Another kind of blockbuster in neon is historical-themed movies, especially the theme of the Three Kingdoms, which is enduring in neon, and the previous "Under the Red Cliff" defeated Li Xiaolong, Cheng Long, Zhang Yimou and many other superstars and directors to become the box office champion of neon Chinese movies.

The neon people's attachment to the Three Kingdoms originated in their Warring States period, especially Oda Nobunaga, known as the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, and Cao Cao. So in Neon, the evaluation of Cao Cao is much higher than that of Huaxia. And there is another historical point worth noting, Neon had political and economic contacts with the Wei State at that time. The queen of the Wa Kingdom also received the canonization of Emperor Cao Rui of Wei.

Neon attaches great importance to the history and culture of China, not only the Three Kingdoms, but also the Chu and Han dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties, etc.

However, the Three Kingdoms period is very similar to the Warring States period of neon, so they pay more attention to this section, and "Three Kingdoms" is widely circulated in neon, until now neon has a lot of Three Kingdoms series games, books, animations, etc., so the Three Kingdoms will be so popular in neon.

And "Journey to the West", which is also one of the four famous novels, is also well received in Neon, and there are countless remakes of film and television works.

And Huaxia has not had a Journey to the West movie so far, so it is normal for them to be so optimistic about this movie.

Li Mu doesn't attach much importance to overseas copyright, after all, "Journey to the West" basically only has a little influence in a small part of Southeast Asia, and Li Mu has no name abroad, so don't count on rice and Europe.

"Then I don't know what the price given by Shochiku Film Company is?" asked Li Mu.

"Five million meters to buy the Asian copyright of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage"!" Saburo Koizumi threw out a very tempting number.

Hey, the little devil is really willing, you must know that the two parts of "Red Cliff", which exploded at the neon box office, only sold 20 million yuan, although this time they want the copyright of the whole of Asia, but other countries except Neon and South Korea are basically a drop in the bucket.

And there must be room for counteroffer for these five million, and it is estimated that it can rise by more than one million.

However, Li Mu didn't have time to bargain with him at that time, but chose another way, "Mr. Koizumi, I don't know if the other party is willing to act as an agent for the distribution rights of "The Return of the Great Sage" in Asia?"

Li Mu's words made Xiaoquan stunned for a while, according to his ideas, in the face of such generous conditions, Li Mu would definitely agree immediately, at most, it was just a bargain, after all, not all movies can sell overseas copyrights

"Mr. Li, are you sure?" asked Saburo Koizumi uncertainly.

Li Mu was not surprised by his expression at all, the distribution method is generally divided into three types, the first is pure sharing, the producer, distributor, and theater chain have agreed in advance on their respective sharing ratios, and the final box office will be settled proportionally.

The second is the guarantee, which means that the party who buys the copyright pays a certain amount of money as a guarantee, and then distributes it in the market, and after the film is released, the distribution income in addition to the guarantee is removed, and then shares it with the party who sells the copyright.

The third is buyout, which literally means that all the money is paid at once, the copyright of the film is purchased, and the box office obtained after that has nothing to do with the producer, all of which are owned by the distributor.

At present, most of the overseas distribution methods of domestic films are the third option, that is, a one-time buyout.

After all, investors make movies to make money, and choosing to buy out is undoubtedly a very safe way, after all, money is in your pocket to feel at ease.

And the only director in China who has the confidence to choose the sharing model is Zhang Yimou, and even the two parts of "Red Cliff", which has a neon box office of more than 100 million yuan, are all bought out, which is no wonder Xiaoquan is so surprised by Li Mu's choice.

Since Li Mu proposed the sharing model, the other party is even more desperate, so he doesn't have to take any risks at the box office.

In the end, Koizumi contacted the Shochiku Film Company, and the two sides decided to divide the ratio at 25 percent.

Li Mu is quite satisfied with this ratio, and the proportion of Hollywood blockbusters in neon, South Korea and other countries is between 35 and 45 percent.

In this way, as long as the Asian box office exceeds 20 million yuan, Li Mu can get 5 million, and he will not lose money, but if it is less than 20 million?

talked about the movie, and then Li Mu and Koizumi signed the copyright adaptation contract for the two TV series, and Koizumi signed the contract immediately after signing the contract despite Li Mu's retention.

"Don't say it, the neon nation still has merit, at least their work attitude is very serious, a bit of a German shadow!" Li Mu sighed as he looked at Koizumi Saburo who left.

The female assistant next to her did not respond to Li Mu's words, but said with some worry: "Mr. Li, why don't you agree to their buyout request, in my opinion, they still have room to make concessions, Nu Effort should be able to talk about six million, isn't it too risky to choose to share!"

Although she was refuting Li Mu's approach, Li Mu still praised her, "You're right, the sharing model is indeed very risky, the performance of Huaxia films in overseas markets has been unstable, and basically no one dares to take this risk except Zhang Yimou." ”

Now Tang Huiyan was even more puzzled, "Then you are also..."

Li Mu patiently continued to explain to him, "The ones that can be released overseas are generally blockbusters, the kind that invests hundreds of millions or even two or three billion, it is difficult to return to the cost by relying on the domestic box office alone, let alone making a profit, and the investor's money is not blowing in the wind, it must be a relatively safe way, but our movie is estimated to be profitable at the domestic box office, so there is no need to be so cautious, in case the overseas box office also explodes in the end, it will make a lot of money!"

At present, the investment in "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" has been nearly 200 million, of which 100 million is the cost of production and post-production special effects, and the other 100 million is completely the cost of publicity, but this 100 million is not in vain, after such a long period of publicity, coupled with a wide range of movies across the country, the popularity of this movie is already very high, and now the studio has ended the publicity of the Internet water army, and there are currently a large number of "tap water" of "The Return of the Great Sage" on the Internet.

After the trailer was released on station B and many places on the Internet, viewers who watched the video have developed a lot of interest and expectations for the film.

Later, with the beginning of physical publicity and large-scale screenings, the "tap water" group has grown more and more and has begun to take shape.

Up to now, Li Mu doesn't have to worry about the publicity on the Internet.