"I came back tonight mainly because I wanted to tell you something..."
When I first heard Mai Xiaoyu say this half sentence, comrade Lao Mai and Liu Xiaoli were both startled for fear that Mai Xiaoyu would say amazing words such as "together".
It''s not that they scare themselves. Look at the intimacy between Mai Xiaoyu and sissy. They can''t help but doubt it.
But think about it carefully. If Mai Xiaoyu and sissy are really together, it''s not unacceptable.
They are only nominal siblings, not related by blood. If they are together, they can be regarded as close. It''s a pity, Liu Tao.
Fortunately, this is not what Mai Xiaoyu wants to say, but the film he promised to make for sissy last year.
"As I said before, I''m going to make a movie for sissy. I just got the news today. Disney has let go."
Disney?
What does it have to do with Disney?
Sissy looked at Mai Xiaoyu in surprise.
Comrade Mai is a little confused.
Liu Xiaoli knows a thing or two.
Mai Xiaoyu asked Shi Hao to say hello to Disney before contacting her. She knows that Mai Xiaoyu intends to buy the film adaptation right from Disney and make a film for sissy. She only knows so much.
"Aunt Liu, you can arrange your work later, then contact Disney and fly over as soon as possible to sign the contract."
"Signing in the United States? No signing ceremony in China?"
The signing ceremony is a good publicity gimmick, which is liked by the media and good for cute people.
As far as the deadly ID two years ago, although the signing ceremony for overseas distribution was held in Europe, a large number of domestic media were invited to go and reported in China after they came back, causing heated discussion among melon eaters.
Recently, such as Optimus and Yihua, they cooperated with Hollywood film companies to make films, held various signing ceremonies in China and widely reported in the media.
Doing so can not only play a role in the publicity of new films, but also help to improve their own style.
Meng Ren decided to buy the adaptation right from Disney... That''s Disney. The news is definitely bigger than fatal ID. If you are willing to increase investment in publicity, the sensation may not be worse than those huge and cheap.
However, Mai Xiaoyu''s opinion is: sneak into the village and don''t shoot.
"Don''t make any noise, keep a low profile and sign the contract as soon as possible."
"Low key? This is a great publicity opportunity."
"I know, but it''s not the time, and I don''t want sissy to be too stressed."
Don''t want sissy to be stressed?
What did Liu Xiaoli guess: "how much does Disney charge for the purchase of adaptation rights this time?"
"The right of adaptation is $12 million, two films."
12 million!
Still dollars!
So expensive?
The total investment cost of all the films made by Meng Ren, converted into US dollars, is no more than 10 million!
Liu Xiaoli looked at Mai Xiaoyu in amazement: "so expensive?"
"There''s no way. Disney will bite the price. It won''t do without a point."
"Then I won''t shoot." sissy loosened Mai Xiaoyu''s arm and looked up at him. "Brother, it''s too expensive. Disney is robbing money. I don''t want you to be bullied by them for me."
"Who can bully your brother?" Mai Xiaoyu touched her head. "Besides, you are my sister. I don''t care how much money you have."
"That''s true." Comrade Mai nodded. "Money is spent. It doesn''t hurt how much you spend for your family. Son, what film adaptation right are you going to buy?"
"The wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland."
The wizard of Oz!
Alice in Wonderland!
Comrade Mai: "
Liu Xiaoli: "
Sissy: "
Both the wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland are the most famous fairy tales in the world. Since their publication, they have been translated into many languages and published. There are countless cartoons, films and stage plays adapted from the two fairy tales.
The problem now is not how famous the two fairy tales are, but... These are NIMA''s European and American fairy tales!
"Why did you buy this?"
Even Comrade Lao Mai, a layman, has seen the problem.
Mai Xiaoyu looks like a person who has nothing to do: "make a movie."
Liu Xiaoli: "animated film? Live action film?"
"Of course it''s a live action movie, otherwise how can it be tailored for sissy?"
Sissy: me, me, what can I play
"My little princess, you have a fairy aura. You must be a heroine."
All three were stimulated by Mai Xiaoyu''s crazy idea and looked at him in disbelief.
"Alice" and "the wizard of Oz" are fairy tales with European and American cultural elements as the background. It''s OK to adapt them into cartoons or stage plays, adapt them into films, and let sissy play the heroine
"Wheat, are you going to shoot our Chinese versions of Alice and the wizard of Oz?" Liu Xiaoli asked.
