Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

  Chapter 152 Everyone rushed to the street, picked up a series for nothing, and studied hard.

  In fact, after Disney made it clear that "The Lion King" would use regional screenings to reduce the impact of racial discrimination protesters on the film, Roland stopped paying attention to the film.

Although the regional screenings they mentioned do not refer to the slow spread of state by state. After all, the summer vacation is limited, and the children’s consumption time is limited. The influence of laying out poster advertisements, there is a situation where both hands are empty-handed, but in the three days of the first weekend, with a box office of less than three million, what is there to pay attention to? For Roland, this kind of achievement is simply a 'disgrace', okay?

  If it's 30 million in three days and 70 million in the first week, then he will definitely feel proud.

  Although compared with the first week of "Jurassic Park" which exceeded 100 million yuan, the box office of 70 million yuan in seven days is much less, but this is his one-man monoclonal antibody box office! With this kind of data, even Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood can't do it!

  But after being made such a fuss by Simpson, nothing was left.

Even after the first weekend, with the increase in the number of shows, the average daily box office has a slight increase, 2.5 million upwards, less than 3 million, but even if this kind of data can be maintained until the summer vacation In the end, the total box office is only between 150 million and 180 million. If you want to continue to rise, you have to be prepared for a long-term tough battle.

Of course, for Disney, after being beaten up by Roland twice in a row, they have already accumulated a wealth of long-term combat experience. The release time in Europe is directly scheduled for October, and they are not afraid of their own movie. It will be stretched because of this, but Roland, who enjoys the light-speed account sharing model that will be settled in two months and is in place for one year, feels a little bit pained.

   Counting on his fingers, according to Disney, he will have to wait until the middle of 1995 to get the first payment at the earliest. Thank God that he can pay all the money before 1996. As for the channel?

   Roland has already ignored such a thing, and on the day he receives it, he will think he has won the lottery!

Compared with "The Lion King", Roland's cameo in "Forrest Gump" is extremely lucky. I don't know if Paramount released the news on its own initiative, or if some Simpson supporters discovered the content in the movie. , They felt that Forrest Gump, who was born with hypochondrosis, ran into the university through his own efforts, which was the best tribute and support for Simpson at this time, so, after the end of the first week, "Forrest Gump" The next week's box office unexpectedly grew by nearly four points...

  As for the beginning of the film, Roland and Hanks sit side by side on a park bench, listening to each other's story with awkward expressions, and responding to the scene of stuffed chocolate with bewildered faces?

   To be honest, the effect of his guest appearance is definitely there, but it is definitely not as strong as those fanatical supporters.

  This kind of thing can't be justified at all, right?

   This situation made Roland very embarrassed. On the surface, his influence as a Hollywood A+list was not comparable to those in the sports circle, but after thinking about it carefully, Roland was relieved.

  Why?

  Because he thinks that "Black Panther" is not good-looking, and the news that "Black Panther 2" will start shooting is even more unfavorable to him, but...

   "Black Panther" not only sold 1.3 billion worldwide, but was also selected for the best picture Oscar.

  North America even contributed 53% of the share by itself, making 700 million box office.

  Compared with "Black Panther", these guys who are madly supporting "Forrest Gump" are not so magical.

   In this way, Roland really fulfilled his wish of not making a movie in 1994 and becoming a little transparent.

   It's not that he wants to wear an invisibility cloak, but society and the market help him put on an invisibility cloak.

  Of course, Roland is far from the saddest one in the whole big wave.

"Speed", which was released before "The Lion King", was so serious that it collided with the storm of public opinion brought by Simpson. There were still 14 million in the first weekend, but after three days, the entire Ami Li Jia stayed at home and watched the live broadcast.

"True Lies" was even worse, with an investment of 115 million yuan, and the first weekend was only 25.8 million yuan, which was at least 30 million yuan higher than Fox's thought, and there was a certain deviation. "Forrest Gump" compared to...

   Well, looking at it this way, Roland is still a bit useful?

  At least without him, the governor and the truck driver could not achieve the achievement of 30 million in three days, but with Zemeckis and Hanks, they successfully broke through the 30 million mark!

