Chapter 727? Parallel Imports
The latest website: "Linda, this kind of call is not allowed to be forwarded to me in the future!"
Song Ya immediately reprimanded his assistant sharply, but his wife unexpectedly didn't make any noise, threw the phone on the sofa and turned back to the bedroom.
Obediently follow to the bed, "It's so sad that my friend's movie failed at the box office, that's all..."
She turned around and ignored people.
"Let's go see it today."
She drank a lot last night and didn't get up until near noon. Her mood didn't seem to be affected by what happened in the morning. While eating 'breakfast', she noticed the report in the newspaper about the first midnight scene of Amy's new play being cold.
"What are you looking at?" Song Ya asked, who was discussing work with Yeremov and others.
"Isn't her movie being released?" she asked.
"No need...it should be a bad movie." Song Ya tried to figure out her expression, it didn't look like she was fishing.
"Go ahead and watch the afternoon show later." She simply asked her assistant to prepare the itinerary, "I happen to be free today, Yeremov, are you going?"
"I won't go, I've seen some screenings." Yeremov smiled, "I won't spoil the show."
"Oh." She concentrated on the food.
The more stable the mood, the more scary, Song Ya couldn't guess his wife's intentions for the time being, and there were a lot of outsiders around him, so he had to keep busy with his own.
"The game of cat and mouse will definitely be completed by the end of the month. Linton is very concerned about this project, and the budget and shooting schedule are perfectly controlled."
In addition to Yeremov, there were many staff members of the A+ film studio present, and they handed over the sorted documents to the big boss for review.
"How can a film from the sixties find so many sponsors?"
Song Ya took a quick look and found that there were quite a few sponsors of the cat and mouse game, because the protagonist imitated Bond, and 007's royal car sponsor, British Aston Martin, was just acquired by Ford last year, Linton and Ford A full-scale cooperation was negotiated, and Ford not only paid a generous sponsorship fee, but also an Aston Martin DB5, which is the same car that Bond drove in the absolutely blockbuster "007 Goldfinger" in the 1960s, A new limited-edition DB7 was also presented to the hero Leto, on the condition that Leto would often take it on camera during the film’s release period, and at the same time, various Ford cars from the 1960s would fill every corner of the movie screen.
In order to get this sponsorship, Linton changed the script a lot, replacing all the brands of Cadillac and other car manufacturers mentioned in the original plot with those of Ford.
The male protagonist is still a fan of comics, and he used the name of The Flash, Barry Allen, as an alias when he disguised himself. The Flash comics were mentioned many times in the movie. DC Comics, which is facing the collapse of the comics and superhero card market, is very satisfied. His family’s recent situation It is much stronger than Marvel, which can't get rid of the pot soon, so it also provided a small amount of sponsorship.
"I didn't expect it to be higher than the sponsorship fee I got for dancing the modern urban movie of my life." Song Ya said.
"Nostalgia is a great consumption accelerator."
Yeremov said with a smile: "At that time, the market was not full of books like it is now. Not only cars and comics, but also Coca-Cola, Pan Am, Polaroid, Douglas, ketchup, hotels and other brands that appeared in movies. , Americans miss the era before the Vietnam War.”
"But Pan Am and Douglas both went bankrupt." Song Ya asked in surprise.
"It's just been annexed. Pan Am still has some routes to and from South America."
Yeremov was very proud, "We can recover a lot of costs before the movie is released."
"good."
This is of course good news. Song Ya is immersed in some A+ film studio affairs, in fact, mainly signing financial documents, "You compiled a budget for the preliminary research of the Blade Warrior project?"
He's not one of those MC Hammer guys who just pick it up and sign without looking at the contents of the document, seeing Blade's name on a nondescript A+ film studio project pre-study expense sheet.
"Yes, it's actually just buying some related comics and spending some time with people from Marvel." Yeremov replied.
"Have you talked about this with Catherine and the others?"
Song Ya was a little unhappy, "I said why did Catherine mention this to me more formally yesterday."
"Yes, we talked twice. The investment scale of our film studio next year must be maintained, right? The total investment and operating costs of the three projects this year are nearly 20 million."
Yeremov did not deny, "The third part of Dancing Out of My Life is undecided, and next year we need a project investment that is at least no less than a game of cat and mouse."
Song Ya understands that he depends on the apocalypse to decide the investment, and Yeremov, like Dilai, is already a manager mentality. Unlike Dilai, his interests and status in Hollywood must be maintained by the scale of investment. So I asked: "You tend to cooperate with Catherine? Why not Linton?"
"Touchstone Films is teaming up with LL Cool J. As a Hollywood film industry under the same Disney system, Linton doesn't want to tear himself apart and compete with his own people for the project." Yeremov replied.
"Grab it? Marvel can't even send it out now, can it?"
"It's different now. Wesley Streep has united the new line under the Warner system, and the screenwriter David Goyer who works closely with Marvel. At present, this triangle alliance is in the leading position. LL Cool J is very anxious. Marvel Now turn around and start picking on both sides."
Yeremov said: "Of course, if the boss is willing to invest in the show, they will not be able to compete with us."
