Chapter 350

Chapter 350

The first thing Xu Mu thinks of is Global Pictures when it comes to foreign cooperative companies.

The previous cooperation with the other party was still very good.

Whether it's "Sea Pianist" or other movies.

The cooperation with Universal Pictures has been smooth.

Moreover, the final income is also quite substantial.

Yes, this is the most important thing.

Therefore, when Xu Mu thought of releasing the movie "Avatar" globally, he thought of Universal Pictures.

Therefore, Xu Mu directly contacted William from Global Films.

doodle.

"Hello, Mr. William, I'm Xu Mu."

"Oh Xu, my friend, hello."

"Mr. William, it's like this. I have a sci-fi blockbuster recently and I want to cooperate with you. Is it convenient to talk about it?"

"Very free."

"Okay, let's make an appointment and talk about the place,"

"no problem."

beep beep.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mu and William made an appointment to meet at the end of June.

And the meeting place is in Yanjing.

At the end of June, the samples of "Avatar" will probably come out.

At that time, Xu Mu will use the special effects system to deal with the special effects.

The effect of that kind of film will definitely explode.

Soon, the time came to the end of June.

It's time for Xu Mu and William to have an interview.

So, Xu Mu came to Yanjing by plane.

A high-end restaurant in Yanjing.

The environment of the restaurant is great, on the 72nd floor of the building.

From the restaurant, you can see the whole picture of Yanjing.

The scenery, don't be too beautiful.

Moreover, the decoration of the restaurant is also very good.

Everywhere exudes a high-end feeling.

Not only that, the restaurant also has live piano music playing.

The style is also quite good.

A seat by the window.

At this time, Xu Mu was sitting there, talking with a foreign man.

"Mr. William, thank you very much for coming here to discuss cooperation with me."

"Xu, you are being polite. We are friends, and friends don't need to say such polite words."

"Okay then, Mr. William, you can take a look at my movie sample first."

"OK."

After finishing speaking, Xu Mu handed the pie to William.

Then, William put on his earphones to watch the sample of "Avatar".

As for Xu Mu, he observed the changes in the other party's expression.

At first, the expression on William's face didn't change much.

At most, there is only a glimmer of expectation.

However, after watching the sample for more than two months, the expression on William's face became more and more colorful.

There are more and more surprised expressions.

It seemed that he was shocked by Xu Mu's new movie.

After watching it for about half an hour, William took off the earphones directly, and then said excitedly: "Xu, this movie must cooperate with our company."

"That's what we're talking about today!"

Xu Mu had expected William's excited reaction.

So, he said calmly.

"That's great, Xu, my friend."

After hearing Xu Mu's words, William laughed happily.

Moreover, the smile is very bright.

"William, you have seen my new movie, I wonder what conditions you can offer?"

Xu Mu was not interested in William's reaction.

What he cares about now is the conditions offered by the other party.

After all, cooperating with them is actually sending money to them.

For this movie, if Xu Muna cooperates with any distribution company, the conditions will definitely not be bad.

"Well, we can give you 10% of the net box office proceeds, plus fifty million dollars."

William pondered for a moment, and then announced a condition.

10% of the net box office proceeds?

To be honest, this condition has not met Xu Mu's expectations.

Because it is 10% of the net box office proceeds.

It means that excluding the movie theater share, publicity and distribution share costs, 10% of the final proceeds will be given to Xu Mu.

At first glance, this 10% is quite high.

But, listen carefully, that's ten points of net gain.

That's why Xu Mu felt that this condition was not enough.

As for 50 million US dollars, it is actually dispensable.

As long as the share goes up, 50 million is fine.

"William, your condition is a bit low."

Xu Mu shook his head, but did not agree with William's conditions.

"Xu, this condition is already very good. The price of 50 million U.S. dollars, we have never given such a price to Huaxia movies. Moreover, there has never been a Huaxia movie that exceeds 5 million U.S. dollars."

William spread his hands and tried hard to persuade.

He thought that the price he gave was too high.

At least, none of them had given such a high price to Huaxia movies before.

