World-class director in the entertainment industry

"Director Qin, your talent is really rare in the world. A movie with a small budget of 500 million yuan has achieved a box office of nearly [-] million yuan, but I am so envious. If possible, our Columbia company also hopes to cooperate with Qin Everything depends on Director Qin’s opinion.”

After Jeff Black talked politely for a while, he changed his words and began to test.

"This condition sounds really good. Thank you, President Jeff, for your consideration. If there is a chance, I would also like to cooperate with your company."

Qin Dong nodded with a smile, and agreed verbally, making it impossible for people to see that what he said was a lie.

At this moment, the expression management master is online.

"With Director Qin's words, I feel relieved. I will talk to Martin about the follow-up questions."

Jeff Black showed a sincere smile for the first time, and it was enough that the other party didn't refuse to cooperate outright.

As for the sincerity of these words, it doesn't matter. No cooperation can be reached without a single verbal conversation.

"Old fox..."

After talking with Jeff Black for a while, after leaving here, Qin Dong muttered something.

"Oh, Qin, you are also a fox, little fox. I didn't expect you to be so good at communicating. Among the directors I know, there are many people with various tempers, but most of them are not good at communicating, but you are different..."

Martin followed Qin Dong, and naturally heard Qin Dong's words, so he couldn't help but sighed with a smile.

Qin Dong's conversation with Columbia President Jeff Black just now made him sigh.

If his superstar Tom Cruise had this kind of emotional intelligence, how could he fall down? The gap between people is too big.

"Hey, Martin, we have a lot of sayings in China. For example, it's better to resolve an enemy than to end it. It's not too late to mend the situation. Now that Jeff Black has realized his mistakes and worked hard to change them, I'm naturally willing to give him face. ..."

Qin Dong shook his head brazenly when he heard the words.

There is no need to be humble in front of your own people.

As for cooperating with the Columbia company, Qin Dong said that it was really just superficial polite words.

Columbia Corporation, or it is more appropriate to call it Sony Columbia Corporation.

It has already been acquired by Sony in the island country, but this kind of foreign company, the acquisition of a film and television company, one of the six major Hollywood giants, is not as simple as imagined.

Sony is rich, and spent a lot of money to open up many relationships. In the end, Columbia was acquired, but what was the result?

The result is that the Columbia company is slowly degrading. Not only does it fail to make money every year, but it also loses money every year. It is not worthy of the status of the six major Hollywood companies.

Bad movies are produced every year, and the company is controlled by old beauties. Sony has spent a lot of money to raise a group of corrupt moths, and in the end they can't do anything to these people.

Qin Dong recalled that he couldn't think of any other famous movies that Columbia had besides the two series [007] and [Spider-Man]. Diao sample.

In fact, this company has the name of this giant. In fact, it has been corrupted for a long time. The annual film performance is not as good as that of some independent film and television companies. It is really not worth mentioning.

How could such a company make Qin Dong willing to cooperate?

"Hehe, well, the president of Columbia has been tricked by you, you are this..."

Martin very politely raised his hand and gave a thumbs up.

The two laughed together, it was a joke, but Martin, as the president of caa and also Qin Dong's manager, didn't want Qin Dong to provoke too many enemies.

No matter how Columbia is at the bottom of the Big Six in Hollywood, it is also one of the Big Six. It is better not to mess with it. Martin hopes that Qin Dong's development will be as smooth as possible.

"Qin, you haven't seen this movie. I've seen it. The special effects are really great. It's a movie that cost [-] million U.S. dollars for light and special effects. I regret it a bit. I shouldn't have agreed to outsource this movie to other directors. , should have let you stay and film it yourself."

Martin talked about the business, [2012 Doomsday] The movie Qin Dong had packaged it for CAA, so Martin was eligible to watch the movie in advance.

After seeing it with his own eyes, Martin regretted it. The movie was really good, and the special effects exploded.

"Haha, Martin, you can think about it from another angle. Since the special effects are exploding, it means that the money has really been spent. A movie with a cost of more than 5.00 million U.S. dollars has a box office of less than one billion. How can it be possible to pay back? Everything depends on the box office. Otherwise, I will have to rely on offline discs for a long time to slowly make money back, not to mention my [-]% share of the global box office.”

Qin Dong shook his head and smiled.

It is natural for Martin to regret, but Qin Dong is not optimistic about the box office of this movie.

Even if he adapted this movie in this life, China's box office may be better than the previous life. In the end, the total global box office broke [-] million, but it is absolutely impossible to reach [-] million. This figure is still a loss.

Because Qin Dong packaged the script for CAA, the reward he got was 5.00% of the global box office.

The box office is based on 500 billion dollars, and Qin Dong directly gets paid 4000 million to [-] million dollars.

