Chapter 231 Let’s talk about cooperation again

Chapter 231 Let’s talk about cooperation again

Chapter 231 Let’s talk about cooperation again
In fact, the magical things in the Hollywood entertainment industry are not much less than those in the Chinese entertainment industry, and may even be better.

For example, in the future there will be political correctness regarding gender and race, the Black Mermaid, the Black Snow Princess, and a gender-swapped "Romeo and Juliet".

To put it nicely, this is civilization, freedom and equality. To put it bluntly, it means that one's own people have deceived one's own people.

Who would have thought that in the future Chinese films would be able to compete with Hollywood films in the Chinese-speaking market, relying not on the progress and development of its own film and television industry, but on the regression of its competitors.

So maybe it’s true that this world is just a big makeshift team, and the only thing they compete with is who’s worse.

It's just bad, so what? As a potential rival, the more chaotic Hollywood is, the happier Wang Hao is. Of course, he won't pin all his hopes for the future on his rival's mistakes.

After all, he had a period of peak performance before he started to fall apart. Now, neither he nor China Film can relax.

Therefore, in order to add more chips to the development of Chinese films, in addition to the low salary and low-trouble-making power of Huaxia's behind-the-scenes staff, Wang Hao also contacted the upper-level leaders in charge of the film and television industry through the relationship with Han Sanye.

With the help of the overseas expansion of "Wushuang" and the honor of "Source Code", the first science fiction film in China, "Taken", a Sino-US co-production, was finally turned into the first pilot project that can enjoy the tax refund policy.

Don’t underestimate the “tax refund”.

You should know that in Hollywood, more than half of the funding for many movies is obtained through international pre-sales and tax rebates.

If it is a commercial film with a good story and a well-known cast, then the equity investment in the film may only require 40%-50%.

Therefore, tax reduction policies often become the trump card used by governments to attract film and television production projects and promote employment in the local film and television industry.

Generally, if the local expenses of a film or television production project reach a certain amount, a tax refund can be obtained after the filming is completed.

This is the same principle as when we go shopping abroad and get a tax refund at the airport counter before returning home.

Some countries even offer a 40% tax refund in order to attract big film projects.

But generally speaking, due to various reasons such as distance, language, culture, supporting facilities and the professionalism of the practitioners, most Hollywood film projects prefer to be filmed in Canada.

Many stories that take place in New York in the film were actually shot in Toronto.

In addition to Canada, among English-speaking countries, the United Kingdom and Australia also have relevant tax refund policies.

Especially the UK, although it is a bit far from the United States, but in addition to the tax refund policy, the professionalism of British film practitioners is very high. In addition, British Hollywood actors' pay can also enjoy tax refunds, so in comparison, the UK is more popular than Australia.

As for China, it has only recently entered the international trade system, and the top leaders neither understand nor pay much attention to this aspect, so they have not formulated corresponding policies for overseas film projects.

This time, Wang Hao and his team were the first to take the plunge and introduced the project "Taken" in the name of Sino-US co-production.

If the model of "Taken" can be successful in the future, it may promote the trend of North American films being shot in China many years in advance.

As long as North American films are produced in China and employ a large number of Chinese film and television industry practitioners, it will inevitably promote the improvement of the production level of the Chinese film and television industry, and will also prompt related practitioners to improve their skills and quality.

This can be said to be a win-win situation, so Wang Hao is naturally very concerned and is even willing to change his mind and agree to direct "Taken". Of course, Wang Hao will not tell these thoughts to the people present, and whether this plan can be successfully implemented in the end depends mainly on the final performance of the movie "Taken".

It's just that when Keita Miyamoto mentioned "Taken", he just wanted to find an excuse to talk, not because he really cared about the movie.

As the second-in-command of Sony Pictures, he has to take care of so many things every day. How could he care about a movie project worth more than 1000 million yuan from a subsidiary film company?

So after chatting with Wang Hao about "Taken" for a while, seeing that the other party was still calm about this matter, Keita Miyamoto finally had no choice but to pick up the tea and wink at Howard Bruno who was sitting opposite him.

"By the way, Wang, I heard that your new movie is a big hit in China. It looks like your movie universe plan has taken another solid step towards success."

Howard Bruno had been observing the expressions of others. After receiving the signal from Keita Miyamoto, he immediately took over the conversation, smiled and complimented Wang Hao, and then said:
“In fact, we at Columbia Pictures are also very interested in your movie universe.

In addition to our cooperation on the project "Taken", we really want to have a deeper cooperation with you."

Wang Hao knew that the other party had finally started to get to the point, so he put the teacup in his hand on the table and said seriously:
"Howard, I think we have already discussed this matter at the Shanghai International Film Festival last time.

My opinion is still the same, cooperation is fine, but the control of the entire movie universe must be in my hands!"

"king!"

Howard Bruno shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"You don't look like you want to discuss this. Although I trust you very much, just by listening to you, I can tell how grand your movie universe project is.

For such a big project, you want some protection yourself. Don’t we in Colombia want some protection too?
To be honest, other senior executives at Columbia will definitely not feel comfortable leaving this project in the hands of an outsider like you."

"But I can guarantee that I will always work hard for this project, but you can't guarantee that the senior executives of Columbia will always stay in that position, right?"

Wang Hao's words immediately left Howard Bruno speechless.

He smiled and said:
“There have been many cases in Hollywood where a major project has run into major problems due to changes in senior management at a studio.

Moreover, many senior executives of film companies are more concerned about short-term interests. If you tell them that it will take at least ten years to operate this movie universe, I'm afraid they don't have the patience to wait that long.

So your reason is totally untenable, Howard.

Besides, if you don’t trust me, why would you invest in this project?

Can you say that just because you don't believe in him, you should let James Cameron hand over the control of "Terminator"?
Or did you ask George Lucas to hand over the reins of Star Wars because you didn't believe in him?"

"Hey, um, Director Wang, you can't compare with James Cameron and George Lucas." Katsumi Ihara, who had been sitting aside without saying a word, suddenly said.

The atmosphere at the scene froze instantly. Only Wang Hao was not affected. He smiled at him and answered him in a confident tone:

"But they didn't achieve what I'm doing at my age, did they?"

(End of this chapter)