Chapter 1395

When Li Mu heard that Hollywood was competing for the copyright of Hongkong films, he was very pleased with this.

What he wants is not to make money by hyping Hong Kong film copyright, but to help Hong Kong films and even Chinese films go abroad.

"Hong Kong Films" is a special term for Chinese. Only Chinese can divide films into Hong Kong films, mainland films and Taiwan films. In front of the whole world, whether mainland films or Hong Kong and Taiwan films, there is a general designation - Chinese films.

If a Hong Kong Film catches fire in North America, it will pull the whole Chinese film industry to a certain extent. Now Hollywood begins to scramble for Hong Kong films. Soon, it will start to scramble for other Chinese films in mainland China and Taiwan.

Before that, an excellent Chinese film sold to the North American distributors was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Except for the value of its own films, Hollywood looked down on all overseas films equally, so the offer was also as low as possible. In their opinion, the North American market has such a large demand for overseas films every year, overseas films There are so many films in so many countries every year. There are thousands of films to talk about. The lower the price, the better.

But now, because of the success of zombie master, Hollywood has a good look at Chinese films. In the future, there will be a wave of Chinese film fever in the whole North American market.

In Li Mu's view, the more excellent Chinese films can be released in North America or other countries, the more successful the Chinese films and the output of Chinese culture are.

However, the film companies in Hong Kong don't see the problem in this way. They have been struggling for so long in the depression of Hong Kong film industry. Suddenly, thanks to Li Mu's efforts, the film copyright that has no profit ability has been kept in their hands, which has been endowed with commercial value again overnight. So what they think now is just one thing, that is how to do it Take the opportunity to make more money with the film copyright in your hand.

After the price plunge of Infernal Affairs, Huanya immediately contacted several first-line film companies in Hong Kong. The owners of several companies sat together and exchanged information about the progress of copyright trading with Hollywood at present. After a careful understanding of the market, Huanya realized that their offer for Infernal Affairs was indeed too high.

As far as all the companies that have reached cooperation with Hollywood at present are concerned, no one has successfully obtained the "guaranteed minimum share" agreement from Hollywood distributors. All the offers offered by these distributors are all the same copyright buyouts, but the buyout price has increased several times than before.

However, several other film companies are also very satisfied with this. After all, these copyrights were ignored before, and they can't sell for 10000 dollars. Now they suddenly sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. For these companies, it's like a windfall.

But Huanya's boss can't have their small fortune and easy-going attitude, because he thinks that the movie "Mr. zombie" makes him lose too much and too much. He had the chance to earn tens of millions of dollars by this movie, but in the end, he got less than 100000 dollars.

It was because of such a huge psychological gap that he hoped that Infernal Affairs would sell at a better price, but unexpectedly, the publishers in Hollywood had a "fever abatement" in an instant, several enterprises withdrew from the competition, and the rest of them also reduced their prices, which made the boss of Huanya even more depressed.

In order to sell Infernal Affairs for a better price, Huanya's boss actively contacted Makino image. Although he hated Makino image's itchy teeth, he had to borrow from Makino image to improve the value of Infernal Affairs in the North American market at this time.

Huanya said to Muye image that they hope to cooperate with Muye image to develop the North American copyright of Infernal Affairs. The decision-making power of the specific operation lies in Huanya. Muye image does not need to invest. It only needs to promise enough recommendation resources to Infernal Affairs in the North American market, so it can get 30% of the total income of Huanya relying on Infernal Affairs in North America.

The person in charge of Muye image reported the incident to Li Ziwei on a regular basis. Li Ziwei conveyed the news to Li Mu on the way of Li Mu's field trip to the junction of Yanjing, Tianjin and Langfang.

After hearing this, Li Mu said to Li Ziwei, "if they want to cooperate with us in the overseas market of Infernal Affairs, they will show some sincerity, adjust the cooperation conditions, and give us the right to decide. The copyright is authorized to us exclusively first, and the sublicense will also be given to us, and then we will take it to the North American market for operation. We rely on Infernal Affairs." Give them 30% of all the income earned overseas. "

After that, Li Mu added, "by the way, you tell them that we will not promise any recommended resources."

Li Ziwei nodded and asked tentatively, "is this condition too harsh for Huanya?"

"It seems a little bit harsh, but the actual result is much better than their cooperation with any Hollywood publisher. It is said that the North American distribution right of this movie can also sell for $56 million. If we cooperate with us, we have our promotion and operation resources, and Huanya will definitely sell 30% of the share than a hammer," said Li MuAfter that, Li Mu said to Li Ziwei, "if you contact the American Warner, I will say that I am interested in buying back the English remake copyright of Infernal Affairs from them. The price is twice the original transaction price."

