Legendary Hollywood Producer

There is light in this world, and then there will be shadows. Movies are also the most amazing modern invention that can play with the relationship between light and shadow.

When a film is made, it is inseparable from the opening of the show. The earliest mainland film development started from film screening.

In 1896, the Lumiere brothers hired dozens of assistants to show their films on five continents. Because of this, the film, a cultural product with the dual value of art and commodities, was driven by the strategy of Western businessmen to expand the market. It also spread to the mainland.

And because the population base of the mainland is there, the novel way of showing movies has also attracted many people to watch. After going back and forth, businessmen saw the profit, and they went to other more prosperous cities in the mainland to invest and operate the screening industry. , The film also quickly expanded on the mainland.

Chinese films were also born in 1905. After so many years and various periods, it is still difficult to get out of the cultural circle of Asia and spread to other places.

It was not until the rise of Hong Kong movies that Chinese movies truly stepped out of the pan-Asian cultural circle, and attracted the attention of local people in other regions, and a legendary actor-Bruce Lee appeared.

It is a pity that the golden age of Hong Kong movies was short. After the decline, the title of "Asian Hollywood" disappeared, and mainland movies became difficult to become popular in other regions.

After entering the 21st century, the mainland's film market has rapidly prospered, and film development has also embarked on a virtuous circle. It’s just that the international distribution of films is still very difficult. Most of the films, no international distributors are willing to help distribute them. In addition to kung fu films and literary and artistic films, they are more popular, but they will not offer a fair price or fairness. Salary to cooperate with mainland production companies.

These publishers with North American or European channels are very strong and of course very tough. They will only pay a very low price to buy out the distribution rights of the region, not to mention the box office share, even the profits of the surrounding copyrights. Nothing will be left.

If you love to give, if you don’t love to give, you will be rotten in your hand, and you will not continue to negotiate with mainland producers on terms that are both satisfactory. It is clear that you want to take advantage. And these mainland producers have no way. After all, even if they buy out the copyright, most of the profits are given to them, and they still have a buyout fee to make. Holding a small amount of money is also money. It is the idea that money is earned. Most people also chose to work with them.

But even so, there are still some people who are unwilling to pay at the negotiated price. They have to be careful and deduct the buyout fee. The most famous is Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films.

As a company that started by making independent films, Harvey Weinstein is undoubtedly a very scent investor. It's a pity that this man is too greedy and stingy. After repeatedly pitting mainland producers, he was also caught by the mainland film circle. It's crowded out. Everyone would rather cooperate with other small distributors than distribute their own movies to Harvey Weinstein.

It can be said that except for action genres and literary films, it is really difficult for other mainland films to be recognized by those distributors. Even if they sell the copyright to them at a low price, they are unwilling to accept it. In such a period, Western European films Ye came to the mainland film circle.

Its arrival provides more opportunities for everyone.

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The capital in early October was still very sultry, and the sun was still hanging high in the sky and persistently basking the earth, as if there was a deep hatred between them.

In an office, Roman and Shulman are chatting with Chairman Han.

After having dinner at the hotel at noon today, Roman and Shulman went to the China Film Headquarters building, met with Chairman Han, and talked with him about the issue.

"Chairman Han, Western Europe Films has a complete North American distribution channel, and this company was also established by Roman. Now I am the company’s CEO and responsible for the North American distribution of films." Shulman introduced Western Europe Films on the side. The origin of the industry.

Chairman Han listened, nodded slightly, remained silent, and was still thinking about the news that Roman and Shulman had just brought.

After all, anyone who heard that the people who used to make movies together suddenly changed and owned a distribution company, and now they still want to cooperate with them, this kind of contrast, Chairman Han still needs to ponder, it is too news. amazing.

However, Chairman Han is also very human. He has never seen any monsters. After thinking for a while, after accepting the news, he immediately asked, "What kind of cooperation do you want?"

"West European Films wants to distribute mainland films, and the profit share is in accordance with international practice. If it is a very good film, this share can still be negotiated to satisfy both parties."

The internationally customary distribution profit sharing is that the distributor can own 40% of the box office in the overseas market. In terms of peripheral copyrights, Western European Films can basically account for most of the profits. This is also the reason why the distributor has always been strong. , Many things are naturally biased towards them. At the beginning, half of the profits of the films produced by Manhai Entertainment were divided by the distributors, and the distributors naturally occupy the highest position. This is also the reason why Roman wants to have a distribution channel. It is too popular, as long as it can be stable. Basically, the distribution of movies can make money all the time. Even if the producer loses money, the distributor still has most of the chance to make money.

Chairman Han nodded in satisfaction when he heard the conditions given by Shulman. This condition is too generous. Usually, the movies that everyone makes are bought out directly, so what's the share of it.

Mainland Chinese film distribution companies have always had their sphere of influence in this region of Asia. If it is said that the distribution of films in which region of Asia, even Laos, they can get a very good profit share, but it is not very good. Participating in the box office warehouses in Europe and North America has always been suppressed, and there is no way. Who can make your culture not well accepted by others? There is no factual basis for negotiating terms. You can't open your eyes and talk nonsense, this is also an embarrassing part of the mainland movie circle. Chinese-language movies are not important enough, and people don’t look at them. They work hard to earn a small amount of money. How can they be in a good mood to negotiate terms with you? If they don’t want to negotiate, how can they negotiate better terms? It's a cycle.