Coquettish Rebirth

"Mr. Jia, it's like this. You see, there are Oscars every year. Then, no matter what happens in our country, every year we have to select the best film of the year to participate in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, right? But Well, to participate in this Oscar for best foreign language film, it must be released publicly in the North American market. As for the distributors in the United States, sometimes they are very strict with our country’s films, and they insist on us It takes money for them to release as an agent..." Mao Wankang said with a sad face.

As soon as he heard this, Jia Hongjian roughly understood what was going on, "Chairman Mao means...?" But he probably understood, and he didn't choose to take the initiative to ask, but asked the old man pretending to be stupid. Mao, I want Lao Mao to speak out his plan.Sure enough, after Jia Hongjian pretended to be stupid, Mao Wankang really expressed his thoughts-"We think so, Mr. Jia, don't you own a large share of DreamWorks in the United States? Doesn’t DreamWorks have distribution rights? So our Film Association is trying to see if Mr. Jia and your DreamWorks can distribute the film we want to hit the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film as an agent in the future. We hope that the fee can be slightly lower. ...Of course, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with our support for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to become the film representative of our country this year, it doesn't mean that Mr. Jia must promise us to support..."

kindness?Why does this sound... so weird?Didn't Lao Jing say that the Film Association is so bad?Didn't you mean all kinds of double-yolked eggs?Didn't it mean that the credibility of the selection of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers was low?Why did Mao Wankang and the others make such a non-"that" request?Why does everything sound as if there is nothing tricky about it?Why does it sound like everything is just a normal human interaction?

It's Mao Wankang and the others who aren't gay at all, but Lao Jingdao spread a little gossip based on hearsay and rumors.or something else?Jia Hongjian felt that even if it was hearsay from Lao Jing, he was in the film industry after all. Although he was in the film studio, he was not considered a serious member of the film industry. He was relatively independent, but the news in the industry should still be I can hear it.Then, even if this kind of hearsay is slightly changed, it shouldn't be too big - can't we pass on the fact that there are no double-yolk eggs into double-yolk eggs?After all, this is not pure deception, there are actual selection results!If a film is really not released.In the absence of any film festival exhibitions abroad.If this kind of film won an award, wouldn't it be suspicious?

So from this perspective, Jia Hongjian felt that Jing Guoping should not spread gossip, and should not have heard that the wind is the rain.At the same time.Jia Hongjian remembered something.Mao Wankang and the others can figure out how to make "double yolk eggs".That's smart enough!Knowing that if the "relationship households" are allowed to win the prize, other people will quit, and even cause a revolution.But if you get a double yolk egg, the other party may hold your nose and bear it.Not to mention whether this kind of thing is good or bad, but if you can think of this method, you are really smart, and you really know how to be a man!

So, could it be that Mao Wankang and others knew that Jia Hongjian was powerful, so the smart ones didn't come up to ask for a "deal", let alone "extort", but first gave Jia Hongjian free support, and then wanted to Jia Hongjian reciprocated and repaid them with some other things?You must know that the distribution of such things as an agent, as Mao Wankang said just now, other distributors charge quite expensive prices. After all, this kind of Chinese movies, especially mainland movies, are generally not commercial, and they can be sold. They are all literary films.Originally, the North American market for literary and artistic films was not very good. This literary and artistic film made by a Chinese director, and it is also a literary and artistic film with a poor technical level. Who will watch it when it is really released?After all, not everyone has Ang Lee's skills!So if you ask someone else to distribute it as an agent, others will find it troublesome. After all, if the distribution company sells the copy, the theaters will not be happy to release it. How good it is for them to release movies that can make money during this time, why must they release it? What about the ones that don’t make money?So if this happens, it may be necessary to give more shares to the theater chain and the distribution company, or even in the end, it may be subsidized for others to release. Is there such a possibility?

Even, it is the same as American movies imported from China, which are divided into blockbuster movies and approved movies.Bill-sharing blockbuster movies are made by companies imported from the United States and China, and approving movies means the same as wholesale, buying a movie for hundreds of thousands of dollars and buying it in China, and then how to release it in China? It doesn't matter how much the box office is, and they won't come to ask for money.Maybe all Chinese films before entered the United States in the form of batches. Maybe they sold the show rights in North America for [-] to [-] US dollars. When they turn back, they will be in Chinatown or somewhere. Once the film is released, the money earned will not be distributed to China!