"No, no, William, this condition is not acceptable. To be honest, what I'm talking about is not the 50 million, but the proportion. Besides, I don't need the 50 million, but you can increase the proportion of the share to me. .”

Xu Mu raised his right index finger, shook it lightly and said.

I mean you misunderstood me.

After listening to Xu Mu's words, William said in a daze, "What, you don't want 50 million, but you want to increase the percentage?"

"That's right."

"Xu, how much do you want to improve?"

"William, I don't want 50 million. I only want 70% of your net box office revenue. What do you think?"

"What, are you crazy!"

When Xu Mu reported his request, William jumped up excitedly.

At the same time, he stared at Xu Mu with an expression of disbelief.

Seeing that the other party was so excited, Xu Mu was not in a hurry, but still said calmly: "Don't get excited, just sit down and listen to me slowly."

Under Xu Mu's comfort, William gradually stabilized his mood, and then sat down again.

"Let me ask you first, how is my science fiction film?"

"feel good."

"How does it compare to sci-fi in your country?"

"Well, whether it's the plot, the imagination, or the special effects, they are all great. It can be said that it is comparable to the top sci-fi films in our country."

"So, if you release this movie, you will make money 100% of the time. Moreover, this movie should not need to spend a lot of money to promote it.

All you have to do is to release this movie around the world.

I spent so much energy in filming and post-production, and got 70% of the net income, isn't that too much? "

Xu Mu looked at William who was staring at him seriously, and explained very seriously.

Moreover, when Xu Mu explained the reason, he found that William also nodded subconsciously.

However, after Xu Mu finished speaking, William still did not agree to his proposal: "No, Xu, what you said is not right. Although you made the film, you know that it is very difficult to release it globally.

Movie theaters in every country need us to contact and communicate.

The manpower and material resources spent on this are really huge.

Therefore, a 70% share is absolutely impossible! "

When William said these words, his tone and expression were very firm.

It seemed that it was impossible to distribute 70% to Xu Mu.

Seeing William's reaction, Xu Mu couldn't help but curl his mouth.

Then, he continued: "Since you said that, William, I only want 50% of the net income, which is already the bottom line of my cooperation. Moreover, I don't want the 50 million.

You also know that the box office of my movie will definitely not be low in the future.

So William, this is a surefire deal for you guys.

Moreover, if my film breaks a new world record at the box office, the box office share will be a drizzle for your company.

And the stock of your company is the greatest wealth.

I say that, you understand? "

70% of the net profit share, Xu Mu said it was so high on purpose.

And his real idea is a 50% share.

After all, before negotiating, the price must be raised.

Otherwise, how to bargain?

And William, after Xu Mu's last speech, did not continue to dance, but was thinking in silence.

After about three minutes, William said: "Okay, then do as you said, Xu."

"Pleasant cooperation, Mr. William."

"Happy cooperation, Xu."

Under Xu Mu's climax of negotiation skills, this cooperation was negotiated perfectly.

In fact, Xu Mu had already settled an account before.

If the domestic box office is excluded, the rest of the world's box office should total $1.7 billion.

Excluding the share of movie theaters, the global film industry can probably get about 800 million US dollars.

Then even if the publicity and labor costs of 100 million US dollars are removed.

Then, the net income can also reach 700 million US dollars.

And Xu Mu took half of the 700 million dollars, which is 350 million dollars.

This money is much higher than the sum of 50 million US dollars and 10% share.

Therefore, Xu Mu decided in advance that only 50% of the net income should be paid.

After negotiating cooperation with William, the contract can only be signed tomorrow.

After all, making and printing contracts is also an important thing.

After the cooperation talk, Xu Mu and William happily had dinner together.

During the period, when William was eating grilled steak with a knife and fork, he inadvertently asked Xu Mu: "Xu, I remember that you seem to be able to play the piano. There happens to be a piano here. Would you like to play it?"

"Forget it, stop playing."

Xu Mu shook his head repeatedly when he heard Wei Weilian's words.

play piano?

I don't have to play the piano all my life.

how to say.

Years ago, Xu Mu received an invitation to attend a piano exchange meeting in France.

Before I participated in this exchange meeting, I encountered the case of the Louvre Museum.