Perhaps Columbia can recover its capital and make a profit by relying on offline discs, but it takes a long time to operate, but Qin Dong will definitely not lose money.

"Oh, Qin, don't you think this movie will hit a billion at the box office?"

Martin squinted his eyes when he heard the words, and quickly calculated the relationship between the box office and the cost in his mind, but found that, as Qin Dong said, the box office was less than one billion and it was not enough to pay back the cost.

"Martin, if you think about it this year, there are only a few movies with a box office of more than one billion in the world over the years? Do you think I am famous enough as a screenwriter? Or is Roland Emmerich famous enough to carry the box office? Or can my compatriot Leung Ka Fai and other actors in the film carry the box office?"

Qin Dong paused and asked back.

"Well, it does make sense, so how high do you think the box office can reach?"

Martin nodded slowly. None of Qin Dong's self-written and directed films has reached a billion dollars worldwide. Roland Emmerich is well-known enough, but unfortunately he is only a director of genre films. He is famous but the box office data is not outstanding. As for the lead actor , Martin was too lazy to think about it, and just ignored it.

"Since Martin said that the special effects exploded after watching it, then the box office of this kind of super blockbuster is not too bad. I guess it is about [-] to [-] million."

Qin Dong pondered on the surface, made a gesture, and then casually reported a number.

"Seven to eight billion? If it reaches this box office, it's actually not bad, and it's not far from paying back. With offline discs and other copyrights, this movie will still make Columbia a profit."

When Martin heard this, he just paused and figured out what the profit was.

"People invest so much, and after a few years, shouldn't they make a little money in the end?"

Qin Dong really didn't care about these things.

With a cost of more than [-] million yuan, it took two years to make the film. The film could not pay back, and it had to rely on offline production, which would take at least one year.

It is equal to three or four years. Nearly [-] million was invested in it, and the final profit was tens of millions. This number is really not a perfect number. Compared with the time, the profit rate is not proportional.

"Hehe, then I'll be more comfortable. Let's go. I saw Roland Emmerich. I'll take you there to get to know him."

Martin was relieved when he heard this, and when he saw the person coming in at the door, he led Qin Dong over.

"Roland, let me introduce you to my employer, who is also your film screenwriter, China's talented director Qin Dong."

Facing Roland Emmerich who had just come in after walking the red carpet, Martin was not very polite at all after he passed by.

The status of this director is not worthy of Martin's care. This person is too old, and this is the way he will be in this life.

"Director Qin, I've heard about you for a long time, and I just met the real person today. Thank you for your script. I like it very much. This script is very suitable for my taste. I feel that it is the same as what I wrote."

Roland Emmerich's eyes lit up, and he immediately extended his hand with a smile.

Although he and Qin Dong also had conflicts because of script issues, in Roland Emmerich's view, all of these are for the betterment of the movie. This small friction is a creative friction, not a personal grudge, so he will not let it go on heart.

"Director Roland, I'm very glad to meet you. My script was also influenced by your [the day after tomorrow] back then. I like the kind of global disaster scene. Only the grand scale can give movie fans a shocking feeling."

Qin Dong smiled and stretched out his hand, and replied politely.

Courtesy is reciprocal, people are polite, so Qin Dong naturally has to be polite too.

"Yeah...yeah...this is so true. I think our thinking is similar in many ways. I hope we can cooperate in the future."

Roland Emmerich was even happier when he heard that, and nodded repeatedly.

He likes disaster movies, he likes large-scale special effects, and he is very obsessed with big scenes.

"There must be a chance. By the way, the scene about Huaxia in the later stage of the script, the scene I let people shoot, what does Director Roland think?"

Qin Dong was perfunctory for a while, and remembered one thing, that is, the scenes in the Huaxia part of the movie were filmed by Qin Dong, and now he thought about it and asked.

I never asked, because when the agreement was signed, Qin Dong had very strict requirements, so he was not afraid that the other party would not use it.

[2012 End of the World] At the end of the movie, the scene was changed to Huaxia, and to the plateau. The scene in the past life really left Qin Dong speechless. On the Huaxia Plateau, dilapidated villages, bald speakers, light trucks like those in the 90s and [-]s, green The one with carriages, the kind that is very common in the [-]s, many driving schools have them, the few Chinese characters who appear on the stage, the clothes are bad, and the spirit is lacking, that kind of picture will make movie viewers who are not familiar with China think this at first glance. The place is really poor and broken.

But I also understand, because this is Nima foreigners' views on the country, or it is requested by the upper class figures in these countries, who demand that they must film the poor and chaotic places in China.

Of course, not only China, but many other countries have been treated like this by Hollywood.

In short, it is to let movie fans around the world see that old America is full of high-rise buildings, a picture of drunkenness, while other countries are dilapidated and poor places. Hollywood is a kind of strategic weapon of old America. Look at the weapons.