"Hey, Wilson, why are you here, I didn't expect to meet you in China!" Jeff shouted at a tall white man.

That Wilson was also surprised to see Jeff, "You guys are really haunted!" He gave Jeff a hug.

Jeff introduced them to each other, but Wilson interrupted Jeff, "Of course I know him, a giant in China, he has incredible strength." Although He Mu's impression in the hearts of ordinary Americans is getting weaker and weaker, as a film industry practitioner, Wilson certainly will not forget this miracle boy, and he has had a lot of dealings with Chinese filmmakers, and even He Mu's influence in Chinese mainland.

Hearing Wilson praise He Mu like this, Jeff was also honored, "You kid can talk," and then introduced He Mu, "This big guy is called Wilson, and he was my little brother when he worked at Lionsgate." Saying that, Jeff also winked at He Mu, looking very proud.

Wilson was very dissatisfied with Jeff's introduction, he waved his big fist and shouted, "You are so shameless, in the company, you are in charge of North American distribution, and I am in charge of overseas distribution, although you are a vice president-level executive, a little higher than my salary, but I will not admit that I am your little brother." ”

"So as long as you can't die, you'll admit it, right?" Jeff has a good sense of Chinese humor, it seems that they know each other very well, and they are also old colleagues from the Lionsgate period, Wilson was in Europe when Jeff left Lionsgate, and when he returned home, Jeff was gone, which made him feel very sorry.

It was still early, and the three of them found a café to gossip. During the period, they naturally talked about why Jeff and Wilson came to China, and coincidentally they came to China for the same purpose, both so that their films could get a quota for their own films. As a result, they failed to do so, and in the end they only got the qualification to approve films.

Wilson's move around Lionsgate film is called "The Expendables", which is an action film invested, directed and starred by Stallone. Willis, Jason. Statham and other international action superstars, telling the story of a group of mercenaries, a bit of a tribute to the classics, the film was won by Lionsgate for global distribution. The world premiere is coming next month, and Wilson has been running for two months for the film's mainland account sharing qualification, and today he got a definite reply. He is preparing to return to China, and there are many Chinese film businessmen in the United States who specialize in the batch of films, and they are all waiting for Wilson's reply.

Hear where Wilson came from. He Mujiefu glanced at each other. What He Mu thought was: This film is too hanging, Sylvester. Stallone, Arnold. Schwarzenegger, Jason. Statham, Bruce. Willis, as well as the local Li Lianjie, these people get together, even a bad movie can be a big hit at the box office, this level of movie is only a B-level production in the United States, not a top A-level blockbuster, but in China. is absolutely high-end and atmospheric, and this kind of movie has been reduced to the point of being sold cheaply. It's a shame.

And what Jeff thinks is that "Cold Heart" will eventually go through the channel of batch films through Mizuki, and Mizuki has no experience in releasing foreign language films, so it would be great if he could practice his skills with "The Expendables".

The two can be regarded as having a heart-to-heart, and then exchanged a few words in Chinese, although Wilson has been to China several times, but he is not proficient in Chinese, and he can't understand what they are saying, "Hey, what are you talking about, why do you suddenly use Chinese?" Is there anything you don't want me to know? ”

Jeff said bluntly, "Of course, we're planning how to kill you." ”

"Really, let's listen to it, and I'll have a good reference." Big guys like Wilson also have a naughty side.

Jeff cleared his throat and began to talk about business, although this is a matter of Shuimu Forest, but he still consciously took it to himself, let He Mu this rookie negotiate with an old bird like Wilson, he is not at ease, "That's it, Wilson, He Mu hopes that his film company can buy the Chinese mainland copyright of "The Expendables", how about it, let's talk." ”

In fact, it is the same for anyone to sell the copyright in the mainland, but Wilson did not insist on returning to China to sell the copyright. Usually the price of this kind of buyout is tens of thousands of dollars, or hundreds of thousands of dollars, about hundreds of thousands of yuan or about 1 million yuan, and the Chinese film dealers who buy out the copyright also have to carry out translation, copying, promotion and publicity procedures, which will cost a total of between 1 million and 2 million yuan.

However, the potential of "The Expendables" is obviously more than 10 million, as long as it can be synchronized with North America in time and don't drag out the pirated version for too long, then tens of millions of box office can still be easily achieved, so Wilson also dares to open his mouth.

"What, 800,000, or dollars!" In the quiet café, Jeff directly shouted in English, "Wilson, are you bullying me for not understanding the market in Chinese mainland, 800,000 US dollars, I haven't heard that buying out the copyright can be sold at such a price in China, what kind of international jokes are you making." ”

Wilson's old face turned red, "Asking for a price all over the sky, sitting on the ground to pay back, don't the Chinese all say so." It turned out that he also knew that his offer was a bit fierce.

