At the entrance of the theater, Zhang Ran stopped Li Shimin, who was trying to slip away, and said coldly: "Director Li, I am willing to lose the bet, and start taking it off!"

"Yes, I am willing to lose the bet, Director Li, we are looking forward to your performance!"

"I think Director Li is in good shape, you have to keep your eyes open!"

……

Hearing Zhang Ran's cynicism, Li Shimin's face was extremely pale. There are a lot of reporters on the scene, and if they really run naked, they will definitely make headlines at the meeting, and they will definitely become an international laughing stock tomorrow.

"What, if you want to repay the bill, Director Park Chan-wook, you are a witness!" Zhang Ran glanced at Park Chan-wook and said with a smile. If Li Shimin was really willing to gamble and lose, Zhang Ran might forget it, but this guy actually swiped the ticket. If it weren't for the committee members who cleared the swiped, it would have been a tragedy. For such a shameless person, Zhang Ran will never forgive.

"Li Shimin, you are a man, since you lose, don't cheat, don't embarrass us in the Republic of Korea!" Park Chan-wook's face was a little unpleasant. He is also quite dissatisfied with Li Shiming, even if you really want to repay the debt, you just sneak away. But he came up with such a low-end method as swiping tickets, which made him feel gloomy.

Li Shimin looked at Park Chan-wook and then at Zhang Ran, and wanted to beg for mercy, but when he saw Zhang Ran's cold gaze, it was probably useless. As for running naked, he really doesn't want to run naked, running naked at the gate of the venue at the end of the film festival is definitely a world-class laughing stock, and returning to South Korea will definitely be regarded as a national shame, and I am afraid that he will not be able to gain a foothold in China.

Li Shimin's brain was running with all his might, trying to find a way to get out, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of a way. Li Shimin's face couldn't stop changing, turning red and black, and suddenly his eyes went black, and he fell to the ground with a pop.

There was a burst of exclamations at the scene. This scene was somewhat unexpected, and the people of the organizing committee began to call for an ambulance.

Zhang Ran stepped forward and pinched Li Shiming's people, he suspected that the other party was pretending to be stunned: "Really, don't you want to fool around!"

Yue Tao knew a little bit of medical skills, stepped forward to take a look, and said regretfully: "He is in a hurry, he is really dizzy!"

Hear the answer. Zhang Ran shook his head, it was cheap, and now it was impossible to strip him naked and throw him on the street in this situation, so he could only let him go to the hospital.

The next morning, Huang Heping from the International Department knocked on Zhang Ran's door, and there was a foreigner behind him.

Zhang Ran looked at Huang Heping and asked, "Director Huang, is there something wrong?"

Huang Heping introduced to Zhang Ran with a smile on his face: "This is Mr. Lawrence of Lionsgate, and he wants you to talk about it." ”

Zhang Ran knew the name of Lionsgate, and he also knew that the founder of Lionsgate was Frank Gusta. This man was originally a Canadian banker. In 1997, he single-handedly established Lionsgate. In the early days, the company purchased many small production equipment and distributors, and spent a lot of money to purchase a number of large cinema chains.

Lionsgate's first commercially successful film was American Psycho, which began its controversial journey in mainstream American cinema. Lionsgate's dominant audience as a whole is aimed at American teenagers, so most of the films they produce are horror films and thrillers aimed at this audience.

Zhang Ran didn't know what the other party was looking for him, the matter of movie copyright was all talked about by the people in the international department of the movie channel, and he didn't care about it at all. "Time Prisoner" is a movie. Foreign film companies buy DVDs and release DVDs, and they basically don't sell them for much. 4, 500,000 is almost the limit.

Zhang Ran shook Lawrence's hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Lawrence, I don't know what you are looking for me?"

Lawrence smiled: "I like the story of "Time Prisoner" very much, I heard Mr. Huang say, you studied in the United States in college?"

"Yes. I am a graduate of the UCLA Film School. ”

"UCLA Film School is one of the three best film schools in the country, you are so talented, why don't you stay in the United States?"

"The United States may lack everything, but there is no shortage of talented people. Ang Lee is much more talented than I am, but he spent six years in the United States. But nothing came of it. I don't want to plan purgatory, the wait is too long. Zhang Ran shook his head and said.

In the United States, it often takes about five years for a script to go from the first draft to the start of filming, and most of the scripts die in the process, so this process is called planning purgatory. For a rookie director, it was revised again and again, and it was returned again and again, which was really purgatory-like torture.

Take Ang Lee, for example, his graduation film "The Dividing Line" won Best Picture and Best Director at the New York University Film Festival, and William Morris's agent asked to sign him that night to stay in the United States.

So Ang Lee stayed, and he began to take the script he co-wrote with others to try it out in Hollywood. People in Hollywood have seen his "The Dividing Line" and then kept touting it, which makes Ang Lee feel hopeful. But his script just couldn't get through with the film company, and he kept suggesting that he revise it. Li Ang tossed for six years and didn't wait for the opportunity, and his sharpness was almost worn out. If he hadn't found an opportunity in Taiwan, Ang Lee might have been scrapped.