Of course, this kind of self-entertaining joke is actually only Roland's intention, because on the surface, except for "Speed", "The Lion King", "Forrest Gump", and "Grandmaid in disguise" , this year's summer movie, it is estimated that the whole line will hit the street.

  Jack Nicholson's "Werewolf Life and Death", with an investment of 70 million, the box office of the first weekend did not exceed 18 million.

  Joe Schumacher's "The Client", with an investment of 45 million, had a box office of just over 17 million in the first weekend.

  Harrison Ford's "The Pursuit of the Eyes", with an investment of 62 million, the box office just exceeded 20 million in the first weekend.

  In a situation where a bunch of bigwigs are likely to hit the street, no film company can laugh!

Because of this, after seeing that Castle Rock Films, which was in a difficult situation, learned that Roland wanted to buy their movie, these guys immediately hooked up with Roland, but they were somewhat averse to Roland's proposed price of 15 million. Dissatisfied, think it is too little; Roland is not that kind of idiot! He is a guy who can watch Mike Mohamy, Cole Needham and others use love to generate electricity without investing in it with peace of mind! As an iron rooster who can only be generous to his family, want him to increase money for no reason?

   Unless the sun creeps out from the west!

Ever since, in order to get Roland to raise "The Shawshank Redemption" to the cost price, Castle Rock Pictures took out its own film library to lure them. Their idea is actually very simple. At this time, Roland can stupidly think When I bought "The Shawshank Redemption" and showed him the film library, didn't I just ask him to check if there were any projects that would definitely lose money?

  As long as he chooses it, they will pack it together and sell it to him at the cost price. Anyway, they are all upcoming movies, and they have no idea what to do according to the current market reaction!

I already felt that bargaining was annoying, so I wanted to say no, and let them see what it means to 'sell or not, or get out of here'. After hearing the proposal from Castle Rock Films to reveal their old background and open the door wide, he He swallowed his words.

  The film library is the root of the film company.

  MGM has been rotten for so many years, and it was still able to sell 4.8 billion in 2005.

  Although this has something to do with a bunch of hotels and resorts under their name, the treasure-like film library is what Sony fancyes.

   In this way, Roland asked the guys from Castle Rock Films to bring the film library list.

   After a closer look, there are other good things inside!

   "Clint's "In the Line of Fire"? Tom's "Great Man"? NBC's "Seinfeld"?"

   "You guys actually have these things?" Roland was full of surprises.

   "Uh... We are only responsible for the production of these, and the specific copyright is not in our hands now."

   "What about "When Harry Met Sally"? It was produced independently by you, right?" Roland didn't care, and continued to ask.

   "Uh...we don't sell this." The person in charge rubbed his hands together and laughed.

   ""Ten Days of Dangerous Love"?"

   "We won't sell this either... After all, it has already been released..."

   Okay...

   Hearing what the other party said, how could Roland not understand that these guys simply regarded themselves as a winner?

   But it doesn't matter, what he likes to do the most is to be the winner in the eyes of others!

  Since Castle Rock Films was only established in 1987, they don't have many films in their library. Except for "The Shawshank Redemption" and those things that cannot be sold, there is actually only one movie that Roland fancy-

   "How does "Love Before Dawn Break" sell?"

   That's right! When Roland saw the beginning of the "Love Is" trilogy, he wanted to take it!

  Although he doesn't like this kind of platonic love, he respects everyone's choice.

Like "The Seven Deadly Sins", since many people think the "Love Is" trilogy is very good, it proves that the thoughts expressed by the director can at least be understood by others. It is impossible to make money, but Roland still wants to buy it and throw it into his own film library. This is not a question of whether it is profitable or not, but a question of filling the film library in many ways.

  You can fill the movie library with high-quality resources, who would choose bad movies?

  Buying "The Shawshank Redemption" is based on this consideration. Roland may not be able to shoot the number one film history in the audience's mind in his life, but it doesn't matter, the number one film history you like is lying in my warehouse!

Roland's thoughts are naturally unknown to Castle Rock Films, but they know that "Love Is Here" is a low-cost feature film of less than 2.5 million, no matter how it is distributed, it is definitely a big deal Fluttering.

