China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 34: Going to the United States for fixed-angle training (please read it! Please collect it!)
Yu Dong came from Bona and Wang Zhongjun came from Huayi. They sat at the table and talked.

"I support Director Guan to try the waters. Americans could come to us to make Chinese films before, so why can't we go back and try?" It was Yu Dong who spoke. He read the script and thought it was very good.

If Guan Ling hadn't written this script, he would have thought it was a foreign script obtained somewhere.

But it's also strange. Guan Ling has never studied abroad, so what he writes seems to have a strong American flavor and translation accent.It's really strange.

Mr. Han nodded in agreement. It has been ten years since Americans came to the Chinese market.

Since 1995, Columbia Company has entered the capital, becoming one of the first eight companies to enter the domestic market. It has also participated in investing in a series of Chinese-language films, such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Big Shot", "Kung Fu", etc., and has played a significant role in the domestic market. The film market has indeed made efforts.But he didn't make less money either.

Buying out the distribution rights for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Kung Fu" has made Sony very profitable.After all, Columbia was acquired by Sony, and they are one family.

Wang Zhongjun also scratched his head. He was a little convinced. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was just that. After all, it was a Chinese movie made by Chinese people and Americans paid for it.

When it comes to Guan Ling, it becomes a Chinese director making an American movie, with Americans and Chinese paying for it.

How weird it is.

Don’t others want this model?But they dare not.

Whether it's language barriers, script barriers, or confidence in whether they can direct foreign films well, those big directors don't have them.

But Guan Ling is brave, after all, he is awesome.

But the movie script is in front of everyone, and no one can really find fault with it. Although everyone doesn't understand the American market, everyone can almost tell from the slang and jokes in the script that this script is indeed very American.It's like the American movies they've seen.

But there is only one thing, can you make money?
It's okay for the Chinese to make American movies. Even if they are good, it is almost impossible for investors to get the box office income earned by the other party's distribution.

Because they will not split the box office accounts with you and become philanthropists who only take your distribution agency fees.

In this regard, they have more capital than domestic film groups.China Film had long known about their urinary nature, and Third Master had already seen through this.

Guan Ling told them that the film will mainly receive proceeds from distribution buyouts in the United States.But in other parts of the world, they can obtain distribution rights, adaptation rights, and box office shares wherever they can be released.But China Film Group is responsible for doing these things.

After all, this movie looks like the real Li Kui. Who would think that he is from a Chinese movie if he takes a closer look?

The most important thing Guan Ling didn't say was that it would be best if this movie won awards, but as long as it was nominated for an Oscar, all investors would make a lot of money.

Once a few people think about it, they will invest.

Who is short of such a small amount of money? The secretary was very angry when he came to see them. Mr. Han was very optimistic about "The Devotion of Suspect X" and thought it would be at least over [-] million.

First of all, everyone thinks that if this movie is made, there is a high probability that an American company will buy the distribution rights. So is it okay to get some blood?The worst thing is that when it is released in China, Guan Ling's previous box office performance of 4000 million is already there. In addition, as soon as the promotion of the film that hits Hollywood comes out, the box office will come. It feels like it is easy to get two to three hundred US dollars.

In the end, at best, it will make no money, and it is impossible to lose everything.Taking advantage of this incident, I set up a relationship with Director Guan. Bona was very willing, and Huayi was even more willing. The share last time was too small.

"Director Han, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Yu." Guan Ling and the three of them prepared the front station in advance.

"If the final profit of this movie does not exceed US$2000 million as a whole, I will only need my share of the investment and will not ask for a director's fee. If it is between US$2000 million and US$3000 million, my director's fee will be US$100 million. If it can exceed 3000 million US dollars, I will account for a total of 20% plus my share. The higher the box office, the more I will take." Guan Ling gave everyone a shot in the arm, looking like he was painting a pie for himself .

Everyone happily accepted it. No matter how awesome Guan Ling is, can he still earn US$3000 million in global profits outside the US box office?
There is everything in the dream, and everyone is willing to go along with it.

