Chapter 414: To the United States
On the weekend, the eldest sister's house.
"Baby, look at uncle, look at uncle!"
Grabbing a hand bell, Sun Peng kept teasing the little niece in the eldest sister's arms, and at the same time, his face frequently changed with all kinds of funny expressions, trying his best to attract the attention of his baby. The little girl who is more than three months old has grown up, and she is very chubby and cute, and every time she comes to the eldest sister's house, Sun Peng has to walk around her all day.
"Xiaopeng, I like children so much to give birth to one by themselves!"
Zhao Jinxiang, who has a woman who is full of everything, glanced at Sun Peng and smiled proudly.
"Uh, no hurry, no hurry."
Sun Peng scratched his head and smiled, he and Zheng Jia don't even plan to get married, how can he accept this?
The eldest sister Sun Peng glared at her brother-in-law, and said angrily: "Why are you in a hurry?" Xiaopeng and Jiajia are not very old, what are they afraid of in a few years? Xiaopeng, ignore him...... But you're twenty-six this year, aren't you? “
"Hehe......"
Rolling his eyes, Sun Peng couldn't help but laugh dryly.
Of course he has considered such a thing as marriage, after all, the age of this body is twenty-five or sixteen years old, but Sun Peng's mental age is already thirty or forty. However, he and Zheng Jia are very satisfied with the current state, and they haven't considered changing it for the time being, so they just get married or even have children or something.
Maybe one day, it will be a matter of course?
In order to prevent the couple from continuing to talk about this topic with themselves, Sun Peng rolled his eyes and smiled: "Brother-in-law, I haven't had time to pay attention to "Criminal Minds" recently, and now that the second season is more than halfway through, how are the results?" “
One episode a week, exactly eleven episodes.
"Haha, of course it's a great thing!"
Speaking of "Criminal Minds", Zhao Jinxiang still looked proud, and laughed: "The ratings broke three, and it has been stable among the top three for a long time, and the 24-hour broadcast on the network is more than 60 million, and it will definitely break 100 million in three days, this data is good enough, right?" And our drama is the most powerful contender for the ratings championship in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other places, and even in Europe and the United States, it is slowly becoming popular! “
"Huh? Is the U.S. side also on fire? “
Hearing this, Sun Peng finally became interested, squinting his eyes and asking.
In Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, he has expected the high ratings, after all, these places are the most influential places in China, and for them, the Chinese version of "Criminal Minds" is undoubtedly more down-to-earth. But Sun Peng has been a little worried in the United States, and the online on-demand data in the first season is not very good.
"Yes, the second season is up too!"
Nodding, Zhao Jinxiang said with a smile: "On the one hand, the first season has accumulated a lot of audiences, and on the other hand, CBS has also increased its publicity efforts, so now every episode updated synchronously with Huaxia has nearly two million hits on the same day, and it is no longer the same concept as the first season, haha!" “
"Two million? So powerful? “
For this number, Sun Peng's eyes were of course wide-eyed. He remembers the last time he asked, the first season and the entire season were only a few million views, right? Now you can have two million in one episode?
Zhao Jinxiang gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I want to thank Luo Tianwang and Chen Tianhou, especially when Chen Feifei was promoting the new album in the United States, but when she had the opportunity, she strongly recommended our "Criminal Minds", which was almost praised to the sky, how many fans did she have?" Besides, our drama is really not bad, it is very much in line with the appetite of Americans......"
"Well, that's right."
For this sentence, Sun Peng has no doubt.
is originally an original American drama, at most, some details have been Chinese, but its basic core has never changed, and it seems to be a matter of course to be popular. It's just that although CBS has also increased its publicity efforts for "Criminal Minds", the second season is still only on-demand on the Internet in the end, and it has not been broadcast on TV stations, which is a little regrettable.
"In the end, it's not easy to get Americans to accept the Chinese version!"
Thinking of the achievements of "Criminal Minds" on Earth in the United States, and then looking at the results of the current Chinese version, Sun Peng is even more determined to hold on to the copyright of the English version and see how far it can go.
