Chapter 63: A great opportunity to get rich overnight!

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The awards ceremony would have to wait until the evening.

During the day, Han Zhou and Wang Xiya planned to go to the movies.

After all, it is a film festival, and the movies sent over are all being broadcast.

When he arrived at the park, Han Zhou was stunned when he saw a movie poster.

"This is……"

""dragon"?"

The name of the movie is "Dragon" in Russian. It doesn't make much sense from the name, but on the poster, a lone boat is floating on the blue sea like a sacrificial offering, the heroine in a white dress is sitting on the boat, and a dragon is flying in the sky.

This isn’t what He Is a Dragon is.

Han Zhou suddenly remembered something interesting, and then said: "Ask them if this movie is shown in the country of bears!"

Wang Xiya started communicating directly with the ticket seller.

Soon, Wang Xiya got a reply: "It has just been released for a week and the box office is dismal."

"It's stable! That's it!" Han Zhou: "Let's go and take a look!"

Wang Xiya was stunned when she heard Han Zhou's words.

What the hell, the box office is terrible, it can’t even make back the investment, should I go and see it?

"I may not have explained it clearly enough. The investment in this movie was about 14 million US dollars. The box office in the first week was about 700,000 US dollars. I guess it can't even recover one tenth of the cost."

Han Zhou: "Let's go buy tickets and watch it."

The more you say it, the more it looks like He is a Dragon!

"He is a Dragon" was a huge hit on the Chinese Internet. The film was widely praised by domestic audiences, and on the short video platform, there were no less than fifty commentary videos with more than 500,000 likes and more than 10,000 comments.

With this kind of popularity, if the show had been aired later in China, it would have grossed at least 500 million yuan!

However, it is a tragedy that this film was born in the country of bears.

Because the audience in the Bear Country is only interested in war movies.

I lost all my money watching this movie "He is a Dragon".

The movie "He is a Dragon" in the previous life was said to be a love movie adapted from their mythology. It eventually earned more than 50 million yuan in box office in China in just one week, which was far better than the box office in the bear country.

The most important thing is that the copyright for this copyright was imported into China at a cost of only US$300,000.

This rate of return is higher than robbing a bank.

What’s more, the distributor didn’t dare to market the film at the beginning and just released it directly, and it achieved this box office result!

"It's adapted from a local mythology, and it's also a romance film. As long as it's shot beautifully enough, the effect should be not much different from the previous one."

As long as it can reach 90% of the level, it will definitely be a gold mine if you buy it!

Wang Xiya bought the tickets and walked into the cinema with Han Zhou.

At the same time, Timo Pushkin and his assistant were looking at the list of foreign films nominated on the spot.

“How much did this movie make?”

Of course, Timo was asking about the box office at the film festival, not the market box office.

"The attendance rate for the three shows was 78 percent."

Timo was a little surprised: "This? Seventy-eight percent?"

"Why?"

Timo looked at the cover poster of the movie.

Shoddy workmanship.

A man in a funny suit, a red sweater vest, with an untidy beard and messy hair.

Running in the field, there is snow behind and green grass in front.

There is a tall, leafless, dead tree growing at the dividing line.

The dead tree takes up seventy percent of the entire poster.

Just by looking at it, you can tell that the green grass in front is photoshopped and looks very fake.

The name of the movie is "Hello Tree".

What the hell? Why is the attendance rate 78%?

Timo was so angry: "It depends on him."

Recently, Timo Pushkin's new movie was released, and the box office was terrible. Now seeing such a shoddy thing, the attendance rate is three times lower than its own, so you must see what he shoots.

In fact, Timo Pushkin was a bit unlucky.

But you can also say that he is a bit stubborn.

He just didn’t want to make a war movie.

Decades ago, Russia collapsed, and the Chinese people, who had been deceived by the United States, came to their senses and understood the situation.

Afterwards, Americans began making movies in droves to seize the fruits of World War II.

The audience in the Bear Country only had one thing to say after watching the film: "Bullshit! You conquered Germany? Then where did our Bear Country's millions of soldiers go? Where did they go? Did they fight aliens?"

Therefore, audiences in the Bear Country particularly like to watch war movies, especially war movies about fighting against Germany.

