hollywood draw

“Boss.”

In the Warner Bros. Studios' late studio, Nina covered her mobile phone microphone and shouted to the people discussing through the editing station. Facing the four big men, Gilmore, Dawn Scott, Actor Henry and Wayne, who were frowning at the same time, she showed an apology expression and pointed her finger at the microphone.

"Forget it, let's be here today."

He raised his arms and looked at the time. At 4:50, there were only a few minutes left before he got off work. Wayne shook his head and said to the three people around him: "Daoen, keep everything here, we will rest tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and continue when we come back on Monday."

The post-production work of this film does not require rush. Compared with the next door "The Matrix", there are not so many special effects that need to be added, and there is a lack of tedious special effects rendering work. The main post-production work of this film is to revolve around editing.

"The call from Townsend Rossman."

After Wayne explained and walked over, Nina whispered. "He hopes you can give a guarantee, and it's best to present it on the contract."

"Give it to me."

After taking the phone from the assistant lady and put it in his ear, Wayne said directly without hesitation: "Twentieth Century Fox can do it with confidence. My promise is the greatest guarantee. In a few days, Fox can contact my agent Jimmy to discuss the contract issue."

"Okay, your reputation is obvious to all in the circle, I am not worried about this." Townsend Rossman's voice came from the phone. After saying that, he paused for a moment and asked: "There has never been a secret in this circle. Your promise is my biggest reason to convince the board of directors, so..."

"No need to keep it confidential, there is nothing to see people."

Even the six giants hold a small amount of shares with each other, so some things are not necessary to keep them confidential at all. As long as you want to investigate, there are naturally many channels to get news.

After the phone hung up, Wayne stood there thinking for a while, confirmed that there was no loophole, and showed a smile.

Not only the 20th Century Fox family are busy tonight, but also the Warner Bros. distribution department is also preparing for the next day's media conference. The time has been delayed for a long time, and its own summer production can finally start promotion.

Wayne, who had been busy for a week, went to bed early with Naomi Watts. No one would know what he meant by making these arrangements.

In his heart, this is like a game of opaque information. Using information gaps to attack opponents, people suffer a great loss in an inexplicable state, and the comfort brought to people is much higher than swearing words. This will tell some people that actions are far more convincing than verbal tricks.

There is one fact that even in a few decades, it will never change. It makes people lose money that is about to be put into their pockets, which is even more uncomfortable than killing the other party.

Friday night passed, just on this ordinary Saturday in mid-February, news reported by the media triggered the emotions of many ordinary movie fans, several summer production films, and the release date was announced on that day.

"The 20th Century Fox distribution department held a small media conference this morning to announce the release date of the science fiction production "Independence Day" directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goblen United.

Unlike most movie fans' speculation, this film named "Independence Day" was released on July 4th on Independence Day, but was released a week earlier. The reason given by Terry, an executive of the distribution department of 20th Century Fox, was to allow fans to see this science fiction masterpiece earlier, so it was scheduled on June 28th..."--"Los Angeles Times"

"fxxk, what the hell is Twentieth Century Fox trying to do?!"

Before noon, Justin, head of the distribution department of Universal Pictures, knocked on the door of the CEO office with the newspaper. After Ron Mayer read the newspaper, he involuntarily uttered a swear word.

This seems nothing abnormal. There are big productions released every weekend during the summer season. If you can arrange this film in the hottest period in North America, you will not be afraid of competition.

However, those who are interested know that Twentieth Century Fox is not allowed to do a better Independence Day weekend, but chooses to release it one week in advance. There is definitely a problem. As long as you watch the name of the video, you will know what risks they will take if they do this.

"I had sent someone to know about it just now before coming here." Justin's face was also ugly. The big productions invested among the six majors have always avoided vicious competition. Normally, such a deliberately crowded arrangement will only cause diversion of movie fans and both sides will suffer.

"It was Townsend Rossman who convinced executives and the board of directors to change the initial release date of the film. By June this year, 20th Century Fox Ceo Jeff Giannoblos will step down and retire. Townsend Rossman is the most popular successor, so he has a strong voice within Fox."

"Why take such a risk..."

Ron Mayer doesn't think that the next six major CEOs are fools and will take risks for hundreds of millions of dollars for no reason. There must be other problems.

