hollywood draw

"Jiang, I really like your "Sunny Days"."

Some of the guests who came to send their blessings looked familiar, while others had no impression. However, when he shook hands with the national teacher and his group under the introduction of Miss Lizao, Wayne did not hesitate to slap in a Beijing film and began a commercial mutual hype that could best attract people's favor.

Especially Jiang Xiaojun, this guy is a rare actor who can be accepted by Western audiences. It is worth mentioning that the reason why he can be accepted by world movie fans is not his face, body, etc., but rather his strong male hormone aura. This male actor with a hormonal aura is basically popular in most markets around the world.

"My story always happens in summer. The hot climate makes people more naked and can more conceal their inner desires. At that time, it seemed that it was summer forever. I always had time to come out to accompany me. The sun was full and it was too bright, which made my eyes turn black..."

Wayne did not pause much, and read the opening monologue of "Sunny Days" in front of everyone around him, fluently in Chinese.

His behavior is very easy to make people feel good, just like Jiang Xiaojun at this time, tilting his head slightly, with deep curiosity and surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Director Greenberg, even many oriental audiences may not be able to recite this monologue in full." Jiang Xiaojun's voice was as low and generous as his appearance. He stretched out his right hand again, held it with Wayne and shook it hard. "If you have the chance, I'll invite you to have a good drink and let's have a good exchange."

"no problem."

Although he agreed very happily, Wayne knew very well in his heart that there was a high probability that he would not have that kind of opportunity in the near future, and his itinerary was not at all good.

And he had already thought that Jiang Xiaojun's good wine was most likely Erguotou. Anyway, this guy cheated Hollywood filmmakers for a while. The title of "Hollywood Chinese Promotion Ambassador" was not a shame to him at all.

What are "n,b." "The Force is really t,m,d" "Taimao is what you think is good wine. Our men in Beijing drink Erguotou. After drinking this, you won't hide when the atomic bomb comes." Wait, there are not many Hollywood filmmakers he fooled by him at all.

Basically, every foreigner who has cooperated with him can gain something from special Chinese.

Seeing that the foreigner was not at all holding his head and chatting with Jiang Xiaojun was quite enthusiastic, the national teacher nodded secretly and said, "Director Greenberg, your "Flash" is surprisingly shocking, and the special effects are simply excellent."

"Thank you, the humanistic care in your movie also left a deep impression on me." Huahua Jiaozi and everyone raised her. Wayne had long been used to similar scenes and also made a compliment to the other party.

"I don't know if you have time recently. I want to invite you to visit my crew." The national teacher immediately sent an invitation when he saw that there was a show. He really wanted to talk to the director of Hollywood and learn more about everything related to Hollywood commercial films.

"I'm sorry, my trip is very tight this time."

Wayne shrugged and politely refused the invitation.

In fact, he did not lie. There was not much time left on this trip, and he was also lined up with various interview activities.

After all, the land of the East is not a market that can be traced to North America. Whether it is the movie viewing habits of movie fans, the profit model of the film industry, etc., they are still in the initial stage of development. The only effective way to make box office numbers look better at this stage is to carry out large-scale publicity and public opinion guidance.

Warner Bros. and China Film Academy arranged a lot of activities, especially Wayne gave Oriental fans a high favor, which led to his interview activities one after another, and it did not end until before boarding the plane.

After a short chat with several local filmmakers, the premiere tonight was over, which was different from North America. Because of the special national conditions, after the premiere, Warner Bros. and China Film Academy did not arrange a related cocktail party, so Wayne and his group could return to the hotel to rest early.

"Boss, Bruce Rosenblum sent an email in person."

The first thing that happened to her hotel room was Nina checking her work email address, and the first email that caught her eyes was from the director of distribution of Warner Bros.

"Speak directly."

After glanced at the assistant lady, Wayne sounded with a hint of fatigue. It was quite easy to deal with the media tonight. After all, the media here were much more polite than North America, but the greetings with some so-called administrative "big figures" made people feel uncomfortable.

Miss Lizao was very smart and immediately said, "I'll go take a shower and change my clothes."

Seeing that his boss was nesting on the sofa and lit a cigarette, the lady Lizao also consciously walked into the master bedroom. Only then did Nina click the email and report. "It's the first overseas box office data of "The Flash".

Wayne waved his hand. "Tell me the key numbers."

