"It's surprising that a Chinese director won the Golden Lion Award for the first time!" -- In the report of the "24-hour sun" the next day, Li Yihua held up the Golden Lion Award and gave such a big headline in bold bold letters.

"At the just-concluded 42nd Venice Film Festival, the magical director Yi Shao from Hong Kong. Li relied on the ultra-modern shooting technique "Chainsaw" to carry many films in Europe and the United States and won the Golden Lion Award.

This Venice Film Festival makes people feel the persistence of filmmakers, the film that does not discriminate against any film, and adheres to the purpose of "film serves serious art", and the standard of all evaluations is: artistic surname. I have to applaud the Venice Film Festival! They insisted on the artistic surname! Let the Venice Film Festival retain its purity! ”

As a filmmaker in Hollywood, who mainly focuses on commercial films, he analyzed it from the perspective of commercial films. Throughout the film, it concentrates complex special effects, well-known directors, and tense plots, and the whole movie is linked one by one, tense but not messy. It makes people fall into it at a glance, innovative shooting, messy but not messy cutting, and its entertainment and leisure surnames are stronger.

"The Chinese director won the award, and the Hollywood director was full of praise!" -- Los Angeles Times. In the Los Angeles Times, Michael Bay's interview was carried into a newspaper article: "He will be one of the most promising directors of the future, and I look forward to working with such a director!" ”

France, which is famous for its romance, is titled Li Yihua and Wang Zhuxian's love, and reports the process of their love in full, which is really a live-action version of the love story of the princess and the prince, and the title is also more dramatic: "Innocent love, prince and princess!" ”

Li Yihua took a sip of tea, put the newspaper down on the table, and showed a smug smile, it was a leisurely one.

"Ah Hua, Mr. William is here, I want to talk to you!" Wang Zhuxian's voice came from the back room.

"Let him go to the balcony!"

Li Yihua smiled knowingly, he was really sleepy, someone sent a pillow, and William came so early, which means that the more anxious he is, the more anxious he is, the higher the success of the negotiation.

"Director Li, it's such a blessing to come out so early to see it!" William walked in and smiled with a smile on his face.

"Haha, that's not as early as you, didn't you come to me early!" Li Yihua also greeted him with a smile and made a gesture for him to sit down.

Director Li laughed, the distribution rights of "Chainsaw" William didn't have that time to talk to him, and quickly explained his intentions.

Li Yihua was not in a hurry at this time, leisurely sipping tea, and said slowly: "Of course not, "Chainsaw" will be released in Europe and the United States sooner or later, it depends on whether your company is sincere!" ”

"Of course our company is sincere, my boss has decided to pay $2 million to buy the North American distribution rights of Saw Horror!" William breathed a sigh of relief and said the price code.

Hearing this price, Li Yihua frowned, but he didn't expect it to be a buyout, which was not what he was pursuing. What Li Yihua wants is a box office share, not a buyout, and it has nothing to do with him from now on.

"It's very sincere, but it's not the way I want to work together." Li Yihua's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he shrugged his shoulders and said.

William was stunned for a moment, his hand drinking tea also stopped, and looked at the young director in front of him in surprise, you must know that "Chainsaw" was only filmed for 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and Dimen took 2 million US dollars to buy it, and he has already made a steady profit. I really didn't understand why he did this, but as a qualified businessman, William still endured the dissatisfaction in his heart and continued to talk.

"How to work together? Director Li, you're joking. The price given by our company is not a lot for Hong Kong films, and in recent years, few Hong Kong films have been able to enter the North American market, and most of them exist in the form of video tapes. William talked about the recent situation of Hong Kong movies with a sincere face, hoping that Li Yihua would retract his ideas.

"I understand all this, but don't forget, "Saw Horror" is this year's Golden Lion Award, and it is a big gimmick to promote it, so I want to change the way of cooperation, which is to use the form of film account sharing." Li Yihua took a breath and said what he thought.

In China, in 1994, China Film Company proposed to introduce the internationally accepted form of box office accounting, import the latest first-class foreign films, and use the distribution income to support the film industry in the old, young, marginal and poor areas. Referring to the internationally accepted box office accounting form, the revenue sharing ratio of all parties involved in imported blockbusters is 35% for the producer, 17% for the distributor, and 48% for the projection.

In order to quickly occupy the Chinese market, the producers of imported blockbusters also bear the cost of publicity. Although such a split seems to be unfavorable to the producers, it has been proven later that foreign producers, especially American producers, still make huge profits from the Chinese market. Li Yihua now wants to release "Chainsaw" in this way.

"Movie account-sharing? Director Lee, you have to know that there has not been a Hong Kong film that has implemented such a division in North America. Lee didn't take that approach. William shook his head and said, although he was very optimistic about the film, but if it to, he would choose to give up.

"What Mr. William said is true, why can't we work a miracle? Since the release of "Chainsaw", you must know the effect, this is a movie that is sure to make money. Li Yihua agrees that he is telling the truth, but he is fully confident in his film.

"And how do you want to cooperate?" William thought for a moment and asked.

"According to the internationally accepted form of box office accounting, my company wants 35% of the box office, and your company accounts for 65%, and we bear the publicity costs, how about it?" Li Yihua smiled, knowing that this is the first step to open up the international market, and it is very important.

"It's impossible, you're taking too much of it." William shook his head and said.

"And how much do you think is appropriate?"

The key is to have a little balance. Li Yihua expected that he would make a counteroffer, as long as it is not too outrageous, it is acceptable, after all, Hong Kong films are now on the weak side.

"I can't decide this, I have to report it to the company." William said helplessly, he definitely didn't expect the negotiation to be so difficult when he came.

"Please, there's a phone in the house!" Li Yihua made a gesture and said with a smile.

William nodded to him and walked inside, knowing that time was money, and he didn't want other companies to get ahead of him. After a while, he walked out with a smile on his face.

"Director Li, my Dimen Company has agreed to your account sharing method, but our company will account for 70%!"

Li Yihua smiled and said, "Happy cooperation!! ”