Li Mu hopes to increase the coverage and influence of zombie films overseas as much as possible, based on this, he asked Makino Imaging to find a powerful distributor, and then reduce the proportion of Makino Image's share.

According to the normal situation, for most countries, the box office share of overseas film imports should be between 25-35%, and most of them are in the 30% range, Li Mu takes these copyrights The cost is surprisingly low, and he can recover all his copyright investment and even a surplus by relying on the copyright income broadcast by domestic TV stations, so the income from overseas licensing is not so important to Li Mu.

Immediately, Makino Imaging formulated a cooperation tone internally, only looking for the most influential distributor in a national market, if the other party did not take the initiative to contact, Makino Imaging can take the initiative to contact them, and Makino Image's cooperation requirements are, the box office share can be reduced to 15% or even 10%, but the film scheduling rate must be guaranteed to a certain extent, and the distributor must make it clear in the contract that 50% of the revenue ratio given up by Makino Imaging should be distributed to the theater.

Giving the distributor more profit space will make them work harder for the promotion and implementation of the film, and giving the theater more profit space will make them take the initiative to come up with more scheduling resources.

If the attendance rate of movie A is 10% higher than that of movie B, the theater chain will naturally be more willing to schedule more films for A, but if the profit of movie B is 10% or 15% higher, then the theater will be more inclined to the latter.

The overseas market is very fragmented, the core theater is North America and Europe, followed by Japan and South Korea, and the rest is a large number of various countries, traditional film distributors, even if it is the top Hollywood film and television company, it is difficult to achieve global promotion, but the Internet is an exception, if globalization is the trend of all walks of life, then the three words of globalization are based on the Internet, so in all walks of life has not really achieved globalization today, the only thing that can achieve globalization is the Internet.

The awesomeness of "Plants vs. Zombies Online" is that it covers a wide range and is suitable for all ages, and after the new version comes out, players have a high degree of acceptance, so they have a strong curiosity about the Chinese zombies themselves, which is very important, which is equivalent to warming up the zombie film on a global scale in advance.

In order to improve the performance of "Mr. Zombie" in the North American market, Li Mu specially contacted Spielberg, hoping that he could introduce him to a distributor with sufficient ability to facilitate the release of the film in the North American market as soon as possible.

Spielberg was busy with the filming of "Flying Tigers", and a few days ago, under the pressure of SARS in China, he led the team to Huaxia and set up a filming site in Spring City, and then he never left Huaxia, focusing on his work, so he naturally didn't have time to pay attention to what was happening on the Internet, and he hadn't even heard of the new version of "Plants vs. Zombies Online".

When Spielberg suddenly heard that Li Mu wanted to release a Hong Kong 85-year-old movie in the United States, one of his thoughts was impossible, no matter how good the 85-year-old movie in the United States was, it was impossible to re-release it, even if there was little room for DVD and videotape markets, not to mention a Hong Kong movie, no matter how strong Li Mu's influence was, he couldn't force the audience to pay for an 85-year-old Hong Kong movie.

However, Spielberg didn't explain this directly, because he knew Li Mu's routine, and what he believed, it was difficult for ordinary people to make him change his mind, even if he said it badly, he still wouldn't give up, not to mention, he was looking for help from himself, and if he refused to help, it would be a harm to the cooperative relationship between the two.

As a result, Spielberg could only agree first, promising Li Mu that he would communicate with the publishers he knew, so as to help Li Mu promote cooperation.

Subsequently, Spielberg immediately called one of the publishers that DreamWorks cooperated with the most and closest, what he expected was to ask for help with the other party, and if the other party refused, he would take some favors into it, Li Mu rarely dragged himself to help, and if he couldn't do it this time, his face would be somewhat unbearable.

Spielberg has recently had more contact with the Chinese people, and he has somewhat understood some of the Chinese people's sophistication, which he regards as an oriental philosophy of life, and has studied it carefully for a period of time.

At this time, it was night in Los Angeles, and the other party received a call from Spielberg, and as soon as he came up, he teased like an old friend: "Hey Steven, how are you doing in China? Are you infected with the terrible SARS?"