Seeing that Wilson was not messing around, Jeff calmed down a little and continued to bargain, "Let's cut it in half, $400,000, and you sell the copyright to Shuimu Forest, this price is probably not rare." ”

Jeff does understand, $400,000 is already quite a high price for an ordinary buyout film, of course, "The Expendables" is not an ordinary batch of films, it is the most competitive kind of batch films, Li Lianjie's three words alone are more than $400,000, Wilson also understands this, so he didn't directly agree, "If it doesn't go up again, I can't explain to Jon when I go back to 400,000." ”

Jeff glanced at He Mu and asked him to make up his mind, He Mu smiled slightly, "500,000, it can't be more." ”

"Deal!" This time, Wilson is very happy, and the $500,000 has set the highest buyout price for a batch of films so far, and he is already content.

In this way, He Mu spent 500,000 US dollars, more than 3 million yuan to win all the mainland copyrights of the Hollywood action film "The Expendables", plus other inputs, it will probably cost 5 million, as long as the box office can reach 20 million, it will not be in vain for him to be busy, he faintly feels that he has picked up a big bargain.

Wilson told He Mu that "The Expendables" is scheduled to have its world premiere in mid-August, hoping that his actions will be faster, so that "The Expendables" can be synchronized with North America and other markets, even if it can't be synchronized, it's not too late, the piracy leakage caused by the non-synchronization is a major factor affecting the box office of batch films, batch films are usually released in the mainland three or four months after they are released in the United States, and at this time, online piracy has been flying all over the sky, and it is originally a foreign language film of average quality, so there are fewer people who are willing to enter the cinema to support it, so it must be fast, Race against piracy.

The copy of "The Expendables" was in the hotel where Wilson lived, in a safe, and he got the full payment, Wilson handed over the copy to He Mu, and Shuimu Forest still had to do a lot of work for it, and actively communicated with China Film, striving to release this action movie in August, so that Shuimu Forest will release two films, "Love Notice" and "The Expendables" in August, one end and the other, which can be regarded as a big test of Shuimu Forest's distribution ability, and they have never released two movies in a month.

In addition, you can't favor one over the other, for "Cold Heart", He Mu will also spend $500,000 to buy out the mainland copyright, and promote the release of "Cold Heart" in the mainland, which will probably meet the mainland audience in November, he believes that the money will definitely be worth it, and the mainland audience will also like his new look.

Although the release of foreign language films is not in line with He Mu's consistent proposition of promoting traditional Chinese culture and resisting the invasion of Western culture, an action movie that sells muscles and bullets should not have any cultural implantation, and Li Lianjie is also implanted in it. Anyway, He Mu hasn't seen this movie yet, so he bought it directly for more than three million, which was a bit too hasty, and he was also hot at the time, thinking about it now, he won't smash his hands, right?!

After getting the film, He Mu immediately summoned Chen Li, Xue Xiangchen, Cai Yiming, Lan Chenxing and other company backbones to go to the screening room to watch the movie together, of course, if the English has not passed the fourth level, don't come, this film does not have Chinese subtitles.

Before watching the movie, Chen Li told He Mu that a director wanted to ask him for investment, and whether he wanted to meet him.

With the success of the film department produced by Shuimu Forest, this film company established by the famous actor He Mu himself has become famous, and many independent directors have come to seek financial support from He Mu.

He Mu is not a benevolent person, and the scale of the company is not large enough to squander it at will, so he picks the script, does not want literary films, and does not follow the customs in commercial films, he doesn't want to be like Andy Lau, for the sake of the movie dream, the Tianmu movie is disabled. Of course, this does not mean that He Mu does not have a pure dream of film, he has already thought about it, in two years, when Shuimu Forest really rises, he will also take out a part of the money every year to fund new directors, so that they can try boldly and innovate, maybe he can also discover a Ning Hao and contribute to Chinese films.

Listening to Chen Li, the director's name is Fei Xing, he is a well-known director and screenwriter, but they are all in the field of TV dramas, and he is still playing the movie for the first time, originally this movie started filming last year, and then he fell out with the investor, the crew dispersed, and the actors ran away, in order to make this movie, he had to seek investors again, the name of this movie is "Watchmen: Lost in Crime"...... (To be continued......)

PS: [ps: The second update, "Watchmen: Lost in Sin" is a very unfamiliar work for many people, but the second work "Witnessed by All" by director Fei Xing is estimated to have heard of it, and I strongly recommend Watchmen, as long as you are patient to watch it all, eighty percent will like it~]