I Forged the Myth of the Old Ones

Even, Lake felt that this plot was better, it could make his heart beat faster, just like being in a fortress.

When the sorcerer sacrificed himself, Lake truly felt the sadness and clenched his fists secretly, and when the horn sounded, he really had a feeling of being redeemed.

After the ending song ended, the projection room was plunged into darkness, only the fluorescence of the player's interface illuminated everyone's faces.

No one can speak, no one can judge.

Because all the evaluations are written on the face.

There is no doubt that this movie, whether it is plot, special effects, or acting, has reached a very high level.

Moreover, the cultural connotation of this film is not the traditional hero saving the world, but more like all human beings working together to resist natural disasters.

Swapping Winter Wolves and Fel Tide for Flood and Earthquake is the same.

This movie shows the unyielding spirit and tenacious will of human beings in the face of difficulties.

This was extremely shocking to Lake and others.

Western movies, especially Hollywood movies, whether they are heroic epics or disaster movies, most of them will focus on a specific protagonist.

Whether it is a comet hitting the earth, landslides and tsunamis, floods and earthquakes, or even aliens attacking the earth, there are strong male protagonists who stand up for their families and save the world.

When the meteorite falls, send the protagonist’s team to blow up the meteorite. If there is a problem with the center of the earth, send the protagonist’s team to blow up the earth’s nucleus. If Godzilla destroys the city, send the protagonist’s team to blow up Godzilla. If you don't decide, just blow up the protagonist and you're done.

And there are often scenes where people all over the world watch the protagonist save the world alone, as if everyone else is useless and only the protagonist can solve the problem.

This kind of individual heroism is the main theme of Europe and America.

But what this "Magic Tide" shows is a picture of human beings working together to fight against alien races. In this movie, although there are scenes of individuals fighting against monsters, the real victory depends on the vast ocean of the people.

In the eyes of a native European and American like Lake, it is difficult to understand.

According to his thinking, it may be that the mage who rushed out turned the tide and defeated the giant wolf with his own strength, and then his teammates rushed to wipe out the remaining fleeing wolves.

It is incomprehensible that this kind of behavior of rushing up by one person can only cause a little damage to the giant wolf, and in the end he lost his life.

What's more, after he went up, the others followed suit and rushed forward. This fighting style subverted Lake's imagination.

Don't personal lives matter?

While he was shocked, he also fell into thinking.

"This movie, I don't know how to describe it, but I was really touched."

Les sniffed.

There are not many such purely fictional films that can make him feel emotional. Even the most proud Hollywood films recently are mostly based on modern urban crimes or films that reflect social issues, or they are made in batches like canned food. The superhero movies produced by modernization can no longer move him, an old producer.

But now, what was shown in the movie really made him think.

Whenever he thinks of the scenes in the movie where everyone works together to fight natural disasters like a community of destiny, Les feels his scalp tingle.

In Europe and the United States, where freedom and the individual are valued, this kind of behavior of abandoning the individual for the sake of the collective is extremely rare.

But through this film, that emotion really reaches Rice's head.

He even began to feel that the feeling of everyone working together is very passionate and exciting.

No matter who it is, they will want to fight side by side with their companions like in the movie, and charge forward. Once thinking of this, Rice feels his blood boil.

After working for so many years, his heart, which had become indifferent due to entertainment and communication, became agitated because of this.

"This movie is going to be a hit, I'm [-]% sure!"

Justin, who is also a director, has already keenly sensed the breath of business. In this era, this kind of movie can definitely harvest a lot of box office and capture the hearts of the audience.

You know, many audiences now walk into the movie theater just to have a good time, to see the special effects, to see the action, and to see those stars.

Some blockbuster action movies have no logic in the plot, and the car will go to the universe when it is driving. There are also movies that must emphasize the audience's aesthetics because of political correctness, changing classic masterpieces beyond recognition.

Even many European and American audiences are quite critical of the current film and television industry.

And it is such a "Magic Tide" that meets all the needs of contemporary audiences, and the box office will definitely not be low!

It can be said that this movie can be worth the ticket price only by looking at the special effects.

"Rake, you'd better approach this movie in person and try to get it to be broadcast exclusively in your theater. If you can get it, you might be able to set a box office record."

Armitage was the calmest. While feeling the shock of the movie, he also thought of business matters.

Normal movies are screened in all theaters, but sometimes, the theaters will also ask for a profit, and at the same time request the exclusive screening of the movie, just like the exclusive broadcast of the website.

As for a movie like "Magic Tide", Armitage felt that under normal publicity and release conditions, its box office would definitely not be less than [-] million US dollars, and it would not be impossible to reach [-] billion US dollars with some additional publicity.

Such a box office, not to mention rare, is at least a big achievement.

What's more, when it comes to importing movies, the theaters are reaping the benefits, and they can get exclusive broadcasts, so they can make money without losing money.

"I understand, I understand..."

Lake also realized the seriousness of the problem.

He immediately got up, picked up his mobile phone, and prepared to contact his subordinate Thomas Lee.

While he was on the phone, the other three took out their mobile phones and searched for news about the trip.

It's just that on the English website, there is very little information about Lu Yi.

