Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 231 Movie Merchant
After discussion, the shareholders all supported the vote subsidy, and Guangxian did not have too many complaints.

Because Fang Hong promised to hold back the box office revenue.

In other words, if Tupiaopiao suffers heavy losses and becomes insolvent, the box office revenue from "Lucy 1" will be used to fill the hole first.

Wait until the next round of financing to return the money to Yutu.

That is to say, when the box office money reaches Tu Piaopiao, it will first ensure the operation of Tu Piaopiao and then ensure that the box office money is given to the producer.

In this case, all the box office revenue from "Lucy 1" will be bet on Tupiaopiao. Although it is not impossible to get no money, the process may be very long.

Making money is the same as not making money.

Fang Hong wants to use the power of capital to defeat Huayi. He doesn't need too many fancy techniques, but just absolute force to crush him.

If I don’t make money, you can forget about making money!

Unless Huayi also tries the ticket subsidy trick, there must be a ticketing platform to pay for it. It simply cannot afford to do it on its own.

Ticketing platforms are for traffic and market, which are completely different from the needs of film and television companies.

Huayi is a listed company and its performance is what matters. Movies are their performance and poor performance will depress its stock price.

Moreover, he has invested in Tencent and Jack Ma, and they are both his shareholders. Jack Ma holds shares personally, which means he is simply a speculator.

He started cashing out the year before last, cashing out 9012 million the year before last, and last year he also gave part of his equity to Tencent.

Tencent spent 4.5 million to buy the shares given up by Jack Ma and the directors of Huayi. It was a big mistake.

However, Tencent’s strategy is to raise funds. It will support whoever wins and give up on whoever loses. There is no such thing as a loss in investment. As long as the basic foundation is there, the loss can be afforded.

But Jack Ma had long seen that Wang Xiao and Wang Da were not capable of accomplishing great things.

Big Wang is obsessed with art and painting; Little Wang is obsessed with playing with female stars, and when he gets tired of them, he even plays with male stars.

The best example is that I didn’t make any movies last year. I was too busy playing around and working in finance to have any time to devote myself to my career.

Jack Ma also publicly scolded the two people: "These are the worst CEOs I have ever seen."

Tony Ma doesn't look at what the founder is like, because there is no need to, the market is changing rapidly; Jack Ma likes to watch and comment on others.

The two have different styles of doing things.

Today’s Internet investors are still quite naive. They just want to invest and get a piece of the pie, but have not yet taken the initiative to do it themselves.

Because the market is too small, I have no desire to enter the market. I just want to make money in the stock market and buy shares to grab a spot.

Alibaba Pictures, the predecessor of Tao Piaopiao, was not established until the end of 14; Tencent Pictures was not established until 15.

At that time, the entire market had a box office of more than 400 billion yuan. There were ten movies with a box office of over billion yuan, and there was also a movie with a box office of billion yuan.

That’s when capital feels it can make money.

Just like Fang Hong, he worked so hard for more than three years, and ended up in debt after developing some industries. Do you expect to make money in this market?

Domestic film and television companies will really start to make money at the end of this year, that is, next year, when the producers successfully boycott theaters and readjust the profit-sharing model.

At this stage, Fang Hong does not expect to make money in the domestic market, nor does he expect to make money from "Lucy 1".

Again, rely on the external market.

On July 7, Fang Hong invited Lee Mi-kyung, chairman of South Korea's CJ Entertainment; Song Dai, chairman of Silver Capital; Donna, chairman of Universal; and Manager Lei, general manager of China Film Distribution.

There were also Yutu President Chen Zhixi and Tupiaopiao Executive President Zheng Zhihao, a total of 7 people organized a film viewing session.

Of course Fang Hong and Chen Zhixi were the ones who accompanied them.

These people are all responsible for issuance. If you don’t look, you won’t know that there are so many institutions involved in the issuance of Yutu.

If it develops further, there will be more than a dozen institutions issuing it.

Universal Chairman Donna came here not just for "Lucy 1", but for "Fifty Shades of Grey".

The flower-growing family has already approved the project of this film, but the outside world doesn’t know about it yet, and this novel is extremely popular all over the world.

How to make big money while the popularity is high, all copyright development needs to be discussed.

Anyway, Fang Hong remembered that after the release of this movie in his previous life, toys imitating Fifty Shades of Grey sex toys were sold out all over the world.

There is also a sex toy brand called Fifty Shades of Grey.

Even the necklaces, suits and underwear inside are selling like hot cakes.

In short, this movie not only makes a lot of money at the box office, but also makes a lot of money from peripheral products.

Peripheral products include not only dolls, but also sex toys, clothes, and brand licenses. In short, foreigners’ peripheral products are diverse.

This is not acceptable in China and is difficult to talk about.

A small screening room with dark lights and only a beam of light shining on the big screen in front.

The bosses sat in different postures, some crossed their legs, some crossed their legs, and some curled up on the sofa, looking straight ahead and watching a movie.

Their expressions were different, all expressionless.

No matter how great a movie is, they watch it with a blank expression on their faces. Having watched too many great movies, they are only evaluating their commercial value.

Soon, the wonderful movie was over and the lights came on!
"Although the investment in this movie is not high, it is our Yutu's masterpiece this year." Fang Hong introduced.

"It's okay, not bad." Yindu Song Dai nodded.

Anyway, he enjoyed watching this movie very much, and it should be popular in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"Lucy 1" is not like the original "Witch" which has very few fighting scenes and only a little bit of excitement at the end.

This movie is compressed in time, and also includes a scene where the heroine beats up Xie Miao, so there is suppression in the early stage and a great sense of satisfaction in the later stage.

"Then I'll trouble Chairman Song to take care of it." Fang Hong said.

