"I'm also because Sony has given up making my own movies and distributing movies full-time!" Shen Zhenghui said, "Or did they come up with another idea to burn money?" ”

"You can't say that," Mitsumi Fukuda responded, "and it still makes its own films, one a year, or one every two years." Then she pouted, "Okay, but he has been involved in many films, such as the release of "Memoirs of a Geisha." ”

"Don't you say I'm going to forget about this film, when will it be released?"

"I guess you'll have to wait until Christmas." Mitsumi Fukuda said, "Didn't Tomoaki Aonuma tell you when you should go to the cinema to see her?" ”

Shen Zhenghui pretended not to hear this, "Ah, maybe we can see the sequel to Ryoko Yakushiji Strange Incident Book in the cinema in advance, I mean if we dare to finish filming it before Gong Li does the movie promotion." ”

"It's a blockbuster, so both Sony and Columbia were careful enough when it came to choosing the release time." Mitsumi Fukuda replied.

"In that way, they were quite random when they helped me choose the release time." Shen Zhenghui followed.

"That's because they feel like your fans don't need to choose the time to watch your movie." Mitsumi Fukuda replied, "And this is a movie that needs atmosphere." ”

"Ha, I personally think that watching action movies also needs a good atmosphere."

"Since your movies are doing well at the box office, it means that they have chosen the schedule quite successfully."

"In this way, if I think about the film "Memoirs of a Geisha" in turn, will you think that they think too strictly about the schedule, and in the end, it may be ......"

"Huh?"

"Hollywood has accumulated a lot of good films in December, such as "The Magic Kingdom of Narnia", "King Kong" and "The New Money Couple", and Colombia even engaged in left-right battles." Shen Zhenghui said.

Mitsumi Fukuda's eyebrows moved, and she rolled her eyes. "Memoirs of a Geisha is a literary film," she said, "and it's clear that the audience for these kinds of films is not at all in conflict with the audience of the films you mentioned, and there is no such thing as a box office grab." ”

"Then it would have been wrong to make this film in the first place."

"Alright, stop." Mitsumi Fukuda raised her hand, "I know you want to satirize the box office of this movie." You don't have to say so much, I get it. ”

"I'll only tell you if you know me, otherwise," he said, flipping his palm, palm up, "who do you want me to tell it to?" ”

"Obviously, you can't tell Tomoaki Aonuma." Mitsumi Fukuda laughed.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen her in a long time."

"Oh, she's busy making a new movie all the time!" Mitsumi Fukuda said, glaring at Shen Zhenghui, "She probably won't like her current life." But that's what she wanted when she climbed into your bed. ”

Now it was Shen Zhenghui's turn to roll his eyes, "Okay, okay, what are we talking about?" Memoirs of a Geisha box office or Sony? Ah, I think "Memoirs of a Geisha" might bring her a nomination for a little golden man. ”

"Is it just a nomination?"

"It's just a nomination." Shen Zhenghui replied, "But for a Japanese actor, a title is enough." ”

"Yes," the corners of Mitsumi Fukuda's mouth rose, "Tohiro is preparing to remake the movie "Japan Sinks". Guess who the protagonist they envisioned? ”

"Is it Aonuma?" Shen Zhenghui asked rhetorically.

"Of course, they gritted their teeth. I can also afford to pay Aonuma's salary. ”

"Just kidding, how much does she get paid?"

"Of course, they want to be able to tell you to direct, and the salary is another matter."

"Hah, is it necessary for me to direct?"

"They think you, as a Chinese, can make such a cruel movie."

"Nonsense, the Japanese themselves are cruel enough to themselves. Of course, the most cruel to yourself is your own people. Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips, he grabbed his hair again, "Let's go back to the original topic." ”

"Ah, speaking of movies, I heard that Zhou Xingxing and Columbia had a question about the sequel to "Kung Fu". It seems very unpleasant! Mitsumi Fukuda easily changed the subject again.

"No, they should have just come out of the honeymoon phase." Shen Zhenghui blinked.

"Zhou Xingxing himself has too many ideas for a sequel, beyond what Colombia can afford." Mitsumi Fukuda replied.

"Just kidding, it's a $350 million box office film worldwide." Shen Zhenghui disagreed, "Did they come to ask for our opinion?" ”

"Zhou Xingxing asked for an investment of $100 million in the next film, can you accept this condition?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked rhetorically.

The investment has risen to five times the original amount, Shen Zhenghui thought about it for a while, but still shook his head, the risk is too great, if it is now the world after 2008, it can directly agree to this condition, after all, with the mainland market, hanging the name of Zhou Xingxing can achieve a box office of about 200 million US dollars.

"Colombia asked us if we would like to split the investment quota with them in half, and they and Sony would do the distribution, do you think I should agree?"

Shen Zhenghui licked his lips, these Hollywood companies, if the cost of publicity and distribution is included, even if the box office this time is still more than 300 million, it is estimated that they will not make money after the final release, and they still have to rely on the sales of DVDs, so forget it.

