Daddy Academy

Chapter 2778 Walking the Red Carpet

The Berlin Film Festival has not yet closed, but various film sales activities are already in full swing. Red Pony Films was the first to sell the copyrights of "Identity" and "The Pursuit of Happyness".

Both films were sold to Macbeth Films of the United States. Jeffrey had been trying to get close to Zhang Tan these days and had made a sincere offer. In addition, Zhang Tan really wanted to establish a solid cooperative relationship with them, so he did not force the price.

Both films adopt the profit-sharing model, with Little Red Pony Films taking 25% of the net box office share. This ratio is already quite high. When Hollywood films enter the Chinese market, the general profit-sharing ratio is around 35%, and Little Red Pony Films' is only slightly lower than this.

Jeffrey's Macbeth Pictures took into account the uncertainty of distributing a Chinese film for the first time, so they agreed to a profit-sharing model instead of a direct buyout model, so that risks and benefits can be shared.

Zhang Tan was very confident in "Identity" and "The Pursuit of Happyness", so he abandoned the buyout model and agreed to the profit-sharing model.

The two parties held a simple signing ceremony in the hotel's conference room. Zhu Xiaojing, as the only reporter present, interviewed and took photos of the cooperation between the two parties. After returning to her hotel room, she wrote a report and sent it back to the TV station.

Unlike Zhang Tan who was full of confidence, Li Qing and others were inevitably a little worried. In fact, according to their intention, they wanted to buy out the films directly, withdraw as soon as they got the money, and put the money in their pockets. Who knew whether the North American film market would favor their two films?

It doesn’t mean that if a movie is good, it will have high box office.

The copyright sold to Macbeth is not global copyright, but European and American copyright. Little Red Pony Films can continue to sell the copyright in Asia and Africa.

The next day, Li Qing settled the matter with the copyright holders. Japan and South Korea referred to the Hollywood model and adopted a 25% profit sharing ratio. As for East Asia, considering that the film market in this area was too fragmented and small, and the market environment was relatively complex, a buyout model was directly adopted. 500 million RMB was sold to Thailand, 200 million to Singapore, 400 million to Malaysia, and 300 million to Indonesia. All the scattered profits, when put together, actually amounted to 2600 million, which was almost enough to cover the cost of the two films.

With this calculation, "Identity" and "The Pursuit of Happyness" really made a lot of money, with profits doubled.

This trip to Berlin is halfway done. All that remains is to wait for the film festival to end and see if there is hope of winning one or two awards so that we can sell "Our Summer" and "Saw" at a good price.

Japan and South Korea are salivating over "Our Summer", and "Saw" makes Jeffrey's eyes glow with envy.

"Saw" is not as good as "Identity" and "The Pursuit of Happyness" in terms of quality, but Jeffrey sees that this movie is clearly a series. If the first one can make money, then the second and third ones can be filmed... When the sequels are added together, the value of this IP will be too huge.

Jeffrey had always wanted to buy Saw and get the right of first refusal for a sequel.

The closing ceremony of the film festival was scheduled in the evening, and the main creative teams of "Our Summer", "Saw" and "The Other Shoe" were all invited.

"You all have to dress up beautifully to walk the red carpet."

After breakfast in the morning, Zhu Xiaojing and Tan Jiner started arranging outfits for the children to walk the red carpet in the evening.

"I want to wear a princess dress." Cheng Cheng's voice was soft, and her father Meng Guangxin immediately arranged it.

When Liuliu heard this, she immediately asked Zhu Xiaojing: "I want to wear a princess dress, too."

Zhu Xiaojing said bluntly: "You are not suitable for wearing a princess dress."

"You you you you..." Liuliu was furious.

"Stop talking nonsense and go digest the food. Look at your belly."

"…What should I wear?"

"You're suitable for wearing pants."

“*&%￥%#￥”

Is there anything that is not suitable for wearing pants? That would be a problem.

