Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 425: Introducing "Terminator 2" to China

What Luo Xianli and Yu Linsheng, Zhao Nan and Lu Liang will think about after they go back is not what Fang Mingyuan needs to worry about. The reason why Fang Mingyuan invited them today is mainly for two purposes. One is to express his gratitude to both parties.

To show goodwill, it is also an honor to be able to see movies that others cannot see in advance, isn't it? The other one also wants them to open their eyes and see the outside world. Americans have even developed movies to produce hundreds of millions of dollars.

In terms of cost, it can be said that China has been far behind. Socialism is good, not just to say it with words, but to show concrete results to prove that our social system is stronger than the other party!

However, inviting Cameron to film a tourism resource introduction film for Yazhou was not Fang Mingyuan's impromptu idea, but something he had already considered before. As for the inspiration, it naturally came from the Beijing Olympic bid in later generations, but that

The career of a well-known Chinese director can only be said to have just started, so Cameron, who is about to be at the top of his game, has become Fang Mingyuan's best choice at the moment.

Of course, it is not easy to get Cameron to make a film introducing Yazhou's tourism resources. Cameron's temper is well-known in Hollywood, and I want him to be the director to film a film.

"Commercial film", I'm afraid not many people dare to pat their chests and guarantee it. But this is not a problem, Fang Mingyuan already has a plan in mind.

This year is 1991, and Fang Mingyuan remembers clearly that in 1996 in his previous life, another landmark movie in American film history officially started shooting, with a budget of 150 million U.S. dollars. This made everyone in the United States

The CEOs of major film companies were also stunned by the amount. This was just the initial amount. In fact, its shooting cost reached an unprecedented US$200 million, which did not include the more than US$40 million used for publicity.

, for this reason, Cameron also gave up his director's fee of 8 million yuan. In other words, under normal circumstances, the cost of this movie is more than 250 million US dollars!

This amount is so large that this plan is extremely risky for 20th Century Fox. Company leaders are worried that "Titanic" will repeat the tragedy of "Heaven's Gate". This movie was very expensive at the time

It failed financially and even led to the sale of United Artists Film Company, which filmed it at the time. At the same time, some people could not express their doubts about Cameron's directorial style, and even suggested that he be replaced. But by that time

At that time, 20th Century Fox had no choice. If Cameron was not replaced, the movie might still be successful. But if Cameron was replaced, who could take over Cameron's work at this time?

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, 20th Century Fox sold the distribution rights of "Titanic" in the United States to Paramount Pictures for US$65 million. In this transaction, Paramount Pictures later made a profit

At least doubled the net profit!

Although it is said that "Titanic" officially started filming in 1996, James Cameron has always been interested in sunken ships. In the early 1990s, he began to pay attention to Titanic. He felt

Realizing the potential of this story, he even said that the story of the sinking of the Titanic was a "great, realistic novel."

Therefore, Fang Mingyuan is fully confident in using this bait to catch Cameron!

"Sure enough, it is an extremely beautiful place, the Hawaii of the East!" Standing on the shore of Wuzhizhou Island, looking at the sea between the sky and the water and the two nearby bays, Cameron made no secret of his admiration

Appreciation. Such beautiful scenery is rare even in the United States! Fang Mingyuan only spent 100 million US dollars to obtain the right to use it for seventy years. Considering China's national conditions, it is considered worthwhile.

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"Master Fang's business talent is really outstanding. I believe that this place will definitely become a world-famous tourist attraction in the future!" Gower on the side also sincerely praised. Gower, who was wearing a swimsuit, was not very young anymore.

, but the still concave and convex figure is still quite eye-catching. Fortunately, this is Wuzhizhou Island, which belongs to Fang Mingyuan's private territory, and there are no foreign tourists. Otherwise, it will definitely attract the attention of many people.

Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but secretly admire that the director's profession was indeed a profession filled with beauties.

"Thank you for your kind words. I think so too, so I will invest here. I believe that when you two come here again next year, you will find that this place will look different." Fang Mingyuan said with a confident smile.

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Gao Er turned his eyes and said: "Dear Fang, this time he and I came to your country in person. On the one hand, he hopes to listen to your opinions again before the movie is released. And the facts have proved that his

It is undoubtedly right to persist. Your opinion plays an important role in the perfection of this movie. On the other hand, we also want to hear your opinion on whether "Terminator 2" can be included in Chinese movies.

market?"

Americans are coveting China, a huge market with a population of nearly one billion, and the film industry is no exception. However, decades of isolation have prevented American films from openly entering the Chinese market. Despite the reform and opening up,

Since then, the Chinese have relaxed a lot of controls on import and export, but the ban on audio and video products has still not been resolved. If "Terminator 2" can become the first movie to enter China through normal channels, then whether it is for

This will be a rare opportunity for both Kingfisher Films and Gower and Cameron personally!

"Separate movies!" Fang Mingyuan's mind immediately showed the pattern of China importing American movies in his previous life.

As the name suggests, a split-account film means that the box office revenue of a movie shown in other countries is distributed according to a certain proportion. For example, when an American film is screened in the Chinese Film Market, the Chinese film side does not invest in purchasing its copyright, but in the form of split-account.

Payment to American Film Corporation.

This change was made in 1994. In order to change the sluggish situation in the Chinese film market at that time, the CEO of China Film Corporation proposed to the Radio, Film and Television Bureau to import first-class foreign films in the internationally accepted box office splitting format.

to screen, and then use the income to support the development of China's domestic film industry. At the end of that year, the Radio, Film and Television Administration approved this proposal, allowing the import of ten films per year that "basically reflect the world's outstanding civilizational achievements and express contemporary film achievements."

