Chapter 1426: Lack of money

[Wang Wei has gone to Guyanliu, he announced his farewell words to wash the green willows, Weicheng is a little drunk from the morning rain, and there is wine in the farewell cup - farewell]

Raymond knew that Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou basically didn't care much about cooperation at this time, and he was determined to sell out the movie. This is actually a Hollywood strategy. Basically, the movies delivered to your door will be priced at a very low price. When you get impatient, you will naturally sell the movie at a very low price. This is a method used by some Hollywood film producers to buy low and sell high. Although this method is old-fashioned, it does make a lot of money. For example, the Blair Witch is an excellent example of buying low and selling high.

Therefore, no Hollywood studio will spend more money to buy movies. Anyway, movies are about it. In fact, no matter how you think about it at this time, it means that Raymond wants to take the initiative in this negotiation. , if you give an extra million, it is already a matter of face. If you give an extra five hundred thousand, if this spreads out, how will others see you? Could it be said that you have broken the rules if it spreads? Therefore, Raymond relaxed his shoulders and said: "You two, the price of three million is already the highest price offered in Hollywood. No matter what kind of place you go, if you ask at this time, three million is the highest price." of.

Otherwise, if you come back to me, I will give you double the price difference. Therefore, three million is my bottom line. If it fails, in Chinese language, business cannot be done without benevolence and righteousness. "Obviously, the impatience of Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping was clearly visible to Raymond. Therefore, he was not willing to pay an extra penny for such a matter.

After this surgery, Zhang Weiping was a little bit confused. If he agreed to three million for this matter, after discussing it with several partners just now, they settled on three and a half million. This number is actually very high. A number. If you agree to three million, then you have to make up for the difference of half a million. Therefore, at this time, Zhang Weiping was somewhat unwilling to accept such a result. But looking at Zhang Yimou, it is obvious that Zhang Yimou has no better way. If it's about making a movie, maybe Lao Zhang can give a better answer, but if it's about business, he can get away from Zhang Yimou on several avenues.

When Ye Ming saw this situation, since it was brought about by himself, he could not just ignore it. Therefore, he said directly: "Lemon, don't do this with me. Three and a half million." , you can still make a lot of money at this price. Don’t think that I don’t know some of the circumstances. This time it’s because we still have things to do in China, so we are unwilling to distribute this movie as an agent. Otherwise, I will directly Believe it or not, it’s very easy for me to call Murdoch and distribute a movie. This time, it’s actually because I’m in a hurry, otherwise this movie The movie is not what you want to win at all.”

When Ye Ming said this, Raymond was a little speechless. This movie was just released, so why go to Murdoch with so much fanfare? However, Raymond himself knew very well. In fact, Ye Ming was not exaggerating at all at this time. He said that if he could find Soros, he would be able to find Soros to help.

It's just that if you want to release a movie and find a tycoon, the favor will be greatly reduced, but if you have money, you don't have to be willful. Anyway, Ye Ming is qualified to say such things. Otherwise, even if it is an ordinary publisher in the entertainment industry who wants to contact Murdoch, he has no idea what his personal phone number is.

Therefore, after the operation, Raymond said helplessly: "Ye, this is because you are not kind. If you want to accept this matter, then why should I participate? Why should I go to Rupert Murdoch to make a movie?" As for it?"

Looking at Ye Ming's determined eyes, Lei Meng relaxed his shoulders and said: "Okay, okay, three and a half million is three and a half million. However, this is the price of the contract, and it is publicized to the outside world. If you want to say it is three million, Millions, otherwise, it would make it difficult for me to be a human being. You are also in this industry, so you should understand this rule."

Ye Ming nodded with satisfaction and said: "I understand the rules. We will tell the outside world that it is two million, and then let our producer go to the airport in our country without even holding a press conference. In this case , others will think that the movie Hero was indeed sold at a relatively low price, so you basically have no other worries.”

As long as the price can be raised, at this time, it doesn't matter what the price is to the outside world. There are simply not too many things like this in the entertainment industry.

For example, for a movie that claims to have an investment of 100 million, under such circumstances, the actual investment can be 30 million, which is already a pretty good result. If the investment is less than half of the publicity, then this At that time, in the entertainment industry, it was not just one movie or two. Therefore, in fact, in the entertainment industry, many people are not very concerned about the amount of publicity investment, but more concerned about the actual investment and how much can actually be recovered.

Therefore, in fact, lying is not a problem at all for people in the entertainment industry. Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills. Zhang Weiping has no objection to this condition, since he can make money by himself anyway.

As for how to tell reporters, is this important?

For example, Lao Chen's movie has only been played a few times abroad, but it dares to claim to have recovered millions of investments. This reporter just laughed when he heard it, and really believed such a thing. If so, then at a time like this, he is really an idiot. Therefore, Zhang Weiping immediately and hurriedly agreed. In fact, it can be sold for 3.5 million, which is already a very good result.

In his opinion, this is already higher than his established goal. So when it comes out. Zhang Weiping obviously had a happy expression. Zhang Yimou couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy. It seemed that the movie sold was not his. In fact, it was not his movie either. He just said it was a movie directed by himself. Now it has sold 3.5 million, which is a pretty good result after all calculations.

In fact, there are very few Chinese films that have really made a lot of money abroad. You can check it out with one hand.

