"And your movie 'Chainsaw' is even better, I watched it three times before and after, and it was really enjoyable. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 "When will you make a sequel, and have you thought about putting it on the agenda?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. Summer waved his hand.

"That's a shame. When William heard this, he was disappointed and said, "I think Jigsaw is a very interesting person, and I don't think he will stop educating people about the meaning of life, so there will be many, many better stories to come." I hope you can make a sequel soon, so we can have another good movie to watch. ”

"Thank you. When Xia heard this, he said lightly, neither saying that he promised to make a sequel, nor did he explicitly refuse.

The reason why this is so is because whether the film shoots a sequel or not is actually a very important trade secret. Do you want to shoot, when to shoot, what story to shoot, and when to release the news to the public...... These are carefully calculated.

He doesn't know the details of this William yet, if he casually tells him the news that a sequel is going to be filmed. When the time comes, he's likely to sell the news, which will cause some trouble for the summer.

"By the way, Mr. Xia, I still like the songs you wrote very much. Especially the theme song of last year's "Top Gun" "Take My Breath", which is simply beautiful. William said happily again, and improvised one of the passages, "take-my-breath-away......" His voice was not bad, at least not out of tune.

Summer smiled and nodded, I didn't expect this William to be really a fan of his own, kung fu, movies, and music, he was quite fascinated.

"Thank you. He thanked him.

"You're welcome. By the way, Mr. Xia, can you help me sign this CD?" said William, taking out a CD from the CD player in the van.

When I took it over in the summer, it was Michael Jackson's album released the year before last - "Dangerous". This album includes three of his songs - "Dangerous", "black &white", and "you-are-not-alone".

As soon as the album was released, it immediately topped the Billboard charts and topped the sales charts for six consecutive weeks. So far, this album has sold more than 10 million copies, and it is another classic after Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

And Summer, who single-handedly wrote three No. 1 singles, also made a name for himself and became the premier music creator in the United States today. The advance payment for a song is half a million dollars, which is a first-class treatment in the American music industry.

Summer immediately signed his name on his CD.

"Thank you very much!" William suddenly took the CD carefully as if he had been treasured, and put it directly into the CD case, "I don't dare to listen to this album anymore, it must be very memorable to collect it." ”

Summer couldn't help but smile when she heard him say this.

……

With William as a living treasure, everyone is naturally not lonely along the way.

Talking and laughing, soon everyone arrived at Warner headquarters.

Warner is headquartered in Burbank, which is also the headquarters of Disney, as well as NBC, PBS, Viacom and other media branches, because it is also known as the "media capital of the world".

Led by William, the summer group came to Warner's distribution department and met with Lee White, the manager of the distribution department.

"Mr. Xia, it's a pleasure to meet you. When Li White saw Summer, he also said quite enthusiastically.

Summer is now a celebrity in the United States, not only a well-known anti-terrorist hero, but also a director with a box office of more than 100 million dollars, and he is also a Hong Kong movie tycoon, with two theaters of his own, so of course, a character like this must be received hobbyly.

"I'm glad to meet you too. Summer smiled slightly.

"Mr. Xia, I have already watched your new work "Ghost Love", it is very good, it doesn't look like a movie produced in Hong Kong at all. Lee White praised with a smile.

"What does Mr. White mean by this, can't we produce good movies in Hong Kong?" said Xia Yi with a frown when he heard this.

"No, don't get me wrong, I mean, the movies exported from Hong Kong to the United States are all kung fu movies, Bruce Lee, Cheng Long, etc. But this "Ghost Love" is a romance film, which really surprised me. Li White hurriedly explained.

"I see. Summer smiled and nodded.

Hong Kong movies that were exported to the United States before were indeed kung fu films. For example, Bruce Lee became famous for "Enter the Dragon" and became the most well-known Chinese movie star in the United States. And because his kung fu films are too successful, they have also established Americans' impression of Hong Kong films. It seems that there are no other types of movies in Hong Kong other than kung fu movies.

"Mr. Xia, the story of your "Ghost Love" is very good, and the production is also very good, I think it will definitely achieve good box office results. Lee White said again.

"Thank you, Mr. White, for your good words. Xia smiled and said, I didn't expect this Li White to be quite knowledgeable and interesting, not bad.

"Well, Mr. Xia, there's something I want to discuss with you. Seeing that the summer was in a good mood, Li White took the opportunity to say again.

"Mr. White, please. Summer was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"That's right, our company wants to buy the remake rights of "Ghost Love" and your "Chainsaw" last year, I wonder if you are interested?"

Summer was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "Mr. White, it's too early to talk about this. I would like to work with your company a few more times and build enough trust between us before talking about it. ”

……

Hollywood has always had the habit of constricting scripts, such as books on the book sales charts, word-of-mouth movies in various countries, box office blockbusters, celebrity biographies, hot events revealed, etc., are all the objects they collect.

For example, the Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs" in the previous life was bought by Hollywood for the remake rights and "The Departed"; the well-known mainland online novel "Ghost Blows the Lantern" was also bought by Hollywood for the film and television adaptation rights; and the film and television adaptation rights of the well-known science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" were also collected by Hollywood.

The reason why they are so active in sourcing scripts is because they know the importance of scripts. Script, script, script. In the United States, screenwriters have considerable power and can even decide the life and death of a character.

In "Friends", Joey angered the screenwriter because he said something he shouldn't have said during an interview, and was written to death by the screenwriter.

In the summer, "Chainsaw" invested only a few hundred thousand dollars, but in exchange for more than 100 million dollars at the box office. It is a typical small fight for big, four or two thousand pounds. The reason why such good results can be achieved, in addition to the good acting of the actors and the good direction of the director, in fact, the most important thing is that the script is well written.

