Reborn fashion designer

Chapter 533 Hua Yiqiu comes to visit

Toronto Film Festival.

For Sean Bailey, who has just been appointed president of live-action films at Disney Studios, it doesn't matter whether he participates or not.

As a recognized IP treasure house, Disney has no shortage of movies waiting to be developed even if it has not acquired Marvel.

Moreover, there is no shortage of ground-breaking masterpieces in the live-action movies he is in charge of.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Alice in Wonderland" were box office successes.

This gave him more courage and confidence to boldly try multiculturalism.

To advocate diversity, in addition to adding a large number of female characters and using female screenwriters and directors, it is indispensable to surround live-action movies with female topics.

In this regard, he almost held the same views as his colleague Catherine.

To a certain extent, the two of them can be regarded as allies in Disney.

Yes, the relationship between Disney's top executives can be described as tense as they compete for dominance.

CEO Bob Iger is deeply touched by this.

I don’t envy Bob Iger’s rights. At Disney, what Sean Bailey envies most is that he can get away as freely as Catherine.

With "Star Wars" and Spielberg, Catherine can use this kind of struggle to gain more benefits for herself, and she can also assume a stance of staying out of it.

Forming an alliance with her seems to have many benefits.

So as soon as Catherine invited him, he thought it might as well take some time to visit Toronto.

Especially Catherine's words, "Sean, I'll introduce you to a good friend when we arrive" made him look forward to this trip to Toronto.

Catherine's friends are still worth getting to know.

Of course, he and Catherine were not the only people within Disney who went to the Toronto Film Festival for friendship reasons.

Senior executives from other businesses also went.

In order not to give the outside world the impression that the various factions within Disney were openly fighting, thereby affecting the stock price, they made an appointment to go together.

As soon as he and Catherine arrived at the airport, they met Wang Zhonglei who was heading to Toronto with a film and television production company.

Compared with Lucasfilm and the live-action film business, life is very difficult for Disney's film and television production companies.

Despite having created the hit movie "High School Musical."

But now after restructuring, it is still facing huge losses.

But having said that, if this was not the case, it would be difficult for Huayi to have anything to do with Disney.

Wang Zhonglei, who was standing next to Rich Ross, couldn't help but smile with joy when he saw Catherine and Sean Bailey.

It's worth the trip.

He had an impression of both of them.

Taking advantage of Rich Ross' opportunity to say hello, he also introduced himself.

"Hello, nice to meet Mr. Wang."

In public, Catherine and Sean Bailey, who were equally impressed by the company Huayi, still had to give them the face they deserve. They both greeted Wang Zhonglei with a smile.

But after the smiles passed, the two of them still cast questioning glances at Rich Ross.

"He came to talk to us about copyright cooperation." Rich Ross, who was having a hard time, explained in a low voice.

Hearing this, neither Catherine nor Sean Bailey said anything more.

It's none of my business anyway.

The rights to Lucasfilm's movies and the live-action film business are impossible to sell.

The copyright of film and television production companies
To be honest, there isn’t much worth developing.

From Catherine's professional perspective, selling these copyrights in exchange for cash income can actually better sustain the development of new works by film and television production companies.

That.
The appearance of Wang Zhonglei makes sense.

"What? Are you planning to add some Chinese elements to the new movie?" Catherine asked with a smile.

"Haha, that's not true." Rich Ross shook his head.

The movie they are talking about is "Alien Battlefield", which is about to be launched, an epic action adventure with the mysterious and magnificent Mars as the background.

Production costs are expected to reach $2.5 million.

"Actually, you can give it a try and share the risk." Catherine said with a smile: "This time Sean and I went to Toronto to meet with the person in charge of China Film. Mr. Han is very experienced in developing co-productions. ”

"Oh? Is he there too?" Rich Ross became interested, and he knew Huaying well.

Undoubtedly, the success of "Kung Fu Dream" at the global box office and China Film's investment in "War Horse" also played a role here.

After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Then thank you first, Catherine."

"It's okay, it should be."

Catherine smiled back.

In her words, if we can cooperate with Huaying, why should we settle for cooperating with Huayi?

At the very least, Huayi's advantages in film introduction and theater arrangement cannot be compared with that of Huayi.

She felt that it didn't need to be said clearly, even Rich Ross should understand it.

Coincidentally, Rich Ross actually thinks so.

The box office of "High School Musical: China" is really unsightly.
Otherwise, he would not decisively choose to give up the subsequent development of this series with Huayi.

Making money is one aspect.

Reputation is also one aspect.

The box office of 50 yuan is converted into US dollars, which is only tens of thousands. Isn't this a slap in the face of Disney Film and Television Production Company?
In the future, copyright cooperation cannot be sold, isn’t it even more stupid?

"Catherine, I will think carefully about your suggestion. To be honest, we have decided to stop the sequel."

Rich Ross thought for a moment and revealed the truth to Catherine.

This kind of thing is nothing more than revealing it two or three months in advance, and there is no need to keep it secret.

When Catherine heard this, a thick smile appeared on her face.

Watching the people at Disney talking leisurely and elegantly, they talked about Huayi and their related cooperation.

Wang Zhonglei suddenly felt a hundred claws scratching his heart.

"Mr. Ross, if we need funds, we at Huayi can also join in." Without thinking too much, he said quickly:

"The relationship between Huaying and Huayi is also very good. If there is a chance, can we, Huayi, also participate in new film projects?"

