Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 137 I will take her to the physical examination personally (Please subscribe)
"If you still want to talk about the outrageous offer last time, I'm afraid there's no need to talk anymore. Disney has a lot of projects, and we don't have to take the risk of launching a Pirates series."

George Bowman stared at Tang Wen and kept saying:
"I don't know if you have investigated the market, but fantasy movies are the easiest to lose all your money!"

He told the truth.

It's common for fantasy movies to flop.

This type of subject matter requires high investment and carries great risks.

Once a movie fails at the box office, the losses are often as high as tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

Even within the Big Six Hollywood studios, such a significant loss would mean the firing of a senior executive who initiated the project.

But Tang Wen just smiled and said calmly, "Mr. Bowman, the fact that you came to talk in person proves that you are optimistic about this project, right?"

"But you're asking for too much! The project is too risky."

"I can sign a bet agreement." Tang Wen doesn't like to argue, but he will not give up even a penny of the profits that he deserves.

George Bowman's pupils shrank, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "How do we bet?"

“全球总票房3亿以上，我要票房分账15%，4亿20%，5亿以上25%。”

George didn't know whether to say he was greedy or confident enough.

Tang Wen didn't finish his words: "We both own the copyright, and I also want 20% of the sales from the peripheral sales!"

"Don! You are greedier than the devil in hell. No way."

“The director’s fee can be reduced.”

"You still want the director's fee?!" George seemed to have heard something incredible.

Tang Wen's tone also became more intense: "I can't work for nothing, right? Oh, and there are also copyright fees!"

"We can buy out the copyright. Two books, ten million for the adaptation rights. This is absolutely a sky-high price!"

"Haha, I don't need this little money."

"..."

George was so choked that he didn't know what to say. He had been working in Hollywood for 10 or 20 years, but he couldn't come up with 10 million US dollars.

They argued for a while.

Both sides took another step back.

Tang Wen doesn't want the director's fee.

Disney is willing to give up 10% of the box office revenue, but only if the global box office exceeds 5 million US dollars.

Copyrights and other things belong to Disney.

The two sides are deadlocked.

George Bowman's face was blacker than the bottom of a pot.

He personally came out to negotiate and it ended up like this. He would be embarrassed if he told anyone about it.

Objectively speaking, the person who made excessive demands was Tang Wen.

If his two books "Pirates of the Caribbean" were bestsellers like "Harry Potter", then his request would be reasonable.

But the two volumes together sold less than 100,000 copies.

Its influence in society is extremely limited.

Tang Wen relies on the copyright in his hands and is also a well-known producer and director in the circle.

Only then did they dare to offer such outrageous conditions.

Otherwise, as far as copyright is concerned, 1000 million US dollars is indeed a rare high price.

"The Bourne Supremacy", which is expected to be a big hit at the box office this year, is more expensive than several novels put together.

Seeing that the conversation was about to come to an end, Tang Wen winked at Robert standing beside him.

The latter waved towards the distance.

Two waiters came over with trays.

"You must be thirsty after talking for so long. Let's have a drink and then we can talk."

With a bang, the cork of the Serous champagne popped out and a light white mist emerged from the bottle.

The three of them didn't toast, they just drank their own glasses.

After drinking the cold wine, George calmed down a lot: "No company will agree to your conditions."

Tang Wen shrugged: "I'll invest too."

"Tang, you finally said something sincere."

"I will invest another 3000 million US dollars, plus the director's fee and copyright fee, which will account for 1/3."

《加勒比海盗1》制片成本差不多1.3亿美金，1/3是4300万。

This means that Tang Wen reduced the compensation he deserved to around 1300 million.

“What about derivatives?”

The movie Captain Jack Sparrow is so fascinating, and the peripheral derivatives are very profitable. Tang Wen can't give up: "I will send someone to audit, which will also account for 1/3."

"If we build a theme park in the future, you won't want a share too, right?"

Of course Tang Wen wanted it, but he knew it was unrealistic.

Pirates of the Caribbean is a public IP, and elements of the Pirates of the Caribbean ship already exist in the long-built Los Angeles Disneyland.

However, there was no pirate theme.

In the past, it was also influenced by the movie "Caribbean" that Disney created the pirate-themed Treasure Cove Park in Shanghai.

If Tang Wen wants the theme park, I'm afraid Disney would rather take a risk and pay someone to kill him.

I won't give away a part of my life.

"If you want to use my image in the movie, just pay me."

George shook his head and left.

"Does this count as a failed negotiation?" Robert sounded a little worried.

Tang Wen didn't respond: "Go and ask if the internal struggle at Disney has become intense."

Disney was founded in 1923 and has a long history, so its equity is inevitably dispersed.

The internal struggle has been fierce in the past two years, and Michael, the chairman and president, will resign as chairman next year.