Hollywood, which has always been profit-seeking, will naturally not let go of such a good story. Buy the script first, remake it again in a few years, and invite Hollywood actors to play it, and in the end, even if the box office does not reach 100 million US dollars, it is good to earn tens of millions of US dollars.

Although the drama "Ghost Love" has not yet been officially released, three test screenings have been held before, inviting enthusiastic audiences and film critics to watch. The praise rate reached more than 60%, and nearly 30% of the remaining 40% were given a neutral review because the movie was not starred by Hollywood actors.

It can be seen that the film was also very popular, so Warner Bros. wanted to buy the remake rights of the two scripts. Prepare for future remakes and launch them to make money.

But they're smart, and Summer isn't stupid.

He knew that these two movies would be popular, so he invested in the filming at the beginning. Because of this, he will not easily sell these two chickens that can lay golden eggs.

Unless Warner Bros. can be more sincere, such as promising to help Tianxia Pictures release how many movies each year, be more friendly to Tianxia Pictures in terms of sharing, and help the actors of Tianxia Pictures enter Hollywood, etc. Otherwise, he would not give up his low-hanging fruit of more than 100 million dollars.

……

Li White saw that Xia waved his hand and refused, and said that he would continue to observe and see the future cooperation before making a judgment, and he couldn't help but smile slightly, knowing that Xia was not a simple person. It doesn't seem that easy to get rid of him.

"Mr. Xia, rest assured, our company is very sincere to cooperate with you. Lee White then laughed.

"That's good, I hope so. Summer smiled slightly.

"We arranged for "Ghost Love" to be released in 1,000 theaters at the same time, you see this is the distribution map. Lee White pulled out a picture and said.

It was a map of the United States, densely packed with red dots, indicating all the theaters where it was shown. Judging from this picture, the scale of the release of "Ghost Love" is really not small, from the West Coast to the East Coast, from Los Angeles to New York...... Almost all major U.S. cities have screening locations.

"If the box office response is good, we will continue to expand the screening. Li White smiled again, "Mr. Xia, we are very sincere, right?"

Liang Jiahui and Liu Dehua were surprised when they heard it, they didn't expect the scale of the release to be so large. 1,000 theaters, how much box office does this get? At least 30 million or 40 million dollars is for sure.

In this way, the two of them are really powerful, and they will become the most box office appealing artists in Hong Kong in one fell swoop, firmly occupying the throne of first-line stars.

"A thousand theaters, it's really American. Liu Dehua said excitedly.

Liang Jiahui was also surprised. There are 1,000 theaters, dozens of times more than in Hong Kong, and this is just the initial scale of screening.

"It's no wonder that filmmakers all over the world aspire to Hollywood, because it's the biggest market in the world. He couldn't help but think to himself.

"Mr. White, with all due respect, a thousand theaters is not enough to show the sincerity of your company. Summer smiled slightly, "It's almost the same as tripling the scale." ”

Although 1,000 theaters may sound quite bluffing, it is actually not much. In Hong Kong alone, there are nearly 100 large and small cinemas.

There are more than 40,000 movie theaters in the United States. Now Warner only arranges for "Ghost Love" to be screened in 1,000 theaters, which is equivalent to arranging two theaters in Hong Kong to screen a movie in the summer.

It's not sincerity at all, it's just general treatment. If you really want to be sincere, at least 3,000 theaters have to start, and the final screening scale exceeds 10,000, that's about the same.

When Li White heard this, he quickly explained.

They had three test screenings before, and although the response was good, they still had some concerns in their hearts. Because Xia is not a well-known American director after all, and his movies are played by Hong Kong people, everyone has doubts about whether he can win a high box office again. So it doesn't hurt to be cautious.

"But I can understand your concerns, after all, counting this time, we have only worked together twice, and you don't know me well enough. When we cooperate more times in the future, you will be able to appreciate my value. He had just spoken, but before he could speak, he saw Summer wave his hand again.

When Li White heard him say this, he immediately smiled and nodded, "Thank you Mr. Xia for your understanding, and we also hope to cooperate with you more." ”

"Okay, that's a deal. Summer smiled.

……

Lee White immediately explained to the summer his plans to publicize the plan, in addition to going to several major cities to do roadshows, he also participated in the recording of multiple radio and television programs. It is expected that the entire publicity period will last up to two weeks, and if the box office response is good, the promotion period will need to be extended appropriately.

As soon as you look at the dense schedule in the summer, you know that the next two weeks must be tiring and hard. But in order to make money, it is worth sacrificing.

After all, as the saying goes, hard work makes money. Sitting in the house, money falls from the sky, and that's a pipe dream.

"Mr. Xia, do you have any comments on our arrangement?" asked Xia after Li White's introduction.

"No, that's good, so be it. Summer nodded, "Although the arrangement is very tight, it will be very hard for us." However, when we came here this time, we were mentally prepared for a tough battle. ”

"That's good. When Li White heard this, he smiled and nodded.

Originally, he was worried that Summer would play a big name, and asked for some promotional activities to be deleted, or asked for more and better treatment, but Summer accepted it all, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hong Kong's filmmakers are really dedicated. He thought silently.

In comparison, Hollywood's big-name stars are much more difficult to serve. If you want them to participate in the publicity, you have to say it in advance and pay for it. Ask them to go out once, and the cost will be at least $100,000 or more. This is one of the reasons why the publicity cost of Hollywood films is often the same as the production fee.

"Mr. Xia, American filmmakers are really formal. You see that these propaganda arrangements are well organized, meticulous, and even accurate to the hour. It's really worth learning from us Hong Kong filmmakers. Liang Jiahui said in surprise after reading Warner Bros.'s publicity plan.

In Hong Kong, film companies have always paid little attention to publicity, and compared with Hollywood in the United States, it is really much worse.