When things go wrong, there must be demons.

If the ancestors have passed it down from generation to generation, although it is not 100% right, there is a high probability that there is a problem.

Warner came to China to find a production company to cooperate with a co-production film, and there is nothing wrong with this matter itself.

In the past two years, with the expansion of the domestic market, more and more Hollywood companies have cooperated with domestic companies to produce co-productions.

"Iron Man 3" found the top five domestic 4A advertising company DMG Media to cooperate, Wang Xueqi and Fan Binbin played tricks in it, and when they decided to star, it was overwhelming publicity, and those who didn't know thought it was the heroine.

The action crime blockbuster "Ring Messenger" is also a co-production of DMG's operation, and Xu Qing plays soy sauce in it.

Lao Tang starred in "Cloud Atlas", in which Zhou Xun played a supporting role with a bit of a scene.

In addition to Li Lianjie in "The Expendables 2", Yu Nan also played soy sauce in it, which was participated in by Lay's.

Huayang Media heard that it is also talking with Colombia about a war blockbuster about World War II, and plans to make a co-production.

Colombia was miserable by Huayang Media, and dared to cooperate, these capitals really didn't care about anything for money.

There is also "Snowflake and Secret Fan", these partners who operate co-productions are either large companies such as Huayang and Magic Shadow Group, or companies with extensive publicity channels like DMG.

Finding Li Qian here, there was a bit of a problem, so Li Qian called Han Sanping in advance and asked about the relevant policies.

There have really been changes, and the above intends to rectify the situation of this pseudo-co-production, and has formulated three stricter requirements.

Domestic producers account for one-third of the investment, and Chinese actors play the main roles, which have to be filmed in China.

It almost cut off the way of co-production.

Li Qian said a little embarrassed, "I'm really embarrassed, Mr. Thomas, there have been too many things recently, Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox come to talk about the copyright of "Jaws 3" every day, so that I almost forgot about this big event." ”

"Hehe..."

Thomas laughed dryly, although it was only Li Qian who did it on purpose, but he couldn't debunk it, and now he had a request for Li Qian.

At the same time, his mind is spinning rapidly, no matter how high the threshold for co-production is, the purpose of his trip must be achieved.

On the contrary, the higher the threshold is set by the Chinese government, the more wary they are of co-productions, and the greater the threat of co-productions.

If you don't let me do it, I'll do it!

"Director Li, in this case, in fact, it is not impossible, we can accept one-third of your investment, in addition to 50% of the box office revenue in China, we also enjoy the share of the overseas box office, what do you think?" Thomas proposed a plan.

As soon as these words came out, Li Qian smiled.

Mary, the head of production at Legendary Pictures, who had been silent, also laughed.

Li Qian smiled meaningfully, "I don't need the overseas box office, I think Ms. Mary understands this very well." ”

What kind of virtue does the Hollywood distributor have, who doesn't know, the group of capitalists on Wall Street have been cheated.

Legendary Pictures, which has been cooperating with Warner, heard that it was all cheated, and if it hadn't signed an eight-year contract, it would have been over with Warner.

There are too many examples of movies selling well, production companies losing money, and distribution companies making money.

There are also some movies that have to be paid to actors and directors, and the distribution company will find that the movie is a big hit in order to give less money, but the overall profit is not much, and the ruthless ones make the accounts at a loss, and they don't have to pay the box office to divide them.

Otherwise, the major Hollywood giants will have special production companies, and their production companies will invest together with other investors, and then the group will distribute, and finally the production company will be fine even if it doesn't make money, and the distribution group itself will make money.

It was broken. Thomas is not embarrassed at all, this is a well-known thing.

He pondered for a moment, then continued, "One-third of the amount, we can use the accounts to ensure that the target is met. ”

Do you have fake accounts?

Li Qian shook his head, "In this way, what projects does your company have in the near future, can you show me?"

"Of course. Thomas readily agreed, and Li Qian said so, so he should have this idea.

Thomas pulled out a document on which Warner's production company and other production companies that have been working with it, such as New Line, are working on projects in preparation.

Mary also gave Li Qian a general overview of Legendary Pictures' recent projects.

"Wait a minute. ”

Li Qian gestured to them, opened a document and read it, and handed a copy to Du Yang.

When Du Yang took the document, he had an incredible feeling when a Hollywood studio took the initiative to seek cooperation from domestic film companies.

Major companies' blockbusters have to rely on these Hollywood giants if they want to sell overseas rights.

In the past, Hollywood producers, which one was not high in the face of domestic companies.

And now, the vice president of distribution of Warner Bros. has personally traveled thousands of miles to China to find them to cooperate.

Moreover, Du Yang opened the file and looked at it.

"Giant Catcher Jack", the production cost is 195 million, a super big production!

