The most painful thing in the world is that you have very good ideas, but you don't have the skills, you can't do it, you can only ask those who don't understand your thoughts, but have skills.

After staying in the United States for nearly a week, He Mu returned to China, and the negotiations with Universal Company were not smooth, as one of Hollywood's top film companies, their posture was too high, and they even said "NO" before they heard He Mu's script synopsis, in their eyes, one of the biggest attractions of racing car movies is to watch those luxury sports cars suddenly be crashed into tofu scum from a brand new look, if they are replaced by trucks, it may be more intense, but there will always be less bad taste and excitement to destroy good things.

So at first, Universal was reluctant to cooperate with Shuimu Forest, but later He Mu directly found Lin Yibin, the director of the "Fast and Furious" series, who had just completed the filming of the fifth part, and is now doing post-production and waiting for the scheduled schedule of the film in April next year. After hearing He Mu's idea, Lin Yibin was very excited, out of the pursuit and love of the film industry, he is always happy to see fresh elements appear in the movie, which is also what he has been pursuing as a director, and He Mu's description of "Big Card" is such a story with fresh elements, very commercial and very gripping.

Lin Yibin also feels that it is necessary for He Mu's strict requirements for skills, and there are also masters in the Chinese film industry who make racing cars, generally in Hong Kong, and some may come to the mainland to make a living over the years, it is not difficult to find them, but to put it mildly, there is still a certain gap between their skills and concepts and Hollywood, and it is very necessary to cooperate with Hollywood if you want to raise the grade of "Big Card".

In fact, even if there is no Universal. As long as there is Lin Yibin's living signboard, it is not difficult to find other cooperative companies, but Lin Yibin has basically cooperated with Universal since his debut. also has feelings, so he personally lobbied the senior management of the Universal Production Department, and he had promised He Mu to cooperate with the "Big Card" project, of course, He Mu didn't want him to contribute funds, and he didn't need him to be a director (I really can't afford it), he only needed his name as the director of "Fast and Furious", and he was a nominal producer. and needs to guide the crew to a certain extent, in the end, He Mu still hopes to use the fame of "Fast and Furious" to open up the situation of "Big Card".

In the senior office of the Universal Production Department, Lin Yibin painted a beautiful blueprint for the bigwigs. And hinted that He Mu has a strong official background in Chinese mainland, which may help them get more quota for account-sharing films, and now the Chinese film market is changing rapidly every day. It has also become the Tang monk meat that Hollywood blockbusters pay more and more attention to. For these 20 fixed quota of account-sharing films, several major film companies are inevitably intrigued, and even do some things to bribe the senior management of China Film, but it is not all money.

Hearing that He Mu has a relationship in this regard, the world is still very happy, and his attitude towards him is much better, they don't have too many doubts, after all, He Mu has today's achievements at the age of twenty. said that no one believed him behind him. With the help of Lin Yibin, He Mu finally reached an agreement with Universal Company. Universal Pictures provided Mizuki Forest with technical support for the shooting of the racing movie and some of the behind-the-scenes team of "Fast and Furious" (certainly not all of them, it was too big), and took care of the post-production of the film, and allowed Mizuki Forest to use the "Fast and Furious" related slogans when promoting, so that Mizuki Forest could reduce the pressure on production costs and publicity costs by nearly half.

What Mizuki needs to do is to organize the filming of the mainland crew, including the director, actors, Chinese shooting team, sponsors, advertisers, etc., as a large commercial film that is likely to invest more than 100 million yuan, it is very dangerous and humiliating to have no product placement.

Universal uses technology and manpower as input, Lin Yibin uses his appeal as capital, and Shuimu Forest needs real money investment. As for the distribution of benefits, Lin Yibin, the nominal producer, can get 5% of the global box office revenue (the producer's share), such a high percentage, if he doesn't really do some work, I'm afraid he will be embarrassed, his name must be used well, as for the two companies, Mizuki can get all the box office revenue in the mainland (excluding Lin Yibin's share), as well as 60% of the revenue in various Asian markets, Universal owns all the revenue of the film in the North American market (excluding Lin Yibin's share), as well as Asia, 80% of all film market revenues outside of North America, which means that Mizuki in China only accounts for 20%.

This is understandable, the budget of "Fast and Furious 5" is 125 million US dollars, and the proportion of investment in technology is not small, if it is supported by the world's most advanced shooting technology, then the investment value of these skills will definitely not be less than 10 million US dollars, only more, and Mizuki only needs to be responsible for shooting, actors, etc., even if you invite big names, the investment should be able to maintain around 50 million RMB.

