Chapter 779: One generation is not as good as the next
The next day, the Hong Kong media made a large report on the Academy Awards. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin Zixuan roughly flipped through the newspaper while eating breakfast, and didn't care too much.
Everyone's position is different, there are praise and disapproval, and this is the case every time, and it is difficult to reconcile, and no one can achieve perfection.
If it was before, he might have taken a serious look and found novel points of view, such as the balance between business and art, the contradiction between capital and film, and so on.
Now Lin Zixuan doesn't do that, it's not that he understands everything, but he realizes that many things are uncontrollable in themselves, and it's good to be so contradictory.
The world is not black and white, it is constantly changing and moving, and the ideas that are held today may be overturned in a few years, so it is important to keep up with the times.
He will have an important event to get together with the bigwigs of Heung Kong Film Company.
There are generally two places where the boss of Xiangjiang talks about things, a tea restaurant and a golf course, and the grades of the two are different, and the guests he entertains are also different.
Xiangjiang people like to drink morning tea, and the people who are entertained in the tea restaurant are often familiar customers who have friendships.
Lin Zixuan did not belong to this category, and he made an appointment with the gang at the golf course in Deep Water Bay.
Jiang Zhiqiang drove to the hotel to pick up Lin Zixuan, who was the introducer.
"Mr. Lin, Warner's people are interested in buying the remake rights of the "Infernal Affairs" series of movies in North America, and their bid is about $1 million, what do you think?" asked Jiang Zhiqiang in the car.
Major Hollywood film companies have offices in Xiangjiang, and Jiang Zhiqiang's cinema chain mainly shows Hollywood films, and he is very familiar with those people.
Due to the infighting in Tianmu, Lin Zixuan handed over the last part of "Infernal Affairs" to Jiang Zhiqiang's company to be responsible for the production and distribution in Xiangjiang, and Jiang Zhiqiang paid attention to the reaction of Hollywood.
"Infernal Affairs" is gradually gaining influence in Asia, and this kind of undercover police and gangster films have attracted the attention of many international film buyers.
Although it is an oriental story, it can happen in any country.
Cops, gangs, good guys, bad guys......
A popular subject matter, there is not so much cultural barrier, Westerners may not understand the emotional expression and inner struggle of Easterners, but they must be able to understand the story.
In particular, during the filming process, the expression techniques borrowed from Hollywood gang movies.
"They just want to buy the rights to the remake, don't they have any plans to make a co-production?" Lin Zixuan asked.
"Probably not, they will find their own directors and actors, and the script will definitely be revised, and the Hollywood set, you know, is different from the situation here. Jiang Zhiqiang responded.
Jiang Zhiqiang is familiar with the operation mode of Hollywood, and it is because he is familiar with it that he says so.
Hollywood studios don't work with the original producers just because of a remake of the film.
In the case of "Infernal Affairs", Good Dreams invested less than $5 million.
If it is a Hollywood film company remake, the investment should exceed 50 million US dollars, and invite Hollywood stars to join in to create a Hollywood-style commercial action blockbuster.
From an investment and income perspective, they would rather pay a premium for the remake rights.
"Wait, wait until the second part is released. Lin Zixuan said.
Lin Zixuan wants to invest in Hollywood movies in this way, but think about it, even if the cooperation is reached, I am afraid that the good dream company will not have much right to speak.
It's better to put it first, it's really not okay to sell the remake rights again, he's not in a hurry.
The car came to the golf course club in Deep Water Bay, which is surrounded by the settlement of the wealthy in Hong Kong, far away from the urban area of Hong Kong Island, with beautiful scenery and less hustle and bustle.
Jiang Zhiqiang parked the car, took out the golf club he was carrying, and walked in with Lin Zixuan.
The stadium is fully equipped with a restaurant, changing rooms, reading rooms and an apron.
Lin Zixuan has learned to play golf, but he didn't spend much energy, and he is not proficient.
The people of Xiangjiang are accustomed to the Western-style life, and the British have left a deep imprint here.
They thought that the Western-style life represented civilization and that golfing was an aristocratic sport, and this phenomenon also existed in the interior, and westernization became a trend.
After a round of golf, a few people sat together and chatted.
Jiang Zhiqiang controlled the rhythm of the topic in a timely manner and would not snub Lin Zixuan.
Everyone talked about "Xiaoxue's Great Adventure" from "Infernal Affairs", and Lin Zixuan heard that they not only wanted to invest in "Infernal Affairs", but also the idea of investing in "Xiaoxue's Great Adventure".
"Little Snow's Big Adventure" has a global box office of more than 700 million US dollars.
This money really didn't go to the hands of Good Dreams, excluding the theater's account sharing and other investors' shares, as well as various publicity and issuance expenses and repayment of bank loans.
Haomeng could only get about 40 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 350 million yuan.
For the film company in Xiangjiang, this return on investment is already very high, not to mention, this is a series of films, and the investment must not be at a loss.
They just want to make money and have their company's name appear at the end of the movie.
It is an honor for them to be able to leave the company's mark on such a movie that is popular all over the world.
Lin Zixuan thought about it a little and agreed, anyway, just add a few more lines to the subtitles, it has no impact, as for the investment amount and the follow-up contract, you can talk slowly, it is impossible to give them too much investment share.
With the participation of these people, the business of Good Dream Company in Xiangjiang can be carried out smoothly.
The release of "Xiaoxue's Great Adventure" in Xiangjiang will be more convenient, which is an exchange of interests.
Lin Zixuan proposed to buy the online broadcast rights of Xiangjiang's old movies in the mainland, and these bigwigs in the Xiangjiang film industry happily agreed.
They feel that the mainland's online broadcasting rights have nothing to do with them, and it is unlikely that they will develop in the mainland, let alone broadcast on the Internet.
Everyone reached an agreement and the atmosphere was harmonious.
Through this contact, Lin Zixuan found that the filmmakers in Xiangjiang had lost their enterprising spirit, and only thought about being the king and hegemony in their own territory, and had no pioneering consciousness.
Back then, in the 80s, Xiangjiang films dominated Southeast Asia.
The bigwigs of that generation of Xiangjiang Film Company even planned to enter the United States and compete with Hollywood movies, but now it can be said that one generation is not as good as the next.
They don't have a long-term plan other than pretending to maintain the current situation.
In this regard, the film industry in the mainland is different, and the mainland is on the road of commercialization, cooperating with Hong Kong, cooperating with Europe, and cooperating with Hollywood.
Dare to try, dare to take risks, not afraid of failure, may not be mature enough, but have vigorous vitality.
Back at the hotel, Lin Zixuan was about to leave Xiangjiang and go to Huacheng, where he wanted to meet Chen Changle.