Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 114 Wayward capital, beeping Sony

42 million in the first weekend, 78 million in the opening week, and the North American box office is predicted to go up to 200 million. What level is this?

Wolf is coming! !

Although compared with the situation in the future where it broke 100 million in one day, 100 million in a dozen hours, and pre-sales broke 100 million, the score of 78 million in seven days is not enough, but... this is the film market more than 20 years ago. ah!

The number of theaters and screens alone is incomparable!

In the first weekend, 30 million can win the championship in three days, and there are still tens of millions of movies on the annual box office list. "HA2" has refreshed everyone's perception! It also broke through the lower limit of countless people!

What's more, "Bodyguard", which was released at the same time, made the investor Warner jump on his feet!

It's not that the box office is too outrageous!

But the fans are too fanatical!

With 60% of film critics on the market criticizing and furious, "HA2" directly broke the box office record in the first week?

Doesn't that mean one thing?

Those film critics who were once served by film companies and were regarded as thorns in the flesh by practitioners, who could influence the fate of a movie with a flick of a finger, did not work for Roland Allen at all!

what does that mean?

This means that his basic disk is far more terrifying than the 10 million shown in "Terminator 2"!

"No, I personally think that this is actually the influence brought by "Terminator 2"; or, this is "Home Alone", "Terminator 2", and next year's "Jurassic Park", as well as the previous A healthy relationship that explodes, the superposition of all things."

When those film critics were pressed to the ground by Roland's fans, the film companies that were supposed to make arrangements for the Olympic Games were all silent. Was dragged to a meeting.

The most fierce debate is undoubtedly five, one is Fox, which is directly related to "HA2", the other is Universal, which controls the "Jurassic" project, and the third is cursing there, "I obviously gave you "Character" On the cover, you’re treating me like this.” For Warner, the fourth is Disney, which still wants to take advantage of the trend, and the fifth is Sony, which most wants to gain a foothold...

As for Paramount?

Although it is possible to take off the skirt at any time, but now, I am holding back the big move of "Forrest Gump"!

Among the five companies, those who have no projects at the moment are actually Sony, and they are also the most serious of all the discussion groups, regardless of whether it is the "empty shell" Sony Pictures, or the real "film" Columbia Samsung The film industry, anyway, those guys who have the right to decide on project establishment, all gathered together.

The analysis reports were made by Peter Guber and Jean-Peters, the helmsmen of Columbia Samsung Pictures.

"According to our analysis, the box office success of "HA2" has nothing to do with the film itself. More than 90% of the credit can be attributed to marketing—they first released the romance, and then they used Chuan Jianguo's father Girl, she said that Roland wanted to be serious about filming, so she temporarily rejected her news. We always thought it was an excuse that Steven and the others had thought up, but we didn't expect that it actually hinted to fans in advance that Roland is a person who is very passionate about movies. A caring person."

"If it is normal, this is just the establishment of an actor's image, but afterward, Chris and Robin's statement on the show emphasized this point again. King', everyone feels that Roland is making movies with his heart, so people who believe in Roland will not believe what film critics are complaining about."

"Because of the historical achievements of "HA" and "T2", people are willing to believe in Roland's capital."

"In this case, Steven and his "Jurassic" are also strong evidence. If Roland has a problem, will Steven use him twice in a row? It is obviously impossible, and this is also the case. The crux of the critics' comments that don't stand up."

"Of course, there is another key point, that is, the film critics have gone too far. "HA2" may not reach eight points, but there are still seven points, and at worst it will not be lower than the passing line, but the film critics say , this is a zero-point movie, and the public is clear about it. This movie is meant to bring laughter to children, families, and people. They don’t have much deep expectations for the movie itself. Therefore, the film critics The harder people scold, the more disgusted they are, and they will feel that because of the existence of these film critics, there are so few things that really entertain the public..."

"Because no one wants to offend them, awards are held too high..."

For the producers, making a movie is actually solving equations, no matter whether it is the Sixth National Congress or the Eighth National Congress, their green light committees are all experts in mathematics, and the scripts reviewed by them may not be said to be completely hits, but they are definitely more blind than luck The shooting is much better, but the problem is that the real hits are rarely made by them.

