Tang En said: "In the first two years, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" set off a martial arts craze in North America, and Miramax took the opportunity to rebroadcast several old Hong Kong films, and "Jingwu Heroes" alone had a North American box office of 3 million US dollars. Jet Lee still has a certain appeal in the United States. ”

Director Zhang was a little embarrassed, ""Hero" is ...... in North America It's for the Oscars. ”

"Hero" is a milestone for Chinese films, which does not need the North American market at all, and the Asian market alone can earn 200 million.

Director Zhang has proven his strength in Europe, and in front of him, there is only a mountain left for the Oscars!

As long as he wins this award, he will be the number one Chinese director on the same level as Ann Lee!

This is not only a personal honor, but also a political task.

Don shook his head regretfully, "I'm afraid you can't imagine how much "Hero" can sell at the box office in North America." ”

"How much?"

Director Zhang's face changed.

Don stretched out a slap in the face, "At least $50 million!"

"Huh?"

This time, the entire "Hero" crew was stunned.

$50 million at the North American box office, even if you only get 30% of the account, it is $15 million, which is 120 million when converted into the currency of the other side!

Tang En said lightly: "This is only the box office market, the videotape and DVD market can sell another 20 million US dollars, and cable TV can also get millions of dollars in broadcast fees." Overall, Miramax can make at least $40 million from a movie called "Heroes"!"

Everyone in the crew of "Heroes" was dumbfounded!

Even the young actress Miss Zhang was shocked by the set of terrifying numbers that Tang En said.

Director Zhang's face was almost distorted.

Don shook his head helplessly.

In this era, China has just joined the TO, the international market has just opened, and the idea of admiring foreign countries is too heavy, just thinking about mixing up fame abroad, and after returning to China, he not only has a movie reputation, but also a political image.

But then again, the reason why "Hero" can sell so much in North America, in addition to the popularity of the Chinese, the biggest factor is Harvey Weinstein's editing.

That's right, the American version of "Hero" is different from the mainland version of "Hero".

Without Harvey Weinstein's final cut and Quentin Tarantino's producer's signature, Americans would not have been able to understand the mainland version of "Heroes" with its mysterious oriental overtones and overly concise lines.

In the United States, there are many independent film companies that operate overseas films, and only Miramax is the crown jewel.

Why?

Because of Harvey Weinstein!

All the foreign films that Miramax collected, with the exception of a few films that were too good, or films with a distinct cult style, had to be reviewed by Harvey Weinstein first.

He will re-edit it according to the taste of the Americans, and then introduce it to the American market.

Through this model, Miramax made a lot of money.

In this sense, Harvey Weinstein is the god of the American independent film industry!

It's just that this guy has very hard bones.

Even Michael Eisner bowed to Donn, even Kirk Douglas is finished, and this guy is still stiff.

I don't know if it's stupid or confident.

"Let's eat a trench and grow wise, don't sign a buyout agreement casually in the future. ”

Tang En waved his hand and looked at the soulless "Hero" crew, a little helpless.

"Director Donne...... Oh, Director Walker, do you think "Hero" really won't win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?"

Tang En said: "Then I'll say it bluntly, the imitation traces of "Hero" are too heavy. The Oscars have already promoted Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to the world, and in a short period of time, it is impossible to launch another film of the same genre. The Oscar is a worldwide award, and it can't just serve martial arts films. ”

Director Zhang's face is like a pig's liver, and he doesn't seem to give up.

Don didn't say much.

His words have already been said, and it is up to him how to go in the future.

It's like Donn pointing out John Wu.

told him not to change his style, not to make war movies that he is not good at, but he just didn't listen to it, and took over the filming of "Wind Whisperer".

You can't get along in Hollywood, right?

However, pointing is pointing.

It is impossible to carry it.

At the level of Director Zhang and John Wu, Don is also powerless.

Take a shot of domestic films and Hong Kong films!

One is the "Light of the Continent" and the other is the "Light of Asia", which is a huge name, enough to eat for a lifetime.

If it were director Ann Lee, Don would definitely leave no stone unturned.

……

There is no need to dwell on the details of the night.

Don enjoyed the night.

During this time, Natalie took annual leave, which made his personal life a little restrained and not enjoyable.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he can show his strength, one dragon and three phoenixes, and make the sky dark!

Even Nicole Kidman was angry and weird, saying that he was endlessly fooling around.

……

As soon as Kevin Turner took office, IMAX gave him a result.

Donn and Kevin Turner came to IMAX to inspect in person.

