When Li Mu heard that Hollywood was competing for copyright in Hong Kong movies, he felt particularly pleased.

What he wants is not to make money by hyping up Hong Kong movie copyrights, but to help Hong Kong movies and even Chinese-language movies go abroad.

The category of "Hong Kong movies" is a special title that only Chinese people have. Only Chinese people divide movies into Hong Kong movies, mainland movies and Taiwanese movies. In front of the whole world, whether it is mainland movies, Hong Kong or Taiwanese movies, there is a general term - Chinese movies.

If a Hong Kong movie becomes popular in North America, it will have a certain impact on the entire Chinese-language film industry. Now Hollywood is starting to compete for Hong Kong movies, and it will not take long to compete for other Chinese-language films in the mainland and Taiwan.

Before this, an excellent Chinese-language film was sold to North American distributors, which was only hundreds of thousands of dollars. In addition to its own films, Hollywood looked down on all overseas films equally, so the quotes were as low as possible. In their opinion, the demand for overseas films in the North American market is so high every year. There are so many movies overseas in so many countries every year, and there are still thousands of movies to negotiate if they can’t agree on. Naturally, the lower the quotation, the better.

But now, Hollywood has a clear look at Chinese-language movies because of the success of "Zbie-master". In the future, a craze for Chinese-language movies will definitely spark a craze for Chinese-language movies in the entire North American market.

In Li Mu's opinion, the more excellent Chinese-language movies can be released in North America and even other countries, the more successful it is to export Chinese-language movies and Chinese culture.

However, Hong Kong film companies do not look at the problem like this. They have been suffering for so long in the depression of Hong Kong movies for many years. Suddenly, due to Li Mu's efforts, they can see the moon brightly. The copyrights of the films that they have no profitability in their hands have been given commercial value overnight. So they only think about one thing now, that is, how to use the copyrights in their hands to make more money.

After the price of "Infernal Affairs" plummeted, Huanya immediately contacted several front-line film companies in Hong Kong. The bosses of several companies sat together to communicate with Hollywood about the progress of copyright transactions. After a careful understanding of the market, Huanya realized that their offer for "Infernal Affairs" was indeed a bit outrageously high.

As for all companies that have reached cooperation with Hollywood, no one has successfully obtained the "guaranteed share" agreement from Hollywood publishers. The offers given by these publishers are all copyright buyouts without exception, but the buyout price has increased several times more than before.

However, several other film companies were very satisfied with this. After all, these copyrights were ignored before and could not even sell ten thousand dollars. Now they can suddenly sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. For these companies, it is tantamount to making money.

But Huanya's boss could not have the mentality of being as comfortable as they were, because he felt that the movie "Mr. Zombie" had caused him to lose too much. He had the opportunity to make tens of millions of dollars from this movie, but in the end he got less than 100,000 dollars.

It is precisely because of such a huge psychological gap that he hopes that Infernal Affairs can sell for a better price. However, unexpectedly, the publishers in Hollywood suddenly "reduced their fever" and several companies withdrew from competition, and the rest also lowered their quotations, which made Huanya's boss even more depressed.

In order to sell "Infernal Affairs" at a better price, Huanya's boss took the initiative to contact Makino Yingxiang. Although he hated Makino Yingxiang in his heart, at this time, if he wanted to increase the value of "Infernal Affairs" in the North American market, he had to borrow from Makino Yingxiang.

Huanya Xiang said that they hope to cooperate with Maino Xiang to develop the North American copyright of "Infernal Affairs". The specific operation decision is in Huanya. Maino Xiang does not need to invest, but only needs to promise to give "Infernal Affairs" sufficient recommendation resources in the North American market to obtain 30% of all revenue from Huanya in North America.

The person in charge of Muye Ying reported this matter to Li Ziwei. Li Ziwei conveyed the news to Li Mu on the way to Li Mu on the way to the junction of Yanjing, Jin City and Langfang.

After hearing this, Li Mu said to Li Ziwei: "I have a message back to Huanya. If they want to work with us on the overseas market of "Infernal Affairs", they will show some sincerity and adjust the cooperation conditions, give us the right to decide. The copyright is exclusively authorized to us and the sublicense is also given to us, and then handed over to us for operation in the North American market. All the income we earned overseas by "Infernal Affairs" will be distributed to them by 30%.

After saying that, Li Mu added: "By the way, tell them we will not promise to give any recommended resources."

Li Ziwei nodded and asked tentatively: "Will this condition be too harsh for Huanya?"

Li Mu said: "It seems a bit harsh, but the actual result is much better than their cooperation with any Hollywood publisher. The North American distribution rights of this movie are said to be able to sell for $50,000. If we cooperate with us and have our promotional operation resources, the 30% share of Huanyana is definitely better than selling it in one go."

After saying that, Li Mu said to Li Ziwei again: "If you contact the people from Warner, you will say that I am interested in buying back the English remake rights of "Infernal Affairs" from them, the price is twice the price they sold at the beginning."

