The acquisition of Disheng Records Lin Xiaozhi did not suffer a loss, although Pan Disheng cheated Chen Baiqiang for several years, but at the beginning of the construction of Disheng Records with EMI Records, he did put some effort into it. At that time, he not only purchased a batch of recording, sound filling, and tuning equipment, but also poached many powerful soundtrack teams in the Hong Kong circle, and now Lin Xiaozhi is cheaper. The dubbing of "Killer Leon" was handed over to them to do, and in only a week or so, they finalized all the music needed for the movie almost according to Lin Xiaozhi's requirements.

By the time the group returned from Venice, the post-production of "Killer Leon" had been completed. According to Lin Xiaozhi's request, the company contacted ATV's professional English dubbing team in advance and completed the English version of the spoken dubbing for "Killer Leon". Lin Xiaozhi also watched it after he came back, and he was not very satisfied with the soundtrack of Di Sheng Records, compared to the original work in his head, it was a line worse, and the dubbing of Little Lori was the same, because ATV really couldn't find a suitable one, and finally chose a more mature female dubbing, so that the voice sounded somewhat feeling.

can't shoot perfectly, Lin Xiaozhi is somewhat regretful. However, he also knows that New Asia is at the beginning of its construction, and there is still a certain gap between it and Hollywood in all aspects.

However, it is clear that the level of "Killer Leon" still surprised the ODN group who did not pay much attention to New Asia, "Oh God, thank God we didn't miss a good movie"

Compared with the plot of the original work, which lasted for more than two hours, Lin Xiaozhi drastically cut some unnecessary plots during filming, and as a result, after the post-production was completed, the whole movie has been cut to one hour and forty minutes, which is a relatively normal screening length.

Because Xinya has completed the dubbing of the English version, although it is not as expressive as the original, it is also a lot more convenient for ODN and his party to get up, and Noble nodded from time to time and even whispered to the two subordinates next to him, which can be seen that the quality of the movie is very full

"Lin, I want us to talk about cooperation" As soon as the movie ended, Noble didn't mean to get up at all, and directly sat on the sofa in the screening room to negotiate, "You Xinya are really very good, not only the previous "Friends", but also this "Killer Leon", which is also a very interesting movie, and we ODN are willing to buy the distribution rights in Europe and the United States."

Lin Xiaozhi and Zheng Fei glanced at each other, nodded with a smile, and felt some irrepressible excitement in their hearts. The previous "Friends", as well as this "Killer Leon", according to the aesthetics of the audience in Hong Kong, are all standard 'Western film style', compared to Hong Kong's main Hong Kong-style ', pee, fart, this kind of grassroots witty and humorous action movies with all five poisons, this kind of Western film style that foreigners are no strangers to better enter the European and American markets. The vast majority of companies in Hong Kong now pay attention to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even Japan and South Korea, and only a few film companies such as Golden Harvest have realized the importance of the European and American markets.

Compared with Hong Kong and Taiwan, where hundreds of films pour into the competition every year, Southeast Asia, where hundreds of films compete for hegemony, and dozens of Hong Kong films fight to the death in the Japanese and South Korean markets, Lin Xiaozhi's New Asia is not willing to waste excess energy on fighting with them. Compared with Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the box office market in Europe and the United States with an annual scale of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars is more attractive to Lin Xiaozhi, who has always been eager to become bigger and stronger.

And in fact, he's trying to do it little by little.

"Mr. Noble, the film 'Friends' has set up a platform for our two companies to work together. The strength of you and your company and the complete distribution network throughout Europe are what we need. It would be our pleasure to cooperate with you again."

After Zhou Huimin's year-long training丨Lin Xiaozhi's English has a foundation, and there are still some difficulties in writing and reading, but there is no problem with basic communication.

Noble held his head proudly: "ODN has more than 100 theaters in Europe, and we have more than 70 theaters in the UK alone. Lin, your company has made the right choice to work with us, there is no more professional cinema chain in the UK than ODN. ”

He paused slightly before saying, "This movie is very tasteful, and I personally like this movie very much." It's just that your previous film, Friends, was at the Venice Film Festival and received some critics' praise at the festival, so we were able to offer a price of £1.65 million. But this movie doesn't have this kind of experience, so the price will be appropriately lower. One million pounds, if your company can accept this price, we are willing to buy out the European and American distribution rights of "Killer Leon". ”

The flickering gaze exposed his cunning, cunning old fox, Lin Xiaozhi scolded in his heart, but he was not angry, grabbed the language in his mouth and retorted: "Compared with those film critics, we believe more in the professional vision of Mr. Noble and the purchasing team of ODN company, the movie "Lyon", we spent millions of pounds on the shooting budget alone, I believe that Mr. Noble should also be able to see, those exquisite and poetic clips, as well as those fierce shootouts, this is a big-budget movie, If ODN is only willing to offer this price, please forgive us for saying sorry."

This is naturally nonsense to nonsense, although the investment in this film has set a record for New Asia's film investment, it is only more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 1 million pounds when converted into pounds. In fact, don't say that the filming budget of "Killer Leon" is not millions of pounds, all over Hong Kong, even Cheng Long, who is known as the most expensive movie, and his "Police Story" series, the filming budget of the two "Police Stories" together is only more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars. This money seems like a lot, but in fact, it is more than five million pounds when converted into pounds

Noble's eyes flickered, although it was the first time he had talked about cooperation with a Hong Kong film company, it was not the first time for ODN, and he had vaguely heard some rumors about the cost of filming in Hong Kong, but he couldn't be sure whether his words were true or false. After all, in his opinion, if "Killer Leon" was filmed in the UK, I am afraid it would be difficult to shoot this effect without tens of millions of pounds.

