Lan Li's answer, neither humble nor arrogant, hid a needle in the cotton, and quietly completed a powerful counterattack, giving Harvey an invisible slap in the face, and refuting Harvey with Harvey's words just now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This trick is really clever.

For reference, the North American distribution rights for "Blue Valentine" are in the hands of Weinstein Pictures for $6 million, and "Growing Up Education" is for Sony Classics for $4.5 million.

Of course, different films, in different years, and on different occasions, the final distribution rights are sold at different prices. However, just now Harvey kept saying that "Love Crazy" is no less high than "Blue Valentine's Day" and "Growth Education", and now in comparison, "Love Crazy" $1.5 million copyright buyout fee sounds like a joke.

In fact, the two films "Blue Valentine's Day" and "Growth Education" are not buyouts, but shares, although the proportion of shares is not high, but the crew can reap more profits from the North American box office.

The reason is very simple, it is not that these distribution companies are very kind, but because it is too difficult for these art independent films to make a profit, and most of the crews will end up losing money after shooting a movie, which will form a vicious circle, and fewer and fewer people are willing to concentrate on making art films.

For the sake of long-term considerations, the issuing company will generally be slightly more generous, which is the industry rule.

If you choose to buy out, the price will generally be relatively high, not only to cover the cost of the film, but also to leave some credits to ensure that the crew can achieve a small profit, so Sundance or Toronto occasionally breaks the news, and the transaction amount of distribution rights is as high as 10 million, or even more, which is the case.

If you choose to share, the price will be slightly lowered, and it is normal to hover around five million, but considering Sundance's works, the cost is generally relatively low, so it will generally fluctuate around three million. Correspondingly, the distribution company will take out 25 to 45 percent of the share, and whether it can make a profit depends on the performance of the movie.

In fact, this is a win-win situation, for the distribution company, they can reduce some risks and avoid exhaustion, especially the sharing, the distribution rights price is controlled within the effective range, and the burden of the box office is also distributed to the independent crew, which allows them to invest in more independent films and not put their eggs in one basket.

Of course, for independent crews, their work was appreciated and profitable, while also attracting the attention of major studios, paving the way for future growth. Sundance is also known as the best springboard for "commercial blockbuster directors".

The reason why Harvey lowered the price was actually just to bully Drake and Lan Li, two new hands, and he didn't know the way.

The $1.5 million distribution rights are actually a reasonable price point for a Sundance independent film, if you don't refer to "Blue Valentine" and "Growing Up".

If Harvey can win "Love Crazy" at this price, it means that his spare money can compete for more works at Sundance and cast his fishing nets a little bigger.

However, Lan Li didn't know anything about these curves, and he had no interest in learning about them. Strictly speaking, he didn't even know the transaction prices of "Blue Valentine" and "Growth Education", and even the transaction price of "buried alive" in Toronto last year, he had forgotten. He's just an actor, a simple actor.

The reason why Lan Li was able to make an accurate judgment was because after receiving the invitation from the Weinstein brothers, Andy reminded him that according to the pattern of Sundance this year, especially in reference to the current momentum of "Love Crazy", the transaction price of the final copyright must not be less than 3 million, and the ideal range should be 400 to 4.5 million.

Of course, this is the price of the share.

If it is a buyout, Andy estimates that the price should be around seven million, and six million is barely acceptable.

Therefore, when Harvey proposed a buyout price of 1.5 million, Lan Li was watching the show on the side.

Although it is natural for Harvey to lower the price in business, this price is really too ruthless, and Harvey still looks like a matter of course and giving orders.

For Harvey, "Love Goes Crazy" is just one of the many productions at the Sundance Film Festival, or a pawn in this year's awards season. There is nothing wrong with his attitude.

But Lan Li knows that for Drake, "Love is Crazy" is more than just a movie.

So, the scene just now.

Lan Li's seemingly simple sentence hid too many mysteries, and it immediately completely disrupted Harvey's entire chess game.

Harvey is a smart man, a top smart man, but the biggest weakness of smart people is that they always complicate simple things and always go deeper into superficial things. When he looked at Lan Li again, Harvey's eyes became deeper—he underestimated Lan Li, a young man who was only twenty-one years old, and it was obviously not that simple.

"So, what's the number you have in mind?" Harvey's panic was only a fleeting moment, and he calmed down between breaths and breaths, and said with a smile, as if he had willingly surrendered the initiative.

