Chapter 1211 The Country Is Crazy (Part 2)

"You didn't intend to return the billions of investment?" Zhao Xiangbei wished he could rush along the phone line and grab Guo Tailai by the neck and ask him to teach him a lesson. Prodigals are not so prodigal.

"Please, Uncle." Guo Tailai had no choice but to teach Zhao Xiangbei a lesson: "This is a promotional video! A promotional video! To put it bluntly, it's an advertisement! Uncle Zhao, what is it about your company making a commercial and planning to make a lot of money? "

"Who have you seen that spends four to five billion dollars to make a commercial?" Zhao Xiangbei was furious. The fat man is not taking money as money anymore, is he inflated?

"Me!" Guo Tailai replied confidently.

"You!" Zhao Xiangbei suddenly didn't know what to say, he could only pant heavily, calmed down after a while, and asked worriedly: "Is this too risky? "

"Uncle, it's actually not that serious." Guo Tailai waited for Zhao Xiangbei to calm down before slowly explaining: "First of all, Uncle, you should know that this is James, and the probability of failure is very low for the film he made. None of them have been a failure so far.”

This is true, James is notorious for all kinds of overspending, but the only thing that really makes money is that it really reassures the studio bosses. But this does not guarantee complete profit, after all, the investment this time is too big.

"Even if it fails, it won't mean that everything is lost." Guo Tailai continued to explain to Zhao Xiangbei: "There will always be a part, half or even more than half, which should be sure."

Zhao Xiangbei nodded as well. It is not required to make money, but half of the cost is paid back. With James' reputation and level, it is still very possible to do it.

"In addition, each participating car company will also pay a part of the sponsorship fee." Guo Tailai continued: "The several models I designed, plus the domestic ones, each sponsorship fee of 10 million to 20 million US dollars, basically The cost of production here is about the same.”

"At the end of the day, the loss is at most a loss of tens of millions to 100 million dollars." Guo Tailai finally concluded: "But he advertised for so many cars, and it was an advertisement with great influence. And strict If you calculate it, besides the box office, the film also has sales of various peripheral DVDs, which can also generate income, but the cycle is long. Maybe it will not lose money in the end, but it has completed a large-scale advertising worldwide. Activities, why not do it?"

According to Guo Tailai's explanation, Zhao Xiangbei really felt relieved. Since there is no loss, and a worldwide advertising campaign is made, the biggest problem is that the payment cycle is a bit long, so of course it is a good thing? However, although Zhao Xiangbei didn't question Guo Tailai's words anymore, he still decided to ask an expert in the film and television industry to see if this was the case.

"I'll consult with my superiors to see if military vehicles can be filmed. If possible, we will also sponsor 20 million US dollars." Zhao Xiangbei himself can't decide whether LAPV can be filmed, after all, the test has not yet been completed. In fact, he didn't even know about the fifteenth knight. Although it claims to be for civilian use, sometimes the higher-ups are very strict about it, and they always have to apply in advance and get approval: "You'd better ask Mr. Zhang and Mr. Gao, See what they mean."

Of course Guo Tailai had to contact Mr. Gao. However, when he called Mr. Gao to explain what he meant, Mr. Gao's reaction was completely different from that of Zhao Xiangbei.

"Fatty!" Mr. Gao was quite surprised, but also very grateful: "I won't say much if I thank you. You helped us design the car, and you also helped us find ways to make it famous internationally. With your heart, I have you, Uncle Gao, in mind. Don't worry, I will go to consult with my superiors, as long as the superiors nod, I will pay as much sponsorship money as possible."

When talking on the phone with Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang and Guo Tailai have been friends for many years, and more importantly, the two Hongqi cars of FAW are directly sold models. Of course, there is no question of whether they can be photographed. Zhang is always the most forthright. With a wave of his hand, the sponsorship amount of 20 million U.S. dollars, the majestic FAW red flag, really didn't take this sponsorship fee seriously.

After making a round of phone calls, Guo Tailai realized that they are all willing to pay more sponsorship fees in China, while Lamborghini and Ferrari only paid 10 million US dollars. Anyway, for now, everyone's agreement is just a preliminary agreement of verbal wishes, and the amount will be re-negotiated when the production team starts to be built.

Guo Tailai simply thought that as long as he greeted the three car companies, he would decide on the car that could be photographed, so he didn't think it was such a big deal. After the phone call, Guo Tailai obediently returned to Geneva. Then continue to receive customers. This year's Spring Festival is on February 12th, at least until February 7th, Guo Tailai has to spend it in a busy way.

However, Guo Tailai still underestimated the domestic reaction, especially the reaction in the film and television industry.

Zhao Xiangbei was afraid that Guo Tailai would lose all his money, so after Guo Tailai explained, he asked a friend in the film and television industry to ask how to pay back the film. Zhao Xiangbei's friend certainly couldn't be a random small character in the circle, at least at the level of the boss of a film and television company. After listening to Zhao Xiangbei's consultation, I thought it was Zhao Xiangbei who wanted to invest, so I immediately introduced it to Zhao Xiangbei without any effort.

However, at this time, the overall domestic box office has not yet risen, the general environment has not developed, and there are not enough theaters. In total, the total domestic box office for the whole year of 2001 was only 890 million yuan. As for DVD and other movie peripherals, there are even fewer and pitiful, almost none, there are only three melons and two dates, and all of them will not exceed one billion.

"If you invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie in Hollywood, besides the box office, is there any way to get back the cost?" Zhao Xiangbei asked seriously.

"Hollywood has a lot of talk, TV rights, DVDs, and now it is said that there are also online copyrights, and there are many channels." Zhao Dong's friend quickly introduced: "Hollywood's copyright protection is much stricter than ours. However, Zhao Dong, Hollywood Are there any films with an investment of hundreds of millions? "Terminator 3"?"

"Oh! A new film invested by my friend." Zhao Dong replied casually: "It's a racing car, I'm thinking about sponsoring it."

"Hollywood? New racing movie?" Director Zhao's friend, as the head of a film and television company, how could he not know about such a big news? Suddenly, surprises added up: "The big director James' racing car blockbuster that just came out? Director Zhao, did your friend invest in it?"

"Yes!" After all, Zhao Xiangbei is not in this industry. He only knows that director James is good, but he really doesn't know how good he is. The box office of 1.8 billion US dollars is indeed a lot, but Zhao Dong's one-year handling fee is much more than this figure, so he really didn't take it to heart.

"Director Zhao!" The friend was anxious: "Since it's your friend, can you help me out and see if we need domestic actors? Supporting roles are also fine!"