"Shit, Lucas. Spielberg smiled helplessly and said: "China is very safe, at least safer than the United States, and you may not be able to hear a gunshot in your own ears if you come here for 30 years." ”

"Haha. The other party smiled: "I can't imagine what it would be like when there were no guns, there was a shooting in Hollywood two days ago, a brain-dead person who always plays a third-tier character in a third-tier TV series, shot and killed a director and a screenwriter on the set, I happened to go to the studio next door that day, and I almost peed my pants in fright." ”

Spielberg laughed: "You should thank God, you bastard, God still bless you." ”

"Come on. The other party smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong with calling me halfway around the world, man?" ”

Spielberg smiled: "You know Li Mu, right? ”

"Fuck!" The other party's voice immediately became serious, and said: "Of course I know, don't say anything else, it's just his Muying ticketing system, which has helped me a lot, otherwise how can the box office be as good as it is now, the Internet is really bull X, Li Mu is really bull X, that guy is simply a god!"

"Okay. Spielberg smiled: "Since you know him, then what I say next, you have to have more snacks, after all, Li Mu has brought you a lot of help." ”

"You say!"

"That's ......" Spielberg said in a somewhat embarrassed voice: "Li Mu has a movie shot in Hong Kong in 85, yes, you haven't heard of it, 1985, a work in the eighties of the last century, what is the movie called "Mr. Zombie", according to him, it is about what China-Zombie pioneered work, sorry I don't know what the hell China-Zombie is......"

The other party interrupted with a smile: "Shit Steven, you are out of touch with the times now!" China-Zombie, this is a Chinese zombie, this thing is a hot mess now! Don't you play "Plants vs. Zombies Online"? Even my three-year-old grandson can play it." ”

"Oh please......" Spielberg said helplessly, "I'm working, a big production with an investment of nearly $200 million, it's almost draining all my energy, how can I still have the energy to play computer games!" But I've played this game before, what does this have to do with China-Zombie?"

"People have come up with a new version!" The other party smiled: "In the new version, a lot of local Chinese elements have been added, including a whole set of images and systems about China-Zombie, to be honest, people's zombie system is much more interesting than our zombies and vampires, at least people's upgrade system is very clear and huge, unlike us, our zombies are almost the same, the level of combat effectiveness is unified, and there is no clear hierarchy of the strength of the vampire, it just depends on who lives longer......"

As he spoke, the other party suddenly came back to his senses and blurted out, "Wait, Steven, what did you just say? Li Mu has a Hong Kong zombie movie? God, does he want to cooperate with us?

Spielberg snorted, a little embarrassed, and said, "If you find it difficult, don't force it, oh no! I hope you can do me a favor......

"God!" the other party said excitedly: "Steven, if you can win the North American distribution rights of this movie, you will do me a favor!"

"What?!" Spielberg was amazed and puzzled.

The other party said excitedly: "Do you know, now everyone is talking about Chinese zombies, many people disassemble the Chinese zombie movie into image commentary, which has aroused a lot of curiosity and attention on the Internet, everyone wants to really go to the cinema to watch a Chinese zombie movie, this thing is really mysterious, it is said that they have a profession that specializes in dealing with zombies, you can fix zombies with a piece of yellow paper, with glutinous rice, Black dog blood and black donkey's feet can drive away zombies, just like our vampires are afraid of sunlight and garlic, it's a really interesting setting......"

Spielberg wondered and asked him, "You mean, audiences in the United States are now looking forward to seeing a 1985 Hong Kong movie in the cinema?!"

"Yes!" the other party said excitedly: "Everyone wants to spend a few dollars to learn about the mysterious oriental culture, which is so worth it, to see an exhibition of exotic cultures, the ticket is at least a few dozen dollars, so the money is immeasurable!"

Spielberg felt that the three views had been subverted, but if he thought about it differently, Li Mu did things like this! Impossible things became possible when he got there, and he would always do a lot of amazing operations.

So, Spielberg asked him, "Would you like to release this film in North America?"

"Shit Steven, of course I do, I'm so fucking willing! Do you know how many distributors around the world want to get the distribution rights to this film right now? God, there are too many, and Makino Imaging hasn't responded to those requests yet, if you can help me get the North American distribution rights for this film, I'll fly to China myself and kiss your ass!"

Spielberg said: "Li Mu is asking me to help find a powerful North American publisher, since this is the case, then I will help you pull the strings, and you can talk to Li Mu's people in detail!"

"Great!" The other party was pleasantly surprised, and said: "You help me convey Li Mu, now is the stage when cinema movies are relatively scarce, if we can, we had better release it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to operate until the summer, the current vacancy rate of cinema screenings is more than 60% as a whole, and I will definitely strive for the greatest filming efforts to make this movie make a lot of money in North America!"

Spielberg smiled: "I think it is necessary for you to come to Huaxia, Li Mu cares about the sincerity of the other party very much." ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and he suddenly made up his mind: "OK, I'll fly to Yanjing tomorrow morning!"

"Do you have a visa?"

"Of course I have!"