James Qin, that is, Qin Hao, at this moment, is no longer as strong as before.

In fact, it's not that Hollywood, or those filmmakers in North America, are necessarily more domineering, this kind of thing is two-sided.

Tianmeng's side is obviously an investor, but they put their posture too low, and as a result, others think that they are really stupid and have a lot of money.

Naturally, it fueled their prestige, James Qin is a new commercial director in North America, but in fact, Chinese directors like James Qin can get far less resources than those white directors in North American Hollywood.

And the reason why it has become invincible is actually very simple, the ancient emperors were shouted long live every day, and there were eunuchs around every day all kinds of sycophants who came without money, and no matter how rational people were, they would become arrogant.

In the early days, Tianmeng treated James Qin, a Hollywood "famous director", with the same attitude of kneeling and licking.

Naturally, James Qin and the others began to swell.

That's why James Qin, that is, Qin Hao, made a low-level mistake when he had the final editing rights.

In fact, it can't be said to be a mistake, in fact, perhaps for those top commercial directors in North America, the pursuit of so-called art is not so urgent.

But for James Qin, he was very eager for artistic recognition.

As a result, he began to add a lot of his own ideas to a blockbuster movie with more than 200 million US dollars.

158-minute movie, doesn't he know that such a length is very harmful to the movie itself? Especially since this is still a commercial movie, although it is not a pure popcorn movie, but in fact it is not far away.

And when Ou Zhengqun persuaded him, he resolutely refused.

At last he ate the bitter wine he had brewed.

It wasn't until this moment that he came to his senses, not that he couldn't have artistic pursuits, but he definitely couldn't make such a ridiculous move on such a big project.

He only remembered that the funding for this movie came from Tianmeng Pictures in Huaguo, but he forgot that an A-level big production is an A-level big production.

No one is going to risk this kind of billions of dollars.

This knows no borders!

The failure of this "Mystery of the World Atlantis" can be said to have a fatal negative impact on him.

So it is difficult for him to receive another A-grade masterpiece today, because he has overdrawn the fame brought by his previous three films.

And if he wants to turn over, the only chance, and the best chance, is the remaining contract with Tianmeng!

That's why he will be so polite to Liang Si!

Liang Si still attaches great importance to James Qin, don't look at it as if James Qin seems to be carried away this time, and it is a little inflated, which leads to failure.

But who of these people who can succeed in a row, who can stand out among so many people, is really stupid?

How can people who don't know how to be flexible mix well in this circle?

And, in fact, James Qin can't be regarded as a complete failure.

"Mystery of the World Atlantis" also exceeded 1 billion at the box office in China, reaching 1.48 billion!

Although this result can't be compared to "The Martian", it is not too bad!

The box office in North America is less than 200 million US dollars, and the overseas box office is comparable to that of North America in addition to China.

The total global box office also exceeded 600 million US dollars!

This is not a bad result!

After all, the results of "The Martian" are actually the box office of "Atlantis" on the Chinese side, but in other overseas countries, the results of "The Martian" are not so good, and they can only be on par with "Atlantis", which is almost the same as "Atlantis"!

In fact, the biggest problem lies with Tianmeng.

"Mystery of the World Atlantis" Tianmeng paid a huge price just to get the adaptation rights, and at the same time, the lack of distribution channels, as well as the salaries of Hollywood directors and actors, were too high and too high, so the total production cost of "Mystery of the World Atlantis" far exceeded 200 million US dollars.

Coupled with the cost of publicity, it can be said that it has reached nearly 400 million US dollars, and those leading actors and directors James Qin, as well as the author of "The Mystery of the World", will participate in the box office share.

This makes it impossible for Tianmeng to see any possibility of profit in "Mystery of the World Atlantis".

Of course, it's not that it's impossible, but if you want to make a profit, Ou Zhengqun, the previous CEO of Tianmeng, made a statistic that at least the global box office must exceed 1.2 billion US dollars before it is possible to really return to the capital, and in fact, most of the profits are taken away by other Hollywood star directors and screenwriters who are called foreign workers by Tianmeng!

By the way, there's also Mina Films, the distributor of this movie in Hollywood.

Of course, if the box office really exceeds 1.2 billion US dollars, then "Atlantis, the Mystery of the World" will definitely not be as simple as returning to its original cost, you know, although in North America, it is now very small to recoup investment by box office alone, or the proportion of box office revenue is getting smaller and smaller.

But why are you still chasing high box office so much?

In fact, it is very simple, the box office is the weather vane, especially the box office trend in North America is usually regarded by overseas theaters as a key to measure the success or failure of a film.

If the North American box office is good, the overseas box office will not be too bad.

The same goes for DVDs, film and television peripherals, network copyrights, TV broadcast rights, and so on.

The price codes of these are all based on the box office of the movie!

The box office of the movie is high, and these prices will naturally rise with it.

If the box office of the movie is low, it proves that the market does not buy it, then the price of these peripherals will naturally be low.

Of course, there are exceptions, that is, some films that hit the Academy Awards, these films are usually able to get a good box office after being nominated, as well as DVD and other copyrights, but they will also start to increase in price because of this nomination or award!

That's why so many films want to go to film festivals.

Because once you win an award, then you will be famous, and if you have a publicity gimmick, someone will buy it.

Why can those early directors of literary and artistic films in China continue to make films? Even if their films can't even enter domestic theaters at all, they even commit crimes against the wind and directly make banned films!

Where does their confidence come from?

Are those investors really stupid? Of course not.

If it is unprofitable, no matter how good you brag about, only those who are really stupid and have a lot of money will invest.

And are those investors really stupid and have a lot of money?

Of course not, you know you must not make any money and still invest? That's a fool!

In the early years, those domestic literary film directors, although their films were difficult to make a difference at the commercial box office, but they could go to film festivals, and if they were lucky enough to win awards, then it would be very simple to make money.

In fact, it can also be said to be a bet, betting on whether this movie can be nominated and awarded!