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    "Twentieth Century Fox will distribute my movie? Is this true? Does your company not have too many restrictions on cooperating with them?" After hearing Li Mingbao's words, Cameron was truly convinced.  When he was still struggling to find investment, Li Mingbao not only solved his investment problem, but also changed the distribution company of his movie to 20th Century Fox. Such energy is definitely not something ordinary people can achieve.  Did it.  Even before, Cameron knew that DreamWorks or the boss Li Mingbao had a good relationship with 20th Century Fox. After all, Li Mingbao gave a big gift to 20th Century Fox. There was no reason not to express it.  one time.  But in any case, Cameron never imagined that even a movie like his could be distributed by 20th Century Fox. To put it bluntly, he was just taking advantage of Li Mingbao. If he had a different investor, it might not be possible.  There will be such good results.  Without his own connections, it would be difficult for even a large film company to distribute for him, let alone 20th Century Fox.  At this time, Cameron was infinitely glad that after hearing Li Mingbao's call, he really checked it carefully instead of being dismissive of Li Mingbao.  And now the fruits of labor are careful encouragement to myself.  Although Cameron is a very grumpy and arrogant person, he is very careful at work, and this carefulness is the key to his success.  With 20th Century Fox distributing its own films, the quality of Lee Myung-bao¡¯s DreamWorks has suddenly dropped.  Therefore, Cameron is quite fond of Mary, a woman who opposes Li Mingbao's investment in the name of DreamWorks. If she hadn't objected, then his movie would not have reached the threshold of 20th Century Fox anyway. Her objection  , which is of great benefit to my movie.  "Of course there can't be any restrictions. To be honest, the relationship between us is closer than you think. Our DreamWorks movies and European distribution matters will be resolved by 20th Century Fox in the future. In this way  What's so strange about distributing your movie under such circumstances? Even if it's a bad movie, John won't say anything for my sake, let alone a movie like yours, if it's done well.  , it is not impossible to have an excellent box office. Of course, even if the operation is not good, the novel content of this movie will attract a group of loyal audiences," Li Mingbao said.  At this point, Li Mingbao feels that the possibility of operation is very high.  In history, "Terminator" is a movie that has far-reaching significance for the American film industry. The box office of his first film, which is the current one, is actually not very satisfactory. The total box office in North America is only three.  It looks like less than 40 million, and the global box office does not exceed 80 million.  Such box office is obviously not in line with the quality of the movie itself.  So before Li Mingbao found Cameron, he made a special trip to find some information.  After seeing the information, Li Mingbao realized why the box office of this movie was so low. It was entirely because the distribution before the movie was released was very poor.  Although in history, the production company of this film is Warner, and the distribution company is also 20th Century Fox.  But in fact, although the brands of these companies are big, they are not very useful.  This is not to say that they are not strong enough, but that these companies do not pay enough attention to the Terminator movie and do not pay enough attention to it, so they did not give much publicity budget when producing and distributing it.  In Hollywood, not all the movies produced by big companies are quite good at the box office. After all, such big companies produce quite a few movies every year. It is impossible to be so precise that every movie is a big investment.  .  When a movie is released here, the most important factors that affect the box office are the quality of the movie itself, and the other is promotion and film scheduling.  For the same movie, if its promotional funds and schedule are different, its box office will also have a significant change. This situation cannot be affected by the quality of the movie itself.  Although publicity and film scheduling issues will increase the cost of the film, under normal circumstances, film distribution companies will not make more concessions to some films that are not taken seriously.  Obviously, the Terminator movie encountered such a situation back then, so Li Mingbao saw the room for plagiarism in it.  Speaking of the most successful movie, it even brought a movie's box office back to life.  In Li Mingbao's view, apart from "Titanic", no other movie can meet this requirement.  Although the box office of "Titanic" stunned everyone, it is undeniable that if those companies did not increase the promotional funds for the movie at the beginning, "Titanic" would not have reached such heights.    Although the global box office of this movie exceeds 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, from the perspective of an insider like Li Mingbao, those film companies did not actually make anything at the box office in the United States. It can only be said that they have just recovered their money. Really  The place to make money is at the overseas box office.  