The citizens of the Bear Country are not rich. Although the government tries to lower prices as much as possible so that they can meet their needs for high-calorie food to overcome the cold winter, the prices of things other than food and drink are high.

Especially entertainment activities.

Now it has been 22 years, and one in five people on the streets of Bear Country is still wearing fake Adadis and holding black and white screen Lukia.

In addition, the television industry in the bear country has developed rapidly in recent years, and even TV series have dominated the charts in the United States. As a result, the survival space of the film industry has been extremely compressed.

Their film market was not well developed to begin with, and the audience strongly supported war films, so other films were in trouble.

Timo Pushkin is a very skilled filmmaker and was once recommended by a friend to go to the United States.

As a result, the movie he got in the United States was... "Natasha the Vampire Hunter". Natasha was a president in American history. In other words, he got a spoof movie.

As a result, Timo Pushkin refused to accept the result and tried his best to turn the spoof film into a serious drama.

The final box office was also good.

But after that, Timo Pushkin could only take on some low-budget films. After all, Hollywood did not like a disobedient director.

Even if you are talented, you are a Russian. Don’t you have any sense?

So, after Timo Pushkin earned enough commissions in Hollywood, he returned to the Bear Country and filmed the movie "Dragon" with his own money.

The result... is miserable, even worse than Wangcai, Xiaoqiang and their owners combined!

…

Coming out of the cinema, Wang Xiya was a little surprised: "The quality... is very high."

It can be said to be top-notch.

If we don't talk about the story, but only talk about the visuals and atmosphere, it is not inferior to Hollywood.

Overall, it's at least an 80-point movie.

After all, this is a movie on which a well-known director who had achieved small-scale success in Hollywood bet half of his fortune.

“Why is it such a box office failure?”

"It's right to be miserable!" Han Zhou laughed until he was numb. After laughing for a while, his smile stopped.

In front of me, two people were walking towards me.

On the other side, Timo Pushkin and his assistant walked out of the cinema, looking depressed.

Ignoring his assistant's dissuasion, he took out a cigarette and lit it.

This is indoors!

Timo: "That actor, I must let him be my leading actor once!"

"There are less than five people in Hollywood who can perform this kind of acting."

The assistant was shocked: "Hollywood couldn't find five? Is that so exaggerated?"

Timo was very serious: "Five is too much."

At this time, Timo stopped, looked forward, and asked: "Am I seeing wrongly... Is that... a tree?!"

The two teams met unexpectedly.

"Hello, Shu'er, I'm Timo, and I want to sign you as the leading actor in my new movie!"

"Director Pushkin, hello, my name is Han Zhou and I'm the president of China New World Entertainment Company. Do you have the overseas copyright of Dragon?"

Timo was talking to Han Zhou.

And Wang Xiya helped Han Zhou translate this sentence.

Timo was surprised: "What!?"

Wang Xiya translated for Han Zhou, Han Zhou: “Huh?!”

Finally, Timo suggested inviting Han Zhou and Wang Xiya to have coffee and have a good chat.

When we arrived at the cafe, Timo was very excited: "I like your performance very much. Without your performance, this movie would be nothing."

Han Zhou: “…”

Timo: "Is this movie trying to express a certain emotion? Indeed, it is a very strong emotion, but it is more of an emotion generated by your performance. The script is not very clear."

Han Zhou: "I wrote the script."

Teemo: “…”

"No wonder you have such a good grasp of this role, it's simply amazing. Your original script must be very good, and the director's level is too low. We can work together!"

Han Zhou: "I am the director."

Teemo: “…”

Continuous flattery hit the horse's balls and directly hit the vital point.

Han Zhou smiled and said, "Don't get so excited. I know this movie won't do well at the box office, but I still made it."

Timo's eyes lit up: "Great minds think alike!"

"I knew that the box office of my movie Dragon wouldn't be high, but I still insisted on filming it. It cost a lot of money, but I don't care!"

After all, he is a director who has been in Hollywood for several years. Although he is not famous, he earns a lot of money, which allows him to make two or three movies.

Even if everything goes wrong, the worst that can happen is that I can go to Hollywood and make spoof films for a few years.

