~： 424 - Wayne is smarter than anyone

"Don't you think he's going crazy too? Hmph."

Jeff Robinoff suddenly smiled, and without careful observation, you could see that the corners of his upturned mouth were full of sarcasm.

"hat?" Bruce Rosenblum didn't understand what he meant, took the cigar from his mouth, and looked over in confusion.

"Bruce, that's why I say Wayne is smart."

Jeff Robinoff let out a long sigh of relief, relaxed his upper body, put away all expressions in awe, and leaned back on the chair solemnly. He crossed his hands on his chest, but his eyes turned to the media capital in the bright sunshine outside the window.

After a full three or two minutes, his voice sounded leisurely. "On the surface, this time Wayne is revenge for throwing dirty water on him because of those companies. I have to say, the effect of this is very good. Now everyone knows his character, which is a no-brainer. Deducted lunatic, try not to mess with him if you have nothing to do.

In fact, the reason is not just that. Wayne, as a major shareholder of Warner Bros., has a very high reputation within the company. Bruce, you must understand that the reason why everyone respects him is because he can create something for everyone. Huge benefits, but what if one day he wants more benefits? "

The question of the CEO of Warner Bros. caused Lulus Rosenblum to fall into silence. In fact, no one does not want more benefits. This is a commercialized society, and capital itself is greedy.

In a different position, if you have everything Wayne has now, you will never be willing to be a pure film director. Since your own works can reap profits calculated in billions every time, why do you give them every time? Others work part-time, and I only take the tens of millions of box office shares and remuneration?

Especially after the test of "The Matrix" this time, I believe that after seeing the profit behind a big-selling film, no one can be unmoved. Compared with the income of omni-channel copyright operation, the profit shared by the box office is almost negligible.

Undoubtedly, once or twice in such a situation, Warner Bros. could only agree with his nose. Not only did he agree, but he would also fully support Wayne in doing so, because he was too important to Warner Bros. now.

But how many times? No media giant composed of capital would be willing to let him share the profits that belonged to his own land in this way. The final result is nothing more than a contradiction due to money, and an irreconcilable crack in the relationship between the two parties. The final result can be Think of it, that is parting ways.

"you mean"

Bruce Rosenblum thought of this, and immediately put down the cigar in his hand. He didn't care about enjoying it for a while, and looked directly opposite the desk.

"Yeah, Wayne figured that out before us."

Jeff Robinoff nodded, with sincere appreciation in his tone. "So, going crazy is just an excuse. He simply gave his promise first. No matter how big the market for the dc series is in the future, he will not covet the profits above, and he will never participate in investment in any name."

After such an analysis, the director of Warner Bros. distribution also understands that the other party has undoubtedly suppressed it in advance, and the main factor for the future conflict between the two sides.

I have to say that if Wayne doesn't want to be out of control in the future and be tied together for a long time, he must make concessions. In doing so, at least all shareholders of Warner Bros. and Time Warner will breathe an early sigh of relief.

In fact, as long as the dc series, which is estimated within the company and has a market size of 10 billion, is not involved, they can only happily support Wayne's other excessive behaviors.

"Pity!"

This is the second time Bruce Rosenblum has said this this morning. It was a pity that he didn't sign an exclusive distribution agreement with the theater company before, but this time it was because he felt sorry for Wayne and wanted to Yes, no one knows how much future income that young man gave up this time.

"It's not a pity."

Jeff Robinoff shook his head, smiling like a child. "You have to know that what Wayne gave up was only the chance to enter the dc series, but he did not promise that he would not have a cooperation with Warner Bros. similar to "The Matrix" in the future."

The two looked at each other, and both saw the answer in each other's eyes.

With Wayne's production ability, even if he is only a project initiator or producer, the success rate of the film will not be low. The same is true of "The Matrix" and "The Departed", which is officially launched on a large scale today.

In fact, even if he does not invest in the huge profits of the dc series, he will not make any less money. As long as he thinks of "The Matrix" and the latter two, both of them feel as if they have seen it. of mountains.

"Shit, I was just about to tell you something." Bruce Rosenblum slammed the cigar into the ashtray, as if he suddenly thought of something horrible.

The Warner Bros. CEO frowned and asked, "What?"

