What Li Yi misjudged was that there were many differences between foreign countries and domestic countries.
For example, there is indeed such a group of zombie fans in China, and the number of people is not small.
But this kind of enthusiasts in China are very scattered.
At most, you can create a group to discuss and entertain yourself.
But it’s different abroad.
They like to organize groups very much, and there are various categories.
Zombie culture has considerable influence in both North America and Australia.
He didn't even know that similar zombie culture enthusiasts had a large number of fan clubs in North America, Australia, and English-speaking areas.
Rogers is also a zombie fan himself, so what he did was very simple, which was to promote this short film to the Australian zombie fan club that he joined.
"Carrying the Burden" quickly conquered these zombie fans.
And there is another point that Li Yi ignored!
That is, the problem of cultural barriers.
It is more troublesome for netizens in China to get on YouTube. Moreover, many videos that are popular abroad may not be popular in China. Similarly, videos that are popular in China may not be popular abroad, but in Australia and North America, But there is no such problem.
Therefore, "Carrying the Burden" quickly spread from the zombie fan club in Australia to the zombie fan club in North America, and then began to spread out.
"Moving forward with a heavy load" is a short film with no dialogue, and the main actors participating are from Australia, so it will naturally spread without any difficulty.
In addition, zombies have always been synonymous with horror, but this time "Carrying the Load" subverts this inherent impression to some extent from another angle.
"Moving forward with a heavy load" tells the story of a father's love that is as strong as a mountain, and some emotions may have different cultural barriers in different places.
But some things are universal.
In this way, "Moving forward with a heavy burden" began to spread step by step within the group of zombie fans, and then began to spread outwards.
And many times, the breakthrough from 0 to 1 is the most difficult, especially for a good work.
After completing the breakthrough from 0 to 1, "Moving forward with a heavy load" began to gradually emerge.
Many people began to recommend it to their friends and began to share this short film on social platforms.
Return to China!
After Li Yi and Mu Qing came back, they separated.
Mu Qing is going to prepare for "Get Out!" Tumor King", she is still waiting to "revenge herself".
After Li Yi returned, he became more relaxed.
After "Moving forward with a heavy load" became popular all over the Internet, many voices began to express their hope that Li Yi could adapt "Forward with a heavy load" and turn the short film into a feature film!
But Li Yi didn't pay much attention.
Although the theme of "Carrying the Load" is about father's love, the theme of the end of the world and the theme of zombies are destined to be impossible to be released in China even if it is adapted into a theatrical movie.
As for showing it abroad, maybe it can be considered in the future, but at this stage, Li Yi has never thought about it.
However, Alex was quite moved.
After all, although he thought "Moving forward with a heavy load" was good before, it was only good.
Moreover, it is not that easy to attract film investment with a short film like "Moving forward with a heavy load".
But things are different now.
As "Carrying the Burden" began to become popular on the North American Internet, the short film also attracted the attention of some film companies in North America.
Davis Damien, the founder of Damien Films North America, found Alex and expressed his great interest in adapting "Carrying the Load" into a feature film.
And expressed his intention to invest in "Carrying the Load", Davis Damien persuaded Alex, and the two hit it off.
Alex immediately contacted Li Yi and went to China with Davis Damien to discuss the copyright issue with Li Yi.
Li Yi was very calm, but after informing Lou Jianjun, Lou Jianjun was quite excited.
"Director Li, I checked Damien Pictures. Although Damien Pictures is not one of the top six companies in North America, it is very powerful. Moreover, Damien Pictures' favorite themes are thrillers and horrors. 's video.
I think we can definitely take advantage of the opportunity of "Carrying the Burden" to cooperate with Damien Pictures..." Lou Jianjun said.
Li Yi can understand Lou Jianjun's thoughts, because although China's film market is currently booming, it can only be done domestically, and even further, it can only radiate to Asia.
In North America, the world's largest film market, many domestic films have tried to go abroad, but very few have succeeded.
Because of this, I thought of the opportunity to enter the North American market, and the short film "Moving forward with a heavy load" is quite popular in North America, so the probability of success is very high.
Therefore, Lou Jianjun is very inclined to cooperate with Damien Company instead of simply selling the copyright of "Moving forward with a heavy burden"!
But Li Yi poured cold water on him and said: "Cooperation? How to cooperate? Joint investment? How to ensure that the investment can be recovered smoothly? A successful movie does not mean making money. You should not understand this truth."
"The water in Hollywood is too deep!" Li Yi was still very sober.
Lou Jianjun woke up immediately.
"Sorry, Director Li!" Lou Jianjun naturally understood what Li Yi meant.
Not to mention Hollywood, but also in China, is it still uncommon for people in the film industry to trick investors from outside the industry?
But this was indeed a very good opportunity to enter the North American market, which made Lou Jianjun feel at a loss for a while.
"Actually, it's not impossible to cooperate, but the premise is that if both parties cooperate, we only want a share of the box office, not a profit share. If the other party can agree to this condition, then cooperation is OK." Li Yi said calmly.
Lou Jianjun nodded and said, "I understand."
Alex and Damien arrived quickly.
Li Yi did not come forward regarding the negotiation, but directly asked Lou Jianjun to talk to Damien.
He took Alex to do his best to be a landlord.
And the results of the negotiations came from Lou Jianjun.
At first, the two parties only discussed the copyright, but the price difference between the two parties was too big. Later, Davis Damien proposed another way of cooperation, in which both parties would jointly fund and cooperate to produce the film "Carrying the Burden".
Even the conditions offered were very favorable, but after Li Yi poured cold water on him before, Lou Jianjun was already very clear-headed and naturally would not be impressed by the seemingly superior conditions offered by Davis Damien.
The other party offered two conditions for cooperation. One was that the copyright would be converted into an investment share, and the other party could agree to the price offered by Lou Jianjun.
The other is that the copyright is converted into investment shares. At the same time, both parties invest in the same proportion, each accounting for half of the investment share, and the final profit share is also settled according to the investment share!
Such conditions seemed very superior, but the more they were like this, the more Lou Jianjun felt that his previous thoughts were too naive.
Lou Jianjun put forward the condition of directly asking for a proportion of the box office share, but Davis Midan refused on the spot.
The reason is that since it is cooperation, risks must be shared.
Naturally, Lou Jianjun couldn't agree.
Negotiations between the two parties reached a deadlock.