There is no blank market in Hollywood at all. Behind every excellent movie, there are several movies that are as good as it or even better than it. But why does the market choose the current top card? instead of a better movie? Although many people attribute this situation to luck, the question is, why does this kind of luck haunt a person?

They are more willing to believe that they cannot grasp the connotation, which is why every time there is a blockbuster, everyone will analyze it, but—after listening to this kind of paper analysis, they will also find a problem—

Why all success is related to them?

"Then I want to know, since you can analyze the principle of the success of "HA2", can you copy it?"

When Peter Guber and Jean-Peters boasted about the successful marketing of Fox, and all the credit was given to the outside world, the Japanese who sat aside and listened slowly raised their heads.

"As far as I know, from the birth of Hollywood to the present, there are only three guys who can make fans so crazy."

“George from Star Wars, Steven from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Roland from HA.”

"Now as long as George releases the news that he is going to make a "SW" movie again, all film companies including us will give at least 100 million budgets, and the same is true for Steven. Paramount is willing to cut all Existing project replaced by "Indiana Jones" project—Since we want to analyze the success of "HA2", can't you see that Roland is not the only person behind the box office explosion? And the guy with him, can you not Stop copying what you call success..."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Peter Guber and Jean Peter, who were still speaking excitedly, turned black.

It's not that they can't find George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, but they don't want to mention the Jewish gang at all!

In the year when Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, Sony founder Akio Morita emphasized that this is not a cultural invasion, they will use local talents to manage local businesses, and Peter Guber and Jean- Peters was selected by them, but the problem is that these two people can only boast about themselves, and they are laymen in business.

You know, when Spielberg was filming "The Purple", he made a special call with Warner in advance. If the two dared to enter the studio half a step while he was filming, then the project could be aborted !

In the situation where guys like Spielberg have to be on guard, you can know how awesome the Debuff on them is, and when you know that behind the "HA" series, there is the shadow of the Jewish gang. No matter what, this guy would never talk to Nobuyuki Idei about each other!

That's right, the guy listening in the Sony meeting room is Nobuyuki Idei, who will become the president of Sony in the future, and the reason why he came here when the founder Akio Morita emphasized autonomy is naturally not because of " HA" series, but Roland Allen, who has an astonishing fixed disk behind him, and Spielberg, who has long proposed the copyright transaction method.

Ever since Roland drew a cake that couldn't be cheap for Nintendo to the other party, the transaction has already started to negotiate.

Sony is not only not surprised, but even very happy about Spielberg’s idea of ​​exchanging game copyrights for shares in global distribution companies, because this approach means deep binding!

After losing money for three years in a row, Sony has been trying to find a way to make the film company profitable, and now, since the other party is willing to get involved in the film project, if they refuse, isn't it just taking the opportunity to make money to the outside world? push?

But during the negotiation process, they encountered a little problem!

Uh, well, fingertips universe…

Sony is willing to sell the shares of the global distribution company to Spielberg, but they also hope that they can get the investment rights of Spielberg's next five films, not only that, in "Captain Hook" and "Jurassic Park" "Under the blatant misappropriation of filming funds to bring apprentices, they still want to tie Roland in!

According to the results of the meeting at Sony Headquarters, it is said that the operational capabilities of global distribution companies are maintained through blockbuster movies, and instead of investing in those bad movies, the studios might as well invest money in Spielberg. In the movies of Greg and Roland Allen, it is much more insurance to vote for them than for other projects...

All the above have spoken, and the tone of cooperation is naturally set.

But the problem is, just as they are studying how much Spielberg's shares in the global distribution company should be sold, and how much should the game copyright of "Jurassic Park" be priced, and then they are asking for Spielberg and Roland's several shares. How much investment for the film, and how much cash is required... "HA2" exploded at the wrong time!

This special code is embarrassing!