"So you plan to form an alliance with Catherine's Amblin Entertainment?" Song Ya asked.
"It's not Amblin Entertainment, uh...you guys go back first."
Yeremov sent his subordinates away, "It's KM Films owned by Catherine and his wife. Spielberg wants to go to DreamWorks. No matter how loyal they are, they should leave a way out, and the action is not small. It's being released. Congo Cry is produced by KM Films, with a cost of 50 million, the box office will probably go to 150 million, and it is still ranked ahead of Amy's new film."
"It's no wonder Linton would speak out to provoke them, and what they said last night was a bit arrogant..."
Song Ya remembered that Catherine's husband said last night that Hollywood could cheat their husband and wife before they were born.
"What do you think?" Yeremov asked carefully, "Everyone thinks that you are suitable for that role. The first big-screen African-American superhero will raise your reputation among the African-American community to another level."
"LL Cool J was just driven to Hollywood by me, I don't want to be misunderstood by him as hunting down, and offending people to death."
Without the apocalypse, Song Ya couldn't make up her mind.
Originally, I had 100 million in cash, but I invested 20 million in SUN stocks, and I planned to invest another 10 million to increase my holdings in Netscape. A+CN needs several million in starting capital alone, and I will definitely lose a lot in the first year. If 30 million Let's talk about capital injection into the inner city broadcasting company. Superhero movies generally require a lot of special effects and action movies. Even if someone has a joint venture with him, it will definitely cost more than 10 million...
"It's time to go." At this moment, Mariah Carey's female assistant reminded her.
"Let me think about it again."
Going off to see an ex-lover's movie with my wife feels weird until the two sit down in a dark private movie theater.
Amy's commercial youth film does not have singing and dancing, but it continues the basic element of success in dancing the love between a rich girl and a poor boy in my life. The director is a highly anticipated newcomer in the industry. The main reason is to rely on Amy to carry the box office.
"It's so boring..." Mariah Carey said after watching for about fifteen minutes.
It’s really a bit boring, the plot is almost a modern copy of Jane Austen’s kind of love, slow-paced, screen editing and plots are quite satisfactory, with a strong old-fashioned taste, and Amy’s mouth occasionally pops out lines that promote women’s independence. It’s no wonder that now The media doesn't even talk much about it.
"Why do I feel that this girl's acting skills are not as good as when I worked with you?" She asked after Amy's one-man show.
"I don't know, I really don't know, Mimi."
Song Ya felt that she was clichéd, "This morning was the first time I talked about this show with her, and we haven't been in touch for a long time."
Wronged, I really didn't lie.
"Aren't you boasting that you are professional? Express your opinion." She said.
"Amy's temperament is still not enough to support a rich girl. I mean the rich girl in this movie who constantly emphasizes her family background. When she danced out of my life, her character only appeared as a background, and in this movie It has become one of the main elements that force twists and turns in the relationship between the hero and the heroine.”
Song Ya watched the movie carefully and discussed the matter. Amy acted too hard, always held her head high, always looked indifferent, trying to lean herself on the kind of girl who is as noble and cold as a swan, but now to tell the truth Her acting skills and aura can't stand up, and standing next to the male lead, she immediately looks like a bird. "But I can't blame her for the box office failure. The main reason is that the plot is lackluster. The male lead is worse than her."
"Will she be unlucky? Will she be scolded by the media?" Mariah Carey asked.
"For sure, her career development will encounter a lot of setbacks, but it should not be reduced to no movies to shoot. The media will not care about the unknown director and male protagonist, and will only attack her who is alone in the box office." Song Ya nodded.
At this time, the movie came to the first love scene between men and women. Amy and the hero kissed in the rain. It should be filmed on loan. Song Ya nodded slightly with a blank expression.
"Hmph..."
This movie is really bad with a bland and old-fashioned plot. Mariah Carey seemed quite satisfied. After watching halfway through, she suddenly got up and walked towards the exit. "Forget it this time, I forgive you." She said proudly.
"You're so reasonable, dear." Song Ya quickly followed.
Her female assistant has already bought a few new newspapers, and the film critics really stared at Amy and scolded her, saying that her acting skills have regressed, that she danced like I lost all the spiritual energy in my life. Chapter Tofu Block article, the layout is not even as good as Braveheart and Congo Cry, which have been released for a long time. Braveheart has been unanimously accused by the British people and the royal family because it fabricated a relationship between the crown prince’s wife and the Scottish hero William Wallace. The United States, on the other hand, opposed the British, and they were unanimously applauded.
Congo Horror produced by Catherine and his wife KM Films was criticized very hard, mainly because the special effects were bad, but the box office was good...
And the old Larry who just made a big splash on an art film not long ago was unlucky to be dragged out by film critics and flogged his corpse again, saying that both he and Amy got resources beyond their own ability because of the box office success of "Dancing Out of My Life" Parallel imports.
"Boss." Returning to the lengthened Lincoln of the two, Linda who was waiting in the passenger seat reported, "Dr. Chen has agreed to be the president of your venture capital company."