Mai Xiaoyu nodded.
He wanted to make American versions of the wizard of Oz and Alice, but Disney didn''t agree.
The copyright of Alice is in Disney''s hands; The copyright of the wizard of Oz is in the hands of Disney and Warner Brothers respectively. Shoot a film on this subject... People won''t shoot it themselves. Let you shoot American films with a Chinese film company?
So although the copyright fee of $12 million is very expensive, if cute people were not prepared to adapt and shoot the Chinese versions of the wizard of Oz and Alice, there would be no conflict with them, and Disney would not consider it!
On the other hand, Warner Brothers directly rejected the intention of Meng Ren to purchase the copyright of the wizard of Oz and adapt it into a Chinese film.
Old comrade Mai smacked his mouth: "why do I always think it''s unreliable."
"What''s unreliable. Americans can shoot our Mulan. Why can''t we shoot their Wizard of Oz and Alice?"
This is full of momentum, but the film ultimately depends on the box office, not momentum.
If it is feasible to adapt the American children''s story into a Chinese version of the film, how many big and cheap people can''t see it?
A film full of Western cultural background and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, shot by Huaxia film and television company, with all the protagonists playing by Chinese people... Is it too nondescript?
What if the western audience can''t accept it and the domestic audience won''t buy it?
Liu Xiaoli thought for a moment and asked, "which one are you going to shoot first?"
"Alice in Wonderland."
"How much is the investment budget?"
"At least more than one hundred million."
"Hua Yuan?"
"Dollars. This film has very high requirements for special effects. Desnikon promised us to adapt it because I promised to give them most of the work in film special effects production in the future..."
Old comrade Mai, Liu Xiaoli and sissy had no intention to listen to his explanation. They had been stimulated by the investment cost of more than 100 million US dollars and nearly vomited blood and died.
More than one hundred million dollars
Are you crazy?
Sissy was worried about Mai Xiaoyu''s illness. She held his arm tightly again and looked at him anxiously: "brother, I know you are good to me, but I don''t want to play. Let''s stop shooting, shall we stop shooting?"
"Listen to me?"
"Listen. But..."
"That''s all right. It''s nothing, but I know what I''m doing."
Two words sent sissy away, and Liu Xiaoli asked a new question: "wheat, an investment of more than 100 million US dollars, if it loses, it will have a great impact on our company."
Taking into account the shares of blue sky real estate, storm video, derivatives companies and Hualong film, as well as the fixed assets such as plots and buildings where Mengren''s headquarters is located, as well as its own funds, the total assets of Mengren film and television are only about 2 billion Hua Yuan.
In order to make a film, he took out more than 100 million US dollars at once, which had a great impact on Meng Ren''s financial situation. When the film is released, the loss is less. It''s OK to say that if you lose your money, Meng people will be seriously injured!
You said to find someone to jointly invest in shooting?
Stop kidding.
Even the three relatives of Mai Xiaoyu, old comrade Mai, Liu Xiaoli and sissy, are not optimistic. Do you really think the investors are all blind?
Mai Xiaoyu has long considered these problems.
He is a professional liar. Every time he makes a move, he must first consider the victory, defeat, gain and loss.
If the winning rate is not high, he will never gamble.
"Aunt Liu, I''m going to make another film first to impact the international film market. If the film succeeds, the money I earn will be invested in Alice, and someone may be willing to invest at that time. If I''m lucky, I may even get back the copyright fee of 12 million."
"There''s another movie to make? What movie? Why haven''t you mentioned it before?"
That''s because several shareholders of Hualong film didn''t put pressure!
"This man comes from the earth", an extremely alternative soft science fiction film in Mai Xiaoyu''s strange dream, has achieved very high box office and reputation at a very low investment cost, which can be called a miracle.
He has prepared the film for a long time. He thinks the film can achieve similar success in reality. In particular, this film is shot by cute people. After it is released, it may be even more sensational than in a strange dream.
The reason why he didn''t say it was because he was waiting for several other shareholders of Hualong film to put pressure on him. This is also the real reason why he ignored the company''s operation and development after the establishment of Hualong film.
You put pressure on me and I play cards.
