Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

The two mother and son were practicing the exercises while chatting without saying a word.

An hour later, Xiao Yunhai returned to the house, saw that the two children had already woken up, and Zhao Wanqing was teasing them there, so he immediately moved over.

Chapter 1034 Soundtrack Problem

While having fun with the child, Xiao Yunhai's cell phone rang, and it was Bi Kewen's call.

"Hey, Director Bikwen, how was your rest last night?"

Bi Kewen said with a smile: "Very good. Xiao, the global box office of our three consecutive premiere nights came out, with a total of 2.94 million US dollars. The reputation in various regions of the world is very good, and the scores are basically above 9 points."

Xiao Yunhai laughed and said: "That's really great. Congratulations, Director Bi Kewen, you have made another good movie. Maybe your "Lord of the Rings" can break the box office record of "War against Aliens". "

Bi Kewen said: "If that's the case, it would be great. Xiao, thank you, without your full support, "The Lord of the Rings" would not have achieved such good results."

Xiao Yunhai said: "You have said it eight hundred times, so there is no need to be so polite. The better the results of "Lord of the Rings", the more I earn, and we are a win-win situation. By the way, how is the box office of "Operation Hurricane"?"

Bi Kewen said: "1.14 million US dollars is not bad. Of course, word of mouth and box office are far behind us."

Xiao Yunhai said with a chuckle: "It seems that we are already sure of winning, and we just want to teach Paramount's Hanks a lesson, so that he will not have nothing to do and always trouble me. Director Bi Kewen, after a while, I Drive to the hotel to pick you up, let's go back to the United States together."

Bi Kewen said: "Okay."

At ten o'clock in the morning, except for the stars who needed to stay in China to continue promoting the movie, Xiao Yunhai and the main creative staff of the film crew returned to Hollywood together in a private jet.

Coming out of the airport, Xiao Yunhai didn't waste any time and went straight to the company.

At this time, the 62-storey building he bought has been fully renovated, and all the employees of Marvel Comics, Magic Special Effects, Storm Games and his private investment company have moved into it.Even so, it is still very spacious, and it is estimated that even if there are another 1000 people, it will fit.

As soon as he sat on the boss chair in his office, Raul knocked on the door and walked in.

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "I happened to have something to ask you. Have our four directors worked out the budget for the four blockbuster superhero movies?"

Raul nodded and said: "It has been done. Including special effects, the total is 25 billion US dollars. Among them, "Iron Man" [-] million, "Captain America" ​​[-] million, "Doctor Strange" [-] million, "X War" Police "[-] million."

Xiao Yunhai frowned, and said, "Paramount's action blockbuster "Hurricane Action" has a budget of more than 12 billion, how come we have so little?"

A person as serious as Raul couldn't help laughing when he heard Xiao Yunhai's words, thinking that his boss is really special.What all Hollywood investors are most afraid of is a super high budget. Fortunately, he even despises a too low budget.

"Boss, for a film like "Hurricane Action", most of the funds are spent on artists. I heard that the remuneration of the director and stars alone has reached a terrifying [-] million US dollars. Also, for publicity, the film company often They will falsely report some upwards, but in fact it is [-] million U.S. dollars that are actually used for the filming of the film. The combined remuneration of directors and actors for our four films is less than [-] million, so the budget of each film is not high. "

Speaking of this, Lauer sighed: "Hollywood is like this. The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. There is a superstar who can earn 4000 million in a movie, and there are extras who can't even eat. Even between stars , there is also a huge gap, the remuneration of second-tier actors is not even one-tenth of that of first-tier actors."

Xiao Yunhai nodded, and said: "The entertainment industry in other parts of the world is not like this. Raul, you can arrange it. I am going to hold a press conference at [-] o'clock this afternoon to announce to Hollywood that we, Marvel Comics, have officially entered the film industry." Industry."

Raul nodded and said excitedly, "Yes, boss."

Just as he was about to turn around and go out, Raul suddenly patted himself on the forehead and said, "Look at my brain, I almost forgot what was going on when I was so excited. Boss, have you seen the Paramount movie "Assassin?" "?"

Xiao Yunhai said: "No. What's the matter?"

