Chapter 206: Friends
Thank you, Luo, God, lumia_ye and other Taoist friends for rewarding, I wish you all Taoist friends happiness such as the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and longevity than the old pine of Nanshan!!
Originally, the filming time of "Home Alone" was very tight! Because Xu Cun went to Los Angeles to take care of Deng Lijun and wasted more than a week, the filming time of "Home Alone" became even tighter!
In desperation, Xu Cun can only squeeze the working hours of the poor working people of the United States.
But-
After all, the United States and G are not as good as those in China, and the United States and G are still very concerned about human rights -- the labor law of the United States and the United States stipulates that the working hours of citizens of the United States and the United States cannot exceed eight hours a day. (Voluntary ones are not included.) )
Therefore, if you force the American G actors and American G staff to work for more than eight hours, they will be sued to the union by this group of American G guys who shout about human rights every day, which will cause countless troubles.
In order to make the beautiful guy work overtime willingly, and in order to make "Home Alone" be released in time for Christmas, Xu Cun can only be a fortune boy. So much so that by the time "Home Alone" was completed, almost all the actors and crew in "Home Alone" received more than twice their salaries.
Hurry up, Home Alone finally finished three days before Christmas.
The production of "Home Alone" in time is thanks to one person - Chris Columbus, the original director of "Home Alone".
Chris Columbus is definitely a genius director and a very good assistant - Xu Cun's creative ideas are always completed quickly and well.
In view of Chris Columbus's excellence, Xu Cun is ready to recommend Chris Columbus to Alain Ryder Jr. as the director of the sequel to Home Alone.
Why did the sequel to Home Alone go to Twentieth Century Fox? Because, Xu Cun, who tasted the sweetness of selling copyrights, reached a verbal agreement with Alan Ryder Jr. - as long as "Home Alone" can achieve a good result, Alan Ryder Jr. will pay to buy all the copyrights of "Home Alone".
……
After watching the sample film of Home Alone.
Alan Ryder Jr. lit a cigar and said, "A very good Hollywood movie, much better than the Asian movies you asked me to release before!" Oh, I'm sorry, Xu, I'm not complaining to you about anything, after all, those Asian movies also made me a little money, didn't they? ”
"My friend Ryder, in fact you don't need to remind me of what you've done for me, know that I'm a grateful man." Xu Cun directly broke the intention of Alain Ryder Jr. to say this.
"Okay, Xu, let's get straight to the point, I decided to promote this Home Alone during Christmas, after all, it's a merry Christmas movie, isn't it?" Alain Ryder Road Jr.
"A very wise decision, this wise decision of yours will definitely make a lot of money for Twentieth Century Fox Film Company!" Xu Cun complimented.
"Let's talk about the box office share of Home Alone." Xu Cun said again.
"Isn't it good to follow the old rules?" Alain Ryder Jr. pretended to be stupid.
"Those are Asian movies, Home Alone is a pure Hollywood movie, Ryder, do you think it's fair for me to take 21 percent?" Xu Cundao.
"Okay, twenty-three percent." Alain Ryder Jr. said helplessly.
"My friend, Longmayer is much more generous than you, and when I was a little-known director, Longmayer gave "ET" a 28.5 percent box office share." Xu Cun said leisurely.
"ET" is the biggest failure of Alain Ryder Jr.'s life, listening to Xu Cun mention "ET", Alain Ryder Jr. was a little angry and said: ""ET" is a Hollywood film that has won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival! Moreover, in order to get a 28.5% box office share, Xu, you paid half of the publicity fee! ”
"I can also pay half or even all of the publicity fee for Home Alone." Xu Cun said leisurely.
"Oh, Xu, have you forgotten who helped you release those terrible Asian movies? It's me, it's your friend Alain Ryder Jr., not the guy who made hundreds of millions of dollars on you. Alain Ryder Jr. shouted.
"Oh, well, Ryder, my friend, you name a number and I'll hear it." Xu Cun made a surrender gesture.
"Twenty-seven percent, you pay half of the publicity fee." Lion Alain Ryder Jr. spoke.
“…… Ryder, if you continue like this, you'll have no friends. Xu Cun was silent for a moment, and said helplessly.
"A friend is a friend, a business is a business, that's what you taught me, isn't it, my friend." Alain Ryder Jr. said with an innocent look on his face.
"I pay half of the publicity fee, 29 percent, you must know that I am the title of the first director after all, it is too low and it is really not good-looking." Xu Cun said as he pressed his index finger to his temple.
"Alright, just do as you say." Alain Ryder Jr. immediately agreed.
"I also have a movie that I want to release on Valentine's Day." Xu Cundao.
"What movie?" Alain Ryder Jr. asked with interest.
"I starred in a love movie with a Chinese G actress, about people and ghosts falling in love." Xu Cun said deliberately.
"Oh, Xu, you should be focusing on making Hollywood movies like 'ET' and 'Home Alone', and you shouldn't be making Asian movies that don't have a market, like that 'Knife Horse', oh my God, you've wasted almost a year on a movie like that that is destined to not make money!" Alain Ryder Road Jr.
"So, you're not going to help me release it?" Xu Cun asked quietly.
"Oh no, I'm your friend, how could I not help you? Well...... I'll help you release that damn movie according to the old rules. Alain Ryder Jr. said with the face of a benefactor.
"Twenty-one percent? I thought I'd better talk to Longmeyer, maybe he would be more generous. Xu Cun pretended to be dissatisfied.
"Well, my friend, if that miser at Longmayer won't help you, you can come back to me." Alain Ryder Road Jr.
Alain Ryder Jr. only gave 21% of the box office share of "Ghost Love", do you resent Alan Ryder Jr.?
In fact, no complaints.
The reason why Alain Ryder Jr. gave such a low box office share to "Ghost Love" is all because Xu Cun has been giving Alain Ryder Jr. false information to mislead Alan Ryder Jr.
Actually,
Xu Cun didn't want Twentieth Century Fox Film Company to release "The Love of People and Ghosts" at all.
Xu Cun did this for two reasons:
1. Xu Cun can't let Twentieth Century Fox be too strong against the other seven largest Hollywood studios. Because, then there will be a situation where one company dominates, which is not conducive to the development of DreamWorks.
Second, Xu Cun has always believed in a truth - you can't put all your eggs in one basket. Therefore, Xu Cunde opened up several more distribution channels for DreamWorks.
But-
Alain Ryder Jr. did help Xu Cun release movies such as "Sword and Horse", and Xu Cun owes Alan Ryder Jr. a favor.
Therefore, Xu Cun can't directly hand over "Ghost Love" to other film companies for distribution without even an excuse.
Therefore, Xu Cuncai asked Alain Ryder Jr. to give up the distribution rights of "Human and Ghost Love".
……
After leaving Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, Xu Cun spent a week contacting the top management of seven of Hollywood's largest film companies except Twentieth Century Fox Film Company.
In the end, Xu Cun gave the distribution rights of "Ghost Love" to the most generous Paramount Pictures.
……
(To be continued.) )