Bruce Rosenblum suddenly leaned forward, narrowed the distance between the two sides, and said in a low voice, "As far as I know, Wayne's vampire agent Jimmy has been collecting various copyrights all the time. I don't know anything else, but The film and television rights to that epic and magical masterpiece Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are now under Wayne's name."

Seeing the other party's wide-eyed eyes, he continued without waiting for Jeff Robinoff to ask, "This epic has always been chased by that big fat man Harvey, but Wayne has never let go. Through his agent, A New Zealander was specially recruited to adapt the script of this masterpiece, and it is obvious that he has the intention of producing it."

Speaking of the big fat man Harvey Weinstein, he really does not please the insiders. With his arrogant and domineering personality, even the executives of Walt Disney, the parent company, are still not in the eyes of this fat man. Miramax and Disney Emperor Michael Eisner have always had conflicts. rumors.

But this big fat man, not only did not disappear because of his acting style, but became more and more powerful. It was because of his sharp market insight, just looking at the production ability, this fat man is definitely the top in the circle.

Wayne himself has no doubts about his vision in movies. Now this fat man is also eyeing this magical masterpiece, a project that is valued by two top producers in the circle. It is hard not to let people look forward to how much market potential it has.

"This is only what we know. We have no way of knowing how many projects there are that can be started at any time." Bruce Rosenblum shook his head, completely convinced by the young man's foresight. "As far as I know, Wayne's agent started to collect copyright a few years ago."

In today’s Hollywood, it seems that the market size is constantly expanding around the world, but in fact, everyone in the circle knows that production companies are becoming more and more conservative, because most of the truly profitable big productions come from sequel movies or this Film adaptation.

The proportion of original movies is constantly decreasing, which is determined by the market and will never be shifted by someone's will.

Now, almost all major companies are aware of this. In the future cinema market, sequel films and adapted films will be the mainstream. The popularity of these films is by no means comparable to the originals.

As a result, everyone is paying more and more attention to copyright. Books on the North American bestseller list, almost as soon as a good work appears, will be approached by major film companies as soon as possible to buy out the film and television copyright, even if it is not now. Take it out and put it in the copyright library for backup.

Wayne's behavior of collecting copyrights several years in advance is doomed, and it will create immeasurable benefits for him in the future. Both of them realized that this may be the main reason why the other party is willing to give up in the dc series and get a piece of the pie.

"Bruce, I remember"

Jeff Robinoff recalled and asked uncertainly, "Wayne almost started it, right? There is also a sci-fi project in which gorillas climb the Twin Towers? Also, after that party, I heard that there was another one. About the script for the dog, ha! It seems that everyone is busy in the future!"

The two looked at each other, neither of them knew whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

"He has already got up and rushed to New York to promote it. It seems that we have to prepare a celebration reception for the crew in advance, and then we have to have a good chat with him!" Bruce Rosenblum is very clear that the other party holds a lot of copyrights And the significance of the project, in terms of the current success rate, it is not an exaggeration to describe Wayne as a mobile money printing machine.

A successful movie, UU Reading can create huge profits. With the complete upstream and downstream channels of the six giants, the degree of huge profits is definitely better than going to Mexico next door to sell "contraband". be big.

Speaking of which, the major film companies now pay attention to copyright in advance, and it is still to blame Wayne for affecting Warner Bros. in advance. In the past few years, under his invisible influence, almost all of Warner Bros. big productions are sequel films. And the adaptation of the film is mainly, all of which have created amazing results.

With the large investment in sequel films and adaptation films, as well as the success rate of projects directed by Wayne himself, Warner Bros. has ranked first in the performance of the six giants for three consecutive years, and the second may be changing all the time. The first does not mean to waver.

Why did the other companies forcefully try to hack Wayne when they knew it was impossible? It is because they know that as long as Warner Bros. loses this big tree that contributes half of its performance, the number one position will not be as unshakable as it is now.

Geoff Robinoff glanced at the newspaper on the table, and decided to consider the matter in front of him first. "Bruce, the follow-up announcement of "The Departed" is mainly in the name of Wayne's last R-rated film, and the remaining resources are placed on the three male protagonists. The polarization of the audience for this film is inevitable. Then we will play the card of feelings!"

"Okay, I'll let you know when I get back."

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