Five Hundred and Seventy Six - Pirated Video Tape

As the car drove to Beverly, Nina kept looking down at the information in her hands, and from time to time she raised her head and looked at her boss with a surprised look. Because the information was divided into several pages of printing paper, So even though the car has turned into Greenberg Manor, this process continues.

"Tom Cruise and his wife are here."

As soon as the car stopped at the fountain in the small square, the butler immediately came up to him and reported in a low voice. At the same time, he pointed at the red Ferrari sports car next to him.

"When did you come?"

While adjusting the buttons of his suit jacket, Wayne asked curiously: "Where is the person?"

"It won't take more than ten minutes. I was just about to call Nina when you came back." The housekeeper took a briefcase from the assistant lady and walked towards the living room together. "They are in the living room with Ms. Watts."

Nodding, Wayne and Nina looked at each other and quickened their pace. Jimmy and Pat Kingsley have been in contact with each other about the "Iron Man" project they had discussed before. Judging from Jimmy's recent news, although they reached an agreement in a short time Unlikely, but both sides are clearly interested in working toward a common goal.

There is no way, the other party is also a superstar in the industry, and if he can get into this position, even if it is a project that he wants to star in, because of the existence of a behind-the-scenes team, he will inevitably talk about money and Be extremely cautious when distributing benefits, and issues such as schedules and schedules are not problems that can be solved with just a slap on the table.

When she heard that Tom Cruise and his wife were visiting, Nina also frowned slightly. Before entering the living room of the main building, she reached out and pulled the sleeves of her boss's coat, and whispered: "Those executives from Marvel Comics, I heard that they have been quarreling with Universal Pictures during this period, entangled with the issue of repurchasing the copyright of "The Incredible Hulk". If those surprising executives really do it, then we really have to consider "Iron Man" as soon as possible. project."

"It's difficult. It's almost impossible to spit out the copyright that Liu Da swallowed up in his mouth." Shaking his head, Wayne responded in a low voice and walked into the living room. Obviously, he didn't take the promise he made jokingly to heart.

"Look, our Mr. 1.1 Billion Dollars is back!"

Tom Cruise had a warm smile on his handsome and sunny face. The moment he entered the living room, he joked, then stood up from the sofa, opened his hands and gave him a hug. "Congratulations, Wayne, you are now the number one box office hit in film history."

"Thanks."

Gently patting the other person's back with both hands, Wayne also had a warm smile on his face and nodded to Nicole Kidman who stood up behind him. "Why do you have time to come here today?"

While taking off his suit jacket and handing it to Naomi Watts, he asked the couple with doubts in his voice as he asked the couple to sit down again. "I heard that Paramount was talking to you about the second part of Mission: Impossible a few days ago, wasn't it?"

"Copyright issues, you know." Tom Cruise curled his lips, obviously not wanting to continue this topic, with obvious indignation on his face.

The reason behind this incident has almost spread throughout the circle. Due to the popularity of the first "Mission: Impossible" and the apparent ability of the series to continue, Paramount will definitely want to make a sequel as soon as possible.

However, the copyright of this series does not belong to Paramount, as is the practice of Hollywood distribution companies. The film and television rights for this TV series adapted into a movie actually belong to Tom Cruise's film studio and are shared with Paramount.

The benefits of the first film's success are visible to the naked eye. Not only did Tom Cruise get a high share of the global box office and early basic remuneration, he was also able to get a large part of the remaining full copyright profits, from a certain To a certain extent, it can be said that Paramount spent a long time and took a lot of financial risks, but gave up most of the benefits, just like working for Tom Cruise.

Faced with such a situation, after the sequel movie is destined to be a hit and the financial risk is reduced to a minimum, no movie company can bear it, let alone Paramount, one of the six major companies, and the strong female head Shirley- Lansing certainly doesn’t want the situation in the first film to happen again.

This is where the two sides have been entangled. To put it bluntly, they are standing on their respective positions and facing the competition for potential interests. This has nothing to do with right or wrong, but only relates to the opposing positions of labor and management.

And there is basically no good solution to this. We can only make constant compromises over time. Similar competition for interests still exists even after the seventh installment of "Mission: Impossible" was filmed. Almost every "Mission: Impossible" movie "Before filming the sequel, both parties had to engage in a long game.

"What's this?"

While Wayne and Tom Cruise were chatting about some interesting things in the industry, Naomi Watts' questioning voice attracted everyone's attention.