Nina habitually pushed the glasses on her face and said, "The Flash officially landed in the overseas theater market last Saturday. The first ones were the British Isles and various regions in Europe. There was no accident. The Flash's fans' reputation has been very popular.

After investigations by Warner Bros.'s branches in various places, they sent back investigation reports to Warner Bros.'s North American headquarters. The average score of movie fans who watched the theater was A, which was basically the same as the scores of North American fans. The prediction of reputation will not be too big.

"The Flash" was released a week, with the box office of the British Isles reaching $16.5 million, and it is still the leader in the overseas theater market. The second is the Kanzi Country. "The Flash" caused a sensation as soon as it was released, with the box office of $15.55 million in the first week. Then there are $13.25 million in Australia and $10.97 million in France.

Mexico is 9.8 million US dollars, Brazil is 8.65 million US dollars, notebook is 8.54 million US dollars, Italy is 6.7 million, Germany is 6.43 million, Spain is 4.9 million, Philippines is 4.1 million, Malaysia is 3.56 million... "The Flash" has been released in theater markets in 72 countries and regions around the world, with a total box office of about 132 million US dollars except North America.

Warner Bros. Marketing Department and several third-party forecasting agencies in North America said that the overseas box office of "The Flash" will not be less than US$350 million. The North American theater market has now earned $246 million, but it has shown a serious lack of potential. But even so, it is predicted that the global total box office of "The Flash" will not be less than US$700 million..."

This achievement is actually similar to Wayne's own expectations. In today's era, basically, the films that have been hit in the North American theater market cannot be defeated in the overseas theater market.

"But the boss."

Nina looked at the email again, turned around and said seriously: "Bruce Rosenblum also mentioned that the box office of "The Flash" in North America showed a cliff-like decline, without any warning."

"It's okay, this is the normal situation."

Nodding, Wayne signaled her to sit down without rushing. "A commercial film that relies solely on the ultimate audio and video special effects cannot avoid the defect of insufficient stamina. Nina, "The Flash" is not "Star Wars" after all, and potential audiences were driven into the theater by us almost a week or two."

If we look at this era, a movie in North America has a total box office of over 100 million yuan, it is already considered a successful work. In particular, the North American box office of "The Flash" has exceeded 100 million yuan in ten days. According to traditional thinking, the subsequent box office of this movie will definitely be more lasting.

But Wayne had long anticipated the current situation. He remembered it very clearly in his mind that more than ten years later, all mainstream commercial blockbusters will have this box office trend, especially commercial masterpieces with special effects as the selling point. Because of such films, it is difficult for movie fans to go to the theater to buy tickets and watch movies in groups.

The distribution strategy he and Warner Bros. initially formulated was also based on this. In the hot summer season, more fans rushed into the theaters sooner and achieved a very beautiful box office figure.

Moreover, this "Flash" cannot be screened in the theater market for so long as "Batman: The Dark Knight". After early harvesting expected results, it will be immediately dropped. Then the various offline copyright operations, and in a very rapid process, squeezing out all the short-term interests of "Flash" is the most correct way to release such films.

"Is there anything else?" After hearing about the overseas box office of "The Flash", Wayne spread his hands, stretched his waist wide, and got up to take a shower early to rest.

"Angelina Jolie, today officially entered Warner Studios and started the action training."

The assistant nodded immediately without waiting for him to raise his legs. "This morning, uh... three hours ago, Angelina Jolie, accompanied by her agent and lawyer, signed the appointment of the cast member provided by Greenberg Studio, and Jimmy and lawyer Ryan received the two."

Hearing this, Wayne slowly sat back on the sofa and grabbed the cigarette from the coffee table again. While tilting his head to light the fire, he looked at the assistant lady and asked, "Did they show dissatisfaction?"

"Jimmy didn't say anything in the call."

She rolled her eyes without hesitation, and Nina shrugged and said, "Yes, this is what her boss does. Not only do she roll the sheets with you, you also have to make money for me, for fear that you will expand after your fame becomes bigger, and you will also have to sign a long-term contract that restricts freedom before making money.

You know, because of the roles in the DC series, Angelina Jolie has signed a cast contract with Warner Brothers for five feature films. Once this long-term actor contract is signed, it means that it will be completely tied to the film company in the next few years.

In addition, the cast member's contract has strict regulations on the salary of actors, which is similar to the contract of Christian Bale. Even if the movie starring in it is popular and the box office results are excellent, no matter how well it has, the first two or three films will not involve the later share.

