After listening to Yang Guang's story, Zhang Mu probably scanned the sales data and found that Fusang's buyout fee was only 3 million, while the buyout cost of Bangziguo was 5 million.

This was the exact opposite of what he had expected before, which made Zhang Mu wonder.

However, after Yang Guang's explanation, Zhang Mu knew that this was entirely due to the difference between the film industries of the two countries.

Nowadays, the film industry of Bangziguo is developing rapidly under the support of the government, and although Fuso's economic strength is much stronger than that of Bangziguo, their live-action film industry is already sunset.

Take the horror movies that have been popular in both countries this year.

The box office of "Rose, Red Lotus" in Bangzi Country is 120 million yuan, and the producer can probably share about 60 million gross profits.

Although "The Grudge" was also a hit in Fuso, the final box office was only 500 million yen, or 25.7 million yuan.

In other words, the producer can only get half of 25.7 million yuan in the end, that is, only 12.85 million yuan of gross profit.

In contrast, it is no wonder that Fuso Film Company "OZ", which later created super popular horror films such as "Midnight Bell" and "The Grudge", went bankrupt.

From this point of view, professional things really have to be left to professionals.

If Zhang Mu is allowed to sell films in person according to his inherent impression, it is estimated that he can have half of his current sales.

Because the copyrights of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia were packaged and sold to China Star, with the addition of 2 million to Xiangjia, the overseas copyright sales of "Pen Fairy" totaled more than 10 million.

I have to say that this number is indeed beyond Zhang Mu's previous expectations.

However, this is also taking advantage of the theme of horror films, if he changes the theme of the movie, he estimates that it will be difficult for him to have this number.

……

The large-scale overseas release of "Pen Fairy" did not last long.

First, Zhang Mu didn't think it was a shameful thing, so he neither publicized it with great fanfare, nor deliberately denied it.

Second, after all, there are a group of "film masters" in China who think they have contributed to the film industry, while lying on the film industry to suck blood, they also point fingers at the films in the industry, trying to show their authority.

So Zhang Mu didn't say anything, so someone took the initiative to help him publicize.

"You've been a little bit quieter lately, and don't fall for those people. Articles in the media are a gust of wind, just don't take it seriously! ”

What Zhang Mu didn't expect was that Mrs. Chang was the first to call to remind him, which moved Zhang Mu in his heart and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

After all, he had a good intention to recruit him into the Chinese drama, but he was just blindly perfunctory.

Thinking like this, Zhang Mudang thanked sincerely:

"I'm bothering you, Professor Chang, don't worry, I've been in retreat to write a script recently, and I don't have the time to pay attention to those people!"

After comforting the old lady for a while, Zhang Mu hung up the phone.

Seeing that Zhang Mu's face was a little wrong, Yang Guang couldn't help but ask suspiciously:

"What's wrong?"

Hearing this, Zhang Mu couldn't help but shake his head a little helplessly and said:

"Someone reported to the General Administration, saying that "Pen Fairy" was screened overseas without a license, which is a banned film, and suggested that the General Administration ban me."

"! Their brains are in the water, right? ”

Seeing Zhang Mu say this, Yang Guang suddenly said with an incredulous face:

"You're not one of those people who make art films! "Pen Fairy" is a commercial movie, as for it? ”

Although speaking of which, Zhang Mu's behavior is similar to that of the sixth generation of directors.

They all made a film that couldn't be shown in China, and then sold it abroad.

But there is a big difference between a movie and a movie!

Yang Guang didn't believe that the gang of movie masters couldn't see it, and could only say that those gang of people were both stupid and bad!

Seeing that Yang Guang was a little worried, Zhang Mu comforted him instead:

"Don't worry, the General Administration is not so stupid.

Although "Pen Fairy" was not reviewed at the beginning, they had seen the movie, and there was nothing alluded to in it.

Except that it cannot be released in China, it is no different from ordinary commercial films. ”

Mrs. Chang called just now to talk to Zhang Mu about this.

After all, the old lady is an old professor of Chinese opera, not to mention that after so many years, she has a wide network of people not to mention that there are peach and plum all over the world.

Generally, if there is any wind and grass in the industry, most of them will know the news as soon as possible.

Just like this time, if it weren't for Mrs. Chang's reminder, Zhang Mu and Yang Guang would have to spend at least a few days before they could get some rumors.

Fortunately, this time it was just a false alarm, otherwise if there was really any problem, this information gap alone would be enough to make Makino very passive.

However, even with Zhang Mu's comfort, Yang Guang still did not dare to relax his vigilance.

So in the next few days, I tried my best to find out all kinds of news.

Two days later, when Zhang Muzheng was concentrating on writing the script in the backyard study, he saw Yang Guang walk in in a hurry.

Before Zhang Mu could speak, he saw him excitedly and said:

"Boss, you're on fire!"

"Oh? How so? ”

Zhang Mu couldn't help but be confused when he heard this, didn't he say that he was going to find out the inside information, why did he become popular?

"Originally, I wanted to find out who was having trouble with us, even if I didn't retaliate back, I would be better to be on guard in the future.

It's just that I didn't expect to find out after inquiring that the boss, you are purely in the limelight this time, and this is why you are hated by the villain. ”

Yang Guang wiped the sweat on his head and said with a smile:

"Didn't "Pen Fairy" be released in Southeast Asia last month, but I didn't expect the response to be good.

Especially in the country of sticks, the number of moviegoers in the first week has been 1 million, and the final box office has a total of 2 million.

In this way, just in the country of sticks, the box office of "Pen Fairy" can be 80 million yuan.

If you add Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Fuso, and several small countries in Southeast Asia, it is expected that the total box office will exceed 100 million is not a problem at all. ”

When he said this, Yang Guang's expression couldn't help but become more and more excited.

Although he has known that Zhang Mu is a director for a long time, Zhang Mu has only made one movie, and it is still the kind that has not been released, so Yang Guang is not sure about Zhang Mu's directing level.

In his opinion, if Zhang Mu's directing ability can be half of his ability to write songs, then the future of Makino Film and Television will definitely be promising.

But then he couldn't help but be annoyed:

"Alas! If we knew that the box office could be so good, we wouldn't have sold it so cheaply! ”

Looking at his lossy face, Zhang Mu shook his head lightly and said with a light smile:

"That's it! Don't be sorry, you've done enough! ”

Although "Pen Fairy" was a big hit in Southeast Asia, he was also very happy.

But Zhang Mu knew in his heart that if he hadn't sold the movie directly to those companies this time, the box office of "Pen Fairy" would definitely not be so good.

Just like in the original time and space, even in the base camp of the stick country, the box office of "Pen Fairy" is only 1.2 million.