Chapter 93 Brother's Happiness, Bashu Production Center (9th Update)

After landing in New York, after exiting customs, I looked up and saw David picking me up.

David knew that Lu Ping'an was coming to the United States, so he took the initiative to pick him up at the airport.

David's suit is straight today, which is very different from his previous appearance. Now he looks like a Wall Street elite.

"Boss, here, haha, we meet again!"

David laughed happily when he saw Lu Pingping.

"I heard that you became famous at the film festival. How does it feel to be famous?"

Lu Pingan asked him with a smile.

When David heard this, he was very happy again, and then silently held out three fingers: "They all took the initiative."

"Be careful of getting sick."

"Don't worry, boss, my career has just started and I will never do anything stupid!"

David looked confident. After so many years, he still had some ideas in his heart.

After getting in the car, David talked about the film festival vividly:

"Lu, few people watched our movie at the beginning, but on the second day, you know, starting from the second day, our movie had the largest number of viewers in every scene!"

"You know what I like to watch the most? It's when some viewers who don't know the truth go in, sit down, and the movie starts, and then their mouths slowly grow bigger, and the timid ones are so frightened that their popcorn is scattered all over the floor, hahaha..."

David's interest was extremely high.

Lu Ping'an is also very happy. The movie has good prospects and can make money again.

The two then transferred to Utah.

The Saint Denis Film Festival is held in Park City, Utah, and tomorrow is the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.

After a while, the two got on the plane.

A few hours later, Lu Pingan dropped off his luggage at the hotel and then arrived at the film festival.

I didn’t see Wattsberg because he was currently discussing things with the organizer and some publishers.

"Chainsaw" received a very good response at film festivals, so the distribution process will naturally be stepped up.

This is just right, Lu Pingping can visit the film festival.

"Boss, let's go to the theater and have a look. There should be screenings now. I guarantee you will be very happy after seeing the audience's reaction."

David suggested from the sidelines.

Lu Pingan nodded in agreement, he also liked to see this kind of thing.

But before he had taken a few steps, a white man recognized him and came up to chat.

"You are Lu, hello, I'm William from Lionsgate Pictures."

William said as he handed over his business card.

Lu Ping'an's eyes lit up. Lionsgate was very famous and would be the leader of independent film companies for a long time to come.

"Hello William."

Lu Ping'an took the business card and responded politely.

William smiled and continued, "Lu, we invite you to join our Lionsgate Films. If you are interested, you can come to our company to chat. Our strength is not great, but it is still much better than Peak. We can meet your needs." Unexpected resources. If your "Source Code" had been handed over to us, the box office would never be as low as it is now. "

"Okay, we can chat later."

Lu Pingping did not refuse.

This is a good opportunity to test out offers.

"Chainsaw" is a Hollywood film, and "The Source" was released before.

At this time, money is already deeply involved.

The future plans for Hollywood films will definitely not be limited to these two.

So it's time to make a decision on whether to get Wattsberg in the bag.

As for whether to accept Wattsberg or not, Lu Ping An has already made a plan, and that is to look at other suitable candidates.

Now that Lions Gate is coming, it is an opportunity to test.

This company is good.

If you really take someone under your wing, it would indeed be more appropriate than taking over Watts to take advantage of the peak.

Of course, the premise is to investigate first. If William is a minion, it will be meaningless.

Then it seemed that William from Lions Gate was here. He saw him chatting with Lu Pingan, a yellow man, so someone quickly recognized that this was Lu Pingan. Then other film producers and film and television company bosses came over to talk to Lu Pingan. Chat, among them there are eight major ones, such as Sony.

And the topic inevitably mentions "Source Code" and now "Chainsaw".

Obviously, as a director, Lu Ping'an has now become a piece of cake after producing good works and good results.

Lu Pingping did not refuse any of them. He accepted the business cards one by one and started to test them after he returned to investigate the situation.

We chatted for a while, collected more than twenty business cards, and watched another movie.

After seeing the audience reaction from David with his own eyes, Lu Pingan met Wattsberg.

Wattsberg's face was also glowing now. When he saw Lu Ping'an, he said: "Lu, this movie is more popular than I thought."

Lu Ping'an smiled and said, "It looks like we can make money again."

"Oh lu, this topic makes my heart hurt."

"Watts, if you think about it this way, you just paid 200,000, and you might earn millions, which is equivalent to picking up for nothing. This will make you feel much better."

"You're right, but I can't convince myself."

"Then we can earn it back when we make the series."

"That's what you said."

"Of course, that's assuming the film is successful."

"Don't worry, many theater chains and distributors have contacted me. As long as we are willing, we can put it on at least 1,500 big screens in the first step."

As Watts spoke, he began to introduce the release plan.

Through the two films "Tune" and "Source", Wattsberg has become convinced that he can be bolder with Lu Ping An's film.

Now that "Chainsaw" has received a good response, it is indeed worth a gamble to open a large-scale release to maximize profits.

After talking about the release, Watts talked about another thing.

"Lu, you will definitely develop in Hollywood in the future, right?"

"Almost, I will continue to make movies in Hollywood in the future."

Lu Ping'an nodded frankly.

After hearing this, Watts asked: "Come to our company, Lu, I formally invite you to join, and the conditions can be negotiated."

To win over Lu Ping'an to become a director under the company is Watts' next plan.

He is sure that no one in Hollywood can offer higher conditions than him.

Lu Ping'an did not refuse: "Okay, let's talk about it in detail later."

