my sister is a supermodel

reading room

431、After all, you are a man.

"Mr. Ross, how's the talk about the release of Little Miss?"

In a cafe in Manhattan, Roca found Mr. Ross again to talk about work. In August, the production of "Little Miss Sunshine" was completed, and in September, he participated in the Toronto Film Festival.

The Toronto Film Festival is different from the Cannes-Berlin Film Festival - the film festival type of screening + awards. Its main purpose is to show new films, and there are no juries, competitions, or awards.

However, each session has an audience voting session, which is to vote for the best film by the audience participating in the film festival.

This year, "Little Miss Sunshine" narrowly lost South African film "Gangster" by 23 votes.

Although it was defeated, "Little Miss" shined at the film festival and got the attention of many distributors. There were also many quotations from film producers who wanted to win the distribution rights of the film.

The distribution right is the right to publicly distribute a movie or copy, and the studio that has obtained the distribution right has the right to decide the release time, quantity, price and geographical area of ​​the movie.

A total of more than ten issuing companies have put forward quotations, but the quotations are generally not high, and Roca is not satisfied, so the two parties are still negotiating.

"The one with the highest offer is Fox Searchlight, which won the global distribution rights for 1150 million yuan. This price is already the highest in independent film transactions. Roca, what's your opinion?"

asked Mr. Ross, sipping his coffee.

"1150 million? I invested 800 million, sold 1150 million, and only made 350 million?"

Roca was dissatisfied.

"Only make 350 million?!"

Mr. Rose choked on these words, and coughed a few times while covering his chest.

"Roca, 80% of the films in the independent film industry lose money. Not only did your film not lose money, but it also made 350 million yuan. Are you still not satisfied?"

"Should I be satisfied? I invested 300 million in "Dancing Out of My Life" and earned 1500 million. I spent 800 million on this movie to earn 350 million? How could I be satisfied if I didn't even double it?"

"Double? Do you want to double?"

Mr. Ross shook his head, the old man has never seen such a greedy person,

"Roca, the return of this film has exceeded everyone's expectations. The price of 1150 million is absolutely appropriate. It is impossible to talk about it, so you should accept it as soon as it is good. Don't be too greedy.

The last time Summit Pictures regretted giving up on this movie, you should not learn from them, you will regret it when you lose it. "

Rocca twitched his lips, "Mr. Ross, don't you want to make more money? If this movie can sell more money, your bonuses will also be more, aren't you happy?"

"Of course I also want to make money, but... the price of 1150 million is the result of our discussion for more than half a month. If we want to talk more, there is nothing we can do. If you hand over this project to the negotiating company, you will have to spend another sum of money , it's not worth it"

Mr Ross said.

Roca pondered for a moment, "Except for Fox Searchlight, which one has the highest offer?"

"Touchstone Pictures, the last time they cooperated with "Dancing Out of My Life", they also made a lot of money. This time they also put forward an offer, 26% of the domestic movie box office share, 12% of the foreign box office share, 5% of the video tape distribution share."

"This offer is very good, why do you consider this good offer, but go for the bad one instead?"

Roca wondered.

Mr. Ross shook his head, "How much box office do you think this movie will get?"

Roca thought for a while, "The total box office...be conservative, let's say 8000 to [-] million!"

puff~

Mr. Ross sprayed his face, "Seventy to eighty million is a little more conservative? Rocca, are you squinting your eyes by the success of "Dancing Out of My Life"? Can it be sold well? Repay 8000 to 8000 million? How dare you think about it!"

Rocca wiped his face, feeling a little helpless.

He originally wanted to say 1.1 million box office, but he suppressed it a little because he was afraid of scaring Mr. Ross. He didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so big.

"Mr. Ross, this movie is very good. I don't think seven or eighty million is a problem."

"You think, you think it's a fart, after the analysis of FCT data company, the total box office of this movie is about 4000 million, and the fluctuation range is less than 200 million.

This data is obtained through multiple investigations and vertical and horizontal comparisons. In the past, their predictions were nine out of ten. How can your prediction ability be better than theirs? "

Mr. Ross doesn't want to talk to him anymore. Since he entered Hollywood, this kid has been going smoothly, and he is seriously lacking in the beatings of the society, so he has developed a problem of high-sightedness and low-handedness. This disease can be cured.

Do you want to take this opportunity to make him suffer a big loss and let him experience the cruelty of Hollywood?

Mr. Ross thought secretly while stroking his beard.

"Mr. Ross, I don't care about any data analysis company. I only believe in my own judgment. Don't forget that no one paid attention to this project. Am I a fool?"

Roca was dissatisfied.

Mr. Ross frowned. This kid was right. This script has been tossed around for five years but no one has taken over it. It has been rejected by several film companies.

After Roca read the script, he immediately invested in the filming and participated in the acting himself. Obviously, he attaches great importance to this project. Could it be that there is any shining point in this movie that he has overlooked?

"Well, although I don't understand your self-confidence, I support your decision to take the share model, but this model is risky and the recovery of funds is slow. It usually takes one or two years to get the share.

There used to be an independent film company that was profitable, because it adopted this model, and it went bankrupt before the funds were returned, so you have to be mentally prepared.”

"Uh~"

This seems to be a problem. It takes two years to recover the share, and it is safer to get the money immediately. If you use this money for investment, you may earn more in two years.

After thinking about it for a while, Roca still chose the sharing model. One is that he believes that Bra Films will not go bankrupt, and the other is that he is not sure that the money will double within two years, and the sharing model can get the money.

"Well, I support your decision!"

Mr. Ross took the hat and patted it, thinking to himself, everyone will be happy if they make money, but if they don’t make money, it’s like buying a lesson, and it’s good for the kid to get beaten up, so he didn’t bother to persuade him.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something. He stared blankly at Roca, looked him over and over again, and frowned more and more as he watched.

"...Mr. Ross, is there a question?"

Rocca was stared into hair by him.

Mr. Ross hesitated for a while, then said quietly, "Nina and I went to visit Jennifer last time, and saw two little guys, very beautiful little guys, George and Catherine, why do I think little George looks so much like you? ?”

"This... well, it's what you think it is"

Roca said frankly with a cheeky face.

"Uh uh~ it's actually true?"

Mr. Rose's eyes widened. He was just testing, but he didn't expect to eat a big melon.