Chapter 247 Long Experience (2/5)
Of course the two Asians are Zhang Junsheng and Wan Ziren, and the funny one is Zhang Junsheng...
The fat Jewish man walked over without any hesitation.
"Long time no see, Zhang." His fat face was filled with smiles.
"Yes, Harvey." Zhang Junsheng decisively opened his arms and hugged him gently, and said, "The King's Speech is such a masterpiece!"
Harvey nodded and said politely, "Thank you, I have more confidence in having your support."
"How about it, has the copyright in China been sold? Do you need my help?" Zhang Junsheng was full of frankness, "You know, Miramax Film has a group of people in China!"
Harvey smiled and didn't answer.
Only by believing in him will there be ghosts!
I changed the topic at the right time, "How many little golden men can I get this time? Are you planning to hit the best video?"
"It would be great if you could get a few nominations." Zhang Junsheng glanced at Harvey Weinstein, "With you here, I have no confidence, the Godfather of Oscar!"
"Haha, you're so kind. You've won the best director last year..."
"That's because you're not here!"
"You Orientals are just too modest."
Even though that's the case, Harvey Weinstein's face was quite complacent, "It's better to work together once next year, and I will do my best to operate for you."
"Forget it, my focus will be in China next year!"
"It's so regretful... I always feel that it's a blasphemy to the movie if I failed to win the best film in "Pulp Novel"!"
Of course, Zhang Junsheng would not believe this kind of nonsense and replied casually, "It doesn't matter. I'm still young, and I have time to wait."
"Come on, the future is yours!"
Harvey patted Zhang Junsheng's shoulder: "Let's talk again if you have time."
"Okay." Zhang Junsheng continued to smile, "I'll wait for your call."
Wen Ziren followed the whole process, and when Harvey left, he couldn't help but say: "Tsk tsk... I thought you would directly criticize that fat man!"
"Why am I slamming him? I'm not a member of the road!"
There is nothing wrong with this!
The reason why Harvey Weinstein operated the Oscars to get economic benefits with the help of the Oscars...
The way to survive indie movies!
Not to mention anything else, movies like "Shapespeech Love History", "The King's Speech", and "Cold Mountain" may have to wait a few years later if the Oscar halo is not supported.
The time cost alone was too much for him and Miramax Film shareholders.
The production cost of "The King's Speech" is as high as 12 million pounds. Harvey offered a buyout price of $30 million, but was rejected by Emil Sherman...
Emil Sherman is the producer of The King's Speech…
By the way, Emil Sherman is Zhang Junsheng's partner in Europe. He mainly controls the release peak, Yuehua's movie...
Originally, "The King's Speech" was to be handed over to Tingfeng for distribution, and the main source of production costs was Yuehua's investment...
Unexpectedly, Miramax made a fuss!
Generally speaking, there are two types of contracts for North American production companies and distribution companies.
The first is that the distribution company buys out the movie, and the right to issue the movie belongs to the distribution company, and the subsequent income has nothing to do with the production company;
The second type is that the distribution company and the production company participate in the share of the share. The production company can generally divide the share of the box office from 15 to 30%. The specific value depends on the strength of the two parties and the results of the negotiation.
After the $30 million buyout plan was rejected, Harvey directly provided an irrefutable contract: he only charged 25% of the issuance share!
In Hollywood, the distribution fee charged by a film company to release a movie is 35% of the total revenue…
Harvey directly reduced the price by ten percentage points...
Emile Sherman thinks Harvey is more reliable than Wan Ziren. What does ten percentage points mean?
If the box office exceeds 10 million, he can earn ten million more!
So, I gave it to him very simply!
Of course, it is limited to distribution, and subsequent copyright operation still needs to be negotiated. After all, Miramax's peripheral sales capabilities are too poor...
In a sense, if "The King's Speech" can achieve good results, Zhang Junsheng should be happy - he is also one of the investors...
Zhang Junsheng's movies, including "Unreachable", will be released directly next month. Participating in the film festival is only a way to promote word-of-mouth...
For him, Oscar is an honor. Of course it is best if there is one, and it doesn’t matter if there is one… it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t delay selling movies too much!
"Be careful, your biggest opponent this year is the King's Speech!"
"…I know!"
Although the nomination list for this Oscar has not been announced yet, everyone knows that the biggest threat comes from Miramax's "The King's Speech"!
I really want to tell Wan Ziren that there is no need to be too focused on "The King's Speech"...
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The People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival may represent the final award.
As the distributor of the film, Dingfeng Entertainment arranged a total of ten screenings for "Unreachable" at the Toronto Film Festival. From the first screening, every scene was full. Even though Zhang Junsheng and Little Little did not appear at all at the airport, the attendance rate reached more than 95%!
In the theater industry, such attendance rate can also be classified as 100%.
On the first day of the Toronto Film Festival, "Out of Access" was screened in total three episodes...
"The King's Speech" was also screened at the same time, and its reputation seemed to be very good, but the reputation of the media and audience was completely suppressed...
As for the critics, most of them are on "The King's Speech". After all, Zhang Junsheng is an alien population. The story of "The Out of reach" focuses on warmth and friendship. For the critics, this pattern is not enough; in comparison, "The King's Speech" is a British royal film, and is popular among North American film critics...
There was a stuttering king in the past, but later he stopped stuttering.
This is a story that is destined to be inspiring, or in other words, it is boring no matter how you tell it.
If you choose such a subject, you can only rely on performance!
"The King's Speech" is invincible in all aspects, from photography soundtrack to performance!
It is normal for the film critic to stand on this movie.
But the audience may find it a bit boring - from the point of view of the story, it is really unreasonable...
That's why Harvey wants to use the Oscars!
Original Time and Space, before the Oscar, the box office of "The King's Speech" was US$38 million. After the Oscar nomination was announced, the copyright of "The King's Speech" was operated in 117 countries around the world, and eventually won US$365 million worldwide...
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On the third day, Li Zi pulled Zhang Junsheng to attend a party...
I thought he wanted to introduce some friends to him, but after entering the party, I realized that this was not a gathering of friends, it was clearly a slap...
Looking at Little Little who skillfully greeted a group of women on the court, Zhang Junsheng felt like he was mistakenly involved in the corrupt life of capitalism...
"Don't worry, it's very hidden here!"
Zhang Junsheng was hesitating whether to end up, and a voice came from behind him. He turned his head and looked at it. It was Ryan Reynolds...
Chapter completed!