The film has since opened the door of the Chinese film market to the world, of course, mainly to Hollywood in the United States.

Fang Mingyuan remembered that some media had reported on this matter. At that time, based on the internationally accepted box office splitting method, among the revenue sharing ratios of imported blockbusters, the proportion that the producers, that is, American film companies, could get was about 100.

More than 30%. Moreover, in order to quickly occupy the Chinese market, the producers of imported blockbusters also bear the cost of publicity.

It was this change that gradually opened the door to the Chinese film market, and the vast number of Chinese people were finally able to watch the latest world movies like citizens of European and American countries. Although, many Chinese people later believed that Americans passed

The film is a tool that carries out cultural invasion to the whole world, including China, and tries its best to export American culture, in order to influence the perception of the United States by people in various countries.

But Fang Mingyuan believes that this system, after all, has broadened the horizons of the Chinese people and truly made them realize that movies can still be made like this! It turns out that the world abroad is like this!

As for the cultural invasion that those people say, if you watch a few American movies a year and you will be captured by American culture and become a banana man with yellow skin and white heart, then it only proves that "socialism" has been sung since kindergarten.

"Good", after more than ten years of continuous education in primary school, middle school, and university, it is still not worth the dozens of hours of ideological "indoctrination", thus proving the failure of Chinese education! Proving ourselves

The failure of TV and movie producers!

However, although Fang Mingyuan knows the future development direction, for now, he does not want to deliberately promote it. In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the growth of Kumho Group still takes time!

"Theoretically, I think "Terminator 2" should be able to enter the Chinese film market. The reason is very simple. It can also be regarded as a Hong Kong-funded film, and Hong Kong-funded films entering China are not a big problem at present."

Fang Mingyuan said calmly. He was also telling the truth. As we entered the 1990s and the date of Hong Kong's return came closer, the Chinese government gave Hong Kong preferential treatment one after another. And Hong Kong movies successfully entered the mainland.

This is one of them. Of course, these scissors are essential.

Cameron and Gower's eyes immediately lit up. The two parties originally agreed to invest 50-50, and each party held 50% of the shares. Unexpectedly, it was used here!

"I plan to do it this way. "Terminator 2" will definitely not be released in the United States and China at the same time. Therefore, before entering China, all external publicity is financed by Fifth Five-Year. But when requesting approval from China's Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, Jin

Lake Group will claim that after final calculation, the Hong Kong side invested one dollar more than your company in "Terminator 2", so our shareholding is more than 50%! And your shareholding is 49%

Point nine nine nine nine..., infinitely close to fifty percent. In this case, I think the possibility of "Terminator 2" being approved will greatly increase!" Fang Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh at the end.

Gore and Cameron couldn't help but laugh. The advantage of one fifty million in investment amount was still a little bit more, but in a substantial sense, it was completely negligible for both parties.

.But this gave the China Radio and Television Department a good step up. They also know that sometimes, just such a small and inconspicuous step is enough to change the fate of a movie.

"Fang, I think you have already planned it!" Cameron laughed. If "Terminator 2" can be successfully released in Chinese cinemas, it will be the first regular movie in decades.

American films entering China through formal channels, this alone is enough for Cameron to leave a significant mark in the history of American films. Even a hundred years later, when it comes to this period of history, no one can avoid him.

Mellon goes.

Fang Mingyuan smiled faintly and did not admit it. Of course, he also did not deny it.

Indeed, as Cameron said, he has considered this from the beginning. The producer of "Terminator 2" has made a fundamental change from the previous life from the beginning. With the intervention of Kumho Group,

It has been covered with a layer of Hong Kong investment. Although it has not done anything else except funding the entire movie. But with this layer of clothing, "Terminator 2" has enough opportunities to enter China.

The present reason.

First of all, there are no pornographic scenes in "Terminator 2", but there is a lot of violence. However, for Chinese people who have grown up watching "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", it may be difficult to understand whether Americans can shoot for John.

The issue has been debated for a long time.

Secondly, "Terminator 2" promotes anti-nuclear ideas. This is no reason for the Chinese government, which has promised not to be the first to use nuclear weapons and has narrowly avoided nuclear crises several times in history, to refuse.

Third, no matter what, Hong Kong capital accounted for half of "Terminator 2", and Kumho is the fastest-rising film company in the Hong Kong film industry, and it has close ties with the original established film companies in Hong Kong.

With such a close cooperative relationship and the background of the Guo family, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television must think twice before rejecting it! Adding these things together, Fang Mingyuan believes that it will only be a matter of time before "Terminator 2" enters Chinese cinemas.

problem.

"Ms. Gower, James, but I want to remind you not to place too high expectations on China's box office! The income of the people here is still very low, and it is impossible to pay the high ticket prices in the United States to watch a movie. The ticket price must be

It must be in line with China's national conditions!" Fang Mingyuan said solemnly.

Cameron shrugged. He was just the director, and he had no control over the ticket price.

Ms. Gaoer pondered for a moment, smiled sweetly and said: "Fang, I think this is not a big problem. To be honest, we didn't have high hopes for the Chinese film market. If it weren't for you and Ms. Yu,

We will give up the Chinese film market. Although people always want to gain both fame and fortune, I think if we can get one of them without losing money, the company's board of directors can accept this result." Anyway.

Everyone is 50/50. If Kingfisher Pictures doesn't get a lot of money, then Kumho will do the same. Gall thought clearly.

Fang Mingyuan clapped his hands and said with joy, "Then it's a deal!"