Coquettish Rebirth

"What? Mr. Jia, you want to buy cheap video discs? Well... we might as well sell the rights to distribute audio products to others... This can also bring in a lot of money..." Zhang Weiping said to Jia Hongjian in a bit of a dilemma.That's right!From Zhang Weiping's point of view, since there will be no chance to cooperate with Jia Hongjian in the future, why not maximize profits?A businessman would think so!And in his opinion, releasing any video discs by his family is a very risky behavior. It's better to sell the rights directly and make some easy money. That would be great!

So at this time Zhang Weiping still wants to try to brainwash Jia Hongjian! "Mr. Jia, look, I estimated the market, and I wanted to discuss it with you, but who knew you came to the door first. Our "Hero" is so good at the box office and DVD hair all over the world. According to As far as I know, under normal circumstances, when foreign movies release DVDs or DVDs overseas, it is done in a buyout model. This is convenient for everyone, and the money can be returned quickly, and there is no need to worry about the other party concealing sales. The relative risk is too small. If the audio-visual product license of our "Hero" is sold, you have a little idea, let's hype it up or something, get 600 million or even [-] million, it's not the same as playing Why do we have to do it ourselves? This cheap and genuine version is doing good things for the common people and benefiting them, but our own profits are gone, what do you think?"

After saying this, Zhang Weiping didn't give Jia Hongjian a chance to speak, and continued on his own, "Besides, you see, I also have difficulties here. I have been working with Zhang Yimou for many years. So He really lost a lot of money to me over the past few years. He lost 1000 million to me directly on the first film we collaborated on. Now it’s better that his film can make money. You said that if I don’t Get some books back... my small business..." Tsk tsk!This is the start of pretending to be pitiful, right?Obviously he can invest 5000 to [-] million people in the movie, but he still says that he is a small business.If he is a small business, what kind of business is selling sweet potatoes on the street?Is it a business without capital?Isn't that the same as the robber?

"Oh... According to what you mean, let's sell it to someone else?" Jia Hongjian nodded.Retelling Zhang Weiping's words.However, he didn't give Zhang Weiping a chance to answer, but he calculated on his own, "The comparison between our shares is 2 million to 5000 million, which is 4:1. You only have 20%, and I have 80%." %. If you sell for 500 million, you can get 100 million, if we sell for 1000 million, you can get 200 million, right?” Having said this, he looked at Zhang Weiping and nodded.Jia Hongjian reached out and took out a money order from his pocket and handed it to the other party. "Here is 200 million, sign a contract and transfer all the copyrights of audio works to me."

Ah!What do these mean?Zhang Weiping was taken aback then!This is... Jia Hongjian wants to use money to buy the copyright he owns?After buying it, Jia Hongjian probably still has to follow his own method, right?Still want to get some cheap genuine ones?Thinking of this, Zhang Weiping didn't agree, instead he started to persuade Jia Hongjian further. "Mr. Jia, I'm not greedy for this kind of money. I'm not that kind of person. I really think about us..." Who knew he hadn't finished speaking, and nodded directly at Jia Hongjian, "I know you I mean, I have no other meaning, if we disagree, then I will give you money to make up for your losses, and then I can do whatever I want. What I want to do. Even if I lose money, I will do it. I Debts can’t drag you down, so let’s sign the contract, it’s convenient for everyone.”

That's right!How could Jia Hongjian want to argue with him!How can I convince Zhang Weiping?Isn't it over if you just throw money in the past?Money can solve the problem, is this a problem?It never occurred to Jia Hongjian to make money from cheap DVDs of "Heroes"!So just throwing 200 million in the past to seal his mouth wouldn't it be over!Why is it so troublesome?How can we talk about life, ideals, and benefits to the whole society!All these things are things that can only be done when spending money can't do it!Problems that can be solved with money are the simplest problems!

Sure enough, after Jia Hongjian expressed his opinion again and showed that he would not waver, Zhang Weiping began to think.honestly.In this year, it is really difficult to sell the distribution rights of audiovisual works for 1000 million!After all, what is the big situation in China these days?In his opinion, even Jia Hongjian came.It is impossible to earn 1000 million on this DVD!Unless it costs 1000 yuan a disc and attracts 1 people, how can it be so easy to sell?Even if it costs 300 yuan a piece, 3 copies will have to be sold. There may not necessarily be 300 Chinese people who are willing to spend 3 yuan to buy a DVD!It would be nice to have [-]!So after much deliberation, Zhang Weiping thinks it's best to collect money now!And after thinking of this, he really didn't even have a word! "Okay, since Mr. Jia said that, I'm not awkward anymore. You want to try, you want to change the general environment. I support you. Isn't it just to transfer part of the copyright to you? Let's sign the contract now, and I will People who are not ink marks..." After speaking, Zhang Weiping seemed to be bold.

