Coquettish Rebirth

After "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the domestic media went crazy!Originally, in history, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was awarded in the name of Dawan because of the investment, so the media on the mainland praised it, although it was all kinds of bragging, it was still a little bit alienated.But this time it’s different. This time, how can I say that the investment is from the mainland, and some of the cast and crew are also from the mainland. Even judging from the list of cast and crew, Jia Hongjian was originally in the crew. Almost half of the mainland employees are stuffed!Under such circumstances, how can it be said that this film is not from the mainland?

Besides, not to mention the investment from Hong Kong and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Taiwan are still their own from the mainland, so isn't this film a mainland product?How can the media not be crazy after such a mainland film suddenly won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and won four Oscars in a row?Not to mention that such a film was invested by Mr. Jia of Huaxia Hi-Tech, the most well-known private company in mainland China!All of a sudden, the domestic media called all kinds of climaxes!For example, blowing up such a film is a starting point for China's cultural industry to recover from its decline. It is said that this is the beginning of Jia Hongjian and his team's introduction of the mature American cultural industry system into China. For example, how many years have domestic films continued? After getting weak, I finally started to get an erection...

But the problem is that Jia Hongjian didn't think about this at all!Jia Hongjian had no idea about such a big thing as the film industry. He joined the film industry mainly because he found it interesting.I think it's very interesting to participate in the creation.As for whether it can improve the level of Chinese films, he doesn't have much interest.From this point of view, he is actually not that noble.

On the other hand, I don’t know if the domestic reporters haven’t watched this film yet, so when they praised this film, it was called making people blush—one by one commented like this film It's like an adaptation of Jin Yong's martial arts novels. Anyway, it's about the manifestation of various chivalrous spirits. It seems that after Hong Kong and Hong Kong developed martial arts movies, the mainland further carried forward martial arts movies and rushed out of Asia to the world. up!If "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" comes to mainland China in the future.That must be seen by everyone.Do not look not Chinese!

Of course, the above-mentioned words that don’t look like they are not Chinese have not appeared in newspapers themselves, but the general meaning is similar.Those reporters even reprinted the comments of many American film critics.And American film critics watching "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the same as Chinese watching American films.It looks exotic!Where have foreigners seen too many martial arts before?Even if they watch a lot, the most they watch are Hong Kong martial arts movies.And martial arts movies have been more modern dramas since the 80s!So foreign film critics commented on all kinds of good things!If it wasn't all good words, how could various people in the American film industry vote for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the best foreign language film?

All of a sudden, domestic theaters were making phone calls asking when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would be released, but Jia Hongjian only said one word.Not showing!How much box office can this thing get under the impact of piracy?In the end, it is not certain whether the box office is enough for publicity expenses, and it has to be shared with others.Jia Hongjian couldn't afford to do such a thankless job?Even in places like Hong Kong, where piracy is relatively controlled better than mainland China, the box office is not satisfactory. Why does Jia Hongjian want to bring this film back to play?

Besides, Jia Hongjian still has something to do here now, how can he have the time to argue with the country? Now that Warner has seen that Ang Lee's film won an award, and almost won the best director and best film, they are tempted I am moved, I am moved to authorize several "Batman" series to DreamWorks!According to them, for the time being, they believe that Ang Lee can make a low-cost film with a good reputation and make money. It has started to rise, and it has already exceeded 2000 million US dollars. It is estimated that it will not be difficult to break through 9000 million US dollars in the future.Under such circumstances, the box office is 5 times the investment, so maybe making a low-cost version of "Batman" can also earn word of mouth?

Warner, who had been paddling before, was not able to talk about it. Now that DreamWorks is indeed quite capable and won four of the ten nominated awards at once, they were really tempted, so they started to talk about it.However, a good talk doesn't mean it will go smoothly all at once, and it doesn't mean that the talk will be over in three or two days.After all, in commercial negotiations, it is still necessary to do everything possible to maximize one's own interests, and both parties must do the same.In the end, a result of the negotiation is just a result that both parties feel is acceptable.Of course, the process of this kind of negotiation is also full of various intentional misleadings, and also full of various false news deliberately revealed to misunderstand the other party. All these methods are for the purpose of making the other party make concessions on the contract asking price!

