Chapter 1376 The Money Is Boundless

Li Mu hopes to increase the coverage and influence of zombie films overseas as much as possible. Based on this, he asked Makino to find a powerful distributor, and then reduce the proportion of Makino's share.

According to normal circumstances, for most countries, when overseas films are imported, the film's box office share should be between 25-35%, and most of them are in the 30% range. The cost of Li Mu's acquisition of these copyrights is surprisingly low. Relying on the copyright income of domestic TV stations, he can recover all his copyright investment and even have a surplus, so the income from overseas licensing is not so important to Li Mu.

Immediately, Makino Imaging established a cooperation tone internally, only looking for the most influential publishers in the market of a country. If the other party does not take the initiative to contact them, Makino Imaging can take the initiative to contact them. The cooperation requirements of Makino Imaging are: , the box office share can be reduced to 15% or even 10%, but the filming rate must be guaranteed to a certain extent, and the publisher must make it clear in the contract that 50% of the income ratio abandoned by Makino Imaging must be distributed to the theater.

Giving more profit margins to the distributors will make them work harder on the promotion and implementation of the movie, and giving the theaters more profit margins will allow them to take the initiative to come up with more resources for arranging films.

If the attendance rate of movie A is 10% higher than that of movie B, the theater chain is naturally more willing to arrange more films for A, but if the profit of movie B is 10% or 15% higher, then the theater chain will be more inclined to the latter.

The overseas market is very fragmented. The core theaters are North America and Europe, followed by Japan and South Korea, and the rest are a lot of various countries. Traditional film distributors, even the top film and television companies in Hollywood, are difficult to achieve. Global promotion, but the Internet is an exception. If globalization is a trend in all walks of life, then the foundation of the three words globalization is the Internet. The only thing that can achieve globalization is the Internet.

The awesomeness of "Plants vs. Zombies Online" is that it has a wide coverage and is suitable for all ages. After the new version comes out, players have a high degree of acceptance, so they have a strong curiosity about Huaxia Zombies themselves, which is very important. Warming up the zombie movie on a global scale.

In order to improve the performance of "Mr. Zombie" in the North American market, Li Mu specially contacted Spielberg, hoping that he could introduce himself to a distributor with sufficient capabilities to facilitate the release of the film in the North American market as soon as possible.

Spielberg was busy filming "Flying Tigers". A few days ago, under the pressure of SARS in China, he led the team to Huaxia, built a shooting venue in Spring City, and never left Huaxia. At work, I naturally have no time to pay attention to what's happening on the Internet, and I haven't even heard of the new version of "Plants vs. Zombies Online".

When Spielberg suddenly heard that Li Mu wanted to release a film made in Hong Kong in 1985 in the United States, one of his thoughts was that it was impossible. No matter how good the film in the United States was, it would never be re-released, even if it was DVD and 1985. There is not much room in the video tape market, let alone a Hong Kong movie, no matter how influential Li Mu is, he cannot force the audience to pay for a Hong Kong movie from 1985.

However, Spielberg did not explain this directly, because he knew Li Mu's routine and what he believed, it was difficult for ordinary people to change his mind. It is to seek help from oneself. If one refuses to help, it is a kind of harm to the cooperative relationship between the two.

So Spielberg could only agree first, promising Li Mu that he would communicate with publishers he knew, so as to help Li Mu promote cooperation.

Afterwards, Spielberg immediately called one of the publishers that DreamWorks had the most cooperation with and had the closest relationship with. He expected that he would make a request for help with the other party. If the other party refused, he would go in with some favors. Li Mu seldom drag yourself to help,

If you can't handle it this time, your face will be somewhat unbearable.

Spielberg has been in contact with Chinese people more recently, and he has also somewhat understood some of China's sophistication. He regards this kind of sophistication as an oriental philosophy of life, and has studied it for a while.

At this time, it was night time in Los Angeles. The other party received a call from Spielberg. As soon as he came up, he joked like an old friend: "Hey Steven, how is it in China? Have you been infected with the terrible SARS?"

"Shit, Lucas." Spielberg smiled helplessly, and said, "China is very safe, at least safer than the United States. You may not hear a gunshot after living here for 30 years."

"Haha." The other party laughed: "I can't imagine what it would be like to live without guns. There was a shooting in Hollywood two days ago. A brain-dead who would always play a third-tier character in a third-tier TV series shot and killed him on the set. I hired a director and a screenwriter, and I happened to visit the studio next door that day, which almost scared me to peeing my pants.”

Spielberg laughed: "You should thank God, you are such a bastard, God still bless you."

