Chapter 791： 1 Everything is not wanting to be a vassal

The atmosphere of the festival is permeating the streets. In a mansion on the east side of Beverly Hills, the owner also hung some lights on the Christmas tree, which are shiny and really beautiful.

But at this moment, on a reclining chair by the pool in the backyard, Jonathan Campbell was carefully scrutinizing the market data analysis in his hand, and also remembered that someone took this to put pressure on the board of directors.

The golden compass is dead.

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The Lord of the Rings 1, which was released in December 2001, earned 47.21 million in its first weekend; Harry Potter 1 in November 2001 earned 90.29 million in its first weekend; even The Chronicles of Narnia, which was not particularly successful the year before, earned 65.55 million in its first weekend. box office.

Using these data, compared with the 26.12 million of the first weekend of the Golden Compass, and it does not have the praised reputation of the Lord of the Rings, what can it turn over?

Don't think about it, it's nothing more than a loss.

Qiao Sen got up and was about to make a phone call to discuss with the major shareholder when he saw his wife coming and said that it was Xie Yi.

He is familiar with Shay. After all, the two often work together. He is also a rare high-level executive in Warner who does not agree with the merger of the new line. Mainly, he thinks that the role of the new line can be a supplementary business like Fox Searchlight is based on Fox Pictures. 's brand.

A studio that shoots at medium and low cost and supports independent films should focus more on film festivals, so that it can be staggered from Warner Films, allowing them to concentrate more on producing projects with high budgets and allocate resources more rationally. Qiqi's novels are first published on the whole network

It is a pity that the executives of the new line have their own ideas, and perhaps they are not willing to be affiliated with a label with low profits, which led to the fall into the pit this time.

Think about it, people also shot the Lord of the Rings series back then, and it seems to be understandable.

......

When he saw Shay again, Qiao Sen felt that he was a lot lower, and his eyes couldn't help but stay on him for a moment.

The person who was still high-spirited before, only after a few days, looked old, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes could not be concealed.

Xie Yi smiled slightly, but didn't know what to say.

In the next week after the film was released, the Golden Compass fell 37% because it was criticized and the look and feel was too bad. It was slightly better than Beowulf. 2007 Christmas brothers and sisters.

Therefore, Xie Yi, who has no hope of turning over, wants to explore the words of Warner executives, whether to maintain the original treatment pace in the future of the new line, or have other plans?

Do the days have to go on?

Qiao Sen was silent for a while, and then said quietly: "What do you think about yourself, have you thought about how to explain this loss?"

Shay was dumbfounded.

He wants to know, he is still here?

Now he has basically lost the trust of the board of directors, and he knows it himself.

On the other hand, Warner, who also suffered losses, can still sit at home. As for him, he is trying to find a way around. Such a comparison makes Shay feel tired.

"We misestimated the market and violated the company's expectations, but things have already happened. We recognize what kind of disposal, but we hope to discuss more about the merger."

This is a consistent demand within the new line.

"So, I know..."

After Shay left, Jonson said a few words of regret.

He previously suggested that the new line should take the initiative to transform and focus on low-cost themes. At this time, it seems that people still care about their status and refuse to be small.

Originally, I thought that this Shay had a lot of experience, and the management was only orderly, but he didn't expect that he could not be driven.

Ugh.

Do you really think that when you join forces, you will have scruples?

Innocent!

The failure of the golden compass Still haven't figured out where to stop? How could it be so easy to uncover.

Pity.

The new line itself is a little awkward in Warner's layout. Now it's crooked, broken, and even more useless.

Time to find a way to deal with it, Johnson thought.

......

"Boss, Director Li is here."

In the office, Ryman was confirming that I was a hero for publicity spending when he heard Mace knock on the door and come in to report.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed since the day he visited Li Press, and he finally returned to Los Angeles from China.

Lyman was refreshed and immediately asked Mace to invite him.

The Hulk is a key part of the linkage plan. After the Iron Man screening next summer, if you can take advantage of the heat to cooperate with Universal and push the Hulk into the theater, it will definitely be beneficial to publicity.

