Chapter 333: Happy Cooperation

Harvey's little abacus crackled in his heart, thinking that if this young man was really extraordinary, and Director Zhang came to talk to him about cooperation on behalf of the rising ancient country industry, then his previous judgment would have to be overturned. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, a country with a population of more than one billion, although it is still in a state of poverty, it is different from Africa and India, because the country's total output value and production capacity are still obvious to all.

As a businessman, a successful businessman, Harvey Weinstein clearly understands that Dragon Country is a huge market in the future where the consumption power of movies surpasses that of the United States and even half of North America.

Harvey is locked in a fierce trade-off and engagement.

But in fact, Wang Yao said this not to make Harvey suspicious of the forces behind him, but to hope that Harvey can see his potential, and hope that they will cooperate to cultivate an Oriental Quentin Tarantino, and then he will be more able to stand in the entire film industry.

It's a pity that Wang Yao still doesn't have a deep understanding of the logical concepts of Westerners, who still take practical interests as the initial starting point.

"Then what do you mean?" Harvey muttered for a long time, looking up at Wang Yao.

"We just wanted to be able to put the price a little too high. Wang Yao smiled, "After all, the investment in this movie is too big, it is a huge investment that our national film has not had, we did not open the meaning of standing in the Western market, we just want to return some funds, after all, this investment, with our country's current consumption power, is still a little difficult, we do not seek profit, return to the original is success." ”

"Assuming I can operate, it may be more valuable to win an Oscar for foreign language film. Harvey said.

"Mr. Harvey's situation is not optimistic, so don't take risks easily, besides, we won't open our mouths, the original buyout price, plus one million, plus one percent of the box office account. Wang Yao said directly.

Harvard raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Director Zhang, "Director Zhang, how much did we talk about just now?"

"Six million. Director Zhang took a puff of his cigarette.

Harvey nodded, smiled at Wang Yao and said, "Seven and a half million US dollars, half of the account." ”

Wang Yao shook his head, "Seven million, one account." ”

"Eight million, half an account. Harvey frowned.

"Six and a half million, one accounting. Wang Yao said in a deep voice.

Director Zhang glanced at Wang Yao and didn't squeak.

Harvey breathed for a moment and chuckled, "You Orientals talk about business so badly?"

"There are no rules in business. Wang Yao chuckled, "How." ”

"Half a million dollars, to be honest, half of the composition is estimated to be less than that. "Harvey doesn't seem to give up.

Although the profit of the film industry looks high, but in fact, the income is not as much as everyone thinks, and the box office is divided, whether it is the East or the West, first pay taxes, and then at least 50% of the box office must be shared with the theater first, then the theater, the distributor, and finally the investor.

The highest return for investors can reach 40%.

In other words, if you invest in a movie of one million, if the investor wants to recover the cost, it must get a box office of 2.4 million to ensure the cost.

Half of the 2.4 million is allocated to theaters, the remaining 1.2 million, 10% is divided into theaters and distributors, and after other shares such as taxes, the remaining 1 million has just returned to its original cost.

"Hero" now invests infinitely close to 400 million dragon coins, and the investor may need at least one billion dragon coins at the box office to protect the capital.

At present, the Dragon Kingdom movie has not exceeded 200 million box office, and if the North American copyright can be sold for 7 million, it will be almost 700 million, plus the Dongying Goryeo copyright, which can allow investors to protect their capital, but the North American box office has nothing to do with them, so they can only protect their capital.

But in fact, Director Zhang and the investors really don't have hope for the box office in North America, because in North America, Director Zhang is not as good as Li Yu, and it is impossible for Director Zhang to have the resources of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" touch screen and Hollywood giant Columbia.

So when Wang Yao raised the price by one million, Director Zhang and the others had already earned it in their hearts, but when Wang Yao insisted on sharing the box office account, Director Zhang was indeed a little puzzled.

Director Zhang's puzzlement, to Harvey here is another meaning, Wang Yao is so determined to share the box office, which makes him inexplicably more confident in this movie, although he also feels inexplicable, he feels that the Oriental boy opposite is very dangerous, but he has an inexplicable sense of trust.

He lived for such a long time that this feeling was only felt in very few people.

"Good. Harvey gritted his teeth, "But you owe me a favor." ”

Wang Yao was stunned: "My favor is not valuable." ”

"Hypocrisy. Harvey smiled and pursed his lips, picked up the teacup and said to Wang Yao and Director Zhang, "Happy cooperation." ”

"It was a pleasure to work with. Director Zhang smiled and raised his glass.

