Chapter 936 Arrogance

On the second day after Elizabeth left, He Yingyu also boarded the plane from the airport in Shuntian Mansion with her own luggage, and flew directly to Chang'an Mansion, where she took a seat at the airport in Chang'an Mansion. The car rushed to the depths of the desert that day and entered the crew of "Dragon Inn".

Li Qian, on the other hand, was delayed for another day in Shuntian Mansion, and flew directly to Los Angeles by plane.

If you want to realize the global simultaneous release of "Calabash Baby", it's okay to talk about it in other regions, and you can talk about it slowly. If you can't agree on the schedule, you can delay the release, but since it is said to be "global synchronization", then at least North America In the regional market, no matter what, it has to be released in time for Christmas.

Moreover, to be honest, for the Western world, the North American market can almost be regarded as the vane of the box office market in the entire European and American regions. If you want to talk about the distribution of "Gourd Baby" in European countries, you must first discuss the publishers, distribution methods and distribution scale in North America!

As long as the North American region can get the opening scale of 2,000 theaters, then the European countries will have the confidence to negotiate with the European countries.

However, as a family-friendly animated film, "Calabash Baby", its best and most suitable distributor, showed little interest in the release of this film in North America.

When the plane landed, before returning to Liao Liao's residence in Los Angeles, and still in the commercial vehicle, John Deiss had already introduced the details of the previous release negotiations to Li Qian——

"First of all, this is an animated film from China, a Chinese story, and it is a fairy tale, so distributors in many countries have questioned whether this film can achieve good box office results in Europe and the United States. You know, Businessmen only care about whether this thing can bring them profits, preferably high profits!"

"However, Qian, with all due respect, your previous films that have been released around the world are not enough to add some extra persuasiveness to my negotiations. The "Once Upon a Time" series performed well in Europe, but in North America , is far less influential than your rival in China, Qin's "The Gate of Life and Death". Many film critics in North America have even written film reviews to criticize this film, saying that it has a strong anti-caucasian attitude. "Attack and ridicule" is a "movie with malice"! "Red Sorghum" is very popular in Europe and Latin America, but in North America, its box office and influence are still very limited. So , Qian, even though I have worked hard, our distribution negotiations have inevitably reached a deadlock."

"As for what you want, and of course I want Disney Pictures, they only agree to release it as a buyout. Moreover, this animated film is absolutely not allowed to appear in the Christmas file! You know, this year's Christmas file, they have a The first "Wig the Pooh" is about to be released, it is also a family carnival, the investment is as high as 60 million US dollars, they absolutely cannot afford to lose, and they do not welcome any competitors! Even if they, like everyone else, think that "Gourd Baby" "Such an animated film from China does not have the foundation to be popular in North America!"

"Oh my God! You don't know, when they heard that this is an animated film from China, they were all very surprised, and asked me, is there any animated film in China?"

In this regard, what can Li Qian say, he can only ask John Dyce to help him meet with people from Disney.

But this time, he came with a copy of the movie.

However, after waiting for two full days, Disney did not give a reply, and they only agreed to arrange for one of their directors in distribution, Gail Bullock, to meet with Li Qian and watch "Calabash Baby" ", and then talk about the agency distribution of "Calabash Baby" in North America for the third time-this is already the best treatment John Dyce can get.

There is nothing to be surprised about, and he doesn't think he has been insulted. Of course, Li Qian would like to see the CEO of Disney Group, Di Iger, but, regardless of how he is in China, he is even a leader all over the world. A very famous lead singer, but as a film director, his biggest reputation in the world is only a winner of the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

When he came to Hollywood, especially when he stood in front of the seven major production companies in Hollywood and talked about the distribution of a Chinese cartoon in North America, he didn't have any capital to rely on.

The arrogance of several famous Hollywood production companies is also well known in the industry. Even a successful director, even one who is successful at the level of James Cameron, still has to be angry and depressed in front of the seven major Hollywood production companies, not to mention Li Qian.

Therefore, since he came here to seek a better distribution of "Calabash Baby" in North America, Li Qian is already ready for various things.

So, on the appointed day, Li Qian and John Dyce, together with his assistant and a copy of "Calabash Baby" that had been fully dubbed in English, came to the headquarters of the Disney Group.

Before getting out of the car, John Dess reminded again, "Qian, Minghu Culture and you have great influence in the Chinese film market. Minghu Culture now also has first-class distribution capabilities in China, and has already We are starting to expand our own theater chain, so if the negotiations are really at an impasse, I think we may start from this aspect and start negotiations in another way. I believe they will be interested in this! Because the Chinese film market allows all Hollywood studios are so greedy!"

Li Qian nodded understandingly to express his understanding, but, as he did when he talked about this matter before coming here, he did not give an accurate answer right away.

Introducing blockbuster films from the United States and showing them in China, for a company like Minghu Culture, which only wants to do business and has no problem in opening up the film bureau and the Ministry of Culture, as long as it has a certain vision for selecting films, this is of course a must. A good business that can make a fortune.

In fact, in the past ten years, the reason why Oriental Media Group has been able to occupy the top position in the Chinese film circle, and almost no one can really shake it, is not just because of Du Weiyun. Zhou Yanghua has been intensively cultivating the introduction of European and American films for domestic theaters for many years. Up to now, the distribution company of Oriental Media Group has introduced more than ten European and American films every year, and the turnover and profit contributed by them accounted for More than 30% of the annual turnover and profit of the entire Oriental Media Group.