If you think about it under this setting, if Jia Hongjian's face is sold by the Film Association, it will directly support "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" invested by Jia Hongjian, and then in exchange for Jia Hongjian's DreamWorks distribution agency, Doesn't it matter whether it adopts the mode of splitting accounts or approving films, although the film association itself can't make much money, they can give more powerful support to related domestic film companies and directors!And if this is the case, will the Film Association be able to get rewards from there?

Jia Hongjian thought about it, and it probably should be such a model.I have to admit that Mao Wankang of the Film Association has a good brain. Just because of the setting of double yolk eggs, this person can not offend anyone and return things well. In addition to reducing the credibility of the awards, Basically, everyone will not be dissatisfied enough to rebel!And now, it is for the benefit of domestic directors and film companies. From this point of view, their work is indeed good, right?Even if they may think of ways to use this kind of welfare in exchange for benefits when they go back, they have indeed done a good thing objectively anyway, so we must admit that their brains are really good!

Jia Hongjian thought about it for a while, and for DreamWorks, this is actually not a loss.Although on the surface, it may seem that when buying batches of films, the price should be higher or something, it seems to be more money, it seems to be "less profit is loss", but the problem lies in people like ge, ibm, etc. After the company entered the Chinese market, it gradually discovered that it is not enough to only engage in the civilian market, and must embrace the thigh of the government! Ge's high-end energy-saving lamps are beaten by light bulbs from small workshops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Chinese market, making Jack Welch, a world-class businessman, feel his eyes widened every time he comes to China!Later, this ge hugged the government's thigh and made various generators and power transmission related equipment, so don't be too happy to make money!

Although he, Jia Hongjian, didn't want to make a big splash in the film industry, but anyway, a company like DreamWorks entered the Chinese mainland, and then it will become bigger and bigger in the Chinese mainland. In addition, it is also necessary to establish a good relationship with relevant organizations.Not to mention kneeling and licking various institutions, but at least maintaining a superficial peace?At least to ensure that others will not spoil our affairs?This is just like relatives, even if they don't like them, they are not ready to be friends at all, and they don't even want to be friends, but when they meet during the Chinese New Year, they must be able to say a few words, at least the superficial peace and relationship must be more than that. maintain?So after much deliberation, Jia Hongjian felt that he should establish a good relationship with the Film Association. After all, Jia Hongjian said that he wanted to export Chinese cultural soft power to the world.This kind of soft power is not just his, right?Even if the works of Lao Mouzi and others are not very good, it is even more difficult to make achievements if people are not allowed to come out and develop in the country all the way!If he, Jia Hongjian, helped a little bit, who would not thank him for helping everyone when there are achievements later?

"Okay! Chairman Mao speaks quickly, and I, Jia Hongjian, don't bother! This kind of thing is good for our domestic film, and I, Jia, will naturally support it! But this matter is like this, after all, I am not alone in this company. In this way, I personally don’t make any money at the price when approving films, and I don’t need too much troublesome data to calculate. I personally account for 6% of the company’s shares, so you will be charged at the original price later on. I will pay you back 6% of the agreed price, of course, I have to trouble Chairman Mao not to give us too many films every year, otherwise I can't pay for it personally... Haha." Jia Hongjian said with a smile .

Based on this calculation, he, Jia Hongjian, really lost money.Because the mode of approving films to make money is to buy a Chinese film in the United States for, for example, 10 US dollars, and then earn 50 US dollars from the screening, and share it with the theaters. , the last $30 is considered profit.But out of the 30 profit, the final dividend is about 10 U.S. dollars, and Jia Hongjian's hand is 20 U.S. dollars.And according to the model Jia Hongjian said, he would return 20 US dollars to others at a time, which is equivalent to a loss of 2 US dollars to enter!

However, Jia Hongjian doesn’t care about this. To be honest, if there are only two or three films this year, and Jia Hongjian loses $10,000+, he will donate it as a welfare to help domestic films go The world is over, let's treat it as a good deed, at least we can gain some reputation, can't we?If you really plan carefully to return 1.2 US dollars to the other party, then it is better not to do it, the other party may not be interested in it!

"That's great! Mr. Jia, don't worry, we must not let you lose too much, otherwise you will not be able to support us, and it will not be good for us, right? Hahaha..." Mao Wankang said with a big smile. (To be continued..)