~： 213 - Jimmy's sense of urgency

"Hollywood Draw(!

Hearing the word weekend box office, agent Jimmy's eyes twinkled. This kind of light called ambition is very familiar to Wayne, and most people in Hollywood circles have it.

In Jimmy's mind, he is by no means an irreplaceable agent. Wayne's current relationship with him is more like a friend than a work relationship, which is his biggest advantage.

But this is what worries Jimmy the most. His clients are developing so fast that he can't keep up with him at all.

If nothing else, Wayne will soon become a shareholder in Warner Bros., and his status in the circle will be further improved.

A huge change in identity, even if his client is reluctant to admit it, he has gradually changed from a director who simply made movies to a role of a powerful producer.

This circle is like this. Although the director has always been the leader of the film industry, the producer, or the boss, is the center of the production industry. Even if Wayne picked up the camera and continued filming, no one would treat him as a mere film director.

Predictably, as long as there are not too many accidents, Wayne's status will become higher and higher in the future, which can be seen by many people.

What about Jimmy himself? He understands his abilities very well. He is not good at basic tasks such as helping clients plan their careers and finding more employment opportunities, and Wayne can't use them at all.

Before, he was able to highlight his importance by virtue of his good negotiating skills, but it is not necessarily true after that. Why does a big man in the circle still need an agent who shares the profits? Friendship is the most unreliable thing, and no one can guarantee that it will never change.

So if Jimmy wants to get more things, such as CAA's partner, or a lot of money from Wayne's salary, he has to show his ability from other aspects.

"Wayne." Jimmy squinted, watching him through the smoke from his client. "I wonder if you noticed something?"

"What?" Squeezing out the burnt cigarette in his hand, he took a sip of coffee.

Nina on the side saw that his cup was empty, took the cup and went to the coffee machine to make another cup, put it back in front of her boss, and looked at the manager together.

"More than 80% of the main consumer groups of Hollywood movies are young people, but most of these young people are middle- and low-income groups. military!"

These words intrigued Wayne, and he leaned back on the sofa in a comfortable position, with his arms folded in front of his chest. "Go on."

"That's why." Jimmy reached out and rubbed the newspaper he brought. "Even if you go into the cinema as a relatively cheap form of entertainment, the main force of these movie consumptions have limited budgets."

With a slight nod, Wayne agrees with the agent's point of view very much. He has lived here for more than 20 years, and he knows the young people here very well. Almost all of his life depends on credit cards, or he is extremely dependent on excessive consumption.

And this kind of reliance on excessive consumption by the whole people has resulted in limited entertainment expenditures, whether it is the middle class or the bottom.

He already understood what the agent meant. It was nothing more than the fact that among the people who chose to watch the movie at the same time, after watching this movie of his own, it is very likely that they would not watch another movie.

This is actually the source of competition in Hollywood. The income situation of the movie fan group is like that. If they choose the same film in the same period, it basically means that they have gained a loss.

"Jimmy, what do you want to say?" The assistant asked curiously, putting the magazine aside.

The agent said: "I'm not worried about the box office this weekend. I believe that "Cannonball Expert", which has been released for three weeks, is not a threat. Our film will definitely be the champion, but there will be a big production release next week. The Shawshank Redemption"!

I suggest that if the box office of "Joker's Return" is good on the first day, immediately contact Warner Bros. and let Jeff Robinoff personally call the three major theater chains. Not showing, expanding our show size, squeezing Shawshank's opening size.

Of course, I'm sure I don't have such a big face. You need to discuss it with Jeff in person, and he will definitely agree. I remember Warner Bros. still had something in their hands? Then start the action before the release of "The Shawshank Redemption" and kill Morgan Freeman completely!

Then, through its media, it reported the incident, to guide public opinion, and try to discredit the film. There are only two new films that will be released on a large scale in September. We don't care about other small productions. As long as "The Shawshank Redemption" is restricted, most fans will choose our films! "

Agent Jimmy squinted and said all his thoughts. You know, Wayne wants to take a share of the box office, which is equivalent to helping him fight for interests. Moreover, there are so many competition methods in Hollywood, this kind of thing is by no means new.

This is the purpose of Jimmy's coming here today. As a small agent, he certainly doesn't have the big face to advise Warner Bros., but his clients have this face.

