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The box office success of "Du Lala's Promotion" last time made Lao Xu very pleased, but the failure of word of mouth was a lingering regret in her heart, so she wanted to use a new work to prove her directorial ability and box office appeal force.

Get up from where you fell down. In a sense, "Du Lala" has its failures, so she wants to make a similar commercial romance film. He Mu, including fans of both parties, hope to see it The two collaborated on the second part of "Du Lala's Promotion".He Mu is for the company's consideration. The "Du Lala" series is Mizuki's. If you make more films, you can earn more money. The fans are for their own eyes.

However, Xu Jinglei did not choose "Du Lala", which made her directing career turn around, and rewrote a script "Intimate Enemy", because if she chooses to shoot Du Lala's sequel, then the film will definitely return to the situation dominated by Mizuki , but now, the script is hers, the investment is her share, and some funds are drawn by her, and she, Director Xu, is the one who decides.

Xu Jinglei still hopes that He Mu can join her new crew. As a director with [-] million yuan, He Mu's joining will make her feel more at ease, but because she chooses to write a new script, He Mu has no reason to mess with her However, the "Du Lala" series can only be restarted or continued by finding suitable newcomers in the future.

Xu Jinglei told He Mu that this cooperation is not only with Shuimu and Lao Xu's Blooming Blooming Films, but also with China Film Group and Wanda Cinemas. This is also the first time Wanda has actively participated in the film production process.

Because of the release of "Zibuyu" before, Mizuki and Wanda had an agreement.When Wanda wants to invest in a movie, Mizuki will cooperate with it, so this time it doesn't matter whether He Mu is willing or not.They will all be tied together in this new film by Lao Xu, and it can be considered that Mizuki repaid Wanda's favor last time.

This time, Lao Xu came here to tell He Mu on behalf of Wanda that Wanda and China Film still need to participate in the next detailed discussion.Because He Mu rejected Xu Jinglei on the grounds of filming "Cold Heart 2" and Tao Quduo's new film, Lao Xu finally chose Huang Stanley, the singer of the theme song of "Du Lala's Promotion". It is said that they have a good relationship.There were scandals when the last play was promoted.

After the Chinese New Year, Father He continued to travel around, acquiring theaters and building new ones at an extremely fast pace. Last year, the Metropolitan Cinemas ranked tenth in the country's top theaters with a box office revenue of 3.52 million.Barely considered to be in the upper reaches.For a new theater chain established in such a short period of time, this achievement is already very outstanding. The most important thing is that the metropolis has been deployed in the second and third tier cities in the north very early. Now the second and third tier markets are rising rapidly, and the metropolis has already taken the lead in this respect There are many, and the saying that there is a land in the south and a metropolis in the north has formed, which means the monopoly position of these two theater lines in small and medium-sized cities in the second and third tiers.

The negotiation with Zheng Yuanjie went smoothly.Although the terms of cooperation proposed by the two parties were different at the beginning, they basically reached a consensus after the negotiation.

first.Shuimu Forest bought the animation adaptation rights of "Shook and Beta" for the next 1000 years at a sky-high price of 6 million, and handed it over to Heye Animation for production and development. The time will be counted from the date of signing the contract.The reason why it is six years is that it is relatively easy to produce two cartoons in six years, neither too long nor too short.

In addition, Shuimu Forest has the priority to renew "Shu Ke and Beta", that is to say, as long as Shuimu wants to renew, Zheng Yuanjie cannot sell the copyright of this series to others, but there is also a restriction here, that is, if Mizuki wants to renew "Shu Ke and Beta" For the second six-year copyright of Gram and Beta, you have to pay 2000 million, if you have to pay 4000 million for the third six-year period, and so on, the fourth is 8000 million, and the fifth reaches an astonishing 1.6 million. That's been 30 years.At the beginning, Zheng Yuanjie was only willing to sell the copyright for 7 years. It was He Mu who asked to extend the period in this way, but the price was not so high at the beginning, and everyone compromised.

Of course, their contract is more than that. It is written in the contract that only Shu Ke, Beta and the main supporting roles in the series can appear in the animated film produced by Heye, and the other three protagonists of Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tale series, Pipilu, Lu Xixi and Big Bad Wolf Rock, because these series Zheng Yuanjie can still sell for extra money.

This is difficult, Rock is the least well-known, it is optional, but Pipilu occupies a very important position in Shukebeta's growth, especially when they first came out of the mountain, they urgently needed Pipilu's help, of course, Pipiru Pipilu and the others are not necessary. The new script can completely create a little boy who can replace Pipilu's function, but Pipilu's popularity is also very high. The "Pipilu Story" series sells millions of copies every year , helping Zheng Yuanjie occupy the forefront of the rich list of writers time and time again, it would be a pity that there would be no "Shook and Beta" without Pipilu.