Han Zhou laughed: "I like this sentence. In order to prevent you from losing too much, I decided to buy the Chinese copyright of your "Dragon". I have just opened a film company and want to operate and import the film for release."

Wang Xiya whispered: "There are only eight film companies in the country that are qualified to import films, and you are not."

Han Zhou smiled and looked at Timo, then turned his head to Wang Xiya and said, "Buy it first."

Wang Xiya translated it.

Timo laughed: "The Chinese are just so polite. No need. I can accept my loss."

Han Zhou was very sincere: "If you don't accept it, then you don't consider me a friend. If we are not friends, then we can't have any more conversations."

Wang Xiya translated it.

Timo Pushkin was stunned.

The assistant next to him said: "The Chinese are very concerned about face. If you don't accept it, you are not giving face. For them, face is much more important than for us."

The word "face" also exists in Europe and the United States, but not to the same extent in China.

They prefer to use the word "dignity", and face is downwardly compatible with the word "dignity".

Timo Pushkin: "I can promise to sell you the Chinese copyright, but you can't bid too high. If you bid too high, it means you are not giving me face."

"Since we are all friends, don't be too polite."

Wang Xiya translated it.

Han Zhou laughed so hard that he was numb: "How about 300,000 US dollars?"

Timo Pushkin: "Fifty thousand dollars is just a token of my appreciation."

assistant:"???"

Han Zhou: "No, that won't work. Two hundred thousand US dollars! It can't be any lower."

Wang Xiya: “???”

Timo was anxious and held Han Zhou's hand: "One hundred thousand US dollars, don't say anything more, or I won't sell it!"

Han Zhou was a little angry, then compromised: "Since you are so sincere, then I...Okay, one hundred thousand US dollars is one hundred thousand US dollars."

Wang Xiya was not sure if the other party's assistant could speak Chinese, so she asked in a very low voice: "How did you negotiate the price?"

“Buyers are raising prices, and sellers are lowering prices?”

Han Zhou whispered, "I'm afraid that when he sees the box office of Dragon in China, he will turn against me and beat me up... After all, I have to rely on my looks to make a living at this stage."

"He probably thought that his movie wouldn't do well at the box office in China, so he didn't want to cheat me. After all, he wanted me to be the leading actor in his movie."

Wang Xiya: “…”

Wang Xiya didn't know why Han Zhou was so sure that the movie "Dragon" could make money in China.

But Wang Xiya knew that she also thought "Dragon" was good.

I have been influenced by this since I was a child, and my judgment of movies is no less than those of professional film critics.

There's a lot more to them than that.

Professional film critics can only judge whether a movie is good or not, but cannot judge the market.

Wang Xiya is able to judge the market and knows what kind of movies and what kind of promotional tactics may stimulate the box office.

After watching "Dragon", Wang Xiya felt that if this movie spent a lot of money on publicity, it would definitely have a high box office.

But... Wang Xiya knew that Han Zhou had no money now.

So, Wang Xiya was very curious about what Han Zhou was going to do with this movie.

Or to put it simply, how to hype it up.

A movie that was a complete failure in its own country is expected to be accepted by Chinese movie fans, especially casual movie fans? !

"Han, about the leading role..."

Han Zhou smiled and said, "I have a movie that has just been released, and another one that has just been finished but has not been released yet. I also have a filming plan and a variety show in China. I don't have time for at least a year."

Is the rejection obvious enough?

Timo Pushkin: "What?! Only one year? I'll be preparing for my next film for at least two and a half years!"

Han Zhou: “???”

Han Zhou: "My price might be a bit high by then!"

Timo pondered: "This is indeed a problem. With your talent, I'm afraid the salary will be very high in two years. Why don't you sign it today?!"

Han Zhou: "Sorry, I won't lock myself into something that I haven't planned yet. I have a lot of things to do."

Timo: “What’s going on?!”

Han Zhou: "In three years, I have won all the best actor awards available in the world."

"All... Movie Kings..." Teemo: "????!!!!"

"Then... are you sure about today's Best Actor award?"

Han Zhou smiled and took out his phone: "Do you understand Russian? Help me understand what the text message the organizing committee sent me means?"

Teemo: “!!!”