The production cost of "Independence Day" is 75 million US dollars, which is quite reliable. In addition, the promotional and distribution funds needed to be invested before the release are conservatively estimated to be half of the production cost, which will not be less than 40 million US dollars.

Are you kidding about hundreds of millions of dollars? I'm afraid that no matter how high Townsend Rossman is, he will not be able to convince the board of directors and executives.

"And this one."

Taking advantage of Universal Pictures’ CEO thinking, Justin turned the newspaper on the table over and placed it in front of the other side.

“What?”

"...Warner Bros. Distribution Department announced this morning the release date of the project "The Matrix", produced, screenwriter and initiated by Wayne Greenberg. The film will meet with fans in mid-May, which will begin the summer vacation.

The director of this science fiction production, Zach Schneider, comes from Wayne Greenberg's core team behind the scenes. This is his first independent directing work, why can it…”

"call."

Ron Mayer didn't continue reading and threw the newspaper on the table. Now things are very obvious. Warner Bros. deliberately put the film on the weekend of the premiere of "The Hulk".

"Warner Bros. is too superstitious about Wayne Greenberg!" Universal Pictures Ceo had a sneer on her lips. In addition to gloating, she also had anger. The other party clearly did not take Universal Pictures seriously.

"Come on, let me see what big things a novice director can do. Zach Schneider? Is there a personal profile of this person in the company?"

"There are some records." Justin's expression was solemn, far less optimistic than his boss's performance. "Zach Schneider, New York advertising director, joined Wayne Greenberg's behind-the-scenes team in 1992 and has always served as deputy director. It is said that Wayne Greenberg trusts him very much. This time, the reason why Warner Bros. used this newcomer was because of Wayne Greenberg's recommendation. And..."

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should express his guess.

"what else?"

Ron Mayer waved his hand impatiently. He never regarded "The Matrix" as an opponent. In his opinion, this is the beginning of Warner Bros. superstitious Wayne Greenberg, which is definitely a good thing.

What gave him a headache was that Twentieth Century Fox's "Independence Day", which is also a science fiction production. Roland Emmerich Garwell Smith's appeal is the number one threat now.

"There have always been rumors in the circle that the reason why Wayne Greenberg developed so quickly is inseparable from Fox, who helped him release his first work. The person who promoted him was Townsend Rossman! There are rumors that their relationship broke down due to the project negotiations for "Escape from the Deadly Town". There are also rumors that their relationship has always been very good..."

"You mean?"

"That's right." Justin nodded and pointed at the first page of the Los Angeles Times. "The reason why Independence Day is willing to adjust its schedule is to be released one week in advance to compete with "Fatty Professor" is likely to have the shadow of Wayne Greenberg."

His words made Ron Mayer fall into deep thought, wondering what the 20th Century Fox had gained, so he was willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to accompany the young man to go crazy.

"Ding", "Ring", "Ring"

A phone ringing sounded, Universal Pictures CEO frowned, reached out to pick up the phone on the table and put it in his ear.

"Hello, this is Ron Mayer."

It took only a dozen seconds to get the phone locked onto the table again, and the room fell into a strange silence.

"It's Wayne Greenberg, the reason Twentieth Century Fox was willing to do this is because he got the promise about the X-Men series. Shit, this dark madman!"

Justin showed such an expression and strongly agreed with his boss's evaluation of the young man.

A normal person will never do such things that harm others and do not benefit himself. Even if the income of his two films is really reduced, what benefits can he get? Only a mentally ill will do this, which is completely inconsistent with the laws of capitalists.

"Millions of promotion funds have been invested in our two major productions in advance." Looking at Ron Mayer opposite the desk, he said with a bad look: "It is impossible to change the schedule now, otherwise the initial investment will be in vain, and the summer season will be crowded as other weekends."

What he wanted to express was very clear. Since the release time could not be changed, the fierce competition would inevitably be fierce. Most of this kind of competition would be both sides of the loss, and most movie fans would be diverted by their respective publicity, which was basically just a matter of the size of the loss.

Ron Mayer gently tapped the newspaper on the table with one finger, making a "da, da" sound. "Universal Pictures is never afraid of competition! The Hulk's promotional funds will be added to 10 million. There are still about three months left. You can stare at Bill Bakerby's later work and don't have any accidents."