"Come on." The other party asked with a smile: "What's the matter with calling me halfway across the world, bro?"

Spielberg smiled and said, "You know Li Mu, right? It's Li Mu from Muye Technology."

"Fuck!" The other party's voice immediately became serious and said, "Of course I know that, if nothing else, it's just his Muying ticketing system that has helped me a lot, otherwise the box office would not have been able to do as well as it is now. The real cow X, Li Mu is the real cow X, that guy is a god!"

"Okay." Spielberg said with a smile: "Since you know him, then you should have more snacks for what I'm going to say next. After all, Li Mu has brought you a lot of help."

"you say!"

"That's it..." Spielberg said in a somewhat embarrassed voice: "Li Mu has a movie made in Hong Kong in 1985, yes you haven't heard of it, 1985, a work in the 1980s, what is the movie called? "Mr. Zombie", according to him, is about the pioneering work of China-Zombie, sorry I don't know what the hell China-Zombie is..."

The other party interrupted with a smile: "Shit Steven, you are out of touch with the times now! China-Zombie, this is China Zombie, this thing is in a mess right now! Don't you play "Plants vs Zombies Online"? Even me three Older grandsons can play."

"Oh please..." Spielberg said helplessly: "I'm working, a big production with nearly 200 million US dollars investment, it's almost draining all my energy, how can I still have the energy to play computer games But I have played this game before, what does this have to do with China-Zombie?"

"People have a new version!" The other party laughed: "In the new version, a lot of Chinese elements have been added, including a whole set of images and systems about China-Zombie. To be honest, their zombie system is better than ours. The zombies and vampires are much more interesting. At least the upgrade system of others is very clear and huge. Unlike us, our zombies are similar, and the combat power is uniform. There is no clear hierarchy for the strength of vampires. It only depends on who lives. longer..."

After speaking, the other party suddenly came back to his senses and blurted out: "Wait, Steven, what did you just say? Li Mu has a Hong Kong zombie movie? God, does he want to cooperate with us?! Released in North America? "

Spielberg hummed and said a little embarrassedly: "If you feel embarrassed, don't force it, oh no! I hope you can help me with this..."

"God!" The other party said excitedly: "Steven, if you can win the North American distribution rights for this movie, you will do me a favor!"

"What?!" Spielberg was full of surprise and puzzlement.

The other party said excitedly: "You know, everyone is talking about Huaxia Zombies now, and many people have disassembled the Huaxia Zombies movie into graphic explanations, which has aroused great curiosity and attention on the Internet, and everyone wants to really go to the cinema to see it. A Chinese zombie movie, this thing is so fucking mysterious. It is said that they have a profession specializing in dealing with zombies. They can use a piece of yellow paper to immobilize zombies, and use glutinous rice, black dog blood and black donkey feet. , you can drive away the zombies, just like our vampires are afraid of the sun and garlic, what an interesting setting..."

Spielberg was puzzled and asked him: "You mean, audiences in the United States are now looking forward to seeing a 1985 Hong Kong movie in the cinema?!"

"Yeah!" The other party said excitedly: "Everyone wants to spend a few dollars to learn about the mysterious oriental culture. It's so damn worth it. To see an exhibition of exotic cultures, the tickets are at least tens of dollars, so It is said that the money is boundless!"

Spielberg felt that all three views had been subverted, but when he thought about it another way, Li Mu did things like this! Impossible things become possible with him, and there will always be many amazing operations.

So Spielberg asked him, "Would you like to release the film in North America?"

"Shit Steven, of course I do, I'm so fucking willing! Do you know how many distributors in the world want to get the distribution rights to this movie right now? God, there are too many, and Makino Imaging hasn't got it right yet. Respond to these requests, and if you can help me get the North American distribution rights for this movie, I'll personally fly to Huaxia to kiss your ass!"

Spielberg said: "Li Muzheng asked me to help find a powerful North American publisher. If that's the case, then I'll help you connect. For details, talk to Li Mu's people in detail!"

"That's great!" The other party was pleasantly surprised and said, "You help me convey to Li Mu, now is the stage where there is a shortage of cinema movies. If possible, we'd better release it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to operate until the summer vacation. , the overall vacancy rate of the current theaters exceeds 60%, and I will definitely strive for the maximum filming efforts to make this film a big profit in North America!"

Spielberg said with a smile: "I think it is necessary for you to come to China. Li Mu cares about the sincerity of the other party."

The other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then suddenly made up his mind and said, "OK, I will fly to Yanjing tomorrow morning!"

"Do you have a visa?"

"Of course I have!"

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