Li Mu felt that if Huanya could calm down and look at the problem, it would be the best thing to use "Infernal Affairs" to cooperate with him. As for why he had to put their share of money to 30%, it was because he had to give more profit margins to North American theaters so that he could gain enough advantages in filming.

"Mr. Zombie" seems to be very high in the box office, but most of the revenue is in theaters and Lucas. All Makino Image can really get is a small head. In order to promote this movie, the Muying ticketing system now provides a 5% box office subsidy for the movie in North America, which reduces the revenue ratio by 5%. In addition, the daily lottery draw also requires a large cost. "Mr. Zombie" has the great favorable conditions of "Plant vs. Zombie Online". If you want to succeed, you have to pay such a price, let alone "Infernal Affairs".

If Huanya doesn't even understand this layer and is thinking about making more money, then just do whatever he wants. At that time, he will buy the copyright of the English remake from Warner, and then cooperate with DreamWorks to create the American version of "Infernal Affairs".

As early as February this year, Warner, the United States bought the copyright of "Infernal Affairs" with a transaction price of US$1.75 million, setting a record of the transaction amount of Hong Kong movie remakes at that time.

If the Hollywood version of this movie is advanced at the normal pace, the Hollywood version of this movie will be officially launched next year, but Warner will be in a bad luck this year. The "promotion of the extreme Bushido spirit" caused by "The Last Samurai" has dealt a huge blow to Warner, and Warner's reputation has not yet been restored.

In addition, director Edward Zwick and starring Tom Cruise's future in the film industry have also suffered a huge blow because of this movie, which has also caused other Hollywood stars to be afraid of Warner. Currently, Warner is still the target of global audiences. Even if an actor who works with Warner will be intimidated online even if he opens a completely positive movie, he will be criticized. After all, Warner takes the money from the Japanese chaebol and shoots "The Last Samurai" to promote the extreme buzz spirit of fascism to the world, which has brought Warner a lot of hatred around the world. It is impossible for him to calm down for a while without being honest with his tail.

Moreover, the "The Last Warrior" incident also brought great shock to Warner's senior management. Li Mu speculated that Warner's entire rhythm in film and television will be greatly affected, so it is still a big question whether he can be on the Hollywood version of "Infernal Affairs" next year.

At this time, Warner should not be able to catch a movie that has not yet been officially launched. Moreover, his own movie ticketing system currently controls the monetization of the box office in North America, so Warner has to give him some face.

Li Mu's plan is to buy the copyright back from Warner, and then invest in filming with Makino Image and DreamWorks, and then ask Martin Scorsese to direct the movie, and then find Leonardo, Matt Damon and Tom Hanks to act in this drama. At that time, Leonardo will also play the role of Liang Chaowei, and Matt Damon will still play the role of Liu Dehua, while older Tom Hanks will play the role of Huang Qiusheng.

After watching the American version of "Infernal Affairs" in his previous life, Li Mu always felt that in the American version of "Infernal Affairs", Martin Xin, the actor who originally played the role of Huang Qiusheng, had a weak overall feeling in the movie. If this character was replaced with an old actor like Tom Hanks, the effect would inevitably be higher.

Moreover, Li Mu wanted to invest in the American version of "Infernal Affairs" and was a bit terrifying. First of all, this is a remake of a Chinese movie, which is a good recognition of the quality of Chinese movies itself. In addition, the American version of "Infernal Affairs" in his previous life won four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director Award, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, as well as the best supporting actor nomination.

In fact, Leonardo was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, one was the American version of "Infernal Affairs" and the other was "Blood Diamond". Because the same actor could only be nominated for one movie, the final nomination was "Blood Diamond". In other words, if the two movies hit the Oscar separately, each movie could be nominated for the Best Actor.

Since the Oscars use lobbying, in addition to the quality of the actors and the movies themselves, they also have to rely on the resources behind the scenes to fight for the awards. Harvey is a powerful person who fought for the Oscars. Unfortunately, he is now infamous. Li Mu has money and has enough influence around the world. There are partners like Spielberg and DreamWorks, as well as artifacts such as Makino ticketing system that are rooted in theater terminals. Combined with the script of "Infernal Affairs", combined with the influence of Martin Scorsese, and the influence of Leonardo and Tom Hanks, it is definitely not a big problem to win the four major awards that the American version of "Infernal Affairs" had already successfully won.

Moreover, if there was no resource grabbing for "Blood Diamond", Leonardo would definitely be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor through the American version of "Infernal Affairs". At that time, he would devote more resources to mediate and lobby, and it would be impossible for Leonardo to win an Oscar winner!

If Li Mu invested in the American version of "Infernal Affairs" can win five Oscars, namely Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, it will definitely be the biggest winner of the Oscars of that year. Moreover, by then, the investor and producer of this movie will be the Makino Imagination from China!
Chapter completed!