Compared with the sales of World Pictures, Jiahe, Xinyi City, Siyuan, Yingzhijie, etc., the sales situation is naturally much worse.

Although their movies are good, they lack powerful salesmen like Xia Tian, ​​so the wine is also afraid of deep alleys.

However, with their hard promotion of Hong Kong films in the summer, they also benefited a little more or less. They all made a profit of tens of millions of dollars or as much as four or five million dollars, which was not in vain.

"Mr. Xia, thank you for your help in introducing the Brazilian film company Mr. Perez. He purchased our "Plan a", "Police Story" and "Oriental Condor", which made us a big profit." He Guanchang said to Xia Tian with a smile.

"Mr. Xia, our "Best Partner" and "Happy Ghost" can be sold to South Africa, thanks to your matchmaking. Thank you." Huang Baiming also said gratefully.

"If it weren't for Mr. Xia's strong recommendation, how could our company's "Butterfly Transformation" attract attention? I would like to thank Mr. Xia for his kindness in his support."

"You don't have to be polite. Everyone is from Hong Kong. Of course, we have to help each other." Xia Tian said with a smile.

Although he is young, he has great ambitions. It is his aspiration to unify the Hong Kong film industry. If you want others to be obedient and want to be the eldest brother of everyone, in addition to having enough strength, you must also let people know that you can have food, money and a future with him.

Why did Song Jiang become the lord of Liangshan? Isn’t it because he was generous and generous, and the media helped him to give everyone a future of “recruitment”?

At the film festival, helping Jiahe and Xinyi City introduce several film dealers. In Xia Tian’s opinion, it was just a small task, but it made He Guanchang and Huang Baiming very grateful. This is a trick to win people’s hearts and benefit without any effort.

...

"Mr. Xia, don't you know if you have finished watching the "Moon Trilogy"?" Zulasky came to visit and asked Xia Tian with a smile.

"I have finished reading it, it's really a good book." Xia Tian smiled, and then asked Robert to bring it to Zulasky, "Thank you for your recommendation, it really benefits me."

Robert has seized the time to finish watching the "Moon Trilogy" these days and told Xia Tian a rough story.

It tells the story of a spacecraft crashing on a silver planet, with only two men and one woman and three astronauts surviving. They were regarded as gods by the natives on the silver planet and willingly accept the rule of the three of them.

Under their rule, the natives began to split into two factions. One faction insisted that they were gods, and the other thought they were evil demons. The two factions attacked each other, and eventually the astronauts were defeated and forced to retreat into the mountains. They turned into half-human and half-bird monsters because they accidentally drank holy water.

The astronauts recorded their experiences and then fired them back to Earth, but were intercepted by another spacecraft. After watching the video, astronaut Marik decided to go to the Silver Planet alone to solve the problem.

When he landed on the Silver Planet, he was once again regarded as a savior by the natives, and they asked him to lead them to victory. At the instigation of the natives, Marik led them to fight the tribes at the foot of the mountain, and eventually lost and was crucified by the natives who believed in him.

"The Moon Trilogy" is an on-the-face science fiction novel, but in fact it is a deep discussion on comprehensive education, philosophy, human nature and divinity. Since its release, it has attracted a lot of praise and is known as a masterpiece of science fiction novels. It has a high reputation and evaluation in Europe.

However, Xia Tian was not interested in this novel because he was a staunch atheist and had never been interested in comprehensive education.

Let’s talk about divinity, what is there to discuss about human nature? Chinese traditional culture has long solved this matter. In the eyes of the Chinese people, God is human beings, and everyone has the opportunity to become God.

For example, Liu An, the king of Huainan who ascended in the sun, became an immortal after taking over the elixir; for example, Lin Moniang, Mazu, was regarded as a god after her death because she often did good deeds; for example, Guan Yu, because of his loyalty, was also named a god after her death...

