Chapter 017: Lionsgate
It's not for nothing that the big boss Wang can operate the optical fiber to the status of the boss, not to mention his own ability for the time being, his subordinates are also Crouching Tiger Zanglong, this is not Li Xiaoping saw Wang Zhonglei and Li Xiang chatting, so he hurried to Li Xiang: "I've been looking for you for a long time, and the big boss Wang has something to discuss with you." Yo Wang, I'm sorry, it's a bit urgent to find Xiao Xiang, don't you mind if I interrupt the conversation between you and Xiao Xiang?"
Wang Zhonglei couldn't see what Taoism was, and smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'm just chatting with Director Li, you are busy beforehand." "I didn't see any anger on my face.
Optical fiber finally dug up a treasure, how can it be easily given to others, although this treasure was not very important to me at the beginning. The eldest king also saw what was happening over there from a distance, Li Xiang was pulled over by Li Xiaoping, and the eldest elder Wang was relieved. After Li Xiang came over, the eldest king handed the bank card that had been prepared a long time ago to Li Xiang.
"The account of the theater chain has been settled so early?" Li Xiang was curious.
"There is no one this week, but it is not much, I will settle it according to the box office of 100 million, as for the more in the future, I will not give it to you!" The box office potential of "Hurricane Rescue" has completely disappeared, and it will definitely not reach 100 million, and the big king did not take advantage.
"Cheng, can you tell me how much money I shared?" I got the first pot of gold in my life, and I don't know how much it can be.
"After deducting the 35 million taken by the theater and the 5 million from the optical fiber publicity, the money in this card is the production cost + box office share, a total of 40 million, this is after tax!" The old man said with a smile on his face, the time has come to show his sincerity, normally according to the original share ratio, the optical fiber should get a box office share of 22.5 million before tax, and their respective taxes are reasonable, in order to win over Li Xiang, the optical fiber not only reduced the proportion of account sharing, but also helped Li Xiang pay the tax, this coming and going is millions of investment, I have to say that it is full of sincerity.
"Uncle Wang, I don't know if Optical Fiber has ever thought about operating "Hurricane Rescue" overseas?" Li Xiang didn't want to owe others favors, so he simply helped Optical Fiber build a bridge overseas.
"Think about it, optical fiber just entered the film industry last year, how can you have that strength?" Da Lao Wang also thought, but his strength was not enough.
"I might be able to help. β
"How?"
"My college roommate Jason's dad was an executive at Lionsgate, and I had a good relationship with Jason in college, and I wrote him a script before graduation as a graduation gift, and I thought he would be able to say a few words. β
"That's great, you can try to communicate with Jason, if this can be done, you will be a big benefactor up and down the fiber!" "As long as it is a domestic film and television company, there is no one who does not want to go abroad, but the level of their own works is not enough, and foreigners look down on it, but once there is such an opportunity, no one wants to miss it, and the same is true for Da Lao Wang, although Lionsgate is still far from the seven major Hollywood companies, but it is also a famous independent film company.
Lionsgate was founded in 1997 by a Canadian banker named Frank Gusta, who was in love with the thriving film industry. In the early days of Lionsgate's founding, the main business was the distribution of films, and the company's business was tepid, and it was not until '04 that this situation changed radically. The beginning of the story comes from the 20th Sundance International Film Festival held in January 04, Malaysian Chinese director Wen Ziren brought his own "Chainsaw" to the festival, and the film successfully frightened all the audiences who watched the movie. Lionsgate Insight bought the rights to the film, which was scheduled to be released a week before Halloween '04. "Chainsaw" lived up to expectations, winning $56 million in North America and $104 million in the world, you must know that Wen Ziren only spent $1.2 million to produce "Chainsaw", and the film was only 5 days to prepare and 18 days to shoot. Lionsgate has completely established itself with the "Chainsaw" series, and the company's development strategy is also obvious, mainly distributing low-budget horror films, and occasionally participating in the production of films.
At the beginning, Li Xiang also learned that his roommate's father was an executive of Lionsgate after Jason was drunk, and Jason's father wanted Jason to go to Lionsgate to participate in the promotion of the movie after graduation, and Jason studied at USC for a period of time, and found that he was more interested in directing, so he decisively put his father's words as P, for which the father and son had a fierce quarrel, or Jason's mother came forward to make peace, and the two made a bet, if Jason can come up with a script that satisfies Lionsgate, Jason's father will personally help him contact the fund to build a groupγ
The script should be exciting enough and the cost should be low, which is quite a harsh condition for newcomers. Jason's brain was congested at the time, and he didn't think about it at all, so he agreed, and then regretted it, where did he find such a script? But the water that was spilled out of the words was still some time before graduation, and it would always be written when the time came. It's just that the reality is so cruel, Jason found that he didn't have any talent in screenwriting, he couldn't read what he wrote, and he was getting closer and closer to graduation, Jason was very irritable, and he could only relieve his emotions by drinking, and Li Xiang was very helpless to accompany him. This old brother chattered a lot after getting drunk, Li Xiang only then understood the truth of the matter, the two have gotten along well in recent years, Li Xiang has no idea of developing in Hollywood, and some movies in his head cannot pass the review in China, it is better to be a favor, Li Xiang wrote a script and gave it to Jason on the occasion of graduation. When Jason handed over the script, Li Xiang returned to China, and I don't know what happened later.
Li Xiang, who returned to the apartment, took out his mobile phone and prepared to make a call to Jason.
"Hey, this is Jason Smith, may I ask who you are?"
"Jason, it's my Xingke!" Li Xiang's English name is Xingke, a homonym for Think.
"God, you bastard, I can't get through to you all the time!" Jason said angrily.
"Ah, sorry man, I won't use my mobile phone number in the United States after I return to China, I forgot about it!" Li Xiang remembered that he had changed his phone number.
"You've been back in China for so long, don't you know how to call me?" Jason's tone was full of resentment.
"I was busy with my first feature film, so I forgot about it, and I'm here to officially make amends to you!" After thinking about it for a while, it was indeed a little sorry for Jason.