Hey, if you want to be bold, why don't you charge 100 million yuan instead of 200 million yuan?Why did the statement change so much around 1 minute?Is it because you think you can earn more money from Jia Hongjian than from promoting it in the market?Soon, after making an agreement, Jia Hongjian signed a contract with Zhang Weiping.And as soon as the contract was signed, the film and television distribution rights of "Hero" belonged to Jia Hongjian.Relatively speaking, Jia Hongjian's investment is not large, which is equivalent to only 200 million. If he makes 200 million later, won't this be a tie?Even if he loses in the end, it won't be much. Even if he loses a lot, Jia Hongjian doesn't feel bad!

After taking care of Zhang Weiping, Jia Hongjian will take care of Katzenberg and others.Katzenberg and the others generally agree with the idea of ​​trying cheap and genuine versions in the Chinese market.In his view, this is also a process of cultivating the Chinese market.If it is cultivated well, it will be stronger than before!Have any Hollywood blockbusters been released on cvd or videotape in China before?None!Because everyone knows that there are too many pirated discs in China!Not long after many films were released in the United States, there were already pirated discs in China. At this time, there were no genuine discs in the United States!Under such circumstances, come to China to release DVDs?Isn't this committing suicide?

Therefore, regarding the Chinese market, Katzenberg and the others actually didn't pay much attention to it. At most, they regarded it as Jia Hongjian's home field, where they could earn back a little bit of cost.After all, even if it is considered a co-production, their maximum box office in the mainland is 4 million, which is only 5000 million US dollars, and "Tang Monk" is still a Chinese film!If there is a film with other content, the box office in China is estimated to be impossible to reach 5000 million U.S. dollars. It would be good to have 3000 to 2012 million U.S. dollars, and such a result is about the same as that of countries such as Brazil.Not to mention that there is still no room for profit in audiovisual works, so how can people attach importance to the Chinese market?After all, this is not 100, after all, this is not the era when China's overall box office exceeded [-] billion yuan!It's not that the market is so big that Americans have to kneel and lick, and then develop a special Chinese version to please the Chinese market!

From their point of view, it would be a good thing if Jia Hongjian tried it in China. After all, after the experiment, the worst would be the same as now!What if you try it?Then what if DreamWorks' films can earn $100 million in China in the future? 100 million is also money!It can also be added to other film costs for ongoing production!So soon, Katzenberg agreed without Jia Hongjian's persuasion!So just looking at this posture, you can know whether there are opportunities for follow-up cooperation sometimes, which has a great impact on people's positions.

On the other side, when Jia Hongjian and the others were busy preparing for the original cvd and dvd discs, Lao Mouzi and the others had already completed the post-production special effects, and the film had also been reviewed in China. It can be said that the next problem is to arrange the film.As for the filming, Lao Mouzi originally wanted to delay until the end of the year to get a driver that was similar to the global simultaneous release.In Lao Mouzi's original idea, it was released in the United States in the middle and late November, just in time for the beginning of the Christmas schedule, and then it was released in China in early December.

In this way, it is tantamount to giving priority to supplying the US market, and then counterattacking the domestic market with word-of-mouth from the US market, so that the domestic box office will suddenly increase.Originally, he thought all this was really good, but the investors were willing to do anything, and they all nodded.But just after Jia Hongjian's "Crazy Wood" became a hit, everything changed!Some investors now are really forcing Lao Mouzi to release it quickly, preferably the next day!Why are they in such a hurry?The reason is very simple, because these rich people have found another way to make money!If Lao Mouzi's movie is released quickly, investors like them can withdraw their funds faster, and then the funds can be invested in the production of the most popular and hottest low-cost comedy films in the film market now!At that time, one film will earn 1000 million or 2000 million or something, and five or six or seven or eight films will be released together. In the eyes of investors, isn't this better than having funds occupied by old schemers?This is like a person who finds out that it is better to buy 13 Bujing 4s for a taxi than to buy a Santana taxi for 660 yuan. After all, what is the income of four cars, and what is the income of one car!This gap is huge!

Ever since, under the persecution of investors, the domestic release date of "Curse of the Golden Flower" has to be set to early March, which has always been a low season in history, and the release time in the United States , it can only be set at a time in late March that is also an off-season...