Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 171 Chinese Agent, Liu Yifei Falls Out of Favor

"that's it?"

Harvey looked at Xu Yi, completely unable to believe it.

Because if it were him, he would have this kind of evidence that would be enough to ruin a person's reputation.

He would definitely not just propose this condition!

"What else? I just want to make money. What good will it do me if these things are leaked?"

Xu Yi said casually.

Then he stood up.

"If that's okay, then let's decide."

"OK, no problem!"

Harvey gritted his teeth.

It's not that he hasn't thought about using some other means against Xu Yi.

But in the end he gave up the idea.

He's just an independent film producer in Hollywood.

It's not one of those big Hollywood film studios.

What's more, even those large Hollywood film companies don't dare to act recklessly.

At least not on the surface.

After all, Xu Yi is not an unknown person.

Most importantly, even if he did that.

There is no guarantee that these things will not be leaked.

He could tell that the people who took these photos and videos were also present at the scene when they were taken.

This is definitely much more difficult than using a pinhole camera to take secret photos.

Ordinary people can definitely not do it.

So he absolutely didn't believe that Xu Yi had no accomplices.

Or there is another possibility, that is, these things were really taken by Xu Yi himself.

Then think about Xu Yihua’s Chinese identity.

So much so that a very absurd idea immediately popped up in his mind.

That means this guy might be an agent sent by China to the United States, right?

Otherwise, how could he have such good skills!

In the magical country of China, such a thing is not completely impossible!

Thinking of this, he suddenly became even more afraid to act rashly!
Then Xu Yi glanced at him and left with Jiang Xin.

The digital camera and memory card were not retrieved either.

Harvey, that fat guy, will definitely not use anything he has touched.

He would never use it on his own woman.

Including the clothes he was wearing, he would throw them away directly after returning home.

What Harvey didn't know was that he actually had no backup at all.

No need.

If it happens again, what Harvey will have to face will not be just disgrace.

He doesn't need to worry so much when he is abroad.

Besides, there's no point in backing up this kind of thing.

Let’s not talk about that fat guy Harvey.

Those heroines, even if they are Hollywood actresses or Oscar winners.

Once you get older, your body shape will change obviously.

Don’t even mention taking it out to admire it.

He felt sick even when he was taking the photos!
So for these foreign female stars.

Especially the female stars from Europe and America.

Even if you have to take action, you must do it early.

Otherwise it will expire soon!

For the next period of time, Xu Yi accompanied Jiang Xin on travels in Los Angeles and various places in the United States.

Harvey was busy with the release of Iron Man.

Hollywood except for those big film studios.

There are several independent film companies with global distribution capabilities.

But these independent film companies either have average distribution capabilities or have poor distribution capabilities.

Or it is necessary to rely on the parent company's channels, and the issuance fees are relatively expensive.

There is only Lionsgate, the largest and most successful independent film company in Hollywood.

Not only does it have its own distribution channels, but the distribution fees are also negotiable.

Because the number of films that Lionsgate produces each year is very limited.

Most Hollywood movies are produced by those large film companies.

I won't look for other companies to distribute it.

Therefore, in order to maintain its huge distribution channels, Lionsgate must offer more favorable conditions to attract more independent filmmakers to come to them to distribute their films!
At the same time, Harvey has a very good relationship with Lionsgate.

I also helped Xu Yi negotiate with Lionsgate to purchase the superhero copyrights from Lionsgate.

And helped Xu Yi acquire the film and television rights of Black Widow from Lionsgate.

At that time, Xu Yi also gave Harvey some hard work money.

Not much, just a few tens of thousands of meters.

But Xu Yi seriously suspected that Harvey was not only taking his money.

They must have received money from Lionsgate.

But it's just a small matter, nothing to worry about.

But no matter how good the relationship between Harvey and Lionsgate is.

Things like movie distribution cannot be easily negotiated.

What’s more, it’s a movie that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars to invest and has the potential to be a big hit!
For a movie like this, a 1% share may mean millions of dollars in profit!
After more than half a month of repeated negotiations, Harvey and Lionsgate finally determined their respective profit sharing ratios!

Lionsgate, as the distributor, has a box office share of 18.5%.

Harvey himself only has 2.5% of the box office share left.

But this has nothing to do with Xu Yi.

Anyway, according to the contract he signed with Harvey, the distribution fee is 21% in total.

As for how Harvey and the distribution company divide the profits, that is their own business.

Then there are publicity fees in addition to the distribution fees.

This money is also paid by the producers.

That is Xu Yi Payment.

As the distributor, Lionsgate can advance the payment, but Xu Yi needs to pay the interest and handling fees.

Naturally, Xu Yi directly rejected this.

After all, there are points after the advertising fee is returned.

So after signing the contract with Lionsgate.

He directly transferred the 1500 million US dollars of pre-promotion expenses to Lionsgate's account.

The release date is tentatively scheduled for December 12st.

The release dates in most other countries will basically not differ by more than a week.

And now, Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" is tentatively scheduled to be released simultaneously in China and the United States on December 12st.

But there are still three months until the release.

Changing the showtime is also perfectly acceptable.

Therefore, the release date of "Iron Man" will not be announced to the public for the time being.

There is no rush for publicity.

Wait until the release date of "Curse of the Golden Flower" is officially confirmed.

The promotion of "Iron Man" will officially begin!
At the same time, not long after Xu Yi took Jiang Xin to the United States.

Liu Yifei's first Chinese album "Liu Yifei" is finally going to be officially released.