And the ones that make money are basically a few kung fu movies, such as Bruce Lee's movies, Cheng Long's Rush Hour, etc., but behind them are the shadows of Hollywood film companies. Now the hero just said that he sold 3.5 million, but Zhang Yimou said that he felt that he had nothing to be happy about.

Zhang Weiping felt that since he was here, he thought that he should go shopping. However, Zhang Yimou said that he did not think there was anything to be happy about, so he did not follow him out. Instead, he started chatting with Ye Ming: "Mr. Ye, this matter , you just said that if you talk about winning awards at a few international film festivals, then the box office of Hero's movie will be higher at this time, and will it be sold at a higher price then?"

Ye Ming nodded and said with great certainty: "This matter is almost certain. Therefore, if you don't insist on such a matter, in fact, there is no need to think about the Oscar and Golden Globe awards.

Because these have nothing to do with it, don’t try to win it. Either it has some other purpose, or it means that your movie has a very strong relationship in Hollywood. Otherwise, let alone the Oscar, even the Golden Globe, for such a good thing, it is actually impossible to win. This is almost certain. Insiders are everywhere. "

Don’t think that Oscar is so sacred. In fact, sometimes Oscar behaves like a hooligan, which is quite powerful. For example, Avatar and bomb disposal expert. Speaking of which, the Avatar is more powerful than the bomb disposal expert. In fact, most people are I definitely know that Avatar is the better one. After all, it is the box office champion. But in the end, who won the Oscar? It was not given to Avatar, but to The Bomb Disposal Expert.

Of course, what's even more interesting is that director Cameron's ex-wife is the director of The Bomb Disposal Expert. Speaking of which, this is also quite ironic. I don’t know if this incident means that the Oscars are deliberately trying to give director Cameron a bad look. Anyway, it means that Avatar basically failed at the Oscars.

Therefore, can Oscar be truly selfless?

It’s almost impossible. This is already so bloody in the American entertainment industry. This is still a fight among people. It’s already the result of living like this. Then you say a foreign movie has arrived. Here, if it weren't for the buyout by a Hollywood company, then on such a matter, if this movie wants to win a Golden Globe or even an Oscar, then this director will definitely have smoke rising from his ancestral grave.

Zhang Yimou thought for a moment and said, "Do you think the three major film festivals or something like that are a good springboard?"

Since it’s the Golden Globes and Oscars, it’s basically the three major film festivals at this time. As for domestic awards such as the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers, the Golden Statue and the Golden Horse, do Westerners care about these awards?

In fact, Zhang Yimou is quite clear in his mind. If awards are the way to go, then basically the lowest level ones are the three major international film festivals.

Ye Ming nodded and said: "It's almost like this. Berlin, Cannes, Venice, these film festivals, although they have such a wide influence in the United States, after all, there are still certain people who recognize these film festivals. , Therefore, as long as one of these three film festivals has some success, the price will be higher depending on which one.

But now you seem to be more interested in selling out this movie.

In fact, if you do it this way, you will suffer a lot. The best way is to cooperate and share the profits. "

Zhang Yimou thought for a while and said: "You also said about this cooperation. Didn't you say that some people will cause trouble?"

Ye Ming nodded and said: "This is natural, but if you find a lawyer to supervise the dialogue on this matter, that can guarantee your interests to the greatest extent. If it comes to publicity or anything, we will all cooperate. As for money for publicity, the box office at this time is the most objective thing about such a thing. It’s a pity that Zhang Weiping seems to be in urgent need of money, right?”

If Zhang Weiping wasn't in urgent need of money, then if he stayed in Hollywood for a few more days at this time, he might have had a good opportunity.

Or in a matter like this, find a good lawyer to look at the contract and don't let the other party play tricks on the contract. At this time, once you can hype the movie, it will be difficult not to make money. Yes, but if you are not optimistic about the contract, the result will be quite tragic.

Therefore, in such a matter, Zhang Weiping's decision to sell out at this time is relatively safe. It is just that it is impossible to make a lot of money using Lilac's method.

Zhang Yimou also nodded and said: "Actually, I haven't heard anything specific. I just said that on a matter like this, Mr. Zhang may have some problems with his investment and need funds to turn around. Otherwise, that's the case." We will not be in a hurry to deal with the overseas copyright of this film."

If things are like this, then Zhang Weiping's move is more reasonable. After all, at this time, Zhang Weiping seems to be too impatient. If it means that he is tight and needs money urgently, this That’s understandable.

Ye Ming nodded and said: "Actually, I'm very optimistic about this movie, but I have things to do here and I can't stay in the United States all the time. If I want to release this movie, I have to be in the United States. There are many things. As long as I'm here, there's no problem. Once I return to China, it's hard to say whether these people in the United States will give honor to Huihuang Film and Television. Therefore, I put down this movie with some reluctance.

I just want to say that if you sell this movie at a very low price, you should not regret it when you hear the overseas box office of this movie. "

Ye Ming actually said this very clearly. In other words, in Ye Ming's opinion, this movie should actually have a very large box office space internationally. It sold for 3.5 million yuan. If you drop it, you will definitely regret it, otherwise Ye Ming will not mention this matter again.

Zhang Yimou said very relaxedly: "Actually, once the movie is shot, it has nothing to do with me. Some things are difficult to explain clearly at once." (To be continued)