hollywood entertainment mogul

071, Harvey's Quote

"Duka, are you going to distribute this movie yourself?"

Harvey asked.

"No, LV Pictures has just been established and does not have distribution capabilities. We plan to talk to several major distribution companies after the Sundance Film Festival."

He also considered self-publishing, but finally gave up.

First, publicity requires a lot of money. Unlike the six major film studios, LV Pictures does not have media channels. If you want to publicize, you need to invest a lot of real money, which is not cost-effective.

Second, "Reservoir Dogs" is a restricted-rated movie and does not have the potential to be a dark horse at the box office. If it were "Pulp Fiction", he would be willing to take the risk and give it a try.

"Duka, you want to cooperate with several big distribution companies? I don't think this is a good idea."

Harvey shook his head.

"why would you say so?"

"Duka, you are new to the industry and don't understand the rules. If you cooperate with the Big Six, I can tell you right now that not only will this movie not make a penny, it will also lose money."

Harvey talked about the routine operations of the Big Six, such as deliberately exaggerating costs during publicity. The Big Six have media channels that exaggerate the cost of publicity, and accordingly the film budget costs increase significantly.

For example, the production cost of "Reservoir Dogs" is 1.5 million for LV Pictures. If it cooperates with Warner, one of the six major companies, and promotes it through Warner's media, it will have a lot of room for maneuver when investing in publicity costs.

For example, the cost is exaggerated, and the actual publicity cost is 1 million, but on the books it is 10 million. The internal operation ensures that outsiders cannot find any evidence.

When the accounts are divided, based on the investment ratio, Warner has reason to take 90% of the box office.

In addition, there is a lot of room for manipulation in terms of box office data. There have been news of box office fraud over the years, and a small film company simply cannot use the methods of the Big Six.

Even if something goes wrong, independent production companies don't have that much money or time to litigate.

Duka also knew a lot about these methods, and had no intention of cooperating with the Six Majors.

The reason why he said he wanted to cooperate with several major companies was that on the one hand he wanted to listen to Harvey's explanation and gain more knowledge. On the other hand, Harvey just asked him how to distribute it. He was obviously interested in the copyright of "Reservoir Dogs".

Harvey is a mercenary person. If he directly said that he wanted to cooperate with Miramax, it would be no different than sending leeks to his door.

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"Harvey, you are right, but as I said just now, I have no intention of making a profit on the first movie. I don't care how much money I can get from cooperating with the Big Six. I just hope there will be more people

Seeing the excellent work "Reservoir Dogs" also made everyone realize that there are alternative directors like Quentin in Hollywood."

Duca said seriously.

"You want to make a profit at a loss? I don't think this is possible. If you hand over the movie to a few major distribution companies, for the sake of box office, they will definitely cut the movie and try to meet the standards for large-scale screening. And I

I just heard Quentin say he will never delete it."

Harvey smiled slightly.

"Yes, the movie must be according to my editing. I will never allow anyone to delete my movie."

Quentin frowned and said.

Duca poured a glass of wine for Harvey, "Harvey, do you have any good opinions?"

"Duka, why don't you cooperate with me? "My Left Foot" and "Cinema Paradiso" released by Miramax in the past two years have done very well at the box office. When it comes to independent film distribution, I am the number one person in Hollywood.

Harvey Weinstein said confidently.

"Mr. Weinstein, I heard that you like to delete other people's works?"

Quentin frowned and said.

"Don't worry about this. We can sign an agreement. When "Reservoir Dogs" is released, I will never delete a second."

"Sounds good, Harvey, how are you going to cooperate?"

Duca asked.

"There are two ways. The first is that we jointly announce it, and finally we share the DVD rights according to the investment ratio. The second is to buy out. I am willing to pay 800,000 to win the U.S. distribution rights and DVD distribution rights of "Reservoir Dogs". How about it?"

Overseas copyrights can also be sold for hundreds of thousands. In this way, not only will you not lose money, but you will also make a lot of money. You will make money on your first movie. This is definitely a very small number of people in Hollywood."

Harvey chuckled.

Duka smiled slightly, this damn fat man really thought he was being taken advantage of.

The subject matter of "Reservoir Dogs" is too niche, so the box office performance may not be high, but there are not many restrictions on DVD distribution, and the sales performance will definitely not be too bad.

"Harvey, 800,000 is too little. I see that you really like and appreciate this movie. How about I give you the U.S. distribution rights for 1.5 million?"

Duca began to bargain.

"1.5 million?"

Harvey thought for a moment, "Wait, only the film distribution rights? What about DVD?"

"I want to keep the DVD distribution rights."

"Haha~Duka, are you kidding me? The domestic box office of this movie is at most 2 million. Including promotion and theater distribution, I can earn up to hundreds of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, you dare to ask for 1.5 million

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Harvey stared with a dark face.

"Harvey, you and I both said it was very cool after watching the movie, and other viewers must be the same. The prediction of 2 million box office is too low. I think 10 million is not impossible."

"10 million? You think too well."

Harvey shook his head and said.

"Harvey, the Sundance Film Festival will be in half a month. How about we wait and see how everyone reacts after the movie is released?"

Duca smiled.

Hum~

Harvey lowered his lips and looked at him with squinted eyes, "Duka, I remember you were saying you didn't care how much money you made just now, why are you talking so loudly now?"

"1.5 million is not a big deal. I've heard people say that any movie Mr. Harvey Weinstein watches will do well at the box office.

Whenever you discuss copyright sales with Mr. Weinstein, you only need to multiply his quotation by two to get the most reasonable transaction price, and you will not be called a fool afterwards.

I quoted a price of 1.5 million because I just believe in your vision, Harvey, and I don’t want to be called a fool afterwards. Harvey, as a friend, can you understand me?"

Harvey snorted lightly and didn't want to say a word.

"How about we wait until after the Sundance Film Festival to discuss copyright matters?"

Seeing the slight silence, Lawrence Band spoke up.

"good!"

Duka nodded, got up and invited Harvey to the bar for a few drinks, but Harvey was in no mood and left the company with his men.

"Duka, you are such a thick-skinned guy. At first, I thought you really didn't want to make money. I was quite touched. Who knew you didn't want to make money like this?"

Quentin curled his lips and said.

"He quoted 800,000 yuan, and I asked for 1.5 million yuan. This is business, what does it have to do with being thick-skinned? Could it be that he just gave me a price and I took it? What's the difference between that fool?"

Duca glared at this guy and walked into the office.

"What if 'Reservoir Dogs' gets a so-so response at Sundance?"

Quentin asked a little sadly.

"Don't be stressed. It doesn't matter whether you make money or not for your first movie."

"Haha~"

"Smile, what I said is true. If we can make money, we must make it. We can't be fools and let others make money. If we can't make money, we can be treated as experimental subjects. Don't you understand what I mean?"

"emm~, I seem to understand a little bit, let's wait for the Sundance Film Festival. I hope it will be a good start."

Quentin said, waving his fist.

"Christmas is coming, won't you go home? If not, spend it with me."

Duca put down the document in his hand and said.

"Well, I told my family that I would go home this year. I didn't come back last year. How about you go home with me?"

Quentin came over and smiled.

"Forget it, it won't be awkward for you to bring a man home for Christmas. I'll be awkward too."

"Tsk~, why do you feel so awkward when you say nice things? Are you spending Christmas alone? That sounds pretty miserable."

"It's okay, Monica won't go home either, let's spend time together."

Duka chuckled.

"Fuck, just pretend I didn't say anything!"

Quentin waved his hand and left.