Reborn Resource Tycoon

Chapter 425 Introducing "Terminator 2" to China

Fang Mingyuan didn't need to worry about how Luo Xianli, Yu Linsheng, and Lu Liang would imagine after they went back. The reason why Fang Mingyuan invited them today was mainly for two reasons. It's an honor to see movies that others can't, isn't it?The other is to let them open their eyes to see the outside world. Americans have even developed the production cost of movies to hundreds of millions of dollars. It can be said that China has been left far behind.Socialism is good, not just talking empty words, but showing real results to prove that our social system is better than the other

However, inviting Cameron to film a tourism resource introduction film for Yazhou was not Fang Mingyuan's temporary idea, but something he had already considered before.As for the inspiration, it naturally came from Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games in later generations. It's just that the famous Chinese director's career can only be said to have just started, so Cameron, who will be in full swing, has become Fang Mingyuan's best choice at present.

Of course, it is not an easy task for Cameron to make an introduction film about tourism resources in Yazhou.Cameron's temper is well-known in American Hollywood. If you want him to be the director and shoot a "commercial", I'm afraid few people dare to guarantee it.But this is not difficult, Fang Mingyuan already has a score in his heart.

This year is 4000, and Fang Mingyuan remembers it very clearly. In 800 in his previous life, another milestone movie in the history of American movies officially started shooting. Its budget reached 5000 million U.S. dollars. The amount that the executives of the big film companies are also staggering, this is only the initial amount, but in fact, its shooting cost has reached an unprecedented [-] million US dollars, which does not include more than [-] million US dollars for publicity, To this end, Cameron also gave up his director's fee of [-] million yuan.That is to say, based on normal circumstances, the cost of this movie is more than [-] million U.S. dollars
With such a large number, this plan is extremely risky for [-]th Century Fox.Company leaders worried that "Titanic" would repeat the tragedy of "Heaven's Gate".The film, which was very expensive at the time, failed financially, even resulting in the sale of United Artists, the company that produced it at the time.At the same time, some people could not express their doubts about Cameron's directorial style, and even suggested that he should be replaced.But by that time, [-]th Century Fox had no choice. If Cameron was not replaced, the film might still succeed, but if Cameron was replaced, who would be able to take over Cameron's work at this time?

As a result, 6500th Century Fox sold the distribution rights of "Titanic" in the United States to Paramount Pictures for $[-] million.And this deal, Paramount Pictures, later earned at least double the net profit

Although it is said that "Titanic" was officially filmed in 90, James Cameron has always been interested in shipwrecks. , in the early [-]s, he began to pay attention to the Titanic, he felt the potential of this story, and even said that the story of the sinking of the Titanic is a "great, realistic novel."

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan has full confidence in using this bait to catch Cameron.

"It really is an extremely beautiful place, the Hawaii of the East." Standing on the shore of Wuzhizhou Island, looking at the sea on the Tianshui line and the two nearby bays, Cameron made no secret of his admiration Feelings.Such a beautiful scenery is rare even in the United States
"Fang Shao's business talent is really outstanding. I believe that this place will definitely become a world-renowned tourist attraction in the future," Gore on the side also praised sincerely.Gore, who was wearing a bathing suit, was not very young anymore, but his curvy figure was still quite eye-catching.Fortunately, this place is Wuzhizhou Island, which belongs to Fang Mingyuan's private territory, and there are no foreign tourists, otherwise, it will definitely attract the attention of many people.Fang Mingyuan couldn't help secretly admiring that the profession of directing is indeed a profession that sees all kinds of beauties.

"Thank you for your good words. I think so too, so I invest here. I believe that when you two come here next year, you will find that this place will look different." Fang Mingyuan smiled confidently .

Gore turned his eyes and said: "Dear Fang, this time he and I came to your country in person. On the one hand, he hopes to hear your opinion again before the movie is released, and the facts have proved that his It is undoubtedly right to stick to it. Your opinion plays an important role in the perfection of this movie. On the other hand, we also want to hear your opinion, whether "Terminator 2" can enter China's movies market?"

For China, a huge market with a population of nearly one billion, Americans can be said to be salivating, and the film industry is naturally no exception.But decades of closure have made it impossible for American films to openly enter the Chinese market.Although it is said that since the reform and opening up, Chinese people have relaxed a lot of controls on import and export, but the ban on audio-visual products has still not been resolved.If "Terminator" is the first movie to enter China through normal channels, it will be a rare opportunity for both the Halcyon Film Company, Gore and Cameron personally.
"Splitting film" Fang Mingyuan's mind immediately showed the pattern of Chinese importing American movies in his previous life.

Account-sharing movies, as the name suggests, are a movie that distributes a certain percentage of box office revenue from screenings in other countries.For example, when an American film is screened on the Huaxia Film Market, Huaxia Film does not pay for its copyright, but pays the American film company in the form of a split account.

This change was made in [-]. In order to change the depression of the Chinese film market at that time, the boss of the China Film Corporation at that time proposed to the Radio, Film and Television Bureau to import first-class foreign films in the form of internationally accepted box office splits. Screening, and then use this income to support the development of China's domestic film industry.At the end of that year, the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television approved this proposal, allowing the import of ten films each year that "basically reflect the achievements of the world's outstanding civilization and the achievements of contemporary films", which opened the door of the Chinese film market to the world, of course. , mainly the gates of Hollywood in the United States.

