Chapter 313: Level 1!
Chapter 313: Excellent!
Since "Crazy Stone" was written and filmed by director Lu Hao, and not starred by Fan Wumian himself, it lacks box office appeal.
Some time ago, when trying to sell overseas distribution rights, many agent distributors chose to wait and see or lower the price.
The previous quotations had not met Fan Wumian’s psychological expectations, so he deliberately waited.
It was not until "Crazy Stone" was first released in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and the first week box office results came out, that we started contacting the agent distributors.
The overseas distribution rights to South Korea, island countries, North America, Europe and Southeast Asian countries were split up and sold piecemeal, with a total of more than 560 million US dollars sold, and some box office share will be obtained later.
It may seem that it doesn't make as much as "Those Years", but it's actually quite good.
Many Chinese-language films have no buyers, and even if they are sold at a very low price, it is difficult to find anyone willing to take them over.
The cost of distributing a movie is relatively high, and distributors need to calculate the costs. With so many movies shot in countries around the world every year, they have to pick and choose, so they won't just make do with anything.
We need to ask why the overseas distribution rights of "Crazy Stone" were sold successfully.
the reason is simple.
Until now, Fan Wumian's works have never failed.
"Those Years", also a Chinese-language film, helped Sony Pictures Entertainment make a lot of money, and this is the main reason.
In addition, the quality of "Crazy Stone" is there, and the box office in the first week in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao is quite impressive, so the agents and distributors from various countries began to bid.
After meeting Fan Wumian, Miss Aoi returned to her room and couldn't help searching for his information while surfing the Internet.
There was a piece of news from an island country with the title:
——"Fan Wumian's new film Crazy Stone is the first to be released in 28 theaters in Tokyo!"
The following is a review by a famous film critic, mentioning
——“Excellent!
This is the best black comedy movie I have seen in recent years. Director Lu Hao was responsible for the filming of "A Quiet Place". He is worthy of being appreciated by the talented director Fan Wumian. I held my urine while watching the movie for fear of missing every shot.
Whether it was the top-quality jadeite worth approximately 2.7 million yen or the realistic style of the work, I felt the sincerity of the entire work and watched it with a smile."
Perhaps due to similar cultural backgrounds, audiences in the island countries can easily immerse themselves in Chinese-language films without feeling too strong a sense of alienation.
In addition, the theme of the film is black humor, so it has received particularly good reviews in the island country.
Miss Aoi looked through the comments below and found that there were only a dozen replies in total, but without exception, all of them expressed their desire to watch or praised the new movie.
From other websites, you can also see Fan Wumian's island country fan support club, praise him for being very good at investment, his English song was bought at a high price by the "Pirates of the Caribbean" crew, and so on.
Staring at the handsome photos again and again, Miss Aoi couldn't stop smiling.
When she went out to participate in other activities on weekdays, she was most afraid of encountering an old-fashioned employer who was not only disrespectful to her but also vulgar and disgusting. She could only hold her anger and endure it silently, just as if it was a nightmare.
This time, she unexpectedly discovered that the employer was Fan Wumian. Miss Aoi was looking forward to the phone in the room ringing, or him appearing at the door of her room.
Unfortunately, she didn't wait for Fan Wumian to knock on the door until she fell asleep that night.
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the other side.
A few days ago, Fan Wumian asked Wang Wei, the founder of Tudou.com, for help and temporarily hired a middle-level manager from Wangyi’s game department named Qu Bo.
Wang Wei helped to find a total of seven management talents in the gaming industry.
Qu Bo's position was not high, and he was chosen in the end because he was responsible for planning the hit game "Fantasy Westward Journey".
Before leaving Wangyi, Qu Bo earned an annual salary of more than 400 million, but he had bigger ambitions and wanted game dividends or company shares.
When he was hired, he was almost on the verge of breaking up with the company because of a conflict over salary increase.
Upon learning that Fan Wumian was willing to invest in him, Qu Bo decisively chose to change jobs, and immediately expedited the application for a visa to South Korea. Together with the temporarily formed third-party acquisition team from Gangcheng, he visited NEOPLE Game Company, the developer of "Dungeon & Fighter".
This time Fan Wumian learned his lesson.
Whether talking to the head of the acquisition team or Qu Bo and others, they all said that they were optimistic about the development capabilities of NEOPLE Game Company.
They wanted to create a 2D scrolling horizontal fighting online game, using "Wulin Wai Zhuan" as the game story background, developing copyright to bring in peripheral income, and deliberately blurring the importance of "Dungeon & Fighter".
The previous version, "Dungeon & Fighter", was not publicly tested in mainland China until 2008.
The game was launched in South Korea a few months ago and is still an original version with rough graphics and incomplete settings.
Compared with currently popular online games such as "World of Warcraft", "KartRider", "Audition", and "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Dungeon & Fighter" still has a very low sense of presence.
Last December.
