Chapter 1395 Oscar Dream

When Li Mu heard that Hollywood was vying for Hong Kong movie rights, he was very relieved.

What he wants is not to make money by hyping Hong Kong film rights, but to help Hong Kong films and even Chinese films go abroad.

The category of "Hong Kong films" is a special title only for Chinese. Only Chinese can divide films into Hong Kong films, mainland films and Taiwan films. In front of the whole world, whether it is mainland films, or Hong Kong and Taiwan films, There is a collective name - Chinese movies.

If a Hong Kong film becomes popular in North America, it will have a certain pull on the entire Chinese film industry. Now Hollywood is starting to compete for Hong Kong films, and it will not be long before other Chinese films in mainland China and Taiwan will start to compete.

Before that, an excellent Chinese-language film sold to a North American distributor would cost only a few hundred thousand dollars. In addition to the value of its own films, Hollywood looked down on all overseas films equally, so the quotation was also Press down as much as possible. In their opinion, the North American market has such a large demand for overseas movies every year. There are so many movies in so many overseas countries every year, and there are thousands of movies that can’t be discussed. The lower the price, the better.

But now, because of the success of "Zbie-Master", Hollywood has clearly taken a high look at Chinese-language movies. In the future, there will be a Chinese-language movie craze in the entire North American market.

In Li Mu's view, the more excellent Chinese-language films can be screened in North America and even other countries, the more successful the export of Chinese-language films and Chinese culture will be.

However, Hong Kong's film companies don't see the problem that way. They have suffered for so long in the depression of Hong Kong movies for so long, and suddenly they have been able to see the moonlight due to Li Mu's efforts. They have a backlog of movies that are no longer profitable. Copyright has been given commercial value again overnight, so they only think about one thing now, and that is how to take the opportunity to use the film copyright in their hands to make more money.

After the price of "Infernal Affairs" plummeted, Uniasia immediately contacted several first-tier film companies in Hong Kong. The bosses of several companies sat together and exchanged information about the current progress of copyright transactions with Hollywood. After a careful understanding of the market , Uniasia realized that their quotation for "Infernal Affairs" was indeed a bit ridiculously high.

As far as all companies that have reached cooperation with Hollywood at present, there is no one that has successfully obtained a "guaranteed share" agreement from a Hollywood distributor. The offers given by these distributors are all copyright buyouts without exception. But the buyout price has increased several times than before.

However, several other film companies are also very satisfied with this. After all, these copyrights were uninterested before and could not even be sold for 10,000 US dollars. Now they can suddenly sell for hundreds of thousands of US dollars. To say, is tantamount to flying windfall.

However, the boss of Uniasia couldn't have the mentality of being a little rich, because he felt that the movie "Mr. Zombie" had cost him too much, and he had the opportunity to make thousands of dollars from this movie. 10,000 dollars, but in the end, I got less than 100,000 dollars.

It is precisely because of such a huge psychological gap that he hopes that "Infernal Affairs" can sell for a better price, but he did not expect that the publishers on the Hollywood side actually "fever" in an instant, and several companies withdrew from the competition. The rest also lowered their quotations, which made Uniasia's boss even more depressed.

In order to sell "Infernal Affairs" at a better price, Uniasia's boss took the initiative to contact Muye Yingying. Although he hated Muye Yingying's teeth, but at this time, he wanted to improve "Infernal Affairs" in the For the value of the North American market, he must borrow from Makino Imaging.

Uniasia told Makino Imaging that they hope to cooperate with Makino Imaging to develop the North American copyright of "Infernal Affairs". The decision of the specific operation rests with Uniasia. Makino Imaging does not need to invest, but only needs to promise to give "Infernal Affairs" in the North American market. With enough referral resources, Uniasia will be able to get 30% of all the income from "Infernal Affairs" in North America.

The person in charge of Makino Imaging routinely reported the matter to Li Ziwei, who conveyed the news to Li Ziwei on the way Li Mu took her by car to the junction of Yanjing, Tianjin and Langfang. Li Mu.

After listening to Li Mu, he said to Li Ziwei: "A message from Huihuaya, if they want to cooperate with us in the overseas market of "Infernal Affairs", they should show some sincerity, adjust the cooperation conditions, and give us the right to decide, copyright first. It is exclusively licensed to us, and will be sub-licensed to us, and then handed over to us to operate in the North American market, and we will give them 30% of all the income earned overseas by "Infernal Affairs"."

After that, Li Mu added: "By the way, you tell them, we will not promise any recommended resources."

Li Ziwei nodded and asked tentatively, "Will this condition be too harsh for Uniasia?"

Li Mu said: "It seems a bit harsh, but the actual result is much better than their cooperation with any Hollywood distributor. The North American distribution rights of this film are said to be sold for five or six million US dollars. We cooperate, and with our promotion and operation resources, Uniasia's 30% share is definitely stronger than selling it with a hammer."

