"Ziming, this is the schedule date of "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun", as well as the box office sharing ratio, do you think there are any problems?"

On April 10th, except for Shuangnan Cinemas, all 94 theaters in Hong Kong will be released, with 52% of the box office share? It seems that the power of the two little silver bears in Berlin is really great, at least they are powerful enough in these years!

"Yindu said they couldn't show violence, nudity, so they couldn't schedule films. Hey, will you take Jiaming with you this time? ”

Sun Ziming smiled, this great-uncle still has work and life problems, and he thinks about himself, and he is still the same as he used to be an agent for himself.

"If she doesn't go, let her spend more time with her father. Besides, I'll stay there for about ten days at most. Hey, what's wrong with the Japanese? ”

"I'm talking to Yindu Agency, I guess it's no fun, let's wait. I'll call you when I have the results. ”

Uncle Zeng is gone, and Wang Jing is here again.

"Brother Jing, you are also a director, you can just call the shots about publicity! How can I have that time? ”

"You're leaving today?"

"Twelve o'clock plane."

"Then why don't you get out of here? It's past 10 o'clock now! Hey, by the way, your villa borrowed me to live for a few days, and my wife said it twice. ”

Jiaming couldn't help laughing on the side, only in his own company, there would be such bosses and employees, if he wanted to change to the original TVB, how dare Wang Fatzi talk like this?

"Okay, you're the big guy."

……

When the plane landed at Los Angeles Airport, the sun was already shining. As soon as Sun Ziming walked out of the airport passage, Jiang Peng and a beautiful white girl greeted him and helped him with his luggage to introduce them to them.

"Brother Ming, this is my fiancée Betty, this is Ziming. Sun, my boss".

"Hello (hello)."

Sun Ziming was surprised by Betty's beauty, and people were also surprised by his youth, and after shaking hands and asking for good results, the three of them left the airport. Betty drove the car onto the highway, and Jiang Peng also began to report to Sun Ziming.

Warners gave up 25% of the rights to the English version of Home Alone, and paid them $700,000 as an investment in the third sequel to the Chinese version, which will continue to be used by Light and Shadow. At the same time, the copyright of the third sequel to their "Home Alone" has risen to 30%, and the sequels are four and five, and everyone has to continue to negotiate.

When this was in Hong Kong, everyone didn't understand it very much, and they felt that they were losing money by exchanging 25% of the copyright of the English version for 15% of the copyright of the Chinese version. Because the high profit of the Chinese version is ironclad, but the English version is extremely risky. Although every movie made by Sun Ziming in Hong Kong is a big hit, it does not mean that he can remake it successfully, and the cultural differences are there. For example, we Chinese amazing beauties may not be as beautiful as an ordinary-looking woman in the eyes of ghosts, so everyone thinks that "Home Alone" may not necessarily suit the taste of Americans.

However, there is one thing that everyone agrees on, that is, it must be on the line of Warner Bros., which will only benefit and not harm the future development in North America. In the final analysis, the eight giants monopolize the vast majority of the North American market, and it is impossible for 'Light and Shadow' to get a piece of the pie there, and it is impossible to bypass them! When the film entered the Japanese and South Korean markets, it would not have been so smooth without Warner's efforts behind it.

"Hehe, give up 15% of the proceeds to gamble, what if the English version is on fire? Our company is too small, step by step development, when will it be able to grow? ”

Uncle Zeng, they have nothing to say, Chinese people are good at gambling, and so are Taiwanese. Since it's gambling, before it gets to the end, the ghost knows how to win or lose! Anyway, if you lose, the company will still make money, just less. But what if you win?

Warner's family business is big, they don't like to gamble, and stability is the best business strategy! 'Light and shadow' is different, how can you develop quickly if you don't gamble? At the beginning, Sun Ziming didn't really make a movie, so he dared to direct it himself, that was a gamble!

"Brother Ming, cut it today or tomorrow?"

"Did you give the script to someone?"

"No, I'm waiting for you to decide on the editor".

"Well, go straight to the editor, I'll sleep first."

Betty was able to understand Chinese, and when she heard Sun Ziming say this, she drove the car on the way home.

……

Generally speaking, the script and editing determine the life of a film, which shows the importance of editing to a film. The editor invited by Jiang Peng is called Grington, which is very famous in the industry, and he can be invited only because he is Betty's own brother.

After a while, I drove to the editor Glinton's house, which was a standard middle-class American home, with a beautiful big house and a beautiful yard, but no hostesses and children.

"Peng, this is your director friend? Ni (hello), pot has (friend)"

Grinton burped sleepily and greeted Sun Ziming in a strange manner, and there were red stains on his unkempt golden beard, presumably from a hangover.

"Brother Ming, this is Glinton, and Betty's older brother. His technique is very good, and "Out of Africa" is edited by him."

Sun Ziming's eyes emitted a green light, and he quickly reached out to shake hands and say hello, this is a real talent, it would be great if he could recruit it.

"Hello, my name is Sun Ziming, you can call me 'Ming'."

Sun Ziming's hot face is firmly attached to people's cold buttocks. Greenton casually touched him with his hand and let go, a palpable look of disdain in his blue eyes. Sun Ziming was a little puzzled, although he is not a world-class director, he has also won the Silver Bear Award, this person is not crazy, right?