So in fact, Li Qian is also a big figure in the Chinese film circle, and Li Qian's own fame and influence in the European and American entertainment circles even surpass Zhou Yanghua by countless levels. The treatment received will definitely be several grades higher than that received by Li Qian at this time - a market with an annual box office of two to three billion US dollars has a strong ability to distribute European and American films, and has been engaged in it for many years in the past Every Hollywood film producer will attach great importance to the film dealers in this aspect of distribution work, and they welcome in-depth cooperation.

Compared with this, a big director who is extremely important in the Chinese film circle comes to Hollywood, but he is not a big man-even though he also has a large film company behind him.

However, Li Qian has always been hesitant about this.

It's not that he and Qi Jie don't know that distributing Hollywood movies is a profitable business. Even if they don't know, the people in the distribution department have already thought about it, and John Dyce has done it countless times before. Reminder——Up to now, Minghu Culture has not obtained market access qualifications from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Ministry of Culture to distribute Hollywood films. It is not too difficult to obtain this admission qualification because of personal connections.

But should we do it?

In the five-year production plan formulated by Minghu Culture not long ago, basically the company will spend 100 million to 150 million Chinese yuan to invest in its own film production every year to ensure that the annual production of films is three to four, even if It is because the company's own theater company has not yet been fully established, and the company's ability in theater distribution also has a margin, and it is fully capable of bringing in a few Hollywood movies every year for distribution.

But in this way, it is bound to form another round of impact on other domestic films in the country.

Minghu Culture distributes itself, of course, it will not make a good grade between its own company's films and imported Hollywood films. , forming a powerful impact!

In this era, Hollywood movies are rampant all over the world. Five or six powerful companies such as Oriental Media Group distribute their movies in the domestic market, which is enough to make them even more powerful. If Minghu Culture also joins in, it will definitely make Hollywood The movie is even more killing the Quartet in China!

The Film Bureau has a quota for importing movies every year, but once you get the market access qualification, you can get a certain number of introduction quotas that are not limited by the total import quota.

Although this introduction quota needs to pay a higher share to the film bureau, it is still enough to make various Hollywood studios flock to it.

Then, those domestic film companies that are not strong enough in the first place, and those directors who must pass one film after another that can make production profits in order to get the support of the film company for their follow-up production plan, must Under this impact, some people will lose their investors in the next movie.

Therefore, Minghu Culture has never planned to enter this market.

If you can't, then don't do it!

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At 9:30 in the morning, Li Qian and John Deiss had already sat in a reception room of the Disney Group, and the agreed meeting time was 10:00 in the morning.

According to oriental etiquette, arriving early can better show Li Qian's sincerity in seeking cooperation.

However, Gail Bullock, the director of the distribution department of the Disney Group, who had been in the reception room until ten o'clock and agreed in advance to come to see the copy and discuss cooperation, did not come as scheduled.

At around 10:40, a staff member came to inform that Mr. Gail Bullock had temporarily changed his itinerary. He was going to attend another internal preview meeting this morning, so the meeting time was changed to tomorrow morning ten o'clock.

John Dice already had an extremely ugly face, but now that he knew that the other party would not come in the morning, his face was gloomy and might explode at any time—this is certainly an extremely impolite treatment What's more, this will make him lose face in front of his Eastern boss!

But, people just won't come, what can you do?

Carrying a copy of the movie, the two went out and went downstairs.

In the elevator, when there were only the two of them, John Dyce said angrily: "Back when "Titanic" was still in theaters or just after it was released, a little guy like Gail Bullock was not qualified to follow What movie release did I sit around talking about! He's not qualified!"

Of course, Li Qian's mood was not much better, but when he heard the words, he could only shrug his shoulders.

It is conceivable that John Dice, who single-handedly led the "Titanic" project with his support for James Cameron, had a halo on him when "Titanic" swept the global box office. The blessings must be the guests of major Hollywood production companies.

At that time, as we all know, he was the most willing to cooperate with James Cameron, and he was also one of the few producers who could control and persuade James Cameron to a certain extent. Cameron's next film production plan was frequently mentioned at the top meeting of the seven major Hollywood production companies, and it is what every production company is trying to get.

James Cameron is well-known in Hollywood as a technical madman. Since the hit of "Titanic", the special effects production company under his name has been full of business, while he himself has been resting for two or three years. There is still no follow-up production plan, but instead plunged into the development of new technologies.

John Days has his latest news. It is said that he is very interested in 3D technology and is currently leading a team to develop related technologies. If this new 3D technology born out of the previous 3D can make a qualitative leap , it is said that James Cameron intends to use this new technology to shoot a subject that he wanted to shoot a long time ago, a story about a person from the future traveling back to the present - just like he used "Titanic" as a movie special effect Just as he opened up the situation in one fell swoop, he also wants to use a convincing new film to open up the market for another new film technology he leads.

Because he is such a person who likes to use technology to make money.

With the huge success of "Titanic" in the global market, it cannot be overstated how much he is sought after by Hollywood studios. As his comrade-in-arms, John Days naturally received all kinds of courtesy.

However, at this time, the time has passed.

In the past few years, James Cameron, who has gained both fame and fortune, can rest, but John Days, the producer, will not rest. He has led and participated in multiple productions of Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount. It is a pity that almost without exception, the results are not good.

Therefore, at this time, as a former well-known producer, the treatment he received from the seven major Hollywood production companies is naturally going from bad to worse-even a small director of the distribution department of Disney Company has dared to compare the same with his You can push the date casually, and change it if you say it.

Didn't even give advance notice!

But even so, at 9:30 the next morning, Li Qian and John Dyce came to the same reception room with a copy on time.