  If you want to get back your money, you have to sell discs for at least a year.

In this way, things are even simpler. They hope that Roland can purchase the entire copyright of the film at a cost of 25 million for "The Shawshank Redemption", and the copyright transfer fee for the trilogy of "Love Is" is It is the cost of 2.5 million and the serial investment distribution rights of 500,000, which add up to 28 million.

Roland naturally did not accept this price, and the reason he gave was simple, "I invested 30 million in David Fincher's new project, including Brad Pitt, Morgan- The salaries of Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kevin Spacey, these four people can't take 15 million from me, you "Shawshank Redemption", Firstly, it has no box office appeal, and secondly, it has caused trouble all over the world, so why is it so expensive?"

   "I haven't even seen your movies! I just love Stephen King's books!"

   "If you sell it like this, then I won't buy it. Who knows when the Simpson case will end? Who knows whether the outcome of the Simpson case will have an impact on the release of the movie's VHS?"

  When Roland said that I hadn't even seen the movie, Castle Rock Pictures, who wanted to bargain, was a little confused.

  They thought that Roland had at least watched the movie from Sony, thought the content was good, and wanted to take a gamble, but they didn't expect—

  This master really acts according to his preferences?

   This is simply the stupid son of the landlord's family!

  Recalling that Roland liked to collect Marvel's tattered copyrights before, they felt that their analysis was more reasonable.

  He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth since he was a child. Buying something at a price of tens of millions is the same as buying Chinese cabbage in the vegetable market. The biggest difference between him and Nicolas Cage is that the other party likes to spend time and drink. Is Roland looking for the meaning of life?

   They are all stupid!

  Looking at it this way, it is pointless to test the price!

  They are not a necessity for Roland, they are just preferences after the head gets hot!

   If it drags on for two weeks, maybe I won’t bother to buy it!

  In this kind of situation where I don’t care if I don’t buy it, and if you don’t sell it, you’ll hit the street, and the business will be negotiated faster.

  In the end, Roland agreed to use 22 million to acquire the investment and distribution rights of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Love Before Dawn" and subsequent series, which allowed Castle Rock Pictures to reduce the loss to 6 million.

  Although they still lost money, they passed on the biggest risk to Roland, and Roland...

   20 million to buy a movie with the best reputation in film history, and 2 million to buy a love series that young literary and artistic youths love to watch?

   No matter how you look at it, this is a big profit!

  After the formal signing and transfer was completed, Roland re-arranged the announcement arrangement with Sony.

   I still have to participate in the previously scheduled Toronto International Film Festival. As for the screening, let’s be more Buddhist!

   As long as the seven-day Olympic screening conditions are met, enough judges can see the movie and get an Oscar nomination.

   Roland doesn't care about the box office at all. He just waits for the Simpson case to end and sells discs like crazy!

After all, after attending George Lucas' 50th birthday party, Roland certainly understands how much those guys care about the game, since "Forrest Gump" is Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks Why did Roland take "The Shawshank Redemption" to join in the fun? Not to mention that this movie didn't win an Oscar, even if it did, he can still act like covering his work and not participating in the competition!

   Friends help each other, no big deal.

  As for selling discs—

   Don't worry about him either!

  As the developer of the DVD standard war, it couldn't be easier to sell a disc to Roland!

   After finalizing the acquisition within a day, the previously purchased "Eating and Drinking Man and Woman" was also put on the screening schedule.

  Of course, this is more for self-entertainment. It is better to make a profit, and Roland will not lose money if he cannot make a profit.

  He didn't sign any gambling agreement, he earns more or less is his own, as long as he is happy, he can do whatever he wants!

After finalizing the business that needs to be done by himself, the rest of the work is naturally left to other people. As for Roland himself, he is learning from Master Yuan. But the appearance at other times has to be correct. This is filming "Spiderman", not "Charlie's Angels". The kind of soft movements can be fake at first glance, after all, it is recognized as a third-party exchange. If a man plays the role, it will be even worse, and the restarted work is even more scumbag. Although the correctness in various fields is taken into account, overall, it is a child's play house.

