Why didn't Yang Ming consider taking "Shaolin Temple" to the film market in the United States and Europe before?

is because of the consideration that if the audience in these two places does not accept the film, the director will lose at the box office, which will cause the reputation of Oriental DreamWorks to suffer.

Therefore, in order to create the image that every movie of Oriental DreamWorks is a classic, he will give up the foreign distribution of "Shaolin Temple" without full certainty.

But now Carmicha Cinema suddenly came over, which made Yang Ming think.

His biggest concern is not because of the quality of the film itself, on the contrary, what he is most confident in is the excellent strength of the film's own shooting, the full cooperation of the Shaolin Temple, and the on-site shooting of various valuable places in the temple is Yang Ming's greatest source of confidence.

The perception of Chinese kung fu movies and the recognition of Chinese culture by fans in the United States, Europe and the two places is Yang Ming's biggest worry.

The lessons of the previous life were so painful.

Countless movies with high hopes have all suffered fiascos in foreign film markets, and there are very few movies that can succeed, and Bruce Lee is the most representative of them.

In the previous life, after the glory of Hong Kong movies was gone, the mainland took over the baton, and it was even worse than Hong Kong.

Later, in order to cater to the tastes of foreign fans and meet the requirements of the Oscars, some directors shot films with different styles and reversed dialogues, not only losing the box office, but also losing word of mouth.

This is how the famous 'bloody case caused by a bun' came about in the previous life.

In fact, they didn't see that Hollywood movies were not popular all over the world from the beginning, at least in the seventies and eighties, Hong Kong films swept Hollywood in East Asia, and Hollywood was defeated one after another.

However, the congenital defects of restricted Hong Kong films themselves, for various reasons, were completely suppressed by Hollywood in the nineties, and then they were never able to rise.

The combination of Hollywood blockbusters and the strong national strength of the United States itself is a magic weapon for Hollywood blockbusters to sweep the global film market.

In the previous life, the United States was the most powerful country on the planet, coupled with the commercial characteristics of Hollywood blockbusters, which created the glory of Hollywood movies.

In Yang Ming's mind, in an instant, countless thoughts were changed, was he too cautious?

After all, the strength of China in this world has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people everywhere in the world, and although Chinese culture has not penetrated into every corner of the world, it is also well known by fans.

Can you give it a try?

Seeing Yang Ming's thoughtful appearance, Simmons was not in a hurry, but sat on the side and drank tea slowly, waiting for Yang Ming's answer.

Business negotiations cannot be settled all at once.

Yang Ming glanced up at Simmons, for unknown reasons, he has always been very concerned about the cinema chain in the United States, and through the information transmitted by Guò Barber, he knew that the Carmicha Cinema Line was the fourth largest cinema company in the United States.

Carmichael Cinemas has 252 theaters and 2,660 screens in 37 states in the United States, and the screens of this cinema company are distributed in rural or suburban areas with a population of less than 200,000.

In other words, this cinema company takes the route of the countryside surrounding the city.

200 screens is not a big deal for Carmichael Cinemas at all, if it succeeds, the screen will be expanded, and if the box office is not satisfactory, then it will be painted immediately, and it will not lose too much.

It can be seen that the abacus of Carmichael Cinemas is really shrewd.

In business, Yang Ming was not unconvinced by Carmichael's shrewdness, this was originally a business, but he felt that the number of screens was too cold for the ambitious Oriental DreamWorks.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision in his heart that "Shaolin Temple" could be released in the United States, but the number of screens must be increased.

"1,000 screens!" Yang Ming raised a finger and said lightly.

Simmons, who was drinking tea, almost squirted out the tea in one gulp when he heard this number, which is too lion's mouth.

The entire Carmichael cinema chain has a total of more than 2,600 screens, and nearly one-third of the screens are arranged to show a Chinese kung fu movie that is just testing the waters, which is simply an impossible thing.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Ming was his idol, Simmons would have wanted to leave with his sleeves up, this number is too exaggerated.

"Mr. Yang Ming, it is impossible for the company to agree to such a large number of screens, after all, this is not in the company's plan. Simmons gritted his teeth and said slowly, "250 yuan, no more!"

Yang Ming shook his head and continued to say lightly: "950 yuan!"

The sky-high asking price, landing to pay back.

This trick is now more and more convenient for him to use.

"300 screens is the bottom line of the company, and I need to report to it!" Simmons said seriously.

Seeing this, Yang Ming estimated that this was the bottom line of Carmicha Cinemas, but this was still a long way from his expectations, he was silent, his fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, and then he said in a deep voice: "500 screens, in addition, Oriental DreamWorks can allocate 5 million meters of yuan for the promotion of this movie!"

Since he chose to take this movie to Carmichael Cinemas for release, then Yang Ming didn't want to fail, and he could make such a determination, in addition to his belief in the quality of the movie itself, there is also the fact that Carmichael, as an unusually budget-conscious cinema company, wants to introduce "Shaolin Temple" at the moment, so there must be something in this movie that can attract them.

With this, Yang Ming was ready to gamble.

His biggest worry is that he is not worried about the discomfort of foreign audiences for this movie, but now it seems that his worries are not so strict.

Besides, Hollywood was not able to dominate the global film market from the beginning, and they also went through countless failures before they would have the glory later.

There was no road, so he Yang Ming walked out by himself.

He's still young, and he can afford to fail, so he can't stop trying because he's afraid of failure.

When Simmons heard Yang Ming's firm voice and the 5 million yuan publicity expenses, he immediately knew that this must be the final bottom line of the idol, and this was definitely not something he could call the shots, so he immediately complained to Yang Ming and went to an office outside to call and report to the senior management of the company above.

The senior management of Carmichael Cinema heard Simmons's report and attached great importance to it, in fact, they also had a happy cooperation with Yang Ming, and "2012" did not make them any less money.

For Yang Ming's strength, Carmichael is still very confident.

But this "Shaolin Temple" Yang Ming is just a screenwriter, neither a director nor a starring actor, so fans here in the United States may not accept and recognize this movie in the first time, so word of mouth is needed to expand the screening effect.

After calling Guò, Carmichael decided to send the company's senior management to Huaxia Oriental DreamWorks again to make a decision after watching the samples.

500 screens, although the number is not much, but considering the cooperation in the future, Carmichael decided to act cautiously.

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This is a debt owed on Monday, and one more chapter counts interest.

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