Robert mused: "Michael has been in power for a long time. People in the circle say that he is becoming more and more stubborn and his style of doing things is more domineering."

“How has Disney performed in recent years?”

"Wait a minute." Robert made a phone call and then cheered up again: "My stock manager told me that Disney's stock price is falling sharply. In 2000, it was worth more than 800 billion, but now it is only more than 400 billion, and it is still falling."

At this point, he understood: "No wonder, even though our conditions are so harsh, George is willing to come out and talk to us in person. They need results to give the market a shot in the arm."

Disney is not your average movie studio.

If you want to increase its market value, ordinary film projects simply cannot do it.

But there is hope for the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

Tang Wen has already published two books, and it is destined to be a series.

You can also sell peripheral products and even build a theme park.

If you present this series of big promises to investors, there will definitely be people who will buy into it.

Maybe it can stop the downward trend of the stock price.

If it's really done well, maybe it will go up again.

"Tang! The initiative is completely in our hands!" Robert was beaming with joy.

Tang Wen nodded: "Find a way to contact Universal and Warner."

Universal also has a studio.

Warner's Harry Potter series will be licensed to Universal Studios in the future.

Therefore, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures are also potential partners of Tang Wen...

Even in Hollywood, such a big project cannot be negotiated in a short period of time.

Tang Wen did not focus all his energy on this project.

Turned around and started thinking about the promotion of "The Butterfly Effect".

The butterfly effect is famous for a quote from a meteorologist:

[A butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River in South America.

Occasionally flapping its wings,

May cause a tornado in the United States in two weeks]

Tornadoes are really common in the United States during spring and summer.

Americans understand this very well.

As long as we can stir up the heat of the Butterfly Effect and then release a movie trailer, it should be able to play a good publicity role...

After discussing with Robert, the film was scheduled to be released at the end of May, more than a month later.

Memorial Day in America.

The United States has one day off, and when combined with the weekend, it makes a three-day holiday.

More than a month is too long, the trailer cannot be released now.

Tang Wen contacted Sun Chao in China and asked him to arrange someone to write a post about the "butterfly effect".

Two days later, thousands of highly identical articles were published.

It caused a small splash in North America and even in the English-speaking online world.

The number of netizens actively searching for “butterfly effect” is increasing.

“Wouldn’t this kind of publicity be too bland?”

Robert walked into Don Wen's office while the latter was writing a song.

To be precise, it is the songs copied from Wang Xinling's first album in the original time and space, and given to the current Wang Xinling to sing.

Originally, the album was almost finished.

But after listening to the demos, Tang Wen found that except for the three main songs he wrote: "When You", "The First Person I Love" and "Say I Love You", the rest were of mediocre quality.

He was not satisfied, so he simply sent the song copied from Wang Xinling's first album to the producer of Blue Star Entertainment. Special note: I have the copyright of the lyrics and music, but don't write my name.

As for whose name should be written?
He simply gave it a code name "Blue Star".

Same name as the company.

The reason why I don’t write my own name.

It’s mainly a question of style.

The legend that everything Tang Wen does is a masterpiece cannot be broken.

Seeing that he had finished his work, Robert continued, "The first two times the film was released, because of your ideas and good publicity, it added a lot of color. This time, just relying on online posts, isn't it too simple?"

Tang Wen had a plan in mind, but he was a little unsure about the bottom line: "Will it cause resentment if I use a real-life tornado as an example?"

"As long as we don't encounter a major storm, it's fine. Tornadoes are all too common."

The United States is hit by a large number of tornadoes every year.

“Okay then,” Tang Wen pulled out a plan: “May is the tornado season, half a month before the release.

Arrange people to go to the Amazon rainforest to shoot a documentary short film of butterflies flapping their wings.

Wait until a North American tornado appears and then release the short film.

Let all of America know that it is really the flapping of a butterfly’s wings that causes America’s tornadoes.”

Robert thought to himself, you are really talking nonsense, who would believe you?
But if you think about it carefully, others won’t believe it, but Americans will.

Their happy education was very successful, and now many people still believe that the earth is flat.

If a butterfly fans out a tornado, there will surely be a large number of people who believe it, as long as they pay attention and speak out.

The Butterfly Effect has become popular.

Maybe it could spark discussion among the entire nation.

And the cost of this publicity method does not seem to be very high.

Robert asked, "Is it expensive for you to hire someone to post so many posts?"

Is it expensive?
It's just a waste post written by overseas typists working overtime for free.

It was a rare occasion that Tang Wen assigned a task, so Sun Chao would not charge extra money.

He said vaguely, "It's definitely cheaper than in America."

"Okay, then New Line, as the distribution company, will also contribute part of the money."

"How much can you give?"

"If the effect is good, millions of dollars will be no problem."

Tang Wen nodded with satisfaction: There are unexpected gains.

"Tell them that if the price is right, we can cooperate with them for a long time."