"The quid pro quo they gave us was that we would distribute the Asian region." Mitsumi Fukuda continued to ask, "What do you think?" ”

"Forget it, there's no need." Shen Zhenghui shook his head, but he still asked curiously, "Why did the cost of making zuò suddenly become so high?" ”

"Because Zhou Xingxing himself wants to take two salaries from the director and the actor," Mitsumi Fukuda spread his hands, "and at the same time, he also wants a box office share, and Colombia is unwilling to pay a box office share, so in the end his salary reached 50 million US dollars." ”

"Colombia completely treats us as wronged!" Although he is a fan of Zhou Xingxing, from Shen Zhenghui's point of view, he still can't have a good impression of this kind of person who opens his mouth to make such a ruthless offer, especially when the other party still indirectly bids for himself.

"I think we've given him enough benefits that it's necessary for him to go out on his own and run into a wall for a few years and suffer for a few years." Mitsumi Fukuda's expression seemed to be a little dark. "Then he will be able to understand who is good for him."

"We still maintain a cooperative relationship with him, and we support his independent production!" Shen Zhenghui replied, "In the future, our main energy should be spent on TV stations. ”

"And what about The Magic Apprentice?" The conversation finally came back to the beginning.

Shen Zhenghui slapped his forehead, then lowered his hand and glared at Mitsumi Fukuda, "What the hell is going on with Sony?" "Do they think such a story can really be brought to the big screen?" Where do we go to find a boy who is beautiful and unbeatable in women's clothes? ”

"You can just use girls." Fukuda Mitsumi built yì road.

"Enough is enough." He pressed his hands weakly. "I'll admit that I've had the idea of making Apprentice Magician a movie, but even I think it's too radical, because it's a long novel, and if it were made into a movie, there might be three prequels, three main sequels, and three sequels. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent, and I personally think that setting up a project is gambling, Sony actually ......" He suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Mitsumi Fukuda. "What conditions do they have?"

"They said they expected this to be another version of Harry Potter." Mitsumi Fukuda said, "Of course, I think they might mean - an adult version? ”

Shen Zhenghui patted his face and asked a little unconfidently, "Do you think you can do it?" ”

Mitsumi Fukuda stood up and walked in front of Shen Zhenghui, "You may not know the situation yet," she said. Then sprint around the room, "Ever since your cartoon became popular in Europe." After the re-entry into Japan, there was a wave of frenzy. Shen Zhenghui noticed that Mitsumi Fukuda's expression at this time was strict enough, "You don't understand at all that this animation is hot in Japan right now." ”

Still, Shen didn't have enough intuitive feelings about it, "So," he said, "Sony thinks it's enough with the Japanese box office." ”

"Look. Now it's time you miss the point. Mitsumi Fukuda shook her finger, "What kind of conditions do you have to meet for this anime to be popular in Japan?" ”

"It's also hot in Europe, and of course I know that." Shen Zhenghui replied, "But I don't think it's enough at all. ”

"That's the bad thing about not looking at the financial statements." Fukuda Mitsumi shook her head, buried her head in front of the desk, and after a long time, she turned out a stack of papers and handed it to Shen Zhenghui.

"Take a closer look." She said.

"The novel has sold 60 million copies so far?"

"Yes, the main reason is that we are in control of the progress of the publication." Mitsumi Fukuda said, "The Japanese version will be released a little faster, and it is estimated that it will be completely completed within this year, while the English version and other versions will be much slower, and it is estimated that it will be completed in the next two to three years." The progress of anime is a little slower than that of Japanese novels. ”

"Ha, I thought it was all over at once!" Shen Zhenghui frowned vigorously, "How about the results of sixty million copies?" ”

"How? This is nothing short of phenomenal. Mitsumi Fukuda's eyes widened, "Kadokawa Bookstore is in a hurry, and wants to sign the Japanese version of all the works of this author named Blue Crystal, and the manga adaptation has already begun." ”

"Huh?" Shen Zhenghui blinked, "I know all of this!" ”

"No, you don't know, the total number of words of "The Magic Apprentice" is more than 2.6 million, and when we published it, we consciously controlled about 200,000 words per section, as you said, three prequels, three main prequels, and three postquels, and can make nine movies. After revisions and corrections, it is exactly the same as the Harry Potter series. ”

Seeing that Shen Zhenghui seemed to be a little dazed, Mitsumi Fukuda continued, "It seems that you don't understand at all, you don't seem to believe in what you have achieved in what you have done, I have to say that the time you chose is just right, just when the "Harry Potter" series became popular, you chose such a work that is very close to the subject matter, and the structure and setting are also very complete at this point in time, the most important thing is that you first launched the cartoon, and then the novel, so that people are easy to accept." They unconsciously compare this work to Harry Potter, which is obvious, but in fact this work is very different from Harry Potter, it is not so much written for people who have a vision of magic as it is for people who have fantasies about magic......"