"I'll go to Warner Building tomorrow." Wayne scratched his chin lightly with one hand, considering whether there was anything to add to the plan.

"That's it, go and discuss with Jeff tomorrow, you and I go together."

He considered more than what the agent said. It is true that squeezing competitors has to be done, but the publicity work cannot be left behind.

The publicity and distribution funds of "The Clown's Soul" are about 10 million yuan, which is about half of the production cost. After the intensive media bombardment in the week before the release, this part of the funds should not be much left.

After all, this is a horror film, and what is required is to make money quickly and quickly, because the type of the film is doomed, and the theater chain will not give too long a screening period, so it will carry out intensive publicity in the first two weeks to send potential audiences as soon as possible. into the cinema.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare first." Jimmy nodded with a smile, and hurried into the car and left the manor.

In Greenberg Manor, Wayne was handling the preparations for "Batman" over the phone while patiently waiting for the first-day box office release.

In a theater not far from here, theater manager Matt Baker found that since noon, more and more fans were waiting in the theater hall.

As the crowd in the queue continued to increase, Matt Baker hurried into the ticket booth and opened another window to help the ticket seller share the pressure.

The crowd in the queue immediately split in half and came to the newly opened window.

"4 pieces of "The Clown Returns to the Soul" from the most recent show!"

A young white guy holds money, ready to hand it to Matt Baker. He billed the tickets proficiently, and returned the movie tickets together with the change.

"2 copies of "The Clown Returns to the Soul", thank you!"

"3 "Cannonball Experts"."

"1 piece of "The Clown Returns to the Soul"."

"3 "Forrest Gump"."

Matt Baker buried his head and kept counting tickets until there were no more people in line in front of him. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the much-empty hall.

According to the approximate statistics of his work in the past 20 minutes, about 70% of the movie tickets for "The Clown" were purchased, and the remaining "Cannonball Expert" accounted for about 20%. This film has been released for the third week. Yes, but Sylvester Stallone's appeal is still very strong.

This is no longer a simple explosion, but the first choice of most movie fans is this horror movie.

The theater manager shook his head, and could only say that Warner Bros. had chosen a very good schedule. After four months of various battles during the summer vacation, there were almost no competitors left in September, and there might only be one next week's "" The Shawshank Redemption".

Coupled with the brilliance of Wayne Greenberg's "Joker", as soon as his film was released, it attracted countless young people to watch, even if it was a working day today, there were already long queues in the afternoon.

He could imagine that the theater would be even busier at night. After those young people finished their day's work, they would definitely be anxious to watch it as soon as possible.

"2 "Forrest Gump", thank you!"

Just when he was stunned, a young couple came to the ticket booth, and Matt Baker quickly took the money handed over by the boy and repeated. "Two copies of "Forrest Gump", right? I'll give you a ticket when I'm sure."

"Wait a moment!"

At this time, the girl obviously had a different opinion. She looked at her boyfriend and complained, "Haney, I have seen Forrest Gump twice! Let's change to another film!"

"Jenna, Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump is the best looking..." The boy looked at his girlfriend's face and raised his hands. "Okay, listen to you."

Then he turned his head to Matt Baker and said, "Hey man, any new movies to recommend?"

"How about "The Clown"? Wayne Greenberg's new film, today is the first day of release." The theater manager raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "But you have to wait a little longer for the next one. , about half an hour."

"Why don't we still watch Tom Hanks? This movie will take a long time." The boy turned back and began to discuss with his girlfriend.

"Haney! Wayne Greenberg's new movie! It's the director of Joker, let's watch this!"

The boy also reacted when he heard "Joker", shrugged and looked at Matt Baker. "Okay, two "Joker's Soul"."

After getting the movie tickets and changing , the two turned around and walked to the rest area. The theater manager also heard the boy's complaints. "I hope this film can be as good as "Joker" and won't waste our time..."

After a short time, when Matt Baker was about to close the window and return to his office, the number of people in the lobby slowly increased again, and the crowd began to line up to buy tickets again.

It persisted for more than half an hour until all the more than 100 people entered the theater. The theater manager did not wait for the new crowd to gather, and immediately ran back to the office and called the head office.

"I'm Matt Baker, yes, I ask to increase the filming rate of "The Clown's Soul"! It's not even the peak time of the evening, and there is a queue phenomenon here. Yes, the attendance rate has exceeded 70%, and it is now changed. You still have time……"

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