Raul said: "Boss, when I was browsing the entertainment website yesterday, I accidentally saw a small website, which said that "Assassin" used the music from one of your songs in a certain segment. I asked someone to check it For a moment, there is indeed such a soundtrack, and it took about 25 seconds."

Xiao Yunhai said in surprise: "How is this possible?"

This world pays much more attention to copyright than previous lives. After the director completes the post-production of a film, the film company will arrange special personnel to check back and forth several times. Anyone who involves the copyright of others will sign a usage agreement with the copyright owner. , to avoid copyright disputes.

The soundtrack used in movies is the focus of inspection. Generally speaking, this problem will never occur.

Raul said: "Boss, your album has become popular all over North America, and your songs are played everywhere on the streets. I think the melody may be too familiar. They thought it was an old song, so they didn't pay much attention to it."

Songs over ten years old can be freely used in movies.

Xiao Yunhai nodded, and said: "Maybe. Raul, cut that part out for me. Hmph, if Paramount really dares to use my music as the soundtrack without my permission, then they will die .”

Raul said: "Boss, if this is the case, I'm afraid there will really be no room for reconciliation between us and Paramount."

"Reconcile?" Xiao Yunhai sneered and said, "Raul, if you lost 170 billion US dollars because of a certain person's intervention, and then you got angry and lost another 200 billion US dollars in a bet to that person, will you reconcile in the future? He befriended?"

Raul shook his head and said, "Of course not, unless he returns the money to me. Boss, I understand."

Less than 5 minutes after Raul went out, Christie came in with a large stack of documents.

Xiao Yunhai suddenly felt dizzy, and said, "Ms. Christie, how many projects have you invested in?"

Christie smiled and said, "Not many, just eighteen, all of which are small projects that we think can make money. The amount is not large, and the sum is less than one billion dollars."

Xiao Yunhai nodded, appreciating Christie's behavior, it is a wise saying that all eggs should not be put in one basket.

However, if you let him read these materials, then thank you for your insensitivity.

Xiao Yunhai said: "Ms. Christie, just give me a summary report."

Christie showed such an expression that she really did, took out two pages of forms, and said, "Mr. Xiao, this is the relevant information and development prospects of all investment projects. Please read them over."

Xiao Yunhai glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Ms. Christie, I said that such a small investment should not be reported to me."

Christie said: "Mr. Xiao, don't look down on these small investments. Maybe a financial giant will appear in it in the future."

Xiao Yunhai said: "Although the probability of this happening is not high, it does exist."

Christie smiled and said: "Mr. Xiao, I will put the information here, please take a good look at it anyway. I need to negotiate with someone at noon today, so I will leave first. If there is anything unclear, you can call at any time ask me."

Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "Go and do your work."

After Christie left, Xiao Yunhai looked at the information on the table, smiled wryly and shook his head.

Xiao Yunhai is still very optimistic about the ability of his economic team, but they are all top-notch workaholics. Every time he comes back, there are countless documents waiting for him to review, which makes Xiao Yunhai a little unbearable.

Thinking that his wife Zhao Wanqing seems to be much better than himself in business, and seems to be very interested, Xiao Yunhai thought about bringing all these things back to Huaxia and handing them over to her. Contact her directly.

Yes, just do it.

Xiao Yunhai took out these documents and the documents that were placed in the safe before, and when he was about to leave, he took them with him on the plane.

After a while, Raul sent over the clip in "Assassin" that used Xiao Yunhai's music melody.

Xiao Yunhai listened carefully, and found that the above used a small part of Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean" that he plagiarized.

According to the copyright law of the United States, if the soundtrack used in a movie exceeds 15 seconds, and the music copyright usage agreement is not signed, the user will be fined up to ten times the value of the original work.If there is no money, then the relevant person needs to go to prison for reflection.

The song "Billie Jean" has reached tens of millions of hits on the Internet. Including singles and albums, it is conservatively estimated to be around [-] million US dollars. If it is ten times that, it will be one billion US dollars.

And "Assassin" brought Paramount a profit of less than [-] million U.S. dollars, even if it was all compensated to Xiao Yunhai, it would not be enough.

"Hehe, now Hanks is dead."

Xiao Yunhai never thought of letting him go.