One Hundred and Sixty-Nine - Not only Are You Lustful, You Are Also Afraid of Death!

Just when Wayne and his party got off the plane, checked into the hotel, and prepared to start their vacation, the North American theater market once again began to be dominated by one movie in the same year.

The nationwide movie-watching trend of "Joker" has just passed, and this summer season has ushered in a new blockbuster. "Jurassic Park" topped the weekend box office with a crushing momentum.

The unlucky Sony Colombia is simply in trouble right now. When "The Last Day" was released, it encountered "Joker", which was crushing the same period. The box office was close to 80 million US dollars. Although it could generate some profits, it has been suppressed by "Joker".

Finally, when Tom Hanks' "Sleepless in Seattle" started to be released, it successfully pushed "Joker" in the fourth week of its release to the second place and won the first week box office championship, but then "Joker" ushered in Jurassic Park".

The only company that was stubborn was Columbia. Except for the big production "Sleepless in Seattle", all the big summer investments were far enough away from "Jurassic Park".

After this film was released, all films were greatly affected. The screening scale of "Joker" has also shrunk further, falling to 1. The box office has also begun to decline significantly, with only 7. The cumulative box office in North America has successfully exceeded 320 million.

When the good old "Jurassic Park" began to wreak havoc on the North American theater market, as time went by, "Joker", which was currently being screened in overseas markets, was also in its period of strength. In addition to the five English-speaking regions, films have also begun to dominate the theater market in remote areas.

Because the Internet in this era is not developed enough, there is a serious lag in overseas box office statistics. However, according to rough statistics from Warner Bros.'s overseas distribution department, the film "Joker" has already earned close to 500 million US dollars overseas!

After the entertainment media reported on "Jurassic Park" and discovered that the global box office of "Joker" exceeded 800 million U.S. dollars, when they wanted to find Wayne as a director, he was already in Australia and starting his own vacation trip.

"This is absolutely beautiful!"

Excited Naomi Watts stood up from the car, stretched out her hands, and her clothes were blown by the speeding car.

That 'Nudist Beach' Wayne didn't have the courage to try it after all. He didn't care about taking off his clothes when no one was watching, and he didn't even have a problem with it. But he still couldn't accept walking a bird in front of hundreds of people, even though there were mostly women on that beach.

After the excitement, the Australian beauty sat down and pointed to the newspaper placed in front of the car. "You are already a world-class director, Wayne! Even in Australia, the influence of "Joker" is unmatched by any film. During this period, you dominated the world!"

"Fasten your seat belt, Nami!" The road here is very empty, and the speed of the cars on the road is relatively fast, but Wayne has not driven a car for a long time, and this place still falls under the Commonwealth traffic regulations, and all cars are right-hand drive. , which made him adapt carefully since he started on the road.

"You're driving really hard!" Naomi Watts rolled her eyes at him and fastened her seat belt. "I finally found out. Not only are you hormonal and lustful, but you are also afraid of death!"

They set off from Sydney this morning and are now heading south to Victoria state, preparing to enter Melbourne, Australia's second largest city. Then fly directly from Melbourne to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. After spending two days there, fly directly from there to Brisbane on the east coast, and then drive back to Sydney from there.

This plan actually takes the southeastern part of Australia in a circle. Although there is not even one-tenth of Australia, these places are already the essence of Australia. Except for the southeastern part where people gather, other places are mostly dry and uninhabited areas.

This country is definitely vast, but unfortunately most of the country is not suitable for human survival. Almost all of its western region is the hot and dry desert Gobi. The eastern region is a plateau, and only near the coastline are there plains suitable for human life.

Therefore, although this country looks very big, in fact there are not many places to visit, unless you are willing to go to a spacious farm, where you can take a vacation, see kangaroos and hunt.

"Hey, boy! Do you want me to drive? An old lady passed you just now! You're so embarrassed." Naomi Watts was seriously dissatisfied with Wayne's driving skills. In addition to the assistant and Security, they were passed by car after car.

"We came out here to relax, you know? I don't want to race with others." Wayne has been driving for many years. It's not that his driving skills are bad, it's just that the right-hand drive car is too awkward to drive, which makes him keep driving. Can't adapt.

"Aren't you a genius? You don't live like a young man at all. You act like an old man every day. Wayne, you have no passion before you are 24 years old!" Naomi Watts was not honest either. Two long, straight white legs were placed on the driver's seat in front of the car.

