The production process of a Hollywood studio is broadly divided into five stages, and the first stage is to select and develop the topic, and to select, analyze, evaluate and approve the film project.

Many of the scripts were shot at this point, and they may be excellent, but they don't fit into the reality of the studio.

Once the project is chosen, it's time for pre-production, including project planning, assembling a production team, hiring actors, creative design, and so on.

There is nothing to say about the filmmaking, production, promotion and distribution, and every company will cherish it, unless it is for money laundering.

Now there are Nielsen market research employees outside bookstores in major cities across the U.S. asking questions about how book lovers are reacting!

Of course, book lovers alone will definitely not be able to support the box office of a movie, so the staff of the research company also conducted interviews in the downtown areas of New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and other cities, wanting to see if ordinary people knew about this movie and whether they were willing to watch such an adapted movie.

All different types of consumers have to be taken into account.

Zhou Hui walked out of the parking lot with a shoulder bag, and he came to the mall to buy gifts for his nephews and nieces.

He has settled in the United States and has a close connection with China, and now the two little guys have graduated from primary school in China, Zhou Hui promised to give gifts before, so he started to buy now.

"Excuse me, but do you have time to take our survey? I'm an employee of Nielsen Market Research. ”

Zhou Hui came to shop anyway, and he had plenty of time, so he nodded and said, "Yes, what do you want to investigate?"

"Sir, do you know The Da Vinci Code, and if it were to be made into a movie, would you be willing to go to the cinema and buy a ticket to watch it?"

"I know this one, and it's very popular now, whether it's colleagues or relatives and friends. It's just that we have an app to be launched recently, so it's very busy. When this time passes, I should buy it and check it out. As for filming into a movie, I'll go!"

Zhou Kang's various circles are involved in "The Da Vinci Code", although he hasn't read the content yet, but he already knows the content of it.

Although he became an American citizen, he still identified with Chinese culture in his heart, and this film written by a Chinese writer was a global hit, which really made him happy.

However, the rest of the people think differently, not everyone has heard of or even liked this one, its release time is still too short, and its influence has not really spread.

"What kind of book is this, and what does it have to do with Leonardo da Vinci?"

"I haven't heard of it, and I don't necessarily watch the movie, it depends on the specific actors, publicity and genre. ”

"Chinese as the leading actor? Then Hollywood must be crazy!"

"I love this one to death, no matter who plays it, I just hope that the movie doesn't destroy the plot. ”

"Of course I'll watch it, I just recommended it to my friends, and they like it very much!"

"Take it with a reservation, now the film adaptation is getting more and more ugly, everything is unknown. ”

"Which director is suitable for making this movie? How do I know that I never pick a director when I watch movies!"

"I don't care about this one, and I don't care if it's going to be made into a movie. I just want to know why "Super Sense Hunting" was cut?"

Survey data from all over the United States is aggregated bit by bit, and then analyzed by professionals to come up with answers!

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"Hollywood merchants are like sharks that smell blood, and now your "Da Vinci Code" is so popular around the world that all the six major Hollywood studios have come to negotiate contracts. ”

Ye Shumei feels that her work is getting more and more high-end, who would have thought that film companies including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, Warner, Sony Columbia, etc., would be attracted to this suspenseful reasoning.

These companies have a lot of money, they produce many super blockbusters every year, and they contract Hollywood studios to be among the top six box office in North America every year, and their status is not comparable to those small companies!

While there are occasional box office hits, those are definitely a minority of the few.

Zhang Chu has already dealt with Hollywood companies before, and "Life of Pi" is now invested and produced by Warner Bros. and directed by Li Yu, and it is still being filmed.

Dealing with these big companies is quite a troublesome thing, although they have a lot of money, but they are not comparable to ordinary people!

"What kind of conditions do they plan to offer?" Zhang Chu himself is actually not willing to hand over the film adaptation rights in such a hurry, and this copyright has not yet reached the time when the price is the highest.

Although the box office of "The Da Vinci Code" is not necessarily higher than that of "Life of Pi", the price of the two is not comparable at all!

The film and television adaptation fees of "Sherlock", "Life of Pi", and "The Da Vinci Code" will definitely have a terrifying triple jump.

From £1 million, to $5 million plus a floating global box office dividend of 0.5%-1%, this time the price will not be lower than $10 million!

The fruit is picked before it is ripe, which is a bit of a terrible thing.

Ye Shumei also understands this reason, the film company wants to strike first, and take advantage of the influence in front of the general public to get it at a slightly lower price.

Hanlin Culture Media Co., Ltd. considers Zhang Chu's interests, and of course wants to put the copyright fee and box office dividends as high as possible.

"Disney offered $8 million and 5% of the North American box office dividends, Warner Bros. gave $12 million in pure copyright fees, and Sony Colombia was the least angry and was only willing to give $5 million and 5% of the North American box office dividends, no wonder Sony and Paramount are getting worse and worse now!"

Zhang Chu smiled and said: "Pure copyright fees are definitely not good, unless they are willing to give 20 million or 30 million, but in this case, the production cost will definitely be very high." If the signboard is smashed, the copyright price behind it will not be sold. ”

"I think Disney can negotiate again, and it will only be more beneficial for us to drag it out. Anyway, don't worry about finding a buyer, the box office dividends must be global, and you can't ask for profit dividends. ”

According to the theme of "The Da Vinci Code", choosing small and medium-sized companies must dig their own graves, and they must rely on large companies to avoid losses in production and publicity.

Now the popularity has not decreased, sales are still high, and the fame among the more and more extensive readers and ordinary people will be the weight of the price increase.

In addition, Zhang Chu still has a heavyweight weapon that has not been sacrificed, and he plans to reveal the work "Angels and Devils" to the film company at the appropriate time!

The price of works that can make sequels is several percent higher than works that can't make sequels!