Chapter 165: Overseas Distribution?

At noon on the 15th, Li Qian rushed back to the capital.

"The Moon" has been released for almost 20 days, and all the publicity that should be done has been done, whether it is the fame and reputation of the movie, it has been expanded in all directions.

At this time, there is not much need for a roadshow, at most it is to boost the popularity of the theater.

The celebration of the 200 million box office can also stimulate the market with great fanfare.

Maybe some of them are due to various reasons: such as rarely going to the cinema to watch movies, waiting for piracy except for big productions, getting used to waiting for online launches before watching, and audiences who are not interested in this genre, seeing the news that the box office is selling more than 200 million at the box office, they may be curious, how good this movie is, and the box office dares to break 200 million.

The essence of publicity is to let the audience know about the film and arouse their interest.

And the box office explosion is also an important factor.

With a box office of 200 million, so many people go to see this movie, it shows that there must be something to be desired.

"Mei Lanfang" next door, even if the box office is average, has only been released for ten days, and there have been two celebration press conferences.

One is that the Berlin Film Festival has just announced the first batch of films competing for the Golden Bear Award, and "Mei Lanfang" is impressively listed.

The Berlin Film Festival, the third largest in Europe, is still very compelling in China.

The second time was to break 50 million last weekend, and there was also a grand celebration press conference.

The cost of 100 million, the box office of 50 million will be celebrated, which is not very good-looking.

However, the focus is on the promotion of "Mei Lanfang", which has created a box office record for mainland biographical films and promoted traditional Chinese culture.

Anyway, these movies are full of tricks, and they can find something to brag about from their respective advantages and promote them.

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After returning to the capital, Li Qian and Huang Bo went directly to the hotel, and the celebration press conference began in the evening, so they didn't go home, and the province went back and forth.

The venue of the celebration press conference was set at the Capital Hotel International Convention and Exhibition Center, Zhang Zhao was already waiting in the hotel lobby, and when he saw Li Qian and them coming, he immediately got up to greet them.

"Director Li returned triumphantly, it's really hard. ”

"It's so polite to bother Mr. Zhang to wait for us here in person. Li Qian smiled.

"Where is it, this is how it should be, during this period of time, running all over the country, Director Li, you guess it's hard. ”

The person in charge of the film business of the dignified Guangxian Media, in the face of a young man like Li Qian, has such a low attitude.

However, Huang Bo and they are also used to it, they have traveled to several cities during this time, visited several TV stations, and met the leaders of several TV stations, and they are all polite, but they are not as low as Zhang Zhao's posture.

Two consecutive movies have exceeded 100 million, and a single film has exceeded 200 million, which is enough to make everyone in the related industry take it seriously.

And for Zhang Zhao, let alone lowering his posture a little, it's not a thing.

After all, Guangxian's film business, it can be said that in the past year, because of Li Qian's joining, it quickly went from the third rate in the industry to the list of giants.

"Frequency of Life and Death", "Jaws: Revenge", "127 Hours", "Moon", four movies, coupled with Guangxian's own channel advantages, directly make Guangxian, who is new to the film industry, able to compete head-on with Huayang and Berner.

If it weren't for Li Qian, even if Guangxian's publicity channels were the best in the entire industry, it would be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Take a look at the movies invested and released by Guangxian this year, "Looking for People in the Deep Sea" and "Women Are Not Bad" have a little share, which cannot be regarded as Guangxian.

The three main control releases are "Witness", "Winning the Bid", and "Butterfly Flying", none of which exceed 10 million, and the total box office is not as high as "127 Hours".

At the end of the month, there is still a "Big Search", starring Zheng Xiuwen and Chen Yixun, if you want to talk about singing, these two people are very good at playing, but the movie has no expectations.

All of Guangxian's film business comes from Li Qian, not to mention letting Zhang Zhao, the boss of the film company, lower his profile, if Li Qian is the same age as him, it is not a problem to shout brother.

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I was tired from running all the way, so I took my room card back to my room to rest.

Zhang Zhao sent Li Qian upstairs, and said a message halfway.

"Director Li, there was a call from Zhongying in the morning, and the Han Board of Directors would come to the celebration banquet. ”、

"What is Dong Han doing here?"

Li Qian was puzzled that "Mei Lanfang" had just been released, "Under the Red Cliff" would be released at the beginning of next month, and "Crazy Racing" would be released in the middle of the month.

All of them are projects controlled by China Film, and such a large state-owned enterprise, there is a big mess for the New Year, why did he suddenly run his own movie celebration banquet, and he didn't come to the premiere.

"Could it be that the Xingshi is asking for sin?"

It seems that there is this possibility, "Mei Lanfang" is a political task, seeing that because the impact of "Moon" is not ideal at the box office, in the case of the combination of Cheng Kaige, Li Ming, and Zhang Ziyi, it is very difficult to break 100 million, and it is not good to deal with it, after all, it is an investment of 100 million.