Not only Cheng Cheng wore a princess dress, but Xier also wore one.

Xiaobai and Liuliu were extremely envious. Xiaomi and Dudu did not wear princess dresses, not because they were not allowed to, but because they did not want to.

Xiaobai was extremely envious and surrounded Xiwawa and Chengcheng, admiring them. Liuliu came to discuss the matter with her, and the two of them strongly requested to wear princess dresses as well.

In order to make them give up, Zhang Tan borrowed Cheng Cheng and Xier's skirts for them to try.

The two of them hurriedly took their skirts and changed them, which made Cheng Cheng and Xier a little worried.

"Will our skirts be worn out?" Xier said.

Xiaobai and Liuliu are obviously bigger than them. What should they do if their skirts are torn?

"Mine was taken away by Liuliu." Cheng Cheng said quietly. She had more reason to worry. How could Liuliu wear her little skirt? She was really worried that the skirt would break.

Xiaobai and Liuliu stayed in the room for a long time and did not come out. Xier and Chengcheng were really worried, so they went over to check on them. They found that Xiaobai was trying hard to help Liuliu put on her skirt.

Cheng Cheng almost had a heart attack when she saw this. Her pink skirt was about to burst and it seemed like it would turn into shreds of cloth in the next moment.

"Hehe~~I'm already dressed." When Liuliu saw them appear, she felt a little embarrassed. She sucked in her stomach hard and finally got her skirt put on.

They came out of the room and stood in front of the mirror to look at themselves. Xiaobai looked around twice, said nothing, ran back to the room, and took off her skirt consciously.

She is very self-aware and it is obvious that the skirt does not suit her and does not look as good as pants.

But Liuliu has no self-awareness and keeps wearing Cheng Cheng's skirt and asking people everywhere whether it looks good or not.

"Liuliu, don't damage Chengcheng's skirt. The buttons and zipper will be broken." Xier said.

After hearing this, Liuliu felt terrible.

Xiaobai appeared beside her and told her to change her skirt quickly.

"Your mother is right, you are not suitable for wearing skirts."

Liuliu was not convinced: "Then what should I wear?"

Everyone said in unison: "You are suitable for wearing pants."

Liuliu thought about it, and reluctantly went back to her room and changed her skirt.

In the evening, the group left the hotel and were going to walk the red carpet. The luxury car arranged by the organizers was already waiting downstairs.

Tan Jiner, Meng Guangxin and others did not go, they stayed in the hotel. Zhang Tan wore a black suit and a bow tie, which was bought for him by Tan Jiner in Berlin. If he wore a tie, it would look too business-like, a bow tie would be more suitable.

The group of girlfriends all dressed up carefully, but Dudu was the most special. She held a little beauty doll in her arms. She decided to take the little beauty with her on the red carpet.

Seeing this, Xiaobai wanted to catch a chicken, but he couldn’t buy live chickens in Berlin.

Liuliu wanted to hold Xiaobai's hand, but she didn't dare to say it out loud and could only think about it in her heart.

Also traveling with them were Yao Quan and Wan Kun from the "Our Summer" team, and Ding Jie, Peng Shuang, Wang Yanyun and Guo Jinhui from the "Saw" team.

The girlfriends group belongs to the main creative team of "The Other Shoe", and they also have a part in "Our Summer".

Zhu Xiaojing also went with them, but she only attended as a reporter to publicize and report on the event.

One car couldn't hold all the people, so they split into two. Zhang Tan, Yao Quan, Wan Kun and their girlfriends went in the front, while Ding Jie and others followed behind.

The car drove slowly. The hotel was not far from the film festival site, only a few minutes' journey, and soon we arrived. The long roadside was crowded with movie fans and media reporters.

As soon as the car approached the drop-off point, we heard a crowd cheering. Famous movie stars had gotten off the car and were walking on the red carpet.

When it was Zhang Tan's turn, a staff member opened the door and asked them to get out.