"no problem."

This job has no real value and anyone can do it.

But wages in North America are expensive, and compared with full-time English typists, they are not competitive at all.

After Robert left, Tang Wen talked to Sun Chao on the phone.

I heard it can open up the North American market.

Old Sun immediately became interested and said that he would continue to exploit new employees from Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast Asian countries and other countries when daybreak comes.

Let them work hard and do one more hour a day. At most, they can get an extra $50 a month.

What, you don’t want to work overtime?
Ha ha.

If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who want to do it!
If it really doesn't work, we can use the barbarians to control the barbarians and the last-in-first-out system in the company...

As soon as Tang Wen mentioned these two methods, Sun Chao immediately agreed: "That's a great idea."

“We are such good bosses.”

"Yes, writing more and working overtime is their blessing."

"Hey hey hey..."

The two of them laughed as if they wanted to "hang up street lights."

With Sun Chao personally supervising the battle.

The next day, the number of posts offering free explanations of the "Butterfly Effect" doubled.

Many people in Texas, Arkansas and other states where tornadoes frequently occur were quite interested after seeing it.

Two days later, the post attracted more and more people.

Considering that "The Butterfly Effect" will have a second and third part...

Tang Wen simply instructed the typists to set up special discussion sections in major forums.

Gather all the people who are interested in this matter on the website...

It’s a pity that Facebook and Twitter are not established now.

Tang Wen wanted to do it, but he was afraid that after he succeeded, he would be shot eight times in the back by America and commit suicide.

Even if the Americans are crazy, they will never allow the Chinese to hold this kind of weapon of public opinion.

There must be all kinds of suppression, both overt and covert.

These two are world-class media platforms, and it would be a shame to let them go.

He plans to look for opportunities to see if he can cooperate with Americans with backgrounds in development.

The daughter of someone, the Princess of America, has she graduated?
No, their family is not wealthy and can’t handle the problem.

If you want to find a partner, you have to find a big political family.

But the hearts of this kind of family are all dark.

It’s really difficult…

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Beverly Hills, study.

The script of "Saw 3" has been finalized.

As for the script of "Saw 2", it was written as early as last year.

These two films can use several common actors and can be shot together, which is more cost-effective.

"Huh—get up." He took his hands off the keyboard and sighed comfortably.

Then, use your feet to push the swivel chair backwards.

A few seconds later, Naomi emerged from under the desk.

The white calves and knees were covered with red marks.

This is the advantage of being petite.

If Naomi was like the eldest princess, 1.80 meters tall, it would be difficult for her to move around after getting in there.

After taking a few sips of water, Naomi started to speak: "Is there a role for me?"

"Of course, we've already signed the contract. You're the leading actress."

"Then I really want to thank you very much! Tang"

Naomi gave a genuine smile and ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth and rinse her mouth.

Because of Tang Wen, she is much more famous than in her original time and space.

There is no shortage of supporting roles in low-budget movies or TV dramas.

But how do these compare with Tang Wen’s heroine in “Chainsaw”?

"Saw 1" is a real blockbuster with box office sales of 3 million!

In the next few nights, Tang Wen seemed to have become the male protagonist of an educational film.

When a woman makes up her mind to put down her status and dignity to please someone, you can never imagine how far she can go!
"Two films at the same time?"

"We're looking for efficiency!"

Naomi chuckled: "It seems that except at night, you pay special attention to efficiency at work."

"Of course I work so hard just to enjoy myself in the evening."

"You're too strong, I..." Naomi paused, and then said as if she remembered something, "Do you need other actresses?"

"You have a recommendation."

"A 19-year-old female model."

"Ok?"

Is this a test for me?
Tang Wen shook his head slightly: The circle of female models is even more chaotic than that of actresses.

Naomi explained: "I've become a bit famous and have made it in Hollywood, so someone in Australia asked me to look after newcomers."

"Well, for your sake, I'll let her try."

In Hollywood, Tang Wen doesn’t have many close friends who can be called upon at any time, and the well-behaved and obedient Naomi can be considered one of them.

After enjoying their meticulous service, you should give them a little face.

"Thank you, Don."

Tang Wen stroked her velvety skin, not taking it seriously at all, and just asked casually, "What's your name?"

"Miranda Kerr"

Who?
Keer?

Top 10 supermodels of the future, Miranda Kerr?
Australia's first Victoria's Secret supermodel.

The beauty that made the elf prince Klum and Justin Bieber jealous and fight with each other?

"What, you know her?"

"I don't know. The name sounds good, let her come earlier!" Tang Wen patted the empty seat next to him.

The bed is too big, and it always feels empty when two people sleep on it.

Naomi was very sensible. She immediately said, "Okay, I'll call her tomorrow morning. When she comes, I'll take her for a physical examination in person..."

(End of this chapter)