After staying in Japan for a long time, Yue Song set off again and embarked on a journey to North America.

This time, he went to "interview" - not to interview for new Hollywood roles, but to attack Hollywood with man-wolf battles and teleporters.

The Hurricane Rescue grossed 80 million at the North American box office, which gave Yue Song a lot of inspiration.

Originally, he planned to lay a solid foundation in Asia first, and then go to Hollywood to develop, but he didn't expect that the first drama would make a lot of profits in North America, although the money had nothing to do with him, but it can also be seen that while he is developing in Asia, he can also take care of making some benefits in North America.

This time is different from the release of Hurricane Rescue, Yue Song does not plan to cooperate with Luc Besson and French Gaummont, he is ready to bypass both sides directly and find a distributor in Hollywood.

Thanks to the help of the good popularity brought to him by the hurricane rescue, Yue Song is not a no-name person in Hollywood at the moment, but a "very good Asian".

As a typical independent filmmaker, Yue Song wants to release his work in North American theaters, which is far from being as easy as imagined.

The first is the communication channel with the publisher, which he has almost zero and relies on himself to recommend himself.

The second is the issue of copyright fees, whether it is a share or a buyout, which requires further efforts.

However, at this stage, he is not qualified to negotiate terms with Hollywood distributors, and the only option is to buy out, and the price will definitely not be too high.

But that's not the point, the point is. Is Yue Song willing to accept the publisher's request to trim his work?

If you change the domestic gang, in order to come to North America to make money and impact the Oscars, even if you are reluctant, you can only choose to compromise in the end.

But Yue Song would never do this, it would be against his heart to do so, although it would not cause demons in his heart because of this, it was definitely a disgusting thing that made him feel like a fish in his throat.

April 28th.

The weather in Los Angeles was still sunny, and Yue Song also came to the first stop at this time, the Fox Searchlight Company.

As the publisher that originally released the hurricane rescue, Fox Searchlight was also interested in Yue Song's visit. After all, as long as you are not blind. You can see how much potential this young man under 20 has.

In the office of Tom Rothman, the head of the searchlight, two men of different ages and backgrounds held out their hands to each other at the same time.

After shaking hands, Tom Rothman smiled heartily, "You're an amazing young man!" Yue, there are very few people who can create such achievements at your age. ”

Yue Song smiled slightly. is noncommittal to Lao Mei's method of wearing a high hat to people.

It doesn't matter if it's true or intentional. What the two sides talk about next is what matters.

"Yue. Hurricane Rescue did very well at the box office, but I wasn't very satisfied. Tom Rothman's expression changed, and he said in a serious tone: "Gaumont is a very greedy company! They took away too much of the profits. The Fox Searchlight gets very little of the hand, which is not fair! ”

"So I didn't choose Gaumont, but went straight to the Fox searchlight." Yue Song shrugged his shoulders and said disapprerovingly, "Who doesn't want to make a little more?" But the hurricane rescue had nothing to do with me, I was only paid a million dollars for that movie. ”

"Oh my God! This is really ......" Tom Rothman's eyes widened, and he muttered for a long time, as if he didn't know what to say, probably frightened by Yue Song's "ultra-low pay".

Yue Song pursed his lips, who said that foreigners must be straight? Which of these Hollywood studios is not an old fox who doesn't keep his hands dirty? When it comes to diplomatic rhetoric, it is even more innate.

Tom Rothman then said, "Yue, you have the right to get paid!" Of course, the premise is that you choose to come to Hollywood. I believe in your strength, and you should be paid at the level of five million dollars. ”

Yue Song snorted and brought this topic over.

Now that his personal studio is booming, making no less money than Hollywood superstars, Tom Rothman's words are undoubtedly appealing, but they are not attractive to Yue Song.

Tom Rothman saw that what he said had no effect, so he immediately changed the conversation and led the topic to the incident that Yue Song said on the phone.

"Yue, do you have two movies that you want to release in North America now?"

Yue Song nodded, giving a general introduction to the situation of the two movies, and Tom Rothman showed a smile.

"Yue, if these two movies are really as good as you say, Searchlight is willing to promote them to the North American film market. You don't mind if I hold an in-house preview first, right? ”

"Absolutely, lightly."

In one of the company's internal screening rooms, the head of the searchlight and several of his subordinates watched two films each.

Because it is a DVD disc transcribed from the master tape, after being played by the projector, the movie picture is not the best effect, but these two movies are not blockbusters in terms of visual effects, and it does not affect the quality of the film itself.

