(Addendum Chapter 20)

The filming cost of "Twilight" is 30 million US dollars, and the actors' salaries are very low, they are all newcomers, what kind of salary do you talk about?

And Dingfeng signed a three-part salary agreement at one time and packaged several leading actors.

Of course, the salaries of the second and third parts will definitely rise, but it will definitely not be high!

In addition, the filming location and post-production of the film are all in Vancouver, and there is a 30% tax rebate, so the actual shooting cost does not exceed 20 million...

The North American box office alone is guaranteed to make a lot of money at the top!

Now it's time to consider overseas releases!

Do you want to sell it as a package or set up your own overseas distribution channel?

The data shows that the overseas box office of films with a box office of more than $30 million in North America is basically higher than that of the North American box office!

Moreover, the full copyright operation, managing the TV copyright of various countries is a huge income!

Universal offered $120 million to want overseas rights to "Twilight"...

Zhang Junsheng was hesitant...

Frankly speaking, 120 million, the sincerity is very strong!

After all, if "Twilight" wants to be a global hit, it has to spend no less than $50 million on publicity at the peak, and as for overseas box office revenue, it can only recover one-third at most, and the peak also lacks offline distribution channels...

If only we could acquire a media company with global distribution channels!

This can only be said to be delusional, MGM went bankrupt, Wanda wanted to buy it, and the price was higher than Sony's, but the federal government finally approved Sony's offer!

Even if Lao Mei agrees, don't think about this thing if it doesn't have $6 billion!

Is it possible to acquire a company with a non-U.S. issuance?

For example, United Artists, EMI, and Rogge Pictures, these are all old European film distribution companies, they have their own distribution channels, and most importantly, the scale is not too big, and Zhang Junsheng's funds are enough to buy it!

After thinking about it, Zhang Junsheng dialed Wen Ziren's phone: "The overseas sales of "Twilight" can be handed over to Universal, but we will sell it in a package!"

"Garage Horror, Battle of Elira Valley, Never Back Down, Carefree and Twilight that weren't sold before were packaged and sold to Universal together, just... 160 million, 150 million is fine, you can do it!"

Wen Ziren: "..."

This kind of packaged sales is not original to Summit Entertainment!

In the original time and space, every year when China Film introduces a certain popular film, it always passively buys a few bad movies.

So many times, there will always be a few street hits in the cinema that have been released in North America for a long time, and these are the partners who are forced into the film package.

But this hitchhiker is not free, you have to buy it with real money.

For film companies, taking a head can not only recoup funds, but also effectively dilute the profits of profitable films.

"Give me a year, I will open up overseas channels, and when the time comes, we will release "New Moon" by ourselves!"

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Junsheng immediately called Tang Ningyu and several other executives, and everyone studied which company was more suitable to acquire...

……

After the first weekend, the weekday performance of "Red Cliff" was speechless...

The drop is 70 percent!

On Sunday, it received 28 million, and on Monday, only 8.5 million came in, and it is obvious that in addition to the impact of weekdays, there is also the impact of word of mouth!

On the Internet, voices mocking "Red Cliff" can be seen everywhere.

"Do you know movies?"

"I understand a little..."

"The rhythm is a mess, the scene is a mess, it's all a mess, I really understand it!"

"Why don't you find Zhang Junsheng to shoot it, he can shoot it better and funnier!"

"This is also called "Red Cliff"?"

The bad reviews of "Red Cliff" made the audience hesitate before entering the cinema...

What's more, the popularity of "Crazy Stone" has not diminished, with a weekday box office of 8 million, which is only 500,000 less than "Red Cliff", which was released for three days...

"Compared with "Crazy Stone", I found that Hu Zongming didn't understand what Chinese audiences wanted to see, no wonder the box office and word-of-mouth were a mess!"

"Is there sincerity, we can see at a glance, where is the $120 million spent?"

"Maybe "Red Cliff" (below)..."

"Come on, look at it, I don't want to look at it anymore!"

On July 6th, the latest report of "Sanlian" was released: "Red Cliff" was released in North America, and the box office of a single museum failed to break 3,000 US dollars, and the tickets for the first weekend were only 20,000...

The box office suffered a waterloo...

There wasn't even a film critic specifically commenting...

Hu Zongming, who was still looking forward to the North American box office, completely gave up and put all his bets on the Japanese box office!

"Crazy Stone" has a cumulative box office of 280 million, but it is impossible to break the record of "Titanic", high-definition piracy has become popular...

……

In addition to the pirated copies that have been sold on the street, "Crazy Stone" is even more flooded on the Internet!

Various film and television forums and film and television download websites are pushing the pirated version of "Crazy Stone".

There is no doubt that this is an organized operation on a large scale!

Domestic pirated movies are not uncommon, there is nothing to make a fuss about, and it is normal for the movie to leak out of the HD version for two weeks after its release.

However, there are people on the Internet who are pushing the pirated version of "Crazy Stone", which is obviously an organized and premeditated act.

Who is behind the organization of this operation?

Hehe, don't guess at all!

……

"The reaction of the people in the theater chain, "Red Cliff" rebates three points!"

“… Let's go back to three! The schedule must be maintained..."

“… What about piracy?"

"Sue them!"

"Sue whom?"

"The state has not already promulgated the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Audiovisual Program Content", piracy is illegal, and all websites that appear pirated are all sued by the Internet Supervision Bureau, so that they can block the source first!"

After a pause, Zhang Junsheng looked at Ye Ning: "Go, find someone to burn the master disk of "Red Cliff", at eight o'clock tonight, I want to see the source of high-definition piracy of "Red Cliff" appear on Weibo!"

“… Also, upload the high-definition version of "Red Cliff" to major video websites, and promote it on the homepage of Yuehua Video!"

The last one was a bit deliberate, and it directly exposed the target, Tang Ningyu persuaded: "... Isn't that okay?"

"Everyone has killed the door, what's wrong? It's a big deal that I came forward to apologize, and I said that the staff had slippery hands!"

"No, you can't do that!"

Tang Ningyu stood up directly: "We have to follow the minimum bottom line when making movies, Yuehua is the largest media company in China, Yuehua Video has always insisted on genuine version, if we do the same, then the whole industry will be completely messed up!"

“… Okay, good, you have a bottom line, you're awesome!"

After thinking about it, let's change the way: "Let's find the media to publicize it, and just say that "Red Cliff" suffered high-definition piracy and suffered heavy losses, how about it?"

"How?"

"Tell me more about how to watch piracy..."

"Will there be a problem with this?"

"Big brother, this is my bottom line!"