Chapter 434: The Layout of the Two Parties
Gu Xiaofan's question made Han Sanpin's expression become serious, and he said in a curse-like tone: "It is a shame for every one of us filmmakers to let American films occupy the box office champion of our country......"
Convinced? How is it possible, he is a soldier, and the most important thing in his life is national honor, as a leading figure in the Chinese film industry, no one wants to beat Hollywood movies more than him. [Full text reading]
"Director Gu, you are not the only one with great ambitions." Han Sanpin said in a deep voice:
"We not only want to break the box office record of 2.7 billion for "Transformers", but also the record of 3.6 billion for "Titanic".
This record has been hanging on the heads of Chinese filmmakers for ten years...... It was like a dark cloud overhead, lingering forever, and many people said that this record would remain for another ten years......"
Speaking of this, Han Sanpin sat up straight, showing a heroic and dry spirit:
"But I Han someone doesn't believe in this evil, so I invested 300 million to shoot "Cast a Name", although I lost this time, but I will continue, this year's "Red Cliff", next year's "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", I will challenge again and again until I succeed~~"
Han Sanpin's words made Gu Xiaofan admire him from the bottom of his heart, he felt the same stubborn temperament of the old director of the art factory in this Mr. Han, this is the difference between other private enterprises in China Film, what they care about is not only short-term interests, but also an ideal for filmmakers.
At this time, the car had already arrived at the airport, and before Gu Xiaofan got out of the car, he stretched out his hand to Han Sanpin and said sincerely:
"Mr. Han, I wish you good luck with "Red Cliff" in the summer file."
Han Sanpin shook his hand tightly, although his face was still serious, his eyes were full of appreciation: "I also wish Gu Dao your good luck in Outwitting Tiger Mountain." β
At this time, the sky, which had been covered with thunderstorms, suddenly showed a ray of light, and the sunlight slowly sprinkled down and fell right on their heads.
"That's a good sign." Gu Xiaofan showed a bright smile, turned his head to Han Sanpin and said:
"Mr. Han, this year's summer file depends on which of us can beat those American films."
Han Sanpin also rarely smiled, looked at the sky and sighed: "I hope so." β
Although he Han Mou is proud, but he can't catch it, the Chinese film force is still too weak, all the elites are out, and only the three movies that can be put on the stage have to face the attack of five Hollywood movies......
Whether in terms of quantity or investment, they are at a disadvantage and have lost their film scheduling advantages......
Los Angeles, a business conference hall.
Senior representatives from the Asia-Pacific region of Hollywood's six major leather companies are gathering for a regular consultation meeting.
Unlike China's distribution and projection associations, this kind of meeting is not a government organization, but a commercial and political game within Hollywood's six giants to avoid conflicts of interest.
Every summer, the six giants of Hollywood will each come up with one or two annual strong films to scavenge the global box office in the summer file, in order to avoid the six major internal releases at the same time and cause both sides to lose, everyone will discuss how to avoid the same type of movies, and the date of the partner is determined.
To put it bluntly, this consultation meeting is a monopoly decision made by the six parties in order to maximize their respective interests.
The six conferences are divided into three different regions: North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
The Asia-Pacific high-level meeting, as the name suggests, is the schedule of the six major conferences in the Asia-Pacific region.
As usual, the meeting went smoothly at the beginning, and among the targets discussed, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, which are Asian box offices, have long been completely open to Hollywood, and the local film industry in these regions has almost been crushed by them, and the six delegates have no scruples at all.
Japan and Hong Kong, which were once the representatives of Asian films, have been declining day by day, and they have long been no match for them.
And there are only three regions in the real problem, which are India, South Korea, and China.
All three regions have their own protection policies, and the domestic film industry is thriving.
Among these three regions, the Korean film market is not large, and it is not a core interest for the Big Six, while the Indian film market is huge, but the price of movie tickets is extremely low, and the situation of the Indian state governments is extremely serious.
So in the Indian market, they can fight for very little.
Therefore, at every meeting in the Asia-Pacific region, there is only one big focus, and that is the Chinese market, which is soaring in terms of national strength and film industry.
Everyone can see that the market is expanding rapidly, and everyone is making a fortune in China.
At the beginning of the meeting, everyone discussed not what the schedule was, but how to persuade the China Film Bureau to let more films enter the market.
Although the quota has been increased to 34, the Big Six produce hundreds of movies every year, and they all want to rush in to make money.
In this year's summer file alone, Disney's "Robot Wall-E", Universal's "Wanted", "Hellboy 2 Golden Army", Warner's "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", "Gravity" and many other blockbusters have been excluded.
"How can these Chinese bastards refuse us Disney? "Wall-E the Robot" is a cartoon! There was no bloody violence at all. β
"Don't say it, our editors at Universal have cut out all the bloody scenes in Hellboy 2, but guess what the people at the China Film Bureau say? They say that the protagonist of this movie is a demon, and the Chinese people can't look at the devil, and they will freak them out. β
"Our "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is not the same, and we must continue to put pressure on the China Film Bureau."
Looking at the commotion of the delegates at the scene, Ed Wharton, the representative of Columbia, knocked on the table calmly.
"Gentlemen~Gentlemen~ Let's not quarrel about this, we have already got the good news of 14 more films a year, and putting pressure on the China Film Bureau at this time will not lead to anything, it will only make them more disgusted."
Fox, the representative of Universal snorted coldly and stopped arguing.
Last year, due to Ed Wharton's negotiations, 14 more places were opened in China, and this achievement alone has made Ed Wharton the leader of the six Asia-Pacific chapters.
Ed Wharton was also proud, he didn't know that this incident was actually caused by his sworn enemy Gu Xiaofan.
Because of this, Paramount co-released the three summer films "Iron Man", "Kung Fu Panda", and "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" with Colombia.
"Ed, I don't think you're too complacent." Warner's Asia-Pacific representative, Dali Sandro, a fat man of huge stature, warned in a stern tone:
"This year, China Film, Huayi, and the Shangying that came out of nowhere, will launch their new works in the summer file, I think you should be careful this time, after all, you are alone."
This time, China increased the number of imported films, and other companies did not benefit, but Columbia and Paramount squeezed three films into the domestic summer file in one go.
Warner's strongest film in this summer file, "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", was not even listed, which made Dali Sandro very unhappy, and he really wanted a spot.
But who let Ed Wharton really handle the China Film Bureau......
DalΓ Sandro hopes he will recognize the threat posed by Chinese cinema and give Warner a spot to join forces against the Chinese resistance.
Ed Wharton heard Dali Sandro's threat, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, Warner had obtained information from China so quickly?
But how is this possible? Unless Han Sanpin and those people are crazy, how can they confront them head-to-head in the summer file? And three movies?