"You might as well say it's for adults."

"It's really for 'adults.'" Mitsumi Fukuda accentuated the tone of the word, "But because it's so related to Harry Potter in terms of subject matter." So in a certain way, we can be regarded as taking advantage of the fame of "Harry Potter", so because it is so close to "Harry Potter", and so unclose, it is popular. ”

Shen Zhenghui closed his eyes forcefully, and then opened them again. "Well," he said, "I see, so Sony is dazed and thinks that this novel has the potential to replicate the wonders of Harry Potter?" ”

"You can't say you're dazed," Mitsumi Fukuda picked up the paper with various jù notes on it, "because in reality, it does have the potential to replicate the miracle of Harry Potter." ”

"So they want to buy the rights?"

"Of course they want to buy the rights, not just them. A lot of people want to buy copyrights. Mitsumi Fukuda replied, "As far as I know, both Toho and Toei are interested in its copyright. ”

"Nani?"

"They also have ambitions to make a theater film."

Shen Zhenghui suddenly didn't know what expression he should use to face this matter, "Then Sony ......"

"Of course, Sony came to me first, hoping to open a breakthrough from me." Mitsumi Fukuda said as a matter of course, "So I asked him, why don't you immediately invest in making it into a movie to see how it works?" ”

Shen Zhenghui looked like he had seen a ghost, "So they agreed?" ”

"Of course not." Mitsumi Fukuda replied.

Shen Zhenghui breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knows Mitsumi Fukuda continued. "They thought about it and felt it was too risky. Just talk to me about the two of us co-investing, and even bring in other partners. ”

Shen Zhenghui's face looked like he had eaten.

"So you said yes?"

"Of course I wouldn't say yes so simply."

Shen Zhenghui breathed a sigh of relief again.

"Of course, all the follow-up investments must be negotiated, and at least a principle must be discussed." Mitsumi Fukuda's words gave Shen Zhenghui a blow to the chest, "Do you still expect to really shoot three prequels, three main sequels, and three sequels?" ”

"Why not?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked rhetorically. "I think it's kind of fun."

Shen Zhenghui sat down, licked his lips, and looked at Mitsumi Fukuda in a daze.

"I remember you once said that you wanted to make "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" into a movie, and I think this movie is much simpler than "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes."

Shen Zhenghui patted his cheek, "I have to do this?" ”

"Of course you don't have to. If there's anything else you can do. "Actually, Sony is very hesitant to let you shoot this film, after all, you don't have the ability to grasp the overall picture of this kind of film, and their idea seems to be that they can let Peter Jackson direct this film in the future, because in terms of style, he is very suitable." ”

Shen Zhenghui felt his heart pounding, and suddenly, he fell into some kind of inevitable choice. He stopped, sat down, and began to think frantically about what his next focus should be, and countless thoughts came to him, but the story of "The Magical Apprentice" was now like a nightmare that gripped his soul.

Shen Zhenghui stood up again, paced back and forth in the room, and began to find reasons for himself, "ATV is not on the right track yet, "The Voice of Asia is still uncertain if it will succeed in the end, the production of my TV series and documentary has just begun, I still have to keep an eye on those guys, lest they become moths of the company, embezzlers of the group, traitors who betrayed me......"

"You think too much," Mitsumi Fukuda said, "if you really want to shoot this movie, you have to have at least ten assistant directors." She raised her eyebrows, "Are you the one who has been handling the actual affairs of the company for so many years?" ”

This sentence directly knocked Shen Zhenghui back to his original form, although he could strongly argue that he realized his ideas and foresight through his own subordinates, but in front of Fukuda Mitsumi, the specific operator of many affairs, Shen Zhenghui really didn't want to show off his ideas and foresight.

"No," Shen Zhenghui shook his head vigorously, "If Sony and Colombia are to distribute it, we will lose too much, and in the most important North American market, they can do too much, for Hollywood, we are always outsiders, they can pit us as much as they want, no, this will not work." Shen Zhenghui raised his finger, "After we get a stable fulcrum in Hollywood, let's think about the shooting of this movie." Shen Zhenghui gasped, "This is a shooting plan with a cycle of more than ten years, I have too many thoughts, I'm afraid I'm not dedicated enough." ”

Shen Zhenghui didn't notice that when he had accepted the shooting plan from the heart, a glimmer of light flashed in the corners of Fukuda's eyes.

"I forgot to tell you," said Mitsumi Fukuda, "and if we accept Sony's cooperation plan, we will be able to get a part of the Columbia company, and I have actually obtained a part of the shares." She continued, "There's a big guy who is also interested in transferring shares of Columbia to us, and in my estimation, it is expected that in the next five years, Kasuga will be able to take a controlling stake in Columbia." ”

"Huh?" Shen Zhenghui was dumbfounded, "Big shot? Who is it? ”

"You know that, too," Mitsumi Fukuda replied, "Nick. Mr. Anderson. (To be continued......)