Hearing Justin say this, Li Mingbao smiled and said: "Maybe I used to be so foolish as this kid, so until now, I still remember some things at that time." Maybe that's why I made such a movie. ”

"Perhaps, but with all due respect, you should be from Hong Kong, and the children in Hong Kong are the same as our children in the United States? Otherwise, why are you able to grasp such a plot so perfectly? Justin asked.

"The naughtiness of children all has the same characteristics. Naturally, children in Hong Kong will not be like the United States, and it is not easy for ordinary people to want to convert, but for me, it is a relatively simple thing, because I have a unique talent for the film industry. Of course, it was also because I made the same film when I was in Hong Kong, and I accumulated a lot of experience in that film.

That is, with that movie, I will feel like a fish in water when I make movies here in Hollywood. If it weren't for that movie, I wouldn't have been able to make it so well when I made it. ”

"I'm really starting to be jealous of you now, Mr. Li, your talent in this line of work, at least in my opinion, is already very high. It's not like I've never seen your directors in Hong Kong, but their ability to change their thinking, to be honest, is very poor.

Whether they are in Hong Kong, in Hollywood, or in other places, the way they shoot movies always has a strong Hong Kong character. I'm not saying that such characteristics are bad, after all, every place has the characteristics of every place, that is, the collision between countless characteristics can lead to the emergence of great civilizations.

But on the Hollywood side, as you know, Hong Kong's ideas will not be the mainstream, the mainstream here can only be Hollywood. And many people, of course, are not only Hong Kong people, many outsiders, on the Hollywood side, have not thought about adapting to the style of Hollywood. And in doing so, the results will not be very good, I remember some time ago, there was an actor in Hong Kong, called Jackie Chan, he went to Hollywood, and he was not very adaptable, and as a result, the movie he made had problems at the box office.

But in Mr. Li, in this movie, I don't feel any other style except Hollywood style at all, if I really want to say that there is, that is, I think the shooting method of this movie is more advanced than the mainstream methods of Hollywood now. Of course, this kind of advanced approach is not too abrupt, and the audience will definitely not feel uncomfortable. "Justin kept putting a top hat on Li Mingbao.

Don't think that foreigners don't know how to pat on the back, they usually don't make sycophants, that's because you are not qualified enough for him to pat on the back, if you really have qualifications, they are not particularly different from ordinary Orientals.

"Thank you, Mr. Justin, for the compliment, so should we continue watching this movie now?" For Justin's sycophancy, Li Mingbao has a high immunity, and he understands the value of "Home Alone" better than Justin.

was restless before, that was because his movie was not shown in front of real big shots, even if Li Mingbao himself praised the movie like a little hundred flowers, it didn't make any sense.

But now looking at Justin's situation, the obvious optimism is directly written on his face. Justin is optimistic, Li Mingbao is naturally not in a hurry, although now Li Mingbao can talk to Justin about the distribution of the movie, but now Justin is excited, and Li Mingbao occupies the initiative, so he naturally has to be more reserved. No matter what you sell, you have to take the initiative so that you can sell it at a good price.

Hearing Li Mingbao's words, Justin was obviously stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood that Li Mingbao said this because of his previous words, which made Li Mingbao feel like he was waiting for the price to sell. For putting the initiative in the hands of Li Mingbao, Justin did not feel bothered.

Because he believes that no matter how much appetite this Hong Kong person has, when facing the 20th Century Fox Company, his appetite will be filled, and this situation has been proved by a lot of practice under the operation of the 20th Century Fox for so many years.

So although Justin still had the desire to chat at this time, he had to say stupidly: "Well, indeed, let's finish watching this wonderful movie first, and then talk about other things." ”

And in the second half of the movie, with the previous foundation, Justin no longer showed an unexpected expression. Because the accident has already passed, and now, it's time to talk about the price.

Therefore, Justin's main energy has been put on the question of how to negotiate in the future, although the second half of the movie is equally exciting, but for a businessman, no matter how wonderful the spiritual enjoyment, there is no work matter.

