Chapter 152 Shao Yingxiong, who gambled on his life
"Hero Huayi won the first battle, and the "Grandmaster" Awards won four major awards. Lewen Novel Network is worthy of your collection. lwxs520." - Daily Entertainment.
"Shao Yingxiong's first big screen trophy, after "Accident" and "Embroidered Spring Sword", Ma San from "The Grandmaster" made him the best supporting actor." - The entertainment pioneer.
Huayi Xiangjiang won the grand prize, and Shao Yingxiong was in charge of power. Generally, at this time, the subtitles of "The World Returns to the Heart" should appear, but Huayi's life was not as smooth as it looks, and it was even a little stretched.
The continuous formation of several movies and TV series has almost exhausted the capital flow in the hero Huayi company. Shao Yingxiong, who returned to the mainland from Xiangjiang, did not put the "300 million" loan in the company to alleviate the lack of capital flow in this difficult day, but asked Zhang Wan to go to the ocean to find a woman named Stephanie Mel.
Stephanie Mel is a mother of three children and a full-time housewife at home, which gives her a lot of spare time, so in her spare time, she recorded a dream she had in 2003. In that dream, Stephanie Mel saw a girl and a handsome and charming man sitting on the sunny grass talking about love. The man was a vampire, but they had fallen into love, so the man struggled to stop the hunting girl's **...
"Twilight"!
The way Shao Yingxiong makes quick money is to ask Zhang Wan to buy the copyright of "Twilight" movie, of course, at a very low price. After all, Stephanie Mel has not published the novel yet, and the golden partners of Wick Godfrey and Marty Bowen have not yet discovered the value of "Twilight".
At the same time, Shao Yingxiong contacted Chris, the president of Columbia's Huaxia District, who was a not very handsome man in his forties. He had long brown hair and was dressed in the same figure as his figure. At first glance, he looked like a customized suit.
"Hey, Chris." Shao Yingxiong greeted the white man in his office. Although he had returned all the English he learned during his late fame to the teacher, a simple greeting could not help but not help him.
"Mr. Shao, if you want the box office of "The Grandmaster" after it is released in North America, it will probably be a bit difficult. The box office will pass through our headquarters from the theater and then from the headquarters to the Huaxia District. At that time, I can give you the money." Chris thought that Shao Yingxiong wanted to ask for the account in advance, but the media announced that Shao Yingxiong had taken over the shares of Wang's brothers for 1.2 billion yuan, and for this reason, hero Huayi even borrowed a total of 1 billion yuan.
The translator converted his English to Shao Yingxiong in the office. Shao Yingxiong smiled and shook his head, "We want to ask you for a favor. However, it has nothing to do with the box office of "The Grandmaster".
"Oh?" Chris looked at Shao Yingxiong strangely. What he could help Huayi was to sell some blockbusters into the North American market to make dollars. In addition... Could it be that Huayi wanted to contact Hollywood stars to come to China to make movies? Oh my God, any first-tier Hollywood star is worth more than $5 million. The top-notch ones may even exceed $20 million. Does Huayi have this ability? They should be very short of money.
Shao Yingxiong sat in the office and looked at Chris and said, "If Columbia is willing to help us, we can give up 10% of the box office net profit, and in addition, I will give Mr. Chris a return of at least a million dollars."
At that moment, Shao Yingxiong raised his eyelids and looked at Chris sitting opposite him. He inquired that Chris’ annual salary was only about one million dollars, and the profit Shao Yingxiong gave up was his salary for the whole year. This was in vain!
"Mr. Shao, there is a proverb in my country. It is called 'The more expensive things you come from in vain, the greater the price you have to pay'." Chris didn't give it in vain at all, just: "But I still want to hear what you have spent so much money to let me do."
The charm of banknotes is endless, and this applies to any race.
Shao Yingxiong gently took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and chose to put it down when he was about to put it to his mouth. For foreigners, it seemed a bit rude to light a cigarette without asking: "Mr. Chris, this matter is very simple. Huayi wants to invest some money and make a movie in your country. We can definitely find other small companies to do this. The box office share may be lower in this way. But we have a long-term cooperative relationship and a good cooperation atmosphere, so I chose Colombia and Mr. Chris."