The domestic box office profits in the United States are actually completely wiped out by the promotional expenses of those film companies and theater chains. The main place to make money is at the overseas box office.  And the results of this movie are also quite monster. Later, a 3D version was produced with the same content, that is, a technically innovative bird thing, and it could sell for another 2.1 billion US dollars. This is simply  A crazy rhythm.  "Titanic" has room for hype, and the movie "Terminator" also has room for hype.  After preparing to invest in this movie, Li Mingbao decided to increase the publicity funds for this movie. Even if 20th Century Fox was unwilling, he would provide the money himself. After all, the box office is so small that this movie is totally worth it.  quality.  Without a box office of 100 million US dollars, Li Mingbao thinks that hype is not enough.  Li Mingbao's strong support gave Cameron, a newcomer, a reassurance. Then Cameron began to talk about what he needed to prepare for this movie. The most important thing is that the male protagonist of this movie, Cameron, has  Not found yet.  This is not because Cameron is procrastinating, but before meeting Li Mingbao, he couldn't even find investors, and the crew was just a grassroots team. Under such circumstances, how could he bother to find the protagonist of the movie?  After meeting Li Mingbao, Cameron's progress on the movie has accelerated a lot. Not only has he secured investment, he has also secured a distribution company. By this time, as long as he shoots the movie, there will be nothing wrong with him.  Son's.  So Cameron became anxious. He also wanted to get his movie out as soon as possible, so that he could establish his position in Hollywood.  "In your movie, the protagonist is actually that robot. Such a robot must first be strong, so that it can give people a very powerful feeling. It also needs a heroine, a very powerful hero. As for the heroine, I can't give it.  You have too many suggestions, but as for the male lead, I think there is someone who is quite suitable for your role." At this point, Li Mingbao took out a magazine and pointed to the cover character on the magazine.  This cover character is none other than the future governor, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger. This can be regarded as a prop prepared by Li Mingbao in advance.  The governor of this era was not famous at all. Although he entered Hollywood in the 1970s, he had not played any famous roles before.  In Hong Kong terms, it¡¯s curry coffee.  Therefore, the money he earns from movies is not enough for him to live in the United States. Movies are just a part-time job for him. His real main career now is actually bodybuilding.  But since I have played many roles in movies, filming the movie is not a big problem.  Li Mingbao wants to find the governor. It is difficult to see him in movie-type magazines, but it does not take much effort to find him in bodybuilding magazines. He is on the cover of many magazines, which can be called a model of philosophers in this era.  , anyway, Billy doesn¡¯t have a market for him.  And when Cameron saw that Li Mingbao had chosen the male lead right away and showed himself a photo of the male lead, he realized that Li Mingbao was really well prepared for his script.  Although a director does not even have the power to decide on the male lead, which is a trampling for a person like Cameron who has a strong desire for control, but Cameron also knows that he is not qualified to negotiate terms with Li Mingbao now.  So what Cameron hopes most at this time is that the actor recommended by Li Mingbao should not be too inconsistent with his own impression, otherwise the film will easily have problems.  But after all, it is the role chosen by the investors. Cameron looked at the protagonist recommended by Li Mingbao with colored glasses.  But he didn't expect that after seeing this candidate for the male lead, Cameron felt that he was quite suitable. No matter the size, appearance, or even expression, it all met his selection requirements. If such a person really plays the leading actor in his movie,  It didn't seem to be too uncomfortable, and he had to feel that Li Mingbao did not choose people randomly, at least it was in line with his own thoughts.  When Cameron saw this magazine, although he thought he was a nice person, he still had a question: "The person in this magazine is indeed quite consistent with the identity of the protagonist of the movie, especially his appearance and expression, and his interpretation of robots.  Pretty good. But the problem is that this magazine seems to be a bodybuilding magazine, right? Mr. Li, do you think a bodybuilder is suitable as a movie actor? The gap is not small. Can he pass the performance? " " Regarding this question,  It's actually very simple. I've seen this guy's information. He's not only a bodybuilder?He is also an actor, and he has been acting for a long time. He entered this industry in the 1970s. As for his acting skills, I think he has no problem at all.  "Li Mingbao said.
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