Chapter 293 Popular on the whole network, people from North America
What Li Yi misjudged was that there were many differences between foreign countries and domestic countries.
For example, there is indeed such a group of zombie fans in China, and the number of people is quite small.
But this kind of enthusiasts in China are very scattered.
At most, you can just create a group where everyone can discuss and entertain themselves.
But it’s different abroad.
They like to organize groups very much, and there are various categories.
Zombie culture has considerable influence in both North America and Australia.
He didn't even know that similar zombie culture enthusiasts had a large number of fan clubs in North America, Australia, and English-speaking areas.
Rogers is also a zombie fan himself, so what he did was very simple, which was to promote this short film to the Australian zombie fan club that he joined.
"Carrying the Load" quickly conquered these zombie fans.
And there is another point that Li Yi ignored!
That is the problem of cultural barriers.
It is more troublesome for netizens in China to get on YouTube, and many videos that are popular abroad may not be popular in China. Similarly, videos that are popular in China may not be popular abroad, but in Australia and North America,
But there is no such problem.
Therefore, "Carrying the Burden" quickly spread from the zombie fan club in Australia to the zombie fan club in North America, and then began to spread out.
"Moving forward with a heavy load" is a short film with no dialogue, and the main actors participating are from Australia, so it naturally spreads without any difficulty.
In addition, zombies have always been synonymous with horror, but this time "Carrying the Load" subverts this inherent impression to some extent from another angle.
"Moving forward with a heavy load" tells the story of a father's love that is as strong as a mountain, and some emotions may have different cultural barriers in different places.
But some things are universal.
In this way, "Moving forward with a heavy burden" began to spread step by step among the zombie fans, and then began to spread outwards.
And many times, the breakthrough from 0 to 1 is the most difficult, especially for a good work.
After completing the breakthrough from 0 to 1, "Moving forward with a heavy load" began to gradually emerge.
Many people began to recommend it to their friends and began to share this short film on social platforms.
Return to China!
After Li Yi and Mu Qing came back, they separated.
Mu Qing is going to prepare for "Get Out! Mr. Tumor", but she is still waiting to "revenge herself".
After Li Yi returned, he became more relaxed.
After "Moving forward with a heavy load" became popular all over the Internet, many voices began to express their hope that Li Yi could adapt "Forward with a heavy load" and make the short film into a feature film!
But Li Yi didn't pay much attention.
Although the theme of "Carrying the Load" is about father's love, the theme of the end of the world and the theme of zombies are destined to be impossible to be released in China even if it is adapted into a theatrical movie.
As for showing it abroad, maybe it can be considered in the future, but at this stage, Li Yi has never thought about it.
However, Alex was quite moved.
After all, although he thought "Moving forward with a heavy load" was good, it was only good.
Moreover, it is not that easy to attract film investment with a short film like "Carrying a Heavy Load".
But things are different now.
As "Carrying the Burden" began to become popular on the North American Internet, this short film also attracted the attention of some film companies in North America.
Davis Damien, the founder of Damien Films in North America, found Alex and expressed his great interest in adapting "Carrying the Load" into a feature film.
He also expressed his intention to invest in "Carrying the Burden". Davis Damien persuaded Alex, and the two hit it off.
Alex immediately contacted Li Yi and went to China with Davis Damien to discuss the copyright issue with Li Yi.
Li Yi was very calm, but after informing Lou Jianjun, Lou Jianjun was quite excited.
"Director Li, I checked Damien Pictures. Although Damien Pictures is not one of the top six companies in North America, it is very powerful. Moreover, Damien Pictures' favorite themes are thrillers and horrors.
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I think we can definitely take advantage of the opportunity of "Carrying the Burden" to cooperate with Damien Pictures..." Lou Jianjun said.
Li Yi can understand Lou Jianjun's thoughts, because although China's film market is currently booming, it can only be done domestically, and furthermore, it can only radiate to Asia.
In North America, the world's largest film market, many domestic films have tried to go abroad, but very few have succeeded.
Because of this, I thought of having the opportunity to enter the North American market, and since the short film "Carrying the Load" is quite popular in North America, the probability of success is very high.
Therefore, Lou Jianjun is very inclined to cooperate with Damien Company instead of simply selling the copyright of "Moving forward with a heavy burden"!
But Li Yi poured cold water on him and said: "Cooperation? How to cooperate? Joint investment? How to ensure that the investment can be recovered smoothly? A successful movie does not mean making money. You should not understand this truth."
"The water in Hollywood is too deep!" Li Yi is still very sober.
Lou Jianjun woke up immediately.
"Sorry, Director Li!" Lou Jianjun naturally understood what Li Yi meant.
Not to mention Hollywood, but also in China, is it still uncommon for people in the film industry to trick investors from outside the industry?
It's just that this is indeed a very good opportunity to enter the North American market, which makes Lou Jianjun feel a little at a loss for a while.
"Actually, it's not impossible to cooperate, but the premise is that if both parties cooperate, we only want a share of the box office, not a profit share. If the other party can agree to this condition, then cooperation is okay." Li Yi said calmly.
Lou Jianjun nodded and said, "I understand."
Alex and Damien arrived quickly.
Regarding the negotiation, Li Yi did not come forward, but directly asked Lou Jianjun to talk to Damien.
He took Alex with him to show his loyalty to the landlord.
And what came from Lou Jianjun was about the results of the negotiations.
At the beginning, the two parties only discussed the copyright, but the price difference between the two parties was too big. Later, Davis Damien proposed another way of cooperation, in which both parties would jointly fund and cooperate to produce the film "Carrying the Burden".
The conditions offered were even very favorable, but after Li Yi poured cold water on him before, Lou Jianjun was already very clear-headed and naturally would not be moved by the seemingly superior conditions offered by Davis Damien.
The other party offered two conditions for cooperation. One was that the copyright would be converted into an investment share, and the other party could agree to the price offered by Lou Jianjun.
The other one is that the copyright is converted into investment shares, and both parties invest in the same proportion, each accounting for half of the investment share, and the final profit share is also settled according to the investment share!
Such conditions seemed very superior, but the more they were like this, the more Lou Jianjun felt that his previous thoughts were too naive.
Lou Jianjun put forward the condition of directly asking for a proportion of the box office share, but Davis Midan refused on the spot.
The reason is that since it is cooperation, risks must be shared.
Of course Lou Jianjun couldn't agree.
Negotiations between the two parties have reached a deadlock.