NEOPLE Games has just received a round A financing of US$400 million from a Singaporean venture capital firm at a valuation of about US$150 million. Because it is still very small, the founder only mentioned in a news report that he plans to "try to go public on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in the United States within the next 10 years."
Fan Wumian has communicated with representatives of the third-party acquisition team and given a total acquisition budget of US$800 million. He plans to try to negotiate first, and if the negotiations fail, he will let Penguin Group use its big move.
Copy and paste with one click, use "Emperor of the Wilderness" as the game background, and create the same 2D scrolling horizontal fighting online game.
If it were any other country, Fan Wumian might still feel guilty for a few seconds.
He really couldn't muster any embarrassment towards South Korea, which even stole the Dragon Boat Festival, Confucius, Changbai Mountain and Hanfu, and could only repay it with a tit-for-tat.
Last year, the local government changed the name of "Seoul" to "Hancheng".
When Qu Bo landed at the airport, he saw Chinese and English signs with the word "Seoul" written everywhere, as if they were afraid that the Chinese people would not see it and still used the name "Seoul".
Some organizations began to declare that South Korea had become a developed country, which made a bunch of little idiots excited and think that the mainland residents envied them and wanted to learn from South Korea.
Apart from "Dae Jang Geum", Qu Bo doesn't know much about this place, and mainly focuses on the gaming field.
Games like Audition and KartRider, which were recommended to Penguin Group by Fan Wumian and have seen a surge in user numbers, all came from here. They have begun to grow in scale and mainly make profits from overseas markets.
Soon after landing, Qu Bo's version of "Lost on Journey" also began.
First, I listened to the driver using almost incomprehensible broken English to gesture and introduce the low-rise office buildings and four-lane asphalt roads.
When I met with the representative of NEOPLE game company, he ordered a table full of side dishes, saying it was a "palace feast" that would be used to entertain VIP guests.
Qu Bo was simply stunned, wondering why there was not a single dish he liked among the dozen or so small plates in front of him. It was really amazing.
When the proprietress brought four plates of barbecue, several representatives of NEOPLE Game Company smiled happily. Qu Bo, who was hungry, thought that each person should have a plate, and the hot dishes were finally served.
I couldn't wait any longer and picked up a few slices of meat with my chopsticks, and the plate was empty.
I saw someone opposite me reaching for chopsticks, looking at Qu Bo with an awkward expression, motioning him to eat first.
Several representatives from Hongcheng Consulting Company also felt that they had eaten in vain. Some of them muttered in Cantonese that they should have eaten more on the plane. It would have been better to order some roast goose and beef offal, which at least go well with rice.
There's nothing to know.
NEOPLE Game Company has only developed one game, "Dungeon & Fighter". Since its launch a few months ago, its total revenue has been close to HK$900 million and its net profit is about 40%. The user growth rate has gradually slowed down recently.
After receiving the A round of financing, the company is upgrading "Dungeon & Fighter". The three founders jumped from other game companies and owed bank loans in order to start a business in game development.
After finishing more than a bottle of sake just like drinking water, Qu Bo wondered why they made an "ah!" sound after drinking it. It seemed that apart from being unpalatable, it didn't burn the throat at all.
The representative of the acquisition team first put forward the conditions for the acquisition at US$550 million, and was willing to retain the positions of the three founders and give them high salaries.
Fan Wumian doesn't want to manage things himself, so it's more convenient and less troublesome to keep the existing management team.
Entrepreneurs know this.
Valuation is one thing, and actually getting the cash is another.
Dungeon Fighter is not bad, but there are too many good games being developed recently. The founders of NEOPLE Games dare not say that they will succeed after upgrading.
Deep city.
After getting up, Ms. Aoi put on her makeup carefully.
She considers herself not to be a beauty, but she has a baby face and is therefore very good at highlighting her advantages.
I specifically picked out a shirt and wore it under my jacket, showing off my bottomless cleavage.
People in their line of work would think that their bottom line is relatively low, so when men see Miss Aoi, they often express their ambitions without any concealment.
Normally, that was just work, but today, Miss Aoi was thinking "I really like him" and fantasized about being able to break through the work relationship with Fan Wumian.
I feel that I am not worthy of him, and having him for a short time is enough for me.
In Miss Aoi's opinion, since Fan Wumian would spend money to invite her to film a movie, he might be her fan privately, which seems to mean that there is a slight chance of success.
pity.
When she took the car to the filming site, she was surprised to find Zhuang Muxi and Feng Ying'er were there.
Both girls are over 170 cm tall, but Ms. Aoi is only 155 cm tall, which makes her look much shorter even when wearing high heels.
Looking at Zhuang Muxi and then at Feng Ying'er, Miss Aoi's little thoughts disappeared in an instant.
Feng Ying'er was not clear about the relationship between Zhuang Muxi and Fan Wumian, but she vaguely guessed that it might not be that simple.
At this time, she pointed at the sign that read "Shuimu Health Foot Massage Shop" and frowned slightly and asked:
"What role does that guy want us to play? The uniforms he prepared for us don't seem very formal."
(End of this chapter)