès Film Investment Company seems to be quite ambitious."

"Are they investing in domestic movies again?" Zhang Weiping was stunned for a moment.

Before planning to film "Hawthorn Tree", there were rumors that this luxury film company was interested in entering the Chinese film industry, and he originally wanted to look for it.

But later I saw that the other party was getting closer and closer to Huaying, so I didn't ask for trouble.

"That's not it."

After reading the content of the press conference reproduced by the media, Zhang Mouzi pursed his lips and said, "They have acquired CC, a DVD company in the United States, and are also preparing to build an art theater chain with some film companies."

"CC? Is this the same company that wanted to make a DVD of "Raise the Red Lantern" for you?"

"Ah."

Zhang Mouzi nodded.

Both of them had impressions about this matter.

This is not only because of CC's reputation, but also because CC takes an extremely serious attitude towards every movie.

Directors and producers are sincerely invited to cooperate during the production process, and the director's original version will also be specially released.

Even if the director passes away, he will still collect relevant text and video materials during the creation of the film.

It took two to three years, frame by frame restoration and extremely serious re-production, which is tantamount to giving the director a second creative experience.

Zhang Mouzi has some DVDs produced by CC at home.

Only 5000-6000 sets of this restored Blu-ray movie will be produced.

Zhang Mouzi was expected to become the second Chinese film director to be included in CC after Wu Yusen. Unfortunately, such a cooperation could not be achieved due to copyright reasons.

"It was a pity back then."

Thinking about his works in the 90s that he lost the opportunity to cooperate with CC due to copyright issues, Zhang Mouzi still felt a little regretful.

He is naturally passionate about his works.

"I guess there is no hope this time."

Zhang Weiping dismissed this unprofitable thing.

If the copyright is in his hands, as long as CC pays enough, he will definitely be willing to promote such cooperation.

But the money was not enough, and he couldn't make any money from it. He wouldn't let Zhang Mouzi go no matter what.

2-3 years to make a DVD version of an old movie?

Then if we make 5000-6000 sets, how much can we sell them for?

If you have the time, why don't you let Zhang Mouzi make a few more movies for himself?
  Anyway, you don’t have to pay him to make a movie.

"Aren't there any movies about Zhang Mouzi?"

Looking at the production catalog given to him by the CC director and the detailed copyright records from JANUS FILMS, Xiang Yang found that he really couldn't find any names and works of familiar domestic directors.

The vast majority are from Europe and the United States.

"Hey, this is such a pity."

Xiang Yang felt a little regretful. Although he couldn't stand Zhang Mouzi's "Three Guns", he still liked some old movies.

"Why is there no "Hero"? Isn't this an award-winning movie?"

"Xiang, the copyright of "Hero" belongs to Miramax, and their asking price is very expensive." The person in charge of CC also regretted that he could not produce a work by a director of this level.

"Hero" also topped the North American box office charts when it was released in North America.

Moreover, Zhang Mouzi was already a well-known director in Europe before the Olympics.

It is impossible for CC not to be interested in his works. It's just that Zhang Mouzi's copyright is too complicated, and CC can't solve it on its own.

I talked to Zhang Mouzi and he expressed his willingness to cooperate, but things couldn't be pushed forward later. In the end, he didn't even know who owned the copyright.

This kind of repair work is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive, and it will definitely not be started until there is no copyright.

"Xiang, how about "Chungking Express"? We have plans to win over this director's works. If you are interested, we can expand the copyright library as soon as possible."

"Wang Jiawei's movie." Xiang Yang's voice sounded a little noncommittal, and he asked:

"Don't you like director Li An's works?"

"I like it, but it's also very expensive."

"Oh, I see."

Xiang Yang smiled bitterly, no wonder he couldn't even watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

This is the bad thing about small companies, they are so picky.

But in this regard, Xiang Yang really blamed CC for something wrong.

North American rights to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which won four Oscars and grossed $2.28 million at the box office, are with Columbia Pictures.

Columbia Pictures and Weinstein went to court to get the rights to the film.

Because its DVDs sold like crazy.
  "Xiang, you don't have to think about Li Lianjie's movies. His DVDs have a lot of revenue, and copyright owners generally won't easily sell movies in which he stars. The same goes for Cheng Long's."

Perhaps thinking that Xiang Yang would still be interested in Chinese movies, the people at CC took the initiative to remind him.

"Ah, really. You can't buy "The King of Kung Fu" either?"

Xiang Yang asked in surprise.

"Uh, let me check."

Soon, a set of data was placed in front of Xiang Yang.

"The King of Kung Fu" was released in North America on April 2008, 4, with North American DVD and Blu-ray disc sales totaling US$18 million.
  This number is actually not an exaggeration for Li Lianjie.

