Three million dollars seems like a lot, but compared to being able to attract two big-name actors to join, this cost is almost negligible, after Focus Company was acquired under the umbrella of Universal, the funds are in a sufficient situation, and the purchase of a script that has been successful, and also comes with the rights to the North American disc, which is simply a good thing.

Universal itself has financial difficulties, but after GE successfully won 80% of their shares, there was a money owner who had nowhere to spend it, and the prosperity was immediately different, the financial problem was alleviated, and the focus company that was supported by it has of course become rich.

For Zhou Bai, the price of three million US dollars also made him very satisfied, even if he has enough confidence in the quality of the film, and there are channels that can operate to be released in North America, Zhou Bai is not hopeful about the box office of the movie, Asian literary films are almost in a position where no one cares about the North American market, instead of spending energy to run the release of "Painless Love", it is better to package and sell the film copyright, this income is high enough.

Although it is said that this amount is already a record, the copyright of literary films can be sold for such a amount, and this alone makes I don't know how many people envy it. Shang Jing said with emotion that as a member of the industry, he understands the overseas market of domestic film copyrights.

It is the dream of domestic filmmakers to sell film copyrights to Hollywood, but except for a very small number of films, many of them are in a situation where no one cares, and many movies are directly sold all overseas copyrights at one time, and the price is particularly low, which is regrettable.

"In recent years, there have not been many successful examples of our films in the overseas market, and the achievements of the five generations of directors are okay, but mainly in Europe, and they are all literary films, and the price is naturally not very high, "Hero" can sell 21 million, that is because Jiang Zhiqiang is behind it, and it is impossible to change people. Zhou Bai also said with a wry smile that there is no filmmaker who does not covet the vast North American market, but only a few can succeed.

Everyone knows that the North American market is a gold mine, and it is the only super gold mine in the world, but unfortunately this gold mine has an owner, without the leadership of the local natives, 99% of the people who rushed into it could not find the direction at all, did not find the gold, not to mention, and were also made by various traps in it to suffer heavy losses, and wanted to cry without tears.

After decades of Hollywood's development, the North American market has been managed by them to the fullest, which is full of all kinds of unspoken rules, and the audience's viewing habits have also been cultivated and matured.

"The $21 million buyout of the distribution rights is amazing enough, and the cost of "Hero" is only $30 million, which directly returns two-thirds of the cost, and "Hero" is really a super explosive project. Shang Jing looks yearning, making movies itself is to burn money, especially blockbusters, the cost of 30 million US dollars may only be a B-grade film production scale in Hollywood, but it is unimaginable in the mainland.

"We can't compare with Xiangjiang, but the copyright can be sold at a high price, "Infernal Affairs" is such a good movie, the remake copyright only sold for 1.75 million US dollars, if you don't count the DVD and other peripheral copyrights of "Painless Love", just the remake copyright, "Infernal Affairs" is similar to us. Yuan Yu opened her mouth and said that she is also trying to be a producer now, and she has a full understanding of the information in the industry.

"I heard that the director of the Hollywood remake version is Martin Scorsese, it was he who took a fancy to "Infernal Affairs" in the first place, which attracted investment from major Hollywood companies, but I don't know how much their production cost is, but think about it, I also know that as long as Hollywood is an A-level production, the cost will not be low. ”

"Infernal Affairs" sold for $1.75 million just for the remake of the copyright, which seems to be a lot, but that also depends on the situation, obviously they misestimated the weight of this script, and more than a year later, if the news of the sale of "Painless Love" of 3 million spreads, I don't know if it will make those people in Xiangjiang regret.

After all, when it comes to box office space, "Infernal Affairs" has obvious advantages over "Painless Love", after all, the former is a police and bandit action movie, and this theme itself belongs to a popular genre in the film market, and the possibility of success is very high after proper operation.

It's a pity that the investors of "Infernal Affairs" have profit pressure, and they hurriedly sold the copyright in their hands after meeting psychological expectations, in fact, they can operate far more than "Painless Love", it can only be said that maybe because Brad Pitt's aura is too big, Plan B easily got the copyright of "Infernal Affairs" at a low price, and it may be exaggerated to describe it as a gold mine, but the hen that laid the golden eggs definitely didn't run away.

Zhou Bai is not as easy to be fooled as Huanya and his gang, he himself is not short of money, the movie made a profit early, and the European copyright was sold at a sky-high price that was enough to satisfy him, and the focus company had no way to start with him, for a negotiation object who would rather put the copyright in the warehouse and eat ashes, the focus company's idea of taking advantage of it could not succeed after all, and he gritted his teeth and paid three million US dollars.

Maybe there is a credit for Paramount to fake a shot and pretend to intervene in it, who knows, anyway, they raised a good price without missing a trace, as the beneficiary party, Zhou Bai has no reason to push this kind of good thing out, right.

After the internal test screening of "Fast Pursuit", Paramount's attitude has become better and better, and it has successfully signed a distribution contract with Bai Xiang Studio, even if it does not treat Zhou Bai as a coffee or superstar, for a partner with enough potential and strength, close unity is a must, and any smart company will not give up this opportunity.

If you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter eagles, this is the urine of Hollywood, Paramount can cooperate with Zhou Bai, but also because of the good results after evaluation, profitable is the reason why they want to release goodwill, business cooperation is so realistic, if it weren't for Zhou Bai having enough commercial value and strong capital, of course Paramount would not be able to look down on him.

Not only Paramount, but all Hollywood studios are the same, all decisions are based on commercial considerations, and it is impossible to impress them without sufficient interests, even so, Zhou Bai is at a disadvantage, yes, in cooperation with Paramount now, he does not have much autonomy, in one sentence, Paramount can jam his neck at any time.

Zhou Bai wants to enter Hollywood, he definitely has a long way to go, maybe as an actor, he can mix well with his own advantages, but if he wants to become the one who has the right to speak, it is not an overnight thing, even if he has money, it is useless.

Hollywood even dares to cheat the money of those people on Wall Street, if Zhou Bai chooses to enter the market with capital in a high-profile manner, it is nothing more than becoming meat in the eyes of the wolves, and if he wants to bargain in the hands of these old foxes, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream.