This time, Gail Bullock was still half an hour late.

But the people finally came.

A middle-aged white man in his forties, who is very shrewd and capable at first glance.

A minute ago, John Days still looked impatient and almost wanted to go berserk, but when the door opened and Gail Bullock walked in, he immediately stood up with a smile on his face, walked over quickly, shook hands with the other party, introduced himself, and then introduced Li Qian to him.

Treating Li Qian, Gail Bullock was particularly enthusiastic, and after holding Li Qian's hand, he said: "Qian, myself, my wife, and my children are all fans of you and Liao! God testifies, you are all great singers and outstanding oriental musicians!" However, it seems that he doesn't remember anything about him turning down his appointment with Li Qian yesterday and being half an hour late today.

Or maybe he didn't care at all, and didn't think he had snubbed the oriental musician.

Today, the combined life experience of the past and present lives, coupled with his own personality, has made Li Qian almost enter the "old age state" in advance.

This thing can be done without being shocked.

After thanking each other for their appreciation, everyone sat down.

Gail Bullock sat down and said to John Dyce, "So, John, tell me about you! Have you considered it?

John Days had a look of uncertainty on his face when he heard this, but he still didn't show the slightest sign of getting angry, just with some exaggerated dissatisfaction, and said, "Hey, Gail, we said okay, you can take a look at our copy, talk to our director about his ideas, and then we'll revisit the issue of Disney distribution!"

Gail Bullock said nonchalantly: "John! You know, there are too many movies that want Disney to do the distribution! And we have a choice! IMHO, an animated film made in China, we can only use the method of buyout distribution, and it is impossible to divide it!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Li Qian and said, "This is the face of China Qian! We know that he is a great director, he has been recognized by the Berlin Film Festival, and he is very successful in the Chinese market!"

Li Qian smiled and didn't speak.

Gail Bullock had already turned his head to look at John Days at this time, shrugged his shoulders, and looked very dashing, "But you know, John, Qian has not proven himself in the North American market!

John Days looked even more disgruntled than before, "Gail, this is a very unique animation! It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful! I think you should at least see it before you decide!"

Gail Bullock spread his hands, suddenly turned to Li Qian, and said with a smile: "Hey, Qian, man! According to the information I have, your Minghu culture has a strong film distribution capacity in China, and you have recently invested in expanding your own cinema chain. So, have you ever thought about releasing American films in China? Maybe we can talk a little bit more about that?"

Li Qian smiled, "Of course you can." However, as far as I know, Disney's productions tend to be family-oriented, so the censorship of your films in China has always been relatively lenient and easy, and you don't seem to lack Chinese importers and distributors. ”

As soon as Gail Bullock heard that Li Qian was interested in this aspect, and even learned about it in advance, he immediately became a little excited, and immediately said: "No, no, no, Qian, you don't know, the scale of the Disney Group is very large, in addition to our own studios, and Disney Animation, we also have several labels, all of which are making movies! But those labels, you know, we will make movies of various styles, but it is very difficult for those works to enter China!" And our previous partners have always been hesitant to introduce those films, because our family carnival genre has made them feel that they are profitable enough!"

Speaking of this, he looked smug and said with a smile: "So, they lack some enterprising spirit!"

Li Qian smiled, feeling that John Days was looking at him with some nervousness, so he turned his head and gave him a look, signaling him to reassure, and then said to Gail Bullock: "So, you mean, if my Minghu Culture can reach a certain cooperation with you on the matter of introducing other Disney labels' films to China for screening, you will provide all the help I can for the release of this animated film in North America, right?"

Gail Bullock spread his hands, laughed, and said to John Days, "Our Chinese friends are really enough to negotiate!" but turning his head, he said seriously: "Yes, Qian, I have to say, it's a good deal, isn't it? You bring in Disney's work and distribute it in China, and we can take care of distributing your work in North America!"

Li Qian took a deep breath and said, "Should these things be discussed after reading the copy?"

Gail Bullock looked very reluctant, then shook his head, and said: "Qian, with all due respect, Disney is not optimistic about your work, any of your works, the box office expectations in North America, OK? So, whether you watch it or not, or even how high the artistic value of your film is, or how rotten it is, will not have any impact on our final cooperation! OK?"

Li Qian pursed his lips.

John Days protested loudly, "Hey, Gail, you can't make such an evaluation of a director's work, especially in front of the director himself! It's respect for art, it's respect for the director, OK? You can't! It's a big disrespect for Qian!"

Gail Bullock shrugged, "OK! I apologize! Qian, I hope you understand that I don't mean to belittle you, or your work!

Li Qian smiled and waved his hand at John Days, indicating that he was fine.

He then asked Gail Bullock, "So...... Don't need to look at the copy?"

Gail Bullock shrugged his shoulders again and said helplessly: "You're such a stubborn person! OK, of course you can watch copies, and of course you have to watch them! I can't release a movie without knowing what it's about! But that's a small thing, it's an unimportant thing, OK?"

Li Qian took a deep breath and asked, "If I can consider buying out the distribution, will Disney arrange for me to release it on Christmas schedule? What will be the scale of the release? What if we talk about other cooperation? Will this scale be expanded?"

Before Li Qian could finish speaking, Gail Bullock had already shook his head, "No, no, no, it won't be released on the Christmas schedule! No matter what kind of cooperation we reach, it won't appear in theaters in North America during the Christmas schedule, understand? In this year's Christmas schedule, we want to push "Wig the Pooh"! It is a work with an investment of up to $60 million and two years of production! We have high market expectations for this animated film! Preliminary market research, as well as our years of experience in production and distribution, also told us that this animated film would be very popular!"