For example, his "Fearless" has a total revenue of more than 4000 million US dollars, and "Baywatch" has reached about 8000 million US dollars. Earlier movies, including video tapes, often reach 2000 million US dollars.

Of course there are some low ones, but the vast majority of the numbers are scary.

Just like "Kiss of the Dragon", DVD rental revenue was US$6410 million, DVD sales were US$3050 million, and VHS rentals were US$1599 million. The total can exceed [-] million US dollars.
  "Is this the movie Liu participated in?" Little John also curiously approached the phone.

He was deeply impressed by this film.

"Have you seen it?" He blinked at Xiang Yang curiously.

Xiang Yang shook his head, "No."

"Then you'd better stop looking. Really." After retracting his head, Little John said.

This inevitably made Xiang Yang cast a doubtful look at him.

"I'm not kidding you."

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Xiang Yang rolled his eyes at Little John, "If you don't tell me, I'm just asking out of curiosity."

After you said this, I'm even more curious about what's inside.
  Fortunately, the topic was quickly moved away.

Everyone started discussing the movie again.

When Xiangyang and Little John flew to New York the next day, visited the decoration of the HYS store, and were preparing to go to China, 287 CC standard version DVD movies were also packaged and sorted that day and sent to Paris by express. .

Xiang Yang would not be stupid enough to send this thing directly to his home.

In that case, there would be no surprises.

Regarding Xiang Yang's busy journey, Liu Qianqian could only express her helplessness and understanding.

Now and then, Hermès is in troubled times.

If Xiang Yang doesn't finish his work now, he might not have time to accompany her later.
  For Xiang Yang and Little John, they made a special trip to visit Huaying.

Han Sanping, who came back early, was well prepared. After visiting England and flying back to Paris to help Principal An get in touch with MK2, he rushed back early in the morning.

In order to discuss cooperation this time, he also specially called Zhang Xun, the person in charge of China Film Co-production Company, to discuss it together.

The copyrights for Xie Jin’s old movies are also very complicated (many of them are listed on Shanghai Film Studio).

He can handle this.

However, when it comes to co-productions, it has to be handled by people from the co-production company (formerly Beijing Film Academy).

Because they signed the contract externally, they can find out who specifically sold the copyright.

There are all kinds of movies here, such as "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", "Sunny Day", "The Last Emperor", "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and other movies, all of which are produced by this company in the mainland.

I heard that Hermès intends to ask CC to assist China Film and Television in remastering some old movies, and then re-dubbing them, making them into Blu-ray DVDs in Chinese, French, and English, and putting them on display during the Chinese Culture Week in France in October.

The people at the co-production company happily agreed.

This kind of thing is not a hindrance.

“Many of our movies are in English.”

"Zhang Xun, let me ask you something. Do you remember who we sold the copyright to "Raise the Red Lantern" to?"

"Mr. Han, you asked me all of a sudden, you really want to check it out."

Faced with this problem all of a sudden, Zhang Xun really couldn't remember, "In my impression, I was cooperating with a company in Hong Kong Island."

"Forget it, I'll call Zhang Mouzi and ask."

Feeling that this matter was a bit confusing, Han Sanping thought about it for a while.

He still needs to take action in this matter.
  　I consulted a lot of information.

　　As of now, CC has probably released 1200 DVDs of movies, because the workload is too heavy.

　　Many of the included films were never completed
  　　In addition, CC has made it clear that it wants to produce Zhang Yimou's movie, and has even discussed it. But in the end, because the copyright matter couldn't be settled (I didn't know who owned it), I had no choice but to give up.

　　So far, the CC standard has included more than 10 Chinese-language films. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", etc. are not among them because the copyright cannot be purchased and other reasons.

　　Of course, there are also CC standard requirements for film specifications and many other reasons.

　　However, Jackie Chan's "Police Story" is indeed included, as is Bruce Lee's. As for the others, you can check them out if you are interested. Wong Kar-Wai has the most.

　　
  　　In terms of North American DVDs, video tapes, etc., Jackie Chan's cumulative income is about 1 million US dollars more than Jet Li. The third is Chow Yun-fat, and the fourth is Stephen Chow. There is a big gap between the two people at the back and the two people in front.
  　　In addition, Jet Li has a movie that has exceeded 10 million US dollars, and Jackie Chan has a movie that has sold hundreds of millions of dollars just from DVDs. If the cumulative total is now around [-] billion US dollars, I didn’t read the details carefully, and I didn’t write them down in the article.

　　
  　　By the way, someone must know about the dispute between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping, right?

　　If anyone knows, I won’t write in detail.
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)