"Hehe, 5 million US dollars, it seems that Mr. Jeffrey is very confident in our movie. ”

Zhou Chen knew that the change in his heart was caught by Danpu, so he smiled easily to hide the shock in his heart.

$5 million.

That's about 17 times higher than the previous 300,000 buyout by Witch Films!

If converted to Huayuan, it is just enough for him to shoot "Machine Ji".

Zhou Chen's heart was really shaken.

Thinking of his father's advice before going abroad this time, giving him 100,000 yuan, Xiao Jiao's encounter in filming TV series, and borrowing Qiao Fei's 1 million, he almost nodded impulsively and agreed.

"Yes, it's a good movie, and it's a big hit horror genre, but who knows for sure what happens to the movie? ”

Dan looked at Zhou Chen seriously.

There must be many reasons why a foreigner comes to Hollywood to make movies for money, and it is not so easy.

Now that I have such a good opportunity to hold the benefits in my hands as soon as possible, I believe that the other party will definitely be tempted.

Otherwise, if the appetite is too great, if there is nothing left, it will be irreparable.

And for him and Lionsgate, if they can really win this movie with 5 million US dollars, it may be an excellent operation project at the end of this summer's summer vacation.

Low-budget horror films have always been the darlings of the North American market, and there have always been many creators of dark horse myths, who basically won't lose money, even if they buy videotapes, television, and online broadcast rights, they can recover their costs.

Moreover, in recent years, the market share of horror movies has continued to increase, and it has firmly ranked in the top two in the market, only lower than the total box office of superhero blockbusters.

For him, those with an investment of less than 10 million US dollars are small-budget movies, especially horror films, as long as the quality of the movie is good, it is worth investing.

Zhou Chen, a movie that claims a production cost of 300,000 US dollars, from his professional point of view, the production cost is about 150,000 US dollars.

But the viewing experience of this movie just now is not lost to him in any way to those horror movies made with 20 million US dollars.

is even better in the horror atmosphere, the sense of substitution, and the attention of the audience.

In addition, the subject matter is novel enough, and it is a documentary-style horror movie, which has a certain possibility of becoming a hit.

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to win the film before the other nine film and television companies bid, he would not have paid a buyout price of 5 million US dollars at once.

Everyone is a professional, and he is willing to gamble on a good project, and he has no choice but to do so.

Otherwise, you may have to pay a greater price, and you may not be able to win this film.

Zhou Chen listened to the other party's tone, looked at the other party's deep gaze, and suddenly understood a little.

This Dan chose to come to the apartment to talk about things instead of going to the café, probably because he wanted to see how he was doing, and he didn't want people to know that they would meet.

The bid to 5 million US dollars was purely to smash him and win the copyright of the movie.

It can be seen that he is very confident in the movie.

And he had always insisted on not selling out, and he was really shaken in front of such a high price just now.

It can be seen that he is still too young and inexperienced, so why invite the other party to the apartment to talk about things?

In addition, he has never seen the big world, which makes him unable to withstand the temptation and is easily shaken.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen's mood slowly calmed down and looked at the other party: "Mr. Jeffrey, thank you, your offer is too sudden, I need to think about it and discuss it with my partner." ”

Even if the other party's price is very high, but now that so many film companies have been invited to watch the film, it is better to look at the quotations of other film companies first.

The data provided by the film system has created a whopping 250 million US dollars at the box office.

Zhou Chen didn't expect such an explosive box office, but he was willing to try this opportunity to get rich overnight.

Even if he really loses a mess, he will only lose a few million, and he still has a chance to turn over.

"Zhou, do you want to see what other companies have to offer? Other companies are very small, and they won't be able to get such a high price like our Lionsgate. ”

Dan stared at Zhou Chen seriously again and said

"Mr. Jeffrey, I think you're mistaken, we weren't thinking about selling out, we were looking for a co-publishing partner. If your company is willing to cooperate with our 'Chenjia Culture' to distribute this film, rather than buying it out, then we will be more willing to cooperate with your company. ”

"Is it a cooperative distribution?Do you have experience in this aspect of the film and television company established by a few of you college students?," Dan looked at Zhou Chen suspiciously.

"Dan, I don't want to go into details, but we do have our methods. Zhou Chen called him by his name.

"Yes, then if we choose to cooperate in distribution, I don't know what conditions you have?" Dan continued to probe.

This young man obviously has no social experience, and he is very inexperienced in handling many things.

But under such a high offer, he did not waver in the end, which shows that either he has the bottom in his heart and does have a firm idea, or he is arrogant and arrogant to the extreme, and he doesn't know how many pounds and taels he has.

"I know that we are a new company, a new director, we have not proven ourselves, we are a small-budget film, so we will not overprice, our requirements are very simple, the best way to cooperate is to step the box office account. ”

"yes, it seems interesting, what about it?" Dan continued.

"Our minimum requirement is 10% of the box office, but if the box office of a movie is higher than $5 million, we ask for a 20% share, and for every $5 million higher in the total box office, we ask for a 5% increase.

Of course, before that, we need to be given 2 million dollars in publicity expenses. If you are not satisfied with our publicity, you can also do your own marketing promotion. ”

“…… Is that so?"

Dan's eyes looked at Zhou Chen seriously, as if he was sure of something: "Zhou, it seems that you are very confident in this movie, can you talk about your box office prediction for this movie?"

"As Mr. Jeffrey said before, who can say for sure? Of course, my hope is that the higher the better, but in any case, I think that this kind of cooperation of ours is the most beneficial for both sides, what do you think?"

"Hehe, it seems that you do have a lot of confidence in your film. Dan smiled slightly, and did not answer Zhou Chen directly, but he was thinking about it in a hurry.

Even if the box office of the movie reaches 20 million US dollars, Zhou Chen's 'Chenjia Film and Television' will only get 20% of the account.

Even if they have to pay 2 million marketing and publicity expenses first, compared with 5 million buyout costs, this kind of cooperation is obviously less for them to pay, and the risk is naturally smaller.

It's just that 2 million dollars are handed over to these hairy boys, which is really not reassuring, if they squander or use it privately, it will not achieve the publicity effect, but it will have a great impact on the movie.

Just then, the phone in the apartment rang suddenly.

Zhou Chen apologized and hurried over to answer.