Of course, with the popularity of the movie starring actors, the salary of the next sequel will inevitably increase significantly. But as long as this movie is on a long date, the possibility of agent Leo opening up in advance will be eliminated.

Angelina Jolie had already signed a long-term contract for films, and it was a harsh long-term contract of up to five movies. She had no choice in this regard. If she wanted to join the DC movie series, it was the prerequisite to sign a long-term contract with producer Warner Bros.

This means that within the next few years, she will be tied to Warner Bros. Now she has signed another five-movie long contract with Greenberg Studio without hesitation. If there is no accident, she will lose at least ten years of freedom.

There are many examples of Hollywood actors who signed a long film contract, and because of their growth in fame and ambition, there are many examples of repentance in the middle, but basically the endings of actors who repentance are not very good. Similarly, the film company did not get the expected results, which can be said to be a typical lose-lose.

At Wayne's instruction, Nina didn't expect Angelina Jolie to sign the feature film agreement quickly. But unexpected things happened. The woman thought so quickly and kidnapped an actress's best age to Greenberg's studio.

"It seems that Angelina Jolie has given you a lot of benefits?"

He suddenly spit out a large cigarette. Wayne looked serious, but his tone was ridiculously joking. He put his feet on the coffee table casually, and he just sat on the sofa and looked at Nina. "Tell me, why should I help her? Hey, my dear assistant lady, don't tell me that Angelina Jolie's agent used a handsome trick on you."

The two of them have been working together for almost ten years, and they know each other very thoroughly. Nina seemed to have expected that she could not hide it from her boss. She did not show any tension at all, and her face did not change at all. She just pushed the glasses on her face and said:

"Because she is very smart, I just briefly reminded her that she can react to the subsequent series of arrangements. Also, because she is the most suitable person, I remember the conceptual pictures of the movies you usually draw and the prototypes of the protagonists of several movies, all of which are based on her as a reference."

After taking a closer look at Nina's eyes, Wayne nodded, raised his arm, stretched out his fingers holding a cigarette, and pointed the assistant lady's forehead from the air.

Things are very simple. The nature of a Hollywood actor is to never easily tie his freedom to a film company. Then Angelina Jolie signed a long film contract with a happy and unrestrained expression, and she must have received some news in advance, which would make him willingly abandon his freedom.

In the next few years, Greenberg Studio will produce a large number of commercial projects. Now he is not short of money, and even starting from the second half of this year, he will start preparing multiple film projects one after another. However, most of these film projects are based on the perspective of female characters.

Greenberg's studio's development plan was completely discussed by Wayne and Nina, and even why it was necessary to produce a large number of videos in the next two years. She also fully understood the purpose. The assistant lady knew everything that followed. If she hadn't given a note to Angelina Jolie, Wayne would have been hard for him to think of other reasons.

"Get a break early."

Wave waved his hand and swung the cigarette in his hand, got up and walked towards the master bedroom. As for the assistant lady's secret message, she had no intention of blaming her. He was not a fool who was ignorant of his good deeds. Nina did this for herself.

Originally, if Angelina Jolie was unwilling to sign a long-term contract, he would be looking for one or two other actresses. Hollywood lacked everything, but it was not short of sexy, hot and beautiful girls. But now it seems that he can save this part of his kung fu.

“By the way.”

When he walked to the door of the master bedroom, Wayne felt as if he suddenly remembered something again. He raised his arm and slapped his forehead. He turned around and looked at the assistant lady and instructed: "Didn't Warner Brothers find a professional team to train Angelina Jolie's movements and shapes? Help me call Jennifer Connery.

If she has time and wants, she can also go to Warner Studios to participate in the next action training."

Speaking of this, he curled his lips at Nina and joked, "If it were you, I would like to mention Jennifer Connery. Maybe her agent will find you a dozen male models and other things..."

"You're such a bastard, boss."

“Thank you, Ms. Klein.”

Wayne never denied this. After opening the door of the master bedroom, he still turned back and joked again. "Life is a f**king movie, life is like a play, you know what I mean."

In fact, things are very simple. Wayne holds a lot of film adaptation rights in his hands. He needs to make as much as possible in the next two years, so that the value of Greenberg Studios can expand rapidly and to an amazing level.

Then, the shortcut is to turn the copyright in Greenberg Studio into several movie series that can make long-term profitable.

