Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire
v1 Chapter 206: friend
?Thank you, Daoist friends such as Luo, Shen, and Lumia_ye for their rewards. I wish you all the blessings of the East China Sea, and the longevity of the Nanshan Mountains. ! !
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Originally, the shooting time for "Home Alone" was very tight! Because Xu Cun went to Los Angeles to take care of Deng Lijun, and more than a week was wasted, the shooting time of "Home Alone" became even tighter!
In desperation, Xu Cun could only squeeze the working hours of the poor American working people.
but
After all, in the United States, it is not as good as in China. In the United States, the labor law of the United States is still very concerned about human rights, and it stipulates that American citizens cannot work more than eight hours a day. (Voluntary is not included here.)
Therefore, if the American G actors and American G staff are forced to work for more than eight hours, they will be sued to the labor union by this group of American G men who shout about human rights every day, which will cause countless troubles.
In order to make the US guy work overtime willingly, and in order to make "Home Alone" released in time for Christmas, Xu Cun can only be a boy who sells money. So much so that by the time "Home Alone" was completed, almost all the actors and staff in "Home Alone" received more than double their wages.
Hurry up and hurry up, "Home Alone" finally finished production three days before Christmas.
"Home Alone" was made in time thanks to Chris Columbus, the original director of "Home Alone".
Chris Columbus is definitely a talented director, and he is also the creative idea proposed by Xu Cun, a very good assistant. He can always finish it quickly and well.
In view of Chris Columbus's excellent performance, Xu Cun is going to recommend Chris Columbus to Alan Ryder Jr. as the director of the sequel to "Home Alone".
Why is the sequel to "Home Alone" owned by 20th Century Fox? Because, Xu Cun, who had tasted the sweetness of selling copyright, reached a verbal agreement with Little Alan Ryder, as long as "Home Alone" can achieve a good result, Little Alan Ryder will pay to buy all of "Home Alone". copyright.
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After watching the demo of "Home Alone".
Little Alan Ryder lit a cigar and said, "A very good Hollywood movie, much better than the few Asian movies you asked me to release before! Oh, sorry, Xu, I'm not complaining to you. What, after all, those Asian movies made me a little money, didn't they?"
"My friend Ryder, in fact, you don't need to remind me what you have done for me, you must know that I am a person who remembers kindness." Xu Cun directly pointed out the intention of little Alan Ryder when he said this.
"Okay, Xu, let's go straight to the topic, I decided to promote this "Home Alone" during the Christmas period. After all, it is a happy Christmas movie, isn't it?" Little Alan Ryder said.
"Very wise decision, your wise decision will definitely make a fortune for the 20th Century Fox Film Company!" Xu Cun complimented.
"Then tell me about the box office share of "Home Alone"." Xu Cun said again.
"Isn't it bad to follow the old rules?" Little Alan Ryder pretended to be stupid.
"Those are Asian movies, "Home Alone" is a pure Hollywood movie, Ryder, do you think it's fair for me to take 21%?" Xu Cun said.
"Okay, twenty-three percent." Little Alan Ryder said helplessly.
"My friend, Lang Mayer is much more generous than you. When I was still an unknown director, Lang Mayer gave "ET" 28.5 percent of the box office." Xu Cun Youyou said.
"ET" was the biggest failure in Alan Ryder's life. Hearing Xu Cun mentioning "ET", Alan Ryder said angrily: ""ET" is a Hollywood movie that won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival! , in order to get 28.5% of the box office share, Xu, you paid half of the publicity fee!"
"I can also pay half or even all of the promotion fee for "Home Alone"," Xu Cun said leisurely.
"Oh Xu, did you forget who distributed those bad Asian movies for you? It's me, it's your friend Alan Ryder Jr, not the Long Mayer guy who made hundreds of millions of dollars on you ." Little Alan Ryder said loudly.
"Oh, okay, Ryder, my friend, let me hear you a number." Xu Cun said in a gesture of surrender.
"Twenty-seven percent, you pay half of the publicity fee." Little Alan Ryder said loudly.
"...Ryder, if you continue like this, you will have no friends." Xu Cun was silent for a while, and said helplessly.
"A friend is a friend, and a business is a business. That's what you taught me, isn't it, my friend." Little Alan Ryder said innocently.
"I'll pay half of the promotion fee, 29%. After all, I have the title of the first director. It's too low to look good." Xu Cun said with his index finger pressed against his temple.
"Okay, just do as you say." Little Alan Ryder agreed immediately.
"I still have a movie that I want to release on Valentine's Day." Xu Cun said.
"What movie?" Little Alan Ryder asked with great interest.
"The love movie I starred in with a Chinese-G actress is about a person and a ghost falling in love." Xu Cun said deliberately.
"Oh, Xu, you should focus on making Hollywood movies like ET and Home Alone, and stop making Asian movies that don't have a market, like that Swordsman, oh, God, you've wasted almost a year on a movie that's doomed to not make money!" said Alan Ryder Jr.
"So, you're not going to release it for me?" Xu Cun asked calmly.
"Oh, no, I'm your friend, how could I not help you? Well... I'll release that **** movie for you according to the old rules." Little Alan Ryder said with a benefactor's face.
"Twenty-one percent? I think I'd better talk to Lang Mayer, he may be more generous." Xu Cun pretended to be dissatisfied.
"Okay, my friend, if that miser from Longmayer doesn't want to help you, you can come back to me." Little Alan Ryder said.
Little Alan Ryder only gave 21% of the box office share of "The Ghost Story". Is he complaining about Little Alan Ryder?
Actually, no complaints.
The reason why little Alan Ryder gave such a low box-office share to "The Ghost Story" is all because Xu Cun has been misleading little Alan Ryder with wrong information~lightnovelpub.net~ actually
Xu Cun didn't want 20th Century Fox to release "The Ghost Story" at all.
Xu Cun did this for two reasons:
1. Xu Cun cannot let 20th Century Fox become too strong over the other seven biggest Hollywood studios. Because, then there will be a dominant situation, which is not conducive to the development of DreamWorks.
Second, Xu Cun has always believed in the principle that all eggs cannot be put into one basket. Therefore, Xu Cun had to open up more distribution channels for DreamWorks.
but
Little Alan Ryder did help Xu Cun release films such as "Knife Horse Dancing", and Xu Cun owed little Alan Ryder's favor.
Therefore, Xu Cun couldn't directly hand over "Human Ghost Love" to other film companies for distribution without even an excuse.
Therefore, Xu Cun asked little Alan Ryder to give up the distribution rights of "The Ghost Story".
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After leaving the 20th Century Fox Film Company, Xu Cun spent a week in contact with the executives of the seven largest Hollywood film companies except 20th Century Fox Film Company.
In the end, Xu Cun gave the distribution rights to Paramount Pictures, the most generous company.
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(To be continued.)