The gods are also humane and very secular, such as the Seven Fairies Sifan and married Dong Yong; for example, the Living Buddha Jigong, who passed through the intestines and kept them in the Buddha's heart; for example, the Three Plays of White Peony in Lu Dongbin.

Therefore, for the Chinese people, divinity and human nature do not need to be entangled, nor can they make serious discussions at all.

However, Europeans generally believe in comprehensive education. For them, whether coconut cream is a god or a human is very debatable and very serious matter.

The reason why "The Code of Da Vinci" caused a sensation is that it transformed the coconut crisp from God into a human being, and it also said that he once married and had children, and his wife was Mary Magdalene who was redeemed by him.

...

"You're welcome." Zulaski smiled and waved his hand, "By the way, Mr. Xia, how do you think you're adapting this book into a movie?"

"Adapted into a movie?" Xia Tian smiled, "It should be a masterpiece."

"The Moon Trilogy" enjoys a high reputation in science fiction and is also a popular IP. If it is adapted into a movie, it may have a certain box office. Of course, it is more likely to become a science fiction film that is well-known and not popular, and then after ten years, twenty years, it will arouse the audience's interest and be hailed as a classic science fiction film of a generation.

Just like "Blade Runner", the investment in $28 million was made, but the final box office was only $27.5 million, which caused the investors to lose a lot.

However, more than a decade later, this movie was hailed by movie fans as a rare classic science fiction film, and was learned from later films such as "Minority Report" and "The Matrix".

Xia Tian has never liked to do business at a loss. "The Moon Trilogy" may make him lose money, but if he can get a science fiction classic, it is worth it for him. Of course, the premise is that don't lose too much.

"Then are you interested in investing in this movie?" Zulasky asked immediately.

"Well, if you are interested, you are interested, but how much does it cost?" Xia Tian asked cautiously.

"Twenty million US dollars should be enough." Zulasky thought for a while.

He had filmed the movie "Silver Planet" before. When it was about four-fifths of the time, the Polish government ordered the destruction of all films, props, sets, costumes, and even the original script was permanently sealed.

The reason they gave was that Zulasky's filming of this movie was too expensive and the government could not afford it. In fact, the real reason was that in the movie "Silver Planet", there was a plot that called on the people to rise up and resist, so it was disliked by the Polish government.

At that time, Zulasky spent nearly 13 million US dollars on filming. Given the depreciation of currency and rising costs over the years, Zulasky inferred that it would take almost 20 million US dollars to re-film "Silver Planet".

"Twenty million US dollars?! This is not a small amount." Xia Tian smacked the teeth and said.

Twenty million US dollars is 160 million Hong Kong dollars. So much money is enough to put into Hong Kong, which is enough for Tianxia Pictures to produce one year.

Of course, how much money is spent is not a problem, the key is to make it back. Just like "The Love of Man and Ghost", it is expensive because it uses American special effects technology. But because it earns nearly 200 million US dollars, the money is very worth it.

What Xia Tian is worried about is that the movie "Silver Planet" may not help him make money, and that 20 million US dollars is worth studying.

"It's indeed a little more, but I'm confident that I will definitely make a classic." Zulasky immediately expressed his opinion when he saw Xia Tian hesitating.

"Let me do this, I'll invest 10 million US dollars. You can find someone else and raise another 10 million US dollars." Xia Tian thought about it for a while.

It would be acceptable to him to lose 10 million US dollars and exchange it for a classic. If it is too much, it will not work.

"Can't this... be a little more?" Zulasky hesitated.

To be honest, if he could raise ten million dollars, he wouldn't have worked so hard for summer.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zulaski, I can only pay ten million dollars." Xia Tian shook his head, "As a director, I can feel your mood of wanting to make a masterpiece. But as a producer, I must also consider it for my interests."

"Okay, Mr. Xia, you don't have to apologize, I understand." Zulasky nodded, "Then it's settled, I'll go find another ten million dollars."
Chapter completed!