I have to say that Guo Shucheng's prediction was correct, but he didn't expect the other party's movements to be so fast.

Guo didn't expect it so soon, and Pedro didn't expect it either. When his assistant excitedly walked into his room and told him that the distribution managers of two film companies were going to negotiate with him for the release of "The Sinking of the Petrel," he didn't believe his ears.

He rubbed his red and swollen eyes and asked, "Are you sure someone really came to us about the release of "The Sinking of the Petrel"?" ......It's true? There are even two more? Which two companies are they? ”

The assistant said excitedly: "One is Universal Pictures, and the other is 20th Century Fox Films. ”

"Huh?! These two? Pedro was stunned.

Foreigners who are not in the film industry may not know how good these two companies are, but Pedro, the Spanish director, knows it well. He really didn't expect that it was these two companies that came to him.

He almost lost his temper in front of his assistant, and it took him a long time before he remembered Guo Zhuocheng's words: "Is this the opportunity for Guo Zhuocheng to say?" How did he know they were going to look for me? Could it be that he had already sent someone to persuade them? However, how could these two well-known film companies in the United States be moved by him? If he could move them, why would he let me get to the wall here? ”

Pedro just wanted to break his head and didn't think about why, which can't be blamed for his lack of intelligence, it's really that he doesn't have the string of politics in his head, and Gen won't connect the current international situation with his film.

Of course, Guo asked him to come to the film distribution company because he was not sure when the United States would do it, and he was not sure whether the United States would really show favor to China as he thought.

Pedro has no political mind, he is a novice in politics, and naturally he can't connect the arrival of these two companies with the international form, but he is not an economic novice. Not stupid, he saw a hint from the two companies together, and saw a hint of strangeness: "The two companies came at the same time, didn't they deliberately let me take the initiative?" ......, are these Yankees so good? Do they have some tricks? ......, no matter what, it's better to come than not to come. ”

With curiosity, but also excitement and surprise, Pedro hurriedly packed his clothes. Walking briskly to the rented small conference room, which had never been used, he looked at the two pot-bellied Americans and said loudly: "Good morning, Hello, gentlemen, thank you very much for coming." ”

After a simple pleasantries. The two pot-bellied men looked at each other and said to Pedro: "Mr. Pedro, after the discussion between our two companies, and based on our appreciation of Your Excellency's art and our deep admiration for China's breadth and depth, we have decided to buy "The Sinking of the Petrel" shot by Mr. Pedro. ”

Pedro's heart moved and asked, "Is it a one-time buyout?" ”

The fat man who spoke said with certainty, "Yes." We'll be screening nationwide in May next year, and if the results are good, we'll show it across North America and recommend you and your film for the awards. ”

Pedro's heart kept sinking. Because the tone of the other party's words was completely a kind of pity, a kind of charity, obviously they knew that he and the Chinese side hoped that "The Sinking of the Haiyan" would expand its influence and be screened in more places. So they put out this bait, or this promise, to show it all over the country. If the effect is good, it will be screened throughout North America.

Pedro asked: "How many theaters are arranged for screenings in the United States?" ”

The other party said confidently and arrogantly: "At least a hundred, maybe there will be 200, if your film can touch the hearts of our American audiences, you know that our American audiences' appreciation of movies is the strongest in the world." ”

Pedro couldn't help but laugh in his heart: You Americans are a group of shallow nouveau riche, do you still know what art appreciation? He asked a little dissatisfied: "Only a hundred theaters are arranged?" ”

You must know that there are tens of thousands of theaters in the United States, and the theaters under these two companies alone are thousands, and arranging 100 theaters is about one percent. If they really help, it won't be a problem to use their influence to bring in a few thousand.

Now that he says this, a hundred theaters is completely perfunctory, and who knows how many will be arranged? And since people only arrange 100 theaters to be screened, it means that they don't pay attention to it, and the theaters they arrange are definitely not big theaters, they won't be theaters with large passenger flow in big cities, maybe they are small theaters in some small towns, and they only need to get together a hundred, and the effect will be greatly discounted.

Besides, their schedule is too far away, and they will have to wait for half a year until May next year. May, that is not a good time period, is the time when the summer vacation of students is coming and coming, and the time for enterprises to concentrate on annual vacation.

