"In that case, Director Xu, please take a look at the films on this list, if they can be introduced for free, whether they can pass the review in terms of content. ”

After discussing the preliminary model framework with Xu Ling, Gu Biao immediately took out a list,

They are all potential films selected by Xiao Sui just in the afternoon based on the evaluation criteria of "which films are most in line with the value model of "Qingming Shanghe Tu", which are not worth much and are not easy to sell in my eyes, but are very suitable for Chinese to watch lively and watch diorama".

Many of these films have never been introduced to China in history. Therefore, it is completely Gu Biao's analysis according to principles, rather than copying historical records-

For example, in history, in fact, this year, the Hujiang Factory will introduce the business card "Wangxiang", which is a serious movie that reflects the problem of "a large number of female women selling YIN for the country in the early years of the Restoration" in the history of the Restoration. The film is quite high, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

But after this kind of film entered the country, it was far inferior to a lively film like "Manhunt" at the box office, and it couldn't even catch up with a fraction of it -- who in China cared about the suffering and mental journey of those women at the beginning of the century? Isn't it enough to endure hardships in China?

If you want to see hardship and backwardness, just look at the people around you. When people pay to go to the cinema to watch this film, what the people see are "skyscrapers, Shinkansen, private jets, luxury cars of capitalists, and all kinds of modern scenes".

And once the movie is nominated for the award, it will be more expensive when buying out the copyright, which is equivalent to using Gu Biao's money to pay for his own feelings, which is not cost-effective.

In the end, on Gu Ao's list, only "The Call of the Distant Mountains", which can play the gimmick of "Ken Takakura's new work" and trick people into the cinema, as well as more little-known urban gangster films in history, can be filled with a large amount.

At most, there are old films such as "Izu Dancing Girl", which are destined to give away the copyright for nothing.

Xu Ling glanced at the list and was slightly uncomfortable with Gu Ao's aesthetics - in this era, the production directors of state-owned film studios still have a bit of artistic sentiment, so they don't know how to evaluate commercial films.

Therefore, Xu Ling actually didn't know the set of film selection methods that Gu Biao and Xiao Sui summed up in the afternoon, and he wouldn't agree with it.

This is not surprising, after all, Xiao Sui is also a well-known writer in later generations who can control the pulse of commercial writing in that era, and this sense of smell is her innate talent.

And because she met Gu Biao in advance and had needs, her professional sensitivity was stimulated.

In other words, Gu Biao was actually very lucky to be able to get Xiao Sui's cooperation.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Xiao Sui's in later generations to be chased by a group of big directors such as Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang to pay a high price to adapt it into a script.

Xu Ling lifted his glasses and said embarrassedly: "These films are not highly rated and well-known - there are more than 30 names here, right? You have such a big appetite, are you going to take them all?"

"Of course not all of them are taken - I just hope you will bother to see if you can pass the trial. I may come back from 5~6 of the 30 candidates, and the others are alternatives, so as not to say that I will get stuck in our necks. ”

Gu Biao politely requested.

Now please talk about this film, the cost and scheduling needs are not small. The uncertain factors that can be hammered first in China must be hammered in China.

Fortunately, Xu Ling had mostly seen the sample films in the factory, and knew that most of them were not big problems, so he replied: "Give us two or three days, and I will ask my colleagues in the audit department to help watch them again." ”

"Okay, then we'll wait for the good news. ”

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Since Xu Ling and his colleagues in the audit department were asked to work for three days and pre-review (although it was not a very tiring job, just sitting there and watching movies for three days), Gu Biao naturally wanted to express it.

It's not okay to send money, you will make mistakes, and Moutai Soft China will be fine. There was a high-grade imported rose essential oil brought back from Iraq, and two bottles were sent to Director Xu's wife, and one bottle was also sent to other female comrades, and they were immediately settled.

Of course, Su Ping also helped, and she had to send it. In addition to essential oils, Gu Biao even sent a camel hair scarf brought back from Iraq (camel hair, not alpaca hair. ）

At the same time, Gu Biao himself was also in full swing to make preparations on the other side at the same time: for example, cashing out what General Hussein gave him, and then formally entrusting Lin Guodong to help him register a shell company......

He first ran back to Xiangjiang and roughly explained the intention and cooperation model negotiated by Xu Ling, and asked Lin Guodong to think about how to operate the affiliation in terms of business qualifications.

At the same time, Gu Biao contacted the "Babylon Cultural Preservation Foundation", which is said to be inextricably linked to President Hussein, and then a commissioner came to Xiangjiang and found Gu Biao.

He said, "A gold coin in your hand may be a cultural relic from the Assyrian Empire, although President Hussein gave it to you out of personal friendship, but in order to protect the ancient culture of Iraq, I hope Mr. Gu can take it out of Iraq."

On the premise of complete formalities and thorough negotiation and evidence collection, Gu Biao took $200,000 from the other party, and then returned a gold coin from the Assyrian Empire to the Iraqis.

This figure, in fact, could have been opened casually, and it is estimated that as long as it does not exceed 500,000 US dollars, the other party's cultural relics protection foundation will recognize it - after all, those who can come up with this kind of thing are all friends of Mr. President.