So they made some additions to the above clauses. If He Ye uses the images of Zheng Yuanjie's other three protagonists, each character and each movie will need to pay an additional 100 million. This is only the price for the first six years. If it is In the second six years, along with the copyright price, it rose to 200 million, followed by 400 million and 800 million. Although it is not cheap, it is better than buying other series.

This is not over yet. In addition to the one-time payment, Zheng Yuanjie also asked to participate in the share of the film. He also knew that the main influence of his novel was in China, so he only asked for a share of the mainland box office.If it is a newcomer writer like Nanpai Sanshu or Tianxia Bachang, He Mu can completely refuse, but with Zheng Yuanjie's status, popularity and influence, this is really impossible to refuse, and this is also very important to Zheng Yuanjie. If you are close, then there is no need to talk about it.

In the end, He Mu paid 2% of the mainland box office and 3% of the DVD revenue of the "Shook and Beta" movie series to finally win the adaptation rights of this series.

He Mu invested more than 1000 million yuan before the filming of the animated film started. Coupled with the long production investment and high labor costs, even if the film finally reached [-] million at the box office and broke the record for Chinese-language cartoons, he could really Go shit, it can be said that Mizuki is unlikely to have such a large-scale film as "Shook and Beta" in the next few years.

After appointing Ye Xuan and Niu San as the co-directors of "Shook and Beta", He Mu bid farewell to his family and friends, and boarded a plane to Los Angeles accompanied by Xiao Nan, Wu Fa, Wu Tian and others.

The dvd disc of "Cold Heart" has been released last week. The box office of horror movies is not too high, but the results in the dvd field are very good. The sales and rental results reflect the strength of a classic horror movie with a box office of over [-] million. Glad to see the result, now just sit and wait for the money to be collected.

A "Cold Heart" made Rubik's Cube Films famous and benefited the company a lot. "Cold Heart" has not yet fully landed in major global markets, but its box office has accumulated to 1.92 million US dollars, and it is expected to become the No. [-] film starring He Mu. $[-] million blockbuster.

With "Cold Heart" as a foundation, Jeff was willing to spend the money. Not only did he buy several best-selling novels he had long liked to prepare for film adaptation, but also increased the production budget of "Cold Heart 2" to 3000 million, which is higher than the previous one. The first one has doubled, which is considered a medium-sized investment. Next, Rubik's Cube will independently release Wen Ziren's "Latent".

Now is the awards season in the United States. At this time, big-name stars will put down their busy steps and participate in various awards ceremonies until the end of the Oscars at the end of February. This is a harvest season, but He Mu is obviously not among the harvesters. , although he is also registered with the Screen Actors Guild of America, although his role as the demon slayer Wood has left a very deep impression on the American audience, but he has not received any nominations. As a Chinese, he wants to be recognized by another country. It's not that easy, and Zhang Ziyi didn't succeed in captivating American audiences with just one "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". "Rush Hour 2", "Memoirs of a Geisha", and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" are all indispensable.On the contrary, the film "Cold Heart" won several awards, and Jeff kept busy. Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon also received several nominations for Best Actor and Best Couple. As for the Oscars, " "Cold Heart" is still a long way from it.

"Cold Heart" greatly enhanced Joseph's value in the field of commercial genre films, so he gave up invitations to several award shows, only for the shooting of "Cold Heart 2", which only took a little more than a week in the United States , the main characters involved are only He Mu and Joseph, connecting the previous one and paving the way for the next plot. The story of this one does not mainly take place in the United States, but in the distant center of the European continent-France, The heroine chose a French actress who is also well-known in Hollywood. The former Bond girl Eva Green, Joseph will stage an impossible love affair with the mature and charming Eva.

Eva Green is definitely not as famous as Scarlett Johansson in the world, but because she has acted in many bold and avant-garde literary films, she is a frequent visitor to major European film festivals, and her acting skills are superb. In this respect, she is worse than pure Hollywood Xiaohuadan has the advantage.

After finishing the filming of the American part, He Mu met Eva Green, and the three of them flew to France together with the film crew, and stayed in a magnificent medieval castle in the south of France.The layout of the castle is very atmospheric, and you can feel the atmosphere of terror when you walk in it, not to mention the strange props in the basement, which is simply chilling.Most of the scenes of the movie will be completed here, so He Mu will live here for nearly a month, which is a very fresh experience. During this period, he cannot return to China, and can only control all the work in the base camp through the Internet and telephone .

... (To be continued..)

ps: [ps: Thank you Taotao for the reward~]