Chapter 657 Daily Life

"So, Disney is also satisfied now?"

"Think about it, Disney is not losing money no matter what."

Looking at the box office revenue sharing report of "The Martian" in his hand, Wu Yuan said with a smile: "If I were Disney, I would be satisfied too."

"With a 12% distribution share, they have made a lot of money, and it is a global distribution."

Wu Yuan, who arrived in Los Angeles again, now has only one thing left to deal with, the follow-up revenue sharing of "The Martian".

For a movie that is released globally like this, the box office revenue sharing repayment period is very long, and it will take half a year or even a year to fully recover the money.

For example, in North America, "The Martian" has been successfully released, which has once again added bricks and tiles to Wu Yuan's reputation as the "king of science fiction" and made North American audiences and fans remember him deeply again.

But the North American box office revenue sharing has just begun to settle the first payment. At present, only the box office statistics can be obtained. It is expected that it will be settled in the next two or three months.

As for the box office of other countries overseas, it will take even longer to wait.

However, Wu Yuan only needs to settle with Disney, or more precisely, Disney Light Era Films, on paper according to these statistics. Afterwards, he only needs to wait for the payment, and no longer needs to come to Light Era to deal with it in person.

And this is probably the last time he comes to Light Era in person.

It is also the first time he comes here as a "guest" and "partner".

Not to mention, this feeling makes him feel uncomfortable.

At least when he saw John sitting in his office chair and he sat on the guest side, he felt even weirder.

"John, I heard that your salary has increased again?"

"Disney offered you an annual salary of 4 million US dollars, and a 5% dividend?"

"This is a good salary."

Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Wu Yuan and John chatted about their recent situation.

John's path as a producer is still very successful. Whether it is the "Juno" of the year or the later "Hangover" series, "Twilight" series, and "Night at the Museum" series, he is the producer.

In addition to several single-film films such as "The Proposal" and "The Karate Kid", John is now a gold medal producer in Hollywood.

Moreover, after more than ten years of training, he is not only an excellent producer, but also an excellent management talent, a gold medal professional manager, and it is not surprising that he can get such a high salary.

Even when the Light Era was sold, John also received a 5% sales fee, which was the 5% stake promised to him by Wu Yuan.

When the Light Era was sold for 1 billion US dollars, John received 50 million and became financially free.

In Hollywood, everyone in the circle now believes that John has followed a good boss. After retiring, he received a generous reward that 99% of filmmakers cannot get, and there is a stable job afterwards. He is simply making a fortune.

Of course, this time Disney gave John only a simple dividend right, not a share. This kind of legend cannot be repeated a second time, and Disney is unlikely to sell its subsidiaries.

"John, after today, I probably won't come to the Lighting Times again. I hope we can meet again in the future."

Wu Yuan sighed as he looked at the old man who looked much older. He stood up and hugged him. Under John's reluctant eyes, he left the office.

From then on, Hollywood had nothing to do with him.

However, Wu Yuan did not return to China directly after leaving Hollywood, but went to support his fiancée.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" is now being filmed in an orderly manner. Although he didn't think Liu Yifei would be bullied on the crew, Wu Yuan still went to visit the crew in person and planned to follow her for a while.

On the one hand, it was to knock on the crew of "X-Men: Days of Future Past". The contempt chain in Hollywood is still very serious.

When several Chinese actors from the Lighting Times went to the crew of "Prometheus" before, they encountered discrimination and contempt.

After all, they are just artists of the Light and Shadow Era. From the perspective of "Prometheus", they are just a normal business transaction with Wu Yuan, and there is no need to take them seriously.

So the white staff of the crew will inevitably show their "bad habits" to them.

Anyway, after filming and returning to the company, Yang Mi and Zhu Yawen have complained about the problem of Hollywood discrimination against Asians in the company.

Wu Yuan has also heard about it.

So he is naturally a little worried about Liu Yifei.

As for "Prometheus", the film was successfully released last year and finally achieved a global box office of 486 million US dollars, almost breaking 500 million US dollars, which is not bad, nearly 80 million US dollars more than the original time and space.

And most of this extra box office is contributed by the Asian market.

For example, when it was released in China, the box office in the mainland successfully exceeded 100 million. After achieving a good opening result of about 36.5 million on the first day, the box office for two or three days added up to 63 million, and finally won 240 million in the mainland.

In Japan, South Korea, and especially in Southeast Asia, Prometheus also performed strongly at the box office.

In fact, these days, as long as it is a Hollywood sci-fi movie, and it must be a truly high-quality sci-fi movie, the box office in Asia will not be bad, because everyone has really seen a few cool sci-fi movies.

Movies like "2012", "District 9" and "Avatar" have performed very well in the Asian market, and they don't seem to be out of place at all.

Although "Prometheus" is not a masterpiece, it is also a work above the standard. Coupled with the stimulation of several Asian actors in the main characters, the box office of this movie in Asia is naturally a great success.

If there were not so many Chinese and Japanese elements in the background of "Pacific Rim", would it have achieved such good box office results in Asia, especially in China?

Even "Pacific Rim" was able to have a second part because of its good box office performance in Asia, and it paid more attention to Chinese and Japanese elements.

It can be seen that adding Asian elements to movies is indeed a wealth code for Hollywood movies.

At least before "Iron Man" had a "special edition" and the appearance of eating was not so ugly, this routine was still very useful.

There is another reason why Wu Yuan stayed in North America and accompanied Liu Yifei in the crew of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" for a while, that is, he planned to take a close look at the current shooting methods of Hollywood science fiction movies and the key points of industrial shooting.

He will soon make a new Chinese-language science fiction blockbuster. Hollywood has not been standing still in recent years. The filming technology of movies has reached a new level every year, and the process of film industrialization is also vigorous. Wu Yuan still needs to learn from them.

After all, even in his dream of 2022, China has not caught up with Hollywood. Only "The Wandering Earth" has really explored the industrialization of movies.

Wu Yuan still needs to learn from the foreigners!