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Chapter 328 Chapter 326, Curve to save the country

"The price is a bit low, but Brother Shan, if you have a careful understanding of today's martial arts market, you will know that the price is definitely not low, and it can even be said to be astronomical. This is your play. If you change it to another director, I guess No company is willing to guarantee a minimum release."

Li Qing said.

Hearing this, Shen Qiushan smiled disapprovingly: "What Director Li said should be true. The martial arts market is in a downturn today. However, I always believe that there is no absolute relationship between the box office of a movie and the subject matter. No matter what the subject matter is As long as the story is wonderful, the box office will definitely not be bad."

"That's true, but the market performance of martial arts films is indeed too sluggish. Not only are we afraid to take risks in New Power, but I believe other companies will not take such risks either." Li Qing said in a deep voice.

"En." Shen Qiushan nodded: "Let's do this, Director Li, wait for my news, and I'll think about it."

"Uh... well."

Li Qing scratched his head: "Brother Shan, we have cooperated so many times, we will never lower the price randomly, and your current appeal far exceeds that when "Yanjing Meets Seattle" was released. This price is the result of the company's board of directors discussion, and I believe other companies will not offer more favorable terms."

"I know, I have no doubts about this, but this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has the highest investment cost among the films I have made, with a guaranteed release of 5 million yuan, which is indeed far lower than my psychological expectations." Shen Qiushan said. is also more sincere.

"Alright then." Li Qing didn't say any more, and left.

Shen Qiushan poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, and thought about the release of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". He knew that 5% of what Li Qing said was true, but even if the new power was profitable, it was impossible to set a guaranteed release price. The pressure is at 5 million. After all, this is not in line with Shen Qiushan's current appeal and influence. Therefore, the real situation should be as Li Qing said, the domestic martial arts market is sluggish, and [-] million is already a sky-high price.

In the next few days, Shen Qiushan met with senior executives of several major distribution companies. Each company was very eager to cooperate with Shen Qiushan. However, when it came to the guaranteed release price of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", they were not high. The price of Xingguang is the highest, only 5.5 million. This is because Xingguang has a direct competition with New Power. In the past few times, Xingguang lost to New Power.

But the guaranteed release price of 5.5 million yuan does not satisfy Shen Qiushan. First of all, the quality of the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is definitely not bad, and it has its own fame. Billion is fine.

And just when the release negotiations of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" reached a "deadlock", there were many voices slandering "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on the Internet.

The release of "Shen Qiushan's new play was blocked because it was too bad?" "

"Shen Qiushan can't save the sluggish martial arts market! "

"Shen Qiushan's new drama will be released in no time, because no company is willing to release it! "

"Insist on shooting martial arts films, this time Shen Qiushan is going to cry and faint in the toilet!" "

"Martial arts dead?That's right, it should be like this! ! "

Many post bars and forums broke the news that Shen Qiushan's new film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was so bad that no company was willing to release it, and such a large-scale outbreak of negative news is obviously not accidental, 90.00% of it is someone behind the scenes. .

Regarding this, Shen Qiushan laughed it off. In the past two years, he has become famous at the speed of sitting on a rocket. There are many people who are jealous, and there are many enemies who hate him to the bone. Therefore, it is quite normal for someone to secretly engage in some small tricks .

In the evening, Shen Qiushan sat in front of the computer in the study, looking through the box office performance and word-of-mouth evaluation of martial arts films in this time and space over the years, looking for a breakthrough in distribution.

"If it doesn't work, just post it directly. In the worst case, you won't be guaranteed." Qin Yaqian walked into the study with a cup of tea.

Shen Qiushan shook his head: "Issuance with minimum guarantee can minimize the risk after all. In addition, the issuer will work wholeheartedly if it is issued with minimum guarantee. Therefore, the best result is guarantee with minimum guarantee."

"By the way, Yaqian, I remember you filmed a film in Hollywood before, are you familiar with the film distributor there?" Shen Qiushan asked.

"You want to seek overseas distribution?" Qin Yaqian was a little surprised: "At present, our country's films rarely achieve excellent box office results when they are released abroad. I don't think this is a wise choice."

"I want to try."

Shen Qiushan looked serious: "Anyway, the current domestic distribution situation is not optimistic, so let's not release it first, and release it overseas first. If good results are achieved, the domestic situation will naturally reverse."

"Aren't your thoughts too optimistic..." Qin Yaqian frowned, hesitated to speak, she felt that Shen Qiushan was whimsical, but seeing that he was talking about this matter so seriously, she didn't have the nerve to say anything too much.

"I really know a film distributor in America." After deliberating for a while, Qin Yaqian decided not to intervene in the matter of film distribution. It's up to Shen Qiushan's own ideas, as long as she supports her silently.

"Well, then give me your contact information!" Shen Qiushan's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that Qin Yaqian really knew foreign film distributors. These days "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been collectively looked down upon by domestic film distributors. , Shen Qiushan was a little surprised at first, and then he gradually understood, and now he has set his sights on foreign countries. Another time and space, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" not only won more than 2 million US dollars at the box office, but also won the most Oscar. The best foreign language film award, it can be said that foreigners still favor this relatively special Chinese martial arts film.

Therefore, Shen Qiushan also intends to throw this film to the North American market for a try, which can be regarded as a "curve to save the country" method.

The next day.

According to the contact information given by Qin Yaqian, Shen Qiushan contacted Christiana, the vice president of the Asian region of the Columbia Film Production Company of the United States, and she was fully responsible for the purchase of movies in the Asian region.

The Columbia Film Production Company is one of the four largest film and television production companies in the United States. It has strong strength and has produced many blockbuster films in the United States.

"Mr. Shen, I will watch your work carefully and give you a reply as soon as possible."

Tiana's work efficiency is very high. After meeting with Shen Qiushan, she briefly understood the situation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and then gave Shen Qiushan a reply waiting for an announcement.

After all, he wanted to "sell something" to someone, and the initiative was in the hands of the other party, so Shen Qiushan didn't say anything, while staring at the post-production status of the film, he waited for Tiana's notification.

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(End of this chapter)