Chapter 269: The Transformation of Lionsgate
In the end, the three of them discussed for an afternoon before the matter was preliminarily settled. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The two sides discussed that the first part would be filmed first to test the waters, and if the box office was good, the two sides would make additional investments.
The total investment in the production cost of the first film is 200 million US dollars! The two sides will pay 100 million yuan each, accounting for 45% each, and Han Qiu, as a director and screenwriter, will eat 10% alone.
For this result, Han Qiu is quite satisfied. As long as this head is opened, and he is not afraid that Warner will not make additional investment, Han Qiu is still relatively confident in this unprecedented sci-fi movie like The Matrix.
In the evening, after Han Qiu and Bill and others shared dinner, they returned to the hotel alone.
After coming back, Han Qiu took a comfortable bath, and then wrapped in a bath towel to call Zhou Yuxin to report his safety.
However, not long after the phone hung up, another call came in, but not on his mobile phone, but on the internal phone in the room.
"Hello?"
"Do you need a home massage service?"
"......." Han Qiu was speechless, this Nima?massage service?Is it me massaging you, or are you massaging me. "Sorry, I don't need to. ”
After speaking, Han Qiu hung up the phone directly. Miss Yanma, he still can't be blessed.
In order to prevent any more calls from coming in, he directly made the internal phone busy, and then shrunk comfortably into the quilt and fell asleep.
.........
The next day, Han Qiu made an appointment with Wen Ziren.
After experiencing three Chainsaw horrors, this kid has become famous in the United States, not to mention the whole country, at least the vast majority of audiences who like thriller horror movies know that there is a yellow director named James Win.
Even, because Chainsaw has the shadow of Hua Xian, many American audiences think that Wen Ziren is a Chinese director.
But in fact, although his elders are Chinese, he is an authentic Malaysian.
In the morning, Han Qiu came to the University of Southern California alone, which was the place where he made an appointment to meet Wen Ziren.
On campus, the sun was shining, and many college students passed by Han Qiu with the breath of youth. Looking at their energetic smiles, Han Qiu suddenly had a feeling of being out of the world.
"Uncle, please give way. Suddenly, a pleasant voice came from behind Han Qiu.
Han Qiu looked back and saw a little girl parked behind him on a bicycle.
"Uncle?" Han Qiu was speechless in his heart, but he still took a few steps to the side to make way for others.
It wasn't until the little girl flicked her ponytail and disappeared into Han Qiu's sight that he came back to his senses.
Everyone still calls their brother when they are little Lori, and a college student calls him uncle......
"It's really old. Han Qiu muttered inexplicably, his heart stuffed.
A moment later, in the library, Han Qiu saw Wen Ziren, who had been waiting for a long time.
"Director Han. ”
Han Qiu nodded and greeted, "It's been okay lately." ”
After several years of chainsaw career, Wen Ziren's childishness has also been polished, and now facing Han Qiu, he can already ignore it indifferently: "It's not bad, the dead silence is almost finished, and I plan to start shooting in early April." ”
"It's fast. Han Qiu was a little surprised, "What about Chainsaw? I remember that the third part has no ending, who are you going to hand over this IP to?"
He still vaguely remembered that Wen Ziren mentioned this matter to him, and once he didn't shoot Chainsaw, he would sell this IP and hand it over to someone else to shoot a sequel.
And judging from the current popularity of Saw Horror, the fourth part definitely has a lot of attraction!
"I made the news out the other day, and a lot of studios and directors want to take it over. Speaking of this, Wen Ziren's face was a little strange, "But..... Han Dao, you will never guess who the highest bidder is. ”
Han Qiu raised his eyebrows and said tentatively, "Warner?"
"It's not. Wen Ziren shook his head.
"Fawkes?"
"Not really. ”
"Paramount?"
"Still wrong. ”
In the end, Han Qiu talked about most of the famous companies in Hollywood, but Wen Ziren still kept shaking his head, but his face became more and more strange.
