Chapter 1183 Hollywood Affairs

"This guy is really hypocritical. Seriously, if he hadn't been misdiagnosed as terminally ill, he wouldn't have dared to come out publicly in the homophobic 1970s, and got the same-sex pioneer's capital by accident."

Leaving Jack Warner's estate, Yeremov followed Song Ya's ass and scolded David Geffen.

"Then you just said it face to face."

Song Ya glanced at him. The man at the helm of the film industry under him is loyal and capable, but his personality is too timid. He is always used to being inferior in front of Hollywood bosses and top managers. When I was in Huaguo, I learned a saying called "Zongzhi can't get up".

The A+ film studio has a history of several years. It can be regarded as a very successful medium-sized film company in Hollywood. Dance My Life, Cat and Mouse Game, Blade Runner, and Football Stunner have all grossed over 100 million at the box office. They also participated in the first film history. Oscar is the invincible ship that won eleven trophies.

Ordinarily, Yeremov's current qualifications and achievements can be compared with Jack Bruckheimer, another medium-sized film company owner and producer, who has produced top-selling projects such as Top Gun, Daredevil Island, and Air Prison. But Jack What kind of treatment and status does Bruckheimer have in Hollywood? Much stronger than him.

"How did Ron Meyer and his gang help the boss to scold me openly, what about you?" Song Ya scolded him.

Yeremov shrank his neck, with an aggrieved expression, and dared not speak.

Song Ya sighed silently, "Since DreamWorks decided to give up the release of the girl next door, have you prepared a plan B? You can't really wait for the finished film to find the distributor now, right? There is also a sequel to Blade Runner, just Has it been dragged on like this?"

"Among our Hollywood contacts, apart from David Geffen and Catherine from Universal, Linton from Disney has the best relationship. In addition, we are cooperating with Touchstone Films under Disney to compete for Cold Mountain. Little Lizi's movie I I think it is impossible for Disney’s distribution company Bowei Pictures to refuse. If you don’t consider Columbia, which has started a duet alliance with Universal, it is possible that Fox Films, which is divided into big ships, and Paramount, which has not left Shirley Lansing, If MGM cannot protect itself, only Warner is left."

Yeremov replied: "The sequel to Blade Runner... there is no way for the time being, Universal holds the release contract."

"Then go find Linton now. I can't stay in Los Angeles for too long, and I have to go back to class."

Song Ya scratched her head and went straight to the office of the president of Disney Copyright Company with him.

Linton is no longer the president of Hollywood Pictures. In his new position, he is no longer involved in film production and distribution. "Haha, do you want to give us the little plum? APLUS."

But the problem of the big mouth seems to be irreversible. After learning about Song Ya's intentions, he began to talk nonsense and cheerfully picked up the phone to help people from Bowei Films.

"Send? Impossible, you have to compete with other publishers."

After the big ship, Little Lizi was very popular. David Geffen didn't make any money to please Bronfman Jr., maybe he could get more benefits from other companies, Song Ya replied ignoring the flaws in his words.

"Hey hey... I understand, but it has nothing to do with me,

I just help you make appointments. "

On the contrary, Linton is more concerned about the fledgling Metropolis Records. After all, the company he manages owns half of the copyright and track management rights for the songs released through the Disney system, "By the way, Metropolis has established a new group, the Black Eyed Peas? "

"No, the name of the old group was changed, but one of the members was changed."

Song Ya didn't intervene. After William Adams's combination changed independently, he already had the prototype of the original combination of Tianqi in his mind. Only Fergie was missing. But according to Fergie's current position, it is impossible to mix with him for many years and still not The popular William Adams and others formed a team, and singer Fergie is in the new A+ record, and the Black Eyed Peas do not belong to the same company.

I must have changed the original space-time line, so what should I do in the future? Song Ya continued to scratch her head.

"I've been to Met's New York headquarters once, and this new label you have is very dynamic."

Linton sincerely praised. With the Destiny's Child group who became popular with their first single WorthIt, and Jazzy, FoxyBrown, Daft Punk and other cutting-edge artists who can at least sell moving records in the current environment, Metropolitan Records instantly gained a foothold. Victory is traveling lightly, which is much more nourishing than a bunch of old small and medium-sized record companies who "carry the family with their mouths".

"Really? Why didn't you say hello in advance?" Song Ya said with a smile, "I'll take you around personally."

"By the way, and you're a busy man."

Linton pointed, "Recently..."

Song Ya knew what he was implying, and smiled wryly, "You won't scold me with them, will you?"

"It's hard to say, after all, I'm in charge of copyright."

Linton actually regarded himself as a friend, at least he didn’t hide it, and he cooperated with the RIAA before, “You know what Disney is most nervous about is copyright.” He said: “But I trust you, after all, in Hollywood I would have been the laughing stock of Hollywood all those years without the projects you and Jerry Bruckheimer had brought.”

You are already there, right? If it weren't for your fast running last year, the mess in Hollywood...

Song Ya complained in his heart, and then began to think about his thoughts silently. Linton didn't bother him, and chatted with Yeremov while waiting for someone.

If there were no advertising ban and bad lawsuits, what would Littman Media be worth now? Over a billion? Referring to the current market value of 800 million, it means that at least 200 million knives disappeared out of thin air, and I also lost more than 10 million bets from the financing party because of lowering the issue price.