The other party said contemptuously: "For foreign movies, if they are not blockbusters, we can only arrange them like this." Of course, this is already a great effort on our part. You know, our schedule is scheduled for next winter, and we have to take time out of the scheduled film screening schedule to schedule your films. You know, when a movie is shot to the time it is released, it is half a year, and it is five years, eight years, or even ten years.

As far as we know, your lordship made this film is only recently completed. Even if it is released in May next year, it will already far exceed some of our domestic films. Moreover, the filming cost of this movie does not exceed 10 million US dollars, right? This number may be huge in other countries, but in the United States, it is considered a small investment in films. Do you understand what I mean? ”

"It's true that we're just getting close to $10 million in investment, but that's because of China's low labor rate and the help of China," Pedro said. If the film were shot in the United States, the accomplishments of its actors would exceed $10 million, and the props and military cast would exceed $5 million. And that's not even counting the director's labor costs. ”

The other party smiled and said: "In any case, your investment did not exceed 10 million, you did not hire famous movie stars, and this movie has too many oriental elements, which is a bit out of place with our American audience, your country, Spain and Western audiences." We've taken a big risk with non-Western films, not just financially, but reputationally.

Let me remind you again that if your film is shown well, we can arrange two hundred theaters. If it's really to the taste of our American audience, maybe we'll increase it, don't you have that confidence? ”

Pedro was indignant in his heart, but he still held back his temper and asked, "How much will Your Excellency buy out our films?" ”

The other party thought seriously for a moment, looked at his companion again, and said, "Thirteen million dollars." ”

Pedro sneered: "Are the two gentlemen here today to entertain me?" ”

Another man stretched out his palm and said, "Fifteen million dollars at most." That's a 50 percent profit. Then, seeing that the clouds on Pedro's face had not dissipated, he said, "You must know that this profit is very high in the film industry." Plus, from today onwards, you don't need to spend money on advertising, you don't have to spend any more money on PR in the U.S., you and your men just have fun here. When you're done playing America, you can go home and wait for the results of the screening.

Of course, we can hold a press conference tomorrow and invite the media to announce the joint purchase of your film by our two companies, which will be very good for your reputation and will greatly increase your influence in your country and in Europe. Of course, the Chinese art world will also be proud of this, and Chinese films have finally gone global. ”

If it was the leader of the Chinese chemical community here, maybe he would have agreed in excitement, but Pedro would not.

It's not that he doesn't care about fame, it's not that he thinks the profit is too low, as the other party said, being able to have a profit of 50% is already a very high level in the film industry, although many movies, especially blockbusters, have profits as high as 100%, hundreds, thousands, and even more than ten times the profits, but it is a very small and very few, and only one or two of the thousands of movies a year are such lucky people. Some films will be at a guaranteed level, but many more films are in a state of loss, many unknown directors and actors, investors, producers and even bloodless, no one cares about them after they are filmed, and they don't even have the opportunity to meet the audience, let alone make money.

Success is always in the minority, and the pyramid structure is a survival in any industry.

Pedro will not agree to this offer and will not dare to agree.

Because Princess Madeleine's boss, Guo Zhuocheng, had given him a death order, and he was not allowed to consider selling without a buyout price of more than $80 million. What he hopes most is to take a share, and the share ratio must not be less than 30%, even if it can't be sold this time, he must adhere to these two bottom lines:

$80 million, 30 percent.

To this end, Guo Zhuocheng promised to invest a lot of advertising and a lot of money to achieve this goal, if it was not successful, Guo Zhuocheng would not value him, and he promised to give him Pedro no less income. However, if he Pedro sells the film cheaply, if he fails to reach the two bottom lines in order to get rid of it as soon as possible, Guo Zhuocheng will hold him Pedro responsible.

Listening to the words of two distributors belonging to famous American film companies, Pedro said: "Since the price of the one-time buyout is not satisfactory to both parties, we prefer to take a split approach, and we are asking for a 50% share." And the schedule must be as good as possible, preferably in January, and no later than January next year. ”

The two publishers widened their eyes and asked in disbelief, "You guys have fifty percent of the cut?" ”

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