Chapter 999 Profit
France, in the winery, in the morning.
In early September, it was still a little hot outside.
Liao Liao and Xie Bing went to see the new winery that Xie Bing bought together. Under the big tree outside the villa, a pot of Chinese black tea was brewed. Li Qian and John Dyce both lit cigars. Qi Jie stood next to Li Sit down, the meeting begins.
Start talking about the least disagreeable things first.
That is the distribution rights of "Dragon Inn".
Since the establishment of Oriental Dream Film Company, it has been managed by John Days. Now the company does not participate in the production of many films, and only invests in two small-cost independent films. John Days has a good vision and makes a small profit. , but in fact the bulk of Dongfang Meng's income, or the company's current main business direction, is distribution.
The agent distribution of "Once Upon a Time" in Europe and the United States, and actively participated in the distribution of "The Matrix" in North America, and fully authorized the distribution of this film in Europe, Africa and Latin America, is an oriental dream The masterpiece of the film company.
The success of "The Matrix", needless to say, "Once Upon a Time" is actually a very lucrative project.
The box office of this film in North America is not good, but it is not bad in Europe, especially, regardless of Europe or North America, the DVDs of these two oriental kung fu movies can be described as big sellers!
In another time and space, the DVD of Tsui Hark's version of "Once Upon a Time" sold well in the United States, not to mention that the director of this version is Li Qian. The quality of the finished film is much higher than Tsui Hark's version, and the DVD is naturally a big seller.
There are two reasons: first, there are many Chinese in Europe and the United States, and these people are a large consumer group for Kung Fu movies; There are quite a few audiences who are curious about the mysterious aura, and they especially like to collect this type of DVD.
With the popularity of "The Matrix" and Zhou Baoshan's popularity in Europe and the United States, the DVDs of the two parts of "Once Upon a Time" that have been released have seen another surge in sales.
The dividends here are, of course, shared by Oriental Dream and Minghu Culture.
But the problem is, no matter how powerful John Days is and how powerful his connections are, he will be nothing compared to Columbia, which is already a Hollywood super production company and distribution company.
In the previous big meals, Columbia didn’t even share a drop of broth, but now, "Dragon Inn" is another Kung Fu blockbuster produced by Minghu Culture. It has exploded at the box office in China, East Asia and Southeast Asia. Glenn Xia Er immediately said: This pot of soup deserves a share from Colombia!
Of course, John Days explained to him patiently: Kung Fu movies and martial arts movies are two different concepts and cannot be generalized. Although "Once Upon a Time" and "Dragon Inn" are both filming Chinese Kung Fu, they are also Two completely different styles. "Huang Feihong" made money in Europe and the United States, but "Dragon Inn" is not necessarily—but it's useless, Colombia asked to act as an agent for "Dragon Inn" in all places around the world, except East Asia and Southeast Asia. distribution rights.
John Dyce nearly exploded.
But before they quarreled, Li Qian made a decision. The release and distribution of "Dragon Inn" in the United States belonged to Columbia, DVD distribution, Oriental Dream VI, and Columbia IV. But in Europe, it was the other way around. Six, oriental dream four.
Well, both sides are reluctantly agreeing.
The second thing is the investment issue of the second part of "The Matrix".
Without waiting for them to quarrel again, Li Qian made a decision directly: Allow Columbia to join in, and Dongfangmeng will give up a part of the investment share, but as a price, the European release of the second part of "The Matrix" will continue to be handed over to Dongfangmeng, and Columbia will not Don't worry about it anymore, and the distribution in North America will continue to be jointly done by the two companies.
The matter was settled again.
The third thing is who will Li Qian film for next.
It was Li Qian who made the decision directly: I am still waiting for the technology for the movie I am going to make next. The technology is not very mature yet, and once it starts shooting, it will cost a lot of money. Therefore, Minghu Culture will invest 60%, and Columbia will invest 100%. Thirty percent, Dongfangmeng invests 10%, let's share the risk.
As for the more than a dozen film production plans prepared by Colombia, Li Qian didn't even look at it, and said directly: I don't have time.
Benefits are divided.
When Liao Liao and Xie Bing came back from the neighboring winery, they were already drinking tea and chatting happily.