Needless to say, Jia Hongjian and the others naturally pretended to be low-cost to fool Warner, in order to let Warner charge the first point, and let Warner focus on everyone's joint efforts to improve the reputation of the Batman series. .However, after all, Jia Hongjian and the others had to obtain the authorization to shoot four films at once, which was a bit of a "loophole", and it still prevented Warner from signing contracts quickly.Therefore, Warner has been holding on to the additional terms proposed before and never let go-even if it gives the right to shoot four films, after each film is released, Warner can still choose whether to let DreamWorks continue according to whether the profit margin stipulated in the contract reaches or not. Take the next one!

In other words, if the profit margin of a film made by DreamWorks is not enough, Warner can stop it and jump out of the contract to prevent DreamWorks from making any more!As for DreamWorks, of course, it is a battle of wits and courage, so Warner will not let Warner write script review rights and other things into the contract!That's right!The last thing they should check is the script!Other investment minimums and the like can be discussed, and even the power to jump out of the additional clauses of the contract is no problem for Warner!

After such a bargain, when the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Drug Network" took advantage of the Oscar winning wind and rushed to [-] million US dollars all the way, the contract negotiation also made a breakthrough. The final signing is very close.But at this moment, Nolan suddenly found Jia Hongjian. "Mr. Jia, it's better not to buy the copyright of Batman for the time being." He said so as soon as he came up.As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Jia Hongjian was stunned. What's the matter?You were the one who said you wanted to buy it at the beginning, and you are the one who said not to buy it now. Do you think it’s fun to entertain people?

Of course, Jia Hongjian said this kind of thing in his heart, that is, he complained in his heart. After all, Nolan was someone Jia Hongjian liked, so he should treat him a little bit kindly. "What's the matter, Chris, isn't this the Batman you've always wanted to shoot? If you don't buy it for now, how can you shoot Batman?" But who knows, Nolan replied: "If you don't buy it for a while, you won't shoot it for a while. , My current level is still too low, and I have a poor grasp of big scenes, fighting and love. Under such circumstances, I am afraid... I am worried that the film I made will not live up to the trust of Mr. Jia. I think I should do it again. If you add more things, charge more, and learn more to shoot, then you will be able to shoot better, and I am confident about this!" Nolan said after thinking about it.

Hearing Nolan's words, Jia Hongjian suddenly became amused.What's wrong with this buddy, why did he lose his confidence all of a sudden? "Why do you say that? Chris, what we are talking about with Warner is not only the authorization of four films, but also the time limit. What is negotiated now is that one must be filmed within 3 years, otherwise the authorization will be withdrawn. So you have three years. Time can be used to train yourself, what are you afraid of? Man, just like I said before, I believe in you more than yourself. As an investment boss, I am not afraid of you losing money for me. Are you still worried? If you say If you are afraid that you won’t be able to do your best, do you think I’m acting cute? I’ll bring up the bad parts of your work, and I won’t let you do it like a piece of “Tang Monk” I found that I couldn't cut it properly." Jia Hongjian smiled and patted Nolan on the shoulder.

That's right, in Jia Hongjian's opinion, who will Nolan be after?That is a super well-known director, can he not trust this person?After this person went to shoot Warner's "Batman" in 03, the first film of this series was released in 05. Although the box office was not too high, it was more than 2 million!And the more than 2 million seems to be the North American box office, and the global total is more than 3 million!Basically relying on the movie can make a little money, relying on other DVDs and the like, it will definitely make money for Warner, and then the second movie will make a lot of money!When such a director shoots Batman, he is still not good at shooting fights, big scenes, or love, but what happened?As a result, didn't people still take photos with good evaluations and a good market?So why Jia Hongjian couldn't trust Nolan?

Looking at the firm look in Jia Hongjian's eyes, it would be a lie to say that Nolan was not moved!Nolan himself can't guarantee that the Batman he filmed will be good!But Jia Hongjian dared to believe him so!Seriously, how many times can a person meet in a lifetime, this kind of situation where others believe in themselves so much?So just seeing how much Jia Hongjian believed in him, Nolan felt that he had to do everything he could to make the film well, otherwise he would have failed Jia Hongjian's trust?And it's the same as what Jia Hongjian said, three years... Let's find someone else to practice first, and then shoot Batman after improving? (To be continued..)