Yue Song was also watching from the sidelines, but his mind was on the demeanor of these people, as for the content of the movie? It has long been firmly imprinted in his mind.

In general, these people should still be very optimistic about these two movies, and several people, including the manager of the film acquisition department, have satisfied smiles on their faces from time to time.

After reading it, a marketer named Ramsey was the first to ask questions.

"Mr. Yue, can you tell us what you think of these two movies? For example...... How much do you think they can get at the box office? ”

Yue Song thought for a moment and said: "The man-wolf battle is a thriller, and the audience is probably not too high, and the box office should be around 50 million to 80 million; The teleporter is mainly aimed at the younger generation, and as long as the schedule is well arranged, it should be able to get 80 million box office. ”

Joy and Tom Rothman, the managers of the buying department, glanced at each other, and turned their heads away with tacit understanding.

"Yue, I can give you a good price - eight million dollars! What do you think? A one-time buyout of the North American distribution rights! ”

Yue Song laughed angrily at what Tom Rothman said, "Mr. Rothman, are you kidding?" Eight million in two movies? Why don't I give you the copyright for nothing? ”

Tom Rothman also smiled, "Yue, you should understand a truth, this is Hollywood, there are thousands of movies waiting to be released every year, if there is no distributor's fancy and support, countless filmmakers know that if they continue to be unknown, such an opportunity is not available to everyone." ”

"Mr. Rothman, I'm afraid you've made a mistake." Yue Song said slowly: "I am not short of money, nor am I short of opportunities, nor am I short of time!" It seems that you Americans have always been arrogant and know almost zero about partners. If you know my information, you will definitely not humiliate me in this way. ”

Tom Rothman was stunned when he heard this, and said to himself, "This kid is probably scaring me, right?"

Joey, the manager of the buying department on the side, was very eye-catching, and hurriedly left the screening room when he saw this, and only came back after more than ten minutes.

During this time, the atmosphere in the screening room fell into an awkward and silent atmosphere, Yue Song did not say a word, Tom Rothman did not know what to say, and as for the salesman named Ramsey, well, he had been staring intently at the blank curtain for several minutes.

It wasn't until Joey came back and whispered in Tom Rothman's ear that the head of the Fox searchlight said, "It seems that I am really too arrogant, and you are right, Yue." ”

When he learned from Joey that the young man in front of him, who was not yet twenty years old, was a "future superstar" with an annual income of more than 100 million dollars, Tom Rothman immediately understood that this was definitely not a fool who could be deceived by false means.

Counting on him to sell two movies cheaply? Apparently dreaming!

But Tom Rothman is really optimistic about these two films, especially the man-wolf fight, and he even thinks that the film will do more at the box office than the teleporter, even if the latter is a typical commercial film with more box office potential, while the former is just a thriller with a narrow audience.

The negotiations have resumed, and this time the strength and identity of the two sides have been equal, and there is no longer any suspicion of bullying.

After a battle of words, Yue Song finally sold the North American rights of the two movies to Fox Searchlight at a "sky-high price" of 30 million.

The money is limited to North America, including royalties for films released in North America, as well as other movie merchandise, such as DVDs.

Tom Rothman felt very painful, and $30 million was definitely the largest royalty expense since the founding of Fox Searchlight.

Yue Song thinks that it is a cheap sale, these two movies combined, can get at least hundreds of millions of dollars of net income in North America, but the cycle of recovering funds is a little longer, he doesn't have the patience to wait, it is better to sell to Fox Searchlight to save trouble.

It is foreseeable that once this news is transmitted back to China, it will cause a new uproar.

How much did Hero and Infinite sell for?

Hatchback and one comparison......

It's just that the two sides are not on the same starting line in the first place.

If it weren't for the existence of Jett Lee, the release of this movie in North America would have been a big problem, as for the international chapter? Who knew who the International Chapter was in North America?

Needless to say, Wuji is said to be released in the distant future.

More intuitively, Yue Song can be regarded as once again standing on the top spot of Chinese films in terms of selling copyrights.

After negotiations with Fox Searchlight, Yue Song left the company and came to his studio instead.

After several months of development, the special effects studio now has a team of nearly 100 people, and with sufficient funds, the studio's own strength is also ranked first in North America.

Yue Song came this time in order to carry out a new round of "brainwashing" -- to "hypnotize" some newly recruited employees. (To be continued......)