Hualiu Director

Chapter 163

Lin Hong's latest Weibo post immediately attracted countless discussions, and those who understand English quickly understood the content on it.

"Fuck, director Lin Hong is awesome, this is actually an invitation letter for the Golden Globe Awards. It says that "Life Kiss Me Bitterly" filmed by director Lin Hong won the Golden Globe Awards for "Best Foreign Language Film" and Comedy Drama " "Best Actor" has two nominations. I hope Director Lin Hong can bring his team to the awards ceremony."

"Niu p, why hasn't this been reported before? Director Lin Hong is too low-key!"

"Golden Globe? Isn't my idol Messi the winner? How can Lin Hong be eligible to win the Golden Globe?"

"Fuck off the football party upstairs!"

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When domestic entertainment reporters wanted to contact Lin Hong and Huang Li, their mobile phones were all turned off because they were already above the Pacific Ocean.

There are two famous Golden Globe Awards in the world. One is a football award created by the magazine "French Football" under the French "L'Equipe", which is regarded as the highest personal honor by football players.

The other Golden Globe Award is a film award, the full name is "Beautiful Country Annual Film and TV Golden Globe Awards", and it is also the most important award in Beautiful Country after Oscar in the film category.

In order to distinguish the judging criteria of the Golden Globes and Oscars as much as possible, the Golden Globes have been fixed in early or mid-January each year since 2003, basically a few days before the Oscar jury votes.

This year it is scheduled for January 1th.

Although the full name of the Golden Globe Awards is "Beautiful Country Annual Film and TV Golden Globe Awards", in fact it does not prohibit foreign film and television dramas from participating in the competition, but because Pretty Country has always been arrogant about the aesthetic standards of film and television works, unless It is really outstanding, otherwise it would not be able to enter their eyes.

"Life Kiss Me Badly" has been sent to many important film festivals since its completion. Although it was a pity that it failed to be nominated for the Oscars, the relatively more inclusive Golden Globes brought good news to Lin Hong.

It’s just that due to the previous labor dispute between the Screenwriters Association and the Beautiful Country Film and Television Association, this year’s Golden Globe Awards was almost cancelled. It was not finally confirmed to be held as scheduled until last week, but the special live TV broadcast to announce the nominations was canceled. Use letter notification instead.

So don't say that the domestic media didn't know that "Life Kiss Me Painfully" got two nominations. The media in the beautiful country only got the complete list of nominations in two days.

At 1:7 a.m. on January 9, western time, Lin Hong woke up after adjusting the time difference. The presidential suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel was indeed extremely luxurious, and the rim of the bathtub was actually made of pure gold.

Lin Hong didn't know how much such a presidential suite would cost for one night. He only knew that the people from Paramount booked it for him for three days.

In fact, according to Lin Hong's original plan, he didn't want to come so early, he could come one day later, and he could edit the film for another day at Beijing Film Studio. Yes, but had to stop because of the Golden Globes.

Lin Hong took a comfortable bath, cleaned himself up and asked Kong Xiao and the others to come together.

"Damn it, Lin Hong, you are too corrupt."

Kong Xiao and the others lived in an ordinary Hilton room arranged by the Golden Globe Awards Organizing Committee. Of course, this ordinary room is only relative to the presidential suite.

"No way, the people from Paramount are too polite, and I didn't know they even specially arranged a room for me."

Lin Hong was a little embarrassed, but his favorability for Paramount had increased a lot. At least from the room arrangement, they respected Lin Hong enough, and their sincerity could be seen.

"You're so polite, if I hadn't sold the script in Cannes, would they have had the chance to sit at the negotiating table? These ungrateful snobs, if they knew about it, I would have gone to talk to MGM."

Kong Xiao was a little aggrieved. He said on the podium in Cannes that he had a good script, but after the awards ceremony, several big film companies approached him, and he finally negotiated with Paramount.

After more than a dozen people enjoyed the food delivery service in Lin Hong's presidential suite, it was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that Paramount came.

"Oh, God, it turns out that Director Lin Hong is really so young. God is so unfair, your talent does not match your age."

Don't believe the exaggerated body language and compliments of beautiful Chinese people. Lin Hong believes that another person will be treated the same way.But coming out to socialize, isn't it just talking nonsense?

"Oh, my god Pan Gu, I didn't expect Mr. Evans to be such an attractive gentleman. I would have put on the dress for tomorrow night if I knew it earlier."

Lin Hong also had an exaggerated expression on his face, as if he was really rude.

"No, no, my friend, you don't have to. I hope your jet lag is reversed, and that our hasty negotiations haven't disturbed your rest."

A total of four people came, and Lin Hong was talking to Hill Evans, head of the production department of Paramount. He was the eldest son of legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans, and his son inherited his father's will. He also joined the production industry and is now one of Paramount's giants.

In addition to Hill, there is also a marketing manager in charge of negotiations and a legal assistant.