"Of course not, Director Li rest assured. ”

Afraid that Li Qian would be wrong, Zhang Zhao hurriedly smiled, "The box office of "Moon" has broken 200 million, and it is normal for Han Dong to come and see it." ”

In the end, he became famous at a young age, it is estimated that Li Qian himself did not realize what amazing results he had achieved in less than two years.

And he is still so young, it is normal for Han Sanping to attend the celebration.

told Li Qian, Zhang Zhao didn't disturb him to rest, arranged a table of meals, and left.

Took a shower in the hotel suite, and the hotel also brought the meal after washing.

While eating, I made a phone call with Tong Liya.

"Nightclub" was filmed in mid-November, and it has been a whole month now, and it is not far from the finale, and there are only a few scenes left in the last few days.

It was noon, and Li Qian didn't want to affect her rest, so he said that he would go to Huairou tomorrow to see her, and hung up after a ten-minute call.

Just as I was about to go to bed for a while, my phone rang again.

It was a strange call, and Li Qian answered it.

"Hey, hello. ”

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"Mr. Song, come here, the room number is ****"

Li Qian reported the room number and hung up the phone.

Although I changed my private number, I still occasionally received a few strange calls, all of whom were well-known people in related industries.

In these days, it is not so easy to completely hide a person's contact information, unless you don't contact outsiders.

The one who called just now was Song Ge, the chairman of Perfect Time and Space Culture, a newly established company in August this year, but behind it was a large company called Perfect Time and Space, which invested in several film and television dramas in just a few months.

There are more people who want to see themselves, and they have all kinds of ideas, and even the day before yesterday they were on a roadshow in other places, and the theater introduced a local tyrant, who wanted him to let a woman who didn't know how to appear in Li Qian's next movie.

Such a bloody thing, Li Qian was really speechless.

There were a lot of this kind of TV drama industry in the past few years, but it seems to have been less recently, not to mention a successful director like Li Qian, which usually happens in small crews.

However, this Song Ge said on the phone that he was here to talk about overseas distribution, and Du Yang, the general manager of Perfect Time and Space Culture, was once responsible for the marketing of co-productions in Huayang, and docked with Hollywood distribution companies, and had some connections in this regard.

Overseas distribution is a significant income for today's domestic films, and sometimes whether it can make money depends on the overseas market.

Not only Zhang Yimou's blockbusters, but also many movies starring Hong Kong actors often cost 60 or 70 million, and the mainland box office is about the same as the cost, or even not so much, and Southeast Asia has become the majority.

"Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" invested more than 100 million, and the mainland box office was almost 80 million, but Southeast Asia sold 11 million US dollars, especially South Korea, which sold 6.5 million US dollars at the box office.

Although I still lost money, I managed to keep my underwear.

Xiangjiang actors, not only superstars like Lau Dehua, but also some stars who are not well known in the mainland are still well-known in Southeast Asia.

The mainland market is too small, a movie has a box office of 300 million yuan, and the cost of a large production is often one or two hundred million, or even more, and the pressure is too great.

However, with the fiasco of domestic films at the overseas box office step by step, it also made the overseas distributors who bought out the copyright taste the pain, and put all the money they earned at the beginning into it.

Now, overseas filmmakers are still cautious about the overseas distribution of Chinese, after all, if they don't get it right, they will lose all their money, and when the time comes, they will sell more than 100,000 box office, and DVDs will not be sold, and there will be no place to cry.

The film "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" killed Colombia, and even directly abolished the "Columbia Asian Production China Consultant Office", before that, it was He Ping, the director of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", who held the position of consultant.

Doing business is like this, as soon as you see what project is making money, a large group of people immediately do it.

If they fail, they can run faster than anyone else.

So now, except for Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie and a few others, as well as literary films exclusively for Europe, it is even more difficult for other Chinese films to sell overseas copyrights.

Since Song Ge and Du Yang had the confidence to come to the door, Li Qian didn't mind seeing each other, anyway, they slept on the plane for a while, and they weren't too sleepy.

After waiting for a while, Song Ge and Du Yang arrived.

"Mr. Song, Mr. Du, please take a seat. ”

Li Qian invited them to sit down on the sofa, took two bottles of mineral water and handed them over.

"Thank you, Director Li. ”

After taking the water, Song Ge glanced at Li Qian's expression, and was relieved to see that he did not show impatience.

Before the premiere of "Moon", Song Ge went to represent the perfect time and space culture, and he also met Li Qian, so he didn't introduce himself again.

Moreover, Li Qian should have just returned from other places, physically and mentally exhausted, and at this time, most people hate others disturbing him.

However, with "Moon" breaking 200 million, other film and television companies with overseas channels may also have the idea of overseas distribution, so Song Ge took the initiative to contact at this time.

"Director Li, congratulations on the box office success of "Moon", it is not easy for a blockbuster that can make a profit just by relying on the mainland box office, Director Li is really admirable. ”

"Mr. Song is polite, "Moon" is not a blockbuster, just a small-budget movie. ”

"Director Li is so humble. ”

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After some business blowing, Song Ge got down to business.

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