When the whole movie was over, Justin was the first to applaud. Although there were only Justin Li Mingbao and some staff members in the entire independent screening room, and there were no ten people in all of them, Justin applauded, and the others also applauded, which made the screening room very lively.

"Mr. Lee, your film is very good, so I think it's good news for both of us that your company has given this film to us at Twentieth Century Fox for distribution." Justin had already stood up at this time and said to Li Mingbao very sincerely.

"It's because I believe in the vision of the top management of Twentieth Century Fox that as soon as this movie came out, our first negotiation target was your company, not Universal or Warner." Li Mingbao said with a smile.

"We at Twentieth Century Fox are well-known in Hollywood, and we know that, which is why there are countless excellent producers like Mr. Li who have handed over their films to our company to work with." Justin said.

"Then we can talk about the release of this movie now, right?" Although Li Mingbao was very reserved just now, now that he has entered the main topic, no matter how reserved he is, he has to do business.

"Yes, we can talk now, of course, I don't think the screening room is a good place to negotiate, if you don't mind, you can go to my office, have a coffee, and then discuss such an issue, I believe that it will definitely be more comfortable to do that." Justin sent an invitation to Li Mingbao.

As the headquarters of Twentieth Century Fox, this building is their office space, and Justin's office is not on the same floor as the screening room, so Li Mingbao and the others walked a distance after leaving the screening room, and then took the elevator to the floor of Justin's office, and finally entered Justin's office.

Although he was just walking in a hurry just now, Li Mingbao took a casual look at it, and he could also see the vitality of the Twentieth Century Fox Company, which was full of people walking in a hurry. Either holding a paper jiàn clip, or holding a coffee, or occasionally walking past one or two people who are discussing problems, so that the atmosphere inside the company looks great. Compared with the place where Li Mingbao opened in Hollywood, which is basically equivalent to a leather bag company, Twentieth Century Fox can really be regarded as a Hollywood film company, and he can be regarded as an empty small workshop at most, and the gap is very obvious.

As a deputy general manager of the distribution department, Justin's office is very spacious, with an office of more than 100 square meters, not to mention for Justin alone, even if there are ten more people, it will not be crowded.

After the two sides sat down and Justin's secretary brought the coffee, Justin first spoke: "Mr. Li, I am personally quite optimistic about your film, so I personally have no opinion on the release of such a film, and I believe that other colleagues in the company will not have any opinions." We don't need to discuss this too much, but what I want to know now is, what are Mr. Li's specific requirements for your film to be released to our Twentieth Century Fox? ”

Justin's request is actually asking Li Mingbao how he plans to let Fox release this movie. Don't think that film distribution is a simple thing, in fact, the things involved in it are very complicated.

For the release of a movie, a movie theater is required to undertake the projection work, which is not difficult for a Hollywood giant like Twentieth Century Fox, as an old Hollywood giant, it is simply too simple to get some movie theaters.

In terms of publicity, Twentieth Century Fox can also be said to be experienced. For many movies, the biggest impact of the box office is not in the theaters, but in the publicity. If the publicity is not good, and others don't know that there is such a movie, then even if you prepare 2,000 yuan for the projection screen, when the movie's reputation is not spread, it will be the same loss.

Even if it is a bad movie, if the distributor promotes it well and the theater chain gives it enough, as long as the cost of the bad movie is not too high, the investors will recover the cost in the end, and even make a small profit, which is not a problem. Of course, if it's really a bad movie, it's basically difficult to get that kind of distribution and promotion, unless you have some other relationships, and it is generally impossible for the distributor to give you publicity at a loss.

If it was to talk to Uncle Six about distribution in Hong Kong, maybe Li Mingbao would answer directly, but this is Hollywood, although he already knows a little about the situation here, but after all, it is not very professional.

So this kind of problem, Li Mingbao still left it to Jiang Zhiqiang to do, although he has not done anything about distribution before, but he has been in Hollywood for a long time, even if he has not eaten pork, he has seen pigs running, how to talk about this problem, Jiang Zhiqiang is definitely qualified for this role.