Chapter 68: Victory over Disney
If "Havoc in Heaven" can be introduced to the American market, then the profit is almost huge enough to suffocate Albert Warner!
You know, when Disney launched "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the profits generated by the box office made Disney acquire three animation production companies that were originally named after Disney. The company's scale has never been in the fourth gear, and it has become Hollywood's premier animation production company!
Such a profit made several Warner brothers covetous. Now, the opportunity is in front of us. Therefore, Albert came to the villa in a hurry this time to find the rest of his life, for the sequel to "The Great Wall Never Falls" and the two movies "Havoc in Heaven"!
Therefore, when Albert Warner waited until he saw the rest of his life again, he was no longer slightly detached and serious like last time, but put on a "we are old friends" appearance. Without saying a word, he gave the rest of his life a bear hug. laughed and said, "Dear Yu, I've finally waited for you!" ”
The rest of his life was startled by Albert's bear hug, rolled his eyes, and said in his heart this dead!
"Oh, dear Mr. Albert, I heard that Mr. Zhang and I sold you "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" at a low price by your Warners in Europe and the United States. In the past two days, I've been worrying about money, so it's not good at all! ”
Qing Xiaoyi was beside her, and when she heard Yu Sheng say this, she almost didn't laugh, saying that when Yu Sheng just earned a million dollars, she couldn't sleep with excitement. But that's what he says at the moment. Qing Xiaoyi held back a smile, brought tea to Yu Sheng and Albert, and withdrew.
Albert said straight to the rest of the day: "Oh, dear Yu! Of course I know that the movie "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" made us a lot of money for Warner! Several of my brothers also appreciate Mr. Yu's talent very much! Therefore, I came this time to further cooperate with Mr. Yu. I remember, the last time you mentioned to me, there is a sequel to "The Great Wall Never Falls"! ”
"Albert, of course I know the sincerity of your cooperation, and besides, we are old friends, and Warner is also my first choice to work together. However, I need to correct one of your points first, "The Great Wall Never Falls" is not a sequel! Rather, there is a series! It's a series! ”
"Series?" This concept from later generations was only mentioned to Zhang Shankun and Bu Wancang for the rest of his life, and Albert did not understand it.
"That's right, series! Now that everyone has recognized "The Great Wall Never Falls", then, when the second part of "The Great Wall Never Falls" was launched, everyone knew that the first part was good-looking, so everyone already had expectations in their hearts! This kind of expectation is very rare and loyal to the audience! As long as the audience is loyal to this movie, not only can it save publicity costs, but it is also much less risky than opening a new work! ”
This is the true meaning of the series! It's a brand, it's loyalty! And not a sequel to what a dogtail sequel mink! ”
Albert Warner and the rest of his brothers started from scratch and built such a huge film and television empire, and they are naturally extremely sensitive to business models. A few words for the rest of his life, for him, were like an initiation, and he suddenly came to his senses: "That's right! With the popularity of "The Great Wall Will Never Fall", it should be a series! ”
"But, dear Albert, this time I wish I could earn more!"
"Oh, dear Yu, we Warner are very sincere this time. Our offer for the sequel to The Great Wall Never Falls, oh no, is the second installment of the series, is two million dollars! ”
Yu Sheng shook his head: "This is not my psychological price!" ”
"Oh, dear Yu! You know, at this price, you can already make a good film in Hollywood! Is your psychological price point four million? ”
Yu Sheng shook his head, and Albert exclaimed in a very exaggerated voice, "Oh, mygod! Dear Yu, you don't want five hundred and five dollars, do you? ”
Yu Sheng shook his head and smiled: "Dear Albert, I, one, cent, money, all, no, want!" What I want is a share of the box office! I want 30% of the net profit! ”
Albert didn't expect to have a profit share for the rest of his life, after all, in an era when Wall Street giants controlled Hollywood. A star is just a high-class commodity, and directors and the like are just workers in the film industry. If one doesn't work, just replace the next one. Who would dare to offer a box office share to Warner Bros.! Not to mention that the rest of his life is actually just an assistant director!
Albert did the math, though. Generally speaking, the box office of the sequel is not as good as that of the first one, with few exceptions. Therefore, before leaving, Warner Bros. roughly calculated the net profit of the second part of "The Great Wall Will Never Fall", which was about seven million to eight million dollars! The rest of my life will be 30%, but it is only 2.1 million US dollars!
Such a price is roughly equal! Within Albert's psychological bottom line! So, after only a little thought, Albert agreed to the conditions for the rest of his life.
"Absolutely. However, after arriving in Shanghai, I found that there was another thing I needed to discuss with Mr. Yu! I hope that the "Havoc in Heaven" directed by Mr. Yu can also land in the United States! ”
"Yes! Of course, "Havoc in Heaven" can land in the United States, but I don't want to buy out, I want to share! Fifty percent! ”
"Oh! Dear Yu, are you crazy? As far as I know, although the box office of "Havoc in Heaven" is not low, there is still a big gap compared with "The Great Wall Never Falls"! What reason do you have for fifty percent? ”
"Because, this feature-length animation is your only hope for Warner to defeat Disney!" Yu Sheng said with a smile.
In later generations, Havoc in Heaven was widely screened in China in the sixties and landed in the United States twenty years later. It stands to reason that with China's technology, it is already an era behind. However, it still caused a huge repercussion in the United States.
The Associated Press once reported: "The United States is most interested in Havoc in Heaven, because the film is so vivid, a bit like Fantasia, but more exciting than Disney's work." The United States would never have made such a cartoon. ”
However, it is not surprising that "Havoc in Heaven" not only has a mysterious oriental mythological color, but also the personal heroism of Sun Wukong is also very much in line with the core of American culture! It's not much different from "Batman", "Spider-Man" and the like!
And in the short period of time when "Havoc in Heaven" just landed in the United States, it really crushed Disney! Therefore, Yu Sheng is very optimistic about the market prospects of this cartoon in the United States!
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