my time as a director

Stop talking nonsense, this kind of movie is either a comedy or a horror movie.

And these two types are not popular in China.

Most domestic audiences only like Hollywood blockbusters, even high-quality comedies and horror films, it is too difficult to sell [-] million, almost none.

Is this looking for someone to take advantage of?

"Mr. Thomas, let's talk about the overseas distribution of Jaws 3." Li Qian didn't even have the idea of ​​bargaining, and directly refused.

Thomas was a little surprised at such a straightforward refusal.

According to his understanding, Li Qian's film company has an artist agency business. If an actor can get a role with five lines in a Hollywood blockbuster, his net worth will be greatly increased, and he can make a lot of money just through endorsements.

Thomas said, "Director Li, with your reputation in China, you can supervise and produce a movie that sells for [-] to [-] million at the box office..."

What about fooling the ghost?

Li Qian was not interested in listening to this little foreign devil's rambling, so he interrupted him directly, "In the whole of last year, only Avatar and Inception broke [-] million at the box office. Mr. Thomas thinks that Hollywood movies can easily sell [-] million to [-] million at the box office. ?”

"With Director Li's reputation, I think it's very possible!" Thomas said firmly.

Li Qian shook his head and reported a plan, "5 investment, 50 domestic box office revenue. Mr. Thomas also knows that Hollywood blockbusters often cost hundreds of millions of dollars in investment. 5 is already more than 3000 million yuan. If you want to reach 6000 million yuan in revenue, It means that the box office is at least 1.8 million, and there are not many imported movies with this number in a year."

Thomas frowned, and it was cut in half.

Based on a cost of 6600 million US dollars and a box office of 3300 million US dollars, the domestic box office revenue of the co-production is [-] million, half of which is [-] million.

If it is counted by imported films, it will be 5000 million.

The difference was 1700 million RMB, and the 500 million US dollars that Li Qian offered was 3000 million.

With 1700 million income for 3000 million costs, they still made a profit.

Thomas quickly calculated in his mind that it was still worthwhile, and it also served the purpose of promoting Hollywood movies.

However, he still looked like he had suffered a big loss, and after talking with Li Qian for more than ten minutes, he reluctantly agreed.

"Then according to what Director Li said, we are willing to suffer a little loss for the sake of long-term cooperation in the future."

Although Thomas said so reluctantly, Li Qian still saw a trace of excitement in his eyes.

Moreover, Mary from Legendary Films and Fan Nan, the boss of the Huaguo branch, were not surprised at all.

Forget about Fan Nan, Mary's expression is strange.

Legendary Pictures is a production company and has cooperated with Warner for several years. They have always made films and Warner has distributed them.

They have a share in the domestic box office, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to keep silent about this kind of thing.

After all, Hollywood production companies have been exploited miserably by distributors. If they make an account casually, even a big sale can make a loss on the account.

It is not uncommon for the distribution company to make a lot of money, but the production company sells well but loses money.

However, the domestic market is a rare place that can be regarded as transparent. For the production company, this part of the income will never be hacked by the distributor.

After all, it is issued by domestic companies in China, and Warner can't get involved or handle it, let alone make accounts.

The only piece of transparent income, what Warner says is what it is, and people from Legendary Pictures have no opinion at all, which is a bit strange.

However, Li Qian still said happily, "Thank you so much, Mr. Thomas."

Thomas breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the conversation is over.

Du Yang also felt that this ratio was beneficial to them. Even if the box office didn't make money, there was still a distribution income.

What's more, the two supporting roles with 5 lines are also a fortune, even if you don't use it yourself, it is very valuable to take it out.

Fan Binbin, who was hyping and walking the red carpet all day long, would jump up for joy when she came to such a role in a big Hollywood production, and she would be willing to buy it for several million.

Just when Thomas was about to celebrate the cooperation between the two parties, Li Qian suddenly seemed to think of something, and said a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Thomas, I just remembered something. The Bureau will re-establish the requirements for co-productions."

"What's the request?" Thomas had a bad feeling.

Li Qian said with a smile, "Generally, the proportion of the Chinese capital is not less than one-third, and there must be a Chinese actor as the main role, and it needs to be filmed in China. There are three conditions, one is not less, otherwise it will not meet the conditions for co-productions! "

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Hearing this condition, Thomas was dumbfounded.

"Is what Director Li said true?"

"Of course, this is the news I learned from China Film Group, and it will be announced soon." Li Qian said.

According to this calculation, most of the co-productions are not in compliance with the regulations.

Okay, this thing popped up out of the blue.

Thomas thought for a while, met Li Qian's smiling gaze, and suddenly realized.

He had been dealing with the price negotiation for more than ten minutes before, intending to delay for some time, and then reluctantly deal with it.

But looking back now, Li Qian seemed to be negotiating perfunctorily.

It was as if two people were scolding each other, pointing at each other constantly, and yelling arrogantly, "Come here!"

It looked fierce, but in fact, they didn't intend to fight, they were just cursing.

In other words, this so-called sudden thought of changing the rules for co-productions certainly did not happen suddenly.

Instead, I didn't forget it from the beginning, so I casually negotiated casually, because I knew that no matter how we talked, it would be useless under the regulations.

Thomas' mind was spinning rapidly, analyzing Li Qian's purpose.

All of a sudden, I was full of confidence, but now I became passive, and I might let the other party see my urgency for cooperation.

Looking into Li Qian's smiling eyes again, Thomas felt as if Li Qian had seen through his plan.

"What a cunning Chinese!" He cursed inwardly.

Chapter 340

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Although the words passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors are not 100% correct, there is a high probability that there is a problem.

There is nothing wrong with Warner coming to China to find a production company to cooperate with and co-produce a film.

In the past two years, with the expansion of the domestic market, more and more Hollywood companies have cooperated with domestic companies to produce co-productions.