Speaking of this, he spread his hands, "And if your movie is released at the same time, it will only be hit very badly, and it will not get the box office that it could have got! Qian, I'm thinking about you! We don't want to suffer these completely unnecessary losses, do we?"

After a pause, he added: "I was thinking, if we can reach an agreement, we may be able to arrange for it to be released in March next year! You all know that at that time, there were relatively few big-budget productions in the film market, so there would be little competitive pressure! It was the most suitable time for us to try some exotic things!"

He said a little dancing, and seemed to be very proud of his own distribution ideas, and gushed, "We will release it in dozens of theaters on a small scale, and accumulate its reputation first!"

"You know, Oriental Cinema, an animated film from China Qian, oh my God, there will be a lot of people who are curious and come into the cinema to contribute to the box office for us! If the movie is good, they will then post their thoughts on the website and in various online communities, and this will form our unique reputation!"

"Anyone has the curiosity mentality, doesn't it? Especially young people in North America! Some of them even like to see some unbelievable things!"

"Then, we can gradually increase the scale of its screenings - I mean, if its on-demand box office and reputation are very good! If it is not good, then you also understand, this is a test of the waters, right? But it will not hinder our continued cooperation in the future! Your works will be brought over, we will do the distribution, our works will be taken over, and you will be distributed! Whether it is a buyout or a share, it is okay, we can talk about it!"

Li Qian smiled and said calmly: "But Gail, this is not a curious Chinese work, from the beginning of production, our direction is a global family carnival animated film!"

Gail Bullock shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly, "That's better! Maybe we can make it in a low season like March and become a box office dark horse? Who knows! We'll have to try it to find out!"

Li Qian smiled, nodded with some interest, and said, "Maybe!"

As he spoke, he picked up what he had in hand and suddenly stood up.

Then, in Gail Bullock's surprised gaze, he stretched out his hand, and when Gail Bullock stood up, he subconsciously stretched out his hand, and he smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Bullock, thank you for your reception! If you have time to get to China, please be sure to let me know." You know, the Chinese have always been hospitable!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at John Dyce, who had also stood up at this time, and said calmly: "Let's go, Mr. Gail Bullock is so busy, it is not easy to sit with us for so long, we should not delay his precious time any longer!"

John Days shrugged helplessly.

Li Qian turned his head and smiled at the bewildered Gail Bullock, and said, "Mr. Bullock, goodbye!"

With that, he turned around and walked out.

Gail Bullock spread his hands, looked very confused, and said to John Dyce, "Hey, what's going on?

John Days shrugged his shoulders and wanted to leave, but he stood still, looked at Gail Bullock, shook his head, and said, "Hey, Gail, with all due respect! You are too arrogant, and Disney is too arrogant! Your conditions are unacceptable to our Chinese friends, so ...... Negotiations are broken!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Gail Bullock, quickly caught up with Li Qian, and chased him until he reached the door, and heard Gail Bullock inside seem to be scolding something in a low voice, and he whispered to Li Qian: "Qian! Have you thought it through?

Li Qian walked briskly, his face was calm and resolute.

John Days chased all the way and continued: "Although I know that they are indeed very arrogant, very arrogant, but the conditions can be negotiated slowly! We have to admit that Disney is indeed the best at publishing this kind of family carnival genre in the whole of North America!"

Li Qian suddenly stopped, looked at him, and said: "Buyout or distribution? You can talk about it! If the scale of the release is larger or smaller, you can also talk about it! You can still talk about exchanging channels with each other and acting as an agent for each other." However, it's definitely not about talking to Disney. ”

John Days spread his hands, "Hey, Qian, we can't be presumptuous, it's business! Understand? Business! The other party is indeed very arrogant, I know, it will make you very unhappy! But it's also part of the business! He doesn't look down on your movies as much as he appears, you know? This is to lower our psychological expectations, to be able to keep our prices to the lowest possible!"

"And we have full confidence in our work! So we should at least let him see a copy of the film before deciding whether to continue talking about it, and how to talk about it. Isn't it?"

Li Qian glanced at him, and suddenly walked forward again.

When Gail Bullock walked out of the reception room, he saw the backs of Li Qian and John Days disappearing around the corner of the corridor.

When the two of them entered the elevator, Li Qian said to John Days with a calm face: "Yes! I agree with you! But I suddenly thought that in fact, we can find a better partner, the kind of partner that can really benefit each other! And Disney, Disney, which is the best at making animated films in the world, is not such a partner! Our movies are good or bad, for Disney, they are potential competitors!"

John Days thought for a moment and shrugged, "So ......"

Li Qian's eyes were frighteningly bright, but he smiled, "So I think, this time Disney, we didn't come in vain! It at least let me know that the strong one disdains to talk about cooperation with his followers!"

After a pause, he said: "And you, John, your next task is to choose one of several other Hollywood companies! A film company that is also good at doing family carnival genres, but does not have its own animation department, and tell them that Minghu Culture from China can negotiate two-way film distribution cooperation with them! And is willing to be their vanguard to compete with Disney's unmatched animation works for many years!"

After a pause, he said earnestly: "Tell them that I came with a copy, and tell them that we invested 50 million dollars! And we used advanced technology that Disney does not have, and told a family-friendly animated movie that is suitable for American audiences!"

"Moreover, we are willing to be cannon fodder!"

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