Of course, He Mu will not pay for this part of the money himself, or it is better not to pay it himself, "Big Card" already belongs to the category of co-productions, in this case, it is best to have the infiltration of China Film Group's capital, and it will not be so troublesome when going through some procedures in the future, so after returning to China, He Mu found Han Sanping as soon as possible.

He Muwan's refusal to appear in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" made him a little unhappy before, but this time He Mu finally did a beautiful thing, China Film only needs to take out 2 million to enjoy 10% of the box office revenue in the mainland, (excluding the box office revenue share of other countries and regions), and according to He Mu, the investment in this movie is at least 100 million, which has no moisture at all, and it can even be blown into 200 million when it is released.

No matter how you look at it, China Film has made money, and this advantage is not small, and they China Film only need to provide some official help for the review and shooting of the film, Han Sanping was happy to sign a memorandum of cooperation with He Mu on the same day, and only signed a formal contract after finalizing the details of the cooperation with Universal, and Universal saw that He Mu actually pulled China Film as a partner, and was a little convinced of He Mu's background.

Han Sanping, who was in a good mood, asked He Mu if the candidate for director had been confirmed, and if there was anything he needed help with, just tell him.

Although the director in Hong Kong may be better at shooting racing scenes, it is difficult to shoot the style that mainlanders like, He Mu still hopes to use the mainland team, he asked, "I wonder if Director Ning Hao is free recently?" He Muyi pointed out that whether Ning Hao's no man's land can be released has now become an unsolved case, there are rumors that this guy is preparing a new film recently, and there are also rumors that he is making up and remaking "No Man's Land", ready to be filmed as the radio and television lords like.

"Oh, he's supposed to be working on a new script." Han Sanping said with a little regret, looking at this meaning, "No Man's Land" will be unbearable in the short term.

"That is, I have time." He Mu was happy.

"But after all, this is a multinational project with an investment of more than 100 million yuan, will Ning Hao's qualifications be too shallow." Han Sanping was still a little hesitant, after all, the largest crew in charge of Ning Hao was "No Man's Land", with an investment of only 20 million.

"I believe in Ning Hao's ability, although I haven't watched "No Man's Land", but many people in the industry, including you, have given high praise, and there are successful cases of "Crazy Racing" before, the cost of 10 million is exchanged for a box office of 100 million, if he is given 100 million, the box office will not exceed 1 billion." Jokes are jokes, but Ning Hao's talent is definitely not to be said, he is a trustworthy director.

"Okay, you talk to him about it, and in terms of actors, try to find more big names and make the lineup bigger, so that you can win more advertisers." Now Han Sanping has begun to think about their movies, He Mu said that he understands this truth, if he can let those local tyrants and businessmen spend money, try not to spend money themselves, commercial films, sometimes you don't need to pay too much about discipline.

may be because He Mu is so sensible this time, Han Sanping also revealed two things to He Mu, which can be regarded as a return.

One is that the preliminary preparations for "Wolf Totem", which China Film has been preparing for many years, are about to be completed, and it may soon enter the casting stage, if He Mu has any ideas, you can pay attention to it.

He Mu also has some understanding of this matter, as the most influential in China at the beginning of the 21st century, a super best-selling novel that has been published for many years and is still popular in the book market, He Mu has read it more than once, and he knows that China Film bought the film copyright of the novel many years ago, and is ready to hand it over to the famous French director, Jean-Jacques Arnaud, who is very good at shooting animals, is said to have begun to prepare for filming last year, if you count the time to adapt the screenplay, it can even be traced back to 05, it has not been filmed yet.

From Han Sanping, He Mu learned that Director Arnold had been raising wolves for the past two years, and it had been a little effective, and if the actors were selected now, they would begin to make the actors and wolves familiar with each other, and the real filming might have to wait for two years.

It can also be seen from Han Sanping's tone that China Film has a big picture this time, investing hundreds of millions, an international director, preparing for several years, and wanting to make a 3D version, if he can play the male number one Chen Zhen, He Mu's acting career may be brought to a new level, but thinking about such a long preparation cycle and shooting cycle, he really can't make up his mind, after all, he is no longer a pure actor.

He Mu was not in a hurry to show his eagerness for this role, but he was inspired by the start of filming "Wolf Totem", and suggested to Han Sanping, "The story of "Wolf Totem" is set in the steppe and the life of the Mongols, so can we make some films about other large ethnic minorities, I think as long as the basic principle of the 56 nationalities is one family, radio and television should not be so lenient, I know that there are several classic literary works suitable for making movies." ”

…… (To be continued......)

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