The total investment in "Moving forward with a heavy load" is US$23 million.
Although Alex did not know the specific investment ratio, it was not difficult for Li Yi to guess from the conditions negotiated between Davis Damien and Lou Jianjun that if Cao Zhenqun occupied half of the share,
So this time at least more than 15 million US dollars were invested in "Carrying the Load"!
Converted into Chinese dollars, that’s 100 million!
This hole is really huge!
In fact, Li Yi couldn't figure out where Cao Zhenqun got his confidence?
Let's settle a score, even if Davis Damien is kind enough.
If Cao Zhenqun wants to make back his money without tampering with the books, "Moving forward with a heavy burden" will have to reach at least nearly 100 million at the box office!
Some people may say that Hollywood's movie box office accounts for a very low proportion of the movie's revenue, but that is for Hollywood movie companies, and they are the kind of movie companies that have their own distribution channels.
When Chinese film companies cooperate with Hollywood film companies, there is almost no need to think about profits other than box office.
This is why Li Yi never thought about investing in this movie.
Because the benefits are not directly proportional to the effort!
There is also a huge risk of losing all your money.
Isn’t it nice to have 5.5 million US dollars and be safe?
However, Li Yi soon lost his mind to care about this matter.
He is now one head and two heads tall.
In fact, he brought it on himself. While watching "Flowing Flag", Li Yijin's finger triggered and he remembered a long-lasting movie that had been dusted for a long time.
The problem at that time also lay with this movie.
Because, it's not that there's something wrong with the movie, it's that this movie makes it difficult for Li Yi to imagine that it was actually made in that era.
If Li Yi dared to copy it out completely, he would probably never even think about the movie or the script.
There are too many bold places in it.
At that time, Li Yi really couldn't put down this movie.
Because it is really much better than the so-called main theme movies nowadays.
The film is called "Garland Under the Mountain"!
If we talk about the movies Li Yi made before, the one that made him cry the most when he watched it was definitely "The Story of Hachiko", and this movie also made him cry after watching it.
Like a fool.
It's just that the emotions between the two are completely different.
Li Yi wrote the script of "Garland Under the Mountain" and deleted many extremely sensitive dialogues in it.
But even so, he still dared not say that this script could really pass.
After revising it several times, Li Yi didn't plan to continue revising it. If he really couldn't pass it, there was nothing he could do, because if he deleted it again, it would lose the original flavor.
After Li Yi finished the script.
I didn't file the script.
Instead, he went directly to Zhao Guangming, the chairman of China Film Group.
Zhao Guangming was quite surprised by Li Yi's visit, but when he learned that Li Yi had written a script for a movie with a main theme and wanted him to give it to his staff, he immediately started to look forward to it.
But after Zhao Guangming read the script of "Garland Under the Mountain", he wiped away tears. He was surprised and touched, but also extremely confused.
"You are so brave!" Zhao Guangming closed the script and looked at Li Yi and said.
"I'm quite curious, why would you want to write such a story? Moreover, looking at the script, it's obvious that you have done a lot of research work." Zhao Guangming asked again.
Li Yi pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, the inspiration comes from "Flowing Flag"..."
Zhao Guangming nodded. Indeed, the era background of "Garland Under the Mountain" is consistent with that of "Flowing Flag".
"Director Zhao, to be honest with you, this is a script that I have refined and revised." Li Yi said with a wry smile.
He knew that it would not be easy to get through this script.
"Let's do this. Leave the script here with me first, and I'll ask you questions!" Zhao Guangming didn't dare to give Li Yi a guarantee.
The story is definitely a good story. If Zhao Guangming compares the scripts of "Flowing Flag" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain", they are much better.
It can be said that most of the time, I am afraid of comparison.
Compared with the characters in "Flowing Flag", the characters in "Wreaths Under the Mountain" are more three-dimensional and real.
But just because it was too real, he was confused.
"Garland Beneath the Mountain" is indeed the main theme, but similarly, many plots in this film are very sensitive.
"Then please leave it to Director Zhao!" Li Yi naturally knew that this matter could not be accomplished overnight.
Even if it can really be filmed, a lot of things will definitely need to be corrected.
Li Yi is aware of this, but he is worried that if too many changes are required, will the overall movie be affected?
Will this movie lose its original flavor?
After handing the script to Zhao Guangming, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't control what happened next.
He just felt that since there is such a story, it would be a pity not to try to film it!
But Li Yi was not idle either. Instead, he relied on connections to find many veterans who had participated in that battle, visited them, and listened to their stories about that year.
But the more he heard about it, the more Li Yi wanted to make this film.
However, it is a pity that Li Yi has been waiting for more than a month, and there is still no news from Zhao Guangming.
Li Yi couldn't help but call Zhao Guangming.
The answer was that it was very controversial, but it was not hopeless, so Li Yi was told not to worry.
In fact, what Li Yi didn't know was that if another director had submitted this script, he might have been killed immediately.
At this time, the influence of Li Yi's previous animation "That Rabbit" appeared.
At the same time, because of Li Yi's identity as a Hong Kong film director, the combination of these factors made this script very controversial, but it was not rejected outright.
at the same time.
Good news came from Lou Jianjun.
In the past, due to the lack of overseas distribution channels of Fanhai Film and Television, Li Yi's movies were basically only released in China.
And Lou Jianjun has always been doing this.
"This time I went to the peninsula and the island country to promote your previous films."
"The island country is very interested in "The Story of Hachiko" and "My Sassy Girl". The island country Toei Co., Ltd. is interested in distributing these two films in the island country. It also hopes to adapt these two films.
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"The biggest surprise is that on the peninsula, they are very interested in "The Gift of Room No. 7", "The Story of Hachiko", "Daughter's Wedding Dress", and "My Sassy Girl".
In addition to distributing these films locally, they also hope to adapt these films locally!"
Li Yi was not too surprised by this.
Needless to say, "The Story of Hachiko" is the first film in my memory to come from the island country.
The three films "The Gift of Room No. 7", "Daughter's Wedding Dress" and "My Sassy Girl" are also from Peninsula films.
Li Yi expected that they would like these movies.
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"Wreaths Under the Mountain" is really good. Xiao Hei thinks it is better than many popular movies with main themes nowadays. Of course, this is purely a personal feeling!
This is the film. Xiaohei is worried that if it is reviewed again, then it will be the real Barbie Q!