   "Pay attention to your back, don't bow."

   "You can be slow, but not at the same time."

   "Look at the plum blossom pile below you first, I don't want you to fall from it."

That's right, in order to make Roland's movements more smooth and coordinated, Master Yuan directly put him on the plum blossom pile. At the beginning of the teaching, for fear that Roland would not understand, Master Yuan even went into battle in person to demonstrate what is called opening the crotch Shun the crotch, and tried his skills a little, showing his flexibility.

  Although Roland already knew these things well, and he always believed that, although Teacher Zhang Chengen learned more like animals, Master Yuan, an old profession, should be able to design a better posture and teach students in an easier way.

  However, after seeing Master Yuan's design, he lost confidence in the half-year study.

  I'm sorry, didn't the plum blossom pile go away?

  What the **** are you asking me to crawl on all fours?

  The point is that high and low are easy to put into gear!

   It is normal for the spacing to be different and the ups and downs!

  Especially after Roland went up, he realized that he was Luo Xiaohei who was chasing his tail.

As we all know, cats and cat tails are two kinds of creatures, and Roland, who is on the plum blossom pile, has two species above the neck and below the neck. The eyes, ears and head tell him that I am special, but the limbs and body tell him. , no you won't...

  Of course, although the practice in reality was much more difficult than imagined, Roland did not give up.

  There is a certain gap between the acting effect of a stand-in and a real person. The most classic is "Escape Plan 2: Hades". If there is no Stallone, then the whole movie can be called "Huang Jiaozhu and his stand-ins".

  It doesn’t matter if you use a substitute! But don't show the double's face in the movie!

  Is this for fear that the audience will not know that you used a substitute?

  Although shooting "Spider-Man" can use battle suits to reduce this bug, according to the truck driver, he would arrange to show his face to fight. In this case, Roland will not take it lightly.

  He knows that Tobey Maguire uses doubles in the shot of punching the sand blaster, and he doesn't reject these things, but if the truck driver wants him to do it, he has to stand in front of the camera at any time.

   After all, the entire IP is his own. This is a project he manages by himself, and he doesn't want to ruin it because of his laziness.

And practice is not endless, from 6:00 to 8:00 in the morning, then from 9:00 to 12:00, the rest of the time is still free to arrange. Compared with those guys who really rely on action movies for a living, Roland has less time in this time. It's really not enough to watch, but to be honest, you let him practice paralysis like Wu Jin? He admires Oh Jin's tenacity, but this kind of thing can't happen to him...

  Holding 20,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway, he has a place in the rich list.

   Earn money just to paralyze yourself?

   Haven’t even started to enjoy life yet, just lying on the hospital bed to enjoy his old age, and then watching the cabbage being planed by others?

impossible!

   Absolutely impossible!

  He can keep learning for what he likes, but he is desperate...

  He can't do it, and those old men won't let him do it.

   It's like Spielberg asked Jackie Chan how to shoot the jump.

  For the current Roland, problems that can be solved with technology will cost money.

Note: ①Correction: The commented book friends reminded that there was a small bug in the part about Panasonic selling the American music company written earlier. Panasonic was also in the console war at that time. They jointly launched 3DO with EA, AT&T, and Time Warner. , researching home game consoles, I have played both "Heroes of Might and Magic" and "Toy Soldiers War", but I always thought that this company was American, because Motorola and Sanyo participated in the production, I always thought Panasonic Like them, he is a machine maker, but in fact, selling American Music and abandoning Universal is also related to the sudden death of 3DO. Although it does not affect the plot, there is indeed a problem with the writing. ②Many movies in the summer of 1994 hit the street, or in other words, the movies on the rankings that year were either released before to avoid the Simpson case, or they were released on the Christmas file with little impact, and they were tough with Simpson Few movies are profitable. ③The "Love Is Here" trilogy was indeed created by Castle Rock and the others. The first part was already waiting for release. ④The old version of Spider-Man punched through the sandman with his fist. It was indeed a special effect. I am not a black person. The explanation given by Sony was to find a disabled person to punch. No need to give P a hand to connect it.

  (end of this chapter)