Li Mu thinks that if Huanya can calm down and look at the problems, it's the best thing for "Infernal Affairs" to cooperate with itself. As for why he wants to reduce their share of accounts to 30%, it's because he has to give more profit space to the North American cinemas, so as to have enough advantages in film arrangement.

The box office of "Mr. zombie" seems to be very high, but most of the income is attributed to the cinema and Lucas. What Makino image can really share is only a small head. In order to promote the film, now Makino ticket system provides 5% box office subsidy to the film in North America, which reduces the income proportion by 5%. In addition, every day's opening prize also needs to pay a large amount In terms of cost, Mr. zombie has the great advantage of "plant vs. zombie online". If you want to succeed, you have to pay such a price, "Infernal Affairs", let alone.

If Huanya can't understand this layer and thinks about how to make more money, then he can toss about. Then he will buy the English remake copyright from Warner and cooperate with DreamWorks to make the American version of Infernal Affairs.

As early as February this year, Warner in the United States bought the remake copyright of Infernal Affairs, with a transaction price of $1.75 million, which set a record for the amount of remake copyright in Hong Kong at that time.

If it is pushed forward according to the normal rhythm, the Hollywood version of the film will be officially approved next year, but Warner will be unlucky this year. The "propaganda of extreme bushido spirit" caused by "the last warrior" has hit Warner a lot, and his reputation has not been restored.

In addition, the future of director Edward Zwick and actor Tom Cruise in the film circle has also suffered a huge blow because of this movie, which also makes other Hollywood stars throw Warner's mousetrap. At present, Warner is still the target of the global audience. The actors who cooperate with Warner, even if they open a completely positive energy movie, will also be online After all, Warner used the money of the Japanese plutocrats to shoot "the last samurai" to publicize the extreme bushido spirit of fascism to the whole world, which brought a lot of hatred to Warner in the world, and it's impossible to slow down for a while without holding his tail.

Moreover, the event of "the last samurai" also brought great shock to Warner's senior management. Li Mu speculated that the whole rhythm of Warner's film and television will be greatly affected at present, so it is a big question whether he can go to the Hollywood version of Infernal Affairs next year.

At this time, Warner should not hold on to a movie that has not yet been officially approved, and his pastoral film ticketing system currently controls the cashing end of the box office in North America. Warner has to give himself some face.

Li Mu's plan is that after he bought the copyright from Warner, he would make a joint investment in Makino image and DreamWorks, then ask Martin Scorsese to direct the film, and then find Leonardo, Matt Damon and Tom Hanks to play the role of Liang Chaowei, and Matt Damon would still play Liu Dehua The older Tom Hanks plays the role of Huang Qiusheng.

After watching the American version of Infernal Affairs in his last life, Li Mu always thought that in the American version of Infernal Affairs, Martin Xin, the actor who originally played the role of Huang Qiusheng, felt a little weak in the movie as a whole. If he replaced the role with Tom Hanks, the effect would surely go a step further.

Moreover, Li Mu's desire to cast for the American version of Infernal Affairs is a bit of a chicken thief. First of all, this is a remake of a Chinese film, which is a good recognition of the quality of Chinese films. In addition, the American version of Infernal Affairs won four awards, including the best film, the best director, the best adapted script and the best clip, as well as the nomination of the best mate 。

In fact, there were two movies that Leonardo was nominated as the best actor at the Oscars, one was "Infernal Affairs" and the other was "blood diamond". Because the same actor can only have one movie nomination, the final nomination was "blood diamond". That is to say, if the two movies hit the Oscars separately, each movie could be nominated as the best actor.

Because Oscar adopts the lobbying system, when competing for awards, besides the quality of actors and films, it also relies on the back resources to fight. Harvey is a strong player in the fight of Oscar. Unfortunately, he is now infamous, while Li Mu has money and enough influence in the world, and Spielberg and DreamWorks are among them It's not a big problem to win the four original awards of the American version of Infernal Affairs by combining the script of Infernal Affairs, the influence of Martin Scorsese, and the influence of Leonardo and Tom Hanks.

Moreover, if there is no "blood diamond" to rob resources, Leonardo will surely be able to get an Oscar nomination for best actor through the American version of "Infernal Affairs". At that time, it is not impossible to pour more resources into it to mediate and lobby for Leonardo to win an Oscar Movie emperor!If the American version of Infernal Affairs invested by Li Mu can win the five Oscars of best film, best director, best actor, best adapted script and best editing, it will definitely be the biggest winner of the Oscars. Moreover, the investor and producer of the film will be the pastoral image from China!

Chinese films, Chinese directors, Chinese actors and Chinese capital all have their own "Oscar dreams". If they operate successfully, the American version of Infernal Affairs operated by Chinese capital may realize their "Oscar dreams" for Chinese capital and Chinese film companies in advance!