Chapter 28 International Sales Agents of Films
What kind of car to buy?
Chen Xiao didn't really think much about it, for him, the cars are the same, and the high-priced car is just a little more comfortable to sit in, but if you really want to sit comfortably, it is better to make a customized sofa hair into the car.
In the end, he chose a BMW car among the many 4S stores and spent him more than 400,000 yuan.
This is actually also preparing for his next film to be made, he is not very well funded now, and there are not many movies that can be made.
The investment in "Crazy Stone" does not need to be very large, so it has been set as its goal for the time being.
The film "Stone" uses a very sharp montage-style editing, and each character is very fleshed out.
After watching a movie the whole time, there are no pee spots in the whole process, and the climax is until the last second.
Even the follow-up "Crazy Racing" did not surpass "Stone".
And this movie just needs a car as a prop, the best choice is a BMW car, now he has to buy a car anyway, it is better to buy a BMW directly.
In this way, you don't have to borrow cars everywhere like the original director.
After buying a car, it can be regarded as completing a small goal of oneself.
Chen Xiao began to recruit directors who are suitable for making this movie.
Yes, director.
This time, Chen Xiao himself has no plans to be a director again.
When he filmed "Comet" before, don't look at him with ease, but he knows that in fact, he is not a real director, he only relies on the memories of the original work.
The movie "Stone" is a great test of the director's shooting skills, how to mobilize the lighting and scenery on the scene, and how to mobilize the emotions of the actors, which cannot be learned in a day or two.
However, just as he was checking the information of various directors, a phone call came to his mobile phone.
"What? The overseas release rights of "Comet"?"
......
Du He is a manager in an international film sales agency, mainly responsible for film purchases.
What they do in this industry is to release a movie around the world, and they can also get a share of the national box office, so as to make money.
This industry seems to have no cost, just connections.
But that's not the case at all, first of all, they take multiple films to the world at once, to participate in various film festivals.
This one is to make a name for yourself, and the other is to seek partners.
And every time they go to the film festival, it costs a lot, that is, they bring enough movies each time, so it is more cost-effective than those producers who only bring one film of their own.
And the movie needs to be promoted everywhere, and the aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys.
And these publicity expenses are all advanced by them, and then deducted from the profits obtained by the film, that is to say, if the box office share of the film they represent does not reach the publicity costs, they will lose money.
And the company's own channel fees and the like are not counted.
Recently, the company has been making a profit, but it is far from making money.
Now the whole company wants to find a movie that can make a lot of money to break the dullness of the company.
But just when all the employees of the company were setting their sights on the new movies that were constantly being launched in theaters, Du He found that on the video website, there was a movie with amazing reviews.
At first, he didn't have that intention.
No matter how good an online movie is, it is flawed.
But after he watched "Comet", he knew that he was wrong, although the shooting of this movie is simple, but the plot is interlocking, and it has the capital to go to theaters.
But that's not what he's supposed to care about.
He feels that "Comet" is like a strange soldier, not only the movie has a surprising brain hole, but also the marketing plan is eye-catching.
He immediately thought that he could apply the promotional method of "Comet" to promote other movies.
The conclusion is: it's hard!
In his opinion, this way of "Comet" seems to be only suitable for suspense movies, and even if it is a suspense movie, he wants to use such a publicity method, but can he make up the first fifteen questions of "Comet"?
After so many days, those fifteen questions are still on fire online.
Even quite a few professionals are trying to answer the question.
This kind of propaganda method is no longer something that ordinary people can do.
So.
Can you directly represent this "Comet"?
And in Du He's opinion, there is no movie more suitable for agency than this one.
When promoting in other countries, as long as these 20 questions are also released, and then a little boost, this movie will definitely be a hit.
Who doesn't like this kind of worry-free movie.
Then he found Chen Xiao's phone and dialed it.
This is the phone call that Chen Xiao received before, when Chen Xiao heard that the other party was an international agent salesman, he was also stunned, and directly patted his head.
Why didn't you think of distributing it abroad at that time?
Fortunately, an agent has now taken the initiative to contact Chen Xiao, and he now occupies the home field.
It didn't take long for a car to drive into Chen Xiao's community and stop at the door of Chen Xiao's house.
"Are you Du He, Manager Du?" After the other party got out of the car, Chen Xiao asked tentatively.
"That's right, you're Mr. Chen?"
Chen Xiao nodded, "Let's go, let's go into the house and talk." ”
When Du He entered the house, he said without words: "Mr. Chen's house is really beautiful." ”
"Rented!"
"Ahem...... Mr. Chen is really young and promising, and he has just graduated a year ago and can have such high achievements in film, animation, and literature. "Du He had worked before he came.
Chen Xiao smiled, this was the first time he had been praised in person like this, and he was really embarrassed for a while.
Then he said: "Manager Du, let's talk about business, I don't know how much profit share you need to ask you to represent my movie?"
"Young people are refreshing"
Du He didn't forget to praise first: "To act as an agent for a movie, our company also needs to spend huge costs, which require us to advance money, that is to say, all the risks of overseas operations are borne by our company, you only need to collect money." ”
Chen Xiao listened quietly and didn't express any opinions,
"Marketing costs need to be deducted from profits, but I admire Mr. Chen's thinking and ability to come up with such an amazing marketing plan.
A large part of my optimism about this movie is because of the marketing plan, which will save us a lot of costs, and it will also spread spontaneously among users, I have to say, you are really a genius!"
It can be heard that Du He is indeed full of praise for the marketing of "Comet", even higher than the evaluation of the movie itself, of course, this also has a lot to do with the other party's position.