Chapter 560 I Really Didn’t Plan to Make an Inspirational Film! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

At this time, Hao Yun was playing World of Warcraft in the office, and was beaten up by several Alliance pigs in Tarren Mill.

Wu Laoliu came over with Dong Ping.

"Uncle Dong..."

Hao Yun raised his head and smiled brightly at Dong Ping.

This guy is the producer of "Whiplash".

When Hao Yun came back, he stayed there to sell the film. Now he came back to China to find Hao Yun, it must be that the overseas copyright of "Whiplash" has been figured out.

"Just call me Lao Dong." Dong Ping shook hands with him.

I don't know why, but I feel that Uncle Dong sounds very uncomfortable.

When they first met, Hao Yun was a rookie, and it was only for Jiang Wen's face that Dong Ping became the producer of "Heart Labyrinth".

At that time, Hao Yun called Jiang Wen uncle, because he and Jiang Wen were brothers, so he also called him uncle.

But now Hao Yun's development momentum makes him feel that this title is hot.

If nothing unexpected happens, as long as Hao Yun keeps producing an award-winning film every two or three years, he will be the next Jiang Wen when he is in his thirties or forties.

Let little Jiang Wen call him uncle?

In addition, some of Hao Yun's films no longer allow him to be the producer. If Dong Ping still regards himself as an elder, he may drift away from him in the future.

Therefore, lowering his posture appropriately is an effective way for him to return to Hao Yun's core circle.

"How can this be? Uncle Dong, you have helped me so much. Now that I have made some money, I change my words to call you Lao Dong. That's too inhuman."

In fact, Dong Ping thought too much. Hao Yun really didn't take the titles of uncle and brother seriously.

If Li Jiacheng could give him 10 billion, it would be fine to call him Li Jiacheng's second master.

"No matter what you call me, don't call me Uncle Dong. I feel uneasy..." Dong Ping insisted. He was just a broker and had some skills in selling movies.

But as Hao Yun became more and more famous, his role in the middle became smaller and smaller.

Now selling movies is no longer based on his connections and experience, but on Hao Yun's hardcore publicity that keeps winning awards.

"What's wrong with this? Then I'll call you Mr. Dong." Hao Yun was speechless.

It's too incongruous to keep talking and nagging. You see, Uncle Jiang doesn't have this kind of trouble. If he changes his name to Brother Jiang, he will definitely be beaten up.

"Okay, you can call me Mr. Dong or Mr. Dong. I mainly want to talk about two things today."

Dong Ping also knew that Hao Yun was busy just after returning, so he stopped beating around the bush and took out the information and introduced it:

"... These companies plan to jointly win the overseas copyright of "Whiplash", and the bid is 3.5 million US dollars..."

"Uncle Dong... Mr. Dong, what do you think of this price?" Hao Yun thought it was okay.

The cost of "Whiplash" was only 8 million RMB. At the beginning of 2006, 1 US dollar was exchanged for 7.9718 RMB, which means that one million US dollars can make back the cost of Whiplash.

The other two hundred and fifty are all earned.

The eight producers will share the money, and each will receive RMB 3.5 million (RMB 1 million in capital + RMB 2.5 million in profit).

"It's unlikely to be higher. The European and American copyright of "The Thousand Faces" was sold for 8 million US dollars, but that was because of Fang Long, otherwise it would not be sold for 1 million. "Shaolin Soccer" only sold for 1.5 million US dollars."

Dong Ping has done his best. No matter how high the amount is, it will only be a few hundred thousand US dollars more.

The most important thing is that Hao Yun's previous film "The Labyrinth of Heart" did not make much money for overseas distributors, so the new film will naturally not sell at a high price.

And he hurried back for other things.

"Then 3.5 million US dollars is OK, so let's do it." Hao Yun made the final decision. His principle is that as long as he doesn't lose money, it's fine.

"Then there's the remake rights. There are quite a few film companies interested in this, so it was sold for one million dollars."

Dong Ping paused and added: "In 2003, Warner Bros. Pictures won the bid for the remake rights of "Infernal Affairs" at a price of 1.75 million US dollars. The movie they made is called "The Departed", directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Matt Damon. It has been completed and will be released in the middle of the year."

"One million, that's pretty good." Hao Yun's eyes lit up.

Last time, the overseas copyright was only sold for 1 million US dollars, and the adaptation rights were 200,000 US dollars.

This time, the overseas copyright was sold for 3.5 million, and the adaptation rights were sold for 1 million, which can be said to be a surprise.

4.5 million?

350% return on investment!

He's rich.

Three consecutive movies have made money. Hao Yun thinks his parents didn't give him the wrong name.

"If you agree, you still need to sign these two documents, and then there is another very important thing..."

Dong Ping took out the documents. He was also one of the investors.

He worked with Hao Yun to make three movies that were released, and the return rate was amazing, which made him worth tens of millions.

"What's the matter?" Hao Yun asked while signing.

"I'm curious, why did you make the judgment that "Whiplash" would have a bleak box office?"

Dong Ping hurried back just for this matter.

Several producers of the movie were looking for him to discuss and asked him to find Hao Yun to confirm this matter.

