Chapter 25: Rubbing the Red Carpet

In essence, Lu Xiaoran is an egoist!

The reason why I participated in "The Story of Two Donkeys", in addition to really thinking that the book is good, the most important thing is to see that this book is very suitable for awards!

Whether it is the Golden Rooster or the Hundred Flowers, they are all affiliated under the banner of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, who are the people of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles?

The consensus of the whole world is that the Federation of Literary and Art Circles is on the left...

"The Tale of Two Donkeys" itself is a member of the Tianjin Writers Association, and the Writers Association and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles are the same...

From this point of view, Lu Xiaoran feels that playing a Ma Jie, mixing the nominations of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers should not be a problem!

Why is it recommended that Li Dawei do a double ending?

Overseas edition, internal first edition?

I just want to be able to walk around the film festival!

It's also an honor to be nominated!

To exaggerate, Lu Xiaoran is also an international movie star...

Happiness came too suddenly...

Really shortlisted for the main competition?

No, the Berlin Film Festival will be held in February, and the shortlist has been announced, and the only Chinese films shortlisted are "Apple" and "Tuya's Marriage"...

I didn't see "The Tale of Two Donkeys"...

……

Wang Qingqiang directly solved his doubts: "We were not selected for the main competition unit, but we got the tickets for the screening!"

"The Tale of Two Donkeys is not suitable for promotion in the mainland, so we went to Berlin to participate in the exhibition!"

Lu Xiaoran suddenly realized, and then, the question came: "Don't we have a public screening license? Why is it not suitable for promotion?"

Wang Qingqiang waved his hand: "The gains outweigh the losses, "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", "Qinghong" plus a box office result of less than 1 million, not to mention profit, even the money for copying has not been earned!"

"The Good Man of the Three Gorges", a Golden Lion Award work, the greatest glory of Lao Jia's life, after the release in the mainland, the box office did not reach 300,000...

"Qinghong" is even worse, the work starring Da Meiyuan has a box office of 110,000...

These days, serious literary films really can't sell!

The market's reluctance to accept it is on the one hand, on the other hand, these people are not liked by Shangfeng, and China Film does not help with the distribution at all...

"The Good Man of the Three Gorges" is a roadshow from Jia Zhangke, and the audience is brought in, probably to prove something, it has to be released on the same day as "The City is Full of Golden Milk", and he said proudly: Even if you can't compete, you must let everyone know that there is not only one kind of movie in China!

The death was tragic...

"This movie is ostensibly about the revenge of the donkey, but in fact it is about the collective and the individual..."

Lu Xiaoran interrupted Wang Qingqiang's words: "In other words, you are going to Berlin to sell films?"

"It's not me, it's us!"

“… Can I go too?"

"You're the hero, who are you going to if you don't go?"

Lu Xiaoran grinned: "Okay, I haven't been abroad yet, I heard that German beer is delicious, I'll invite you then!"

“… Huh..."

Li Dawei smiled very reservedly...

"That's not right, Brother Dawei, didn't I introduce Li Ming to you?

“… He said he could help with the distribution. However, Mr. Ming wants to release it himself..."

"Mingdequan, he sells health care products, knows what kind of movie release?"

"But he's the main investor!"

Lu Xiaoran frowned...

I am most afraid that such an investor obviously does not understand the issuance, and still holds on to it!

"Ahem..."Wang Qingqiang coughed, and then said: "The price of the main pony is too low, they want to win the mainland copyright of "The Tale of Two Donkeys" for 1.8 million..."

"All copyrights, including TV and DVD copyrights?"

"Yes..."

"No wonder!"

Lu Xiaoran is not clear about the specific production cost of "The Story of Two Donkeys", but the crew hired more than 100 extras at most at one time, and it would cost more than 3 million for such a big battle...

Plus in the later stage, if you don't have five million, you may not be able to beat it!

1.8 million directly bought out the copyright in the mainland, Li Dagou is really a capitalist...

"Do you still know the publisher?"

"Shadow?"

"Mr. Ming wants to buy out directly... I don't want to do any post-accounting... I don't want to pay the issuance fee in advance..."

Lu Xiaoran smiled bitterly...

This Mingde Spring, probably because the water in the film industry is too deep, how much can be fished back, how much can be fished...

I don't want to spend a dime anymore!

Film distribution needs to pay for distribution in advance, and copying and publicity cost money!

"I'll help keep an eye on it..."Lu Xiaoran took the initiative to change the topic: "When are we leaving?"

"The 7th is officially opened, and we set off on the 6th!"

"How many days are you going to stay there?"

"It's going to take ten days... Do you have a scene to film?"

"Not really, I need to prepare a costume..."

……

Lu Xiaoran's house.

Zeng Guangxian is here, and they are discussing whether it is possible to win the mainland copyright of "The Tale of Two Donkeys"!

The reason why Lu Xiaoran asked so much was because he wanted Orange Image to win the distribution right!

"First of all, in terms of TV copyright, the opening price of the movie channel is between 1 million and 1.5 million, considering the movie you said, the movie channel itself is funded, so it will be calculated as 1.4 million;"

"DVD Copyright... Since the beginning of the previous year, the sales of DVDs have plummeted, and countless DVD stores have closed down every year.

"The box office... You say it's a comedy, but the selling point is only you and the two donkeys, let's calculate it according to the box office of 8 million, and how much will the final account be shared? less than 3 million!"

"300 + 140 + 20,000, if you can talk about mainland copyright for 2 million, we should make a profit..."

Lu Xiaoran was anxious: "Isn't this close to 4.5 million?"

"You don't have to pay for distribution and publicity in advance?"

"No matter what, you have to put a few advertisements, buy decent posters, and copy costs, without two million, you can't get it at all!"

"These are costs!"

Lu Xiaoran: "... I don't think it's three million, I can't talk about it!"

"Yes, people invested five million, not a small amount of money!"

“… Why don't we follow Huayi's example and sell a few patch ads?"

"The advertising price that Renhuayi can sell is because of Feng Xiaogang, who do we have?"

"Don't worry... When "Struggle" is broadcast, I should be a little famous, and when you talk to someone about it, it will be easier to talk about it!"

Zeng Guangxian waved his hand: "I'm not optimistic, and our company doesn't have three million on its account..."

"That's a problem. ”

"How much money do we have now?"

"Hehe..."

Lu Xiaoran smiled awkwardly...

This time, there is really no progress...

"Latent", not only did he not get paid, but he also put 400,000 yuan into it and made up a million investment...

"In this way, if there is any suitable advertisement or endorsement for me, you can take it for me. ”

"Let's wait a little longer, your popularity is too low now, at least after the broadcast of "Struggle"..."

After a pause, Zeng Guangxian suddenly proposed: "Boss, how did you think about the brokerage team I told you last time?"