However, Gu Biao also knows the truth that he can't be too arrogant. Now that the global price of cultural relics is sluggish as a whole, Gu Biao does not want to collect money against the record of historical transaction prices.

200,000 US dollars, according to the black market exchange rate, the return of RMB is only "more than 1 million", which doesn't sound so hateful. If there are more words, others will paraphrase it as "millions", which is too conspicuous.

What's more, even if it's just for a show, it must also reflect the "friendship price" in it: President Hussein gave it to you for nothing, and now it is redeemed for the sake of protecting cultural relics, are you embarrassed to do it completely officially?

All Gu Biao needs is a start-up capital, and now there are opportunities to make a fortune everywhere, as long as he needs for his business planning, there is no need to be too ugly at the beginning.

After the $200,000 arrived, Gu Biao immediately subscribed to the shares of the shell company registered by Lin Guodong for him.

(Note: For example, if you want to establish a new company with a minimum registered capital of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, it is not stipulated that you must pay all the subscribed capital contributions when the company is registered.) According to the different laws of various countries and regions, there is a one-year subscription period and a two-year subscription period.

Therefore, Gu Biao asked Lin Guodong to register the company first, and he himself only "subscribed" first, and it was no problem to actually give the money in place after a period of time. Many people with big businesses who have tight capital turnover do this. ）

The name of the first new company is very casual, Gu Biao contributed 80,000 US dollars, Lin Guodong contributed 20,000 yuan, Gu Biao accounted for 80% of the shares, and let Lin Guodong be the director and legal representative. (Gu Biao is a mainlander, it is inconvenient to come forward, and it is not in line with domestic policies, so he can only be a shareholder secretly)

In Gu Ao's plan, this kind of copyright agency can have a very short lifespan, and there is no brand and goodwill. After a few votes, there is no problem with bulk liquidation, pure project company.

As for allowing Lin Guodong to invest 20% of the capital, there is no way - first of all, many legal details Gu Biao needs the help of lawyer Lin's people, and secondly, Gu Biao himself has no qualifications, and all businesses with business thresholds are borrowed from Lin Guodong. Based on the current comparison of the strength of the two sides, the other party is only willing to enter 20%, which is already based on Gu Wei's potential and his acquaintance with President Hussein.

In the future, when Gu Biao's strength is strong and he has found a suitable agent, he will naturally set up a new company and let his henchmen be the legal representative.

After the completion of the capital verification procedures, Lin Guodong also sent a negotiation assistant to assist Gu Biao, a young lawyer named He Ziqiang, who knew the relevant laws and knew a little Japanese.

The total transaction volume is only 10~200,000 US dollars, and it is not worthy of Lin Guodong to talk about it in person.

After the preparations on the Xiangjiang side are also completed, Gu Biao and his entourage can officially set off for Yuben - Director Bao has obtained a business visa for him to return multiple times within half a year, and he can leave at any time.

The plane to Tokyo naturally took off from Hujiang. Today, Qiantang is still a small place, but there are no direct flights to Tokyo.

So before leaving, Xiao Sui was definitely going to see him off.

When Gu Biao was buying a plane ticket, Xiao Sui reminded him: "Won't you go directly like this? You are the idea of sharing the cost by posting advertisements after buying the film source, right? If you don't negotiate with the domestic advertisers first, it's really no problem?"

Gu Biao comforted, "It's August now, if you don't go, what if you can't do it during the summer vacation." Besides, you have to believe that the current patch advertisements for imported movies are easy to sell.

Wouldn't it be better for us to seize the seller's market first, and then come back and find advertisers according to the type of film? Or that sentence, we would rather talk five more words with the Chinese in exchange for one less word with Yue himself - the cost of negotiating with Yue Ben is too high, and it is not convenient to go abroad.

Besides, my current excuse for going abroad is to sell the patent technology authorization of a state-owned enterprise for the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Machinery, which cannot be delayed. Talking about copyright agents is just our private work. ”

Xiao Sui didn't persuade again: "If you have this confidence, it's best." I trust your judgment. ”

Gu Biao took his apprentice Yang Xin, who was a translator, and He Ziqiang, a lawyer in Hong Kong, to board a flight to Tokyo.

Ma Feng and the others are not qualified for the time being, so they can only continue to wait for news and do some hard work in China.

But Ma Feng is destined to be a toss-around, so he won't let himself be idle.

Since the last time Gu Biao took him to dinner, he was familiar with Xu Ling. In the past few days, Ma Feng has imperceptibly made friends with Xu Lingtao, exchanged courtesies, and flaunted his friendship with Gu Wei, showing the strength of the "Xizi Foreign Language Society".

Just because Ma Feng noticed that day: What Xu Ling was holding in his hand was hundreds of niche foreign films to be reviewed, all of which had not yet been translated.

The big money from the copyright is earned by Brother Gu, and he Ma Feng only needs to earn some hard-earned money for translation.

At the beginning, relying on his father's relationship with the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the translation list of a small factory like Qiantang Film Studio, he didn't get five films despite his desperate efforts.

Now that there is a thigh like Xu Ling, at least twenty times the business is in front of him, how can Ma Feng let it go.