In order to solve the case, he paid a lot.

Moreover, there is almost no way to go home for the New Year!

So, now when Xu Mu heard the piano, his first reaction was to refuse.

That's right, it's rejection.

After that, William also invited Xu Mu to play the piano several times.

However, Xu Mu resolutely rejected them all.

In the end, the two left after eating.

The next day, Xu Mu and William signed a cooperation contract.

In order to sign the contract smoothly, Xu Mu specially invited lawyer Zhang Yida to check it out.

Finally, for the first time, lawyer Zhang Yida had a place to play on Xu Mu's side.

After the cooperation was negotiated, Xu Mu flew back to Hengcheng.

And William also flew back to the headquarters of Global Films to prepare for the global release of "Avatar".

At the beginning of July, all post-production of Avatar was completed.

As for Xu Mu, he also spent 500 million on a top-level special effects system.

For the movie "Avatar", Xu Mu has already done his best.

At the end of July, the movie "Avatar" passed the review of relevant departments.

The film is tentatively scheduled to be released worldwide on August 8.

Domestically, Xu Mu and Penguin are in charge.

Except for the rest of China, Global Pictures is in charge.

Before the movie was released.

online.

"Everyone, Xu Mu's new movie will be released in a few days, so excited!"

"Yeah, pre-sale tickets will be available on August 6th, and I must grab a movie ticket then."

"That's right, I want to set an alarm clock, and the robbery will start on time at twelve o'clock in the evening. Otherwise, I will definitely not be able to grab it."

"Looking forward to Xu Mu's new movie, I wonder what his sci-fi blockbuster will be like?"

"I'm looking forward to it. I seem to have read on the Internet that Director Xu's new movie will hit the title of the world's number one sci-fi movie. I don't know if it's true."

"Whatever the world's number one sci-fi movie, I don't care about that. The only thing I care about is whether Director Xu can still be punished this time."

"Punishment? Good guy, you use this word well!"

"I don't think director Xu will get into trouble with science fiction films, but whether the plot of this movie can come true is what I care most about."

"Wait, you'll know when the time comes, anyway, it's not a few days."

Xu Mu's new movie didn't take much effort to promote it, and the popularity on the Internet was frighteningly high.

Moreover, netizens are looking forward to his new movie.

After all, Xu Mu made everyone look forward to a lot.

It doesn't matter if Xu Mu is not punished, or the plot of the movie comes true.

Either one, can attract everyone to the cinema to support the film.

Soon, August 6th will arrive.

Just after twelve o'clock, the online pre-sale channel for the movie "Avatar" opened.

However, less than ten seconds passed, and all the online pre-sale tickets were gone.

That's right, advance tickets are gone in every movie theater across the country.

And all of this took less than ten seconds.

And this situation stunned everyone.

At the same time, many people who did not buy tickets complained.

"Fuck, isn't it, the pre-sale tickets will be gone in less than ten seconds?"

"Hey guy, I just showed that the network is busy, and then logged out and re-entered. Then I found that there is no movie ticket, which is too outrageous!"

"Yeah, I just closed my mind and opened the movie ticket ordering software, and then I found that the tickets are gone. The point is, I have changed several movie theaters and there are no tickets.

Even remote movie theaters that few people usually go to have no box office. Is this fake? "

"Yeah, it's scary! A movie theater here has at least 20 shows of "Avatar" on the first day. But I saw that there was no advance ticket. This, this"

"Terrifying, it's really terrifying. Is this the appeal of Director Xu? No, when the movie is released, I'm going to the cinema to see if I can get offline tickets."

"That's right, I'm going there too."

After the pre-sale tickets for the movie "Avatar" were sold out in ten seconds online, those netizens who didn't get the tickets were in a hurry.

They keep complaining and complaining, which is too scary!

After all, with so many movie theaters and shows, there is no ticket left.

Tell me, how do people accept this?

However, no matter how much they complain, there is no way to change the situation that movie tickets are sold out.

The only thing they can do is to continue grabbing the movie tickets for the second day of the screening tomorrow.

Or, wait for the first day of the show to go to the cinema to see if there are any offline tickets.