"This is the latest digital projection equipment?" Donn looked at a brand-new playback machine in front of him, a little surprised, "It looks like the past, it's no different from the past." ”

In 1994, Richard Gerfang partnered with another investor to buy IMAX, which had an annual box office of only $35,000 at the time, and co-took the helm.

After Donn acquired IMAX, Richard Grfon was appointed chairman and CEO of IMAX.

Richard Grfon said with a smile: "The hardware doesn't really need to be updated, the main thing is the change of the playback system. ”

Donn nodded.

At the request of Donn, IMAX has increased the research and development of digital projection technology, digital copy and digital conversion technology, and finally made a major breakthrough in a year.

Richard Gerfang explains: "We borrowed DMR technology to produce a digital copy of the Digital Cinema Packaging Format (DCP format) with four times the resolution of a regular film and twice the resolution of last year's IMAX digital film. With today's playback technology, this clarity is enough to make a digital copy as fake as a film copy. ”

It's 2003 and digital technology is advancing at a rapid pace.

However, many veteran filmmakers still love film, in addition to personal habits and adherence to the traditional film mode, the definition of digital copies is not high, which is also a big reason.

The digital copy of the DCP format newly launched by imax is enough to promote it to the market in a large area and in all directions!

After all, IMAX film copies are too expensive, and Don can't even play with them.

Last year's "Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl" grossed $21 million in IMAX theaters, and the profit turned out to be less than $3 million.

In comparison, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which is obviously inferior in visual effects, got $16 million at the box office in IMAX theaters because it was a digital copy, but the profit was as high as 8 million!

Kevin Turner suddenly asked, "How much does a two-hour copy of a movie in DCP format cost?"

Richard Gerfang replied, "$400 is enough." ”

"What about the sales price?"

"Unchanged, the same as last year's digital copy, $800. ”

Kevin Turner's eyes widened, "A full double the profit?"

Don laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Kevin, this is not Walmart with little profit and high sales, this is Hollywood that can create miracles!"

Kevin Turner has just taken office, and he still lacks enough understanding of the various companies in the entire interactive entertainment department, and the one he knows the most is Netflix.

On the way back, he reminded him of the old story, "Don, I don't think you pay enough attention to Netflix's business!"

"Huh?"

Don was a little surprised.

He exclusively licensed the copyright of New Universal and Disney's film and television works to Netflix, and also acquired the IMDb database to integrate Netflix, which is not enough attention?

Kevin Turner said: "If you have absolute trust in Netflix, then it is better to plan as soon as possible, so that you can save more money in the future, and ...... now It's a golden age of bottom-hunting. ”

"Bottom-up?" Don raised his eyebrows, staring at him.

Kevin Turner said: "Videotapes are on the verge of obsolescence, and the future of DVDs is unclear, just like records. The future belongs to the transmission of information on the network, not to this hardware medium that requires additional transportation, which is what Reed said that day, the streaming service. ”

Don thought for a moment, "What do you mean?"

Kevin Turner said: "Netflix is a monthly membership system, and the future video on demand must not be charged per time, even if Netflix is willing, the content side is afraid of being tired." The best way to cooperate must be to package and buy out. ”

Don nodded, "That's true. ”

"I haven't been working at New Global for a long time, but I have a feeling that Silicon Valley has a lot of confidence in the Internet, and Hollywood has always been skeptical of the Internet. At present, several major entertainment companies are bidding for MGM, don't they just value MGM's film library and try to have greater profits in the video business?"

Tang En smiled and shook his head, "Otherwise, when I buy MGM, I care more about copyright! Not only the current video and video market, but also the foreign online streaming market." ”

"That's right!" Kevin Turner slapped his thigh and looked at Don fixedly, "Boss, don't you think we should lay out the layout in advance? Taking advantage of the low price of online copyright for film and television content now, let's make a super big acquisition!"

Donn's eyes snapped open, revealing a look of astonishment.

Kevin Turner's whimsical ideas are imaginative, but there are traces to follow!

From Donn's prescient vision, it's completely doable!

In the previous life, after Netflix launched its streaming media business, in order to obtain the network copyright of film and television programs, not to mention other film companies, Disney alone, had to pay $300 million a year!

Why did Netflix start making independent film and television works?

It's because the copyright fee is getting higher and higher, and Netflix can't afford it.

It is now 2003, if you take advantage of the low copyright price now, you will sign a long-term online copyright authorization agreement with major film and television companies.

Ten years from now, that's a lot of money!

Of course, the price is that in recent years, these royalties have to be paid for free.

Until the Internet bandwidth bottleneck is broken and high-definition videos can be watched on the Internet, the network copyright of these film and television content can play a role.

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