487, "Hero" was released
Now that he had this call, Ning Yuan knew it in his heart, and he no longer seemed so eager, which would affect the negotiations in the future.
Ning Yuan thinks about not just this one, but the entire series.
So, Ning Yuan smiled and said:
"I need to talk to him on the phone and make an appointment between us and both. ”
"Okay, I'll wait for your call. ”
After hanging up the phone, Ning Yuan made a phone call to Han Ping.
The two discussed, and waited for three days. Neither too eagerly, nor exhausting their patience to wait. In any case, the decision is still in the hands of others.
Ask Jiang Zhiqiang again, there was no problem at that time.
Later, Ning Yuan made an agreement with Frank, and after that, the itinerary was handed over to the employees of the two companies to dock the details.
Ning Yuan suddenly remembered the "Huaxia Partner" in his previous life, and he was also three Chinese people, who came to the land of the United States together, and what greeted them was a new glory.
In addition, Ning Yuan flipped through the calendar.
Coincidentally, three days later, it was December 14th.
The release date of "Heroes".
This film, which has given a lot of representative significance in Chinese film history, in addition to getting a box office of 250 million in the mainland, ranking first at the annual box office, has also won 177 million US dollars in the world, exceeding 1.4 billion Chinese dollars.
And its film investment is also unprecedented in China at more than $30 million, which is exactly the same as its box office in the mainland.
Coincidentally, Ning Yuan's expectation was that the three of them would raise at least $30 million to participate in the auction of Pirates of the Caribbean. Of course, if the two of them could get more, Ning Yuan would be even happier.
In other words, the overseas box office share is the profit of the film, not only limited to the box office, but also many copyrights and sales.
Even though the North American release dragged on for almost two years, it was only released in 04, but it still collected more than 50 million US dollars, and the number of moviegoers reached more than 8 million, and it won more than 9 million box office in the first week, ranking first in North America that week.
You must know that this is the summer file in the United States, and like China, it is the main battlefield for blockbusters, and the other is the New Year's file, but the New Year in the United States is Christmas, and China is the New Year.
And the only one who can achieve this achievement in the main battlefield of the United States is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the past.
There are too many evaluations of heroes, such as "opening the curtain of the era of Chinese blockbusters", "achieving unprecedented commercial success of domestic films", "a milestone on the road of Chinese film industrialization", "a new height of the combination of Chinese film art and commerce" and so on.
However, the significance for Ning Yuan is that it can give Disney a new revelation.
The market in China should not be underestimated.
Although the box office of the first part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in China was not high, only 27 million Chinese coins, what if the protagonist was Ning Yuan?
I'm afraid it's very different.
Besides, Ning Yuan knows this data, but now that the movie has not been filmed, Disney knows a hammer, just blow it blindly.
But in 07, when the third pirate was released in China, it got a box office of more than 100 million, in addition to the reputation of the pirate, Chow Yun-fat's role in it also has a great driving role.
The reason why the second part was not released in China is mainly because the octopus face of the big boss Jones is so disgusting that it failed to pass the trial. In fact, Ning Yuan was okay with him, but he was disgusted because Jack was looking for wine at the bottom of the boat at the beginning, and he ran into Turner's father, and his face was full of maggots.
The key is that Ning Yuan was still eating at that time......
Now, it was his turn to witness these in person and with his own eyes, and Ning Yuan didn't know if he would vomit out...... Oh yes, these are basically late stages.
Then it's fine.
In the world, outside of North America, the names of Depp and Ning Yuan are actually not too different, and the reason why there is this box office is mainly the story and special effects.
Generally, this kind of series of blockbusters, the first part is not the main actors, only after the success of the first part, and even after the second and third parts, with global influence, will it bring a strong appeal.
Depp is like this, Tom Tom, Donnie, etc., before acting in the first part, there was basically no appeal.
The span between the east and west of the United States is too large, and as a federal system, they are not like China only use one time, Los Angeles, the West Eighth District, is 16 hours behind the East Eighth District of the Chinese capital - it is winter, if it is summer, because of the implementation of daylight saving time, it will be 15 hours behind the time of the capital.
In other words, when "Hero" was released at 0:00 on the 14th, Los Angeles was still 8 am on the 13th.
However, three days after Ning Yuan said it was the 14th, and at that time, it was actually the 15th in China, and "Hero" had been released for a day.
Han Ping had already arrived in Los Angeles on the afternoon of the 13th, while Jiang Zhiqiang was a little later, arriving on the morning of the 14th, Los Angeles time.
As the largest distributor of "Heroes", he has been busy lately, as early as half a month ago, after settling Ning Yuan's performance here in Los Angeles, he flew back from the United States.
After all, the next step-by-step performance is enough, and if there are any small details of communication, Jiang Youyou and a few employees can do it, if it really doesn't work, Ning Yuan will not stay out of the matter.
This meeting is only a preliminary communication, and no business negotiation can be done in one round.
And before meeting with Disney, they naturally have to make a confession.
Jiang Zhiqiang's money can be completely decided by him, but Han Ping can't, and he has to take it back for auditing.
However, Han Ping also smiled:
"The market has been good in the past two years, and my results are not bad, if there are no obvious problems, at least 100 million I can still make a decision, but the process will not be so fast. ”
Jiang Zhiqiang nodded: "Yesterday's box office on the first day of "Hero" was very high, only in the capital area exceeded 1 million, and the country exceeded 10 million, according to this trend, before the next release, there is a high chance that it can break 200 million, so that I will have more confidence in overseas distribution." ”
After speaking, he said with a smile: "Then my bottom line is 10 million US dollars, and the net profit from the release of "Hero" this time is also invested." ”
"Huo, playing so big, it really deserves to be a legend. Han Ping gave a thumbs up.
"Haha, Han Dong, don't make fun of me, I can't compare with you. Jiang Zhiqiang waved his hand.
Ning Yuan estimated in his heart that according to Jiang Zhiqiang's words, he would probably be able to come up with more than 100 million, and Han Ping would also be 100 million, so that the three of them should have more than 30 million US dollars combined.
According to Jiang Zhiqiang's experience, in the so-called investment costs of a large company like Disney, the moisture will not be as exaggerated as that of small and medium-sized companies, but it should be no problem to squeeze out 20-30% of the moisture.
Then, the production cost is claimed to be 140 million, which means that the total investment is about 100 million, and Ning Yuan and the others together can account for more than 30%.
After they communicated about the same, they had a light lunch at noon, and in the afternoon they were picked up by Disney's car and drove all the way to the headquarters in Burbank.