Global Movie Emperor

One day in late December.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom. The lame man finally got off the ground and wandered around the room. Occasionally he jumped on a stool and lay on the guest table. He seemed to feel uncomfortable again. He jumped off and looked for a suitable place to take a nap besides the bar. .

In the past few months since Lu Ze came back, his weight has dropped a lot. Controlling his diet and compulsory exercise have gradually restored his weight to a good level, and his steps have become much brisker.

It still felt inappropriate to jump onto the guest table where Lu Ze often sat, but this time, its inflexible right hind leg happened to hit the coffee cup that Lu Ze had just finished drinking and hadn't remembered to put away.

"Snapped……"

The sound of water in the bathroom suddenly stopped, and after a few seconds, it came again. About two minutes later, Lu Ze took a towel, gently wiped the water stains on his head, and came out of the back room.

The coffee cup has become fragments and is spread on the ground. Perhaps because of the special material, the fragments are very uniform in size and contain a lot of powder.

This cup was brought back from Italy. It is a handmade master cup. The firing process is very different from that of different coffee cups. It is much lighter in the hand, and the cupmaker has passed away now. As one of the last three cups made by the master, this cup is quite expensive.

It seemed to know that it was in trouble. After one person and one cat looked at each other for a while, it looked away, looked down at the debris on the ground, stood up, and prepared to escape.

"Come, come, look at the good things you've done."

In the end, it was caught, picked up by Lu Ze, and brought to the side of the debris. It didn't want to look, but Lu Ze kept holding its head. It began to struggle, and Lu Ze wouldn't argue with the lame man over a cup.

He just scolded it and let it go. He picked up the broom and cleaned up the fragments, but he was not going to throw them away. How could he be willing to throw away something that he bought for several thousand euros and was so commemorative? He planned to save the fragments and see. Is there any chance to find a master to glue the cups together? Even if they are no longer in use, they can be put up as decorations.

As soon as he put the fragments in a sealed bag, his cell phone rang. He walked to the bar and looked at the caller ID. It was Mickey calling. After estimating the time, Lu Ze probably knew the purpose of the call.

"Hello?"

"Lu Ze, the finished film of "Exile" has been released. The special effects team has handed over the work in advance. We cut the film overnight. We have sent it to your email first, and the rest of the work will be left to you. ”

The work Mickey was talking about was naturally to submit it for review. As an overseas film, it would definitely be more troublesome to review. Not to mention a lot of information, it also needs approval from the provincial radio and television department before it can get the number. However, for Lu Ze, the steps will naturally be simplified. Some are not as cumbersome as ordinary production companies.

This is different from the nature of imported movies. After all, Lu Ze is not only the star of the script, but also the investor and share holder. To be precise, "Exile" is equivalent to a Chinese-foreign co-production.

"Okay, I'll take care of the rest."

"By the way, when is the release date set? We have three plans here. Either release it all over the world in January and miss the peak schedule of Chinese New Year films, or premiere in China and still in January, and other countries will start It is officially promoted to be released in February to March, or it will be released in February to March globally.”

For a genre film like "Exile", participating in the Lunar New Year movie war will definitely cost you money. Only a fool would let genre films and comedies duke it out on the most important holiday in the country, even if the quality of the Lunar New Year film is not as good as " "Exile", during this time period, "Exile" was also suppressed to death.

Movie box office is definitely related to word-of-mouth, but that doesn't mean you don't have to worry about anything if you have quality. You have to take into account the holidays in various countries, the competitiveness of films in the same period, and various factors. Yes, why not give "Chainsaw" a try when it's released on Christmas?

It was first released at different times and Lu Ze's PASS was rejected. This will affect the emotions of movie fans in other countries. They are all viewers, and no one can be offended. Why do you go first? We can only wait until the release after watching the spoilers?

This will be boycotted by local movie fans to a certain extent (Lu Ze did not mention the big IP), which is unfair to movie fans. As a Chinese, Lu Ze will definitely give some preferential treatment to Chinese movie fans at some levels. But the fundamental rules must not be broken.

Of course, there are some exceptions. For example, many imported films in the Chinese film market are released later than abroad. However, the country’s review of imported films has always been strict. After all, if you are not careful, you can easily be invaded by other countries’ cultures, so in some cases, For in-depth movies, it really should be considered carefully.

Now that it has been confirmed that it will be released globally, the only thing left is to choose the month, which requires considering who the opponents are.

"What movies are available in the same period in January, February, and March?"

"Wait, let me check."

