While "Men in Black" won $76 million in the first week, the black super special police in the film also caused a trend of imitation in the whole society just like in the previous life. In the following period, the popularity of black and sunglasses was like the windbreaker and toothpick of "The True Heroes" on the other side of the ocean. Although the release time was in the hot summer, it was still difficult to stop the enthusiasm of fans to appear on the street in black and sunglasses. Since then, a proprietary "black super face covering" term has gradually become popular in the media.

At the same time, the film also caused a new round of alien discussions in the media because of its ubiquitous alien ridicule of characters and events. The first to bear the brunt of the brunt, the hottest discussion object was occupied by Eric, the "Pandora Star". After all, Eric started from scratch from an ordinary high school student and became a media tycoon with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars in just six years. This miraculous life experience is unique in the entire human history.

Countless media then began to explore the factors that match the alien's "characteristics" in Eric. Even Eric's fickle personality became evidence of the "alien" attempt to carry out racial aggression in the gossip tabloids. Some even expressed their willingness to the White House to investigate Eric's "alien" identity. There were also people who made a fuss about Eric's wealth at this time and asked the federal government to really impose the "alien management tax" on Eric. Naturally, these requests would not receive any response.

Later on, even the always serious New York Times couldn't help but post comments on important pages to join in the fun: "Eric Williams satisfies gossip enthusiasts in the universe with a crazy self-taught with a clever rank."

A famous film critic in the Washington Post, which Buffett owns shares, also joked with a line from the movie: "If I could see Eric Williams get beaten up, I would be willing to spend $4."

What’s even more interesting is that after the peripheral products of "Men in Black" were launched on sale, the most popular ones are not those cool weapon models or a variety of alien figures, but the pair of sky blue tentacles worn on Eric's head in the camera that only has less than 30 seconds. In addition to a large number of movie fans buying it for collection or wearing it to attend parties, perhaps with the idea of ​​hoping that the child will be as good as Eric, even some parents like to buy a pair of sky blue tentacles for their children as gifts.

However, after the box office hit by "Men in Black", a series of questions about the sequel also followed.

Although Sony Columbia Pictures has gained fame by releasing several films in collaboration with Fireflies in the past two years, under the wasteful management of Peter Cooper, the company is still in a state of losses for years. The original "Smiths" and "Broken Arrow" two projects from Fireflies did not cause any turmoil in terms of profit division, but the success of "Men in Black" obviously exceeded that of "Smiths" and "Broken Arrow", and the profits of the sequel were undoubtedly richer.

As a result, the division of interests between Colombia and Firefly attracted Sony's attention.

Because the copyright of this comic was originally completely exclusive to Columbia Pictures, after cooperating with Fireflies, Columbia not only lost most of the profits it should have enjoyed alone, but also lost 60% of the copyright. Most importantly, according to the original agreement, if the development of the sequel was delayed for a long time for some reason, Columbia would even lose the remaining 40% of the copyright.

If everything goes well in the sequel development, it's nothing. Since I chose to sign the contract, Sony could only pinch his nose and continue to work with Fireflies. But after "Men in Black" was a great success, including the director of the film, the two male protagonists, producers, and even the original comic companies of "Men in Black" jumped out, trying to share enough benefits in the sequel.

Faced with this situation, Firefly will definitely not compromise. If the distribution of interests cannot be reached, at most everyone will waste it. Even if I sue, I am not afraid. Anyway, Firefly's film companies do not lack popular movie projects. Firefly's main schedule film lists were even three years later, but Columbia Pictures could not afford it. After Sony bought this company, he not only found that he could not make a dime profit, but also did not promote his own video tape format. With the advent of the DVD era, if Columbia continues to lose money, this film company will definitely appear to be becoming more and more useless.

Moreover, Sony gradually realized something wrong, but the Japanese did not immediately turn against Fireflies. It was just that Sony's senior executives began to put pressure on Peter Cooper to fight for the company's due benefits for Colombia.

Peter Guber himself also realized that he had been sitting in this seat for a short time. Of course, he also knew how bad Colombia had become. After the cooperation with Fireflies was terminated, it was impossible to continue to stay in this seat.

However, because there are two blockbusters, "The Brave Game" and "Mission Impossible" in the second half of the year, although Peter Cooper himself has gained a lot of benefits in recent years, he still hopes to leave Colombia after the release of the two films at the end of the year, based on the reward contract signed by the original two films, with the success of these two films, he will get the last huge dividend and leave Colombia with the success of these two films.

So, in just a few days, Peter Cobb almost tangled with Fireflies' senior executives, and even found Eric, who had been fond of being in the Victoria's Secret show studio recently.

Looking at the busy crowd around, especially those slim trial models, Peter Cooper, who was standing next to a workbench, said to Eric: "Eric, do you think this is good? We can sign an affiliate agreement, including the director of "The Man in Black" and the two starring actors. Only after the profit of the sequel reaches a certain level can we get dividends. This standard can be raised. In this case, if the sequel is successful again, even if it is given more benefits to the main creators, we will still make sure to make a profit."
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