Whether to join or not will not affect the use of the offer. No matter who is locked by the offer, they will be his hidden line in the future, so Lu Ping'an agreed quickly.

"Okay!"

Watts was very happy.

Things went better than he thought.

It seems that Lu is indeed a typical Chinese who is nostalgic.

Then the two of them went shopping again. In the evening, after making an appointment with Watts to talk about all the business after the awards ceremony, Lu Ping'an returned to the hotel.

That night, the organizer of the St. Denis Film Festival called and invited him to attend the awards ceremony tomorrow.

This was within expectations.

But why did the St. Denis Film Festival follow the European Big Three?

Or is it the same in all foreign countries?

Lu Pingan fell asleep in confusion.

The next night, as the host of the film festival called out Lu Pingan's name.

"Chainsaw 1" won the Special Jury Award.

It's not a big prize, but it's not bad.

Lu Pingan went on stage amid applause.

The scale of the audience is not comparable to the European Big Three.

After all, the St. Denis Film Festival is not a large film festival, but a local American one.

But Lu Pingan is still happy.

After all, this is the first time his feature film has won an award.

Taking the trophy, Lu Pingan stood in front of the microphone, looked at the audience and slowly said: "I want to say sorry to the cleaning staff of the film festival theater. I saw many viewers were scared to death while watching the movie and their popcorn was scattered all over the floor. Sorry, I added a burden to your work."

Hahaha.

The guests on the scene laughed in unison.

Lu Pingan continued: "I will give feedback to the film festival and increase your salary. If you don't agree, he will be tortured when passing each level (chainsaw line)."

The laughter at the scene was even louder this time.

The effect is good, it seems that everyone has seen it.

And in the laughter, many people also showed surprise in their eyes.

The Lu Pingan on the stage seems to be different from the impression of Chinese people.

No, it seems to be similar.

Because the big guy who came to the United States to play basketball seems to be so humorous.

Are all Chinese people like this?

So interesting.

"Thank you, thank you St. Denis Film Festival, thank you for your love!"

Lu Pingan also stopped when he saw the good.

Then he left the stage with warm applause.

After the film festival, Lu Pingan received a lot of business cards.

After accepting some interviews, Lu Pingan and Wattsberg sat down to talk about business.

The first is the revenue of "Source Code".

"Source Code" was actually released for five weeks.

There were only 100 screens in the first week.

The next four weeks were 1,000.

In the first four weeks, Source earned $42 million at the box office.

In the last week, it earned another $8.5 million, so Source Code's total box office in North America reached $50.5 million.

In terms of revenue sharing, it is a tiered revenue sharing model.

The film company will get 70% in the first two weeks, 40% in the third week, and 20% in the fourth week.

So the final $8.5 million that Lu Ping'an can get is negligible.

So after calculating all the revenue sharing of Source Code, minus the top publicity and distribution share, the final number is: $14.62 million before tax.

After tax, the Americans will get half, and they will also have to pay legal fees and regulatory fees.

The final total after tax is $6.8 million.

In addition, according to the contract.

If the box office exceeds $50 million, Wattsberg will automatically give up the right to adapt.

In addition, if the box office exceeds $30 million, Wattsberg will pay Lu Ping'an $5 million for the disc copyright, which is also before tax, and it will be less after tax because it is an overseas copyright transaction.

So the total is about $10 million.

"I will pay you the copyright fee first, and I will pay half of the profit sharing first. I will pay the final balance after the first profit sharing comes in."

Watzberg said.

Lu Ping'an smiled and sighed: "It's so straightforward, a little beyond my expectation."

Watzberg also smiled: "I can play Hollywood games, but not now, and not to you."

"You are very sincere."

"Thank you."

"Okay, then let's talk about "Saw" next."

"No problem."

After "Saw" won the award at the film festival, the process was the same, that is, the distribution rights transaction.

This is the good thing about the old American side, first talk about profit sharing, then talk about selling out.

The voice is very big.

"Saw" of course has to share.

Of course, some places can't avoid selling out.

In addition, "Saw" is an R-rated film, which cannot be shown in many countries, so the scope of sales will be smaller than that of ordinary movies.

Finally, "Chainsaw" first determined the revenue sharing of 12 countries and regions, and then negotiated with 11 countries and regions for distribution buyout.

The total buyout price was 800,000 US dollars.

Not high, but not bad.

The important thing is the revenue sharing.

Then the release date was also set, which was set on February 22.

There were no big movies during this period, so there was more room for high damage.

As for the summer season or other popular seasons, it can be set, but as a low-cost film, it has no capital to negotiate with the theaters.

Blockbuster, high-cost, big cast, or works by famous directors, even if the actual quality of the film is poor, it has the first say, at most, it will reduce the release of the film if the situation is not good after the release.

Very realistic, but this is the rule of the game.

The matter is settled.

Wattsberg said with a firm face: "This time, I must make "Chainsaw" a big hit!"

"Wish us success!"

The two raised their coffee glasses and clinked.

Finally, it was Lu Ping'an's work.

This is easy to talk about.

Lu Pingan and Dingfeng signed an agency contract, with two-way priority for each other's works. In addition, Lu Pingan must produce at least two movies within three years, and the copyright will be shared according to the investment ratio. It's that simple and very relaxed.

The most sensitive thing is copyright, but it's no problem for Lu Pingan.

He can shoot works with low copyright value.

And if he uses an offer to win Wattsberg, or later invests in Dingfeng, these will not be a problem at all.

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