More importantly, a series of subsequent works can be started in time. Qiqi's novels are first published on the whole network

Seeing each other again, the two chatted very much.

For this trip to China, Li Press has some regrets.

The film was released on November 1st, and the box office of Lust and Caution has climbed all the way. In just 9 days, it has already received 90 million box office, and the momentum is soaring. As of today, it has accumulated 123 million yuan in the mainland;

And on Hong Kong Island, Lust and Caution also reached the top, showing for 27 days and earning 30.78 million Hong Kong dollars. What is more worth mentioning is that on the Korean side, since Hong Kong Island films fell behind, another Chinese-language film has attracted nearly 2 million viewers. trips.

Comparing the production expenditure of 15 million US dollars, Lust Caution has not yet finished painting, but it has been paid back one after another. This is only in Asia. Although the marketability of overseas Chinese movies is definitely not enough, but selling copyrights, it is estimated that they can still sell a lot. .

It's just that although the grades were okay, Lust Caution was scolded badly.

The reason, we all know.

After all, the 20-minute uncut **** scenes in the film made Korean audiences baptized by 18 banned movies, and they were stunned. Although the mainland was a castrated version, before the screening, the distributor deliberately used the outflow of so-and-so as a topic for crazy marketing. I believe that people who have experienced it will definitely understand.

In this regard, Laiman only thinks that Li Zhao is also quite boring, he has researched on that kind of posture, and he even photographed it with integrity...

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Of course, Li Press didn't know what Laiman was thinking. On the contrary, in the past few days, he had been thinking about whether to take over the Hulk project.

The success of Brokeback Mountain has made his situation in Hollywood a lot better, but in general, he has not recovered to the previous situation. Moreover, he has not encountered any favorite scripts recently, and the schedule is both leisurely and abundant.

In other words, he was moved. After all, the project budget was so high...

Ha, Lyman is happy too.

Li Jianneng took over, which saved him a lot of trouble.

"Any requirements for filming can be put forward, and we will try our best to meet them."

Li Zhuang sat upright in his seat, and he was unambiguous, "The salary and my team."

Every director has his own shooting staff who often work with them. The so-called royal team is nothing more than a familiar one.

In this regard, Lehmann has nothing to do.

As for the remuneration, the 9 million basic salary floating box office incentive, the upper limit of which is 500 million in the world, and 10% of the box office profit in North America, also made Li press nod.

Benefit distribution, everyone is satisfied.

What he took in Lust and Caution was the total profit of the project, but the basic salary was not high, and in this respect is quite acceptable.

Then there's the script.

The new Hulk must not copy the previous one, because the results have proved that the audience will not accept it.

Therefore, this version follows the second phase of the super soldier program in the comics. Nick Fury and the military want to re-study artificial superheroes. As a result, Bruce Banner was sucked into the scientific research team and was about to produce results. The spy sent by the hairy bear Conspiracy, the power out of control destroyed the laboratory...

After fleeing all the way, he competed with the two major forces of the KGB and the U.S. military, and continued to desperately search for the in-vivo cell therapy that could cure his gamma radiation poisoning. personality.

Although this version of the story is not very innovative, it can successfully introduce the SHIELD that hastily appeared in Iron Man, and the serum egg that buried the American team.

And compared to the contradiction between Bruce Banner and the military in The Incredible Hulk, and the violent beating with hatred, it is better to direct the story background to a third-party force, which will be more suitable for the audience. Yes, there is a conflict after that and the KGB top tank. After a big battle, it will not be possible to wash away the invincible Hulk of Bruce Banner, but the people who killed the military.

If the result is to be recruited, then taking care of the vanity of the American people requires external forces, and Mao Xiong has always been the villain of Hollywood movies.

With this reasonable show of force conflict, there will be cool points and big scenes. When S.H.I.E.L.D. comes out to protect it, Bruce Banner will be able to enter the Avengers system logically.

All aspects have been considered, and it can be justified. It is worthwhile for Lehmann to brush so many related character comics.

"Have you found a suitable star?" Lyman asked suddenly.

"not yet."

"I recommend one. You can try it yourself, I think you'll be satisfied."