Lawrence knew that Zhang Ran was telling the truth: "What you said is a big company, and a small company will not be so long." ”

"But small companies need financing, and the process is even longer!" Zhang Ran smiled, it is quite common for small Hollywood companies to spend several years financing films, and it is not uncommon for it to take more than ten years. He didn't want to waste time on this issue and went straight to the point: "I wonder what happened to Mr. Lawrence coming to me this time?"

"Mr. Zhang, I like the story "Time Prisoner" very much, and I hope to get the remake copyright of this story. Lawrence looked at Zhang Ran and said.

"Remake copyright?" Zhang Ran couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. He knows why Lawrence is looking for himself, and if the movie is remade by Hollywood, he has to sign it as the original screenwriter. In Hollywood, the screenwriter who signs the name can get the corresponding profit share from the movie, if it is a screenwriter, then one person has the share exclusively, and if it is three screenwriters, the three people share it. In other words, Lionsgate Movies remakes Zhang Ran's movie, as long as they make money, they must share it with Zhang Ran. Of course, under the operation of Hollywood accounting, the score is close to none.

"yes, your film idea is good, and it doesn't involve too much culture. Great for remakes. Lawrence smiled and nodded.

"Of course this is no problem, I don't know how much money you plan to pay?" For Zhang Ran, this was definitely a surprise.

Hollywood has a tradition of buying scripts and remakes from abroad, and in the past two years, Hollywood has aimed at remakes in East Asia. Zhang Ran knew that with the box office success of "Midnight Bell", the United States would set off a wave of remakes of East Asian films. In this trend, Japanese movies and Korean movies are the first choice of Hollywood. Xiangjiang's "Infernal Affairs" and "Hell" have also been brought to the Hollywood stage. Among them, "Infernal Affairs" helped Martin Scorsese win the Academy Award.

Hollywood remakes of films from other countries often borrow the original film's novel ideas, and the inner culture is still the same set of things that Hollywood traditionally promotes. Therefore, in Hollywood remakes, creative and novel horror films and police films emphasizing the plot account for the vast majority. These two genres happen to be the weakest link in domestic films, so almost no domestic films have been remade by Hollywood.

Zhang Ran didn't expect that anyone would buy his own story. In fact, it is not surprising to think about it, it is now 2002, and movies with similar styles such as "Butterfly Effect" and "Horror Cruise" have not yet appeared, and the time loop is still quite a novel idea.

When Lawrence saw Zhang Ran asking about the cost, he didn't say more, and directly said the price he was satisfied with: "500,000 US dollars." ”

If it's someone from the movie channel. You may have agreed when you heard this price, after all, $500,000 is equal to 4 million yuan. And the movie channel's investment in movies is only 1.2 million, which is definitely a lot of money.

Zhang Ran frowned slightly, shook his head lightly and said: "Mr. Lawrence, this price is too low, the "Ghost Water Monster Talk" directed by Hideo Amanaka was sold to Fox Company for $1.2 million. I heard director Park Chan-wook say that South Korea's "Untouchable Lovers" rights were sold to Hollywood for $1.3 million. Your price is just too low. I didn't show the sincerity I should have shown at all!"

This is really not nonsense, the remake rights of the movie can basically be sold for 1 million when sold to Hollywood. For example, South Korea's "Rose Flower Red Lotus" is $1 million, and Xiangjiang's "Infernal Affairs" is $1.75 million. The offer of 500,000 is indeed too low.

"Mr. Zhang, your movies are different from theirs, their movies are horror movies and romance movies, these two movies have a fairly large fan base in North America, and they are easy to succeed at the box office. There are too few successful examples of low-budget sci-fi films. Most of them were direct distribution of DVDs and videotapes, and we had to reduce costs. Lawrence shook his head and gave his reasons.

"Mr. Lawrence, I've been in the U.S. for seven years and know very well the principles of Hollywood remakes. The first is to have a genre that is mature and easy to cross the line with box office success, and the second is a genre that is easy to transplant with a small investment but a large harvest. "Time Prisoner" is the kind of story that is particularly low-cost and easy to port. You set the story in Tokyo, Paris, New York, any city. As long as you grasp the core concept of time captivity, you can make a sci-fi film, a thriller, or even a horror movie. ”

Seeing that Zhang Ran was so expert, Lawrence knew that he couldn't fool him, and asked, "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

"$1.2 million!" Zhang Ran quoted the same price as "Ghost Water Monster Talk", doing business pays attention to coming and going, I can make a bid, and you can also make a counteroffer.

After some bargaining, the remake rights to the movie were finally sold for 1 million.

By the time Zhang Ran and the others left the film festival, the copyright and remake rights had sold a total of 1.6 million.

According to the agreement with Movie Channel, Movie Channel owns 70% of the copyright as the investor, and Zhang Ran, as the producer, has 30% ownership, which means that Zhang Ran can get $480,000. (To be continued......)

PS: Hollywood screenwriters can get a share of 3% of the box office profits, and the proportion of DVDs is not clear, but the screenwriters' strike in 07 is to demand an increase in the share of DVD profits.

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