Speaking of which, Han Qiu didn't have the heart to guess, grandma, who is so courageous?
Suddenly, a strange thought came to Han Qiu's mind, he opened his mouth wide, and in a tone of disbelief, he bit the word and said, "It can't be the Lion Gate, right?"
Hearing this, Wen Ziren finally didn't shake his head anymore, he sighed: "That's right, it's Shimen." ”
Han Qiu: "......."
He still remembers that at the drinking party before filming V, Shimen's people also clashed with Wen Ziren, and after that, Shimen also wanted to use "Pursuit Order" to snipe Chainsaw Horror, although it ended in failure.
But Han Qiu didn't expect that people would take the initiative to take the highest price to win the chainsaw.
Is this because of my bad memory, or is the charm of Chainsaw too great?
Big enough to ice your suspicions?
"Sure enough, money is paramount. Han Qiu said with emotion.
"I don't think the master took that incident to heart at all. Wen Ziren shrugged and said, "They didn't succeed in sniping that time, maybe they even have a deeper understanding of the potential of Chainsaw." ”
"That's for sure, they're all businessmen, they make money, who cares about these little things. ”
Wen Ziren nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Director Han, what do you mean, are we going to sell it to them?"
"Sell. Han Qiu replied without hesitation, "Anyway, you don't want to shoot again, so it's not who gives more money, so you will sell it to whom?"
"It's just that you have to pay attention to the word of mouth, don't let the people of Lionsgate ruin the reputation of Chainsaw Horror. It's a classic, and they can't spoil it. ”
"I know that. Wen Ziren said confidently, "When I sold the copyright, I also sold the follow-up script by the way, if the master wants to make a sequel, he must use the original actors, with them, the reputation should not be bad." ”
Han Qiu nodded, "Okay, that's fine." ”
"Then I'll sign the contract with them in a few days, Director Han, do you want to go together?"
Han Qiu waved his hand: "No need, you can just watch it yourself, I'm going to preside over the recruitment of actors for the Matrix." ”
"Okay. Wen Ziren looked at the man in front of him who was only a few years older than himself, but he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart that he couldn't catch up.
People are already well-known in the international film industry, when will they be famous all over the world?
.......
On March 23, Han Qiu and Warner signed a contract. The news of the two companies working together again was also announced the next day, and at the same time, the sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix was announced!
After a few years, Han Qiu set foot in the United States again, and it is a sci-fi masterpiece with a big investment!
In the eyes of the Yankees, the success of V and the Dark Knight is still vivid, this time, will this Chinese director from the East create another miracle?
Major media in the United States also reported on the matter to a greater or lesser extent, and said that the Chinese director is making a comeback!
[A magical director from the East, once again entering Hollywood!]
[Huaxian and Warner's third cooperation!]
[The Matrix? The business empire of the Chinese director!]
On the Internet, American netizens also expressed their opinions on this matter.
"Oh, Director Huaxia is here again, is he going to create a super villain for us again?"
"I have to admit that he is the most talented Chinese director I have ever met. ”
"I still remember the Joker, he's the best villain I've ever seen, not one of them. ”
"No, V is the best, I have a mask at home, and I took it to the school masquerade. ”
"With a V mask? Wow, that must be cool. ”
"yes, it's really cool, and I even got a girl with a really good figure to dance. ”
"I don't know if this Chinese director will bring another very powerful role. ”
"Looking forward to ........"
As Han Qiu expected, with the previous battle between V and the Dark Knight, many American viewers have not forgotten him. For the Matrix, they also show more or less anticipation.
The next day, Han Qiu began recruiting the heroine of the Matrix.
As soon as this news came out, many American actresses showed strong interest and sent applications to Han Qiu one after another.......
(I was out and about some time ago and stayed in a hotel, uh...... Everyone understands. I'm a righteous gentleman like Han Qiu!How could I do those things?)