Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 282: Vengeance must be avenged
After hearing Mr. Eisen's question, Lin Yuan had to admit that the experience is still the best.

When Lin Yuan was considering the box office bet, there was an invisible premise: he was fully confident that he could crush the quality of the current films.

But what if an unexpected strong enemy comes in to trick Lin Yuan based on this betting agreement?

This movie does not really need to beat "The King of Spy Wars", as long as the box office does not lose too much, it can push up the results by purchasing tickets by itself, and then force Lin Yuan to bleed heavily.

Therefore, Mr. Eisen's concerns are justified.

So Lin Yuan began to recall the popular movies from 2003 in his previous life:

The top spot is undoubtedly occupied by "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," which grossed $3 billion worldwide. This is a film produced by New Line Cinema, which is backed by Time Warner.

The animated film "Finding Nemo" ranked second, with a global box office of $9.4 million. This was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, which is backed by Disney.

Ranked third is "The Matrix Reloaded", with a global box office of US$2 million. It was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, which is backed by Time Warner.

The fourth place should have been "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", but because of Lin Yuan, this movie was released in 2002, and the second part should have been released in 20003. This is also a Disney movie, so I won't go into details.

The fifth-ranked movie is "Bruce Almighty" starring "King of Comedy" Jim Carrey, produced by Universal Pictures.

The remaining few movies that may pose a threat are:

"The Last Samurai," a Warner Bros.

"Terminator 3", produced by Warner Bros.

This series of lists made Lin Yuan sigh: It is indeed the three major companies: Disney, Warner, and Universal.

Fortunately, these three film companies all have a good relationship with Lin Yuan and have a positive attitude towards his rise.

Not to mention Disney and Universal Pictures, Lin Yuan collaborated with them on his first few films, and he has accumulated a lot of good relationships with them.

Warner is also what Lin Yuan has been striving for. Before his domestic trip, he also proposed the Batman Dark Knight trilogy plan.

Mr. Eisen has already reached a cooperation intention with Warner on this matter, and now the two parties can be regarded as quasi-allies with in-depth cooperation.

Therefore, the possibility that Warner used the film to maliciously target Lin Yuan can basically be ruled out.

After completely eliminating the risks, Lin Yuan said confidently, "I've thought about it carefully, and there shouldn't be any risks."

"Okay, then I'll trust your judgment." Mr. Eisen continued, "How do you plan to deal with the opponent's media offensive?"

"Let the bullets fly... I mean don't deal with it for now." Lin Yuan replied.

As an old partner, Mr. Eisen immediately understood: "Are you trying to show weakness? Are you afraid they'll run away?"

"Well, since he has stretched out his hand, I must chop him off. But I can't alert the enemy and make them retreat." Lin Yuan nodded.

In fact, what it all comes down to is that the two film studios, MGM and Columbia, did not have a deep understanding of "King of Spy."

They also tried to bribe the crew members of "Lord of Spy Wars" to learn about the film.

But after a round of contact, they all refused their bribes without exception.

The crew members of Lin Yuan Films have been working together since "Jurassic Park 3".

At that time, they were full of kindness and respect for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan will never forget the bet that was called a gambling game but was actually a fundraising game.

Later, he recruited the entire crew with high salaries, which was a wonderful two-way journey.

After the four films of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", "Heroes", "King of Spy", and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", these crew members have long been loyal to Lin Yuan. The interests of both parties are firmly tied together. Do you want to get business secrets from them?
That is impossible.

MGM and Columbia's understanding of "The King's Avatar" is based only on some basic materials released in the current promotional materials.

These early materials certainly do not include exciting scenes such as Lin Yuan climbing the Dubai Tower with his bare hands and passing through thunderstorm clouds with his body.

Therefore, in the eyes of opponents, although "The King of Spy Wars" was starred by Lin Yuan and Lin Yuan repeatedly boasted that it was the strongest action movie, they did not think it was that scary.

After all, this is just a new movie that has been built from scratch, and no matter how strong it is, there are limits.

Under the influence of this cognition, Lin Yuan chose to show weakness and give in, and did not immediately fight back in the public opinion field.

Doesn't that mean you just want to lure your opponent in and kill him?
Mr. Eisen is certain that the two companies will most likely offer higher box office betting odds and insist on taking away those screening rates.

This will cause heavy bleeding!
"How much do you plan to charge for movie tickets?" Mr. Eisen thought for a moment and asked a crucial question.

"How about $20?"

"Twenty dollars!? You're really going to skin me alive." Mr. Eisen exclaimed.

In 2003, the average movie ticket price in North America was around $12.

Lin Yuan dared to offer a high price of $20, on the one hand, it must be based on his absolute confidence in the quality of the film, and he believed that the audience would still be willing to pay this price.

On the other hand, because the initial screening rate is not high, this method, which is similar to hunger marketing, can also promote the increase of ticket prices.

But Lin Yuan planned to set the ticket price at $20, which MGM and Columbia certainly couldn't have imagined.

This means... they will lose more... much more than they imagined...

Let’s make a rough estimate and assume that 25% of Lin Yuan’s screenings were taken away.

If "The King of Spy" were given such a screening rate, it would likely generate $7000 million in the first week.

This amount is not a random estimate. "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" took in $45 million at the box office in its first week with 9600% of the screening schedule.

But the ticket price for "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" is $13, while the ticket price for "King of Spy" is $20!

MGM and Columbia Pictures, with three films of far inferior quality, snatched up this 25% of the screenings, and probably only generated $2000 million in box office revenue.

This $5000 million box office difference must be compensated to the cinema based on the betting odds...

Mr. Eisen began to feel sorry for them.

This ratio is likely to be raised to 2 times by Lin Yuan, causing them to lose $1 million in a week.

This is just the damage done in just one week.

If this bet period is extended a little longer...

Mr. Eisen had to sigh that he was getting old. If he were in charge, he might have simply used a high multiplier to scare away his opponents, thus achieving the goal of regaining the screening rate.

Young people like Lin Yuan have a strong sense of revenge and never show mercy to their enemies.

Ever since he faced Director Sommers, his consistent strategy has been: show weakness, raise the opponent's costs so that he cannot bear the consequences of losing, force the opponent to increase the costs, and then deliver the final blow to kill.

Mr. Eisen really likes Lin Yuan's way of dealing with the enemy, which is full of youthful blood.

How to repay kindness with evil?
Only repay evil with justice!
　Thanks to book friend [MR.xinsen] for the reward.

　　Many times, we are really old friends. ^_^
　　
　
(End of this chapter)