Liu Yifei also took the album's title song "Palpitations" to the charts.

The response was also very good.

Especially Liu Yifei’s fans, they started celebrating directly online!

……

"Sissi's album is finally coming out!" "I can't wait to buy Sissi's album!"

“This song ‘Heart Palpitations’ is so great, I love it so much!”

"Xixi's singing is so good!"

"Of course! For this album, our Xixi didn't film for a whole year and has been practicing singing and dancing the whole time!"

"..."

"..."

Because of Xu Yi, Liu Yifei is now even more popular than Xu Yi was in his previous life.

The number of fans is also greater.

Among them are many fans who love her as much as she loves everyone in her family.

Or maybe you're just a fan of Xu Yi and Liu Yifei.

However, Liu Yifei also has a lot of black fans.

There are also many fans of Xu Yi among them.

Because they think Liu Yifei is not worthy of their brother Xu Yi!

"Is there something wrong with my ears? This song 'Heart Palpitations' is just average at best!"

"Liu Yifei can sing? Stop kidding!"

"Fans, please stop bragging! Liu Yifei can't be a singer!"

"Why didn't Liu Yifei ask Xu Yi to write songs for her album?"

"That's right. If I ask Xu Yi to write a song for me, I might buy one, but forget it now."

"By the way, could it be that Liu Yifei has fallen out of favor?"

"No way, although Liu Yifei is indeed just a vase, but such a beautiful vase, can that bastard Xu Yi really be willing to give her up?"

"..."

"..."

To be honest, most of these are Liu Yifei's black fans.

But what he said is actually not wrong.

Liu Yifei's album is really not that good.

At least the title song "Heart Palpitations" is of average quality.

Liu Yifei's singing and dancing skills are also average.

It's almost the level of an ordinary idol.

But just as Xu Yi said before.

With Liu Yifei's current popularity, the album sales will definitely not be low.

You know, even Xun Ge'er's previous album sales reached nearly 30.

And more than half of the items I bought were CD albums.

That is, it was specifically to watch Xun Ge'er's MV.

So don’t talk about Xun Ge’er’s looks and figure.

She can play Huang Rong.

Apart from the sound, there is basically nothing else to complain about.

That’s enough to explain the problem!
And Xun Ge'er in his early days also had singing skills.

It was only later that he started smoking and drinking, plus other well-known reasons.

After my voice became hoarse, my singing skills went backwards...

In addition, domestic CD albums are different from those abroad.

Due to the CD player, it did not really become popular in China.

So CD albums basically refer to VCDs or DVDs, which are mainly used for watching MVs.

CD albums abroad refer to CDs, and there are special CD players.

Just like a Walkman, you can only listen to songs but not watch MVs.

Liu Yifei's popularity today is even higher than Xun Ge'er's back then.

The appearance is also better.

Even if it's just to watch her MV.

There will also be many fans, passers-by, and even black fans who buy her albums.

So on August 8st, Liu Yifei's album was released and it sold out immediately.

Especially the CD albums, they sell better than tapes!

And that evening, Sony also held an album launch conference for Liu Yifei at the Beijing Hotel.

The press conference was very grand.

Three songs performed live by Liu Yifei.

As one of the shareholders of Hongxingwu, Zhang Da Huzi also gave Liu Yifei a bunch of barley.

I hope her album will be a big hit.

Then when the first day album sales were counted, it actually reached 20 copies!

Among them, the sales of CDs reached 12 copies!

Of course, this sales volume is just an estimate.

Nowadays, all album sales are basically either inflated or estimated.

Or it’s the same in any era.

It’s just that some people don’t have the ability to count.

Some are deliberately filled with water.

Like Xu Yi, calculating sales based on the quantity of goods purchased by dealers is already very conscientious.

And at most, it is only the early sales volume, which is a bit inflated.

There is not much water in the total sales volume.

The next day, Liu Yifei's album sold another 15 copies.

Most of them are still CD albums.

Then on the third day the album sold 10 copies.

On the fourth day, the album sold 8 copies.

On the fifth day, the album sold 5 copies.

The total sales in five days reached 58 copies!

Following this trend, under normal circumstances, there will be absolutely no problem for the album's total sales to exceed one million!
But the sales trend of Liu Yifei's album is obviously abnormal.

The rate of decline in daily sales is too rapid.

It is cut in half every two days.

Sales on the fifth day were only a quarter of those on the first day.

On the sixth day, it was cut in half again.

Fewer than 3 copies were sold.

If this continues, it will be quite difficult to break one million in total sales!
But this is normal.

Most of the people who buy Liu Yifei's albums are fans.

One could even say he's a fanatical fan.

These fans will naturally choose to buy the album when it is first released.

That’s why the sales of Liu Yifei’s album were so high in the first two days.

But there are only so many fanatics.

Once all the fanatical fans have bought the products, the sales volume will not be high enough relying solely on passers-by and haters.

Especially the quality of this album, which was not very good to begin with.

Apart from fans, even fewer people buy it.

This is just like the movies starring those popular stars in Xu Yi’s previous life.

No matter how high the pre-sale price is, if the quality of the movie is not good, it will still flop.

Even Xu Yi has become so popular now.

It also depends more on the quality of the work.

But the most important thing is that not only are all ten songs in Liu Yifei's album not very good.

The MV was also shot very conservatively.

Don't talk about places that shouldn't be exposed.

Not even the parts that should be exposed are exposed.

What's the point of this?
(End of this chapter)