After that, Li Mu said to Li Ziwei: "You contact the people at Warner America, and they say that I am interested in buying back the English remake copyright of "Infernal Affairs" from them, and the price is double their original transaction price. "

Li Mu felt that if Huanya could calm down and look at the problem, it would be the best thing for him to use "Infernal Affairs" to cooperate with him. As for why he wanted to reduce their share to 30%, it was because he had to make more profits. The space is taken out to the theaters in North America, so as to be able to occupy a sufficient advantage in the arrangement of films.

The box office of "Mr. Zombie" looks very high, but most of the revenue goes to the theater and Lucas. What Makino Imaging can really get is only a small head, and in order to promote this movie, the Muying Ticketing System is now in North America provides a 5% box office subsidy for this movie, which reduces the revenue ratio by another 5%. In addition, daily lottery draws also need to pay a lot of costs. "Mr. Zombie" has "Plants vs. Zombies Online" This great favorable condition has to pay such a price to succeed, not to mention "Infernal Affairs".

If Uniasia can’t even understand this level, and all he can think about is to make more money, then he can do whatever he wants. Then he will buy the copyright of the English remake from Warner, and then cooperate with DreamWorks. Engage in the American version of Infernal Affairs.

As early as February of this year, Warner Bros. purchased the remake copyright of "Infernal Affairs", and the transaction price was US$1.75 million, setting a record for the transaction amount of the remake copyright of a Hong Kong film at that time.

If it proceeds according to the normal rhythm, the Hollywood version of the film will be officially launched next year, but Warners is relatively unlucky this year. The "promotion of extreme Bushido spirit" caused by "The Last Samurai" has given Warners a huge blow. Up to now Warner's reputation has yet to recover.

In addition, director Edward Zwick, and starring Tom Cruise's future in the film industry, also suffered a huge blow because of this film, which also made other Hollywood stars throw their hats on Warner. Currently Warner It is still the target of public criticism from audiences around the world. Even if an actor who cooperates with Warner Bros. opens a completely positive movie, it will attract infamy on the Internet. After all, Warner took the money of the Japanese chaebol to make "The Last Samurai" to promote fascism to the world. The extreme Bushido spirit has brought a lot of hatred to Warner around the world, and it is impossible to relax without holding his tail between his tails and being honest for a while.

Moreover, the incident of "The Last Samurai" also caused a great shock to Warner's executives. Li Mu speculated that Warner's current rhythm in film and television will be greatly affected. version is still a big problem.

At this time, Warner should not hold on to a film that has not yet been officially approved, and its own film ticketing system currently controls the cash-out of the box office in North America. Warner has to give itself a bit of face.

Li Mu's plan is to use Makino Imaging and DreamWorks to jointly invest in the filming after buying the copyright from Warner Bros., and then ask Martin Scorsese to direct the film, and then make Leonardo and Matt. Both Damon and Tom Hanks came to play the play. Leonardo will also play the role of Liang Chaowei, Matt Damon will still play the role of Liu Dehua, and Tom, who is older Hanks, played the role of Huang Qiusheng.

After watching the American version of "Infernal Affairs" in his last life, Li Mu always felt that in the American version of "Infernal Affairs", Martin Sheen, who originally played the role of Huang Qiongsheng, felt a little weak in the movie as a whole. If you replace it with an old drama like Tom Hanks, the effect will definitely be even better.

Moreover, Li Mu's desire to make the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is a bit of a thief. First of all, this is a remake of a Chinese movie, which is a good recognition for the quality of Chinese movies. In addition, the American version of "Infernal Affairs" in his previous life " won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

In fact, Leonardo had two films nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars, one was the American version of "Infernal Affairs" and the other was "Blood Diamond". Because the same actor can only be nominated for one film, he was finally nominated. It's "Blood Diamond," which means that if the two films hit the Oscars separately, each would be nominated for Best Actor.

Since Oscar adopts a lobbying system, when competing for awards, in addition to the quality of the actors and the movie itself, it is also necessary to rely on the resources behind it. Harvey is a strong player in the Oscars, but unfortunately it is notorious now. Li Mu has money in his hands and has enough influence in the world, and he also has partners such as Spielberg and DreamWorks, as well as the artifact rooted in the cinema terminal such as the Muye ticketing system, combined with the "Infernal Affairs". The script, combined with the influence of Martin Scorsese, combined with the influence of Leonardo and Tom Hanks, won the four awards that the American version of "Infernal Affairs" had successfully won. It is definitely not a big problem. of.

Moreover, if there is no "Blood Diamond" to grab resources, Leonardo will definitely be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar through the American version of "Infernal Affairs", and then he will devote some more resources to mediating and lobbying to help Leonardo. It is not impossible to win one more Oscar winner!

If the American version of "Infernal Affairs" invested by Li Mu can win the five Oscar awards of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, it will definitely be the biggest winner of the current Oscar. Moreover, at that time, the investor and producer of this film will be Makino Imaging from China!

Huaxia's movies, Huaxia's directors, Huaxia's actors, and Huaxia's capital all have their own "Oscar dreams". If they operate successfully, then the American version of "Infernal Affairs" operated by Huaxia Capital may be available for Huaxia Capital and Huaxia Capital in advance. Huaxia's film company realizes their "Oscar dream"!