After the Chinese New Year, after work, two foreigners came to Good Dream Company, who were employees of Columbia Film Company in the United States.

The American film company set up an office in Beijing last year, and is in the same office building as Haomeng Company.

Lin Zixuan went to their office to post a business card and wanted to know the channels for international distribution of movies, but he didn't talk about it. He didn't pay attention to small private film and television companies like Haomeng Company.

Columbia Film Company of the United States has the Asian region, and its headquarters is in Xiangjiang.

The focus of his work is on the film markets in Hong Kong and Japan, taking into account Southeast Asia. This office in Beijing is mainly responsible for contacting and coordinating with the Chinese film industry, focusing on promoting films from his own company.

Even if they want to cooperate, they will cooperate with powerful state-owned units like Beijing Film Studio, or the internationally well-known Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen, which is more secure.

This time they came to Good Dream Company because of the film "Seeking Away".

One is that the movie has achieved good box office results in China, and another reason is that the film shows the plot of living in the United States. They think that if it is screened in the United States, it will have good returns.

Americans may not understand the humor, but Chinese living in the United States should be able to understand.

This is the suggestion given by the marketing department of Columbia Film Corporation in Asia. They will analyze films that have a certain impact in Asia and draw conclusions.

What are the elements of the success of this movie, is there any possibility of reference, and is it worthy of continuing attention to the director and actors?

They suggested getting the screening rights for See you in North America at a low price, which would not make much money in the business, and it would be just a small deal for Columbia Films.

As for directors like Good Dream Company and Feng Xiaogang, their evaluations have certain potential, so they can contact and keep observing.

Columbia Film Company focuses on directors like Zhang Yimou. Feng Xiaogang is still at the second-tier level and has not proved his box office ability in the international film market.

However, the business has not been negotiated, and the North American copyright of "Seeking Away" has been sold. The package price is the American film company that the crew collaborated on when filming in Los Angeles.

"Then do you have any new filming plans?" the foreigner asked.

Of course there is. Lin Zixuan and Feng Xiaogang introduced the current shooting plan of Haomeng Company to foreigners.

This does not mean that Lin Zixuan wants to cooperate with foreigners, but that if he can get investment from Columbia Film Company, he will not have to worry about international release after the movie is made.

A movie can’t make much money by just screening in China, especially when the domestic market is sluggish, it still needs to be internationalized.

External funds entered the mainland film market in the 1990s. First, they were from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they collaborated on filming, and later they were art films invested by European filmmakers.

Now that American film companies have joined in, they are more inclined to invest in commercial movies.

The foreigner listened for a while, returned to his office, took a stack of documents and handed them over to Lin Zixuan.

Lin Zixuan looked at it and found that this was a complete set of plans for the preparatory preparation of the movie.

How much investment you invest in this film, how long it takes to shoot, how much capital allocation, what is the expected return rate, why you choose these actors, their pros and cons, etc.

In other words, you must write down everything from script creation to shooting in detail, and it must be feasible.

With this informative plan, Columbia Films will have several rounds of discussions, which may take several months.

Then, they will decide whether to invest in your movie.

This is the attitude of American film companies to do things. It is not like in China. Lin Zixuan and Feng Xiaogang have a good idea to shoot this story, so let's shoot it. It's a very simple thing.

Simple is simple, but not professional enough. The so-called shooting plan is at most a piece of paper meeting record.

But Columbia Film Company's plan is a real book. After doing this, let's talk about investment. They are doing movies as a project.

Moreover, foreigners don’t understand the Beijing-style movies that Feng Xiaogang made, so why don’t they make movies that everyone can understand.

For example, the themes that often appear in American movies, such as personal heroism, fighting crime, saving the world, etc.

Lin Zixuan didn't know how to explain it. Thinking about letting Ge You put on red underwear and fly around in the sky to save the world. This picture is so beautiful that I can't bear to look at it.

Foreigners also believe that you should shoot commercial blockbusters to bring together influential stars in China.

They saw Jiang Wen's poster on the wall of the conference room of Good Dream Company, and thought that putting Jiang Wen, Ge You and Gong Li together to shoot an action movie would definitely be very marketable.

Foreigners’ ideas may be successful in the United States, but they are difficult in China, and the main problem is investment.

"We don't have good stories, it depends on how much you can invest. If you can invest 100 million US dollars, I will have a story of 100 million US dollars." Lin Zixuan said confidently.

He stood up and walked to the side of the wall, where there was a map of China hanging, and he pointed to the point above.

"This is the Great Wall, which stretches for thousands of miles and is a symbol of China." Lin Zixuan said, "Overall people believe that the Great Wall is built to resist the invasion of grassland peoples. In fact, this is the channel for alien monsters to invade the earth. The Great Wall is the last line of defense of the earth, and millions of soldiers have always been stationed."

This is a story of fighting monsters on the Great Wall and saving the earth, which is definitely in line with the American film company's concept of commercial blockbusters.

"Millions of human soldiers and giant beasts fought to the death, with sharp arrows like rain and artillery fire roaring. This is an endless war." Lin Zixuan described, "Think about it, gathering dozens of famous actors in China, as well as top stars from Europe and the United States, plus gorgeous special effects and shocking explosion scenes, are you willing to invest?"

"Lin, this story is creative, you should write it out." The foreigner said excitedly.

Foreigners are particularly interested in topics like aliens, and they are willing to film the story of Americans saving the earth.

"Are you really planning to shoot this movie?" Feng Xiaogang said in surprise after the foreigner left.

"I'm having fun with them. There's no show in such a big production for ten years. The Americans are not stupid. They can't do it once they study it. Now, not only does it not achieve the effect, but it may also lose money." Lin Zixuan explained, "If they really want to shoot, it will be beneficial to us, not to learn the experience of making blockbusters."

"We have been in contact with foreigners these days and found that we were too sarcastic in the past. Hollywood can achieve such a large scale, relying on professionalism. If we want to be international, we must first become formal." Feng Xiaogang said with some emotion.

"Come step by step, sooner or later, there will be a day of coordination." Lin Zixuan responded. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!