XXXIV. New Wine Launch
After the remaining film companies heard that the copyright of "Twilight" had been transferred, most of them gave up negotiations, although "Tales of the Night" is also good, but it is obviously not as attractive as Twilight, and its setting is skipped edgy, if the cost is low, it is fine, but if the cost is high, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover the cost.
But because of the need for special effects, the cost of this kind of magic film will obviously not be low, so most companies have retreated, but there are still three companies interested in "Night".
Among them, the most sincere is Lionsgate, although Lionsgate is only a new company at this time, but Su Zhen is indeed aware of the future achievements of this company, not to mention anything else, just a chainsaw series is enough to make it have a place in film history, but unfortunately Su Zhen was not interested in this kind of horror film in his last life, but he has not seen this movie.
After reaching an agreement with Lionsgate, Su Zhen and Lionsgate cooperated to shoot the first part of Legend of the Night, with the copyright of the novel and the adaptation of the script costing 2 million, and Su Zhen invested another 13 million, accounting for half of the income.
Why does Twilight One need 50 million and Night only needs 30 million?
That's because Twilight is a magic film in the true sense of the word, and if you want to shoot it well, it is estimated that you will have to spend a lot of money on special effects. Although Night also has a magical name, it is clear that it has more action and uses much less special effects than Twilight.
In fact, the basic cost of most action movies is not high, and the reason why the cost of those action movies is so high is mainly because the actor's salary is high, and even the actor's salary is far higher than the production cost of the film itself.
After that, Su Zhen asked Aikman to send him back to the hotel.
As a result, as soon as the two of them walked out of the door of the publishing house, they found that the two Lionsgate people were back.
"What are you?" Su Zhen asked.
"That's right, Mr. Sue, tomorrow night Peely Island Winery will have an ice wine launch in Los Angeles, and our boss also has a stake in Peely Island Winery, as a business partner, our boss would like to invite you to attend," explained the older Lionsgate man.
"It seems inappropriate for me to participate in a liquor conference as a minor" Su Zhen found that the United States attaches great importance to the issue of underage drinking, and public places such as liquor conferences are absolutely forbidden for minors to enter.
"It's not a public launch, it's just a small presentation of the winery in Los Angeles, it's in a private clubhouse, there won't be reporters and idlers, you don't have to worry about it at all." The other party explained.
Su Zhen wanted to refuse, but when he saw Aikman beside him, he looked straight at him, "It's good, I'll attend on time."
Seeing that Su Zhen agreed, he said goodbye to the convenience. When Su Zhen saw them leaving, he asked Aikman, "What?" Their boss is very promising? Make you so important that you want me to accept the invitation? ”
"No, no, no, although their owner has a background, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is the winery that launched the conference, which is the Phiri Island winery. Boss: Haven't you heard of it? Aikman replied.
"Hehe, I don't drink alcohol, except for one Château Lafite, I haven't heard of any other winery, what? Is it famous? Su Zhen was very interested when he heard this.
"Lafite is just a dry red wine is more famous, the types of wine are divided into three kinds according to color: red, white, and rosé, and there are dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet, sweet, and so on according to the sugar content, and the most famous thing about the Pieri Island winery is their ice wine, and the ice wine is ......" Aikman was interrupted by Su Zhen before he could finish speaking.
"Ice wine, I know, is a sweet wine, and the brewing conditions are very limited," Su Zhen nodded. He had the opportunity to drink it once by chance, and the sweet taste was very good.
However, Su Zhen didn't know that the ice wine he drank in his previous life was actually a counterfeit, because the ice wine due to the production problem, although the price is not very high, but it is not something that ordinary people in China can enjoy, in fact, most of the high-end red wine in the domestic market, there are many fakes, such as Lafite, the annual output of Château Lafite is 24 bottles, but the country can sell two million bottles of wine every year, what does this mean, everyone has guessed, in fact, authentic Lafite red wine enters China less than 50,000 bottles a year, And most of them are directly booked for their own use, and it is estimated that there are less than 30,000 bottles that can actually enter the market. The same is true for ice wine, Canadian ice wine on the market is priced at more than 100 prices everywhere, if it is sold at this price, the wineries that make ice wine in the world can be closed a long time ago. Not to mention the origin restrictions, it is better to be in a few main producing areas, because climate changes are not able to produce ice wine every year, it can be said that ice wine is the lowest total production of all wines.
"That's right, because ice wine must be made from grapes that grow on grape trees that are naturally frozen, and there are very few regions where you can grow high-quality grapes and produce natural freezing conditions, so the yield of ice wine is very low, and because of its nutritional value, it is very popular in the upper echelons of Europe and the United States" Although it was a little uncomfortable to be interrupted, but who made Su Zhen the boss, Aikman still patiently explained" And the ice wine produced by the Phiri Island winery is recognized as the best in the world. Therefore, as a top winery, the press conference held by the Phi Le Vineyard is attended by people who have a certain status, and being invited to this kind of wine party itself also represents a status. ”
After listening to Aikman's explanation, Su Zhen knew in his heart that if this was the case, it was indeed necessary to see it. At the same time, he thought that the boss of Lionsgate was not simple, so he asked, "Do you know the boss of Lionsgate?" The owner of a small American film company has a stake in a winery in Canada, and he doesn't seem to be a simple person."
"Ha Luha, BOSS, you're wrong, Lionsgate is not an American film company, but a Canadian film company, and their boss is not as simple as a single Lionsgate company." Aikman said with a smile.
Su Zhen was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know what to do, he only knew that Lionsgate was a famous Hollywood film company, but he never thought that it would be a Canadian film company.
"The owner of Lionsgate is called Flac. Gusta, a Canadian banker, started the film company last year, and although it is headquartered in Los Angeles, it is indeed a Canadian company, so although Lionsgate is a new company, it is very well capitalized. Aikman continued to explain to Su Zhen.
Banker, no wonder, it's all a bunch of rich people, Su Zhen pouted.
After sending Su Zhen back to the hotel, Aikman drove away.
After returning to the room, he found that Rachel was already in his room, and since there was a pair of room keys, Su Zhen gave her the key to his room when Rachel left yesterday.
"Sue, you're back" Seeing Su Zhen enter the door, Rachel put down the papers in her hand and got up to greet her.
Su Zhen sat down on the sofa, "How are things going today?" ”
"It's very smooth, and it's not a hassle to register a company in the United States, but it will take about a week to go through all the procedures." Rachel got up and walked to the bar to the side to make Su Zhen a cup of tea, the tea was specially bought by Liu Jun during the Chinese New Year, although it was not a superb, but it was also a rare high-quality.
"There's a launch event for Phiri Island Winery tomorrow night, so come with me," Su Zhen said.
"The launch of the Phiri Île winery? Are you sure? Rachel was excited.
"What? Are you interested? Su Zhen asked
"Of course, the launch of a top winery like this is not at all comparable to the previous partisan cocktail parties, but there will definitely be a lot of top Hollywood stars in attendance, I wonder if Nicolas Cage will attend, I like his movies the most," Rachel envisioned.
Even Rachel is this kind of performance, it seems that the press conference of the top winery is really unusual, Nicolas Cage...... I also like to watch his movies, but I don't know how the real person is, Su Zhen took a sip and thought silently.