"Hello! Li. I didn't expect you to be so young and promising."
"Haha. Thank you. Let's find a place to have a drink first?"
"Of course. We also want to know more about your mysterious ancient Eastern country!"
"..."
Knox, who came with Martin Scorsese, is Warner's representative.
As one of the most influential film companies in Hollywood, Warner must have known about Li Yuan's background. The investment in a movie can be millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. It is absolutely impossible to do it casually.
Reach an intention to cooperate.
Regarding the distribution of interests, brokers and lawyers will handle it in the future. But the basic framework of the project still needs to be discussed by people who can make decisions.
However, since we were not very familiar with each other, the topic started from casual chat:
"Li, I heard that China is developing very quickly? The film and television industry should be pretty good, right?" Knox said politely.
In fact, Warner was one of the earlier Hollywood film companies to enter mainland China, and later owned joint venture film and television companies and theaters. Warner and others were unlucky. They happened to encounter a cold winter period, and Lian Lao suffered losses in those years.
Even my mother didn’t know it, so it was finally launched in mainland China.
By the way, the theater chain’s later partner was Wanda. After Wanda repurchased Warner’s equity, it went public a few years later?
In fact, it goes without saying that China has not given it a chance. As mentioned before - Hong Kong Golden Harvest also approved the establishment of a theater chain in the mainland.
It’s just that they are also not optimistic about the mainland market, and they are killing themselves.
Of course, it's nothing more than politeness here.
Li Yuan smiled and nodded: "It's indeed good. We lack a large amount of film and television content here."
Noticing that Knox and Martin Scorsese looked at each other in surprise, Li Yuan smiled and waved his hand, "The market is promising, but it is very difficult for overseas films to enter. Just like the copyright I purchased before, I can already
It will be broadcast on TV stations and will close its doors after the end of this year."
Of course Knox was familiar with this routine. He smiled and asked: "Is there no other way?"
"This depends on the commercial negotiations between China and the United States? I believe there will be a result soon, right?"
Knox and Martin Scorsese couldn't help but laugh. It was just chatting anyway, and Martin Scorsese asked: "Can you China see Hollywood movies?"
"I can definitely see it. Including you, Director Martin, your four famous directors in Hollywood are also very famous in our country."
Knox became even more curious: "What about your box office?"
"This depends on whether it is short-term or long-term. In the short term, or because of the emergence of the Internet, free audio and video sharing resources will appear. Hollywood and major record companies will also be affected. Copyright protection in other places is more
Bad, maybe...?"
Seeing Li Yuan hinting with a smile, Knox nodded knowingly: "You are talking about piracy?"
Realizing that Martin Scorsese didn't seem to understand, Knox introduced: "Li is the boss of Parallel Line, a very popular Internet high-tech company recently."
Martin Scorsese nodded in understanding. No wonder. Since this is the boss of an Internet company, he must be bragging.
And Knox asked smoothly: "Lee, what about the long term?"
"Haha. How many years is this long term?"
"Just... thirty years!" Knox said a number casually, "It's just a random prediction, you can take it as a joke."
However, Li Yuan's expression became strange. He glanced at it: "It should...should be similar to your Hollywood, right?"
Li Yuan has always been an honest and reliable young man. By 2020, the domestic box office was indeed similar to that of Hollywood, both exceeding US$10 billion.
But after hearing this answer, Knox and Martin Scorsese exclaimed in unison: "How much? What about your current box office...?"
"If converted into U.S. dollars, it's about two to three hundred million, right?" Li Yuan shrugged helplessly.
The three of them burst into laughter at the same time. An increase of three or forty times in thirty years? Do you think this is a good movie story?
Neither Knox nor Martin Scorsese took this at ease. They thought it was Li Yuan's patriotic joke. It was a joke made out of patriotism.
For example, before every World Cup, there are always a few football fans who sadly go to the betting company to bet on the national football team to win the World Cup!
Don’t laugh! Even though the national football team didn’t qualify, some betting companies have betting agents, allowing you to create a new betting project yourself.
It's just like an insurance company. You can create a new insurance project yourself and let the actuary calculate the premium.
Of course, as long as it's spinach, everything is possible. Maybe before the World Cup is held, the entire Blue Star will become like ancient times?
Okay! We don’t have confidence in the grandsons of the National Football Team, we believe in the people of the People’s Liberation Army. (Laughing and crying)
But after the laughter, it was found that the atmosphere was about the same. So Knox took the lead and asked: "Li, we at Warner are still very interested in your "The Departed" project. Through calculation, the production budget of the project should be 80 million.
About US dollars. We can provide 20 million here, how much can you provide?"
After all, Warner and Martin Scorsese both have considerable market appeal, and they can attract a lot of investment themselves.
Li Yuan's expression did not change: "Who is the hero going to find?"
"John Travor, a Hollywood A-lister?" Knox introduced with a smile.
Li Yuan frowned slightly. Maybe people in the future are not very familiar with this Hollywood star, but they should have heard that he starred in "Broken Arrow" and "Face/Off"? These are all works directed by John Woo.
John Travor is actually a musical actor. In the past, musicals were one of the most important genres in Hollywood. But just like the popular westerns, musicals slowly
It’s gone. Of course, John Travor can’t do well either.
Li Yuan asked: "If I remember correctly, John Travor should be starring in Quentin's "Pulp", right?"
Martin Scorsese said with a smile: "The crew still needs a few months to prepare. The main thing is that John Travor has qualified acting skills and is well-known, but his salary is not high."
Li Yuan seemed to understand a little. I had seen on the forum in my previous life that there are still small circles in Hollywood. For example, Martin Scorsese and John Travor are all Italian-American circles.
. Including the later Little Plum, who is also a quarter of Italian descent.
The reason why I recommend this starring candidate is that they are fellow villagers!
