my time as a director

There are a lot of people who want to see me, they have all kinds of ideas, even the day before yesterday at a road show in other places, the theater introduced a local rich man, and the local rich wanted him to make a movie with a woman who didn't know who he was. show up.

Li Qian was really speechless about such a bloody thing.

There were a lot of TV dramas like this a few years ago, but there seems to be fewer of them recently, let alone a successful director like Li Qian, which usually happens in small crews.

However, this Song Ge said on the phone that he was here to talk about overseas distribution. Du Yang, the general manager of Perfect World, was once in charge of the marketing of co-productions in Huayang, and he was in contact with Hollywood distribution companies. He has some connections in this regard.

Overseas distribution is a major income for today's domestic films, and sometimes whether they can make money depends on overseas markets.

Not only Zhang Yimou's blockbuster films, but many films starring Xiangjiang actors often cost 7000 to [-] million yuan.

The investment of Three Kingdoms Seeing Dragon Disarming Armor exceeds 8000 million, and the mainland box office is almost 1100 million, but it sold 650 million US dollars in Southeast Asia, especially South Korea, which sold [-] million US dollars at the box office.

Although I still lost money, I managed to keep my underwear.

Xiangjiang actors, not only superstars like Andy Lau, but also celebrities who are not well-known in the Mainland, are still well-known in Southeast Asia.

The mainland market is too small, and a movie with a box office of [-] million yuan is the sky-high. However, the cost of a big production can easily be [-] to [-] million yuan, or even more, and the pressure is too great.

However, as domestic films failed miserably at the overseas box office step by step, the overseas distributors who bought out the copyright also suffered a lot, and posted all the money they made at the beginning.

Now, overseas film producers are still cautious about Chinese-language overseas distribution. After all, if they fail to do so, they will lose all their money. At that time, if they sell for 10,000+ at the box office, the dvd will not be sold, and there will be no place to cry.

The film Heroes of Heaven and Earth has killed Columbia, and even directly abolished the "Colombia Asian Production Huaguo Consultant Office". Before that, He Ping, the director of Heroes of Heaven, was the consultant.

This is the way of doing business. As soon as you see a project that makes money, a large group of people will immediately do it.

If they fail, they run faster than anyone else.

So now, apart from Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie and a few others, as well as art films exclusively for Europe, it is even more difficult for other Chinese-language films to sell overseas copyrights.

Since Song Ge and Du Yang had the confidence to come to them, Li Qian didn't mind seeing them. Anyway, they slept for a while on the plane, so they weren't too sleepy.

After waiting for a while, Song Ge and Du Yang arrived.

"President Song, President Du, please sit down."

Li Qian asked them to sit down on the sofa, and handed them two more bottles of mineral water.

"Thank you Director Li."

After receiving the water, Song Ge glanced at Li Qian's expression and was relieved to see that he didn't show any signs of impatience.

Before the lunar premiere, Song Ge went to represent Perfect Time and Space, and also met Li Qian once, so he didn't introduce himself again.

Moreover, Li Qian must have just come back from other places, exhausted physically and mentally. At this time, most people hate others to disturb him the most.

However, as the moon broke through [-] million, other film and television companies with overseas channels might also be thinking about overseas distribution, so Song Ge took the initiative to contact at this time.

"Director Li, congratulations to Moon's box office success. Now it's not easy to make a blockbuster movie that can make a profit just by relying on box office in the mainland. Director Li is really admirable."

"President Song, you're being polite. The Moon is not a blockbuster movie, just a low-budget movie."

"Director Li is really too humble."

After some business bragging, Song Ge finally got down to business.

Chapter 166 The Mouth of a Capitalist, a Deceitful Ghost

"Mr. Song, do you want to act as an agent for the overseas distribution of my previous four films?"

After hearing Song Ge finish his thoughts, Li Qian was also surprised.

At first I thought it was just for the moon, but I didn’t expect to want the past four movies, including the sniper phone booth, Jaws, and Jaws: Revenge, 127 hours, a total of six movies.

Of course, neither Song Ge nor Du Yang, nor Perfect World Culture, which was established less than half a year ago, has the ability to distribute in overseas theaters and DVDs.