In the end, everyone finalized the details. The contract was almost a ladder. Guan Ling insisted on adding it, but we couldn't resist him. But most of the people at the end of the ladder regarded it as a joke.

Moreover, even if they do reach that level of income, they have already made a lot.Not bad.

……

Thousands of miles high in the sky.Guan Ling opened the sun visor next to the first-class cabin and looked outside. He saw endless clouds with no end in sight. The sunlight splashing down seemed to make waves of wheat grow on the white clouds.

The weather is nice today. Guan Ling patted Liu Yifei's little hand beside him, "Would you like to look outside?"

Mother Liu happened to see her touching Liu Yifei's little hands, and she looked a little angry.

This time, Guan Ling, Liu Yifei, Liu's mother came to Hollywood, and a producer named Zhang Song sent by China Film Group with some experience in the United States.

If you are not familiar with the place, you will easily get into trouble.It must be carried by someone with experience.

For example, the "Heroes" movie was originally going to be released in North America.

Through introductions between friends, Jet Li introduced Miramax as the producer of "Heroes", "Hey, this is Harry, my friend in Hollywood, he is the emperor of Hollywood."

As a result, the company spent a lot of money to buy it and hid "Heroes" for two years.It was reborn the year before last.

The reason why Miramax hid "Heroes" at that time was because it did not want the film to be acquired by other companies, thereby determining the release time and competing with the films he produced.Later, due to the messy editing, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung were almost deleted from the released version, and the entire movie relied on Jet Li's face to win the box office.Director Zhang disagreed.

Until 2004, it was forced to release early due to pressure from its parent company Disney. It is said that the reason was because Disney's project in Hong Kong was under pressure from Chinese officials.

This is a hero.A milestone symbol of Chinese cinema, this kind of film is treated in this way in the United States. Guan Ling doesn't think he can be successful here.

"Hi, guan"

The person who came to pick him up at the airport was an employee of Columbia Pictures. He was young, already very talented, and looked quite smart.

"Welcome to Hollywood, Director Guan, this is the cradle of world film dreamers." The Colombian guy was recommended by China Film and Huayi to help Guan Ling and Zhang Song work together.

"I know this is a cradle." Guan Ling nodded. The cradle is a small, ventilated cage where you are first enclosed. Naturally, every director will gain experience here.

"I've already contacted the actor you asked me to contact earlier," the Columbia employee said. "I'll tell you how to apply at the Hearing Impairment Association. They are already waiting for you. You can call him when you have time. them."

Guan Ling nodded. Guan Ling chose Mary Matlin as the heroine's mother in this movie, which was consistent with the original, because she was originally a hearing-impaired lady, and she also starred in "Children Who Fell Favored by God" 》.

I discussed the script with Mary, who accepted the role in the film.

At the same time, she also recommended a drama actor she knew who was also hearing-impaired.Come play Ruby's father and brother.

Guan Ling met with them all and the roles were basically finalized.The schedule was finalized.

The next thing was Liu Yifei. Guan Ling found an American Sign Language teacher for her and asked her to learn the signs from her. She didn’t need to do anything else. At least she had to learn all the signs in the script.

"The schedule I set for them is one month later." Guan Ling told Liu Yifei, "You only have one month. You have to learn the gestures proficiently. Also, your face is a little small, and it feels like you are in RB Tired and thin. The Ruby I need is a round girl. Eat more recently."

"I have a physique that won't make me fat." Liu Yifei is a tsundere.

"I don't care, you can figure it out yourself." Guan Ling pinched Liu Yifei's face. Because it was too thin, it was indeed not round.

"If you don't eat more junk food, you will definitely gain weight if you eat eight hamburgers a day."

Liu Yifei looked at Guan Ling with her big eyes frightened.The little head is racing with thoughts, eight hamburgers, isn’t that the same as being pregnant?
Zhang Song went to contact the equipment, apply for the script, finalize the props, and started to get busy.

Soon, it was March.

Guan Ling needs to return to China. The final editing of "The Devotion of Suspect X" is about to be completed, and the release time has to be finalized.

(End of this chapter)