Although Columbia failed to win Li Qian to make a movie in Columbia, they not only got the investment rights for the second part of "The Matrix", and the distribution rights that will be started, but also won Li Qian's next big production They have also snatched a large piece of investment and distribution rights from the Oriental Dream Film Company for a piece of meat right in front of them, the European and American distribution rights of "Dragon Inn". It can be said that this time, Glenshire Most of the goals of the trip have been successfully completed, of course he is very happy.
In his view, this is an indispensable piece of fat on the way to Colombia's revival in the next few years.
John Dyce seemed frustrated, but in fact he knew that Dongfangmeng was too small in terms of size. After Minghu Culture completed the acquisition of Columbia, the thing he was most worried about was that Minghu Culture would want Integrate Oriental Dream Film Company into Columbia's European and American systems.
Columbia has Glenshire. If he enters the Colombian system, he will not be qualified and will not be able to reach the top within a few years, but keep Dongfangmeng, especially Minghu, the most important agent of Dongfangmeng. With the business of distributing a series of cultural films in Europe and the United States, he can continue to occupy a very important place in the film kingdom of "Minghu Culture-Columbia".
What's more, with this distribution right, Dongfangmeng's profits are very high, and he holds shares in this company, which of course means that he can obtain great wealth growth every year.
So, don't complain on the surface, but he is actually very happy in his heart.
As for Qi Jie... These decisions were made by Li Qian directly, and Li Qian also made it clear that the focus of his next work would be on Minghu Culture, so of course she had nothing to be unhappy about.
After having lunch together, the driver drove Glenshire away, and John Deiss also took another car back to Paris. Next, the release of "Dragon Inn" in Europe began. Li Qian and Qi Jie, Liao Liao, and Xie Bing sat down together. Talking about the meeting held in the morning, Xie Bing was very happy and said: "Although it is my own company, but you should be counted on being invited by a big Hollywood company to make a film so proactively." one?"
Li Qian laughed, shook his head, and said, "What's the matter, you're still going to be proud!"
Xie Bing was puzzled. In her opinion, this is of course something to be proud of!
But Qi Jie explained to her with a smile, "Although Li Qian has proved that he can make that kind of movie that sells well all over the world, he is a Chinese director after all, so let him go to the United States to make movies with pure American aesthetics." Oriented movies, after all, are still risky! Besides, Glenn Shire’s invitation is actually just to express his opinion, do you really think he really wants Li Qian to make a movie for Columbia?”
Xie Bing was puzzled again.
Qi Jie had no choice but to continue to explain, "Columbia has a large scale, and there are many production plans every year, but Hollywood's production standards are absolutely producer-centered. , it’s the producer who has the final say. The producer is appointed by Columbia. Then Li Qian used to be the boss of Columbia. He must be the first producer. Even Glenn Shire couldn’t interfere with him. How to shoot! Now that Glenshire has just straightened out the company, you say at this time, even if Li Qian’s movies are sure to make money, how could he be willing to let Li Qian go there, completely out of his control? Make a movie? And, once Li Qian goes to the United States, will he want to interfere in the internal operation of Colombia? Will Glenshire be willing to let him go to be the emperor?"
Xie Bing suddenly realized, thought for a long time, and said: "You are all really amazing!"
Obviously, let Xie Bing do such a thing of hiding each other's minds and testing each other, and she thinks that she can only be cheated to death.
Everyone laughed.
Everyone has their own way of survival. Xie Bing's way of survival is that her mind is very simple but very clean. Everyone is willing to treat her well. Moreover, from the very beginning when she knew Li Qian, she was very willing to snuggle up to Li Qian, and to be a dodder clinging to his big tree—I think back then, Zhou Mo and Liao Liao were both aggressive, Li Qian was just taken down, but Xie Bing was not, she was taken down by Li Qian.
Facts have proved that she is a girl with such a simple mind. She has been escorted by Li Qian all these years, and she has skyrocketed all the way. If there is no Li Qian, in a chaotic entertainment circle, where can she go? It's hard to say whether he will be cheated into pieces if he stands out like this.
After feeling "you are all so sophisticated and complicated", she put the matter aside for a while, and when Li Qian casually asked about the promotion and box office of "Dragon Inn", thank you Bing immediately jumped up again and said, "Wow, broke 300 million? So fast?"
She said: "I also really like that movie, Xiao Yu's acting is really good, and Director Jin's filming is also really good!"
Then she said to Li Qian, "Director Jin is really amazing!" Then she asked Qi Jie, "With the success of this movie, is Director Jin going to become a great director?"