In late June, in the late month, "Charlie's Angels" will be released in North America at a scale of nearly 3,000 cinemas. If this film is not successful, it would be fine, but he will undoubtedly modify his next plan and postpone a large number of films that are mainly based on the female perspective in his hands for a few years, and then when the feminist influence in society has a greater impact on women.

But once "Charlie's Angels" achieved the earliest expected results, not only did the Warner Brothers produce "Wonder Woman" without hesitation, but Greenberg Studio will also independently invest in a series of commercial films from the female perspective.

Now that there are plans, there are the Tomb Raider series, the Resident Evil series, King Kong, and the Mad Max that is fully copyrighted by Warner Bros., as well as many scripts written and prepared by Wayne.

He never thought that he would raise the money he paid to him from Greenberg's studio account. He would invest all the dollars in the next film production. Even so, this amount of money might not be enough. Some projects would also have to consider co-producing with Warner Bros.

His only thought now is that the third part of "The Matrix" and "Charlie's Angels" that will be released this summer will be able to provide enough cash flow for his next plan.

It’s not that Wayne is too anxious and has to increase his capital in the past two years, but that with the development of the DC movie universe, there is not much time left for him. Some things must be done before the DC movie universe can run away from it.

For example, the CEO of Netflix who has been chasing him has not yet made an investment decision. First, he is really not sure whether he invests too early will affect the future trend of this streaming giant? Second, he really doesn't want to cause trouble. His main energy in the past two years must be focused on DC and Greenberg Studios, and there must be a choice.

"Bang, bang, bang. Are you asleep? boss."

The common cocktail party was cancelled on the premiere night of "The Flash", but it seemed like God was deliberately trying to do something and did not give Wayne a good time to rest. Less than an hour after he returned to the bedroom, the door was pounding and Nina's shouts sounded.

"f**k, what happened, you'd better give me a reason to make a lot of weight, otherwise..."

In the master bedroom, Wayne sat on a balcony chair like a golden knife, wearing a white bathrobe. He held a burning cigarette in the corner of his mouth, squinted his eyes and raised his head slightly, and looked at the twinkling stars in the night sky comfortably.

The sudden knock on the door completely interrupted his interest at this moment, and it was not difficult to hear that there was a hint of annoyance and impatientness in his voice.

"If someone is looking for you, you'd better come out to meet me, uh..." Nina's voice outside the door was a little weird. She paused for a moment and continued, "I mean the best."

"Damn it, wait for me for five minutes."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and happened to meet the eyes on Miss Lizao's delicate face. Wayne whistled impatiently and roared sternly. "Sweetheart, has it affected you? Keep busy with your damn work, you still have five precious minutes."

After saying that, he took a sip of the cigarette hard, narrowed his eyes and raised his head again, and looked at the beautiful scenery in the starry sky comfortably.

More than ten minutes later, Wayne tidied up his bathrobe, opened the door of the master bedroom with a relaxed face, and walked out wearing hotel slippers.

"Nina, who is looking for me? It's almost midnight now, what's the emergency..." After only half of his words, he saw a relatively familiar face. It should be said that it was a familiar face from TV and movies in his previous life.

A girl with a single ponytail looked over the moment he came out. The girl looked a little nervous, but she smiled beautifully since she saw him.

The white T-shirt, tight jeans, ponytails, and the girl's dress was like a girl next door, especially her delicate and familiar face, which filled Wayne's mind with question marks. He recalled it quickly within a few seconds, and was very sure that he had no connection with the girl.

"Hello, Mr. Wayne Greenberg." The girl didn't give too much time to be puzzled. After he sat on the sofa, he immediately stretched out his white right hand. "I am Cecilia g, from Xiangjiang, do you still remember me?"

In 1993, at Los Angeles International Airport, my sister and I returned to Australia with our family. We were detained by the customs because we didn’t understand the cash declaration rules. It was you who helped us explain clearly with the customs..."

As the girl's urgent narration was revealed, a dusty memory was also revealed in Wayne's mind. At that time, "The Joker" had just passed the hot screening period, and he and Naomi Watts had their only vacation to Australia. He still remembered that a group of Chinese people were stopped by the customs, and he really helped explain it clearly, otherwise those Chinese people would be miserable.

But his first feeling now was that his whole body became cold. Did he say something about Guan Xi’s famous saying and provoke the real heroine? A deep malice came to him.