"Because of the theme of music, and it's a drum set, if I had chosen guqin or guzheng at that time, it might have been better."

Hao Yun thought about changing the instrument, but the system rewarded him with a whole set of soundtracks, which he couldn't use after changing.

Moreover, many details of the script given by the system were all based on instruments such as drums.

In order not to cause the plot to be inconsistent, Hao Yun had to bite the bullet and keep it as it was, giving up the box office results and pinning his hopes on overseas copyrights.

Facts have proved that Hao Yun won the gamble.

If it was a guqin or guzheng, the overseas copyright might not be sold at such a high price.

"I found some comments on the Internet and printed them out together. You can take a look." Dong Ping took out another document, which was all film reviews, viewing experience, and some complaints from the Internet.

Hao Yun took it and wondered if there could be any reversal in this matter?

The script given by the system was obviously a foreign script, and the protagonists were also foreign names such as Andrew and Fletcher.

In addition to the theme of drums and jazz, Cao Yuanzheng's abnormal character creation, and the depressing atmosphere throughout the process, Hao Yun judged that the box office would not be too good.

Dirty and good crawling all over the floor: I have learned drums for several years. Today, I saw the movie "Whiplash". I was filled with emotion. It was filmed so well and the soundtrack was also very nice.

Qian Doudou: Are you sick? The cinema here has two shows a day, one at 7:30 in the morning and one at 10:30 in the evening. How can I take my children to watch it?

No conspiracy, uncomfortable, Ski: The movie is a good movie, but there are too few screenings. Only the largest cinema in our city has it, and there is only one show. I haven't grabbed a ticket yet.

Dushupochaxiang: I made an appointment with a girl. After watching "Huo Yuanjia" and before it was time to check in, I watched the movie "Whiplash". After watching it, I went back to play drums. It turns out that it was the girl who affected my level.

Taiji Kaka: If I could have met a teacher like this when I was in school, I would not have failed to get into Peking University.

Hate that ice cannot turn into water and turn into rain: I took my son in the third year of high school to watch it and he cried.

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Hao Yun got some useful information from hundreds of comments.

First, the movie is good, and perhaps because Dong Ping deliberately selected it, the audience's feedback on the movie itself is generally positive.

The story is not difficult to understand. Although everyone is not interested in drums, we are not without drums.

If you don't understand jazz, just treat it as a drum for beating gongs and drums, and it won't affect the viewing.

Second, most viewers watched the movie as an inspirational film. Many comments said that they took their children to watch it. Some regretted that they didn't meet such a strict teacher, and some thanked the strictness of their teachers in their school days.

People like to watch inspirational stories and movies, not because they expect to see people succeed through hard work, which can only be defined as fairy tales.

Instead, they want to see the protagonist's indomitable spirit and resistance, so as to gain strength.

There is only one kind of heroism in the world, that is, to love life after knowing the truth of life.

This foreign script that Hao Yun thinks is actually not completely American culture, but has many intersections with Chinese education.

In the movie, Cao Yuanzheng's high-pressure tactics include but are not limited to extremely strict requirements, insults without limits, violent smashing of objects and high-intensity teaching rhythm.

Foreigners think it is abuse. When the movie was exhibited, the English name was set as "whiplash", which means "whipping".

However, in Confucian culture, we agree with "Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers".

Teachers are at the same level as parents and emperors. In traditional culture, teachers and parents are both right. This statement runs through the history of China for thousands of years.

Many people may have the impression that when parents send you to school or meet teachers, they always emphasize that teachers should not be polite and beat them hard and beat them to death (this is definitely a polite word).

From the middle of the film, blood runs through the end of the film.

Is blood just a symbol of hard work? No, it also represents the "price" of moving towards greatness.

China agrees with this "price", and there are too many famous aphorisms that repeatedly explain it.

Even in modern society, when quality education is advocated, there are still many parents who use their own personal experiences to hope that their children can also meet stricter teachers.

Hao Yun has repeatedly emphasized that "Whiplash" is not a simple inspirational film, and he does not advocate Cao Yuanzheng's teaching method.

He said it when he was interviewed in the mainland, and said it at the premiere in Berlin, and said it over and over again.

But the parents just ignored him.

Anyway, everyone who watched the movie on February 19 said that the movie was very inspirational and very suitable for taking children to watch.

Then everyone watched the movie as an inspirational movie.

Third, because the director Hao Yun did not value it, the producers did not take the box office too seriously out of trust in him. Therefore, although there are producers like Han Sanping and Wang Zhongjun, there are very few film schedules.

Smaller counties or theaters do not have copies at all.

Even if there are screenings in larger cities and theaters, the movie is not scheduled in prime time, so some parents have to get up early and stay up late to take their children to the cinema to learn from Brother Shen Yun.

Misjudgment!

Hao Yun scratched his head, feeling a little annoyed.

He was annoyed that he had made a wrong judgment, which cast a shadow on his image of Hao Batian, a wise and powerful man.

He was also annoyed that the audience did not take him, a director, seriously, and savagely distorted what he wanted to express.

I really didn’t plan to make an inspirational film!