"I'm not sure yet," there is nothing to hide, Lin Jianyue replied very simply: "It should be released in December, there is absolutely no problem with the filming time, and the theater can keep up with everything." ”

"Has the North American distribution company been decided now?" Hee-sung frowned, but did not directly comment on it, but asked another thing.

"I'm talking to Mulan Pictures, what are you asking for?" Lin Jianyue was curious.

"Let's see if there's any possibility of cooperation, I have a friend who has set up a film company in the United States, and now he needs some film distribution business," Hee Sung said half-truthfully.

"It doesn't matter, in fact, we don't have much hope for the North American box office in this movie," Lin Jianyue leaned back, leaned back in his chair, and looked at Xicheng with a relaxed attitude.

In fact, he was very nervous.

"The main thing is that the material and content of the movie are too profound, the people over there can't understand it at all, and the actions are not gorgeous enough," Chen Ke smiled bitterly.

"Mulan Pictures," Xicheng searched for the information of this film company in his mind, and said thoughtfully: "The company is an American independent film production company, which was only established in 2001, and its financial strength is extremely weak, and the films produced and distributed by it are not high at the box office, and the only thing that I am proud of is the documentary "Fahrenheit 911", the feature films made by the company are also box office cannon fodder in North America, and their distribution and promotion team is obviously pediatric, of course, it may also be that the funds can't keep up." ”

"I also understand, but because I don't expect this box office, I ......" Lin Jianyue was a little embarrassed, not that he didn't want to find the five major theaters in North America, the key was that the five major theaters didn't buy it.

"Good movies are in the hands of Mulan Pictures, and there are no good results, not to mention our films that are not very suitable for the European and American markets," Xicheng shook his head. said disapprovingly: "And they only have a few hundred screens, they can't form a scale at all, how can they produce results." ”

"Ahem......" Chen Kexin interrupted Xicheng's words and asked, "Xicheng, what do you have to build yì?" ”

"I can help introduce Hades Film Company, my family has a little stake in it," Xicheng belittled Mulan Pictures at any cost, just for the North American distribution rights of this film, and naturally accepted it when he saw it.

"How many theaters do they have?" This name is so unfamiliar, Lin Jianyue won't be able to remember it for a while.

He's a name that a movie mogul has never heard of. Is it reliable or not, look at Chen Kexin again, and he also has a puzzled face.

"If you do your best, at least 1,500 screens can be screened at the same time," Xicheng said without hesitation, although Hades does not have a single screen, but according to the agreement they signed with the five major theater chains, there are at least a lot more theaters that can be used at the same time.

"Fifteen hundred!" Lin Jianyue and Chen Kexin glanced at each other, both a little shocked.

If there really is fifteen hundred. That's at least a second-rate theater.

The world's largest cinema chain has just over 5,000 screens, no more than 40,000 screens in the entire North American market, and absolutely no more than 70,000 screens worldwide.

A small film company like Mulan Pictures. At most, there are three to five hundred screens.

"Even if it can't be released at the same time, it must be guaranteed that the movie will be screened on at least 1,000 screens," Hee Sung put aside his rhetoric and took care of the unwanted Hades boss.

Is there such a good thing?

Lin Jianyue became more interested in the Nansam Fund behind Hee Cheng.

He was so courteous. Naturally, it won't be that he has any bullshit talent, not to mention how many people there are in China, but the seven million people in Hong Kong. There is no shortage of talent.

Lin Jianyue is now in Hong Kong, but he is still far from dominating Hong Kong and Taiwan, and he is still worried that Li Zekai will suddenly come over to find trouble.

Those greedy bigwigs in Hong Kong are unreliable, who knows when they will become cannibals,

Nansam's abundant capital, with a focus on the United States and South Korea, has little interest in Hong Kong, and if he can get their support, Lam will undoubtedly be a tiger with wings.

"You are the guarantor, of course I can trust it, then Hades will be responsible for the distribution in North America, if they are interested, the distribution rights in South Korea can also be handed over to them," Lin Jianyue is also a decisive person, since he has decided, he will not drag his feet, and directly gave the North American screening rights of "Vote for Fame" to that Hades.

This is naturally no problem, although the Korean distribution rights are not profitable, but the mosquito legs are also meat.

"I'm just worried that they will lose money," Chen Kexin was kind, and he didn't forget to remind him.

He, as a director, has no confidence in the North American box office, let alone anyone else.

"At present, they are still in the initial stage, as long as the loss is not too outrageous, they must be acceptable," Hee Cheng disagreed.

The North American box office loss of "Casting a Name" is absolute, but as long as it is operated properly, in fact, the distribution company can rarely lose much money, because the box office revenue is the first to fill in the hole of the theater distributor, and it will only be said that the share will be shared after it is filled.

"Then it's no problem," the cooperation was finalized, and Lin Jianyue felt that the relationship with Xicheng had taken another step.

