Chapter 957: Foreplay
These days, the news that Cheng Xiaoyu's film will be released by "Universal" has spread throughout Hollywood, which not only makes Peter Koprah a little surprised and unhappy, but also makes Hollywood's various media a little overwhelmed......
This is called Hollywood's various entertainment tabloid gossip fire burning, after a series of inquiries, obtained some shocking gossip, "Universal" staff revealed that Cheng Xiaoyu won the favor of Hollywood bigwig Staven Bell, so he got this opportunity, but this news was not officially recognized by "Universal". Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When a reporter interviewed Peter Kopla and asked him what he thought of Xiaoyu's movie released by "Universal", Peter Kopla shrugged his shoulders and said very disdainfully: "This Chinese guy has paid all the publicity and distribution costs, and has signed a gambling agreement with Universal, and the box office does not reach much and does not need money...... He wants to sign such a contract with me and give me the film, and I am willing to send it for him, after all, although there are many Hollywood movies, there are not many rich fools......"
Peter Kopla's sarcastic remarks made the surrounding reporters laugh "haha", and another reporter asked: "Then may I ask Director Peter, do you know what the box office line of the bet signed between the other party and 'Universal' is?" Most reporters in Hollywood still don't know who Cheng Xiaoyu is, what his name is, and they don't know that the company "Xichu" is a little influential, but the name of Huaxia is really not easy for Americans to remember.
Most people only know that the other party is a rich young Asian from China, although this should be the time to know a little about the other party's name, but in front of Peter Copra, all reporters still will not mention Cheng Xiaoyu's name, because he is still not worthy of being deliberately remembered by his name, Hollywood's Vanity Fair is such a reality.
Peter Koppura took off his truck hat and said with a cynical look: "I really don't know this, people around the world say it's a trade secret...... Maybe the box office amount set has reached 4,000 or 50 million? It's just about the same as the income of one of my movies, so I'm embarrassed to reveal it....... I'm not insulting newcomers! My first movie of the year only grossed 80 million, and it's good that he can have half of me..... But I think in the end, no matter how much the box office is, it doesn't have much to do with him, and he will definitely not make a penny...... Of course, there is another possibility..... I think everyone should be able to guess what it is......."
Reporters didn't expect to hear such exciting news from Peter Copera, no wonder Universal was willing to release this movie, it turned out to be a dirty PY deal, as for the other possibility that Peter Copla said, it was naturally said that maybe the Chinese Yanes were "money laundering", of course, the media and Peter Coprah did not dare to say this word blatantly, after all, this matter has a lot to do with "Universal", and it can only be insinuated.
Reporters took note of Peter Kopla's words, and another reporter asked, "So what does Director Peter want to say to this director who has a little friction with you?"
Peter Koppura looked around and asked, "Does anyone know what that Huaxia guy is or what his last name is?"
The reporters shook their heads one after another, and they had to do a good job at this time.
Peter Kophera feigned annoyance and said, "I don't know what his name is..... It's rude, and the next time I get a chance to see him, I'll give him a chance to say his name, after all, it's a joke I'll remember for the rest of my life......"
The reporters burst into laughter again.
Peter Kophera pretended to be serious and pointed to the camera of an online media and said: "I want to say to him, hey, young man, it is worth paying tens of millions of dollars for the first film to cooperate with a big company like Universal...... At least when I returned to China, I could proudly boast that my film had been distributed around the world, and the box office was still tens of millions, and I had dealings with Mr. Peter Kopla..... Maybe countless Chinese celebrities have thrown their arms into their arms? I think this kid is quite smart, and it's still worth ...... tens of millions of dollars spent in Hollywood."
There was another burst of laughter around, and they applauded Peter Kopera's sharp mockery, this news added laughter to the recent calm Hollywood media, but this is not exciting enough, some boring media plan to provoke a war of words between the two people, and want to interview Cheng Xiaoyu, but Cheng Xiaoyu refused.
Everyone still knows that this is an excellent opportunity to promote their films, even if they don't say anything, just ridicule and scold, as long as they can get into each other with Peter Kopla, they can rub off on the great topic, which is definitely good for the promotion of the movie, but Cheng Xiaoyu refused the interview.
In the eyes of the media, Cheng Xiaoyu lacks courage, is ashamed, and is admitting.
So all kinds of reports really spared no effort to belittle and ridicule Cheng Xiaoyu, and the headline on the front page of "Hollywood Weekly Entertainment" was accompanied by the cartoon images of Peter Copla and Cheng Xiaoyu, and there was a dialogue on it, Peter Copla held a sword with "Sony" written on it and pointed at Cheng Xiaoyu and said: "Boy, do you know how to make a movie?"
Cheng Xiaoyu's cartoon image holds a shield with "Universal" written on it in one hand, and he says: "I don't know, but I have money....."
The report of "Yahoo Entertainment News" is "Hollywood's money and art", which reports in detail on the perception of Cheng Xiaoyu's movies by some other film companies, which are basically scolded, of course, there are also those who say "okay" and "very interesting", but the news is not written, in short, "Yahoo" Entertainment said that Hollywood was attacked by money, and "Universal" is even more cheeky in order to make money, "Yahoo Entertainment News" is black with "Universal", after all, "Yahoo" has always disliked Chinese people.
The heavyweight "Hollywood Reporter" also published an article criticizing "Universal" compromising with money, and Cheng Xiaoyu using money to open the way for his own films, but "Hollywood Reporter" only used Cheng Xiaoyu's incident as an introduction, and even scolded the eight Hollywood majors, because in recent years, Hollywood movies have become more and more commercialized, almost all of them are making big IPs or sequels, using technology to stimulate the audience's eyeballs, and they don't care about the connotation of the movie.
There are even some unscrupulous media who directly speculate that Cheng Xiaoyu is the son of a certain Chinese bigwig, and he came to Hollywood to spend money for ulterior purposes (money laundering), but he didn't dare to write it directly and take a lawsuit.
In fact, as long as you check carefully, Cheng Xiaoyu's bottom will be found out in detail, but no one in the American media cares about Cheng Xiaoyu's true identity, they only hope that Cheng Xiaoyu is the identity they want, and they are happy to see Cheng Xiaoyu make a big mistake in Hollywood, because this meets their expectations.....
Countless media are also very curious about the issuance contract signed by "Universal" and Cheng Xiaoyu, but they can't find out the content of the contract.
The final proportion of the contract is in North America, if the box office profit before tax is less than 200 million US dollars, Cheng Xiaoyu will not be able to pay a penny, but as compensation, 80% of the overseas box office will return to Cheng Xiaoyu except for East Asia. The distribution in East Asia is undertaken by "Western Chu" and has nothing to do with "Universal".
In North America, if the pre-tax box office exceeds 200 million, Cheng Xiaoyu will get 80% of the box office, and the overseas box office can only get 20% except for East Asia.
In VCD, DVD, video website leasing and other projects, "Universal Pictures" and "Xichu Pictures" each received 50 percent of the account, regardless of the outcome of the bet.
At this point, "Universal" did not cheat Cheng Xiaoyu, because after watching this movie, the manager of the "Universal" film purchasing department felt that even if the film could not be a big hit at the box office, it should be able to shine in VCD, DVD, video website rental and other projects, so for the sake of Staven Bell's face, and for the reason that the VAM agreement was too exaggerated, he made concessions in the negotiations and gave Cheng Xiaoyu 50% of the profits.....