"fxxk! It's you who drives it!"

Wayne was originally awkward and afraid to be distracted when driving a car, but when she dangled her two big white legs in front of his eyes, he couldn't help but want to look at it, and his mind kept thinking about the craziness last night.

He simply stopped the car in anger and changed places with Naomi Watts. Maybe she has been driving here since she was a child, so she drives much faster.

Before reaching the Great Ocean Road, Wayne had already seen the beautiful scenery mentioned by netizens in his previous life. These natural beauties are just on the road, and one of them is the large green grassland. In addition, there are various sandy beaches and seaside cliffs.

Once she encounters such beautiful scenery, Naomi Watts will stop the car and take Wayne close by to enjoy the feeling of being in the painting. She knows that this man has been under great pressure in the past two years. , this kind of place can best heal people's soul.

Playing while driving, in fact, they were not moving very efficiently, but this was the purpose of Wayne leaving North America, to avoid the annoying media, to relieve all pressure, and to be as clean as he wanted for a few days.

It wasn't until Sergey's car accelerated and passed behind him that he stopped on the side of the road. The assistant lady ran over with a satellite phone.

"Boss, Jimmy is calling from England."

This immediately brought him back to reality, and he took the phone and put it to his ear.

"Hi, Jimmy?"

The agent's voice came from the other end of the phone, but there was some noise. "Wayne, I've got Tolkien's descendants! But things are a little complicated!"

"wait a moment."

He took off the phone and pointed to the beach and tall rocks on the roadside. "Nami, shall we camp here tonight?"

"No problem, you go ahead and I'll help Sergey and the others set up the tent."

Just now, Wayne accidentally spotted a cave on the reef. This is a good camping spot, and the scenery near the seaside is very beautiful. Watching the three of them drive another car over, he sat back in the car and continued to put the phone to his ear.

"Jimmy, what is the situation?"

"'The Lord of the Rings' has been adapted twice, and it was adapted into an animated feature film for 1 gram. An investment of 400 million yuan returned a box office of 30 million yuan, and it actually made a lot of money!"

It can be seen from this that one cannot make a decision at the first glance. Without preliminary investigation, there is obviously a big lack of information that Wayne knows.

Jimmy continued: "This year in Finland, "The Hobbit" was also adapted into a miniseries, with a total of nine levels. So anyway, at least the film and television adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" did make money, Thor King’s descendants want a share-sharing clause added!”

"How much do they want?" Wayne asked.

"It can probably be said to be between 3% and 6%, but not all the copyrights are in their hands, and part of it is in the hands of the publishing house."

Wayne stretched out his hand and scratched his head as he listened. Doing these things was indeed more troublesome than he thought.

"Now the specific price has been set, 3.7 million U.S. dollars. This figure is already acquired at a premium, that is, where is the share..."

"Give it to them, but it has to be a share of the profits, not a share of the box office numbers, you understand? Jimmy!"

Nowadays, the cost of all books, or IP film and television adaptations is not too expensive, not much. Even if the price doubles ten times in ten years, it will be impossible to buy this kind of masterpiece.

After thinking about it, Wayne added: "After you get the authorization, you go to the publisher to talk about it and get "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" under the same standards. If necessary, you can tell them that I am ready to do it myself. Make this video.”

"You want to film "Lord of the Rings"?" Jimmy asked in surprise.

"No, this is just an excuse. This masterpiece will not be worth producing within a few years. With the current special effects costs, the investment will be astronomical!"

"Okay, I understand, that's it."

After hanging up the phone, Wayne sat in the car and began to seriously consider the matter. He cut off the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" in advance before the big fat man Harvey Weinstein, and also let Peter Jackson also There is no way to find New Line Investment.

Losing such a series that can influence the history of film, New Line Cinema, which operates independently, will probably be a lot sad. It may not wait until 2007, and it may be forcibly merged into Warner Bros. by Time Warner.

And "The Return of the Clown" was also filmed by myself. I just need to pay attention to the horror film master later and extend an olive branch in advance.

After getting the copyright, Wayne will definitely not make any noise. He plans to keep it silently for a few years. When the time is right, he will directly find the New Zealand Big Fat Man and make the trilogy together. He is born for this film. director.

The Oscar-winning director seems to be incapable of making films as soon as he leaves the "Lord of the Rings" series. Except for "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," Wayne seems to have no other successful works in his mind.