Chapter 67 Global Selling
After this episode of "Art Life" was broadcast, it received a huge response.

The gradually declining single-day box office of "Lion Camel Ridge" unexpectedly rebounded strongly in the first weekend after its broadcast.

The bigger response appeared on the Internet.

Given that there are so many posts about "Lion Camel Ridge" during this period, both Mop and Tianya have opened special sections for netizens to discuss.

What these netizens said most was that they wanted to see Jiang Heng's first draft of his work, and they immediately imagined a genre that had never been seen in Chinese-language films before: a mythological horror film.

In the current discourse film market, real ghost films cannot be made.

To put it in one sentence, after the founding of the country, no spirits are allowed.

But "Journey to the West" is a classic. We only need to make a "Dark Journey to the West" according to the description in the original novel. It will definitely be bloody and exciting, and there will definitely be a large number of audiences who love to watch it.

These netizens had all kinds of fantasies on the forum, and some even suggested that they all pool together some money to give to Jiang Heng and ask Director Jiang to shoot a movie!
It wasn't until a netizen who claimed to be in the United States and had just got off a plane said: According to estimates from their company, the production cost of the film "Lion Camel Ridge" is at least 100 million US dollars, and even 1.8 million would not be enough to pay Director Jiang's salary, that everyone gave up!

Another netizen asked if anyone knew about Director Jiang Heng's next film shooting plan. He said he had watched "Lion Camel Ridge" three times and loved the movie so much. He really hoped to see something similar again.

As a result, many netizens left messages and reported the number of times they had replayed the game.

The most ruthless one is a netizen who claims to be a girl. She said that she has watched it seven times, and each time she went with a different boy. She still finds it very exciting every time she watches it. She really can’t get tired of watching it!
As a result, netizens were completely shocked and asked her if she really "brushed a hundred times" in the literal sense?

Are there enough male companions? Is it still too late to sign up now?
Some netizens said that it was definitely fake and the person on the other side must be a big guy who picks his toes.

As a result, the girl posted a photo in which her face was blocked but her figure was great. This excited these LSPs and they left messages offering to treat the girl to a meal.

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While "Lion Camel Ridge" continues to create miracles in the mainland, it has also broken box office records in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries.

After all, these places belong to the Confucian cultural circle, and the theme of Journey to the West has been popular for a long time.

For example, in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers filmed the "Journey to the West" series of films as early as the 1960s, namely "Journey to the West", "Princess Iron Fan", "Pansi Cave" and "Kingdom of Women", and the scale of the films was quite large.

TVB later filmed "Journey to the West" and "The Monkey King: Reborn", which also achieved very good ratings and earned TVB hundreds of millions in advertising fees.

There is also Japan, which released a version of "Journey to the West" in 78. It was banned in China after only three episodes were released. The pictures were extremely shocking and the plot insulted the original work.

The worst thing is that South Korea also produced a Korean version of "Journey to the West" in 2017. The plot was a mess and it was unbearable to watch, but the ratings were very high.

It can be seen that the theme of Journey to the West has a very broad and deep mass base in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Once "Lion Camel Ridge" was released, it quickly triggered a movie-watching craze.

In Thailand, Hollywood films released at the same time were directly eliminated from the screening schedule.

In South Korea, the film attracted record numbers of viewers and sparked widespread discussion.

The most popular issue is naturally the nationality issue. It is said that a history professor has verified that the Flower-Fruit Mountain in "Journey to the West" should be located on Jeju Island in South Korea. From this perspective, Sun Wukong should be considered a Korean mythological figure.

It is totally unfortunate that such a good movie was made by a Chinese director. We should also make movies on the theme of "Journey to the West"!
The second is the special effects. How could China, such a backward country, make a movie with such good special effects? They wouldn’t have used our special effects!

In Japan, the Journey to the West craze instantly triggered a surge in box office sales of Lion Camel Ridge and the sales of the original novel. Even the sales of Dragon Ball comics increased significantly.

However, audiences in Europe are not so enthusiastic.

In the eyes of most people, this is a cool "level up and fight monsters" movie with super stunning visual effects. The protagonist faces opponents with strengths ranging from low to high. The protagonist also takes down all the heads with the blessing of the golden "BUFF".

Although I don't have a deep feeling for the cultural connotations of the film, the visual effects of "Lion Camel Ridge" are far better than previous Hollywood blockbusters, and its box office results are also quite gratifying.

In North America, several major Hollywood film studios have long been unable to sit still in the face of the global box office success of "Lion Camel Ridge".

Knowing that Jiang Heng had cooperated with Columbia before, he still came to negotiate, wanting to obtain the profit-sharing and distribution rights of "Lion Camel Ridge" in North America.

Although Jiang Heng prefers Columbia, he cannot resist the temptation if others offer more money.

Fortunately, Columbia's female president Amy Paschal was very courageous and increased the bargaining chips, ensuring the number of theaters that would open "Lion Camel Ridge" during the summer vacation. In the end, the two companies still signed the agency distribution contract.

"Director Jiang, believe me, choosing Columbia will be your wisest choice!"

"I hope so!"

"Then I have a suggestion. How about buying the distribution rights of the film in South America directly from us?"

Seeing Jiang Heng hesitating, Pascal quickly quoted a price, and Jiang Heng thought it was about right, so he agreed.

People can't earn all the money by themselves.

There are more than 200 countries and regions in the world, so it would be amazing if we could sell the film to half of them.

For example, in the Middle East, due to religious issues, it is difficult for ordinary people to sell films there.

In some countries and regions such as Africa and South America, it is difficult to do business without that channel network.

After signing another supplementary agreement, Pascal was overjoyed, and he couldn't hide the smile on his face. "Director Jiang, believe me, this film will achieve good box office in the United States and around the world, and you will become a famous global director. Are you interested in making a film together?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "What do you think?"

Pascal said, "My ideas are not important, your ideas are important! You can shoot whatever you want. Tell us how much money you need and we will provide it. If you want to take the lead in the film, we can talk about that too!"

Jiang Heng felt a little moved when he heard this.

Of the three films he has made so far, "Lion Camel Ridge" is in pure Chinese, while "The Matrix" and "100 Million BC" are both Chinese adaptations of Hollywood genre films.

But in his heart, he still wants to make some Hollywood-style films, which involve a large number of American locations and actors. If he can cooperate with a Hollywood film and television company, it will be much more convenient during filming.

"It's not that we can't cooperate, but I have a problem when making movies. I have to be in control of the whole process, otherwise I can't make a good movie!"

Pascal smiled and said, "No problem, no problem, we can talk about it!"

(End of this chapter)