The silver is sold by purchasing copyrights, and the film producers in Southeast Asia also import and purchase copyrights and then release the films, instead of splitting the profits.

But this time the copyright fee will definitely be higher than the previous "Bad Genius". The previous "Bad Genius" was pirated a lot before it was released in Southeast Asia.

This time, there is no pirated version of "Lucy", at least not in the early stage. If there is any pirated version, it will take a few days after the release.

Just these few days are of great value!

The copyright of Bad Genius was sold out before, and no one expected that it could still get such a high box office despite piracy. Fang Hong looked at Li Meijing over the person next to him and said, "President Li, what do you think?"

Li Meijing paused before asking, "The proportion remains the same?"

Asking this means you agree to release the film in Korea.

"Unchanged." Fang Hong said.

"Okay!" Li Meijing nodded.

It was very easy to agree on the distribution in South Korea, after all, we had collaborated once before.

They all have yellow skin and similar cultures. The heroine is also beautiful, above the Korean aesthetic.

Fang Hong, Li Meijing and Song Dai did not discuss the specific benefits and proportions. This is a business secret. If you are interested, just publish it.

The specific matters have been agreed upon, and those that have not been agreed upon will be discussed privately.

“I just came to watch a movie.”

Manager Lei looked at Fang Hong and the two shook hands.

There is no need to talk about this, everything has been agreed upon, and the two have known each other for so long, everything is self-evident.

In fact, Manager Lei was also quite emotional. He still remembered vividly the rookie look of Fang Hong. In just a few years, he was able to discuss film distribution with international film producers.

And just like before, no matter how high the other person's status is, I can always be neither humble nor arrogant and have a very normal conversation.

Fang Hong looked at Donna, the chairman of Global, whose full name should be Donna Langley. She had explosive curly hair, deep eye sockets, and a high nose bridge, a typical European and American.

She smiled at Fang Hong: "Let's talk alone."

"can!"

Fang Hong stood up and patted Chen Zhixi's arm: "Greet the CEOs."

"Okay!" Chen Zhixi nodded.

"Excuse me, everyone. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Chen. Sorry." Fang Hong apologized.

Everyone present nodded, not taking it seriously. Manager Lei said, "Just do your thing, don't worry about us."

Hollywood is a big client, and if a film can be released worldwide, it is also a kind of status improvement. They are naturally inferior to it.

He also wants Chinese films to go global.

Fang Hong and Donna came to a small reception room and sat opposite each other on the sofa.

"This is our Chinese Longjing tea. Chairman Tang can try it." Fang Hong poured a cup of tea for the other party.

"Thank you!"

Donna picked up the teacup and took a sip: "This is my first time meeting Mr. Fang. He is different from what I imagined."

"What's the difference?" Fang Hong asked casually.

"I thought he would be a middle-aged man, but I didn't expect him to be so young. As you Chinese people say, he is young and promising." Donna said.

Fang Hong smiled and took a sip of tea. "Chairman Tang speaks Chinese very well. Does he come to China often?"

"We often come to China for exchanges, and we also have projects in cooperation with companies here. For example, we are cooperating with China Film Group on the movie 'Man of Tai Chi'. I even know Zuo Shandiao of China Film Group." Donna talked about her past and business in China.

It is true that many Hollywood film companies have cooperated with Chinese capital.

"The Expendables 2", "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk", "Gemini Killer". There are too many.

Let me put it this way, Paramount was saved by Chinese capital, and they originally wanted to sell the company.

Seeing that Chinese capitalists are stupid and have a lot of money, they use their money to bear risks. Of course, Chinese capital has no share in high-quality projects.

The list of films that are pulled out are those film projects that are uncertain whether they can make money, and good projects will not be brought out.

Otherwise, after investing a lot, only a handful of people make money, and some people you have never even heard of. That’s the reason.

For example, "The Seventh Son" and "Ad Astra" were both invested by Chinese capital. Has anyone heard of them? They all lost money.

Even 24 years later, after several waves of decline, there are still people who are determined to invest in Hollywood movies, such as "The Meg 2".

The two exchanged pleasantries and got to know each other for a while, then Donna got down to business: "Mr. Fang, to be honest, Lucy 1 was shot very well and met market expectations, but I'm not interested in it. European and American audiences don't like movies with Chinese faces."

It's not a story problem or a structure problem, it's just that the audience there doesn't like movies with Chinese faces.

"I know. My opinion is to first screen it in places where there are more Chinese people. If the effect is good, then expand it. If not, forget it." Fang Hong suggested.

There are many Chinatowns in the United States and Canada as well.

"It's a good suggestion." Donna thought about it and then said, "You just have to change the movie."

"How to change it?" Fang Hong wondered.

He didn't film any ideological issues or cultural attributes, it was just about the heroine fighting back, and that was cool.

"If I remember correctly, the United States is the main villain in the film. You need to change this, otherwise it will be difficult to introduce it." Donna said.

Who says the United States is free? Imported films are subject to censorship as well, but they are more relaxed about their own films.

In other words, you can criticize yourself, but others cannot!

Just like "Crazy Alien", it slandered the United States to death and was banned.

"How about changing the villain to Japan?" Fang Hong asked tentatively.

“That’s fine, but only if it’s going to be shown in Japan.”

"Then we can change it to Korean and provide multiple versions! To meet the needs of global audiences, we can also do a good job of translation." Fang Hong is very open-minded.

In order for the movie to be released globally and to satisfy global audiences, if you want to take advantage of other people's market, you should not slander them.

It doesn’t matter how our country slanders others!
"Don't you have the persistence of an artist?" Donna was surprised. Those directors wanted to change their movies as if it was asking for their lives.

“Movies are meant to serve global audiences.”

"You are a qualified film businessman!"

(End of this chapter)