"Or, you are also trying to make small companies unable to get better schedules on the North American big screen." Chris did not have the tactfulness of the Chinese, and directly exposed Shao Yingxiong's trump card.
Hearing this sentence, Shao Yingxiong smiled. He thought the Chris in front of him was very interesting. He was definitely a shrewd guy and good at seeing through people's hearts.
"That's right." Shao Yingxiong did not deny it either.
"For you, this movie is not very invested, only 300 million rmb, but for Huayi, it is definitely an unprecedented big investment. If there is no good schedule, you will lose a lot. It is mid-April. If you act immediately, you should be able to catch up with a good schedule."
The North American film market is different from the mainland. Their schedule allocation is very interesting. Blockbusters will be concentrated in a certain schedule and will be launched on the big screen. After this schedule, they will be various large-scale American dramas, and then talent shows, all of which are crowded (it was introduced in "Xiaoshu" and will not be repeated here).
Chris carefully observed Shao Yingxiong's eyes and asked, "Can I ask what kind of movie is the hero Huayi invested in?" He didn't know where Shao Yingxiong came from. With Huayi's current situation, Shao Yingxiong should tighten his money, so why would he still invest? How much courage and determination does this require to be done.
"A, romance film." Shao Yingxiong said this and added: "a romance film for high school students."
"God." Chris sighed helplessly: "Do you know how small the love art film market in North America is?"
"Are you sure the high school romance movie you mentioned is not the romance action movie you often call?" Chris asked.
Shao Yingxiong almost choked when he smiled. This foreigner is quite familiar with domestic culture and knows the 'romance action movie': "Don't worry, don't touch the bottom line. There are no too bloody scenes. In the hierarchy system, it should be in a level that most people can watch. Of course, we won't make you embarrassed, nor will Colombia cause trouble for you. I just want to give up 10% of the profit. Please ask Colombia to help me squeeze out a good schedule in the North American market."
"I guess it's difficult. After all, it's still unclear how much the 10% profit of this movie is. Mr. Shao, please forgive my confession. If the movie you invested only earned $5 million in box office, do you think the 10% profit can help Columbia Corporation squeeze out a schedule? If Mr. Shao wants me to help with this matter, then when my report is posted, Columbia will come up with a specific price + a small amount of share."
It is impossible for Colombia to do a loss-making business, especially when Shao Yingxiong’s description is so vague.
"Yes, please ask Mr. Chris for helping me ask what price your head office needs, as soon as possible."
"no problem."
Chris left, and he helped the hero Huayi completely for his million-dollar reward. As long as the transaction was made, he would get a check equivalent to his annual salary.
The next day, Chris brought back Colombia's reply, saying that the company needs the channel fee of '$5 million + 5% pure box office profit', and that the promotion fee is not included here. If you want Colombia to help with the promotion, you still need to get 10 million US dollars. This '$5 million + 5% pure box office profit' can allow Colombia to ensure the release of at least 2,000 theaters in North America.
Shao Yingxiong's reply was that Hero Huayi was willing to pay $10 million + 5% of the box office fee, and the number of North American theaters must reach 3,500. As long as students are on holidays, they will be on holidays.
In Colombia's opinion, this requirement is simply an idiot. Does the boss of China Film Company really think that the number of theaters released can achieve the box office success? However, Colombia still agreed. Anyway, their money was in vain, and they didn't need to help promote it at most, just use some theater relationships.
A week later, Shao Yingxiong and Columbia China President Chris signed a contract, and the $10 million fee will be paid after the box office of "Twilight" is released.
Before signing the contract, Shao Yingxiong got a trans-ocean call from Zhang Wan. He had already negotiated with Stephanie Mel. The adaptation rights of the "Twilight" movie were won by him for only 80,000 US dollars!