Oh, maybe Jiang Peng didn't tell his uncle that he made two movies that were popular in Asia, and he also got a little silver bear in Berlin. Very good, this Jiang Peng is very smart, and he knows how to quickly convince these people with real skills.

Everyone sat down in the messy living room, Betty searched the refrigerator for a long time, and only found a few cans of 'Budweiser' beer, so she had to go and boil some water to make tea. It is not polite for a guest to come to the door for the first time and invite someone to drink beer.

Glynton didn't care about his sister's work, and looked at Sun Ziming at random, his appearance was ordinary, and his temperament was passable. Looking at his dazzling Rolex watch again, Glinton frowned a little, the offspring of an upstart man.

Hey, if it weren't for Betty's request, I wouldn't have taken this job. Movies are art, and when you look at the director's taste, you know how bad this film is, and I don't know how troublesome it is to cut this kind of bad movie.

Sun Ziming didn't have any interest in sticking people's cold ass, so he took out the script from his bag, handed it to Greenton, signaling that he could start reading the script and officially cut it tomorrow.

"Greenton, I'm short on time, can I finish cutting it in ten days?"

Greenton didn't care about the change in Sun Ziming's attitude, took the script and threw it on the sofa. If you want to cut it in ten days, you can cut it in ten days, and you can save yourself your brains.

"Okay, let's see the fine cut in a week."

With that, Greenton staggered back to sleep, leaving his sister, brother-in-law, and guests in the living room. Betty couldn't do anything about her brother, and she couldn't kick him twice in front of the guests, so she had to apologize to her grandson.

"Ming, I'm so sorry, Glynton is this temper. Peng didn't let me tell him that you won the Silver Bear Award. ”

"It's okay, it's normal for people with skills to have a little temper."

Sun Ziming really doesn't care, the United States is not as good as Hong Kong, this Grinton is famous, and it will naturally depend on his own character. What's more, in his eyes, he may be an unknown little director, and it is estimated that he can take this job, or it depends on the face of Jiang Peng and his sister.

$50,000, please move a big name who has won an Oscar nomination, this price is not ordinarily cheap!

……

Los Angeles is an international metropolis, and Sun Ziming has never been here, so Jiang Peng naturally took him to take a walk around.

Walking on the bustling street, the two chatted and strolled, but they were also very happy. Jiang Peng's family is a standard middle class, his parents are professors at National Taiwan University, and he has two siblings in the family. My brother-in-law works in the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, so he can be regarded as an official eunuch family.

The last time Sun Ziming came to the United States to make a movie, Warner originally arranged for a Hong Kong immigrant, who was still a pretty good-looking girl. Jiang Peng tried his best to persuade the girl to give up on his own initiative before he sought this errand.

The two went to a café and ordered two lattes, Sun Ziming picked a few spoonfuls of sugar, and Jiang Peng realized that it was a mistake for Lu Dao to bring the boss here.

"Hey, Dapeng, why do you have so much confidence in me? When I was in Hong Kong, everyone disagreed that the copyright of the two versions of the film would be swapped. ”

Jiang Peng straightened his back and put down the coffee cup, this question must be explained clearly. His own boss is too shrewd, and no one who can start from scratch and make hundreds of millions of fortunes in less than a year is a fool. He has already obtained the right to form a company, and if he wants to get a satisfactory treatment, he must convince the genius of his reason for taking risks, not a crude statement last time.

"Brother Ming, I have seen all your movies, and you have a very accurate grasp of the psychological needs of the audience. The Cantonese version of "Home Alone" is a good film for all ages, and I consulted Glynton, and many of the scenes in it can be adapted into scenes of American life. Besides, your directing skills are very high, and it shouldn't be difficult for you to remake this kind of thing. Marcos and Warners are old, they don't dare to take risks, they always want to be safe, they always want to make the money they can see."

I understood, this young man saw that Warner was no longer enterprising, and wanted to get off this old big ship and get on his own small but very new ship.

"Brother Ming, the Chinese have a glass ceiling here, and I can be the deputy director, I guess it's already over. If it's just an annual salary of 70,000 or 80,000 yuan, I can get it if I work hard in Taiwan, so why should I be discriminated against on other people's turf? ”

Although Sun Ziming never studied abroad, he can understand this situation. Is it possible for racism to say no? If nothing else, what country does not have regional discrimination? What's more, people are all different!

"Dapeng, I have to say that you are very powerful, I persuaded my friends in Hong Kong to use the excuse of gambling, but I didn't expect you to see it more comprehensively than me, the director. Hey, tell me what kind of treatment you want, I didn't ask about it last time. ”

Jiang Peng was stunned, he was used to dealing directly with Americans, but he was still used to being tactful when dealing with his compatriots, but he didn't expect his boss to be as direct as a foreigner.

"Give me a year, I'll prove my abilities to you, and you'll think about what to give me. All right? ”

Sun Ziming stretched out his hand and took the initiative to shake hands with Jiang Peng.

"Okay, since you are so prepared, you probably have inquired about my personality. If you satisfy me, the company will make you happy too."

Sun Ziming likes to deal with such smart people very much, the two have not known each other for a long time, and they can't talk about any feelings and trust, and the only relationship is interests.