What she was looking through at this time was the information Nina put on the table. She was not the only one watching, but Nicole Kidman beside her also cast an interested look.

"Warner Brothers' branch across the Pacific, collected some information." Wayne shrugged and replied casually: "About September or October, I will go there to participate in some activities."

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We are all relatively sober-minded elites. Of course, we will not be affected by some demonizing remarks made by some North American media. No one is stupid. Those who mess with ordinary people are okay, but for these senior film workers in the industry For me, that's a completely different story, because only they really know what the media is all about.

"Hey, do you mind taking a look together?"

Tom Cruise unceremoniously grabbed the cigarettes on the coffee table, lit one, relaxed his upper body on the sofa, looked at Naomi Watts and his wife, and asked curiously: "Wayne Are you more famous there than me?"

"Tom, I'm sorry." Naomi Watts shrugged and said playfully: "Some surveys on this information show that maybe he is really more famous than you over there, at least among certain groups of people. Such."

Her answer caused a burst of laughter from several people in the living room. Wayne waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that there were no secrets in those things and you could watch them at will. In fact, he was also very curious about where he stood in the hearts of the movie fans in that land.

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Naomi Watts cleared her throat deliberately, and began to read the above content under Nina's strange eyes. "According to the investigation by Warner Bros., Wayne's popularity there is actually not low, and these are not low-profile among movie fans. The source is pirated video tapes..."

"Aha?"

"Pirated...videotape??"

The assistant lady looked like I knew she would look like this, and looked at her boss with a hint of teasing.

"That's right, pirated video tapes." Naomi Watts nodded, although her voice was also filled with disbelief. "Although Wayne's films have never been released in that land due to the special nature of them, his early works are filled with pirated video stalls on the streets.

According to a survey by Warner Bros., including "Happy Death Day", "Joker", "The Return of the Clown", "Get Out", etc., and even the more recent "Batman Begins", are all The best-selling in the pirated video tape market over there, it can be said that except for "The Departed", other films are the main products in the pirated video tapes! "

This result was completely beyond everyone's expectation. Only Wayne shook his head with a wry smile. In fact, he should have thought of such a result a long time ago. With the vast abilities of the movie fans over there, let alone pirated video tapes. Yeah, I'm afraid those videotapes are still unabridged versions.

At least he had done these things in his previous life. What if he couldn't see some of the director's cuts of the original films? Not only the video vendors will give you choices, answers and snacks, but also the sharing from pioneers on film forums.

"These pirated video tapes are not only bad. An investigation by Warner Bros. employees found that they brought Wayne a very high reputation, especially among some specific groups of movie fans. But this popularity is not for ordinary people who don't care about movies. , and very low, this contradictory situation has always existed..."

In this survey, Warner Bros. employees used various examples to prove Wayne's influence. For example, he can be regarded as one of the most famous directors in that land. The only one who can compare with him in Hollywood is Steven Spielberg, because the works of this old Jewish man, It is also a leading product in the pirated video tape market...

This has helped him accumulate an amazing fan base there, especially after the Oscars ceremony at the beginning of this year. Even some mainstream media there have reported on it, and the media there have a huge influence among ordinary people. The credibility is much higher than that in the West.

Among movie fan groups, there is also a serious polarization phenomenon in the evaluation of Wayne. Countless female movie fans who have watched his works have expressed that they do not like the films made by the director. However, among the male group, many Fans call him the Dark Lord of Hollywood movies!

Several people listened to Naomi Watts read the survey information in a teasing tone, while bursts of good-natured laughter broke out from time to time.

"You are too busy during this period, otherwise, we can go out to sea together." Tom Cruise looked up at the quaint living room, shook his head, and sighed: "You simply don't look like a billionaire." Millionaire, you must enjoy the wealth brought by hard work, Wayne. There is no big yacht, no huge private jet, except for this manor that I envy, you are almost a workaholic, you must learn to enjoy it."

"My work plan has been scheduled for five years." Wayne shook his head, also ignoring the laughter between Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman at the information, and took a long breath. In a low tone, he said in a low voice: "However, give yourself a holiday and you can always squeeze in some time to go out to sea. I am still relatively free here. Find a time, call Will, and we will be together later."

"No problem, the sea party is definitely more interesting than you think." Winking at him covertly, Tom Cruise made an expression that every man would understand.

Wayne shrugged. "Well, I'm looking forward to it..."