The reason for this is that Stephanie Mel has not yet negotiated with any publisher to publish, and there has been a bizarre incident of manuscript rejection by three publishers in succession. This blow made Stephanie Mel think that what she wrote was not in line with the market trend. When Zhang Wan appeared, she just wanted to turn her efforts into a little money. However, Zhang Wan, who didn't know the price very well, opened a high price of $50,000. When he heard this price, Stephanie Mel thought that it might be better if it was rising. So, when both sides set the price at $80,000, Stephanie Mel did not dare to continue to refuse, because she was afraid of scaring Zhang Wan away.
In this way, Shao Yingxiong obtained the film copyright of "Twilight". At the same time, he asked Chris to help him contact the female director Catherine Hardwick in Hollywood. Now, the female director can only get a controversial "Natural Birth", which is negligible at the low price; then, Shao Yingxiong selected Robert Pattinson, a handsome guy who once starred in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". The heroine asked Shao Yingxiong to change the heroine Meghan Fox in "Transformers". He remembered that the Transformers would be released in North America in July 2007. Now that the finalization of Meghan Fox's contract is definitely the most advantageous opportunity. At that time, Meghan Fox alone can become the gimmick for the entire "Twilight".
In addition to these two, the remaining roles Shao Yingxiong was handed over to Stephanie Mel himself to choose, requiring only one, the woman should be so beautiful that she would harm the country and the people, and the man should be so handsome that it is fascinating. There must be no actor with a mean appearance in the whole film, even if it is just an extra actor with a shot that can only walk by the big screen.
After confirming the contracts of these three people, Shao Yingxiong first gave the million dollar belonging to Chris, so that many trivial matters are not troubled by Columbia. For example, when looking for a post-production special effects company, Chris can handle it with his connections in North America. Even Chris helped find it with the producer. In Chris' words, "Mr. Shao, the person I found is a rooster, and your banknotes will not be spent in vain."
At the end of April, everything was completely ready. Shao Yingxiong threw the first investment of 200 million rmb. The entire crew quickly started construction. Shao Yingxiong's heart disease was finally completely let go. In this way, bank loans were no longer a problem.
As a result, things were far from as smooth as expected. A week after the crew started construction, Shao Yingxiong received a call, which was called by Catherine Hardwick. She complained that Meghan had increased her salary since filming "Transformers". Even if "Transformers" has not been released yet, this also caused a shortage of funds for the crew. If $5 million can be added, the entire crew will be in a very relaxed environment...
Shao Yingxiong did not refuse, Megan Fox had to use, and the only way left was to use three villas to borrow 40 million from the bank!
This time, Gao Yuanyuan took the house to the bank to make a loan mortgage without hesitation. At that time, Shao Yingxiong could feel the pressure of Gao Yuanyuan. In Gao Yuanyuan who had no idea about the future, Shao Yingxiong's behavior was to bet on his life. If he lost the overseas investment this time, even if all domestic investments were made a lot, the hero Huayi would return to the same starting line as the heart screen. If all of them lost, the hero Huayi, the powerful hero, will no longer exist, the Shao family and the Gao family will be homeless!
"Don't be too stressed. I'll hide it from the elderly at home. I'll be happy to film. I don't believe you will lose." This is Gao Yuanyuan's words to comfort Shao Yingxiong. After Shao Yingxiong returned home and said, Gao Yuanyuan hugged Shao Yingxiong's head while helping him massage his temples.
The next day, the media heard this news from somewhere, but the streets and alleys were covered with news related to the hero Huayi.
"After Shao Yingxiong bet on his value, he acquired the shares of the Wang brother Huayi for 1.2 billion yuan, he won and ruled the world; he lost and had no place to turn over again!!"
"Hero Huayi's gamble, Shao Yingxiong bets his life, and the Wang brothers' decision to withdraw from Huayi is extremely correct. Shao Yingxiong is just a lunatic!!!"
"According to insiders, Shao Yingxiong is eager to achieve success and wants to make a big difference and use all overseas teams to shoot movies. It is reported that he wants to use a love movie to build a foothold in Hollywood!!!"
Chapter completed!