After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 395: China-Korea co-production, national strength

After the dinner.

Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian communicated with each other first, and then went to the Chinese-style villa where Zuoshandiao was staying. There was a fish pond in the courtyard of this villa. When the two arrived, Zuoshandiao was feeding the fish with a celadon bowl in one hand and fish food in the other.

"This courtyard is beautifully designed. It's as bright as day in the middle of the night," Li Mingyang exclaimed.

Zuoshandiao looked back at the two of them, put the celadon bowl on the wooden shelf next to him, pointed to the hall, and walked in without saying a word.

Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian walked into the hall and sat opposite Zuoshandiao.

While making tea, Zuoshan Diao said, "Your name still has great potential."

"It feels about right." said Li Mingyang.

"Hollywood is also interested in your name, but their requirements are very strict."

"Which company?"

"Sony Pictures."

When talking about Sony Pictures, we have to talk about the Sony empire behind it.

Sony is one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, a leader in the fields of audio-visual, electronic games, communication products and information technology. It is one of the three largest electronic game companies in the world and one of the six largest film companies in Hollywood.

Looks pretty intimidating...

Sony is actually in a bad situation.

Despite the acquisition of MGM and Columbia Pictures, it owns a huge film library, sales and television rights and other good assets, but it is still an outsider in Hollywood.

Sony has been losing money since the day it acquired Columbia.

Known as Hollywood's number one sucker.

However, compared with Sony as a whole, there is not much loss.

It's a bit similar to the relationship between penguins and penguin videos.

"It's okay if the conditions are harsh, I'm more concerned about how much money they will give."

Zuoshandiao glanced behind Li Mingyang, and immediately someone handed Li Mingyang a document.

Li Mingyang looked through it for a while and found that Sony didn't want to do business!

The North American screening rights are priced at one million US dollars.

The price is neither high nor low.

But he had to go to Hollywood to promote the film according to Sony's requirements, and also to modify some of the lines in the original film.

"For a million dollars, they want me to go to Hollywood and change the source of the film. Is there something wrong with me? Forget it!"

Wang Changtian was shocked and quickly advised: "Don't be impulsive. Your name entering the North American market is a great publicity, which will be very good for your overseas reputation. In the future..."

"Don't talk about the future. Those who talk about the future are just tricks."

Before Li Mingyang finished speaking, President Han's secretary handed him a lit cigar. Li Mingyang took a puff and did not intend to remain silent. "I guess it's a trick. They kept him hanging while lowering the price. In the end, it will probably be around $200,000."

"That was done by Harvey's gang. Sony isn't that dirty," said Zuoshandiao.

"The Big Six in Hollywood are all the same." Li Mingyang took a deep breath, "Your name is not suitable for the North American market."

“So you’re focusing on the Asian market now.”

Zuo Shandiao took a puff of his cigar, handed the job of making tea to his secretary, leaned back on the sofa, squinted his eyes and said, "When I was dealing with those people, you didn't know what movies were. The Southeast Asian market cannot be developed without ten years."

"The higher-ups are investigating those producing pornographic variety shows recently. Several production company executives have been arrested. It seems like you invested in one of them?"

Wang Changtian was stunned by Zuoshandiao. Was he caught so easily?

"Boss Han, I sell them overseas."

"What do you mean by selling abroad? Those people are exporting and selling domestically. Think about it, can the Southeast Asian market absorb such a large output?"

"It seems to be true..." "Several websites have been shut down, and several local TV stations have been investigated. You are also in charge of programs, so you know how strict the control of entertainment content is. At the beginning of next month, the upper level will be stricter. Those small companies have fled. You are the person in charge of Guangguang, where can you run?"

"Hua Yi did it too."

"Fined fifty million."

"..." Wang Changtian was speechless. He finally got some connections, but this email came too quickly.

Seeing Wang Changtian wiping his glasses nervously, Zuoshan Diao waved his hand and said, "You will definitely be fined. You have to pay 10 million."

The price is acceptable.

Wang Changtian agreed immediately.

"Everything must be done according to the rules. Internet companies are different from us. In fact, in Asia, apart from us, the film market is left with Indians, Koreans, and small countries."

"Indians can be ignored. There are only Koreans and a simple life."

"The trendsetter for the entire Southeast Asia is not us, but Korea and Taiwan. Their idol groups have a strong cultural output."

"Just focus on the Japanese and Korean markets. Your name is selling better in Korea than Xiao Ri Zi. I never expected that. It has sold over 3 million copies in Korea and is even in the top ten of the year. Can anyone tell me how you did it?"

Wang Changtian looked at Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang spread his hands and said, "There are about 2,000 screens in Korea now. The main cinema chains are CJCGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox. There are more than 300 theaters in total. I have a company there and hired Girls' Generation to promote it."

"Girl groups are not very good. The audience there is very demanding..."

"It's a different genre. Girls' Generation's fan base is all young people, which just happens to overlap with the youthful style of Your Name. It became popular at the beginning, and the subsequent reputation was good, and the popularity has been very stable..."

"No need to make up for the ticket?" Zuoshandiao frowned.

"The Koreans have a monopoly, so how can they give discounts to the audience? They want to charge 100 yuan per ticket."

Zuoshandiao became interested, "Weathering With You and your name are similar, right?"

"A style."

"Can you accept the Korean movie bet?" Zuoshandiao asked in a persuasive manner.

Li Mingyang's heart sank. "How can we guarantee fairness in overseas gambling? The film schedule is in their hands... I think it's better to cooperate normally."

"China and South Korea can co-produce, using the domestic movie box office as a guarantee, and use this as a bargaining chip to gamble with the South Korean side."

Zuoshandiao raised his hand, and someone immediately handed Li Mingyang a document. The movements were so smooth, like flowing water!

Li Mingyang opened the file. There were both Chinese and Korean words in it, which was quite confusing. But after someone explained it to him, Li Mingyang quickly understood what it was.

The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television are both interested in strengthening exchanges and cooperation in the film field.

In fact, there have been precedents for Sino-Korean co-productions before. At the beginning, it was just a simple cooperation. At this stage, it was limited to mutual filming, and it was mainly based on the output of actors, such as "Flying Dance" directed by Jin Rongjun.

Zhang Ziyi's "The Warrior", Jang Dong-gun's "The Promise", and Tang Wei's "Late Autumn".

In general, this is a project that the higher-ups gave him the lead in, and Weathering With You is a good start for Sino-Korean co-productions.

"I will fully support you this time, with the whole country's strength."

What bad luck!

The last time Zuoshandiao talked about mobilizing the whole country was during the Wuji press conference, when he said that the whole country should be mobilized to do a good job in promoting Wuji.

"Thank you, President Han, thank you, President Han, we will do our best!" Wang Changtian quickly stood up, bent his body, and stretched out his hands to shake hands with Zuoshandiao.

Zuoshandiao also stood up and shook hands to finalize the matter.

"I reject!"

Snapped!
Li Mingyang closed the document and said with a firm attitude.

For a moment, everyone in the room was shocked!

(End of this chapter)