The box office of the first Blade Warrior is 300 million, and the sequel is risky, but how can it be said that there must be a box office of 100 million? In addition to the salary of the male lead, the heroine Halle and the director Zack Snyder are also waiting for the sequel to increase the salary. The worst is Zach. The salary of the first co-director is very low, and he directed the sequel of Blade Warrior alone. The first big production, after a lot of hard work until now, ended up disappearing. In addition, A+ Film Studio and KM Films have provided some special effects and script pre-research funds for the sequel.

Not to mention the intangible loss of personal design, if the big label of "supporting piracy" is taken down, if the first album in Universal is suppressed again, there will be an A+ record signed to Universal...

The wine business that Seagram has seized the distribution rights has not yet been started.

This is far from the intensity of the life-and-death struggle with Motura back then.

If you don't make a profit, you will lose. Unknowingly, you have been tossing out a lot of green rice bills by the rich three generations, and there are more severe blows hanging above your head. The more Song Ya thinks about it, the more unhappy he becomes.

The rich three generations are not Carl Icahn, the wolf king of Wall Street who can play in the bardo of 3DFX multi-air battle, the Bronfman family who owns the world's top wine industry group and entertainment complex, strong funds, and three generations of painstakingly managed connections and influence It is undoubtedly the top Jewish giants. Even David Geffen has no money to make, so he has to pretend to be false.

The people from Bowei Films came soon. The girl next door business is very simple. Since Xiao Lizi can only get a salary of 5 million yuan at most, other actors and staff and shooting costs of youth comedy are not high. A+ film work The studio can easily complete the production work independently, and now there is a lack of distributors to fill the gap that DreamWorks has withdrawn.

In fact, the strength of DreamWorks is not as good as that of the Big Seven, and the risk of Bowei taking over is also very small. Yeremov and the other party quickly reached a partial agreement. Later, he will talk to Warner Pictures and choose from the two. If the conditions are more favorable, the matter can be settled.

After the big boat, Xiao Lizi is a gold-lettered signboard, and no one will refuse a project starring him.

"What else is there?" Song Ya, who had settled this trivial matter and left the Disney copyright company, was a little distracted and asked.

"The adaptation rights of Miracle and Requiem for a Dream have been negotiated."

Yeremov reported good news.

"So fast?"

"None of them are very popular. The Miracle book is not a biography, it is more inclined to reportage. The adaptation rights of Requiem for a Dream in the 1970s have been in the copyright library of large companies for a long time. I spent a lot of money on it." It's not difficult to win with some price and relationship," Yeremov replied.

"Um……"

Song Ya closed her eyes after getting in the car and recalled that Miracle is undoubtedly a low-cost award-winning film. The black star in the original film of Apocalypse was hip-hop singer Mausduff, and now he is mixed in low-cost movies. The second male white man is a powerful British faction. Alan Rickman, a professional actor, is middle-aged and should not be expensive. The whole film does not need special effects, no big scenes, and at most spend some money on restoring the locations from the 1930s to the 1960s.

The original film of Apocalypse is a bit like a TV movie. I can even increase the budget in order to be more stable in winning awards, and make him more refined. It just so happens that this kind of black subject is the favorite of the affirmative film madman Spike Lee. I have to make a documentary, just in time, to repay the solidarity protest he launched in New York after the shooting incident, and the girl next door and Leng Shan are both white films. This year, I need to make a purely black film to prevent the basics in advance. dissatisfied.

I don't know who the director of the original film of Apocalypse is, but Spike Lee is very popular in European film awards. With him as the director, it will be more stable for the award.

"Miracle... Let's go to Spike Lee and start the project as soon as possible, just this year."

Thinking of this, Song Ya ordered by the way: "The girl next door, among the supporting roles of Xiao Lizi's two buddies, replace with a black or Chinese actor."

"Okay." Yeremov took notes.

"Requiem for a Dream..."

Requiem for a Dream is interesting. The hero of the original film of Apocalypse is Jared Leto. This is not a problem. His acting skills are always online, but the heroine is Jennifer Connelly. The former beauty is in this movie. Not only is her appearance a bit ruined, but also...

What about chest? Where did Jennifer Connelly's iconic big breasts go?

In the movie Once upon a Time in the United States, the amazing girl grew up with a good figure, but this hindered her stardom. The originally good pure idol and Stanford talented girl can't go because of her adult body, plus her vision No, I didn’t have a good balance between my studies and my film career. My career has been going downhill. I was born in the 1970s and started to take off acting in the 1990s. When I was thirteen or fourteen, I acted in Once Upon a Time in America. It can be regarded as the pinnacle of her career.

What makes Song Ya puzzled is that her big breasts are gone in Requiem for a Dream. Could it be that she has undergone breast reduction surgery because she finally can't stand the external pressure? Shouldn't it be there now? That would be a pity.

He felt very regretful, "What is Jennifer Connelly doing now?" So he asked.

"After giving birth last year, I broke up with my scumbag photographer boyfriend. Now... I should be filming Warner's Dark City (Dark City), and Melissa George, who came to audition for the role of our girl next door, also starred in it. supporting role."

Yeremov misunderstood the intention of the boss's sudden question, "She can't do it, the female lead of Cold Mountain must be an actress that can be accepted by white people in the south, her father believes in Catholicism... and her mother is us Jews."

"The photographer's boyfriend again? Why did they all fall into the hands of the photographer..."

Song Ya rubbed her chin and pondered, only then noticed the scenery outside the car window, "Huh? Why did you drive to San Marino?"

"I thought it was going to be a long chat with David Geffen, so there was still time, and I thought you might want to take some time to visit the kids."

Yeremov smiled flatteringly.

Chicago 1990