"In addition, I also have a Jianyì, I don't know if I should talk about it or not, "If I can't get the distribution rights in North America, Xicheng will definitely not mention the rest of the matter, at least not as enthusiastic as now."

"Say, it doesn't matter, we are now people on a boat, grasshoppers on a rope, of course we have to be open and honest," Lin Jianyue is very good at winning people's hearts, it's just a movie, it's nothing to him at all, but he is forced to be a person on a boat.

"I heard that director Feng Xiaogang is filming a "Assembly"?" Hee-sung asked tentatively.

"Feng Xiaogang?" Chen Kexin and Lin Jianyue glanced at each other and smiled, "His style is destined not to make any blockbusters, and it is still a war theme, I don't think it's a worry." ”

"Casting a Name" "gathered" the most popular box office stars in the three regions of the Taiwan Strait, and spent 300 million yuan to build it, even if it swept nearly 300 million box office in China; And "The Assembly" cannot be compared with "Vote for Fame" in terms of star lineup or investment funds, and the only trump card is Feng Xiaogang.

Therefore, in terms of the box office estimate before the release, more people are optimistic about "Casting Names" with superstars, and many people have a wait-and-see attitude towards the box office prospects of "Assembly", a war-themed film that Feng Xiaogang has never been involved in; Some people even pessimistically predict that the total box office of "The Assembly" will not exceed 50 million.

However. In 09, the reporter asked Chen Kexin: You have met the three major directors in the mainland, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, and you have met Zhang Yimou this year. I want to ask a very cheesy question, what is your mood?

Chen Kexin replied: Then I will give you a very vulgar answer. In fact, there is only one mainland director I am most afraid of, and that is Feng Xiaogang.

is the psychological shadow brought to him by "Assembly".

It's not that "Assembly" defeated his vote, but "Assembly" cut his vote in half, which could have reached 500 million. No matter how bad it is, there are 300 million, but because of the sudden rise of "Assembly", he withdrew from the market at 260 million.

"I'm afraid I'm not so optimistic," Chen Kexin's expression was expected by him, and Xi Cheng asked again: "Has Director Chen read their book, or the original novel?" ”

The story of "The Assembly" is based on a novel by Yang Jinyuan, "The Lawsuit", who first read a news report about a man who was obsessed with finding his old troops. He spent a long time looking for evidence for his dead comrades-in-arms and restoring his honor, and after reading it, he was deeply moved, which became his original intention to write the novel "Lawsuit".

This story was recommended by Zhang Guoli to Feng Xiaogang. So there was "The Assembly".

"Not in this case, have you seen Xicheng?" Chen Kexin didn't understand why Xi Cheng valued Feng Xiaogang, but he was not a too arrogant person, so he could naturally listen to Cheng Dù's words.

"When I was in Korea. Let someone help me find the copy of "Lawsuit", "Hee Sung tapped his knees with his knuckles and said in a deep voice: "Then compared it with the script of "Casting Names" I got ......"

"Oh......" Lin Jianyue, who was originally leaning on the back of the chair, sat up involuntarily. He was shaken and asked, "How do you feel?" ”

As his big boss, he naturally doesn't have the time and energy to figure out his opponent's script, and the film company is just a part of his huge industry.

Xicheng lowered his eyes, took a sip of the teacup slowly, and said, "I can't say who is better." ”

Chen Kexin and Lin Jianyue were moved together, everyone understands people, and they have known Xicheng for so long, and they also know that he is not a person who talks about it, so they naturally understand the meaning of this sentence.

"When I look back at "The Lawsuit", I always have to know myself and the enemy," Chen Kexin said to Lin Jianyue, as a director and producer, he has an unshirkable responsibility.

"Don't put too much pressure, whether Feng Xiaogang can make a good script into a good drama, it's impossible to say," these words seemed to comfort Chen Kexin, but in fact, his heart was shaken, Lin Jianyue looked at Xicheng again, and asked: "If that's the case, what does Xicheng have to say?" ”

"It's also simple, just release it in advance, let's let him take a step, he probably won't press step by step," Xicheng thought for a while and said: "The Chinese New Year file should not be missed, then it will be released at the end of November." ”

The so-called Chinese New Year file generally refers to the movie schedule from early November to early March of the following year, which is about eighty or ninety days. The consensus in the industry is that from around November 20 to the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the large-scale release of the film will begin. The initial Lunar New Year stalls were extended from late December to early January, and then due to the intensification of the large-scale crowding, the date of the Lunar New Year stalls was repeatedly advanced to early November, and postponed to the end of February and early March of the New Year, spanning Christmas, New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, and Valentine's Day. The current Chinese New Year file is regarded as the most complete, most competitive, highest box office output capacity, and strongest consumption power in China, and many blockbusters have chosen to be released during this period.

"Then the shooting schedule will be tight," Chen Kexin sighed, he is a hard-working director, he has always been a hard worker, he has always been improving, and what he is most afraid of is the time constraint.

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