Chapter 95: Willows and Flowers
Although Chen Lin did not see the face of Warner's senior executives with his own eyes, their original words should be even more unpleasant if they could make Jonathan so angry!
"Actually, Warner should be optimistic about this subject, but they don't want others to participate!"
Jonathan explained.
"They are optimistic about the profit prospects of this project, and they don't want anyone to join the ranks of cake splits. These big guys in Hollywood are all miser!"
"They want me to get out of here?"
Chen Lin immediately understood.
"It should be that."
"Are they not worried that I will give up on cooperation?" Chen Lin thought about it and asked.
"Why worry? No other company has ever reported that it wants to launch a project, and they have no competitors for the time being." Jonathan looked at Chen Lin.
The tone was plain, and continued, "Don't forget that you have written books in Hollywood, nothing else is there, and they are Warner Bros."
After talking here, the topic is obviously a bit dull.
Neither of them spoke again.
"What's wrong? It seems that you didn't have a very pleasant chat!"
Ying Bao followed Jonathan's wife, Lisa Joey, touring the garden. When she returned to the living room, she saw two silent men.
"A little depressed, Warner may not be willing to let me be a director!"
"oh!"
Zhao Liying didn't react much.
I'll go, 'Oh' it'll be over in a moment?
"Oh! This trip is probably in vain! Lao Wang will probably be very disappointed!"
Chen Lin didn't expect Ying Bao to come up with any idea. He sighed and took out his cell phone to tell the big boss about the situation.
"Why must we cooperate with Warner? Don't Hollywood have six studios? And you are also a shareholder of Lions Gate!"
Ying Bao looked at Chen Lin in confusion and asked suddenly.
"I am no longer a shareholder of Lions Gate... Yes, why didn't I expect it!"
"You are so cute!"
Chen Lin hugged the bun and kissed her hard on the face.
Perhaps the memory of my previous life was too deep, Chen Lin always wanted to rely on "Interstellar" to Warner!
It's completely unnecessary!
"Jonathan, what if there are other companies that are willing to invest in this project, such as Disney and Twentieth Century Fox?"
"you mean?"
Jonathan frowned.
"I won't cooperate with Warner anymore. This project is mine and I have funds, so why do I have to cooperate with Warner?"
Chen Linyue said excitedly: "You know I am a Chinese. Now everyone knows that China's box office is rising steadily. I can guarantee that this "Interstellar" can get at least 200 million US dollars in China alone. I don't believe I will not find a collaborator!"
"But, Chen Lin, have you ever thought that Christopher is a shareholder of Warner. He will not agree to transfer this project to other companies!"
Jonathan was a little embarrassed.
"But this project doesn't belong to Christopher, doesn't it?"
In any aspect, Interstellar is Chen Lin’s property, and he has registered the copyright!
"You can try to contact other companies, and I will urge Warner to come up with a plan that will satisfy both of us as soon as possible."
...
Warner Bros. had a very smooth life in the first decade of the new century.
In 2O12, the total box office of the movies produced by Warner Bros. was 4.27 billion US dollars, accounting for 11% of the world's movie box office!
With a market value of over 600 million US dollars, it has become the second largest film studio in Hollywood, second only to Disney, but Disney is not a dedicated film production company!
Parent company Time Warner is the world's number one media group.
Movies with over one billion box offices around the world, Harry Potter 7 (Part 2), Dark Knights 2 and 3, and Lord of the Rings 3 are all under Warner!
Warner Bros. insists on relying on empirical testing to guide practice, that is, if previous experience proves that the practice is effective, it should continue to be effective in the future.
Look at the movies they produced:
"Batman" (1989)
"Batman Returns" (1992)
"Batman forever" (1995)
"Batman and Robin" (1997)
"Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow" (2oo5)
"Batman: The Dark Knight" (2oo8)
"Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" (2o12).
Similarly, after "Man" (1978), "Man 2" (198o), "Man 3" (1983), "Man 4" (1987), "Man Return" (2oo6) and "Man: Body of Steel" (2o13).
Is there any shot that is bad?
Damn it and he kept holding on to these two characters!
So, naturally, they were rebelled by Disney.
After 2016 years, Disney has 7 seats in movies with a box office of over 100 million US dollars worldwide: Avengers, Frozen, Toys 3, Caribbean 2 and 4, Alice, Iron Man 3!
So, Shen Lin called Li Xiaoping to inform her that she would personally go to Disney headquarters with her two years of director experience and the project plan for "Interstellar"!
...
Unlike Warner's arrogance, Disney attaches great importance to visiting light.
Therefore, when Li Xiaoping sent "Interstellar" to Disney, Robert Eiger immediately promoted the review process and asked his subordinates to investigate Shen Lin's most detailed information.
The information went on quickly and someone was already reading it.
It's a director's evaluation.
Hollywood has different director assessment processes from around the world.
They have a programmatic or even rigid assessment system.
The evaluation criteria are the director’s three data in the past three years: total box office, single-screen and single-week box office.
In addition, they use colors to distinguish the director's grades. For example, blue represents a first-line director and red represents a director who is not good.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter how much box office this director has had in the past ten years, just look at the box office in the past three years.
Although Li Xing's "Lust Caution" only earned $260,000 in box office, he had more than 10,000 yuan in a single week, so he was still a first-line director.
The same is true for actors, only looking at the box office in the last three years.
So Hollywood actors have a huge change in their pay, and now the most paid young actors are all young actors.
Overall, Hollywood is no different from other commercial companies in North America, and everything is spoken of with data and business achievements.
Although Shen Lin's movie has never been released in North America - "The Veteran" will be released soon.
But this does not affect his achievements in China's Big 6!
In fact, these big guys in Hollywood have long heard of him!
His impressive record in China fully proves that he is an extremely excellent commercial film director: he earned nearly 5.3 billion yuan in box office results at a cost of 127 million yuan!
1:5o ROI!
It's simply a myth!
Several men who looked through the director's evaluation couldn't help but shout out "oh, my god!"
"This is a genius! Robert, we have to catch him!"
Chapter completed!