After thinking for a while, he continued: "ODN is a sincere company, if your film company really wants to cooperate with us, then I can make a special exception for you to increase a little, so let's do it, it is still the same condition before, 1.3 million pounds, we are willing to buy out the European and American distribution rights of "Killer Leon"

Lin Xiaozhi just smiled and shook his head, but did not reply. But the attitude is already clear, impossible

Noble frowned slightly, he couldn't stay in Hong Kong for long, and soon he would have to fly to Australia to negotiate business with another film company. However, 1.2 million pounds is indeed not his bottom line, and he pretended to think about it for a while before shaking his head and saying: "Lin, we ODN are here with sincerity, and I hope your company will realize this." In this way, our company can increase the price to a maximum of 1.5 million pounds, which is already the highest price we can give."

"No, no, no, Mr. Noble, I think you misunderstood us. We have no intention of selling the distribution rights in Europe and the United States, I think we can cooperate in another way, for example, our film "Killer Leon" will land in ODN theaters to meet the British audience in the UK, not only does your company not need to spend a penny, but even the promotion we will do it ourselves."

"What?" Noble frowned, as if he couldn't believe the answer he heard, frowned and asked, "Lin, are you saying that you don't want to buy out, but want to share?" Did I hear me right? ”

In addition to Cheng Long's films that have a certain reputation in Europe and the United States, only Bruce Lee's films, which have been deceased for many years, are sought after in Chinatowns and colored settlements around the world. Therefore, after the vast majority of Hong Kong films are bought out of the distribution rights, they cannot be released in theaters, and many of them are chosen by European and American distributors to only release videotapes for niche enthusiasts to watch. After Hong Kong filmmakers stumbled and suffered a lot of losses, they also found that they couldn't make much money by landing in European and American theaters, and few films have been obsessed with landing in theaters over the years, basically choosing to sell the copyright directly to European and American distributors.

"Mr. Noble, you heard me right, I'm talking about the movie "Killer Leon", and our company hopes to cooperate with your company to release it in the UK."

If the release is popular, it will be fine, but if it is not popular, it is likely to lose money. Noble pondered for a moment and was about to persuade him again, but he didn't want Lin Xiaozhi to see through his meaning, and said resolutely: "We chose to land on the theater of "Killer Leon", if your company is willing to screen this movie and promise us two conditions, we can make some concessions in other aspects." ”

His words made Noble a little intrigued, and he asked curiously, "What concessions?" ”

"As long as ODN agrees to arrange at least 50 theaters for "Killer Leon" to be released in the UK for the premiere in the UK, and the screening time is scheduled for October, then we are willing to transfer the video release rights of this film in the UK to ODN."

European and American filmmakers generally rarely choose to arrange the release of Hong Kong films, because most of them are selling at a loss, and they can't even recover the cost of screening. If it weren't for this, Lin Xiaozhi would not have made such a big concession and gave up the copyright of the videotape.

"This"

Noble was still surprised to get the British distribution rights of such a movie he fancied. However, several conditions of New Asia still made him hesitate a little, Hong Kong films are not easy to sell in the UK, and the other party is still in a hurry to release them, so they may not be able to recover the cost of screening.

After pondering for a while, he made a decision, nodded and said: "Our company can try to screen the film, your company has completed the English translation, we can directly send it for review, although it will be released in October, it can be accepted even if it is a little urgent." ODN can agree to your request, but we also have a few conditions that we need you to agree to. First, your company has a maximum of 30 premiere theaters, and it is impossible for us to arrange 50 theaters, and the cost of screening is not low. Second, if the box office does not exceed £3 million in the first week, ODN has the right to terminate the screening of the film immediately; Third, because none of your company's films have a wide influence in Europe, it is impossible for us to give you an international share, and we can only give you a quota share if your company can accept it, and I can sign the distribution of "Killer Leon". ”

The first two conditions made Lin Xiaozhi feel once again that Hong Kong films were not valued in Europe and the United States, and a feeling of aggrieved in his heart not only made him, but even Zheng Fei and Ye Weixin next to him look ugly.

However, feeling the eyes of the two of them constantly hinting that he chose to buy out, Lin Xiaozhi still sighed and made a decision, this first step must be taken, I am not confident anymore, what to talk about to make others believe you.

"What is the quota share that ODN can give us?"

In his previous life, he had been in the film industry for many years, and Lin Xiaozhi was no stranger to the so-called quota sharing. This is the weapon of large theaters in various countries to pit some small film companies, that is, before a movie is released, it determines the box office dividends that the film can obtain early on by signing an agreement. There is also such a system in Hong Kong, which is similar in all countries, and the quota dividends given by each cinema company to each film company are different, more or less.

"15" Noble said, as soon as the words fell, Lin Xiaozhi shook his head, and he could only eat 15 The box office dividend was too low

"Mr. Noble, we are very sincere in our discussions, we can agree to the first two conditions, but the quota dividend given by your company is too low. If ODN is really so insincere, then I don't think we need to talk about it, let's just sign the contract of "Friend" now, and we will contact other theater companies to distribute "Killer Leon" separately."

His words finally made Noble change color slightly, and he still liked the movie "Killer Leon". Although he is not optimistic about its release at the box office, in his opinion, just publishing a videotape should make a fortune.

In the end, Noble relented, and after some haggling, the two sides agreed to set the quota dividend on this figure. "Friends" and "Killer Leon" officially signed ODN, especially the film "Killer Leon", which will be released in British theaters soon.