As the general manager of a film company in Huaguo, this kind of super big production with an investment of hundreds of millions or even 200 million yuan can be participated in at will?

This kind of big battle made Du Yang have an uncontrollable impulse.

Thomas looked at Du Yang's excited appearance and was quite complacent.

Warner Bros., a Hollywood giant, has a lot of big productions, and any one is placed in China, which makes them tremble.

I've never seen the world's dirt buns!

Thomas's sense of superiority in his heart returned, and he turned his head to look at Li Qian again.

Belch...

Li Qian's actions immediately made the smugness in Thomas's eyes disappear, and he just looked at the information of the big-budget movies that Li Qian casually flipped through page by page.

Thomas swore that the man in front of him had not been on a page for three seconds.

It's as if these big productions don't have the slightest attraction for him.

It's really not attractive to Li Qian, what are they?

"Super Face Hacker" starring Uncle Depp, a suspense movie cost $100 million to make?

The hurricane disaster movie "Not Afraid of the Storm" has an investment of only 50 million.

"The Great Gatsby" starring Xiao Lizi is obviously a film for the Olympics, forget it.

Chinese director Wen Ziren's horror film "The Conjuring", with an investment of 20 million US dollars, Li Qian remembers that there are several of them, and if they can be released, they will definitely be a big hit, but they can't be on it in China.

There are few films that have a lot of money in China, so Li Qian casually threw a few documents on the table.

Thomas's eyes froze, not interested?

But then he laughed, Li Qian pointed to one of the big productions and said, "This sci-fi movie "Pacific Rim" is good, maybe we can discuss cooperation?"

Pacific Rim?

With an investment of up to 190 million yuan, Thomas certainly remembers that today, when the "Transformers" series is popular all over the world, there are many mecha movies.

"Of course, there is no problem. Thomas nodded happily.

"An investment of $10 million in exchange for 50% of domestic box office revenues. Li Qian quoted a very reasonable price.

"Impossible!" Thomas vetoed without thinking about it, what difference is this from a Ming robbery.

"Mr. Thomas, "Transformers 2" is only 400 million at the box office, and even if "Pacific Rim" sells 400 million, I can only get 66 million yuan. ”

"That was two years ago, and "Transformers 3" had just won 1 billion at the box office. ”

"If 'Pacific Rim' could be compared to 'Transformers 3', it wouldn't be in front of me. Li Qian said with some disdain.

"Pacific Rim won't be released until two years, and the market in your country will get bigger and bigger, and our expectation is at least 800 million at the box office!" Thomas argued.

"100 million RMB, 70% income. ”

“60%。 "500 million box office, 60% of the revenue is exactly 100 million.

"65 percent, if Mr. Thomas is acceptable, let's move on to the next question. ”

“OK！”

Thomas smiled and recouped the cost of more than $16 million, although it looks like a loss, but the share of the co-production is much higher, and with Li Qian promoting the film, the domestic box office is guaranteed.

The huge cost of $190 million is too risky.

"Director Li, we will do the shooting of Jade Bird and Xiangjiang, and the other less than 30% of the funds will be made into the cost of your company's assistance in shooting. Thomas talked about how to solve the problem of 30% investment.

Li Qian nodded, "Then let's move on to the next question." ”

"What's the problem?" Thomas wondered.

"There is another condition for the co-production, there must be a Chinese actor starring, I think the role of the Japanese actress in the movie can be replaced by a Chinese actress. Li Qian said with a smile.

？？？

Thomas looked at Li Qian with a bewildered expression, and he really dared to say that this is the heroine of a Hollywood super production with an investment of nearly 200 million US dollars.

Not only Thomas, but also others, and even Du Yang felt a little incredible, this kind of role Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi couldn't be received!

Li Qian ignored their strange eyes and continued, "Since it can be a Japanese female role, I don't think there is any problem with changing it to a Chinese actor of the same Asian descent." ”

"Director Li, this is an A-level production with an investment of 200 million, and there is no precedent for Chinese actresses to star. Thomas resisted the sarcasm and emphasized.

"Mr. Thomas seems to be a little forgetful, isn't Liu Yufei in "The King of Kung Fu"?"

"Liu Yufei is one of the most famous actresses in your country, and that is for the domestic box office of your country. ”

"Oh, is my fame and box office appeal not as good as Liu Yufei?" Li Qianqi shook his head immediately, "In that case, Mr. Thomas can go to Liu Yufei to cooperate, I think she should be very happy." ”

"Uh...."

Thomas can't refute it, it's not that he hasn't investigated, Liu Yufei only has one "Time Planning Bureau" that is a big hit, and the director of this movie, or the previous executive director of Li Qian, is his subordinate.

In addition, the starring movies have no achievements at all, let alone compared with Li Qian.