After the cooperation was negotiated, another representative of the investor excitedly went back to draw up the contract, they thought that they could sell 5 million and even if they were transferred, but they did not expect to be able to sell 6.5 million.

Although he didn't understand that Wang Yao gave up 7.5 million yuan and exchanged 1 million for a trip to share the account, there was no way, Director Zhang and another investor trusted Wang Yao too much, and Wang Yao did win benefits, so he didn't make a small report.

Had lunch with Harvey, Director Zhang asked Wang Yao to 'brainwash' Harvey, Harvey himself is very interested in martial arts, after Wang Yao's professional level of flickering, he wants to invest in a Western martial arts, hoping that Director Zhang and Wang Yao can provide scripts and technical support at that time, on the condition that their film distribution rights will be given priority in the future.

It's also a kind of networking.

When chatting, I talked about Hollywood animated movies, Harvey's company is now acquired by Dinis, and I think it's interesting to get in touch with more animated films, and he also matched a new animated movie, which is one of Dongying, and the results and reputation exploded.

That is "Spirited Away", which was released in North America a few days ago, and it cost more than 400,000 US dollars in the first week of release, and it has just been added, and Harvey feels that this Dongying anime can create a new record for foreign animated films in North America.

Wang Yao searched curiously and frowned.

"Spirited Away" was released in Toei for more than a month, and the box office crushed the viewing record of the highest-grossing Hollywood movie "Titanic" in Japanese history, with a cumulative box office of more than 100 million dragon coins in a month.

Seeing this box office, Wang Yao gasped, and immediately thought of the "Zodiac Turn" he had just produced.

Because he doesn't know what kind of story "Spirited Away" is, Wang Yao doesn't judge it favorably, but Wang Yao feels that if it is compared with the painting and finesse, Wang Yao believes in the animation film technology that crushes everything in Gaia Star now.

Because "Zodiac Turn" is all painted with pen and ink, and he is very confident in his painting skills and the generation system of the system.

After hesitating for a while, when Harvey was about to leave, Wang Yao stopped him, "Mr. Harvey, show you something." ”

Director Zhang glanced at Wang Yao suspiciously.

"And the surprises?" said Harvey, rubbing his hands and laughing.

Wang Yao turned on the laptop, edited the trailer of "Zodiac Turn" through the system, and played it.

Because there is no dubbing and soundtrack, there is only a picture.

But when the Chinese ink painting style and detailed and exquisite animation appeared, Harvey's eyes widened and he looked at the screen motionlessly.

For the painting culture that has been developed by Western pencils and quills, as well as the aesthetic concepts of oil painting and water painting, which are almost realistic, to look at the freehand style of Chinese ink painting is like opening the door to another new world, which has a fatal attraction to Westerners.

In 1936, Disney's film animation "Bambi" encountered a major technical problem, Western artists did not hesitate to draw Bambi, but the complex flowers and trees and leaves in the background forest were a cumbersome workload that Western painters could not afford at that time, because after painting these backgrounds, the film had to be postponed for at least three to five years.

And even if it is completed, it will be isolated from the protagonist deer because of too many lines in the background, and it will become noisy.

Therefore, the project, which was planned to invest 2 million yuan that year, fell into a bottleneck and was shelved.

The solution to this problem that Disney could not solve was a young painter from China, 28-year-old traditional ink painter Huang Qiyao, who was still a little transparent when he first arrived at Disney, and he had no access to a big project like "Bambi".

Later, by chance, Huang Qiyao heard about this shelved project, read the original story, and felt that the style of painting was very compatible with the freehand ink painting of China, and those backgrounds could be completely displayed in the freehand technique of ink painting, and a few strokes could depict thousands of branches and leaves, vast grasslands or lofty mountains.

After drawing a few background paintings by himself, Wong took them to Walt Disney, the world-famous owner of Disney and the father of the world-famous Mickey Mouse.

Walt Disney, who had never seen this style of painting, was shocked, he called ink painting oriental magic, and directly made Huang Qiyao one of the main creators of "Bambi".

After five years of creation, in 1942, "Bambi" conquered people around the world with its innocent and positive image, as well as the purest eyes, and became the best childhood memory for many people.

Walt Disney once said that without Wong's Oriental magic, Bambi would have been many years late.

Huang Qiyao is also the first Chinese-American to win the Disney Legends Award.

In the years when Dragon Kingdom animation was at its peak, ink painting conquered almost the entire West, and animated short films such as "Little Tadpole Looking for Mother", "Deer Bell" and "Shepherd Flute" were household names in the West at that time.