Chapter 257： Harvey's lifeblood

"Crack." With a crisp sound, Harvey Weinstein threw a newspaper on the table and snorted, "Inspirational drama movie? What the **** is this guy doing?"

In the huge office, Bob Weinstein, who had just delivered the newspaper, was sitting on the sofa.

At this time, I heard Harvey getting angry, but did not make a sound.

Because he's also thinking about Lehman's new film.

Unlike other film companies who either want to cooperate or see the dawn of co-optation, Miramax could not have such a mind from beginning to end.

Maybe Harvey has, but he also gave up in the rejection again and again.

But to be honest, although watching the rise of others and gaining both fame and fortune, Miramax has never regarded Lyman as an opponent, because the two of them are not on the same level at all-even Lyman's "Bad Guy" " so successful, one is worth the operating income of Miramax for one year.

Bob Weinstein is also very aware of Harvey's mind, but when Lyman founded a firefly film company, "Chainsaw" also surpassed "Kill Bill" at the box office, but seriously, it was a bit depressing Below is also harmless.

After all, Miramax's main business is still publishing, and the production is all supported by prominent figures like Quentin Tarantino.

In terms of distribution, although they are no match for the Big Six in Hollywood, they are not comparable to Ryman's film company. Miramax is also an international publisher after all. Although it uses Disney's channels, it is also very good, okay?

Every year, they can make a lot of money just by operating the film projects of other small companies, and they don’t have to bear any risk pressure. The Oscars season is their annual harvest time. , you can earn tens of millions of dollars just by selling discs.

But now Lehman suddenly turned around and cooperated with Warner, and the news released also specifically stated that the new film was an inspirational movie, which made the Weinstein brothers alert.

Oscar season is not far away.

If Lehman's new work succeeds again and the subject matter is good, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the operation of Miramax.

That impact is nowhere close to beating Kill Bill at the box office.

As early as 1998, "Shakespeare in Love" took away the golden man of Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan", declaring that public relations methods are the only standard for the Olympics. Over the years, Miramax helped Countless gold owners and film companies have won the awards they want. It can be said that Harvey can be so smooth in the circle, inseparable from his ability and the contacts he has made.

He also knows this himself. In addition to getting close to the judges a lot on weekdays, some people ask him to help him and are willing to lend a helping hand. For example, in the third part of "The Lord of the Rings" this year, New Line Pictures reached a consensus with him and worked together. Oscar season.

Naturally, he is not particularly concerned about whether other people's projects are successful or not, but what about the next one?

He has been preparing for this for a long time, could there be any changes?

This kind of menacing, can not help but make people think.

Bob Weinstein persuaded: "It's useless to think blindly. With our strength, if we really want to match at that time, it's just to see who's methods are better."

In this regard, Bob is still very confident. They are Jewish and have been operating in the circle for so many years. No matter how you look at it, they are the one who has the upper hand.

Maybe you can't fight for the box office, but if you have a better relationship, you have to ask the judges if they agree.

However, Harvey still has some concerns. After all, is it Warner, which is stronger than Paramount, and also suggested: "Bob, do you think it is possible to add some trouble to their project?"

Bob was surprised: "How did you think of doing this? Warner made it clear that he wanted to support him. If he was found out, have you thought about the consequences?"

"But this person is always an unstable factor, and he is always making trouble for us. If it can destroy the cooperation project between them, it is also a good plan. Do you think Paramount is willing to take action?"

Bob Weinstein watched Harvey come to the present step by step, how can he not know Harvey's character and way of doing things, once this guy feels that someone is a competitor who will get in the way, what kind of dirty things? , he dare not do it?

Last year, "Chicago" was able to beat a lot of competitors and won the best picture, but he poured out a lot of black material, and finally forced the jury to give up voting for "The Pianist" due to public opinion pressure.

And Harvey now wants to disrupt the cooperation between Huang Lehman and Warner, and the idea is very simple, not only to clean up a threat, but also to have the idea of ​​personal revenge.

Against him again and again, Harvey is not a good-natured person.

He continued: "Lyman also seems to be very ambitious, this is so sudden, what does Paramount think? Warner is Paramount's most natural competitor, doesn't Paramount want to take some action? Many people can do this, but is Warner really willing to make great efforts to support him? I don’t think so.”

After analyzing it, Bob Weinstein could only sigh: "Okay, I'll go get in touch with the people at Paramount and see if it works."

He knows that once Harvey has an idea, he can't be persuaded easily, just follow him.

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Lyman's mansion in Beverly Hills.

Since he negotiated with Warner, he has not appeared in front of the media.

Begin to concentrate on the preparations for the shooting of "Million Dollar Baby".

Those members of his production team in France With the tacit approval of Europa Films, most of them also signed filming agreements with the crew one after another, and then Ryan and Thomas, the former has some trivial matters to deal with, while the latter has already rushed Come here, I'm sleeping in the guest room on the second floor and adjust the jet lag.

In addition, under Johnson's management, the company leased the second floor of the commercial building to widen the company's facade.

In addition to the originally identified employees, several other staff members were recruited, all of whom have market experience in the circle. They were dug from several other film companies to set up the market research department. Under the influence of Ide, Lehman asked Johnson to dig a few screenwriters at caa, and set up an editorial and review department to specifically review whether some of the scripts delivered have the value of adaptation and shooting.

In addition, in terms of finance, Wen Ziren's sequel project has also started. The production cost is 15 million US dollars, plus Lehman's budget of 12 million US dollars. Before making a profit, he took out 27 million US dollars, plus For the daily operations of the company, the financial expenditure for the entire November is estimated to be 30 million US dollars.

However, this is just a start-up, take your time.

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