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Chapter 151: This Sucker Comes to China Film Academy

"Ready to go back to North America?"

Back in Han Sanpin's office, Han Sanpin personally made tea for Gu Bei.

"Go back to Hangzhou, and then fly directly from Shanghai to Los Angeles."

Gu Bei took the teacup and smiled at Han Sanpin. "To be honest, this is only my second time going to Hollywood. The first time was for a book signing event there."

That time, Gu Bei also brought back a souvenir for Liu Yifei, and the name on it was still Zhou Qianqian.

"Your experience is a legend."

Han Sanpin said with a smile, “But you haven’t joined Hollywood yet, but you have already learned their methods.
You said in the news earlier that Twilight only cost a little over $30 million."

Gu Bei smiled and said, "At that time, the budget had not been calculated accurately."

Han Sanpin took a sip of tea and said, "Just keep it in mind."

"Those accountants can even handle the IRS (North American Internal Revenue Service), so naturally there's no problem."

Gu Bei gave Han Sanpin a guarantee.

This time, the Twilight Zone project announced an investment of 5000 million US dollars, but the actual investment was 3500 million US dollars.

Chinese companies, led by China Film Group, invested US$2800 million, accounting for 56% of the global distribution rights.

As a member of Hollywood, Summit Entertainment is naturally well aware of the situation.
The investment is US$700 million, accounting for 20%.

As a publisher,
He has to do something with this investment.

According to the distribution agreement, Summit Entertainment promised that the film would be released in no less than 3000 theaters in North America, and this scale of opening would last for at least two weeks.

In addition, they will invest no less than 2000 million US dollars as publicity and promotion costs for the first Twilight film.

This publicity and promotion fee is also in line with the practice of B-level productions, accounting for about 50% of the production cost.

As for the one-to-one ratio of production costs and publicity and promotion expenses,

It usually appears in low-budget movies with a budget of less than 10 million US dollars, because there is a minimum entry threshold for publicity and promotion in North American distribution.

And it is A+ grade production,
This kind of super-large production requires a bombardment of publicity.
The publicity and promotion costs may even exceed the production costs.

Gu Bei and Rose Pictures will take out the remaining $1500 million and take all the remaining profits.

This money will actually be invested.

But the main use is not Twilight,
Instead, the funds will be diverted to other projects of Rose Pictures. This is the so-called accounting method.

"This is the review opinion of the Hangzhou branch."

Han Sanpin took out a stack of documents and pushed them in front of Gu Bei.

Gu Bei glanced at it.
The first page is red.
As expected, I was rejected.

"The General Administration's opinion is that we do not advocate bloody violence, but we agree with it in principle."

"Then this..."

Gu Bei opened the file.
Isn’t agreement in principle just agreement with reservations?
I found that the second page was the letter sent by the General Administration to the China Railway Corporation.
The above is what Han Sanpin said about "agreeing in principle", and then seeking the opinion of the China Railway Corporation.

Gu Bei then realized that the filing was not only for the General Administration to review,
At the same time, the relevant departments involved in the film content must also be reviewed.

Just like Gu Bei's trip to Hangzhou,

Since a large number of scenes take place on trains and in stations, it was necessary to seek the opinion of the China Railway Corporation.

If it is a campus play, the opinion of the Ministry of Education must be sought, and so on.

"Has the China Railway Corporation rejected it?"

Gu Bei turned another page and saw the reply letter from China Railway Corporation to the General Administration.
After writing a bunch of opinions, the final conclusion was that they disagreed. "I asked someone, and the China Railway Corporation's thinking is that the movie's release might cause panic among the public, making them reluctant to use the railways."

Han Sanpin said with a hint of helplessness.

He has connections, but at most they are between the Ministry of Rites and the General Administration.
As for the China Railway Corporation, he really had no other choice.

"Then why not tell them that I can also help them expand the influence of China's high-speed rail around the world?"

Gu Bei was a little disappointed.

He really didn't expect that the General Administration would agree in principle, but in the end it fell into the hands of the China Railway Corporation.

"Can it be released worldwide?" Han Sanpin suddenly became excited.

"Although zombie culture is a subculture, it has a large audience around the world." Gu Bei said lightly.

Most of the box office revenue for the first Train to Busan movie came from Korea.
But after the movie was released on Netflix, it received rave reviews from zombie enthusiasts around the world.

After the second film was released, even though it was a terrible movie, its share of the domestic box office in South Korea dropped from 90% of the first film to 67%. This was all due to the mass base established by the first film.

"Then when you come back from North America, I'll help you make an appointment with someone from China Railway Corporation."

Han Sanpin's enthusiasm soared.

Being able to help China's high-speed rail go abroad is a great political achievement!
Gu Bei nodded.

There is no need to rush to Hangzhou.
Now China's high-speed rail is the Harmony generation,
It is still a generation that combines foreign introduction and independent research and development.

It was not until the CRH2010 series, which began passenger operations in 380, that it became a truly domestically-innovated high-speed rail.

If you want to take photos during your trip to Hangzhou, you must wait until the CRH380 series is completed. It will be more meaningful to take photos of this generation directly.

After a pause, Gu Bei took out a script outline and handed it to Han Sanpin: "Mr. Han, would you like to contact the Aerospace Science and Technology Group?"

Han Sanpin took it and took a look at "Gravity".

"Is this what you discussed with Hengdian Film and Television?"

"They would rather have me do a period piece, but that's really not something I'm interested in for now."

Gu Bei drank tea and waited for Han Sanpin to finish reading the script outline.

Han Sanpin carefully read the outline of the script.
Then he watched it over and over again.
I couldn't calm down for a long time. This is a serious science fiction blockbuster!

After a while, Han Sanpin raised his head and asked, "Can this movie really be made?"

Gu Bei said confidently: "I will take the photo, I will definitely be able to take it."

After a pause, he added, "As for the question, is there any place in the country where I can shoot it?"

Han Sanpin showed a hint of confidence:

"The digital production base invested by our China Film Group will be completed next year.

This is the most advanced film production base in Asia built with an investment of 2 billion by China Film Group Corporation.
Among them is the world's largest single-unit studio with an area of ​​5000 square meters, which can definitely meet your requirements."

Gu Bei was a little surprised. He didn't expect that China Film Group had already been doing what Hengdian Film and Television was unwilling to invest in.

But this is only the first level of gravity.
He continued: "I also needed an underwater studio to simulate weightlessness, and a special LED studio to ensure the perfect fusion of light and shadow with facial expressions."

China Film Group will definitely have to invest this money, but there is a high possibility that this investment will not generate any returns.

These things didn't exist before because there was no market. As for whether they will exist in the future, we can only wait and see how the domestic film market develops.

Han Sanpin hesitated for a moment.
This is an investment of at least several hundred million!

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "China Film Group will be the one to take the blame!"

(End of this chapter)