Inside the villa reception room, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fox President Joe Ross's topic is indeed about "Terminator".

"Actually, after the success of Terminator 2, someone proposed to develop Terminator 3. Arnold, I think you must have heard of this. Many people, including me, were moved by it, but later Simon personally rejected it. He wanted to restart the series, although... well, to be honest, you'd better communicate directly with Daenerys Entertainment."

As a cooperative project between the two parties, Fox and Daenerys each shared half of the copyright.

Arnold Schwarzenegger did not answer Joe Ross's words, but said: "Joe, why don't we talk about another solution? For example, Fox bought the other half of Daenerys' copyright and developed it separately. Daenerys Entertainment now has many popular projects and is not short of "Terminator". I think as long as the price is right, it will be happy to take action. If you buy the copyright of "Terminator", Fox can also have an ace. Not to mention a sequel, it is not impossible to develop a Terminator universe in the future."

Joe Ross felt Schwarzenegger's instigation, but was not moved. He raised his hand and scratched his standard Jewish high nose with his index finger twice, then looked directly at the other party and asked, "Arnold, you should have had contact with Daenerys and were rejected, right?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Schwarzenegger's face, and he nodded after thinking about it: "Danelles really has no intention of developing a sequel. However, Joe, wouldn't it be better to develop such a high-quality project alone?"

"Maybe," Joe Ross was obviously not very interested, he hesitated, and said: "Arnold, since Barry left, Rupert has been not very concerned about the film business, and he is more interested in the TV and newspaper fields he is familiar with. In the past year, Fox has only released nine movies in total. If the market has not been for the booming market in recent years, the film business has been quite profitable, and Rupert could sell the film department directly. Moreover, you should also know the relationship between News Group and Westeros system, so if Simon opposes the production of Terminator 3, even if we get the full copyright, Rupert may not agree, because Simon is not optimistic and because this project is too expensive."

Schwarzenegger didn't expect that he would come forward in person or hit a wall, and couldn't help it: "Joe, are everyone willing to be a vassal of Daenerys Entertainment?"

Faced with Schwarzenegger's aggressive tone, Joe Ross just smiled: "Arnold, if possible, no one is willing to be a vassal, but the industry trend is like this, speaking of it..." Speaking of this, Joe Ross didn't say anything, just shrugged. It's better not to poke a scar directly in front of this big star.

Maybe they will cooperate further in the future.

What Ross wants to say is that Warner just didn't want to be a vassal of Daenerys, so he insisted on investing in "The Evaporation Secret Order", and the disastrous "Future Water World" last summer. If these failed projects had not swallowed up profits, relying on the success of films such as "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", Warner's performance in films would only be better.

The bombshell is indeed a Hollywood trend.

However, this field is not so easy to play. Especially as Daenerys Entertainment is becoming more and more powerful, a large amount of resources are occupied by the other party, and other studios are rashly investing in blockbuster movies, the risk will only increase.

At this stage, Daenerys Entertainment is the safest strategy.

Just like Warner and Daenerys’ DC movie universe, like Fox’s “Mummy” released today, like MGM, which is increasingly tilted by Westeros.

As for what will happen in the future.

If there is no more now, who can take into account the future?

Arnold Schwarzenegger also understood the subtext that Joe Ross had not finished. If it was still the peak of his popularity, he would definitely leave. This time he could only endure the displeasure and put forward the last plan: "Since that's the case, Joe, if I find other companies willing to invest in this movie, can Fox transfer the copyright of "Terminator"?"

Joe Ross was a little stunned, and then he was very straightforward: "Arnold, it depends on Daenerys's meaning. If he wants to, Fox will definitely be fine."

Since that was the case, Schwarzenegger knew that he had no need to stay any longer and stood up to say goodbye.

Joe Ross sent Schwarzenegger away, and did not return to the party for socializing immediately. He came back to the reception room, took out his cell phone and dialed a number, and then connected after a while. Even through the microphone, Ross still smiled very sincerely: "Good evening, Amy, I hope I didn't bother you... Haha, the same is true here... It's true, Arnold just came here..."

After briefly talking about the meeting with Schwarzenegger, hanging up the phone, Ross turned to the party outside again.

Ross really doesn't care about Schwarzenegger's aggressiveness during the meeting. He is just a professional manager. What's more, even after a series of mergers and integrations, Hollywood is still a Jewish Hollywood.

Even if a young man is at his peak now, if this circle wants to continue to operate, it is impossible to do without them.

Hollywood is the capital of flowing water and the star of flowing water.

Only the Jews are eternal.

Perhaps there is another king now, but the king cannot handle everything alone and needs their assistance, so they still have power.

