Director’s Legend

(Collected 630, add one more chapter)

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"A Jun, spend so much money just to buy the copyright of a novel, isn't it too expensive?" On the way, Li Xiuxiu was very disturbed. US$500,000 is more than RMB 4 million. He can buy a house outside the Fourth Ring of Beijing. Up. The point is that Shao Shuaijun has never read this novel, just heard about it.

Shao Shuaijun gave her a reassuring smile: "Sister Xiuxiu, don't be nervous, trust my eyes. The price I give is definitely low, relative to the future achievements of this novel. Didn't you give you a copy of the photocopied manuscript? , After you read it, I promise you will fall in love with it and understand its charm!"

"Then how are you going to run "Twilight"?"

"Look for a publishing house to publish it, and then go to Phoenix Press. We can charge in this way. Free for up to 100,000 copies, and for 500,000 copies, we get 5% of the profit, one million We take 10% of the book. If it exceeds 2 million, then 50% of the profit cannot be less! By the way, it is just the copyright of "Twilight", not including the copyright of the sequel. If there is a chance, establish a company in the United States , Specializing in the operation of "Twilight"."

Shao Shuaijun thought about it for a while. The value of "Twilight" is worth setting up a company to take care of all the procedures. Because of this Shao Shuaijun’s private transaction, he hopes to be run by a completely independent company instead of letting Shao Shuaijun’s studio in which Huayi Brothers participates.

"Specially open a company?" Li Bingbing was surprised.

"Yes. But, first of all, it must be built on the basis of the "Twilight" fire!"

For the publication of "Twilight", Shao Shuaijun gave Li Xiuxiu to complete, and he contacted Zhao Cheng himself and went to California.

The special effects company that Zhao Cheng found is called Animal-Logic, which can be translated as Animal Logic Special Effects Company. This is a special effects company headquartered in Australia, and its branch in Hollywood, California.

There are more than 200 special effects companies in Hollywood, why choose Animal Logic?

Because this company has the cheapest asking price, but the technology is perfect, and more importantly, the Chinese are familiar with it. Most of the special effects shots of "Hero" were made by this company. The company is ten kilometers away from Hollywood, which is a distance of ten kilometers, which makes it excluded from Hollywood mainstream circles.

Therefore, the company is very enthusiastic about the guests from China.

The price has been negotiated. The total length of 11 minutes, 32 sets of special effects lenses, 600,000 US dollars per minute, a total of 53 million yuan, the price is within the scope of Shao Shuaijun. Zhao Cheng went to contact the finances, and Shao Shuaijun began to participate in special effects production, mixing with special effects engineers every day to participate in the retouching of every shot.

This made him unable to even take time to play in Hollywood, let alone watch the release of the US version of "Buried Alive" and the publication of "Twilight".

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On Thursday, February 3rd, the movie "Buried Alive" was quietly released in the first batch of more than 300 movie theaters under the arrangement of Lionsgate. There is no excessive publicity, just a poster posted at the entrance of the cinema. It was such a low-key release, with the promotion of Sundance Online Film Festival and the good reputation of Lionsgate.

At the box office the next day, $2.3 million!

"Oh, dear Chinese Shao, did not disturb you?" Morris contacted Shao Shuaijun for the first time.

Shao Shuaijun just participated in special effects production and was very excited: "What's the matter, Mr. Morris?"

"Haha, of course. Guess what the box office of "Buried Alive" was on the first day."

"How many?"

"Guess it."

"Can't guess."

"Oh, Shao, you are so boring, okay, let me tell, don’t be scared, it’s 2.3 million dollars! Haha, I made my money back on the first day."

"Congratulations, congratulations." Shao Shuaijun clenched his fists and he was successful.

"Haha, I also want to congratulate you. It is not a problem for the box office to exceed 10 million. You will have a large amount of additional distribution fees." Morris has reason to laugh, because this sale was made by him, not only Earn the reputation of wise eyes and beading, and even a lot of commissions can be taken.

On February 7, the box office of "Buried Alive", which was released for half a week, reached 7.9 million. Morris called again and reported the good news triumphantly. This also made Shao Shuaijun and others, who are engaged in special effects production, greatly excited, "Buried Alive" was successful, is "Source Code" still far away.

On February 8th, it was New Year's Eve in China. Shao Shuaijun made a long-distance phone call to his relatives in the family. And he, Zhao Cheng, Li Xiuxiu, Wang Yixue, and Sloppy, found a small restaurant in a small town not far from Hollywood, and simply celebrated the most solemn Chinese holiday.

They have no time to go back this year.

Zhao Cheng wants to manage finances. Li Xiuxiu has contacted the publishing house and is waiting for further publication plans. Wang Yixue and Sloppy will help Shao Shuaijun and follow up on special effects production. Although it was New Year's Eve, the American side was still quiet. As usual, there was no festive atmosphere. Five people ate with gusto.

As time goes by, February 20th is in the blink of an eye.

The box office data of "Buried Alive", which was released for two and a half weeks, was 21.1 million. Among the films released in the entire Valentine's Archive, "Buried Alive" was the second largest at the box office. The first is "The Enemy of the People", which has only been released for a week and has already won more than 23 million box office. Ranked third is "Night Demon", with more than 19 million.

Under the impact of "The Enemy of the People", "Buried Alive" was officially released on the weekend. Morris added 2.5 million US dollars as promised. As a result, "Buried Alive" earned another 3.5 million US dollars for Huayi Brothers. Unfortunately, the money belongs to the Huayi Brothers, and Shao Shuaijun can only stare, after all the ownership is sold.

"China Shao, the company will hold a celebration banquet tomorrow. Will you and your partners come over and participate?"

"Thank you for your kindness, but we don't have time. By the way, you can invite Mike from Telescope Entertainment for us. I think it would be a shame not to have him on this occasion." Shao Shuaijun laughed. At the beginning, Mike was so angry that he was half to death, but now that Mike is just a clown, adding jokes.

As for door-to-door visits, there is no need. The winner must have the generosity of the winner.

"I think so, hehe."

"Morris, I don't have time to attend the celebration party, but I think you should have time to come and watch my new movie."

"Oh, you have a new movie, I will definitely go!"

After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun stretched his waist, "Buried Alive" is a shot of a heart-strength shot, which swept away the staleness that had accumulated in his heart. Brothers Wang Zhonglei, and Yu Dong and Zhuang Cheng, gained a lot of confidence after receiving the news. Some time ago, there were various bad news in newspapers, and many big directors expressed their opinions on "Source Code".

Make everyone feel heavy.

Now, a ray of light can be seen somewhat.

Morris came very quickly, and Shao Shuaijun simply screened the half-made samples. After an hour and a half, Morris watched carefully, with a smile on his face: "China Shao, let's talk about cooperation."