Originally, according to their ideas, Roland's box office influence was made 40% to half of Spielberg's, and then converted into an equivalent amount of cash, but now - 78 million in the first week of the filming, this is special. The code is already at Spielberg's level! In this case, they negotiated at half the price, and when people saw it, they would definitely be kicked out!

It’s true that you’re going to ask for a lot of money and pay back the money on the ground, but if you give it a 40% discount, it’s more exorbitant than your mother’s double-buy grocery shopping, right?

Talents have a temper! And there are only three of them in America!

In this situation, if you fold too hard, isn't that telling the other party clearly that I'm just here to insult you?

Sony actually regrets it.

Because the internal process is too cumbersome, otherwise, they could have finished the cooperation negotiation before the release of "HA2"!

But he didn’t seize the opportunity, so that’s the only way to go. As a result, Norio Ohga, who promoted Sony’s acquisition of Columbia Pictures and was regarded as one of Sony’s troika, pushed his own Nobuyuki Idei over. In his view, as long as Nobuyuki Idei can get the home game consoles that Sony needs and the film industry projects that have been losing money for years, then he can be pushed to the top.

But unfortunately, after listening for a long time, Nobuyuki Idei didn't hear any constructive opinions.

While Peter Guber and Jean-Peters turned black, he also understood that these two guys—

It’s actually a **** stirrer.

And the current Sony Pictures Entertainment is a mess!

"I don't want to listen to the analysis report of "HA2". Tell me, if we want to sign a long-term cooperation contract with Roland Allen, what kind of price should we offer? Let's take...five movies as an example..."

Nobuyuki Idei knocked on the table. As a temporary airborne guy, he only wanted to complete the above industrial tasks.

The style of doing things that does not talk about the project but only about the quantity directly stunned the guys present.

It is true that this kind of quantitative contract is very popular in Hollywood, but most of the time, it is the film and television giants who open it to the following production companies! How much money I give you a year, how many movies you have to produce, I don’t care what you make, but I need to sign a minimum return with you, if you can’t reach it, you pay for it yourself!

It is not uncommon to sign someone alone, and the most famous...

Well, the circle is so big, you can't get around those few.

To be honest, with Roland's appeal, it is definitely no problem to sign someone, but—

Peter Guber and Jean-Peters looked at each other, and both sides saw the worry in the other's eyes.

Because Spielberg once publicly told them to fuck, disgraced them, in this case…

Who wants Roland to be signed by Sony!

But they didn't know that cooperating with them was the intention of Sony, so...

"We can work out the price, but—"

"Well, let's put it this way, the box office in the first week reflects the appeal of the star - this data can only tell us that as long as we can let the public know that Roland has such a movie, no matter what genre or how high the threshold is, it will There is a stable group of audiences who will go to the theater to cheer."

"But we also know that the box office appeal is like a credit card. It has a limit. "HA2" looks luxurious, but it is actually cashing out in violation of regulations. It is overdrafting people's credit to Roland. Although it still brings people Come and have fun, but compared to "HA" and "T2", the gap is still very big, this time people will be provoked by the critics, what about next time? When the next movie is released, they will be like this Is there any reason to go and watch it?"

"so…"

"Hangon..." Just when Peter Guber wanted to belittle Roland in order to stop Nobuyuki Idei from wanting to continue signing him, Nobuyuki Idei suddenly raised his hand and asked in an unbelievable tone, "Peter, when you said Before coming to a conclusion, I want to know what is Roland's next movie?"

""Jurassic"!" Peter Guber blurted out without hesitation.

"Do you think "Jurassic" will fail?" Nobuyuki Idei squinted at the other party.

Fuck!

Peter Guber, who wanted to push Roland away, was choked and speechless.

yes! "HA2" is indeed overdrawing Roland's credit limit, but so what?

Even if people are watching movies in a vengeful way, even if people think I helped you once, everyone is evened out.

But so what?

His next movie is Jurassic!

Not a single person in the circle thought this movie was going to fail!

Not only because the original "Jurassic" has slaughtered countless issues in a row, but also because there is a guarantee there!