Money is definitely not enough.
But being able to use American things to open a small window for Chinese TV dramas, Sun Peng is also happy to hear about it. And he believes that the strength of the Chinese TV dramas in this world is not weak, and after seeing the success of "Criminal Minds", he will naturally follow up, and a little attempt can always expand this small window bigger and bigger......
……
"You're going to the United States?"
On the other side of the living room, Sun Qicheng's scrutinizing gaze looked at his second daughter from above his glasses.
"Yes, to the United States."
Nodding, Sun Ya said calmly: "It's still the matter that the American animation company wants to adapt Xiaopeng's picture book, and we haven't negotiated it for a week after they came to Huaxia, so we have to go back to the United States to continue talking!" ”
"Why do you want to talk about it? Can't you continue in the capital? ”
Mom was a little unhappy when she heard this, and asked with a frown.
"Mom, people don't have that much time!"
With a wry smile, Sun Ya explained helplessly: "The person who came is the head of the Capoca company, how can people have time to stay in Huaxia forever?" I must be going back to my country to deal with the company's affairs. And Xiaopeng's requirements are too high, he is a senior worker sometimes can't get an idea, and he has to discuss with the board of directors or something, and it's more convenient to return to China, isn't it? ”
Waving his hand to stop his wife from asking anything more, Sun Qicheng frowned and said, "It's not appropriate to talk about it for a week, which means that you have a big difference?" “
"Well, almost!"
After communicating with her brother in advance, Sun Ya had nothing to hide, and roughly told the matter.
"Oh my God, 50 million dollars?!"
After listening to her daughter's words, my mother suddenly exclaimed.
The voice was a little loud, which immediately attracted the attention of Zhao Jinxiang and them, and he couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "Mom, what are you talking about?" What fifty million dollars? ”
Ignoring his son-in-law, Sun Qicheng asked Sun Peng, "Xiaopeng, what your second sister said is true?" You're going to invest $50 million to adapt your own picture book with Americans? Make a cartoon? ”
"Well, it's true."
Spreading his hands, Sun Peng said helplessly: "The total investment is about 200 million US dollars, I just want to take a quarter of the shares in it, but unfortunately the Americans don't agree to live or die, so I can only ask the second sister to go over there and continue to talk with them!" ”
“…… Really? ”
After opening his mouth wide and stunned for a while, Zhao Jinxiang squeezed out such a sentence.
There was so much information that he couldn't react for a while.
When a "Criminal Minds" on his side is so popular, and he is still proud of showing two million in the United States, his brother-in-law has already started to cooperate with Americans to make animated movies? Or is it a big production of 200 million US dollars, and even this kid has to invest 50 million by himself?
"In fact, the production cost is 100 million or slightly more, and the rest is the cost of publicity!"
Scratching his head, Sun Peng added.
The larger the investment in the production of the film, the higher the cost of publicity and distribution, which Sun Peng knows well. Therefore, he had already taken this into account when negotiating, and resolutely refused to reduce the proportion of the share because of this.
"Uh......"
Rolling his eyes, Zhao Jinxiang smiled bitterly: "That's also 200 million!" Xiaopeng, you ...... 50 million dollars? ”
"Well, almost."
Smashing his mouth, Sun Peng smiled and nodded.
50 million US dollars is more than 300 million, Sun Peng must not have so much cash on hand, but "Frozen" is not something that can be made in a year, and the investment must be taken out in stages and little by little, and Sun Peng believes that he will definitely be able to earn so much in two years, and the second sister should know this best.
Sure enough, after listening to Sun Peng's words, the agent also nodded and confirmed: "There must be no problem!" If Xiaopeng is willing to mortgage the copyright of the work, let alone 50 million US dollars, it will not matter if all 200 million are taken out! ”
"Sizzle......"
Hearing this, Zhao Jinxiang gasped, and his eyes when he looked at his brother-in-law immediately became weird: "Good boy, I still think I have done a good job in the past two years, but compared with you, I immediately became a dirt bun, this is ......"