my time as a director

With an investment of up to 1.9 million yuan, Thomas certainly remembers that today, when the Transformers series is popular all over the world, there are also many mecha movies.

"Of course, no problem." Thomas nodded happily.

"An investment of 1000 million US dollars, in exchange for 50% of the domestic box office revenue." Li Qian quoted a very reasonable price.

"Impossible!" Thomas vetoed without even thinking about it. What's the difference between this and Ming Qiang.

"Mr. Thomas, Transformers 2 is only 4 million yuan at the box office. Even if Pacific Rim sells for 6600 million yuan, what I can get is only [-] million yuan."

"That was two years ago, and Transformers 3 just won a box office of 10 billion."

"If Pacific Rim could be compared with Transformers 3, it wouldn't appear in front of me." Li Qian said with some disdain.

"Pacific Rim will be released in two years, and the market in your country will become bigger and bigger. Our expectation is at least [-] million box office!" Thomas argued.

"70 million yuan, [-]% income."

"60." With a box office of 5 million, the revenue of 60 is exactly [-] million.

"65, if Mr. Thomas is acceptable, let's move on to the next question."

"OK!"

Thomas smiled and recovered the cost of more than 1600 million US dollars. Although it seemed to be a loss, the share of the co-production film was much higher, and with Li Qian promoting the film, the domestic box office was guaranteed.

The huge cost of $1.9 million, the risk is too great.

"Director Li, we will shoot Blue Bird and Xiangjiang, and other funds less than 30 will be the cost of your company's assistance in filming." Thomas explained how to solve the problem of 30 investment.

Li Qian nodded, "Then let's move on to the next question."

"Anything else?" Thomas asked puzzled.

"There is another condition for the co-production. There must be a Chinese actor in the leading role. I think the role of the Japanese heroine in the movie can be replaced by a Chinese actress." Li Qian laughed.

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Thomas looked at Li Qian in bewilderment, and dare to say that this is the heroine of a super Hollywood production with an investment of nearly [-] million US dollars.

Not only Thomas, but everyone else, even Du Yang felt a little unbelievable. Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi couldn't take this kind of role!

Li Qian ignored their strange eyes, and continued, "Since it can be a Japanese female character, then I don't think it's a problem to replace it with a Chinese actor who is also Asian."

"Director Li, this is an A-level production with an investment of [-] million yuan. There is no precedent for an actress from China to lead the leading role." Thomas suppressed the irony and emphasized it again.

"Mr. Thomas seems to be a bit forgetful, isn't Liu Yufei in King of Kung Fu?"

"Liu Yufei is one of the most famous actresses in your country, and that's for your domestic box office."

"Oh? Could it be that my fame and box office appeal are not as good as Liu Yufei's?" Li Qian wondered, and immediately shook his head, "If that's the case, Mr. Thomas can find Liu Yufei to cooperate with, I think she will be very happy."

"Uh...."

Thomas couldn't refute it. It's not that he didn't investigate. Liu Yufei only had a big hit from the Time Planning Bureau, and the director of this movie was Li Qian's executive director before, and he was his subordinate.

Other than that, the films he starred in didn't have any impressive results at all, let alone being on par with Li Qian.

"But Pacific Rim is a Japanese-style mecha, we need Japanese box office, and it is impossible to replace Japanese actresses." Thomas can only explain in this way.

"Hehe." Li Qian smiled.

Thomas asked, "Why is Director Li laughing?"

Li Qian said with some regret, "I laugh at your company's market research personnel, the dignified Warner Pictures, actually raised a bunch of waste. It's not much better, is your company just pointing at the box office?"

Of course Thomas knew, that's why this project was so risky, otherwise he wouldn't have appeared in front of Li Qian.

"This is a Japanese-style mech, adapted from a Japanese manga."

"There are countless similar film and television dramas and animations in Japan. This kind of mecha is not very attractive to Japanese audiences. Moreover, Japanese audiences prefer animated movies. Even if it is twice as much as Transformers 3, the box office of 5000 million US dollars is not enough. how?"

Li Qian said lightly, "5000 million US dollars is only 3 million yuan, but domestic audiences rarely see similar movies. It is not difficult to get [-] million box office, not to mention that I will also promote the movie. After two years, the Chinese market will further expand. , far less than this box office."

Thomas was still undecided, Li Qian thought for a while, and smiled, "Could it be that Japanese audiences will stop watching because there are no Japanese actors in the cast? Affect the box office of the film."

Speaking of Riben, Thomas had another look of arrogance on his face, what is Riben, he is just one of their younger brothers.

Thinking about it this way, what Li Qian said was indeed reasonable. Even Transformers couldn't sell at the box office in Japan, let alone other mecha movies.

Moreover, the Huaguo film market is increasing at a rate of 30% every year. Who knows what it will look like in two years, it will definitely be stronger than Japan's box office.

Moreover, Li Qian was named as the producer, and another actress from Huaguo would be able to sell well in Huaguo.

Isn't his purpose to use Li Qian to let Hollywood blockbusters attack the domestic film market!

Moreover, the protagonist of this movie is a mecha, and the replacement of Japanese actresses with Chinese actresses will not have a big impact on the box office of other countries and regions. Anyway, audiences in North America and Europe are not familiar with it.

Although I accepted Li Qian's idea in my heart, the conditions still had to be re-negotiated, after all, a heroine with a large investment of [-] million US dollars!

Finally, after some real negotiations, a verbal agreement was reached.

Li Qian invested about 2500 million U.S. dollars, or 1.5 million yuan, and received 75% of Pacific Rim's domestic box office revenue.

The box office needs to reach [-] million, and Li Qian can only get back the money after going out to publicize the proceeds.

The risk is a bit high, but Li Qian can accept it. There is a sequel to this film, and what's weird is that the heroine of the sequel has become Jing Tian.

Li Qian can roughly guess the result. The one who can make a sequel must be a big hit at the box office. It stands to reason that a big hit at the box office will not change actors, let alone such a serious matter as changing a Chinese actress.

But it happened to be changed, which shows that the domestic box office will not be low, and the change of Jingtian is for the domestic box office.

As for how Wanda intervened and promoted Jing Tian as the heroine of a blockbuster Hollywood series, Li Qian didn't think about it.

With the growth rate of the domestic market, it should be no problem to sell [-] million in two years.

Xuanfa can make some money, and also got a heroine. Although the limelight is all about mechs, it's enough. This role is at least worth tens of millions.

Li Qian didn't like any of the other movies. First, there was no prospect of a big hit in China, and there was no way to insert a domestic actor.

However, Li Qian also invested US$200 million in Wen Ziren's Calling the Soul, accounting for one-tenth of the investment. This film will definitely not be released in China, so it is considered a normal investment.

Wen Ziren is a bit famous for low-budget horror films, and with the DVD income, the profit is solid.

For projects that have a high probability of making money, Thomas will treat Li Qian as a sweetener. Anyway, once the account is settled, the bulk will still be theirs.

The cooperation between the two projects can only be officially signed after Thomas reports to Warner.

The copyright contract for Jaws 3 was actually signed, and the full overseas copyright is 3500 million US dollars, which can be called a sky-high price, but judging from the situation of the previous two films, it is definitely a big profit.