Fang Mingyuan remembered that some media had reported this matter at the beginning. At that time, referring to the internationally accepted form of box office sharing, among the income sharing ratios of all parties involved in imported blockbuster movies, the ratio that the producers, that is, American film companies, could get was about 30.00% %Several.Moreover, in order to quickly occupy the Chinese market, the producers of imported blockbuster films also bear the cost of publicity.

It is this change that has gradually opened the door to the Chinese film market, and the majority of Chinese people can finally watch the latest world films just like the citizens of European and American countries.Although, later on, many Chinese people believed that the Americans used the tool of film to carry out cultural aggression to the whole world, including China, and tried their best to export American culture, so as to influence the perception of the United States by the nationals of various countries.

But Fang Mingyuan believes that this system, in the final analysis, has broadened the horizons of the Chinese people, and truly made the Chinese people realize that movies can still be made like this, and the foreign world looks like this

As for the cultural aggression those people say, if you watch a few American movies a year, you will be captured by American culture and become a yellow-skinned and white-hearted banana man, then it can only prove the "socialism" that has been sung since kindergarten. Good", after more than ten years of continuous education in elementary school, middle school, and university, it is still not worth the short dozens of hours of "indoctrination" of thoughts, which proves the failure of China's education and proves our own. failures of tv movie makers
However, although Fang Mingyuan knew the direction of future development, for now, he didn't want to push it deliberately.In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, it will take time for the Kumho Group to grow.

"Theoretically, I think "Terminator 2" should be able to enter the Chinese film market. The reason is very simple. It can also be regarded as a Hong Kong-funded film, and it is not a big problem for Hong Kong-funded films to enter China." Fang Mingyuan said calmly.He is also telling the truth. With the entry into the 90s, and as the date of Hong Kong's return is approaching, the Chinese government's preferential treatment for Hong Kong is one after another.The smooth entry of Hong Kong films into the mainland is one of them.Of course, the scissors are essential.

Cameron and Gore's eyes immediately brightened. The two parties agreed to invest in the five-five-year investment, and each party accounted for 50.00% of the shares.I didn't expect to use it here

"I plan to do this. "Terminator 2" will definitely not be released in the United States and China at the same time. Therefore, before it enters China, the external publicity will be funded on a five-to-five basis. But when the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television of China requests approval, Jin The Lake Group will claim that after the final calculation, the Hong Kong side of "Terminator 2" invested one dollar more than your company, so our shares are more than 50.00% and your shares are 40.00% 50.00... , infinitely close to 2%. In this case, I think the possibility of "Terminator [-]" being approved will greatly increase." Fang Mingyuan couldn't help laughing at the end.

Gore and Cameron also couldn't help laughing. Although the advantage of 5000/[-] million in the investment amount is still a little bit more after all, in a real sense, it is completely negligible for both parties.But this gave Huaxia Radio and Television Department a good step.They also know that sometimes, just such an inconspicuous step is enough to change the fate of a movie.

"Fang, I think you have premeditated it." Cameron laughed. If "Terminator 2" can be successfully released in Chinese movie theaters, then it will be the first official movie in decades. American films that have entered China through channels, this alone is enough to make Cameron leave another strong mark in the history of American films.Even a hundred years later, when it comes to this period of history, no one can avoid Cameron.

Fang Mingyuan smiled lightly, without admitting it, and of course, he didn't deny it either.

Indeed, as Cameron said, he took this into consideration from the very beginning. The producer of "Terminator 2" has undergone a fundamental change from the previous life from the very beginning. The involvement of Kumho Group has covered it with a layer of Hong Kong-funded cloak. , it doesn't do anything else.But with this coat, "Terminator 2" has sufficient reasons to enter China.

First of all, there are not many scenes in "Terminator 2", but there is a lot of violence, but for Chinese people who grew up watching "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", it may be difficult to understand whether Americans can shoot for John. , and had been arguing for a long time.

Secondly, "Terminator 2" promotes anti-nuclear ideas, which has no reason to reject the Chinese government, which has promised not to use nuclear weapons first and has passed nuclear crises several times in history.

Third, in any case, Hong Kong capital occupies half of the country in "Terminator 2", and Kumho is the fastest-rising film company in the Hong Kong film industry, and it has a close relationship with the original old film companies in Hong Kong. With the close cooperative relationship and the background of the Guo family, even if the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television wants to refuse, it has to think twice before acting question.

"Ms. Gower, James, but I want to remind you not to put too much hope on China's box office. The income of the people here is still very low. It is impossible to pay the high ticket price in the United States to watch a movie. The ticket price must be It is in line with China's national conditions," Fang Mingyuan said solemnly and authentically.

Cameron shrugged. He is just the director, and the ticket price is not his business.

Ms. Gore pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Fang, I don't think this is a big problem. To be honest, we didn't have much hope for China's film market. If it weren't for you and Ms. Yu, We will give up the Huaxia film market. Although people always want to gain both fame and fortune, I think that if we can get one of them without losing money, the company's board of directors can accept such a result." Anyway. Everyone is half and half. If Halcyon Films doesn't get much money, so will Kumho. Gore thinks clearly.

Fang Mingyuan clapped his hands together, and said happily, "Then it's a deal."