Drake felt that his brain's thinking speed could no longer keep up, and looked at Harvey dumbfounded: What does this mean? Do they make a random offer? If they offer 10 million, will Harvey just change his face?

But Lan Li's answer surprised Drake even more, "One and a half million, that's good." ”

This...... What is the answer?Drake cast a puzzled look at Lan Li. If you are satisfied with 1.5 million, Harvey has already proposed it just now, and they nodded and agreed, what is the purpose of the confrontation after that? If you are not satisfied, Lan Li repeats this number again, what does this mean?

A slap in the face?

Harvey's cheeks were indeed hot, not because of Lan Li's counterattack, but because of his underestimation of Lan Li. He asked Lan Li to make a price, in fact, he was testing Lan Li's bottom line, but Lan Li didn't buy it at all, and understood that he was talking about 1.5 million. Now, on the contrary, it pushed him to a passive position that was not embarrassing or embarrassing.

If he says 1.5 million now, it will be tantamount to a slap in the face -- the distribution rights of "Blue Valentine's Day" are 6 million; if he says that a number is too high, it means that his hole cards are exposed, and if it is too low, he will fall into the embarrassment of bargaining in the vegetable market.

Lan Li's seemingly random move is not only ironic, but also makes Harvey passive. This guy, really...... Impolite.

"I thought you were just an actor, but now it seems that you have a good talent for comedy and speak so wittily and humorously. "Who is Harvey, the big guy who turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain, how could he be in a mess? It's just that he was caught off guard by Lan Li, but he quickly calmed down, but he just needs to make some adjustments to Lan Li's assessment.

"Four and a half million, bought out at a fixed price. Harvey made a measure in his heart and gave this price, which not only showed his sincerity, but also maximized his own interests as much as possible.

Of course, more importantly, the creation of a new "bomb" that triples the transaction price in one fell swoop is incomparable.

It's like at an auction, where the price is increased by $100,000 or $100,000, and suddenly someone adds $2 million in one go, which is enough to make others retreat. Even if the real price of the auction item may be five million, it is very likely that this one-off increase will sell for well below five million.

Drake was completely dumbfounded at this time, the price of four and a half million directly made his head crash, and he felt a little unable to turn around. Such a transaction price is very rare even in the Sundance Film Festival in previous years. Now it was thrown directly in front of his eyes, as if gold bricks had been smashed from the sky, and he was directly smashed into dizziness.

In the face of Harvey's blows, Lan Li also showed his decisiveness, "Mr. Weinstein, I thought today's meeting was full of sincerity. But obviously, you're just thinking of 'crazy love' as a dispensable investment, like a big fish in a net, which seems to be quite fat, so you can take a look at it first. ”

Lan Li doesn't like such occasions, and is constantly calculating for some petty profits. Since Xavi showed his supposed sincerity, he didn't mind opening the skylight and saying something loud.

I saw that Lan Li showed a sincere smile, "It's better to be like this, let's all go back and think about it." You think about whether the fish is worth the more investment, and we think about whether we want to get on the boat. ”

Harvey looked at Lan Li seriously, and for the first time since they met today, he tried to catch a wise and sharp light in Lan Li's eyes, but he failed. He, he actually failed!

Lan Li in front of him looked so calm and composed, and his understatement words didn't have any edge at all, not even the slightest fluctuation, as if he was just discussing what the weather was like today. This calmness, calmness and atmosphere are even more terrifying than intelligence, showing a calmness that is completely inconsistent with age.

Harvey couldn't believe that he had really looked away. At this time, thinking about it carefully, Lan Li's two sentences at the beginning were obviously not coincidences, he just meant something. In this confrontation, Lan Li was fully prepared, but he didn't know anything about this newcomer, which led to the disadvantage.

It's rare, it's really rare.

"What, you're not happy with the number?" Harvey really became interested in the actor, and asked the same question a second time.

"Huh. Lan Li chuckled, a glimmer of light flashing in her dark brown eyes, "No, I'm not satisfied. Such a direct answer succeeded in making Harvey raise his eyebrows slightly, and then laughed. Lan Li continued, "Because I don't think 'Love is Crazy' is another 'growth education'. ”

Harvey nodded indifferently and sighed with a smile, "Maybe it's really not." ”

What does that mean? Does it mean...... One shot and two scattered?