Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 28
This time is different from the last time I attended the Berlin Film Festival.

He was a new director that not many people were optimistic about, and there was Jia Zhangke, a director who didn't even register and went directly to the underground film industry to compete.

After all, there is also a highly anticipated production of "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" by Chen Kai, who won the Palme d'Or.

There are people in the bureau waiting on duty to see if they can break some big news.

Got the call, Burning won the Palme d'Or at Cannes!
They immediately inquired about the relevant procedures for "Burning".

After confirming that there were no problems, I organized someone to look at it again.

Then the exact news was given and could be promoted!
The morning news that morning took out half a minute to introduce the matter.

"At last night's Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony, 20-year-old Chinese director Gu Ming's film "Burning" won the Palme d'Or, becoming the second Palme d'Or film after "Farewell My Concubine" six years ago. , indicating that our country’s young directors are rushing out of the country and going international, blah blah blah..."

Gu Ming's father, Gu Jianming, likes to watch the news.

Last night I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night.

I originally thought about taking a break to sleep after watching the news.

After watching the morning news, I noticed there was a photo of my son holding the Palme d'Or.

He didn’t want to take leave all of a sudden!

what sleep?

Going to work is the most important thing.

Walk to Xiying Studio.

"Hey, Lao Gu, your son is really crazy!"

"Your son is amazing! I really envy you for having such a son." The old colleagues who saw Gu Jianming all greeted Gu Jianming with a smile.

The circle is that big.

"Burning" Xiying Film Studio also had an investment share, and the news spread to the entire factory before even starting work.

Everyone who saw Gu Jianming had to say congratulations.

"Hi, blah blah blah, just normal." Gu Jianming pretended to be calm and shook his head.

"You said it was only half a minute on the morning news, why didn't he show me the [-]pm one?"

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao will arrive.

On the news at seven o'clock that night, Gu Ming's incident with the Palme d'Or took up 15 seconds of footage.

This is a news network!
It can take up more than ten seconds, which is already quite impressive.

I almost made Gu Jianming so happy that he couldn't sleep anymore.

But after all, he was getting older, and he would definitely not be able to withstand staying up for two nights in a row. After being scolded by Gu's mother, he went to bed obediently.

……

the other side.

Gu Ming started selling movies the next day.

After all, it was a film that won the Palme d'Or.

You don’t have to worry about selling it, because film producers from all over the world come to you and ask to buy the copyright.

If a country spends more than 10,000 US dollars, it may not go to the theaters back home. With the name of the Palme d'Or, you can easily make money back by operating video tapes, DVDs, and TV rights.

Sell ​​it in this country, sell it in that country.

The bulk are the United States, Japan and South Korea.

The United States is rich and has sufficient spending power. It sold 200 million dollars.Neon spent $150 million because the film was adapted from a novel by Haruki Murakami and had a large potential audience.They were all sold to Sony.

South Korea sold it for $60.

Adding up the bits and pieces, it was sold for 600 million dollars.

In addition to the previous $260 million.

That’s $860 million.

Converted to just over 7000 million yuan.

After excluding taxes and calculating based on Daystar Entertainment’s 55% share, the repayment would be 3000 million.

Net profit was 800 million.

The key is that it hasn’t been released in the country yet.

At that time, there will be another box office share.

Speaking of this.

As soon as he woke up this morning, Han Sanpin called Gu Ming. "Burning" would be released in China as soon as possible.

Because of a recent incident.

All domestic Hollywood blockbusters are not allowed to be released.

If this continues for a long time, the theaters that are not many in the first place will soon be unable to make ends meet.Gu Ming's "Burning" can somehow help theaters overcome the difficulties.

Besides, "Ben", the second male lead in the domestic version of "Burning" is a foreigner who has obtained American citizenship, which is in line with the recent trend.

Ever since, after selling the rights to the film, Gu Ming immediately flew back to the capital.

There was no way to hide this trip.

Several reporters from the media in Cannes followed Gu Ming.

He even took the same trip back to China as Gu Ming.

The plane landed slowly.

Just got off the plane.

We haven’t left the airport yet.

I saw a group of people.

Two of them looked very familiar, one was Vice President Hou Kerming, and the other was Han Sanpin, who had just been transferred to the position of Vice President of China Film.

There was another person whom Gu Ming had met twice.

It’s Dean Wang from Nortel.

The other person I only met once was Director Song, who took over the position of director of Han Sanpin Beijing Film Studio.

Excuse!
Are you here to welcome me?

Gu Ming suddenly laughed.

What is Homecoming?

What is returning home with honor?

Gu Ming estimated that this was his current situation.

Of course, you can have a mentality.

No matter the mind, no matter the heart, no one is perfect.

But Gu Ming is not like Brother Kai and feels that he is a superior person after winning the Palme d'Or.

So it doesn't expand.

He greeted four big guys in the film and television industry without being humble or condescending.

"Why did you let you come in person? I should be the one visiting you."

"Okay, stop being modest."

Han Sanpin had the highest status and was familiar with Gu Ming. He smiled and joked, "Is there any problem with us welcoming the second Cannes Palme d'Or in the country?"

"Speaking of which, are you still trying to change the civet cat into a prince?"

Han Sanpin pretended to be sullen, "Is the film submitted for review the same film as the one submitted for competition? You didn't touch a single frame of the part I asked you to modify."

"If you hadn't won the Palme d'Or, even with my support, you wouldn't have been banned from directing, but you wouldn't have even thought about releasing your film in China."

After giving Gu Ming a little lesson, Han Sanpin turned around and walked out while changing the topic to the release.

"By the way, how do you plan to release "Burning"?"

"How to say?"

"There are two types now. One is that our China Film Group buys out the domestic distribution with 1000 million, and the other is to share the revenue like other movies."

"How do you want to choose?"

“Choose revenue sharing.”

"Huh?" The four people present couldn't help but raise their eyebrows, very surprised at Gu Ming's choice.

You know, this is an art film.

By nature, commercial films cannot be sold in theaters.

Based on the current share of income given to the producers, if you want to earn back 1000 million, the box office will have to go up to 500 million.

After the buyout, China Film can assign tasks to each branch, and the 1000 million cannot be lost.

But choosing to share the box office share is truly based on strength.

"What do you think?" Han Sanpin glanced at Gu Ming.

"It's nothing. I've made enough money this time, so I won't take advantage of China Film Group Corporation. Let's just rely on our ability in the market! Whatever you can make is whatever you can earn. We at Daystar recognize it!"

Gu Ming showed a simple and honest smile.

As for the real reason, it's very simple.

Gu Ming feels that at this point in time, he can earn more by choosing a share.

(End of this chapter)