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Shirley looked confident, and after leaving everyone's sight, she couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking of the messy work ahead, she couldn't help but press her head.

She spent the whole last year under pressure, and thought she could take a breath after the great success of Titanic.

But her boss threw three new mountains to her without stopping.

In fact, she didn't need to ask about these things personally.

She planned to recruit industry elites to expand new business.

The most difficult thing is the funds for setting up a TV station and purchasing land.

As an investment tycoon, Wang Lei didn't want to spend a penny.

Although Paramount is now the most profitable production company in the entire film and television industry.

This year's net profit is estimated to be 1 billion US dollars, but it can't help the boss spending too fast.

Wang Lei, who was drinking coffee and crossing his legs and leisurely reading sexy magazines, also noticed Shirley's resentful eyes.

He asked with a smile:

"Are you still worried about the funding?"

Shirley nodded without comment:

"Boss, are you really not going to take Paramount public while this is hot?"

"Shirley, I advise you to give up the idea of ​​raising funds through listing as soon as possible. Listing now will only make Paramount's market value underestimated by the market.

We must do a good job in the three major projects at present and lay a solid foundation for the rapid expansion in the future. That will be the best time to go public!"

After years of experience in the production industry, Shirley naturally knew how great the potential of these three projects was. At that time, her options would get very rich returns.

"As for your funding issue, I have two suggestions."

Shirley looked like she was listening attentively.

"First of all, the Titanic on the beach in Los Angeles has been restored and can be used for exhibition.

As for the hundreds of acres of land purchased for the studio, it is now just right for building our theme park!

And we have to make full use of the water studio that we spent a lot of money to build."

"Make full use of the water studio?"

Shirley suddenly became energetic, and Wang Lei's words inspired her.

She suddenly remembered that the two young screenwriters who participated in "Aladdin" (the global box office champion in 1992) seemed to have created a script for a pirate movie.

Unfortunately, Disney was not interested in this idea, so the two screenwriters took the script to Paramount's production department.

At that time, Shirley rejected the script.

Because the film is full of magical elements, in order to reproduce the fantasy scenes in the minds of the two screenwriters, a lot of post-production special effects are needed...

In general, it sounds very expensive.

The combination of ocean and fantasy is very unreliable at first glance.

However, Shirley made that choice entirely because people were not optimistic about the ocean theme. But now that Titanic is a hit, Shirley began to reconsider this seemingly unreliable script.

She briefly told Wang Lei about the script, and Wang Lei was stunned. Isn't this a series of movies created by Disney to promote its own pirate ship project?

Before the release, Disney was prepared to lose money for publicity. They didn't plan to make money on the movie from the beginning.

The industry was also very pessimistic about this film.

But Depp's role as the pirate captain made it win 654 million US dollars in the global box office.

This is how the next series of films came about.

When Wang Lei heard that Disney was unwilling to take over, he immediately became interested.

"This pirate movie is good. I, Wang Lei, have invested in it. Let the two screenwriters come to Paramount to work tomorrow."

Disney can have a pirate ship project, and our Paramount theme park must also have one, but we have to change the name at that time.

Shirley looked at Wang Lei's appearance of finding a new toy and couldn't help but cover her head.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the water studio does not have to remain idle, and the 20 million investment can be reused.

Wang Lei did not notice Shirley's headache.

Ms. Shirley's words gave him some associations.

He thought of Universal's Waterworld, which was released in July 1996. It cost $200 million, but only recovered 264 million in global box office.

Judging from the box office distribution, Universal's investment was a blood loss!

However, in Wang Lei's opinion, this movie still has something to be praised, and it is not that bad. If it is released after 2012, the audience's acceptance may be higher.

But anyway, in this era, it is a big bad movie.

Thinking of this, Wang Lei avoided Shirley and called Ahben.

"Dear, is Universal, which you invested in, planning to shoot a movie of "Waterworld"? "

"Yes, the director is Reynolds, who directed Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. Because Titanic was a great success, we have passed it.He applied for a budget of 170 million US dollars! "

When Robin Hood was released in 1991, it took more than 300 million US dollars at the box office, and the cost was only 50 million. Universal executives and Shirley still believed in Reynolds.

I hope he can replicate the miracle of Titanic and get more than 10 billion box office with an investment of 170 million.

"Aheben, if you believe me, don't interfere with this movie. Even if the wasteland elements are added with love, the audience will not be as wide as Titanic.

The reason why Titanic is so successful is that it has a wide audience and captures the hearts of women. As a woman, you should understand the difference between the two dramas. "

Ahben immediately understood the key point in Wang Lei's words. The style of the future water world is very different from that of Titanic.

One is the wasteland style, and the male protagonist's makeup in the play is the beast style, while Titanic focuses on handsome men and beautiful women, and the luxurious life of the upper class.

Women understand women best. If it were her, she would definitely not buy it when she saw such a style.

Men are no longer the main force of the box office at this time, and their purchasing power has always been limited.

They prefer to rent VCDs and drag women to watch them on the sofa at home.

After Wang Lei's reminder, Ahben suddenly became a little dazed.

There is her investment of 80 million US dollars in this film. Although it is only a small amount of money for her, she will feel distressed if she can't get it back.

She asked Wang Lei:

"What should we do now? We can't withdraw the investment temporarily. I can't explain to other shareholders. ”

“Who told you to withdraw your investment? Aren’t the guys in Little League very rich? I’ve long disliked Guy. Just drag him into the water. Maybe he will thank you.”

“Haha, okay. Little League is indeed very interested in this water project. I just happened to be enthusiastic and gave Guy a chance to participate in the investment.”

“Also, the water studio of Titanic has been idle. If Universal wants to rent it, I can give you a discount for your sake.”