On the second day after Elizabeth left, He Yingyu took her large bags of luggage and boarded the plane from the airport in Shuntianfu, flew directly to Chang'an Mansion, and took a car at the airport in Chang'an Mansion that came to pick her up, and rushed to the depths of the desert on the same day and entered the crew of "Dragon Gate Inn".

And Li Qian took a direct flight to Los Angeles after another day of delay in Shuntianfu.

If you want to achieve the global simultaneous release of "Hulu Baby", it is good to say in other regions, you can talk about it slowly, it is really impossible to talk about the schedule, and you can also delay the release, but since it is said that it wants to be "global synchronization", then at least, the market in North America will be released in the Christmas file anyway.

And, to be honest, for the Western world, the North American market can almost be seen as the bellwether of the box office market in the entire European and American regions. If you want to talk about the distribution of "Hulu Baby" in European countries, you must first talk about the distributors, distribution methods and distribution scale in North America!

As long as North America can get the opening scale of 2,000 theaters, then European countries will have the confidence to talk about it, and it will be better to talk about the division and the scale of the release.

However, "Hulu Baby", as a family-friendly animated film, its best and most suitable distributor, showed a lack of interest in the release of this film in North America.

When the plane landed, and before returning to Liao Liao's residence in Los Angeles, and still in the business car, John Days had already introduced the details of the previous release negotiations to Li Qian-

"First of all, this is an animated film from China, a Chinese story, and it is a mythological story, so distributors in many countries have expressed doubts about whether this film can achieve good box office results in Europe and the United States. You know, businessmen only care if this thing can bring them a profit, preferably a high profit!"

"But, with all due respect, your previous films that have been released around the world are not enough to add some extra persuasiveness to my negotiations. The "Once Upon a Time" series has done reasonably well in Europe, but in North America, it is far less influential than your opponent in China, Qin's "The Gate of Life and Death". Many film critics in North America have even written film reviews criticizing the film, saying that it is a "film with malicious intent" with "heavy attacks and ridicule against white people"! "Red Sorghum" is very popular in Europe and Latin America, but in North America, its box office and influence are still very limited. So, Qian, despite my efforts, our release negotiations have inevitably reached an impasse. ”

"As for what you want, of course, Disney Studios, which I hope for, they only agree to release it in the form of a buyout, and they will never allow this animated film to appear in the Christmas file! You know, this year's Christmas file, they have a "Little Bear Wig" to be released, and it is also a family carnival, with an investment of up to 60 million US dollars, they absolutely cannot afford to lose, and they do not welcome any competitors! Even if they are like everyone else, they think that "Hulu Baby" Such an animated film from China does not have the basis for being popular in North America!"

"Oh my God, don't you know, when they heard that this was an animated film from China, they were very surprised, and they asked me, is there an animated film in China?"

In this regard, what can Li Qian say, he can only ask John Days to help meet with people on the Disney side.

And this time, he came with a copy of the movie.

However, after waiting for two full days, Disney replied, and they only agreed to arrange for one of their directors of distribution, Gail Bullock, to meet with Li Qian to see the film copy of "Hulu Baby", and then talk about the distribution of "Hulu Baby" in North America for the third time - this is already the best treatment that John Days can get.

Nothing surprising or uncomfortable, Li Qian certainly wanted to meet the CEO of the Disney Group, Dee Iger, but, regardless of how he calls the wind and rain in China, and even a very famous band lead singer around the world, as a film director, his greatest global reputation is only a winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

When he came to Hollywood, especially in front of Hollywood's current seven major production companies, to talk about the distribution of a Chinese animated film in North America, he did not have any capital worth relying on.

And the arrogance of several famous Hollywood studios is also well known in the industry. Even if he is a successful director, even to the level of James Cameron, in front of the seven major Hollywood studios, he still has to be angry and depressed, not to mention Li Qian.

Therefore, since he is here to seek a better release of "Hulu Baby" in North America, Li Qian is ready to meet all kinds of things.

So, on the appointed day, Li Qian and John Days together came to the headquarters of the Disney Group with their assistants and a copy of "Hulu Baby" that had been dubbed in English in full.

Before getting out of the car, John Days specially reminded again, "Qian, Minghu Culture and yourself have a great influence in the Chinese film market, and Minghu Culture now has first-class distribution capabilities in China, and has begun to expand its own theater chain, so if the negotiations are really deadlocked, I think we may be able to start from this aspect and find another way to negotiate." I'm sure they're going to be interested in this! Because the Chinese film market is so covetous to all Hollywood studios!"

Li Qian nodded knowingly and said that he knew, but as he did when he talked about this matter before he came, he did not give an accurate answer at the first time.

Bringing in blockbusters from the United States and taking them to China for screening, for a company like Minghu Culture, which has little problem in opening up the Film Bureau and the Ministry of Culture, as long as it ensures a certain eye for selecting films, this is of course a good business that can make a fortune.

In fact, in the past ten years, the reason why Oriental Media Group has been able to occupy the position of the boss in the Chinese film industry, and almost no one can really shake it, is not just because of Du Weiyun. Zhou Yanghua began to introduce European and American films to be screened in domestic theaters many years ago, and now, the distribution company of Oriental Media Group introduces more than 10 European and American films every year, and the turnover and profit it contributes account for more than 30% of the annual turnover and profit of the entire Oriental Media Group.