You don''t think my cards are good enough to follow me. As a result, I played the king fried effect.
Next time I play cards, will you follow me?
In order to circle those sharp toothed lambs and form a team with himself to brush the big boss of Qingtian in the future, Mai Xiaoyu racked his brains!
"For a science fiction film, the budget can be controlled within 100000 yuan. After the completion of love call transfer, I asked Zhang daozhao to shoot it in a week."
"Son, how can I feel so messy?" Comrade Mai frowned. "Cute people are your company, not the government public service department. They shoot their heads temporarily and make decisions casually. It''s easy to get into trouble."
Almost everything Mai Xiaoyu said tonight was decided temporarily.
For example, a science fiction film worth 100000 yuan... Regardless of the cost budget and film quality, Liu Xiaoli, as the cute CEO, didn''t know. It was obviously a decision made by Mai Xiaoyu to shoot the forehead temporarily.
Mai Xiaoyu can''t help it.
According to his assumption, the shareholders will not be able to sit down until next summer when they see the popularity of summer files in the Chinese film industry; Unexpectedly, they couldn''t help putting pressure on today''s video conference.
He can only play the card "this man comes from the earth".
Fortunately, the film gets rid of the inherent routine of traditional science fiction films such as "laser plus metal", promotes in the form of pure dialogue, and deduces the dramatic soft science fiction. The scene layout is simple and shooting is relatively easy.
Liu Xiaoli thought for a moment and asked, "can you finish shooting in a week?"
"Yes, the plot of the film is relatively simple, and the scene props are not complicated."
"When is it planned to be released?"
"The second half of next year."
"Have you submitted it for approval?"
"It doesn''t matter whether it is reported or not. Anyway, it can''t be released in China in the future."
"Why?"
"Because I''m sure I can''t pass the trial. Maybe I can''t pass the approval."
Liu Xiaoli was speechless: "what movie is this?
"It involves religion..."
Mai Xiaoyu introduced the story of the film, and Liu Xiaoli immediately understood it.
As Mai Xiaoyu said, the film will never pass the trial, but we can''t blame the radio and Television Department, but the religious plot involved in the film, which may trigger public opinion protests of some religions in China.
"How did ah Zheng come up with such a plot?" Liu Xiaoli sighed and asked, "ready to follow the mode of fatal ID?"
"This is the only way. However, the overseas distributors have finished it and handed it over to Hualong film for distribution."
For this reason, comrade Lao Mai and Liu Xiaoli won''t persuade Mai Xiaoyu to do anything.
Anyway, the adaptation of the Chinese version of Alice depends on the situation after the release and box office of this man from earth.
As a science fiction film, this man from the earth, with an investment of only 100000 yuan, how high can the box office be?
The development of cute film and television is inseparable from Mai Xiaoyu''s sword and Liu Xiaoli''s stability.
One strange and one positive, cooperate with each other and complement each other, so as to have the rapid and stable development of Mengren film and television.
Tonight, Mai Xiaoyu will first adapt Alice and the wizard of Oz, and then put forward 100000 yuan to shoot the science fiction film "this man comes from the earth", and take the box office share of this film as the main starting capital of Alice, which can be described as a series of "wonders".
Liu Xiaoli must play a "positive" role: "well, don''t worry about signing a contract with Disney. Wait until the sci-fi film is released and see the box office. Sissy will shoot the king of Kung Fu next year. Even if she buys the adaptation rights of the wizard of Oz and Alice now, she won''t have time to shoot in the first half of the year."
"Well..."
"Brother, listen to my mother?" sissy shook Mai Xiaoyu''s arm and persuaded with a coquettish tone.
Mai Xiaoyu smacked his mouth: "well, I''m mainly worried that late will change."
It''s settled. According to Liu Xiaoli''s proposal, we won''t buy the adaptation right of the two fairy tales for the time being.
As for Disney, Liu Xiaoli, on behalf of Meng people, will fly to the United States to contact each other in a few days. It''s easy to find a reason to delay when negotiating.
Negotiation is a tug of war.
The next day.
Mai Xiaoyu didn''t rush to the crew of love call transfer. Instead, he went to the company to find LV Ning, the office director, and asked him to organize the staff of the star exploration department to go out to sweep the streets and choose a role for this man from the earth
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