Mickey was flipping through information, and Lu Ze was not idle either. He turned on the computer in sleep mode and looked through the movie trailer information on Maoyan. The March movie has not yet been pre-sold, so Lu Ze also opened Douban. , read carefully.

There are relatively few domestic movies in January. After all, everyone is preparing for New Year movies and preparing to make a lot of money. In previous years, few competitive movies in January would be released in the off-season one month before the Spring Festival. This year The same is true, a window period for masterpieces.

Lu Ze, the creative team behind the movie, has never heard of it, and the name doesn’t look like it’s a big-budget movie. There shouldn’t be any rivals that can compete with Lu Ze and the others, and this year is the Lunar New Year on February 15th, so it’s a little bit different. Leaving aside the February theatrical release list, the lineup was too strong, so Lu Ze quickly scrolled through it.

"Well... the news I got here is that there are few movies released in January, only Glenn Peter Pan's movie "This is Sparta", Keir Wiggins' "The Amazon", Damn, this name is really tacky, I might as well call it "Asshole Amazon", it always wants to squeeze out my money, and recommends to me all day long things that are very attractive, but after buying them I find that they are completely useless..."

"Can you get to the point? Huh?"

"Um...and Disney's Maleficent 4."

"Well, what about February?"

Lu Ze has heard of both directors Glenn Peter Pan and Keir Wiggins. They are middle-level European directors who are well-known in their own country, but they have little popularity and influence among movie fans. Regarding their works, , Lu Ze was relieved. After all, Lu Ze had a certain understanding of the abilities of these two directors, so it was not enough to worry about. However, when he heard the words "Maleficent", Lu Ze's forehead suddenly appeared again. Breaking out into a cold sweat.

"There is Marvel's "Spider-Man 4" participating in this year's Chinese New Year, Fox has "Alien 10", and there is also Ang Lee's new movie. Do you want to listen to March? March is even more exciting, "Star Wars" ", "King Kong", DC also has "Aquaman 3"..."

"January."

If you need to be cowardly, just be cowardly, go against these big IPs, and wait to be crippled by one set? Hollywood is inherently competitive, and the publicity is certainly not as good as others, so it will suffer losses if it is released at the same time.

Especially for giants like Marvel and DC. Lu Ze's personal feelings are not against these two giant film companies, but if he considers business competition, then Lu Ze is really annoyed by these two super giants. A hero.

Originally, the IP was huge, and they released so many movies, both personal movies and big movies, that dominated the movie market for several months all year round. If you go against these guys, there is basically no chance. Original movies like Lu Ze and others, You can only run as far as you can, and pray that you will never encounter these films, otherwise the box office will directly lose a quarter, or even half.

"You think the same as me..."

"Nonsense, why don't you just wait to die? Has the first version of the trailer been cut out?"

"Um."

"Chinese Version?"

"must have."

"Send them all over. I'll tell Lantai that they're starting to warm up. Let's book a compromise time for the release. In mid-January, during the days when the Lunar New Year movies collide, there's no need for box office. Anyway, it's on schedule. In the last few days, I don’t have much money, just around the 15th.”

"Okay, you have to negotiate the premiere venue as well. We'll buy air tickets and wait to fly to China."

"OK."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ze immediately called Lantai. When he signed the contract, it was decided that they would do the domestic publicity. In fact, the preliminary publicity had already started more than a month ago, but because it had not been decided yet, Now, there is no official explosive promotion, this time it can start.

He took a look at his mailbox and downloaded the original quality movie. A movie with more than 20 G would take about half an hour. Taking advantage of this time, Lu Ze sorted out the information sheet he had received from the Imperial Capital General Administration a few days ago. , first of all, the script was burned into a CD, and the feature film would also be burned into it later.

The "Approval Report", "Creator Registration Form", "Translation Report", and the qualifications of Universal Brothers have long been completed. This is also the reason why it can be released in January. As for the unqualified film, it was returned for revision? It's impossible. After all, the content of this movie does not have any excessive content. In this regard, Lu Ze had already taken care of it before Mickey edited the film.

When the disc was recorded, Lu Ze did not dare to read it first, for fear that the source of the film would be leaked and it would be very dangerous to transfer it to a private computer. When the recording was completed, all the files in the computer were immediately deleted by Lu Ze.

And he had already purchased a ticket to the Imperial Capital, packed his luggage, and was about to drive to the station. Even if he sent the film to the local radio and television department for review, Lu Ze would have to negotiate the venue for the premiere. Going to the Imperial Capital for review, No harm.

In this way, "Exile" was officially put on the agenda.

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