"Wait a minute, I see that this director has two other films before. Although they have not been released here, some English translation teams have uploaded subtitled versions on some forums."

Justin said excitedly.

"Shouldn't we be looking at his other works?"

he suggested.

*

I went shopping with junior high school students, so I will take a day off today!

Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket!

===313. The whole Times Square flickers for you===

"Exclusive play?"

When Lu Jian heard Thomas Lee's suggestion, he asked subconsciously.

"That's right, we can lower the theater fees, give you more cuts, add more film schedules, and provide more publicity and distribution support. In exchange, our company will exclusively broadcast your "" in the North American market. For the three films "Magic Tide" and "The Cry" and "The Mouth of the Madman", in terms of specific values, we can accept a 30.00% commission, which means that you can get close to [-]% of the film's box office revenue."

Thomas Lee looked at the young director in front of him, his words were very sincere.

He received a call from his immediate boss two days ago, asking him to discuss the exclusive authorization of "Magic Tide" and make it his top priority. This was a bit confusing for Thomas Li.

Although he has seen "Magic Tide" and thinks it is a very good movie, he is extremely skeptical that his company can negotiate an exclusive rights to broadcast it.

First of all, although his family is the largest theater chain in North America, it is not the same as other theaters in September [-]st, and only occupies about [-]% of the share. Choosing to broadcast exclusively at his house means losing almost Forty percent of the income of other theaters, if you have confidence in your own works, you will not lose the big because of small things.

Secondly, according to the contact between Thomas Lee and Lu Jian, this person is not so conservative, and he is more likely to choose a radical strategy. For Lu Jian, covering the market may be more important.

"Mr. Li, I'm sorry, I don't have the idea of ​​​​choosing a solo broadcast."

Lu Jian answered immediately without thinking.

"For this movie, my goal is to achieve 50 billion share income, which is [-] million U.S. dollars in revenue. If you choose to broadcast it exclusively in your theaters, I think it may make it more difficult to achieve this goal."

He speaks the truth.

"...[-] million dollars???"

Thomas Lee thought for a moment that he had heard wrong.

If Lu Yi said that the box office was [-] million US dollars, he might still feel that the director, Lu Yi, has a high spirit and a big goal.

But what is the concept of a box office share of [-] million US dollars.

According to the normal share, the producer gets 20%, and [-] million US dollars needs [-] billion US dollars in box office revenue. This is the basis.

So far, there are only five films in global film history that have grossed more than $20 billion at the box office.

Lu Yi wants to use this film to squeeze into the top five box office in the world?

This is even more idiotic than idiot's dream.

Thomas Lee felt that Lu Lian might really be out of his mind.

"Director Lu, if you don't want to accept our exclusive broadcast invitation, you can just say so, there's no need to make such a joke."

Thomas Lee smiled awkwardly but politely.

"No, I'm very serious."

Lu Bian replied.

"Actually, during this period of time, I have reached an agreement with several other theaters, and I have set the file for Christmas. At the same time, I also bought a huge advertisement in Times Square. You can see it next week at the latest The whole Times Square flickers for "Magic Tide."

"???"

Thomas Lee's question marks couldn't stop overflowing.

It’s not a problem to set a file together with other theaters. It’s better to say that serious producers will do this, but the huge advertisement in Times Square?

There are many advertising screens in Times Square, the more famous ones are Nasdaq advertising screens, Reuters advertising screens, etc. Among them, the most expensive Nasdaq advertising screen, a 30-second video carousel, costs about [-] a day, while The prices of other advertising screens vary, and if you want to light it up, it will cost hundreds of thousands, close to a million.

Moreover, these advertisements are not meant to be posted for only one day, at least for a week. Calculated, if you want to operate like Lu Yi, it will cost at least several million.

What's more, it's still August, and there are still four months before the release date of Christmas. Lu Yi will definitely need to release it at least once a month during these four months.

All in all, the publicity here alone is enough for tens of millions, and this is only the most basic and basic.

In addition to local promotion, promotion of screens in other shopping malls, newspapers, etc., in North America alone, these publicity funds are enough for some small-cost teams to shoot an entire movie.

Previously, a film invested more than 28 million U.S. dollars in global publicity and distribution, which won a global box office of nearly [-] billion, ranking second in the world's historical box office, but it was the finale of a large collection of well-known superheroes , the popularity is already high enough, and it is impossible to guess whether Lu Yi, the director who landed in the European and American markets for the first time, can have such a high box office appeal.

At the end of the discussion with Lu Jian, Thomas Lee reported the answer given by Lu Jian to his superiors, so that he would not be scolded.

After the formalities were finalized, Thomas Lee applied for a vacation and wanted to relax.

He was back in North America, wandering the streets of New York, which gave him a sense of unreality.

The North American version of "Crying" will be released in September, and "Madman's Mouth" will be released in October. These two films have already had a lot of discussions in related forums in North America, and there are also pirated resources flowing out, just because of language problems , Many foreigners can't understand it. They need to rely on some translators who use love power to translate Chinese into English subtitles. People who have watched these two movies are full of praise for Lu Lian. After all, even if this kind of movie is in Europe and the United States have been rare recently.

Early in the morning, Thomas Lee came to Times Square.