Of course, those two Asians are Zhang Junsheng and Wen Ziren, and the funny thing is Zhang Junsheng...

The Jewish fat man didn't hesitate and walked straight over.

"Long time no see, Zhang. His fat face was full of smiles.

"yes, Harvey. Zhang Junsheng decisively opened his arms and hugged him gently, and said, "The King's Speech is really a masterpiece!"

Harvey nodded and said politely, "Thank you, I am more confident with your support." ”

"What's the matter, have the Chinese rights been sold? Do you need my help?" Zhang Junsheng was full of frankness, "You know, Miramax Films has a group of clusters in China!"

Harvey smiled and didn't answer.

Only by believing in him can there be ghosts!

Changed the topic at the right time, "How many little gold figures can you get this time?"

"It would be nice to get a few nominations. Zhang Junsheng glanced at Harvey Weinstein, "With you, I have no confidence, Oscar godfather!"

"Haha, you're so polite, you already won the best director last year..."

"That's because you're not there!"

"You Orientals, you are just too modest. ”

Having said that, Harvey Weinstein had a smug look on his face, "Why don't we work together once next year, and I'll do my best for you." ”

"Forget it, my focus next year is in China!"

"It's a pity... I've always felt that not winning Best Picture for "Vulgar" was a sacrilege against the film!"

Of course Zhang Junsheng won't believe this kind of nonsense, so he replied casually, "It doesn't matter, I'm still young, and I have time to continue waiting." ”

"Come on, the future is yours!"

Harvey patted Zhang Junsheng on the shoulder: "We'll talk again when we have time." ”

"Okay. Zhang Junsheng continued to smile, "I'll wait for your call." ”

Wen Ziren paid attention to the whole process, and when Harvey left, he couldn't help but say: "Tsk... I thought you'd just slap that big fat man!"

"Why am I scolding him? Not at all!"

There's nothing wrong with that!

Harvey Weinstein runs the Oscar rush in order to use the power of the Oscars to gain financial benefits...

How to survive in independent films!

Not to mention anything else, movies of the genre "Shakespeare", "The King's Speech", and "Cold Mountain", without the blessing of the Oscar halo, are likely to wait until a few years to achieve profitability.

The cost of time alone is unbearable for him and the shareholders of Miramax Films.

The production cost of "The King's Speech" was as high as 12 million pounds, and Harvey offered a buyout price of $30 million, which was rejected by Emile Sherman...

Emil Sherman is the producer of The King's Speech...

By the way, Emile Sherman is Zhang Junsheng's partner in Europe, and he is in charge of the distribution of Pinnacle and Yuehua's films...

Originally, "The King's Speech" was to be handed over to the summit for distribution, and the main source of production costs was Yuehua's investment...

I didn't expect Miramax to cut sideways!

In general, there are two types of contracts for North American production companies and distribution companies.

The first is that the distribution company buys out the film, and the film distribution right is owned by the distribution company, and the subsequent income has nothing to do with the production company;

The second is that the distribution company and the production company participate in the sharing, and the production company can generally share 15 to 30 percent of the box office, depending on the strength of both parties and the outcome of the negotiations.

After the $30 million buyout plan was rejected, Harvey offered a contract that he couldn't refuse: he only received a 25% share of the issue!

In Hollywood, the distribution fee charged by a studio for distributing a film is 35% of the total revenue...

Harvey directly reduced by ten percentage points...

Emil Sherman thinks Harvey is more reliable than Wen Ziren, what does ten percentage points mean?

If the box office breaks 100 million, he can earn 10 million more!

So, it's just handed over to him!

Of course, it is only limited to distribution, and the subsequent copyright operation has to be negotiated, after all, Miramax's peripheral sales ability is too poor...

In a sense, if "The King's Speech" can achieve good results, it should be Zhang Junsheng who is happy - he is also one of the investors...

Zhang Junsheng's films, including "Untouchable", will be released directly next month, and participating in the film festival is just a way of word-of-mouth publicity...

For him, the Oscar is an honor, if there is of course the best, no... It doesn't matter, it's not too delayed to sell films!

"Be careful, the biggest opponent this year is the King's Speech!"

“… I know!"

Although the list of nominees for this year's Oscars has not yet been announced, everyone knows that the biggest threat is none other than Miramax's "King's Speech"!

I really want to talk to Wen Ziren, don't be too focused on "The King's Speech"...

……

The Toronto Film Festival's People's Choice Award may represent the final prize.

As the distributor of the film, Summit Entertainment arranged a total of ten screenings for "Untouchable" at the Toronto Film Festival, and from the first screening, the venue was full, even if the airport after Zhang Junsheng and Xiao Lizi did not appear at all, the attendance rate reached more than 95%!

In the cinema industry, such attendance can also be classified as 100 percent.

On the first day of the Toronto Film Festival, "Untouchable" was screened a total of three times...

"The King's Speech" was also screened at the same time as the opening film, and the word-of-mouth seemed to be very good, but the word-of-mouth of the media and the audience was completely suppressed...

As for film critics, most of them stand "The King's Speech", Zhang Junsheng is an outsider after all, and the story of "Untouchable" focuses on warmth and friendship, which is not enough for film critics;

Once upon a time there was a king who stammered, but then he stopped stammering.

This is a story that is destined to be inspirational no matter how it is told, in other words, boring no matter how it is told.

If you choose such a theme, you can only rely on performance!

"The King's Speech" is flawless in every aspect of everything from cinematography, soundtrack to performance!

It's normal for film critics to stand this movie.

But the audience may find it a little boring - in terms of pure storytelling, it's really lackluster...

That's why Harvey has to use the Oscars!

Before the Oscars, the box office of "The King's Speech" was $38 million, and after the Oscar nominations were announced, the copyright of "The King's Speech" was operated to 117 countries around the world, and finally won $365 million worldwide...

……

On the third day, Xiao Lizi pulled Zhang Junsheng to a party...

I thought he wanted to introduce a few friends to him, but when he entered the party, he realized that this was a gathering of friends, and it was clearly a snap...

Looking at Xiao Lizi, who skillfully greeted a group of female skillfully on the field, Zhang Junsheng had a feeling that he had strayed into the rotten life of capitalism...

"Don't worry, it's hidden!"

Zhang Junsheng was hesitating whether he wanted to go down, a voice came from behind him, and he turned his head to look, it was Ryan Reynolds...