You know, Roland Allen's basic set and Spielberg's basic set do not coincide!

The former eats families of the same age and younger sisters, while the latter eats more men!

And when these two people put together, what does that amount to?

Their basic disk is equivalent to killing all!

Even if the credit line is used up a bit this time, who would dare to predict that the movie will hit the street in the case of a general kill?

People have willful capital, so why not realize it?

In the industry, it is generally believed that "Jurassic" is aimed at breaking records, but you two trash, are you telling me that Roland's box office appeal has been discounted?

Wow…

How did you stay here?

Bright questioning eyes made it hard for Peter Guber and Jean-Peters to continue speaking.

After pondering for a while, they decided not to bring up the matter, "HA2 and Jurassic are 10 million, but Steven replaced the 10 million with Jurassic's 100 million." Eighty-tenths, of course, this is based on the prices offered by "HA" and "T2", if the current "HA2" is to be added, there will be a base of 20 million, and there will be a share..."

"Basically about 6%, and we can't do his share."

Nobuyuki Idei understands what they mean, to divide into this kind of thing, the bigger the background, the worse the pitfall.

Why don't many directors and actors want to share, don't they just understand that they can't get it?

But what about Roland?

You can trick him this time, and from now on, don't ask them to make movies.

As for the direct promotion to the 20 million club?

To be honest, with his current grades, every family is willing to give 18 points of the 10 million guarantee!

"That is to say, based on the cost of 50 million yuan and the box office of 300 million yuan, now he can make a net profit of about 30 million to 40 million yuan from a movie?" Nobuyuki Idei knocked on the table, "Then our How much profit can you basically get?"

"It's about the same as him. Those who bid this price basically hold half of each."

Fifty percent?

Nobuyuki Idei nodded, expressing his understanding.

Negotiations, they will do it, as for the valuation, it will come who will come.

After understanding Roland's current approximate price, he said again: "I heard he wants to shoot Spider-Man?"

"Um."

"Go and contact Carolco to see if they sell it."

"Huh? Buy Spider-Man?"

"Ask the price first."

"All right…"

The appearance of Peter Guber and Jean-Peters disgusted Nobuyuki Idei.

If he were the president, he would have already fired these two guys who only paid money and didn't work!

Your immediate superior has an idea, why do you ask so many questions?

Can’t we just do it?

Besides, he took the copyright just to get more bargaining chips.

As for the core?

Then, of course, tie people to Sony first!

"While asking Spider-Man, ask about Steven and Roland's project plans."

"I wonder, what movie are they going to do next..."

However, just when Nobuyuki Idei wanted to make a quick decision and finalized the cooperation, Peter Guber and Jean-Peters' answer made him jump three feet high on the spot, "Steven and Roland, it seems that there is no new movie. plan…"

"Nani?"

Note: ①Since Sony bought Columbia Pictures, they wanted to find a guy who is awesome, but they have been throwing coins. In order to dig Peter Guber and Jean Peters, they paid a price of more than one billion , 200 million is the money to acquire their company, not only that, their annual salary is three times higher than that of Norio Ohga, one of the troika at that time, and they also enjoy the dividend of 8% of the net added value of Columbia Pictures, as well as the The profit exceeds 200 million, and enjoy the super high treatment of 50 million bonus in the next five years. In addition, Sony didn't know that the two had a production contract with Warner before, so they were sued by Warner and paid 800 million in compensation. Exclusive cable rights to all Columbia Pictures films. Under such circumstances, being hired by Sony, Spielberg was speechless and stupidly led Sony to do one thing in five years, not investing in movies, but spending money on renovations. With a cumulative loss of 3.1 billion in five years, Nobuo Idei kicked those two idiots after he took office, and invited former Warner and MGM executive John Kelly to trade, and his greatest achievement Yes, when I took office, I got Spielberg's "Men in Black", and then I got "The Da Vinci Code" from Ron Howard. When they are throwing money like crazy, as long as they can make money, let alone overseas distribution That's right, let Katherine Kennedy directly settle in Sony Pictures, they really can't get anyone to come by spending money.