Chapter 1129 Shocked America

Harvey himself is more optimistic about this film, but what he is really optimistic about is not the artistic value of this film, nor the pure commercial value of this film, but the value of in-depth operations.

Harvey is like an extremely good plastic surgeon. He can see through the facial features of a movie at a glance and find the best plastic surgery plan. Such changes may seem small, but they can play a finishing touch and make the film stand out.

For "Heroes", he also has a set of operating plans for a long time. The most important part of this plan is how to incorporate Quentin's name into the film, and then use Quentin's reputation to attract North American audiences at the box office. .

Because Harvey knew very well that North American audiences did not understand Chinese martial arts culture, they just watched the excitement, visual effects, and exotic customs.

From the perspective of visual effects, "Heroes" is no problem, what is missing now is a little gimmick to fool the audience.

It is precisely because the audience can't understand such a movie, so it's best to be fooled. If you put the name of Director Zhang Da and invest 30 million US dollars in North America to promote it, you may not be able to get 30 million US dollars at the box office, but if you put Quentin on it. The name, even if it is only 300,000 publicity, can get at least 30 million US dollars at the box office. This is Quentin's appeal.

And Quentin himself is a great director with an extremely obvious stylization. Even if his audience doesn't understand shit after watching his film, they will definitely spread about how Quentin-style and how awesome this movie is. I am willing to admit that I can't understand Quentin, but I am proud that I can understand Quentin.

Harvey is Quentin's Bole, and he is absolutely sure that Quentin can cooperate with him, so as long as he gets the film and Quentin's name is added, the film will be able to make a lot of money in North America, And the most important thing is that the Huaxia people themselves have no confidence in the North American box office of this movie, which means that he has a great possibility to buy out the movie at a low price, and then get it to North America to hype it up and make it big. make a fortune.

This was indeed the case in my previous life. Harvey used the shell of Miramax to buy out the North American distribution rights of "Heroes". The so-called buyout means that after buying it at one price, the things belong to others. Earning more and earning less has nothing to do with the original copyright owner.

If Harvey buys out the North American box office of "Hero" with one million dollars, then even if Harvey finally uses this film to earn tens of millions of dollars in North American box office, it has nothing to do with director Zhang Da and the producer. Apart from the one million dollar buyout fee, the only thing that can be harvested is fame, which is the capital to increase the value and bragging.

However, although the box office of "Hero" packaged in this way has set the overseas box office record of Chinese film history, in fact, for North American users, most of them are paying for Quentin, and they may not know Zhang Da at the end. Who is the director.

Originally, the producer of "Hero" hoped to confirm cooperation with Harvey as soon as possible, so that if Li Mu insisted on "Hero" in the future, his overseas development route would also be cut off, so he sold the copyright to Harvey as soon as possible. , you can get rid of the risk of being surrounded and suppressed by Li Mu.

Harvey himself was also preparing to confirm the copyright agreement with the producer of "Hero" as soon as possible, but when he learned that "Hero" was extremely bleak at the domestic box office, he immediately played a trick of backtracking and decided to use the box office failure as an excuse, Wanting to further reduce the copyright buyout fee that has been negotiated for a long time, this makes the producer of "Hero" particularly annoyed.

However, Director Zhang Da suggested that the producer should stop worrying about money for the time being and establish a cooperation with Harvey as soon as possible. Because Harvey has a great influence in Hollywood, if this film wants to hit the Oscar for best foreign language film , It is inseparable from Harvey's lobbying. If we don't confirm cooperation with Harvey as soon as possible, if Li Mu strikes first, it is uncertain what kind of changes will happen.

The producer and the capital also realized the potential threat of Li Mu, and after several discussions decided to agree to Harvey's request, at 40% of the original negotiated price,

Sold the North American distribution rights for Heroes to Harvey.

Lost 60% of the buyout income, which made the entire "Hero" producer extremely depressed, but there was no way to do it. He could only pray that Harvey would be able to stir up the influence of this film in North America, so that everyone didn't make any money. To the money, but also to the point of fame.

For Harvey, who is far away in Hollywood, the news is great, and his favorite is to use this kind of conspiracy to get someone else's copyright at a low price, and then make it his own operation to make the most profit.