What Song Ge meant was that he wanted Li Qian to authorize him, and they would go to the overseas issuer to negotiate, and finally charge a commission. The specific amount would depend on the situation at that time.

This makes Li Qian a little puzzled. In fact, these films are not very suitable for the tastes of overseas filmmakers. They usually like big productions in costumes and genres that are not available in the West, which make the audience there feel novel and interesting.

And for these few movies, there is no shortage of Hollywood of the same type.

Not to mention there are two more, which can't be shown in theaters.

So, Li Qian asked, "So Mr. Song, are you going to release DVDs directly?"

These two films, Sniper Phone Booth and Jaws, are standard movies. It is obviously unrealistic to go to theaters, especially the latter. The more than 100 million special effects can be viewed on the computer, but they cannot be put on the big screen. read.

Song Ge explained, "These movies all have a strong suspense factor. I think the main goal should be on streaming media and DVD distribution. After all, Hollywood's DVD revenue accounts for a large part of it. , and the box office of Moon and Frequency of Life and Death has exceeded [-] million. Overseas film companies should be interested. If Director Li trusts us and authorizes us to negotiate with overseas film companies, he will definitely give Director Li a satisfactory price. .”

"In this regard, we, Mr. Du, have been in contact with Huayang Media, Columbia, Warner, Universal, and some European film studios in the past. We are well versed in overseas distribution and marketing strategies. We will definitely not disappoint Director Li."

"Mr. Du discovered Hoh Xil by himself and sold it to various European countries. I naturally believe in his ability."

Li Qian nodded, and then continued, "But after a series of domestic blockbusters failed in overseas markets, the enthusiasm of overseas filmmakers for Chinese films has dropped a lot, especially in Colombia, who have publicly stated that they no longer believe in Chinese films. , How do you make overseas film companies willing to believe that these few films of mine can bring them benefits, after all, there is no actor familiar in the West, and they are all types that Hollywood does not lack."

Du Yang said with a smile, "Director Li, in fact, although these overseas film producers are hesitant to Chinese-language films, they have not completely given up on the development of Chinese-language films, especially Colombia, which has suffered the worst loss."

"How to say?"

Li Qian became interested.

Columbia is considered to be the first company to get involved in the overseas distribution of domestic commercial films, and it was Columbia who took the initiative to talk to Ma Xiaogang and Huayang about this film.

In the 90s, overseas copyrights were generally bought out. Huang Zhongjun had ambitions, and he wanted to share them globally, so he didn't want to buy them out.

As a result, the first week in North America was more than 1000 US dollars. I don’t know if the box office is enough to copy. Huayang basically has no income overseas.

It failed once, and Columbia did not give up, especially because Miguel Melas was jealous of buying out the overseas copyright of the hero, and cooperated with Huayang Heroes of Heaven and Earth.

With the lessons learned from big names, this time Huang Zhongjun learned his lesson, Huayang made a fortune, and Columbia suffered a blood loss.

People say that there are only three things, and how could Columbia be so stupid if it fell twice in the same place.

Du Yang didn't hold back, and continued, "It's true that Colombia has lost money, but the more money it loses, the more it wants to make back the lost money. Columbia has withdrawn the mainland office, but it has been paying attention to the domestic market. .

Moreover, Columbia is negotiating the investment and overseas distribution of Jiang Wen's new film Let the Bullets Fly, and the comedy film supervised by Zhou Xingchi has already confirmed the investment. Compared with other distributors, Columbia is more eager to recover the money it lost before. "

It's not surprising that Zhou Xingchi has been cooperating with Columbia, but Jiang Wen's new movie...

Li Qian didn't know what to say anymore, Heroes of Heaven and Earth has only been in the past few years, and it was also starring Jiang Wen, it's not heartbreaking enough to pay for it, remember to eat or not to fight.

As for the authenticity, it's not difficult to know. Tong Liya's brokerage company, Happy Blue Ocean, and Jiangning Radio and Television behind it also invested in Let the Bullets Fly. Just ask.

But after thinking about it, it's not impossible, just like gamblers at the gaming table, the more they lose, the more they refuse to leave the gaming table. Don't gamble.

Unless you lose everything, you have to leave.