Palisade, not too far from Brentwood District, is also holding a cocktail party in Simon's mansion on the hillside, but Amy Pascal is hosting a film industry inspection team from China.

It was an idea that Simon had on the plane when he returned from China.

Amy Pascal personally took over, and China responded positively and arrived in Los Angeles this morning for a two-week inspection and exchange.

Simon did not attend the reception.

Even if you pay great attention to some things, some things are too much, and often, maintaining arrogance can achieve better results.

After hanging up the phone call from Joe Ross, Amy thought for a moment, and called his assistant to give him a few instructions, picked up a glass of red wine and walked to the three people chatting in the crowd: "Mr. Liu, Jack, Jet, I'm so sorry, I answered a call temporarily."

One of the three is the deputy minister of the China Radio and Television Department, with the surname Liu, the other is Jack Cheng, and the other is Jet Lee.

"Black Man" is released next week, and Jeter Lee has been cooperating with the promotion in the United States recently.

Jack Cheng was temporarily invited by Daenerys Entertainment from the other side of the ocean, mainly to support "Black Man". After all, "Rush Hour" at the beginning of the year is still influential. It is definitely a good effect to promote another kung fu star with a Chinese kung fu star who has become famous in North America.

As for what Jack Cheng thought in his heart, it was not something that he needed to consider. Anyway, at the invitation of Daenerys Entertainment, the other party rushed over.

When the three of them heard Amy say this, the deputy minister named Liu said first: "It's okay, Ms. Pascal."

Amy Pascal, without Simon's language talent, asked with a smile, "What are you talking about just now?"

Vice Minister Liu said: "I have learned some information about Jeter's "Black Man" in advance. I didn't expect that Daenerys Entertainment would put this Chinese-language movie in a popular period like the summer season."

"Black Man is a great movie, not to mention that this was confirmed by Simon himself, and he always had a very accurate vision."

"Ha, we have also noticed that Daenerys Entertainment has actually released a lot of Chinese-language movies over the years."

"Mainly, Simon likes Chinese culture very much. If he is here tonight, he will not be able to use translation at all. By the way, Simon is personally leading the preparation of a martial arts movie recently. I hope we can cooperate with China at that time."

Deputy Minister Liu was very surprised: "I heard it right, Ms. Pascal, are you talking about the 'martial arts' movie?"

When Jack Cheng and Jet Lee heard this, although they did not interrupt, their expressions were slightly moved and they looked at each other without any trace.

Amy nodded and said, "Yes, martial arts movies, maybe my pronunciation is not very standard, but Mr. Liu is not wrong. This is a movie adapted from a Chinese martial arts novel called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". If you have plenty of time here, maybe we can arrange a meeting to communicate."

Vice Minister Liu couldn't remember who wrote "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for a moment, but it did not prevent him from keenly capturing the meaning of this project. This investigation involved reforms to China's film industry and could not be immediate, but if he brought back a film cooperation project, it would be a real political achievement, so he had a faint excitement in his tone: "Of course, I must hand it over."

Regarding the matter of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Simon explained to Amy in advance and revealed his tone to China. Asking the inspection team to take a cooperative project back directly can also be considered as giving away a favor. After all, as long as China sees the general information about the project, it will understand that this is a good opportunity to publicize Chinese culture to the outside world.

Of course, at the public level, this project will still keep a low profile as much as possible in accordance with Simon's promise to Ang Lee.

I believe that as long as Daenerys Entertainment proposes, China will cooperate to keep it confidential.

After all, Chinese-language films are still very low in the West. If they are promoted in advance, once the project fails, it may become a laughing stock.

The next day is Saturday.

Simon still gets up early at Dumei Point Manor.

Exercise, take a bath, change into refreshing and casual clothes, sit by the glass curtain wall of the Shell Villa, take advantage of the brief leisure time before breakfast to read today's newspapers, and listen carefully to some A-girls' work reports. After five extra little guys, the breakfast time at home always seems very lively, and it is unlikely that you can read the newspaper while dining.

In terms of the overall situation, the 1996 US presidential election is in full swing.

Bill Clinton has not yet escaped the quagmire of the Paula Jones case, and the Baishui case has exploded recently, which is dazzling.

With Clinton's current poll spending rate, unless he voluntarily gives up or there are other irresistible major changes, there is almost no suspense for re-election. The Republican Party's current various troubles are actually just continuing to crack down on the overall strength of the Democratic Party.

Although.

Simon felt that doing so would only disappoint the public with both parties in Washington.

The same is true.

The main reason why the United States fell into the vicious circle of old people's politics after the new century was that the public completely lost interest in Washington's intrigue and had a laissez-faire mentality of you casually making trouble.