For a person like Harvey, strength and character are completely disproportionate. Director Feng Da once publicly scolded Harvey, saying that his usual trick in China was to first lure domestic filmmakers with high prices, such as Eight. Millions bought the North American copyright, this price would scare away all other interested competitors, and then Harvey paid a small deposit to reassure the Chinese filmmakers, but after the film was finished, he immediately regretted saying that the film was no longer available, I'd rather give up the deposit than buy the copyright at the agreed price, but it's too late to find a new seller at this time. In the end, I can only be bought by Harvey at a very low price. The earliest offer was 8 million. The actual transaction may only be one million.

The excited Harvey immediately sent a representative to Huaxia to sign a final buyout agreement with the production company of "Hero", but he never dreamed that when his representative was sitting on the plane to Huaxia, the United States of YY users have received a news pop-up.

The amount of information clicked in this pop-up news is huge, including the whole process from the birth to the development of the Muying ticketing system, to the killing by dozens of film and television companies. There are not only many articles, reports, but also a large number of pictures, and demo videos.

In this push, Harvey, who has an extremely keen sense of smell, didn't have time to see the whole story. He immediately realized the magic of Muying's ticketing system, and he immediately glared at this awesome product!

Even if he has the ability to turn clouds and rains in Hollywood, Harvey still admires the Muying ticketing system. My first thought was to bring this system to North America!

With Harvey's deep understanding of the film and television industry, he is very clear that once this system can be popularized in North America, it will definitely bring huge changes and improvements to the entire North American box office. At that time, the entire Hollywood will benefit from it, and In Harvey's view, this system is also very easy to transplant to the United States. As long as Alipay is replaced by PayPal, this system can be completely popularized in North America!

Excited, Harvey sent a text message to the subordinate he sent to Huaxia, asking him to find a way to contact Makino Imaging after he landed. He wanted to buy the North American right to use the system. Once he got the system, add his own The influence in Hollywood and the entire North American film and television industry will surely be able to quickly spread it throughout North America. The benefits are so great that even Harvey himself can't imagine it.

However, just after Harvey finished sending the text message, he continued to read the content of the push, and was surprised to find that the system was boycotted by the film and television company in China. Looking further down, Harvey's eyes were about to fall. Out!

In this global synchronous push, Li Mu announced all the companies that secretly killed Muying's ticketing system, and even included a lot of evidence that they stabbed in the back, such as the production company of "Hero" to the domestic Navy team. The records of transfers and remittances, the mailing records of "Hero" and other business owners, and even the photos they were secretly photographed when they were having dinner in a restaurant, and the secretly recorded audio recordings.

In a word, the evidence chain that Li Mu announced this time is so sufficient that these dozens of film and television companies can't get rid of the relationship!

When Harvey found out that there was a company that produced "Heroes", and even this company played an important role in it, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem!

First of all, Harvey has no doubts about Li Mu's influence. He knows how powerful Li Mu's influence and appeal are in the world, but he didn't expect that Li Mu's counterattack was so ruthless, and he directly used all resources to counterattack opponent;

Secondly, he didn't expect that the company he wanted to cooperate with turned out to be Li Mu's biggest enemy to openly counterattack;

Again, if I continue to cooperate with this company, I will definitely offend Li Mu. At that time, the possibility of buying the Muying ticketing system from Li Mu is almost zero. The most important thing is that if Li Mu also regards himself as The enemy, then he can't stand his attack at all. Although he is brilliant in the film and television industry, compared with Li Mu, the disparity in strength is too great, and he is not in the same dimension at all.

The cunning and cunning Harvey made a decision almost immediately. He rushed Li Mu's counterattack against the production company of "Hero". He couldn't claim the North American copyright of "Hero", even if the movie had a lot of profit. Space, I have to give up myself, because this thing is for hatred, whoever holds it in his hand will offend Li Mu, and Harvey himself will continue to work in the film and television industry, he cannot offend for the profit of a movie For a super boss like Li Mu.

After making this decision, Harvey immediately sent another text message to the subordinates he sent to Huaxia: give up the copyright of "Heroes", don't talk to them anymore, you have only one task in the next few days, do everything possible to communicate with Muye. Get in touch with the top of the image!

After sending this message, and after waiting for a long time without seeing a reply, Harvey suddenly thought that the other party was probably on the flight to Huaxia now, so Harvey decided not to wait any longer, and set off immediately to catch up with other Hollywood film and television. Before the company reacted, they went to Huaxia to visit Li Mu in person!