So in fact, Li Qian's own fame and influence in the European and American entertainment circles are even far beyond Zhou Yanghua's countless levels, but if the person who came to Hollywood at this time was Zhou Yanghua, the treatment he received would definitely be several grades higher than the treatment Li Qian received at this time- A film dealer who has a strong ability to distribute European and American films in a market with an annual box office of up to two or three billion US dollars, and has been engaged in this distribution work for many years in the past, is something that every Hollywood film producer will attach great importance to, and will be extremely welcome to carry out in-depth cooperation.

In comparison, a big director who has no weight in the Chinese film industry has come to Hollywood, but he is not a big big man - although he also has a big film company behind him.

However, Li Qian has always been very hesitant about this.

He and Qi Jie are not unaware that distributing Hollywood movies is a lucrative business, and even if they don't know, the people in the distribution department have already had the idea of this for a long time, and John Days has reminded countless times before- As of now, Minghu Culture has not obtained the market access qualification for the distribution of Hollywood films from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Ministry of Culture, but with Li Qian's influence and reputation among the top levels of the domestic government, and his connections, it is not too difficult to get this access qualification.

But do you want to do it?

In the five-year production plan formulated by Minghu Culture not long ago, basically every year the company will spend 100 million to 150 million yuan to invest in its own company's film production, to ensure that the annual film output is three to four, even if its own theater company has not been completely formed, the company's ability to distribute in theaters is also marginal, and it is fully capable of taking a few Hollywood movies every year for distribution.

But in this way, it is bound to form another round of impact on other domestic films in China.

Minghu Culture does its own distribution, of course, it will not make a good grade interval between its own company's films and imported Hollywood movies, and is not worried about affecting its own box office results, but it will definitely have a strong impact on the films of the same schedule produced by other film companies!

In this era, Hollywood movies are rampaging all over the world, and there are five or six powerful companies in the domestic market such as Oriental Media Group to distribute their films, which is enough to make them like a tiger.

The Film Bureau has a quota for the introduction of films every year, but once it obtains the market access qualification, it can get a certain number of introduction quotas that are not subject to the total quota of introduction.

This introduction quota, although it has to pay a higher share to the film bureau, is still enough to make various Hollywood studios rush to it.

Then, those domestic film companies that are not strong enough, and those directors who must need to make production profits through one film after another in order to make their follow-up production plans supported by film companies, will inevitably lose investors in the next film under this impact.

Therefore, Minghu Culture has never had a plan to enter this market.

If you can't do it, you can't do it!

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At half past nine in the morning, Li Qian and John Days were already sitting in a reception room of the Disney Group, and the agreed meeting time between the two parties was ten o'clock in the morning.

According to Oriental etiquette, coming early can show Li Qian's sincerity in seeking cooperation.

However, waiting in the reception room until ten o'clock, Gail Bullock, the head of the distribution department of the Disney Group, who had agreed to come over to see the copies and discuss cooperation, did not come as promised.

At about 10:40, a staff member came to inform him that Mr. Gail Bullock had changed his itinerary at short notice, and that he was going to attend another internal screening this morning, so the meeting time was changed to 10 a.m. tomorrow.

John Days was already extremely ugly, and at this time, when he learned that the other party would not come at all in the morning, he looked even more gloomy and could explode at any time - this is of course an extremely impolite treatment, and more seriously, it will make him very faceless in front of his Oriental boss!

However, people just don't come, what can you do?

Carrying a copy of the movie, the two went out and went downstairs.

In the elevator, when there were only the two of them, John Days said angrily: "When "Titanic" was still in theaters and had just been released, a little person like Gail Bullock was not qualified to sit with me and talk about any movie release!

Of course, Li Qian's mood was not much better, but when he heard the words at this time, he could only shrug his shoulders.

It is conceivable that John Days, who single-handedly led the "Titanic" project with his support for James Cameron, was blessed with a halo when "Titanic" swept the global box office, and he must have been a guest of major Hollywood studios.

At that time, as we all know, he was James Cameron's most willing to work with, and he was also one of the few producers who could have a certain degree of control and persuasion over James Cameron. And Cameron's next film production plan is the top meeting of Hollywood's seven major studios, which is frequently mentioned and is what every studio strives to get.

James Cameron is a well-known technology freak in Hollywood, since the success of "Titanic", the special effects production company he co-founded with others has been full of business, and he himself has not had a follow-up production plan after a break of two or three years, but has plunged into the development of new technologies.

John Days has his latest news, it is said that he is very interested in 3D technology, and is currently leading the team to develop related technologies, and if this new 3D technology born from the past 3D can have a certain qualitative leap, it is said that James Cameron intends to use this new technology to shoot a subject he wanted to shoot a long time ago, a story of future people traveling back to the present - just like he used "Titanic" Just as he opened up the situation for the special effects of the film in one fell swoop, he would also be eager to open up the market for another new film technology he led through a convincing new movie.

Because he's the kind of guy who likes to make money with technology.

With the huge success of "Titanic" in the global market, it is impossible to overstate how much he has been sought after by Hollywood studios. And John Dyce, as his comrade-in-arms, naturally received all kinds of courtesy.

At this point, however, time has passed.

In the past few years, the fame and fortune of James Cameron can rest, but John Dayce, a producer, will not, he has led and participated in many production projects of Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount, but unfortunately, almost without exception, the results are not good.

Therefore, at this time, as a former famous producer, the treatment he received from the seven major Hollywood studios was naturally getting worse - even a small director of the distribution department of Disney Company had dared to push off his date casually, and change it.

I didn't even notice it in advance!

But even so, at half past nine in the morning of the next day, Li Qian and John Deiss still came to the same reception room on time with the copy.

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