"But "Pacific Rim" is a Japanese-style mecha, we need the Japanese box office, and it is impossible to replace the Japanese actresses. That's how Thomas can explain.

"Huh. Li Qian smiled.

Thomas asked, "Why is Director Lee laughing?"

Li Qian said with some regret, "I laugh at your company's market researchers, the dignified Warner Pictures, actually raised a bunch of waste, "Transformers" has a box office of $34 million in Japan, "Transformers 2" is $22 million, and the third part is not much stronger, is your company pointing to this box office?"

Of course, this Thomas knows, so this project is risky, otherwise he would not have appeared in front of Li Qian.

"This is a Japanese-style mecha, based on the Japanese benzene manga. ”

"There are countless similar film and television dramas and anime, this kind of mecha is not very attractive to Japanese audiences, and Japanese audiences prefer animated movies, even if it is doubled compared to "Transformers 3", what about the box office of 50 million US dollars?"

Li Qian said lightly, "50 million US dollars is only 300 million yuan, and domestic audiences rarely see similar movies, 300 million box office is not difficult, not to mention that I will also promote the movie, two years later, my country's market will be further expanded, far less than this box office." ”

Thomas was still undecided, Li Qian thought about it, and said with a smile, "Could it be that the Japanese audience will not watch it because there is no Japanese actor to star, the Japanese people are looking at your country, whether there is a Japanese actor or not, it will not affect the box office of the movie." ”

Speaking of Riben, a touch of arrogance appeared on Thomas's face, what is Riben, just one of their little brothers.

Thinking about it this way, what Li Qian said does make sense, even "Transformers" can't sell at the box office in Japan, let alone other mecha movies.

Moreover, the Chinese film market is increasing at a rate of 30% every year, and who knows what will become of it in two years, it will definitely be stronger than the Japanese box office.

Moreover, Li Qian is named as a producer, and another Chinese actress can sell even more in China.

Isn't his purpose to use Li Qian to let Hollywood blockbusters attack the domestic film market!

And the protagonist of this movie is a mecha, and the Japanese actress is replaced by a Chinese actress, which will not have much impact on the box office of other countries and regions, anyway, audiences in North America and Europe don't know each other.

Although I accepted Li Qian's idea in my heart, the conditions still had to be re-discussed, after all, a heroine with a big investment of 200 million US dollars!

Eventually, after some real negotiations, a verbal agreement was reached.

Li Qian invested about 25 million US dollars, or 150 million yuan, to get 75% of the domestic box office revenue of "Pacific Rim".

The box office must reach 600 million, and in addition to going out to publicize the income, Li Qian can return to his capital.

The risk is a little bigger, but Li Qian can accept it, there is a sequel to this film, and the weird thing is that the heroine of the sequel has become Jing Tian.

Li Qian can already roughly guess the result, what can make a sequel must be a box office hit, and it stands to reason that a box office hit will not change actors, let alone such a serious matter as changing a Chinese actress.

But it was changed, which shows that the domestic box office will not be low, and the change of scenery is for the domestic box office.

As for how Wanda intervened and pushed Jingtian to the heroine of a blockbuster Hollywood series, Li Qian didn't think about it.

With the growth rate of the domestic market, there should be no problem in selling 600 million in two years.

Xuanfa can earn some money, and he also got a heroine, although the limelight is all mecha, but it is enough, this role is worth at least tens of millions.

None of the other movies Li Qian can see, first, there is no prospect of a particularly big hit in China, and there is no way to insert a domestic actor.

However, Li Qian invested in Wen Ziren's "The Conjuring" again, and invested 2 million US dollars, accounting for one-tenth of the investment.

A small-budget horror film, Wen Ziren is a little famous in this regard, and with DVD income, he is profitable.

For projects with a high probability of making money, Thomas should give Li Qian some sweetness, anyway, once the account is done, the big head is still theirs.

The cooperation between the two projects will not be officially signed until Thomas reports to Warner.

The copyright contract of "Jaws 3" was signed, and the full overseas copyright of 35 million US dollars is sky-high, but judging from the situation of the previous two films, it is definitely a lot of money.

"Director Li, I wish us a happy cooperation. Thomas is very happy to achieve their goal, they have made a lot of money, and Li Qian will help them make money from Chinese people, and slowly open the door to the Chinese film market in the future.

"It was a pleasure to work with. Li Qian smiled, he also earned.

"I don't know which actor Director Li plans to give this role to, Zhang Ziyi or who?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, but I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Li Qian shook his head.

Thomas doesn't matter, in fact, no matter who it is, he is not well-known overseas, and it is enough for China to have Li Qian.

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ps: The protagonist will not become an accomplice of Hollywood, insert a little Hollywood plot.