"Mr. Evans, you are welcome. As you can see, the room provided by your Paramount is very comfortable. I have got a full rest and can negotiate at any time."

Hill is also very satisfied with Lin Hong's state, and he hopes that both parties can show sincerity.

As for the script of the "Transformers" series of sci-fi films, Paramount's internal meeting unanimously passed it, and they are bound to win it today, even if they bleed.

Because the box office of "Interstellar Exploration" with an investment of more than 3 million U.S. dollars has skyrocketed, they are experiencing a serious crisis of trust, and the company's stock has fallen again and again. They urgently need a blockbuster series that can restore the confidence of shareholders to get out of the crisis .

And "Transformers" whose copyright is in the hands of Lin Hong is the series of movies they need.

Neither Lin Hong nor Hill participated in the subsequent negotiations. Of course, the marketing manager and Xiao Di would discuss the specific details, and Lin Hong learned about some Hollywood film and television productions under Hill's explanation. process.

"Mr. Lin, I don't know when you will be able to come to Hollywood to shoot a movie. I have seen most of your works. To be honest, as long as you have a suitable script, you are fully qualified to come to Hollywood to shoot a movie. I am looking forward to it. "

Hill's expectations are certainly there, but they are definitely not as high as he said. In his perception, there are only a few outstanding Chinese directors. Lin Hong is still too young to come to Hollywood.

"There will definitely be a chance, but it's a pity not now. Just wait!"

Before Lin Hong's movie universe is built, he must come to Hollywood to learn the experience of shooting and producing super commercial blockbusters, and before that he still has a lot of preparatory work to do.

Two hours later, when Lin Hong and Hill had already chatted about the NBA from the movie, the room in the presidential suite finally opened.

From the smiles on the faces of the four people, it can be known that the negotiation was a success.

Both Lin Hong and Hill tacitly did not ask about the specific negotiation results. They both chose to trust their team members.So Lin Hong and Hill just shook hands again to finalize the contract.

After sending Hill and the others into the elevator, Lin Hong couldn't wait to ask Xiao Di the specific result of the negotiation.

"All the five parts of "Transformers" were sold to Paramount, and we invested in the script, and the return was 7% of the total global box office. In addition, we have 10% of the income rights to the follow-up peripherals and character copyrights.

Mr. Lin, with all due respect, I think we..."

"You think we can ask for a higher price, right?"

"That's right. The story setting of "Transformers" is equivalent to completely creating a movie universe of silicon-based life, which is the core selling point of adapting it into a movie.

In other words, as long as the director and actors are not too bad, no matter which one of the eight major film companies, or even an independent film company like Lionsgate, we can get a very generous offer.

You may not know that many big Hollywood directors can get 20% movie share in addition to high salary.

And we have the most core things in our hands, why only 7% is satisfied, and the copyright income is only 10%, this is completely a cheap sale! "

Xiao Di was very puzzled, he still didn't believe that Lin Hong would be a prodigal son, but just now when he could have a better result, Lin Hong cut off his fortune.

"First of all, what I asked you to talk about is 7% of the total box office. Although this is not as harsh as the 20% of the box office for big directors, it is still quite a lot.

Have you ever thought that although "Transformers" is a complete universe, it is not the best movie universe in my hand, it is too single.

And the reason why I "sell" such a good script is to tell Hollywood one thing, that is, there is an idiot named Lin Hong in the East, and there are many stupid scripts, everyone go and lie to him. "

Speaking of this, both Lin Hong and Xiao Di laughed.

"For Hualiu, we don't want to make a lot of money in the short term. If we really need money, we can attract a lot of investment. I have this confidence.

The most important thing we should do at this stage is to pave the way. This is exactly what I am talking about today, so let me tell you about your next work direction.

I need you to create a huge screenwriting team for Hualiu, a comic company with more than 20 artists, and a special effects company that really belongs to us.

When you put these three teams together, I will let you know what is called the cinematic universe.

And our movie universe must not be released only in China. I want to use Hollywood channels to show our Chinese movie universe to movie theaters all over the world.

And why Hollywood helps us, of course, is the benefit.

Only by dividing up the interests in our hands can we get Hollywood channels and output the content that Hualiu wants to output.

This is pure business, we want output, they want profit.

In fact, the ultimate goal of the ideology and culture exported by Hollywood is for profit. If you can get absolute benefits as long as you cooperate with us, do you think these film businessmen will lower their proud heads? "

"They will definitely, and maybe they will fight for this place to bow their heads!"

Xiao Di has been in Hollywood before, and he knows these sanctimonious vampires too well. Hollywood, a vanity fair, pays attention to profit, which is also the most primitive purpose of capital.

"So I'm sure that at least one of our two nominations will win tomorrow night. This is a signal from Hollywood and the big film companies. After all, we still have two cards in our hands. I don't believe that those film companies are not coveted." .”