Of course, this is actually beneficial to chaebol capital like the Westeros system.

Just like Japan's low desire society.

The people are all peaceful and peaceful, neither fighting nor rob nor quarrel.

How great.

In Hollywood, the focus is on summer season.

Yesterday's summer season week's first box office was released, which was unexpected and reasonable, causing great enthusiasm for the media.

First of all, "The Secret of Evaporation" was overtaken by "Romeo and Juliet".

Although "Mummy" is the first place on the list.

In addition, Disney, which has high hopes for this summer, did not replicate the success of the "Anti-Withful Stars" series. This is another story. Daenerys Entertainment did not renew its contract at the beginning, and Simon Westeros was obviously not optimistic, so it was so obvious.

Specifically.

On the first day of the painting, "Mummy", which has 2,986 screens, counts the midnight show, won $13.81 million on the first day, easily reaching the top. It is expected that the box office of the first three days of the first weekend will be around $40 million, and it may break through the 60 million mark in the first seven days.

Perhaps it cannot be compared with the phenomenal DC Cinema Universe series, but such results have completely met the expectations of the two producers.

With a $60 million start, the local box office of "Mummy" is expected to reach about 150 million, which is enough to recover the production cost of the film of $70 million. The overseas box office of similar bombshells has always been higher than that of the local ones, so it is only the stage of theater distribution, and "Mummy" is expected to make a profit.

Therefore, the sequel will be launched immediately.

Perhaps we can also explore the mummy universe, which still needs to be planned.

The second place on the single-day list is "Romeo and Juliet".

This is also the most unexpected and reasonable.

Although the box office in the first week fell after "The Secret Order", both of its popularity and reputation and library data, "Romeo and Juliet" suppressed "The Secret Order", and the New World Film team also increased the number of screens released from 2017 to 2,534 in the second week.

Therefore, on the first day of the next week, "Romeo and Juliet" earned $5.69 million, a year-on-year decline of only 18% compared with the first day of last week's painting opening.

There may be a subsequent decline, but even based on the 20% drop in the following week, "Romeo and Juliet" will earn about $25 million this week. By then, the cumulative film will reach more than $56 million in two weeks.

Because of the theme audience, the strong "Mummy" obviously did not have too much impact on "Romeo and Juliet". I think the same is true for subsequent films such as "Mission: Impossible 2". Therefore, "Romeo and Juliet" is expected to have a very beautiful long-term trend. The total local box office can not only easily exceed 100 million, but also go a lot more upwards.

"Evaporation Secret Order" is not so lucky.

On the first day of the next week, the $100 million super bombshell plummeted from $8.69 million last week to $4.13 million, a year-on-year decline of 53%.

Even based on the overall 50% decline in the next week, the box office of "Evaporation Secret Order" will be only around 18 million US dollars in the second week of its release, with a cumulative total of about 54 million in two weeks. It seems to be almost the same as "Romeo and Juliet", but because the decline is too fierce, the film may only have a box office potential of $30 million in the future, and it is expected that North America will be around 80 million US dollars in total.

This is still a good estimate.

North America's box office is tepid, and miracles are unlikely to happen overseas. Warner Bros.'s losses during the release stage of this movie theater will further expand.

The last "Ace Spy" had a box office of $356 on the first day of the painting, which was far lower than Disney's expectations. With such a start, the box office for the first three days is expected to be around $10 million in the first three days and around $15 million in the first week.

It opened low in the first week, and it is expected that the total local box office of "The Ace" will be around 30 million US dollars, and the local box office of 30 million is 20 million, which is reduced by 20 million compared with the previous history. It is obviously because of the impact of films such as "The Mummy".

Because it is a localized vulgar spoof comedy, overseas will only be even more dismal.

Considering the film's $40 million cost and $20 million promotion, Disney theaters are destined to suffer losses in the same period.

Speaking of which, if the budget of the first "Ace Spy" was controlled within US$20 million as in the original time and space, even if the first song is only 30 million, it is still expected to launch a sequel, and then it may continue to create the last two "Ace Spy" miracles in history.

Now, the first song has failed and the sequel is definitely not expected. Mike Meiers can only look for other projects again.

This is not easy.

Because the new generation of comedy stars quietly cultivated by Simon will gradually emerge in the next few years. The audience will be able to watch the comedy type, otherwise there would be no phenomenon that the sequels of comedy movies are prone to failure.

This freshness is not only aimed at the movies, but also the actors.

Of course, Simon did not mean to deliberately suppress Mike Meiers. With his current position, the more prosperous the various actors in Hollywood are, the more beneficial it will be for the Westeros system.
Chapter completed!