Rich Ross looked at the Chinese boss in front of him, pursed his lips and smiled:
"Mr. Wang, why don't we contact the people from Huaying first?" Being able to raise more filming funds to share risks is certainly a good thing for a loss-making film and television production company.

Having already experienced Hua Yi's 'strength' once, he murmured in his heart, but did not refuse immediately.

After all, I haven’t talked to Huaying yet.

But he decided not to continue developing the "High School Musical" series.

Cut off unfavorable projects or shelve them for a while.

It's all commonplace in the film industry.

Everyone makes movies to gain profit, not to be a philanthropist.

"Yes, I understand." Wang Zhonglei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was room in Rich Ross's words.

Before boarding the plane, he quickly made a call to Wang Zhongjun in China.

Listening to his brother's story, Wang Zhongjun, who was jet-lagged, had not been able to rest well, but he had to get out of bed because of this incident.

"Huaying. Han Sanping."

He sat on the sofa with his cell phone and looked at the night outside and felt a little worried.

How should I tell Lao Han this?

There is no airtight wall in the entertainment industry. Thanks to its relationship with Hermès Film Investment Company, Huaying has achieved extremely high returns on investment in several overseas films this year.

Wang Zhongjun is very clear about the people and things involved here.

Otherwise, he would not regret not being able to adjust his relationship with Liu Qianqian in time.

But at this juncture, if Lao Han is asked to help, what if people worry about Liu Qianqian's feelings?
This kind of thing is not impossible.

Huaying can balance a bowl of water at home, but it's really hard to say overseas.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Zhongjun decided to make a phone call first to check the conversation. Finally, he chose to dial Han Sanping's contact information.

"I said Lao Wang, it's so late in China, why haven't you rested yet?" Han Sanping, who received the call, looked at the time on his watch and joked with a smile:

"Why, you Huayi are coming to Toronto too?"

"Mr. Han, look at what you said. If I go to Toronto, why don't I say hello to you in advance?"

Wang Zhongjun smiled quickly.

"Okay, Mr. Wang, let's not say such polite words." Han Sanping finished laughing heartily and asked, "Are you worried about the schedule for the next movie if you haven't rested so late?"

"Yes, and no." Wang Zhongjun paused slightly.

"If you have any requests, you can make them. I will organize everyone to sit down and discuss them when I get back."

Han Sanping was still smiling.

He even helped arrange the films for Zhang Mouzi's "Hawthorn Tree Love" this time, and he will definitely support Huayi's commercial films.

Sitting in his position, it is more about comprehensiveness.

No matter how good the relationship with Xiang Yang is, the overall situation must be taken into consideration.

In fact, according to Han Sanping's own idea, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei were the hosts and they invited Xiang Yang and Liu Qianqian to sit down for a meal.

As for him, he summoned a group of influential CEOs in Chinese-language films to bear witness.

Let the two king brothers toast in front of the big guys, and this matter will be over.

Maybe it can even lead to a good story.

But he couldn't mention this matter. He had to let the two brothers take the initiative to speak.

"Mr. Han, that's actually the case." Wang Zhongjun said after sorting out his thoughts: "My brother has participated in a Disney project and has been following it for a long time. Now they intend to contact Huaying first. After all, you are the big brother. so."

"Oh, this is it."

Han Sanping suddenly realized, no wonder Wang Zhongjun was up late at night and insisted on calling him. The co-author was here to investigate.

"We, Huaying, have indeed negotiated some cooperation with Disney. What? Are you afraid that we, Huaying, will steal your share from Huayi? We will not do this kind of bullying."

"Mr. Han, that's not what I meant."

How could Wang Zhongjun dare to answer these words? His head buzzed, and he felt no sleepiness at all.

"Okay, you talk about yours, and we talk about ours. Then we can communicate privately and see who has a more reasonable offer from these foreigners."

Although it was not clear what kind of cooperation was involved, Han Sanping still set the tone.

In his eyes, as long as he goes out, whether it is Bernard or Huayi, he is one of his own.

This general direction cannot be messed up.

Wang Zhongjun smiled miserably, how could he not understand the meaning of these words.

"Master Han, you really misunderstood me."

"Then tell me what is going on."

"It's about a new movie. The Disney film and television production company that we have cooperation with wants to invest in your company, Huayi. We at Huayi also want to take advantage of this opportunity to take another step towards overseas production."

"New movie?" Han Sanping frowned and sat up straight.

Wang Zhongjun nodded, "Well, yes."

"Is your brother coming with them?"

"um, yes."

Han Sanping, who had been pondering for a long time but couldn't find out in his mind that his cooperation with Disney was related to the new movie being produced, was a little speechless.

It turns out that something went wrong.

This can only be blamed on the fact that there are too many companies owned by Disney, and they all use the Disney banner.

"Okay, let's talk about it first when we meet. If possible, I will definitely help you with this."

"Thank you so much."

"But let me tell you about this first." Although he agreed to help, Han Sanping still had something to say:

"If Hermès Film Investment Company is involved in this matter, then I can't do anything about it. There are some things I would like to advise you."

"." Wang Zhongjun's head hurt again when he heard the name of this company.

He said with a smile: "Mr. Han, please give instructions."

"I gave no instructions."

After dumping Wang Zhongjun angrily, Han Sanping said earnestly:
"It is better to dissolve enemies than to make enemies. Sooner or later, those who come out to fool around will be paid back."

(End of this chapter)